Holly
['hɒlɪ] or ['hɑli]
Definition
(noun.) United States rock star (1936-1959).
(noun.) any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges.
Checked by Jessie--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) Wholly.
(n.) A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species (Ilex Aguifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.
(n.) The holm oak. See 1st Holm.
Checker: Ronnie
Definition
n. an evergreen shrub having leathery shining and spinous leaves and scarlet or yellow berries much used for Christmas decorations.
Typed by Allan
Examples
- On each side stood a sable bush-holly or yew. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The Holly converter, covered by United States patents No. 86,303, and No. 86,304, January 26, 1869, represented one of the most important American developments of the Bessemer converter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- As soon as you have finished getting the apples, her aunt said, descending the ladder, come down, and we'll go for the holly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- On the 15th of November, while I was still at Holly Springs, I sent word to Sherman to meet me at Columbus. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Caroline looked at the wicket-gate, beside which holly-oaks spired up tall. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- On the 23d I removed my headquarters back to Holly Springs. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And I waited behind the holly to see how they came back. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The next day my cavalry was in Holly Springs, and the enemy fell back south of the Tallahatchie. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At the upper end of the room, seated in a shady bower of holly and evergreens were the two best fiddlers, and the only harp, in all Muggleton. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Next there could be heard the baritone buzz of a holly tree. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- As I had resolved to move headquarters to Memphis, and to repair the road to that point, I remained at Holly Springs until this work was completed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Our loss of supplies was great at Holly Springs, but it was more than compensated for by those taken from the country and by the lesson taught. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The news of the capture of Holly Springs and the destruction of our supplies caused much rejoicing among the people remaining in Oxford. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Pemberton was fortified at the Tallahatchie, but occupied Holly Springs and Grand Junction on the Mississippi Central railroad. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We might carve them in holly-wood, playing against a background of green leaves. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Halfway down the hill the path ran near a knot of stunted hollies, which in the general darkness of the scene stood as the pupil in a black eye. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Typist: Melville