Hollow, adj. 1) excavated, having a void space within: Ven. 1185. Lucr. 1122. Wiv. IV, 2, 171. Meas. I, 2, 57. R2 II, 1, 83. III, 2, 140. III, 2, 140 H4A I, 3, 106. H4B I, 3, 75. H6A V, 4, 121. Troil. I, 3, 80. Tit. III, 1, 84. III, 2, 10. V, 2, 35. Oth. III, 3, 447. Per. I, 4, 67. “h. bones,” Meas. I, 2, 57. Tim. IV, 3, 152. “h. pampered jades of Asia,” H4B II, 4, 178 (Pistol's speech). “the earth whose h. womb resounds,” Ven. 268. “the h. earth,” Shr. Ind. 2, 48. Rom. V, 3, 4. Oth. IV, 2, 79.
2) sunk deep in the orbit: “with h. eye,” Merch. IV, 1, 270. R2 II, 1, 270. H4B IV, 5, 6. H5 V, 2, 170. Per. I, 4, 51. Adverbially: “look as h. as a ghost,” John III, 4, 84.
3) deep, low, as if reverberated from a cavity: “a h. burst of bellowing,” Tp. II, 1, 311. “h. whistling in the leaves,” H4A V, 1, 5. Adverbially: “how h. the fiend speaks within him,” Tw. III, 4, 101.
4) not what one appears, not sincere, false: “the most h. lover,” As IV, 1, 197. “h. falsehood,” John III, 1, 95. “our h. parting,” R2 I, 4, 9. “h. bosoms,” H5 II Chor. H5 II Chor. H6A III, 1, 136. H6B III, 2, 43. H6B III, 2, 43 H6C IV, 1, 139. R3 II, 1, 38. H8 III, 1, 104. Troil. I, 3, 80. IV, 5, 169. Rom. III, 3, 128. Tim. I, 2, 16. Caes. IV, 2, 23. Hml. III, 2, 218.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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