hollin, hollen Now arch. or dial.
(ˈhɒlɪn)
Forms: 1 holen, holeᵹn, 3–6 holin, -yn, 5 holing, holyng(e, 5–6 holyne, 6– hollen (6 holine, holene, hollynne, 7 hollyn, hollinge), 7–9 hollin.
[OE. holen, holeᵹn, radically related to OHG. hulis, huls, Ger. and Du. hulst (also, from OHG., F. houx); the OE. form appears to be cognate with Welsh celyn, Corn. celin, Bret. kelen, Ir. cuillean holly.]
= holly. (Still a common form in Scotland.)
| c 725 Corpus Gloss. 53 Acrifolus, holeᵹn. c 1000 ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 138/38 Acrifolius, holen. c 1325 Gloss. W. de Biblesw. in Wright Voc. 163 La hous, holyn. c 1450 Bk. Curtasye 399 in Babees Bk. 311 Þer browȝt schalle be a holyn kene, Þat sett schalle be in erber grene. 1450 Holland Howlat 48, I sawe ane Howlat..vndir ane holyne. 1501 Presentm. Juries in Surtees Misc. (1888) 30 Thomas Ternour..has pylled hollynnes in diverse places. a 1650 Marr. Sir Gaw. 55 in Furniv. Percy Folio I. 109 Betwixt an oke & a greene hollen. 1816 Scott Antiq. xxxiii, Make your merry men gather the thorn, and the brier, and the green hollin. 1858 Kingsley Poems, Red King 8, I saw thee lie under the hollins green. |
b. attrib. and Comb. hollin cock, hollin stick: see quots.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 78 Wyl on wætere..holen rinde. Ibid. 356 ᵹenim holen leafa. 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 206 In his on honde he hade a holyn bobbe. c 1325 Gloss. W. de Biblesw. in Wright Voc. 163 La houce, holin-tree. 1483 Cath. Angl. 187/2 An Holyn bery, hussum. 1560 Rolland Crt. Venus i. 88 His Spainȝe cloik was of the Holine hew. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 349/2 Hollin Sticks used by Cordwainers, not that they are made of Hollin Wood, but a peculiar name so given them, with them they burnish and polish the upper Leather, and sides of the Sole Leather; also by the sharp ends they run Riggets, and score the Leather with what Devises they please. 1848 Zoologist VI. 2290 The missel thrush..a ‘hollin cock’. |