Meaning and origin of the word hollow

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Definition of hollow:

part of speech: verb

To make a hole in: to make hollow by digging: to excavate.
part of speech: adjective

Vacant: not solid: containing an empty space: sunken: unsound: insincere.
part of speech: noun

Any depression of surface; a cavity; a pit; a groove.
part of speech: adjective

Having an empty space within; not solid; deep; not sincere or faithful; not real; false.
part of speech: adverb

Without difficulty, as he carries it hollow; without a chance of success, or beyond a doubt, as he was beaten hollow.
part of speech: verb

To dig or scoop out; to excavate.
part of speech: noun

A hole: a cavity: any depression in a body: any vacuity: a groove: a channel.

Common misspellings:

holow (53.8%)
porus (7.7%)
hollo (7.7%)
gollow (7.7%)
hollw (23.1%)

Then he returned it to the hollow of his arm. "Jack Haydon's Quest" – John Finnemore
As the wind blows the tongues move to and fro, and the air is full of music, so faint, so clear, like 'silver stir of strings in hollow shells. "The Soul of a People" – H. Fielding
We'll get on at that to- morrow, now that this all- hollow inquiry's over. "In the Mayor's Parlour" – J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
A bit on the hollow side, what? "Right Ho, Jeeves" – P. G. Wodehouse