Holms [noun]

Holm to whippes lasshe; 'the holm used for making handles for whip-lashes.'

Holmgang so called in Norway because the two combatants retired alone to a holm or uninhabited islet to fight.

There was no foam around the Gild-Holm-'Ur; no wave beat against its granite sides.

At the same moment the wide waters round the Gild-Holm-'Ur and the vast gathering twilight closed upon them.

Such was Holm-Peel, as records inform us, till towards the end of the seventeenth century.

He received Grettir well when he came to Holm on account of the friendship which had existed between their former kinsmen.

Clasen and Garner, not to speak of Holm himself, awaited her arrival with considerable interest.

She managed the old daybook with surprising ease; Holm glanced at her from time to time as she worked.

Out in the kitchen, Holm was busy over a punch bowl, solemnly stirring the brew and dropping in slices of lemon one by one.

This was too much for Holm; he slipped into the hall and, putting on an overcoat, went out to get some fresh air.