holocaust

[Lat. holocaustum, from Gr. holokauston, neut. of holokaustos, holokautos, from holos whole, entire, and kaio, fut. kausō to burn.] A sacrifice, the whole of which was consumed by fire, nothing being retained; such sacrifices were practiced by the Jews. The word is now sometimes applied to a general sacrifice of life or slaughter. "Not by sacrifices, or holocaustes, but by simple and plaine worde."- Udall : Matthew ix. hol-ở-çěph-a-li, s. pl. [Prefix holo-, and Gr. kephale the head.] and adopted by Sir Richard Owen, in whose cla i Ich thy.: An order of fishes founded by Siebold, fication it is the tenth order. They have the endoskeleton cartilaginous, the exoskeleton as placoid granules; most of the fins with a strong spine for the first ray; the ventrals abdominal; the gills laminated, attached by their margins, a single external gill aperture; no swim bladder; the intes tine with a spiral valve. He includes under it the IMG:content-1224.png:[blocks in formation] holosteum B. As adj .: A term applied to a writing or document wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds; holographic. hol-o-grăph-ic, hol-o-grăph-ical, a. [Eng. holograph; -ic.] The same as HOLOGRAPH, a. (q.v.)