<OL TYPE="1"><LI>empty, vain, devoid of truth<OL TYPE="a"><LI>of places, vessels, etc. which contain nothing<LI>of men<OL TYPE="1"><LI>empty handed<LI>without a gift</OL><LI>metaph. destitute of spiritual wealth, of one who boasts of his faith as a transcendent possession, yet is without the fruits of faith<LI>metaph. of endeavours, labours, acts, which result in nothing, vain, fruitless, without effect<OL TYPE="1"><LI>vain of no purpose</OL></OL></OL>