Holland
['hɒlənd] or ['hɑlənd]
Definition
(n.) A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands.
Typist: Portia
Definition
n. a coarse linen fabric unbleached or dyed brown which is used for covering furniture &c.: (orig.) a fine kind of linen first made in Holland.
Typed by Jody
Examples
- Later Holland revolted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was early used in both the Holland and Lake boats and is still the chief prime motor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This game was brought from Holland by those colonists who settled Manhattan Island in 1623. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Russia, Holland, and Britain followed in the wake of America. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But it does not become bound to admit them upon any better terms than those of any other nation, of France or Holland, for example. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A number of others similar to the Holland were subsequently built. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But this great consumption is almost entirely supplied by France, Flanders, Holland, and Germany. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Leather is now very generally employed, though wood is often used in Holland and France and paper in China and Japan. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In 1904 the navy of the United States possessed eight Holland boats and there were also a number of them in the British navy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Some part even of the French wine drank in Great Britain, is clandestinely imported from Holland and Zealand. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He arrives at New Holland, hoping to settle there. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- She drove the Austrians for ever out of Belgium, and made Holland a republic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In Holland, soon after the exaltation of the late prince of Orange to the stadtholdership, a tax of two per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That of Holland was meant to be a tax upon the capital. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We are to set out this week for Holland, where we may possibly spend a month, but purpose to be at home again before the coronation. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Uncommon good hollands. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The wine and water was hollands and water, as Mr. Sykes discovered when he had compounded and swallowed a brimming tumbler thereof. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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