The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The feast of All Saints. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [ Obs. ] “Allhallown summer.” Shak. (i. e., late summer; “Indian Summer”). [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. All the saints (in heaven). [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. All Saints' Day, November 1st. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. tīd time. ] The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make unholy; to profane. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor can the unholiness of the priest dishallow the altar. T. Adams. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hallowed p. pr. & vb. n. Hallowing. ] [ OE. halowen, halwien, halgien, AS. hālgian, fr. hālig holy. See Holy. ] To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. “Hallowed be thy name.” Matt. vi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

His secret altar touched with hallowed fire. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

In a larger sense . . . we can not hallow this ground [ Gettysburg ]. A. Lincoln. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power; made holy. Opposite of unholy. [ Narrower terms: beatified, blessed ; blessed ; consecrated, sacred, sanctified ] Also See: consecrated, consecrate, sacred.
Syn. -- holy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day (November 1); also the entire day, October 31. It is often marked by parties or celebrations, and sometimes by pranks played by young people. [ Scot. ] Burns.
Syn. -- Hallowe'en, Allhallows Eve. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Mass the eucharist. ] The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows. [ 1913 Webster ]

To speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Shallower superl. Shallowest. ] [ OE. schalowe, probably originally, sloping or shelving; cf. Icel. skjālgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D. & G. scheel, OHG. schelah. Cf. Shelve to slope, Shoal shallow. ] 1. Not deep; having little depth; shoal. “Shallow brooks, and rivers wide.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not deep in tone. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king was neither so shallow, nor so ill advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the French king. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf. [ 1913 Webster ]

A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dashed on the shallows of the moving sand. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The rudd. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make shallow. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become shallow, as water. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Having a moderate depth of hold; -- said of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of deep feeling. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a shallow manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality or state of being shallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shallow-brained. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; -- said of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hallow. ] To profane; to desecrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The vanity unhallows the virtue. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- not + hallowed. ] Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the cause of truth, no unhallowed violence . . . is either necessary or admissible. E. D. Griffin. [ 1913 Webster ]