halo

5 definitions found

halo - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Halo \Ha"lo\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Haloed (-l[=o]d); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Haloing.]
     To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as
     with, a halo.
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           The fire
           That haloed round his saintly brow.      --Southey.
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  Halo \Ha"lo\ (h[=a]"l[-o]), n.; pl. Halos (-l[=o]z). [L.
     halos, acc. halo, Gr. "a`lws a thrashing floor, also (from
     its round shape) the disk of the sun or moon, and later a
     halo round it; cf. Gr. e'ily`ein to enfold, 'ely`ein to roll
     round, L. volvere, and E. voluble.]
     1. A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round
        the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the
        refraction of light through crystals of ice in the
        atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white
        bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same
        atmospheric conditions.
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     2. A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented
        in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other
        holy persons; a glory; a nimbus.
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     3. An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception
        of, an object.
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     4. A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.
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halo - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  halo
      n 1: an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a
           saint [syn: aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory,
           gloriole]
      2: a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of
         smoke" [syn: ring, halo, annulus, doughnut, anchor   ring
         ]
      3: a circle of light around the sun or moon

halo - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Halo, KY
    Zip code(s): 41633

halo - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "halo":
     O, annular muscle, annulation, annulus, anthelion, antisun, areola,
     aura, aureola, aureole, blaze of glory, brilliance, brilliancy,
     chaplet, charisma, circle, circuit, circumference, circus,
     closed circle, corona, coronet, countersun, crown, cycle, diadem,
     disc, discus, disk, envelope, eternal return, fairy ring, garland,
     glamour, glory, illustriousness, lasso, logical circle, loop,
     looplet, lunar corona, lunar halo, luster, magic, magic circle,
     mock moon, mock sun, moon dog, mystique, nimbus, noose,
     numinousness, orbit, paraselene, parhelic circle, parhelion,
     radiance, radius, rainbow, resplendence, resplendency, ring,
     rondelle, round, roundel, saucer, solar corona, solar halo,
     sphincter, splendor, sun dog, vesica, vicious circle, wheel,
     wreath