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H (?), the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the
consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position
as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to
form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet,
as sh, th, th, as in shall, thing, thine (for zh see §274); also, to
modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p,
with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of
tsh, as in charm (written also tch as in catch), with the latter, the
sound of f, as in phase, phantom. In some words, mostly derived or
introduced from foreign languages, h following c and g indicates that
those consonants have the hard sound before e, i, and y, as in
chemistry, chiromancy, chyle, Ghent, Ghibelline, etc.; in some others,
ch has the sound of sh, as in chicane. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§
153, 179, 181-3, 237-8.
NOTE: The na me (a itch) is from the French ache; its form is from
the Latin, and this from the Greek H, which was used as the sign of
the spiritus asper (rough breathing) before it came to represent
the long vowel, Gr. y. The Greek H is from Ph\'d2nician, the
ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically H is most
closely related to c; as in E. horn, L. cornu, Gr. ke`ras; E. hele,
v. t., conceal; E. hide, L. cutis, Gr. ky`tos; E. hundred, L.
centum, Gr. 'e-kat-on, Skr. &csdot;ata.
H piece (Mining), the part of a plunger pump which contains the valve.
H
H (h&add;). (Mus.) The seventh degree in the diatonic scale, being
used by the Germans for B natural. See B.
Ha
Ha (h&add;), interj. [AS.] An exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or
grief. Both as uttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of
emotions, determined by the tone or the context. When repeated, ha,
ha, it is an expression of laughter, satisfaction, or triumph,
sometimes of derisive laughter; or sometimes it is equivalent to
"Well, it is so."
Ha-has, and inarticulate hootings of satirical rebuke. Carlyle.
Haaf
Haaf (?), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. & Sw. haf the sea, Dan. hav,
perh. akin to E. haven.] The deepsea fishing for cod, ling, and tusk,
off the Shetland Isles.
Haak
Haak (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A sea fish. See Hake. Ash.
Haar
Haar (?), n. [See Hoar.] A fog; esp., a fog or mist with a chill wind.
[Scot.] T. Chalmers.
Habeas corpus
Ha"be*as corpus (?). [L. you may have the body.] (Law) A writ having
for its object to bring a party before a court or judge; especially,
one to inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention
by another, with the view to protect the right to personal liberty;
also, one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending
trial. Bouvier.
Habendum
Ha*ben"dum (?), n. [L., that must be had.] (Law) That part of a deed
which follows the part called the premises, and determines the extent
of the interest or estate granted; -- so called because it begins with
the word Habendum. Kent.
Haberdash
Hab"er*dash (?), v. i. [See Haberdasher.] To deal in small wares. [R.]
To haberdash in earth's base ware. Quarles.
Haberdasher
Hab"er*dash"er (?), n. [Prob. fr. Icel. hapurtask trumpery, trifles,
perh. through French. It is possibly akin to E. haversack, and to
Icel. taska trunk, chest, pocket, G. tasche pocket, and the orig.
sense was perh., peddler's wares.]
1. A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread; also,
a hatter. [Obs.]
The haberdasher heapeth wealth by hats. Gascoigne.
2. A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks,
trimmings, etc.
Haberdashery
Hab"er*dash"er*y (?), n. The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher;
also (Fig.), trifles. Burke.
Haberdine
Hab"er*dine" (?), n. [D. abberdaan, labberdaan; or a French form, cf.
OF. habordeau, from the name of a Basque district, cf. F. Labourd,
adj. Labourdin. The l was misunderstood as the French article.] A cod
salted and dried. Ainsworth.
Habergeon
Ha*ber"ge*on (?), n. [F. haubergeon a small hauberk, dim. of OF.
hauberc, F. haubert. See Hauberk.] Properly, a short hauberk, but
often used loosely for the hauberk. Chaucer.
Habilatory
Hab"i*la*to*ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to clothing; wearing clothes.
Ld. Lytton.
Habile
Hab"ile (?), a. [F. habile, L. habilis. See Able, Habit.] Fit;
qualified; also, apt. [Obs.] Spenser.
Habiliment
Ha*bil"i*ment (?), n. [F. habillement, fr. habiller to dress, clothe,
orig., to make fit, make ready, fr. habile apt, skillful, L. habilis.
See Habile.]
1. A garment; an article of clothing. Camden.
2. pl. Dress, in general. Shak.
Habilimented
Ha*bil"i*ment*ed, a. Clothed. Taylor (1630).
Habilitate
Ha*bil"i*tate (?), a. [LL. habilitatus, p. p. of habilitare to
enable.] Qualified or entitled. [Obs.] Bacon.
Habilitate
Ha*bil"i*tate (?), v. t. To fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle.
Johnson.
Habilitation
Ha*bil"i*ta"tion (?), n. [LL. habilitatio: cf. F. habilitation.]
Equipment; qualification. [Obs.] Bacon.
Hability
Ha*bil"i*ty (?), n. [See Ability.] Ability; aptitude. [Obs.] Robynson.
(More's Utopia).
Habit
Hab"it (#) n. [OE. habit, abit fr. habit fr. L. habitus state,
appearance, dress, fr. habere to have, be in a condition; prob. akin
to E. have. See Have, and cf. Able, Binnacle, Debt, Due, Exhibit,
Malady.]
1. The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural
or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly
retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a
spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a
full habit of body.
2. (Biol.) The general appearance and manner of life of a living
organism.
3. Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice;
usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to
perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent
repetition; as, habit is second nature; also, peculiar ways of acting;
characteristic forms of behavior.
A man of very shy, retired habits. W. Irving.
4. Outward appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a
closely fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; as, a riding habit.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy. Shak.
There are, among the states, several of Venus, in different habits.
Addison.
Syn. -- Practice; mode; manner; way; custom; fashion. -- Habit,
Custom. Habit is a disposition or tendency leading us to do easily,
naturally, and with growing certainty, what we do often; custom is
external, being habitual use or the frequent repetition of the same
act. The two operate reciprocally on each other. The custom of giving
produces a habit of liberality; habits of devotion promote the custom
of going to church. Custom also supposes an act of the will, selecting
given modes of procedure; habit is a law of our being, a kind of
"second nature" which grows up within us.
How use doth breed a habit in a man ! Shak.
He who reigns . . . upheld by old repute,
Consent, or custom. Milton.
Habit
Hab"it (?), v. t. [ Habited; p. pr. & vb. n. Habiting.] [OE.
habiten to dwell, F. habiter, fr. L. habitare to have frequently,
to dwell, intens. fr. habere to have. See Habit, n.]
1. To inhabit. [Obs.]
In thilke places as they [birds] habiten. Rom. of R.
2. To dress; to clothe; to array.
They habited themselves lite those rural deities. Dryden.
3. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] Chapman.
Habitability
Hab"it*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Habitableness.
Habitable
Hab"it*a*ble (?), a. [F. habitable, L. habitbilis.] Capable of
being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in; as, the
habitable world. -- Hab"it*a*ble*ness, n. -- Hab"it*a*bly, adv.
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Habitakle
Hab"ita*kle (?), n [F. habitacle dwelling place, binnacle, L.
habitaculum dwelling place. See Binnacle, Habit, v.] A dwelling
place. Chaucer. Southey.
Habitan
Ha`bi`tan" (?), n. Same as Habitant, 2.
General met an emissary . . . sent . . . to ascertain the feelings
of the habitans or French yeomanry. W. Irwing.
Habitance
Hab"it*ance (?), n. [OF. habitance, LL. habitania.] Dwelling;
abode; residence. [Obs.] Spenser.
Habiitancy
Habi"it*an*cy (?), n. Same as Inhabitancy.
Habitant
Hab`it*ant (?), n. [F. habitant. See Habit, v.t]
1. An inhabitant; a dweller. Milton. Pope.
2. [F. pron. (] An inhabitant or resident; -- a name applied to and
denoting farmers of French descent or origin in Canada, especially
in the Province of Quebec; -- usually in plural. The habitants or
cultivators of the soil. Parkman.
Habitat
Hab`i*tat (?), n. [L., it dwells, fr. habitare. See Habit, v. t.]
1. (Biol.) The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or
plant.
2. Place where anything is commonly found.
This word has its habitat in Oxfordshire. Earle.
Habitation
Hab`i*ta"tion (?), n. [F. habitation, L. habi(atio.]
1. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of
being inhabited; occupancy. Denham.
2. Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
The Lord . . . blesseth the habitation of the just. Prov. iii. 33.
Habitator
Hab"ita`tor (?), n. [L.] A dweller; an inhabitant. [Obs.] Sir T.
Browne.
Habited
Hab`it*ed (?), p. p. & a.
1. Clothed; arrayed; dressed; as, he was habited like a shepherd.
2. Fixed by habit; accustomed. [Obs.]
So habited he was in sobriety. Fuller.
3. Inhabited. [Archaic]
Another world, which is habited by the ghosts of men and women.
Addison.
Habitual
Ha*bit"ual (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. habituel, LL. habituals. See Habit,
n.]
1. Formed or acquired by habit or use.
An habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims. South.
2. According to habit; established by habit; customary; constant;
as, the habiual practice of sin.
It is the distinguishing mark of habitual piety to be grateful for
the most common and ordinary blessings. Buckminster.
Syn. -- Customary; accustomed; usual; common; wonted; ordinary;
regular; familiar. -- Ha*bit"u*al*ly, adv. -- Ha*bit"u*al*ness, n.
Habituate
Ha*bit"u*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Habituated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Habituating (?).] [L. habituatus, p. p. of habituare to bring
into a condition or habit of body: cf. F. habituer. See Habit.]
1. To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
Our English dogs, who were habituated to a colder clime. Sir K.
Digby.
Men are first corrupted . . . and next they habituate themselves to
their vicious practices. Tillotson.
2. To settle as an inhabitant. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
Habituate
Ha*bit"u*ate (?), a. Firmly established by custom; formed by habit;
habitual. [R.] Hammond.
Habituation
Ha*bit`u*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. habituation.] The act of
habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.
Habitude
Hab"i*tude (?), n. [F., fr. L. habitudo condition. See Habit.]
1. Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to
something else; established or usual relations. South.
The same ideas having immutably the same habitudes one to another.
Locke.
The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else than habitudes
of thinking. Landor.
2. Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity.
To write well, one must have frequent habitudes with the best
company. Dryden.
3. Habit of body or of action. Shak.
It is impossible to gain an exact habitude without an infinite
Dryden.
Habitue
Ha`bi`tu`e" (?), n. [F., p. p. of habituer. See Habituate.] One who
habitually frequents a place; as, an habitu\'82 of a theater.
Habiture
Hab"i*ture (?; 135), n. Habitude. [Obs.]
Habitus
Hab"i*tus (?), n. [L.] (Zo\'94l.) Habitude; mode of life; general
appearance.
Hable
Ha"ble (?), a. See Habile. [Obs.] Spenser.
Habnab
Hab"nab (?), adv. [Hobnob.] By chance. [Obs.]
Hachure
Hach"ure (?), n. [F., fr. hacher to hack. See Hatching.] (Fine
Arts) A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in
shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See
Hatching.
Hacienda
Ha`ci*en"da (? or ?), n. [Sp., fr. OSp. facienda employment,
estate, fr. L. facienda, pl. of faciendum what is to be done, fr.
facere to do. See Fact.] A large estate where work of any kind is
done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals;
a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming
establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word used in
Spanish-American regions. <-- 2. The main residence of a hacienda
1. -->
Hack
Hack (?), n. [See Hatch a half door.]
1. A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying
bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a
mill race, etc.
2. Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
Hack
Hack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hacked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hacking.]
[OE. hakken; akin to D. hakken, G. hacken, Dan. hakke, Sw. hacka,
and perh. to E. hew. Cf. Hew to cut, Haggle.]
1. To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch;
to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack
a post.
My sword hacked like a handsaw. Shak.
2. Fig.: To mangle in speaking. Shak.
Hack
Hack, v. i. To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken
manner; as, a hacking cough.
Hack
Hack, n.
1. A notch; a cut. Shak.
2. An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking
stone.
3. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough. Dr. H.
More.
4. (Football) A kick on the shins. T. Hughes.
Hack saw
, a handsaw having a narrow blade stretched in an iron frame, for
cutting metal.
Hack
Hack (?), n. [Shortened fr. hackney. See Hackney.]
1. A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used
in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting
and carriage horses.
2. A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two
seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.
On horse, on foot, in hacks and gilded chariots. Pope.
3. A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an
overworked man; a drudge.
Here lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed, Who long was a
bookseller's hack. Goldsmith.
4. A procuress.
Hack
Hack, a. Hackneyed; hired; mercenary. Wakefield. Hack writer, a hack;
one who writes for hire. "A vulgar hack writer." Macaulay.
Hack
Hack, v. t.
1. To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
2. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and
commonplace.<-- = hackney? -->
The word "remarkable" has been so hacked of late. J. H. Newman.
Hack
Hack, v. i.
1. To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn
prostitute. Hanmer.
2. To live the life of a drudge or hack. Goldsmith.
Hackamore
Hack"a*more (?), n. [Cf. Sp. jaquima headstall of a halter.] A halter
consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for
leading or tieing a pack animal. [Western U.S.]
Hackberry
Hack"ber`ry (?), n. (Bot.) A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the
elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C.
occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States. Gray.
Hackbolt
Hack"bolt` (?), n, (Zo\'94l.) The greater shearwater or hagdon. See
Hagdon.
Hackbuss
Hack"buss (?), n. Same as Hagbut.
Hackee
Hack"ee (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The chipmunk; also, the chickaree or red
squirrel. [U.S.]
Hacker
Hack"er (?), n. One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cutting
instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees
in collecting turpentine; a hack.
Hackery
Hack"er*y (?), n. [Hind. chakr\'be.] A cart with wooden wheels, drawn
by bullocks. [Bengal] Malcom.
Hackle
Hac"kle (?), n. [See Heckle, and cf. Hatchel.]
1. A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.
2. Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.
3. One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls,
most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies;
hence, any feather so used.
4. An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.
Hackle
Hac"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hackling
(?).]
1. To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by
drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
2. To tear asunder; to break in pieces.
The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to
pieces. Burke.
Hackly
Hac"kly (?), a. [From Hackle]
1. Rough or broken, as if hacked.
2. (Min.) Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the
hackly fracture of metallic iron.
Hackman
Hack"man (?), n.; pl. Hackmen (. The driver of a hack or carriage for
public hire.
Hackmatack
Hack"ma*tack` (?), n. [Of American Indian origin.] (Bot.) The American
larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous
leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack.
Hackney
Hack"ney (?), n.; pl. Hackneys (#). [OE. haceney, hacenay; cf. F.
haquen\'82e a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haquen\'82e, Sp.
hacanea, OSp. facanea, D. hakkenei, also OF. haque horse, Sp. haca,
OSp. faca; perh akin to E. hack to cut, and orig. meaning, a jolting
horse. Cf. Hack a horse, Nag.]
1. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. Chaucer.
2. A horse or pony kept for hire.
3. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
4. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
Hackney
Hack"ney, a. Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much
used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors. "Hackney
tongue." Roscommon. <-- also hackneyed -->
Hackney
Hack"ney, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackneyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hackneying.]
1. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to
wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a
hackneyed metaphor or quotation.
Had I lavish of my presence been, So common-hackneyed in the eyes
of men. Shak.
2. To carry in a hackney coach. Cowper.
Hackneyman
Hack"ney*man (?), n.; pl. Hackneymen (. A man who lets horses and
carriages for hire.
Hackster
Hack"ster (?), n. [From Hack to cut.] A bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an
assassin. [Obs.] Milton.
Hacqueton
Hac"que*ton (?), n. Same as Acton. [Obs.]
Had
Had (?), imp. & p. p. of Have. [OE.had, hafde, hefde, AS. h\'91fde.]
See Have. Had as lief, Had rather, Had better, Had as soon, etc., with
a nominative and followed by the infinitive without to, are well
established idiomatic forms. The original construction was that of the
dative with forms of be, followed by the infinitive. See Had better,
under Better.
And lever me is be pore and trewe. [And more agreeable to me it is
to be poor and true.] C. Mundi (Trans. ).
Him had been lever to be syke. [To him it had been preferable to be
sick.] Fabian.
For him was lever have at his bed's head Twenty bookes, clad in
black or red, . . . Than robes rich, or fithel, or gay sawtrie.
Chaucer.
NOTE: Gradually the nominative was substituted for the dative, and
had for the forms of be. During the process of transition, the
nominative with was or were, and the dative with had, are found.
Poor lady, she were better love a dream. Shak.
You were best hang yourself. Beau. & Fl.
Me rather had my heart might feel your love Than my unpleased eye
see your courtesy. Shak.
I hadde levere than my scherte, That ye hadde rad his legende, as
have I. Chaucer.
I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I
myself. Shak.
I had rather be a dog and bay the moon, Than such a Roman. Shak.
I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell
in the tents of wickedness. Ps. lxxxiv.10.
Hadder
Had"der (?), n. Heather; heath. [Obs.] Burton.
Haddie
Had"die (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The haddock. [Scot.]
Haddock
Had"dock (?), n. [OE. hadoc, haddok, of unknown origin; cf. Ir. codog,
Gael. adag, F. hadot.] (Zo\'94l.) A marine food fish (Melanogrammus
\'91glefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of
Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on
each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and
dickie. Norway haddock, a marine edible fish (Sebastes marinus) of
Northern Europe and America. See Rose fish.
Hade
Hade (?), n. [Cf. heald inclined, bowed down, G. halde declivity.]
1. The descent of a hill. [Obs.]
2. (Mining) The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any
mineral vein.
Hade
Hade, v. i. (Mining) To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein,
fault, or lode.
Hades
Ha"des (?), n. [Gr.Un-, Wit.] The nether world (according to classical
mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the
invisible world; the grave.
And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them. Rev. xx.
13 (Rev. Ver. ).
Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
Acts ii. 31 (Rev. Ver.).
And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments. Luke xvi.23
(Rev. Ver.).
Hadj
Hadj (?), n. [Ar.hajj, fr. hajja to set out, walk, go on a
pilgrimage.] The pilgrimage to Mecca, performed by Mohammedans.
Hadji
Hadj"i (?), n. [Ar. h\'bej&imac;. See Hadj.]
1. A Mohammedan pilgrim to Mecca; -- used among Orientals as a
respectful salutation or a title of honor. G. W. Curtis.
2. A Greek or Armenian who has visited the holy sepulcher at
Jerusalem. Heyse.
Hadrosaurus
Had`ro*sau"rus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "adro`s thick + say^ros lizard.]
(Paleon.) An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to
the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.
H\'91cceity
H\'91c*ce`i*ty (?), [L. h\'91cce this.] (Logic) Literally, this-ness.
A scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this
book.
H\'91ma-
H\'91m"a- (, H\'91m"a*to- (, H\'91m"o- (. [Gr. ai^"ma, blood.]
Combining forms indicating relation or resemblance to blood,
association with blood; as, h\'91mapod, h\'91matogenesis,
h\'91moscope.
NOTE: &hand; Wo rds fr om Gr . (h ema-, he mato-, hemo-, as well as
h\'91ma-, h\'91mato-, h\'91mo-.
H\'91machrome
H\'91m"a*chrome (? OR ?), n. [H\'91ma- + Gr. (Physiol. Chem.) Hematin.
H\'91macyanin
H\'91m`a*cy"a*nin (?), n. [H\'91ma- + Gr. (Physiol. Chem.) A substance
found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color.
NOTE: &hand; Wh en de prived of oxygen it is colorless, but becomes
quickly blue in contact with oxygen, and is then generally called
oxyh\'91macyanin. A similar blue coloring matter has been detected
in small quantity in the blood of other animals and in the bile.
H\'91macytometer
H\'91m`a*cy*tom"e*ter (?), n. [H\'91ma + Gr. -meter.] (Physiol.) An
apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity
of blood.
H\'91mad
H\'91"mad (?), adv. [H\'91ma- + L. ad toward.] (Anat.) Toward the
h\'91mal side; on the h\'91mal side of; -- opposed to neurad.
H\'91madrometer or, H\'91madremometer
H\'91m`a*drom"e*ter (? or ?), H\'91m`a*dre*mom"e*ter (?), n. Same as
Hemadrometer.
H\'91madrometry,H\'91madromometry
H\'91m`a*drom"e*try (?),H\'91m`a*dro*mom"e*try (?), n. Same as
Hemadrometry.
H\'91madromograph
H\'91m`a*drom"o*graph (?), n. [H\'91ma- + Gr. -graph.] (Physiol.) An
instrument for registering the velocity of the blood.
H\'91madynameter or H\'91madynamometer
H\'91`ma*dy*nam"e*ter (? or ?) H\'91`ma*dy`na*mom"e*ter (? or ?), Same
as Hemadynamometer.
H\'91madynamics
H\'91ma*dy*nam"ics (, n. Same as Hemadynamics.
H\'91mal
H\'91"mal (?), a. [Gr. Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels; also,
ventral. See Hemal.
H\'91maph\'91in
H\'91m`a*ph\'91"in (?), n. [H\'91ma- + Gr. (Physiol.) A brownish
substance sometimes found in the blood, in cases of jaundice.
H\'91mapod
H\'91m"a*pod (? or ?), n. [H\'91ma + -pod.] (Zo\'94l.) An
h\'91mapodous animal. G. Rolleston.
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H\'91mapodous
H\'91*map"o*dous (?), a. (Anat.) Having the limbs on, or directed
toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to
neuropodous.
H\'91mapoietic
H\'91m`a*poi*et"ic (? or ?), a. [H\'91ma- + Gr. (Physiol.)
Bloodforming; as, the h\'91mapoietic function of the spleen.
H\'91mapophysis
H\'91m`a*poph"y*sis (?), n. [NL.] Same as Hemapophysis. --
H\'91m`a*po*phys"i*al (#), a.
H\'91mastatics
H\'91m`a*stat"ics, n. Same as Hemastatics.
H\'91matachometer
H\'91m`a*ta*chom"e*ter (?), n. [H\'91ma- + Gr. -meter.] (Physiol.) A
form of apparatus (somewhat different from the hemadrometer) for
measuring the velocity of the blood.
H\'91matachometry
H\'91m`a*ta*chom"e*try (?), n. (Physiol.) The measurement of the
velocity of the blood.
H\'91matemesis
H\'91m`a*tem"e*sis, n. Same as Hematemesis.
H\'91matic
H\'91*mat"ic (?), a. [Gr. Of or pertaining to the blood; sanguine;
brownish red. H\'91matic acid (Physiol.), a hypothetical acid,
supposed to be formed from hemoglobin during its oxidation in the
lungs, and to have the power of freeing carbonic acid from the sodium
carbonate of the serum. Thudichum.
H\'91matin
H\'91m"a*tin, n. Same as Hematin.
H\'91matinometer
H\'91m`a*ti*nom"e*ter, n. Same as Hematinometer.
H\'91matinometric
H\'91m`a*tin`o*met"ric, a. Same as Hematinometric.
H\'91matite
H\'91m"a*tite, n. Same as Hematite.
H\'91matitic
H\'91m`a*tit"ic (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of a blood-red color; crimson;
(Bot.) brownish red.
H\'91mato-
H\'91m"a*to- (? or ?), prefix. See H\'91ma-.
H\'91matoblast
H\'91m"a*to*blast (?), n. [H\'91mato- + -blast.] (Anat.) One of the
very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red
corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle,
supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red
corpuscles; -- called also blood plaque, and blood plate.<-- =
hemocytoblast, hematocytoblast. Precursor of erythroblasts,
lymphoblasts, and myeloblasts, found mostly in bone marrow. Hayem's
hematoblast = a platelet -->
H\'91matocrya
H\'91m`a*toc"ry*a (?), n. pl. (Zo\'94l.) The cold-blooded vertebrates.
Same as Hematocrya.
H\'91matocryal
H\'91m`*a*toc"ry*al (?), a. Cold-blooded.
H\'91matocrystallin
H\'91m`a*to*crys"tal*lin, n. Same as Hematocrystallin.
H\'91matodynamometer
H\'91`ma*to*dy`na*mom"e*ter (? or ?), n. Same as Hemadynamometer.
H\'91matogenesis
H\'91m`a*to*gen"e*sis (?), n. [H\'91mato- + genesis.] (Physiol.) (a)
The origin and development of blood. (b) The transformation of venous
arterial blood by respiration; hematosis.
H\'91matogenic
H\'91m`a*to*gen"ic (?), a. (Physiol.) Relating to h\'91matogenesis.
H\'91matogenous
H\'91m`a*tog"e*nous (?), a. (Physiol.) Originating in the blood.
H\'91matoglobulin
H\'91m`a*to*glob"u*lin, n. Same as Hematoglobin.
H\'91matoid
H\'91m"a*toid, a. Same as Hematoid.
H\'91matoidin
H\'91m`a*toid"in, n. Same as Hematoidin.
H\'91matoin
H\'91*mat"o*in (?), n. [H\'91mato- + -in.] (Physiol. Chem.) A
substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron
through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. Two like bodies,
called respectively h\'91matoporphyrin and h\'91matolin, are formed in
a similar manner.
H\'91matolin
H\'91*mat"o*lin (?), n. See H\'91matoin.
H\'91matology
H\'91m`a*tol"o*gy (? or ?), n. The science which treats of the blood.
Same as Hematology.
H\'91matometer
H\'91m`a*tom"e*ter (?), n. [H\'91mato- + -meter.] (Physiol.) (a) Same
as Hemadynamometer. (b) An instrument for determining the number of
blood corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.
H\'91matophlina
H\'91m`a*to*ph*li"na (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. -gr. (Zo\'94l.) A division
of Cheiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire.
H\'91matoplast
H\'91m"a*to*plast` (?), n. [H\'91mato- + Gr. (Anat.) Same as
H\'91matoblast.
H\'91matoplastic
H\'91m`a*to*plas"tic (?), a. [H\'91mato- + -plastic.] (Physiol.) Blood
formative; -- applied to a substance in early fetal life, which breaks
up gradually into blood vessels.
H\'91matoporphyrin
H\'91m`a*to*por"phy*rin (?), n. [H\'91mato- + Gr. (Physiol. Chem.) See
H\'91matoin.
H\'91matosac
H\'91m"a*to*sac` (?), n. [H\'91mato- + sac.] (Anat.) A vascular sac
connected, beneath the brain, in many fishes, with the infundibulum.
H\'91matoscope
H\'91m"a*to*scope` (?), n. A h\'91moscope.
H\'91matosin
H\'91m`a*to"sin (? or ?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) Hematin. [R.]
H\'91matosis
H\'91m`a*to"sis, n. Same as Hematosis.
H\'91matotherma
H\'91m`a*to*ther"ma (?), n. pl. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Hematotherma.
H\'91matothermal
H\'91m`a*to*ther"mal (?), a. Warm-blooded; homoiothermal.
H\'91matothorax
H\'91m`a*to*tho"rax, n. Same as Hemothorax.
H\'91matexylin
H\'91m`a*tex"y*lin (?), n. [See H\'91matoxylon.] (Chem.) The coloring
principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline
substance, C16H14O6, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also
hematin.
H\'91matoxylon
H\'91m`a*tox"y*lon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of leguminous
plants containing but a single species, the H. Campechianum or logwood
tree, native in Yucatan.
H\'91matozo\'94n
H\'91m`a*to*zo"\'94n (?), n.; pl. H\'91matozoa (#). [NL., fr. Gr.
(Zo\'94l.) A parasite inhabiting the blood; esp.: (a) Certain species
of nematodes of the genus Filaria, sometimes found in the blood of
man, the horse, the dog, etc. (b) The trematode, Bilharzia
h\'91matobia, which infests the inhabitants of Egypt and other parts
of Africa, often causing death.
H\'91mic
H\'91"mic (? or ?),
H\'91min
H\'91"min (?), n. Same as Hemin.
H\'91mo-
H\'91m"o- (? or ?), prefix. See H\'91ma-.
H\'91mochrome
H\'91m"ochrome (?), n. Same as H\'91machrome.
H\'91mochromogen
H\'91m`o*chro"mogen (?), n. [H\'91mochrome + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.) A
body obtained from hemoglobin, by the action of reducing agents in the
absence of oxygen.
H\'91mochromometer
H\'91m`o*chro*mom`e*ter (?), n. [H\'91mochrome + -meter.] (Physiol.
Chem.) An apparatus for measuring the amount of hemoglobin in a fluid,
by comparing it with a solution of known strength and of normal color.
H\'91mocyanin
H\'91m`o*cy"a*nin (?), n. Same as H\'91macyanin.
H\'91mocytolysis
H\'91m`o*cy*tol"y*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Physiol.) See
H\'91mocytotrypsis.
H\'91mocytometer
H\'91m`o*cy*tom"e*ter, n. See H\'91macytometer.
H\'91mocytotrypsis
H\'91m`o*cy`to*tryp"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Physiol.) A breaking up
of the blood corpuscles, as by pressure, in distinction from solution
of the corpuscles, or h\'91mcytolysis.
H\'91modromograph
H\'91m`o*drom"o*graph (?), n. Same as H\'91madromograph.
H\'91modynameter
H\'91`mo*dy*nam"e*ter (? or ?), n. Same as Hemadynamics.
H\'91moglobin
H\'91m`o*glo"bin, n. Same as Hemoglobin.
H\'91moglobinometer
H\'91m`o*glo`bin*om"e*ter (?), n. [H\'91moglobin + -meter.] Same as
Hemochromometer.
H\'91molutein
H\'91m`o*lu"te*in (?), n. [H\'91mo- + corpus luteum.] (Physiol.) See
Hematoidin.
H\'91momanometer
H\'91m`o*ma*nom"e*ter (?), n. [H\'91mo- + manometer.] Same as
Hemadynamometer.
H\'91mometer
H\'91*mom"e*ter (?), n. [H\'91mo- + -meter.] (Physiol.) Same as
Hemadynamometer.
H\'91mony
H\'91"mo*ny (?), n. [L. H\'91monia a name of Thessaly, the land of
magic.] A plant described by Milton as "of sovereign use against all
enchantments."
H\'91moplastic
H\'91mo*plas"tic, a. Same as H\'91matoplastic.
H\'91morrhoidal
H\'91m"or*rhoid"al, a. Same as Hemorrhoidal.
H\'91moscope
H\'91m"o*scope (? or ?), n. [H\'91mo- + -scope.] (Physiol.) An
instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the
thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination.
H\'91mostatic
H\'91m`o*stat"ic (?), a. Same Hemostatic.
H\'91motachometer
H\'91m`o*ta*chom"e*ter (?), n. Same as H\'91matachometer.
H\'91motachometry
H\'91m`o*ta*chom"e*try (?), n. Same as H\'91matachometry.
Haf
Haf (?), imp. of Heave. Hove. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Haffle
Haf"fle (?), v. i. [Cf. G. haften to cling, stick to, Prov. G., to
stop, stammer.] To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.
[Prov.Eng.] Halliwell.
Haft
Haft (?), n. [AS. h\'91ft; akin to D. & G. heft, Icel. hepti, and to
E. Heave, or have. Cf. Heft.]
1. A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand,
and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword,
or dagger; the hilt.
This brandish'dagger I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast.
Dryden.
2. A dwelling. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Haft
Haft, v. t. To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
Hafter
Haft"er (?), n. [haften to cling or stick to, and E. haffle.] A
caviler; a wrangler. [Obs.] Baret.
Hag
Hag (?), n. [OE. hagge, hegge, with, hag, AS. h\'91gtesse; akin to
OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw. h\'84xa. The first
part of the word is prob. the same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig.
meaning was perh., wood woman, wild woman.
1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.]
"[Silenus] that old hag." Golding.
2. An ugly old woman.
3. A fury; a she-monster. Grashaw.
4. (Zo\'94l.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch (Myxine glutinosa),
allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial
appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the
order Hyperotpeta. Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and
sleepmarken.
5. (Zo\'94l.) The hagdon or shearwater.
6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
Blount.
Hag moth (Zo\'94l.), a moth (Phobetron pithecium), the larva of which
has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit trees. -- Hag's tooth
(Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing.
Hag
Hag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hagging.] To
harass; to weary with vexation.
How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with the fancy
of omens. L'Estrange.
Hag
Hag, n. [Scot. hag to cut; cf. E. hack.]
1. A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or
inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.
This said, he led me over hoults and hags; Through thorns and
bushes scant my legs I drew. Fairfax.
2. A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut. Dugdale.
Hagberry
Hag"ber"ry (?), n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Prunus (P. Padus); the
bird cherry. [Scot.]
Hagborn
Hag"born`, a. Born of a hag or witch. Shak.
Hagbut
Hag"but (?), n. [OF. haquebute, prob. a corruption of D. haakbus; haak
hook + bus gun barrel. See Hook, and 2d Box, and cf. Arquebus.] A
harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in
taking aim. [Written also haguebut and hackbuss.]
Hagbutter
Hag"but*ter (?), n. A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus.
[Written also hackbutter.] Froude.
Hagdon
Hag"don (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of several species of sea birds of the
genus Puffinus; esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P.
Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also
hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater.
Haggada
Hag*ga"da (?), n.; pl. Haggadoth (#). [Rabbinic hagg\'bedh\'be, fr.
Heb. higg\'c6dh to relate.] A story, anecdote, or legend in the
Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament.
[Written also hadaga.]
Haggard
Hag"gard (?), a. [F. hagard; of German origin, and prop. meaning, of
the hegde or woods, wild, untamed. See Hedge, 1st Haw, and -ard.]
1. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as,
a haggard or refractory hawk. [Obs.] Shak
2. [For hagged, fr. hag a witch, influenced by haggard wild.] Having
the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having
the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as,
haggard features, eyes.
Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look. Dryden.
Haggard
Hag"gard, n. [See Haggard, a.]
1. (Falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
2. A fierce, intractable creature.
I have loved this proud disdainful haggard. Shak.
3. [See Haggard, a., 2.] A hag. [Obs.] Garth.
Haggard
Hag"gard, n. [See 1st Haw, Hedge, and Yard an inclosed space.] A
stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] Swift.
Haggardly
Hag"gard*ly, adv. In a haggard manner. Dryden.
Hagged
Hag"ged (?), a. Like a hag; lean; ugly. [R.]
Haggis
Hag"gis (?), n. [Scot. hag to hack, chop, E. hack. Formed, perhaps, in
imitation of the F. hachis (E. hash), fr. hacher.] A Scotch pudding
made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced
with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the
stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck. [Written also
haggiss, haggess, and haggies.]
Haggish
Hag"gish (?), a. Like a hag; ugly; wrinkled.
But on both did haggish age steal on. Shak.
Haggishly
Hag"gish*ly, adv. In the manner of a hag.
Haggle
Hag"gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Haggling
(?).] [Freq. of Scot. hag, E. hack. See Hack to cut.] To cut roughly
or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful
manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick
of wood.
Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er, Comes to him, where
in gore he lay insteeped. Shak.
Haggle
Hag"gle, v. i. To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small
matters; to chaffer; to higgle.
Royalty and science never haggled about the value of blood.
Walpole.
Haggle
Hag"gle, n. The act or process of haggling. Carlyle.
Haggler
Hag"gler (?), n.
1. One who haggles or is difficult in bargaining.
2. One who forestalls a market; a middleman between producer and
dealer in London vegetable markets.
Hagiarchy
Ha"gi*ar`chy (?), n. [Gr. -archy.] A sacred government; by holy orders
of men. Southey.
Hagiocracy
Ha`gi*oc"ra*cy (?), n. [Gr. Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.
Hagiographa
Ha`gi*og"ra*pha (?), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr.
1. The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or
that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets. It comprises
Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes,
Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
2. (R. C. Ch.) The lives of the saints. Brande & C.
Hagiographal
Ha`gi*og"ra*phal (?), Pertaining to the hagiographa, or to sacred
writings.
Hagiographer
Ha`gi*og"ra*pher (?), n. One of the writers of the hagiographa; a
writer of lives of the saints. Shipley.
Hagiography
Ha`gi*og"ra*phy (?, 277), n. Same Hagiographa.
Hagiolatry
Ha`gi*ol"a*try (?), n. [Gr. The invocation or worship of saints.
Hagiologist
Ha`gi*ol"o*gist (?), n. One who treats of the sacred writings; a
writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer. Tylor.
Hagiologists have related it without scruple. Southey.
Hagiology
Ha`gi*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] The history or description of the
sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the
saints; a catalogue of saints. J. H. Newman.
Hagioscope
Ha"gi*o*scope` (?), n. [Gr. -scope.] An opening made in the interior
walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in
the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint. Hook.
Hag-ridden
Hag"-rid`den (?), a. Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with
nightmare. Beattie. Cheyne.
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Hagseed
Hag"seed` (?), n. The offspring of a hag. Shak.
Hagship
Hag"ship, n. The state or title of a hag. Middleton.
Hag-taper
Hag"-ta`per (?), n. [Cf. 1st Hag, and Hig-taper.] (Bot.) The great
woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).
Haguebut
Hague"but (?), n. See Hagbut.
Hah
Hah , interj. Same as Ha.
Ha-ha
Ha-ha" (?), n. [See Haw-haw.] A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch,
not visible till one is close upon it. [Written also haw-haw.]
Haidingerite
Hai"ding*er*ite (?), n. (Min.) A mineral consisting of the arseniate
of lime; -- so named in honor of W. Haidinger, of Vienna.
Haiduck
Hai"duck (?), n. [G. haiduck, heiduck, fr. Hung. hajdu.] Formerly, a
mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian
noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts. [Written also
hayduck, heiduc, heiduck, and heyduk.]
Haik
Haik (?), n. [Ar. h\'beik, fr. h\'beka to weave.] A large piece of
woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment. [Written
also hyke.] Heyse.
Haikal
Hai"kal (?), n. The central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary
of a Coptic church. It contains the high altar, and is usually closed
by an embroidered curtain.
Hail
Hail (?), n. [OE. hail, ha, AS. h\'91gel; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw.
hagel; Icel. hagl; cf. Gr. Small roundish masses of ice precipitated
from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor.
The separate masses or grains are called hailstones.
Thunder mixed with hail, Hail mixed with fire, must rend the
Egyptian sky. Milton.
Hail
Hail, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Halled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Halting.]
[OE. hailen, AS. haqalian.] To pour down particles of ice, or
frozen vapors.
Hail
Hail, v. t. To pour forcibly down, as hail. Shak.
Hail
Hail, a. Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).
Hail
Hail, v. t. [OE. hailen, heilen, Icel. heil hale, sound, used in
greeting. See Hale sound.]
1. To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.
2. To name; to designate; to call.
And such a son as all men hailed me happy. Milton.
Hail
Hail, v. i.
1. To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or
where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with
from; as, the steamer hails from New York.
2. To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to
come; -- with from. [Colloq.] G. G. Halpine.
Hail
Hail, interj. [See Hail, v. t.] An exclamation of respectful or
reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting. "Hail,
brave friend." Shak.
All hail. See in the Vocabulary. -- Hail Mary, a form of prayer made
use of in the Roman Catholic Church in invocation of the Virgin. See
Ave Maria.
Hail
Hail, n. A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call. "Their puissant
hail." M. Arnold.
The angel hail bestowed. Milton.
Hail-fellow
Hail"-fel`low (?), n. An intimate companion.
Hail-fellow well met. Lyly.
Hailse
Hailse (?), v. t. [OE. hailsen, Icel. heilsa. Cf. Hall to call to.] To
greet; to salute. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
Hailshot
Hail"shot` (?), n. pl. Small shot which scatter like hailstones.
[Obs.] Hayward.
Hailstone
Hail"stone` (?), n. A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a
frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.
Hailstorm
Hail"storm` (?), n. A storm accompanied with hail; a shower of hail.
Haily
Hai"ly (?), a. Of hail. "Haily showers." Pope.
Han
Han (?), v. t. [Cf. Sw. h\'84gn hedge, inclosure, Dan. hegn hedge,
fence. See Hedge.] To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass. "A
ground . . . hained in." Holland.
Hain't
Hain't (?). A contraction of have not or has not; as, I hain't, he
hain't, we hain't. [Colloq. or illiterate speech.] [Written also
han't.]<-- now ain't -->
Hair
Hair (?), n. [OE. her, heer, h\'91r, AS. h&aemac;r; akin to OFries,
h&emac;r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h&amac;r, Dan. haar, Sw. h\'86r;
cf. Lith. kasa.]
1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an
animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part
or the whole of the body.
2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate
animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a
bulbous root imbedded in the skin.
Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs. Chaucer.
And draweth new delights with hoary hairs. Spenser.
3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for
stuffing cushions.
4. (Zo\'94l.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of
insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are
totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and
mode of growth.
5. An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several
cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs
occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
7. A haircloth. [Obc.] Chaucer.
8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
NOTE: &hand; Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as,
hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin, hair powder,
a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair.
Against the hair, in a rough and disagreeable manner; against the
grain. [Obs.] "You go against the hair of your professions." Shak. --
Hair bracket (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the back of, or
runs aft from, the figurehead. -- Hair cells (Anat.), cells with
hairlike processes in the sensory epithelium of certain parts of the
internal ear. -- Hair compass, Hair divider, a compass or divider
capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw. -- Hair glove, a
glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin. -- Hair lace, a netted fillet
for tying up the hair of the head. Swift. -- Hair line, a line made of
hair; a very slender line. -- Hair moth (Zo\'94l.), any moth which
destroys goods made of hair, esp. Tinea biselliella. -- Hair pencil, a
brush or fine hair, for painting; -- generally called by the name of
the hair used; as, a camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc.
-- Hair plate, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of a
bloomery fire. -- Hair powder, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or
starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of the head, or
on wigs. -- Hair seal (Zo\'94l.), any one of several species of eared
seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion. -- Hair seating, haircloth
for seats of chairs, etc. -- Hair shirt, a shirt, or a band for the
loins, made of horsehair, and worn as a penance. -- Hair sieve, a
strainer with a haircloth bottom. -- Hair snake. See Gordius. -- Hair
space (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in lines of type. --
Hair stroke, a delicate stroke in writing. -- Hair trigger, a trigger
so constructed as to discharge a firearm by a very slight pressure, as
by the touch of a hair. Farrow. -- Not worth a hair, of no value. --
To a hair, with the nicest distinction. -- To split hairs, to make
distinctions of useless nicety.
Hairbell
Hair"bell` (?), n. (Bot.) See Harebell.
Hairbird
Hair"bird` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The chipping sparrow.
Hairbrained
Hair"brained` (?), a. See Harebrained.
Hairbreadth, Hair'sbreadth
Hair"breadth` (?), Hair's"breadth` (. The diameter or breadth of a
hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth
part of an inch.
Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not miss. Judg.
xx. 16
Hairbreadth
Hair"breadth`, a. Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a
hairbreadth escape.
Hair-brown
Hair"-brown` (?), a. Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human
hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green.
Hairbrush
Hair"brush` (?), n. A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.
Haircloth
Hair"cloth`, n. Stuff or cloth made wholly or in part of hair.
Hairdresser
Hair"dress`er (?), n. One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber.
Haired
Haired (?), a.
1. Having hair. "A beast haired like a bear." Purchas.
2. In composition: Having (such) hair; as, red-haired.
Hairen
Hai"ren (?), a. [AS. h.] Hairy. [Obc.]
His hairen shirt and his ascetic diet. J. Taylor.
Hair grass
Hair" grass` (?). (Bot.) A grass with very slender leaves or branches;
as the Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira or Deschampsia.
Hairiness
Hair"i*ness (?), n. The state of abounding, or being covered, with
hair. Johnson.
Hairless
Hair"less, a. Destitute of hair. Shak.
Hairpin
Hair"pin` (, n. A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening
the hair in place, -- used by women.
Hair-salt
Hair"-salt` (?), n. [A translation of G. haarsalz.] (Min.) A variety
of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.
Hairsplitter
Hair"split`ter (?), n. One who makes excessively nice or needless
distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. "The caviling
hairsplitter." De Quincey.
Hairsplitting
Hair"split`ting (?), a. Making excessively nice or trivial
distinctions in reasoning; subtle. -- n. The act or practice of making
trivial distinctions.
The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special pleading.
Charles Sumner.
Hairspring
Hair"spring` (?), n. (Horology) The slender recoil spring which
regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.
Hairstreak
Hair"streak` (?), n. A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green
hairstreak (T. rubi).
Hairtail
Hair"tail` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any species of marine fishes of the
genus Trichiurus; esp., T. lepterus of Europe and America. They are
long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also
bladefish.
Hairworm
Hair"worm` (?). (Zo\'94l.) A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius,
resembling a hair. See Gordius.
Hairy
Hair"y (?), a. Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling
hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.
His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge. Milton.
Haitian
Hai"ti*an (?), a. & n. See Haytian.<-- Now the preferred spelling. -->
Haye
Ha"ye (?), n. [Ar. hayya snake.] (Zo\'94l.) The Egyptian asp or cobra
(Naja haje.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter
has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very
venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite
Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called Cleopatra's
snake or asp. See Asp.
Hake
Hake (?), n. [See Hatch a half door.] A drying shed, as for unburned
tile.
Hake
Hake, n. [Also haak.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit., hook fish,
Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See Hook.] (Zo\'94l.) One of
several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis,
Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris; the
American silver hake or whiting is M. bilinearis. Two American species
(Phycis chuss and P. tenius) are important food fishes, and are also
valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and
codling.
Hake
Hake (?), v. t. To loiter; to sneak. [Prov. Eng.]
Hake's-dame
Hake's"-dame` (?), n. See Forkbeard.
Haketon
Hak"e*ton (?), n. Same as Acton. [Obs.]
Hakim
Ha*kim" (?), n. [Ar. hak\'c6m.] A wise man; a physician, esp. a
Mohammedan. [India]
Hakim
Ha"kim (?), n. [Ar. h\'bekim.] A Mohammedan title for a ruler; a
judge. [India]
Halacha
Ha*la"cha (?), n.; pl. Halachoth([Heb. hal\'bech\'beh.] The general
term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of
exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash.
Ha-lation
Ha-la"tion (?), n. (Photog.) An appearance as of a halo of light,
surround the edges of dark object
Halberd
Hal"berd (?; 277), n. [F. hallebarde; of German origin; cf. MHG.
helmbarte, G. hellebarte; prob. orig., an ax to split a helmet, fr. G.
barte a broad ax (orig. from the same source as E. beard; cf. Icel.
bar, a kind of ax, skegg beard, skeggia a kind of halberd) + helm
helmet; but cf. also MNG. helm, halm, handle, and E. helve. See Beard,
Helmet.] (Mil.) An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had
a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and
sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very
elaborate form. [Written also halbert.]
Halberdier
Hal`berd*ier" (?), n. [F. hallebardier.] One who is armed with a
halberd. Strype.
Halberd-shaped
Hal"berd-shaped` (?), a. Hastate.
Halcyon
Hal"cy*on (?), n. [L. halcyon, alcyon, Gr.halcyon.] (Zo\'94l.) A
kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a
limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred
kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be As halcyons brooding on a
winter sea. Dryden.
Halcyon
Hal"cy*on, a.
1. Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said
to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather
about the winter solstice.
2. Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy. "Deep, halcyon
repose." De Quincy.
Halcyonian
Hal`cy*o"ni*an (?), a. Halcyon; calm.
Halcyonold
Hal"cy*o*nold (?), a. & n. [Halcyon + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) See Alcyonoid.
Hale
Hale (?), a. [Written also heil, Icel. heill; akin to E. whole. See
Whole.] Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.
Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift.
Hale
Hale, n. Welfare. [Obs.]
All heedless of his dearest hale. Spenser.
Hale
Hale (h&amac;l OR h&add;l; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haled (h\'beld OR
h&add;ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Haling.] [OE. halen, halien; cf. AS.
holian, to acquire, get. See Haul.] To pull; to drag; to haul. See
Haul. Chaucer.
Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore. Milton.
As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim. Shelley.
Halesia
Ha*le"si*a (?), n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of American shrubs containing
several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They
have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.
Half
Half (?), a. [AS. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin
to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb, Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel.
h\'belfr, Goth. halbs. Cf. Halve, Behalf.]
1. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a
half dollar; a half view.
NOTE: &hand; Th e ad jective an d no un ar e often united to form a
compound.
2. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half;
approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a
half dream; half knowledge.
Assumed from thence a half consent. Tennyson.
Half ape (Zo\'94l.), a lemur. -- Half back. (Football) See under 2d
Back. -- Half bent, the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in
the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch. -- Half binding, a style
of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather. --
Half boarder, one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a
boarding school who takes dinner only. -- Half-breadth plan
(Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of the half a vessel, divided
lengthwise, showing the lines. -- Half cadence (Mus.), a cadence on
the dominant. -- Half cap, a slight salute with the cap. [Obs.] Shak.
-- A half cock, the position of the cock of a gun when retained by the
first notch.<-- half cocked: see below, halfcocked: = unprepared,
lacking forethought; -- as in go off half cocked --> -- Half hitch, a
sailor's knot in a rope; half of a clove hitch. -- Half hose, short
stockings; socks. -- Half measure, an imperfect or weak line of
action. -- Half note (Mus.), a minim, one half of a semibreve. -- Half
pay, half of the wages or salary; reduced pay; as, an officer on half
pay. -- Half price, half the ordinary price; or a price much reduced.
-- Half round. (a) (Arch.) A molding of semicircular section. (b)
(Mech.) Having one side flat and the other rounded; -- said of a file.
-- Half shift (Mus.), a position of the hand, between the open
position and the first shift, in playing on the violin and kindred
instruments. See Shift. -- Half step (Mus.), a semitone; the smallest
difference of pitch or interval, used in music. -- Half tide, the time
or state of the tide equally distant from ebb and flood. -- Half time,
half the ordinary time for work or attendance; as, the half-time
system. -- Half tint (Fine Arts), a middle or intermediate tint, as in
drawing or painting. See Demitint. -- Half truth, a statement only
partially true, or which gives only a part of the truth. Mrs.
Browning. -- Half year, the space of six moths; one term of a school
when there are two terms in a year.
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Half
Half, adv. In an equal part or degree; in some paas, half-colored,
half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious. "Half loth
and half consenting." Dryden.
Their children spoke halfin the speech of Ashdod. Neh. xiii. 24
Half
Half (?), n.; pl. Halves (#). [AS. healf. See Half, a.]
1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.] Wyclif.
The four halves of the house. Chaucer.
2. One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or
considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an
apple.
Not half his riches known, and yet despised. Milton.
A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us. Tennyson.
Better half. See under Better. -- In half, in two; an expression
sometimes used improperly instead of in OR into halves; as, to cut in
half. [Colloq.] Dickens. -- In, OR On, one's half, in one's behalf; on
one's part. [Obs.] -- To cry halves, to claim an equal share with
another. -- To go halves, to share equally between two.
Half
Half, v. t. To halve. [Obs.] See Halve. Sir H. Wotton.
Half-and-half
Half`-and-half", n. A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and
ale, in about equal parts. Dickens.
Halfbeak
Half"beak` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any slender, marine fish of the genus
Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; --
called also balahoo.
Half blood
Half" blood` (?).
1. The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same
mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood.
See Blood, n., 2 and 4.
2. A person so related to another.
3. A person whose father and mother are of different races; a
half-breed.
NOTE: &hand; In the 2d and 3d senses usually with a hyphen.
Half-blooded
Half"-blood`ed, a.
1. Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races;
having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep.
2. Degenerate; mean.
Half-boot
Half"-boot` (?), n. A boot with a short top covering only the ankle.
See Cocker, and Congress boot, under Congress.
Half-bound
Half"-bound` (?), n. Having only the back and corners in leather, as a
book.
Half-bred
Half"-bred` (?), a.
1. Half-blooded. [Obs.]
2. Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well
trained. Atterbury.
Half-breed
Half"-breed` (?), a. Half-blooded.
Half-breed
Half"-breed`, n. A person who is blooded; the offspring of parents of
different races, especially of the American Indian and the white race.
Half-brother
Half"-broth`er (?), n. A brother by one parent, but not by both.
Half-caste
Half"-caste` (?), n. One born of a European parent on the one side,
and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective; as,
half-caste parents.
Half-clammed
Half"-clammed` (?), a. Half-filled. [Obs.]
Lions' half-clammed entrails roar food. Marston.
Halfcock
Half"cock` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halfcocked(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Halfcocking.] To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch. To go
off halfcocked. (a) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger
at half cock; -- said of a firearm. (b) To do or say something without
due thought or care. [Colloq. or Low] <-- now written half-cocked -->
Half-cracked
Half"-cracked` (?), a. Half-demented; half-witted. [Colloq.]
Half-deck
Half"-deck` (?), n.
1. (Zo\'94l.) A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat
shell.
2. See Half deck, under Deck.
Half-decked
Half"-decked` (?), a. Partially decked.
The half-decked craft . . . used by the latter Vikings. Elton.
Halfen
Half"en (?), a. [From Half.] Wanting half its due qualities. [Obs.]
Spencer.
Halfendeal
Half"en*deal` (?), adv. [OE. halfendele. See Half, and Deal.] Half; by
the part. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- n. A half part. [Obs.] R. of Brunne.
Halfer
Half"er (?), n.
1. One who possesses or gives half only; one who shares. [Obs.] Bp.
Montagu.
2. A male fallow deer gelded. Pegge (1814).
Half-faced
Half"-faced` (?), a. Showing only part of the face; wretched looking;
meager. Shak.
Half-fish
Half"-fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A salmon in its fifth year of growth.
[Prov. Eng.]
Half-hatched
Half"-hatched` (?), a. Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs.
Gay.
Half-heard
Half"-heard` (?), a. Imperfectly or partly heard to the end.
And leave half-heard the melancholy tale. Pope.
Half-hearted
Half"-heart`ed (?), a.
1. Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind. B. Jonson.
2. Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm. <-- (of actions) not performed
with full effort --> H. James.
Half-hourly
Half"-hour`ly (?), a. Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.
Half-learned
Half"-learned` (?), a. Imperfectly learned.
Half-length
Half"-length` (?), a. Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a
picture.
Half-mast
Half"-mast` (?), n. A point some distance below the top of a mast or
staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).
Half-moon
Half"-moon`, n.
1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.
2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and
half-moons, and wings. Milton.
3. (Fort.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle
whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.
4. (Zo\'94l.) A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (C\'91siosoma
Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below.
Called also medialuna.
Halfness
Half"ness (?), n. The quality of being half; incompleteness. [R.]
As soon as there is any departure from simplicity, and attempt at
halfness, or good for me that is not good for him, my neighbor
feels the wrong. Emerson.
Halfpace
Half"pace` (?), n. (Arch.) A platform of a staircase where the stair
turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See
Quarterpace.
NOTE: &hand; Th is te rm an d quartepace are rare or unknown in the
United States, platform or landing being used instead.
Half-pike
Half"-pike` (?), n. (Mil.) A short pike, sometimes carried by officers
of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon. Tatler.
Half-port
Half"-port` (?), n. (Naut.) One half of a shutter made in two parts
for closing a porthole.
Half-ray
Half"-ray` (?), n. (Geom.) A straight line considered as drawn from a
center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray
being the whole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both
directions.
Half-read
Half"-read` (?), a. Informed by insufficient reading; superficial;
shallow. Dryden.
Half seas over
Half" seas` o`ver (?). Half drunk. [Slang: used only predicatively.]
Spectator.
Half-sighted
Half"-sight`ed (?), a. Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment.
Bacon.
Half-sister
Half"-sis`ter (?), n. A sister by one parent only.
Half-strained
Half"-strained` (?), a. Half-bred; imperfect. [R.] "A half-strained
villain." Dryden.
Half-sword
Half"-sword` (?), n. Half the length of a sword; close fight. "At
half-sword." Shak.
Half-timbered
Half"-tim`bered (?), a. (Arch.) Constructed of a timber frame, having
the spaces filled in with masonry; -- said of buildings.
Half-tounue
Half"-tounue` (?), n. (O. Law) A jury, for the trial of a fore
foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.
Halfway
Half"way` (?), adv. In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly;
partially; as, he halfway yielded.
Temples proud to meet their gods halfway. Young.
Halfway
Half"way`, a. Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an
intermediate point; midway. Halfway covenant, a practice among the
Congregational churches of New England, between 1657 and 1662, of
permitting baptized persons of moral life and orthodox faith to enjoy
all the privileges of church membership, save the partaking of the
Lord's Supper. They were also allowed to present their children for
baptism. -- Halfway house, an inn or place of call midway on a
journey.
Half-wit
Half"-wit` (?), n. A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce. Dryden.
Half-witted
Half"-wit`ted (?), a. Weak in intellect; silly.
Half-yearly
Half"-year`ly (?), a. Two in a year; semiannual. -- adv. Twice in a
year; semiannually.
Halibut
Hal"i*but (?;277), n. [OE. hali holy + but, butte, flounder; akin to
D. bot, G. butte; cf. D. heilbot, G. heilbutt. So named as being eaten
on holidays. See Holy, Holiday.] (Zo\'94l.) A large, northern, marine
flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectid\'91. It
often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is
an important food fish. [Written also holibut.]
Halichondri\'91
Hal`i*chon"dri*\'91 (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of
sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; --
called also Keratosilicoidea.
Halicore
Hal"i*core (?; L.?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Same as Dugong.
Halidom
Hal"i*dom (?), n. [AS. h\'beligd holiness, sacrament, sanctuary,
relics; h\'belig holy + -d, E. -dom. See Holy.]
1. Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; -- used
chiefly in oaths. [Archaic]
So God me help and halidom. Piers Plowman.
By my halidom, I was fast asleep. Shak.
2. Holy doom; the Last Day. [R.] Shipley.
Halieutics
Hal`i*eu"tics (?), n. [L. halieuticus pertaining to fishing, Gr. A
treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology.
Halmas
Hal"mas (?), a. [See Hallowmas.] The feast of All Saints; Hallowmas.
[Obs.]
Haliographer
Ha`li*og"ra*pher (? or ?), n. One who writes about or describes the
sea.
Haliography
Ha`li*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. -graphy.] Description of the sea; the
science that treats of the sea.
Haliotis
Ha`li*o"tis (? or ?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of marine
shells; the ear-shells. See Abalone.
Haliotoid
Ha"li*o*toid` (? or ?), a. [Haliots + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Like or
pertaining to the genus Haliotis; ear-shaped.
Halisauria
Hal`i*sau"ri*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.) The Enaliosauria.
Halite
Ha"lite (? or ?), n. [Gr. (Min.) Native salt; sodium chloride.
Halituous
Ha*lit"u*ous (?; 135), a. [L. halitus breath, vapor, fr. halare to
breathe: cf. F. halitueux.] Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous.
Boyle.
Halk
Halk (?), n. A nook; a corner. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hall
Hall (?), n. [OE. halle, hal, AS. heal, heall; akin to D. hal, OS. &
OHG. halla, G. halle, Icel. h\'94lt, and prob. from a root meaning, to
hide, conceal, cover. See Hell, Helmet.]
1. A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for
public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.
2. (a) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times
the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's
family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating.
It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or
sleeping apartment.
Full sooty was her bower and eke her hall. Chaucer.
Hence, as the entrance from outside was directly into the hall: (b) A
vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of
later times. Hence: (c) Any corridor or passage in a building.
3. A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court
was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house. Cowell.
4. A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed
college).
5. The apartment in which English university students dine in common;
hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock.
6. Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation. [Obs.]
"A hall! a hall!" B. Jonson. Syn. -- Entry; court; passage. See
Vestibule.
Hallage
Hall"age (?; 48), n. (O. Eng. Law) A fee or toll paid for goods sold
in a hall.
Halleluiah, Hallelujah
Hal`le*lu"iah, Hal`le*lu"jah (?), n. & interj. [Heb. See Alleluia.]
Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly
in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of
gratitude or adoration. Rev. xix. 1 (Rev. Ver. )
So sung they, and the empyrean rung With Hallelujahs. Milton.
In those days, as St. Jerome tells us,"any one as he walked in the
fields, might hear the plowman at his hallelujahs." Sharp.
Hallelujatic
Hal`le*lu*jat"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs.
[R.]
Halliard
Hal"liard (?), n. See Halyard.
Hallidome
Hal"li*dome (?), n. Same as Halidom.
Hallier
Hal"li*er (? or ?), n. [From Hale to pull.] A kind of net for catching
birds.
Hall-mark
Hall"-mark` (?), n. The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and
other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver
articles, attesting their purity. Also used figuratively; -- as, a
word or phrase lacks the hall-mark of the best writers.
Halloa
Hal*loa" (?). See Halloo.
Halloo
Hal*loo" (?), n. [Perh. fr. ah + lo; cf. AS. eal\'be, G. halloh, F.
haler to set (a dog) on. Cf. Hollo, interj.] A loud exclamation; a
call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.
List! List! I hear Some far off halloo break the silent air.
Milton.
Halloo
Hal*loo", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hallooed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Halloing.]
To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by
the word halloo.
Country folks hallooed and hooted after me. Sir P. Sidney.
Halloo
Hal*loo", v. t.
1. To encourage with shouts.
Old John hallooes his hounds again. Prior.
2. To chase with shouts or outcries.
If I fly . . . Halloo me like a hare. Shak.
3. To call or shout to; to hail. Shak.
Halloo
Hal*loo", interj. [OE. halow. See Halloo, n.] An exclamation to call
attention or to encourage one.
Hallow
Hal"low (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hallowed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hallowing.] [OE. halowen, halwien, halgien, AS. h\'belgian, fr.
h\'belig 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.
Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24.
His secret altar touched with hallowed fire. Milton.
In a larger sense . . . we can not hallow this ground [Gettysburg].
A. Lincoln.
Halloween
Hal`low*een" (?), n. The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints'
Day. [Scot.]<-- October 31 --> Burns.
Hallowmas
Hal"low*mas (?), n. [See Mass the eucharist.] The feast of All Saints,
or Allhallows.
To speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas. Shak.
Halloysite
Hal*loy"site (?), n. [Named after Omalius d'Halloy.] (Min.) A claylike
mineral, occurring in soft, smooth, amorphous masses, of a whitish
color.
Hallucal
Hal"lu*cal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hallux.
Hallucinate
Hal*lu"ci*nate (?), v. i. [L. hallucinatus, alucinatus, p. p. of
hallucinari, alucinari, to wander in mind, talk idly, dream.] To
wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mental processes.
[R.] Byron.
Hallucination
Hal*lu`ci*na"tion (?), n. [L. hallucinatio cf. F. hallucination.]
1. The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake;
a blunder.
This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber. Addison.
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2. (Med.) The perception of objects which have no reality, or of
sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from
disorder or the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion.
Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are
common phenomena of insanity. W. A. Hammond.
Hallucinator
Hal*lu"ci*na`tor (?), n. [L.] One whose judgment and acts are affected
by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations. N.
Brit. Rev.
Hallucinatory
Hal*lu"ci*na*to*ry (?), a. Partaking of, or tending to produce,
hallucination.
Hallux
Hal"lux (?), n. [NL., fr. L. hallex, allex.] (Anat.) The first, or
preaxial, digit of the hind limb, corresponding to the pollux in the
fore limb; the great toe; the hind toe of birds.
Halm
Halm (?), n. (Bot.) Same as Haulm.
Halma
Hal"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Greek Antiq.) The long jump, with
weights in the hands, -- the most important of the exercises of the
Pentathlon.
Halo
Ha"lo (?), n.; pl. Halos(. [L. halos, acc. halo, Gr. 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.
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.
3. An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an
object.
4. A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.
Halo
Ha"lo, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Haloed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Haloing.]
To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a
halo.
The fire That haloed round his saintly brow. Sothey.
Haloed
Ha"loed (?), a. Surrounded with a halo; invested with an ideal glory;
glorified.
Some haloed face bending over me. C. Bront\'82.
Halogen
Hal"o*gen (?), n. [Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, salt + -gen: cf. F.
halog\'8ane.] (Chem.) An electro-negative element or radical, which,
by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially,
chlorine, bromine, and iodine; sometimes, also, fluorine and cyanogen.
See Chlorine family, under Chlorine.
Halogenous
Ha*log"e*nous (?), a. Of the nature of a halogen.
Haloid
Ha"loid (? or ?), a. [Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s salt + -oid: cf. F. cal.]
(Chem.) Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds
consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now
chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes
also to the fluorides and cyanides. -- n. A haloid substance.
Halomancy
Hal"o*man`cy (?), n. See Alomancy.
Halometer
Ha*lom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, salt + -meter.] An instrument
for measuring the forms and angles of salts and crystals; a
goniometer.
Halones
Ha*lo"nes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.) Alternating transparent
and opaque white rings which are seen outside the blastoderm, on the
surface of the developing egg of the hen and other birds.
Halophyte
Hal"o*phyte (?), n. [Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, salt + (Bot.) A plant found
growing in salt marshes, or in the sea.
Haloscope
Ha"lo*scope (?), n. [Halo + -scope.] An instrument for exhibition or
illustration of the phenomena of halos, parhelia, and the like.
Halotrichite
Hal*o*tri"chite (?), n. [Gr. "a`ls sea + fri`x, tricho`s, hair.]
(Min.) An iron alum occurring in silky fibrous aggregates of a
yellowish white color.
Haloxyline
Ha*lox"y*line, n. [Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, salt + xy`lon wood.] An
explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and
ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder.
Halp
Halp (?), imp. of Help. Helped. [Obs.]
Halpace
Hal"pace (?), n. (Arch.) See Haut pas.
Hals
Hals (?), n. [AS. heals; akin to D., G., & Goth. hals. See Collar.]
The neck or throat. [Obs.]
Do me hangen by the hals. Chaucer.
Halse
Halse (?), v. t. [AS. healsian.]
1. To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. [Obs.]
Each other kissed glad And lovely halst. Spenser.
2. To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. [Obs.]
O dere child, I halse thee, In virtue of the Holy Trinity. Chaucer.
Halse
Halse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halsed (h?lst); p. pr. & vb. n. Halsing.]
[Cf. Hawser.] To haul; to hoist. [Obs.]
Halsening
Hal"sen*ing (?), a. Sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious;
rough. [Obs.] Carew.
Halser
Hals"er (?), n. See Hawser. Pope.
Halt
Halt (?), 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
Halt
Halt (?), n. [Formerly alt, It. alto, G. halt, fr. halten to hold. See
Hold.] A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of
progress.
Without any halt they marched. Clarendon.
[Lovers] soon in passion's war contest, Yet in their march soon
make a halt. Davenant.
Halt
Halt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Halted; p. pr. & vb. n. Halting.]
1. To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress;
to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand
still.
2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to h
How long halt ye between two opinions? 1 Kings xviii. 21
Halt
Halt (?), v. t. (Mil.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the
general halted his troops for refreshment.
Halt
Halt, a. [AS. healt; akin to OS., Dan., & Sw. halt, Icel. haltr,
halltr, Goth. halts, OHG. halz.] Halting or stopping in walking; lame.
Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the
blind. Luke xiv. 21.
Halt
Halt, n. The act of limping; lameness.
Halt
Halt, v. i. [OE. halten, AS. healtian. See Halt, a.]
1. To walk lamely; to limp.
2. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.
The blank verse shall halt for it. Shak.
Halter
Halt"er (?), n. One who halts or limps
Halter
Hal"ter (?), n. [OE. halter, helter, helfter, AS. h\'91lftre; akin to
G. halfter, D. halfter, halster, and also to E. helve. See Helve.] A
strong strap or cord. Especially: (a) A rope or strap, with or without
a headstall, for leading or tying a horse. (b) A rope for hanging
malefactors; a noose. Shak.
No man e'er felt the halter draw With good opinion of the law.
Trumbull.
Halter
Hal"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haltered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Haltering.]
To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on;
to subject to a hangman's halter. "A haltered neck." Shak.
Halteres
Hal*te"res (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Balancers; the
rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.
Halter-sack
Hal"ter-sack` (?), n. A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to
be hanged. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Haltingly
Halt"ing*ly (?), adv. In a halting or limping manner.
Halvans
Hal"vans (?), n. pl. (Mining) Impure ore; dirty ore.
Halve
Hal"ve (?), n. A half. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Halve
Halve (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Halving.]
[From Half.]
1. To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to be or
form half of.
So far apart their lives are thrown From the twin soul that halves
their own. M. Arnold.
2. (Arch.) To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for
half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
Halved
Halved (?), a. Appearing as if one side, or one half, were cut away;
dimidiate.
Halves
Halves (?), n., pl. of Half. By halves, by one half at once; halfway;
fragmentarily; partially; incompletely.
I can not believe by halves; either I have faith, or I have it not.
J. H. Newman.
To go halves. See under Go.
Halwe
Hal"we (?), n. [OE., fr. AS. h\'belga. See Holy.] A saint. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Hal'yard
Hal'yard (?), n. [Hale, v. t. + yard.] (Naut.) A rope or tackle for
hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc. [Written also halliard,
haulyard.]
Halysites
Hal`y*si"tes (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.) A genus of Silurian
fossil corals; the chain corals. See Chain coral, under Chain.
Ham
Ham (?), n. Home. [North of Eng.] Chaucer.
Ham
Ham (?), n. [AS. ham; akin to D. ham, dial. G. hamme, OHG. hamma.
Perh. named from the bend at the ham, and akin to E. chamber. Cf.
Gammon ham.]
1. (Anat.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the
hock.
2. The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by
salting and smoking.
A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak ham. Shak.
Hamadryad
Ham"a*dry`ad (?), n.; pl. E. Hamadryads (#), L. Hamadryades (#). [L.
Hamadryas, -adis, Gr. hamadryade. See Same, and Tree.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the
particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A large venomous East Indian snake (Orhiophagus
bungarus), allied to the cobras.
Hamadryas
Ha*ma"dry*as (?), n. [L., a hamadryad. See Hamadryad.] (Zo\'94l.) The
sacred baboon of Egypt (Cynocephalus Hamadryas).
Hamamelis
Ham`a*me"lis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of plants which
includes the witch-hazel (Hamamelis Virginica), a preparation of which
is used medicinally.
Hamate
Ha"mate (?), a. [L. hamatus, fr. hamus hook.] Hooked; bent at the end
into a hook; hamous.
Hamated
Ha"ma*ted (?), a. Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate. Swift.
Hamatum
Ha*ma"tum (?), n. [NL., fr. L. hamatus hooked.] (Anat.) See Unciform.
Hamble
Ham"ble (?), v. t. [OE. hamelen to mutilate, AS. hamelian; akin to
OHG. hamal to mutilate, hamal mutilated, ham mutilated, Icel. hamla to
mutilate. Cf.Ham to fetter.] To hamstring. [Obs.]
Hamburg
Ham"burg (?), n. A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the
Elbe. Black Hamburg grape. See under Black. -- Hamburg , a kind of
embroidered work done by machinery on cambric or muslin; -- used for
trimming. -- Hamburg lake, a purplish crimson pigment resembling
cochineal.
Hame
Hame (?), n. Home. [Scot. & O. Eng.]
Hame
Hame, n. [Scot. haims, hammys, hems, OE. ham; cf. D. haam.] One of the
two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse,
to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted upon the collar, or
have pads fitting the horse's neck attached to them.
Hamel
Ham"el (?), v. t. [Obs.] Same as Hamele.
Hamesecken, Hamesucken
Hame"seck`en (?), Hame"suck`en (?), n. [AS. h\'bems. See Home, and
Seek.] (Scots Law) The felonious seeking and invasion of a person in
his dwelling house. Bouvier.
Hamiform
Ha"mi*form (?), n. [L. hamus hook + -form.] Hook-shaped.
Hamilton period
Ham"il*ton pe"ri*od (?). (Geol.) A subdivision of the Devonian system
of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It
includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See
the Chart of Geology.
Haminura
Ham`i*nu"ra (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A large edible river fish (Erythrinus
macrodon) of Guiana.
Hamite
Ha"mite (?), n.[L. hamus hook.] (Paleon.) A fossil cephalopod of the
genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl
bent into a hooklike form.
Hamite
Ham"ite (?), n. A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son. See Gen. x.
6-20.
Haitic
Ha*it"ic (?), a. Pertaining to Ham or his descendants. Hamitic
languages, the group of languages spoken mainly in the Sahara, Egypt,
Galla, and Som&acir;li Land, and supposed to be allied to the Semitic.
Keith Johnson.
Hamlet
Ham"let (?), n. [OWE. hamelet, OF. hamelet, dim. of hamel, F. hameau,
LL. hamellum, a dim. of German origin; cf. G. heim home. &root;220.
See Home.] A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.
The country wasted, and the hamlets burned. Dryden.
Syn. -- Village; neighborhood. See Village.
Hamleted
Ham"let*ed, p. a. Confined to a hamlet. Feltham.
Hammer
Ham"mer (?), n. [OE. hamer, AS. hamer, hamor; akin to D. hamer, G. &
Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to Gr.
a stone.]
1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like,
consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a
handle.
With busy hammers closing rivets up. Shak.
2. Something which in firm or action resembles the common hammer; as:
(a) That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the
hour. (b) The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to
produce the tones. (c) (Anat.) The malleus. See under Ear. (Gun.) That
part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the
cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a
flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the
priming. (e) Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as, St.
Augustine was the hammer of heresies.
He met the stern legionaries [of Rome] who had been the "massive
iron hammers" of the whole earth. J. H. Newman.
Atmospheric hammer, a dead-stroke hammer in which the spring is formed
by confined air. -- Drop hammer, Face hammer, etc. See under Drop,
Face, etc. -- Hammer fish. See Hammerhead. -- Hammer hardening, the
process of hardening metal by hammering it when cold. -- Hammer shell
(Zo\'94l.), any species of Malleus, a genus of marine bivalve shells,
allied to the pearl oysters, having the wings narrow and elongated, so
as to give them a hammer-shaped outline; -- called also hammer oyster.
-- To bring to the hammer, to put up at auction.
Hammer
Ham"mer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hammered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hammering.]
1. To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer
iron.
2. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating. "Hammered
money." Dryden.
3. To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; --
usually with out.
Who was hammering out a penny dialogue. Jeffry.
Hammer
Ham"mer, v. i.
1. To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something
with a hammer.
Whereon this month I have hammering. Shak.
2. To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively.
Blood and revenge are hammering in my head. Shak.
Hammerable
Ham"mer*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being formed or shaped by a hammer.
Sherwood.
Hammer-b
Ham"mer-b (?), n. (Cothic Arch.) A member of one description of roof
truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a
tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer-beams,
which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a
tiebeam.
Hammercloth
Ham"mer*cloth` (?; 115), n. [Prob. fr. D. hemel heaven, canopy, tester
(akin to G. himmel, and perh. also to E. heaven) + E. cloth; or perh.
a corruption of hamper cloth.] The cloth which covers a coach box.
Hammer-dressed
Ham"mer-dressed` (?), a. Having the surface roughly shaped or faced
with the stonecutter's hammer; -- said of building stone.
Hammerer
Ham"mer*er (?), n. One who works with a hammer.
Hammer-harden
Ham"mer-hard`en (?), v. t. To harden, as a metal, by hammering it in
the cold state.
Hammerhead
Ham"mer*head` (?), n.
1. (Zo\'94l.) A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zyg\'91na, having the
eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a
hammer shape. The Sphyrna zyg\'91na is found in the North Atlantic.
Called also hammer fish, and balance fish.
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2. (Zo\'94l.) A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller.
3. (Zo\'94l.) An African fruit bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus); -- so
called from its large blunt nozzle.
Hammerkop
Ham"mer*kop (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A bird of the Heron family; the umber.
Hammer-less
Ham"mer-less, a. (Firearms) Without a visible hammer; -- said of a gun
having a cock or striker concealed from sight, and out of the way of
an accidental touch.
Hammerman
Ham"mer*man (?), n.; pl. Hammermen (. A hammerer; a forgeman.
Hammochrysos
Ham`mo*chry"sos (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. chryso`s gold.] A stone with
spangles of gold color in it.
Hammock
Ham"mock (?), n. [A word of Indian origin: cf. Sp. hamaca. Columbus,
in the Narrative of his first voyage, says: "A great many Indians in
canoes came to the ship to-day for the purpose of bartering their
cotton, and hamacas, or nets, in which they sleep."]
1. A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about
six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
2. A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and
vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land. [Southern U. S.]
Bartlett.
Hammock nettings (Naut.), formerly, nets for stowing hammocks; now,
more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the rail, used for that
purpose.
Hamose, Hamous
Ha*mose" (?), Ha"mous (?),[L. hamus hook.] (Bot.) Having the end
hooked or curved.
Hamper
Ham"per (?), n. [Contr. fr. hanaper.] A large basket, usually with a
cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of
wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels.
Hamper
Ham"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hampered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hampering.]
To put in a hamper.
Hamper
Ham"per, v. t. [OE. hamperen, hampren, prob. of the same origin as E.
hamble.] To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to
inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to
encumber. "Hampered nerves." Blackmore.
A lion hampered in a net. L'Estrange.
They hamper and entangle our souls. Tillotson.
Hamper
Ham"per, n. [See Hamper to shackle.]
1. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. W. Browne.
2. (Naut.) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at
certain times. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Top hamper (Naut.), unnecessary spars and rigging kept aloft.
Hamshackle
Ham"shac`kle (?), v. t. [Ham + shackle.] To fasten (an animal) by a
rope binding the head to one of the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a
horse or cow; hence, to bind or restrain; to curb.
Hamster
Ham"ster (?), n. [G. hamster.] (Zo\'94l.) A small European rodent
(Cricetus frumentarius). It is remarkable for having a pouch on each
side of the jaw, under the skin, and for its migrations.<-- often kept
as a pet -->
Hamstring
Ham"string` (?), n. (Anat.) One of the great tendons situated in each
side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the
muscles of the back of the thigh.
Hamstring
Ham"string`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hamstrung; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hamstringing. See String.] To lame or disable by cutting the tendons
of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to
disable.
So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to
effeminate us all at home. Milton.
Hamular
Ham"u*lar (?), a. Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of
the sphenoid bone.
Hamulate
Ham"u*late (?), a. Furnished with a small hook; hook-shaped. Gray.
Hamule
Ham"ule (?), n. [L. hamulus.] A little hook.
Hamulose
Ham"u*lose" (?), a. [L. hamulus, dim. of hamus a hook.] Bearing a
small hook at the end. Gray.
Hamulus
Ham"u*lus (?), n.; pl. Hamuli (. [L., a little hook.]
1. (Anat.) A hook, or hooklike process.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A hooked barbicel of a feather.
Han
Han (?), contr. inf. & plural pres. of Haven. To have; have. [Obs.]
Piers Plowman.
Him thanken all, and thus they han an end. Chaucer.
Hanap
Han"ap (?), n. [F. hanap. See Hanaper.] A rich goblet, esp. one used
on state occasions. [Obs.]
Hanaper
Han"a*per (?), n. [LL. hanaperium a large vase, fr. hanaus vase, bowl,
cup (whence F. hanap); of German origin; cf. ONG. hnapf, G. napf, akin
to AS. hn\'91p cup, bowl. Cf. Hamper, Nappy, n.] A kind of basket,
usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of
articles; a hamper. Hanaper office, an office of the English court of
chancery in which writs relating to the business of the public, and
the returns to them, were anciently kept in a hanaper or hamper.
Blackstone.
Hance
Hance (?), v. t. [See Enhance.] To raise; to elevate. [Obs.] Lydgate.
Hance, Hanch
Hance (?), Hanch (?),[See Hanse.]
1. (Arch.) See Hanse.
2. (Naut.) A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down
to the gangway.
Hand
Hand (?), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant,
Dan. haand, Icel. h\'94nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to
seize (in comp.). Cf. Hunt.]
1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and
monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw.
See Manus.
2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a
human hand; as: (a) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk,
or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. (b) An index or
pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock.
3. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm.
Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.
4. Side; part; direction, either right or left.
On this hand and that hand, were hangings. Ex. xxxviii. 15.
The Protestants were then on the winning hand. Milton.
5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill;
dexterity.
He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator. Addison.
6. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner
of performance.
To change the hand in carrying on the war. Clarendon.
Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand. Judges
vi. 36.
7. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent
for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a
deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking.
A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands,
as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for. Locke.
I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile. Hazlitt.
8. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand.
Hence, a signature.
I say she never did invent this letter; This is a man's invention
and his hand. Shak.
Some writs require a judge's hand. Burril.
9. Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction;
management; -- usually in the plural. "Receiving in hand one year's
tribute." Knolles.
Albinus . . . found means to keep in his hands the goverment of
Britain. Milton.
10. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at
first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand,
that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new.
11. Rate; price. [Obs.] "Business is bought at a dear hand, where
there is small dispatch." Bacon.
12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as: (a) (Card
Playing) The quota of cards received from the dealer. (b) (Tobacco
Manuf.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
13. (Firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is
grasped by the hand in taking aim.
NOTE: &hand; Ha nd is used figuratively for a large variety of acts
or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the hand is in
some way employed or concerned; also, as a symbol to denote various
qualities or conditions, as: (a) Activity; operation; work; -- in
distinction from the head, which implies thought, and the heart,
which implies affection. "His hand will be against every man." Gen.
xvi. 12.(b) Power; might; supremacy; -- often in the Scriptures.
"With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over you." Ezek. xx. 33.(c)
Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand; to give the
right hand. (d) Contract; -- commonly of marriage; as, to ask the
hand; to pledge the hand.
NOTE: &hand; Ha nd is often used adjectively or in compounds (with
or without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand; as, hand
blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe: used by, or designed
for, the hand; as, hand ball or handball, hand bow, hand fetter,
hand grenade or hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand
loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan, handsaw or hand saw,
hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the hand; as, handbreadth or
hand's breadth, hand gallop or hand-gallop. Most of the words in
the following paragraph are written either as two words or in
combination.
Hand bag, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books, papers, parcels,
etc. -- Hand basket, a small or portable basket. -- Hand bell, a small
bell rung by the hand; a table bell. Bacon. -- Hand bill, a small
pruning hook. See 4th Bill. -- Hand car. See under Car. -- Hand
director (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a good position of
the hands and arms when playing on the piano; a hand guide. -- Hand
drop. See Wrist drop. -- Hand gallop. See under Gallop. -- Hand gear
(Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine, or parts of a machine,
usually operated by other power, may be operated by hand. -- Hand
glass. (a) A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of
plants. (b) A small mirror with a handle. -- Hand guide. Same as Hand
director (above). -- Hand language, the art of conversing by the
hands, esp. as practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology. -- Hand
lathe. See under Lathe. -- Hand money, money paid in hand to bind a
contract; earnest money. -- Hand organ (Mus.), a barrel organ,
operated by a crank turned by hand. -- Hand plant. (Bot.) Same as Hand
tree (below). -- Hand rail, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by.
Gwilt. -- Hand sail, a sail managed by the hand. Sir W. Temple. --
Hand screen, a small screen to be held in the hand. -- Hand screw, a
small jack for raising heavy timbers or weights; (Carp.) a screw
clamp. -- Hand staff (pl. Hand staves), a javelin. Ezek. xxxix. 9. --
Hand stamp, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or canceling papers,
envelopes, etc. -- Hand tree (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico
(Cheirostemon platanoides), having red flowers whose stamens unite in
the form of a hand. -- Hand vise, a small vise held in the hand in
doing small work. Moxon. -- Hand work, OR Handwork, work done with the
hands, as distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork. -- All
hands, everybody; all parties. -- At all hands, On all hands, on all
sides; from every direction; generally. -- At any hand, At no hand, in
any (or no) way or direction; on any account; on no account. "And
therefore at no hand consisting with the safety and interests of
humility." Jer. Taylor. -- At first hand, At second hand. See def. 10
(above). -- At hand. (a) Near in time or place; either present and
within reach, or not far distant. "Your husband is at hand; I hear his
trumpet." Shak. (b) Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] "Horses hot at
hand." Shak. -- At the hand of, by the act of; as a gift from. "Shall
we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil?" Job
ii. 10. -- Bridle hand. See under Bridle. -- By hand, with the hands,
in distinction from instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as,
to weed a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand. -- Clean
hands, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of dishonesty in money
matters, or of bribe taking. "He that hath clean hands shall be
stronger and stronger." Job xvii. 9. -- From hand to hand, from one
person to another. -- Hand in hand. (a) In union; conjointly;
unitedly. Swift. (b) Just; fair; equitable.
As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand comparison. Shak.
-- Hand over hand, Hand over fist, by passing the hands alternately
one before or above another; as, to climb hand over hand; also,
rapidly; as, to come up with a chase hand over hand. -- Hand over
head, negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does. [Obs.] Bacon.
-- Hand running, consecutively; as, he won ten times hand running. --
Hand off! keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling! -- Hand to
hand, in close union; in close fight; as, a hand to hand contest.
Dryden. -- Heavy hand, severity or oppression. -- In hand. (a) Paid
down. "A considerable reward in hand, and . . . a far greater reward
hereafter." Tillotson. (b) In preparation; taking place. Chaucer.
"Revels . . . in hand." Shak. (c) Under consideration, or in the
course of transaction; as, he has the business in hand. -- In one's
hand OR hands. (a) In one's possession or keeping. (b) At one's risk,
or peril; as, I took my life in my hand. -- Laying on of hands, a form
used in consecrating to office, in the rite of confirmation, and in
blessing persons. -- Light hand, gentleness; moderation. -- Note of
hand, a promissory note. -- Off hand, Out of hand, forthwith; without
delay, hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. "She causeth them to be
hanged up out of hand." Spenser. -- Off one's hands, out of one's
possession or care. -- On hand, in present possession; as, he has a
supply of goods on hand. -- On one's hands, in one's possession care,
or management. -- Putting the hand under the thigh, an ancient Jewish
ceremony used in swearing. -- Right hand, the place of honor, power,
and strength. -- Slack hand, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency;
sloth. -- Strict hand, severe discipline; rigorous government. -- To
bear a hand (Naut), to give help quickly; to hasten. -- To bear in
hand, to keep in expectation with false pretenses. [Obs.] Shak. -- To
be hand and glove, OR in glove with. See under Glove. -- To be on the
mending hand, to be convalescent or improving. -- To bring up by hand,
to feed (an infant) without suckling it. -- To change hand. See
Change. -- To change hands, to change sides, or change owners.
Hudibras. -- To clap the hands, to express joy or applause, as by
striking the palms of the hands together. -- To come to hand, to be
received; to be taken into possession; as, the letter came to hand
yesterday. -- To get hand, to gain influence. [Obs.]
Appetites have . . . got such a hand over them. Baxter.
-- To got one's hand in, to make a beginning in a certain work; to
become accustomed to a particular business. -- To have a hand in, to
be concerned in; to have a part or concern in doing; to have an agency
or be employed in. -- To have in hand. (a) To have in one's power or
control. Chaucer. (b) To be engaged upon or occupied with. -- To have
one's hands full, to have in hand al that one can do, or more than can
be done conveniently; to be pressed with labor or engagements; to be
surrounded with difficulties. -- To have, OR get, the (higher) upper
hand, to have, or get, the better of another person or thing. -- To
his hand, To my hand, etc., in readiness; already prepared. "The work
is made to his hands." Locke. -- To hold hand, to compete successfully
or on even conditions. [Obs.] Shak. -- To lay hands on, to seize; to
assault. -- To lend a hand, to give assistance. -- To lift, OR put
forth, the hand against, to attack; to oppose; to kill. -- To live
from hand to mouth, to obtain food and other necessaries as want
compels, without previous provision. -- To make one's hand, to gain
advantage or profit. -- To put the hand unto, to steal. Ex. xxii. 8.--
To put the last, OR finishing, hand to, to make the last corrections
in; to complete; to perfect. -- To set the hand to, to engage in; to
undertake.
That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine
hand to. Deut. xxiii. 20.
-- To stand one in hand, to concern or affect one. -- To strike hands,
to make a contract, or to become surety for another's debt or good
behavior. -- To take in hand. (a) To attempt or undertake. (b) To
seize and deal with; as, he took him in hand. -- To wash the hands of,
to disclaim or renounce interest in, or responsibility for, a person
or action; as, to wash one's hands of a business. Matt. xxvii. 24. --
Under the hand of, authenticated by the handwriting or signature of;
as, the deed is executed under the hand and seal of the owner.
Hand
Hand (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handed; p. pr. & vb. n. Handing.]
1. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the
letter.
2. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a
lady into a carriage.
3. To manage; as, I hand my oar. [Obs.] Prior.
4. To seize; to lay hands on. [Obs.] Shak.
5. To pledge by the hand; to handfast. [R.]
6. (Naut.) To furl; -- said of a sail. Totten.
To hand down, to transmit in succession, as from father to son, or
from predecessor to successor; as, fables are handed down from age to
age; to forward to the proper officer (the decision of a higher
court); as, the Clerk of the Court of Appeals handed down its
decision. -- To hand over, to yield control of; to surrender; to
deliver up.
Hand
Hand, v. i. To co\'94perate. [Obs.] Massinger.
Handbarrow
Hand"bar"row (?), n. A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by
hand.
Handbill
Hand"bill` (?), n.
1. A loose, printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
2. A pruning hook. [Usually written hand bill.]
Handbook
Hand"book` (?), n. [Hand + book; cf. AS. handb, or G. handbuch.] A
book of reference, to be carried in the hand; a manual; a guidebook.
Handbreadth
Hand"breadth` (?), n. A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a
palm. Ex. xxxvii. 12.
Handcart
Hand"cart`, n. A cart drawn or pushed by hand.
Handcloth
Hand"cloth` (?; 115), n. A handkerchief.
Handcraft
Hand"craft` (?), n. Same as Handicraft.
Handcraftsman
Hand"crafts`man (?), n.; pl. -men (. A handicraftsman.
Handcuff
Hand"cuff` (?), n. [AS. handcops; hand hand + cosp, cops, fetter. The
second part was confused with E. cuffs,] A fastening, consisting of an
iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on
the other wrist; a manacle; -- usually in the plural.
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Handcuff
Hand"cuff` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handcuffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Handcuffing.] To apply handcuffs to; to manacle. Hay (1754).
Handed
Hand"ed, a.
1. With hands joined; hand in hand.
Into their inmost bower, Handed they went. Milton.
2. Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
As poisonous tongued as handed. Shak.
NOTE: &hand; Ha nded is used in composition in the sense of having
(such or so many) hands; as, bloody-handed; free-handed;
heavy-handed; left-handed; single-handed.
Hander
Hand"er (?), n. One who hands over or transmits; a conveyer in
succession. Dryden.
Handfast
Hand"fast` (?), n.
1. Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Contract; specifically, espousal. [Obs.]
Handfast
Hand"fast`, a. Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands. [Obs.]
Bale.
Handfast
Hand"fast`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handfasted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Handfasting.] To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in
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Handfast
Hand"fast`, n. [G. handfest; hand hand + fest strong. See Fast.]
Strong; steadfast.[R.] Carlyle.
Handfastly
Hand"fast`ly, adv. In a handfast or publicly pledged manner. [Obs.]
Holinshed.
Handfish
Hand"fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The frogfish.
Handful
Hand"ful (?), n.; pl. Hand flus (#). [AS. handfull.]
1. As much as the hand will grasp or contain. Addison.
2. A hand's breadth; four inches. [Obs.]
Knap the tongs together about a handful from the bottom. Bacon.
3. A small quantity.
This handful of men were tied to very hard duty. Fuller.
To have one's handful, to have one's hands full; to have all one can
do. [Obs.]
They had their handful to defend themselves from firing. Sir. W.
Raleigh.
Hand-hole
Hand"-hole (?), n. (Steam Boilers) A small hole in a boiler for the
insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc. Hand-hole plate, the cover of
a hand-hole.
Handicap
Hand"i*cap (?), n. [From hand in cap; -- perh. in reference to an old
mode of setting a bargain by taking pieces of money from a cap.]
1. An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting,
granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or
an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one
possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as
possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds,
or ten pounds, and the like.
2. A race, for horses or men, or any contest of agility, strength, or
skill, in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or
other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
3. An old game at cards. [Obs.] Pepys.
Handicap
Hand"i*cap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handicapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Handicapping.] To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in
general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily
handicapped.
Handicapper
Hand"i*cap`per (?), n. One who determines the conditions of a
handicap.
Handicraft
Hand"i*craft (?), n. [For handcraft, influenced by handiwork; AS.
handcr\'91ft.]
1. A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
Addison.
2. A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman. [R.]
Dryden.
Handi-craftsman
Hand"i-crafts`man (?), n.; pl. -men (. A man skilled or employed in
handcraft. Bacon.
Handily
Hand"i*ly (?), adv. [See Handy.] In a handy manner; skillfully;
conveniently.
Handiness
Hand"i*ness, n. The quality or state of being handy.
Handiron
Hand"i`ron (?), n. See Andrion. [Obs.]
Handiwork
Hand"i*work` (?), n. [OE. handiwerc, AS. handgeweorc; hand hand +
geweorc work; prefix ge- + weorc. See Work.] Work done by the hands;
hence, any work done personally.
The firmament showeth his handiwork. Ps. xix. 1.
Handkercher
Hand"ker*cher (?), n. A handkerchief. [Obs. or Colloq.] Chapman
(1654). Shak.
Handkerchief
Hand"ker*chief (h&acr;n"k&etil;r*ch&icr;f; 277), n. [Hand + kerchief.]
1. A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant,
carried for wiping the face or hands.
2. A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the
neck; a neckerchief; a neckcloth.
Handle
Han"dle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Handling
.] [OE. handlen, AS. handian; akin to D. handelen to trade, G.
handeln. See Hand.]
1. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh. Luke xxiv. 39.
About his altar, handling holy things. Milton.
2. To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to
manage skillfully.
That fellow handles his bow like a crowkeeper. Shak.
3. To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the
hands.
The hardness of the winters forces the breeders to house and handle
their colts six months every year. Sir W. Temple.
4. To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence,
to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large
stock.
5. To deal with; to make a business of.
They that handle the law knew me not. Jer. ii. 8.
6. To treat; to use, well or ill.
How wert thou handled being prisoner. Shak.
7. To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
You shall see how I will handle her. Shak.
8. To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an
argument, or an objection.
We will handle what persons are apt to envy others. Bacon.
To handle without gloves. See under Glove. [Colloq.]
Handle
Han"dle (?), v. i. To use the hands.
They have hands, but they handle not. Ps. cxv. 7.
Handle
Han"dle, n. [AS. handle. See Hand.]
1. That part of vessels, instruments, etc., which is held in the hand
when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the
bail of a kettle, etc.
2. That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose;
a tool. South.
To give a handle, to furnish an occasion or means.
Handleable
Han"dle*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being handled.
Handless
Hand"less (?), a. Without a hand. Shak.
Handling
Han"dling (?), n. [AS. handlung.]
1. A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or
hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t.
The heavens and your fair handling Have made you master of the
field this day. Spenser.
2. (Drawing, Painting, etc.) The mode of using the pencil or brush,
etc.; style of touch. Fairholt.
Handmade
Hand"made" (?), a. Manufactured by hand; as, handmade shoes.
Handmaid, Handmaiden
Hand"maid" (?), Hand"maiden (?), n. A maid that waits at hand; a
female servant or attendant.
Handsaw
Hand"saw` (#) n. A saw used with one hand.
Handsel
Hand"sel (?), n. [Written also hansel.] [OE. handsal, hansal, hansel,
AS. handsa giving into hands, or more prob. fr. Icel. handsal; hand
hand + sal sale, bargain; akin to AS. sellan to give, deliver. See
Sell, Sale. ]
1. A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a
sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and
regarded as on omen for the rest; a first installment; an earnest; as
the first money received for the sale of goods in the morning, the
first money taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a
young woman on her wedding day, etc.
Their first good handsel of breath in this world. Fuller.
Our present tears here, not our present laughter, Are but the
handsels of our joys hereafter. Herrick.
2. Price; payment. [Obs.] Spenser.
Handsel Monday, the first Monday of the new year, when handsels or
presents are given to servants, children, etc.
Handsel
Hand"sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handseled OR Handseled (; p. pr. & vb.
n. Handseling OR Handselling.] [Written also hansel.] [OE handsellen,
hansellen;cf. Isel. hadsala, handselja. See Handsel, n.]
1. To give a handsel to.
2. To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make fortunate or
unfortunate; to try experimentally.
No contrivance of our body, but some good man in Scripture hath
handseled it with prayer. Fuller.
Handsome
Hand"some (?; 277), a. [Compar. Handsomer (?); superl. Handsomest.]
[Hand + -some. It at first meant, dexterous; cf. D. handzaam
dexterous, ready, limber, manageable, and E. handy.]
1. Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things
as persons. [Obs.]
That they [engines of war] be both easy to be carried and handsome
to be moved and turned about. Robynson (Utopia).
For a thief it is so handsome as it may seem it was first invented
for him. Spenser.
2. Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing
appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity;
comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a
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3. Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease;
graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.
Easiness and handsome address in writing. Felton.
4. Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal;
generous.
Handsome is as handsome does. Old Proverb.
5. Ample; moderately large.
He . . . accumulated a handsome sum of money. V. Knox.
To do the handsome thing, to act liberally. [Colloq.] Syn. --
Handsome, Pretty. Pretty applies to things comparatively small, which
please by their delicacy and grace; as, a pretty girl, a pretty
flower, a pretty cottage. Handsome rises higher, and is applied to
objects on a larger scale. We admire what is handsome, we are pleased
with what is pretty. The word is connected with hand, and has thus
acquired the idea of training, cultivation, symmetry, and proportion,
which enters so largely into our conception of handsome. Thus Drayton
makes mention of handsome players, meaning those, who are well
trained; and hence we speak of a man's having a handsome address,
which is the result of culture; of a handsome horse or dog, which
implies well proportioned limbs; of a handsome face, to which, among
other qualities, the idea of proportion and a graceful contour are
essential; of a handsome tree, and a handsome house or villa. So, from
this idea of proportion or suitableness, we have, with a different
application, the expressions, a handsome fortune, a handsome offer.
Hadsome
Had"some, v. t. To render handsome. [Obs.] Donne
Handsomely
Hand"some*ly, adv.
1. In a handsome manner.
2. (Naut.) Carefully; in shipshape style.
Handsomeness
Hand"some*ness, n. The quality of being handsome.
Handsomeness is the mere animal excellence, beauty the mere
imaginative. Hare.
Handspike
Hand"spike` (?), n. A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a
windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for
various purposes.
Handspring
Hand"spring` (?), n. A somersault made with the assistance of the
hands placed upon the ground.
Hand-tight
Hand"-tight` (?), a. (Naut.) As tight as can be made by the hand.
Totten.
Handwheel
Hand"wheel` (?), n. (Mach.) Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the
rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or
other part is adjusted.
Hand-winged
Hand"-winged` (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having wings that are like hands in
the structure and arrangement of their bones; -- said of bats. See
Cheiroptera.
Handwriting
Hand"writ`ing (?), n.
1. The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person;
chirography.
2. That which is written by hand; manuscript.
The handwriting on the wall, a doom pronounced; an omen of disaster.
Dan. v. 5.
Handy
Hand"y (?), a. [Compar. Handier (?); superl. Handiest.] [OE. hendi,
AS. hendig (in comp.), fr. hand hand; akin to D. handig, Goth. handugs
clever, wise.]
1. Performed by the hand. [Obs.]
To draw up and come to handy strokes. Milton.
2. Skillful in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adroit. "Each is
handy in his way." Dryden.
3. Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the hand;
convenient; valuable for reference or use; as, my tools are handy; a
handy volume.
4. (Naut.) Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel.
Handyy-dandy
Handy"y-dan`dy (?), n. A child's play, one child guessing in which
closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if
right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit. Piers
Plowman.
Handyfight
Hand"y*fight` (?), n. A fight with the hands; boxing. "Pollux loves
handyfights." B. Jonson.
Handygripe
Hand"y*gripe` (?), n. Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close
quarters in fighting. Hudibras.
Handystroke
Hand"y*stroke` (?), n. A blow with the hand.
Hand-work
Hand"-work` (?), n. See Handiwork.
Hang
Hang (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hanged (h?ngd) OR Hung (; p. pr. & vb.
n. Hanging. The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when
reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also
more common.] [OE. hangen, hangien, v. t. & i., AS. hangian, v. i.,
fr. h, v. t. (imp. heng, p. p. hongen); akin to OS. hang, v. i. D.
hangen, v. t. & i., G. hangen, v. i, h\'84ngen, v. t, Isel hanga, v.
i., Goth. h\'behan, v. t. (imp. ha\'a1hah), h\'behan, v. i. (imp.
hahaida), and perh. to L. cunctari to delay. &root;37. ]
1. To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from
below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to
hang up a sign; to hang out a banner.
2. To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the
point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door,
gate, etc.
3. To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that
is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve.
[U. S.]
4. To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital
punishment; as, to hang a murderer.
5. To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures trophies,
drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper hangings; -- said of
a wall, a room, etc.
Hung be the heavens with black. Shak.
And hung thy holy roofs with savage spoils. Dryden.
6. To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room.
7. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position
instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame.
Cowslips wan that hang the pensive head. Milton.
To hang down, to let fall below the proper position; to bend down; to
decline; as, to hang down the head, or, elliptically, to hang the
head. -- To hang fire (Mil.), to be slow in communicating fire through
the vent to the charge; as, the gun hangs fire; hence, to hesitate, to
hold back as if in suspense.
Hand
Hand, v. i.
1. To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support
from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.
2. To be fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion on the
point or points of suspension.
3. To die or be put to death by suspension from the neck. [R.] "Sir
Balaam hangs." Pope.
4. To hold for support; to depend; to cling; -- usually with on or
upon; as, this question hangs on a single point. "Two infants hanging
on her neck." Peacham.
5. To be, or be like, a suspended weight.
Life hangs upon me, and becomes a burden. Addison.
6. To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually with over;
as, evils hang over the country.
7. To lean or incline; to incline downward.
To decide which way hung the victory. Milton.
His neck obliquely o'er his shoulder hung. Pope.
8. To slope down; as, hanging grounds.
9. To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to
be delayed.
A noble stroke he lifted high, Which hung not, but so swift with
tempest fell On the proud crest of Satan. Milton.
To hang around, to loiter idly about. -- To hang back, to hesitate; to
falter; to be reluctant. "If any one among you hangs back." Jowett
(Thucyd.). -- To hang by the eyelids. (a) To hang by a very slight
hold or tenure. (b) To be in an unfinished condition; to be left
incomplete. -- To hang in doubt, to be in suspense. -- To hang on
(with the emphasis on the preposition), to keep hold; to hold fast; to
stick; to be persistent, as a disease. -- To hang on the lips, words,
etc., to be charmed by eloquence. -- To hang out. (a) To be hung out
so as to be displayed; to project. (b) To be unyielding; as, the
juryman hangs out against an agreement. [Colloq.]<-- =hold out?--> (c)
to lounge around a particular place; as, teenageers tend to hang out
at the mall these days--> -- To hang over. (a) To project at the top.
(b) To impend over. -- To hang to, to cling. -- To hang together. (a)
To remain united; to stand by one another. "We are all of a piece; we
hang together." Dryden. (b) To be self-consistent; as, the story does
not hang together. [Colloq.] -- To hang upon. (a) To regard with
passionate affection. (b) (Mil.) To hover around; as, to hang upon the
flanks of a retreating enemy.
Hang
Hang, n.
1. The manner in which one part or thing hangs upon, or is connected
with, another; as, the hang of a scythe.
2. Connection; arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse.
[Colloq.]
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3. A sharp or steep declivity or slope. [Colloq.]
To get the hang of, to learn the method or arrangement of; hence, to
become accustomed to. [Colloq.]
Hangbird
Hang"bird` (?), n. (Zo\'94l) The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula);
-- so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree.
See Baltimore oriole.
Hang-by
Hang"-by` (?), n.; pl. Hang-bies (. A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so
called in contempt. B. Jonson.
Hagdog
Hag"dog` (?), n. A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
Hangdog
Hang"dog`, Low; sneaking; ashamed.
The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look.
Thackeray.
Hanger
Hang"er (?), n.
1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
2. That by which a thing is suspended. Especially: (a) A strap hung to
the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended. (b) (Mach.) A
part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust.
of Countershaft. (c) A bridle iron.<-- (d) clothes hanger -->
3. That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side;
especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
4. A steep, wooded declivity. [Eng.] Gilbert White.
Hanger-on
Hang"er-on` (?), n.; pl. Hangers-on (. One who hangs on, or sticks to,
a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to others'
society longer than he is wanted. Goldsmith.
Hanging
Hang"ing, a.
1. Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter. "What a
hanging face!" Dryden.
2. Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
3. Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a
gate, the post which holds the hinges.
Hanging compass, a compass suspended so that the card may be read from
beneath. -- Hanging garden, a garden sustained at an artificial
elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon. -- Hanging
indentation. See under Indentation. -- Hanging rail (Arch.), that rail
of a door or casement to which hinges are attached. -- Hanging side
(Mining), the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein. --
Hanging sleeves. (a) Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging
down the back from the shoulders. (b) Loose, flowing sleeves. --
Hanging stile. (Arch.) (a) That stile of a door to which hinges are
secured. (b) That upright of a window frame to which casements are
hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are fastened. --
Hanging wall (Mining), the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which
hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein.
Hanging
Hang"ing, n.
1. The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.
2. Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
3. That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as
tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; -- used
chiefly in the plural.
Nor purple hangings clothe the palace walls. Dryden.
Hangman
Hang"man (?), n.; pl. Hangmen( One who hangs another; esp., one who
makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used
as a term of reproach, without reference to office. Shak.
Hangmanship
Hang"man*ship, n.. The office or character of a hangman.
Hangnail
Hang"nail` (?), n. [A corruption of agnail.] A small piece or silver
of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail. Holloway.
Hangnest
Hang"nest` (?), n.
1. A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket.
2. A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.
Hank
Hank (?), n. [Cf. Dan. hank handle, Sw. hank a band or tie, Icel.
hanki hasp, clasp, h\'94nk, hangr, hank, coil, skein, G. henkel, henk,
handle; ar prob. akin to E. hang. See Hang.]
1. A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied
together.
2. A rope or withe for fastening a gate. [Prov. Eng.]
3. Hold; influence.
When the devil hath got such a hank over him. Bp. Sanderson.
4. (Naut.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge
of a sail and running on a stay.
Hank
Hank, v. t.
1. [OE. hanken.] To fasten with a rope, as a gate. [Prov. Eng.]
Wright.
2. To form into hanks.
Hanker
Han"ker (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hankered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hankering.] [Prob. fr. hang; cf. D. hunkeren, hengelen.]
1. To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a
vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after
fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town. Addison.
He was hankering to join his friend. J. A. Symonds.
2. To linger in expectation or with desire. Thackeray.
Hankeringly
Han"ker*ing*ly, adv. In a hankering manner.
Hankey-pankey
Han"key-pan"key (?), n. [Cf. Hocus-pocus.] Professional cant; the
chatter of conjurers to divert attention from their tricks; hence,
jugglery. [Colloq.]
Hanoverian
Han`o*ve"ri*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Hanover or its people, or
to the House of Hanover in England.
Hanoverian
Han`o*ve"ri*an, n. A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one
of the House of Hanover.
Han sa
Han" sa (?), n. See 2d Hanse.
Hansard
Han"sard (?), n. An official report of proceedings in the British
Parliament; -- so called from the name of the publishers.
Hansard
Han"sard, n. A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under
2d Hanse.
Hanse
Hanse (?), n. [Cf. F. anse handle, anse de panier surbased arch, flat
arch, vault, and E. haunch hip.] (Arch.) That part of an elliptical or
many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately
adjoins the impost.
Hanse
Hanse, n. [G. hanse, or F. hanse (from German), OHG. & Goth. hansa;
akin to AS. h band, troop.] An association; a league or confederacy.
Hanse towns (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany which
associated themselves for the protection and enlarging of their
commerce. The confederacy, called also Hansa and Hanseatic league,
held its first diet in 1260, and was maintained for nearly four
hundred years. At one time the league comprised eighty-five cities.
Its remnants, L\'81beck, Hamburg, and Bremen, are free cities, and are
still frequently called Hanse towns.
Hanseatic
Han`se*at"ic (?), a. Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their
confederacy. Hanseatic league. See under 2d Hanse.
Hansel
Han"sel (?), n. & v. See Handsel.
Hanselines
Han"sel*ines (?), n. A sort of breeches. [Obs..] Chaucer.
Hansom, n., Hansom cab
Han"som (?), n., Han"som cab` (. [From the name of the inventor.] A
light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat
elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top.
He hailed a cruising hansom . . . " 'Tis the gondola of London,"
said Lothair. Beaconsfield.
Han't
Han't (?). A contraction of have not, or has not, used in illiterate
speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is hain't.
Hanuman
Han"u*man (?), n. See Hoonoomaun.
Hap
Hap (?), v. t. [OE.happen.] To clothe; to wrap.
The surgeon happed her up carefully. Dr. J. Brown.
Hap
Hap, n. [Cf. Hap to clothe.] A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.]
Hap
Hap, n. [Icel. happ unexpected good luck. That which happens or comes
suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking
place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot.
Chaucer.
Whether art it was or heedless hap. Spenser.
Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build Their hopes on
haps. Sir P. Sidney.
Loving goes by haps: Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Shak.
Hap
Hap, v. i. [OE. happen. See Hap chance, and cf. Happen.] To happen; to
befall; to chance. Chaucer.
Sends word of all that haps in Tyre. Shak.
Hap'penny
Hap'"pen*ny (?), n. A half-penny.
Haphazard
Hap"haz`ard (?), n. [Hap + hazard.] Extra hazard; chance; accident;
random.
We take our principles at haphazard, upon trust. Locke.
Hapless
Hap"less (?), a. Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky;
unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid. Dryden.
Haplessly
Hap"less*ly, adv. In a hapless, unlucky manner.
Haplomi
Ha*plo"mi (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of freshwater
fishes, including the true pikes, cyprinodonts, and blindfishes.
Hallostemonous
Hal`lo*stem"o*nous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Having but one series of
stamens, and that equal in number to the proper number of petals;
isostemonous.
Haply
Hap"ly (?), adv. By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may
be.
Lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. Acts v. 39.
Happed
Happed (?), p. a. [From 1st Hap.] Wrapped; covered; cloaked. [Scot.]
All happed with flowers in the green wood were. Hogg.
Happen
Hap"pen (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Happened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Happening.] [OE. happenen, hapnen. See Hap to happen.]
1. To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall
out.
There shall no evil happen to the just. Prov. xii. 21.
2. To take place; to occur.
All these things which had happened. Luke xxiv. 14.
To happen on, to meet with; to fall or light upon. "I have happened on
some other accounts." Graunt. -- To happen in, to make a casual call.
[Colloq.]
Happily
Hap"pi*ly (?), adv. [From Happy.]
1. By chance; peradventure; haply. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
2. By good fortune; fortunately; luckily.
Preferred by conquest, happily o'erthrown. Waller.
3. In a happy manner or state; in happy circumstances; as, he lived
happily with his wife.
4. With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to
success; with success.
Formed by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from
lively to severe. Pope.
Syn. -- Fortunately; luckily; successfully; prosperously; contentedly;
dexterously; felicitously.
Happiness
Hap"pi*ness, n. [From Happy.]
1. Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.
All happiness bechance to thee in Milan! Shak.
2. An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good
fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the possession of those
circumstances or that state of being which is attended enjoyment; the
state of being happy; contentment; joyful satisfaction; felicity;
blessedness.
3. Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; -- used especially of
language.
Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness,
as well as care. Pope.
Syn. -- Happiness, Felicity, Blessedness, Bliss. Happiness is generic,
and is applied to almost every kind of enjoyment except that of the
animal appetites; felicity is a more formal word, and is used more
sparingly in the same general sense, but with elevated associations;
blessedness is applied to the most refined enjoyment arising from the
purest social, benevolent, and religious affections; bliss denotes
still more exalted delight, and is applied more appropriately to the
joy anticipated in heaven.
O happiness! our being's end and aim! Pope.
Others in virtue place felicity, But virtue joined with riches and
long life; In corporal pleasures he, and careless ease. Milton.
His overthrow heaped happiness upon him; For then, and not till
then, he felt himself, And found the blessedness of being little.
Shak.
Happy
Hap"py (?), a. [Compar. Happier (?); superl. Happiest.] [From Hap
chance.]
1. Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful;
prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort;
a happy venture; a happy omen.
Chymists have been more happy in finding experiments than the
causes of them. Boyle.
2. Experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the feeling
arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying
good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous;
as, happy hours, happy thoughts.
Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord. Ps. cxliv. 15.
The learned is happy Nature to explore, The fool is happy that he
knows no more. Pope.
3. Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.
One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in a in a
rejoinder. Swift.
Happy family, a collection of animals of different and hostile
propensities living peaceably together in one cage. Used ironically of
conventional alliances of persons who are in fact mutually repugnant.
-- Happy-go-lucky, trusting to hap or luck; improvident; easy-going.
"Happy-go-lucky carelessness." W. Black.
Hapuku
Ha*pu"ku (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A large and valuable food fish (Polyprion
prognathus) of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or
more.
Haquebut
Haque"but (?), n. See Hagbut.
Hara-kiri
Ha"ra-ki`ri (?), n. [Jap., stomach cutting.] Suicide, by slashing the
abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government
in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; -- also written,
but incorrectly, hari-kari. W. E. Griffis.
Harangue
Ha*rangue" (?), n. [F. harangue: cf. Sp. arenda, It. aringa; lit., a
speech before a multitude or on the hustings, It. aringo arena,
hustings, pulpit; all fr. OHG. hring ring, anything round, ring of
people, G. ring. See Ring.] A speech addressed to a large public
assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad
sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting.
Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed, Assemble, and
harangues are heard. Milton.
Syn. -- Harangue, Speech, Oration. Speech is generic; an oration is an
elaborate and rhetorical speech; an harangue is a vehement appeal to
the passions, or a noisy, disputatious address. A general makes an
harangue to his troops on the eve of a battle; a demagogue harangues
the populace on the subject of their wrongs.
Harangue
Ha*rangue", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harangued (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Haranguing.] [Cf. F. haranguer, It. aringare.] To make an harangue; to
declaim.
Harangue
Ha*rangue", v. t. To address by an harangue.
Harangueful
Ha*rangue"ful (?), a. Full of harangue.
Haranguer
Ha*rang"uer (?), n. One who harangues, or is fond of haranguing; a
declaimer.
With them join'd all th' harangues of the throng, That thought to
get preferment by the tongue. Dryden.
Harass
Har"ass (h&acr;r"as), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harassed (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Harassing.] [F. harasser; cf. OF. harace a basket made of cords,
harace, harasse,a very heavy and large shield; or harer to set (a dog)
on.] To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp.,
to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure
excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out.
[Troops] harassed with a long and wearisome march. Bacon.
Nature oppressed and harass'd out with care. Addison.
Vext with lawyers and harass'd with debt. Tennyson.
Syn. -- To weary; jade; tire; perplex; distress; tease; worry;
disquiet; chafe; gall; annoy; irritate; plague; vex; molest; trouble;
disturb; torment.
Harass
Har"ass, n.
1. Devastation; waste. [Obs.] Milton.
2. Worry; harassment. [R.] Byron.
Harasser
Har"ass*er (?), n. One who harasses.
Harassment
Har"ass*ment (?), n. The act of harassing, or state of being harassed;
worry; annoyance; anxiety.
Little harassments which I am led to suspect do occasionally molest
the most fortunate. Ld. Lytton.
Harberous
Har"ber*ous (?), a. Harborous. [Obs.]
A bishop must be faultless, the husband of one wife, honestly
appareled, harberous. Tyndale (1 Tim. iii. 2)
Harbinger
Har"bin*ger (?), n. [OE. herbergeour, OF. herbergeor one who provides
lodging, fr. herbergier to provide lodging, F. h\'82berger, OF.
herberge lodging, inn, F. auberge; of German origin. See Harbor.]
1. One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English
royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to
provide and prepare lodgings. Fuller.
2. A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger.
I knew by these harbingers who were coming. Landor.
Harbinger
Har"bin*ger, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harbingered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Harbingering.] To usher in; to be a harbinger of. "Thus did the star
of religious freedom harbinger the day." Bancroft.
Harbor
Har"bor (?), n. [Written also harbour.] [OE herbor, herberwe,
herberge, Icel. herbergi (cf. OHG. heriberga), orig., a shelter for
soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save, help, defend; akin to AS. here
army, G. heer, OHG. heri, Goth. harjis, and AS. beorgan to save,
shelter, defend, G. bergen. See Harry, 2d Bury, and cf. Harbinger.]
1. A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and
comfort; a refuge; a shelter.
[A grove] fair harbour that them seems. Spenser.
For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. Dryden.
2. Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. (Astrol.) The mansion of a heavenly body. [Obs.]
4. A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either
landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for
vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven.
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5. (Glass Works) A mixing box materials.
Harbor dues (Naut.), fees paid for the use of a harbor. -- Harbor seal
(Zo\'94l.), the common seal. -- Harbor watch, a watch set when a
vessel is in port; an anchor watch.
Harbor
Har"bor (?), v. t. [Written also harbour.] [imp. & p. p. Harbored (#);
p. pr. & vb. n. Harboring.] [OE. herberen, herberwen, herbergen; cf.
Icel. herbergja. See Harbor, n.] To afford lodging to; to enter as
guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought
or feeling, esp. an ill thought).
Any place that harbors men. Shak.
The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person suspected.
Bp. Burnet.
Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of outrage. Rowe.
Harbor
Har"bor, v. i. To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a
harbor.
For this night let's harbor here in York. Shak.
Harborage
Har"bor*age (?), n. Shelter; entertainment.[R.]
Where can I get me harborage for the night? Tennyson.
Harborer
Har"bor*er (?), n. One who, or that which, harbors.
Geneva was . . . a harborer of exiles for religion. Strype.
Harborless
Har"bor*less, a. Without a harbor; shelterless.
Harbor master
Har"bor mas`ter (?). An officer charged with the duty of executing the
regulations respecting the use of a harbor.
Harborough, Harbrough
Har"bor*ough (?), Har"brough (?),[See Harbor.] A shelter. [Obs].
Spenser.
Harborous
Har"bor*ous (?), a. Hospitable. [Obs.]
Hard
Hard (?), a. [Compar. Harder (?); superl. Hardest.] [OE. heard, AS.
heard; akin to OS. & D. heard, G. hart, OHG. harti, Icel. har, Dan.
haard, Sw. h\'86rd, Goth. hardus, Gr.,, strength, and also to E. -ard,
as in coward, drunkard, -crat, -cracy in autocrat, democracy; cf. Skr.
kratu strength, to do, make. Gf.Hardy.]
1. Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding
to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and
opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple.
2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided,
or resolved; as a hard problem.
The hard causes they brought unto Moses. Ex. xviii. 26.
In which are some things hard to be understood. 2 Peter iii. 16.
3. Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing;
arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure.
4. Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
The stag was too hard for the horse. L'Estrange.
A power which will be always too hard for them. Addison.
5. Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to;
hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping;
as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions
or terms.
I never could drive a hard bargain. Burke.
6. Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate;
unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard
words; a hard character.
7. Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful;
repelling; as, a hard style.
Figures harder than even the marble itself. Dryden.
8. Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider.
9. (Pron.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated,
or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to
another;- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as
distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc.
10. Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard
tone.
11. (Painting) (a) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the
figures; formal; lacking grace of composition. (b) Having disagreeable
and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade.
Hard cancer, Hard case, etc. See under Cancer, Case, etc. -- Hard
clam, OR Hard-shelled clam (Zo\'94l.), the guahog. -- Hard coal,
anthracite, as distinguished from bituminous or soft coal. -- Hard and
fast. (Naut.) See under Fast. -- Hard finish (Arch.), a smooth
finishing coat of hard fine plaster applied to the surface of rough
plastering. -- Hard lines, hardship; difficult conditions. -- Hard
money, coin or specie, as distinguished from paper money. -- Hard
oyster (Zo\'94l.), the northern native oyster. [Local, U. S.] -- Hard
pan, the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil; hence,
figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental part or quality of
anything; as, the hard pan of character, of a matter in dispute, etc.
See Pan. -- Hard rubber. See under Rubber. -- Hard solder. See under
Solder. -- Hard water, water, which contains lime or some mineral
substance rendering it unfit for washing. See Hardness, 3.- Hard wood,
wood of a solid or hard texture; as walnut, oak, ash, box, and the
like, in distinction from pine, poplar, hemlock, etc.- In hard
condition, in excellent condition for racing; having firm
muscles;-said of race horses. Syn. -- Solid; arduous; powerful;
trying; unyielding; stubborn; stern; flinty; unfeeling; harsh;
difficult; severe; obdurate; rigid. See Solid, and Arduous.
Hard
Hard, adv. [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]
1. With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.
And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince. Dryden.
My father Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself. Shak.
2. With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard.
3. Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly. Shak.
4. So as to raise difficulties. " The guestion is hard set". Sir T.
Browne.
5. With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force;
tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to
blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; as, to run hard.
6. Close or near.
Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. Acts xviii.7.
Hard by, near by; close at hand; not far off. "Hard by a cottage
chimney smokes." Milton. -- Hard pushed, Hard run, greatly pressed;
as, he was hard pushed or hard run for time, money, etc. [Colloq.] --
Hard up, closely pressed by want or necessity; without money or
resources; as, hard up for amusements. [Slang]
NOTE: &hand; Ha rd in nautical language is often joined to words of
command to the helmsman, denoting that the order should be carried
out with the utmost energy, or that the helm should be put, in the
direction indicated, to the extreme limit, as, Hard aport! Hard
astarboard! Hard alee! Hard aweather up! Hard is also often used in
composition with a participle; as, hard-baked; hard-earned;
hard-working; hard-won.
Hard
Hard (?), v. t. To harden; to make hard. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hard
Hard, n. A ford or passage across a river or swamp.
Hardbake
Hard"bake` (?), n. A sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses made
with almonds, and flavored with orange or lemon juice, etc. Thackeray.
Hardbeam
Hard"beam` (?), n. (Bot.) A tree of the genus Carpinus, of compact,
horny texture; hornbeam.
Harden
Hard"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hardened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hardening (?).] [OE. hardnen, hardenen.]
1. To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as,
to harden clay or iron.
2. To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with constancy; to
strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to confirm in wickedness or
shame; to make unimpressionable. "Harden not your heart." Ps. xcv. 8.
I would harden myself in sorrow. Job vi. 10.
Harden
Hard"en, v. i.
1. To become hard or harder; to acquire solidity, or more compactness;
as, mortar hardens by drying.
The deliberate judgment of those who knew him [A. Lincoln] has
hardened into tradition. The Century.
2. To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or a bad
sense.
They, hardened more by what might most reclaim. Milton.
Hardened
Hard"ened (?), a. Made hard, or compact; made unfeeling or callous;
made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice. Syn. --
Impenetrable; hard; obdurate; callous; unfeeling; unsusceptible;
insensible. See Obdurate.
Hardener
Hard"en*er (?), n. One who, or that which, hardens; specif., one who
tempers tools.
Hardening
Hard"en*ing, n.
1. Making hard or harder.
2. That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface
of iron into steel.
Harder
Har"der (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A South African mullet, salted for food.
Harderian
Har*de"ri*an (?), a. (Anat.) A term applied to a lachrymal gland on
the inner side of the orbit of many animals which have a third eyelid,
or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.
Hard-favored
Hard"-fa`vored (?), a. Hard-featured; ill-looking; as, Vulcan was
hard-favored. Dryden.
Hardfavoredness
Hard"fa`vored*ness, n. Coarseness of features.
Hard-featured
Hard"-fea`tured (?), a Having coarse, unattractive or stern features.
Smollett.
Hardfern
Hard"fern` (?), n. (Bot.) A species of fern (Lomaria borealis),
growing in Europe and Northwestern America.
Hard-fisted
Hard"-fist`ed (?), a.
1. Having hard or strong hands; as, a hard-fisted laborer.
2. Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly. Bp. Hall.
Hard-fought
Hard"-fought` (?), a. Vigorously contested; as, a hard-fought battle.
Hard grass
Hard" grass` (. (Bot.) A name given to several different grasses,
especially to the Roltb\'94llia incurvata, and to the species of
\'92gilops, from one of which it is contended that wheat has been
derived.
Hardhack
Hard"hack` (, n. (Bot.) A very astringent shrub (Spir\'91a tomentosa),
common in pastures. The Potentilla fruticosa in also called by this
name.
Hard-handed
Hard"-hand`ed (?), a. Having hard hands, as a manual laborer.
Hard-handed men that work in Athens here. Shak.
Hardhead
Hard"head` (?), n.
1. Clash or collision of heads in contest. Dryden.
2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The menhaden. See Menhaden. [Local, U.S.] (b)
Block's gurnard (Trigla gurnardus) of Europe. (c) A California salmon;
the steelhead. (d) The gray whale. See Gray whale, under Gray. (e) A
coarse American commercial sponge (Spongia dura).
Hard-headed
Hard"-head`ed, a. Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd. --
Hard"-head`ed*ness, n.
Hard-hearted
Hard"-heart`ed (?), a. Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless. --
Hard"-heart`ed*ness, n.
Harddihead
Hard"di*head (?), n. Hardihood. [Obs.]
Harddihood
Hard"di*hood (?), n. [Hardy + -hood.] Boldness, united with firmness
and constancy of mind; bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness;
impudence.
A bound of graceful hardihood. Wordsworth.
It is the society of numbers which gives hardihood to iniquity.
Buckminster.
Syn. -- Intrepidity; courage; pluck; resolution; stoutness; audacity;
effrontery; impudence.
Hardily
Har"di*ly, adv.
1. Same as Hardly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Boldly; stoutly; resolutely. Wyclif.
Hardiment
Har"di*ment (?), n. [OF. hardement. See Hardy.] Hardihood; boldness;
courage; energetic action. [Obs.]
Changing hardiment with great Glendower. Shak.
Hardiness
Har"di*ness (?), n.
1. Capability of endurance.
2. Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance. Spenser.
Plenty and peace breeds cowards; Hardness ever Of hardiness is
mother. Shak.
They who were not yet grown to the hardiness of avowing the
contempt of the king. Clarendon.
3. Hardship; fatigue. [Obs.] Spenser.
Hardish
Hard"ish (?), a. Somewhat hard.
Hard-labored
Hard"-la`bored (?), a. Wrought with severe labor; elaborate; studied.
Swift.
Hardly
Hard"ly (?), adv. [AS.heardlice. See Hand.]
1. In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.
Recovering hardly what he lost before. Dryden.
2. Unwillingly; grudgingly.
The House of Peers gave so hardly theiMilton.
3. Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly.
Hardly shall you one so bad, but he desires the credit of being
thought good. South.
4. Severely; harshly; roughly.
He has in many things been hardly used. Swift.
5. Confidently; hardily. [Obs.] Holland.
6. Certainly; surely; indeed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hard-mouthed
Hard"-mouthed` (?), a. Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed;
as, a hard-mouthed horse.
Hardness
Hard"ness, n. [AS. heardness.]
1. The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.
The habit of authority also had given his manners some peremptory
hardness. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Min.) The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body,
determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itself
scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and
talc form the extremes.
3. (Chem.) The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral
salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with
soap, and is hence unfit for washing purposes.
NOTE: &hand; Th is qu ality is ca used by the presence of calcium
carbonate, causing temporary hardness which can be removed by
boiling, or by calcium sulphate, causing permanent hardness which
can not be so removed, but may be improved by the addition of
sodium carbonate.
Hardock
Har"dock (?), n. [Obs.] See Hordock.
Hardpan
Hard"pan` (?), n. The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard,
a.
Hards
Hards (?), n. pl. [OE. herdes, AS. heordan; akin to G. hede.] The
refuse or coarse part of fiax; tow.
Hard-shell
Hard"-shell` (?), a. Unyielding; insensible to argument;
uncompromising; strict. [Collog., U.S.]
Hardship
Hard"ship (?), n. That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation,
injury, injustice, etc. Swift.
Hardspun
Hard"spun`, a. Firmly twisted in spinning.
Hard-tack
Hard"-tack` (?), n. A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of
hard biscuit or sea bread.
Hardtail
Hard"tail` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Jurel.
Hard-visaged
Hard"-vis`aged (?), a. Of a harsh or stern countenance; hard-featured.
Burke.
Hardware
Hard"ware` (?), n. Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils,
and the like; ironmongery.
Hardwareman
Hard"ware`man (?), n.; pl. Hardwaremen (. One who makes, or deals in,
hardware.
Hardy
Har"dy (?), a. [Compar. Hardier (?); superl. Hardiest.] [F.hardi, p.
p. fr. OF. hardir to make bold; of German origin, cf. OHG. hertan to
harden, G. h\'84rten. See Hard, a.]
1. Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.
Hap helpeth hardy man alway. Chaucer.
2. Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened;
shameless.
3. Strong; firm; compact.
[A] blast may shake in pieces his hardy fabric. South.
4. Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a
hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.
5. Able to withstand the cold of winter.
NOTE: &hand; Pl ants wh ich are hardy in Virginia may perish in New
England. Half-hardy plants are those which are able to withstand
mild winters or moderate frosts.
Hardy
Har"dy, n. A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for
insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.
Hare
Hare (?), v. t. [Cf. Harry, Harass.] To excite; to tease, or worry; to
harry. [Obs.] Locke.
Hare
Hare, n. [AS. hara; akin to D. haas, G. hase, OHG. haso, Dan. \'91 Sw.
hare, Icel. h, Skr. .
1. (Zo\'94l.) A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a
short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves
swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity.
NOTE: &hand; The species of hares are numerous. The common European
hare is Lepustimidus. The northern or varying hare of America (L.
Americanus), and the prairie hare (L. campestris), turn white in
winter. In America, the various species of hares are commonly
called rabbits.
2. (Astron.) A small constellation situated south of and under the
foot of Orion; Lepus.
Hare and hounds, a game played by men and boys, two, called hares,
having a few minutes' start, and scattering bits of paper to indicate
their course, being chased by the others, called the hounds, through a
wide circuit. -- Hare kangaroo (Zo\'94l.)., a small Australian
kangaroo (Lagorchestes Leporoides), resembling the hare in size and
color, -- Hare's lettuce (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sonchus, or sow
thistle; -- so called because hares are said to eat it when fainting
with heat. Dr. Prior. -- Jumping hare. (Zo\'94l.) See under Jumping.
-- Little chief hare, OR Crying hare. (Zo\'94l.) See Chief hare. --
Sea hare. (Zo\'94l.) See Aplysia.
Harebell
Hare"bell` (?), n. (Bot.) A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula
rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans,
which has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell. [Written also
hairbell.]
E'en the light harebell raised its head. Sir W. Scott .
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Hare'brained'
Hare"'brained`' (?), a. Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. "A mad
hare-brained fellow." North (Plutarch). [Written also hairbrained.]
Harefoot
Hare"foot` (?), n.
1. (Zo\'94l.) A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or
extending) forward; -- said of dogs.
2. (Bot) A tree (Ochroma Laqopus) of the West Indies, having the
stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare's foot.
Harefoot clover (Bot.), a species of clover (Trifolium arvense) with
soft and silky heads.
Hare-hearted
Hare"-heart`ed (?), a. Timorous; timid; easily frightened. Ainsworth.
Harehound
Hare"hound` (?), n. See Harrier. A. Chalmers.
Hareld
Har"eld (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The long-tailed duck. See Old Squaw.
Harelip
Hare"lip` (?), n. A lip, commonly the upper one, having a fissure of
perpendicular division like that of a hare. -- Hare"lipped` (#), a.
Harem
Ha"rem (?), n.[Ar.haram, orig., anything forbidden of sacred, fr.
harama to forbid, prohibit.] [Written also haram and hareem.]
1. The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in
Mohammedan families.
2. The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in
Mohammedan countries; a seraglio.
Harengiform
Ha*ren"gi*form (?), a. [F. hareng herring (LL.harengus) + -form.]
Herring-shaped.
Hare's-ear
Hare's"-ear` (?), n. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum
rotundifolium ); -- so named from the shape of its leaves. Dr. Prior.
Hare's-foot fern
Hare's"-foot` fern` (?). (Bot.) A species of fern (Davallia
Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; -- whence the name.
Hare's-tail
Hare's"-tail` (-t&amac;l`), n. (Bot.) A kind of grass (Eriophorum
vaginatum). See Cotton grass, under Cotton. Hare's-tail grass (Bot.),
a species of grass (Lagurus ovatus) whose head resembles a hare's
tail.
Harfang
Har"fang (?), n. [See Hare, n., and Fang.] (Zo\'94l.) The snowy owl.
Hariali grass
Ha`ri*a"li grass` (?). (Bot.) The East Indian name of the Cynodon
Dactylon; dog's-grass.
Haricot
Har"i*cot (?), n. [F.]
1. A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.
2. The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean
(Phaseolus vulgaris), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same
genus furnish different kinds of haricots.
Harier
Har"i*er (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Harrier.
Harikari
Ha"ri*ka`ri (?), n. See Hara-kiri.
Harioiation
Har`i*o*ia"tion (?), n. [See Ariolation.] Prognostication;
soothsaying. [Obs.] Cockeram.
Harish
Har"ish (?), a. Like a hare. [R.] Huloet.
Hark
Hark (?), v. i. [OE. herken. See Hearken.] To listen; to hearken. [Now
rare, except in the imperative form used as an interjection, Hark!
listen.] Hudibras. Hark away! Hark back! Hark forward! (Sporting),
cries used to incite and guide hounds in hunting. -- To hark back, to
go back for a fresh start, as when one has wandered from his direct
course, or made a digression.
He must have overshot the mark, and must hark back. Haggard. He
harked back to the subject. W. E. Norris.
Harken
Hark"en (?), v. t. & i. To hearken. Tennyson.
Harl
Harl (?), n. [Cf. OHG. harluf noose, rope; E. hards refuse of flax.]
1. A filamentous substance; especially, the filaments of flax or hemp.
2. A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or
ostrich, -- used in dressing artificial flies. [Written also herl.]
Harle
Harle (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The red-breasted merganser.
Harlech group
Har"lech group` (?). [ So called from Harlech in Wales.] (Geol.) A
minor subdivision at the base of the Cambrian system in Wales.
Harlequin
Har"le*quin (?), n. [F. arlequin,formerly written also harlequin (cf.
It, arlecchino), prob. fr. OF. hierlekin, hellequin, goblin, elf,
which is prob. of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. hel hell. Cf. Hell,
Kin.] A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks,
often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a
merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy. Percy
Smith.
As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters. Johnson.
Harlequin bat (Zo\'94l.), an Indian bat (Scotophilus ornatus),
curiously variegated with white spots. -- Harlequin beetle (Zo\'94l.),
a very large South American beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) having very
long legs and antenn\'91. The elytra are curiously marked with red,
black, and gray. -- Harlequin cabbage bug. (Zo\'94l.) See Calicoback.
-- Harlequin caterpillar. (Zo\'94l.), the larva of an American
bombycid moth (Euch\'91tes egle) which is covered with black, white,
yellow, and orange tufts of hair. -- Harlequin duck (Zo\'94l.), a
North American duck (Histrionicus histrionicus). The male is dark ash,
curiously streaked with white. -- Harlequin moth. (Zo\'94l.) See
Magpie Moth. -- Harlequin opal. See Opal. -- Harlequin snake
(Zo\'94l.), a small, poisonous snake (Elaps fulvius), ringed with red
and black, found in the Southern United States.
Harlequin
Har"le*quin (?), n. i. To play the droll; to make sport by playing
ludicrous tricks.
Harlequin
Har"le*quin, v. t. Toremove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's
trick.
And kitten,if the humor hit Has harlequined away the fit. M. Green.
Harlequinade
Har"le*quin*ade` (?), n. [F. arleguinade.] A play or part of play in
which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin. Macaulay.
Harlock
Har"lock (?), n. Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock.
Drayton.
Harlot
Har"lot (?), n. [OE.harlot, herlot, a vagabond, OF. harlot, herlot,
arlot; cf. Pr. arlot, Sp. arlote, It. arlotto; of uncertain origin.]
1. A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth.
[Obs.]
He was a gentle harlot and a kind. Chaucer.
2. A person given to low conduct; a rogue; a cheat; a rascal. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
3. A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common
woman; a strumpet.
Harlot
Har"lot, a. Wanton; lewd; low; base. Shak.
Harlot
Har"lot, v. i. To play the harlot; to practice lewdness. Milton.
Harlotize
Har"lot*ize (?), v. i. To harlot. [Obs.] Warner.
Harlotry
Har"lot*ry (?), n.
1. Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Chaucer.
2. The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary
lewdness. Dryden.
3. Anything meretricious; as, harlotry in art.
4. A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage. [Obs.]
He sups to-night with a harlotry. Shak.
Harm
Harm (?), n. [OE.harm, hearm, AS.hearm; akin to OS. harm, G. harm
grief, Icel. harmr, Dan. harme, Sw. harm; cf. OSlav. & Russ. sram'
shame, Skr. crama toil, fatigue.]
1. Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
2. That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms. Shak.
Syn. -- Mischief; evil; loss; injury. See Mischief.
Harm
Harm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Harming.] [OE.
harmen, AS. hearmian. See Harm, n.] To hurt; to injure; to damage; to
wrong.
Though yet he never harmed me. Shak.
No ground of enmity between us known Why he should mean me ill or
seek to harm. Milton.
Harmaline
Har"ma*line (?), n. [Cf. F. harmaline See Harmel.] (Chem.) An alkaloid
found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts.
Harmattan
Har*mat"tan (?), n. [F. harmattan, prob. of Arabic origin.] A dry, hot
wind, prevailing on the Atlantic coast of Africa, in December,
January, and February, blowing from the interior or Sahara. It is
usually accompanied by a haze which obscures the sun.
Harmel
Har"mel (?), n. [Ar. harmal.] (Bot.) A kind of rue (Ruta sylvestris)
growing in India. At Lahore the seeds are used medicinally and for
fumigation.
Harmful
Harm"ful (?), a. Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous. " Most
harmful hazards." Strype. --Harm"ful*ly, adv. -- Harm"ful*ness, n.
Harmine
Har"mine (?), n.[See Harmaline.] (Chem.) An alkaloid accompanying
harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation.
It is a white crystalline substance.
Harmless
Harm"less (?), a.
1. Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless.
2. Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive. "
The harmless deer." Drayton Syn. -- Innocent; innoxious; innocuous;
inoffensive; unoffending; unhurt; uninjured; unharmed. --Harm"less*ly,
adv.- Harm"less*ness, n.
Harmonic, Harmonical
Har*mon"ic (?), Har*mon"ic*al (, a. [L. harmonicus, Gr. harmonique.
See Harmony.]
1. Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds.
Harmonic twang! of leather, horn, and brass. Pope.
2. (Mus.) Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to melody;
harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which
accompany the predominant and apparent single tone of any string or
sonorous body.
3. (Math.) Having relations or properties bearing some resemblance to
those of musical consonances; -- said of certain numbers, ratios,
proportions, points, lines. motions, and the like.
Harmonic interval (Mus.), the distance between two notes of a chord,
or two consonant notes. -- Harmonical mean (Arith. & Alg.), certain
relations of numbers and quantities, which bear an analogy to musical
consonances. -- Harmonic motion, <-- reference to diagram of a circle
with radius having point P on the circle, and a diameter with point A
in the diameter. THe motion of point A, plotted over time, will
describe a sine wave! -->the motion of the point A, of the foot of the
perpendicular PA, when P moves uniformly in the circumference of a
circle, and PA is drawn perpendicularly upon a fixed diameter of the
circle. This is simple harmonic motion. The combinations, in any way,
of two more simple harmonic motions, make other kinds of harmonic
motion. The motion of the pendulum bob of a clock is approximately
simple harmonic motion. -- Harmonic proportion. See under Proportion.
-- Harmonic series OR progression. See under Progression. -- Spherical
harmonic analysis, a mathematical method, sometimes referred to as
that of Laplace's Coefficients, which has for its object the
expression of an arbitrary, periodic function of two independent
variables, in the proper form for a large class of physical problems,
involving arbitrary data, over a spherical surface, and the deduction
of solutions for every point of space. The functions employed in this
method are called spherical harmonic functions. Thomson & Tait. --
Harmonic suture (Anat.), an articulation by simple apposition of
comparatively smooth surfaces or edges, as between the two superior
maxillary bones in man; -- called also harmonic, and harmony. --
Harmonic triad (Mus.), the chord of a note with its third and fifth;
the common chord.
Harmonic
Har*mon"ic (?), n. (Mus.) A musical note produced by a number of
vibrations which is a multiple of the number producing some other; an
overtone. See Harmonics.
Harmonica
Har*mon"i*ca (?), n. [Fem. fr. L. harmonicus harmonic. See Harmonic,
n. ]
1. A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical
glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give
forth the tones.<-- NOTE: This is now called the "Glass harmonica".
The modern hand instrument has reeds -->
2. A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and
struck with hammers.
Har monically
Har* mon"ic*al*ly (?), adv.
1. In an harmonical manner; harmoniously.
2. In respect to harmony, as distinguished from melody; as, a passage
harmonically correct.
3. (Math.) In harmonical progression.
Harmonicon
Har*mon"i*con (?), n. A small, flat, wind instrument of music, in
which the notes are produced by the vibration of free metallic
reeds.<-- now called the harmonica. -->
Harmonics
Har*mon"ics (?), n.
1. The doctrine or science of musical sounds.
2. pl. (Mus.) Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany any
principal, and apparently simple, tone, as the octave, the twelfth,
the fifteenth, and the seventeenth. The name is also applied to the
artificial tones produced by a string or column of air, when the
impulse given to it suffices only to make a part of the string or
column vibrate; overtones.
Harmonious
Har*mo"ni*ous (?), a. [Cf. F. harmonieux. See Harmony.]
1. Adapted to each other; having parts proportioned to each other;
symmetrical.
God hath made the intellectual world harmonious and beautiful
without us. Locke.
2. Acting together to a common end; agreeing in action or feeling;
living in peace and friendship; as, an harmonious family.
3. Vocally or musically concordant; agreeably consonant; symphonious.
-- Har*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Har*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.
Harmoniphon
Har*mon"i*phon (?), n. [Gr. (Mus.) An obsolete wind instrument with a
keyboard, in which the sound, which resembled the oboe, was produced
by the vibration of thin metallic plates, acted upon by blowing
through a tube.
Harmonist
Har"mo*nist (?), n. [Cf. F. harmoniste.]
1. One who shows the agreement or harmony of corresponding passages of
different authors, as of the four evangelists.
2. (Mus.) One who understands the principles of harmony or is skillful
in applying them in composition; a musical composer.
Harmonist, Harmonite
Har"mo*nist, Har"mo*nite (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious
sect, founded in W\'81rtemburg in the last century, composed of
followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their property in
common. In 1803, a portion of this sect settled in Pennsylvania and
called the village thus established, Harmony.
Harmonium
Har*mo"ni*um (?), n. [NL. See Harmony. ] A musical instrument,
resembling a small organ and especially designed for church music, in
which the tones are produced by forcing air by means of a bellows so
as to cause the vibration of free metallic reeds. It is now made with
one or two keyboards, and has pedals and stops.
Harmonization
Har`mo*ni*za"tion (?), n. The act of harmonizing.
Harmonize
Har"mo*nize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harmonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Harmonizing (?).] [Cf. F. harmoniser. ]
1. To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in
sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.
2. To be in peace and friendship, as individuals, families, or public
organizations.
3. To agree in vocal or musical effect; to form a concord; as, the
tones harmonize perfectly.
Harmonize
Har"mo*nize, v. t.
1. To adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree; to show the
agreement of; to reconcile the apparent contradiction of.
2. (Mus.) To accompany with harmony; to provide with parts, as an air,
or melody.
Harmonizer
Har"mo*ni`zer (?), n. One who harmonizes.
Harmonometer
Har`mo*nom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. meter: cf. F. harmonometre.] An
instrument for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds. It is often
a monochord furnished with movable bridges.
Harmony
Har"mo*ny (?), n.; pl. Harmonies (#). [ F.harmonic, L. harmonia, Gr.
Article. ]
1. The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or
combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a
connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a
design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony
of the universe.
2. Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.;
good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in
harmony.
3. A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically
parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows
their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels.
4. (Mus.) (a) A succession of chords according to the rules of
progression and modulation. (b) The science which treats of their
construction and progression.
Ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic harmonies. Milton.
5. (Anat.) See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.
Close harmony, Dispersed harmony, etc. See under Close, Dispersed,
etc. -- Harmony of the spheres. See Music of the spheres, under Music.
Syn. -- Harmony, Melody. Harmony results from the concord of two or
more strains or sounds which differ in pitch and quality. Melody
denotes the pleasing alternation and variety of musical and measured
sounds, as they succeed each other in a single verse or strain.
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Harmost
Har"most (?), n. [Gr. , fr. harmoste. See Harmony.] (Gr. Antiq.) A
governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities subjugated
by them.
Harmotome
Har"mo*tome (?), n. [Gr. harmotome.] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of
alumina and baryta, occurring usually in white cruciform crystals;
cross-stone.
NOTE: &hand; A re lated mi neral, ca lled li me ha rmotome, an d
Phillipsite, contains lime in place of baryta.
Dana.
Harness
Har"ness (?), n. [OE. harneis, harnes, OF.harneis, F. harnais,
harnois; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. harnez old iron, armor, W.
haiarn iron, Armor. houarn, Ir. iarann, Gael. iarunn. Gf. Iron.]
1. Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of
a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor.
At least we 'll die witch harness on our back. Shak.
2. The equipment of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon,
coach, chaise, etc.; gear; tackling.
3. The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of
support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately
raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.
To die in harness, to die with armor on; hence, colloquially, to die
while actively engaged in work or duty.
Harness
Har"ness, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harnessed (#); p. pr. & vb. n.
Harnessing.] [OE. harneisen; cf. F. harnacher, OF. harneschier.]
1. To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to
array.
Harnessed in rugged steel. Rowe.
A gay dagger, Harnessed well and sharp as point of spear. Chaucer.
2. Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense. Dr. H. More.
3. To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also
used figuratively.
Harnessed to some regular profession. J. C. Shairp.
Harnessed antelope. (Zo\'94l.) See Guib. -- Harnessed moth (Zo\'94l.),
an American bombycid moth (Arctia phalerata of Harris), having, on the
fore wings, stripes and bands of buff on a black ground.
Harness cask
Har"ness cask` (?). (Naut.) A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and
containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also harness
tub. W. C. Russell.
Harnesser
Har"ness*er (?), n. One who harnesses.
Harns
Harns (?), n. pl. [Akin to Icel.hjarni, Dan. hierne.] The brains.
[Scot.]
Harp
Harp (?), n. [OE. harpe, AS. hearpe; akin to D. harp, G.harfe, OHG.
harpha, Dan. harpe, Icel. & Sw. harpa.]
1. A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished
with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with
the fingers.
2. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.
3. A grain sieve. [Scot.]
\'92olian harp. See under \'92olian. Harp seal (Zo\'94l.), an arctic
seal (Phoca Gr\'d2nlandica). The adult males have a light-colored
body, with a harp-shaped mark of black on each side, and the face and
throat black. Called also saddler, and saddleback. The immature ones
are called bluesides. -- Harp shell (Zo\'94l.), a beautiful marine
gastropod shell of the genus Harpa, of several species, found in
tropical seas. See Harpa.
Harp
Harp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harped (?) p. pr. & vb. n. Harping.] [AS.
hearpian. See Harp, n.]
1. To play on the harp.
I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps. Rev. xiv.
2.
2. To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in
speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or
continually; -- usually with on or upon. "Harpings upon old themes."
W. Irving.
Harping on what I am, Not what he knew I was. Shak.
To harp on one string, to dwell upon one subject with disagreeable or
wearisome persistence. [Collog.]
Harp
Harp, v. t. To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to
develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from
a harp; to hit upon.
Thou 'harped my fear aright. Shak.
Harpa
Har"pa (?), n. [L., harp.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of marine univalve
shells; the harp shells; -- so called from the form of the shells, and
their ornamental ribs.
Harpagon
Har"pa*gon (?), n [L. harpago, Gr. A grappling iron. [Obs.]
Harper
Harp"er (?), n. [AS. hearpere.]
1. A player on the harp; a minstrel.
The murmuring pines and the hemlocks . . . Stand like harpers hoar,
with beards that rest on their bosoms. Longfellow.
2. A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in
Ireland. B. Jonson.
Harping
Harp"ing (?), a. Pertaining to the harp; as, harping symphonies.
Milton.
Harping iron
Harp"ing i`ron (?). [F.harper to grasp strongly. See Harpoon.] A
harpoon. Evelyn.
Harpings
Harp"ings (?), n. pl. (Naut.) The fore parts of the wales, which
encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem. [Written
also harpins.] Totten.
Harpist
Harp"ist, n. [Gf. F. harpiste.] A player on the harp; a harper. W.
Browne.
Harpoon
Har*poon" (?), n. [F. harpon, LL. harpo, perh. of Ger. origin, fr. the
harp; cf. F. harper to take and grasp strongly, harpe a dog's claw,
harpin boathook (the sense of hook coming from the shape of the harp);
but cf. also Gr. harpy. Cf. Harp.] A spear or javelin used to strike
and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long
shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges,
and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun. Harpoon fork, a kind
of hayfork, consisting of bar with hinged barbs at one end a loop for
a rope at the other end, used for lifting hay from the load by horse
power. -- Harpoon gun, a gun used in the whale fishery for shooting
the harpoon into a whale.
Harpoon
Har*poon", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harpooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Harpooning.] To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.
Harpooneer
Har`poon*eer` (?), n. An harpooner. Grabb.
Harpooner
Har*poon`er (?), n. [Gf. F. harponneur.] One who throws the harpoon.
Harpress
Harp`ress (?), n. A female harper. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
Harpsichon
Harp"si*chon (?), n. A harpsichord. [Obs.]
Harpsichord
Harp"si*chord (?), n. [OF. harpechorde, in which the harpe is of
German origin. See Harp, and Chord.] (Mus.) A harp-shaped instrument
of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings
of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills,
instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by
the piano.
Harpy
Har"py (?), n.; pl. Harpies (#). [F. harpie, L. harpyia, Gr.
Rapacious.]
1. (Gr. Myth.) A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having
the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and
the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three.
Both table and provisions vanished guite. With sound of harpies'
wings and talons heard. Milton.
2. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
The harpies about all pocket the pool. Goldsmith.
3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus
\'91ruginosus). (b) A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged
American eagle (Thrasa\'89tus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to
Brazil.
Harpy bat (Zo\'94l.) (a) An East Indian fruit bat of the genus Harpyia
(esp. H. cerphalotes), having prominent, tubular nostrils. (b) A
small, insectivorous Indian bat (Harpiocephalus harpia). Harpy fly
(Zo\'94l.), the house fly.
Harquebus, Harquebuse
Har"que*bus, Har"que*buse (?), n. [See Arquebus.] A firearm with match
holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th
century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the
harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock.
Harrage
Har"rage (?) v. t.. [See Harry.] To harass; to plunder from. [Obs.]
Fuller.
Harre
Har"re (?), n. [OE., fr. AS. heorr, hior.] A hinge. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Harridan
Har"ri*dan (?), n. [F. haridelle a worn-out horse, jade.] A worn-out
strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.
Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the
pretty creature I had been used to see. De Quincey.
Harrier
Har"ri*er (?), n. [From Hare, n.] (Zo\'94l.) One of a small breed of
hounds, used for hunting hares. [Written also harier.]
Harrier
Har"ri*er, n. [From Harry.]
1. One who harries.
2. (Zo\'94l.) One of several species of hawks or buzzards of the genus
Circus which fly low and harry small animals or birds, -- as the
European marsh harrier (Circus \'91runginosus), and the hen harrier
(C. cyaneus).
Harrier hawk(Micrastur.
Harrow
Har"row (?), n. [OE. harowe, harwe, AS. hearge; cf. D. hark rake, G.
harke, Icel. herfi harrow, Dan. harve, Sw. harf.
1. An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or
metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is
drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the
soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown.
2. (Mil.) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside
down, the frame being buried.
Bush harrow, a kind of light harrow made of bushes, for harrowing
grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish the work of a toothed
harrow. -- Drill harrow. See under 6th Drill. -- Under the harrow,
subjected to actual torture with a toothed instrument, or to great
affliction or oppression.
Harrow
Har"row, v. t.. [imp. & p. p. Harrowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Harrowing.] [OE. harowen, harwen; cf. Dan. harve. See Harrow, n.]
1. To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and
leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land.
Will he harrow the valleys after thee? Job xxxix. 10.
2. To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to
torment or distress; to vex.
My aged muscles harrowed up with whips. Rowe.
I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy
soul. Shak.
Harrow
Har"row, interj. [OF. harau, haro; fr. OHG. hara, hera, herot, or fr.
OS. herod hither, akin to E. here.] Help! Halloo! An exclamation of
distress; a call for succor;-the ancient Norman hue and cry. "Harrow
and well away!" Spenser.
Harrow! alas! here lies my fellow slain. Chaucer.
Harrow
Har"row, v. t.. [See Harry.] To pillage; to harry; to oppress. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Meaning thereby to harrow his people. Bacon
Harrower
Har"row*er (?), n. One who harrows.
Harrower
Har"row*er, n. One who harries. [Obs.]
Harry
Har"ry (?), v. t.. [imp. & p. p. Harried( ?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Harrying.] [OF. harwen, herien, her, AS. hergisn to act as an army, to
ravage, plunder, fr. here army; akin to G. here army; akin to G. heer,
Icel. herr, Goth. harjis, and Lith. karas war. Gf. Harbor, Herald,
Heriot.]
1. To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and
harried the land.
To harry this beautiful region. W. Irving.
A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush. J. Burroughs.
2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. Shak. Syn. -- To
ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease; worry; annoy; harass.
Harry
Har"ry, v. i.. To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste.
[Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Harsh
Harsh (?), a. [Compar. Harsher (?); superl. Harshest.] [OE. harsk;
akin to G. harsch, Dan. harsk rancid, Sw. h\'84rsk; from the same
source as E. hard. See Hard, a.]
1. Rough; disagreeable; grating; esp.:(a) To the touch."Harsh sand."
Boyle. (b) To the taste. "Berries harsh and crude." Milton. (c) To the
ear. "Harsh din." Milton.
2. Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed;
morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.
Clarence is so harsh, so blunt. Shak.
Though harsh the precept, yet the charmed. Dryden.
3. (Painting, Drawing, etc.) Having violent contrasts of color, or of
light and shade; lacking in harmony.
Harshly
Harsh"ly, adv. In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.
'T will sound harshly in her ears. Shak.
Harshness
Harsh"ness, n. The quality or state of being harsh.
O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father 's crabbed, And
he's composed of harshness. Shak.
'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense, The sound must seem an
echo to the sense. Pope.
Syn. -- Acrimony; roughness; sternness; asperity; tartness. See
Acrimony.
Harslet
Hars"let (?), n. See Haslet.
Hart
Hart (?), n. [OE.hart, hert, heort, AS. heort, heorot; akin to D.
hert, OHG. hiruz, hirz, G. hirsch, Icel. hj\'94rtr, Dan. & Sw. hjort,
L. cervus, and prob. to Gr.Horn.] (Zo\'94l.) A stag; the male of the
red deer. See the Note under Buck.
Goodliest of all the forest, hart and hind. Milton.
Hartbeest
Hart"beest` (?), n. [D. hertebeest. See Hart, and Beast.] (Zo\'94l.) A
large South African antelope (Alcelaphus caama), formerly much more
abundant than it is now. The face and legs are marked with black, the
rump with white. [Written also hartebeest, and hartebest.]
Harten
Hart"en (?), v. t. To hearten; to encourage; to incite. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Hartford
Hart"ford (?), n. The Hartford grape, a variety of grape first raised
at Hartford, Connecticut, from the Northern fox grape. Its large
dark-colored berries ripen earlier than those of most other kinds.
Harts clover
Hart"s` clo`ver (?). (Bot.) Melilot or sweet clover. See Melilot.
Hart's-ear
Hart's`-ear` (?), n. (Bot.) An Asiatic species of Cacalia (C.
Kleinia), used medicinally in India.
Hartshorn
Harts"horn` (?), n.
1. The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.
2. Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts.
Hartshorn plantain (Bot.), an annual species of plantain (Plantago
Coronopus); -- called also duck's-horn. Booth. -- Hartshorn shavings,
originally taken from the horns of harts, are now obtained chiefly by
planing down the bones of calves. They afford a kind of jelly. Hebert.
-- Salt of hartshorn (Chem.), an impure solid carbonate of ammonia,
obtained by the destructive distillation of hartshorn, or any kind of
bone; volatile salts. Brande & C.-- Spirits of hartshorn (Chem.), a
solution of ammonia in water; -- so called because formerly obtained
from hartshorn shavings by destructive distillation. Similar
ammoniacal solutions from other sources have received the same name.
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Hart-tongue
Hart"-tongue` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) A common British fern (Scolopendrium
vulgare), rare in America. (b) A West Indian fern, the Polypodium
Phyllitidis of Linn\'91us. It is also found in Florida.
Hartwort
Hart"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe
(Tordylium maximum).
NOTE: &hand; The name is often vaguely given to other plants of the
same order, as species of Seseli and Bupleurum.
Harum-scarum
Har"um-scar"um (?), a. [Cf. hare,v. t., and scare, v. t.] Wild; giddy;
flighty; rash; thoughtless. [Colloq.]
They had a quarrel with Sir Thomas Newcome's own son, a
harum-scarum lad. Thackeray.
Haruspication
Ha*rus`pi*ca"tion (?), n. See Haruspicy. Tylor.
Haruspice
Ha*rus"pice (?), n. [F., fr. L. haruspex.] A diviner of ancient Rome.
Same as Aruspice.
Haruspicy
Ha*rus"pi*cy (?), n. The art or practices of haruspices. See Aruspicy.
Harvest
Har"vest (?), n. [OE. harvest, hervest, AS. h\'91rfest autumn; akin to
LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G. herbst, and prob. to L.
carpere to pluck, Gr. Carpet.]
1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops;
also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early
autumn.
Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease. Gen viii. 22.
At harvest, when corn is ripe. Tyndale.
2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gath
Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Joel iii. 13.
To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps.
Shak.
3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.
The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee. Fuller.
The harvest of a quiet eye. Wordsworth.
Harvest fish (Zo\'94l.), a marine fish of the Southern United States
(Stromateus alepidotus); -- called whiting in Virginia. Also applied
to the dollar fish. -- Harvest fly (Zo\'94l.), an hemipterous insect
of the genus Cicada, often called locust. See Cicada. -- Harvest lord,
the head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.] Tusser. -- Harvest mite
(Zo\'94l.), a minute European mite (Leptus autumnalis), of a bright
crimson color, which is troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and
domestic animals; -- called also harvest louse, and harvest bug. --
Harvest moon, the moon near the full at the time of harvest in
England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason of the small
angle that is made by the moon's orbit with the horizon, it rises
nearly at the same hour for several days. -- Harvest mouse (Zo\'94l.),
a very small European field mouse (Mus minutus). It builds a globular
nest on the stems of wheat and other plants. -- Harvest queen, an
image pepresenting Ceres, formerly carried about on the last day of
harvest. Milton. -- Harvest spider. (Zo\'94l.) See Daddy longlegs.
Harvest
Har"vest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harvested; p. pr. & vb. n. Harvesting.]
To reap or gather, as any crop.
Harvester
Har"vest*er (?), n.
1. One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a
reaper.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A harvesting ant.
Harvest-home
Har"vest-home" (?), n.
1. The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of
harvest.
Showed like a stubble land at harvest-home. Shak.
2. The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the
harvest; the feast itself. Dryden.
3. A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of
England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.
4. The opportunity of gathering treasure. Shak.
Harvest-ing
Har"vest-ing, a. & n., from Harvest, v. t. Harvesting ant (Zo\'94l.),
any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many
species are known.
NOTE: &hand; The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are
Aphenogaster structor and A. barbara; that of Texas, called
agricultural ant, is Pogonomyrmex barbatus or Myrmica molifaciens;
that of Florida is P. crudelis. See Agricultural ant, under
Agricultural.
Harvestless
Har"vest*less, a. Without harvest; lacking in crops; barren.
"Harvestless autumns." Tennyson.
Harvestman
Har"vest*man (?), n.; pl. Harvestmen (. /def>
1. A man engaged in harvesting. Shak.
2. (Zo\'94l.) See Daddy longlegs, 1.
Harvestry
Har"vest*ry (?), n. The act of harvesting; also, that which is
harvested. Swinburne.
Hary
Har"y (?), v. t. [Cf. OF. harier to harass, or E. harry, v. t.] To
draw; to drag; to carry off by vio [Obs.] Chaucer.
Has
Has (?), 3d pers. sing. pres. of Have.
Hasard
Has"ard (?), n. Hazard. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hase
Hase (?), v. t. [Obs.] See Haze, v. t.
Hash
Hash (?), n. [Formerly hachey, hachee, F. hachis, hacher to hash; of
German origin; cf. G. hippe sickle, OHG. hippa, for happia. Cf.
Hatchet.]
1. That which is hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables, especially
such as have been already cooked, chopped into small pieces and mixed.
2. A new mixture of old matter; a second preparation or exhibition.
I can not bear elections, and still less the hash of them over
again in a first session. Walpole.
Hash
Hash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hashing.] [From
Hash, n.: cf. F. hacher to hash.] To as, to hash meat. Hudibras.
Hasheesh, Hashish
Hash"eesh, Hash"ish (?), n. [Ar. hash\'c6sh.] A slightly acrid gum
resin produced by the common hemp (Cannabis saltiva), of the variety
Indica, when cultivated in a warm climate; also, the tops of the
plant, from which the resinous product is obtained. It is narcotic,
and has long been used in the East for its intoxicating effect. See
Bhang, and Ganja.
Hask
Hask (?), n. [See Hassock.] A basket made of rushes or flags, as for
carrying fish. [Obs.] Spenser.
Haslet
Has"let (?), n. [F. h\'83telettes broil, for hastelettes, fr. F. haste
spit; cf. L. hasta spear, and also OHG. harst gridiron.] The edible
viscera, as the heart, liver, etc., of a beast, esp. of a hog.
[Written also harslet.]
Hasp
Hasp (?), n. [OE. hasp, hesp, AS. h\'91pse; akin to G. haspe,
h\'84spe, Sw. & Dan. haspe, Icel. hespa.]
1. A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a
staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened
by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door.
2. A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
3. An instrument for cutting the surface of grass land; a scarifier.
Hasp
Hasp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hasped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hasping.] [AS.
h\'91psian.] To shut or fasten with a hasp.
Hassock
Has"sock (?), n. [Scot. hassock, hassik, a besom, anything bushy, a
large, round turf used as a seat, OE. hassok sedgy ground, W. hesgog
sedgy, hesg sedge, rushes; cf. Ir. seisg, and E. sedge.]
1. A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock. Forby.
2. A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or
for home use.
And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced. Cowper.
Hast
Hast (?), 2d pers. sing. pres. of. Fave, contr. of havest.
[Archaic]
Hastate, Hastated
Has"tate (?), Has"ta*ted, a. [L. hastatus, fr. hasta spear. Cf.
Gad, n.] Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the
basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf.
Haste
Haste (?), n. [OE. hast; akin to D. haast, G., Dan., Sw., & OFries.
hast, cf. OF. haste, F. h\'83te (of German origin); all perh. fr.
the root of E. hate in a earlier sense of, to pursue. See Hate.]
1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; --
applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.
The king's business required haste. 1 Sam. xxi. 8.
2. The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency;
sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
I said in my haste, All men are liars. Ps. cxvi. 11.
To make haste, to hasten. Syn. -- Speed; quickness; nimbleness;
swiftness; expedition; dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence;
precipitation. -- Haste, Hurry, Speed, Dispatch. Haste denotes
quickness of action and a strong desire for getting on; hurry includes
a confusion and want of collected thought not implied in haste; speed
denotes the actual progress which is made; dispatch, the promptitude
and rapidity with which things are done. A man may properly be in
haste, but never in a hurry. Speed usually secures dispatch.
Haste
Haste, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Hasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hasting.] [OE.
hasten; akin to G. hasten, D. haasten, Dan. haste, Sw. hasta, OF.
haster, F. h\'83ter. See Haste, n.] To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic]
I 'll haste the writer. Shak.
They were troubled and hasted away. Ps. xlviii. 5.
Hasten
Has"ten (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hastened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hastening (?).] To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to
precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. Ps. lv. 8.
Hasten
Has"ten, v. i. To move celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act
speedily or quickly; to go quickly.
I hastened to the spot whence the noise came. D
Hastener
Has"ten*er (?), n.
1. One who hastens.
2. That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for
confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it.
Hastif
Has"tif (?), a. [OF. See Hastive.] Hasty. [Obs.] Chaucer. --
Has"tif*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Hastile
Has"tile (?), a. [L. hasta a spear.] (Bot.) Same as Hastate. Gray.
Hastily
Has"ti*ly (?), adv. [From Hasty.]
1. In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.
2. Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.
We hastily engaged in the war. Swift.
3. Passionately; impatiently. Shak.
Hastiness
Has"ti*ness, n. The quality or state of being hasty; haste;
precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.
Hastings
Has"tings (?), n. pl. [From Haste, v.] Early fruit or vegetables;
especially, early pease. Mortimer.
Hastings sands
Has"tings sands" (?). (Geol.) The lower group of the Wealden
formation; -- so called from its development around Hastings, in
Sussex, England.
Hastive
Has"tive (?), a. [OF. hastif. See Haste, n., and cf. Hastif.] Forward;
early; -- said of fruits. [Obs.]
Hasty
Has"ty (?), a. [Compar. Hastier (?); superl. Hastiest.] [Akin to D.
haastig, G., Sw., & Dan. hastig. See Haste, n.]
1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.
2. Demanding haste or immediate action. [R.] Chaucer. "Hasty
employment." Shak.
3. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting
without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.
4. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty
conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
5.
Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.
Take no unkindness of his hasty words. Shak
6. Forward; early; first ripe. [Obs.] "As the hasty fruit before the
summer." Is. xxviii. 4.
Hasty pudding
Has"ty pud"ding (?).
1. A thick batter pudding made of Indian meal stirred into boiling
water; mush. [U. S.]
2. A batter or pudding made of flour or oatmeal, stirred into boiling
water or milk. [Eng.]
Hat
Hat (?), a. Hot. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hat
Hat, sing. pres. of Hote to be called. Cf. Hatte. [Obs.] "That one hat
abstinence." Piers Plowman.
Hat
Hat (?), n. [AS. h\'91t, h\'91tt; akin to Dan. hat, Sw. hatt, Icel.
hattr a hat, h\'94ttr hood, D. hoed hat, G. hut, OHG. huot, and prob.
to L. cassis helmet. Hood.] A covering for the head; esp., one with a
crown and brim, made of various materials, and worn by men or women
for protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament. Hat
block, a block on which hats are formed or dressed. -- To pass around
the hat, to take up a collection of voluntary contributions, which are
often received in a hat. [Collog.] Lowell.
Hatable
Hat"a*ble (?), a. [From Hate.] Capable of being, or deserving to be,
hated; odious; detestable.
Hatband
Hat"band` (?), n. A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band
of black cloth, crape, etc., worn as a badge of mourning.
Hatbox
Hat"box` (?), n. A box for a hat.
Hatch
Hatch (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hatched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hatching.]
[F. hacher to chop, hack. See Hash.]
1. To cross with lines in a peculiar manneHatching.
Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched. Chapman.
Those hatching strokes of the pencil. Dryden.
2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.]
His weapon hatched in blood. Beau. & Fl.
Hatch
Hatch, v. t. [OE. hacchen, hetchen; akin to G. hecken, Dan. hekke; cf.
MHG. hagen bull; perh. akin to E. hatch a half door, and orig.
meaning, to produce under a hatch.
1. To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by
artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when
hatched. Paley.
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not. Jer. xvii.
11.
For the hens do not sit upon the eggs; but by keeping them in a
certain equal heat they [the husbandmen] bring life into them and
hatch them. Robynson (More's Utopia).
2. To contrive or plot; to form by meditation, and bring into being;
to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch
heresy. Hooker.
Fancies hatched In silken-folded idleness. Tennyson.
Hatch
Hatch, v. i. To produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the
egg; -- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc.
Hatch
Hatch, n.
1. The act of hatching.
2. Development; disclosure; discovery. Shak.
3. The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
Hatch
Hatch, n. [OE. hacche, AS. h\'91c, cf. haca the bar of a door, D. hek
gate, Sw. h\'84ck coop, rack, Dan. hekke manger, rack. Prob. akin to
E. hook, and first used of something made of pieces fastened together.
Cf. Heck, Hack a frame.]
1. A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with
spikes on the upper edge.
In at the window, or else o'er the hatch. Shak.
2. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
3. A flood gate; a a sluice gate. Ainsworth.
4. A bedstead. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
5. An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which
serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door,
or one of the covers used in closing such an opening.
6. (Mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
Booby hatch, Buttery hatch, Companion hatch, etc. See under Booby,
Buttery, etc. -- To batten down the hatches (Naut.), to lay tarpaulins
over them, and secure them with battens. -- To be under hatches, to be
confined below in a vessel; to be under arrest, or in slavery,
distress, etc.
Hatch
Hatch, v. t. To close with a hatch or hatches.
'T were not amiss to keep our door hatched. Shak
Hatch-boat
Hatch"-boat` (?), n. (Naut.) A vessel whose deck consists almost
wholly of movable hatches; -- used mostly in the fisheries.
Hatchel
Hatch"el (?; 277), n. [OE. hechele, hekele; akin to D. hekel, G.
hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw. h\'84kla, and prob. to E. hook. See Hook, and
cf. Hackle, Heckle.] An instrument with long iron teeth set in a
board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part;
a kind of large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle.
Hatchel
Hatch"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hatcheled or Hatchelled (; p. pr. & vb.
n. Hatcheling or Hatchelling.] [OE. hechelen, hekelen; akin to D.
hekelen, G. hecheln, Dan. hegle, Sw. h\'84kla. See Hatchel, n.]
1. To draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp, so as to
separate the coarse and refuse parts from the fine, fibrous parts.
2. To tease; to worry; to torment. [Colloq.]
Hatcheler
Hatch"el*er (?), n. One who uses a hatchel.
Hatcher
Hatch"er (?), n.
1. One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an
incubator.
2. One who contrives or originates; a plotter.
A great hatcher and breeder of business. Swift.
Hatchery
Hatch"er*y (?), n. A house for hatching fish, etc.
Hatchet
Hatch"et (?), n. [F. hachette, dim. of hache Hatch, Hash.]
1. A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.
2. Specifically, a tomahawk.
Buried was the bloody hatchet. Longfellow.
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Hatchet face, a thin, sharp face, like the edge of a hatchet; hence:
Hatchet-faced, sharp-visaged. Dryden. -- To bury the hatchet, to make
peace or become reconciled. -- To take up the hatchet, to make or
declare war. The last two phrases are derived from the practice of the
American Indians. <--
Hatchet man
Hatchet man 1. A person hired to murder or physically attack another;
a hit man. 2. A person who deliberately tries to ruin the reputation
of another, often unscrupulously, by slander or other malicious
communication, often with political motive, and sometimes for pay. -->
Hatchettine, Hatchettite
Hatch"et*tine (?), Hatch"et*tite (?), n. [Named after the discoverer,
Charles Hatchett.] (Min.) Mineral t
Hatching
Hatch"ing, n. [See 1st Hatch.] A mode of execution in engraving,
drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines
crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also
crosshatching.
Hatchment
Hatch"ment (?), n. [Corrupt. fr. achievement.]
1. (Her.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person
are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It
is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in
England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the
deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc.
Called also achievement.
His obscure funeral; No trophy, sword, or hatchment o'er his bones.
Shak.
2. A sword or other mark of the profession of arms; in general, a mark
of dignity.
Let there be deducted, out of our main potation, Five marks in
hatchments to adorn this thigh. Beau. & Fl.
Hatchure
Hatch"ure (?; 135), n. Same as Hachure.
Hatchway
Hatch"way` (?), n. A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor,
affording passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a
cellar.
Hate
Hate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hated; p. pr. & pr. & vb. n. Hating.]
[OE. haten, hatien, AS. hatian; akin to OS. hatan, hat to be hostile
to, D. haten to hate, OHG. hazz, hazz, G. hassen, Icel. & Sw. hata,
Dan. hade, Goth. hatan, hatian. . Cf. Hate, n., Heinous.]
1. To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should
befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike
intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy.
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. 1 John iii. 15.
2. To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive
clause with that; as, to hate to get into debt; to hate that anything
should be wasted.
I hate that he should linger here. Tennyson.
3. (Script.) To love less, relatively. Luke xiv. 26. Syn. -- To Hate,
Abhor, Detest, Abominate, Loathe. Hate is the generic word, and
implies that one is inflamed with extreme dislike. We abhor what is
deeply repugnant to our sensibilities or feelings. We detest what
contradicts so utterly our principles and moral sentiments that we
feel bound to lift up our voice against it. What we abominate does
equal violence to our moral and religious sentiments. What we loathe
is offensive to our own nature, and excites unmingled disgust. Our
Savior is said to have hated the deeds of the Nicolaitanes; his
language shows that he loathed the lukewarmness of the Laodiceans; he
detested the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees; he abhorred the
suggestions of the tempter in the wilderness.
Hate
Hate, n. [OE. hate, hete, AS. hete; akin to D. haat, G. hass, Icel.
hatr, SW. hat, Dan. had, Goth. hatis. Cf. Hate, v.] Strong aversion
coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the
feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike;
hatred; detestation; -- opposed to love.
For in a wink the false love turns to hate. Tennyson.
Hateful
Hate"ful (?), a.
1. Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent. [Archaic or R.]
And worse than death, to view with hateful eyes His rival's
conquest. Dryden.
2. Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious.
Unhappy, wretched, hateful day! Shak.
Syn. -- Odious; detestable; abominable; execrable; loathsome;
abhorrent; repugnant; malevolent. -- Hate"ful*ly, adv. --
Hate"ful*ness, n.
Hatel
Hat"el (?), a. Hateful; detestable. [Obs.]
Hater
Hat"er (?), n. One who hates.
An enemy to God, and a hater of all good. Sir T. Browne.
Hath
Hath (?), 3d pers. sing. pres. of Have, contracted from haveth. Has.
[Archaic.]
Hatless
Hat"less (?), a. Having no hat.
Hatrack
Hat"rack` (?), n. A hatstand; hattree.
Hatred
Ha"tred (?), n. [OE. hatred, hatreden. See Hate, and cf. Kindred.]
Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind
awakened by something regarded as evil. Syn. -- Odium; ill will;
enmity; hate; animosity; malevolence; rancor; malignity; detestation;
loathing; abhorrence; repugnance; antipathy. See Odium.
Hatstand
Hat"stand` (?), n. A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon
which to hang hats, etc.
Hatte
Hat`te (?), pres. & imp. sing. & pl. of Hote, to be called. See Hote.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
A full perilous place, purgatory it hatte. Piers Plowman.
Hatted
Hat"ted (?), a. Covered with a hat.
Hatter
Hat"ter (?), v. t. [Prov. E., to entangle; cf. LG. verhaddern,
verheddern, verhiddern.] To tire or worry; -- out. [Obs.] Dryden.
Hatter
Hat"ter, n. One who makes or sells hats.
Hatteria
Hat*te"ri*a (?), n. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A New Zealand lizard, which, in
anatomical character, differs widely from all other existing lizards.
It is the only living representative of the order Rhynchocephala, of
which many Mesozoic fossil species are known; -- called also
Sphenodon, and Tuatera.
Hatting
Hat"ting (?), n. The business of making hats; also, stuff for hats.
Hatti-sherif
Hat"ti-sher`if (?), n. [Turk., fr. Ar. knatt a writing + sher\'c6f
noble.] A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.
Hattree
Hat"tree` (?), n. A hatstand.
Haubergeon
Hau*ber"ge*on (?), n. See Habergeon.
Hauberk
Hau"berk (?), n. [OF. hauberc, halberc, F.haubert, OHG. halsberc; hals
neck + bergan to protect, G. bergen; akin to AS. healsbeorg, Icel.
h\'belsbj\'94rg. See Collar, and Bury, v. t.] A coat of mail;
especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as
contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes
sleeveless. By old writers it is often used synonymously with
habergeon. See Habergeon. [Written variously hauberg, hauberque,
hawberk, etc.] Chaucer.
Helm, nor hawberk's twisted mail. Gray.
Hauerite
Hau"er*ite (?), n. [Named after Von Hauer, of Vienna.] (Min.) Native
sulphide of manganese a reddish brown or brownish black mineral.
Haugh
Haugh (?), n. [See Haw a hedge.] A low-lying meadow by the side of a
river. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
On a haugh or level plain, near to a royal borough. Sir W. Scott.
Haught
Haught (?), a. [See Haughty.] High; elevated; hence, haughty; proud.
[Obs.] Shak.
Haughtily
Haugh"ti*ly (?), adv. [From Haughty.] In a haughty manner; arrogantly.
Haughtiness
Haugh"ti*ness, n. [For hauteinness. See Haughty.] The quality of being
haughty; disdain; arrogance. Syn. -- Arrogance; disdain;
contemptuousness; superciliousness; loftiness. -- Haughtiness,
Arrogance, Disdain. Haughtiness denotes the expression of conscious
and proud superiority; arrogance is a disposition to claim for one's
self more than is justly due, and enforce it to the utmost; disdain in
the exact reverse of condescension toward inferiors, since it
expresses and desires others to feel how far below ourselves we
consider them. A person is haughty in disposition and demeanor;
arrogant in his claims of homage and deference; disdainful even in
accepting the deference which his haughtiness leads him arrogantly to
exact.
Haughty
Haugh"ty, a. [Compar. Haughtier (?); superl. Haughtiest.] [OE.
hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See
Altitude.]
1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic]
To measure the most haughty mountain's height. Spenser.
Equal unto this haughty enterprise. Spenser
2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.
A woman of a haughty and imperious nature. Clarendon.
3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.
Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced, Came towering.
Milton.
Haul
Haul (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hauled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hauling.]
[OE. halen, halien, F. geholian to acquire, get, D. halen to fetch,
pull, draw, OHG. hol, hal, G. holen, Dan. hale to haul, Sw. hala, and
to L. calare to call, summon, Gr. Hale, v. t., Claim. Class, Council,
Ecclesiastic.]
1. To pull or draw with force; to drag.
Some dance, some haul the rope. Denham.
Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land. Pope.
Romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust. Thomson.
2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs
to a sawmill.
When I was seven or eight years of age, I began hauling all the
wood used in the house and shops. U. S. Grant.
To haul over the coals. See under Coal. -- To haul the wind (Naut.),
to turn the head of the ship nearer to the point from which the wind
blows.
Haul
Haul, v. i.
1. (Naut.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See
under Haul, v. t.
I . . . hauled up for it, and found it to be an island. Cook.
2. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
To haul around (Naut.), to shift to any point of the compass; -- said
of the wind. -- To haul off (Naut.), to sail closer to the wind, in
order to get farther away from anything; hence, to withdraw; to draw
back.<-- haul off (b), to get ready (usu. for violent action) -- used
with "and" -- "hauled off and punched him on the nose" -->
Haul
Haul, n.
1. A pulling with force; a violent pull.
2. A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.
3. That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a
net.
4. Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is
hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul.
5. (Rope Making) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.
Haulage
Haul"age (?), n. Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine;
charge for hauling.
Hauler
Haul"er (?), n. One who hauls.
Haulm
Haulm (, n. [OE. halm, AS. healm; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. halm,
Icel. h\'belmr, L. calamus reed, cane, stalk, Gr. Excel, Culminate,
Culm, Shawm, Calamus.] The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as
buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw.
Haulm
Haulm, n. A part of a harness; a hame.
Hauls
Hauls (?), n. [Obs.] See Hals.
Haulse
Haulse (?), v. [Obs.] See Halse.
Hault
Hault (?), a. [OF. hault, F. haut. See Haughty.] Lofty; haughty.
[Obs.]
Through support of countenance proud and hault. Spenser.
Haum
Haum (?), n. See Haulm, stalk. Smart.
Haunce
Haunce (?), v. t. To enhance. [Obs.] Lydgate.
Haunch
Haunch (?; 277), n. [F. hanche, of German origin; cf. OD. hancke,
hencke, and also OHG. ancha; prob. not akin to E. ankle.]
1. The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis
and the hip joint; the hind part.
2. Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of venison.
Haunch bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate. -- Haunches of an
arch (Arch.), the parts on each side of the crown of an arch. (See
Crown, n., 11.) Each haunch may be considered as from one half to two
thirds of the half arch.
Haunched
Haunched (?), a. Having haunches.
Haunt
Haunt (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haunted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Haunting.] [F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh. from an assumed LL.
ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see Ambition); or cf. Icel.
heimta to demand, regain, akin to heim home (see Home). &root;36.]
1. To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or
intrusively; to intrude upon.
You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house. Shak.
Those cares that haunt the court and town. Swift.
2. To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or
apparition.
Foul spirits haunt my resting place. Fairfax.
3. To practice; to devote one's self to. [Obs.]
That other merchandise that men haunt with fraud . . . is cursed.
Chaucer.
Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime. Ascham.
4. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.]
Haunt thyself to pity. Wyclif.
Haunt
Haunt, v. i. To persist in staying or visiting.
I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors. Shak.
Haunt
Haunt, n.
1. A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are
the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.
NOTE: &hand; In Ol d En glish th e pl ace occupied by any one as a
dwelling or in his business was called a haunt.
NOTE: Often used figuratively.
The household nook, The haunt of all affections pure. Keble.
The feeble soul, a haunt of fears. Tennyson.
2. The habit of resorting to a place. [Obs.]
The haunt you have got about the courts. Arbuthnot.
3. Practice; skill. [Obs.]
Of clothmaking she hadde such an haunt. Chaucer.
Haunted
Haunt"ed, a. Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions;
frequented by a ghost.
All houses wherein men have lived and died Are haunted houses.
Longfellow.
Haunter
Haunt"er (?), n. One who, or that which, haunts.
Haurient
Hau"ri*ent (?), a. [L. hauriens, p. pr. of haurire to breathe.] (Her.)
In pale, with the head in chief; -- said of the figure of a fish, as
if rising for air.
Hausen
Hau"sen (?), n. [G.] (Zo\'94l.) A large sturgeon (Acipenser huso) from
the region of the Black Sea. It is sometimes twelve feet long.<-- syn
= Huso huso, and also called Beluga. Provides the highest quality
caviar -->
Hausse
Hausse (?), n. [F.] (Gun.) A kind of graduated breech sight for a
small arm, or a cannon.
Haustellata
Haus`tel*la"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. haustellum, fr. L. haurire,
haustum, to draw water, to swallow. See Exhaust.] (Zo\'94l.) An
artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking
proboscis.
Haustellate
Haus"tel*late (?), a. [See Haustellata.] (Zo\'94l.) Provided with a
haustellum, or sucking proboscis. -- n. One of the Haustellata.
Haustellum
Haus*tel"lum (?), n.; pl. Haustella (#). [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) The sucking
proboscis of various insects. See Lepidoptera, and Diptera.
Haustorium
Haus*to"ri*um (?), n.; pl. Haustoria (#). [LL., a well, fr. L.
haurire, haustum, to drink.] (Bot.) One of the suckerlike rootlets of
such plants as the dodder and ivy. R. Brown.
Haut
Haut (?), a. [F. See Haughty.] Haughty. [Obs.] "Nations proud and
haut." Milton.
Hautboy
Haut"boy (?), n. [F. hautbois, lit., high wood; haut high + bois wood.
So called on account of its high tone. See Haughty, Bush; and cf.
Oboe.]
1. (Mus.) A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in
shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly
called oboe. See Illust. of Oboe.
2. (Bot.) A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior).
Hautboyist
Haut"boy*ist (-&icr;st), n. [Cf. F. hautbo\'8bste.] A player on the
hautboy.
Hautein
Hau"tein (?), a. [See Haughty.]
1. Haughty; proud. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. High; -- said of the voice or flight of birds. [Obs.]
Hauteur
Hau`teur" (?), n. [F., fr. haut high. See Haughty.] Haughty manner or
spirit; haughtiness; pride; arrogance.
Hautgo\'96t
Haut`go\'96t" (?), n. [F.] High relish or flavor; high seasoning.
Hautpas
Haut`pas" (?), n. [F. haut high + pas step.] A raised part of the
floor of a large room; a platform for a raised table or throne. See
Dais.
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Ha\'81ynite
Ha"\'81y*nite (?), n. [From the French mineralogist Ha\'81y.] (Min.) A
blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcani
Havana
Ha*van"a (?), a. Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island
of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar; -- formerly sometimes written Havannah.
-- n. An Havana cigar.
Young Frank Clavering stole his father's Havannahs, and . . .
smoked them in the stable. Thackeray.
Havanese
Hav`an*ese" (?), a. Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba. -- n. sing. &
pl. A native or inhabitant, or the people, of Havana.
Have
Have (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Had (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Having. Indic.
present, I have, thou hast, he has; we, ye, they have.] [OE. haven,
habben, AS. habben (imperf. h\'91fde, p. p. geh\'91fd); akin to OS.
hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw.
hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F.
avoir. Cf. Able, Avoirdupois, Binnacle, Habit.]
1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm.
2. To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or
affects, one.
The earth hath bubbles, as the water has. Shak.
He had a fever late. Keats.
3. To accept possession of; to take or accept.
Break thy mind to me in broken English; wilt thou have me? Shak.
4. To get possession of; to obtain; to get. Shak.
5. To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to
require.
It had the church accurately described to me. Sir W. Scott.
Wouldst thou have me turn traitor also? Ld. Lytton.
6. To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child.
7. To hold, regard, or esteem.
Of them shall I be had in honor. 2 Sam. vi. 22.
8. To cause or force to go; to take. "The stars have us to bed."
Herbert. "Have out all men from me." 2 Sam. xiii. 9.
9. To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used
reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after
one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing;
to attack; to have with a companion. Shak.
10. To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by
an infinitive.
Science has, and will long have, to be a divider and a separatist.
M. Arnold.
The laws of philology have to be established by external comparison
and induction. Earle.
11. To understand.
You have me, have you not? Shak.
12. To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that
is where he had him. [Slang]
NOTE: &hand; Ha ve, as an au xiliary ve rb, is used with the past
participle to form preterit tenses; as, I have loved; I shall have
eaten. Originally it was used only with the participle of
transitive verbs, and denoted the possession of the object in the
state indicated by the participle; as, I have conquered him, I have
or hold him in a conquered state; but it has long since lost this
independent significance, and is used with the participles both of
transitive and intransitive verbs as a device for expressing past
time. Had is used, especially in poetry, for would have or should
have.
Myself for such a face had boldly died. Tennyson.
To have a care, to take care; to be on one's guard. -- To have (a man)
out, to engage (one) in a duel. -- To have done (with). See under Do,
v. i. -- To have it out, to speak freely; to bring an affair to a
conclusion. -- To have on, to wear. -- To have to do with. See under
Do, v. t. Syn. -- To possess; to own. See Possess.
Haveless
Have"less, a. Having little or nothing. [Obs.] Gower.
Havelock
Hav"e*lock (?), n. [From Havelock, an English general distinguished in
India in the rebellion of 1857.] A light cloth covering for the head
and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
Haven
Ha"ven (?), n. [AS. h\'91fene; akin to D. & LG. haven, G. hafen, MNG.
habe, Dan. havn, Icel. h\'94fn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence
orig., a holder; or to heave (see Heave); or akin to AS. h\'91f sea,
Icel. & Sw. haf, Dan. hav, which is perh. akin to E. heave.]
1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which
affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port.
What shipping and what lading's in our haven. Shak.
Their haven under the hill. Tennyson.
2. A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum. Shak.
The haven, or the rock of love. Waller.
Haven
Ha"ven, v. t. To shelter, as in a haven. Keats.
Havenage
Ha"ven*age (?), n. Harbor dues; port dues.
Havened
Ha"vened (?), p. a. Sheltered in a haven.
Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
Havener
Ha"ven*er (?), n. A harbor master. [Obs.]
Haver
Ha"ver (?), n. A possessor; a holder. Shak.
Haver
Hav"er, n. [D. haver; akin to G. haber.] The oat; oats. [Prov. Eng. &
Scot.] Haver bread, oaten bread. -- Haver cake, oaten cake. Piers
Plowman. -- Haver grass, the wild oat. -- Haver meal, oatmeal.
Haver
Ha"ver (?), v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.] To maunder; to talk foolishly;
to chatter. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Haversack
Hav"er*sack (?), n. [F. havresac, G. habersack, sack for oats. See 2d
Haver, and Sack a bag.]
1. A bag for oats or oatmeal. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in which a soldier carries
his rations when on a march; -- distinguished from knapsack.
3. A gunner's case or bag used carry cartridges from the ammunition
chest to the piece in loading.
Haversian
Ha*ver"sian (?), a. Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers,
an English physician of the seventeenth century. Haversian canals
(Anat.), the small canals through which the blood vessels ramify in
bone.
Havildar
Hav`il*dar" (?), n. In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned
officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant. Havildar
major, a native sergeant major in the East Indian army.
Having
Hav"ing (?), n. Possession; goods; estate.
I 'll lend you something; my having is not much. Shak.
Havior
Hav"ior (?), n. [OE. havour, a corruption of OF. aveir, avoir, a
having, of same origin as E. aver a work horse. The h is due to
confusion with E. have.] Behavior; demeanor. [Obs.] Shak.
Havoc
Hav"oc (?), n. [W. hafog devastation, havoc; or, if this be itself fr.
E. havoc, cf. OE. havot, or AS. hafoc hawk, which is a cruel or
rapacious bird, or F. hai, voux! a cry to hounds.] Wide and general
destruction; devastation; waste.
As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. Acts viii. 3.
Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! Addison.
Havoc
Hav"oc, v. t. To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.
To waste and havoc yonder world. Milton.
Havoc
Hav"oc, interj. [See Havoc, n.] A cry in war as the signal for
indiscriminate slaughter. Toone.
Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt With modest warrant.
Shak.
Cry 'havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war! Shak.
Haw
Haw (?), n. [OE. hawe, AS. haga; akin to D. haag headge, G. hag,
hecke, Icel. hagi pasture, Sw. hage, Dan. have garden. Haggard, Ha-ha,
Haugh, Hedge.]
1. A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.
And eke there was a polecat in his haw. Chaucer.
2. The fruit of the hawthorn. Bacon.
Haw
Haw, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Anat.) The third eyelid, or nictitating
membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.
Haw
Haw, n. [Cf. ha an interjection of wonder, surprise, or hesitation.]
An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like
haw! also, the sound so made. "Hums or haws." Congreve.
Haw
Haw, v. i. To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with
interruption and hesitation.
Cut it short; don't prose -- don't hum and haw. Chesterfield.
Haw
Haw, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hawed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hawing.] [Written
also hoi.] [Perhaps connected with here, hither; cf., however, F.
huhau, hue, interj. used in turning a horse to the right, G. hott,
h\'81, interj. used in calling to a horse.] To turn to the near side,
or toward the driver; -- said of cattle or a team: a word used by
teamsters in guiding their teams, and most frequently in the
imperative. See Gee. To haw and gee, OR To haw and gee about, to go
from one thing to another without good reason; to have no settled
purpose; to be irresolute or unstable. [Colloq.]
Haw
Haw, v. t. To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward
the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen. To haw and gee, OR To haw and
gee about, to lead this way and that at will; to lead by the nose; to
master or control. [Colloq.]
Hawaiian
Ha*wai"ian (?), a. Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to
the people of Hawaii. -- n. A native of Hawaii.
Hawebake
Hawe"bake` (?), n. Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree,
that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hawfinch
Haw"finch` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The common European grosbeak
(Coccothraustes vulgaris); -- called also cherry finch, and coble.
Haw-haw
Haw-haw" (?), n. [Duplication of haw a hedge.] See Ha-ha.
Hawhaw
Haw*haw", v. i. [Of imitative origin.] To laugh boisterously. [Colloq.
U. S.]
We haw-haw'd, I tell you, for more than half an hour. Major Jack
Downing.
Hawk
Hawk (?), n. [OE. hauk (prob. fr. Icel.), havek, AS. hafoc, heafoc;
akin to D. havik, OHG. habuh, G. habicht, Icel. haukr, Sw. h\'94k,
Dan. h\'94g, prob. from the root of E. heave.] (Zo\'94l.) One of
numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family
Falconid\'91. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the
prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less
pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some,
as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general
sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as
the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.
NOTE: &hand; Am ong th e common American species are the red-tailed
hawk (Buteo borealis); the red-shouldered (B. lineatus); the
broad-winged (B. Pennsylvanicus); the rough-legged (Archibuteo
lagopus); the sharp-shinned Accipiter fuscus). See Fishhawk,
Goshawk, Marsh hawk, under Marsh, Night hawk, under Night.
Bee hawk (Zo\'94l.), the honey buzzard. -- Eagle hawk. See under
Eagle. -- Hawk eagle (Zo\'94l.), an Asiatic bird of the genus
Spiz\'91tus, or Limn\'91tus, intermediate between the hawks and
eagles. There are several species. -- Hawk fly (Zo\'94l.), a voracious
fly of the family Asilid\'91. See Hornet fly, under Hornet. -- Hawk
moth. (Zo\'94l.) See Hawk moth, in the Vocabulary. -- Hawk owl.
(Zo\'94l.) (a) A northern owl (Surnia ulula) of Europe and America. It
flies by day, and in some respects resembles the hawks. (b) An owl of
India (Ninox scutellatus). -- Hawk's bill (Horology), the pawl for the
rack, in the striking mechanism of a clock.
Hawk
Hawk (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hawked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hawking.]
1. To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for
the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry.
A falconer Henry is, when Emma hawks. Prior.
2. To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a
hawk; -- generally with at; as, to hawk at flies. Dryden.
A falcon, towering in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl
hawked at and killed. Shak.
Hawk
Hawk, v. i. [W. hochi.] To clear the throat with an audible sound by
forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage
between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus
aiding in the removal of foreign substances.
Hawk
Hawk, v. t. To raise by hawking, as phlegm.
Hawk
Hawk, n. [W. hoch.] An effort to force up phlegm from the throat,
accompanied with noise.
Hawk
Hawk, v. t. [Akin to D. hauker a hawker, G. h\'94ken, h\'94cken, to
higgle, to retail, h\'94ke, h\'94ker, a higgler, huckster. See
Huckster.] To offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry
(merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle; as, to
hawk goods or pamphlets.
His works were hawked in every street. Swift.
Hawk
Hawk, n. (Masonry) A small board, with a handle on the under side, to
hold mortar. Hawk boy, an attendant on a plasterer to supply him with
mortar.
Hawkbill
Hawk"bill` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata),
which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret.
Hawkbit
Hawk"bit` (?), n. (Bot.) The fall dandelion (Leontodon autumnale).
Hawked
Hawked (?), a. Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
Hawker
Hawk"er (?), n. One who sells wares by crying them in the street;
hence, a peddler or a packman.
Hawker
Hawk"er, v. i. To sell goods by outcry in the street. [Obs.] Hudibras.
Hawker
Hawk"er, n. [Cf. AS. hafecere. See 1st Hawk.] A falconer.
Hawkey
Hawk"ey (?), n. See Hockey. Holloway.
Hawk-eyed
Hawk"-eyed` (?), a. Having a keen eye; sharpsighted; discerning.
Hawk moth
Hawk" moth` (?; 115). (Zo\'94l.) Any moth of the family Sphingid\'91,
of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large,
handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers
like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender
proboscis. The larv\'91 are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented
with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See
Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm.
CAPTION: Tobacco Ha wk Mo th (M acrosila Carolina), and its Larva, the
Tobacco Worm.
NOTE: &hand; Th e larv\'91 of several species of hawk moths feed on
grapevines. The elm-tree hawk moth is Ceratomia Amyntor.
Hawkweed
Hawk"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Hieracium; -- so
called from the ancient belief that birds of prey used its juice to
strengthen their vision. (b) A plant of the genus Senecio (S.
hieracifolius). Loudon.
Hawm
Hawm (?), n. See Haulm, straw.
Hawm
Hawm, v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.] To lounge; to loiter. [Prov. Eng.]
Tennyson.
Hawse
Hawse (?; 277), n. [Orig. a hawse hole, or hole in the ship; cf. Icel.
hals, h\'bels, neck, part of the bows of a ship, AS. heals neck. See
Collar, and cf. Halse to embrace.]
1. A hawse hole. Harris.
2. (Naut.) (a) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored
with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow. (b)
The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship
has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or
athwart hawse. (c) That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse
holes for the cables.
Athwart hawse. See under Athwart. -- Foul hawse, a hawse in which the
cables cross each other, or are twisted together. -- Hawse block, a
block used to stop up a hawse hole at sea; -- called also hawse plug.
-- Hawse hole, a hole in the bow of a ship, through which a cable
passes. -- Hawse piece, one of the foremost timbers of a ship, through
which the hawse hole is cut. -- Hawse plug. Same as Hawse block
(above). -- To come in at the hawse holes, to enter the naval service
at the lowest grade. [Cant] -- To freshen the hawse, to veer out a
little more cable and bring the chafe and strain on another part.
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Hawser
Haws"er (?), n. [From F. hausser to hausser\'82e towpath, towing, F.
haussi\'8are hawser), LL. altiare, fr. L. altus high. See Haughty.] A
large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns.
NOTE: &hand; Th ree ha wsers tw isted together make a cable; but it
nautical usage the distinction between cable and hawser is often
one of size rather than of manufacture.
Hawser iron, a calking iron.
Hawser-laid
Haws"er-laid` (?), a. Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. Cable-laid,
and see Illust. of Cordage.
Hawthorn
Haw"thorn` (?), n. [AS. hagaborn, h\'91g. See Haw a hedge, and Thorn.]
(Bot.) A thorny shrub or tree (the Crat\'91gus oxyacantha), having
deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a
fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for
standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Crat\'91gus cordata,
which has the leaves but little lobed.
Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds? Shak.
Hay
Hay (?), n. [AS. hege: cf. F. haie, of German origin. See Haw a hedge,
Hedge.]
1. A hedge. [Obs.]
2. A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit.
Rowe.
To dance the hay, to dance in a ring. Shak.
Hay
Hay, v. i. To lay snares for rabbits. Huloet.
Hay
Hay, n. [OE. hei, AS. h; akin to D. kooi, OHG. hewi, houwi, G. heu,
Dan. & Sw. h\'94, Icel. hey, ha, Goth. hawi grass, fr. the root of E.
hew. See Hew to cut. ] Grass cut and cured for fodder.
Make hay while the sun shines. Camden.
Hay may be dried too much as well as too little. C. L. Flint.
Hay cap, a canvas covering for a haycock. -- Hay fever (Med.), nasal
catarrh accompanied with fever, and sometimes with paroxysms of
dyspn\'d2a, to which some persons are subject in the spring and summer
seasons. It has been attributed to the effluvium from hay, and to the
pollen of certain plants. It is also called hay asthma, hay cold, and
rose fever. -- Hay knife, a sharp instrument used in cutting hay out
of a stack or mow. -- Hay press, a press for baling loose hay. -- Hay
tea, the juice of hay extracted by boiling, used as food for cattle,
etc. -- Hay tedder, a machine for spreading and turning newmown hay.
See Tedder.
Hay
Hay, v. i. To cut and cure grass for hay.
Haybird
Hay"bird` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The European spotted flycatcher. (b)
The European blackcap.
Haybote
Hay"bote` (?), n. [See Hay hedge, and Bote, and cf. Hedgebote.] (Eng.
Law.) An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or
fences; hedgebote. See Bote. Blackstone.
Haycock
Hay"cock` (?), n. A conical pile or hear of hay in the field.
The tanned haycock in the mead. Milton.
Hay-cutter
Hay"-cut`ter (?), n. A machine in which hay is chopped short, as
fodder for cattle.
Hayfield
Hay"field` (?), n. A field where grass for hay has been cut; a meadow.
Cowper.
Hayfork
Hay"fork` (?), n. A fork for pitching and tedding hay. Horse hayfork,
a contrivance for unloading hay from the cart and depositing it in the
loft, or on a mow, by horse power.
Hayloft
Hay"loft` (?; 115), n. A loft or scaffold for hay.
Haymaker
Hay"mak`er (?), n.
1. One who cuts and cures hay.
2. A machine for curing hay in rainy weather.
Haymaking
Hay"mak`ing, n. The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it
for hay.
Haymow
Hay"mow` (?), n.
1. A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.
2. The place in a barn where hay is deposited.
Hayrack
Hay"rack` (?), n. A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and
used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging.
Hayrake
Hay"rake` (?), n. A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large rake
drawn by a horse or horses.
Hayrick
Hay"rick (?), n. A heap or pile of hay, usually covered with thatch
for preservation in the open air.
Haystack
Hay"stack` (?), n. A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.
Haystalk
Hay"stalk` (?), n. A stalk of hay.
Haythorn
Hay"thorn` (?), n. Hawthorn. R. Scot.
Haytian
Hay"ti*an (?), a. Of pertaining to Hayti. -- n. A native of Hayti.
[Written also Haitian.]
Hayward
Hay"ward (?), n. [Hay a hedge + ward.] An officer who is appointed to
guard hedges, and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them, and
whose further duty it is to impound animals found running at large.
Hazard
Haz"ard (?), n. [F. hazard, Sp. azar an unforeseen disaster or
accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, prob. fr. Ar. zahr,
z\'ber, a die, which, with the article al the, would give azzahr,
azz\'ber.]
1. A game of chance played with dice. Chaucer.
2. The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event;
chance; accident; casualty.
I will stand the hazard of the die. Shak.
3. Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of
his reputation and life.
Men are led on from one stage of life to another in a condition of
the utmost hazard. Rogers
4. (Billiards Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard)
or the player's ball (losing hazard).
5. Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming. "Your
latter hazard." Shak.
Hazard table, a a table on which hazard is played, or any game of
chance for stakes. -- To ru, to take the chance or risk. Syn. --
Danger; risk; chance. See Danger.
Hazard
Haz"ard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hazarded; p. pr. & vb. Hazarding.] [Cf.
F. hazarder. See Hazard, n.]
1. To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or
injury; to venture; to risk.
Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience. John
Clarke.
He hazards his neck to the halter. Fuller.
2. To venture to incur, or bring on.
I hazarded the loss of whom I loved. Shak.
They hazard to cut their feet. Landor.
Syn. -- To venture; risk; jeopard; peril; endanger.
Hazard
Haz"ard (?), v. i. To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.
Shak.
Hazardable
Haz"ard*a*ble (?), a.
1. Liable to hazard or chance; uncertain; risky. Sir T. Browne.
2. Such as can be hazarded or risked.
Hazarder
Haz"ard*er (?), n.
1. A player at the game of hazard; a gamester. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. One who hazards or ventures.
Hazardize
Haz"ard*ize (?), n. A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. [Obs.]
Herself had run into that hazardize. Spenser.
Hazardous
Haz"ard*ous (?), a. [Cf. F. hasardeux.] Exposed to hazard; dangerous;
risky.
To enterprise so hazardous and high! Milton.
Syn. -- Perilous; dangerous; bold; daring; adventurous; venturesome;
precarious; uncertain. -- Haz"ard*ous*ly, adv. -- Haz"ard*ous*ness, n.
Hazardry
Haz"ard*ry (?), n.
1. Playing at hazard; gaming; gambling. [R.] Chaucer.
2. Rashness; temerity. [R.] Spenser.
Haze
Haze (?), n. [Cf. Icel. h\'94ss gray; akin to AS. hasu, heasu, gray;
or Armor. a\'82zen, \'82zen, warm vapor, exhalation, zephyr.] Light
vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with
little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence,
figuratively, obscurity; dimness.
O'er the sky The silvery haze of summer drawn. Tennyson.
Above the world's uncertain haze. Keble.
Haze
Haze, v. i. To be hazy, or tick with haze. Ray.
Haze
Haze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hazed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hazing.] [Also
haze.] [Cf. Sw. haza to hamstring, fr. has hough, OD. h\'91ssen ham.]
1. To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work.
2. To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to
humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as,
the sophomores hazed a freshman.
Hazel
Ha"zel (?), n. [OE. hasel, AS. h\'91sel; akin to D. hazelaar, G.
hazel, OHG. hasal, hasala, Icel. hasl, Dan & Sw. hassel, L. corylus,
for cosylus.]
1. (Bot.) A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C.
avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous
taste; the filbert. The American species are C. Americana, which
produces the common hazelnut, and C. rostrata. See Filbert. Gray.
2. A miner's name for freestone. Raymond.
Hazel earth, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam. -- Hazel
grouse (Zo\'94l.), a European grouse (Bonasa betulina), allied to the
American ruffed grouse. -- Hazel hoe, a kind of grub hoe. -- Witch
hazel. See Witch-hazel, and Hamamelis.
Hazel
Ha"zel, a.
1. Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to,
or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand.
I sit me down beside the hazel grove. Keble.
2. Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut. "Thou hast hazel eyes."
Shak.
Hazeless
Haze"less (?), a. Destitute of haze. Tyndall.
Hazelly
Ha"zel*ly (?), a. Of the color of the hazelnut; of a light brown.
Mortimer.
Hazelnut
Ha"zel*nut` (?), n. [AS. h\'91selhnutu.] The nut of the hazel. Shak.
Hazelwort
Ha"zel*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) The asarabacca.
Hazily
Ha"zi*ly (?), adv. In a hazy manner; mistily; obscurely; confusedly.
Haziness
Ha"zi*ness, n. The quality or state of being hazy.
Hazle
Ha"zle (?), v. t. To make dry; to dry. [Obs.]
Hazy
Ha"zy (?), a. [From Haze, n.]
1. Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze; not clear or
transparent. "A tender, hazy brightness." Wordsworth.
2. Obscure; confused; not clear; as, a hazy argument; a hazy
intellect. Mrs. Gore.
He
He (?), pron. [nom. He; poss. His (?); obj. Him (?); pl. nom. They
(?); poss. Their or Theirs (; obj. Them (?).] [AS. h, masc., he\'a2,
fem., hit, neut.; pl. h\'c6, or hie, hig; akin to Ofries. hi, D. hij,
OS. he, hi, G. heute to-day, Goth. himma, dat. masc., this, hina,
accus. masc., and hita, accus. neut., and prob. to L. his this.
&root;183. Cf. It.]
1. The man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine
gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the masculine
gender, usually referring to a specified subject already indicated.
Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Gen. iii. 16.
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve. Deut. x.
20.
2. Any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and usually
followed by a relative pronoun.
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. Prov. xiii. 20.
3. Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used substantively.
Chaucer.
I stand to answer thee, Or any he, the proudest of thy sort. Shak.
NOTE: &hand; Wh en a collective noun or a class is referred to, he
is of common gender. In early English, he referred to a feminine or
neuter noun, or to one in the plural, as well as to noun in the
masculine singular. In composition, he denotes a male animal; as, a
he-goat.
-head
-head (?), suffix. A variant of -hood.
Head
Head (?), n. [OE. hed, heved, heaved, AS. he\'a0fod; akin to D. hoofd,
OHG. houbit, G. haupt, Icel. h\'94fu, Sw. hufvud, Dan. hoved, Goth.
haubip. The word does not corresponds regularly to L. caput head (cf.
E. Chief, Cadet, Capital), and its origin is unknown.]
1. The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain,
or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher
animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon.
2. The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate
object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an
animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or
extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from
the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a
mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end
of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler.
3. The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a
grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers
the head.
4. The most prominent or important member of any organized body; the
chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a
state, and the like. "Their princes and heads." Robynson (More's
Utopia).
The heads of the chief sects of philosophy. Tillotson.
Your head I him appoint. Milton.
5. The place or honor, or of command; the most important or foremost
position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column
of soldiers.
An army of fourscore thousand troops, with the duke Marlborough at
the head of them. Addison.
6. Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a plural
sense; as, a thousand head of cattle.
It there be six millions of people, there are about four acres for
every head. Graunt.
7. The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding; the mental
faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good mind; it never entered his
head, it did not occur to him; of his own head, of his own thought or
will.
Men who had lost both head and heart. Macaulay.
8. The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or
river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or
the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above
an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the
height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a
mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also,
that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea.
9. A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head. Shak.
10. A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded;
a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon.
11. Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height.
Ere foul sin, gathering head, shall break into corruption. Shak.
The indisposition which has long hung upon me, is at last grown to
such a head, that it must quickly make an end of me or of itself.
Addison.
12. Power; armed force.
My lord, my lord, the French have gathered head. Shak.
13. A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of
hair. Swift.
14. An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals.
15. (Bot.) (a) A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies,
thistles; a capitulum. (b) A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a
cabbage or a lettuce plant.
16. The antlers of a deer.
17. A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other
effervescing liquor. Mortimer.
18. pl. Tiles laid at the eaves of a house. Knight.
NOTE: &hand; He ad is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
combinations; as, head gear or headgear, head rest. Cf. Head, a.
A buck of the first head, a male fallow deer in its fifth year, when
it attains its complete set of antlers. Shak. -- By the head. (Naut.)
See under By. -- Elevator head, Feed head, etc. See under Elevator,
Feed, etc. -- From head to foot, through the whole length of a man;
completely; throughout. "Arm me, audacity, from head to foot." Shak.
-- Head and ears, with the whole person; deeply; completely; as, he
was head and ears in debt or in trouble. [Colloq.] -- Head fast.
(Naut.) See 5th Fast. -- Head kidney (Anat.), the most anterior of the
three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates --
Head money, a capitation tax; a poll tax. Milton. -- Head pence, a
poll tax. [Obs.] -- Head sea, a sea that meets the head of a vessel or
rolls against her course. -- Head and shoulders. (a) By force;
violently; as, to drag one, head and shoulders. "They bring in every
figure of speech, head and shoulders." Felton. (b) By the height of
the head and shoulders; hence, by a great degree or space; by far;
much; as, he is head and shoulders above them. -- Head or tail, this
side or that side; this thing or that; -- a phrase used in throwing a
coin to decide a choice, guestion, or stake, head being the side of
the coin bearing the effigy or principal figure (or, in case there is
no head or face on either side, that side which has the date on it),
and tail the other side. -- Neither head nor tail, neither beginning
nor end; neither this thing nor that; nothing distinct or definite; --
a phrase used in speaking of what is indefinite or confused; as, they
made neither head nor tail of the matter. [Colloq.] -- Head wind, a
wind that blows in a direction opposite the vessel's course. -- Out
one's own head, according to one's own idea; without advice or
co\'94peration of another. Over the head of, beyond the comprehension
of. M. Arnold.<-- go over one's head = appeal to one's superior in
line of command --> -- To be out of one's head, to be temporarily
insane. -- To come or draw to a head. See under Come, Draw. -- To give
(one) the head, OR To give head, to let go, or to give up, control; to
free from restraint; to give license. "He gave his able horse the
head." Shak. "He has so long given his unruly passions their head."
South. -- To his head, before his face. "An uncivil answer from a son
to a father, from an obliged person to a benefactor, is a greater
indecency than if an enemy should storm his house or revile him to his
head." Jer. Taylor. -- To lay heads together, to consult; to conspire.
-- To lose one's head, to lose presence of mind. -- To make head, OR
To make head against, to resist with success; to advance. -- To show
one's head, to appear. Shak. -- To turn head, to turn the face or
front. "The ravishers turn head, the fight renews." Dryden.
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Head
Head (?), a. Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of
a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.
Head
Head (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Headed; p. pr. & vb. n. Heading.]
1. To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to
direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a
riot. Dryden.
2. To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a
nail. Spenser.
3. To behead; to decapitate. [Obs.] Shak.
4. To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees.
5. To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop;
to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle;
to head a person; the wind heads a ship.
6. To set on the head; as, to head a cask.
To head off, to intercept; to get before; as, an officer heads off a
thief who is escaping. -- To head up, to close, as a cask or barrel,
by fitting a head to.
Head
Head, v. i.
1. To originate; to spring; to have its
A broad river, that heads in the great Blue Ridge. Adair.
2. To go or point in a certain direction; to tend; as, how does the
ship head?
3. To form a head; as, this kind of cabbage heads early.
Headache
Head"ache` (?), n. Pain in the head; ceph "Headaches and shivering
fits." Macaulay.
Headachy
Head"ach`y, a. Afflicted with headache. [Colloq.]
Headband
Head"band` (?), n.
1. A fillet; a band for the head. "The headbands and the tablets." Is.
iii. 20.
2. The band at each end of the back of a book.
Headbeard
Head"beard` (?), n. A board or boarding which marks or forms the head
of anything; as, the headboard of a bed; the headboard of a grave.
Headborough, Headborrow
Head"bor*ough (?), Head"bor*row n.
1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of
ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder,
and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder. [Eng.] Blackstone.
2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.]
Head-cheese
Head"-cheese (?), n. A dish made of portions of the head, or head and
feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pressed into a cheeselike
mass.
Headdress
Head"dress` (?), n.
1. A covering or ornament for the head; a headtire.
Among birds the males very often appear in a most beautiful
headdress, whether it be a crest, a comb, a tuft of feathers, or a
natural little plume. Addison.
2. A manner of dressing the hair or of adorning it, whether with or
without a veil, ribbons, combs, etc.
Headed
Head"ed, a.
1. Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual
faculties); -- used in composition; as, clear-headed, long-headed,
thick-headed; a many-headed monster.
2. Formed into a head; as, a headed cabbage.
Header
Head"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine
for heading.
2. One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader.
[R.]
3. (Arch.) (a) A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in
the surface of the wall. (b) In framing, the piece of timber fitted
between two trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends of
the tailpieces.
4. A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only.
5. A fall or plunge headforemost, as while riding a bicycle, or in
bathing; as, to take a header. [Colloq.]
Headfirst, Headforemost
Head`first" (?), Head`fore"most` (?), adv. With the head foremost.
Headfish
Head`fish" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The sunfish (Mola).
Head gear, OR Headgear
Head" gear`, OR Head"gear` (, n.
1. Headdress.
2. Apparatus above ground at the mouth of a mine or deep well.
Head-hunter
Head"-hunt`er (?), n. A member of any tribe or race of savages who
have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their
heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted
head-hunters. <-- 2. (fig.) an executive personnel recruiter --> --
Head"-hunt`ing, n.
Headily
Head"i*ly (?), adv. In a heady or rash manner; hastily; rashly;
obstinately.
Headiness
Head"i*ness, n. The quality of being heady.
Heading
Head"ing, n.
1. The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a
head.
2. That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.
3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
4. (Mining.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a
drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
5. (sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
6. (Masonry) That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
Knight.
Heading course (Arch.), a course consisting only of headers. See
Header, n. 3 (a). -- Heading joint. (a) (Carp.) A joint, as of two or
more boards, etc., at right angles to the grain of the wood. (b)
(Masonry) A joint between two roussoirs in the same course.
Headland
Head"land (?), n.
1. A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or
other expanse of water. "Sow the headland with wheat." Shak.
2. A ridge or strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or near a
fence. Tusser.
Headless
Head"less, a. [AS. he\'a0fodle\'a0s.]
1. Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass.
2. Destitute of a chief or leader. Sir W. Raleigh.
3. Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate.
[Obs.]<-- = mindless -->
Witless headiness in judging or headless hardiness in condemning.
Spenser.
Headlight
Head"light` (?), n. (Engin.) A light, with a powerful reflector,
placed at the head of a locomotive, or in front of it, to throw light
on the track at night, or in going through a dark tunnel.
Headline
Head"line` (?), n.
1. (Print.) The line at the head or top of a page.
2. (Naut.) See Headrope.
Headlong
Head"long` (?; 115), adv. [OE. hedling, hevedlynge; prob. confused
with E. long, a. & adv.]
1. With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong. Acts i. 18.
2. Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.
3. Hastily; without delay or respite.
Headlong
Head"long, a.
1. Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.
2. Steep; precipitous. [Poetic]
Like a tower upon a headlong rock. Byron.
Head-lugged
Head"-lugged` (?), a. Lugged or dragged by the head. [R.] "The
head-lugged bear." Shak.
Headman
Head"man` (?), n.; pl. Headmen (#). [AS. he\'a0fodman.] A head or
leading man, especially of a village community.
Headmold shot, Headmould shot
Head"mold" shot", Head"mould` shot" (?). (Med.) An old name for the
condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over
each other at the sutures. Dunglison.
Headmost
Head"most` (?), a. Most advanced; most forward; as, the headmost ship
in a fleet.
Headnote
Head"note` (?), n. A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law
reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and
the opinion of the court.
Headpan
Head"pan` (?), n. [AS. he\'a0fodpanne.] The brainpan. [Obs.]
Headpiece
Head"piece` (?), n.
1. Head.
In his headpiece he felt a sore pain. Spenser.
2. A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from
the closed helmet of the Middle Ages.
3. Understanding; mental faculty.
Eumenes had the best headpiece of all Alexander's captains.
Prideaux.
4. An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.
Headquarters
Head"quar`ters (?), n. pl. [but sometimes used as a n. sing.] The
quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in
command of an army, or the head of a police force; the place from
which orders or instructions are issued; hence, the center of
authority or order.
The brain, which is the headquarters, or office, of intelligence.
Collier.
Headrace
Head"race` (?), n. See Race, a water course.
HeadRome
Head"Rome` (?), n. (Arch.) See Headway, 2.
Headrope
Head"rope` (?), n. (Naut.) That part of a boltrope which is sewed to
the upper edge or head of a sail.
Headsail
Head"sail` (?), n. (Naut.) Any sail set forward of the foremast.
Totten.
Headshake
Head`shake` (?), n. A significant shake of the head, commonly as a
signal of denial. Shak.
Headship
Head"ship, n. Authority or dignity; chief place.
Headsman
Heads"man (?), n; pl. Headsmen (. An executioner who cuts off heads.
Dryden.
Headspring
Head"spring` (?), n. Fountain; source.
The headspring of our belief. Stapleton.
Headstall
Head"stall` (?), n. That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses
the head. Shak.
Headstock
Head"stock` (?), n. (Mach.) A part (usually separate from the bed or
frame) for supporting some of the principal working parts of a
machine; as: (a) The part of a lathe that holds the revolving spindle
and its attachments; -- also called poppet head, the opposite
corresponding part being called a tailstock. (b) The part of a planing
machine that supports the cutter, etc.
Headstone
Head"stone` (?), n.
1. The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone. Ps.
cxviii. 22.
2. The stone at the head of a grave.
Headstrong
Head"strong` (?; 115), a.
1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.
Not let headstrong boy my will control. Dryden.
2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy.
Dryden. Syn. -- Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; unratable; stubborn;
unruly; venturesome; heady.
Headstrongness
Head"strong`ness, n. Obstinacy. [R.] Gayton.
Headtire
Head"tire` (?), n.
1. A headdress. "A headtire of fine linen." 1 Edras iii. 6.
2. The manner of dressing the head, as at a particular time and place.
Headway
Head"way` (?), n.
1. The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or success
of any kind.
2. (Arch.) Clear space under an arch, girder, and the like, sufficient
to allow of easy passing underneath.<-- = clearance, or
headroom[Brit.] -->
Headwork
Head"work` (?), n. Mental labor.
Heady
Head"y, a. [From Head.]
1. Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion;
ungovernable.
All the talent required is to be hot, to be heady, -- to be violent
on one side or the other. Sir W. Temple.
2. Apt to affect the head; intoxicating; strong.
The liquor is too heady. Dryden.
3. Violent; impetuous. "A heady currance." Shak.
Heal
Heal, v. t. [See Hele.] To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead,
or the like. [Obs.]
Heal
Heal, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Healed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Healing.] [OE.
helen, h\'91len, AS. h\'d6lan, fr. h\'bel hale, sound, whole; akin to
OS. h&emac;lian, D. heelen, G. heilen, Goth. hailjan. See Whole.]
1. To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or
other derangement; to restore to soundness or health.
Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. Matt. viii. 8.
2. To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a
disease or a wound.
I will heal their backsliding. Hos. xiv. 4.
3. To restore to original purity or integrity.
Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. 2 Kings ii. 21.
4. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free
from guilt; as, to heal dissensions.
Heal
Heal (?), v. i. To grow sound; to return to a sound state; as, the
limb heals, or the wound heals; -- sometimes with up or over; as, it
will heal up, or over.
Those wounds heal ill that men do give themselves. Shak.
Heal
Heal, n. [AS. h, h. See Heal, v. t.] Health. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Healable
Heal"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being healed.
Healall
Heal"all` (?), n. (Bot.) A common herb of the Mint family (Brunela
vulgaris), destitute of active properties, but anciently thought a
panacea.
Heald
Heald (?), n. [CF. Heddle.] A heddle. Ure.
Healful
Heal"ful (?), a. Tending or serving to heal; healing. [Obs.] Ecclus.
xv. 3.
Healing
Heal"ing, a. Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing
art; a healing salve; healing words.
Here healing dews and balms abound. Keble.
Healingly
Heal"ing*ly, adv. So as to heal or cure.
Health
Health (?), n. [OE. helthe, AS. hh\'bel hale, sound, whole. See
Whole.]
1. The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul;
especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain.
There is no health in us. Book of Common Prayer.
Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it can not be
sported with without loss, or regained by courage. Buckminster.
2. A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast.
"Come, love and health to all." Shak.
Bill of health. See under Bill. -- Health lift, a machine for
exercise, so arranged that a person lifts an increasing weight, or
moves a spring of increasing tension, in such a manner that most of
the muscles of the body are brought into gradual action; -- also
called lifting machine. -- Health officer, one charged with the
enforcement of the sanitary laws of a port or other place. -- To drink
a health. See under Drink.
Healthful
Health"ful (?), a.
1. Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound;
healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.
2. Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious;
salutary; as, a healthful air, diet.
The healthful Spirit of thy grace. Book of Common Prayer.
3. Indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or
soundness; as, a healthful condition.
A mind . . . healthful and so well-proportioned. Macaulay.
4. Well-disposed; favorable. [R.]
Gave healthful welcome to their shipwrecked guests. Shak.
Healthfully
Health"ful*ly, adv. In health; wholesomely.
Healthfulness
Health"ful*ness, n. The state of being healthful.
Healthily
Health"i*ly (?), adv. In a healthy manner.
Healthiness
Health"i*ness, n. The state of being healthy or healthful; freedom
from disease.
Healthless
Health"less, n.
1. Without health, whether of body or mind; in firm. "A healthless or
old age." Jer. Taylor.
2. Not conducive to health; unwholesome. [R.]
Healthlessness
Health"less*ness, n. The state of being health
Healthsome
Health"some, a. Wholesome; salubrious. [R.] "Healthsome air." Shak.
Healthward
Health"ward (?), a. & adv. In the direction of health; as, a
healthward tendency.
Healthy
Health"y (?), a. [Compar. Healthier (?); superl. Healthiest.]
1. Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from
disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant.
His mind was now in a firm and healthy state. Macaulay.
2. Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion.
3. Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthy
exercise; a healthy climate. Syn. -- Vigorous; sound; hale;
salubrious; healthful; wholesome; salutary.
Heam
Heam (?), n. [Cf. AS. cidhamma womb, OD. hamme afterbirth, LG. hamen.]
The afterbirth or secundines of a beast.
Heap
Heap (?), n. [OE. heep, heap, heap, multitude, AS. he\'a0p; akin to
OS. h, D. hoop, OHG. houf, h, G. haufe, haufen, Sw. hop, Dan. hob.,
Icel. h troop, flock, Russ. kupa heap, crowd, Lith. kaupas. Cf. Hope,
in Forlorn hope.]
1. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons. [Now Low
or Humorous]
The wisdom of a heap of learned men. Chaucer.
A heap of vassals and slaves. Bacon.
He had heaps of friends. W.Black.
2. A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile.
[Now Low or Humorous]
A vast heap, both of places of scripture and quotations. Bp.
Burnet.
I have noticed a heap of things in my life. R. L. Stevenson.
3. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown
together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones.
Huge heaps of slain around the body rise. Dryden.
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Heap
Heap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heaped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Heaping.] [AS.
he\'a0pian.]
1. To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate;
-- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.
Though he heap up silver as the dust. Job. xxvii. 16.
2. To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap
stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to
heap on wood or coal.
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3. To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure)
more than even full.
Heaper
Heap"er (?), n. One who heaps, piles, or amasses.
Heapy
Heap"y (?), a. Lying in heaps. Gay.
Hear
Hear (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heard (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Hearing.] [OE.
heren, AS,. hi\'82ran, hran, hran; akin to OS. h, OFries. hera, hora,
D. hooren, OHG. h, G. h\'94ren, Icel. heyra, Sw: h\'94ra, Dan. hore,
Goth. hausjan, and perh. to Gr. acoustic. Cf. Hark, Hearken.]
1. To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the
ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.
Lay thine ear close to the ground, and list if thou canst hear the
tread of travelers. Shak.
He had been heard to utter an ominous growl. Macaulay.
2. To give audience or attention to; to listen to; to heed; to accept
the doctrines or advice of; to obey; to examine; to try in a judicial
court; as, to hear a recitation; to hear a class; the case will be
heard to-morrow.
3. To attend, or be present at, as hearer or worshiper; as, to hear a
concert; to hear Mass.
4. To give attention to as a teacher or judge.
Thy matters are good and right, but there is no man deputed of the
king to hear thee. 2 Sam. xv. 3.
I beseech your honor to hear me one single word. Shak.
5. To accede to the demand or wishes of; to listen to and answer
favorably; to favor.
I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice. Ps. cxvi. 1.
They think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matt.
vi. 7.
Hear him. See Remark, under Hear, v. i. -- To hear a bird sing, to
receive private communication. [Colloq.] Shak. -- To hear say, to hear
one say; to learn by common report; to receive by rumor. [Colloq.]
Hear
Hear, v. i.
1. To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. "The Hearing
ear." Prov. xx. 12.
2. To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by
the ear; to attend; to listen.
So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard, Well pleased, but answered
not. Milton.
3. To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to receive
information by report or by letter.
I have heard, sir, of such a man. Shak.
I must hear from thee every day in the hour. Shak.
To hear ill, to be blamed. [Obs.]
Not only within his own camp, but also now at Rome, he heard ill
for his temporizing and slow proceedings. Holland.
-- To hear well, to be praised. [Obs.]
NOTE: &hand; He ar, or He ar him, is often used in the imperative,
especially in the course of a speech in English assemblies, to call
attention to the words of the speaker.
Hear him, . . . a cry indicative, according to the tone, of
admiration, acquiescence, indignation, or derision. Macaulay.
Heard
Heard (?), imp. & p. p. of Hear.
Hearer
Hear"er (?), n. One who hears; an auditor.
Hearing
Hear"ing, n.
1. The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the
faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good.
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear. Job xlii. 5.
NOTE: &hand; Hearing in a special sensation, produced by stimEar.
2. Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience;
as, I could not obtain a hearing.
3. A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a
session of a court for considering proofs and determining issues.
His last offenses to us Shall have judicious hearing. Shak.
Another hearing before some other court. Dryden.
NOTE: &hand; He aring, as ap plied to equity cases, means the same
thing that the word trial does at law.
Abbot.
4. Extent within which sound may be heard; sound; earshot. "She's not
within hearing." Shak.
They laid him by the pleasant shore, And in the hearing of the
wave. Tennyson.
Hearken
Heark"en (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hearkened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hearkening.] [OE. hercnen, hercnien, AS. hercnian, heorcnian, fr.
hi\'82ran, h, to hear; akin to OD. harcken, horcken, LG. harken,
horken, G. horchen. See Hear, and cf. Hark..]
1. To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give
heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply.
The Furies hearken, and their snakes uncurl. Dryden.
Hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which
I teach you. Deut. iv. 1.
2. To inquire; to seek information. [Obs.] "Hearken after their
offense." Shak. Syn. -- To attend; listen; hear; heed. See Attend, v.
i.
Hearken
Heark"en, v. t.
1. To hear by listening. [Archaic]
[She] hearkened now and then Some little whispering and soft
groaning sound. Spenser.
2. To give heed to; to hear attentively. [Archaic]
The King of Naples . . . hearkens my brother's suit. Shak.
To hearken out, to search out. [Obs.]
If you find none, you must hearken out a vein and buy. B. Johnson.
Hearkener
Heark"en*er (?), n. One who hearkens; a listener.
Hearsal
Hear"sal (?), n. Rehearsal. [Obs.] Spenser.
Hearsay
Hear"say` (?), n. Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard
from another.
Much of the obloquy that has so long rested on the memory of our
great national poet originated in frivolous hearsays of his life
and conversation. Prof. Wilson.
Hearsay evidence (Law), that species of testimony which consists in a
a narration by one person of matters told him by another. It is, with
a few exceptions, inadmissible as testimony. Abbott.
Hearse
Hearse (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A hind in the year of its age.
[Eng.] Wright.
Hearse
Hearse (?), n. [See Herse.]
1. A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a
deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy
bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was
placed during the funeral ceremonies. [Obs.] Oxf. Gloss.
2. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. [Archaic]
"Underneath this marble hearse." B. Johnson.
Beside the hearse a fruitful palm tree grows. Fairfax
Who lies beneath this sculptured hearse. Longfellow.
3. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave. [Obs.]
Set down, set down your honorable load, It honor may be shrouded in
a hearse. Shak.
4. A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the
grave.
Hearse
Hearse, v. t. To inclose in a hearse; to entomb. [Obs.] "Would she
were hearsed at my foot." Shak.
Hearsecloth
Hearse"cloth` (?; 115), n. A cloth for covering a coffin when on a
bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson.
Hearselike
Hearse"like" (?), a. Suitable to a funeral.
If you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike
airs as carols. Bacon.
Heart
Heart (?), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS.
herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw.
hjerta, Goth. ha\'a1rt, Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L.
cor, Gr. Accord, Discord, Cordial, 4th Core, Courage.]
1. (Anat.) A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting
rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.
Why does my blood thus muster to my heart! Shak.
NOTE: &hand; In ad ult ma mmals an d bi rds, th e he art is
four-chambered, the right auricle and ventricle being completely
separated from the left auricle and ventricle; and the blood flows
from the systematic veins to the right auricle, thence to the right
ventricle, from which it is forced to the lungs, then returned to
the left auricle, thence passes to the left ventricle, from which
it is driven into the systematic arteries. See Illust. under Aorta.
In fishes there are but one auricle and one ventricle, the blood
being pumped from the ventricle through the gills to the system,
and thence returned to the auricle. In most amphibians and
reptiles, the separation of the auricles is partial or complete,
and in reptiles the ventricles also are separated more or less
completely. The so-called lymph hearts, found in many amphibians,
reptiles, and birds, are contractile sacs, which pump the lymph
into the veins.
2. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or
separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely,
the seat of the understanding or will; -- usually in a good sense,
when no epithet is expressed; the better or lovelier part of our
nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral
life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the
individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender, loving, bad,
hard, or selfish heart.
Hearts are dust, hearts' loves remain. Emerson.
3. The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and within;
the inmost or most essential part of any body or system; the source of
life and motion in any organization; the chief or vital portion; the
center of activity, or of energetic or efficient action; as, the heart
of a country, of a tree, etc.
Exploits done in the heart of France. Shak.
Peace subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation. Wordsworth.
4. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
Eve, recovering heart, replied. Milton.
The expelled nations take heart, and when they fly from one country
invade another. Sir W. Temple.
5. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production;
condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
That the spent earth may gather heart again. Dryden.
6. That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a roundish or
oval figure or object having an obtuse point at one end, and at the
other a corresponding indentation, -- used as a symbol or
representative of the heart.
7. One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or
figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps.
8. Vital part; secret meaning; real intention.
And then show you the heart of my message. Shak.
9. A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address. "I speak to
thee, my heart." Shak.
NOTE: &hand; He art is us ed in many compounds, the most of which
need no special explanation; as, heart-appalling, heart-breaking,
heart-cheering, heart-chilled, heart-expanding, heart-free,
heart-hardened, heart-heavy, heart-purifying, heart-searching,
heart-sickening, heart-sinking, heart-stirring, heart-touching,
heart-wearing, heart-whole, heart-wounding, heart-wringing, etc.
After one's own heart, conforming with one's inmost approval and
desire; as, a friend after my own heart.
The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart. 1 Sam. xiii.
14.
-- At heart, in the inmost character or disposition; at bottom;
really; as, he is at heart a good man. -- By heart, in the closest or
most thorough manner; as, to know or learn by heart. "Composing songs,
for fools to get by heart" (that is, to commit to memory, or to learn
thoroughly). Pope. -- For my heart, for my life; if my life were at
stake. [Obs.] "I could not get him for my heart to do it." Shak. --
Heart bond (Masonry), a bond in which no header stone stretches across
the wall, but two headers meet in the middle, and their joint is
covered by another stone laid header fashion. Knight. -- Heart and
hand, with enthusiastic co\'94peration. -- Heart hardness, hardness of
heart; callousness of feeling; moral insensibility. Shak. -- Heart
heaviness, depression of spirits. Shak. -- Heart point (Her.), the
fess point. See Escutcheon. -- Heart rising, a rising of the heart, as
in opposition. -- Heart shell (Zo\'94l.), any marine, bivalve shell of
the genus Cardium and allied genera, having a heart-shaped shell;
esp., the European Isocardia cor; -- called also heart cockle. --
Heart sickness, extreme depression of spirits. -- Heart and soul, with
the utmost earnestness. -- Heart urchin (Zo\'94l.), any heartshaped,
spatangoid sea urchin. See Spatangoid. -- Heart wheel, a form of cam,
shaped like a heart. See Cam. -- In good heart, in good courage; in
good hope. -- Out of heart, discouraged. -- Poor heart, an exclamation
of pity. -- To break the heart of. (a) To bring to despair or hopeless
grief; to cause to be utterly cast down by sorrow. (b) To bring almost
to completion; to finish very nearly; -- said of anything undertaken;
as, he has broken the heart of the task. -- To find in the heart, to
be willing or disposed. "I could find in my heart to ask your pardon."
Sir P. Sidney. -- To have at heart, to desire (anything) earnestly. --
To have in the heart, to purpose; to design or intend to do. -- To
have the heart in the mouth, to be much frightened. -- To lose heart,
to become discouraged. -- To lose one's heart, to fall in love. -- To
set the heart at rest, to put one's self at ease. -- To set the heart
upon, to fix the desires on; to long for earnestly; to be very fond
of. -- To take heart of grace, to take courage. -- To take to heart,
to grieve over. -- To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve, to expose
one's feelings or intentions; to be frank or impulsive. -- With all
one's whole heart, very earnestly; fully; completely; devotedly.
Heart
Heart (?), v. t. To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to
inspirit. [Obs.]
My cause is hearted; thine hath no less reason. Shak.
Heart
Heart, v. i. To form a compact center or heart; as, a hearting
cabbage.
Heartache
Heart"ache` (?), n. [Cf. AS. heortece.] Sorrow; anguish of mind;
mental pang. Shak.
Heartbreak
Heart"break` (?), n. Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such
grief. Shak.
Heartbreaking
Heart"break`ing, a. Causing overpowering sorrow.
Heartbroken
Heart"bro`ken (?), a. Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.
Heartburn
Heart"burn` (?), n. (Med.) An uneasy, burning sensation in the
stomach, often attended with an inclination to vomit. It is sometimes
idiopathic, but is often a symptom of often complaints.
Heartburned
Heart"burned` (?), a. Having heartburn. Shak.
Heartburning
Heart"burn`ing (?), a. Causing discontent.
Heartburning
Heart"burn`ing, n.
1. (Med.) Same as Heartburn.
2. Discontent; secret enmity. Swift.
The transaction did not fail to leave heartburnings. Palfrey.
Heartdear
Heart"dear` (?), a. Sincerely beloved. [R.] Shak.
Heartdeep
Heart"deep` (?), a. Rooted in the heart. Herbert.
Heart-eating
Heart"-eat`ing (?), a. Preying on the heart.
Hearted
Heart"ed, a.
1. Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the
affections, disposition, or character).
2. Shaped like a heart; cordate. [R.] Landor.
3. Seated or laid up in the heart.
I hate the Moor: my cause is hearted. Shak.
NOTE: &hand; Th is wo rd is ch iefly us ed in co mposition; as ,
hard-hearted, faint-hearted, kind-hearted, lion-hearted,
stout-hearted, etc. Hence the nouns hard-heartedness,
faint-heartedness, etc.
Heartedness
Heart"ed*ness, n. Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness. [R.] Clarendon.
NOTE: &hand; Se e al so the Note under Hearted. The analysis of the
compounds gives hard-hearted + -ness, rather than hard +
heartedness, etc.
Hearten
Heart"en (?), v. t. [From Heart.]
1. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to
embolden.
Hearten those that fight in your defense. Shak.
2. To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.
Heartener
Heart"en*er (?), n. One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or
stirs up. W. Browne.
Heartfelt
Heart"felt` (?), a. Hearty; sincere.
Heartgrief
Heart"grief` (?), n. Heartache; sorrow. Milton.
Hearth
Hearth (?), n. [OE. harthe, herth, herthe, AS. heor; akin to D. haard,
heerd, Sw. h\'84rd, G. herd; cf. Goth. ha\'a3ri a coal, Icel. hyrr
embers, and L. cremare to burn.]
1. The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on
which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding
part of a stove.
There was a fire on the hearth burning before him. Jer. xxxvi. 22.
Where fires thou find'st unraked and hearths unswept. There pinch
the maids as blue as bilberry. Shak.
2. The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of
hospitality to strangers; fireside.
3. (Metal. & Manuf.) The floor of a furnace, on which the material to
be heated lies, or the lowest part of a melting furnace, into which
the melted material settles.
Hearth ends (Metal.), fragments of lead ore ejected from the furnace
by the blast. -- Hearth money, Hearth penny [AS. heor&edh;pening], a
tax formerly laid in England on hearths, each hearth (in all houses
paying the church and poor rates) being taxed at two shillings; --
called also chimney money, etc.
He had been importuned by the common people to relieve them from
the . . . burden of the hearth money. Macaulay.
Hearthstone
Hearth"stone` (?), n. Stone forming the hearth; hence, the fireside;
home.
Chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot
grave to every living heart and hearthstone. A. Lincoln.
Heartily
Heart"i*ly (?), adv. [From Hearty.]
1. From the heart; with all the heart; with sincerity.
I heartily forgive them. Shak.
2. With zeal; actively; vigorously; willingly; cordially; as, he
heartily assisted the prince.
To eat heartily, to eat freely and with relish. Addison. Syn. --
Sincerely; cordially; zealously; vigorously; actively; warmly;
eagerly; ardently; earnestly.
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Heariness
Hear"i*ness (?), n. The quality of being hearty; as, the heartiness of
a greeting.
Heartless
Heart"less, a.
1. Without a heart.
You have left me heartess; mine is in your bosom. J. Webster.
2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despodent.
Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground. Dryden.
Heartless and melancholy. W. Irwing.
3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. "The
heartless parasites." Byron. -- Heart"less*ly, adv. --
Heart"less*ness, n.
Heartlet
Heart"let (?), n.. A little heart.
Heartlings
Heart"lings (?), interj. An exclamation used in addressing a familiar
acquaintance. [Obs.] Shak.
Heartpea
Heart"pea` (?), n. (Bot.) Same as Heartseed.
Heartquake
Heart"quake` (?), n. Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear.
In many an hour of danger and heartquake. Hawthorne.
Heartrending
Heart"rend`ing (?), a. Causing intense grief; overpowering with
anguish; very distressing.
Heart-robbing
Heart"-rob`bing (?), a.
1. Depriving of thought; ecstatic. "Heart-robbing gladness." Spenser.
2. Stealing the heart or affections; winning.
Heart's-ease
Heart's"-ease` (?), n.
1. Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling. Shak.
2. (Bot.) A species of violet (Viola tricolor); -- called also pansy.
Heartseed
Heart"seed` (?), n. (Bot.) A climbing plant of the genus
Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a spot like a
heart. Loudon.
Heartshaped
Heart"shaped` (, a. Having the shape of a heart; cordate.
Heartsick
Heart"sick` (?), a. [AS. heorise\'a2c.] Sick at heart; extremely
depressed in spirits; very despondent.
Heartsome
Heart"some (?), a. Merry; cheerful; lively. [Scot.]
Heart-spoon
Heart"-spoon` (?), n. A part of the breastbone. [Obs.]
He feeleth through the herte-spon the pricke. Chaucer.
Heartstricken
Heart"strick`en (?), a. Shocked; dismayed.
Heartstrike
Heart"strike` (?), v. t. To affect at heart; to shock. [R.] "The seek
to heartstrike us." B. Jonson.
Heartstring
Heart"string` (?), n. A nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain
the heart. Shak.
Sobbing, as if a hearstring broke. Moore.
Heartstruck
Heart"struck` (?), a.
1. Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind. "His heartstruck
injuries." Shak.
2. Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed; heartstricken.
Milton.
Heartswelling
Heart"swell`ing (?), a. Rankling in, or swelling, the heart.
"Heartswelling hate." Spenser.
Heart-whole
Heart"-whole` (?), a. [See Whole.]
1. Having the heart or affections free; not in love. Shak.
2. With unbroken courage; undismayed.
3. Of a single and sincere heart.
If he keeps heart-whole towards his Master. Bunyan.
Heartwood
Heart"wood` (?), n. The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree,
consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color
from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and
distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum.
Heart-wounded
Heart"-wound`ed (?), a. Wounded to the heart with love or grief. Pope.
Hearty
Heart"y (?), a. [Compar. Heartier (?); superl. Heartiest.]
1. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold;
zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; as, a
hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government.
Full of hearty tears For our good father's loss. Marston.
2. Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty
timber.
3. Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty food; a
hearty meal. Syn. -- Sincere; real; unfeigned; undissembled; cordial;
earnest; warm; zealous; ardent; eager; active; vigorous. -- Hearty,
Cordial, Sincere. Hearty implies honesty and simplicity of feelings
and manners; cordial refers to the warmth and liveliness with which
the feelings are expressed; sincere implies that this expression
corresponds to the real sentiments of the heart. A man should be
hearty in his attachment to his friends, cordial in his reception of
them to his house, and sincere in his offers to assist them.
Hearty
Heart"y, n.; pl. Hearties (. Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; --
a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors. Dickens.
Heartyhale
Heart"y*hale` (?), a. Good for the heart. [Obs.]
Heat
Heat (?), n. [OE. hete, h\'91te, AS. h, h, fr. h\'bet hot; akin to
OHG. heizi heat, Dan. hede, Sw. hetta. See Hot.]
1. A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but
especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as
manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical
combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of
feeling. In its nature heat is a mode if motion, being in general a
form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed
to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name
caloric.
NOTE: &hand; As af fecting the human body, heat produces different
sensations, which are called by different names, as heat or
sensible heat, warmth, cold, etc., according to its degree or
amount relatively to the normal temperature of the body.
2. The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat when
excessive, or above that which is normal to the human body; the bodily
feeling experienced on exposure to fire, the sun's rays, etc.; the
reverse of cold.
3. High temperature, as distinguished from low temperature, or cold;
as, the heat of summer and the cold of winter; heat of the skin or
body in fever, etc.
Else how had the world . . . Avoided pinching cold and scorching
heat! Milton.
4. Indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or color of
a body, as indicating its temperature; redness; high color; flush;
degree of temperature to which something is heated, as indicated by
appearance, condition, or otherwise.
It has raised . . . heats in their faces. Addison.
The heats smiths take of their iron are a blood-red heat, a
white-flame heat, and a sparking or welding heat. Moxon.
5. A single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or in a
furnace; as, to make a horseshoe in a certain number of heats.
6. A violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single course in
a race that consists of two or more courses; as, he won two heats out
of three.
Many causes . . . for refreshment betwixt the heats. Dryden.
[He] struck off at one heat the matchless tale of "Tam o'Shanter."
J. C. Shairp.
7. Utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as, the heat of battle or party.
"The heat of their division." Shak.
8. Agitation of mind; inflammation or excitement; exasperation. "The
head and hurry of his rage." South.
9. Animation, as in discourse; ardor; fervency.
With all the strength and heat of eloquence. Addison.
10. Sexual excitement in animals.
11. Fermentation.
Animal heat, Blood heat, Capacity for heat, etc. See under Animal,
Blood, etc. -- Atomic heat (Chem.), the product obtained by
multiplying the atomic weight of any element by its specific heat. The
atomic heat of all solid elements is nearly a constant, the mean value
being 6.4. -- Dynamical theory of heat, that theory of heat which
assumes it to be, not a peculiar kind of matter, but a peculiar motion
of the ultimate particles of matter. Heat engine, any apparatus by
which a heated substance, as a heated fluid, is made to perform work
by giving motion to mechanism, as a hot-air engine, or a steam engine.
-- Heat producers. (Physiol.) See under Food. -- Heat rays, a term
formerly applied to the rays near the red end of the spectrum, whether
within or beyond the visible spectrum. -- Heat weight (Mech.), the
product of any quantity of heat by the mechanical equivalent of heat
divided by the absolute temperature; -- called also thermodynamic
function, and entropy. -- Mechanical equivalent of heat. See under
Equivalent. -- Specific heat of a substance (at any temperature), the
number of units of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit
mass of the substance at that temperature one degree. -- Unit of heat,
the quantity of heat required to raise, by one degree, the temperature
of a unit mass of water, initially at a certain standard temperature.
The temperature usually employed is that of 0° Centigrade, or 32°
Fahrenheit.
Heat
Heat (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heated; p. pr. & vb. n. Heating.] [OE.
heten, AS. h, fr. h\'bet hot. See Hot.]
1. To make hot; to communicate heat to, or cause to grow warm; as, to
heat an oven or furnace, an iron, or the like.
Heat me these irons hot. Shak.
2. To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
Pray, walk softly; do not heat your blood. Shak.
3. To excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to
inflame, as the passions.
A noble emulation heats your breast. Dryden.
Heat
Heat, v. i.
1. To grow warm or not by the action of fire or friction, etc., or
the communication of heat; as, the iron or the water heats slow.
2. To grow warm or hot by fermentation, or the development of heat
by chemical action; as, green hay heats in a mow, and manure in the
dunghill.
Heat
Heat (?), imp. & p. p. of Heat. Heated; as, the iron though heat
red-hot. [Obs. or Archaic.] Shak.
Heater
Heat"er (?), n.
1. One who, or that which, heats.
2. Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other
heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or
to contain something to be heated.
Feed heater. See under Feed.
Heath
Heath (?), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS. h; akin to D.
& G. heide, Icel. hei waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh field.
&root;20.]
1. (Bot.) (a) A low shrub (Erica, OR Calluna, vulgaris), with minute
evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in
Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating
ovens. It is also called heather, and ling. (b) Also, any species of
the genus Erica, of which several are European, and many more are
South African, some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country
overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath.
Milton
Heath cock (Zo\'94l.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse (below). --
Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus Triodia
(T. decumbens), growing on dry heaths. -- Heath grouse, OR Heath game
(Zo\'94l.), a European grouse (Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heats;
-- called also black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl, moor
fowl. The male is called, heath cock, and blackcock; the female, heath
hen, and gray hen. -- Heath hen. (Zo\'94l.) See Heath grouse (above).
-- Heath pea (bot.), a species of bitter vetch (Lathyris macrorhizus),
the tubers of which are eaten, and in Scotland are used to flavor
whisky. -- Heath throstle (Zo\'94l.), a European thrush which
frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.
Heathclad
Heath"clad` (?), a. Clad or crowned with heath.
Heathen
Hea"then (?; 277), n.; pl. Heathens (#) or collectively Heathen. [OE.
hethen, AS. h, prop. an adj. fr. h heath, and orig., therefore, one
who lives in the country or on the heaths and in the woods (cf. pagan,
fr. pagus village); akin to OS. h, adj., D. heiden a heathen, G.
heide, OHG. heidan, Icel. hei, adj., Sw. heden, Goth. haipn, n. fem.
See Heath, and cf. Hoiden.]
1. An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which
worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an
idolater.
2. An irreligious person.
If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they
may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens. V. Knox.
The heathen, as the term is used in the Scriptures, all people except
the Jews; now used of all people except Christians, Jews, and
Mohammedans.
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance.
Ps. ii. 8.
Syn. -- Pagan; gentile. See Pagan.
Heathen
Hea"then (?), a.
1. Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author. "The heathen philosopher."
"All in gold, like heathen gods." Shak.
2. Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish.
3. Irreligious; scoffing.
Heathendom
Hea"then*dom (?), n. [AS. h&aemac;&edh;end&omac;m.]
1. That part of the world where heathenism prevails; the heathen
nations, considered collectively.
2. Heathenism. C. Kingsley.
Heathenesse
Hea"then*esse (?), n. [AS. h&aemac;&edh;ennes, i. e., heathenness.]
Heathendom. [Obs.] Chaucer. Sir W. Scott.
Heathenish
Hea"then*ish, a. [AS. h&aemac;&edh;enisc.]
1. Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of
heathens. "Worse than heathenish crimes." Milton.
2. Rude; uncivilized; savage; cruel. South.
3. Irreligious; as, a heathenish way of living.
Heathenishly
Hea"then*ish"ly, adv. In a heathenish manner.
Heathenishness
Hea"then*ish*ness, n. The state or quality of being heathenish. "The .
. . heathenishness and profaneness of most playbooks." Prynne.
Heathenism
Hea"then*ism (?), n.
1. The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry;
paganism.
2. The manners or morals usually prevalent in a heathen country;
ignorance; rudeness; barbarism.
Heathenize
Hea"then*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heathenized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Heathenizing (?).] To render heathen or heathenish. Firmin.
Heathenness
Hea"then*ness, n. [Cf. Heathenesse.] State of being heathen or like
the heathen.
Heathenry
Hea"then*ry (?), n.
1. The state, quality, or character of the heathen.
Your heathenry and your laziness. C. Kingsley.
2. Heathendom; heathen nations.
Heather
Heath"er (?; 277. This is the only pronunciation in Scotland), n. [See
Heath.] Heath. [Scot.]
Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass, The brighter
seem. Longfellow.
Heather bell (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two
European kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and E. cinerea).
Heathery
Heath"er*y (?), a. Heathy; abounding in heather; of the nature of
heath.
Heathy
Heath"y (?), a. Full of heath; abounding with heath; as, heathy land;
heathy hills. Sir W. Scott.
Heating
Heat"ing (?), a. That heats or imparts heat; promoting warmth or heat;
exciting action; stimulating; as, heating medicines or applications.
Heating surface (Steam Boilers), the aggregate surface exposed to fire
or to the heated products of combustion, esp. of all the plates or
sheets that are exposed to water on their opposite surfaces; -- called
also fire surface.
Heatingly
Heat"ing*ly, adv. In a heating manner; so as to make or become hot or
heated.
Heatless
Heat"less, a. Destitute of heat; cold. Beau. & Fl.
Heave
Heave (?), v. t. [imp. Heaved (?), or Hove (; p. p. Heaved, Hove,
formerly Hoven (; p. pr. & vb. n. Heaving.] [OE. heven, hebben, As.
hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G. heven,
Icel. h\'84fva, Dan. h\'91ve, Goth. hafjan, L. capere to take, seize;
cf. Gr. Accept, Behoof, Capacious, Forceps, haft, Receipt.]
1. To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to
raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on
land.
One heaved ahigh, to be hurled down below. Shak.
NOTE: &hand; He ave, as now used, implies that the thing raised is
heavy or hard to move; but formerly it was used in a less
restricted sense.
Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand. Herrick.
2. To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except
in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log.
3. To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to
throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave
the ship ahead.
4. To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to
heave a sigh.
The wretched animal heaved forth such groans. Shak.
5. To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.
The glittering, finny swarms That heave our friths, and crowd upon
our shores. Thomson.
To heave a cable short (Naut.), to haul in cable till the ship is
almost perpendicularly above the anchor. -- To heave a ship ahead
(Naut.), to warp her ahead when not under sail, as by means of cables.
-- To heave a ship down (Naut.), to throw or lay her down on one side;
to careen her. -- To heave a ship to (Naut.), to bring the ship's head
to the wind, and stop her motion. -- To heave about (Naut.), to put
about suddenly. -- To heave in (Naut.), to shorten (cable). -- To
heave in stays (Naut.), to put a vessel on the other tack. -- To heave
out a sail (Naut.), to unfurl it. -- To heave taut (Naut.), to turn a
capstan, etc., till the rope becomes strained. See Taut, and Tight. --
To heave the lead (Naut.), to take soundings with lead and line. -- To
heave the log. (Naut.) See Log. -- To heave up anchor (Naut.), to
raise it from the bottom of the sea or elsewhere.
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Heave
Heave (?), v. i.
1. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
And the huge columns heave into the sky. Pope.
Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap. Gray.
The heaving sods of Bunker Hill. E. Everett.
2. To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy
breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the
earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand;
to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle.
Frequent for breath his panting bosom heaves. Prior.
The heaving plain of ocean. Byron.
3. To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to
do something difficult.
The Church of England had struggled and heaved at a reformation
ever since Wyclif's days. Atterbury.
4. To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit.
To heave at. (a) To make an effort at. (b) To attack, to oppose.
[Obs.] Fuller. -- To heave in sight (as a ship at sea), to come in
sight; to appear. -- To heave up, to vomit. [Low]
Heave
Heave, n.
1. An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to
move something heavy.
After many strains and heaves He got up to his saddle eaves.
Hudibras.
2. An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast
in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake,
and the like.
There's matter in these sighs, these profound heaves, You must
translate. Shak.
None could guess whether the next heave of the earthquake would
settle . . . or swallow them. Dryden.
3. (Geol.) A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place
at an intersection with another lode.
Heaven
Heav"en (?), n. [OE. heven, hefen, heofen, AS. heofon; akin to OS.
hevan, LG. heben, heven, Icel. hifinn; of uncertain origin, cf. D.
hemel, G. himmel, Icel. himmin, Goth. himins; perh. akin to, or
influenced by, the root of E. heave, or from a root signifying to
cover, cf. Goth. gaham to put on, clothe one's self, G. hemd shirt,
and perh. E. chemise.]
1. The expanse of space surrounding the earth; esp., that which seems
to be over the earth like a great arch or dome; the firmament; the
sky; the place where the sun, moon, and stars appear; -- often used in
the plural in this sense.
I never saw the heavens so dim by day. Shak.
When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in
heaven. D. Webster.
2. The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or
state of the blessed after death.
Unto the God of love, high heaven's King. Spenser.
It is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell. Shak.
New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven. Keble.
NOTE: &hand; In th is ge neral se nse heaven and its corresponding
words in other languages have as various definite interpretations
as there are phases of religious belief.
3. The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed,
collectively; -- used variously in this sense, as in No. 2.
Her prayers, whom Heaven delights to hear. Shak.
The will And high permission of all-ruling Heaven. Milton.
4. Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity;
bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight. "A
heaven of beauty." Shak. "The brightest heaven of invention." Shak.
O bed! bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary
head! Hood.
NOTE: &hand; He aven is very often used, esp. with participles, in
forming compound words, most of which need no special explanation;
as, heaven-appeasing, heaven-aspiring, heaven-begot, heaven-born,
heaven-bred, heaven-conducted, heaven-descended, heaven-directed,
heaven-exalted, heaven-given, heaven-guided, heaven-inflicted,
heaven-inspired, heaven-instructed, heaven-kissing, heaven-loved,
heaven-moving, heaven-protected, heaven-taught, heaven-warring, and
the like.
Heaven
Heav"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heavened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Heavening.]
To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify. [R.]
We are happy as the bird whose nest Is heavened in the hush of
purple hills. G. Massey.
Heavenize
Heav"en*ize (?), v. t. To render like heaven or fit for heaven. [R.]
Bp. Hall.
Heavenliness
Heav"en*li*ness (?), n. [From Heavenly.] The state or quality of being
heavenly. Sir J. Davies.
Heavenly
Heav"en*ly, a. [AS. heofonic.]
1. Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not
earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music.
As is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 1 Cor.
xv. 48.
2. Appropriate to heaven in character or happiness; perfect; pure;
supremely blessed; as, a heavenly race; the heavenly, throng.
The love of heaven makes one heavenly. Sir P. Sidney.
Heavenly
Heav"en*ly, adv.
1. In a manner resembling that of heaven. "She was heavenly true."
Shak.
2. By the influence or agency of heaven.
Out heavenly guided soul shall climb. Milton.
Heavenlyminded
Heav"en*ly*mind`ed (?), a. Having the thoughts and affections placed
on, or suitable for, heaven and heavenly objects; devout; godly;
pious. Milner. -- Heav"en*ly*mind`ed*ness, n.
Heavenward
Heav"en*ward (?), a & adv. Toward heaven.
Heave offering
Heave" of`fer*ing (?). (Jewish Antiq.) An offering or oblation heaved
up or elevated before the altar, as the shoulder of the peace
offering. See Wave offering. <-- sic!? --> Ex. xxix. 27.
Heaver
Heav"er (?), n.
1. One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on
docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver.
2. (Naut.) A bar used as a lever. Totten.
Heaves
Heaves (?), n. A disease of horses, characterized by difficult
breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a
peculiar cough; broken wind.
Heavily
Heav"i*ly (?), adv. [From 2d Heavy.]
1. In a heavy manner; with great weight; as, to bear heavily on a
thing; to be heavily loaded.
Heavily interested in those schemes of emigration. The Century.
2. As if burdened with a great weight; slowly and laboriously; with
difficulty; hence, in a slow, difficult, or suffering manner;
sorrowfully.
And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily.
Ex. xiv. 25.
Why looks your grace so heavily to-day? Shak.
Heaviness
Heav"i*ness, n. The state or quality of being heavy in its various
senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.
Heaving
Heav"ing (?), n. A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep
sighing. Addison. Shak.
Heavisome
Heav"i*some (?), a. Heavy; dull. [Prov.]
Heavy
Heav"y (?), a. Having the heaves.
Heavy
Heav"y (?), a. [Compar. Heavier (?); superl. Heaviest.] [OE. hevi, AS.
hefig, fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG. hebig, hevig, Icel.
h\'94figr, h\'94fugr. See Heave.]
1. Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a
heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects;
as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business
transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier;
also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.
2. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or
accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses,
undertakings, trials, news, etc.
The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod. 1 Sam. v. 6.
The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make. Shak.
Sent hither to impart the heavy news. Wordsworth.
Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence. Shak.
3. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down,
either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain,
disappointment.
The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were. Chapman.
A light wife doth make a heavy husband. Shak.
4. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as,
a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or
book.
Whilst the heavy plowman snores. Shak.
Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind. Dryden.
Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it can not hear. Is. lix. 1.
5. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and
the like.
6. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more. Byron.
7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.
8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy
road, soil, and the like.
9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
10. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily
digested; -- said of food.
11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.
12. With child; pregnant. [R.]
Heavy artillery. (Mil.) (a) Guns of great weight or large caliber,
esp. siege, garrison, and seacoast guns. (b) Troops which serve heavy
guns. -- Heavy cavalry. See under Cavalry. -- Heavy fire (Mil.), a
continuous or destructive cannonading, or discharge of small arms. --
Heavy metal (Mil.), large guns carrying balls of a large size; also,
large balls for such guns.<-- a type of rock music (1970's), with a
hard beat, amplified electronically --> -- Heavy metals. (Chem.) See
under Metal. -- Heavy weight, in wrestling, boxing, etc., a term
applied to the heaviest of the classes into which contestants are
divided. Cf. Feather weight (c), under Feather.
NOTE: &hand; He avy is used in composition to form many words which
need no special explanation; as, heavy-built, heavy-browed,
heavy-gaited, etc.
Heavy
Heav"y, adv. Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as,
heavy-laden.
Heavy
Heav"y, v. t. To make heavy. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Heavy-armed
Heav"y-armed` (?), a. (Mil.) Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying
heavy arms.
Heavy-haded
Heav"y-had"ed (?), a. Clumsy; awkward.
Heavy-headed
Heav"y-head"ed (?), a. Dull; stupid. "Gross heavy-headed fellows."
Beau. & Fl.
Heavy spar
Heav"y spar` (?). (Min.) Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so
called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other
non-metallic minerals.
Hebdomad
Heb"do*mad (?), n. [L. hebdomas, -adis, Gr. "ebdoma`s the number seven
days, fr. Seven.] A week; a period of seven days. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Hebdomadal, Hebdomadary
Heb*dom"a*dal (?), Heb*dom"a*da*ry (?), a. [L. hebdomadalis, LL.
hebdomadarius: cf. F. hebdomadaire.] Consisting of seven days, or
occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly.
Hebdomadally
Heb*dom"a*dal*ly (?), adv. In periods of seven days; weekly. Lowell.
Hebdomadary
Heb*dom"a*da*ry (?), n. [LL. hebdomadarius: cf. F. hebdomadier.] (R.
C. Ch.) A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to
officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on
extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors.
Hebdomatical
Heb`do*mat"ic*al (?), a. [L. hebdomaticus, Gr. Weekly; hebdomadal.
[Obs.]
Hebe
He"be (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. "h`bh youth, "H`bh Hebe.]
1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of youth, daughter of Jupiter and Juno.
She was believed to have the power of restoring youth and beauty to
those who had lost them.
2. (Zo\'94l.) An African ape; the hamadryas.
Heben
Heb"en (?), n. Ebony. [Obs.] Spenser.
Hebenon
Heb"e*non (?), n. See Henbane. [Obs.] Shak.
Hebetate
Heb"e*tate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hebetated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hebetating.] [L. hebetatus, p. p. of hebetare to dull. See Hebete.] To
render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the
intellectual faculties. Southey
Hebetate
Heb"e*tate (?), a.
1. Obtuse; dull.
2. (Bot.) Having a dull or blunt and soft point. Gray.
Hebetation
Heb`e*ta"tion (?), n. [L. hebetatio: cf. F. h\'82b\'82tation.]
1. The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid.
2. The state of being blunted or dulled.
Hebete
He*bete" (?), a. [L. hebes, hebetis, dull, stupid, fr. hebere to be
dull.] Dull; stupid. [Obs.]
Hebetude
Heb"e*tude (?), n. [L. hebetudo.] Dullness; stupidity. Harvey.
Hebraic
He"bra"ic (?), a. [L. Hebraicus, Gr. hebra\'8bque. See Hebrew.] Of or
pertaining to the Hebrews, or to the language of the Hebrews.
Hebraically
He*bra"ic*al*ly (?), adv. After the manner of the Hebrews or of the
Hebrew language.
Hebraism
He"bra*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. h\'82bra\'8bsme.]
1. A Hebrew idiom or custom; a peculiar expression or manner of
speaking in the Hebrew language. Addison.
2. The type of character of the Hebrews.
The governing idea of Hebraism is strictness of conscience. M.
Arnold.
Hebraist
He"bra*ist, n. [Cf. F. h\'82bra\'8bste.] One versed in the Hebrew
language and learning.
Hebraistic
He`bra*is"tic (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the Hebrew
language or idiom.
Hebraistically
He`bra*is"tic*al*ly (?), adv. In a Hebraistic sense or form.
Which is Hebraistically used in the New Testament. Kitto.
Hebraize
He"bra*ize (?), v. t. [Gr. h\'82bra\'8bser.] To convert into the
Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew or Hebraistic. J. R. Smith.
Hebraize
He"bra*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hebraized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hebraizing.] To speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to
Hebrew customs.
Hebrew
He"brew (?), n. [F. H\'82breu, L. Hebraeus, Gr. 'ibhr\'c6.]
1. An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the
line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew.
There came one that had escaped and told Abram the Hebrew. Gen.
xiv. 13.
2. The language of the Hebrews; -- one of the Semitic family of
languages.
Hebrew
He"brew, a. Of or pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language
or rites.
Hebrewess
He"brew*ess, n. An Israelitish woman.
Hebrician
He*bri"cian (?), n. A Hebraist. [R.]
Hebridean, Hebridian
He*brid"e*an (?), He*brid"i*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the islands
called Hebrides, west of Scotland. -- n. A native or inhabitant of the
Hebrides.
Hecatomb
Hec"a*tomb (?), n. [L. hecatombe, Gr. h\'82catombe.] (Antiq.) A
sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the
sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims.
Slaughtered hecatombs around them bleed. Addison.
More than a human hecatomb. Byron.
Hecatompedon
Hec`a*tom"pe*don (?), n. [Gr. (Arch.) A name given to the old
Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the
width across the stylobate.
Hecdecane
Hec"de*cane (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like
hydrocarbon, C16H34, of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an
important ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule
has sixteen atoms of carbon; -- called also hexadecane.
Heck
Heck (?), n. [See Hatch a half door.] [Written also hack.]
1. The bolt or latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A rack for cattle to feed at. [Prov. Eng.]
3. A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck
door. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
5. (Weaving) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into
sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping
machine.
6. A bend or winding of a stream. [Prov. Eng.]
Half heck, the lower half of a door. -- Heck board, the loose board at
the bottom or back of a cart. -- Heck box OR frame, that which carries
the heck in warping.
Heckimal
Heck"i*mal (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The European blue titmouse (Parus
c\'d2ruleus). [Written also heckimel, hackeymal, hackmall, hagmall,
and hickmall.]
Heckle
Hec"kle (?), n. & v. t. Same as Hackle.
Hectare
Hec"tare` (?), n. [F., fr. Gr. are an are.] A measure of area, or
superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters, and
equivalent to 2.471 acres.
Hectic
Hec"tic (?), a. [F. hectique, Gr. sah to overpower, endure; cf. AS.
sige, sigor, victory, G. sieg, Goth. sigis. Cf. Scheme.]
1. Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of
animal tissue, as in consumption; as, a hectic type in disease; a
hectic flush.
2. In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive; as, a
hectic patient.
Hectic fever (Med.), a fever of irritation and debility, occurring
usually at a advanced stage of exhausting disease, as a in pulmonary
consumption.
Hectic
Hec"tic, n.
1. (Med.) Hectic fever.
2. A hectic flush.
It is no living hue, but a strange hectic. Byron.
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Hectocotylized
Hec`to*cot"y*lized (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Changed into a hectocotylus;
having a hectocotylis.
Hectocotylus
Hec`to*cot"y*lus (?), n.; pl. Hectocotyli (#). [NL., fr. Gr.
(Zo\'94l.) One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods,
which is specially modified in various ways to effect the
fertilization of the eggs. In a special sense, the greatly modified
arm of Argonauta and allied genera, which, after receiving the
spermatophores, becomes detached from the male, and attaches itself to
the female for reproductive purposes.
Hectogram
Hec"to*gram (?), n. [F. hectogramme, fr. Gr. gramme a gram.] A measure
of weight, containing a hundred grams, or about 3.527 ounces
avoirdupois.
Hectogramme
Hec"to*gramme (?), n. [F.] The same as Hectogram.
Hectograph
Hec"to*graph (?), n. [Gr. -graph.] A contrivance for multiple copying,
by means of a surface of gelatin softened with glycerin. [Written also
hectograph.]
Hectoliter, Hectolitre
Hec"to*li`ter, Hec"to*li`tre (?), n. [F. hectolitre, fr. Gr. litre a
liter.] A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a
tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26 gallons of wine measure, or 22.0097
imperial gallons. As a dry measure, it contains ten decaliters, or
about 2 Winchester bushels.
Hectometer, Hectometre
Hec"to*me`ter, Hec"to*me`tre (?), n. [F. hectom\'8atre, fr. Gr.
m\'8atre a meter.] A measure of length, equal to a hundred meters. It
is equivalent to 328.09 feet.
Hector
Hec"tor (?), n. [From the Trojan warrior Hector, the son of Priam.] A
bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or
provokes.
Hector
Hec"tor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hectored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hectoring.]
To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by
words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. Dryden.
Hector
Hec"tor, v. i. To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or
insolent. Swift.
Hectorism
Hec"to*rism (?), n. The disposition or the practice of a hector; a
bullying. [R.]
Hectorly
Hec"tor*ly, a. Resembling a hector; blustering; insolent; taunting.
"Hectorly, ruffianlike swaggering or huffing." Barrow.
Hectostere
Hec"to*stere (?), n. [F. hectost\'8are; Gr. st\'8are.] A measure of
solidity, containing one hundred cubic meters, and equivalent to
3531.66 English or 3531.05 United States cubic feet.
Heddle
Hed"dle (?), n.; pl. Heddles (#). [Cf. Heald.] (Weaving) One of the
sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the
harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a
loom.
Heddle
Hed"dle, v. t. To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in
weaving.
Heddle-eye
Hed"dle-eye` (?), n. (Weaving) The eye or loop formed in each heddle
to receive a warp thread.
Heddling
Hed"dling (?), vb. n. The act of drawing the warp threads through the
heddle-eyes of a weaver's harness; the harness itself. Knight.
Hederaceous
Hed`er*a"ceous (?), a. [L. hederaceus, fr. hedera ivy.] Of, pertaining
to, or resembling, ivy.
Hederal
Hed"er*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to ivy.
Hederic
He*der"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the ivy (Hedera);
as, hederic acid, an acid of the acetylene series.
Hederiferous
Hed`er*if"er*ous (?), a. [L. hedera ivy + -ferous.] Producing ivy;
ivy-bearing.
Hederose
Hed"er*ose` (?), a. [L. hederosus, fr. hedera ivy.] Pertaining to, or
of, ivy; full of ivy.
Hedge
Hedge (?), n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw,
AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. &root;12.
See Haw a hedge.] A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes;
especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions
of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a
line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field
to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.
The roughest berry on the rudest hedge. Shak.
Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk.
Thomson.
NOTE: &hand; He dge, when used adjectively or in composition, often
means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean; as, hedge
priest; hedgeborn, etc.
Hedge bells, Hedge bindweed (Bot.), a climbing plant related to the
morning-glory (Convolvulus sepium). -- Hedge bill, a long-handled
billhook. -- Hedge garlic (Bot.), a plant of the genus Alliaria. See
Garlic mustard, under Garlic. -- Hedge hyssop (Bot.), a bitter herb of
the genus Gratiola, the leaves of which are emetic and purgative. --
Hedge marriage, a secret or clandestine marriage, especially one
performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.] -- Hedge mustard (Bot.), a plant
of the genus Sisymbrium, belonging to the Mustard family. -- Hedge
nettle (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus Stachys,
belonging to the Mint family. It has a nettlelike appearance, though
quite harmless. -- Hedge note. (a) The note of a hedge bird. (b) Low,
contemptible writing. [Obs.] Dryden. -- Hedge priest, a poor,
illiterate priest. Shak. -- Hedge school, an open-air school in the
shelter of a hedge, in Ireland; a school for rustics. -- Hedge sparrow
(Zo\'94l.), a European warbler (Accentor modularis) which frequents
hedges. Its color is reddish brown, and ash; the wing coverts are
tipped with white. Called also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and
doney. -- Hedge writer, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low,
scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] Swift. -- To breast up a hedge. See under
Breast. -- To hang in the hedge, to be at a standstill. "While the
business of money hangs in the hedge." Pepys.
Hedge
Hedge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hedged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hedging.]
1. To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set
line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as, to hedge a field or
garden.
2. To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or
success; -- sometimes with up and out.
I will hedge up thy way with thorns. Hos. ii. 6.
Lollius Urbius . . . drew another wall . . . to hedge out
incursions from the north. Milton.
3. To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in).
"England, hedged in with the main." Shak.
4. To surround so as to prevent escape.
That is a law to hedge in the cuckoo. Locke.
To hedge a bet, to bet upon both sides; that is, after having bet on
one side, to bet also on the other, thus guarding against loss.
Hedge
Hedge, v. i.
1. To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty, responsibility,
etc., as if by hiding in or behind a hedge; to skulk; to slink; to
shirk obligations.
I myself sometimes, leaving the fear of God on the left hand and
hiding mine honor in my necessity, am fain to shuffle, to hedge and
to lurch. Shak.
2. (Betting) To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the
side or chance one has bet on.
3. To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to
avoid committing one's self to anything definite.
The Heroic Stanzas read much more like an elaborate attempt to
hedge between the parties than . . . to gain favor from the
Roundheads. Saintsbury.
Hedgeborn
Hedge"born` (?), a. Born under a hedge; of low birth. Shak.
Hedgebote
Hedge"bote` (?), n. (Eng. Law) Same as Haybote.
Hedgehog
Hedge"hog` (?), n.
1. (Zo\'94l.) A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europ\'91us),
and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the
upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to
roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every
direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon
insects.
2. (Zo\'94l.) The Canadian porcupine.[U.S]
3. (Bot.) A species of Medicago (M. intertexta), the pods of which are
armed with short spines; -- popularly so called. Loudon.
4. A form of dredging machine. Knight.
Hedgehog caterpillar (Zo\'94l.), the hairy larv\'91 of several species
of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella moth. It curls up like a
hedgehog when disturbed. See Woolly bear, and Isabella moth. --
Hedgehog fish (Zo\'94l.), any spinose plectognath fish, esp. of the
genus Diodon; the porcupine fish. -- Hedgehog grass (Bot.), a grass
with spiny involucres, growing on sandy shores; burgrass (Cenchrus
tribuloides). -- Hedgehog rat (Zo\'94l.), one of several West Indian
rodents, allied to the porcupines, but with ratlike tails, and few
quills, or only stiff bristles. The hedgehog rats belong to Capromys,
Plagiodon, and allied genera. -- Hedgehog shell (Zo\'94l.), any
spinose, marine, univalve shell of the genus Murex. -- Hedgehog
thistle (Bot.), a plant of the Cactus family, globular in form, and
covered with spines (Echinocactus). -- Sea hedgehog. See Diodon.
Hedgeless
Hedge"less, a. Having no hedge.
Hedgepig
Hedge"pig` (?), n. A young hedgehog. Shak.
Hedger
Hedg"er (?), n. One who makes or mends hedges; also, one who hedges,
as, in betting.
Hedgerow
Hedge"row` (?), n. A row of shrubs, or trees, planted for inclosure or
separation of fields.
By hedgerow elms and hillocks green. Milton.
Hedging bill
Hedg"ing bill` (?). A hedge bill. See under Hedge.
Hedonic
He*don"ic (?), a. [Gr.
1. Pertaining to pleasure.
2. Of or relating to Hedonism or the Hedonic sect.
Hedonistic
Hed`o*nis"tic (?), a. Same as Hedonic, 2.
Heed
Heed (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Heeding.] [OE.
heden, AS. h; akin to OS. hdian, D. hoeden, Fries. hoda, OHG. huoten,
G. h\'81ten, Dan. hytte.Hood.] To mind; to regard with care; to take
notice of; to attend to; to observe.
With pleasure Argus the musician heeds. Dryden.
Syn. -- To notice; regard; mind. See Attend, v. t.
Heed
Heed, v. i. To mind; to consider.
Heed
Heed, n.
1. Attention; notice; observation; regard; -- often with give or take.
With wanton heed and giddy cunning. Milton.
Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand. 2 Sam. xx.
10.
Birds give more heed and mark words more than beasts. Bacon.
2. Careful consideration; obedient regard.
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things
which we have heard. Heb. ii. 1.
3. A look or expression of heading. [R.]
He did it with a serious mind; a heed Was in his countenance. Shak.
Heedful
Heed"ful (?), a. Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious;
circumspect; attentive; vigilant. Shak. -- Heed"ful*ly, adv. --
Heed"ful*ness, n.
Heedless
Heed"less, a. Without heed or care; inattentive; careless;
thoughtless; unobservant.
O, negligent and heedless discipline! Shak.
The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him
so. Waller.
-- Heed"less*ly, adv. -- Heed"less*ness, n.
Heedy
Heed"y (?), a. Heedful. [Obs.] "Heedy shepherds." Spenser. --
Heed"i*ly (#), adv. [Obs.] -- Heed"i*ness, n. [Obs.] Spenser.
Heel
Heel (?), v. i. [OE. helden to lean, incline, AS. heldan, hyldan; akin
to Icel. halla, Dan. helde, Sw. h\'84lla to tilt, pour, and perh. to
E. hill.] (Naut.) To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship
heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it. Heeling
error (Naut.), a deviation of the compass caused by the heeling of an
iron vessel to one side or the other.
Heel
Heel, n. [OE. hele, heele, AS. h&emac;la, perh. for h&omac;hila, fr.
AS. h&emac;h heel (cf. Hough); but cf. D. hiel, OFries. heila, h,
Icel. h\'91ll, Dan. h\'91l, Sw. h\'84l, and L. calx. &root;12. Cf.
Inculcate.]
1. The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man
or quadrupeds.
He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, His
winged heels and then his armed head. Denham.
2. The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock,
etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part
of the sole of a boot or shoe.
3. The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding
part. "The heel of a hunt." A. Trollope. "The heel of the white loaf."
Sir W. Scott.
4. Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a
knob.
5. The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel;
the lower part, or part on which a thing rests; especially: (a)
(Naut.) The after end of a ship's keel. (b) (Naut.) The lower end of a
mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc. (c) (Mil.) In a small
arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position.
(d) (Mil.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the
hilt. (e) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel
of a scythe.
6. (Man.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the
horse understands the heel well.
7. (Arch.) (a) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or
rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower
end of a rafter set sloping. (b) A cyma reversa; -- so called by
workmen. Gwilt.
Heel chain (Naut.), a chain passing from the bowsprit cap around the
heel of the jib boom. -- Heel plate, the butt plate of a gun. -- Heel
of a rafter. (Arch.) See Heel, n., 7. -- Heel ring, a ring for
fastening a scythe blade to the snath. -- Neck and heels, the whole
body. (Colloq.) -- To be at the heels of, to pursue closely; to follow
hard: as, hungry want is at my heels. Otway. -- To be down at the
heel, to be slovenly or in a poor plight. -- To be out at the heels,
to have on stockings that are worn out; hence, to be shabby, or in a
poor plight. Shak. -- To cool the heels. See under Cool. -- To go
heels over head, to turn over so as to bring the heels uppermost;
hence, to move in a inconsiderate, or rash, manner. -- To have the
heels of, to outrun. -- To lay by the heels, to fetter; to shackle; to
imprison. Shak. Addison. -- To show the heels, to flee; to run from.
-- To take to the heels, to flee; to betake to flight. -- To throw up
another's heels, to trip him. Bunyan. -- To tread upon one's heels, to
follow closely. Shak.
Heel
Heel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heeled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Heeling.]
1. To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the
like. [R.]
I cannot sing, Nor heel the high lavolt. Shak.
2. To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.
3. To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
Heelball
Heel"ball` (?), n. A composition of wax and lampblack, used by
shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions.
Heeler
Heel"er (?), n.
1. A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.
2. A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.
[Political Cant, U. S.]
The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding. The Century.
Heelless
Heel"less, a. Without a heel.
Heelpiece
Heel"piece` (?), n.
1. A piece of armor to protect the heels. Chesterfield.
2. A piece of leather fixed on the heel of a shoe.
3. The end. "The heelpiece of his book." Lloyd.
Heelpost
Heel"post` (?), n.
1. (Naut.) The post supporting the outer end of a propeller shaft.
2. (Carp.) The post to which a gate or door is hinged.
3. (Engineering) The quoin post of a lock gate.
Heelspur
Heel"spur` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A slender bony or cartilaginous process
developed from the heel bone of bats. It helps to support the wing
membranes. See Illust. of Cheiropter.
Heeltap
Heel"tap` (?), n.
1. One of the segments of leather in the heel of a shoe.
2. A small portion of liquor left in a glass after drinking. "Bumpers
around and no heeltaps." Sheridan.
Heeltap
Heel"tap`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heeltapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Heeltapping.] To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot,
etc.)
Heeltool
Heel"tool` (?), n. A tool used by turners in metal, having a bend
forming a heel near the cutting end.
Heep
Heep (?), n. The hip of the dog-rose. [Obs.]
Heer
Heer (?), n.[Etymol. uncertain.] A yarn measure of six hundred yards
or Spindle.
Heer
Heer, n. [See Hair.] Hair. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Heft
Heft (?), n. Same as Haft, n. [Obs.] Waller.
Heft
Heft, n. [From Heave: cf. hefe weight. Cf. Haft.]
1. The act or effort of heaving [Obs.]
He craks his gorge, his sides, With violent hefts. Shak.
2. Weight; ponderousness. [Colloq.]
A man of his age and heft. T. Hughes.
3. The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was
spoiled. [Colloq. U. S.] J. Pickering.
Heft
Heft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hefted (Heft, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hefting.]
1. To heave up; to raise aloft.
Inflamed with wrath, his raging blade he heft. Spenser.
2. To prove or try the weight of by raising. [Colloq.]
Hefty
Heft"y, a. Moderately heavy. [Colloq. U. S.]
Hegelian
He*ge"li*an (?; 106), a. Pertaining to Hegelianism. -- n. A follower
of Hegel.
Hegelianism, Hegelism
He*ge"li*an*ism (?), He"gel*ism (?), n. The system of logic and
philosophy set forth by Hegel, a German writer (1770-1831).
Hegemonic, Hegemonical
Heg`e*mon"ic (?), Heg`e*mon"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. Hegemony.] Leading;
controlling; ruling; predominant. "Princelike and hegemonical."
Fotherby.
Hegemony
He*gem`o*ny (?), n. [Gr. Leadership; preponderant influence or
authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a government or state
to its neighbors or confederates. Lieber.
Hegge
Heg"ge (?), n. A hedge. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hegira
He*gi"ra (?; 277), n. [Written also hejira.] [Ar. hijrah flight.] The
flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently
established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or
exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed.
NOTE: &hand; Th e st arting point of the Era was made to begin, not
from the date of the flight, but from the first day of the Arabic
year, which corresponds to July 16, A. D. 622.
Heifer
Heif"er (?), n. [OE. hayfare, AS. he\'a0hfore, he\'a0fore; the second
part of this word seems akin to AS. fearr bull, ox; akin to OHG.
farro, G. farre, D. vaars, heifer, G. f\'84rse, and perh. to Gr.
(Zo\'94l.) A young cow.
Heigh-ho
Heigh"-ho (h&imac;"-h&omac;), interj. An exclamation of surprise, joy,
dejection, uneasiness, weariness, etc. Shak.
Height
Height (?), n. [Written also hight.] [OE. heighte, heght, heighthe,
AS. he\'a0h, fr. heah high; akin to D. hoogte, Sw. h\'94jd, Dan.
h\'94ide, Icel. h\'91, Goth. hauhipa. See High.]
1. The condition of being high; elevated position.
Behold the height of the stars, how high they are! Job xxii. 12.
2. The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on
which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea;
altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the
ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature. Bacon.
[Goliath's] height was six cubits and a span. 1 Sam. xvii. 4.
3. Degree of latitude either north or south. [Obs.]
Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same height as Peru to the
south. Abp. Abbot.
4. That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine
heights. Dryden.
5. Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts;
also, an advanced degree of social rank; pre\'89minence or distinction
in society; prominence.
Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts. R. Browning.
All would in his power hold, all make his subjects. Chapman.
6. Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.
Social duties are carried to greater heights, and enforced with
stronger motives by the principles of our religion. Addison.
7. Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as,
the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of
a tempest.
My grief was at the height before thou camest. Shak.
On height, aloud. [Obs.]
[He] spake these same words, all on hight. Chaucer.
Heighten
Height"en (h&imac;t"'n), v. t. [Written also highten.] [imp. & p. p.
Heightened (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Heightening.]
1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
2. To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to
aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of
things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a
tint. "To heighten our confusion." Addison.
An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to the miraculous.
Hawthorne.
Heightener
Height"en*er (?), n. [Written also hightener.] One who, or that which,
heightens.
Heinous
Hei"nous (?), a. [OF. ha\'8bnos hateful, F. haineux, fr. OF. ha\'8bne
hate, F. haine, fr. ha\'8br to hate; of German origin. See Hate.]
Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great
great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character.
It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege. Hooker.
How heinous had the fact been, how deserving Contempt! Milton.
Syn. -- Monstrous; flagrant; flagitious; atrocious. -- Hei"nous*ly,
adv. -- Hei"nous*ness, n.
Heir
Heir (?), n. [OE. heir, eir, hair, OF. heir, eir, F. hoir, L. heres;
of uncertain origin. Cf. Hereditary, Heritage.]
1. One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of,
any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows
the title or property of another at the death of the latter.
I am my father's heir and only son. Shak.
2. One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as,
the heir of one's reputation or virtues.
And I his heir in misery alone. Pope.
Heir apparent. (Law.) See under Apparent. -- Heir at law, one who,
after his ancector's death, has a right to inherit all his intestate
estate. Wharton (Law Dict.). -- Heir presumptive, one who, if the
ancestor should die immediately, would be his heir, but whose right to
the inheritance may be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative, or
by some other contingency.
Heir
Heir (?), v. t. To inherit; to succeed to. [R.]
One only daughter heired the royal state. Dryden.
Heirdom
Heir"dom (?), n. The state of an heir; succession by inheritance.
Burke.
Heiress
Heir"ess, n, A female heir.
Heirless
Heir"less a. Destitute of an heir. Shak.
Heirloom
Heir"loom` (?), n. [Heir + loom, in its earlier sense of implement,
tool. See Loom the frame.] Any furniture, movable, or personal
chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along
with the inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in
a family for several generations.
Woe to him whose daring hand profanes The honored heirlooms of his
ancestors. Moir.
Heirship
Heir"ship (?), n. The state, character, or privileges of an heir;
right of inheriting. Heirship movables, certain kinds of movables
which the heir is entitled to take, besides the heritable estate.
[Scot.]
Hejira
He*ji"ra (?), n. See Hegira.
Hektare, Hektogram, Hektoliter, AND Hektometer
Hek"tare`, Hek"to*gram, Hek"to*li`ter, AND Hek"to*me`ter, n. Same as
Hectare, Hectogram, Hectoliter, and Hectometer.
Hektograph
Hek"to*graph (?), n. See Hectograph.
Helamys
Hel*a*mys (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) See Jumping hare, under
Hare.
Helcoplasty
Hel"co*plas`ty (?), n. [Gr. -plasty.] (Med.) The act or process of
repairing lesions made by ulcers, especially by a plastic operation.
Held
Held (?), imp. & p. p. of Hold.
Hele
Hele (?), n. [See Heal, n.] Health; welfare. [Obs.] "In joy and perfyt
hele." Chaucer.
Hele
Hele, v. t. [AS. helan, akin to D. helen, OHG. helan, G. hehlen, L.
celare. &root;17. See Hell, and cf. Conceal.] To hide; to cover; to
roof. [Obs.]
Hide and hele things. Chaucer.
Helena
Hel"e*na (?), n. [L.: cf. Sp. helena.] See St. Elmo's fire, under
Saint.
Helenin
Hel"e*nin (?), n. (Chem.) A neutral organic substance found in the
root of the elecampane (Inula helenium), and extracted as a white
crystalline or oily material, with a slightly bitter taste. <-- used
to induce interferon -- contains RNA -->
Heliac
He"li*ac (?), a. Heliacal.
Heliacal
He*li"a*cal (?), a. [Gr. h\'82liaque.] (Astron.) Emerging from the
light of the sun, or passing into it; rising or setting at the same,
or nearly the same, time as the sun. Sir T. Browne.
NOTE: &hand; Th e heliacal rising of a star is when, after being in
conjunction with the sun, and invisible, it emerges from the light
so as to be visible in the morning before sunrising. On the
contrary, the heliacal setting of a star is when the sun approaches
conjunction so near as to render the star invisible.
Heliacally
He*li"a*cal*ly, adv. In a heliacal manner. De Quincey.
Helianthin
He`li*an"thin (?), n. [Prob. fr. L. helianthes, or NL. helianthus,
sunflower, in allusion to its color.] (Chem.) An artificial, orange
dyestuff, analogous to tropaolin, and like it used as an indicator in
alkalimetry; -- called also methyl orange.
Helianthoid
He`li*an"thoid (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the
Helianthoidea.
Helianthoidea
He`li*an"thoi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. helianthes sunflower +
-oid.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of Anthozoa; the Actinaria.
Helical
Hel"i*cal (?), a. [From Helix.] Of or pertaining to, or in the form
of, a helix; spiral; as, a helical staircase; a helical spring. --
Hel"i*cal*ly, adv.
Helichrysum
Hel`i*chry"sum (, n. [L., the marigold, fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of
composite plants, with shining, commonly white or yellow, or sometimes
reddish, radiated involucres, which are often called "everlasting
flowers."
Heliciform
He*lic"i*form (?), a. [Helix + -form.] Having the form of a helix;
spiral.
Helicin
Hel"i*cin (?), n. (Chem.) A glucoside obtained as a white crystalline
substance by partial oxidation of salicin, from a willow (Salix Helix
of Linn\'91us.)
Helicine
Hel"i*cine (?), a. (Anat.) Curled; spiral; helicoid; -- applied esp.
to certain arteries of the penis.
Hellicograph
Hel"li*co*graph` (?), n. [Helix + -graph.] An instrument for drawing
spiral lines on a plane.
Helicoid
Hel"i*coid (?), a. [Gr. h\'82lico\'8bde. See Helix.]
1. Spiral; curved, like the spire of a univalve shell.
2. (Zo\'94l.) Shaped like a snail shell; pertaining to the
Helicid\'91, or Snail family.
Helicoid parabola (Math.), the parabolic spiral.
Helicoid
Hel"i*coid, n. (Geom.) A warped surface which may be generated by a
straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line
shall have a uniform motion in the direction of another fixed straight
line, and at the same time a uniform angular motion about it.
Helicoidal
Hel`i*coid"al (?), a. Same as Helicoid. -- Hel`i*coid"al*ly, adv.
Helicon
Hel"i*con (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. A mountain in B\'d2otia, in Greece,
supposed by the Greeks to be the residence of Apollo and the Muses.
From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy
progress take. Gray.
Heliconia
Hel`i*co"ni*a (?), n. [NL. See Helicon.] (Zo\'94l.) One of numerous
species of Heliconius, a genus of tropical American butterflies. The
wings are usually black, marked with green, crimson, and white.
Heliconian
Hel`i*co"ni*an (?), a. [L. Heliconius.]
1. Of or pertaining to Helicon. "Heliconian honey." Tennyson.
2. (Zo\'94l.) Like or pertaining to the butterflies of the genus
Heliconius.
Helicotrema
Hel`i*co"tre"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The opening by which the
two scal\'91 communicate at the top of the cochlea of the ear.
Helio-
He"li*o- (?). A combining form from Gr. "h`lios the sun.
Heliocentric, Heliocentrical
He`li*o*cen"tric (?), He`li*o*cen"tric"al (?), a. [Helio- + centric,
centrical: cf. F. h\'82liocentrique.] (Astron.) pertaining to the
sun's center, or appearing to be seen from it; having, or relating to,
the sun as a center; -- opposed to geocentrical. Heliocentric
parallax. See under Parallax. -- Heliocentric place, latitude,
longitude, etc. (of a heavenly body), the direction, latitude,
longitude, etc., of the body as viewed from the sun.
Heliochrome
He"li*o*chrome (?), n. [Helio- + Gr. A photograph in colors.<-- now,
just color photograph --> R. Hunt.
Heliochromic
He`li*o*chro"mic (?), a. Pertaining to, or produced by, heliochromy.
Heliochromy
He"li*o*chro`my (?), n. The art of producing photographs in color.<--
color photography? -->
Heliograph
He"li*o*graph (?), n. [Helio- + -graph.]ets>
1. A picture taken by heliography; a photograph.
2. An instrument for taking photographs of the sun.
3. An apparatus for telegraphing by means of the sun's rays. See
Heliotrope, 3.
Heliographic
He`li*o*graph"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to heliography or a
heliograph; made by heliography. Heliographic chart. See under Chart.
Heliography
He`li*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Helio- + -graphy.] Photography. R. Hunt.
Heliogravure
He`li*o*grav"ure (?), n. [F. h\'82liogravure.] The process of
photographic engraving.
Heliolater
He`li*ol"a*ter (?), n. [Helio- + Gr. A worshiper of the sun.
Heliolatry
He`li*ol"a*try (?), n. [Helio- + Gr. Sun worship. See Sabianism.
Heliolite
He"li*o*lite (?), n. [Helio- + -lite.] (Paleon.) A fossil coral of the
genus Heliolites, having twelve-rayed cells. It is found in the
Silurian rocks.
Heliometer
He`li*om"e*ter (?), n. [Helio- + -meter: cf. F. h\'82liom\'8atre.]
(Astron.) An instrument devised originally for measuring the diameter
of the sun; now employed for delicate measurements of the distance and
relative direction of two stars too far apart to be easily measured in
the field of view of an ordinary telescope.
Heliometric, Heliometrical
He`li*o*met"ric (?), He`li*o*met"ric*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to
the heliometer, or to heliometry.
Heliometry
He`li*om"e*try (?), n. The apart or practice of measuring the
diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc. See
Heliometer.
Heliopora
He`li*op"o*ra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An East Indian stony
coral now known to belong to the Alcyonaria; -- called also blue
coral.
Helioscope
He"li*o*scope (?), n. [Helio- + -scope: cf. F. h\'82lioscope.]
(Astron.) A telescope or instrument for viewing the sun without injury
to the eyes, as through colored glasses, or with mirrors which reflect
but a small portion of light. -- He`li*o*scop`ic (#), a.
Heliostat
He"li*o*stat (?), n. [Helio- + Gr. h\'82liostate.] An instrument
consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, by which a sunbeam is made
apparently stationary, by being steadily directed to one spot during
the whole of its diurnal period; also, a geodetic heliotrope.
Heliotrope
He"li*o*trope (?), n. [F. h\'82liotrope, L. heliotropium, Gr.
Heliacal, Trope.]
1. (Anc. Astron.) An instrument or machine for showing when the sun
arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line.
2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Heliotropium; -- called also turnsole
and girasole. H. Peruvianum is the commonly cultivated species with
fragrant flowers.
3. (Geodesy & Signal Service) An instrument for making signals to an
observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a
mirror.
4. (Min.) See Bloodstone (a).
Heliotrope purple, a grayish purple color.
Heliotroper
He"li*o*tro`per (?), n. The person at a geodetic station who has
charge of the heliotrope.
Heliotropic
He`li*o*trop"ic (?), a. (Bot.) Manifesting heliotropism; turning
toward the sun.
Heliotropism
He`li*ot"ro*pism (?), n. [Helio- + Gr. (Bot.) The phenomenon of
turning toward the light, seen in many leaves and flowers.
Heliotype
He"li*o*type (?), n. [Helio- + -type.] A picture obtained by the
process of heliotypy.
Heliotypic
He`li*o*typ"ic (?), a. Relating to, or obtained by, heliotypy.
Heliotypy
He"li*o*ty`py (?), n. A method of transferring pictures from
photographic negatives to hardened gelatin plates from which
impressions are produced on paper as by lithography.
Heliozoa
He`li*o*zo"a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of
fresh-water rhizopods having a more or less globular form, with
slender radiating pseudopodia; the sun animalcule.
Helispheric, Helispherical
Hel`i*spher"ic (?), Hel`i*spher"ic*al (, a. [Helix + spheric,
spherical.] Spiral. Helispherical line (Math.). the rhomb line in
navigation. [R.]
Helium
He"li*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Chem.) A gaseous element found in the
atmospheres of the sun and earth and in some rare minerals.<-- Symbol
He, atomic number 2. A noble (or rare) gas. -->
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Helix
He"lix (?), n.; pl. L. Helices (#), E. Helixes (#). [L. helix, Gr.
volvere, and E. volute, voluble.]
1. (Geom.) A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to
a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of
the ordinary screw. It is distinguished from the spiral, all the
convolutions of which are in the plane.
2. (Arch.) A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the
Corinthian capital.
3. (Anat.) The incurved margin or rim of the external ear. See Illust.
of Ear.
4. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of land snails, including a large number of
species.
NOTE: &hand; Th e ge nus originally included nearly all shells, but
is now greatly restricted. See Snail, Pulmonifera.
Hell
Hell (?), n. [AS. hell; akin to D. hel, OHG. hella, G. h\'94lle, Icel.
hal, Sw. helfvete, Dan. helvede, Goth. halja, and to AS. helan to
conceal. Hele, v. t., Conceal, Cell, Helmet, Hole, Occult.]
1. The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; --
called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades.
He descended into hell. Book of Common Prayer.
Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell. Ps. xvi. 10.
2. The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the
abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish. "Within him
hell." Milton.
It is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell. Shak.
3. A place where outcast persons or things are gathered; as: (a) A
dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which
those who are caught are carried for detention. (b) A gambling house.
"A convenient little gambling hell for those who had grown reckless."
W. Black. (c) A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a
printer his broken type. Hudibras.
Gates of hell. (Script.) See Gate, n., 4.
Hell
Hell, v. t. To overwhelm. [Obs.] Spenser.
Hellanodic
Hel`la*nod"ic (?), n. [Gr. (Gr. Antiq.) A judge or umpire in games or
combats.
Hellbender
Hell"bend`er (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A large North American aquatic
salamander (Protonopsis horrida or Menopoma Alleghaniensis). It is
very voracious and very tenacious of life. Also called alligator, and
water dog.
Hellborn
Hell"born` (?), a. Born in or of hell. Shak.
Hellbred
Hell`bred` (?), a. Produced in hell. Spenser.
Hellbrewed
Hell"brewed` (?), a. Prepared in hell. Milton.
Hellbroth
Hell"broth` (?), n. A composition for infernal purposes; a magical
preparation. Shak.
Hell-cat
Hell"-cat ` (?), n. A witch; a hag. Middleton.
Hell-diver
Hell`-div`er (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The dabchick.
Helldoomed
Hell`doomed` (?), a. Doomed to hell. Milton.
Hellebore
Hel"le*bore (?), n. [L. helleborus, elleborus, Gr. hell\'82bore,
ell\'82bore.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs (Helleborus) of the Crowfoot
family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous
qualities. H. niger is the European black hellebore, or Christmas
rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring. H. officinalis was the
officinal hellebore of the ancients.
2. (Bot.) Any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous
genus Veratrum, especially V. album and V. viride, both called white
hellebore.
Helleborein
Hel`le*bo"re*in (?), n. (Chem.) A poisonous glucoside accompanying
helleborin in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white
crystalline substance with a bittersweet taste. It has a strong action
on the heart, resembling digitalin.
Helleborin
Hel*leb"o*rin (? OR ?), n. (Chem.) A poisonous glucoside found in
several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline
substance with a sharp tingling taste. It possesses the essential
virtues of the plant; -- called also elleborin.
Helleborism
Hel"le*bo*rism (?), n. The practice or theory of using hellebore as a
medicine.
Hellene
Hel"lene (?), n. [Gr. A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a
Greek. Brewer.
Hellenian
Hel*le"ni*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or Greeks.
Hellenic
Hel*len"ic (?; 277), a. [Gr. Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or
inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian. "The Hellenic forces." Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
Hellenic
Hel*len"ic, n. The dialect, formed with slight variations from the
Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of
Alexander.
Hellenism
Hel"len*ism (?), n. [Gr. Hell\'82nisme.]
1. A phrase or form of speech in accordance with genius and
construction or idioms of the Greek language; a Grecism. Addison.
2. The type of character of the ancient Greeks, who aimed at culture,
grace, and amenity, as the chief elements in human well-being and
perfection.
Hellenist
Hel"len*ist (?), n. [Gr. Hell\'82niste.]
1. One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a
person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his mother
tongue, as did the Jews of Asia Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt;
distinguished from the Hebraists, or native Jews (Acts vi. 1).
2. One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the critical
Hellenist.
Hellenistic, Hellenistical
Hel`le*nis"tic (?), Hel`le*nis"tic*al (?), a. [Cf. F.
Hell\'82nistique.] Pertaining to the Hellenists. Hellenistic language,
dialect, OR idiom, the Greek spoken or used by the Jews who lived in
countries where the Greek language prevailed; the Jewish-Greek dialect
or idiom of the Septuagint.
Hellenistically
Hel`le*nis"tic*al*ly, adv. According to the Hellenistic manner or
dialect. J. Gregory.
Hellenize
Hel"len*ize (?), v. i. [Gr. To use the Greek language; to play the
Greek; to Grecize.
Hellenize
Hel"len*ize (?), v. t. [Gr. To give a Greek form or character to; to
Grecize; as, to Hellenize a word.
Hellenotype
Hel*len"o*type (?), n. See Ivorytype.
Hellespont
Hel"les*pont (?), n. [L. Hellespontus, Gr. A narrow strait between
Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the \'92gean
Sea and the sea of Marmora.
Hellespontine
Hel`les*pon"tine (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Hellespont. Mitford.
Hellgamite, Hellgramite
Hell"ga*mite (?), Hell"gra*mite (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The aquatic larva
of a large American winged insect (Corydalus cornutus), much used a
fish bait by anglers; the dobson. It belongs to the Neuroptera.
Hellhag
Hell"hag` (?), n. A hag of or fit for hell. Bp. Richardson.
Hell-haunted
Hell"-haunt`ed (, a. Haunted by devils; hellish. Dryden.
Hellhound
Hell"hound` (?), n. [AS. hellehund.] A dog of hell; an agent of hell.
A hellhound, that doth hunt us all to death. Shak.
Hellier
Hel"li*er (?), n. [See Hele, v. t.] One who heles or covers; hence, a
tiler, slater, or thatcher. [Obs.] [Written also heler.] Usher.
Hellish
Hell"ish (?), a. Of or pertaining to hell; like hell; infernal;
malignant; wicked; detestable; diabolical. "Hellish hate." Milton. --
Hell"ish*ly, adv. -- Hell"ish*ness, n.
Hellkite
Hell"kite` (?), n. A kite of infernal breed. Shak.
Hello
Hel*lo" (?), interj. & n. See Halloo.
Hellward
Hell"ward (?), adv. Toward hell. Pope.
Helly
Hell"y, a. [AS. hell\'c6c.] Hellish. Anderson (1573).
Helm
Helm (?), n. See Haulm, straw.
Helm
Helm (?), n. [OE. helme, AS. helma rudder; akin to D. & G. helm, Icel.
hj\'belm, and perh. to E. helve.]
1. (Naut.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising
rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel
alone.
2. The place or office of direction or administration. "The helm of
the Commonwealth." Melmoth.
3. One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a
guide; a director.
The helms o' the State, who care for you like fathers. Shak.
4. [Cf. Helve.] A helve. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Helm amidships, when the tiller, rudder, and keel are in the same
plane. -- Helm aport, when the tiller is borne over to the port side
of the ship. -- Helm astarboard, when the tiller is borne to the
starboard side. -- Helm alee, Helm aweather, when the tiller is borne
over to the lee or to the weather side. -- Helm hard alee OR hard
aport, hard astarboard, etc., when the tiller is borne over to the
extreme limit. -- Helm port, the round hole in a vessel's counter
through which the rudderstock passes. -- Helm down, helm alee. -- Helm
up, helm aweather. -- To ease the helm, to let the tiller come more
amidships, so as to lessen the strain on the rudder. -- To feel the
helm, to obey it. -- To right the helm, to put it amidships. -- To
shift the helm, to bear the tiller over to the corresponding position
on the opposite side of the vessel. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Helm
Helm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Helmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Helming.] To
steer; to guide; to direct. [R.]
The business he hath helmed. Shak.
A wild wave . . . overbears the bark, And him that helms it.
Tennyson.
Helm
Helm, n. [AS. See Helmet.]
1. A helmet. [Poetic]
2. A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Helm
Helm, v. t. To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet. [Perh. used
only as a past part. or part. adj.]
She that helmed was in starke stours. Chaucer.
Helmage
Helm"age (?), n. Guidance; direction. [R.]
Helmed
Helm"ed (?), a. Covered with a helmet.
The helmed cherubim Are seen in glittering ranks. Milton.
Helmet
Hel"met (?), n. [OF. helmet, a dim of helme, F. heaume; of Teutonic
origin; cf. G. helm, akin to AS. & OS. helm, D. helm, helmet, Icel.
hj\'belmr, Sw. hjelm, Dan. hielm, Goth. hilms; and prob. from the root
of AS. helan to hide, to hele; cf. also Lith. szalmas, Russ. shleme,
Skr. \'87arman protection. &root;17. Cf. Hele, Hell, Helm a helmet.]
1. (Armor) A defensive covering for the head. See Casque, Headpiece,
Morion, Sallet, and Illust. of Beaver.
2. (Her.) The representation of a helmet over shields or coats of
arms, denoting gradations of rank by modifications of form.
3. A helmet-shaped hat, made of cork, felt, metal, or other suitable
material, worn as part of the uniform of soldiers, firemen, etc., also
worn in hot countries as a protection from the heat of the sun.
4. That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.; as: (a)
(Chem.) The upper part of a retort. Boyle. (b) (Bot.) The hood-formed
upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the
snapdragon. (c) (Zo\'94l.) A naked shield or protuberance on the top
or fore part of the head of a bird.
Helmet beetle (Zo\'94l.), a leaf-eating beetle of the family
Chrysomelid\'91, having a short, broad, and flattened body. Many
species are known. -- Helmet shell (Zo\'94l.), one of many species of
tropical marine univalve shells belonging to Cassis and allied genera.
Many of them are large and handsome; several are used for cutting as
cameos, and hence are called cameo shells. See King conch. -- Helmet
shrike (Zo\'94l.), an African wood shrike of the genus Prionodon,
having a large crest.
Helmeted
Hel`met*ed (?), a. Wearing a helmet; furnished with or having a helmet
or helmet-shaped part; galeate.
Helmet-shaped
Hel"met-shaped` (, a. Shaped like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of
Galeate.
Helminth
Hel"minth (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An intestinal worm, or wormlike
intestinal parasite; one of the Helminthes.
Helminthagogue
Hel*min"tha*gogue (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) A vermifuge.
Helminthes
Hel*min"thes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of the grand
divisions or branches of the animal kingdom. It is a large group
including a vast number of species, most of which are parasitic.
Called also Enthelminthes, Enthelmintha.
NOTE: &hand; Th e fo llowing cl asses ar e included, with others of
less importance: Cestoidea (tapeworms), Trematodea (flukes, etc.),
Turbellaria (planarians), Acanthocephala (thornheads), Nematoidea
(roundworms, trichina, gordius), Nemertina (nemerteans). See
Plathelminthes, and Nemathelminthes.
Helminthiasis
Hel`min*thi"a*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A disease in which
worms are present in some part of the body.
Helminthic
Hel*min"thic (?), a. [Cf. F. helminthique.] Of or relating to worms,
or Helminthes; expelling worms. -- n. A vermifuge; an anthelmintic.
Helminthite
Hel*min"thite (?), n. [Gr. (Geol.) One of the sinuous tracks on the
surfaces of many stones, and popularly considered as worm trails.
Helminthoid
Hel*min"thoid (?), a. [Gr. -oid.] Wormlike; vermiform.
Helminthologic, Helminthological
Hel*min`tho*log"ic (?), Hel*min`tho*log"ic*al, a. [Cf. F.
helminthologique.] Of or pertaining to helminthology.
Helminthologist
Hel`min*thol"o*gist (?), n. [Cf. F. helminthologiste.] One versed in
helminthology.
Helminthology
Hel`min*thol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy: cf. F. helminthologie.] The
natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.
Helmless
Helm"less (?), a.
1. Destitute of a helmet.
2. Without a helm or rudder. Carlyle.
Helmsman
Helms"man (?), n.; pl. Helmsmen (. The man at the helm; a steersman.
Helmwind
Helm"wind` (?), n. A wind attending or presaged by the cloud called
helm. [Prov. Eng.]
Helot
He"lot (?; 277), n. [L. Helotes, Hilotae, pl., fr. Gr. E'e`lws and
E'elw`ths a bondman or serf of the Spartans; so named from 'Elos, a
town of Laconia, whose inhabitants were enslaved; or perh. akin to
e`lei^n to take, conquer, used as 2d aor. of A slave in ancient
Sparta; a Spartan serf; hence, a slave or serf.
Those unfortunates, the Helots of mankind, more or less numerous in
every community. I. Taylor.
Helotism
He"lot*ism (?), n. The condition of the Helots or slaves in Sparta;
slavery.
Helotry
He"lot*ry (?), n. The Helots, collectively; slaves; bondsmen. "The
Helotry of Mammon." Macaulay.
Help
Help (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Helped (?) (Obs. imp. Holp (, p. p.
Holpen (; p. pr. & vb. n. Helping.] [AS. helpan; akin to OS. helpan,
D. helpen, G. helfen, OHG. helfan, Icel. hj\'belpa, Sw. hjelpa, Dan.
hielpe, Goth. hilpan; cf. Lith. szelpti, and Skr. klp to be fitting.]
1. To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of
any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to
help a man in his work; to help one to remember; -- the following
infinitive is commonly used without to; as, "Help me scale yon
balcony." Longfellow.
2. To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help
one in distress; to help one out of prison. "God help, poor souls, how
idly do they talk!" Shak.
3. To furnish with relief, as in pain or disease; to be of avail
against; -- sometimes with of before a word designating the pain or
disease, and sometimes having such a word for the direct object. "To
help him of his blindness." <-- now, in is used for that function; --
"to help him in his misery" --> Shak.
The true calamus helps coughs. Gerarde.
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4. To change for the better; to remedy.
Cease to lament for what thou canst not help. Shak.
5. To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help
it? Swift.
6. To forbear; to avoid.
I can not help remarking the resemblance betwixt him and our
author. Pope.
<-- often used with "but" -->
7. To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food.
To help forward, to assist in advancing. -- To help off, to help to go
or pass away, as time; to assist in removing. Locke. -- To help on, to
forward; to promote by aid. -- To help out, to aid, as in delivering
from a difficulty, or to aid in completing a design or task.
The god of learning and of light Would want a god himself to help
him out. Swift.
-- To help over, to enable to surmount; as, to help one over an
obstacle. -- To help to, to supply with; to furnish with; as, to help
one to soup. -- To help up, to help (one) to get up; to assist in
rising, as after a fall, and the like. "A man is well holp up that
trusts to you." Shak. Syn. -- To aid; assist; succor; relieve; serve;
support; sustain; befriend. -- To Help, Aid, Assist. These words all
agree in the idea of affording relief or support to a person under
difficulties. Help turns attention especially to the source of relief.
If I fall into a pit, I call for help; and he who helps me out does it
by an act of his own. Aid turns attention to the other side, and
supposes co\'94peration on the part of him who is relieved; as, he
aided me in getting out of the pit; I got out by the aid of a ladder
which he brought. Assist has a primary reference to relief afforded by
a person who "stands by" in order to relieve. It denotes both help and
aid. Thus, we say of a person who is weak, I assisted him upstairs,
or, he mounted the stairs by my assistance. When help is used as a
noun, it points less distinctively and exclusively to the source of
relief, or, in other words, agrees more closely with aid. Thus we say,
I got out of a pit by the help of my friend.
Help
Help (?), v. i. To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or
means; to avail or be of use; to assist.
A generous present helps to persuade, as well as an agreeable
person. Garth.
To help out, to lend aid; to bring a supply.
Help
Help, n. [AS. help; akin to D. hulp, G. h\'81lfe, hilfe, Icel.
hj\'belp, Sw. hjelp, Dan. hielp. See Help, v. t.]
1. Strength or means furnished toward promoting an object, or
deliverance from difficulty or distress; aid; ^; also, the person or
thing furnishing the aid; as, he gave me a help of fifty dollars.
Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man. Ps. lx. 11.
God is . . . a very present help in trouble. Ps. xlvi. 1.
Virtue is a friend and a help to nature. South.
2. Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it.
3. A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired
helpers in any business.
4. Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman. [Local, U. S.]
Helper
Help"er (?), n. One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or
relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.
Thou art the helper of the fatherless. Ps. x. 14.
Compassion . . . oftentimes a helper of evils. Dr. H. More.
Helpful
Help"ful (?), a. Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful;
salutary.
Heavens make our presence and our practices Pleasant and helpful to
him! Shak.
-- Help"ful*ly, adv. -- Help"ful*ness, n. Milton.
Helpless
Help"less, a.
1. Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self;
needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant.
How shall I then your helpless fame defend? Pope.
2. Beyond help; irremediable.
Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body.
Milton.
3. Bringing no help; unaiding. [Obs.]
Yet since the gods have been Helpless foreseers of my plagues.
Chapman.
4. Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of. [R.]
Helpless of all that human wants require. Dryden.
-- Help"less*ly, adv. -- Help"less*ness, n.
Helpmate
Help"mate` (?), n. [A corruption of the "help meet for him" of Genesis
ii. 18.Fitzedward Hall.] A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife.
In Minorca the ass and the hog are common helpmates, and are yoked
together in order to turn up the land. Pennant.
A waiting woman was generally considered as the most suitable
helpmate for a parson. Macaulay.
Helpmeet
Help"meet` (?), n. [See Helpmate.] A wife; a helpmate.
The Lord God created Adam, . . . and afterwards, on his finding the
want of a helpmeet, caused him to sleep, and took one of his ribs
and thence made woman. J. H. Newman.
Helter-skelter
Hel"ter-skel"ter (?), adv. [An onomatholter-polter, D. holder de
bolder.] In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose;
irregularly. [Colloq.]
Helter-skelter have I rode to thee. Shak.
A wistaria vine running helter-skelter across the roof. J. C.
Harris.
Helve
Helve (?), n. [OE. helve, helfe, AS. hielf, helf, hylf, cf. OHG. halb;
and also E. halter, helm of a rudder.]
1. The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.
2. (Iron Working) (a) The lever at the end of which is the hammer
head, in a forge hammer. (b) A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam
acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
Helve
Helve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Helved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Helving.] To
furnish with a helve, as an ax.
Helvetian
Hel*ve"tian (?), a. Same as Helvetic. -- n. A Swiss; a Switzer.
Helvetic
Hel*ve"tic (?), a. [L. Helveticus, fr. Helvetii the Helvetii.] Of or
pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitant of the Alps, now
Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine
regions; as, the Helvetic confederacy; Helvetic states.
Helvine, Helvite
Hel"vine (?), Hel"vite (?), n. [L. helvus of a light bay color.]
(Min.) A mineral of a yellowish color, consisting chiefly of silica,
glucina, manganese, and iron, with a little sulphur.
Hem
Hem (?), pron. [OE., fr. AS. him, heom, dative pl. of. h he. See He,
They.] Them [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hem
Hem, interj. An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of
hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough,
loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm.
Cough or cry hem, if anybody come. Shak.
Hem
Hem, n. An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often
indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
"His morning hems." Spectator.
Hem
Hem, v. i. [Hem, interj.] To make the sound expressed by the word hem;
hence, to hesitate in speaking. "Hem, and stroke thy beard." Shak.
Hem
Hem, n. [AS. hem, border, margin; cf. Fries. h\'84mel, Prov. G. hammel
hem of mire or dirt.]
1. The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed,
to strengthen raveling.
2. Border; edge; margin. "Hem of the sea." Shak.
3. A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the
sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.
Hem
Hem, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hemmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hemming.]
1. To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of.
Wordsworth.
2. To border; to edge
All the skirt about Was hemmed with golden fringe. Spenser.
To hem about, around, OR in, to inclose and confine; to surround; to
environ. "With valiant squadrons round about to hem." Fairfax. "Hemmed
in to be a spoil to tyranny." Daniel. -- To hem out, to shut out. "You
can not hem me out of London." J. Webster.
Hema-
Hem"a- (?). Same as H\'91ma-.
Hemachate
Hem"a*chate (?), n. [L. haemachates; Gr. (Min.) A species of agate,
sprinkled with spots of red jasper.
Hemachrome
Hem"a*chrome (?), n. Same as H\'91machrome.
Hemacite
Hem"a*cite (?), n. [Gr. a"i^ma blood.] A composition made from blood,
mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons,
door knobs, etc.
Hemadrometer, Hemadromometer
Hem`a*drom"e*ter (?), Hem`a*dro*mom"e*ter (?), n. [Hema- + Gr.
-meter.] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the velocity with
which the blood moves in the arteries.<-- now hemodromometer -->
Hemadrometry, Hemadromometry
Hem`a*drom`e*try (?), Hem`a*dro*mom"e*try (?), n. (Physiol.) The act
of measuring the velocity with which the blood circulates in the
arteries; h\'91motachometry.
Hemadynamics
He`ma*dy*nam"ics (?), n. [Hema- + dynamics.] (Physiol.) The principles
of dynamics in their application to the blood; that part of science
which treats of the motion of the blood.
Hemadynamometer
He`ma*dy"na*mom"e*ter (?), n. [Hema- + dynamometr.] (Physiol.) An
instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or
veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of
mercury; -- called also a h\'91momanometer.
Hemal
He"mal (?), a. [Gr. a"i^ma blood.] Relating to the blood or blood
vessels; pertaining to, situated in the region of, or on the side
with, the heart and great blood vessels; -- opposed to neural.
NOTE: &hand; As ap plied to ve rtebrates, he mal is th e same as
ventral, the heart and great blood vessels being on the ventral,
and the central nervous system on the dorsal, side of the vertebral
column.
Hemal arch (Anat.), the ventral arch in a segment of the spinal
skeleton, formed by vertebral processes or ribs.
Hemaph\'91in
Hem`a*ph\'91"in (?), n. Same as H\'91maph\'91in.
Hemapophysis
Hem`a*poph"y*sis (?), n.; pl. Hemapophyses . [NL. See H\'91ma-, and
Apophysis.] (Anat.) The second element in each half of a hemal arch,
corresponding to the sternal part of a rib. Owen. --
Hem`a*po*phys"i*al (#), a.
Hemastatic, Hemastatical
Hem`a*stat"ic (?), Hem`a*stat"ic*al (?), a. & n. Same as Hemostatic.
Hemastatics
Hem`a*stat"ics (?), n. (Physiol.) Laws relating to the equilibrium of
the blood in the blood vessels.
Hematachometer
Hem`a*ta*chom"e*ter (?), n. Same as H\'91matachometer.
Hematein
Hem`a*te"in (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) A reddish brown or violet crystalline
substance, C16H12O6, got from hematoxylin by partial oxidation, and
regarded as analogous to the phthaleins.
Hematemesis
Hem`a*tem"e*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood +
(Med.) A vomiting of blood.
Hematherm
Hem"a*therm (?), n. [Gr. a"i^ma blood + (Zo\'94l.) A warm-blooded
animal. [R.]
Hemathermal
Hem`a*ther"mal (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Warm-blooded; hematothermal. [R]
Hematic
He*mat"ic (?), a. Same as H\'91matic.
Hematic
He*mat"ic, n. (Med.) A medicine designed to improve the condition of
the blood.
Hematin
Hem"a*tin (?), n. [Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.]
1. Hematoxylin.
2. (Physiol. Chem.) A bluish black, amorphous substance containing
iron and obtained from blood. It exists the red blood corpuscles
united with globulin, and the form of hemoglobin or oxyhemoglobin
gives to the blood its red color.
Hematinometer
Hem`a*ti*nom"e*ter (?), n. [Hematin + -meter.] (Physiol. Chem.) A form
of hemoglobinometer.
Hematinometric
Hem`a*tin`o*met"ric (?), a. (Physiol.) Relating to the measurement of
the amount of hematin or hemoglobin contained in blood, or other
fluids.
Hematinon
He*mat"i*non (?), n. [Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.] A red consisting
of silica, borax, and soda, fused with oxide of copper and iron, and
used in enamels, mosaics, etc.
Hematite
Hem"a*tite (?), n. [L. haematites, Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.]
(Min.) An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of
the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral
crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; -- the last called red
ocher. Called also specular iron, oligist iron, rhombohedral iron ore,
and bloodstone. See Brown hematite, under Brown.
Hematitic
Hem`a*tit"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to hematite, or resembling it.
Hemato
Hem"a*to (?). See H\'91ma-.
Hematocele
He*mat"o*cele (?), n. [Hemato- + Gr. h\'82matoc\'8ale.] (Med.) A tumor
filled with blood.
Hematocrya
Hem`a*toc"ry*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood +
kry`os cold.] (Zo\'94l.) The cold-blooded vertebrates, that is, all
but the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to Hematotherma.
Hematocrystallin
Hem`a*to*crys"tal*lin (?), n. [Hemato + crystalline.] (Physiol.) See
Hemoglobin.
Hematoid
Hem"a*toid (?), a. [Hemato- + -oid.] (Physiol.) Resembling blood.
Hematoidin
Hem`a*toid"in (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline or amorphous
pigment, free from iron, formed from hematin in old blood stains, and
in old hemorrhages in the body. It resembles bilirubin. When present
in the corpora lutea it is called h\'91molutein.
Hematology
Hem`a*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Hemato- + -logy.] The science which treats of
the blood.
Hematoma
Hem`a*to"ma (?), n. [NL. See Hema-, and -oma.] (Med.) A circumscribed
swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.
Hematophilia
Hem`a*to*phil"i*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood +
(Med.) A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and
uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds.<-- = hemophilia
-->
Hematosin
Hem`a*to"sin (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) The hematin of blood. [R.]
Hematosis
Hem`a*to"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"ima`twsis.] (Physiol.) (a)
Sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood. (b) The
arterialization of the blood in the lungs; the formation of blood in
general; h\'91matogenesis.
Hematotherma
Hem`a*to*ther"ma (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood +
thermo`s warm.] (Zo\'94l.) The warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising
the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to hematocrya.
Hematothermal
Hem"a*to*ther"mal (?), a. Warm-blooded.
Hematoxylin
Hem`a*tox"y*lin (?), n. H\'91matoxylin.
Hematuria
Hem`a*tu"ri*a (?), n. [NL. See Hema-, and Urine.] (Med.) Passage of
urine mingled with blood.
Hemautography
Hem`au*tog"ra*phy (?), n. (Physiol.) The obtaining of a curve similar
to a pulse curve or sphygmogram by allowing the blood from a divided
artery to strike against a piece of paper.
Hemelytron OR, Hemelytrum
Hem*el"y*tron (? OR ?), Hem*el"y*trum (-tr&ucr;m cf. Elytron, 277),,
n.; pl. Hemelytra (. [NL. See Hemi, and Elytron.] (Zo\'94l.) One of
the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many
Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc.
Hemeralopia
Hem`e*ra*lo"pi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Nyctalopia.] (Med.) A disease
of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or
without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight.
NOTE: &hand; So me wr iters (as Quain) use the word in the opposite
sense, i. e., day blindness. See Nyctalopia.
Hemerobian
Hem`er*o"bi*an (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A neuropterous insect of the
genus Hemerobius, and allied genera.
Hemerobid
He*mer"o*bid (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of relating to the hemerobians.
Hemerocallis
Hem`e*ro*cal"lis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of plants, some
species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily.
Hemi-
Hem"i- (?). [Gr. "hmi-. See Semi-.] A prefix signifying half.
Hemialbumin
Hem`i*al*bu"min (?), n. [Hemi- + albumin.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as
Hemialbumose.
Hemialbumose
Hem`i*al"bu"mose` (?), n. [Hemi- + albumose.] (Physiol. Chem.) An
albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by the action of
boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertible into
hemipeptone. Called also hemialbumin.
Hemian\'91sthesia
Hem`i*an`\'91s*the"si*a (?), n. [Hemi- + an\'91sthesia.] (Med.)
An\'91sthesia upon one side of the body.
Hemibranchi
Hem`i*bran"chi (?), n. pl. [NL. See Hemi-, and Branchia.] (Zo\'94l.)
An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial
apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and
Fistularia.
Hemicardia
Hem`i*car"di*a (?), n. [NL. See Hemi-, and Cardia.] (Anat.) A lateral
half of the heart, either the right or left. B. G. Wilder.
Hemicarp
Hem`i*carp (?), n. [Hemi- + Gr. (Bot.) One portion of a fruit that
spontaneously divides into halves.
Hemicerebrum
Hem`i*cer"e*brum (?), n. [Hemi- + cerebrum.] (Anat.) A lateral half of
the cerebrum. Wilder.
Hemicollin
Hem`i*col"lin (?), n. [Hemi- + collin.] (Physiol. Chem.) See
Semiglutin.
Hemicrania
Hem`i*cra"ni*a (?), n. [L.: cf. F. h\'82micr\'83nie. See Cranium, and
Megrim.] (Med.) A pain that affects only one side of the head.
Hemicrany
Hem"i*cra`ny (?), n. (Med.) Hemicranis.
Hemicycle
Hem"i*cy`cle (?), n. [L. hemicyclus, Gr.
1. A half circle; a semicircle.
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2. A semicircular place, as a semicircular arena, or room, or part of
a room.
The collections will be displayed in the hemicycle of the central
pavilion. London Academy.
Hemidactyl
Hem`i*dac"tyl (?), n. [See Hemi-, and Dactyl.] (Zo\'94l.) Any species
of Old World geckoes of the genus Hemidactylus. The hemidactyls have
dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath.
Hemi-demi-semiquaver
Hem`i-dem`i-sem"i*quaver (?), n. [Hemi- + demi-semiquaver.] (Mus.) A
short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth
part of a whole note.
Hemiditone
Hem`i*di"tone (?), n. [Hemi- + ditone.] (Gr. Mus.) The lesser third.
Busby.
Hemigamous
He*mig"a*mous (?), a. [Hemi- + Gr. (Bot.) Having one of the two
florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether
male or female; -- said of grasses.
Hemiglyph
Hem"i*glyph (?), n. [Hemi- + Gr. (Arch.) The half channel or groove in
the edge of the triglyph in the Doric order.
Hemihedral
Hem`i*he"dral (?), a. [Hemi- + Gr. (Crystallog.) Having half of the
similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the
planes which full symmetry would require, as when a cube has planes
only on half of its eight solid angles, or one plane out of a pair on
each of its edges; or as in the case of a tetrahedron, which is
hemihedral to an octahedron, it being contained under four of the
planes of an octahedron. -- Hem`i*he"dral*ly, adv.
Hemihedrism
Hem`i*he"drism (?), n. (Crystallog.) The property of crystallizing
hemihedrally.
Hemihedron
Hem`i*he"dron (?), n. (Crystallog.) A solid hemihedrally derived. The
tetrahedron is a hemihedron.
Hemiholohedral
Hem`i*hol`o*he"dral (?), a. [Hemi- + holohedral.] (Crystallog.)
Presenting hemihedral forms, in which half the sectants have the full
number of planes.
Hemimellitic
Hem`i*mel*lit"ic (?), a. [Hemi- + mellitic.] (Chem.) Having half as
many (three) carboxyl radicals as mellitic acid; -- said of an organic
acid.
Hemimetabola
Hem`i*me*tab"o*la (?), n. pl. [NL. See Hemi-, and Metabola.]
(Zo\'94l.) Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis.
Hemimetabolic
Hem`i*met`a*bol"ic (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having an incomplete
metamorphosis, the larv\'91 differing from the adults chiefly in
laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches.
Hemimorphic
Hem`i*mor"phic (?), a. [Hemi- + Gr. (Crystallog.) Having the two ends
modified with unlike planes; -- said of a crystal.
Hemin
He"min (?), n. [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.) A substance, in the form of
reddish brown, microscopic, prismatic crystals, formed from dried
blood by the action of strong acetic acid and common salt; -- called
also Teichmann's crystals. Chemically, it is a hydrochloride of
hematin.
NOTE: &hand; Th e obtaining of these small crystals, from old blood
clots or suspected blood stains, constitutes one of the best
evidences of the presence of blood.
Hemina
He*mi"na (?), n.; pl. Hemin\'91 (#). [L., fr. Gr.
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A measure of half a sextary. Arbuthnot.
2. (Med.) A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces.
Hemionus
He*mi"o*nus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A wild ass found in
Thibet; the kiang. Darwin.
Hemiopia, Hemiopsia
Hem`i*o"pi*a (?), Hem`i*op"si*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A defect
of vision in consequence of which a person sees but half of an object
looked at.
Hemiorthotype
Hem`i*or"tho*type (?), a. [Hemi- + Gr. -type.] Same as Monoclinic.
Hemipeptone
Hem`i*pep"tone (?), n. [Hemi- + peptone.] (Physiol. Chem.) A product
of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter.
NOTE: &hand; Un like an tipeptone it is convertible into leucin and
tyrosin, by the continued action of pancreatic juice. See Peptone.
It is also formed from hemialbumose and albumin by the action of
boiling dilute sulphuric acid.
Hemiplegia
Hem`i*ple"gi*a (?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. h\'82miplagie.] (Med.) A palsy
that affects one side only of the body. -- Hem`i"pleg"ic (#), a.
Hemiplegy
Hem"i*ple`gy (?), n. (Med.) Hemiplegia.
Hemipode
Hem"i*pode (?), n. [Hemi- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Any bird of the genus
Turnix. Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia.
Hemiprotein
Hem`i*pro"te*in (?), n. [Hemi- + protein.] (Physiol. Chem.) An
insoluble, proteid substance, described by Sch\'81tzenberger, formed
when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is
apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone.
Hemipter
He*mip"ter (?), n. [Cf. F. h\'82mipt\'8ares, pl.] (Zo\'94l.) One of
the Hemiptera.
Hemiptera
He*mip"te*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of hexapod
insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets
(mandibles and maxill\'91), for piercing. In many of the species
(Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different
from the others.
NOTE: &hand; Th ey ar e divided into the Heteroptera, including the
squash bug, soldier bug, bedbug, etc.; the Homoptera, including the
cicadas, cuckoo spits, plant lice, scale insects, etc.; the
Thysanoptera, including the thrips, and, according to most recent
writers, the Pediculina or true lice.
Hemipteral, Hemipterous
He*mip"ter*al (?), He*mip"ter*ous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining
to the Hemiptera.
Hemipteran
He*mip"ter*an (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Hemiptera; an hemipter.
Hemisect
Hem`i*sect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hemisected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hemisecting.] [Hemi- + L. secare to cut.] (Anat.) To divide along the
mesial plane.
Hemisection
Hem`i*sec"tion (?), n. (Anat.) A division along the mesial plane;
also, one of the parts so divided.
Hemisphere
Hem"i*sphere (?), n. [L. hemisphaerium, Gr. h\'82misph\'8are. See
Hemi-, and Sphere.]
1. A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a
plane passing through its center.
2. Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map
or picture.
3. The people who inhabit a hemisphere.
He died . . . mourned by a hemisphere. J. P. Peters.
ten Cerebral hemispheres. (Anat.) See Brain. -- Magdeburg hemispheres
(Physics), two hemispherical cups forming, when placed together, a
cavity from which the air can be withdrawn by an air pump; -- used to
illustrate the pressure of the air. So called because invented by Otto
von Guericke at Magdeburg.
Hemispheric, Hemispherical
Hem`i*spher"ic (?), Hem`i*spher"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F.
h\'82misph\'82rique.] Containing, or pertaining to, a hemisphere; as,
a hemispheric figure or form; a hemispherical body.
Hemispheroid
Hem`i*sphe"roid (?), n. [Hemi- + spheroid.] A half of a spheroid.
Hemispheroidal
Hem`i*sphe*roid"al (?), a. Resembling, or approximating to, a
hemisphere in form.
Hemispherule
Hem`i*spher"ule (?), n. A half spherule.
Hemistich
Hem"i*stich (?; 277), n. [L. hemistichium, Gr. "hmisti`chion; "hmi-
half + sti`chos row, line, verse: cf. F. h\'82mistiche.] Half a poetic
verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.
Hemistichal
He*mis"ti*chal (?), a. Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also,
by, or according to, hemistichs; as, a hemistichal division of a
verse.
Hemisystole
Hem`i*sys"to*le (?), n. (Physiol.) Contraction of only one ventricle
of the heart.
NOTE: &hand; He misystole is noticed in rare cases of insufficiency
of the mitral valve, in which both ventricles at times contract
simultaneously, as in a normal heart, this condition alternating
with contraction of the right ventricle alone; hence, intermittent
hemisystole.
Hemitone
Hem"i*tone (?), n. [L. hemitonium, Gr. See Semitone.
Hemitropal, Hemitropous
He*mit"ro*pal (?), He*mit"ro*pous (?), a. [See Hemitrope.]
1. Turned half round; half inverted.
2. (Bot.) Having the raphe terminating about half way between the
chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule. Gray.
Hemitrope
Hem"i*trope (?), a. [Hemi- + Gr. h\'82mitrope.] Half turned round;
half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure.
Hemitrope
Hem"i*trope, n. That which is hemitropal in construction;
(Crystallog.) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.
Hemitropy
He*mit"ro*py (?), n. (Crystallog.) Twin composition in crystals.
Hemlock
Hem"lock (?), n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.]
1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having
finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata,
bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium.
NOTE: &hand; Th e po tion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by
some thought to have been a decoction of Cicuta virosa, or water
hemlock, by others, of Conium maculatum.
2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, OR Tsuga,
Canadensis); hemlock spruce.
The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. Longfellow.
3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.
Ground hemlock, OR Dwarf hemlock. See under Ground.
Hemmel
Hem"mel (?), n. [Scot. hemmel, hammel, Prov. E. hemble hovel, stable,
shed, perh. allied to D. hemel heaven, canopy, G. himmel; cf. E.
heaven. A shed or hovel for cattle. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Hemmer
Hem"mer (?), n. One who, or that which, hems with a needle.
Specifically: (a) An attachment to a sewing machine, for turning under
the edge of a piece of fabric, preparatory to stitching it down. (b) A
tool for turning over the edge of sheet metal to make a hem.
Hemo-
Hem"o- (?). Same as H\'91ma-, H\'91mo-.
Hemoglobin
Hem"o*glo"bin (?), n. [Hemo- + globe.] (Physiol.) The normal coloring
matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is
composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called
h\'91matoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with
oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under
different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is
called h\'91matocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood.
Hemoglobinometer
Hem`o*glo"bin*om"e*ter (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) Same as
H\'91mochromometer.
Hemophilia
Hem`o*phil"i*a (?), n. See Hematophilia.
Hemoptysis
He*mop"ty*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. h\'82moptysie.] (Med.) The
expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous
membrane of the lungs.
Hemorrhage
Hem"or*rhage (?), n. [L. haemorrhagia, Gr. h\'82morriage,
h\'82morrhagie.] (Med.) Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.
NOTE: &hand; Th e blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the
rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage.
Hemorrhagic
Hem`or*rhag"ic (?), a. [Gr. h\'82morrhagique.] Pertaining or tending
to a flux o
Hemorrhoidal
Hem`or*rhoid"al (?), a. [Cf. F. h\'82morro\'8bdal,
h\'82morrho\'8bdal.]
1. Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, hemorrhoids.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the rectum; rectal; as, the
hemorrhoidal arteries, veins, and nerves.
Hemorrhoids
Hem"or*rhoids (?), n. pl. [L. haemorrhoidae, pl., Gr.
h\'82morro\'8bdes, h\'82morrho\'8bdes. See Rheum.] (Med.) Livid and
painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around
the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is
occasionally discharged; piles; emerods. [The sing. hemorrhoid is
rarely used.]
Hemostatic
Hem`o*stat"ic (?), a. [Hemo- + Gr. ets>
1. (Med.) Of or relating to stagnation of the blood.
2. Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic.
Hemostatic
Hem`o*stat"ic, n. A medicine or application to arrest hemorrhage.
Hemoothorax
Hemo"o*tho"rax (?), n. [NL. See Hemo-, and Thorax.] (Med.) An effusion
of blood into the cavity of the pleura.
Hemp
Hemp (?), n. [OE. hemp, AS. henep, h\'91nep; akin to D. hennep, OHG.
hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp, Sw. hampa, L. cannabis,
cannabum, Gr. conoplia, Skr. a; all prob. borrowed from some other
language at an early time. Cf. Cannabine, Canvas.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cannabis (C. sativa), the fibrous skin
or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is
also applied to various other plants yielding fiber.
2. The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for spinning.
The name has also been extended to various fibers resembling the true
hemp.
African hemp, Bowstring hemp. See under African, and Bowstring. --
Bastard hemp, the Asiatic herb Datisca cannabina. -- Canada hemp, a
species of dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum), the fiber of which was used
by the Indians. -- Hemp agrimony, a coarse, composite herb of Europe
(Eupatorium cannabinum), much like the American boneset. -- Hemp
nettle, a plant of the genus Galeopsis (G. Tetrahit), belonging to the
Mint family. -- Indian hemp. See under Indian, a. -- Manila hemp, the
fiber of Musa textilis. -- Sisal hemp, the fiber of Agave sisalana, of
Mexico and Yucatan. -- Sunn hemp, a fiber obtained from a leguminous
plant (Crotalaria juncea). -- Water hemp, an annual American weed
(Acnida cannabina), related to the amaranth.
Hempen
Hemp"en (?), a.
1. Made of hemp; as, a hempen cord.
2. Like hemp. "Beat into a hempen state." Cook.
Hempy
Hemp"y (?), a. Like hemp. [R.] Howell.
Hemself, Hemselve
, Hemselven Hem*self" (?), Hem*selve" (, Hem*selv"en (, pron. pl. [See
Hem, pron.] Themselves; -- used reflexively. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hemstitch
Hem"stitch (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hemstitched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hemstitching.] [Hem + stitch.] To ornament at the head of a broad hem
by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads
in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief.
Hemstitched
Hem"stitched (?), a. Having a broad hem separated from the body of the
article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief.
Hemuse
He"muse (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The roebuck in its third year. [Prov. Eng.]
Hen
Hen (?), n. [AS. henn, hen, h\'91n; akin to D. hen, OHG. henna, G.
henne, Icel. hna, Dan. h\'94na; the fem. corresponding to AS. hana
cock, D. haan, OHG. hano, G. hahn, Icel. hani, Dan. & Sw. hane. Prob.
akin to L. canere to sing, and orig. meaning, a singer. Cf.
Chanticleer.] (Zo\'94l.) The female of the domestic fowl; also, the
female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen;
the gray hen.
NOTE: &hand; Us ed ad jectively or in combination to indicate the
female; as, hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen.
Hen clam. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A clam of the Mactra, and allied genera; the
sea clam or surf clam. See Surf clam. (b) A California clam of the
genus Pachydesma. -- Hen driver. See Hen harrier (below). -- Hen
harrier (Zo\'94l.), a hawk (Circus cyaneus), found in Europe and
America; -- called also dove hawk, henharm, henharrow, hen driver, and
usually, in America, marsh hawk. See Marsh hawk. -- Hen hawk
(Zo\'94l.), one of several species of large hawks which capture hens;
esp., the American red-tailed hawk (Buteo borealis), the
red-shouldered hawk (B. lineatus), and the goshawk.
Henbane
Hen"bane` (?), n. [Hen + bane.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus
(H. niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are
used for the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic
fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the
fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus.
Henbit
Hen"bit` (?), n. (Bot.) A weed of the genus Lamium (L. amplexicaule)
with deeply crenate leaves.
Hence
Hence (?), adv. [OE. hennes, hens (the s is prop. a genitive ending;
cf. -wards), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan,
heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinn\'ben, G. hinnen, OHG. hina, G.
hin; all from the root of E. he. See He.]
1. From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." Chaucer.
Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 31.
I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. Acts xxii. 21.
2. From this time; in the future; as, a week hence. "Half an hour
hence." Shak.
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3. From this reason; as an inference or deduction.
Hence, perhaps, it is, that Solomon calls the fear of the Lord the
beginning of wisdom. Tillotson.
4. From this source or origin.
All other faces borrowed hence Their light and grace. Suckling.
Whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even
of your lusts? James. iv. 1.
NOTE: &hand; He nce is used, elliptically and imperatively, for go
hence; depart hence; away; be gone. "Hence with your little ones."
Shak. -- From hence, though a pleonasm, is fully authorized by the
usage of good writers.
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An ancient author prophesied from hence. Dryden.
Expelled from hence into a world Of woe and sorrow. Milton.
Hence
Hence (?), v. t. To send away. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
Henceforth
Hence`forth" (?), adv. From this time forward; henceforward.
I never from thy side henceforth to stray. Milton.
Henceforward
Hence`for"ward (?), adv. From this time forward; henceforth.
Henchboy
Hench"boy` (?), n. A page; a servant. [Obs.]
Henchman
Hench"man (?), n.; pl. -men (#). [OE. hencheman, henxman; prob. fr.
OE. & AS. hengest horse + E. man, and meaning, a groom. AS. hengest is
akin to D. & G. hengst stallion, OHG. hengist horse, gelding.] An
attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant
term.
Hencoop
Hen"coop` (?), n. A coop or cage for hens.
Hende
Hende (?), a. [OE., near, handy, kind, fr. AS. gehende near, fr. hand
hand. See Handy.]
1. Skillful; dexterous; clever. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Friendly; civil; gentle; kind. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hendecagon
Hen*dec"a*gon (?), n. [Gr. hend\'82cagone.] (Geom.) A plane figure of
eleven sides and eleven angles. [Written also endecagon.]
Hendecane
Hen"de*cane (?), n. [Gr. "e`ndeka eleven.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon,
C11H24, of the paraffin series; -- so called because it has eleven
atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called also endecane, undecane.
Hendecasyllabic
Hen*dec`a*syl*lab"ic (?), a. Pertaining to a line of eleven syllables.
Hendecasyllable
Hen*dec"a*syl`la*ble (?), n. [L. hendecasyllabus, Gr.
hend\'82casyllabe.] A metrical line of eleven syllables. J. Warton.
Hendecatoic
Hen*dec`a*to"ic (?), a. [See Hendecane.] (Chem.) Undecylic; pertaining
to, or derived from, hendecane; as, hendecatoic acid.
Hendiadys
Hen*di"a*dys (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Gram.) A figure in which the idea
is expressed by two nouns connected by and, instead of by a noun and
limiting adjective; as, we drink from cups and gold, for golden cups.
Hendy
Hen"dy (?), a. [Obs.] See Hende.
Henen
Hen"en (?), adv. Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Henfish
Hen"fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A marine fish; the sea bream. (b) A
young bib. See Bib, n., 2.
Heng
Heng (?), obs. imp. of Hang. Hung. Chaucer.
Hen-hearted
Hen"-heart`ed (?), a. Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted. Udall.
Henhouse
Hen"house` (?), n.; pl. Henhouses. A house or shelter for fowls.
Henhussy
Hen"hus`sy (?), n. A cotquean; a man who intermeddles with women's
concerns.
Heniquen
He*ni"quen (?), n. See Jeniquen.
Henna
Hen"na (?), n. [Ar. hinn\'be alcanna (Lawsonia inermis or alba). Cf.
Alcanna, Alkanet, Orchanet.]
1. (Bot.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The
fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious
ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in
the East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc.
2. (Com.) The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or dyestuff
made from them.
Hennery
Hen"ner*y (?), n. An inclosed place for keeping hens. [U. S.]
Hennes
Hen"nes (?), adv. Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hennotannic
Hen`no*tan"nic (?), a. [Henna + tannic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or
designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and
extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid.
Henoge ny, Henogenesis
He*nog"e* ny (?), Hen`o*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Gr. (Biol.) Same as
Ontogeny.
Henotheism
Hen"o*the*ism (?), n. [Gr. theism.] Primitive religion in which each
of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped
reference to the rest. [R.]
Henotic
He*not"ic (?), a. [Gr. Harmonizing; irenic. Gladstone.
Henpeck
Hen"peck` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Henpecked (?); p. pr. & vb.
Henpecking.] To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus
treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often
adjectively).
Henroost
Hen"roost` (?), n. A place where hens roost.
Henry
Hen"ry (?), n.; pl. Henrys. [From Joseph Henry, an American
physicist.] The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit
when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt,
while the inducing current varies at the rate of one amp\'8are a
second.
Hen's-foot
Hen's-foot` (, n. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Caucalis daucoides).
Hent
Hent (?), v. t. [imp. Hente; p. p. Hent.] [OE. hente, henten, fr. AS.
hentan, gehentan, to pursue, take, seize; cf. Icel. henda, Goth.
hinpan (in compos.), and E. hunt.] To seize; to lay hold on; to catch;
to get. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Spenser.
This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast. Chaucer.
But all that he might of his friendes hente On bookes and on
learning he it spente. Chaucer.
Henware
Hen"ware` (?), n. (Bot.) A coarse, blackish seaweed. See Badderlocks.
Henxman
Henx"man (?), n. Henchman. [Obs.]
Hep
Hep (?), n. See Hip, the fruit of the dog-rose.
Hepar
He"par (?), n. [L. hepar, hepatis, the liver, Gr.
1. (Old Chem.) Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color,
sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with
carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially
of alkaline sulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris (.
2. Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance; specifically,
in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also hepar sulphuris calcareum
(
Hepar antimonii ( (Old Chem.), a substance, of a liver-brown color,
obtained by fusing together antimony sulphide with alkaline sulphides,
and consisting of sulphantimonites of the alkalies; -- called also
liver of antimony.
Hepatic
He*pat"ic (?), a. [L. hepaticus, Gr. jecur, Skr. yak: cf. F.
h\'82patique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic
diseases.
2. Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar.
3. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepatic\'91,
or scale mosses and liverworts.
Hepatic duct (Anat.), any biliary duct; esp., the duct, or one of the
ducts, which carries the bile from the liver to the cystic and common
bile ducts. See Illust., under Digestive. -- Hepatic gas (Old Chem.),
sulphureted hydrogen gas. -- Hepatic mercurial ore, OR Hepatic
cinnabar. See under Cinnabar.
Hepatica
He*pat"i*ca (?), n.; pl. Hepatic\'91 (#). [NL. See Hepatic. So called
in allusion to the shape of the lobed leaves or fronds.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone;
squirrel cup.
2. (bot.) Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the
cryptogamous class Hepatic\'91; -- called also scale moss and
liverwort. See Hepatic\'91, in the Supplement.
Hepatical
He*pat"ic*al, a. Hepatic. [R.]
Hepatite
Hep"a*tite (?; 277), n. [L. hepatitis an unknown precious stone, Gr.
h\'82patite.] (Min.) A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when
rubbed or heated.
Hepatitis
Hep`a*ti"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the
liver.
Hepatization
Hep`a*ti*za"tion (?), n.
1. (Chem.) Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas. [Obs.]
2. [Cf. F. h\'82patisation.] (Med.) Conversion into a substance
resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused
matter, so that they are no longer pervious to the air.
Hepatize
Hep"a*tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hepatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hepatizing (?).] [Gr. hepatite, and (for sense 2) F. h\'82patiser.]
1. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called
hepatic gas.
On the right . . . were two wells of hepatized water. Barrow.
2. To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.
Hepatocele
He*pat"o*cele (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) Hernia of the liver.
Hepatocystic
Hep`a*to*cys"tic (?), a. [Hepatic + cystic.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining
to the liver and gall bladder; as, the hepatocystic ducts.
Hepatogastric
Hep`a*to*gas"tric (?), a. [Hepatic + gastric.] (Anat.) See
Gastrohepatic.
Hepatogenic, Hepatogenous
Hep`a*to*gen"ic (?), Hep`a*tog"e*nous (?), a. [Gr. "h^par, "h`patos,
the liver + root of gi`gnesthai to be born] (Med.) Arising from the
liver; due to a condition of the liver; as, hepatogenic jaundice.
Hepatology
Hep`a*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. "h^par, "h`patos, the liver + -logy.] The
science which treats of the liver; a treatise on the liver.
Hepato-pancreas
Hep"a*to-pan"cre*as (?), n. [Gr. "h^par, "h`patos, the liver + E.
pancreas.] (Zo\'94l.) A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc.,
usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates.
Hepatorenal
Hep`a*to*re"nal (?), a. [Hepatic + renal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to
the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament.
Hepatoscopy
Hep`a*tos"co*py (?), n. [Gr. "h^par, "h`patos, the liver +
h\'82patoscopie.] Divination by inspecting the liver of animals.
Heppen
Hep"pen (?), a. [Cf. AS. geh\'91p fit, Icel. heppinn lucky, E. happy.]
Neat; fit; comfortable. [Obs.]
Hepper
Hep"per (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo\'94l.) A young salmon; a
parr.
Hepta
Hep"ta (?). [See Seven.] A combining form from Gr. "epta`, seven.
Heptachord
Hep"ta*chord (?), n. [Gr. "epta`xordos seven-stringed; "epta` seven +
xordh` chord: cf. F. heptacorde. See Seven, and Chord.]
1. (Anc. Mus.) (a) A system of seven sounds. (b) A lyre with seven
chords.
2. (Anc. Poet.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or
tones. Moore (Encyc. of Music).
Heptad
Hep"tad (?), n. [L. heptas the number seven. Gr. "epta` seven.]
(Chem.) An atom which has a valence of seven, and which can be
theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, seven
monad atoms or radicals; as, iodine is a heptad in iodic acid. Also
used as an adjective.
Heptade
Hep"tade (?), n. [Cf. F. heptade. See Heptad.] The sum or number of
seven.
Heptaglot
Hep"ta*glot (?), n. [Gr. "epta` seven + 3, A book in seven languages.
Heptagon
Hep"ta*gon (?), n. [Gr. "epta` seven + heptagone.] (Geom.) A plane
figure consisting of seven sides and having seven angles.
Heptagonal
Hep*tag"o*nal (?), a. [Cf. F. heptagonal.] Having seven angles or
sides. Heptagonal numbers (Arith.), the numbers of the series 1, 7,
18, 34, 55, etc., being figurate numbers formed by adding successively
the terms of the arithmetical series 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, etc.
Heptagynia
Hep`ta*gyn"i*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "epta` seven + heptagunie.]
(Bot.) A Linn\'91an order of plants having seven pistils.
Heptagynian, Heptagynous
Hep`ta*gyn"i*an (?), Hep*tag"y*nous (?), a. [Cf. F. heptagyne.] (Bot.)
Having seven pistils.
Heptahedron
Hep`ta*he"dron (?), n. [Hepta- + Gr. hepta\'8adre.] (Geom.) A solid
figure with seven sides.
Heptamerous
Hep*tam"er*ous (?), a. [Hepta- + Gr. (Bot.) Consisting of seven parts,
or having the parts in sets of sevens. Gray.
Heptandria
Hep*tan"dri*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "epta` seven + heptandrie.]
(Bot.) A Linn\'91an class of plants having seven stamens.
Heptandrian, Heptandrous
Hep*tan"dri*an (?), Hep*tan"drous (?), a. [Cf. F. heptandre.] (Bot.)
Having seven stamens.
Heptane
Hep"tane (?), n. [Gr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.) Any one of several
isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of the paraffin series (nine are
possible, four are known); -- so called because the molecule has seven
carbon atoms. Specifically, a colorless liquid, found as a constituent
of petroleum, in the tar oil of cannel coal, etc.
Heptangular
Hep*tan"gu*lar (?), a. [Hepta- + angular: cf. F. heptangulaire. Cf.
Septangular.] Having seven angles.
Heptaphyllous
Hep*taph"yl*lous (?), a. [Hepta- + Gr. heptaphylle.] (Bot.) Having
seven leaves.
Heptarch
Hep"tarch (?), n. Same as Heptarchist.
Heptarchic
Hep*tar"chic (?), a. [Cf. F. heptarchique.] Of or pertaining to a
heptarchy; constituting or consisting of a heptarchy. T. Warton.
Heptarchist
Hep"tarch*ist (?), n. A ruler of one division of a heptarchy. [Written
also heptarch.]
Heptarchy
Hep"tarch*y (?), n. [Hepta- + -archy: cf. F. heptarchie.] A government
by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers.
NOTE: &hand; Th e word is most commonly applied to England, when it
was divided into seven kingdoms; as, the Saxon heptachy, which
consisted of Kent, the South Saxons (Sussex), West Saxons (Wessex),
East Saxons (Essex), the East Angles, Mercia, and Northumberland.
Heptaspermous
Hep`ta*sper"mous (?), a. [Hepta- + Gr. (Bot.) Having seven seeds.
Heptastich
Hep"ta*stich (?), n. [Hepta- + Gr. sti`chos line, verse.] (Pros.) A
composition consisting of seven lines or verses.
Heptateuch
Hep"ta*teuch (?), n. [L. heptateuchos, Gr. "epta` seven +
heptateuque.] The first seven books of the Testament.
Heptavalent
Hep*tav"a*lent (?), a. [Hepta- + L. valens, p. pr. See Valence.]
(Chem.) Having seven units of attractive force or affinity; -- said of
heptad elements or radicals.
Heptene
Hep"tene (?), n. [Gr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.) Same as Heptylene.
Heptine
Hep"tine (?), n. [Heptane + -ine.] (Chem.) Any one of a series of
unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons, C7H12, of the acetylene series.
Heptoic
Hep*to"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, heptane; as,
heptoic acid.
Heptone
Hep"tone (?), n. [Gr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon,
C7H10, of the valylene series.
Hep tree
Hep" tree` (?). [See Hep.] The wild dog-rose.
Heptyl
Hep"tyl (?), n. [Hepta- + -yl.] (Chem.) A compound radical, C7H15,
regarded as the essential radical of heptane and a related series of
compounds.
Heptylene
Hep"tyl*ene (?), n. (Chem.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, C7H14, of
the ethylene series; also, any one of its isomers. Called also
heptene.
Heptylic
Hep*tyl"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, heptyl or
heptane; as, heptylic alcohol. Cf. nanthylic.
Her
Her (?), pron. & a. [OE. hire, here, hir, hure, gen. and dat. sing.,
AS. hire, gen. and dat. sing. of h\'82o she. from the same root as E.
he. See He.] The form of the objective and the possessive case of the
personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out.
NOTE: &hand; Th e po ssessive her takes the form hers when the noun
with which in agrees is not given, but implied. "And what his
fortune wanted, hers could mend."
Dryden.
Her, Here
Her, Here (, pron. pl. [OE. here, hire, AS. heora, hyra, gen. pl. of
h&emac;. See He.] Of them; their. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
On here bare knees adown they fall. Chaucer.
Heracleonite
He*rac"le*on*ite (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Heracleon of
Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian
church.
Herakline
He*rak"line (?), n. [Gr. A picrate compound, used as an explosive in
blasting.
Herald
Her"ald (?), n. [OE. herald, heraud, OF. heralt, heraut, herault, F.
h\'82raut, LL. heraldus, haraldus, fr. (assumed) OHG. heriwalto,
hariwaldo, a (civil) officer who serves the army; hari, heri, army +
waltan to manage, govern, G. walten; akin to E. wield. See Harry,
Wield.]
1. (Antiq.) An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war,
to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from
the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable
character.
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2. In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and
also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of
noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times,
some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See
Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms.
3. A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as,
the herald of another's fame. Shak.
4. A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.
It was the lark, the herald of the morn. Shak.
5. Any messenger. "My herald is returned." Shak.
Heralds' College, in England, an ancient corporation, dependent upon
the crown, instituted or perhaps recognized by Richard III. in 1483,
consisting of the three Kings-at-Arms and the Chester, Lancaster,
Richmond, Somerset, Windsor, and York Heralds, together with the Earl
Marshal. This retains from the Middle Ages the charge of the armorial
bearings of persons privileged to bear them, as well as of genealogies
and kindred subjects; -- called also College of Arms.
Herald
Her"ald (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heralded; p. pr. & vb. n. Heralding.]
[Cf. OF. herauder, heraulder.] To introduce, or give tidings of, as by
a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in. Shak.
Heraldic
He*ral"dic (?), a. [Cf. F. h\'82raldique.] Of or pertaining to heralds
or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language. T. Warton.
Heraldically
He*ral"dic*al*ly (?), adv. In an heraldic manner; according to the
rules of heraldry.
Heraldry
Her"ald*ry (?), n. The art or office of a herald; the art, practice,
or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns
armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public
ceremonies.
Heraldship
Her"ald*ship, n. The office of a herald. Selden.
Herapathite
Her"a*path*ite (?), n. [Named after Dr. Herapath, the discoverer.]
(Chem.) The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin
plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light.
Heraud
Her"aud (?), n. A herald. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Herb
Herb (?; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L.
herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh` food, pasture, fe`rbein to feed.]
1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies,
at least down to the ground, after flowering.
NOTE: &hand; An nual he rbs li ve bu t on e se ason; biennial herbs
flower the second season, and then die; perennial herbs produce new
stems year after year.
2. Grass; herbage.
And flocks Grazing the tender herb. Milton.
Herb bennet. (Bot.) See Bennet. -- Herb Christopher (Bot.), an herb
(Act\'91a spicata), whose root is used in nervous diseases; the
baneberry. The name is occasionally given to other plants, as the
royal fern, the wood betony, etc. -- Herb Gerard (Bot.), the goutweed;
-- so called in honor of St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against
the gout. Dr. Prior. -- Herb grace, OR Herb of grace. (Bot.) See Rue.
-- Herb Margaret (Bot.), the daisy. See Marguerite. -- Herb Paris
(Bot.), an Old World plant related to the trillium (Paris
quadrifolia), commonly reputed poisonous. -- Herb Robert (Bot.), a
species of Geranium (G. Robertianum.)
Herbaceous
Her*ba"ceous (?), a. [L. herbaceus grassy. See Herb.] Of or pertaining
to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb;
as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem.
Herbage
Herb"age (?; 48), n. [F. See Herb.]
1. Herbs collectively; green food beasts; grass; pasture. "Thin
herbage in the plaims." Dryden.
2. (Law.) The liberty or right of pasture in the forest or in the
grounds of another man. Blount.
Herbaged
Herb"aged (?), a. Covered with grass. Thomson.
Herbal
Herb"al (?), a. Of or pertaining to herbs. Quarles.
Herbal
Herb"al (?), n.
1. A book containing the names and descriptions of plants. Bacon.
2. A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved; a hortus
siccus; an herbarium. Steele.
Herbalism
Herb"al*ism (?), n. The knowledge of herbs.
Herbalist
Herb"al*ist, n. One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector
of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
Herbar
Herb"ar (?), n. An herb. [Obs.] Spenser.
Herbarian
Her*ba"ri*an (?), n. A herbalist.
Herbarist
Herb"a*rist (?), n. A herbalist. [Obs.]
Herbarium
Her*ba"ri*um (?), n.; pl. E. Herbariums (#), L. Herbaria (#). [LL.,
fr. L. herba. See Herb, and cf. Arbor, Herbary.]
1. A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged.
Gray.
2. A book or case for preserving dried plants.
Herbarize
Herb"a*rize (?), v. t. See Herborize.
Herbary
Herb"a*ry (?), n. [See Herbarium.] A garden of herbs; a cottage
garden. T. Warton.
Herber
Herb"er (?), n. [OF. herbier, LL. herbarium. See Herbarium.] A garden;
a pleasure garden. [Obs.] "Into an herber green." Chaucer.
Herbergage
Her"berg*age (?), n. [See Harborage.] Harborage; lodging; shelter;
harbor. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Herbergeour
Her"ber*geour (?), n. [See Harbinger.] A harbinger. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Herbergh, Herberwe
Her"bergh (?), Her"ber*we (, n. [See Harbor.] A harbor. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Herbescent
Her*bes"cent (?), a. [L. herbescens, p. pr. of herbescere.] Growing
into herbs.
Herbid
Herb"id (?), a. [L. herbidus.] Covered with herbs. [Obs.] Bailey.
Herbiferous
Her*bif"er*ous (?), a. [Herb + -ferous: cf. F. herbif\'82re.] Bearing
herbs or vegetation.
Herbist
Herb"ist (?), n. A herbalist.
Herbivora
Her*biv"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. herba herb + vorare to devour.]
(Zo\'94l.) An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the
Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by
later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups
(Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation.
Herbivore
Her"bi*vore (?), n. [Cf. F. herbivore.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the
Herbivora. P. H. Gosse.
Herbivorous
Her*biv"o*rous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Eating plants; of or pertaining to
the Herbivora.
Herbless
Herb"less (?), a. Destitute of herbs or of vegetation. J. Warton.
Herblet
Herb"let (?), n. A small herb. Shak.
Herborist
Her"bo*rist (?), n. [F. herboriste.] A herbalist. Ray.
Herborization
Her`bo*ri*za"tion (?), n. [F. herborisation.]
1. The act of herborizing.
2. The figure of plants in minerals or fossils.
Herborize
Her"bo*rize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Herborized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Herborizing (?).] [F. herboriser, for herbariser, fr. L. herbarium.
See Hebrarium.] To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a
view to classifying them.
He herborized as he traveled. W. Tooke.
Herborize
Her"bo*rize, v. t. To form the figures of plants in; -- said in
reference to minerals. See Arborized.
Herborized stones contain fine mosses. Fourcroy (Trans.)
Herborough
Her"bor*ough (?), n. [See Harborough, and Harbor.] A harbor. [Obs.] B.
Jonson.
Herbose, Herbous
Her*bose" (?), Herb"ous (?), a. [L. herbosus: cf. F. herbeux.]
Abounding with herbs. "Fields poetically called herbose." Byrom.
Herb-woman
Herb"-wom`an (?), n.; pl. Herb-women (. A woman that sells herbs.
Herby
Herb"y (?), a. Having the nature of, pertaining to, or covered with,
herbs or herbage. "Herby valleys." Chapman.
Hercogamous
Her*cog"a*mous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Not capable of self-fertilization;
-- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle
forbids autogamy.
Herculean
Her*cu"le*an (?), a. [L. herculeus, fr. Hercules: cf. F. hercul\'82en.
See Hercules.]
1. Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult,
or dangerous; as, an Herculean task.
2. Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs.
"Herculean Samson." Milton.
Hercules
Her"cu*les (?), n.
1. (Gr. Myth.) A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and
Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the
accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or "labors."
2. (Astron.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra.
Hercules' beetle (Zo\'94l.), any species of Dynastes, an American
genus of very large lamellicorn beetles, esp. D. hercules of South
America, which grows to a length of six inches. -- Hercules' club.
(Bot.) (a) An ornamental tree of the West Indies (Zanthoxylum
Clava-Herculis), of the same genus with the prickly ash. (b) A variety
of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its fruit sometimes exceeds
five feet in length. (c) The Angelica tree. See under Angelica. --
Hercules powder, an explosive containing nitroglycerin; -- used for
blasting.
Hercynian
Her*cyn"i*an (?), a. [L. Hercynia silva, Hercynius saltus, the
Hercynian forest; cf. Gr. Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in
Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz
mountains.
Herd
Herd (?), a. Haired. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Herd
Herd (?), n. [OE. herd, heord, AS. heord; akin to OHG. herta,G. herde,
Icel. hj\'94r, Sw. hjord, Dan. hiord, Goth. ha\'a1rda; cf. Skr.
\'87ardha troop, host.]
1. A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen,
cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or
family of cattle.
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. Gray.
NOTE: &hand; He rd is di stinguished fr om flock, as being chiefly
applied to the larger animals. A number of cattle, when driven to
market, is called a drove.
2. A crowd of low people; a rabble.
But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and
who talk too much. Dryden.
You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question.
Coleridge.
Herd's grass (Bot.), one of several species of grass, highly esteemed
for hay. See under Grass.
Herd
Herd, n. [OE. hirde, herde, heorde, AS. hirde, hyrde, heorde; akin to
G. hirt, hirte, OHG. hirti, Icel. hirir, Sw. herde, Dan. hyrde, Goth.
ha\'a1rdeis. See 2d Herd.] One who herds or assembles domestic
animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a
goatherd, and the like. Chaucer.
Herd
Herd, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Herded; p. pr. & vb. n. Herding.] [See 2d
Herd.]
1. To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in
company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
2. To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a
group or company.
I'll herd among his friends, and seem One of the number. Addison.
3. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. [Scot.]
Herd
Herd, v. t. To form or put into a herd.
Herdbook
Herd"book` (?), n. A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or
more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or
herd register.
Herder
Herd"er (?), n. A herdsman. [R.]
Herderite
Her"der*ite (?), n. [Named after Baron von Herder, who discovered it.]
(Min.) A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals.
Herdess
Herd"ess (?), n. A shepherdess; a female herder. Sir P. Sidney.
Chaucer.
Herdgroom
Herd"groom` (?), n. A herdsman. [Obs.]
Herdic
Her"dic (?), n. [Named from Peter Herdic, the inventor.] A kind of
low-hung cab.
Herdman, Herdsman
Herd"man (?), Herds"man (?), n.; pl. -men (. The owner or keeper of a
herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.
Herdswoman
Herds"wom`an (?), n.; pl. -women (. A woman who tends a herd. Sir W.
Scott.
Here
Here (?), n. Hair. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Here
Here (?), pron.
1. See Her, their. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Her; hers. See Her. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Here
Here (?), adv. [OE. her, AS. h; akin to OS. h, D. hier, OHG. hiar, G.
hier, Icel. & Goth. h, Dan. her, Sw. h\'84r; fr. root of E. he. See
He.]
1. In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to
there.
He is not here, for he is risen. Matt. xxviii. 6.
2. In the present life or state.
Happy here, and more happy hereafter. Bacon.
3. To or into this place; hither. [Colloq.] See Thither.
Here comes Virgil. B. Jonson.
Thou led'st me here. Byron.
4. At this point of time, or of an argument; now.
The prisoner here made violent efforts to rise. Warren.
NOTE: &hand; He re, in th e last sense, is sometimes used before a
verb without subject; as, Here goes, for Now (something or
somebody) goes; -- especially occurring thus in drinking healths.
"Here's [a health] to thee, Dick."
Cowley. Here and there, in one place and another; in a dispersed
manner; irregularly. "Footsteps here and there." Longfellow. -- It is
neither, here nor there, it is neither in this place nor in that,
neither in one place nor in another; hence, it is to no purpose,
irrelevant, nonsense.<-- mostly used to mean "irrelevant" --> Shak.
Herea-bout, Hereabouts
Here"a-bout` (?), Here"a*bouts` (?), adv.
1. About this place; in this vicinity.
2. Concerning this. [Obs.]
Hereafter
Here*aft"er (?), adv. [AS. hr\'91fter.] In time to come; in some
future time or state.
Hereafter he from war shall come. Dryden.
Hereafter
Here*aft"er, n. A future existence or state. <-- Syn. afterlife, the
life to come, future life, eternal bliss, eternal reward, -->
'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter. Addison.
Hereafterward
Here*aft"er*ward (?), adv. Hereafter. [Obs.]
Thou shalt hereafterward . . . come. Chaucer.
Here-at
Here-at" (?), adv. At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended
hereat. Hooker.
Hereby
Here*by" (?), adv.
1. By means of this.
And hereby we do know that we know him. 1 John ii. 3.
2. Close by; very near. [Obs.] Shak.
Hereditability
He*red`i*ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. State of being hereditable. Brydges.
Hereditable
He*red"i*ta*ble (?), a. [LL. hereditabilis, fr. hereditare to inherit,
fr. L. hereditas heirship inheritance, heres heir: cf. OF.
hereditable. See Heir, and cf. Heritable.]
1. Capable of being inherited. See Inheritable. Locke.
2. Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting.
Hereditably
He*red"i*ta*bly, adv. By inheritance. W. Tooke.
Hereditament
Her`e*dit"a*ment (?), n. [LL. hereditamentum. See Hereditable.] (Law)
Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements,
anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may
descend to an heir. Blackstone.
NOTE: &hand; A co rporeal hereditament is visible and tangible; an
incorporeal hereditament is not in itself visible or tangible,
being an hereditary right, interest, or obligation, as duty to pay
rent, or a right of way.
Hereditarily
He*red"i*ta*ri*ly (?), adv. By inheritance; in an hereditary manner.
Pope.
Hereditary
He*red"i*ta*ry (?), a. [L. hereditarius, fr. hereditas heirship,
inheritance, fr. heres heir: cf. F. h\'82r\'82ditaire. See Heir.]
1. Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at
law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by
inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.
2. Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional
quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride,
bravery, disease. Syn. -- Ancestral; patrimonial; inheritable.
Heredity
He*red"i*ty (?), n. [L. hereditas heirship.] (Biol.) Hereditary
transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to
their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to
repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.
Hereford
Her"e*ford (?), n. One of a breed of cattle originating in
Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and
their beef-producing quality is excellent.
Herehence
Here"hence` (?), adv. From hence. [Obs.]
Herein
Here*in" (?), adv. [AS. hrinne.] In this.
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit. John xv. 8.
Hereinafter
Here`in*aft"er (?), adv. In the following part of this (writing,
document, speech, and the like).
Hereinbefore
Here`in*be*fore", adv. In the preceding part of this (writing,
document, book, etc.).
Hereinto
Here`in*to" (?; 277), adv. Into this. Hooker.
Heremit, Heremite
Her"e*mit (?), Her"e*mite (?), n. [See Hermit.] A hermit. [Obs.] Bp.
Hall.
Heremitical
Her`e*mit"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a hermit; solitary;
secluded from society. Pope.
Heren
Her"en (?), a. Made of hair. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hereof
Here*of" (?), adv. Of this; concerning this; from this; hence.
Hereof comes it that Prince Harry is valiant. Shak.
Hereon
Here*on" (?), adv. On or upon this; hereupon.
Hereout
Here*out" (?), adv. Out of this. [Obs.] Spenser.
Heresiarch
Her"e*si*arch (?; 277), n. [L. haeresiarcha, Gr. h\'82r\'82siarque.] A
leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics. Bp. Stillingfleet.
Heresiarchy
Her"e*si*arch`y (?), n. A chief or great heresy. [R.]
The book itself [the Alcoran] consists of heresiarchies against our
blessed Savior. Sir T. Herbert.
Heresiographer
Her`e*si*og"ra*pher (?), n. [See Heresiography.] One who writes on
heresies.
Heresiography
Her`e*si*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. -graphy: cf. F. h\'82r\'82siographie.]
A treatise on heresy.
Heresy
Her"e*sy (?), n.; pl. Heresies (#). [OE. heresie, eresie, OF. heresie,
iresie, F. h\'82r\'82sie, L. haeresis, Gr.
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1. An opinion held in opposition to the established or commonly
received doctrine, and tending to promote a division or party, as in
politics, literature, philosophy, etc.; -- usually, but not
necessarily, said in reproach.
New opinions Divers and dangerous, which are heresies, And, not
reformed, may prove pernicious. Shak.
After the study of philosophy began in Greece, and the
philosophers, disagreeing amongst themselves, had started many
questions . . . because every man took what opinion he pleased,
each several opinion was called a heresy; which signified no more
than a private opinion, without reference to truth or falsehood.
Hobbes.
2. (Theol.) Religious opinion opposed to the authorized doctrinal
standards of any particular church, especially when tending to promote
schism or separation; lack of orthodox or sound belief; rejection of,
or erroneous belief in regard to, some fundamental religious doctrine
or truth; heterodoxy.
Doubts 'mongst divines, and difference of texts, From whence arise
diversity of sects, And hateful heresies by God abhor'd. Spenser.
Deluded people! that do not consider that the greatest heresy in
the world is a wicked life. Tillotson.
3. (Law) An offense against Christianity, consisting in a denial of
some essential doctrine, which denial is publicly avowed, and
obstinately maintained.
A second offense is that of heresy, which consists not in a total
denial of Christianity, but of some its essential doctrines,
publicly and obstinately avowed. Blackstone.
NOTE: &hand; "W hen I ca ll du eling, an d si milar aberrations of
honor, a moral heresy, I refer to the force of the Greek Coleridge.
Heretic
Her"e*tic (?), n. [L. haereticus, Gr. h\'82r\'82tique. See Heresy.]
1. One who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine
contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion.
A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition,
reject. Titus iii. 10.
2. (R. C. Ch.) One who having made a profession of Christian
belief, deliberately and pertinaciously refuses to believe one or
more of the articles of faith "determined by the authority of the
universal church." Addis & Arnold. Syn. -- Heretic, Schismatic,
Sectarian. A heretic is one whose errors are doctrinal, and usually
of a malignant character, tending to subvert the true faith. A
schismatic is one who creates a schism, or division in the church,
on points of faith, discipline, practice, etc., usually for the
sake of personal aggrandizement. A sectarian is one who originates
or is an ardent adherent and advocate of a sect, or distinct
organization, which separates from the main body of believers.
Heretical
He*ret"i*cal (?), a. Containing heresy; of the nature of, or
characterized by, heresy.
Heretically
He*ret"i*cal*ly, adv. In an heretical manner.
Hereticate
He*ret"i*cate (?), v. t. [LL. haereticatus, p. p. of haereticare.]
To decide to be heresy or a heretic; to denounce as a heretic or
heretical. Bp. Hall.
And let no one be minded, on the score of my neoterism, to
hereticate me. Fitzed. Hall.
Heretification
He*ret`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. The act of hereticating or pronouncing
heretical. London Times.
Hereto
Here*to" (?), adv. To this; hereunto. Hooker.
Heretoch, Heretog
Her"e*toch (?), Her"e*tog (?), n. [AS. heretoga, heretoha; here
army + te\'a2n to draw, lead; akin to OS. heritogo, OHG. herizogo,
G. herzog duke.] (AS. Antiq.) The leader or commander of an army;
also, a marshal. Blackstone.
Heretofore
Here`to*fore" (?), adv. Up to this time; hitherto; before; in time
past. Shak.
Hereunto
Here`un*to" (?), adv. Unto this; up to this time; hereto.
Hereupon
Here`up*on" (?), adv. On this; hereon.
Herewith
Here*with" (?), adv. With this.
Herie
Her"ie (?), v. t. [See Hery.] To praise; to worship. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Heriot
Her"i*ot (?), n. [AS. heregeatu military equipment, heriot; here
army + geatwe, pl., arms, equipments.] (Eng. Law) Formerly, a
payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best
beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant; in
modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of
the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant. Blackstone. Bouvier.
Heriot custom, a heriot depending on usage. -- Heriot service (Law), a
heriot due by reservation in a grant or lease of lands. Spelman.
Blackstone.
Heriotable
Her"i*ot*a*ble (?), a. Subject to the payment of a heriot. Burn.
Herisson
Her"is*son (?), n. [F. h\'82risson, prop., hedgehog.] (fort.) A beam
or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to
block up a passage.
Heritability
Her`it*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state of being heritable.
Heritable
Her"it*a*ble (?), a. [OF. h\'82ritable. See Heritage, Hereditable.]
1. Capable of being inherited or of passing by inheritance;
inheritable.
2. Capable of inheriting or receiving by inheritance.
This son shall be legitimate and heritable. Sir M. Hale.
Heritable rights (Scots Law), rights of the heir; rights to land or
whatever may be intimately connected with land; realty. Jacob (Law
Dict.).
Heritage
Her"it*age (?), a. [OE. heritage, eritage, OF. heritage, eritage, F.
h\'82ritage, fr. h\'82riter to inherit, LL. heriditare. See
Hereditable.]
1. That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.
Part of my heritage, Which my dead father did bequeath to me. Shak.
2. (Script.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people;
also, a flock under pastoral charge. Joel iii. 2.
1 Peter v. 3.
Heritance
Her"it*ance (?), n. [OF. heritance.] Heritage; inheritance. [R.]
Robbing their children of the heritance Their fathers handed down
Southey.
Heritor
Her"it*or (?), n. [Cf. LL. her, fr. L. heres an heir.] A proprietor or
landholder in a parish. [Scot.]
Herl
Herl (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Harl, 2.
Herling, Hirling
Her"ling, Hir"ling (, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo\'94l.) The young of
the sea trout. [Prov. Eng.]
Herma
Her"ma (?), n.; pl. Herm\'91 (#). [L.] See Hermes,
2.
Hermaphrodeity
Her*maph`ro*de"i*ty (?), n. Hermaphrodism. B. Jonson.
Hermaphrodism
Her*maph"ro*dism (?), n. [Cf. F. hermaphrodisme.] (Biol.) See
Hermaphroditism.
Hermaphrodite
Her*maph"ro*dite (?), n. [L. hermaphroditus, Gr. Hermaphroditus, son
of Hermes and Aphrodite, when bathing, became joined in one body with
Salmacis, the nymph of a fountain in Caria: cf. F. hermaphrodite.]
(Biol.) An individual which has the attributes of both male and
female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant
having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower
contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the
same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the
union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true
hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in
Appendix, under Helminths.
Hermaphrodite
Her*maph"ro*dite, a. Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an
hermaphrodite animal or flower. Hermaphrodite brig. (Naut.) See under
Brig. Totten.
Hermaphroditic, Hermaphroditical
Her*maph`ro*dit"ic (?), Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al (?), a. (Biol.)
Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; characterized by
hermaphroditism. -- Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al*ly, adv.
Hermaphroditism
Her*maph"ro*dit*ism (?), n. (Biol.) The union of the two sexes in the
same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics
or organs in one individual.
Hermeneutic, Hermeneutical
Her`me*neu"tic (?), Her`me*neu"tic*al (?), a. [Gr. herm\'82neutique.]
Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation;
exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of
expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase.
Hermeneutically
Her`me*neu"tic*al*ly, adv. According to the principles of
interpretation; as, a verse of Scripture was examined hermeneutically.
Hermeneutics
Her`me*neu"tics (?), n. [Gr. The science of interpretation and
explanation; exegesis; esp., that branch of theology which defines the
laws whereby the meaning of the Scriptures is to be ascertained.
Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
Hermes
Her"mes (?), n. [L., fr. Gr.
1. (Myth.) See Mercury.
NOTE: &hand; He rmes Trismegistus [Gr. 'Ermh^s trisme`gistos, lit.,
Hermes thrice greatest] was a late name of Hermes, especially as
identified with the Egyptian god Thoth. He was the fabled inventor
of astrology and alchemy.
2. (Arch\'91ology) Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as
the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or
head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is
that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other
parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often
representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in
later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See
Terminal statue, under Terminal.
Hermetic, Hermetical
Her*met"ic (?), Her*met"ic*al (?), a. [F. herm\'82tique. See Note
under Hermes, 1.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; as, hermetic
philosophy. Hence: Alchemical; chemic. "Delusions of the hermetic
art." Burke.
The alchemists, as the people were called who tried to make gold,
considered themselves followers of Hermes, and often called
themselves Hermetic philosophers. A. B. Buckley.
2. Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes of
diseases and the operations of medicine on the principles of the
hermetic philosophy, and which made much use, as a remedy, of an
alkali and an acid; as, hermetic medicine.
3. Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or
spirit can enter or escape; as, an hermetic seal. See Note under
Hermetically.
Hermetic art, alchemy. -- Hermetic books. (a) Books of the Egyptians,
which treat of astrology. (b) Books which treat of universal
principles, of the nature and orders of celestial beings, of medicine,
and other topics.
Hermetically
Her*met"ic*al*ly, adv.
1. In an hermetical manner; chemically. Boyle.
2. By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure.
NOTE: &hand; A ve ssel or tu be is hermetically sealed when it is
closed completely against the passage of air or other fluid by
fusing the extremity; -- sometimes less properly applied to any
air-tight closure.
Hermit
Her"mit (?), n. [OE. ermite, eremite, heremit, heremite, F. hermite,
ermite, L. eremita, Gr. Eremite.]
1. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse;
an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.
He had been Duke of Savoy, and after a very glorious reign, took on
him the habit of a hermit, and retired into this solitary spot.
Addison.
2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. [Obs.] "We rest your
hermits." Shak.
Hermit crab (Zo\'94l.), a marine decapod crustacean of the family
Pagurid\'91. The species are numerous, and belong to many genera.
Called also soldier crab. The hermit crabs usually occupy the dead
shells of various univalve mollusks. See Illust. of Commensal. --
Hermit thrush (Zo\'94l.), an American thrush (Turdus Pallasii), with
retiring habits, but having a sweet song. -- Hermit warbler
(Zo\'94l.), a California wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis), having
the head yellow, the throat black, and the back gray, with black
streaks.
Hermitage
Her"mit*age (?; 48), n. [OE. hermitage, ermitage, F. hermitage,
ermitage. See Hermit.]
1. The habitation of a hermit; a secluded residence. <-- (Capitalized)
The name given by Catherine II to a part of the Czars' Winter Palace
in St. Petersburg, now an art museum with a very large collection of
old master paintings -->
Some forlorn and naked hermitage, Remote from all the pleasures of
the world. Shak.
2. [F. Vin de l'Hermitage.] A celebrated French wine, both white and
red, of the Department of Dr\'93me.
Hermitary
Her"mit*a*ry (?), n. [Cf. LL. hermitorium, eremitorium.] A cell
annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit. Howell.
Hermitess
Her"mit*ess, n. A female hermit. Coleridge.
Hermitical
Her*mit"i*cal (?), a. Pertaining to, or suited for, a hermit.
Coventry.
Hermodactyl
Her`mo*dac"tyl (?), n. [NL. hermodactylus, lit., Hermes' finger; fr.
Gr. (med.) A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger,
brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic.
Hermogenian
Her`mo*ge"ni*an (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A disciple of Hermogenes, and
heretical teacher who lived in Africa near the close of the second
century. He ha
Hern
Hern (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A heron; esp., the common European heron. "A
stately hern." Trench.
Hernani
Her*na"ni (?), n. A thin silk or woolen goods, for women's dresses,
woven in various styles and colors.
Herne
Herne (?), n. [AS. hyrne.] A corner. [Obs.]
Lurking in hernes and in lanes blind. Chaucer.
Hernia
Her"ni*a (?), n.; pl. E. Hernias (#), L. Herni\'91 (#). [L.] (Med.) A
protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its
natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental
opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the
lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most
common. Called also rupture. Strangulated hernia, a hernia so tightly
compressed in some part of the channel through which it has been
protruded as to arrest its circulation, and produce swelling of the
protruded part. It may occur in recent or chronic hernia, but is more
common in the latter.
Hernial
Her"ni*al (?), a. Of, or connected with, hernia.
Herniotomy
Her`ni*ot"o*my (?), n. [Hernia + Gr. (Med.) A cutting for the cure or
relief of hernia; celotomy.
Hernshaw
Hern"shaw (?), n. Heronshaw. [Obs.] Spenser.
Hero
He"ro (?), n.; pl. Heroes (#). [F. h\'82ros, L. heros, Gr.
1. (Myth.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to
a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
2. A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or fortitude
in suffering; a prominent or central personage in any remarkable
action or event; hence, a great or illustrious person.
Each man is a hero and oracle to somebody. Emerson.
3. The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or the
person who has the principal share in the transactions related; as
Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and \'92neas in the
\'92neid.
The shining quality of an epic hero. Dryden.
Hero worship, extravagant admiration for great men, likened to the
ancient worship of heroes.
Hero worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist,
universally among mankind. Carlyle.
Herodian
He*ro"di*an (?), n. (Jewish Hist.) One of a party among the Jews,
composed of partisans of Herod of Galilee. They joined with the
Pharisees against Christ.
Herodiones
He*ro`di*o"nes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A division of
wading birds, including the herons, storks, and allied forms. Called
also Herodii. -- He*ro`di*o"nine (#), a.
Heroess
He"ro*ess (?), n. A heroine. [Obs.] Dryden.
Heroic
He*ro"ic (?), a. [F. h\'82ro\'8bque, L. hero\'8bcus, Gr.
1. Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes;
distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an
heroic people; heroic valor.
2. Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic
action; heroic enterprises.
3. (Sculpture & Painting) Larger than life size, but smaller than
colossal; -- said of the representation of a human figure.
Heroic Age, the age when the heroes, or those called the children of
the gods, are supposed to have lived. -- Heroic poetry, that which
celebrates the deeds of a hero; epic poetry. -- Heroic treatment OR
remedies (Med.), treatment or remedies of a severe character, suited
to a desperate case. -- Heroic verse (Pros.), the verse of heroic or
epic poetry, being in English, German, and Italian the iambic of ten
syllables; in French the iambic of twelve syllables; and in classic
poetry the hexameter. Syn. -- Brave; intrepid; courageous; daring;
valiant; bold; gallant; fearless; enterprising; noble; magnanimous;
illustrious.
Heroical
He*ro"ic*al (?), a. Heroic. [R.] Spectator. -- He*ro"ic*al*ly, adv. --
He*ro"ic*al*ness, n.
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Heroicness
He*ro"ic*ness (?), n. Heroism. [R.] W. Montagu.
Heroicomic, Heroicomical
He`ro*i*com"ic (?), He`ro*i*com"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F.
h\'82ro\'8bcomigue. See Heroic, and Comic.] Combining the heroic and
the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem.
Heroine
Her"o*ine (?), n. [F. h\'82ro\'8bne, L. heroina, Gr. Hero.]
1. A woman of an heroic spirit.
The heroine assumed the woman's place. Dryden.
2. The principal female person who figures in a remarkable action, or
as the subject of a poem or story.
Heroism
Her"o*ism (?; 277), n. [F. h\'82ro\'8bsme.] The qualities
characteristic of a hero, as courage, bravery, fortitude,
unselfishness, etc.; the display of such qualities.
Heroism is the self-devotion of genius manifesting itself in
action. Hare.
Syn. -- Heroism, Courage, Fortitude, Bravery, Valor, Intrepidity,
Gallantry. Courage is generic, denoting fearlessness or defiance of
danger; fortitude is passive courage, the habit of bearing up nobly
under trials, danger, and sufferings; bravery is courage displayed in
daring acts; valor is courage in battle or other conflicts with living
opponents; intrepidity is firm courage, which shrinks not amid the
most appalling dangers; gallantry is adventurous courage, dashing into
the thickest of the fight. Heroism may call into exercise all these
modifications of courage. It is a contempt of danger, not from
ignorance or inconsiderate levity, but from a noble devotion to some
great cause, and a just confidence of being able to meet danger in the
spirit of such a cause. Cf. Courage.
Heron
Her"on (?), n. [OE. heiroun, heroun, heron, hern, OF. hairon, F.
h\'82ron, OHG. heigir; cf. Icel. hegri, Dan. heire, Sw. h\'84ger, and
also G. h\'84her jay, jackdaw, OHG. hehara, higere, woodpecker,
magpie, D. reiger heron, G. reiher, AS. hr&amac;gra. Cf. Aigret,
Egret.] (Zo\'94l.) Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied
genera, of the family Ardeid\'91. The herons have a long, sharp bill,
and long legs and toes, with the claw of the middle toe toothed. The
common European heron (Ardea cinerea) is remarkable for its directly
ascending flight, and was formerly hunted with the larger falcons.
NOTE: &hand; Th ere ar e se veral co mmon American species; as, the
great blue heron (Ardea herodias); the little blue (A. c\'d2rulea);
the green (A. virescens); the snowy (A. candidissima); the night
heron or qua-bird (Nycticorax nycticorax). The plumed herons are
called egrets.
Heron's bill (Bot.), a plant of the genus Erodium; -- so called from
the fancied resemblance of the fruit to the head and beak of the
heron.
Heroner
Her"on*er (?), n. A hawk used in hunting the heron. "Heroner and
falcon." Chaucer.
Heronry
Her"on*ry (?), n. A place where herons breed.
Heronsew
Her"on*sew (?), n. A heronshaw. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Heronshaw
Her"on*shaw (?), n. [OF. heroncel, dim. of h\'82ron. See Heron.]
(Zo\'94l.) A heron. [Written variously hernshaw, harnsey, etc.]
Hero\'94logist
He`ro*\'94l"o*gist (?), n. [Gr. One who treats of heroes. [R.] T.
Warton.
Heroship
He"ro*ship (?), n. The character or personality of a hero. "Three
years of heroship." Cowper.
Herpes
Her"pes (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Med.) An eruption of the skin, taking
various names, according to its form, or the part affected;
especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters,
accompanied with itching or tingling, including shingles, ringworm,
and the like; -- so called from its tendency to creep or spread from
one part of the skin to another.
Herpetic
Her*pet"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. herp\'82tique.] Pertaining to, or
resembling, the herpes; partaking of the nature of herpes; as,
herpetic eruptions.
Herpetism
Her"pe*tism (?), n. [See Herpes.] (Med.) See Dartrous diathesis, under
Dartrous.
Herpetologic, Herpetological
Her*pet`o*log"ic (?), Her*pet`o*log"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to
herpetology.
Herpetologist
Her`pe*tol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in herpetology, or the natural
history of reptiles.
Herpetology
Her`pe*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Written also, but less properly, erpetology.]
[Gr. -logy: cf. F. herp\'82tologie.] The natural history of reptiles;
that branch of zo\'94logy which relates to reptiles, including their
structure, classification, and habits.
Herpetotomist
Her`pe*tot"o*mist (?), n. One who dissects, or studies the anatomy of,
reptiles.
Herpetotomy
Her`pe*tot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. The anatomy or dissection of reptiles.
Herr
Herr (?), n. A title of respect given to gentlemen in Germany,
equivalent to the English Mister.
Herring
Her"ring (?), n. [OE. hering, AS. h\'91ring; akin to D. haring, G.
h\'84ring, hering, OHG. haring, hering, and prob. to AS. here army,
and so called because they commonly move in large numbers. Cf. Harry.]
(Zo\'94l.) One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and
allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring (C. harengus)
of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring
to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked
in great quantities. Herring gull (Zo\'94l.), a large gull which feeds
in part upon herrings; esp., Larus argentatus in America, and L.
cachinnans in England. See Gull. -- Herring hog (Zo\'94l.), the common
porpoise. -- King of the herrings. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The chim\'91ra (C.
monstrosa) which follows the schools of herring. See Chim\'91ra. (b)
The opah.
Heringbone
He"ring*bone" (?), a. Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring;
especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of
parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different
directions. Herringbone stitch, a kind of cross-stitch in needlework,
chiefly used in flannel. Simmonds.
Herrnhuter
Herrn"hut*er (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of the Moravians; -- so called
from the settlement of Herrnhut (the Lord's watch) made, about 1722,
by the Moravians at the invitation of Nicholas Lewis, count of
Zinzendorf, upon his estate in the circle of Bautzen.
Hers
Hers (?), pron. See the Note under Her, pr.
Hersal
Her"sal (?), n. Rehearsal. [Obs.] Spenser.
Herschel
Her"schel (?), n. (Astron.) See Uranus.
Herschelian
Her*sche"li*an (?), a. Of or relating to Sir William Herschel; as, the
Herschelian telescope.
Herse
Herse (?), n. [F. herse harrow, portcullis, OF. herce, LL. hercia, L.
hirpex, gen. hirpicis, and irpex, gen. irpicis, harrow. The LL. hercia
signifies also a kind of candlestick in the form of a harrow, having
branches filled with lights, and placed at the head of graves or
cenotaphs; whence herse came to be used for the grave, coffin, or
chest containing the dead. Cf. Hearse.]
1. (Fort.) A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a
harrow, studded with iron spikes. It is hung above gateways so that it
may be quickly lowered, to impede the advance of an enemy. Farrow.
2. See Hearse, a carriage for the dead.
3. A funeral ceremonial. [Obs.] Spenser.
Herse
Herse, v. t. Same as Hearse, v. t. Chapman.
Herself
Her*self" (?), pron.
1. An emphasized form of the third person feminine pronoun; -- used as
a subject with she; as, she herself will bear the blame; also used
alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case;
as, it is herself; she blames herself.
2. Her own proper, true, or real character; hence, her right, or sane,
mind; as, the woman was deranged, but she is now herself again; she
has come to herself.
By herself, alone; apart; unaccompanied.
Hersillon
Her"sil*lon (?), n. [F., fr. herse a harrow. See Herse, n.] (Fort.) A
beam with projecting spikes, used to make a breach impassable.
Hert
Hert (?), n. A hart. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Herte
Her"te (?), n. A heart. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hertely
Her"te*ly, a. & adv. Hearty; heartily. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hery
Her"y (?), v. t. [AS. herian.] To worship; to glorify; to praise.
[Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
Hesitancy
Hes"i*tan*cy (?), n. [L. haesitantia a stammering.]
1. The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in
deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates.
2. A stammering; a faltering in speech.
Hesitant
Hes"i*tant (?), a. [L. haesitans, p. pr. of haesitare: cf. F.
h\'82sitant. See Hesitate.]
1. Not prompt in deciding or acting; hesitating.
2. Unready in speech. Baxter.
Hesitantly
Hes"i*tant*ly, adv. With hesitancy or doubt.
Hesitate
Hes"i*tate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hesitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hesitating.] [L. haesitatus, p. p. of haesitare, intens. fr. haerere
to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast. Cf. Aghast, Gaze,
Adhere.]
1. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense
or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to
accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.
Pope.
2. To stammer; to falter in speaking. Syn. -- To doubt; waver;
scruple; deliberate; demur; falter; stammer.
Hesitate
Hes"i*tate, v. t. To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a
reluctant manner. [Poetic & R.]
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope.
Hesitatingly
Hes"i*ta`ting*ly, adv. With hesitation or doubt.
Hesitation
Hes`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. haesitatio: cf. F. h\'82sitation.]
1. The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt;
vacillation.
2. A faltering in speech; stammering. Swift.
Hesitative
Hes"i*ta*tive (?), a. Showing, or characterized by, hesitation.
[He said] in his mild, hesitative way. R. D. Blackmore.
Hesitatory
Hes"i*ta*to*ry (?), a. Hesitating. R. North.
Hesp
Hesp (?), n. [Cf. Icel. hespa a hasp, a wisp or skein. See Hasp.] A
measure of two hanks of linen thread. [Scot.] [Written also hasp.]
Knight.
Hesper
Hes"per (?), n. [See Hesperian.] The evening; Hesperus.
Hesperetin
Hes*per"e*tin (?), n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance having a
sweetish taste, obtained by the decomposition of hesperidin, and
regarded as a complex derivative of caffeic acid.
Hesperian
Hes*pe"ri*an (?), a. [L. hesperius, fr. hesperus the evening star, Gr.
Vesper.] Western; being in the west; occidental. [Poetic] Milton.
Hesperian
Hes*pe"ri*an, n. A native or an inhabitant of a western country.
[Poetic] J. Barlow.
Hesperian
Hes*pe"ri*an, a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to a family of
butterflies called Hesperid\'91, or skippers. -- n. Any one of the
numerous species of Hesperid\'91; a skipper.
Hesperid
Hes"per*id (?), a. & n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as 3d Hesperian.
Hesperidene
Hes*per"i*dene (?), n. [See Hesperidium.] (Chem.) An isomeric variety
of terpene from orange oil.
Hesperides
Hes*per"i*des (?), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr.
1. (Class. Myth.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of
Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in
Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the
guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of
Hercules. Called also Atlantides.
2. The garden producing the golden apples.
It not love a Hercules, Still climbing trees in the Hesperides?
Shak.
Hesperidin
Hes*per"i*din (?), n. [See Hesperidium.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in
ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange), and extracted as a white
crystalline substance.
Hesperidium
Hes`pe*rid"i*um (?), n. [NL. So called in allusion to the golden
apples of the Hesperides. See Hesperides.] (Bot.) A large berry with a
thick rind, as a lemon or an orange.
Hesperornis
Hes`pe*ror"nis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.) A genus of large,
extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas,
belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and were essentially
carnivorous swimming ostriches. Several species are known. See Illust.
in Append.
Hesperus
Hes"pe*rus (?), n. [L. See Hesper.]
1. Venus when she is the evening star; Hesper.
2. Evening. [Poetic]
The Sun was sunk, and after him the Star Of Hesperus. Milton.
Hessian
Hes"sian (?), a. Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the
Hessians. Hessian boots, OR Hessians, boot of a kind worn in England,
in the early part of the nineteenth century, tasseled in front.
Thackeray. -- Hessian cloth, OR Hessians, a coarse hempen cloth for
sacking. -- Hessian crucible. See under Crucible. -- Hessian fly
(Zo\'94l.), a small dipterous fly or midge (Cecidomyia destructor).
Its larv\'91 live between the base of the lower leaves and the stalk
of wheat, and are very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from
the erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the Hessian
troops, during the Revolution.
Hessian
Hes"sian, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Hesse.
2. A mercenary or venal person. [U. S.]
NOTE: &hand; Th is us e is a re lic of the patriot hatred of the
Hessian mercenaries who served with the British troops in the
Revolutionary War.
3. pl. See Hessian boots and cloth, under Hessian, a.
Hessite
Hess"ite (?), n. [After H. Hess.] (Min.) A lead-gray sectile mineral.
It is a telluride of silver.
Hest
Hest (?), n. [AS. hs, fr. h to call, bid. See Hight, and cf. Behest.]
Command; precept; injunction. [Archaic] See Behest. "At thy hest."
Shak.
Let him that yields obey the victor's hest. Fairfax.
Yet I thy hest will all perform, at full. Tennyson.
Hestern, Hesternal
Hes"tern (?), Hes*ter"nal (?), a. [L. hesternus; akin to heri
yesterday.] Pertaining to yesterday. [Obs.] See Yester, a. Ld. Lytton.
Hesychast
Hes"y*chast (?), n. [Gr. One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in
the fourteenth century; a quietist. Brande & C.
Hetairism, Hetarism
He*tair"ism (?), Het"a*rism (?), n. [Gr. A supposed primitive state of
society, in which all the women of a tribe were held in common. H.
Spencer. -- Het`a*ris"tic (#), a.
Hetchel
Hetch"el (?), v. t. Same as Hatchel.
Hete
Hete (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Hete, later Het.] Variant of Hote.
[Obs.]
But one avow to greate God I hete. Chaucer.
Heteracanth
Het"er*a*canth (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having the spines of
the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right
and left sides.
Heterarchy
Het"er*arch`y (?), n. [Hetero- + -archy.] The government of an alien.
[Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Heterauxesis
Het`e*raux*e"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) Unequal growth of a
cell, or of a part of a plant.
Hetero-
Het"er*o- (?). [Gr. "e`teros other.] A combining form signifying
other, other than usual, different; as, heteroclite, heterodox,
heterogamous.
Heterocarpism
Het`er*o*car"pism (?), n. [Hetero- + Gr. (Bot.) The power of producing
two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in Amphicarp\'91a, in which
besides the usual pods, there are others underground.
Heterocarpous
Het`er*o*car"pous (?), a. (Bot.) Characterized by heterocarpism.
Hetercephalous
Het`er*ceph"a*lous (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. (Bot.) Bearing two kinds of
heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants.
Heterocera
Het`e*roc"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A division of
Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk moths, which have the
antenn\'91 variable in form.
Heterocercal
Het`er*o*cer"cal (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. (Anat.) Having the vertebral
column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is
usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.
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Heterocercy
Het"er*o*cer`cy (?), n. [Hetero- + Gr. (anat.) Unequal development of
the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail.
Heterochromous
Het`er*o*chro"mous (?; 277), a. [Hetero- + Gr. (bot.) Having the
central florets of a flower head of a different color from those of
the circumference.
Heterochronism, Heterochrony
Het`er*och"ro*nism (?), Het`er*och"ro*ny (?), n. [Gr. (Biol.) In
evolution, a deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of
organs or parts.
Heteroclite
Het"er*o*clite, a. [L. heteroclitus, Gr. h\'82t\'82roclite.] Deviating
from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
Heteroclite
Het"er*o*clite, n.
1. (Gram.) A word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension
or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary forms of inflection in
words of a like kind; especially, a noun which is irregular in
declension.
2. Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common
forms. Howell.
Heteroclitic, Heteroclitical
Het`er*o*clit"ic (?), Het`er*o*clit"ic*al (?), a. [See Heteroclite.]
Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous;
abnormal.
Heteroclitous
Het`er*oc"li*tous (?), a. Heteroclitic. [Obs.]
Heterocyst
Het"er*o*cyst (?), n. [Hetero- + cyst.] (Bot.) A cell larger than the
others, and of different appearance, occurring in certain alg\'91
related to nostoc.
Heterodactyl
Het`er*o*dac"tyl (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Heterodactylous. -- n. One of the
Heterodactyl\'91.
Heterodactyl\'91
Het`e*ro*dac"ty*l\'91 (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A group of
birds including the trogons.
Heterodactylous
Het`er*o*dac"tyl*ous (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having the
first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons.
Heterodont
Het"er*o*dont (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. (Anat.) Having the teeth
differentiated into incisors, canines, and molars, as in man; --
opposed to homodont.
Heterodont
Het"er*o*dont, n. (Zo\'94l.) Any animal with heterodont dentition.
Heterodox
Het"er*o*dox (?), a. [Gr. h\'82t\'82rodoxe.]
1. Contrary to, or differing from, some acknowledged standard, as the
Bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like;
not orthodox; heretical; -- said of opinions, doctrines, books, etc.,
esp. upon theological subjects.
Raw and indigested, heterodox, preaching. Strype.
2. Holding heterodox opinions, or doctrines not orthodox; heretical;
-- said of persons. Macaulay. -- Het"er*o*dox`ly, adv. --
Het"er*o*dox`ness, n.
Heterodox
Het"er*o*dox, n. An opinion opposed to some accepted standard. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Heterodoxal
Het"er*o*dox`al (?), a. Not orthodox. Howell.
Heterodoxy
Het"er*o*dox`y (?), n. [Gr. h\'82t\'82rodoxie.] An opinion or
doctrine, or a system of doctrines, contrary to some established
standard of faith, as the Scriptures, the creed or standards of a
church, etc.; heresy. Bp. Bull.
Heterodromous
Het`er*od"ro*mous (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr.
1. (Bot.) Having spirals of changing direction. Gray.
2. (Mech.) Moving in opposite directions; -- said of a lever, pulley,
etc., in which the resistance and the actuating force are on opposite
sides of the fulcrum or axis.
Heterogamous
Het`er*og"a*mous (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. ga`mos marriage: cf. F.
h\'82t\'82rogame.] (Bot. & Biol.) (a) The condition of having two or
more kinds of flowers which differ in regard to stamens and pistils,
as in the aster. (b) Characterized by heterogamy.
Heterogamy
Het`er*og"a*my (?), n. [See Heterogamous.]
1. (Bot.) The process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or
circuitous method; -- opposed to orthogamy.
2. (Biol.) That form of alternate generation in which two kinds of
sexual generation, or a sexual and a parthenogenetic generation,
alternate; -- in distinction from metagenesis, where sexual and
asexual generations alternate. Claus & Sedgwick.
Heterogangliate
Het`er*o*gan"gli*ate (?), a. [Hetero- + gangliate.] (Physiol.) Having
the ganglia of the nervous system unsymmetrically arranged; -- said of
certain invertebrate animals.
Heterogene
Het"er*o*gene (?), a. Heterogenous. [Obs.]
Heterogeneal
Het`er*o*ge"ne*al (?), a. Heterogeneous.
Heterogeneity
Het`er*o*ge*ne"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. h\'82t\'82rog\'82n\'82it\'82.] The
state of being heterogeneous; contrariety.
The difference, indeed the heterogeneity, of the two may be felt.
Coleridge.
Heterogeneous
Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous (?), a. [Gr. kin: cf. F. h\'82t\'82rog\'8ane.]
Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different
characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to homogeneous, and said of
two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass, considered
in respect to the parts of which it is made up. --
Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ness, n.
Heterogeneous nouns (Gram.), nouns having different genders in the
singular and plural numbers; as, hic locus, of the masculine gender in
the singular, and hi loci and h\'91c loca, both masculine and neuter
in the plural; hoc c\'91lum, neuter in the singular; hi c\'91li,
masculine in the plural. -- Heterogeneous quantities (Math.), such
quantities as are incapable of being compared together in respect to
magnitude, and surfaces and solids. -- Heterogeneous surds (Math.),
surds having different radical signs.
Heterogenesis
Het`er*o*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Hetero- + genesis.]
1. (Biol.) Spontaneous generation, so called.
2. (Biol.) That method of reproduction in which the successive
generations differ from each other, the parent organism producing
offspring different in habit and structure from itself, the original
form, however, reappearing after one or more generations; -- opposed
to homogenesis, or gamogenesis.
Heterogenetic
Het`er*o*ge*net"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Relating to heterogenesis; as,
heterogenetic transformations.
Heterogenist
Het`er*og"e*nist (?), n. (Biol.) One who believes in the theory of
spontaneous generation, or heterogenesis. Bastian.
Heterogenous
Het`er*og"e*nous (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to heterogenesis;
heterogenetic.
Heterogeny
Het`er*og"e*ny (?), n. (Biol.) Heterogenesis.
Heterogonous
Het`er*og"o*nous (?), a. (Bot.) Characterized by heterogony. --
Het`er*og"o*nous*ly, adv.
Heterogony
Het`er*og"o*ny (?), n. [Hetero- + Gr. (Bot.) The condition of having
two or more kinds of flowers, different as to the length of their
stamens and pistils.
Heterographic
Het`er*o*graph"ic (?), a. [See Heterography.] Employing the same
letters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables;
-- said of methods of spelling; as, the ordinary English orthography
is heterographic.
Heterography
Het`er*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Hetero- + -graphy.] That method of spelling
in which the same letters represent different sounds in different
words, as in the ordinary English orthography; e. g., g in get and in
ginger.
Heterogynous
Het`er*og"y*nous (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having females very
unlike the males in form and structure; -- as certain insects, the
males of which are winged, and the females wingless.
Heterologous
Het`er*ol"o*gous (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. Characterized by heterology;
consisting of different elements, or of like elements in different
proportions; different; -- opposed to homologous; as, heterologous
organs. Heterologous stimulus. (Physiol.) See under Stimulus. --
Heterologous tumor (Med.), a tumor differing in structure from the
normal tissues of the body.
Heterology
Het`er*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Hetero- + -logy.]
1. (Biol.) The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of
structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being
composed of different elements, or of like elements in different
proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposed
to homology.
2. (Chem.) The connection or relation of bodies which have partial
identity of composition, but different characteristics and properties;
the relation existing between derivatives of the same substance, or of
the analogous members of different series; as, ethane, ethyl alcohol,
acetic aldehyde, and acetic acid are in heterology with each other,
though each in at the same time a member of a distinct homologous
series. Cf. Homology.
Heteromera
Het`e*rom"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A division of
Coleoptera, having heteromerous tarsi.
Heteromerous
Het`er*om"er*ous (?), a. [See Heteromera.]
1. (Chem & Crystallog.) Unrelated in chemical composition, though
similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite
are hom\'d2morphous, but heteromerous.
2. (Bot.) With the parts not corresponding in number.
3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Having the femoral artery developed as the principal
artery of the leg; -- said of certain birds, as the cotingas and
pipras. (b) Having five tarsal joints in the anterior and middle legs,
but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil
beetles.
Heteromorphic
Het`er*o*mor"phic (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. (Biol.) Deviating from the
normal, perfect, or mature form; having different forms at different
stages of existence, or in different individuals of the same species;
-- applied especially to insects in which there is a wide difference
of form between the larva and the adult, and to plants having more
than one form of flower.
Heteromorphism, Heteromorphy
Het`er*o*mor"phism (?), Het`er*o*mor"phy (?), n. (Biol.) The state or
quality of being heteromorphic.
Heteromorphous
Het`er*o*mor"phous (?), a. (Biol.) Heteromorphic.
Heteromyaria
Het`e*ro*my*a"ri*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A division of
bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two
adductor muscles are very unequal. See Dreissena, and Illust. under
Byssus.
Heteronereis
Het`e*ro*ne*re"is (?), n. [NL. See Hetero-, and Nereis.] (Zo\'94l.) A
free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of Nereis.
NOTE: &hand; In this state the head and its appendages are changed
in form, the eyes become very large; more or less of the parapodia
are highly modified by the development of finlike lobes, and
branchial lamell\'91, and their set\'91 become longer and
bladelike.
Heteronomous
Het`er*on"o*mous (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. no`mos law.] Subject to the
law of another. Krauth-Fleming.
Heteronomy
Het`er*on"o*my (?), n.
1. Subordination or subjection to the law of another; political
subjection of a community or state; -- opposed to autonomy.
2. (Metaph.) A term applied by Kant to those laws which are imposed on
us from without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, or
desires. Krauth-Fleming.
Heteronym
Het"er*o*nym (?), n. That which is heteronymous; a thing having a
different name or designation from some other thing; -- opposed to
homonym.
Heteronymous
Het`er*on"y*mous (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. "o`nyma, for "o`noma a name.]
Having different names or designations; standing in opposite
relations. J. Le Conte. -- Het"er*on"y*mous*ly, adv.
Heteroousian
Het`er*o*ou`si*an (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. Having different essential
qualities; of a different nature.
Heteroousian
Het`er*o*ou"si*an (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of those Arians who held
that the Son was of a different substance from the Father.
Heteroousious
Het`er*o*ou"si*ous (?), a. See Heteroousian.
Heteropathic
Het`er*o*path"ic (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. Of or pertaining to the method
of heteropathy; allopathic.
Heteropathy
Het`er*op"a*thy (?), n. [See Heteropathic.] (Med.) That mode of
treating diseases, by which a morbid condition is removed by inducing
an opposite morbid condition to supplant it; allopathy.
Heteropelmous
Het`er*o*pel"mous (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. (Anat.) Having each of the
two flexor tendons of the toes bifid, the branches of one going to the
first and second toes; those of the other, to the third and fourth
toes. See Illust. in Append.
Heterophagi
Het`e*roph"a*gi (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Altrices.
Heterophemist
Het`er*oph"e*mist (?), n. One liable to the fault of heterophemy.
Heterophemy
Het`er*oph"e*my (?), n. [Hetero- + Gr. The unconscious saying, in
speech or in writing, of that which one does not intend to say; --
frequently the very reverse of the thought which is present to
consciousness.<-- Freudian slip --> R. G. White.
Heterophony
Het`er*oph"o*ny (?), n. [Hetero- + Gr. (Med.) An abnormal state of the
voice. Mayne.
Heterophyllous
Het`er*oph"yl*lous (?), a. [Gr. h\'82t\'82rophylle.] (Bot.) Having
leaves of more than one shape on the same plant.
Heteroplasm
Het"er*o*plasm (?), n. [Hetero- + Gr. An abnormal formation foreign to
the economy, and composed of elements different from those are found
in it in its normal condition. Dunglison.
Heteroplastic
Het`er*o*plas"tic (?), a. [Hetero- + -plastic.] (Biol.) Producing a
different type of organism; developing into a different form of
tissue, as cartilage which develops into bone. Haeckel.
Heteropod
Het`er*o*pod (?), n. [Cf. F. h\'82t\'82ropode.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the
Heteropoda. -- a. Heteropodous.
Heteropoda
Het`e*rop"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. -poda.] (Zo\'94l.) An order
of pelagic Gastropoda, having the foot developed into a median fin.
Some of the species are naked; others, as Carinaria and Atlanta, have
thin glassy shells.
Heteropodous
Het`er*op"o*dous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the
Heteropoda.
Heteropter
Het`er*op"ter (?), n. One of the Heteroptera.
Heteroptera
Het`e*rop"te*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A suborder of
Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See
Hemiptera.
Heteroptics
Het`er*op"tics (?), n. [Hetero- + optics.] False optics. Spectator.
Heteroscian
Het`er*os"cian (?), n. [Gr. h\'82t\'82roscien.] One who lives either
north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the
other side of them; -- so called because at noon the shadows always
fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).
Heterosis
Het`e*ro"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which
one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for
another, as in the sentence: "What is life to such as me?" Aytoun.
Heterosomati
Het`e*ro*so"ma*ti (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of
fishes, comprising the flounders, halibut, sole, etc., having the body
and head asymmetrical, with both eyes on one side. Called also
Heterosomata, Heterosomi.
Heterosporic, Heterosporous
Het`er*o*spor"ic (?), Het`er*o*spor"ous (?), a. [Hetero- + spore.]
(Bot.) Producing two kinds of spores unlike each other.
Heterostyled
Het"er*o*styled (?), a. (Bot.) Having styles of two or more distinct
forms or lengths. Darwin.
Heterostylism
Het`er*o*sty"lism (?), n. (Bot.) The condition of being heterostyled.
Heterotactous
Het`er*o*tac"tous (?), a. (Biol.) Relating to, or characterized by,
heterotaxy.
Heterotaxy
Het"er*o*tax`y (?), n. [Hetero- + Gr. (Biol.) Variation in arrangement
from that existing in a normal form; heterogenous arrangement or
structure, as, in botany, the deviation in position of the organs of a
plant, from the ordinary or typical arrangement.
Heterotopism, Heterotopy
Het`er*ot"o*pism (?), Het`er*ot"o*py (?), n. [Hetero- + Gr.
h\'82t\'82rotopie.]
1. (Med.) A deviation from the natural position; -- a term applied in
the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.
2. (Biol.) A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to
be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ
cells.
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Heterotricha
Het`e*rot"ri*cha (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A division of
ciliated Infusoria, having fine cilia all over the body, and a circle
of larger ones around the anterior end.
Heterotropal, Heterotropous
Het`er*ot"ro*pal (?), Het`er*ot"ro*pous (, a. [Gr. "etero`tropos
turning another way; h\'82t\'82rotrope.] (Bot.) Having the embryo or
ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous. Gray.
Hething
He"thing (?), n. Contempt; scorn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hetman
Het"man (?), n.; pl. Hetmans (#). [Pol. hetman. Cf. Ataman.] A Cossack
headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir
to the throne of Russia.
Heugh
Heugh (?), n. [Cf. Hogh.]
1. A crag; a cliff; a glen with overhanging sides. [Scot. & Prov.
Eng.]
2. A shaft in a coal pit; a hollow in a quarry. [Scot.]
Heuk
Heuk (?), n. Variant of Huke. [Obs.]
Heulandite
Heu"land*ite (?), n. [After Heuland, an English mineralogist.] (Min.)
A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in
foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster on
the cleavage face. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.
Heuristic
Heu*ris"tic (?), a. [Gr. Serving to discover or find out.
Heved
Hev"ed (?), n. The head. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hew
Hew (?), v. t. [imp. Hewed (?); p. p. Hewed or Hewn (; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hewing.] [AS. he\'a0wan; akin to D. houwen, OHG. houwan, G. hauen,
Icel. h\'94ggva, Sw. hugga, Dan. hugge, Lith. kova battle, Russ.
kovate to hammer, forge. Cf. Hay cut grass, Hoe.]
1. To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with
down, or off. Shak.
2. To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form
laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher.
Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn. Is. li. 1.
Rather polishing old works than hewing out new. Pope.
3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.
Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder. Shak.
Hew
Hew, n. Destruction by cutting down. [Obs.]
Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew. Spenser.
Hew
Hew, n.
1. Hue; color. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Shape; form. [Obs.] Spenser.
Hewe
Hewe (?), n. [Cf. Hind a peasant.] A domestic servant; a retainer.
[Obs.] "False homely hewe." Chaucer.
Hewer
Hew"er (?), n. One who hews.
Hewhole
Hew"hole` (?), n. [Cf. Hickwall.] (Zo\'94l.) The European green
woodpecker. See Yaffle.
Hewn
Hewn (?), a.
1. Felled, cut, or shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as, a house
built of hewn logs.
2. Roughly dressed as with a hammer; as, hewn stone.
Hex-, Hexa
Hex- (?), Hex"a (#). [Gr. Six.] A prefix or combining form, used to
denote six, sixth, etc.; as, hexatomic, hexabasic.
Hexabasic
Hex`a*ba"sic (?), a. [Hexa- + basic.] (Chem.) Having six hydrogen
atoms or six radicals capable of being replaced or saturated by bases;
-- said of acids; as, mellitic acid is hexabasic.
Hexacapsular
Hex`a*cap"su*lar (?), a. [Hexa- + capsular.] (Bot.) Having six
capsules or seed vessels.
Hexachord
Hex"a*chord (?), n. [Hexa- + Gr. hexacorde.] (Mus.) A series of six
notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other
intervals being whole tones.
Hexacid
Hex`ac"id (?), a. [Hex- + acid.] (Chem.) Having six atoms or radicals
capable of being replaced by acids; hexatomic; hexavalent; -- said of
bases; as, mannite is a hexacid base.
Hexactinellid
Hex*ac`ti*nel"lid (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having six-rayed spicules;
belonging to the Hexactinellin\'91.
Hexactinelline
Hex*ac`ti*nel"line (?), a. [From NL. Hexactinellin\'91, fr. Gr.
(Zo\'94l.) Belonging to the Hexactinellin\'91, a group of sponges,
having six-rayed siliceous spicules.
Hexactinia
Hex`ac*tin"i*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Hex-, and Actinia.] (Zo\'94l.) The
Anthozoa.
Hexad
Hex"ad (?), n. [L. hexas, hexadis, the number six, Gr. (chem.) An atom
whose valence is six, and which can be theoretically combined with,
substituted for, or replaced by, six monad atoms or radicals; as,
sulphur is a hexad in sulphuric acid. Also used as an adjective.
Hexadactylous
Hex`a*dac"tyl*ous (?), a. [Gr. hexadactyle.] (Zo\'94l.) Having six
fingers or toes.
Hexade
Hex"ade (?), n. [See Hexad.] A series of six numbers.
Hexadecane
Hex"a*dec`ane (?), n. (Chem.) See Hecdecane.
Hexagon
Hex"a*gon (?), n. [L. hexagonum, Gr. six) + (Geom.) A plane figure of
six angles. Regular hexagon, a hexagon in which the angles are all
equal, and the sides are also all equal.
Hexagonal
Hex*ag"o*nal (?), a. [Cf. F. hexagonal.] Having six sides and six
angles; six-sided. Hexagonal system. (Crystal.) See under
Crystallization.
Hexagonally
Hex*ag"o*nal*ly, adv. In an hexagonal manner.
Hexagony
Hex*ag"o*ny (?), n. A hexagon. [Obs.] Bramhall.
Hexagynia
Hex`a*gyn"i*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. hexagynie.] (Bot.) A
Linn\'91an order of plants having six pistils.
Hexagynian, Hexagynous
Hex`a*gyn"i*an (?), Hex*ag"y*nous (, a. [Cf. F. hexagyne.] (Bot.)
Having six pistils.
Hexahedral
Hex`a*he"dral (?), a. In the form of a hexahedron; having six sides or
faces.
Hexahedron
Hex`a*he"dron (?), n.; pl. E. Hexahedrons (#), L. Hexahedra (#).
[Hexa- + Gr. hexa\'8adre.] (Geom.) A solid body of six sides or faces.
Regular hexahedron, a hexagon having six equal squares for its sides;
a cube.
Hexahemeron
Hex`a*hem"er*on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. hexa\'89meron, Gr.
1. A term of six days. Good.
2. The history of the six day's work of creation, as contained in the
first chapter of Genesis.
Hexamerous
Hex*am"er*ous (?), a. [Hexa- + Gr. (Bot.) In six parts; in sixes.
Hexameter
Hex*am"e*ter (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. hexam\'8atre. See Six, and Meter.]
(Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be
either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and
the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the
Iliad of Homer and the \'92neid of Virgil. In English hexameters
accent takes the place of quantity.
Leaped like the | roe when he | hears in the | woodland the | voice
of the | huntsman. Longfellow.
Strongly it | bears us a- | long on | swelling and | limitless |
billows, Nothing be- | fore and | nothing be- | hind but the | sky
and the | ocean. Coleridge.
Hexameter
Hex*am"e*ter, a. Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and
spondees. Holland.
Hexametric, Hexametrical
Hex`a*met"ric (?), Hex`a*met"ric*al (?), a. Consisting of six metrical
feet.
Hexametrist
Hex*am"e*trist (?), n. One who writes in hexameters. "The Christian
hexametrists." Milman.
Hexandria
Hex*an"dri*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. hexandrie.] (Bot.) A Linn\'91an
class of plants having six stamens.
Hexandrian, Hex-androus
Hex*an"dri*an (?), Hex-an"drous (?), a. [Cf. F. hexandre.] (Bot.)
Having six stamens.
Hexane
Hex"ane (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.)Any one of five hydrocarbons, C6H14, of
the paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, and are so
called because the molecule has six carbon atoms.
Hexangular
Hex*an"gu*lar (?), a. [Hex- + angular. Cf. Sexangular.] Having six
angles or corners.
Hexapetalous
Hex`a*pet"al*ous (?), a. [Hexa- + petal: cf. F. hexap\'82tale.] (Bot.)
Having six petals.
Hexaphyllous
Hex*aph"yl*lous (?), a. [Hexa- + Gr. hexaphylle.] (Bot.) Having six
leaves or leaflets.
Hexapla
Hex"a*pla (?), n. Etym. pl., but syntactically sing. [NL., fr. Gr. A
collection of the Holy Scriptures in six languages or six versions in
parallel columns; particularly, the edition of the Old Testament
published by Origen, in the 3d century.
Hexapod
Hex"a*pod (?), a. [Gr. hexapode.] Having six feet. -- n. (Zo\'94l.) An
animal having six feet; one of the Hexapoda.
Hexapoda
Hex*ap"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. -poda.] (Zo\'94l.) The true, or
six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids.
NOTE: &hand; Th e He xapoda ha ve th e he ad, th orax, an d abdomen
differentiated, and are mostly winged. They have three pairs of
mouth organs, viz., mandibles, maxill\'91, and the second
maxill\'91 or labial palpi; three pairs of thoracic legs; and
abdominal legs, which are present only in some of the lowest forms,
and in the larval state of some of the higher ones. Many (the
Metabola) undergo a complete metamorphosis, having larv\'91 (known
as maggots, grubs, caterpillars) very unlike the adult, and pass
through a quiescent pupa state in which no food is taken; others
(the Hemimetabola) have larv\'91 much like the adult, expert in
lacking wings, and an active pupa, in which rudimentary wings
appear. See Insecta. The Hexapoda are divided into several orders.
Hexapodous
Hex*ap"o*dous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having six feet; belonging to the
Hexapoda.
Hexapterous
Hex*ap"ter*ous (?), a. [Hexa- + Gr. (Bot.) Having six processes. Gray.
Hexastich, Hexastichon
Hex"a*stich (?), Hex*as"ti*chon (?), n. [L. hexastichus of six rows,
lines, or verses, Gr. "e`x six + sti`chos row, line, verse.] A poem
consisting of six verses or lines.
Hexastyle
Hex"a*style (?), a. [Gr. hexastyle.] (Arch.) Having six columns in
front; -- said of a portico or temple. -- n. A hexastyle portico or
temple.
Hexateuch
Hex"a*teuch` (?), n. [Hexa- + The first six books of the Old
Testament.
Hexatomic
Hex`a*tom"ic (?), a. [Hex- + atomic.] (Chem.) (a) Having six atoms in
the molecule. [R.] (b) Having six replaceable radicals.
Hexavalent
Hex*av"a*lent (?), a. [Hexa- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr. See Valence.]
(Chem.) Having a valence of six; -- said of hexads.
Hexdecyl
Hex"de*cyl (?), n. [Hex- + decyl.] (Chem.) The essential radical,
C16H33, of hecdecane.
Hexdecylic
Hex`de*cyl"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hexdecyl
or hecdecane; as, hexdecylic alcohol.
Hexeikosane
Hex*ei"ko*sane (?), n. [Hex- + eikosane.] (chem.) A hydrocarbon,
C26H54, resembling paraffine; -- so called because each molecule has
twenty-six atoms of carbon. [Written also hexacosane.]
Hexene
Hex"ene (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) Same as Hexylene.
Hexicology
Hex`i*col"ogy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] The science which treats of the
complex relations of living creatures to other organisms, and to their
surrounding conditions generally. <-- = ecology --> St. George Mivart.
Hexine
Hex"ine (?), n. [Gr. "e`x six.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C6H10, of the
acetylene series, obtained artificially as a colorless, volatile,
pungent liquid; -- called also hexoylene.
Hexoctahedron
Hex*oc`ta*he"dron (?), n. [Hex- + octahedron.] (Geom.) A solid having
forty-eight equal triangular faces.
Hexoic
Hex*o"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hexane; as,
hexoic acid.
Hexone
Hex"one (?), n. [Hex- + -one.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C6H8, of
the valylene series, obtained from distillation products of certain
fats and gums.
Hexyl
Hex"yl (?), n. [Hex- + -yl.] (chem.) A compound radical, C6H13,
regarded as the essential residue of hexane, and a related series of
compounds.
Hexylene
Hex"yl*ene (?), n. [Hex- + -yl + ethlene.] (Chem.) A colorless, liquid
hydrocarbon, C6H12, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and
found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals; also, any
one several isomers of hexylene proper. Called also hexene.
Hexylic
Hex*yl"ic (?), a. (chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hexyl or
hexane; as, hexylic alcohol.
Hey
Hey (?), a. [See High.] High. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hey
Hey (?), interj. [OE. hei; cf. D. & G. hei.]
1. An exclamation of joy, surprise, or encouragement. Shak.
2. A cry to set dogs on. Shak.
Heyday
Hey"day` (?), interj. [Cf. G. heida, or hei da, D. hei daar. Cf. Hey,
and There.] An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of
wonder. B. Jonson.
Heyday
Hey"day` (?), n. [Prob. for. high day. See High, and Day.] The time of
triumph and exultation; hence, joy, high spirits, frolicsomeness;
wildness.
The heyday in the blood is tame. Shak.
In the heyday of their victories. J. H. Newman.
Heydeguy
Hey"de*guy (?), n. [Perh. fr. heyday + guise.] A kind of country-dance
or round. [Obs.] Spenser.
Heyh, Heygh
Heyh, Heygh (, a. High. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Heyne
Heyne (?), n. [AS. he\'a0n low, mean.] A wretch; a rascal. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Heyten
Hey"ten (?), adv. [Icel. h.] Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hiation
Hi*a"tion (?), n. [See Hiatus.] Act of gaping. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Hiatus
Hi*a"tus (?), n.; pl. L. Hiatus, E. Hiatuses (#). [L., fr. hiare,
hiatum, to gape; akin to E. yawn. See Yawn.]
1. An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a
manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where
something is wanting; a break.
2. (Gram.) The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or
syllables. Pope.
Hibernacle
Hi*ber"na*cle (?), n. [L. hibernaculum a winter residence, pl.
hibernacula winter quarters: cf. F. hibernacle. See Hibernate.] That
which serves for protection or shelter in winter; winter quarters; as,
the hibernacle of an animal or a plant. Martyn.
Hibernaculum
Hi`ber*nac"u*lum (?), n. [See Hibernacle.]
1. (Bot.) A winter bud, in which the rudimentary foliage or flower, as
of most trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected by
closely overlapping scales.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A little case in which certain insects pass the winter.
3. Winter home or abiding place. J. Burroughs.
Hibernal
Hi*ber"nal (?), a. [L. hibernalis, from the root of hiems winter; akin
to Gr. hima cold, winter, snow: cf. F. hibernal.] Belonging or
relating to winter; wintry; winterish. Sir T. Browne.
Hibernate
Hi"ber*nate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hibernated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hibernating (?).] [L. hibernare, hibernatum, fr. hibernu wintry. See
Hibernal.] To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters,
in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and
insects.
Inclination would lead me to hibernate, during half the year, in
this uncomfortable climate of Great Britain. Southey.
Hibernation
Hi`ber*na"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. hibernation.] The act or state of
hibernating. Evelyn.
Hibernian
Hi*ber"ni*an (?), a. [L. Hibernia, Ireland.] Of or pertaining to
Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of
Ireland.
Hibernicism, Hibernianism
Hi*ber"ni*cism (?), Hi*ber"ni*an*ism (?), n. An idiom or mode of
speech peculiar to the Irish. Todd.
Hiberno-Celtic
Hi*ber"no-Celt"ic (?), n. The native language of the Irish; that
branch of the Celtic languages spoken by the natives of Ireland. Also
adj.
Hibiscus
Hi*bis"cus (?), n. [L., marsh mallow; cf. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of plants
(herbs, shrubs, or trees), some species of which have large, showy
flowers. Some species are cultivated in India for their fiber, which
is used as a substitute for hemp. See Althea, Hollyhock, and Manoe.
Hiccius doctius
Hic"ci*us doc"ti*us (?). [Corrupted fr. L. hic est doctus this is a
learned man.] A juggler. [Cant]<-- ==> hocus pocus --> Hudibras.
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Hiccough
Hic"cough (?; 277), n. [OE. hickup, hicket, hickock; prob. of
imitative origin; cf. D. & Dan. hik, Sw. hicka, Armor. hak, hik, W.
ig, F. hoquet.] (Physiol.) A modified respiratory movement; a
spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the
diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further
entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air
entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or
hiccough. [Written also hickup or hiccup.]
Hiccough
Hic"cough (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hiccoughed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hiccoughing.] To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.
Hickory
Hick"o*ry (?), n. [North American Indian pawcohiccora (Capt. J. Smith)
a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from pounded hickory nuts.
"Pohickory" is named in a list of Virginia trees, in 1653, and this
was finally shortened to "hickory." J. H. Trumbull.] (Bot.) An
American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species.
The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the
hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the C.
glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whose shell is
very thin and the kernel bitter. Hickory shad. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The
mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The gizzard shad.
Hicksite
Hicks"ite (?), n. A member or follower of the "liberal" party, headed
by Elias Hicks, which, because of a change of views respecting the
divinity of Christ and the Atonement, seceded from the conservative
portion of the Society of Friends in the United States, in 1827.
Hickup
Hick"up (?), n. & v. i. See Hiccough.
Hickwall, Hickway
Hick"wall` (?), Hick"way` (?), n. [OE., also hyghwhele, highawe.] The
lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe. [Prov. Eng.]
Hid
Hid (?), imp. & p. p. of Hide. See Hidden.
Hidage
Hid"age (?), n. [From hide a quantity of land.] (O. Eng. Law.) A tax
formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land. [Written
also hydage.]
Hidalgo
Hi*dal"go (?), n. [Sp., contr. fr. hijo de algo, i. e., son of
something; hijo son (fr. LL. filius) + algo something, fr. L. aliquod.
Cf. Fidalgo.] A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class.
Hidden
Hid"den (?), p. p. & a. from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret;
not known; mysterious. Hidden fifths OR octaves (Mus.), consecutive
fifths or octaves, not sounded, but suggested or implied in the
parallel motion of two parts towards a fifth or an octave. Syn. --
Hidden, Secret, Covert. Hidden may denote either known to on one; as,
a hidden disease; or intentionally concealed; as, a hidden purpose of
revenge. Secret denotes that the thing is known only to the party or
parties concerned; as, a secret conspiracy. Covert literally denotes
what is not open or avowed; as, a covert plan; but is often applied to
what we mean shall be understood, without openly expressing it; as, a
covert allusion. Secret is opposed to known, and hidden to revealed.
Bring to light the hidden things of darkness. 1 Cor. iv. 5.
My heart, which by a secret harmony Still moves with thine, joined
in connection sweet. Milton.
By what best way, Whether of open war, or covert guile, We now
debate. Milton.
Hiddenite
Hid"den*ite (?), n. [After W. E. Hidden.] (Min.) An emerald-green
variety of spodumene found in North Carolina; lithia emerald, -- used
as a gem.
Hiddenly
Hid"den*ly (?), adv. In a hidden manner.
Hide
Hide (?), v. t. [imp. Hid (?); p. p. Hidden (?), Hid; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hiding (?).] [OE. hiden, huden, AS. h; akin to Gr. house, hut, and
perh. to E. hide of an animal, and to hoard. Cf. Hoard.]
1. To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
A city that is set on an hill can not be hid. Matt. v. 15.
If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid. Shak.
2. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing
or confessing.
Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate. Pope.
3. To remove from danger; to shelter.
In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion. Ps. xxvi.
5.
To hide one's self, to put one's self in a condition to be safe; to
secure protection. "A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth
himself." Prov. xxii. 3. -- To hide the face, to withdraw favor. "Thou
didst hide thy face, and I was troubled." Ps. xxx. 7. -- To hide the
face from. (a) To overlook; to pardon. "Hide thy face from my sins."
Ps. li. 9. (b) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with. Syn. --
To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil.
See Conceal.
Hide
Hide, v. i. To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be
withdrawn from sight or observation.
Bred to disguise, in public 'tis you hide. Pope.
Hide and seek, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and
others seek them. Swift.
Hide
Hide, n. [AS. h\'c6d, earlier h\'c6ged; prob. orig., land enough to
support a family; cf. AS. h\'c6wan, h\'c6gan, members of a household,
and E. hind a peasant.] (O. Eng. Law.) (a) An abode or dwelling. (b) A
measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the
quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently
estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres. [Written also hyde.]
Hide
Hide, n. [OE.hide, hude, AS. h; akin to D. huid, OHG, h, G. haut,
Icel. h, Dan. & Sw. hud, L. cutis, Gr. scutum shield, and E. sky. .]
1. The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied
to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen,
horses, etc.
2. The human skin; -- so called in contempt.
O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide! Shak.
Hide
Hide (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hided; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding.] To flog;
to whip. [Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.]
Hidebound
Hide"bound` (?), a.
1. Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to
be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.
2. (Hort.) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes
the growth; -- said of trees. Bacon.
3. Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly
conservative. Milton. Carlyle.
4. Niggardly; penurious. [Obs.] Quarles.
Hideous
Hid"e*ous (?; 277), a. [OE. hidous, OF. hidous, hidos, hidus, hisdos,
hisdous, F. hideux: cf. OF. hide, hisde, fright; of uncertain origin;
cf. OHG. egid\'c6 horror, or L. hispidosus, for hispidus rough,
bristly, E. hispid.]
1. Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold;
as, a hideous monster; hideous looks. "A piteous and hideous
spectacle." Macaulay.
2. Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as,
a hideous noise. "Hideous cries." Shak.
3. Hateful; shocking. "Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver."
Shak. Syn. -- Frightful; ghastly; grim; grisly; horrid; dreadful;
terrible. -- Hid"e*ous*ly, adv. -- Hid"e*ous*ness, n.
Hider
Hid"er (?), n. One who hides or conceals.
Hiding
Hid"ing, n. The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from
view or knowledge; concealment.
There was the hiding of his power. Hab. iii. 4.
Hiding
Hid"ing, n. A flogging. [Colloq.] Charles Reade.
Hie
Hie (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hying.] [OE.
hien, hihen, highen, AS. higian to hasten, strive; cf. L. ciere to put
in motion, call upon, rouse, Gr. cite.] To hasten; to go in haste; --
also often with the reciprocal pronoun. [Rare, except in poetry] "My
husband hies him home." Shak.
The youth, returning to his mistress, hies. Dryden.
Hie
Hie, n. Haste; diligence. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hiems
Hi"ems (?), n. [L.] Winter. Shak.
Hierapicra
Hi"e*ra*pi"cra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (med.) A warming cathartic
medicine, made of aloes and canella bark. Dunglison.
Hierarch
Hi"er*arch (?), n. [LL. hierarcha, Gr. ishiras vigorous, fresh,
blooming) + hi\'82rarque.] One who has high and controlling authority
in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs.
Milton.
Hierarchal, Hierarchic
Hi"er*arch`al (?), Hi`er*arch"ic (?), a. Pertaining to a hierarch.
"The great hierarchal standard." Milton.
Hierarchical
Hi`er*arch"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. hi\'82rarchique.] Pertaining to a
hierarchy. -- Hi`er*arch`ic*al*ly, adv. <-- MW10 = "of, relating to,
or arranged in a hierarchy" --> <-- 2. Pertaining to a transitive
relation between objects by which they may be ordered into a
hierarchy. -->
Hierarchism
Hi"er*arch`ism (?), n. The principles or authority of a hierarchy.
The more dominant hierarchism of the West. Milman.
Hierarchy
Hi"er*arch`y (?), n.; pl. Hierarchies (#). [Gr. hi\'82rarchie.]
1. Dominion or authority in sacred things.
2. A body of officials disposed organically in ranks and orders each
subordinate to the one above it; a body of ecclesiastical rulers.
3. A form of government administered in the church by patriarchs,
metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by
priests. Shipley.
4. A rank or order of holy beings.
Standards and gonfalons . . . for distinction serve Of hierarchies,
of orders, and degrees. Milton.
<-- 5. Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost
is subordinate to a specified one above it. The ordering relation
between each object and the one above is called a "hierarchical
relation" -->
Hieratic
Hi`er*at"ic (?), a. [L. hieraticus, Gr. hi\'82ratique.] Consecrated to
sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to priests. Hieratic character, a
mode of ancient Egyptian writing; a modified form of hieroglyphics,
tending toward a cursive hand and formerly supposed to be the
sacerdotal character, as the demotic was supposed to be that of the
people.
It was a false notion of the Greeks that of the three kinds of
writing used by the Egyptians, two -- for that reason called
hieroglyphic and hieratic -- were employed only for sacred, while
the third, the demotic, was employed for secular, purposes. No such
distinction is discoverable on the more ancient Egyptian monuments;
bur we retain the old names founded on misapprehension. W. H. Ward
(Johnson's Cyc.).
Hierocracy
Hi`er*oc"ra*cy (?), n. [Gr. Government by ecclesiastics; a hierarchy.
Jefferson.
Hieroglyph, Hieroglyphic
Hi"er*o*glyph (?), Hi`er*o*glyph"ic (?), n. [Cf. F. hi\'82roglyphe.
See Hieroglyphic, a.]
1. A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the
ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the
picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of
three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the
hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the
object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic,
consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich
feather is a symbol of truth; third, the phonetic, consisting of
symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the
alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a.
2. Any character or figure which has, or is supposed to have, a hidden
or mysterious significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible
character or mark. [Colloq.]
Hieroglyphic, Hieroglyphical
Hi`er*o*glyph"ic (?), Hi`er*o*glyph"ic*al (?), a. [L. hieroglyphicus,
Gr. hi\'82roglyphique.]
1. Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or
figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk.
Pages no better than blanks to common minds, to his, hieroglyphical
of wisest secrets. Prof. Wilson.
2. Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable. "An hieroglyphical
scrawl." Sir W. Scott.
Hieroglyphically
Hi`er*o*glyph`ic*ally (?), adv. In hieroglyphics.
Hieroglyphist
Hi`er*og"ly*phist (?; 277), n. One versed in hieroglyphics. Gliddon.
Hierogram
Hi"er*o*gram (?), n. [Gr. -gram.] A form of sacred or hieratic
writing.
Hierogrammatic
Hi`er*o*gram"mat"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. hi\'82rogrammatique.] Written in,
or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing. Bp.
Warburton.
Hierogrammatist
Hi`er*o*gram"ma*tist (?), n. [Cf. F. hi\'82rogrammatiste.] A writer of
hierograms; also, one skilled in hieroglyphics. Greenhill.
Hierographic, Hierographical
Hi`er*o*graph"ic (?), Hi`er*o*graph"ic*al (?), a. [L. hierographicus,
Gr. hi\'82rographique.] Of or pertaining to sacred writing.
Hierography
Hi`er*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. hi\'82rographie.] Sacred writing. [R.]
Bailey.
Hierolatry
Hi`er*ol"a*try (?), n. [Gr. The worship of saints or sacred things.
[R.] Coleridge.
Hierologic, Hierological
Hi`er*o*log"ic (?), Hi`er*o*log"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F.
hi\'82rologique.] Pertaining to hierology.
Hierologist
Hi`er*ol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in, or whostudies, hierology.
Hierology
Hi`er*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. hi\'82rologie.] A treatise on sacred
things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings
and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a treatise on that science.
Hieromancy
Hi"er*o*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. hi\'82romantie.] Divination by observing
the objects offered in sacrifice.
Hiermartyr
Hi"er*mar`tyr (?), n. [Gr. martyr.] A priest who becomes a martyr.
Hieromnemon
Hi`e*rom*ne"mon (?), n. [NL., from Gr. (gr. Antiq.)
1. The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to
the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister. Liddel &
Scott.
2. A magistrate who had charge of religious matters, as at Byzantium.
Liddel & Scott.
Hieron
Hi"er*on (?), n. [Gr. A consecrateo place; esp., a temple.
Hieronymite
Hi`er*on"y*mite (?), n. [From St. Hieronymus, or Jerome.] (Eccl.) See
Jeronymite.
Hierophant
Hi*er"o*phant (?; 277), n. [L. hierophanta, hierophantes, Gr.
hi\'82rophante.] The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the
Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties
of religion. Abp Potter.
Hierophantic
Hi`er*o*phan"tic (?), a. [Gr. Of or relating to hierophants or their
teachings.
Hieroscopy
Hi`er*os"co*py (?), n. [Gr. Divination by inspection of entrails of
victims offered in sacrifice.
Hierotheca
Hi`er*o*the"ca (?), n.; pl. -c\'91 (#). [NL., fr. Gr. A receptacle for
sacred objects.
Hierourgy
Hi"er*our`gy (?), n. [Gr. A sacred or holy work or worship. [Obs.]
Waterland.
Hifalutin
Hi`fa*lu"tin (?), n. See Highfaluting.
Higgle
Hig"gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Higgled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Higgling
(?).] [Cf. Haggle, or Huckster.]
1. To hawk or peddle provisions.
2. To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling;
to haggle.
A person accustomed to higgle about taps. Jeffry.
To truck and higgle for a private good. Emerson.
Higgledy-piggledy
Hig`gle*dy-pig"gle*dy (?), adv. In confusion; topsy-turvy. [Colloq.]
Johnson.
Higgler
Hig"gler (?), n. One who higgles.
High
High (?), v. i. [See Hie.] To hie. [Obs.]
Men must high them apace, and make haste. Holland.
High
High (?), a. [Compar. Higher (?); superl. Highest.] [OE. high, hegh,
hey, heh, AS. he\'a0h, h; akin to OS. hh, OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog,
OHG. hh, G. hoch, Icel. hr, Sw. h\'94g, Dan. h\'94i, Goth. hauhs, and
to Icel. haugr mound, G. h\'81gel hill, Lith. kaukaras.]
1. Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or
surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the
direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower,
tree; the sun is high.
2. Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable;
conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or relatively, and often
in figurative senses, which are understood from the connection; as -
(a) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual;
pre\'89minent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives. "The highest
faculty of the soul." Baxter. (b) Exalted in social standing or
general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like;
dignified; as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.
He was a wight of high renown. Shak.
(c) Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family. (d) Of great
strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful;
violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high
wind; high passions. "With rather a high manner." Thackeray.
Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. Ps. lxxxix. 13.
Can heavenly minds such high resentment show? Dryden.
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(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble.
Both meet to hear and answer such high things. Shak.
Plain living and high thinking are no more. Wordsworth.
(f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high
price.
If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe
at a cheaper. South.
(g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad
sense.
An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin. Prov. xxi. 4.
His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to
eighteen hundred foot. Clarendon.
3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior
degree; as, high (i. e
., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich
or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e.,
deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship,
etc.
High time it is this war now ended were. Spenser.
High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies. Baker.
4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not
cook game before it is high.
5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.
6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in
relation to the palate, as &emac; (&emac;ve), &oomac; (f&oomac;d). See
Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 10, 11.
High admiral, the chief admiral. -- High altar, the principal altar in
a church. -- High and dry, out of water; out of reach of the current
or tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached. -- High and mighty
arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.] -- High art, art which deals with
lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style
avoiding all meretricious display. -- High bailiff, the chief bailiff.
-- High Church, AND Low Church, two ecclesiastical parties in the
Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. The
high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession, and
hold, in general, to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to
baptismal regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal
ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in
worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in many
instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of the high-church
school. See Broad Church. -- High constable (Law), a chief of
constabulary. See Constable, n., 2. -- High commission court,a court
of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the
regal power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse of its
powers it was abolished in 1641. -- High day (Script.), a holy or
feast day. John xix. 31. -- High festival (Eccl.), a festival to be
observed with full ceremonial. -- High German, OR High Dutch. See
under German. -- High jinks, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy
revelry; wild sport. [Colloq.] "All the high jinks of the county, when
the lad comes of age." F. Harrison. -- High latitude (Geog.), one
designated by the higher figures; consequently, a latitude remote from
the equator. -- High life, life among the aristocracy or the rich. --
High liver, one who indulges in a rich diet. -- High living, a feeding
upon rich, pampering food. -- High Mass. (R. C. Ch.) See under Mass.
-- High milling, a process of making flour from grain by several
successive grindings and intermediate sorting, instead of by a single
grinding. -- High noon, the time when the sun is in the meridian. --
High place (Script.), an eminence or mound on which sacrifices were
offered. -- High priest. See in the Vocabulary. -- High relief. (Fine
Arts) See Alto-rilievo. -- High school. See under School. High seas
(Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in the territorial
waters of any particular sovereignty, usually distant three miles or
more from the coast line. Wharton. -- High steam, steam having a high
pressure. -- High steward, the chief steward. -- High tea, tea with
meats and extra relishes. -- High tide, the greatest flow of the tide;
high water. -- High time. (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion.
(b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal. [Slang] --
High treason, treason against the sovereign or the state, the highest
civil offense. See Treason.
NOTE: &hand; It is no w su fficient to sp eak of high treason as
treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a distinct offense,
has been abolished.
Mozley & W. -- High water, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of
the tide; also, the time of such elevation. -- High-water mark. (a)
That line of the seashore to which the waters ordinarily reach at high
water. (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a
river or other body of fresh water, as in time of freshet. --
High-water shrub (Bot.), a composite shrub (Iva frutescens), growing
in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. -- High
wine, distilled spirits containing a high percentage of alcohol; --
usually in the plural. -- To be on a high horse, to be on one's
dignity; to bear one's self loftily. [Colloq.] -- With a high hand.
(a) With power; in force; triumphantly. "The children of Israel went
out with a high hand." Ex. xiv. 8.(b) In an overbearing manner,
arbitrarily. "They governed the city with a high hand." Jowett
(Thucyd. ). Syn. -- Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted;
supercilious; proud; violent; full; dear. See Tall.
High
High (?), adv. In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude;
to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently;
powerfully. "And reasoned high." Milton. "I can not reach so high."
Shak.
NOTE: &hand; Hi gh is extensively used in the formation of compound
words, most of which are of very obvious signification; as,
high-aimed, high-arched, high-aspiring, high-bearing,
high-boasting, high-browed, high-crested, high-crowned,
high-designing, high-engendered, high-feeding, high-flaming,
high-flavored, high-gazing, high-heaped, high-heeled, high-priced,
high-reared, high-resolved, high-rigged, high-seated,
high-shouldered, high-soaring, high-towering, high-voiced, and the
like.
High and low, everywhere; in all supposable places; as, I hunted high
and low. [Colloq.]
High
High, n.
1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low.
3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn.
High, low, jack, and the game, a game at cards; -- also called all
fours, old sledge, and seven up. -- In high and low, utterly;
completely; in every respect. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- On high, aloft;
above.
The dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke i. 78.
-- The Most High, the Supreme Being; God.
High
High (?), v. i. To rise; as, the sun higheth. [Obs.]
Highbinder
High"bind`er (?), n. A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon,
another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among
the Chinese. [U. S.]
High-blown
High"-blown` (?), a. Inflated, as with conceit.
Highborn
High"born` (?), a. Of noble birth. Shak.
High-bred
High"-bred` (?), a. Bred in high life; of pure blood. Byron.
High-built
High"-built` (?), a. Of lofty structure; tall. "High-built organs."
Tennyson.
The high-built elephant his castle rears. Creech.
High-church
High"-church` (?), a. Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party
called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church,
under High, a.
High-churchism
High"-church`ism (?), n. The principles of the high-church party.
High-churchman
High"-church`man (?), n.; pl. -men (. One who holds high-church
principles.
High-churchman-ship
High"-church`man-ship, n. The state of being a high-churchman. J. H.
Newman.
High-colored
High"-col`ored (?), a.
1. Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed. Shak.
2. Vivid; strong or forcible in representation; hence, exaggerated;
as, high-colored description.
High-embowed
High"-em*bowed ` (?), a. Having lofty arches. "The high-embowed roof."
Milton.
Highering
High"er*ing (?), a. Rising higher; ascending.
In ever highering eagle circles. Tennyson.
Highfaluting
High`fa*lu"ting (?), n. [Perh. a corruption of highflighting.]
High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also hifalutin.] [Jocular, U.
S.] Lowell. <-- also adjective, meaning pretentious -->
High-fed
High"-fed` (?), a. Pampered; fed luxuriously.
High-finished
High"-fin`ished (?), a. Finished with great care; polished.
Highflier
High"fli`er (?), n. One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions,
or manners. Swift.
High-flown
High"-flown` (?), a.
1. Elevated; proud. "High-flown hopes." Denham.
2. Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language.
M. Arnold.
High-flushed
High"-flushed` (?), a. Elated. Young.
Highflying
High"fly`ing (?), a. Extravagant in opinions or ambition. "Highflying,
arbitrary kings." Dryden.
High-go
High"-go` (?), n. A spree; a revel. [Low]
High-handed
High"-hand`ed (?), a. Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as,
a high-handed act.
High-hearted
High"-heart`ed (?), a. Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled. --
High"-heart`ed*ness, n.
High-hoe
High"-hoe` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The European green woodpecker or yaffle.
[Written also high-hoo.]
High-holder
High"-hold`er (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The flicker; -- called also
high-hole. [Local, U. S.]
Highland
High"land (?), n. Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an
elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland. Highland
fling, a dance peculiar to the Scottish Highlanders; a sort of
hornpipe.
Highlander
High"land*er (?), n. An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the
Highlands of Scotland.
Highlandry
High"land*ry (?), n. Highlanders, collectively.
High-low
High"-low` (?), n. A laced boot, ankle high.
Highly
High"ly, adv. In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as,
highly esteemed.
Highmen
High"men (?), n. pl. Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high
numbers. [Obs] Sir J. Harrington.
High-mettled
High"-met`tled (?), a. Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of
fire; as, a high-mettled steed.
High-minded
High"-mind"ed (?), a.
1. Proud; arrogant. [Obs.]
Be not high-minded, but fear. Rom. xi. 20.
2. Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to
elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; -- opposed to mean.
High-minded, manly recognition of those truths. A. Norton.
High-mindedness
High"-mind`ed*ness, n. The quality of being highminded; nobleness;
magnanimity.
Highmost
High"most` (?), a. Highest. [Obs.] Shak.
Highness
High"ness, n. [AS. he\'a0hnes.]
1. The state of being high; elevation; loftiness.
2. A title of honor given to kings, princes, or other persons of rank;
as, His Royal Highness. Shak.
High-palmed
High"-palmed` (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having high antlers; bearing
full-grown antlers aloft.
High-pressure
High"-pres`sure (?; 135), a.
1. Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the
atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or
hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.
2. Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.
High-pressure engine, an engine in which steam at high pressure is
used. It may be either a condensing or a noncondensing engine.
Formerly the term was used only of the latter. See Steam engine.
High priest
High" priest` (?). (Eccl.) A chief priest; esp., the head of the
Jewish priesthood.
High-priesthood
High"-priest`hood (?), n. The office, dignity, or position of a high
priest.
High-priestship
High"-priest`ship, n. High-priesthood.
High-principled
High"-prin`ci*pled (?), a. Possessed of noble or honorable principles.
High-proof
High"-proof` (?), a.
1. Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits.
2. So as to stand any test. "We are high-proof melancholy." Shak.
High-raised
High"-raised` (?), a.
1. Elevated; raised aloft; upreared.
2. Elated with great ideas or hopes. Milton.
High-reaching
High"-reach`ing (?), a. Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious;
aspiring. Shak.
High-red
High"-red` (?), a. Of a strong red color.
Highroad
High"road` (?), n. A highway; a much travele
High-seasoned
High"-sea`soned (?), a. Enriched with spice and condiments; hence,
exciting; piquant.
High-sighted
High"-sight`ed (?), a. Looking upward; supercilious. Shak.
High-souled
High"-souled` (?), a. Having a high or noble spirit; honorable. E.
Everett.
High-sounding
High"-sound`ing (?), a. Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as,
high-sounding words or titles.
High-spirited
High"-spir`it*ed (?), a. Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty;
courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or opposition.
High-stepper
High"-step`per (?), n. A horse that moves with a high step or proud
gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing. [Colloq.]
High-stomached
High"-stom`ached (?), a. Having a lofty spirit; haughty. [Obs.] Shak.
High-strung
High"-strung` (?), a. Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as,
a high-strung horse.
High-swelling
High"-swell`ing (?), a. Inflated; boastful.
Hight
Hight (?), n. A variant of Height.
Hight
Hight (?), v. t. & i. [imp. Hight, Hot (, p. p. Hight, Hote (Hoten
(Hote.] [OE. heiten, highten, haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette,
is called, was called, AS. h&amac;tan to call, name, be called, to
command, promise; also h&amac;tte is called, was called; akin to G.
heissen to call, be called, bid, Goth. haitan to call, in the passive,
to be called.]
1. To be called or named. [Archaic & Poetic.]
NOTE: &hand; In the form hight, it is used in a passive sense as a
present, meaning is called or named, also as a preterite, was
called or named. This form has also been used as a past participle.
See Hote.
The great poet of Italy, That highte Dante. Chaucer.
Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight. Surrey.
Entered then into the church the Reverend Teacher. Father he hight,
and he was, in the parish. Longfellow.
Childe Harold was he hight. Byron.
2. To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.]
But the sad steel seized not where it was hight Upon the child, but
somewhat short did fall. Spenser.
3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.]
Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. Spenser.
4. To promise. [Obs.]
He had hold his day, as he had hight. Chaucer.
Hightener
Hight"en*er (?), n. That which heightens.
Highth
Highth (h&imac;th or h&imac;tth), n. Variant of Height. [Obs.]
High-toned
High"-toned` (?), a.
1. High in tone or sound.
2. Elevated; high-principled; honorable.
In whose high-toned impartial mind Degrees of mortal rank and state
Seem objects of indifferent weight. Sir W. Scott.
<-- 3. pretentious, pompous. -->
High-top
High"-top` (?), n. A ship's masthead. Shak.
Highty-tighty
High"ty-tigh"ty (?), a. Hoity-toity.
Highway
High"way` (?), n. A road or way open to the use of the public; a main
road or thoroughfare. Syn. -- Way; road; path; course.
Highwayman
High"way`man (?), n.; pl. Highwaymen (. One who robs on the public
road; a highway robber.
High-wrought
High"-wrought` (?), a.
1. Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. [Obs.] Pope.
2. Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion.
"A high-wrought flood." Shak.
Higre
Hi"gre (?), n. See Eagre. [Obs.] Drayton.
Hig-taper
Hig"-ta`per (?), n. [Cf. Hag-taper.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus
Verbascum (V. Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and
hag-taper.]
Hijera, Hijra
Hij"e*ra (?), Hij"ra (, n. See Hegira.
Hilal
Hi"lal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a hilum.
Hilar
Hi"lar (?), a. (Bot.) Belonging to the hilum.
Hilarious
Hi*la"ri*ous (?), a. [L. hilaris, hilarus, Gr. Mirthful; noisy; merry.
Hilarity
Hi*lar"i*ty (?; 277), n. [L. hilaritas: cf. F. hilarit\'82. See
Hilarious.] Boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity. Goldsmith.
NOTE: &hand; Hilarity differs from joy: the latter, excited by good
news or prosperity, is an affection of the mind; the former,
produced by social pleasure, drinking, etc., which rouse the animal
spirits, is more demonstrative.
Syn. -- Glee; cheerfulness; mirth; merriment; gayety; joyousness;
exhilaration; joviality; jollity.
Hilary term
Hil"a*ry term` (?). Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of
common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending
on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year; -- so called from
the festival of St. Hilary, January 13th.
NOTE: &hand; Th e Hilary term is superseded by the Hilary sittings,
which commence on the eleventh of January and end on the Wednesday
before Easter.
Mozley & W.
Hilding
Hil"ding (?), n. [Prob. a corruption of hindling, dim. of hind, adj.
Cf. Prov. E. hilderling, hinderling. See Hinderling.] A base, menial
wretch. -- a. Base; spiritless. [Obs.] Shak.
Hile
Hile (?), v. t. To hide. See Hele. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hile
Hile (?), n. (Bot.) Same as Hilum.
Hill
Hill (?), n. [OE. hil, hul, AS. hyll; akin to OD. hille, hil, L.
collis, and prob. to E. haulm, holm, and column. Cf. 2d Holm.]
1. A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the
common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a
mountain.
Every mountain and hill shall be made low. Is. xl. 4.
2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants.
[U. S.] See Hill, v. t.
3. A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and
having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes.
[U. S.]
Hill ant (Zo\'94l.), a common ant (Formica rufa), of Europe and
America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its nests. -- Hill myna
(Zo\'94l.), one of several species of birds of India, of the genus
Gracula, and allied to the starlings. They are easily taught to speak
many words. [Written also hill mynah.] See Myna. -- Hill partridge
(Zo\'94l.), a partridge of the genus Aborophila, of which numerous
species in habit Southern Asia and the East Indies. -- Hill tit
(Zo\'94l.), one of numerous species of small Asiatic singing birds of
the family Leiotrichid\'91. Many are beautifully colored.
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Hill
Hill (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hilling.] To
surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill
corn.
Showing them how to plant and hill it. Palfrey.
Hilliness
Hill"i*ness (?), n. The state of being hilly.
Hilling
Hill"ing, n. The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around
plants.
Hillock
Hill"ock (?), n. A small hill. Shak.
Hillside
Hill"side` (?), n. The side or declivity of a hill.
Hilltop
Hill"top` (?), n. The top of a hill.
Hilly
Hill"y (?), a.
1. Abounding with hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly country.
"Hilly steep." Dryden.
2. Lofty; as, hilly empire. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Hilt
Hilt (?), n. [AS. hilt, hilte; akin to OHG. helza, Prov. G. hilze,
Icel. hjalt.]
1. A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.
Hilted
Hilt"ed, a. Having a hilt; -- used in composition; as, basket-hilted,
cross-hilted.
Hilum
Hi"lum (?), n. [L., a little thing, trifle.]
1. (Bot.) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the
point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; --
called also hile.
2. (Anat.) The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood
vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum of the kidney.
Hilus
Hi"lus (?), n. [NL.] (Anat.) Same as Hilum, 2.
Him
Him (?), pron. Them. See Hem. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Him
Him, pron. [AS. him, dat. of h&emac;. &root;183. See He.] The
objective case of he. See He.
Him that is weak in the faith receive. Rom. xiv. 1.
Friends who have given him the most sympathy. Thackeray.
NOTE: &hand; In ol d En glish hi s an d hi m were respectively the
genitive and dative forms of it as well as of he. This use is now
obsolete. Poetically, him is sometimes used with the reflexive
sense of himself.
I never saw but Humphrey, duke of Gloster, Did bear him like a
noble gentleman. Shak.
Himalayan
Hi*ma"la*yan (?), a. [Skr. him\'belaya, prop., the abode of snow.] Of
or pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain in Hindostan.
Himpne
Himp"ne (?), n. A hymn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Himself
Him*self" (?), pron.
1. An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used
as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used
alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case;
as, it is himself who saved himself.
But he himself returned from the quarries. Judges iii. 19.
David hid himself in the field. 1 Sam. xx. 24.
The Lord himself shall give you a sign. Is. vii. 14.
Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a
peculiar people. Titus ii. 14.
With shame remembers, while himself was one Of the same herd,
himself the same had done. Denham.
NOTE: &hand; Hi mself was formerly used instead of itself. See Note
under Him.
It comprehendeth in himself all good. Chaucer.
2. One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition;
the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness,
passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself.
By himself, alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as, he sits or
studies by himself. -- To leave one to himself, to withdraw from him;
to let him take his own course.
Himself, Himselve
, Himselven Him*self" (?), Him*selve" (, Him*selv"en (pron. pl.
Themselves. See Hemself. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Himselve
Him*selve" (?), pron. See 1st Himself. [Obs.]
Himyaric, Himyaritic
Him*yar"ic (?), Him`ya*rit"ic (?), a. Pertaining to Himyar, an ancient
king of Yemen, in Arabia, or to his successors or people; as, the
Himjaritic characters, language, etc.; applied esp. to certain ancient
inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the
Arabic, still spoken in Southern Arabia. Brande & C.
Hin
Hin (?), n. [Heb. h\'c6n.] A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing
three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure. W. H. Ward.
Hind
Hind (?), n. [AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG. hinta, G. hinde,
hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to seize
(in comp.), E. hunt, or cf. Gr.
1. (Zo\'94l.) The female of the red deer, of which the male is the
stag.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as E. apua
of Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney,
John Paw, spotted hind.
Hind
Hind, n. [OE. hine, AS. h\'c6ne, h\'c6na, orig. gen. pl. of h\'c6wan
domestics; akin to Icel. hj&umac; man and wife, domestics, family,
Goth. heiwafrauja master of the house, G. heirath marriage; cf. L.
civis citizen, E. city or E. home. Cf. Hide a measure of land.]
1. A domestic; a servant. [Obs.] Shak.
2. A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant. [Eng.]
The hind, that homeward driving the slow steer Tells how man's
daily work goes forward here. Trench.
Hind
Hind, a. [Compar. Hinder (?); superl. Hindmost (?), or Hindermost (.]
[OE. hind, adv., back, AS. hindan behind. See Hinder, a.] In the rear;
-- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows
or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as,
the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a
procession.
Hindberry
Hind"ber*ry (?), n. [AS. hindberie; akin to OHG. hintberi, G.
himbeere. So called because hinds or stags are fond of them. See 1st
Hind, and Berry.] The raspberry. [Prov. Eng.]
Hindbrain
Hind"brain` (?), n. [Hind, adj. + brain.] (Anat.) The posterior of the
three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and
metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only.
Hinder
Hind"er (?), a. [OE. hindere, AS. hinder, adv., behind; akin to OHG.
hintar, prep., behind, G. hinter, Goth. hindar; orig. a comparative,
and akin to AS. hine hence. See Hence, He, and cf. Hind, a.,
Hindmost.] Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear,
or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of
a horse.
He was in the hinder part of the ship. Mark iv. 38.
Hinder
Hin"der (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hindered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hindering.] [OE. hindren, hinderen, AS. hindrian, fr. hinder behind;
akin to D. hinderen, G. hindern, OHG. hintar, Icel. & Sw. hindra, Dan.
hindre. See Hinder, a.]
1. To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward;
to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often
followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders
the growth of plants; to hinder me from going.
Them that were entering in ye hindered. Luke xi. 52.
I hinder you too long. Shak.
2. To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.
What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from
having the same right? Locke.
Syn. -- To check; retard; impede; delay; block; clog; prevent; stop;
interrupt; counteract; thwart; oppose; obstruct; debar; embarrass.
Hinder
Hin"der, v. i. To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a
hindrance.
This objection hinders not but that the heroic action of some
commander . . . may be written. Dryden.
Hinderance
Hin"der*ance (?). n. Same as Hindrance.
Hinderer
Hin"der*er (?), n. One who, or that which, hinders.
Hinderest
Hind"er*est (?), a. Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hinderling
Hind"er*ling (?), n. [AS. hinderling one who comes behind his
ancestors, fr. AS. hinder behind. See Hinder, a., and cf. Hilding.] A
worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. [Obs.] Callander.
Hindermost, Hindmost
Hind"er*most`, Hind"most` (?), a. [The superlative of hind. See Hind,
a.] [Cf. AS. hindema (akin to Goth. hindumists), a superlative from
the same source as the comparative hinder. See Hinder, a., and cf.
Aftermost.] Furthest in or toward the rear; last. "Rachel and Joseph
hindermost." Gen. xxxiii. 2.
Hindgut
Hind"gut` (?), n. [Hind, a. + gut.] (Anat.) The posterior part of the
alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large
intestine also.
Hindi
Hin"di (?), n. [Prop. a Per. adj. meaning, Indian, Hindoo.] The name
given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is
chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character,
in which Sanskrit is written. Whitworth.
Hindleys screw
Hind"ley"s screw` (?). (Mech.) A screw cut on a solid whose sides are
arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is
intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form.
Hindoo, Hindu
Hin"doo, Hin"du (?; 277), n.; pl. Hindoos (#) OR Hindus. [Per.
Hind\'d4, fr. Hind, Hind\'d4st\'ben, India. Cf. Indian.] A native
inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the
Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to
followers of the Veda.
Hindooism, Hinduism
Hin"doo*ism, Hin"du*ism (?), n. The religious doctrines and rites of
the Hindoos; Brahmanism.
Hindoostanee, Hindustani
Hin"doo*sta"nee, Hin"du*sta"ni (?), a. [Hind. Hind\'d4st\'ben\'c6 an
Indian, fr. Hind. and Per. Hind\'d4st\'ben India.] Of or pertaining to
the Hindoos or their language. -- n. The language of Hindostan; the
name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern
Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and
Arabic words.
Hindrance
Hin"drance (?), n. [See Hinder, v. t.]
1. The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.
2. That which hinders; an impediment.
What various hindrances we meet. Cowper.
Something between a hindrance and a help. Wordsworth.
Syn. -- Impediment; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty; interruption;
check; delay; restraint.
Hindu
Hin"du (?), n. Same as Hindoo.
Hine
Hine (?), n. [See Hind a servant.] A servant; a farm laborer; a
peasant; a hind. [Obs.]
Bailiff, herd, nor other hine. Chaucer.
Hinge
Hinge (?), n. [OE. henge, heeng; akin to D. heng, LG. henge, Prov.
E. hingle a small hinge; connected with hang, v., and Icel. hengja
to hang. See Hang.]
1. The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid,
etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather,
which serves as a joint to turn on.
The gate self-opened wide, On golden hinges turning. Milton.
2. That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle;
a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which
the question turned.
3. One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
[R.]
When the moon is in the hinge at East. Creech.
Nor slept the winds . . . but rushed abroad. Milton.
Hinge joint. (a) (Anat.) See Ginglymus. (b) (Mech.) Any joint
resembling a hinge, by which two pieces are connected so as to permit
relative turning in one plane. -- To be off the hinges, to be in a
state of disorder or irregularity; to have lost proper adjustment.
Tillotson.
Hinge
Hinge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hinged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hinging (?).]
1. To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
2. To bend. [Obs.] Shak.
Hinge
Hinge (?), v. i. To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to
depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; --
usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point. I.
Taylor
Hinged
Hinged (?), a. Furnished with hinges.
Hingeless
Hinge"less (?), a. Without a hinge or joint.
Hink
Hink (?), n. A reaping hook. Knight.
Hinniate, Hinny
Hin"ni*ate (?), Hin"ny (?) v. i. [L. hinnire.] To neigh; to whinny.
[Obs.]
Hinny
Hin"ny, n.; pl. Hinnies (#). [L. hinnus, cf. Gr. A hybrid between a
stallion and an ass.
Hinny
Hin"ny, n. A term of endearment; darling; -- corrupted from honey.
[Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Hint
Hint (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hinting.] [OE.
henten, hinten, to seize, to catch, AS. hentan to pursue, take, seize;
or Icel. ymta to mutter, ymtr a muttering, Dan. ymte to whisper.
&root;36. Cf. Hent.] To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote
allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.
Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike. Pope.
Syn. -- To suggest; intimate; insinuate; imply.
Hint
Hint, v. i. To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to
allude vaguely to something.
We whisper, and hint, and chuckle. Tennyson.
To hint at, to allude to lightly, indirectly, or cautiously. Syn. --
To allude; refer; glance; touch.
Hint
Hint, n. A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a
suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation;
also, an occasion or motive.
Our hint of woe Is common. Shak.
The hint malevolent, the look oblique. Hannah M
Syn. -- Suggestion; allusion. See Suggestion.
Hintingly
Hint"ing*ly (?), adv. In a hinting manner.
Hip
Hip (?), n. [OE. hipe, huppe, AS. hype; akin to D. heup, OHG. huf, G.
h\'81fte, Dan. hofte, Sw. h\'94ft, Goth. hups; cf. Icel. huppr, and
also Gr. kumpis ham.]
1. The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the
pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
2. (Arch.) The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping
sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in
different directions.
3. (Engin) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post
meets the top chord. Waddell.
Hip bone (Anat.), the innominate bone; -- called also haunch bone and
huckle bone. -- Hip girdle (Anat.), the pelvic girdle. -- Hip joint
(Anat.), the articulation between the thigh bone and hip bone. -- Hip
knob (Arch.), a finial, ball, or other ornament at the intersection of
the hip rafters and the ridge. -- Hip molding (Arch.), a molding on
the hip of a roof, covering the hip joint of the slating or other
roofing. -- Hip rafter (Arch.), the rafter extending from the wall
plate to the ridge in the angle of a hip roof. -- Hip roof, Hipped
roof (Arch.), a roof having sloping ends and sloping sides. See Hip,
n., 2., and Hip, v. t., 3. -- Hip tile, a tile made to cover the hip
of a roof. -- To catch upon the hip, OR To have on the hip, to have or
get the advantage of; -- a figure probably derived from wresting.
Shak. -- To smite hip and thigh, to overthrow completely; to defeat
utterly. Judg. xv. 8.
Hip
Hip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hipping.]
1. To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip
bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent
depression of that side.
2. To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically
called cross buttock).
3. To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
Hipped roof. See Hip roof, under Hip.
Hip
Hip (?), n. [OE. hepe, AS. he\'a2pe; cf. OHG. hiufo a bramble bush.]
(Bot.) The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose
(Rosa canina). [Written also hop, hep.] Hip tree (Bot.), the dog-rose.
Hip
Hip, interj. Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip,
hurra!
Hip, or Hipps
Hip, or Hipps (, n. See Hyp, n. [Colloq.]
Hiphalt
Hip"halt` (?), a. Lame in the hip. [R.] Gower.
Hippa, Hippe
Hip"pa (?), Hip"pe (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of marine decapod
crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves
backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura.
Hipparion
Hip*pa"ri*on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.) An extinct genus of
Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each
foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is
believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family.
Hipped, Hippish
Hipped (?), Hip"pish (?), a. [From 5th Hip.] Somewhat hypochondriac;
melancholy. See Hyppish. [Colloq.]
When we are hipped or in high spirits. R. L. Stevenson.
Hippobosca
Hip`po*bos"ca (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of dipterous
insects including the horsefly or horse tick. -- Hip`po*bos"can (#),
a.
Hippocamp
Hip"po*camp (?), n. See Hippocampus.
Hippocampal
Hip`po*cam"pal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hippocampus.
Hippocampus
Hip`po*cam"pus (?), n. [L., the sea horse, Gr. "i`ppos horse +
1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters
of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus
brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot
of Neptune. Fairholt.
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2. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in
which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; --
called also sea horse.
NOTE: &hand; Th ey sw im sl owly, in an erect position, and often
cling to seaweeds by means of the incurved prehensile tail. The
male has a ventral pouch, in which it carries the eggs till
hatched.
3. (Zo\'94l.) A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter
in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called
hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus
minor, is called also ergot and calcar.
Hippocentaur
Hip`po*cen"taur (?), n. [L. hippocentaurus, Gr. (Myth.) Same as
Centaur.
Hippocras
Hip"po*cras (?), n. [F. hippocras, hypocras, NL. vinum hippocraticum,
lit., wine of Hippocrates.] A cordial made of spiced wine, etc.
Hippocrates
Hip*poc"ra*tes (?), n. A famous Greek physician and medical writer,
born in Cos, about 460 B. C. Hippocrates' sleeve, a conical strainer,
made by stitching together two adjacent sides of a square piece of
cloth, esp. flannel of linen.
Hippocratic
Hip"po*crat"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his
teachings. Hippocratic face [L. facies Hippocratica], the change
produced in the countenance by death, or long sickness, excessive
evacuations, excessive hunger, and the like. The nose is pinched, the
eyes are sunk, the temples hollow, the ears cold and retracted, the
skin of the forehead tense and dry, the complexion livid, the lips
pendent, relaxed, and cold; -- so called, as having been described by
Hippocrates. Dunglison. -- Hippocratic oath, an oath said to have been
dictated by Hippocrates to his disciples. Such an oath is still
administered to candidates for graduation in medicine.
Hippocratism
Hip*poc"ra*tism (?), n. The medical philosophy or system of
Hippocrates.
Hippocrene
Hip"po*crene (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. A fountain on Mount Helicon in
B\'d2otia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by
the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart
poetic inspiration. Keats.
Nor maddening draughts of Hippocrene. Longfellow.
Hippocrepian
Hip"po*crep"i*an (?), n. [See Hippocrepiform.] (Zo\'94l.) One of an
order of fresh-water Bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a
lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe. See Phylactol\'91ma.
Hippocrepiform
Hip`po*crep`i*form (?), a. [Gr. -form.] (Bot.) Shaped like a
horseshoe.
Hippodame
Hip"po*dame (?), n. [Cf. F. hippopotame.] A fabulous sea monster.
[Obs.] Spenser.
Hippodrome
Hip"po*drome (?), n. [L. hippodromos, Gr. hippodrome.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races.
2. An arena for equestrian performances; a circus.
Hippogriff
Hip"po*griff (?), n. [F. hippogriffe; cf. It. ippogrifo. See
Hippopotamus, Griffon.] (Myth.) A fabulous winged animal, half horse
and half griffin. Milton.
Hippolith
Hip"po*lith (?), n. [Gr. -lith.] A concretion, or kind of bezoar, from
the intestines of the horse.
Hippopathology
Hip`po*pa*thol`o*gy (?), n. [Gr. pathology: cf. F. hippopathologie.]
The science of veterinary medicine; the pathology of the horse.
Hippophagi
Hip*poph"a*gi (?), n. pl. [NL. See Hippophagous.] Eaters of
horseflesh.
Hippophagism
Hip*poph"a*gism (?), n.Hippophagy. Lowell.
Hippophagist
Hip*poph"a*gist (?), n. One who eats horseflesh.
Hippophagous
Hip*poph"a*gous (?), a. [Gr. hippophage.] Feeding on horseflesh; --
said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars.
Hippophagy
Hip*poph"a*gy (?), n. [Cf. F. hippophagie.] The act or practice of
feeding on horseflesh.
Hippophile
Hip"po*phile (?), n. [Gr. One who loves horses. Holmes.
Hippopotamus
Hip`po*pot"a*mus (?), n.; pl. E. Hippopotamuses (#), L. Hippopotami
(#). [L., from Gr.Equine.] (Zo\'94l.) A large, amphibious, herbivorous
mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is
allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and
square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy
body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible.
Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H.
Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa.<-- pigmy hippopotamus? -->
Hippotomy
Hip*pot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. hippotomie.] Anatomy of the horse.
Hippuric
Hip*pu"ric (?), a. [Gr. hippurique.] (Physiol. Chem.) Obtained from
the urine of horses; as, hippuric acid. Hippuric acid, a white
crystalline substance, containing nitrogen, present in the urine of
herbivorous animals, and in small quantity in human urine. By the
action of acids, it is decomposed into benzoic acid and glycocoll.
Hippurite
Hip"pu*rite (?), n. [Gr. hippurite.] (Paleon.) A fossil bivalve
mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical,
cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper valve or lid. Hippurites
are found only in the Cretaceous rocks.
Hip-roofed
Hip"-roofed` (?), a. Having a hip roof.
Hipshot
Hip"shot` (?), a. [Hip + shot.] Having the hip dislocated; hence,
having one hip lower than the other. L'Estrange.
Hip tree
Hip" tree` (?). (Bot.) The dog-rose.
Hir
Hir (?), pron. [Obs.] See Here, pron. Chaucer.
Hircic
Hir"cic (?), a. [Cf. F. hircique. See Hircin.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining
to, or derived from, mutton suet; -- applied by Chevreul to an oily
acid which was obtained from mutton suet, and to which he attributed
the peculiar taste and smell of that substance. The substance has also
been called hircin. Watts.
Hircin
Hir"cin (?), n. [L. hircus, he-goat, buck: cf. F. hircine.] (Chem.)
Hircic acid. See Hircic. [R.]
Hircine, Hircinous
Hir"cine (?), Hir"ci*nous (?), a. [L. hircinus, fr. hircus hegoat: cf.
F. hircin.]
1. Goatlike; of or pertaining to a goat or the goats.
2. Of a strong goatish smell.
Hire
Hire (?), pron. [Obs.] See Here, pron. Chaucer.
Hire
Hire (?), n. [OE. hire, hure, AS. h; akin to D.huur, G. heuer, Dan.
hyre, Sw. hyra.]
1. The price; reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid,
for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or
for labor; wages; rent; pay.
The laborer is worthy of his hire. Luke x. 7.
2. (Law.) A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and
labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward.
Story. Syn. -- Wages; salary; stipend; allowance; pay.
Hire
Hire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hiring.] [OE.
hiren, huren, AS. h; akin to D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra.
See Hire, n.]
1. To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for
temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use
or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to
hire money.
2. To engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one)
for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to hire a servant, an
agent, or an advocate.
3. To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give
the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; -- now usually with
out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his
time.
They . . . have hired out themselves for bread. 1 Sam. ii. 5.
Hireless
Hire"less, a. Without hire. Davenant.
Hireling
Hire"ling (?), n. [AS. h. See Hire, n., and -ling.] One who is hired,
or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in
serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary. "Lewd hirelings."
Milton.
Hireling
Hire"ling, a. Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary. "Hireling
mourners." Dryden.
Hirer
Hir"er (?), n. One who hires.
Hires, Hirs
Hires (?), Hirs, pron. Hers; theirs. See Here, pron. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hirsute
Hir*sute" (?), a. [L. hirsutus; prob. akin to horridus horrid. Cf.
Horrid.]
1. Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
2. Rough and coarse; boorish. [R.]
Cynical and hirsute in his behavior. Life of A. Wood.
3. (Bot.) Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs. Gray.
4. (Zo\'94l.) Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain
birds.
Hirsuteness
Hir*sute"ness, n. Hairiness. Burton.
Hirtellous
Hir*tel"lous (?), a. [Dim., fr. L. hirtus hairy.] (Bot. & Zo\'94l.)
Pubescent with minute and somewhat rigid hairs.
Hirudine
Hi*ru"dine (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the leeches.
Hirudinea
Hir`u*din"e*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. hirudo, hirudinis, a leech.]
(Zo\'94l.) An order of Annelida, including the leeches; -- called also
Hirudinei.
Hirudo
Hi*ru"do (?), n. [L., a leech.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of leeches,
including the common medicinal leech. See Leech.
Hirundine
Hi*run"dine (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Like or pertaining to the swallows.
Hirundo
Hi*run"do (?), n. [L., swallow.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of birds including
the swallows and martins.
His
His (?), pron. [AS. his of him, his, gen. masc. & neut. of h, neut.
hit. See He.]
1. Belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal adjective
or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers are ready; formerly
used also for its, but this use is now obsolete.
No comfortable star did lend his light. Shak.
Who can impress the forest, bid the tree Unfix his earth-bound
root? Shak.
NOTE: &hand; Also formerly used in connection with a noun simply as
a sign of the possessive. "The king his son." Shak. "By young
Telemachus his blooming years." Pope. This his is probably a
corruption of the old possessive ending -is or -es, which, being
written as a separate word, was at length confounded with the
pronoun his.
2. The possessive of he; as, the book is his. "The sea is his, and he
made it." Ps. xcv. 5.
Hisingerite
His"ing*er*ite (?), n. [Named after W. Hisinger, a Swedish
mineralogist.] (Min.) A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous
silicate of iron.
Hispanic
His*pan"ic (?), a. [L. Hispanicus.] Of or pertaining to Spain or its
language; as, Hispanic words.
Hispanicism
His*pan"i*cism, n. A Spanish idiom or mode of speech. Keightley.
Hispanicize
His*pan"i*cize (?), v. t. To give a Spanish form or character to; as,
to Hispanicize Latin words.
Hispid
His"pid (?), a. [L. hispidus: cf. F. hispide.]
1. Rough with bristles or minute spines.
2. (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.
Hispidulous
His*pid"u*lous (?), a. [Dim. of hispid.] (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Minutely
hispid.
Hiss
Hiss (?). v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hissed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Hissing.]
[AS. hysian; prob. of imitative originhissen, OD. hisschen.]
1. To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s,
by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with
the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered;
esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or
disapproval.
The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee. Ezek. xxvii. 36.
2. To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant
sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew.
Shod with steel, We hissed along the polished ice. Wordsworth.
Hiss
Hiss, v. t.
1. To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.
If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. Shak.
Malcolm. What is the newest grief? Ros. That of an hour's age doth
hiss the speaker. Shak.
2. To utter with a hissing sound.
The long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise.
Tennyson.
Hiss
Hiss, n.
1. A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the
breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation
or contempt.
"Hiss" implies audible friction of breath consonants. H. Sweet.
A dismal, universal hiss, the sound Of public scorn. Milton.
2. Any sound resembling that above described; as: (a) The noise made
by a serpent.
But hiss for hiss returned with forked tongue. Milton.
(b) The note of a goose when irritated. (c) The noise made by steam
escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove.
<-- or the high-frequency noise from an electronic audio instrument
-->
Hissing
Hiss"ing, n.
1. The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
2. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.
[Archaic]
I will make this city desolate, and a hissing. Jer. xix. 8.
Hissingly
Hiss"ing*ly, adv. With a hissing sound.
Hist
Hist (?), interj. [Cf. Dan. hys. Hush, Whist.] Hush; be silent; -- a
signal for silence. Milton.
Histiology
His`ti*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -logy.] Same as
Histology.
Histogenesis
His`to*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + E. genesis.] (Biol.)
(a) The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; --
the opposite of histolysis. (b) Germ history of cells, and of the
tissues composed of cells. Haeckel.
Histogenetic
His`to*ge*net"ic (?), a. [See Histogeny.] (Biol.) Tissue-producing;
connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues.
Histogeny
His*tog"e*ny (?), n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + root of (Biol.) Same as
Histogenesis. Dunglison.
Histographer
His*tog"ra*pher (?), n. One who describes organic tissues; an
histologist.
Histographical
His"to*graph"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to histography.
Histography
His*tog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -graphy.] A description
of, or treatise on, organic tissues.
Histoh\'91matin
His`to*h\'91m"a*tin (?), n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + E. h\'91matin.]
(Physiol.) One of a class of respiratory pigments, widely distributed
in the animal kingdom, capable of ready oxidation and reduction.
Histoid
His"toid (?), a. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -oid.] Resembling the normal
tissues; as, histoid tumors.
Histologic, Histological
His`to*log"ic (?), His`to*log"ic*al a. (Biol.) Pertaining to
histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of living
organisms. -- His`to*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
Histologist
His*tol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in histology.
Histology
His*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -logy.] That branch of
biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure
of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology.
Histolysis
His*tol"y*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "isto`s tissue + (Biol.) The decay
and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood.
Histolytic
His`to*lyt"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the
degeneration of tissues.
Histonomy
His*ton"o*my (?), n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + The science which treats of
the laws relating to organic tissues, their formation, development,
functions, etc.
Histophyly
His*toph"y*ly (?), n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + Gr. (Biol.) The tribal
history of cells, a division of morphophyly. Haeckel.
Historial
His*to"ri*al (?), a. [L. historialis: cf. F. historial.] Historical.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
Historian
His*to"ri*an (?), n. [F. historien.]
1. A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.
Even the historian takes great liberties with facts. Sir J.
Reynolds.
2. One versed or well informed in history.
Great captains should be good historians. South.
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Historic, Historical
His*tor"ic (?), His*tor"ic*al (?), a. [L. historicus, Gr. historique.
See History.] Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past
events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. --
His*tor"ic*al*ness, n. -- His*to*ric"i*ty (#), n.
There warriors frowning in historic brass. Pope.
Historical painting, that branch of painting which represents the
events of history. -- Historical sense, that meaning of a passage
which is deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under
which it was written. -- The historic sense, the capacity to conceive
and represent the unity and significance of a past era or age.
Historically
His*tor"ic*al*ly (?), adv. In the manner of, or in accordance with,
history.
Historicize
His*tor"i*cize (?), v. t. To record or narrate in the manner of a
history; to chronicle. [R.]
Historied
His"to*ried (?), a. Related in history.
Historier
His*to"ri*er (?), n. An historian. [Obs.]
Historiette
His`to*ri*ette" (?), n. [F., dim. of histoire a history.] Historical
narration on a small scale; a brief recital; a story. Emerson.
Histority
His*tor"i*ty (?), v. t. [History + -fy.] To record in or as history.
[R.] Lamb.
Thy conquest meet to be historified. Sir P. Sidney.
Historiographer
His*to`ri*og"ra*pher (?), n. [L. historiographus, Gr. historiographe.]
An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or
designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some
governments upon historians of distinction.
Historiographership
His*to`ri*og"ra*pher*ship, n. The office of an historiographer.
Saintsbury.
Historiography
His*to`ri*og"ra*phy (?), n. The art of employment of an
historiographer.
Historiology
His*to`ri*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] A discourse on history.
Cockeram.
Historionomer
His*to`ri*on"o*mer (?), n. [Gr. One versed in the phenomena of history
and the laws controlling them.
And historionomers will have measured accurately the sidereal years
of races. Lowell.
Historize
His"to*rize (?), v. t. To relate as history; to chronicle; to
historicize. [R.] Evelyn.
History
His"to*ry (?), n.; pl. Histories (#). [L.historia, Gr. 'istori`a
history, information, inquiry, fr. 'istwr, "istwr, knowing, learned,
from the root of wit. See Wit, and cf. Story.]
1. A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and
events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a
narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a
patient's case; the history of a legislative bill.
2. A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those
affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually
connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true
story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from
annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in
strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an
individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from
personal experience, observation, and memory.
Histories are as perfect as the historian is wise, and is gifted
with an eye and a soul. Carlyle.
For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or
history. Shak.
What histories of toil could I declare! Pope.
History piece, a representation in painting, drawing, etc., of any
real event, including the actors and the action. -- Natural history, a
description and classification of objects in nature, as minerals,
plants, animals, etc., and the phenomena which they exhibit to the
senses. Syn. -- Chronicle; annals; relation; narration. -- History,
Chronicle, Annals. History is a methodical record of important events
which concern a community of men, usually so arranged as to show the
connection of causes and effects, to give an analysis of motive and
action etc. A chronicle is a record of such events, conforming to the
order of time as its distinctive feature. Annals are a chronicle
divided up into separate years. By poetic license annals is sometimes
used for history.
Justly C\'91sar scorns the poet's lays; It is to history he trusts
for praise. Pope.
No more yet of this; For 't is a chronicle of day by day, Not a
relation for a breakfast. Shak.
Many glorious examples in the annals of our religion. Rogers.
History
His"to*ry, v. t. To narrate or record. [Obs.] Shak.
Histotomy
His*tot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. The dissection of organic tissues.
Histozyme
His"to*zyme (?), n. [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.) A soluble ferment occurring
in the animal body, to the presence of which many normal
decompositions and synthetical processes are supposed to be due.
Histrion
His"tri*on (?), n. [L. histrio: cf. F. histrion.] A player. [R.] Pope.
Histrionic, Histrionical
His`tri*on"ic (?), His`tri*on"ic*al (?), a. [L. histrionicus: cf. F.
histronique. See Histrion.] Of or relating to the stage or a
stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; -- sometimes in a bad
sense. -- His`tri*on"ic*al*ly, adv.
Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. De Quincey.
Histrionicism
His`tri*on"i*cism (?), n. The histronic art; stageplaying. W. Black.
Histrionism
His"tri*o*nism (?), n. Theatrical representation; acting; affectation.
Sir T. Browne.
Histrionize
His"tri*o*nize (?), v. t. To act; to represent on the stage, or
theatrically. Urquhart.
Hit
Hit (?), pron. It. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hit
Hit, 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Hit
Hit (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hit; p. pr. & vb. n. Hitting.] [OE.
hitten, hutten, of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hitte to hit, find, Sw. &
Icel. hitta.]
1. To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with
force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).
I think you have hit the mark. Shak.
2. To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to
perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable
to; to suit.
Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the notes right.
Locke.
There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails with him.
Dryden.
Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight.
Milton.
He scarcely hit my humor. Tennyson.
3. To guess; to light upon or discover. "Thou hast hit it." Shak.
4. (Backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the
opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
To hit off, to describe with quick characteristic strokes; as, to hit
off a speaker. Sir W. Temple. -- To hit out, to perform by good luck.
[Obs.] Spenser.
Hit
Hit (?), v. i.
1. To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by
against or on.
If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and hit one against
another? Locke.
Corpuscles, meeting with or hitting on those bodies, become
conjoined with them. Woodward.
2. To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often
with implied chance, or luck.
And oft it hits Where hope is coldest and despair most fits. Shak.
And millions miss for one that hits. Swift.
To hit on OR upon, to light upon; to come to by chance. "None of them
hit upon the art." Addison.
Hit
Hit, n.
1. A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the
stroke that touches anything.
So he the famed Cilician fencer praised, And, at each hit, with
wonder seems amazed. Dryden.
2. A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as,
he made a hit.
What late he called a blessing, now was wit, And God's good
providence, a lucky hit. Pope.
<-- esp. A performance, as a musical recording, movie, or play, which
achieved great popularity or acclaim. also used of books or objects of
commerce which become big sellers -->
3. A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits
the mark; as, a happy hit.
4. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of
his men. It counts less than a gammon.
5. (Baseball) A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; --
sometimes used specifically for a base hit. <-- 6. A murder performed
for hire, esp. by a professional assassin. --> <-- hit man. (a) a
professional murderer, esp. one working for a criminal organization;
also, "torpedo" [jargon] (b) (fig.) A slanderer working for political
purposes -- See "hatchet man". -->
Base hit, Safe hit, Sacrifice hit. (Baseball) See under Base, Safe,
etc. <--
Hit.
Hit. adj. having become very popular or acclaimed; -- said of
entertainment performances; as, a hit record, a hit movie. -->
Hitch
Hitch (?), v. t. [Cf. Scot. hitch a motion by a jerk, and hatch,
hotch, to move by jerks, also Prov. G. hiksen, G. hinken, to limp,
hobble; or E. hiccough; or possibly akin to E. hook.]
1. To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to
cling.
Atoms . . . which at length hitched together. South.
2. To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of
something obstructed or impeded.
Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme. Pope.
To ease themselves . . . by hitching into another place. Fuller.
3. To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere. [Eng.]
Halliwell.
Hitch
Hitch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hitched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hitching.]
1. To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast,
unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter.
2. To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
To hitch up. (a) To fasten up. (b) To pull or raise with a jerk; as, a
sailor hitches up his trousers. (c) To attach, as a horse, to a
vehicle; as, hitch up the gray mare. [Colloq.]
Hitch
Hitch, n.
1. A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an
obstacle; an entanglement.
2. The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
3. A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary
obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance;
a hitch in the performance.
4. A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his
trousers a hitch.
5. (Naut.) A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; --
intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a
timber hitch, etc.
6. (Geol.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
Hitchel
Hitch"el (?), n. & v. t. See Hatchel.
Hithe
Hithe (?), n. [AS. hHide to conceal.] A port or small haven; -- used
in composition; as, Lambhithe, now Lambeth. Pennant.
Hither
Hith"er (?), adv. [OE. hider, AS. hider; akin to Icel. hra, Dan. hid,
Sw. hit, Goth. hidrcitra on this side, or E. here, he. He.]
1. To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and implying
motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come
or bring hither.
2. To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a sense not
physical.
Hither we refer whatsoever belongeth unto the highest perfection of
man. Hooker.
Hither and thither, to and fro; backward and forward; in various
directions. "Victory is like a traveller, and goeth hither and
thither." Knolles.
Hither
Hith"er, a.
1. Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; --
correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill.
Milton.
2. Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer
years than.
And on the hither side, or so she looked, Of twenty summers.
Tennyson.
To the present generation, that is to say, the people a few years
on the hither and thither side of thirty, the name of Charles
Darwin stands alongside of those of Isaac Newton and Michael
Faraday. Huxley.
Hithermost
Hith"er*most` (?), a. Nearest on this side. Sir M. Hale.
Hitherto
Hith"er*to` (?), adv.
1. To this place; to a prescribed limit.
Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further. Job xxxviii. 11.
2. Up to this time; as yet; until now.
The Lord hath blessed me hitherto. Josh. xvii. 14.
Hitherward
Hith"er*ward (?), adv. [AS. hiderweard.] Toward this place; hither.
Marching hitherward in proud array. Shak.
Hitter
Hit"ter (?), n. One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.
Hive
Hive (?), n. [OE. hive, huve, AS. h.]
1. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation
of a swarm of honeybees. Dryden.
2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. Shak.
3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
The hive of Roman liars. Tennyson.
Hive bee (Zo\'94l.), the honeybee.
Hive
Hive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hiving.]
1. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as,
to hive a swarm of bees.
2. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate
for future need; to lay up in store.
Hiving wisdom with each studious year. Byron.
Hive
Hive, v. i. To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a
collective body. Pope.
Hiveless
Hive"less, a. Destitute of a hive. Gascoigne.
Hiver
Hiv"er (?), n. One who collects bees into a hive.
Hives
Hives (?), n. [Scot.; perh. akin to E. heave.] (Med.) (a) The croup.
(b) An eruptive disease (Varicella globularis), allied to the chicken
pox.
Hizz
Hizz (?), v. i. To hiss. [Obs.] Shak.
Ho
Ho (?), pron. Who. [Obs.] In some Chaucer MSS.
Ho, Hoa
Ho, Hoa (?), n. [See Ho, interj., 2.] A stop; a halt; a moderation of
pace.
There is no ho with them. Decker.
Ho, Hoa
Ho, Hoa (?), interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho.]
1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of
approach. "What noise there, ho?" Shak.
"Ho! who's within?" Shak.
2. [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E. whoa.]
Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but
formerly to order the cessation of anything. [Written also whoa,
and, formerly, hoo.]
The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried "Hoo!" Chaucer.
An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. Chaucer.
Hoar
Hoar (?), a. [OE. hor, har, AS. h\'ber; akin to Icel. h\'berr, and
to OHG. h&emac;r illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Hei&edh;
brightness of the sky, Goth. hais torch, Skr. k&emac;tus light,
torch. Cf. Hoary.]
1. White, or grayish white: as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs. "Hoar
waters." Spenser.
2. Gray or white with age; hoary.
Whose beard with age is hoar. Coleridge.
Old trees with trunks all hoar. Byron.
3. Musty; moldy; stale. [Obs.] Shak.
Hoar
Hoar, n. Hoariness; antiquity. [R.]
Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. Burke.
Hoar
Hoar, v. t. [AS. h\'berian to grow gray.] To become moldy or musty.
[Obs.] Shak.
Hoard
Hoard (?), n. See Hoarding, 2. Smart.
Hoard
Hoard, n. [OE. hord, AS. hord; akin to OS. hord, G. hort, Icel.
hodd, Goth. huzd; prob. from the root of E. hide to conceal, and of
L. custos guard, E. custody. See Hide to conceal.] A store, stock,
or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a
treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.
Hoard
Hoard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarding.] [AS.
hordian.] To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to
store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to
hoard grain.
Hoard
Hoard, v. i. To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.
To hoard for those whom he did breed. Spenser.
Hoarder
Hoard"er (?), n. One who hoards.
Hoarding
Hoard"ing (?), n. [From OF. hourd, hourt, barrier, palisade, of
German or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle, fence, G. horde,
h\'81rde; akin to E. hurdle. &root;16. See Hurdle.]
1. (Arch.) A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while
builders are at work. [Eng.]
Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. London Graphic.
2. A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or
concealing something.
The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding, the space
within which was divided into compartments by sheets of tin.
Tyndall.
Hoared
Hoared (?), a. Moldy; musty. [Obs.] Granmer.
Hoarfrost
Hoar"frost` (?), n. The white particles formed by the congelation
of dew; white frost. [Written also horefrost. See Hoar, a.]
He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. Ps. cxlvii. 16.
Hoarhound
Hoar"hound` (?), n. Same as Horehound.
Hoariness
Hoar"i*ness (?), n. [From Hoary.] The state of being hoary. Dryden.
Hoarse
Hoarse (?), a. [Compar. Hoarser (?), superl. Hoarsest.] [OE. hors,
also hos, has, AS. h\'bes; akin to D. heesch, G. heiser, Icel.
h\'bess, Dan. h\'91s, Sw. hes. Cf. Prov. E. heazy.]
1. Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected
with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse
raven.
The hoarse resounding shore. Dryden.
2. Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.
Hoarsely
Hoarse"ly, adv. With a harsh, grating sound or voice.
Hoarsen
Hoars"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarsened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hoarsening.] To make hoarse.
I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice. Richardson.
Hoarseness
Hoarse"ness (?), n. Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due
to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness
of the cords.
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Hoarstone
Hoar"stone` (?), n. A stone designating the Halliwell.
Hoary
Hoar"y (?), a.
1. White or whitish."The hoary willows." Addison.
2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.
Reverence the hoary head. Dr. T. Dwight.
3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.
4. Moldy; mossy; musty. [Obs.] Knolles.
5. (Zo\'94l.) Of a pale silvery gray.
6. (Bot.) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs;
canescent.
Hoary bat (Zo\'94l.), an American bat (Atalapha cinerea), having the
hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.
Hoatzin
Ho"at*zin (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Hoazin.
Hoax
Hoax (?), n. [Prob. contr. fr. hocus, in hocus-pocus.] A deception for
mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.
Macaulay.
Hoax
Hoax, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoaxed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hoaxing.] To
deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon
sportively. Lamb.
Hoaxer
Hoax"er (?), n. One who hoaxes.
Hoazin
Hoa"zin (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A remarkable South American bird
(Opisthocomus cristatus); the crested touraco. By some zo\'94logists
it is made the type of a distinct order (Opisthocomi).
Hob
Hob (?), n. [Prob. akin to hump. Cf. Hub. ]
1. The hub of a wheel. See Hub. Washington.
2. The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate,
where things are put to be kept warm. Smart.
3. (Mech.) A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a
tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm
wheels, etc.
Hob
Hob, n [Orig. an abbrev. of Robin, Robert; Robin Goodfellow a
celebrated fairy, or domestic spirit. Cf. Hobgoblin, and see Robin. ]
1. A fairy; a sprite; an elf. [Obs.]
From elves, hobs, and fairies, . . . Defend us, good Heaven ! Beau.
& FL.
2. A countryman; a rustic; a clown. [Obs.] Nares.
Hobanob, Hobandnob
Hob"a*nob` (?), Hob"and*nob`, v. i. Same as Hobnob. Tennyson.
Hobbism
Hob"bism (?), n. The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an English
materialist (
Hobbist
Hob"bist (?), n. One who accepts the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes.
Hobble
Hob"ble (?), n. i. [imp. & p. p. Hobbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hobbling
(?).] [OE. hobelen, hoblen, freq. of hoppen to hop; akin to D.
hobbelen, hoblen, hoppeln. See Hop to jump, and cf. Hopple ]
1. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or
hop, or with crutches.
The friar was hobbling the same way too. Dryden.
2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing. Prior.
The hobbling versification, the mean diction. Jeffreys.
Hobble
Hob"ble, v. t.
1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. " They hobbled
their horses." Dickens
2. To perplex; to embarrass.
Hobble
Hob"ble, n.
1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.
Swift.
2. Same as Hopple.
3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. Waterton.
Hobblebush
Hob"ble*bush` (?), n. (Bot.) A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having
long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the
Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.
Hobbledehoy, Hobbletehoy
Hob"ble*de*hoy` (?), Hob"ble*te*hoy` (?), n. [Written also hobbetyhoy,
hobbarddehoy, hobbedehoy, hobdehoy.] [ Cf. Prob. E. hobbledygee with a
limping movement; also F. hobereau, a country squire, E. hobby, and
OF. hoi to-day; perh. the orig. sense was, an upstart of to-day.] A
youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow . [Colloq.]
All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. Dickens.
.
Hobbler
Hob"bler (?), n. One who hobbles.
Hobbler
Hob"bler, n. [OE. also hobeler, OF. hobelier, LL. hobellarius. See
Hobby a horse.] (Eng. Hist.) One who by his tenure was to maintain a
horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle
Ages who was mounted on a hobby. Hallam. Sir J. Davies.
Hobblingly
Hob"bling*ly (?), adv. With a limping step.
Hobbly
Hob"bly (?), a. Rough; uneven; causing one to hobble; as a hobbly
road.
Hobby
Hob"by (?), n.; pl. Hobbies (#). [OE. hobi; cf. OF. hobe, hob\'82, F.
hobereau a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. hober to move, stir. Cf.
Hobby a horse.] (Zo\'94l.) A small, strong-winged European falcon
(Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.
Hobby, Hobbyhorse
Hob"by (?), Hob"by*horse` (?), n. [OE. hobin a nag, OF. hobin hobby;
cf. hober to stir, move; prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. Dan.
hoppe a mare, dial. Sw. hoppa; perh. akin to E. hop to jump.]
1. A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been
originally from Ireland; an ambling nag. Johnson.
2. A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys
make believe to ride. [ Usually under the form hobbyhorse.]
3. A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a
favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort;
that which occupies one's attention unduly, or to the weariness of
others; a ruling passion. [Usually under the form hobby.]
Not one of them has any hobbyhorse, to use the phrase of Sterne.
Macaulay.
Hobbyhorsical
Hob`by*hors"ic*al (?), n. Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim;
eccentric; whimsical.[Colloq.] Sterne.
Hobgoblin
Hob"gob`lin (?), n. [See 2d Hob, and Goblin.] A frightful goblin; an
imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit,
Robin Goodfellow. Macaulay.
Hobiler
Hob"i*ler (?), n.[See 2d Hobbler.] A light horseman. See 2d Hobbler.
[Obs.] Brande & C.
Hobit
Ho"bit (?), n. [See Howitzer.] (Mil.) A small mortar on a gun
carriage, in use before the howitzer.
Hobnail
Hob"nail` (?), n. [1st hob + nail.]
1. A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing
houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.
2. A clownish person; a rustic. Milton.
Hobnail liver (Med.), a disease in which the liver is shrunken, hard,
and covered with projections like hobnails; one of the forms of
cirrhosis of the liver.
Hobnail
Hob"nail`, v. t. To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.
Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. Tennyson.
Hobnailed
Hob"nailed` (?), a. See with hobnails, as a shoe.
Hobnob
Hob"nob` (?), adv. [AS. habban to have + habban to have not; ne not +
habban to have. See Have, and cf. Habnab.]
1. Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking.
Shak.
2. At random; hit or miss. (Obs.) Holinshed.
Hobnob
Hob"nob`, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hornobbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hornobbing.]
1. To drink familiarly (with another). [ Written also hob-a-nob.]
2. To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms.
Hobnob
Hob"nob`, n. Familiar, social intercourse. W. Black.
Hobornob
Hob"or*nob` (?), adv. See Hobnob.
Hoboy
Ho"boy (?), n. A hautboy or oboe. [Obs.]
Hobson's choice
Hob"son's choice" (?). A choice without an alternative; the thing
offered or nothing.
NOTE: &hand; It is said to have had its origin in the name of one
Hobson, at Cambridge, England, who let horses, and required every
customer to take in his turn the horse which stood next the stable
door.
Hocco
Hoc"co (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The crested curassow; -- called also royal
pheasant. See Curassow.
Hochepot
Hoche"pot (?), n. Hotchpot. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hock
Hock (?), n. [So called from Hochheim, in Germany.] A Rhenish wine, of
a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also
given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.
Hock, Hough
Hock, Hough (, n. [ AS. h the heel; prob. akin to Icel. h\'besinn hock
sinew, Dan. hasc, G. hechse, h\'84chse, LG. hacke, D.hak; also to L.
coxa hip (cf. Cuisses), Skr. kaksha armpit. &root;12. Cf. Heel.]
1. (a) The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and
shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man. (b)
A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind
leg, just above the foot.
2. The popliteal space; the ham.
Hock
Hock, v. t. To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to
hamstring; to hough.
Hockamore
Hock"a*more (?), n. [See 1st Hock.] A Rhenish wine. [Obs.] See Hock.
Hudibras.
Hockday
Hock"day` (?), n. [Cf. AS. h&omac;cor mockery, scorn.] A holiday
commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the
second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also hocktide. [Eng.] [Written
also hokeday.]
Hockey
Hock"ey (?), n. [From Hook, n.]
1. A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or
hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a
bit of wood) toward opposite goals.
2. The stick used by the players. [Written also hookey and hawkey.]
Hockherb
Hock"herb` (?), n. (Bot.) The mallow.
Hockle
Hoc"kle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hockled(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hockling
(?).] [From 2d Hock.]
1. To hamstring; to hock; to hough. Hanmer.
2. To mow, as stubble. Mason.
Hocus
Ho"cus (?), v. t. [See Hocus-pocus.]
1. To deceive or cheat. Halliwell.
2. To adulterate; to drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the
purpose of stupefying the drinker. Dickens.
3. To stupefy with drugged liquor. Thackeray.
Hocus
Ho"cus, n.
1. One who cheats or deceives. South.
2. Drugged liquor.
Hocuspocus
Ho"cus*po"cus (?), n. [Prob. invented by jugglers in imitation of
Latin. Cf. Hoax, Hocus .]
1. A term used by jugglers in pretended incantations.
2. A juggler or trickster. Sir T. Herbert.
3. A juggler's trick; a cheat; nonsense. Hudibras.
Hocuspocus
Ho"cus*po"cus, v. t. To cheat. [Colloq.] L'Estrange.
Hod
Hod (?), n. [Prov. E. for hold, i. e., that which holds. See Hold.]
1. A kind of wooden tray with a handle, borne on the shoulder, for
carrying mortar, brick, etc.
2. A utensil for holding coal; a coal scuttle.
Hoddengray
Hod"den*gray` (?), a. [Perh. akin to E. hoiden rustic, clownish.]
Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch
peasants. [Scot.]
Hoddy
Hod"dy (?), n. [Prob. for hooded.] (Zo\'94l.) See Dun crow, under Dun,
a.
Hoddydoddy
Hod"dy*dod`dy (?), n. [Prob. E. also hoddypeke, hoddypoule,
hoddymandoddy.] An awkward or foolish person. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Hodgepodge
Hodge"podge` (?), n. A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot. Johnson.
Hodgkin's disease
Hodg`kin's dis*ease" (?). (Med.) A morbid condition characterized by
progressive an\'91mia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; --
first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.
Hodiern, Hodiernal
Ho"di*ern (?), Ho`di*er"nal (?), a. [L. hodiernus, fr. hodie today.]
Of this day; belonging to the present day. [R.] Boyle. Quart. Rev.
Hodman
Hod"man (?), n.; pl. Hodmen( A man who carries a hod; a mason's
tender.
Hodmandod
Hod"man*dod (?), n. [Obs.] See Dodman. Bacon.
Hodograph
Hod"o*graph (?), n. [Gr.graph.] (Math.) A curve described by the
moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line
being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having
its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving
in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces.
Hodometer
Ho*dom"e*ter (?), n. See Odometer.
Hoe
Hoe (?), n. [OF. hoe, F. houe; of German origin, cf. OHG. houwa, howa,
G. haue, fr. OHG. houwan to hew. See Hew to cut.]
1. A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about
plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or
steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle
at an acute angle.
2. (Zo\'94l.) The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish.
Dutch hoe, one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade.
-- Horse hoe, a kind of cultivator.
Hoe
Hoe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hoeing.] [Cf. F.
houer.] To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as,
to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen
or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn. To hoe one's
row, to do one's share of a job. [Colloq.]
Hoe
Hoe, v. i. To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.
Hoecake
Hoe"cake` (?), n. A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before
the fire or in the ashes; -- so called because often cooked on a hoe.
[Southern U.S.]
Hoemother
Hoe"moth`er (?), n. [A local Orkney name; cf. Icel.h\'ber.] (Zo\'94l.)
The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark,
under Liver.
Hoful
Ho"ful (?), a. [AS.hogful, hohful, fr. hogu care, anxiety.] Careful;
wary. [Obs.] Stapleton.
Hog
Hog (?), n. [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., a
castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc'h, hoc'h. Cf.
Haggis, Hogget, and Hoggerel.]
1. (Zo\'94l.) A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of
Suid\'91; esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for
their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine;
porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.
NOTE: &hand; Th e do mestic ho gs of Si am, Ch ina, an d pa rts of
Southern Europe, are thought to have been derived from Sus Indicus.
2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.]
3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.]
4. (Naut.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom
under water. Totten.
5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which
paper is made.
Bush hog, Ground hog, etc. See under Bush, Ground, etc. -- Hog
caterpillar (Zo\'94l.), the larva of the green grapevine sphinx; -- so
called because the head and first three segments are much smaller than
those behind them, so as to make a resemblance to a hog's snout. See
Hawk moth. -- Hog cholera, an epidemic contagious fever of swine,
attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance on the skin
and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a scarlet, purple, or
black color. It is fatal in from one to six days, or ends in a slow,
uncertain recovery. Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser. )-- Hog deer
(Zo\'94l.), the axis deer. -- Hog gum (Bot.), West Indian tree
(Symphonia globulifera), yielding an aromatic gum. -- Hog of wool, the
trade name for the fleece or wool of sheep of the second year. -- Hog
peanut (Bot.), a kind of earth pea. -- Hog plum (Bot.), a tropical
tree, of the genus Spondias (S. lutea), with fruit somewhat resembling
plums, but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies. --
Hog's bean (Bot.), the plant henbane. -- Hog's bread.(Bot.) See Sow
bread. -- Hog's fennel. (Bot.) See under Fennel. -- Mexican hog
(Zo\'94l.), the peccary. -- Water hog. (Zo\'94l.) See Capybara.
Hog
Hog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hogged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hogging.]
1. To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. Smart.
2. (Naut.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
Hog
Hog, v. i. (Naut.) To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's
back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form.
Hogback
Hog"back` (?), n.
1. (Arch.) An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface
of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite of
camber.
2. (Naut.) See Hogframe.
3. (Geol.) A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a
sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides.
Hogchain
Hog"chain` (?), n. A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent
the vessel from hogging.
Hogchoker
Hog"chok`er (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) An American sole (Achirus lineatus, or
A. achirus), related to the European sole, but of no market value.
Hogcote
Hog"cote` (?), n. A shed for swine; a sty.
Hogfish
Hog"fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A large West Indian and Florida food
fish (Lachnol\'91mus). (b) The pigfish or sailor's choice. (c) An
American fresh-water fish; the log perch. (d) A large, red,
spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorp\'91na scrofa).
Hogframe
Hog"frame` (?), n. (Steam Vessels) A trussed frame extending fore and
aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal
strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake
steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback.
Hogged
Hogged (?), a. (Naut.) Broken or strained so as to have an upward
curve between the ends. See Hog, v. i.
Hogger
Hog"ger (?), n. A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at
work.
Hoggerel
Hog"ger*el (?), n. [From the same source as hog; prob. orig., a sheep
clipped the first year. See Hog.] A sheep of the second year. [Written
also hogrel.] Ash.
Hoggerpipe
Hog"ger*pipe` (?), n. (Mining) The upper terminal pipe of a mining
pump. Raymond.
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Hogger-pump
Hog"ger-pump" (?), n. (Mining) The for pump in the pit. Raymond.
Hoggery
Hog"ger*y (?), n. Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed;
beastliness.
Crime and shame And all their hoggery. Mrs. Browning.
Hogget
Hog"get (?), n. [See Hog, and Hoggerel.]
1. A young boar of the second year.
2. A sheep or colt alter it has passed its first year.
Hogging
Hog"ging (?), n. (Naut.) Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction
from sagging. Hogging frame. See Hogframe.
Hoggish
Hog"gish (?), a. Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish. -- Hog"gish*ly,
adv. -- Hog"gish*ness, n.
Is not a hoggish life the height of some men's wishes? Shaftesbury.
Hogh
Hogh (h&omac;), n. [Icel. haugr hill, mound; akin to E. high. See
High.] A hill; a cliff. [Obs.] Spenser.
Hogherd
Hog"herd (?), n. A swineherd. W. Browne.
Hogmanay
Hog`ma*nay" (, n. The old name, in Scotland, for the last day of the
year, on which children go about singing, and receive a dole of bread
or cakes; also, the entertainment given on that day to a visitor, or
the gift given to an applicant. [Scot.]
Hognosesnake
Hog"nose`snake" (?). (Zo\'94l.) A harmless North American snake of the
genus Heterodon, esp. H. platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder,
blowing adder, and sand viper.
Hognut
Hog"nut` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) The pignut. See Hickory. (b) In England,
the Bunium flexuosum, a tuberous plant.
Hogo
Ho"go (?), n. [Corrupted from F. haut go\'96t.] High flavor; strong
scent. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Hogpen
Hog"pen` (?), n. A pen or sty for hogs.
Hogreeve
Hog"reeve` (?), n. [See Reeve.] A civil officer charged with the duty
of impounding hogs running at large. [New Eng.] Bartlett.
Hogringer
Hog"ring`er (?), n. One who puts rings into the snouts of hogs.
Hog's-back
Hog's"-back` (?), n. (Geol.) A hogback.
Hogscore
Hog"score` (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Curling) A distance lime
brawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee.
[Scot.]
Hogshead
Hogs"head (?), n. [D. okshoofd; akin to Sw. oxhufvud, Dan. oxehoved,
G. oxhoft; apparently meaning orig., ox head, but it is not known why
this name was given. Cf. Ox, Head.]
1. An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine gallons, or
about 52
NOTE: &hand; Th e Lo ndon hogshead of beer was 54 beer gallons, the
London hogshead of ale was 48 ale gallons. Elsewhere in England the
ale and beer hogsheads held 51 gallons. These measures are no
longer in use, except for cider.
2. A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents; esp. one containing
from 100 to 140 gallons. [U. S.]
Hogskin
Hog"skin` (?), n. Leather tanned from a hog's skin. Also used
adjectively.
Hogsty
Hog"sty` (?), n.; pl. Hogsties (. A pen, house, or inclosure, for
hogs.
Hogwash
Hog"wash` (?), n. Swill. Arbuthnot.
Hogweed
Hog"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) A common weed (Ambrosia artemisi\'91ge).
See Ambrosia, 3. (b) In England, the Heracleum Sphondylium.
Hoiden
Hoi"den (?), n. [OE. hoydon a lout, rustic, OD. heyden a heathen,
gypsy, vagabond, D. heiden, fr. OD. heyde heath, D. heide. See
Heathen, Heath.] [Written also hoyden.]
1. A rude, clownish youth. [Obs.] Milton.
2. A rude, bold girl; a romp. H. Kingsley.
Hoiden
Hoi"den, a. Rustic; rude; bold. Younq.
Hoiden
Hoi"den, v. i. To romp rudely or indecently. Swift.
Hoidenhood
Hoi"den*hood (?), n. State of being a hoiden.
Hoidenish
Hoi"den*ish, a. Like, or appropriate to, a hoiden.
Hoise
Hoise (?), v. t. [See Hoist.] To hoist. [Obs.]
They . . . hoised up the mainsail to the wind. Acts xxvii. 40.
Hoist
Hoist (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoisting.]
[OE. hoise, hyse, OD. hyssen, D. hijshen; akin to LG. hissen, Dan.
hisse, Sw. hissa.] To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or
lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a
heavy package or weight.
They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. Pope.
Hoisting him into his father's throne. South.
Hoisting engine, a steam engine for operating a hoist.
Hoist
Hoist, n.
1. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.
2. The act of hoisting; a lift. [Collog.]
3. (fly
, or horizontal length when flying from a staff. (b) The height of a
fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay. Totten. Hoist bridge, a
drawbridge that is lifted instead of being swung or drawn aside.
Hoist
Hoist, p. p. Hoisted. [Obs.]
'Tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar. Shak.
Hoistaway
Hoist"a*way` (?), n. A mechanical lift. See Elevator.
Hoistway
Hoist"way` (?), n. An opening for the hoist, or
Hoit
Hoit (?), v. i. [Gf. W. hoetian to dally, dandle.] To leap; to caper;
to romp noisily. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Hoity-toity
Hoi"ty-toi`ty (?), a. [From Hoit.] Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also,
haughty; patronizing; as, to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume
hoity-toity airs; used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or
disapprobation, with some degree of contempt.
Hoity-toity! What have I to do with dreams? Congreve.
Hokeday
Hoke"day` (?), n. Same as Hockday.
Hoker
Ho"ker (?), n. [AS. h.] Scorn; derision; abusive talk. [Obs.] --
Ho"ker*ly, adv. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hol
Hol (?), a. [See Whole.] Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hoiaspidean
Hoi`as*pid"e*an (?), a. [Holo- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having a single series
of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; -- said of
certain birds.
Holcad
Hol"cad (?), n. [Gr. 'olka`s, -a`dos, a ship which is towed, a ship of
burden, fr. 'e`lkein to draw. Gf. Hulk.] A large ship of burden, in
ancient Greece. Mitford.
Hold
Hold (?), n. [D. hol hole, hollow. See Hole.] (Naut.) The whole
interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo
is stowed.
Hold
Hold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Held (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Holding. Holden (,
p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal
language.] [OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan.
holde, Sw. h\'86lla, Goth. haldan to feed, tend (the cattle); of
unknown origin. Gf. Avast, Halt, Hod.]
1. To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation,
within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or
escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain.
The loops held one curtain to another. Ex. xxxvi. 12.
Thy right hand shall hold me. Ps. cxxxix. 10.
They all hold swords, being expert in war. Cant. iii.
In vain he seeks, that having can not hold. Spenser.
France, thou mayst hold a serpent by the tongue, . . . A fasting
tiger safer by the tooth, Than keep in peace that hand which thou
dost hold. Shak.
2. To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority
over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend.
We mean to hold what anciently we claim Of deity or empire. Milton.
3. To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive
title to; as, to hold office.
This noble merchant held a noble house. Chaucer.
Of him to hold his seigniory for a yearly tribute. Knolles.
And now the strand, and now the plain, they held. Dryden.
4. To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind
legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
We can not hold mortality's strong hand. Shak.
Death! what do'st? O,hold thy blow. Grashaw.
He hat not sufficient judgment and self-command to hold his tongue.
Macaulay.
5. To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a
course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
Hold not thy peace, and be not still. Ps. lxxxiii. 1.
Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall hold their
course. Milton.
6. To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the
result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session,
etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or
preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a
court; a clergyman holds a service.
I would hold more talk with thee. Shak.
7. To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds
milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or
containing power for.
Broken cisterns that can hold no water. Jer. ii. 13.
One sees more devils than vast hell can hold. Shak.
8. To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or
privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught. 2
Thes. ii.15.
But still he held his purpose to depart. Dryden.
9. To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.
I hold him but a fool. Shak.
I shall never hold that man my friend. Shak.
The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Ex. xx. 7.
10. To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his
head high.
Let him hold his fingers thus. Shak.
To hold a wager, to lay or hazard a wager. Swift. -- To hold forth, to
offer; to exhibit; to propose; to put forward. "The propositions which
books hold forth and pretend to teach." Locke. -- To held in, to
restrain; to curd. -- To hold in hand, to toy with; to keep in
expectation; to have in one's power. [Obs.]
O, fie! to receive favors, return falsehoods, And hold a lady in
hand. Beaw. & Fl.
--To hold in play, to keep under control; to dally with. Macaulay. --
To hold off, to keep at a distance. -- To hold on, to hold in being,
continuance or position; as, to hold a rider on. -- To hold one's day,
to keep one's appointment. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- To hold one's own. <--
Note! There is no (b) in the original -->(a) To keep good one's
present condition absolutely or relatively; not to fall off, or to
lose ground; as, a ship holds her own when she does not lose ground in
a race or chase; a man holds his own when he does not lose strength or
weight. -- To hold one's peace, to keep silence.- To hold out. (a) To
extend; to offer. "Fortune holds out these to you as rewards." B.
Jonson. (b) To continue to do or to suffer; to endure. "He can not
long hold out these pangs." Shak. -- To hold up. (a) To raise; to
lift; as, hold up your head. (b) To support; to sustain. "He holds
himself up in virtue."Sir P. Sidney. (c) To exhibit; to display; as,
he was held up as an example. (d) To rein in; to check; to halt; as,
hold up your horses. -- To hold water. (a) Literally, to retain water
without leaking; hence (Fig.), to be whole, sound, consistent, without
gaps or holes; -- commonly used in a negative sense; as, his
statements will not hold water. [Collog.] (b) (Naut.) To hold the oars
steady in the water, thus checking the headway of a boat.
Hold
Hold, n. i. In general, to keep one's self in a given position or
condition; to remain fixed. Hence:
1. Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative.
And damned be him that first cries, "Hold, enough!" Shak.
2. Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain
unbroken or unsubdued.
Our force by land hath nobly held. Shak.
3. Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a
test or trial; to abide; to persist.
While our obedience holds. Milton.
The rule holds in land as all other commodities. Locke.
4. Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to
cleave;-often with with, to, or for.
He will hold to the one and despise the other. Matt. vi. 24
5. To restrain one's self; to refrain.
His dauntless heart would fain have held From weeping, but his eyes
rebelled. Dryden.
6. To derive right or title; -- generally with of.
My crown is absolute, and holds of none. Dryden.
His imagination holds immediately from nature. Hazlitt.
Hold on! Hold up! wait; stop; forbear. [Collog] -- To hold forth, to
speak in public; to harangue; to preach. L'Estrange. -- To hold in, to
restrain one's self; as, he wanted to laugh and could hardly hold in.
-- To hold off, to keep at a distance. -- To hold on, to keep fast
hold; to continue; to go on. "The trade held on for many years,"
Swift. -- To hold out, to last; to endure; to continue; to maintain
one's self; not to yield or give way. -- To hold over, to remain in
office, possession, etc., beyond a certain date. -- To hold to OR
with, to take sides with, as a person or opinion. -- To hold together,
to be joined; not to separate; to remain in union. Dryden. Locke. --
To hold up. (a) To support one's self; to remain unbent or unbroken;
as, to hold up under misfortunes. (b) To cease raining; to cease to
stop; as, it holds up. Hudibras. (c) To keep up; not to fall behind;
not to lose ground. Collier.
Hold
Hold (?), n.
1. The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of
holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe;
possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay.
Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold. Chaucer.
Thou should'st lay hold upon him. B. Jonson.
My soul took hold on thee. Addison.
Take fast hold of instruction. Pror. iv. 13.
2. The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
The law hath yet another hold on you. Shak.
3. Binding power and influence.
Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest hold of.
Tillotson.
4. Something that may be grasped; means of support.
If a man be upon an high place without rails or good hold, he is
ready to fall. Bacon.
5. A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
They . . . put them in hold unto the next day. Acts. iv. 3.
King Richard, he is in the mighty hold Of Bolingbroke. Shak.
6. A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often
called a stronghold. Chaucer.
New comers in an ancient hold Tennyson.
7. (Mus.) A character [thus pause, and corona.
Holdback
Hold"back` (?), n.
1. Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.
The only holdback is the affection . . . that we bear to our
wealth. Hammond.
2. The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap
of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down
hill, or in backing; also, the strap or part of the harness so used.
Holder
Hold"er, ( n. One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
Holder
Hold"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, holds.
2. One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant.
3. (Com.) The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the
one who owns or holds it.
NOTE: &hand; Ho lder is much used as the second part of a compound;
as, shareholder, officeholder, stockholder,etc.
Holder-forth
Hold"er-forth` (?), n. One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a
preacher. Addison.
Holdfast
Hold"fast` (?), n.
1. Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a
long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence,
a support. "His holdfast was gone." Bp. Montagu.
2. (Bot.) A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is attached
to its support, and differing from a root in that it is not specially
absorbent of moisture.
Holding
Hold"ing, n.
1. The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining.
2. A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
3. That which holds, binds, or influences. Burke.
4. The burden or chorus of a song. [Obs.] Shak.
Holding note (Mus.), a note sustained in one part, while the other
parts move.
Hole
Hole (?), a. Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hole
Hole, n. [OE. hol, hole, AS. hol, hole, cavern, from hol, a., hollow;
akin to D. hol, OHG. hol, G. hohl, Dan.huul hollow, hul hole, Sw.
h\'86l, Icel. hola; prob. from the root of AS. helan to conceal. See
Hele, Hell, and cf. Hold of a ship.]
1. A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or
through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a
fissure.
The holes where eyes should be. Shak.
The blind walls Were full of chinks and holes. Tennyson.
The priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid. 2 Kings xii.
9.
2. An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a
natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark
lodging or place; a mean habitation. Dryden.
The foxes have holes, . . . but the Son of man hath not where to
lay his head. Luke ix. 58.
Syn. -- Hollow; concavity; aperture; rent; fissure; crevice; orifice;
interstice; perforation; excavation; pit; cave; den; cell. Hole and
corner, clandestine, underhand. [Colloq.] "The wretched trickery of
hole and corner buffery. " Dickens. -- Hole board (Fancy Weaving), a
board having holes through which cords pass which lift certain warp
threads; -- called also compass board.
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Hole
Hole (?), v. t. [AS. holian. See Hole, n.]
1. To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the
insertion of rails or bars. Chapman.
2. To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball.
Hole
Hole, v. i. To go or get into a hole. B. Jonson.
Holethnic
Hol*eth"nic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a holethnos or parent race.
The holethnic history of the Arians. London Academy.
Holethnos
Hol*eth"nos (?), n. [Holo + Gr. A parent stock or race of people, not
yet divided into separate branches or tribes.
Holibut
Hol"i*but (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Halibut.
Holidam
Hol"i*dam (?), n. [Obs.] See Halidom.
Holiday
Hol"i*day (?), n. [Holy + day.]
1. A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor
of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday.
2. A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a
festival day.
And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday. Milton.
3. (Law) A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal
holiday.
NOTE: &hand; In th e Un ited States legal holidays, so called, are
determined by law, commonly by the statutes of the several States.
The holidays most generally observed are: the 22d day of February
(Washington's birthday), the 30th day of May (Memorial day), the
4th day of July (Independence day), the 25th day of December
(Christmas day). In most of the States the 1st day of January is a
holiday. When any of these days falls on Sunday, usually the Monday
following is observed as the holiday. In many of the States a day
in the spring (as Good Friday, or the first Thursday in April), and
a day in the fall (as the last Thursday in November) are now
regularly appointed by Executive proclamation to be observed, the
former as a day of fasting and prayer, the latter as a day of
thanksgiving and are kept as holidays. In England, the days of the
greater church feasts (designated in the calendar by a red letter,
and commonly called red-letter days) are observed as general
holidays. Bank holidays are those on which, by act of Parliament,
banks may suspend business. Although Sunday is a holiday in the
sense of a day when business is legally suspended, it is not
usually included in the general term, the phrase "Sundays and
holidays" being more common.
The holidays, any fixed or usual period for relaxation or festivity;
especially, Christmas and New Year's day with the intervening time.
Holiday
Hol`i*day, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay. Shak.
2. Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion.
Courage is but a holiday kind of virtue, to be seldom exercised.
Dryden.
Holily
Ho"li*ly (?), adv. [From Holy.]
1. Piously; with sanctity; in a holy manner.
2. Sacredly; inviolably. [R.] Shak.
Holiness
Ho"li*ness, n. [AS. h&amac;lignes.]
1. The state or quality of being holy; perfect moral integrity or
purity; freedom from sin; sanctity; innocence.
Who is like thee, glorious in holiness! Ex. xv. 11.
2. The state of being hallowed, or consecrated to God or to his
worship; sacredness.
Israel was holiness unto the Lord. Jer.ii.3.
His holiness, a title of the pope; -- formerly given also to Greek
bishops and Greek emperors. Syn. -- Piety; devotion; godliness;
sanctity; sacredness; righteousness.
Holing
Hol"ing (?), n. [See Hole a hollow.] (Mining) Undercutting in a bed of
coal, in order to bring down the upper mass. Raymond.
Holla
Hol"la (?), interj. [F. hola; ho ho + l\'85 there, fr. L. illac that
way, there. Cf. Hollo.] Hollo.
Holla
Hol"la, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hollaed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hollaing.]
See Hollo, v. i.
Holland
Hol"land (?), n. A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a
linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as,
brown or unbleached hollands.
Hollander
Hol"land*er (?), n.
1. A native or one of the people of Holland; a Dutchman.
2. A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not
absorb water; -- called also, Dutch clinker. Wagner.
Hollandish
Hol"land*ish, a. Relating to Holland; Dutch.
Hollands
Hol"lands (?), n.
1. Gin made in Holland.
2. pl. See Holland.
Hollo
Hol*lo" (?), interj. & n. [See Halloo, and cf. Holla.] Ho there; stop;
attend; hence, a loud cry or a call to attract attention; a halloo.
And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariner's hollo.
Coleridge.
Hollo
Hol"lo (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Holloed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Holloing.] [See Hollo, intery., and cf. Halloo.] To call out or
exclaim; to halloo.
Holloa
Hol*loa" (?), interj., n. & v. i. Same as Hollo.
Hollow
Hol"low (?), a. [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow, hole. Cf.
Hole.]
1. Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a
solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow
tree; a hollow sphere.
Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. Ex. xxvii. 8..
2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
With hollow eye and wrinkled brow. Shak.
3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep;
muffled; as, a hollow roar. Dryden.
4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow
heart; a hollow friend. Milton.
Hollow newel (Arch.), an opening in the center of a winding staircase
in place of a newel post, the stairs being supported by the wall; an
open newel; also, the stringpiece or rail winding around the well of
such a staircase. -- Hollow quoin (Engin.), a pier of stone or brick
made behind the lock gates of a canal, and containing a hollow or
recess to receive the ends of the gates. -- Hollow root. (Bot.) See
Moschatel. -- Hollow square. See Square. -- Hollow ware, hollow
vessels; -- a trade name for cast-iron kitchen utensils, earthenware,
etc. Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false;
faithless; deceitful; treacherous.
Hollow
Hol"low (?), n.
1. A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything;
a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a
tree.
2. A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface;
a concavity; a channel.
Forests grew Upon the barren hollows. Prior.
I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood. Tennyson.
Hollow
Hol"low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hollowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hollowing.]
To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate.
"Trees rudely hollowed." Dryden.
Hollow
Hol"low, adv. Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb
to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all
hollow. See All, adv. [Collog.]
The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks
hollow in the struggle for existence. Darwin.
Hollow
Hol*low" (?), interj. [See Hollo.] Hollo.
Hollow
Hol"low (?), v. i. To shout; to hollo.
Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear. Fuller.
Hollow
Hol"low, v. t. To urge or call by shouting.
He has hollowed the hounds. Sir W. Scott.
Hollow-hearted
Hol"low-heart`ed (?), a. Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true;
having a cavity or decayed spot within. Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest;
false; treacherous.
Hollow-horned
Hol"low-horned` (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having permanent horns with a bony
core, as cattle.
Hollowly
Hol"low*ly, adv. Insincerely; deceitfully. Shak.
Hollowness
Hol"low*ness, n.
1. State of being hollow. Bacon.
2. Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery. South.
Holly
Hol"ly (?), adv. Wholly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Holly
Hol"ly (?), n. [OE holi, holin, AS. holen, holegn; akin to D. & G.
hulst, OHG. huls hulis, W. celyn, Armor. kelen, Gael. cuilionn, Ir.
cuileann. Cf. 1st Holm, Hulver.]
1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species
(Ilex Aguifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a
spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about
Michaelmas.
NOTE: &hand; Th e ho lly is much used to adorn churches and houses,
at Christmas time, and hence is associated with scenes of good will
and rejoicing. It is an evergreen tree, and has a finegrained,
heavy, white wood. Its bark is used as a febrifuge, and the berries
are violently purgative and emetic. The American holly is the Ilex
opaca, and is found along the coast of the United States, from
Maine southward.
Gray.
2. (Bot.) The holm oak. See 1st Holm.
Holly-leaved oak (Bot.), the black scrub oak. See Scrub oak. -- Holly
rose (Bot.), a West Indian shrub, with showy, yellow flowers (Turnera
ulmifolia). -- Sea holly (Bot.), a species of Eryngium. See Eryngium.
Hollyhock
Hol"ly*hock (?), n. [OE. holihoc; holi holy + hoc mallow, AS. hoc; cf.
W. hocys mallows, hocys bendigaid hollyhock, lit., blessed mallow.
Prob. so named because brought from the Holy Land. See Holy.] (Bot.) A
species of Alth\'91a (A. rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; --
called also rose mallow.
Holm
Holm (?), n. [OE., prob. from AS. holen holly; as the holly is also
called holm. See Holly.] (Bot.) A common evergreen oak, of Europe
(Quercus Ilex); -- called also ilex, and holly.
Holm
Holm (?), n. [AS. holm, usually meaning, sea, water; akin to Icel.
h&omac;lmr, holmr, an island, Dan. holm, Sw. holme, G. holm, and prob.
to E. hill. Cf. Hill.]
1. An islet in a river. J. Brand.
2. Low, flat land. Wordsworth.
The soft wind blowing over meadowy holms. Tennyson.
Holm thrush (Zo\'94l.), the missel thrush.
Holmia
Hol"mi*a (?), n. [NL.] (Chem.) An oxide of holmium.
Holmium
Hol"mi*um (?), n. [NL., of uncertain origin.] (Chem.) A rare element
said to be contained in gadolinite. -- Hol"mic (#), a.
Holmos
Hol"mos (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Greek & Etrus. Antiq.) A name given to
a vase having a rounded body; esp.: (a) A closed vessel of nearly
spherical form on a high stem or pedestal. Fairholt. (b) A drinking
cup having a foot and stem.
Holo-
Hol"o- (?). A combining form fr. Gr. "o`los whole.
Holoblast
Hol"o*blast (?), n. [Holo + -blast.] (Biol.) an ovum composed entirely
of germinal matter. See Meroblast.
Holoblastic
Hol`o*blas"tic (?), a. (Biol.) Undergoing complete segmentation;
composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing
fission; -- opposed to meroblastic.
Holocaust
Hol"o*caust (?), n. [L. holocaustum, Gr. "o'los whole + kaysto`s
burnt, fr. kai`ein to burn (cf. Caustic): cf. F. holocauste.]
1. A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by
fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations. Milton.
2. Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or
a ship.
NOTE: [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]
Holocephali
Hol`o*ceph"a*li (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. "o`los whole + (Zo\'94l.)
An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only
the chim\'91ras; -- called also Holocephala. See Chim\'91ra; also
Illustration in Appendix.
Holocryptic
Hol`o*cryp"tic (?), a. [Holo-+ Gr. to conceal.] Wholly or completely
concealing; incapable of being deciphered. Holocryptic cipher, a
cipher so constructed as to afford no clew to its meaning to one
ignorant of the key.
Holocrystalline
Hol`o*crys"tal*line (?), a. [Holo + crystalline.] (Min.) Completely
crystalline; -- said of a rock like granite, all the constituents of
which are crystalline. <-- hologram. n. a photographic image giving
the observer a seemingly three-dimensional view of the represented
object. The three-dimensional effect is produced by exposing a
photographic recording medium to an interference pattern generated by
a coherent beam of light (as from a laser) reflected from the subject,
interacting with a beam directly from the source. The full
three-dimensional effect requires illumination of the image with
coherent light, but less perfect three-dimensional effects may also be
observed when the hologram is illuminated with white light. -->
Holograph
Hol"o*graph (?), n. [L.holographus entirely autograph, Gr.
"olo`grafos; "o`los whole + gra`fein to write: cf. F. holographe,
olographe.] A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the
handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it
purports to be.
Holographic
Hol`o*graph"ic (?), a. Of the nature of a holograph; pertaining to
holographs.
Holohedral
Hol`o*he"dral (?), a. [Holo + Gr. (Crystallog.) Having all the planes
required by complete symmetry, -- in opposition to hemihedral.
Holohemihedral
Hol`o*hem`i*he"dral (?), a. [Holo- + hemihedral.] (Crystallog.)
Presenting hemihedral forms, in which all the sectants have halt the
whole number of planes. Dana.
Holometabola
Hol`o*me*tab"o*la (?), n. pl. [NL. See Holo-, and Metabola.]
(Zo\'94l.) Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis;
metabola.
Holometabolic
Hol`o*met`a*bol"ic (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having a complete
metamorphosis;-said of certain insects, as the butterflies and bees.
Holometer
Ho*lom"e*ter (?), n. [Holo + -meter: cf. F. holometre.] An instrument
for making of angular measurements.
Holophanerous
Hol`o*phan"er*ous (?), a. [Holo + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Same as
Holometabolic.
Holophotal
Hol`o*pho"tal (?), a. [Holo + Gr. (Opt.) Causing no loss of light; --
applied to reflectors which throw back the rays of light without
perceptible loss.
Holophote
Hol"o*phote (?), n. A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the
rays of light and throw them in a given direction; -- used in
lighthouses.
Holophrastic
Hol`o*phras"tic (?), a. [Holo + Gr. holophrastique.] Expressing a
phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the
aboriginal languages of America.
Holophytic
Hol`o*phyt"ic (?), a. [Holo + Gr. Wholly or distinctively vegetable.
Holophytic nutrition (, that form of nutrition, characteristic of
vegetable organisms, in which carbonic acid, ammonia, and nitrates are
absorbed as food, in distinction from the animal mode of nutrition, by
the ingestion of albuminous matter.
Holorhinal
Hol`o*rhi"nal (?), a. [Holo + Gr. (Anat.) Having the nasal bones
contiguous.
Holosiderite
Hol`o*sid"er*ite (?), n. [Holo + siderite.] (Min.) Meteoric iron; a
meteorite consisting of metallic iron without stony matter.
Holostean
Ho*los"te*an (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to the Holostei.
Holostei
Ho*los"te*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole + (Zo\'94l.) An
extensive division of ganoids, including the gar pike, bowfin, etc.;
the bony ganoids. See Illustration in Appendix.
Holosteric
Hol`o*ster"ic (?), a. [Holo + Gr.stereo`s solid.] Wholly solid; --
said of a barometer constructed of solid materials to show the
variations of atmospheric pressure without the use of liquids, as the
aneroid.
Holostomata
Hol`o*stom"a*ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole + sto`ma,
-atos, mouth.] (Zo\'94l.) An artificial division of gastropods,
including those that have an entire aperture.
Holostomate
Ho*los"to*mate (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Holostomatous.
Holostomatous
Hol`o*stom"a*tous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having an entire aperture; --
said of many univalve shells.
Holostome
Hol"o*stome (?), n. [Holo + Gr. sto`ma mouth.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the
Holostomata.
Holostraca
Ho*los"tra*ca (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A division of
phyllopod Crustacea, including those that are entirely covered by a
bivalve shell.
Holothure
Hol"o*thure (?), n. [L. holothuria, pl., a sort of water polyp, Gr.
(Zo\'94l.) A holothurian.
Holothurian
Hol`o*thu"ri*an (?), a. ( -- n. One of the Holothurioidea.
NOTE: &hand; So me of th e sp ecies of Holothurians are called sea
cucumbers, sea slugs, trepang, and b\'88che de m\'8ar. Many are
used as food, esp. by the Chinese. See Trepang.
Holothurioidea
Hol`o*thu`ri*oi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Holothure, and -oid.]
(Zo\'94l.) One of the classes of echinoderms.
NOTE: They ha ve a mo re or le ss elongated body, often flattened
beneath, and a circle of tentacles, which are usually much
branched, surrounding the mouth; the skin is more or less flexible,
and usually contains calcareous plates of various characteristic
forms, sometimes becoming large and scalelike. Most of the species
have five bands (ambulacra) of sucker-bearing feet along the sides;
in others these are lacking. In one group (Pneumonophora) two
branching internal gills are developed; in another (Apneumona)
these are wanting. Called also Holothurida, Holothuridea, and
Holothuroidea.
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Holotricha
Ho*lot"ri*cha (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A group of ciliated
Infusoria, having cilia all over the body.
Holour
Hol"our (?), n. [OF.holier.] A whoremonger. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Holp, Holpen
Holp (?), Hol"pen (?), imp. & p. p. of Help. [Obs.] Shak.
Holsom
Hol"som (?), a. Wholesome. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Holster
Hol"ster (?), n. [D. holster; skin to AS. heolstor den, cave, fr.helan
to conceal, and to Icel. hulstr case, Goth.hulistr covering, veil,
huljan to cover. &root;17. See Hele to cover, Hell, and cf. Housing,
Houss.] A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow
of his saddle<--, or worn on the person suspended from a belt-->.
Holstered
Hol"stered (?), a. Bearing holsters. Byron.
Holt
Holt (?), 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contr. from holdeth. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Holt
Holt, n. [AS. holt; akin to LG.holt, D.hout, G. holz. Icel. holt; cf
Gael. & Ir.coill wood, Gr.
1. A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill. "Every holt and
heath." Chaucer.
She sent her voice though all the holt Before her, and the park.
Tennyson.
2. A deep hole in a river where there is protection for fish; also, a
cover, a hole, or hiding place. " The fox has gone to holt." C.
Kingsley.
Holwe
Hol"we (?), a. Hollow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Holy
Ho"ly (?), a. [Compar. Holier (?); superl. Holiest.] [OE. holi, hali,
AS.h\'belig, fr. h\'91l health, salvation, happiness, fr. h\'bel
whole, well; akin to OS. h, D. & G.heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig,
Sw. helig, Icel. heilagr. See Whole, and cf. Halibut, Halidom, Hallow,
Hollyhock.]
1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred;
reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood.
"Holy rites and solemn feasts." Milton.
2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and virtue;
free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly; pious;
irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God.
Now through her round of holy thought The Church our annual steps
has brought. Keble.
Holy Alliance (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving religion,
justice, and peace in Europe, but really for repressing popular
tendencies toward constitutional government, entered into by Alexander
I. of Russia, Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of
Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and subsequently
joined by all the sovereigns of Europe, except the pope and the king
of England. -- Holy bark. See Cascara sagrada. -- Holy Communion. See
Eucharist. -- Holy family (Art), a picture in which the infant Christ,
his parents, and others of his family are represented. -- Holy Father,
a title of the pope. -- Holy Ghost (Theol.),the third person of the
Trinity; the Comforter; the Paraclete. -- Holy Grail. See Grail. --
Holy grass (Bot.), a sweet-scented grass (Hierochloa borealis and H.
alpina). In the north of Europe it was formerly strewed before church
doors on saints' days; whence the name. It is common in the northern
and western parts of the United States. Called also vanilla, OR
Seneca, grass. -- Holy Innocents' day, Childermas day. -- Holy Land,
Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity. -- Holy office, the
Inquisition. -- Holy of holies (Script.), the innermost apartment of
the Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and where no
person entered, except the high priest once a year. -- Holy One. (a)
The Supreme Being; -- so called by way of emphasis. " The Holy One of
Israel." Is. xliii. 14. (b) One separated to the service of God. --
Holy orders. See Order. -- Holy rood, the cross or crucifix,
particularly one placed, in churches. over the entrance to the
chancel. -- Holy rope, a plant, the hemp agrimony. -- Holy Saturday
(Eccl.), the Saturday immediately preceding the festival of Easter;
the vigil of Easter. -- Holy Spirit, same as Holy Ghost (above). --
Holy Spirit plant. See Dove plant. -- Holy thistle (Bot.), the blessed
thistle. See under Thistle. -- Holy Thursday. (Eccl.) (a) (Episcopal
Ch.) Ascension day. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy
Thursday. -- Holy war, a crusade; an expedition carried on by
Christians against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh,
twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of the holy
places. -- Holy water (Gr. & R. C. Churches), water which has been
blessed by the priest for sacred purposes. -- Holy-water stoup, the
stone stoup or font placed near the entrance of a church, as a
receptacle for holy water. -- Holy Week (Eccl.), the week before
Easter, in which the passion of our Savior is commemorated. -- Holy
writ, the sacred Scriptures. " Word of holy writ." Wordsworth.
Holy cross
Ho"ly cross" (?; 115). The cross as the symbol of Christ's
crucifixion. Congregation of the Holy Cross (R. C. Ch.), a community
of lay brothers and priests, in France and the United States, engaged
chiefly in teaching and manual Labor. Originally called Brethren of
St. Joseph. The Sisters of the Holy Cross engage in similar work.
Addis & Arnold. -- Holy-cross day, the fourteenth of September,
observed as a church festival, in memory of the exaltation of our
Savior's cross.
Holyday
Ho"ly*day` (?), n.
1. A religious festival.
2. A secular festival; a holiday.
NOTE: &hand; Ho liday is the preferable and prevailing spelling in
the second sense. The spelling holy day or holyday in often used in
the first sense.
Holystone
Ho"ly*stone` (?), n. (Naut.) A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the
decks of ships. Totten.
Holystone
Ho"ly*stone`, v. t. (Naut.) To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of
a vessel.
Homacanth
Hom"a*canth (?), a. [Homo + Gr. a spine.] (Zo\'94l.) Having the dorsal
fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; -- said of certain
fishes.
Homage
Hom"age (?), n. [OF.homage, homenage, F. hommage, LL. hominaticum,
homenaticum, from L. homo a man, LL. also, a client, servant, vassal;
akin to L. humus earth, Gr.groom in bridegroom. Cf. Bridegroom,
Human.]
1. (Feud. Law) A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to,
and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or
coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession
of fealty to a sovereign.
2. Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid
by external action; obeisance.
All things in heaven and earth do her [Law] homage. Hooker.
I sought no homage from the race that write. Pope.
3. Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship;
devout affection. Chaucer. Syn. -- Fealty; submission; reverence;
honor; respect. -- Homage, Fealty. Homage was originally the act of a
feudal tenant by which he declared himself, on his knees, to be the
hommage or bondman of the lord; hence the term is used to denote
reverential submission or respect. Fealty was originally the fidelity
of such a tenant to his lord, and hence the term denotes a faithful
and solemn adherence to the obligations we owe to superior power or
authority. We pay our homage to men of pre\'89minent usefulness and
virtue, and profess our fealty to the principles by which they have
been guided.
Go, go with homage yon proud victors meet ! Go, lie like dogs
beneath your masters' feet ! Dryden.
Man, disobeying, Disloyal, breaks his fealty, and sins Against the
high supremacy of heaven. Milton.
Homage
Hom"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Homaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Homaging.]
[Cf. OF. hommager.]
1. To pay reverence to by external action. [R.]
2. To cause to pay homage. [Obs.] Cowley.
Homageable
Hom"age*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. hommageable.] Subject to homage.
Howell.
Homager
Hom"a*ger (?), n. [From Homage: cf. F. hommager.] One who does homage,
or holds land of another by homage; a vassal. Bacon.
Homalographic
Hom`a*lo*graph"ic (?), a. Same as Homolographic.
Homaloid, Homaloidal
Hom"a*loid (?), Hom`a*loid"al (?), a. [Gr. -oid.] (Geom.) Flat; even;
-- a term applied to surfaces and to spaces, whether real or imagined,
in which the definitions, axioms, and postulates of Euclid respecting
parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true.
Homarus
Hom"a*rus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of decapod
Crustacea, including the common lobsters. -- Hom"a*roid (#), a.
Homatropine
Ho*mat"ro*pine (?), n. [Homo- + atropine.] (Med.) An alkaloid,
prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically
related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose.
Homaxonial
Hom`ax*o"ni*al (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. an axle, axis.] (Biol.) Relating
to that kind of homology or symmetry, the mathematical conception of
organic form, in which all axes are equal. See under Promorphology.
Home
Home (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Homelyn.
Home
Home (110), n. [OE. hom, ham, AS. h\'bem; akin to OS. hem, D. & G.
heim, Sw. hem, Dan. hiem, Icel. heimr abode, world, heima home, Goth.
haims village, Lith. k\'89mas, and perh. to Gr.hind a peasant; cf.
Skr.ksh abode, place of rest, security, kshi to dwell.
1. One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., the
house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one's
family; also, one's birthplace.
The disciples went away again to their own home. John xx. 10.
Home is the sacred refuge of our life. Dryden.
Home! home! sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home. Payne.
2. One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the
place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt. "Our old home [England]."
Hawthorne.
3. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic
affections.
He entered in his house -- his home no more, For without hearts
there is no home. Byron.
4. The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or
where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat; as, the home of the
pine.
Her eyes are homes of silent prayer. Tennyson.
Flandria, by plenty made the home of war. Prior.
5. A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a
home for the blind; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the
native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.
Eccl. xii. 5.
6. (Baseball) The home base; he started for home.
At home.(a) At one's own house, or lodgings. (b) In one's own town or
country; as, peace abroad and at home. (c) Prepared to receive
callers. -- Home department, the department of executive
administration, by which the internal affairs of a country are
managed. [Eng.] To be at home on any subject, to be conversant or
familiar with it. -- To feel at home, to be at one's ease. -- To make
one's self at home, to conduct one's self with as much freedom as if
at home. Syn. -- Tenement; house; dwelling; abode; domicile.
Home
Home (?), a.
1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not
foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
Home base (Baseball), the base at which the batsman stands and which
is the last goal in making a run. -- Home farm, grounds, etc., the
farm, grounds, etc., adjacent to the residence of the owner. -- Home
lot, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home stands. [U. S.] --
Home rule, rule or government of an appendent or dependent country, as
to all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power
vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction
to a government established by the dominant country; as, home rule in
Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of Parliament.
-- Home ruler, one who favors or advocates home rule. -- Home run
(Baseball), a complete circuit of the bases made before the batted
ball is returned to the home base. -- Home stretch (Sport.), that part
of a race course between the last curve and the winning post. -- Home
thrust, a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a
vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack.
Home
Home, adv.
1. To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home,
carry home.
2. Close; closely.
How home the charge reaches us, has been made out. South.
They come home to men's business and bosoms. Bacon.
3. To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full
length; as, to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home.
Wear thy good rapier bare and put it home. Shak.
NOTE: &hand; Home is often used in the formation of compound words,
many of which need no special definition; as, home-brewed,
home-built, home-grown, etc.
To bring home. See under Bring. -- To come home.(a) To touch or affect
personally. See under Come. (b) (Naut.) To drag toward the vessel,
instead of holding firm, as the cable is shortened; -- said of an
anchor. -- To haul home the sheets of a sail (Naut.), to haul the
clews close to the sheave hole. Totten.
Homeborn
Home"born` (?), a.
1. Native; indigenous; not foreign. Donne. Pope.
2. Of or pertaining to the home or family.
Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness. Cowper.
Home-bound
Home"-bound` (?), a. Kept at home.
Home-bred
Home"-bred` (?), a.
1. Bred at home; domestic; not foreign. " Home-bred mischief." Milton.
Benignity and home-bred sense. Wordsworth.
2. Not polished; rude; uncultivated.
Only to me home-bred youths belong. Dryden.
Home-coming
Home-com`ing (?), n. Return home.
Kepeth this child, al be it foul or fayr, And eek my wyf, unto myn
hoom-cominge. Chaucer.
Home-driven
Home"-driv`en (?), a. Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close.
Home-dwelling
Home"-dwell`ing (?), a. Keeping at home.
Home-felt
Home"-felt` (?), a. Felt in one's own breast; inward; private.
"Home-felt quiet. Pope.
Homefield
Home"field` (?), n. Afield adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne.
Home-keeping
Home"-keep`ing (?), a. Staying at home; not gadding.
Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits. Shak.
Home-keeping
Home"-keep`ing, n. A staying at home.
Homeless
Home"less, a. [AS.h\'bemleas.] Destitute of a home. -- Home"less*ness,
n.
Homelike
Home"like` (?), a. Like a home; comfortable; cheerful; cozy; friendly.
Homelily
Home"li*ly (?), adv. Plainly; inelegantly. [R.]
Homeliness
Home"li*ness, n. [From Homely.]
1. Domesticity; care of home. [Obs.] "Wifely homeliness." Chaucer.
2. Familiarity; intimacy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.
4. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of
manners, or language. Addison.
Homeling
Home"ling (?), n. A person or thing belonging to a home or to a
particular country; a native; as, a word which is a homeling. Trench.
Homely
Home"ly, a. [Compar. Homelier (?); superl. Homeliest.] [From Home, n.]
1. Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic;
familiar; intimate. [Archaic]
With all these men I was right homely, and communed with, them long
and oft. Foxe.
Their homely joys, and destiny obscure. Gray.
2. Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely
garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners.
Now Strephon daily entertains His Chloe in the homeliest strains.
Pope.
3. Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; -- contrary to handsome.
None so homely but loves a looking-glass. South.
Homely
Home"ly, adv. Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed. [R.]
Spenser.
Homelyn
Home"lyn (?), n. [Scot. hommelin.] (Zo\'94l) The European sand ray
(Raia maculata); -- called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray.
Homemade
Home"made` (?), a. Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either
in a private family or in one's own country. Locke.
Homeopath
Ho"me*o*path (?), n. [Cf. F. hom\'82opathe.] A practitioner of
homeopathy. [Written also homoeopath.]
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Homeopathic
Ho`me*o*path"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. hom\'82opathique.] Of or pertaining to
homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy. [Also
hom\'d2pathic.]
Homeopathically
Ho`me*o*path"ic*al*ly (?), adv. According to the practice of
homeopathy. [Also hom\'d2pathically.]
Homeopathist
Ho`me*op"a*thist (?), n. A believer in, or practitioner of,
homeopathy. [Written also hom\'d2pathist.]
Homeopathy
Ho*me*op"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. Same) + hom\'82opathie. See Pathos.]
(Med.) The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and its
practice that disease is cured (tuto, cito, et jucunde) by remedies
which produce on a healthy person effects similar to the symptoms of
the complaint under which the patient suffers, the remedies being
usually administered in minute doses. This system was founded by Dr.
Samuel Hahnemann, and is opposed to allopathy, or heteropathy.
[Written also hom\'d2pathy.]
Homer
Hom"er (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability
to return home from a distance.
Homer
Ho"mer (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Hoemother.
Homer
Ho"mer, n. [Heb. kh\'d3mer.] A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid
measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one
pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels,
two pecks, four quarts. [Written also chomer, gomer.]
Homeric
Ho*mer"ic (?), a. [L. Homericus, Gr. Of or pertaining to Homer, the
most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer. Homeric
verse, hexameter verse; -- so called because used by Homer in his
epics.
Homesick
Home"sick` (?), a. Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition. --
Home"sick`ness, n.
Home-speaking
Home"-speak`ing (?), n. Direct, forcible, and effective speaking.
Milton.
Homespun
Home"spun (?), a.
1. Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain.
"Homespun country garbs." W. Irving.
2. Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. "Our homespun
English proverb." Dryden. "Our homespun authors." Addison.
Homespun
Home"spun, n.
1. Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.
2. An unpolished, rustic person. [Obs.] Shak.
Homestall
Home"stall` (?), n. [AS. h\'bemsteall.] Place of a home; homestead.
Cowper.
Homestead
Home"stead (?), n. [AS. h\'bemstede.]
1. The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately
connected with it. Dryden.
2. The home or seat of a family; place of origin.
We can trace them back to a homestead on the Rivers Volga and Ural.
W. Tooke.
3. (Law) The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head
of a family, and occupied by him and his family.
Homestead law. (a) A law conferring special privileges or exemptions
upon owners of homesteads; esp., a law exempting a homestead from
attachment or sale under execution for general debts. Such laws, with
limitations as to the extent or value of the property, exist in most
of the States. Called also homestead exemption law. (b) Also, a
designation of an Act of Congress authorizing and regulating the sale
of public lands, in parcels of 160 acres each, to actual settlers.
[U.S.]
Homesteader
Home"stead*er (?), n. One who has entered upon a portion of the public
land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of
the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this
manner. [Local, U.S.]
Homeward
Home"ward (?), a. Being in the direction of home; as, the homeward
way.
Homeward, Homewards
Home"ward (?), Home"wards (?), adv. [AS. h\'bemweard.] Toward home; in
the direction of one's house, town, or country. Homeward bound, bound
for home; going homeward; as, the homeward bound fleet.
Homicidal
Hom"i*ci`dal (?), a. Pertaining to homicide; tending to homicide;
murderous.
Homicide
Hom"i*cide (?), n. [F., fr. L. homicidium, fr. homicida a man slayer;
homo man + caedere to cut, kill. See Homage, and cf. Concise, Shed, v.
t.]
1. The killing of one human being by another.
NOTE: &hand; Ho micide is of three kinds: justifiable, as when the
killing is performed in the exercise of a right or performance of a
duty; excusable, as when done, although not as duty or right, yet
without culpable or criminal intent; and felonious, or involving
what the law terms malice; the latter may be either manslaughter or
murder. Bouvier.
2. One who kills another; a manslayer. Chaucer. Shak.
Homiform
Hom"i*form (?), a. [L. homo man + -form.] In human form. [Obs.]
Cudworth.
Homilete
Hom"i*lete (?), n. A homilist.
Homiletic, Homiletical
Hom`i*let"ic (?), Hom`i*let"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. homil\'82tique. See
Homily.]
1. Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable;
conversable; companionable. [R.]
His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not those lazy,
sullen ones of the cloister. Atterbury.
2. Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory.
Homiletics
Hom`i*let"ics (?), n. [Cf. F. homil\'82tique.] The art of preaching;
that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the
best method of preparing and delivering them.
Homilist
Hom"i*list (?), n. One who prepares homilies; one who preaches to a
congregation.
Homilite
Hom"i*lite (?), n. [From Gr. (Min.) A borosilicate of iron and lime,
near datolite in form and composition.
Homily
Hom"i*ly (?), n.; pl. Homilies (#). [LL. homilia, Gr. hom\'82lie. See
Same.]
1. A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious
discourse. Shak.
2. A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or
on the conduct of life.
As I have heard my father Deal out in his long homilies. Byron.
Book of Homilies. A collection of authorized, printed sermons, to be
read by ministers in churches, esp. one issued in the time of Edward
VI., and a second, issued in the reign of Elizabeth; -- both books
being certified to contain a "godly and wholesome doctrine."
Homing
Hom"ing (?), a. Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier
pigeons.
Hominy
Hom"i*ny (?), n. [From North American Indian auh\'a3minea parched
corn.] Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled
in water. [U.S.] [Written also homony.]
Homish
Hom"ish (?), a. Like a home or a home circle.
Quiet, cheerful, homish hospital life. E. E. Hale.
Hommock
Hom"mock (?), n. A small eminence of a conical form, of land or of
ice; a knoll; a hillock. See Hummock. Bartram.
Hommocky
Hom"mock*y (?), a. Filled with hommocks; piled in the form of
hommocks; -- said of ice.
Homo-
Ho"mo- (?). A combining form from Gr. "omo`s, one and the same,
common, joint.
Homocategoric
Ho`mo*cat`e*gor"ic (?), a. [Homo- + categoric.] (Biol.) Belonging to
the same category of individuality; -- a morphological term applied to
organisms so related.
Homocentric
Ho`mo*cen"tric (?), a. [Gr. homocentrique.] Having the same center.
Homocercal
Ho`mo*cer"cal (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having the tail nearly
or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base;
-- opposed to heterocercal.
Homocercy
Ho"mo*cer`cy (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The possession of a homocercal tail.
Homocerebrin
Ho`mo*cer`e*brin (?), n. [Homo- + rebrin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A body
similar to, or identical with, cerebrin.
Homochromous
Ho`mo*chro"mous (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. (Bot.) Having all the florets in
the same flower head of the same color.
Homodemic
Ho`mo*dem"ic (?), a. [Homo- + 1st deme, 2.] (Biol.) A morphological
term signifying development, in the case of multicellular organisms,
from the same unit deme or unit of the inferior orders of
individuality.
Homodermic
Ho`mo*der"mic (?), a. (Biol.) Relating to homodermy; originating from
the same germ layer.
Homodermy
Ho"mo*der`my (?), n. [Homo- + -derm.] (Biol.) Homology of the germinal
layers.
Homodont
Hom"o*dont (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. (Anat.) Having all the teeth similar
in front, as in the porpoises; -- opposed to heterodont.
Homodromal, Homodromous
Ho*mod"ro*mal (?), Ho*mod"ro*mous (?), a. [Homo- + Gr.
1. (Bot.) Running in the same direction; -- said of stems twining
round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and
their branches.
2. (Mech.) Moving in the same direction; -- said of a lever or pulley
in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same
side of the fulcrum or axis.
Homodynamic
Ho`mo*dy*nam"ic (?), a. Homodynamous. Quain.
Homodynamous
Ho`mo*dy"na*mous (?), a. (Biol.) Pertaining to, or involving,
homodynamy; as, successive or homodynamous parts in plants and
animals.
Homodynamy
Ho`mo*dy"na*my (?), n. [Gr. (Biol.) The homology of metameres. See
Metamere. Gegenbaur.
Hom\'d2omeria
Ho`m\'d2*o*me"ri*a (?), n. [L., from Gr. The state or quality of being
homogeneous in elements or first principles; likeness or identity of
parts.
Hom\'d2omeric, Hom\'d2omerical
Ho`m\'d2*o*mer"ic (?), Ho`m\'d2*o*mer"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or
characterized by, sameness of parts; receiving or advocating the
doctrine of homogeneity of elements or first principles.
Hom\'d2omerous
Ho`m\'d2*om"er*ous (?), a. (Anat.) Having the main artery of the leg
parallel with the sciatic nerve; -- said of certain birds.
Hom\'d2omery
Ho`m\'d2*om"e*ry (?), n. [Gr. -metry.] Same as Hom\'d2omeria. [Obs.]
Cudworth.
Hom\'d2omorphism
Ho`m\'d2*o*mor"phism (?), n. [See Hom\'d2omorphous.] A near similarity
of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See
Isomorphism.
Hom\'d2omorphous
Ho`m\'d2*o*mor"phous (?), a. [Gr. Manifesting hom\'d2omorphism.
Hom\'d2opathic, a., Hom\'d2opathist, n., Hom\'d2opathy
Ho`m\'d2*o*path"ic, a., Ho`m\'d2*op"a*thist, n., Ho`m\'d2*op"a*thy, n.
Same as Homeopathic, Homeopathist, Homeopathy.
Hom\'d2othermal
Ho`m\'d2*o*ther"mal (?), a. See Homoiothermal.
Hom\'d2ozoic
Ho`m\'d2*o*zo"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to, or including,
similar forms or kinds of life; as, hom\'d2ozoic belts on the earth's
surface. E. Forbes.
Homogamous
Ho*mog"a*mous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Having all the flowers alike; --
said of such composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels.
Homogamy
Ho*mog"a*my (?), n. (Bot.) The condition of being homogamous.
Homogangliate
Ho`mo*gan"gli*ate (?), a. [Homo- + gangliate.] (Zo\'94l.) Having the
ganglia of the nervous system symmetrically arranged, as in certain
invertebrates; -- opposed to heterogangliate.
Homogene
Ho"mo*gene (?), a. [Cf. F. homog\'8ane.] Homogeneous. [Obs.] B.
Jonson.
Homogeneal
Ho`mo*ge"ne*al (?), a. Homogeneous.
Homogenealness
Ho`mo*ge"ne*al*ness, n. Homogeneousness.
Homogeneity
Ho`mo*ge*ne"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. homog\'82n\'82it\'82.] Same as
Homogeneousness.
Homogeneous
Ho`mo*ge"ne*ous (?), a. [Gr. homog\'8ane. See Same, and Kin.]
1. Of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts, or of
elements of the like nature; -- opposed to heterogeneous; as,
homogeneous particles, elements, or principles; homogeneous bodies.
2. (Alg.) Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a
homogeneous polynomial.
Homogeneousness
Ho`mo*ge"ne*ous*ness, n. Sameness 9kind or nature; uniformity of
structure or material.
Homogenesis
Ho`mo*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Homo- + genesis.] (Biol.) That method of
reproduction in which the successive generations are alike, the
offspring, either animal or plant, running through the same cycle of
existence as the parent; gamogenesis; -- opposed to heterogenesis.
Homogenetic
Ho`mo*ge*net"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Homogenous; -- applied to that class
of homologies which arise from similarity of structure, and which are
taken as evidences of common ancestry.
Homogenous
Ho*mog"e*nous (?), a. (Biol.) Having a resemblance in structure, due
to descent from a common progenitor with subsequent modification;
homogenetic; -- applied both to animals and plants. See Homoplastic.
Homogeny
Ho*mog"e*ny (?), n. [Gr.
1. Joint nature. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. (Biol.) The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to
supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any
superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts
embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy).
Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing
of a bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart in both are
only in homoplasy with each other, these having arisen independently
since the divergence of both groups from a univentricular ancestor.
Homogonous
Ho*mog"o*nous, a. [Gr. Homogeneous.] (Bot.) Having all the flowers of
a plant alike in respect to the stamens and pistils.
Homogony
Ho*mog"o*ny (?), n. (Bot.) The condition of having homogonous flowers.
Homograph
Hom"o*graph (?), n. [Gr. "omo`grafos with the same letters; "omo`s the
same + gra`fein to write.] (Philol.) One of two or more words
identical in orthography, but having different derivations and
meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful.
Homographic
Ho`mo*graph"ic (?), a.
1. Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound;
-- said of certain methods of spelling words.
2. (Geom.) Possessing the property of homography.
Homography
Ho*mog"ra*phy (?), n.
1. That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a
single character, which indicates that sound and no other.
2. (Geom.) A relation between two figures, such that to any point of
the one corresponds one and but one point in the other, and vise
versa. Thus, a tangent line rolling on a circle cuts two fixed
tangents of the circle in two sets of points that are homographic.
Homoioptoton
Ho*moi`op*to"ton (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) A figure in which the
several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection
generally.
Homoiothermal
Ho*moi`o*ther"mal (?), a. [Gr. thermal.] (Physiol.) Maintaining a
uniform temperature; h\'91matothermal; homothermic; -- applied to
warm-bodied animals, because they maintain a nearly uniform
temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air;
in distinct from the cold-blooded (poikilothermal) animals, whose body
temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding
medium.
Homoiousian
Ho`moi*ou"si*an (?), n. [Gr. "o`moios + o'ysi`a the substance, being,
essence.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who
held that the Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance
with the Father; -- opposed to homoousian.
Homoiousian
Ho`moi*ou"si*an, a. Of or pertaining to Homoiousians, or their belief.
Homologate
Ho*mol"o*gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Homologated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Homologating.] [LL. homologatus, p.p. of homologare to homologate;
Gr. Homologous.] (Civ. Law) To approve; to allow; to confirm; as, the
court homologates a proceeding. Wheaton.
Homologation
Ho*mol`o*ga"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. homologation.] (Civ. & Scots Law)
Confirmation or ratification (as of something otherwise null and
void), by a court or a grantor.
Homological
Ho`mo*log"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to homology; having a structural
affinity proceeding from, or base upon, that kind of relation termed
homology. -- Ho`mo*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
Homologinic
Ho*mol`o*gin"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or characterized by,
homology; as, homologinic qualities, or differences.
Homologize
Ho*mol"o*gize (?), v. t. (Biol.) To determine the homologies or
structural relations of.
Homologon
Ho*mol"o*gon (?), n. [NL.] See Homologue.
Homologoumena
Hom`o*lo*gou"me*na (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. Homologous.] Those books
of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early
church; -- distinguished from antilegomena.
Homologous
Ho*mol"o*gous (?), a. [Gr. Having the same relative position,
proportion, value, or structure. Especially: (a) (Geom.) Corresponding
in relative position and proportion.
In similar polygons, the corresponding sides, angles, diagonals,
etc., are homologous. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ).
(b) (Alg.) Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two
antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion. (c) (Chem.)
Characterized by homology; belonging to the same type or series;
corresponding in composition and properties. See Homology,
3. (d) (Biol.) Being of the same typical structure; having like
relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the
hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that
correspond in their structural relations, that is, in thier relations
to the type structure of the fore limb in vertebrates.
Homologous stimulus. (Physiol.) See under Stimulus.
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Homolographic
Hom`o*lo*graph"ic (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. graph + -ic; but cf. F.
homalographique, Gr. Preserving the mutual relations of parts,
especially as to size and form; maintaining relative proportion.
Homolographic projection, a method of constructing geographical charts
or maps, so that the surfaces, as delineated on a plane, have the same
relative size as the real surfaces; that is, so that the relative
actual areas of the different countries are accurately represented by
the corresponding portions of the map.
Homologue
Hom"o*logue (?), n. [Cf. F. homologue. See Homologous.] That which is
homologous to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of
similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or
terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each
other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in
the paddle of a whale.
Homology
Ho*mol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. Homologous.]
1. The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the
homologyof similar polygons.
2. (Biol.) Correspondence or relation in type of structure in
contradistinction to similarity of function; as, the relation in
structure between the leg and arm of a man; or that between the arm of
a man, the fore leg of a horse, the wing of a bird, and the fin of a
fish, all these organs being modifications of one type of structure.
NOTE: &hand; Homology indicates genetic relationship, and according
to Haeckel special homology should be defined in terms of identity
of embryonic origin. See Homotypy, and Homogeny.
3. (Chem.) The correspondence or resemblance of substances belonging
to the same type or series; a similarity of composition varying by a
small, regular difference, and usually attended by a regular variation
in physical properties; as, there is an homology between methane, CH4,
ethane, C2H6, propane, C3H8, etc., all members of the paraffin series.
In an extended sense, the term is applied to the relation between
chemical elements of the same group; as, chlorine, bromine, and iodine
are said to be in homology with each other. Cf. Heterology.
General homology (Biol.), the higher relation which a series of parts,
or a single part, bears to the fundamental or general type on which
the group is constituted. Owen. -- Serial homology (Biol.),
representative or repetitive relation in the segments of the same
organism, -- as in the lobster, where the parts follow each other in a
straight line or series. Owen. See Homotypy. -- Special homology
(Biol.), the correspondence of a part or organ with those of a
different animal, as determined by relative position and connection.
Owen.
Homomallous
Ho*mom"al*lous (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. (Bot.) Uniformly bending or
curving to one side; -- said of leaves which grow on several sides of
a stem.
Homomorphic, Homomorphous
Ho`mo*mor"phic (?), Ho`mo*mor"phous (?), a. [Gr. Characterized by
homomorphism.
Homomorphism
Ho`mo*mor"phism (?), n. [See Homomorphous.]
1. (Biol.) Same as Homomorphy.
2. (Bot.) The possession, in one species of plants, of only one kind
of flowers; -- opposed to heteromorphism, dimorphism, and trimorphism.
3. (Zo\'94l.) The possession of but one kind of larv\'91 or young, as
in most insects. <-- 4. (Math) A special type of mapping of one
mathematical set into or onto another set . . . -->
Homomorphy
Ho"mo*mor`phy (?), n. [Homo- + Gr. (Biol.) Similarity of form;
resemblance in external characters, while widely different in
fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See
Homophyly, Promorphology.
Homonomous
Ho*mon"o*mous (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to homonomy.
Homonomy
Ho*mon"o*my (?), n. [Homo- + Gr. (Biol.) The homology of parts
arranged on transverse axes. Haeckel.
Homonym
Hom"o*nym (?), n. [Cf. F. homonyme. See Homonymous.] A word having the
same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun
bear and the verb bear. [Written also homonyme.]
Homonymous
Ho*mon"y*mous (?), a. [L. homonymus, Gr. name.]
1. Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation;
-- opposed to heteronymous.
2. Having the same name or designation, but different meaning or
relation; hence, equivocal; ambiguous.
Homonymously
Ho*mon"y*mous*ly, adv.
1. In an homonymous manner; so as to have the same name or relation.
2. Equivocally; ambiguously.
Homonymy
Ho*mon"y*my (?), n. [Gr. homonymie.]
1. Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations. Holland.
Homonymy may be as well in place as in persons. Fuller.
2. Sameness of name or designation of things or persons which are
different; ambiguity.
Homo\'94rgan
Ho`mo*\'94r"gan (?). [Homo- + organ.] Same as Homoplast.
Homoousian
Ho`mo*ou"si*an (?), n. [Gr. (Eccl. Hist.) One of those, in the 4th
century, who accepted the Nicene creed, and maintained that the Son
had the same essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to
homoiousian.
Homoousian
Ho`mo*ou"si*an, a. Of or pertaining to the Homoousians, or to the
doctrines they held.
Homophone
Hom"o*phone (?), n. [Cf. F. homophone. See Homophonous.]
1. A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.
Gliddon.
2. A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in
meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite,
write, right, and wright.
Homophonic, Homophonous
Ho`mo*phon"ic (?), Ho*moph"o*nous (?), a. [Gr. homophone.]
1. (Mus.) (a) Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch;
unisonous; monodic. (b) Now used for plain harmony, note against note,
as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move
independently, each with its own melody.
2. Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters;
as, bay and bey.
Homophony
Ho*moph"o*ny (?), n. [Gr. homophonie.]
1. Sameness of sound.
2. (Mus.) (a) Sameness of sound; unison. (b) Plain harmony, as opposed
to polyphony. See Homophonous.
Homophylic
Ho`mo*phyl"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Relating to homophily.
Homophyly
Ho*moph"y*ly (?), n. [Homo- + Gr. (Biol.) That form of homology due to
common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy,
to which genealogic basis is wanting. Haeckel.
Homoplasmy
Ho"mo*plas`my (?), n. [Homo- + Gr. (Biol.) Resemblance between
different plants or animals, in external shape, in general habit, or
in organs, which is not due to descent from a common ancestor, but to
similar surrounding circumstances.
Homoplast
Hom"o*plast (?), n. (Biol.) One of the plastids composing the idorgan
of Haeckel; -- also called homo\'94rgan.
Homoplastic
Ho`mo*plas"tic (?), a. [Homo- + plastic.] Of or pertaining to
homoplasty; as, homoplasticorgans; homoplastic forms.
Homoplasty
Ho"mo*plas`ty (?), n. [Homo- + plasty.] (Biol.) The formation of
homologous tissues.
Homoplasy
Ho*mop"la*sy (?), n. [Homo- + Gr. (Biol.) See Homogeny.
Homopolic
Ho`mo*pol"ic (?), a. [Homo- + pole.] (Biol.) In promorphology,
pertaining to or exhibiting that kind of organic form, in which the
stereometric ground form is a pyramid, with similar poles. See
Promorphology.
Homopter
Ho*mop"ter (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Homoptera.
Homoptera
Ho*mop"te*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A suborder of
Hemiptera, in which both pairs of wings are similar in texture, and do
not overlap when folded, as in the cicada. See Hemiptera.
Homopteran
Ho*mop"ter*an (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) An homopter.
Homopterous
Ho*mop"ter*ous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Homoptera.
Homostyled
Ho"mo*styled (?), a. [Homo- + style.] (Bot.) Having only one form of
pistils; -- said of the flowers of some plants. Darwin.
Homosystemic
Ho`mo*sys*tem"ic (?), a. [Homo- + systemic.] (Biol.) Developing, in
the case of multicellular organisms, from the same embryonic systems
into which the secondary unit (gastrula or plant enbryo)
differentiates.
Homotaxia
Ho`mo*tax"i*a (?), n. [NL.] Same as Homotaxis.
Homotaxial, Homotaxic
Ho`mo*tax"i*al (?), Ho`mo*tax"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Relating to
homotaxis.
Homotaxis
Ho`mo*tax"is (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.) Similarly in arrangement of
parts; -- the opposite of heterotaxy.
Homotaxy
Ho"mo*tax`y (?), n. Same as Homotaxis.
Homothermic, Homothermous
Ho`mo*ther"mic (?), Ho`mo*ther"mous (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. (Physiol.)
Warm-blooded; homoiothermal; h\'91matothermal.
Homotonous
Ho*mot"o*nous (?), a. [L. homotonus, Gr. Of the same tenor or tone;
equable; without variation.
Homotropal, Homotropous
Ho*mot"ro*pal (?), Ho*mot"ro*pous (?), a. [Gr. homotrope.]
1. Turned in the same direction with something else.
2. (Bot.) Having the radicle of the seed directed towards the hilum.
Homotypal
Ho"mo*ty`pal (?), a. (Biol.) Of the same type of structure; pertaining
to a homotype; as, homotypal parts.
Homotype
Hom"o*type (?), n. [Homo- + -type.] (Biol.) That which has the same
fundamental type of structure with something else; thus, the right arm
is the homotype of the right leg; one arm is the homotype of the
other, etc. Owen.
Homotypic, Homotypical
Ho`mo*typ"ic (?), Ho`mo*typ"ic*al (?), a. (Biol.) Same as Homotypal.
Homotypy
Ho"mo*ty`py (?), n. [See Homotype.] (Biol.) A term suggested by
Haeckel to be instead of serial homology. See Homotype.
Homunculus
Ho*mun"cu*lus (?), n.; pl. Homunculi (#). [L., dim. of homo man.] A
little man; a dwarf; a manikin. Sterne.
Hond
Hond (?), n. Hand. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hone
Hone (?), v. i. [Etymology uncertain. &root;37.] To pine; to lament;
to long. Lamb.
Hone
Hone, n. [Cf. Icel. h a knob.] A kind of swelling in the cheek.
Hone
Hone, n. [AS. h\'ben; akin to Icel. hein, OSw. hen; cf. Skr. \'87\'be,
also \'87\'d3, \'87i, to sharpen, and E. cone. &root;38, 228.] A stone
of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading
substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and
especially for setting razors; an oilstone. Tusser. Hone slateSee
Polishing slate. -- Hone stone, one of several kinds of stone used for
hones. See Novaculite.
Hone
Hone, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Honed (?); p]. pr. & vb. n. Honing.] To
sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as,
to hone a razor.
Honest
Hon"est (?), a. [OE. honest, onest, OF. honeste, oneste, F.
honn\'88te, L. honestus, fr. honos, honor, honor. See Honor.]
1. Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. Chaucer.
Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching! Shak.
2. Characterized by integrity or fairness and straightas, an honest
judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest
business; an honest book; an honest confession.
An honest man's the noblest work of God. Pope.
An honest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no
farther to his health. Sir W. Temple.
Look ye out among you seven men of honest report. Acts vi. 3.
Provide things honest in the sight of all men. Rom. xii. 17.
3. Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.
4. Chaste; faithfuk; virtuous.
Wives may be merry, and yet honest too. Shak.
Syn. -- Upright; ingenuous; honorable; trusty; faithful; equitable;
fair; just; rightful; sincere; frank; candid; genuine.
Honest
Hon"est, v. t. [L. honestare to clothe or adorn with honor: cf. F.
honester. See Honest, a.] To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make
becoming, appropriate, or honorable. [Obs.] Abp. Sandys.
Honestation
Hon`es*ta"tion (?), n. The act of honesting; grace; adornment. [Obs.]
W. Montagu.
Honestetee
Ho*nes"te*tee (?), n. Honesty; honorableness. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Honestly
Hon"est*ly (?), adv.
1. Honorably; becomingly; decently. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. In an honest manner; as, a contract honestly made; to live
honestly; to speak honestly. Shak.
To come honestly by. (a) To get honestly. (b) A circumlocution for to
inherit; as, to come honestly by a feature, a mental trait, a
peculiarity.
Honesty
Hon"es*ty (?), n. [OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF. honest\'82,
onest\'82 (cf. F. honn\'88tet\'82), L. honestas. See Honest, a.]
1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness. Shak.
2. The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and
straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity;
truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile.
That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and
honesty. 1 Tim. ii. 2.
3. Chastity; modesty. Chaucer.
To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. Shak.
4. (Bot.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large
flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful
than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis
is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty. Syn. -- Integrity;
probity; uprightness; trustiness; faithfulness; honor; justice;
equity; fairness; candor; plain-dealing; veracity; sincerity.
Honewort
Hone"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison
(S.Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a
hone.
Honey
Hon"ey (?), n. [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS. honeg, D. & G.
honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw. h\'86ning, Dan. honning,
cf. Gr. kaa grain.]
1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of
plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.
2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
The honey of his language. Shak.
3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. Chaucer.
Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. Shak.
NOTE: &hand; Ho ney is often used adjectively or as the first part
of compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or honeyguide;
honey locust or honey-locust.
Honey ant (Zo\'94l.), a small ant (Myrmecocystus melliger), found in
the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico, living in subterranean
formicares. There are larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others,
which serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their
abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant. These, in times
of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and feed the rest. -- Honey badger
(Zo\'94l.), the ratel. -- Honey bear. (Zo\'94l.) See Kinkajou. --
Honey buzzard (Zo\'94l.), a bird related to the kites, of the genus
Pernis. The European species is P. apivorus; the Indian or crested
honey buzzard is P. ptilorhyncha. They feed upon honey and the
larv\'91 of bees. Called also bee hawk, bee kite. -- Honey creeper
(Zo\'94l.), one of numerous species of small, bright, colored,
passerine birds of the family C\'d2rebid\'91, abundant in Central and
South America. -- Honey easter (Zo\'94l.), one of numerous species of
small passerine birds of the family Meliphagid\'91, abundant in
Australia and Oceania; -- called also honeysucker. -- Honey flower
(Bot.), an evergreen shrub of the genus Melianthus, a native of the
Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey. -- Honey guide
(Zo\'94l.), one of several species of small birds of the family
Indicatorid\'91, inhabiting Africa and the East Indies. They have the
habit of leading persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also
honeybird, and indicator. -- Honey harvest, the gathering of honey
from hives, or the honey which is gathered. Dryden. -- Honey kite.
(Zo\'94l.) See Honey buzzard (above). -- Honey locust (Bot.), a North
American tree (Gleditschia triacanthos), armed with thorns, and having
long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds. -- Honey month. Same as
Honeymoon. -- Honey weasel (Zo\'94l.), the ratel.
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Honey
Hon"ey (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Honeyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Honeying.] To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use
endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or
complimentary; to fawn. "Honeying and making love." Shak.
Rough to common men, But honey at the whisper of a lord. Tennyson.
Honey
Hon"ey, v. t. To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with,
honey.
Canst thou not honey me with fluent speech? Marston.
Honey-bag
Hon"ey-bag` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The receptacle for honey in a honeybee.
Shak. Grew.
Honeybee
Hon"ey*bee` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any bee of the genus Apis, which lives
in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive
bee (Apis mellifica), the Italian bee (A. ligustica), and the Arabiab
bee (A. fasciata). The two latter are by many entomologists considered
only varieties of the common hive bee. Each swarm of bees consists of
a large number of workers (barren females), with, ordinarily, one
queen or fertile female, but in the swarming season several young
queens, and a number of males or drones, are produced.
Honeybird
Hon"ey*bird` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The honey guide.
Honeycomb
Hon"ey*comb` (?), n. [AS. hunigcamb. See Honey, and 1st Comb.]
1. A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them
to hold their honey and their eggs.
2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or
of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb.
Honeycomb moth (Zo\'94l.), the wax moth. -- Honeycomb stomach. (Anat.)
See Reticulum.
Honeycombed
Hon"ey*combed` (?), a. Formed or perforated like a honeycomb.
Each bastion was honeycombed with casements. Motley.
Honeydew
Hon"ey*dew` (?), n.
1. A sweet, saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and
other plants in small drops, like dew. Two substances have been called
by this name; one exuded from the plants, and the other secreted by
certain insects, esp. aphids.
2. A kind of tobacco moistened with molasses.
Honeyed
Hon"eyed (?), a.
1. Covered with honey.
2. Sweet, as, honeyed words. Milton.
Honeyless
Hon"ey*less (?), a. Destitute of honey. Shak.
Honeymoon
Hon"ey*moon` (?), n. The first month after marriage. Addison.
Honey-mouthed
Hon"ey-mouthed` (?), a. Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive. Shak.
Honeystone
Hon"ey*stone` (?), n. See Mellite.
Honeysucker
Hon"ey*suck`er (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Honey eater, under Honey.
Honeysuckle
Hon"ey*suc`kle (?), n. [Cf. AS. hunis privet. See Honey, and Suck.]
(Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for
their beauty, and some for their fragrance.
NOTE: &hand; Th e ho neysuckles ar e pr operly species of the genus
Lonicera; as, L. Caprifolium, and L. Japonica, the commonly
cultivated fragrant kinds; L. Periclymenum, the fragrant woodbine
of England; L. grata, the American woodbine, and L. sempervirens,
the red-flowered trumpet honeysuckle. The European fly honeysuckle
is L. Xylosteum; the American, L. ciliata. The American Pinxter
flower (Azalea nudiflora) is often called honeysuckle, or false
honeysuckle. The name Australian honeysuckle is applied to one or
more trees of the genus Banksia. See French honeysuckle, under
French.
Honeysuckled
Hon"ey*suc`kled (?), a. Covered with honeysuckles.
Honey-sweet
Hon"ey-sweet` (?), a. Sweet as honey. Chaucer.
Honey-tongued
Hon"ey-tongued` (?), a. Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak.
Honeyware
Hon"ey*ware` (?), n. (Bot.) See Badderlocks.
Honeywort
Hon"ey*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A European plant of the genus Cerinthe,
whose flowers are very attractive to bees. Loudon.
Hong
Hong (?), n. [Chinese hang, Canton dialect hong, a mercantile house,
factory.] A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in
China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a
common passage and used for business or storage. Hong merchant, one of
the few Chinese merchants who, previous to the treaty of 1842, formed
a guild which had the exclusive privilege of trading with foreigners.
Hong
Hong (?), v. t. & i. To hang. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Honied
Hon"ied (?), a. See Honeyed.
Honiton lace
Hon"i*ton lace` (?). A kind of pillow lace, remarkable for the beauty
of its figures; -- so called because chiefly made in Honiton, England.
Honk
Honk (?), n. [Of imitative origin.] (Zo\'94l.) The cry of a wild
goose. -- Honk"ing, n.
Honor
Hon"or (?), n. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor, onor,
honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor, honos.] [Written
also honour.]
1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect;
consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or
reverence.
A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country. Matt.
xiii. 57.
2. That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration;
self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of
character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness; specif., in men,
integrity; uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity.
If she have forgot Honor and virtue. Shak.
Godlike erect, with native honor clad. Milton.
3. A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course of life
correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the duty imposed by
conscience, position, or privilege.
Say, what is honor? 'T is the finest sense Of justice which the
human mind can frame, Intent each lurking frailty to disclaim, And
guard the way of life from all offense Suffered or done.
Wordsworth.
I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more.
Lovelace.
4. That to which esteem or consideration is paid; distinguished
position; high rank. "Restored me to my honors." Shak.
I have given thee . . . both riches, and honor. 1 Kings iii. 13.
Thou art clothed with honor and majesty. Ps. civ. 1.
5. Fame; reputation; credit.
Some in theiractions do woo, and affect honor and reputation.
Bacon.
If my honor is meant anything distinct from conscience, 't is no
more than a regard to the censure and esteem of the world. Rogers.
6. A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial
sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on his breast; military
honors; civil honors. "Their funeral honors." Dryden.
7. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament;
as, he is an honor to his nation.
8. A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices,
or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor. See Note under
Honorable.
9. (Feud. Law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which
other lordships and manors depended. Cowell.
10. pl. Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as, honors in
classics.
11. pl. (Whist) The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and
nine are sometimes called Dutch honors. R. A. Proctor.
Affair of honor, a dispute to be decided by a duel, or the duel
itself. -- Court of honor, a court or tribunal to investigate and
decide questions relating to points of honor; as a court of chivalry,
or a military court to investigate acts or omissions which are
unofficerlike or ungentlemanly in their nature. -- Debt of honor, a
debt contracted by a verbal promise, or by betting or gambling,
considered more binding than if recoverable by law. -- Honor bright!
An assurance of truth or fidelity. [Colloq.] -- Honor court (Feudal
Law), one held in an honor or seignory. -- Honor point. (Her.) See
Escutcheon. -- Honors of war (Mil.), distinctions granted to a
vanquished enemy, as of marching out from a camp or town armed, and
with colors flying. -- Law, OR Code, of honor, certain rules by which
social intercourse is regulated among persons of fashion, and which
are founded on a regard to reputation. Paley. -- Maid of honor, a lady
of rank, whose duty it is to attend the queen when she appears in
public.<-- Bride's principle attendant at a wedding --> -- On one's
honor, on the pledge of one's honor; as, the members of the House of
Lords in Great Britain, are not under oath, but give their statements
or verdicts on their honor. -- Point of honor, a scruple or nice
distinction in matters affecting one's honor; as, he raised a point of
honor. -- To do the honors, to bestow honor, as on a guest; to act as
host or hostess at an entertainment. "To do the honors and to give the
word." Pope. -- To do one honor, to confer distinction upon one. -- To
have the honor, to have the privilege or distinction. -- Word of
honor, an engagement confirmed by a pledge of honor.
Honor
Hon"or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Honored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Honoring.]
[OE. honouren, onouren, OF. honorer, honourer, F. honorer, fr. L.
honorare, fr. honor, n.]
1. To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to
treat with deference and submission; when used of the Supreme Being,
to reverence; to adore; to worship.
Honor thy father and thy mother. Ex. xx. 12.
That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father.
John v. 23.
It is a custom More honor'd in the breach than the observance.
Shak.
2. To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to bestow honor
upon; to elevate in rank or station; to ennoble; to exalt; to glorify;
hence, to do something to honor; to treat in a complimentary manner or
with civility.
Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighten to honor.
Esther vi. 9.
The name of Cassius honors this corruption. Shak.
3. (Com.) To accept and pay when due; as, to honora bill of exchange.
Honorable
Hon"or*a*ble (?), a. [F. honorable, L. honorabilis.]
1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable;
illustrious.
Thy name and honorable family. Shak.
2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous
regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.
3. Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a
just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable
motive.
Is this proceeding just and honorable? Shak.
4. Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.
Honorable wounds from battle brought. Dryden.
5. Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended;
consistent with honor or rectitude.
Marriage is honorable in all. Heb. xiii. 4.
6. Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies
of esteem; an honorable burial.
7. Of reputable association or use; respectable.
Let her descend: my chambers are honorable. Shak.
8. An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the
honorable gentleman.
NOTE: &hand; Ho norable is a title of quality, conferred by English
usage upon the younger children of earls and all the children of
viscounts and barons. The maids of honor, lords of session, and the
supreme judges of England and Ireland are entitled to the prefix.
In American usage, it is a title of courtesy merely, bestowed upon
those who hold, or have held, any of the higher public offices,
esp. governors, judges, members of Congress or of the Senate,
mayors.
Right honorable. See under Right.
Honorableness
Hon"or*a*ble*ness, n.
1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction.
2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude;
fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
Honorably
Hon"or*a*bly (?), adv.
1. In an honorable manner; in a manner showing, or consistent with,
honor.
The reverend abbot . . . honorably received him. Shak.
Why did I not more honorably starve? Dryden.
2. Decently; becomingly. [Obs.] "Do this message honorably." Shak.
Syn. -- Magnanimously; generously; nobly; worthily; justly; equitably;
fairly; reputably.
Honorarium, Honorary
Hon`o*ra"ri*um (?), Hon"or*a*ry (?), n. [L. honorarium (sc. donum),
fr. honorarius. See Honorary, a.]
1. A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an
honorarium of one thousand dollars. S. Longfellow.
2. (Law) An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services for
which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price.
Heumann.
Honorary
Hon"or*a*ry, a. [L. honorarius, fr. honor honor: cf. F. honoraire.]
1. Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services.
Macaulay.
2. Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without
emolument; as, an honorary degree. "Honorary arches." Addison.
3. Holding a title or place without rendering service or receiving
reward; as, an honorary member of a society.
Honorer
Hon"or*er (?), n. One who honors.
Honorific
Hon`or*if"ic (?), a. [See Honor, -fy, and -ic.] Conferring honor;
tending to honor. London. Spectator.
Honorless
Hon"or*less (?), a. Destitute of honor; not honored. Bp. Warburton.
Hont
Hont (?), n. & v. See under Hunt. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hoo
Hoo (?), interj.
1. See Ho. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Hurrah! -- an exclamation of triumphant joy. Shak.
-hood
-hood (?). [OE. hod, had, hed, hede, etc., person, rank, order,
condition, AS. h\'bed; akin to OS. h\'c7d, OHG. heit, G. -heit, D.
-heid, Goth. haidus manner; cf. Skr. k\'c7tu brightness, cit to
appear, be noticeable, notice. &root;217. Cf. -head.] A termination
denoting state, condition, quality, character, totality, as in
manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it is written,
chiefly in obsolete words, in the form -head.
Hood
Hood (?), n. [OE. hood, hod, AS. h\'d3d; akin to D. hoed hat, G. hut,
OHG. huot, also to E. hat, and prob. to E. heed. &root;13.]
1. State; condition. [Obs.]
How could thou ween, through that disguised hood To hide thy state
from being understood? Spenser.
2. A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often
attached to the body garment; especially: (a) A soft covering for the
head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed. (b) A part of
a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl. "All
hoods make not monks." Shak. (c) A like appendage to a cloak or loose
overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure. (d) An
ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical
vestment; as, a master's hood. (e) A covering for a horse's head. (f)
(Falconry) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of
Falcon.
3. Anything resembling a hood in form or use; as: (a) The top or head
of a carriage. (b) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant
draught by turning with the wind. (c) A projecting cover above a
hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the
smoke to the flue. (d) The top of a pump. (e) (Ord.) A covering for a
mortar. (f) (Bot.) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of
monkshood; -- called also helmet. Gray. (g) (Naut.) A covering or
porch for a companion hatch.
4. (Shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem
or stern.
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Hood
Hood (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooded (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hooding.]
1. To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped
appendage.
The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. Pope.
2. To cover; to hide; to blind.
While grace is saying, I'll hood mine eyes Thus with my hat, and
sigh and say, "Amen." Shak.
Hooding end (Shipbuilding), the end of a hood where it enters the
rabbet in the stem post or stern post.
Hoodcap
Hood"cap`, n. See Hooded seal, under Hooded.
Hooded
Hood"ed, a.
1. Covered with a hood.
2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper;
cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
4. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Having the head conspicuously different in color
from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. (b) Having a hoodlike
crest or prominence on the head or neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded
snake.
Hooded crow, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called also hoody,
dun crow, and royston crow. -- Hooded gull, the European black-headed
pewit or gull. -- Hooded merganser. See Merganser. -- Hooded seal, a
large North Atlantic seal (Cystophora cristata). The male has a large,
inflatible, hoodlike sac upon the head. Called also hoodcap. -- Hooded
sheldrake, the hooded merganser. See Merganser. -- Hooded snake. See
Cobra de capello, Asp, Haje, etc. -- Hooded warbler, a small American
warbler (Sylvania mitrata).
Hoodless
Hood"less, a. Having no hood.
Hoodlum
Hood"lum (?), n. A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow. [Colloq.
U.S.]
Hoodman
Hood"man (?), n. The person blindfolded in the game called
hoodman-blind. [Obs.] Shak.
Hoodman-blind
Hood"man-blind` (?), n. An old term for blindman's buff. Shak.
Hood molding Hood moulding
Hood" mold`ing Hood" mould`ing (?). (Arch.) A projecting molding over
the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; --
called also hood mold.
Hoodoo
Hoo"doo (?), n. [Perh. a var. of voodoo.] One who causes bad luck.
[Colloq.]
Hoodwink
Hood"wink (?), v. t. [Hood + wink.]
1. To blind by covering the eyes.
We will blind and hoodwink him. Shak.
2. To cover; to hide. [Obs.] Shak.
3. To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon. "Hoodwinked with
kindness." Sir P. Sidney.
Hoody
Hood"y (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The hooded crow; also, in Scotland, the
hooded gull.
Hoof
Hoof (?), n.; pl. Hoofs (#), very rarely Hooves (#). [OE. hof, AS.
h\'d3f; akin to D. hoef, G1huf, OHG. huof, Icel. h\'d3fr, Sw. hof,
Dan. hov; cf. Russ. kopuito, Skr. \'87apha. &root;225.]
1. The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of
certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.
On burnished hooves his war horse trode. Tennyson.
2. A hoofed animal; a beast.
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left
behind. Ex. x. 26.
3. (Geom.) See Ungula.
Hoof
Hoof, v. i.
1. To walk as cattle. [R.] William Scott.
2. To be on a tramp; to foot. [Slang, U.S.]
To hoof it, to foot it.
Hoofbound
Hoof"bound` (?), a. (Far.) Having a dry and contracted hoof, which
occasions pain and lameness.
Hoofed
Hoofed (?), a. Furnished with hoofs. Grew.
Hoofless
Hoof"less (?), a. Destitute of hoofs.
Hook
Hook (?), n. [OE. hok, AS. h\'d3c; cf. D. haak, G. hake, haken, OHG.
h\'beko, h\'bego, h\'beggo, Icel. haki, Sw. hake, Dan. hage. Cf.
Arquebuse, Hagbut, Hake, Hatch a half door, Heckle.]
1. A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a
curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything;
as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat
hook, etc.
2. That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door
or gate hangs and turns.
3. An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument
for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
Like slashing Bentley with his desperate hook. Pope.
4. (Steam Engin.) See Eccentric, and V-hook.
5. A snare; a trap. [R.] Shak.
6. A field sown two years in succession. [Prov. Eng.]
7. pl. The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called
also hook bones.
By hook or by crook, one way or other; by any means, direct or
indirect. Milton. "In hope her to attain by hook or crook." Spenser.
-- Off the hooks, unhinged; disturbed; disordered. [Colloq.] "In the
evening, by water, to the Duke of Albemarle, whom I found mightly off
the hooks that the ships are not gone out of the river." Pepys.<-- =
out of joint --> -- On one's own hook, on one's own account or
responsibility; by one's self. [Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett. -- To go off
the hooks, to die. [Colloq.] Thackeray. -- Bid hook, a small boat
hook. -- Chain hook. See under Chain. -- Deck hook, a horizontal knee
or frame, in the bow of a ship, on which the forward part of the deck
rests. -- Hook and eye, one of the small wire hooks and loops for
fastening together the opposite edges of a garment, etc. -- Hook bill
(Zo\'94l.), the strongly curved beak of a bird. -- Hook ladder, a
ladder with hooks at the end by which it can be suspended, as from the
top of a wall. -- Hook motion (Steam Engin.), a valve gear which is
reversed by V hooks. -- Hook squid, any squid which has the arms
furnished with hooks, instead of suckers, as in the genera
Enoploteuthis and Onychteuthis. -- Hook wrench, a wrench or spanner,
having a hook at the end, instead of a jaw, for turning a bolthead,
nut, or coupling.
Hook
Hook, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hooking.]
1. To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or
hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to
secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a
dress; to hook a trout.
Hook him, my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice. W. Collins.
2. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in
attacking enemies; to gore.
3. To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.]
To hook on, to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook.
Hook
Hook (?), v. i. To bend; to curve as a hook.
Hookah
Hook"ah (?), n. [Per. or Ar. huqqa a round box or casket, a bottle
through which the fumes pass when smoking tobacco.] A pipe with a
long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being
made to pass through water.<-- see hubble-bubble; also water pipe -->
Hook-billed
Hook"-billed` (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having a strongly curved bill.
Hooked
Hooked (?), a.
1. Having the form of a hookl curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird.
2. Provided with a hook or hooks. "The hooked chariot." Milton.
Hookedness
Hook"ed*ness (?), n. The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
Hooker
Hook"er (?), n.
1. One who, or that which, hooks.
2. (Naut.) (a) A Dutch vessel with two masts. (b) A fishing boat with
one mast, used on the coast of Ireland. (c) A sailor's contemptuous
term for any antiquated craft.
Hooke's gearing
Hooke's" gear"ing (?). [So called from the inventor.] (Mach.) Spur
gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes
slanting in opposite directions from the middle.
Hooke's joint
Hooke's joint (?). [So called from the inventor.] (Mach.) A universal
joint. See under Universal.
Hookey
Hook"ey (?), n. See Hockey.
Hooklet
Hook"let (?), n. A little hook.
Hook-nosed
Hook"-nosed` (?), a. Having a hooked or aquiline nose. Shak.
Hooky
Hook"y (?), a. Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.
Hool
Hool (?), a. Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hoolock
Hoo"lock (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A small black gibbon (Hylobates hoolock),
found in the mountains of Assam.
Hoom
Hoom (?), n. Home. Chaucer.
Hoonoomaun
Hoo"noo*maun (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) An Indian monkey. See Entellus.
[Written also hoonuman.]
Hoop
Hoop (?), n. [OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.]
1. A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united
at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc.
2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the
cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.
3. A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or
other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies'
dresses; crinoline; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of whale. Pope.
4. A quart pot; -- so called because originally bound with hoops, like
a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance
between the hoops. [Obs.]
5. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four
pecks. [Eng.] Halliwell.
Bulge hoop, Chine hoop, Quarter hoop, the hoop nearest the middle of a
cask, that nearest the end, and the intermediate hoop between these
two, respectively. -- Flat hoop, a wooden hoop dressed flat on both
sides. -- Half-round hoop, a wooden hoop left rounding and undressed
on the outside. -- Hoop iron, iron in thin narrow strips, used for
making hoops. -- Hoop lock, the fastening for uniting the ends of
wooden hoops by notching and interlocking them. -- Hoop skirt, a
framework of hoops for expanding the skirts of a woman's dress; --
called also hoop petticoat. -- Hoop snake (Zo\'94l.), a harmless snake
of the Southern United States (Abaster erythrogrammus); -- so called
from the mistaken notion that it curves itself into a hoop, taking its
tail into its mouth, and rolls along with great velocity. -- Hoop tree
(Bot.), a small West Indian tree (Melia sempervirens), of the Mahogany
family.
Hoop
Hoop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hooping.]
1. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.
2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. Shak.
Hoop
Hoop (?), v. i. [OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout; -- a
hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in calling. Cf. Whoop.]
1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of
call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written whoop.]
2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.
Hooping cough. (Med.) See Whooping cough.
Hoop
Hoop, v. t. [Written also whoop.]
1. To drive or follow with a shout. "To be hooped out of Rome." Shak.
2. To call by a shout or peculiar cry.
Hoop
Hoop, n.
1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
2. (Zo\'94l.) The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.
Hooper
Hoop"er (?), n. [See 1st Hoop.] One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.
Hooper
Hoop"er (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) [So called from its note.] The European
whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); -- called also hooper swan,
whooping swan, and elk.
Hoopoe, Hoopoo
Hoop"oe (?), Hoop"oo (?), n. [So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa,
Gr. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood
hopper.] (Zo\'94l.) A European bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops),
having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure.
Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other
species of the same genus and allied genera. <-- Hoops. n. The game of
basketball [Slang]. Hoopster. n. Basketball player. [Slang] -->
Hoosier
Hoo"sier (?), n. A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of
Indiana. [U.S.]
Hoot
Hoot (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hooting.] [OE.
hoten, houten, huten; cf. OSw. huta, Sw. huta ut to take one up
sharply, fr. Sw. hut interj., begone! cf. also W. hwt off! off with
it! away! hoot!]
1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more. Dryden.
2. To make the peculiar cry of an owl.
The clamorous owl that nightly hoots. Shak.
Hoot
Hoot, v. t. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow
with derisive shouts.
Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat. Swift.
Hoot
Hoot, n.
1. A derisive cry or shout. Glanvill.
2. The cry of an owl.
Hoot owl (Zo\'94l.), the barred owl (Syrnium nebulosum). See Barred
owl.
Hoove
Hoove (?), n. [Allied to heave, hove.] A disease in cattle consisting
in inflammation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too
much green food; tympany; bloating.
Hooven, Hoven
Hoov"en (?), Ho"ven (?), a. Affected with hoove; as, hooven, or hoven,
cattle.
Hop
Hop (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hopping (?).]
[OE. hoppen to hop, leap, dance, AS. hoppian; akin to Icel. & Sw.
hoppa, Dan. hoppe, D. huppelen, G. h\'81pfen.]
1. To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one
foot; to skip, as birds do.
[Birds] hopping from spray to spray. Dryden.
2. To walk lame; to limp; to halt. Dryden.
3. To dance. Smollett.
Hop
Hop, n.
1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a
spring.
2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.]
Hop, skip (OR step), and jump, a game or athletic sport in which the
participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and
jump in succession. <-- just a hop, skip, and a jump away = nearby -->
Addison.
Hop
Hop, n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G. hopfen; cf.
LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel. humall, SW. & Dan.
humle.]
1. (Bot.) A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining,
annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).
2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing
to give a bitter taste.
3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip.
Hop back. (Brewing) See under 1st Back. -- Hop clover (Bot.), a
species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature
(Trifolium agrarium, and T. procumbens). -- Hop flea (Zo\'94l.), a
small flea beetle (Haltica concinna), very injurious to hops. -- Hop
fly (Zo\'94l.), an aphid (Phorodon humuli), very injurious to hop
vines. -- Hop froth fly (Zo\'94l.), an hemipterous insect (Aphrophora
interrupta), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to
hop vines. -- Hop hornbeam (Bot.), an American tree of the genus
Ostrya (O.Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species
(O. vulgaris). -- Hop moth (Zo\'94l.), a moth (Hypena humuli), which
in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines. -- Hop picker, one
who picks hops. -- Hop pole, a pole used to support hop vines. -- Hop
tree (Bot.), a small American tree (Ptelia trifoliata), having broad,
flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for
hops. -- Hop vine (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.
Hop
Hop, v. t. To impregnate with hops. Mortimer.
Hop
Hop, v. i. To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]
Hopbine, Hopbind
Hop"bine` (?), Hop"bind` (?), n. The climbing stem of the hop.
Blackstone.
Hope
Hope (?), n. [Cf. Icel. h\'d3p a small bay or inlet.]
1. A sloping plain between mountain ridges. [Obs.]
2. A small bay; an inlet; a haven. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Hope
Hope, n. [AS., akin to D. hoop, hope, Sw. hopp, Dan. haab, MHG. hoffe.
Hope in forlorn hope is different word. See Forlorn hope, under
Forlorn.]
1. A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining
it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something
which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.
The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job vii. 13.
He wished, but not with hope. Milton.
New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven. Keble.
2. One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of
expectation, or promises desired good.
The Lord will be the hope of his people. Joel iii. 16.
A young gentleman of great hopes, whose love of learning was highly
commendable. Macaulay.
3. That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
Lavina is thine elder brother's hope. Shak.
Hope
Hope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hoped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hoping.] [AS.
hopian; akin to D. hopen, Sw. hopp, Dan. haabe, G. hoffen. See 2nd
Hope.]
1. To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of
something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it
is obtainable; to expect; -- usually followed by for. "Hope for good
success." Jer. Taylor.
But I will hope continually. Ps. lxxi. 14.
2. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good;
-- usually followed by in. "I hope in thy word." Ps. cxix. 81.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted
within me? Hope thou in God. Ps. xlii. 11.
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Hope (?), v. t.
1. To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or
prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with
the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.
We hope no other from your majesty. Shak.
[Charity] hopeth all things. 1 Cor. xiii. 7.
2. To expect; to fear. [Obs.] "I hope he will be dead." Chaucer.
NOTE: &hand; Ho pe is of ten us ed co lloquially re garding
uncertainties, with no reference to the future. "I hope she takes
me to be flesh and blood."
Mrs. Centlivre.
Hopeful
Hope"ful (?), a.
1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope;
expectant.
Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly
conceited. Hooker.
2. Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of
success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect. "Hopeful scholars."
Addison. -- Hope"ful*ly, adv. -- Hope"ful*ness, n.
Hopeite
Hope"ite (?), n. [Named after Professor Hope, of Edinburgh.] (Min.) A
hydrous phosphate of zinc in transparent prismatic crystals.
Hopeless
Hope"less, a.
1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.
I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. Shak.
2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate;
as, a hopeless cause.
The hopelessword of "never to return" Breathe I against thee, upon
pain of life. Shak.
3. Unhoped for; despaired of. [Obs.] Marston. -- Hope"less*ly, adv. --
Hope"less*ness, n.
Hoper
Hop"er (?), n. One who hopes. Swift.
Hopingly
Hop"ing*ly, adv. In a hopeful manner. Hammond.
Hoplite
Hop"lite (?), n. [Gr. hoplite.] (Gr. Antiq.) A heavy-armed infantry
soldier. Milford.
Hop-o'-my-thumb, Hop-thumb
Hop"-o'-my-thumb" (?), Hop"-thumb", n. A very diminutive person.
[Colloq.] liwell.
Hopped
Hopped (?), p. a. Impregnated with hops.
Hopper
Hop"per (?), n. [See 1st Hop.]
1. One who, or that which, hops.
2. A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening
at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a
machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes
into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel
passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car.
3. (Mus.) See Grasshopper, 2.
4. pl. A game. See Hopscotch. Johnson.
5. (Zo\'94l.) (a) See Grasshopper, and Frog hopper, Grape hopper, Leaf
hopper, Tree hopper, under Frog, Grape, Leaf, and Tree. (b) The larva
of a cheese fly.
6. (Naut.) A vessel for carrying waste, garbage, etc., out to sea, so
constructed as to discharge its load by a mechanical contrivance; --
called also dumping scow.
Bell and hopper (Metal.), the apparatus at the top of a blast furnace,
through which the charge is introduced, while the gases are retained.
-- Hopper boy, a rake in a mill, moving in a circle to spread meal for
drying, and to draw it over an opening in the floor, through which it
falls. -- Hopper closet, a water-closet, without a movable pan, in
which the receptacle is a funnel standing on a draintrap. -- Hopper
cock, a faucet or valve for flushing the hopper of a water-closet.
Hopperings
Hop"per*ings (?), n. (Gold Washing) Gravel retaining in the hopper of
a cradle.
Hoppestere
Hop`pes*tere" (?), a. An unexplained epithet used by Chaucer in
reference to ships. By some it is defined as "dancing (on the wave)";
by others as "opposing," "warlike." T. R. Lounsbury.
Hoppet
Hop"pet (?), n.
1. A hand basket; also, a dish used by miners for measuring ore.
[Prov. Eng.]
2. An infant in arms. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Hopping
Hop"ping (?), n. The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping,
frisking, or dancing. Hopping Dick (Zo\'94l.), a thrush of Jamaica
(Merula leucogenys), resembling the English blackbird in its familiar
manners, agreeable song, and dark plumage.
Hopping
Hop"ping, n. [See 3rd Hop.] A gathering of hops.
Hopple
Hop"ple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoppled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hoppling
(?).] [From Hop; cf. Hobble.]
1. To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow)
loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or
straying horse.
2. Fig.: To entangle; to hamper. Dr. H. More.
Hopple
Hop"ple, n. A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze;
-- chiefly used in the plural.
Hopplebush
Hop"ple*bush` (?), n. Same as Hobblebush.
Hoppo
Hop"po (?), n. (a) A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer
of commerce. (b) A tribunal or commission having charge of the revenue
derived from trade and navigation. [China] Hoppo men, Chinese
customhouse officers.
Hopscotch
Hop"scotch` (?), n. A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one
foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure
traced or scotched on the ground; -- called also hoppers.
Hop-thumb
Hop"-thumb` (?), n. See Hop-o'-my-thumb.
Hopyard
Hop"yard` (?), n. A field where hops are raised.
Horal
Ho"ral (?), a. [L. horalis, fr. hora hour. See Hour.] Of or pertaining
to an hour, or to hours. Prior.
Horaly
Ho"ra*ly (?), adv. Hourly. [Obs.]
Horary
Ho"ra*ry (?), a. [LL. horarius, fr. L. hora hour: cf. F. horaire. See
Hour.]
1. Of or pertaining to an hour; noting the hours. Spectator.
2. Occurring once an hour; continuing an hour; hourly; ephemeral.
Horary, or soon decaying, fruits of summer. Sir T. Browne.
Horary circles. See Circles.
Horatian
Ho*ra"tian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Horace, the Latin poet, or
resembling his style.
Horde
Horde (?), n. [F. horde (cf. G. horde), fr. Turk. ord, ord\'c6, camp;
of Tartar origin.] A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or
tribe of a nomadic people migrating from place to place for the sake
of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude. Thomson.
Hordeic
Hor*de"ic (?), a. [L. hordeum barley.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or
derived from, barley; as, hordeic acid, an acid identical or isomeric
with lauric acid.
Hordein
Hor"de*in (?), n. [L. hordeum barley.] (Chem.) A peculiar starchy
matter contained in barley. It is complex mixture. [R.]
Hordeolum
Hor*de"o*lum (?), n. [NL., fr. L. hordeolus, dim. of hordeum barley.]
(Med.) A small tumor upon the eyelid, resembling a grain of barley; a
sty.
Hordock
Hor"dock` (?), n. An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare,
perhaps equivalent to burdock.
Hore
Hore (?), a. Hoar. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Horehound
Hore"hound` (?), n. [OE. horehune, AS. h\'berhune; h\'ber hoar, gray +
hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species of organum, GR. kn to smell.]
(Bot.) A plant of the genus Marrubium (M. vulgare), which has a bitter
taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds,
coughing, etc. [Written also hoarhound.] Fetid horehound, OR Black
horehound, a disagreeable plant resembling horehound (Ballota nigra).
-- Water horehound, a species of the genus Lycopus, resembling mint,
but not aromatic.
Horizon
Ho*ri"zon (?), n. [F., fr. L. horizon, fr. Gr.
1. The circle which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to
a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and
sky.
And when the morning sun shall raise his car Above the border of
this horizon. Shak.
All the horizon round Invested with bright rays. Milton.
2. (Astron.) (a) A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and
at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to
the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible
horizon. (b) A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and
passing through the earth's center; -- called also rational OR
celestial horizon. (c) (Naut.) The unbroken line separating sky and
water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.
3. (Geol.) The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.
The strata all over the earth, which were formed at the same time,
are said to belong to the same geological horizon. Le Conte.
4. (Painting) The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort,
which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the
spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural
horizon corresponds with this line.
Apparent horizon. See under Apparent. -- Artificial horizon, a level
mirror, as the surface of mercury in a shallow vessel, or a plane
reflector adjusted to the true level artificially; -- used chiefly
with the sextant for observing the double altitude of a celestial
body. -- Celestial horizon. (Astron.) See def. 2, above. -- Dip of the
horizon (Astron.), the vertical angle between the sensible horizon and
a line to the visible horizon, the latter always being below the
former. -- Rational horizon, and Sensible horizon. (Astron.) See def.
2, above. -- Visible horizon. See definitions 1 and 2, above.
Horizontal
Hor`i*zon"tal (?), a. [Cf. F. horizontal.]
1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. "Horizontal misty air."
Milton.
2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or
surface.
3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal
distance.
Horizontal drill, a drilling machine having a horizontal drill
spindle. -- Horizontal engine, one the piston of which works
horizontally. -- Horizontal fire (Mil.), the fire of ordnance and
small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation. --
Horizontal force (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's
magnetic force. -- Horizontal line (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing), a
constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the
point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all
verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found. --
Horizontal parallax. See under Parallax. -- Horizontal plane
(Descriptive Geometry), a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it
is assumed that objects are projected. See Projection. It is upon the
horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to
be drawn. -- Horizontal projection, a projection made on a plane
parallel to the horizon. -- Horizontal range (Gunnery), the distance
in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile. --
Horizontal water wheel, a water wheel in which the axis is vertical,
the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most
turbines.
Horizontality
Hor`i*zon*tal"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. horizontalit\'82.] The state or
quality of being horizontal. Kirwan.
Horizontally
Hor`i*zon"tal*ly, adv. In a horizontal direction or position; on a
level; as, moving horizontally.
Hormogonium
Hor`mo*go*ni"um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A chain of small cells in
certain alg\'91, by which the plant is propogated.
Horn
Horn (?), n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel., Sw., &
Dan. horn, Goth. ha\'a3rn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L. cornu, Gr. cheer,
cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. \'87iras head. Cf. Carat, Corn on the
foot, Cornea, Corner, Cornet, Cornucopia, Hart.]
1. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the
heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and
the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true
horn, and are never shed.
2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually
shed and renewed.
3. (Zo\'94l.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal,
resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.:
(a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A
tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A
hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head
of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a
fish, as in the horned pout.
4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the
flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).
5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as: (a) A
wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a horn (of an ox or
a ram); now applied to various elaborately wrought instruments of
brass or other metal, resembling a horn in shape. "Wind his horn under
the castle wall." Spenser. See French horn, under French. (b) A
drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns
of cattle. "Horns of mead and ale." Mason. (c) The cornucopia, or horn
of plenty. See Cornucopia. "Fruits and flowers from Amalth\'91a's
horn." Milton. (d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for
containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids.
"Samuel took the hornof oil and anointed him [David]." 1 Sam. xvi. 13.
(e) The pointed beak of an anvil. (f) The high pommel of a saddle;
also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the
leg. (g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute. (h) (Naut.) The outer end of a
crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff,
boom, etc. (i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a
plane. (j) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish
altar of burnt offering. "Joab . . . caught hold on the horns of the
altar." 1 Kings ii. 28.
6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of
the moon when crescent-shaped.
The moon Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns. Thomson.
7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a
squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
Sharpening in mooned horns Their phalanx. Milton.
8. The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed,
being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of
lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust
of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn.
9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride.
The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. Ps. xviii. 2.
10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural. "Thicker
than a cuckold's horn." Shak.
Horn block, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car axle box
slides up and down; -- also called horn plate. -- Horn of a dilemma.
See under Dilemma. -- Horn distemper, a disease of cattle, affecting
the internal substance of the horn. -- Horn drum, a wheel with long
curved scoops, for raising water. -- Horn lead (Chem.), chloride of
lead. -- Horn maker, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] Shak. -- Horn
mercury. (Min.) Same as Horn quicksilver (below). -- Horn poppy
(Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy (Glaucium luteum), found on the
sandy shores of Great Britain and Virginia; -- called also horned
poppy. Gray. -- Horn pox (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption
like that of chicken pox. -- Horn quicksilver (Min.), native calomel,
or bichloride of mercury. -- Horn shell (Zo\'94l.), any long, sharp,
spiral, gastropod shell, of the genus Cerithium, and allied genera. --
Horn silver (Min.), cerargyrite. -- Horn slate, a gray, siliceous
stone. -- To haul in one's horns, to withdraw some arrogant
pretension. [Colloq.]<-- = to pull in one's horns --> -- To raise, OR
lift, the horn (Script.), to exalt one's self; to act arrogantly.
"'Gainst them that raised thee dost thou lift thy horn?" Milton. -- To
take a horn, to take a drink of intoxicating liquor. [Low] <-- blow
one's own horn. To call attention to one's own accomplishments.
opposed to "hide one's light under a bushel" -->
Horn
Horn (?), v. t.
1. To furnish with horns; to give the shape of a horn to.
2. To cause to wear horns; to cuckold. [Obs.] Shak.
Hornbeak
Horn"beak` (?), n. A fish. See Hornfish.
Hornbeam
Horn"beam` (?), n. [See Beam.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus Carpinus (C.
Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood
being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in
the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam
is C. Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech.
Hop hornbeam. (Bot.) See under Hop.
Hornbill
Horn"bill` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any bird of the family Bucerotid\'91, of
which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera.
They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies,
and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance,
which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of
the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to
that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but
some species eat dead animals.
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Hornblende
Horn"blende` (?), n. [G., fr. horn horn + blende blende.] (Min.) The
common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See
Amphibole.) It belongs to the aluminous division of the species, and
is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Also used
as a general term to include the whole species. Hornblende schist
(Geol.), a hornblende rock of schistose structure.
Hornblendic
Horn*blend"ic (?), a. Composed largely of hornblende; resembling or
relating to hornblende.
Hornblower
Horn"blow`er (?), n. [AS. hornbl\'bewere.] One who, or that which,
blows a horn.
Hornbook
Horn"book` (?), n.
1. The first book for children, or that from which in former times
they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet
of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on
which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written
or printed; a primer. "He teaches boys the hornbook." Shak.
2. A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of
knowledge; a manual; a handbook.
Hornbug
Horn"bug` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A large nocturnal beetle of the genus
Lucanus (as L. capreolus, and L. dama), having long, curved upper
jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old
trees.
Horned
Horned (?), a. Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a
hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part
shaped like a horn.
The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether tip.
Coleridge.
Horned bee (Zo\'94l.), a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis), having two
little horns on the head. -- Horned dace (Zo\'94l.), an American
cyprinoid fish (Semotilus corporialis) common in brooks and ponds; the
common chub. See Illust. of Chub. -- Horned frog (Zo\'94l.), a very
large Brazilian frog (Ceratophrys cornuta), having a pair of
triangular horns arising from the eyelids. -- Horned grebe (Zo\'94l.),
a species of grebe (Colymbus auritus), of Arctic Europe and America,
having two dense tufts of feathers on the head. -- Horned horse
(Zo\'94l.), the gnu. -- Horned lark (Zo\'94l.), the shore lark. --
Horned lizard (Zo\'94l.), the horned toad. -- Horned owl (Zo\'94l.), a
large North American owl (Bubo Virginianus), having a pair of
elongated tufts of feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties
are known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned owls,
differing in color, and inhabiting different regions; -- called also
great horned owl, horn owl, eagle owl, and cat owl. Sometimes also
applied to the long-eared owl. See Eared owl, under Eared. -- Horned
poppy. (Bot.) See Horn poppy, under Horn. -- Horned pout (Zo\'94l.),
an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout. -- Horned rattler
(Zo\'94l.), a species of rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes), inhabiting
the dry, sandy plains, from California to Mexico. It has a pair of
triangular horns between the eyes; -- called also sidewinder. --
Horned ray (Zo\'94l.), the sea devil. -- Horned screamer (Zo\'94l.),
the kamichi. -- Horned snake (Zo\'94l.), the cerastes. -- Horned toad
(Zo\'94l.), any lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of which nine or ten
species are known. These lizards have several hornlike spines on the
head, and a broad, flat body, covered with spiny scales. They inhabit
the dry, sandy plains from California to Mexico and Texas. Called also
horned lizard. -- Horned viper. (Zo\'94l.) See Cerastes.
Hornedness
Horn"ed*ness (?), n. The condition of being horned.
Hornel
Horn"el (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The European sand eel. [Scot.]
Horner
Horn"er (?), n.
1. One who works or deal in horn or horns. [R.] Grew.
2. One who winds or blows the horn. [Obs.] Sherwood.
3. One who horns or cuckolds. [Obs.] Massinger.
4. (Zo\'94l.) The British sand lance or sand eel (Ammodytes
lanceolatus).
Hornet
Hor"net (?), n. [AS. hyrnet; akin to OHG. hornaz, hornuz, G. horniss;
perh. akin to E. horn, and named from the sound it makes as if blowing
the horn; but more prob. akin to D. horzel, Lith. szirszone, L.
crabo.] (Zo\'94l.) A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa
crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious,
and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike
material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The
American white-faced hornet (V. maculata) is larger and has similar
habits. Hornet fly (Zo\'94l.), any dipterous insect of the genus
Asilus, and allied genera, of which there are numerous species. They
are large and fierce flies which capture bees and other insects, often
larger than themselves, and suck their blood. Called also hawk fly,
robber fly. -- To stir up a hornet's nest, to provoke the attack of a
swarm of spiteful enemies or spirited critics. [Colloq.]
Hornfish
Horn"fish` (?), n. [AS. hornfisc.] (Zo\'94l.) The garfish or sea
needle.
Hornfoot
Horn"foot` (?), a. Having hoofs; hoofed.
Hornify
Horn"i*fy (?), v. t. [Horn + -fy.] To horn; to cuckold. [Obs.] Beau. &
Fl.
Horning
Horn"ing, n. Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of
a crescent. J. Gregory. Letters of horning (Scots Law), the process or
authority by which a person, directed by the decree of a court of
justice to pay or perform anything, is ordered to comply therewith.
Mozley & W.
Hornish
Horn"ish, a. Somewhat like horn; hard.
Hornito
Hor*ni"to (?), n. [A dim. fr. Sp. horno oven, L. furnus. See Furnace.]
(Geol.) A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and
emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit. Humboldt.
Hornless
Horn"less (?), a. Having no horn.
Horn-mad
Horn"-mad` (?), a. Quite mad; -- raving crazy.
Did I tell you about Mr. Garrick, that the town are horn-mad after?
Gray.
Hornotine
Hor"no*tine (?), n. [L. hornotinus of this year.] (Zo\'94l.) A
yearling; a bird of the year.
Hornowl
Horn"owl` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Horned Owl.
Hornpike
Horn"pike` (?), n. The garfish. [Prov. Eng.]
Hornpipe
Horn"pipe` (?), n. (Mus.) (a) An instrument of music formerly popular
in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was
so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.
(b) A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted
for such playing.
Many a hornpipe he tuned to his Phyllis. Sir W. Raleigh.
(c) A dance performed, usually by one person, to such a tune, and
popular among sailors.<-- = sailor's hornpipe -->
Hornpout
Horn"pout` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Horned pout, under Horned.
Hornsnake
Horn"snake` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A harmless snake (Farancia abacura),
found in the Southern United States. The color is bluish black above,
red below.
Hornstone
Horn"stone` (?), n. (Min.) A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz,
closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert.
Horntail
Horn"tail` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of family (Urocerid\'91) of
large hyminopterous insects, allied to the sawflies. The larv\'91 bore
in the wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of
the females.
Hornwork
Horn"work` (?), n. (Fort.) An outwork composed of two demibastions
joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long
wings.
Hornwort
Horn"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) An aquatic plant (Ceratophyllum), with
finely divided leaves.
Hornwrack
Horn"wrack` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.
Horny
Horn"y (?), a. [Compar. Hornier (?); superl. Horniest.]
1. Having horns or hornlike projections. Gay.
2. Composed or made of horn, or of a substance resembling horn; of the
nature of horn. "The horny . . . coat of the eye." Ray.
3. Hard; callous. "His horny fist." Dryden.
Horny-handed
Horn"y-hand`ed (?), a. Having the hands horny and callous from labor.
Hornyhead
Horn"y*head` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any North American river chub of the
genus Hybopsis, esp. H. biguttatus.
Horography
Ho*rog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. -graphy: cf. F. horographie.]
1. An account of the hours. Chaucer.
2. The art of constructing instruments for making the hours, as
clocks, watches, and dials.
Horologe
Hor"o*loge (?), n. [OE. horologe, orloge, timepiece, OF. horloge,
orloge, oriloge, F. horloge, L. horologium, fr. Gr. Hour, and Logic.]
1. A servant who called out the hours. [Obs.]
2. An instrument indicating the time of day; a timepiece of any kind;
a watch, clock, or dial. Shak.
Horologer
Ho*rol"o*ger (?), n. A maker or vender of clocks and watches; one
skilled in horology.
Horological
Hor`o*log"ic*al (?), a. [L. horologicus, Gr. Relating to a horologe,
or to horology.
Horologiographer
Hor`o*lo`gi*og"ra*pher (?), n. [See Horologiography.] A maker of
clocks, watches, or dials.
Horologiographic
Hor`o*lo`gi*o*graph"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to horologiography.
Chambers.
Horologiography
Hor`o*lo`gi*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. -graphy.]
1. An account of instruments that show the hour.
2. The art of constructing clocks or dials; horography.
Horologist
Ho*rol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in horology.
Horology
Ho*rol"o*gy (?), n. [See Horologe.] The science of measuring time, or
the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and
indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc.
Horometer
Ho*rom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter.] An instrument for measuring time.
Horometrical
Hor`o*met"ric*al (?), a. Belonging to horometry.
Horometry
Ho*rom"e*try (?), n. [Cf. F. horom\'82trie. See Horometer.] The art,
practice, or method of measuring time by hours and subordinate
divisions. "The horometry of antiquity." Sir T. Browne.
Horopter
Ho*rop"ter (?), n. [Gr. (Opt.) The line or surface in which are
situated all the points which are seen single while the point of
sight, or the adjustment of the eyes, remains unchanged.
The sum of all the points which are seen single, while the point of
sight remains unchanged, is called the horopter. J. Le Conte.
Horopteric
Hor`op*ter"ic (?), a. (Opt.) Of or pertaining to the horopter.
Horoscope
Hor"o*scope (?), n. [F. horoscope, L. horoscopus, fr. Gr. n., a
horoscope; Hour, and -scope.]
1. (Astrol.) (a) The representation made of the aspect of the heavens
at the moment of a person's birth, by which the astrologer professed
to foretell the events of the person's life; especially, the sign of
the zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment. (b) The diagram
or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the
whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such
prediction of fortune.
2. The planisphere invented by Jean Paduanus.
3. A table showing the length of the days and nights at all places.
Heyse.
Horoscoper, Horoscopist
Hor"o*sco`per (?), Ho*ros"co*pist (?), n. One versed in horoscopy; an
astrologer.
Horoscopy
Ho*ros"co*py (?), n.
1. The art or practice of casting horoscopes, or observing the
disposition of the stars, with a view to prediction events.
2. Aspect of the stars at the time of a person's birth.
Horrendous
Hor*ren"dous (?), a. [L. horrendus.] Fearful; frightful. [Obs.] I.
Watts.
Horrent
Hor"rent (?), a. [L. horrens, p.pr. of horrere to bristle. See
Horror.] Standing erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points;
bristled; bristling.
Rough and horrent with figures in strong relief. De Quincey.
With bright emblazonry and horrent arms. Milton.
Horrible
Hor"ri*ble (?), a. [OE. horrible, orrible, OF. horrible, orrible,
F. horrible, fr. L. horribilis, fr. horrere. See Horror.] Exciting,
or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking;
hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder.
A dungeon horrible on all sides round. Milton.
Syn. -- Dreadful; frightful; fearful; terrible; awful; terrific;
shocking; hideous; horrid.
Horribleness
Hor"ri*ble*ness, n. The state or quality of being horrible;
dreadfulness; hideousness.
The horribleness of the mischief. Sir P. Sidney.
Horribly
Hor"ri*bly, adv. In a manner to excite horror; dreadfully;
terribly.
Horrid
Hor"rid (?), a. [L. horridus. See Horror, and cf. Ordure.]
1. Rough; rugged; bristling. [Archaic]
Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn. Dryden.
2. Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence,
very offensive.
Not in the legions Of horrid hell. Shak.
The horrid things they say. Pope.
Syn. -- Frightful; hideous; alarming; shocking; dreadful; awful;
terrific; horrible; abominable.
Horridly
Hor"rid*ly, adv. In a horrid manner. Shak.
Horridness
Hor"rid*ness, n. The quality of being horrid.
Horrific
Hor*rif"ic (?), a. [L. horrifieus; horrere to be horrible + -ficare
(in comp.) to make: cf. F. horrifique. See Horror, -fy.] Causing
horror; frightful.
Let . . . nothing ghastly or horrific be supposed. I. Taylor.
Horrification
Hor`ri*fi*ca"tion (?), n. That which causes horror. [R.] Miss
Edgeworth.
Horrify
Hor"ri*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Horrified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Horrifying (?).] [L. horrificare. See Horrific.] To cause to feel
horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified
the beholders. E. Irving.
Horripilation
Hor*rip`i*la"tion (?), n. [L. horripilatio, fr. horripilare to
bristle; horrere to bristle + pilus the hair: cf. F.
horripilation.] (Med.) A real or fancied bristling of the hair of
the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.
Horrisonant
Hor*ris"o*nant (?), a. Horrisonous. [Obs.]
Horrisonous
Hor*ris"o*nous (?), a. [L. horrisonus; horrere to be horrible +
sonus a sound.] Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.
[Obs.] Bailey.
Horror
Hor"ror (?), n. [Formerly written horrour.] [L. horror, fr. horrere
to bristle, to shiver, to tremble with cold or dread, to be
dreadful or terrible; cf. Skr. h to bristle.]
1. A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement.
[Archaic]
Such fresh horror as you see driven through the wrinkled waves.
Chapman.
2. A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which
precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity
than a rigor, and more marked than an algor.
3. A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering
with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something
frightful and shocking.
How could this, in the sight of heaven, without horrors of
conscience be uttered? Milton.
4. That which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom;
dreariness.
Breathes a browner horror on the woods. Pope.
The horrors, delirium tremens. [Colloq.]
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Horror-sticken
Hor"ror-stick`en (?), a. Struck with horror; horrified.
Blank and horror-stricken faces. C. Kingsley.
Horror-struck
Hor"ror-struck` (?), a. Horror-stricken; horrified. M. Arnold.
Hors de combat
Hors` de com`bat" (?). [F.] Out of the combat; disabled from
fighting.<-- = out of action -->
Horse
Horse (?), n. [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. & OHG. ros, G. ross,
Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to run, E. course, current Cf.
Walrus.]
1. (Zo\'94l.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the
domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia
at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each
jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below.
The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The
horse differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and
the tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or
chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed,
docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for
drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.
NOTE: &hand; Ma ny varieties, differing in form, size, color, gait,
speed, etc., are known, but all are believed to have been derived
from the same original species. It is supposed to have been a
native of the plains of Central Asia, but the wild species from
which it was derived is not certainly known. The feral horses of
America are domestic horses that have run wild; and it is probably
true that most of those of Asia have a similar origin. Some of the
true wild Asiatic horses do, however, approach the domestic horse
in several characteristics. Several species of fossil (Equus) are
known from the later Tertiary formations of Europe and America. The
fossil species of other genera of the family Equid\'91 are also
often called horses, in general sense.
2. The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or
male; usually, a castrated male.
3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination;
as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot.
The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five thousand horse
and foot. Bacon.
4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a
sawhorse, etc.
5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made
to ride for punishment.
6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a
hobby.
7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as
the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore;
hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches
for a distance.
8. (Naut.) (a) See Footrope, a. (b) A breastband for a leadsman. (c)
An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon. (d) A jackstay. W. C.
Russell. Totten.
NOTE: &hand; Ho rse is much used adjectively and in composition to
signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses, like a horse,
etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or horsehorsehoe, horse
jockey; and hence, often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse,
etc.; as, horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,
horse ant, etc.
Black horse, Blood horse, etc. See under Black, etc. -- Horse aloes,
caballine aloes. -- Horse ant (Zo\'94l.), a large ant (Formica rufa);
-- called also horse emmet. -- Horse artillery, that portion of the
artillery in which the cannoneers are mounted, and which usually
serves with the cavalry; flying artillery. -- Horse balm (Bot.), a
strong-scented labiate plant (Collinsonia Canadensis), having large
leaves and yellowish flowers. -- Horse bean (Bot.), a variety of the
English or Windsor bean (Faba vulgaris), grown for feeding horses. --
Horse boat, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a boat
propelled by horses. -- Horse bot. (Zo\'94l.) See Botfly, and Bots. --
Horse box, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses, as
hunters. [Eng.] -- Horse breaker OR trainer, one employed in subduing
or training horses for use. -- Horse car. (a) A railroad car drawn by
horses. See under Car. (b) A car fitted for transporting horses. --
Horse cassia (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Cassia Javanica), bearing
long pods, which contain a black, catharic pulp, much used in the East
Indies as a horse medicine. -- Horse cloth, a cloth to cover a horse.
-- Horse conch (Zo\'94l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of the genus
Triton. See Triton. -- Horse courser. (a) One that runs horses, or
keeps horses for racing. Johnson. (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.]
Wiseman. -- Horse crab (Zo\'94l.), the Limulus; -- called also
horsefoot, horsehoe crab, and king crab. -- Horse crevall\'82
(Zo\'94l.), the cavally.<-- a type of fish --> -- Horse emmet
(Zo\'94l.), the horse ant. -- Horse finch (Zo\'94l.), the chaffinch.
[Prov. Eng.] -- Horse gentian (Bot.), fever root. -- Horse iron
(Naut.), a large calking iron. -- Horse latitudes, a space in the
North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the
westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. Ham. Nav.
Encyc. -- Horse mackrel. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The common tunny (Orcynus
thunnus), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in
the Mediterranean. (b) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). (c) The
scad. (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the
California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc.
-- Horse marine (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical
body of marine cavalry. [Slang] -- Horse mussel (Zo\'94l.), a large,
marine mussel (Modiola modiolus), found on the northern shores of
Europe and America. -- Horse nettle (Bot.), a coarse, prickly,
American herb, the Solanum Carolinense. -- Horse parsley. (Bot.) See
Alexanders. -- Horse purslain (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical
America (Trianthema monogymnum). -- Horse race, a race by horses; a
match of horses in running or trotting. -- Horse racing, the practice
of racing with horses. -- Horse railroad, a railroad on which the cars
are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United
States, called a tramway. -- Horse run (Civil Engin.), a device for
drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. --
Horse sense, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] -- Horse soldier, a
cavalryman. -- Horse sponge (Zo\'94l.), a large, coarse, commercial
sponge (Spongia equina). -- Horse stinger (Zo\'94l.), a large dragon
fly. [Prov. Eng.] -- Horse sugar (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part
of the United States (Symplocos tinctoria), whose leaves are sweet,
and good for fodder. -- Horse tick (Zo\'94l.), a winged, dipterous
insect (Hippobosca equina), which troubles horses by biting them, and
sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, horse louse, and forest
fly. -- Horse vetch (Bot.), a plant of the genus Hippocrepis (H.
comosa), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also
horsehoe vetch, from the peculiar shape of its pods. -- Iron horse, a
locomotive. [Colloq.] -- Salt horse, the sailor's name for salt beef.
-- To look a gift horse in the mouth, to examine the mouth of a horse
which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; --
hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. Lowell. --
To take horse. (a) To set out on horseback. Macaulay. (b) To be
covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above).
Horse
Horse (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Horsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Horsing.]
[AS. horsion.]
1. To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a
horse. "Being better horsed, outrode me." Shak.
2. To sit astride of; to bestride. Shak.
3. To cover, as a mare; -- said of the male.
4. To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer. S.
Butler.
5. To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be
flogged; to subject to such punishment.
Horse
Horse, v. i. To get on horseback. [Obs.] Shelton.
Horseback
Horse"back` (?), n.
1. The back of a horse.
2. An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a
half-stratified condition. Agassiz.
On horseback, on the back of a horse; mounted or riding on a horse or
horses; in the saddle.
The long journey was to be performed on horseback. Prescott.
Horse-chestnut
Horse`-chest"nut (?), n. (Bot.) (a) The large nutlike seed of a
species of \'92sculus (\'92. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed
to horses, whence the name. (b) The tree itself, which was brought
from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is
now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres. The native
American species are called buckeyes.
Horse-drench
Horse"-drench` (?), n.
1. A dose of physic for a horse. Shak.
2. The appliance by which the dose is administred.
Horsefish
Horse"fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The moonfish (Selene setipinnis).
(b) The sauger.
Horseflesh
Horse"flesh` (?), n.
1. The flesh of horses.
The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day. Bacon.
2. Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a judge of
horseflesh. [Colloq.]
Horseflesh ore (Min.), a miner's name for bornite, in allusion to its
peculiar reddish color on fresh facture.
Horsefly
Horse"fly` (?), n.; pl. Horseflies (.
1. (Zo\'94l.) Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanid\'91, that stings
horses, and sucks their blood.
NOTE: &hand; Of th ese fl ies th ere are numerous species, both in
Europe and America. They have a large proboscis with four sharp
lancets for piercing the skin. Called also breeze fly. See Illust.
under Diptera, and Breeze fly.
2. (Zo\'94l.) The horse tick or forest fly (Hippobosca).
Horsefoot
Horse"foot` (?), n.; pl. Horsefeet (#).
1. (Bot.) The coltsfoot.
2. (Zo\'94l.) The Limulus or horseshoe crab.
Horse Guards
Horse" Guards` (?). (Mil.) A body of cavalry so called; esp., a
British regiment, called the Royal Horse Guards, which furnishes
guards of state for the sovereign. The Horse Guards, a name given to
the former headquarters of the commander in chief of the British army,
at Whitehall in London.
Horsehair
Horse"hair` (?), n. A hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or
tail; the hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a fabric or
tuft made of such hairs. Horsehair worm (Zo\'94l.), the hair worm or
gordius.
Horsehead
Horse"head` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The silver moonfish (Selene vomer).
Horsehide
Horse"hide` (?), n.
1. The hide of a horse.
2. Leather made of the hide of a horse.
Horse-jockey
Horse"-jock`ey (?), n.
1. A professional rider and trainer of race horses.
2. A trainer and dealer in horses.
Horseknop
Horse"knop` (?), n. (Bot.) Knapweed.
Horselaugh
Horse"laugh` (?), n. A loud, boisterous laugh; a guffaw. Pope.
Horse-leech
Horse"-leech` (?), n.
1. (Zo\'94l.) A large blood-sucking leech (H\'91mopsis vorax), of
Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses.
2. A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.
Horse-leechery
Horse"-leech`er*y (?), n. The business of a farrier; especially, the
art of curing the diseases of horses.
Horse-litter
Horse"-lit`ter (?), n. A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and
between two horses. Milton.
Horseman
Horse"man (?), n.; pl. Horsemen (.
1. A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a
mounted man.
2. (Mil.) A mounted soldier; a cavalryman.
3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the
coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly.
(b) A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman (E.
lanceolatus).
Horsemanship
Horse"man*ship, n. The act or art of riding, and of training and
managing horses; manege.
Horsemint
Horse"mint` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) A coarse American plant of the Mint
family (Monarda punctata). (b) In England, the wild mint (Mentha
sylvestris).
Horsenail
Horse"nail` (?), n. A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head,
for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail.
Horseplay
Horse"play` (?), n. Rude, boisterous play.
Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden.
Horsepond
Horse"pond` (?), n. A pond for watering horses.
Horse power
Horse" pow`er (?).
1. The power which a horse exerts.
2. (Mach.) A unit of power, used in stating the power required to
drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or
steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power
required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English
units of work per minute; hence, it is the power that must be exerted
in lifting 33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550
pounds at the rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of
ten feet per second, etc.
NOTE: &hand; Th e po wer of a draught horse, of average strength,
working eight hours per day, is about four fifths of a standard
horse power.
Brake horse power, the net effective power of a prime mover, as a
steam engine, water wheel, etc., in horse powers, as shown by a
friction brake. See Friction brake, under Friction. -- Indicated horse
power, the power exerted in the cylinder of an engine, stated in horse
powers, estimated from the diameter and speed of the piston, and the
mean effective pressure upon it as shown by an indicator. See
Indicator. -- Nominal horse power (Steam Engine), a term still
sometimes used in England to express certain proportions of cylinder,
but having no value as a standard of measurement.
3. A machine worked by a horse, for driving other machinery; a horse
motor.
Horse-radish
Horse"-rad`ish (?), n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Nasturtium (N.
Armoracia), allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste,
much used, when grated, as a condiment and in medicine. Gray.
Horse-radish tree. (Bot.) See Moringa.
Horserake
Horse"rake` (?), n. A rake drawn by a horse.
Horseshoe
Horse"shoe` (?), n.
1. A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form
somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.
2. Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.
3. (Zo\'94l.) The Limulus of horsehoe crab.
Horsehoe head (Med.), an old name for the condition of the skull in
children, in which the sutures are too open, the coronal suture
presenting the form of a horsehoe. Dunglison. -- Horsehoe magnet, an
artificial magnet in the form of a horsehoe. -- Horsehoe nail. See
Horsenail. -- Horsehoe nose (Zo\'94l.), a bat of the genus
Rhinolophus, having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe.
Horseshoer
Horse"sho`er (?), n. One who shoes horses.
Horseshoeing
Horse"shoe`ing (?), n. The act or employment of shoeing horses.
Horsetail
Horse"tail` (?), n.
1. (Bot.) A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of
the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of
Equisetum.
2. A Turkish standard, denoting rank.
NOTE: &hand; Co mmanders ar e di stinguished by th e nu mber of
horsetails carried before them. Thus, the sultan has seven, the
grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one.
Shrubby horsetail. (Bot.) See Joint-fir.
Horseweed
Horse"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis),
which is a common weed.
Horsewhip
Horse"whip` (?), n. A whip for horses.
Horsewhip
Horse"whip`, v. t. To flog or chastise with a horsewhip.
Horsewoman
Horse"wom`an (?), n.; pl. Horsewomen (. A woman who rides on
horseback.
Horsewood
Horse"wood` (?), n. (Bot.) A West Indian tree (Calliandra latifolia)
with showy, crimson blossoms.
Horseworm
Horse"worm` (?), n. The larva of a botfly.
Horsiness
Hors"i*ness (?), n.
1. The condition or quality of being a horse; that which pertains to a
horse. Tennyson.
2. Fondness for, or interest in, horses.
Horsly
Hors"ly (?), a. Horselike. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Horsy
Hors"y (?), a. Pertaining to, or suggestive of, a horse, or of horse
racing; as, horsy manners; garments of fantastically horsy fashions.
[Colloq.]
Hortation
Hor*ta"tion (?), n. [L. hortatio, fr. hortari to incite, exhort, fr.
hori to urge.] The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice;
exhortation. [R.]
Hortative
Hor"ta*tive (?), a. [L. hortativus.] Giving exhortation; advisory;
exhortative. Bullokar.
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Hortative
Hor"ta*tive (?), n. An exhortation. [Obs.]
Hortatory
Hor"ta*to*ry (?), a. [L. hortatorius.] Giving exhortation or advise;
encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech. Holland.
Hortensial
Hor*ten"sial (?), a. [L. hortensius, hortensis, fr. hortus garden;
akin to E. yard an inclosure.] Fit for a garden. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Horticultor
Hor"ti*cul`tor (?), n. [NL., fr. L. hortus garden + cultor a
cultivator, colere to cultivate.] One who cultivates a garden.
Horticultural
Hor`ti*cul"tur*al (?), a. [Cf. F. horticultural.] Of or pertaining to
horticulture, or the culture of gardens or orchards.
Horticulture
Hor"ti*cul`ture (?), n. [L. hortus garden + cultura culture: cf. F.
horticulture. See Yard an inclosure, and Culture.] The cultivation of
a garden or orchard; the art of cultivating gardens or orchards.
Horticulturist
Hor`ti*cul"tur*ist (?), n. One who practices horticulture.
Hortulan
Hor"tu*lan (?), a. [L. hortulanus; hortus garden.] Belonging to a
garden. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Hortus siccus
Hor"tus sic"cus (?). [L., a dry garden.] A collection of specimens of
plants, dried and preserved, and arranged systematically; an
herbarium.
Hortyard
Hort"yard (?), n. An orchard. [Obs.]
Hosanna
Ho*san"na (?), n.; pl. Hosannas (#). [Gr. h\'d3sh\'c6'\'beh nn\'besave
now, save, we pray, h\'d3sh\'c6a' to save (Hiphil, a causative form,
of y\'besha') + n\'be, a particle.] A Hebrew exclamation of praise to
the Lord, or an invocation of blessings. "Hosanna to the Highest."
Milton.
Hosanna to the Son of David. Matt. xxi. 9.
Hose
Hose (?), n.; pl. Hose, formerly Hosen (#). [AS. hose; akin to D.
hoos, G. hose breeches, OHG. hosa, Icel. hosa stocking, gather, Dan.
hose stocking; cf. Russ. koshulia a fur jacket.]
1. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to
the knee.
These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats,
and their other garments. Dan. iii. 21.
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk
shank. Shak.
2. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or
stockings.
3. A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material,
and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet,
hydrant, or fire engine.
Hose carriage, cart, OR truck, a wheeled vehicle fitted for conveying
hose for extinguishing fires. -- Hose company, a company of men
appointed to bring and manage hose in the extinguishing of fires.
[U.S.] -- Hose coupling, coupling with interlocking parts for uniting
hose, end to end. -- Hose wrench, a spanner for turning hose
couplings, to unite or disconnect them.
Hosen
Ho"sen (?), n. pl. See Hose. [Archaic]
Hosier
Ho"sier (?), n. One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or
woven like hose.
Hosiery
Ho"sier*y (?), n.
1. The business of a hosier.
2. Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose.
Hospice
Hos"pice (?), n. [F., fr. L. hospitium hospitality, a place where
strangers are entertained, fr. hospes stranger, guest. See Host a
landlord.] A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or
entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the
Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard.
Hospitable
Hos"pi*ta*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. hospitable, LL. hospitare to receive as
a guest. See Host a landlord.]
1. Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and
without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by
hospitality. Shak.
2. Proceeding from or indicating kindness and generosity to guests and
strangers; as, hospitable rites.
To where you taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. Goldsmith.
Hospitableness
Hos"pi*ta*ble*ness, n. The quality of being hospitable; hospitality.
Barrow.
Hospitably
Hos"pi*ta*bly, adv. In a hospitable manner.
Hospitage
Hos"pi*tage (?), n. [LL. hospitagium, for L. hospitium. See Hospice.]
Hospitality. [Obs.] Spenser.
Hospital
Hos"pi*tal (?), n. [OF. hospital, ospital, F. h\'93pital, LL.
hospitale (or perh. E. hospital is directly from the Late Latin), from
L. hospitalis relating to a guest, hospitalia apartments for guests,
fr. hospes guest. See Host a landlord, and cf. Hostel, Hotel, Spital.]
1. A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and
treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and
cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or
disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either
at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a
tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army
cared for.
Hospital ship, a vessel fitted up for a floating hospital. -- Hospital
Sunday, a Sunday set apart for simultaneous contribution in churches
to hospitals; as, the London Hospital Sunday.
Hospital
Hos"pi*tal, a. [L. hospitalis: cf. OF. hospital.] Hospitable. [Obs.]
Howell.
Hospitaler
Hos"pi*tal*er (?), n. [Written also hospitaller.] [F. hospitalier. See
Hospital, and cf. Hostler.]
1. One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor,
the sick, and strangers.
2. One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem for
pilgrims, A. D. 1042. They were called Knights of St. John of
Jerusalem, and after the removal of the order to Malta, Knights of
Malta.
Hospitalism
Hos"pi*tal*ism (?), n. (Med.) A vitiated condition of the body, due to
long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the
atmosphere of a hospital.
Hospitality
Hos`pi*tal"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Hospitalities (#). [L. hospitalitas: cf.
F. hospitalit\'82.] The act or practice of one who is hospitable;
reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or
with kind and generous liberality.
Given to hospitality. Rom. xii. 13.
And little recks to find the way to heaven By doing deeds of
hospitality. Shak.
Hospitalize
Hos"pi*tal*ize (?), v. t. (Med.) To render (a building) unfit for
habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.
Hospitate
Hos"pi*tate (?), v. i. [L. hospitatus, p.p. of hospitari to be a
guest, fr. hospes guest.] To receive hospitality; to be a guest.
[Obs.] Grew.
Hospitate
Hos"pi*tate, v. t. To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest.
[Obs.] Cockeram.
Hospitium
Hos*pi"ti*um (?), n. [L. See Hospice.]
1. An inn; a lodging; a hospice. [Obs.]
2. (Law) An inn of court.
Hospodar
Hos"po*dar` (?), n. [A Slav. word; cf. Russ. gospodare lord, master.]
A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and Wallachia
before those countries were united as Roumania.
Host
Host (?), n. [LL. hostia sacrifice, victim, from hostire to strike.]
(R. C. Ch.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ,
which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before
consecration.
NOTE: &hand; In th e La tin Vu lgate th e wo rd was applied to the
Savior as being an offering for the sins of men.
Host
Host, n. [OE. host, ost, OF. host, ost, fr. L. hostis enemy, LL.,
army. See Guest, and cf. Host a landlord.]
1. An army; a number of men gathered for war.
A host so great as covered all the field. Dryden.
2. Any great number or multitude; a throng.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly
host praising God. Luke ii. 13.
All at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils. Wordsworth.
Host
Host, n. [OE. host, ost, OF. hoste, oste, F. h\'93te, from L. hospes a
stranger who is treated as a guest, he who treats another as his
guest, a hostl prob. fr. hostis stranger, enemy (akin to E. guest a
visitor) + potis able; akin to Skr. pati master, lord. See Host an
army, Possible, and cf. Hospitable, Hotel.] One who receives or
entertains another, whether gratuitosly or for compensation; one from
whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord.
Chaucer. "Fair host and Earl." Tennyson.
Time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting
guest by the hand. Shak.
Host
Host, v. t. To give entertainment to. [Obs.] Spenser.
Host
Host, v. i. To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.]
"Where you shall host." Shak.
Hostage
Hos"tage (?), n. [OE. hostage, OF. hostage, ostage, F. \'93tage, LL.
hostaticus, ostaticum, for hospitaticum, fr. L. hospes guest, host.
The first meaning is, the state of a guest, hospitality; hence, the
state of a hostage (treated as a guest); and both these meanings occur
in Old French. See Host a landlord.] A person given as a pledge or
security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or
stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to
be released.
Your hostages I have, so have you mine; And we shall talk before we
fight. Shak.
He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune.
Bacon.
Hostel
Hos"tel (?), n. [OE. hostel, ostel, OF. hostel, ostel, LL. hospitale,
hospitalis, fr. L. hospitalis. See Hospital, and cf. Hotel.]
1. An inn. [Archaic] Poe.
So pass I hostel, hall, and grange. Tennyson.
2. A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.]
Holinshed.
Hosteler
Hos"tel*er (?), n. [See Hostel, and cf. Hostler.]
1. The keeper of a hostel or inn.
2. A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or
Cambridge. [Obs.] Fuller.
Hostelry
Hos"tel*ry (?), n. [OE. hostelrie, hostelrye, ostelrie, OF.
hostelerie, fr. hostel. See Hostel.] An inn; a lodging house.
[Archaic] Chaucer. "Homely brought up in a rude hostelry." B. Jonson.
Come with me to the hostelry. Longfellow.
Hostess
Host"ess (?), n. [OE. hostesse, ostesse. See Host a landlord.]
1. A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her
house. Shak.
2. A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper.
Shak.
Hostess-ship
Host"ess-ship, n. The character, personality, or office of a hostess.
Shak.
Hostie
Hos"tie (?), n. [F. See 1st Host.] The consecrated wafer; the host.
[Obs.] Bp. Burnet.
Hostile
Hos"tile (?), a. [L. hostilis, from hostis enemy: cf. F. hostile. See
Host an army.] Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the
disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire
to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical;
unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile
country; hostile to a sudden change. Syn. -- Warlike; inimical;
unfriendly; antagonistic; opposed; adverse; opposite; contrary;
repugnant.
Hostile
Hos"tile, n. An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the
whites; -- commonly in the plural. [Colloq.] P. H. Sheridan.
Hostilely
Hos"tile*ly, adv. In a hostile manner.
Hostility
Hos*til"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Hostilities (#). [L. hostilitas: cf. F.
hostilit\'82.]
1. State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness;
animosity.
Hostility being thus suspended with France. Hayward.
2. An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural,
acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy.
We have showed ourselves generous adversaries . . . and have
carried on even our hostilities with humanity. Atterbury.
He who proceeds to wanton hostility, often provokes an enemy where
he might have a friend. Crabb.
Syn. -- Animosity; enmity; opposition; violence; aggression;
contention; warfare.
Hostilize
Hos"til*ize (?), v. t. To make hostile; to cause to become an enemy.
[Obs.] A. Seward.
Hosting
Host"ing (?), n. [From Host an army.] [Obs.]
1. An encounter; a battle. "Fierce hosting." Milton.
2. A muster or review. Spenser.
Hostler
Hos"tler (?), n. [OE. hosteler, osteler, innkeeper, OF. hostelier, F.
h\'93telier. See Hostel, and cf. Hospitaler, Hosteler.]
1. An innkeeper. [Obs.] See Hosteler.
2. The person who has the care of horses at an inn or stable; hence,
any one who takes care of horses; a groom; -- so called because the
innkeeper formerly attended to this duty in person.
3. (Railroad) The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is
left by the engineer after a trip.
Hostless
Host"less (?), a. Inhospitable. [Obs.] "A hostless house." Spenser.
Hostry
Host"ry (?), n. [OE. hosterie, osterie, OF. hosterie. See Host a
landlord.]
1. A hostelry; an inn or lodging house. [Obs.] Marlowe.
2. A stable for horses. [Obs.] Johnson.
Hot
Hot (?), imp. & p. p. of Hote. [Obs.] Spenser.
Hot
Hot (?), a. [Compar. Hotter (?); superl. Hottest (?).] [OE. hot, hat,
AS. h\'bet; akin to OS. h\'c7t, D. heet, OHG. heiz, G. heiss, Icel.
heitr, Sw. het, Dan. heed, hed; cf. Goth. heit\'d3 fever, hais torch.
Cf. Heat.]
1. Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a
great degree; very warm; -- opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in
degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or air. "A hotvenison pasty." Shak.
2. Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily excited; firely;
vehement; passionate; violent; eager.
Achilles is impatient, hot, and revengeful. Dryden.
There was mouthing in hot haste. Byron.
3. Lustful; lewd; lecherous. Shak.
4. Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard.
Hot bed (Iron Manuf.), an iron platform in a rolling mill, on which
hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool. -- Hot wall (Gardening), a
wall provided with flues for the conducting of heat, to hasten the
growth of fruit trees or the ripening of fruit. -- Hot well
(Condensing Engines), a receptacle for the hot water drawn from the
condenser by the air pump. This water is returned to the boiler, being
drawn from the hot well by the feed pump. -- In hot water (Fig.), in
trouble; in difficulties. [Colloq.] Syn. -- Burning; fiery; fervid;
glowing; eager; animated; brisk; vehement; precipitate; violent;
furious; ardent; fervent; impetuous; irascible; passionate; hasty;
excitable.
Hotbed
Hot"bed` (?), n.
1. (Gardening) A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other
substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants,
or for nourishing exotics.
2. A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a hotbed of
sedition.
Hot blast
Hot" blast` (?). See under Blast.
Hot-blooded
Hot"-blood`ed (?), a. Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited;
irritable; ardent; passionate.
Hot-brained
Hot"-brained` (?), a. Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as,
hot-brained youth. Dryden.
Hotchpot, Hotchpotch
Hotch"pot` (?), Hotch"potch` (?), n. [F. hochepot, fr. hocher to shake
+ pot pot; both of Dutch or German origin; cf. OD. hutspot hotchpotch,
D. hotsen, hutsen, to shake. See Hustle, and Pot, and cf. Hodgepodge.]
1. A mingled mass; a confused mixture; a stew of various ingredients;
a hodgepodge.
A mixture or hotchpotch of many tastes. Bacon.
2. (Law) A blending of property for equality of division, as when
lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of
the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her
sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions
among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or
throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person
deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children,
for the purpose of a more equal division, or of equalizing the shares
of all the children; the property advanced being accounted for at its
value when given. Bouvier. Tomlins.
NOTE: &hand; This term has been applied in cases of salvage. Story.
It corresponds in a measure with collation in the civil and Scotch
law. See Collation.
Bouvier. Tomlins.
Hotcockles
Hot"coc`kles (?), n. [Hot + cockle, cockle being perh. corrupt. fr.
knuckle. Cf. F. main chaude (lit., hot hand) hotcockles.] A childish
play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his
hand placed behind him.
Hote
Hote (?), v. t. & i. [pres. & imp. Hatte (?), Hot (, etc.; p. p. Hote,
Hoten (, Hot, etc. See Hight, Hete.]
1. To command; to enjoin. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
2. To promise. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. To be called; to be named. [Obs.]
There as I was wont to hote Arcite, Now hight I Philostrate, not
worth a mite. Chaucer.
Hotel
Ho*tel" (?), n. [F. h\'93tel, OF. hostel. See Hostel.]
1. A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public
house, of the better class.
2. In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or
wealth.
H\'93tel-de-ville
H\'93tel`-de-ville" (?), n. [F.] A city hall or townhouse.
H\'93tel-Dieu
H\'93tel`-Dieu" (?), n. [F.] A hospital.
Hoten
Hot"en (?), p. p. of Hote.
Hotfoot
Hot"foot` (?), adv. In haste; foothot. [Colloq.]
Hot-head
Hot"-head` (?), n. A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous
person; as, the rant of a hot-head.
Hot-headed
Hot"-head`ed, a. Fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement.
Macaulay.
Hothouse
Hot"house` (?), n.
1. A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold
air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and
fruits ripened.
2. A bagnio, or bathing house. [Obs.] Shak.
3. A brothel; a bagnio. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
4. (Pottery) A heated room for drying green ware.
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Hot-livered
Hot"-liv`ered (?), a. Of an excitable or irritable temperament;
irascible. Milton.
Hotly
Hot"ly, adv. [From Hot, a.]
1. In a hot or fiery manner; ardently; vehemently; violently; hastily;
as, a hotly pursued.
2. In a lustful manner; lustfully. Dryden.
Hot-mouthed
Hot"-mouthed` (?), a. Headstrong.
That hot-mouthed beast that bears against the curb. Dryden.
Hotness
Hot"ness, n.
1. The quality or state of being hot.
2. Heat or excitement of mind or manner; violence; vehemence;
impetuousity; ardor; fury. M. Arnold.
Hotpress
Hot"press` (?), v. t. To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical
pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to
express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc.
Hotpressed
Hot"pressed` (?), a. Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v.
t.
Hot-short
Hot"-short` (?), a. (Metal.) More or less brittle when heated; as,
hot-short iron.
Hot-spirited
Hot"-spir`it*ed (?), a. Having a fierly spirit; hot-headed.
Hotspur
Hot"spur` (?), n. [Hot + spur.] A rash, hot-headed man. Holinshed.
Hotspur, Hotspurred
Hot"spur`, Hot"spurred` (?), a. Violent; impetuous; headstrong.
Spenser. Peacham.
Hottentot
Hot"ten*tot (?), n. [D. Hottentot; -- so called from hot and tot, two
syllables of frequent occurrence in their language. Wedgwood.]
1. (Ethnol.) One of a degraded<-- "pastoral", in MW10 --> and savage
race of South Africa, with yellowish brown complexion, high cheek
bones, and wooly hair growing in tufts.<-- = The tribes speaking
Khoisan; Bushman(? any difference?) -->
2. The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its
clicking sounds.<-- = Khoisan -->
Hottentot cherry (Bot.), a South African plant of the genus Cassine
(C. maurocenia), having handsome foliage, with generally inconspicuous
white or green flowers. Loudon. -- Hottentot's bread. (Bot.) See
Elephant's foot (a), under Elephant.
Hottentotism
Hot"ten*tot*ism (?), n. A term employed to describe one of the
varieties of stammering. Tylor.
Houdah
Hou"dah (?), n. See Howdah.
Hough
Hough (?), n. Same as Hock, a joint.
Hough
Hough, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Houghed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Houghing.]
Same as Hock, to hamstring.
Hough
Hough, n. [Cf. D. hak. Cf. Hack.] An adz; a hoe. [Obs.] Bp.
Stillingfleet.
Hough
Hough, v. t. To cut with a hoe. [Obs.] Johnson.
Houlet
Hou"let (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) An owl. See Howlet.
Hoult
Hoult (?), n. A piece of woodland; a small wood. [Obs.] See Holt.
Hound
Hound (?), n. [OE. hound, hund, dog, AS. hund; akin to OS. & OFries.
hund, D. hond, G. hund, OHG. hunt, Icel. hundr, Dan. & Sw. hund, Goth.
hunds, and prob. to Lith. sz, Ir. & Gael. cu, L. canis, Gr. \'87van.
&root;229. Cf. Canine, Cynic, Kennel.]
1. (Zo\'94l.) A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large,
drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound,
bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet
hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc.
Hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs. Shak.
2. A despicable person. "Boy! false hound!" Shak.
3. (Zo\'94l.) A houndfish.
4. pl. (Naut.) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for
the trestletrees and top to rest on.
5. A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a
vehicle.
To follow the hounds, to hunt with hounds.
Hound
Hound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hounding.]
1. To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a
hare; to hound on pursuers. Abp. Bramhall.
2. To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds. L'Estrange.
Houndfish
Hound"fish (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any small shark of the genus Galeus or
Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish
(G. canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and
dogfish.
NOTE: &hand; Th e European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is
Scyllium canicula; the rough houndfish, or large-spotted dogfish,
is S. catulus. The name has also sometimes been applied to the
bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), and to the silver gar.
Hounding
Hound"ing, n.
1. The act of one who hounds.
2. (Naut.) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.
Hound's-tongue
Hound's"-tongue` (?), n. [AS. hundes tunge.] (Bot.) A biennial weed
(Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an
offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked
prickles. Called also dog's-tongue.
Houp
Houp (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Hoopoe. [Obs.]
Hour
Hour (?), n. [OE. hour, our, hore, ure, OF. hore, ore, ure, F. heure,
L. hora, fr. Gr. Year, and cf. Horologe, Horoscope.]
1. The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.
2. The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and
indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At what hour shall we
meet?
3. Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or
occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour.
Woman, . . . mine hour is not yet come. John ii. 4.
This is your hour, and the power of darkness. Luke xxii. 53.
4. pl. (R. C. Ch.) Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of
the day, as matins and vespers.
5. A measure of distance traveled.
Vilvoorden, three hours from Brussels. J. P. Peters.
After hours, after the time appointed for one's regular labor. --
Canonical hours. See under Canonical. -- Hour angle (Astron.), the
angle between the hour circle passing through a given body, and the
meridian of a place. -- Hour circle. (Astron.) (a) Any circle of the
sphere passing through the two poles of the equator; esp., one of the
circles drawn on an artificial globe through the poles, and dividing
the equator into spaces of 15°, or one hour, each. (b) A circle upon
an equatorial telescope lying parallel to the plane of the earth's
equator, and graduated in hours and subdivisions of hours of right
ascension. (c) A small brass circle attached to the north pole of an
artificial globe, and divided into twenty-four parts or hours. It is
used to mark differences of time in working problems on the globe. --
Hour hand, the hand or index which shows the hour on a timepiece. --
Hour line. (a) (Astron.) A line indicating the hour. (b) (Dialing) A
line on which the shadow falls at a given hour; the intersection of an
hour circle which the face of the dial. -- Hour plate, the plate of a
timepiece on which the hours are marked; the dial. Locke. -- Sidereal
hour, the twenty-fourth part of a sidereal day. -- Solar hour, the
twenty-fourth part of a solar day. -- The small hours, the early hours
of the morning, as one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.<-- also "wee hours"
--> -- To keep good hours, to be regular in going to bed early.
Hourglass
Hour"glass` (?), n. An instrument for measuring time, especially the
interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two
compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water,
or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto
the lower.
NOTE: &hand; A si milar instrument measuring any other interval of
time takes its name from the interval measured; as, a half-hour
glass, a half-minute glass. A three-minute glass is sometimes
called an egg-glass, from being used to time the boiling of
eggs.<-- also = egg timer -->
Houri
Hou"ri (?), n.; pl. Houris (#). [Per. h&umac;r\'c6, h&umac;r\'be,
h&umac;r; akin to Ar. h&umac;r, pl. of ahwar beautiful-eyed,
black-eyed.] A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Mohammedans.
Hourly
Hour"ly (?), a. Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour;
frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual.
In hourly expectation of a martyrdom. Sharp.
Hourly
Hour"ly, adv. Every hour; frequently; continually.
Great was their strife, which hourly was renewed. Dryden.
Hours
Hours (?), n. pl. [A translation of L. Horae (Gr. Hour.] (Myth.)
Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.
Lo! where the rosy-blosomed Hours, Fair Venus' train, appear. Gray.
Housage
Hous"age (?), n. [From House.] A fee for keeping goods in a house.
[R.] Chambers.
House
House (?), n.; pl. Houses (#). [OE. hous, hus, AS. h; akin to OS. &
OFries. h, D. huis, OHG. h, G. haus, Icel. h, Sw. hus, Dan. huus,
Goth. gudh, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. hide to conceal. See
Hide, and cf. Hoard, Husband, Hussy, Husting.]
1. A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals
of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation
of man; a dwelling place, a mansion.
Houses are built to live in; not to look on. Bacon.
Bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench Are from their hives
and houses driven away. Shak.
2. Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to
keep house. See below.
3. Those who dwell in the same house; a household.
One that feared God with all his house. Acts x. 2.
4. A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons
from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an
illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the
house of Israel.
The last remaining pillar of their house, The one transmitter of
their ancient name. Tennyson.
5. One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in
parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative
capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of
Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and
Parliament.
6. (Com.) A firm, or commercial establishment.
7. A public house; an inn; a hotel.
8. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles
intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by
astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and
casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in
respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern
horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life,
downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and
planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four
hours.
9. A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
10. An audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a theater,
etc.; as, a thin or a full house.
11. The body, as the habitation of the soul.
This mortal house I'll ruin, Do C\'91sar what he can. Shak.
12. [With an adj., as narrow, dark, etc.] The grave. "The narrow
house." Bryant.
NOTE: &hand; Ho use is mu ch us ed ad jectively an d as the first
element of compounds. The sense is usually obvious; as, house
cricket, housemaid, house painter, housework.
House ant (Zo\'94l.), a very small, yellowish brown ant (Myrmica
molesta), which often infests houses, and sometimes becomes a great
pest. -- House of bishops (Prot. Epis. Ch.), one of the two bodies
composing a general convertion, the other being House of Clerical and
Lay Deputies. -- House boat, a covered boat used as a dwelling. --
House of call, a place, usually a public house, where journeymen
connected with a particular trade assemble when out of work, ready for
the call of employers. [Eng.]<-- modern name? --> Simonds. -- House
car (Railroad), a freight car with inclosing sides and a roof; a box
car. -- House of correction. See Correction. -- House cricket
(Zo\'94l.), a European cricket (Gryllus domesticus), which frequently
lives in houses, between the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is
noted for the loud chirping or stridulation of the males. -- House
dog, a dog kept in or about a dwelling house. -- House finch
(Zo\'94l.), the burion. -- House flag, a flag denoting the commercial
house to which a merchant vessel belongs. -- House fly (Zo\'94l.), a
common fly (esp. Musca domestica), which infests houses both in Europe
and America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying substances
or excrement, about sink drains, etc. -- House of God, a temple or
church. -- House of ill fame. See Ill fame under Ill, a. -- House
martin (Zo\'94l.), a common European swallow (Hirundo urbica). It has
feathered feet, and builds its nests of mud against the walls of
buildings. Called also house swallow, and window martin. -- House
mouse (Zo\'94l.), the common mouse (Mus musculus). -- House physician,
the resident medical adviser of a hospital or other public
institution. -- House snake (Zo\'94l.), the milk snake. -- House
sparrow (Zo\'94l.), the common European sparrow (Passer domesticus).
It has recently been introduced into America, where it has become very
abundant, esp. in cities. Called also thatch sparrow. -- House spider
(Zo\'94l.), any spider which habitually lives in houses. Among the
most common species are Theridium tepidariorum and Tegenaria
domestica. -- House surgeon, the resident surgeon of a hospital. --
House wren (Zo\'94l.), the common wren of the Eastern United States
(Troglodytes a\'89don). It is common about houses and in gardens, and
is noted for its vivacity, and loud musical notes. See Wren. --
Religious house, a monastery or convent. -- The White House, the
official residence of the President of the United States; -- hence,
colloquially, the office of President.<-- also, a parliament building
in Moscow --> -- To bring down the house. See under Bring. -- To keep
house, to maintain an independent domestic establishment. -- To keep
open house, to entertain friends at all times. Syn. -- Dwelling;
residence; abode. See Tenement.
House
House (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Housed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Housing.]
[AS. h.]
1. To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from
the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house
one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to
house cattle.
At length have housed me in a humble shed. Young.
House your choicest carnations, or rather set them under a
penthouse. Evelyn.
2. To drive to a shelter. Shak.
3. To admit to residence; to harbor.
Palladius wished him to house all the Helots. Sir P. Sidney.
4. To deposit and cover, as in the grave. Sandys.
5. (Naut.) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to
house the upper spars.
House
House, v. i.
1. To take shelter or lodging; to abide to dwell; to lodge.
You shall not house with me. Shak.
2. (Astrol.) To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n.,
8. "Where Saturn houses." Dryden.
Housebote
House"bote` (?), n. [House + bote.] (Law) Wood allowed to a tenant for
repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called
firebote. See Bote.
Housebreaker
House"break`er (?), n. One who is guilty of the crime of
housebreaking.
Housebreaking
House"break`ing, n. The act of breaking open and entering, with a
felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day
or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break.
Housebuilder
House"build`er (?), n. One whose business is to build houses; a
housewright.
Housecarl
House"carl` (?), n. [OE. huscarle. See House, and Carl.] (Eng.
Arch\'91ol.) A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King
Canute.
Household
House"hold` (?), n.
1. Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.
And calls, without affecting airs, His household twice a day to
prayers. Swift.
2. A line of ancestory; a race or house. [Obs.] Shak.
Household
House"hold`, a. Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as,
household furniture; household affairs. Household bread, bread made in
the house for common use; hence, bread that is not of the finest
quality. [Obs.] -- Household gods (Rom. Antiq.), the gods presiding
over the house and family; the Lares and Penates; hence, all objects
endeared by association with home. -- Household troops, troops
appointed to attend and guard the sovereign or his residence.
Householder
House"hold`er (?), n. The master or head of a family; one who occupies
a house with his family.
Towns in which almost every householder was an English Protestant.
Macaulay.
Compound householder. See Compound, a.
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Housekeeper
House"keep`er (?), n.
1. One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master
or mistress of a family. Locke.
2. One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife
is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the
servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs.
3. One who exercises hospitality, or has plentiful and hospitable
household. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
4. One who keeps or stays much at home. [R.]
You are manifest housekeeper. Shak.
5. A house dog. [Obs.] Shak.
Housekeeping
House"keep`ing, n.
1. The state of being occupying a dwelling house as a householder.
2. Care of domestic concerns; management of a house and home affairs.
3. Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of
provisions. [Obs.]
Tell me, softly and hastly, what's in the pantry? Small
housekeeping enough, said Ph\'d2be. Sir W. Scott.
Housekeeping
House"keep`ing, a. Domestic; used in a family; as, housekeeping
commodities.
Housel
Hou"sel (?), n. [OE. housel, husel, AS. h; akin to Icel. h, Goth.
hunsl a sacrifice.] The eucharist. [Archaic] Rom. of R. Tennyson.
Housel
Hou"sel, v. t. [AS. h.] To administer the eucharist to. [Archaic]
Chaucer.
Houseleek
House"leek` (?), n. [House + leek.] (Bot.) A succulent plant of the
genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum), originally a native of subalpine
Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is
very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also
ayegreen.
Houseless
House"less, a. Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless;
homeless; as, a houseless wanderer.
Houselessness
House"less*ness, n. The state of being houseless.
Houseline
House"line` (?), n. (Naut.) A small line of three strands used for
seizing; -- called also housing. Totten.
Houseling
House"ling` (?), a. Same as Housling.
Housemaid
House"maid` (?), n. A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to
take care of the rooms. Housemaid's knee (Med.), a swelling over the
knee, due to an enlargement of the bursa in the front of the kneepan;
-- so called because frequently occurring in servant girls who work
upon their knees.
Housemate
House"mate` (?), n. One who dwells in the same house with another. R.
Browning.
Houseroom
House"room` (?), n. Room or place in a house; as, to give any one
houseroom.
Housewarming
House"warm`ing (?), n. A feast or merry-making made by or for a family
or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises.
Johnson.
Housewife
House"wife` (?), n. [House + wife. Cf. Hussy.]
1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female
head of a household. Shak.
He a good husband, a good housewife she. Dryden.
2. (Usually pronounced [See Hussy, in this sense.] A little case or
bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female
work; -- called also hussy. [Written also huswife.] P. Skelton.
3. A hussy. [R.] [Usually written huswife.] Shak.
Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag.
Housewife, Housewive
House"wife` (?), House"wive` (?), v. t. To manage with skill and
economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize.
Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well
housewived. Fuller.
Housewifely
House"wife`ly (?), a. Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife;
domestic; economical; prudent.
A good sort of woman, ladylike and housewifely. Sir W. Scott.
Housewifery
House"wif`er*y (?), n. The business of the mistress of a family;
female management of domestic concerns.
Housework
House"work` (?), n. The work belonging to housekeeping; especially,
kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like.
Housewright
House"wright` (?), n. A builder of houses.
Housing
Hous"ing (?), n. [From House. In some of its senses this word has been
confused with the following word.]
1. The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of
dwelling in a habitation.
2. That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively. Fabyan.
3. (Arch.) (a) The space taken out of one solid, to admit the
insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of
another. (b) A niche for a statue.
4. (Mach.) A frame or support for holding something in place, as
journal boxes, etc.
5. (Naut.) (a) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the
deck or within the vessel. (b) A covering or protection, as an awning
over the deck of a ship when laid up. (c) A houseline. See Houseline.
Housing
Hous"ing, n. [From Houss.]
1. A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military
appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
2. An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.
Housling
Hous"ling (?), a. [See Housel.] Sacramental; as, housling fire. [R.]
Spenser.
Houss
Houss (?), n. [F. housse, LL. hulcia, fr. OHG. hulst; akin to E.
holster. See Holster, and cf. 2d Housing.] A saddlecloth; a housing.
[Obs.] Dryden.
Houtou
Hou"tou (?), n. [From its note.] (Zo\'94l.) A beautiful South American
motmot. Waterton.
Houve
Houve (?), n. [AS. h&umac;fe.] A head covering of various kinds; a
hood; a coif; a cap. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Houyhnhnm
Hou*yhnhnm" (?), n. One of the race of horses described by Swift in
his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed
with reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race
of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of men.
Hove
Hove (?), imp. & p. p. of Heave. Hove short, Hove to. See To heave a
cable short, To heave a ship to, etc., under Heave.
Hove
Hove, v. i. & t. To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell. [Obs.
or Scot.] Holland. Burns.
Hove
Hove, v. i. [OE. hoven. See Hover.] To hover around; to loiter; to
lurk. [Obs.] Gower.
Hovel
Hov"el (?), n. [OE. hovel, hovil, prob. a dim. fr. AS. hof house; akin
to D. & G. hof court, yard, Icel. hof temple; cf. Prov. E. hove to
take shelter, heuf shelter, home.]
1. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc.,
from the weather. Brande & C.
2. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
3. (Porcelain Manuf.) A large conical brick structure around which the
firing kilns are grouped. Knight.
Hovel
Hov"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoveled (?) or Hovelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hoveling or Hovelling.] To put in a hovel; to shelter.
To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. Shak.
The poor are hoveled and hustled together. Tennyson.
Hoveler
Hov"el*er (?), n. One who assists in saving life and property from a
wreck; a coast boatman. [Written also hoveller.] [Prov. Eng.] G. P. R.
James.
Hoveling
Hov"el*ing, n. A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by
covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two
of the sides higher than the other two. [Written also hovelling.]
Hoven
Ho"ven (?), obs. OR archaic p. p. of Heave.
Hoven
Ho"ven (?), a. Affected with the disease called hoove; as, hoven
cattle.
Hover
Hov"er (?), n. [Etymol. doubtful.] A cover; a shelter; a protection.
[Archaic] Carew. C. Kingsley.
Hover
Hov"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hovered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hovering.]
[OE. hoveren, and hoven, prob. orig., to abide, linger, and fr. AS.
hof house; cf. OFries. hovia to receive into one's house. See Hovel.]
1. To hang fluttering in the air, or on the wing; to remain in flight
or floating about or over a place or object; to be suspended in the
air above something.
Great flights of birds are hovering about the bridge, and settling
on it. Addison.
A hovering mist came swimming o'er his sight. Dryden.
2. To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly,
watchfully, or irresolutely.
Agricola having sent his navy to hover on the coast. Milton.
Hovering o'er the paper with her quill. Shak.
Hoverer
Hov"er*er (?), n. A device in an incubator for protecting the young
chickens and keeping them warm.
Hover-hawk
Hov"er-hawk` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The kestrel.
Hoveringly
Hov"er*ing*ly, adv. In a hovering manner.
How
How (?), adv. [OE. how, hou, hu, hwu, AS. h, from the same root as
hw\'be, hw\'91t, who, what, pron. interrog.; akin to OS. hw\'d3w, D.
hoe, cf. G. wie how, Goth. hw\'c7 wherewith, hwaiwa how. &root;182.
See Who, and cf. Why.]
1. In what manner or way; by what means or process.
How can a man be born when he is old? John iii. 4.
2. To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by
what measure or quality.
O, how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Ps. cxix.
97.
By how much they would diminish the present extent of the sea, so
much they would impair the fertility, and fountains, and rivers of
the earth. Bentley.
3. For what reason; from what cause.
How now, my love! why is your cheek so pale? Shak.
4. In what state, condition, or plight.
How, and with what reproach, shall I return? Dryden.
5. By what name, designation, or title.
How art thou called? Shak.
6. At what price; how dear. [Obs.]
How a score of ewes now? Shak.
NOTE: &hand; Ho w is us ed in ea ch se nse, in terrogatively,
interjectionally, and relatively; it is also often employed to
emphasize an interrogation or exclamation. "How are the mighty
fallen!" 2 Sam. i. 27. Sometimes, also, it is used as a noun; --
as, the how, the when, the wherefore. Shelley.
Let me beg you -- don't say "How?" for "What?" Holmes.
Howadji
How*adj"i (?), n. [Ar.]
1. A traveler.
2. A merchant; -- so called in the East because merchants were
formerly the chief travelers.
Howbeit
How*be"it (?), conj. [How + be + it.] Be it as it may; nevertheless;
notwithstanding; although; albeit; yet; but; however.
The Moor -- howbeit that I endure him not - Is of a constant,
loving, noble nature. Shak.
Howdah
How"dah (?), n. [Ar. hawdaj.] A seat or pavilion, generally covered,
fastened on the back of an elephant, for the rider or riders. [Written
also houdah.]
Howdy
How"dy (?), n. [Scot., also houdy- wife. Of uncertain origin; cf. OSw.
jordgumma; or perh. fr. E. how d'ye.] A midwife. [Prov. Eng.]
Howel
How"el (?), n. A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering
rheir work, especially the inside of casks.
Howel
How"el, v. t. To smooth; to plane; as, to howel a cask.
Howell
How"ell, n. The upper stage of a porcelian furnace.
However
How*ev"er (?), adv. [Sometimes contracted into howe'er.]
1. In whetever manner, way, or degree.
However yet they me despise and spite. Spenser.
Howe'er the business goes, you have made fault. Shak.
2. At all events; at least; in any case.
Our chief end is to be freed from all, if it may be, however from
the greatest evils. Tillotson.
However
How*ev"er, conj. Nevertheless; notwithstanding; yet; still; though;
as, I shall not oppose your design; I can not, however, approve of it.
In your excuse your love does little say; You might howe'er have
took a better way. Dryden.
Syn. -- However, At least, Nevertheless, Yet. These words, as here
compared, have an adversative sense in reference to something referred
to in the context. However is the most general, and leads to a final
conclusion or decision. Thus we say, the truth, however, has not yet
fully come out; i.e., such is the speaker's conclusion in view of the
whole case. So also we say, however, you may rely on my assistance to
that amount; i. e., at all events, whatever may happen, this is my
final decision. At least is adversative in another way. It points out
the utmost concession that can possibly be required, and still marks
the adversative conclusion; as, at least, this must be done; whatever
may be our love of peace, we must at least maintain the rights of
conscience. Nevertheless denotes that though the concession be fully
made, it has no bearing of the question; as, nevertheless, we must go
forward. Yet signifies that however extreme the supposition or fact
comceded may be, the consequence which might naturally be expected
does not and will not follow; as, though I should die with thee, yet
will I not deny thee; though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. Cf.
But.
Howitz
How"itz (?), n. A howitzer. [Obs.]
Howitzer
How"itz*er (?), n. [G. haubitze, formerly hauffnitz, Bohem. haufnice,
orig., a sling.] (Mil.) (a) A gun so short that the projectile, which
was hollow, could be put in its place by hand; a kind of mortar.
[Obs.] (b) A short, light, largebore cannon, usually having a chamber
of smaller diameter than the rest of the bore, and intended to throw
large projectiles with comparatively small charges.
Howker
How"ker (?), n. (Naut.) Same as Hooker.
Howl
Howl (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Howled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Howling.]
[OE. houlen, hulen; akin to D. huilen, MHG. hiulen, hiuweln, OHG.
hiuwil\'d3n to exult, h owl, Dan. hyle to howl.]
1. To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and
wolves often do.
And dogs in corners set them down to howl. Drayton.
Methought a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me about, and howled in
my ears. Shak.
2. To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and
mournfully; to lament; to wail.
Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand. Is. xiii. 6.
3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
Wild howled the wind. Sir W. Scott.
Howling monkey. (Zo\'94l.) See Howler, 2. -- Howling wilderness, a
wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. Deut. xxxii. 10.
Howl
Howl, v. t. To utter with outcry. "Go . . . howl it out in deserts."
Philips.
Howl
Howl, n.
1. The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like
sound.
2. A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
Howler
Howl"er (?), n.
1. One who howls.
2. (Zo\'94l.) Any South American monkey of the genus Mycetes. Many
species are known. They are arboreal in their habits, and are noted
for the loud, discordant howling in which they indulge at night.
Howlet
Howl"et (?), n. [Equiv. to owlet, influenced by howl: cf. F. hulotte,
OHG. h, hiuwela.] (Zo\'94l.) An owl; an owlet. [Written also houlet.]
R. Browning.
Howp
Howp (?), v. i. To cry out; to whoop. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Howso
How"so (?), adv. Howsoever. [Obs.]
Howsoever
How`so*ev"er (?), adj. & conj. [How + so + ever.]
1. In what manner soever; to whatever degree or extent; however.
I am glad he's come, howsoever he comes. Shak.
2. Although; though; however. [Obs.] Shak.
Howve
Howve (?), n. A hood. See Houve. [Obs.]
Hox
Hox (?), v. t. [See Hock. &root;??.] To hock; to hamstring. See Hock.
[Obs.] Shak.
Hoy
Hoy (?), n. [D. heu, or Flem. hui.] (Naut.) A small coaster vessel,
usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods from
place to place, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
The hoy went to London every week. Cowper.
Hoy
Hoy, interj. [D. hui. Cf. Ahoy.] Ho! Halloe! Stop!
Hoyden
Hoy"den (?), n. Same as Hoiden.
Hoyman
Hoy"man (?), n.; pl. Hoymen (. One who navigates a hoy.
A common hoyman to carry goods by water for hire. Hobart.
Huanaco
Hua*na"co (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Guanaco.
Hub
Hub (?), n. [See 1st Hob.]
1. The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See
Illust. of Axle box.
2. The hilt of a weapon. Halliwell.
3. A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the
road. [U.S.] See Hubby.
4. A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.
5. (Diesinking) A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a
device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
6. A screw hob. See Hob,
3.
7. A block for scotching a wheel.
Hub plank (Highway Bridges), a horizontal guard plank along a truss at
the height of a wagon-wheel hub. -- Up to the hub, as far as possible
in embarrassment or difficulty, or in business, like a wheel sunk in
mire; deeply involved. [Colloq.]
Hubble-bubble
Hub"ble-bub`ble (?), n. A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke
passes through water, making a bubbling noise, whence its name. In
India, the bulb containing the water is often a cocoanut shell.<-- =
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Hubbub
Hub"bub (?), n. [Cf. Whoobub, Whoop, Hoop, v. i.] A loud noise of many
confused voices; a tumult; uproar. Milton.
This hubbub of unmeaning words. Macaulay.
Hubby
Hub"by (?), a. Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been
frozen while muddy is hubby. [U.S.]
H\'81bner
H\'81b"ner (?), n. [After H\'81bner, who analyzed it.] (Min.) A
mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated
masses. It is native manganese tungstate.
Huch, Huchen
Huch (?), Hu"chen (?), n. [G.] (Zo\'94l.) A large salmon (Salmo, OR
Salvelinus, hucho) inhabiting the Danube; -- called also huso, and
bull trout.
Huck
Huck (?), v. i. [See Hawk to offer for sale, Huckster.] To higgle in
trading. [Obs.] Holland.
Huckaback
Huck"a*back (?), n. [Perh. orig., peddler's wares; cf. LG. hukkebak
pickback. Cf. Huckster.] A kind of linen cloth with raised figures,
used for towelings.
Huckle
Huc"kle (?), n. [Perh. dim. of Prov. E. hucka hook, and so named from
its round shape. See Hook.]
1. The hip; the haunch.
2. A bunch or part projecting like the hip.
Huckle bone. (a) The hip bone; the innominate bone. (b) A small bone
of the ankle; astragalus. [R.] Udall.
Huckle-backed
Huc"kle-backed` (?), a. Round-shoulded.
Huckleberry
Huc"kle*ber`ry (?), n. [Cf. Whortleberry.] (Bot.) (a) The edible black
or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus
Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and
formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from G.
resinosa. (b) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also
whortleberry. Squaw huckleberry. See Deeberry.
Huckster
Huck"ster (?), n. [OE. hukstere, hukster, OD. heukster, D. heuker;
akin to D. huiken to stoop, bend, OD. huycken, huken, G. hocken, to
squat, Icel. h; -- the peddler being named from his stooping under the
load on his back. Cf. Hawk to offer for sale.]
1. A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a
peddler; a hawker. Swift.
2. A mean, trickish fellow. Bp. Hall.
Huckster
Huck"ster, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Huckstered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Huckstering.] To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. Swift.
Hucksterage
Huck"ster*age (?), n. The business of a huckster; small dealing;
peddling.
Ignoble huckster age of piddling tithes. Milton.
Hucksterer
Huck"ster*er (?), n. A huckster. Gladstone.
Those hucksterers or money-jobbers. Swift.
Huckstress
Huck"stress (?), n. A female huckster.
Hud
Hud (?), n. [Cf. Hood a covering.] A huck or hull, as of a nut. [Prov.
Eng.] Wright.
Huddle
Hud"dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Huddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Huddling
(?).] [Cf. OE. hoderen, hodren, to cover, keep, warm; perh. akin to
OE. huden, hiden, to hide, E. hide, and orig. meaning, to get together
for protection in a safe place. Cf. Hide to conceal.] To press
together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to
crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd.
The cattle huddled on the lea. Tennyson.
Huddling together on the public square . . . like a herd of
panic-struck deer. Prescott.
Huddle
Hud"dle, v. t.
1. To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble
without order or system.
Our adversary, huddling several suppositions together, . . . makes
a medley and confusion. Locke.
2. To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly;
-- usually with a following preposition or adverb; as, to huddle on;
to huddle up; to huddle together. "Huddle up a peace." J. H. Newman.
Let him forescat his work with timely care, Which else is huddled
when the skies are fair. Dryden.
Now, in all haste, they huddle on Their hoods, their cloaks, and
get them gone. Swift.
Huddle
Hud"dle, n. A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in
a confused manner; tumult; confusion. "A huddle of ideas." Addison.
Huddler
Hud"dler (?), n. One who huddles things together.
Hudge
Hudge (?), n. (Mining) An iron bucket for hoisting coal or ore.
Raymond.
Hudibrastic
Hu`di*bras"tic (?), a. Similar to, or in the style of, the poem
"Hudibras," by Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse.
Macaulay.
Hudsonian
Hud*so"ni*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson
River; as, the Hudsonian curlew.
Hue
Hue (?), n. [OE. hew, heow, color, shape, form, AS. hiw, heow; akin to
Sw. hy skin, complexion, Goth. hiwi form, appearance.]
1. Color or shade of color; tint; dye. "Flowers of all hue." Milton.
Hues of the rich unfolding morn. Keble.
2. (Painting) A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors;
a primary color modified by combination with others.
Hue
Hue, n. [OE. hue, huer, to hoot, shout, prob. fr. OF. hu an
exclamation.] A shouting or vociferation. Hue and cry (Law), a loud
outcry with which felons were anciently pursued, and which all who
heard it were obliged to take up, joining in the pursuit till the
malefactor was taken; in later usage, a written proclamation issued on
the escape of a felon from prison, requiring all persons to aid in
retaking him. Burrill.
Hued
Hued (?), a. Having color; -- usually in composition; as, bright-hued;
many-hued. Chaucer.
Hueless
Hue"less (?), a. [AS. hiwle\'a0s. See Hue color.] Destitute of color.
Hudibras.
Huer
Hu"er (?), n. One who cries out or gives an alarm; specifically, a
balker; a conder. See Balker.
Huff
Huff (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Huffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Huffing.]
[Cf. OE. hoove to puff up, blow; prob. of imitative origin.]
1. To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air. Grew.
2. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with
insolence; to hector; to bully.
You must not presume to huff us. Echard.
3. (Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could have
captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.
Huff
Huff, v. i.
1. To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
2. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to
take offense.
THis senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them huff at the
doctrine of repentance. South.
3. (Draughts) To remove from the board a man which could have captured
a piece but has not done so; -- so called because it was the habit to
blow upon the piece.
Huff
Huff, n.
1. A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and
petulance or anger; a rage. "Left the place in a huff." W. Irving.
2. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or
importance.
Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and contempt of religion
the sole badge . . . of wit. South.
To take huff, to take offence. Cowper.
Huffcap
Huff"cap` (?), n. A blusterer; a bully. [Obs.] -- a. Blustering;
swaggering. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Huffer
Huff"er (?), n. A bully; a blusterer. Hudibras.
Huffiness
Huff"i*ness (?), n. The state of being huffish; petulance; bad temper.
Ld. Lytton.
Huffingly
Huff"ing*ly, adv. Blusteringly; arrogantly. [R.]
And huffingly doth this bonny Scot ride. Old Ballad.
Huffish
Huff"ish, a. Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant. --
Huff"ish*ly, adv. -- Huff"ish*ness, n.
Huffy
Huff"y (?), a.
1. Puffed up; as, huffy bread.
2. Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.
Hug
Hug (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hugging.]
[Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. sidde paa huk to squat, Sw. huka sig
to squat, Icel. h. Cf. Huckster.]
1. To cower; to crouch; to curl up. [Obs.] Palsgrave.
2. To crowd together; to cuddle. [Obs.] Shak.
Hug
Hug, v. t.
1. To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to
embrace. "And huggen me in his arms." Shak.
2. To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
We hug deformities if they bear our names. Glanvill.
3. (Naut.) To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind.
To hug one's self, to congratulate one's self; to chuckle.
Hug
Hug, n. A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or
in wrestling. Fuller.
Huge
Huge (?), a. [Compar. Huger (?); superl. Hugest (?).] [OE. huge, hoge,
OF. ahuge, ahoge.] Very large; enormous; immense; excessive; -- used
esp. of material bulk, but often of qualities, extent, etc.; as, a
huge ox; a huge space; a huge difference. "The huge confusion."
Chapman. "A huge filly." Jer. Taylor. -- Huge"ly, adv. -- Huge"ness,
n.
Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea. Shak.
Syn. -- Enormous; gigantic; colossal; immense; prodigious; vast.
Hugger
Hug"ger (?), n. One who hugs or embraces.
Hugger
Hug"ger, v. t. & i. To conceal; to lurk ambush. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Hugger-mugger
Hug"ger-mug`ger (?), n. [Scot. huggrie-muggrie; Prov. E. hugger to lie
in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen.] Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in
the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy. [Archaic]
Many things have been done in hugger-mugger. Fuller.
Hugger-mugger
Hug"ger-mug`ger, a.
1. Secret; clandestine; sly.
2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.
Huggle
Hug"gle (?), v. t. [Freq. of hug.] To hug. [Obs.]
Huguenot
Hu"gue*not (?), n. [F., properly a dim. of Hugues. The name is
probably derived from the Christian name (Huguenot) of some person
conspicuous as a reformer.] (Eccl. Hist.) A French Protestant of the
period of the religious wars in France in the 16th century.
Huguenotism
Hu"gue*not*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. huguenotisme.] The religion of the
Huguenots in France.
Hugy
Hu"gy (?), a. Vast. [Obs.] Dryden.
Huia bird
Hu"ia bird` (?). [Native name; -- so called from its cry.] (Zo\'94l.)
A New Zealand starling (Heteralocha acutirostris), remarkable for the
great difference in the form and length of the bill in the two sexes,
that of the male being sharp and straight, that of the female much
longer and strongly curved.
Huisher
Hui"sher (?), n. [Obs.] See Usher. B. Jonson.
Huisher
Hui"sher, v. t. To usher. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Huke
Huke (?), n. [OF. huque, LL. huca; cf. D. huik.] An outer garment worn
in Europe in the Middle Ages. [Written also heuk and hyke.] [Obs.]
Bacon.
Hulan
Hu"lan (?), n. See Uhlan.
Hulch
Hulch (?), n. [Cf. Hunch.] A hunch. [Obs.]
Hulchy
Hulch"y (?), a. Swollen; gibbous. [Obs.]
Hulk
Hulk (?), n. [OE. hulke a heavy ship, AS. hulc a light, swift ship;
akin to D. hulk a ship of burden, G. holk, OHG. holcho; perh. fr. LL.
holcas, Gr. Wolf, Holcad.]
1. The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the body of
an old vessel laid by as unfit for service. "Some well-timbered hulk."
Spenser.
2. A heavy ship of clumsy build. Skeat.
3. Anything bulky or unwieldly. Shak.
Shear hulk, an old ship fitted with an apparatus to fix or take out
the masts of a ship. -- The hulks, old or dismasted ships, formerly
used as prisons. [Eng.] Dickens.
Hulk
Hulk (?), v. t. [Cf. MLG. holken to hollow out, Sw. h\'86lka.] To take
out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare. [R.] Beau. &
Fl.
Hulking, Hulky
Hulk"ing, Hulk"y (?), a. Bulky; unwiedly. [R.] "A huge hulking
fellow." H. Brooke.
Hull
Hull (?), n. [OE. hul, hol, shell, husk, AS. hulu; akin to G. h\'81lle
covering, husk, case, h\'81llen to cover, Goth. huljan to cover, AS.
helan to hele, conceal. &root;17. See Hele, v. t., Hell.]
1. The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain;
the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.
2. [In this sense perh. influenced by D. hol hold of a ship, E. hold.]
(Naut.) The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards,
sails, and rigging.
Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light. Dryden.
Hull down, said of a ship so distant that her hull is concealed by the
convexity of the sea.
Hull
Hull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hulled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hulling.]
1. To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from
integument; as, to hull corn.
2. To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.
Hull
Hull, v. i. To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship
without sails. [Obs.] Shak. Milton.
Hullabaloo
Hul`la*ba*loo" (?), n. [Perh. a corruption of hurly-burly.] A confused
noise; uproar; tumult. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
Hulled
Hulled (?), a. Deprived of the hulls. Hulled corn, kernels of maize
prepared for food by removing the hulls.
Huller
Hull"er (?), n. One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an
agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling
machine.
Hullo
Hul*lo" (?), interj. See Hollo.
Hully
Hull"y (?), a. Having or containing hulls.
Huloist
Hu"lo*ist (?), n. See Hyloist.
Hulotheism
Hu"lo*the*ism (?), n. See Hylotheism.
Hulver
Hul"ver (?), n. [OE. hulfere; prob. akin to E. holly.] Holly, an
evergreen shrub or tree.
Hum
Hum (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hummed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Humming (?).]
[Of imitative origin; cf. G. hummen, D. hommelen. &root;15.]
1. To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to
drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums. P. Fletcher.
Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep. Pope.
2. To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without
opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone;
to drone.
The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums. Shak.
3. [Cf. Hum, interj.] To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through
the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a
affectation; to hem.
4. To express satisfaction by a humming noise.
Here the spectators hummed. Trial of the Regicides.
NOTE: &hand; Fo rmerly th e ha bit of au diences wa s to ex press
gratification by humming and displeasure by hissing.
5. To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, -- a
pathological condition.
Hum
Hum, v. t.
1. To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble;
as, to hum a tune.
2. To express satisfaction with by humming.
3. To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.
[Colloq. & Low]
Hum
Hum, n.
1. A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly
revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz.
The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums. Shak.
2. Any inarticulate and buzzing sound; as: (a) The confused noise of a
crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of
industry.
But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men. Byron.
(b) A buzz or murmur, as of approbation. Macaulay.
3. An imposition or hoax.
4. [Cf. Hem, interj.] An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm,
uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc.
THese shrugs, these hums and ha's. Shak.
5. [Perh. so called because strongly intoxicating.] A kind of strong
drink formerly used. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Venous hum. See under Venous.
Hum
Hum, interj. [Cf. Hem, interj.] Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound
uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation. Pope.
Human
Hu"man (?), a. [L. humanus; akin to homo man: cf. F. humain. See
Homage, and cf. Humane, Omber.] Belonging to man or mankind; having
the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to
the race of man; as, a human voice; human shape; human nature; human
sacrifices.
To err is human; to forgive, divine. Pope.
Human
Hu"man, n. A human being. [Colloq.]
Sprung of humans that inhabit earth. Chapman.
We humans often find ourselves in strange position. Prof. Wilson.
Humanate
Hu"man*ate (?), a. [LL. humanatus.] Indued with humanity. [Obs.]
Cranmer.
Humane
Hu*mane" (?), a. [L. humanus: cf. F. humain. See Human.]
1. Pertaining to man; human. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
2. Having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man; having a
disposition to treat other human beings or animals with kindness;
kind; benevolent.
Of an exceeding courteous and humane inclination. Sportswood.
3. Humanizing; exalting; tending to refine. Syn. -- Kind;
sympathizing; benevolent; mild; compassionate; gentle; tender;
merciful. -- Hu*mane"ly, adv. -- Hu*mane"ness, n.
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Humanics
Hu*man"ics (?), n. The study of human nature. [R.] T. W. Collins.
Humanify
Hu*man"i*fy (?), v. t. To make human; to invest with a human
personality; to incarnate. [R.]
The humanifying of the divine Word. H. B. Wilson.
Humanism
Hu"man*ism (?), n.
1. Human nature or disposition; humanity.
[She] looked almost like a being who had rejected with indifference
the attitude of sex for the loftier quality of abstract humanism.
T. Hardy.
2. The study of the humanities; polite learning.
Humanist
Hu"man*ist, n. [Cf. F. humaniste.]
1. One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper
represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th
century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title.
Schaff-Herzog.
2. One who purposes the study of the humanities, or polite literature.
3. One versed in knowledge of human nature.
Humanistic
Hu`man*is"tic (?), a.
1. Of or pertaining to humanity; as, humanistic devotion. Caird.
2. Pertaining to polite kiterature. M. Arnold.
Humanitarian
Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an (?), a.
1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.) Pertaining to humanitarians, or to
humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature.
2. (Philos.) Content with right affections and actions toward man;
ethical, as distinguished from religious; believing in the
perfectibility of man's nature without supernatural aid.
3. Benevolent; philanthropic. [Recent]
Humanitarian
Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an, n. [From Humanity.]
1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.) One who denies the divinity of Christ, and
believes him to have been merely human.
2. (Philos.) One who limits the sphere of duties to human relations
and affections, to the exclusion or disparagement of the religious or
spiritual.
3. One who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of his kind;
a philanthropist. [Recent]
Humanitarianism
Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an*ism (?), n.
1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.) The distinctive tenet of the humanitarians in
denying the divinity of Christ; also, the whole system of doctrine
based upon this view of Christ.
2. (Philos.) The doctrine that man's obligations are limited to, and
dependent alone upon, man and the human relations.
Humanitian
Hu`ma*ni"tian (?), n. A humanist. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Humanity
Hu*man"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Humanities (#). [L. humanitas: cf. F.
humanit\'82. See Human.]
1. The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he
is distinguished from other beings.
2. Mankind collectively; the human race.
But hearing oftentimes The still, and music humanity. Wordsworth.
It is a debt we owe to humanity. S. S. Smith.
3. The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and
sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or
animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and
tenderness. "The common offices of humanity and friendship." Locke.
4. Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and
polite literature.
Polished with humanity and the study of witty science. Holland.
5. pl. (With definite article) The branches of polite or elegant
learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics;
belles-letters.
NOTE: &hand; The cultivation of the languages, literature, history,
and arch\'91ology of Greece and Rome, were very commonly called
liter\'91 humaniores, or, in English, the humanities, . . . by way
of opposition to the liter\'91 divin\'91, or divinity.
G. P. Marsh.
Humanization
Hu*man`i*za"tion (?), n. The act of humanizing. M. Arnold.
Humanize
Hu"man*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humanized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Humanizing (?).] [Cf. F. humaniser.]
1. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming
cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize.
Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures with
compassion? Addison.
2. To give a human character or expression to. "Humanized divinities."
Caird.
3. (Med.) To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to
humanize vaccine lymph.
Humanize
Hu"man*ize, v. i. To become or be made more humane; to become
civilized; to be ameliorated.
By the original law of nations, war and extirpation were the
punishment of injury. Humanizing by degrees, it admitted slavery
instead of death; a further step was the exchange of prisoners
instead of slavery. Franklin.
Humanizer
Hu"man*i`zer (?), n. One who renders humane.
Humankind
Hu"man*kind` (?), n. Mankind. Pope.
Humanly
Hu"man*ly, adv.
1. In a human manner; after the manner of men; according to the
knowledge or wisdom of men; as, the present prospects, humanly
speaking, promise a happy issue. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. Kindly; humanely. [Obs.] Pope.
Humanness
Hu"man*ness, n. The quality or state of being human.
Humate
Hu"mate (?), n. [L. humus the earth, ground.] (Chem.) A salt of humic
acid.
Humation
Hu*ma"tion (?), n. [L. humatio, fr. humare to cover with earth, to
inter, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage.] Interment;
inhumation. [R.]
Humbird
Hum"bird` (?), n. Humming bird.
Humble
Hum"ble (?), a. [Compar. Humbler (?); superl. Humblest (?).] [F., fr.
L. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth, ground. See
Homage, and cf. Chameleon, Humiliate.]
1. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent;
unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
THy humble nest built on the ground. Cowley.
2. Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not
proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or
unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest.
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Jas. iv.
6.
She should be humble who would please. Prior.
Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . .
religion we can never hope to be a happy nation. Washington.
Humble plant (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa
(M. sensitiva). -- To eat humble pie, to endure mortification; to
submit or apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or
humilitation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the entrails or
humbles of a deer, which was formerly served to servants and retainers
at a hunting feast. See Humbles. Halliwell. Thackeray.
Humble
Hum"ble (?), a. Hornless. See Hummel. [Scot.]
Humble
Hum"ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Humbling
(?).]
1. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of;
to lower; to abase; to humilate.
Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues Have humbled
to all strokes. Shak.
The genius which humbled six marshals of France. Macaulay.
2. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance
of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive;
-- often used rexlexively.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he
may exalt you. 1 Pet. v. 6.
Syn. -- To abase; lower; depress; humiliate; mortify; disgrace;
degrade.
Humblebee
Hum"ble*bee` (?), n. [OE. humbilbee, hombulbe; cf. D. hommel, G.
hummel, OHG. humbal, Dan. humle, Sw. humla; perh. akin to hum.
&root;15. Cf. Bumblebee.] (Zo\'94l.) The bumblebee. Shak.
Humblehead
Hum"ble*head` (?), n. [Humble + -head.] Humble condition or estate;
humility. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Humbleness
Hum"ble*ness, n. The quality of being humble; humility; meekness.
Humbler
Hum"bler (?), n. One who, or that which, humbles some one.
Humbles
Hum"bles (?), n. pl. [See Nombles.] Entrails of a deer. [Written also
umbles.] Johnson.
Humblesse
Hum"blesse (?), n. [OF.] Humbleness; abasement; low obeisance. [Obs.]
Chaucer. Spenser.
Humbly
Hum"bly, adv. With humility; lowly. Pope.
Humbug
Hum"bug` (?), n. [Prob. fr. hum to impose on, deceive + bug a
frightful object.]
1. An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to
deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.
2. A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.
3. One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an
impostor. Sir J. Stephen.
Humbug
Hum"bug`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humbugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Humbugging (?).] To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.
Humbugger
Hum"bug`ger (?), n. One who humbugs.
Humbuggery
Hum"bug`ger*y (?), n. The practice of imposition.
Humdrum
Hum"drum` (?), a. Monotonous; dull; commonplace. "A humdrum crone."
Bryant.
Humdrum
Hum"drum`, n.
1. A dull fellow; a bore. B. Jonson.
2. Monotonous and tedious routine.
Dissatisfied with humdrum. The Nation.
3. A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse.
Humect, Humectate
Hu*mect" (?), Hu*mec"tate (?), v. t. [L. humectare, humectatum, fr.
humectus moist, fr. humere to be moist: cf. F. humecter.] To moisten;
to wet. [Obs.] Howell.
Humectant
Hu*mec"tant (?), a. [L. humectans, p.pr.] Diluent. -- n. A diluent
drink or medicine. [Obs.]
Humectation
Hu`mec*ta"tion (?), n. [L. humectatio: cf. F. humectation.] A
moistening. [Obs.] Bacon.
Humective
Hu*mec"tive (?), a. Tending to moisten. [Obs.]
Humeral
Hu"mer*al (?), a. [L. humerus the shoulder: cf. F. hum\'82ral.]
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the humerus, or upper part of the arm;
brachial. Humeral veil (R. C. Ch.), a long, narrow veil or scarf of
the same material as the vestments, worn round the shoulders by the
officiating priest or his attendant at Mass, and used to protect the
sacred vessels from contact with the hands.
Humerus
Hu"me*rus (?), n.; pl. Humeri (#). [L.] (Anat.) (a) The bone of the
brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb. (b) The part of the
limb containing the humerus; the brachium.
Humic
Hu"mic (?), a. [L. humus the earth, ground: cf. F. humique.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, vegetable mold; as, humic acid. See
Humin.
Humicubation
Hu`mi*cu*ba"tion (?), n. [L. humus the ground + cubare to lie down.]
The act or practice of lying on the ground. [Obs.] Abp. Bramhall.
Humid
Hu"mid (?), a. [L. humidus, umidus, fr. humere, umere, to be moist;
akin to uvidus moist, Gr. uksh to wet, sprinkle, and Icel. v\'94kr
moist, and perh. to E. ox: cf. F. humide.] Containing sensible
moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or
watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor.
Evening cloud, or humid bow. Milton.
Humidity
Hu*mid"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. humidit\'82.] Moisture; dampness; a
moderate degree of wetness, which is perceptible to the eye or touch;
-- used especially of the atmosphere, or of anything which has
absorbed moisture from the atmosphere, as clothing.
NOTE: &hand; In hy grometrical re ports (a s of the United States
Signal Service) complete saturation of the air is designated by
Humidity 100, and its partial saturation by smaller numbers.
Humidness
Hu"mid*ness (?), n. Humidity.
Humifuse
Hu"mi*fuse (?), a. [L. humus ground + fusus, p.p. of fundere to
spread.] (Bot.) Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent.
Gray.
Humiliant
Hu*mil"i*ant (?), a. [L. humilians, p.pr. of humiliare.] Humiliating;
humbling. "Humiliant thoughts." [R.] Mrs. Browning.
Humiliate
Hu*mil"i*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humiliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Humiliating.] [L. humiliatus, p.p. of humiliare. See Humble.] To
reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of
others; to humble; to mortify.
We stand humiliated rather than encouraged. M. Arnold.
Humiliation
Hu*mil`i*a"tion (?), n. [L. humiliatio: cf. F. humiliation.]
1. The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride;
mortification. Bp. Hopkins.
2. The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to lowliness or
submission.
The former was a humiliation of Deity; the latter a humiliation of
manhood. Hooker.
Humility
Hu*mil"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Humilities (#). [OE. humilite, OF.
humilit\'82, humelit\'82, F. humilit\'82, fr. L. humiliatis. See
Humble.]
1. The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and
arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a
sense of one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness;
self-abasement; humbleness.
Serving the Lord with all humility of mind. Acts xx. 19.
2. An act of submission or courtesy.
With these humilities they satisfied the young king. Sir J. Davies.
Syn. -- Lowliness; humbleness; meekness; modesty; diffidence. --
Humility, Modesty, Diffidence. Diffidence is a distrust of our powers,
combined with a fear lest our failure should be censured, since a
dread of failure unconnected with a dread of censure is not usually
called diffidence. It may be carried too far, and is not always, like
modesty and humility, a virtue. Modesty, without supposing
self-distrust, implies an unwillingness to put ourselves forward, and
an absence of all over-confidence in our own powers. Humility consists
in rating our claims low, in being willing to waive our rights, and
take a lower place than might be our due. It does not require of us to
underrate ourselves.
Humin
Hu"min (?), n. [L. humus the earth, ground.] (Chem.) A bitter,
brownish yellow, amorphous substance, extracted from vegetable mold,
and also produced by the action of acids on certain sugars and
carbohydrates; -- called also humic acid, ulmin, gein, ulmic or geic
acid, etc.
Humiri
Hu*mi"ri (?), n. [From native name.] (Bot.) A fragrant balsam obtained
from Brazilian trees of the genus Humirium.
Humite
Hum"ite (?), n. [Named after Sir A.Hume.] (Min.) A mineral of a
transparent vitreous brown color, found in the ejected masses of
Vesuvius. It is a silicate of iron and magnesia, containing fluorine.
Hummel
Hum"mel (?), v. t. [Cf. Hamble.] To separate from the awns; -- said of
barley. [Scot.]
Hummel
Hum"mel, a. Having no awns or no horns; as, hummelcorn; a hummel cow.
[Scot.]
Hummeler
Hum"mel*er (?), n. [Written also hummeller.] One who, or a machine
which, hummels.
Hummer
Hum"mer (?), n.
1. One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming.
Ainsworth.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A humming bird.
Humming
Hum"ming (?), a. Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring;
buzzing.
Humming
Hum"ming, n. A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a
hum. Hummingale, lively or strong ale. Dryden. -- Humming bird
(Zo\'94l.), any bird of the family Trochilid\'91, of which over one
hundred genera are known, including about four hundred species. They
are found only in America and are most abundant in the tropics. They
are mostly of very small size, and are not for their very brilliant
colors and peculiar habit of hovering about flowers while vibrating
their wings very rapidly with a humming noise. They feed both upon the
nectar of flowers and upon small insects. The common humming bird or
ruby-throat of the Eastern United States is Trochilus culubris.
Several other species are found in the Western United States. See
Calliope, and Ruby-throat. -- Humming-bird moth (Zo\'94l.), a hawk
moth. See Hawk moth, under Hawk, the bird.
Hummock
Hum"mock (?), n. [Prob. a dim. of hump. See Hump.]
1. A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent,
above a level surface.
2. A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field.
3. Timbered land. See Hammock. [Southern U.S.]
Hummocking
Hum"mock*ing, n. The process of forming hummocks in the collision of
Arctic ice. Kane.
Hummocky
Hum"mock*y (?), a. Abounding in hummocks.
Hummum
Hum"mum (?), n. [Per. or Ar. hamm\'ben.] A sweating bath or place for
sweating. Sir T. Herbert.
Humor
Hu"mor (?), n. [OE. humour, OF. humor, umor, F. humeur, L. humor,
umor, moisture, fluid, fr. humere, umere, to be moist. See Humid.]
[Written also humour.]
1. Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as
the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.
NOTE: &hand; Th e an cient physicians believed that there were four
humors (the blood, phlegm, yellow bile or choler, and black bile or
melancholy), on the relative proportion of which the temperament
and health depended.
2. (Med.) A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an
eruption on the skin. "A body full of humors." Sir W. Temple.
3. State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed
to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body);
disposition; temper; mood; as, good humor; ill humor.
Examine how your humor is inclined, And which the ruling passion of
your mind. Roscommon.
A prince of a pleasant humor. Bacon.
I like not the humor of lying. Shak.
4. pl. Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks;
vagaries; whims.
Is my friend all perfection, all virtue and discretion? Has he not
humors to be endured? South.
5. That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous
or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous
images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness.
For thy sake I admit That a Scot may have humor, I'd almost said
wit. Goldsmith.
A great deal of excellent humor was expended on the perplexities of
mine host. W. Irving.
Aqueous humor, Crystalline humor OR lens, Vitreous humor. (Anat.) See
Eye. -- Out of humor, dissatisfied; displeased; in an unpleasant frame
of mind. Syn. -- Wit; satire; pleasantry; temper; disposition; mood;
frame; whim; fancy; caprice. See Wit.
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Humor
Hu"mor (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humored (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Humoring.]
1. To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the
peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt one's self to; to
indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to humor the mind.
It is my part to invent, and the musician's to humor that
invention. Dryden.
2. To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to
gratify; to please.
You humor me when I am sick. Pope.
Syn. -- To gratify; to indulge. See Gratify.
Humoral
Hu"mor*al (?), a. [Cf. F. humoral.] Pertaining to, or proceeding from,
the humors; as, a humoral fever. Humoral pathology (Med.), the
pathology, or doctrine of the nature of diseases, which attributes all
morbid phenomena to the disordered condition of the fluids or humors
of the body.<-- antiquated -->
Humoralism
Hu"mor*al*ism (?), n.
1. (Med.) The state or quality of being humoral.
2. (Med.) The doctrine that diseases proceed from the humors;
humorism. [Obs.]
Humoralist
Hu"mor*al*ist, n. One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in
humoralism.
Humorism
Hu"mor*ism (?), n.
1. (Med.) The theory founded on the influence which the humors were
supposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism. Dunglison.
2. The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness. Coleridge.
Humorist
Hu"mor*ist, n. [Cf. F. humoriste.]
1. (Med.) One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors.
2. One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he
indulges in odd or whimsical ways.
He [Roger de Coverley] . . . was a great humorist in all parts of
his life. Addison.
3. One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a
facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll.
The reputation of wits and humorists. Addison.
Humoristic
Hu`mor*is"tic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist.
Humorize
Hu"mor*ize (?), v. t. To humor. Marston.
Humorless
Hu"mor*less, a. Destitute of humor.
Humorous
Hu"mor*ous (?), a. [Cf. L. humorosus, umorosus, moist. See Humor.]
1. Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.]
All founts wells, all deeps humorous. Chapman.
2. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious;
whimsical. Hawthorne.
Rough as a storm and humorous as the wind. Dryden.
3. Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a humorous
story or author; a humorous aspect. Syn. -- Jocose; facetious; witty;
pleasant; merry.
Humorously
Hu"mor*ous*ly, adv.
1. Capriciously; whimsically.
We resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously. Calamy.
2. Facetiously; wittily.
Humorousness
Hu"mor*ous*ness, n.
1. Moodiness; capriciousness.
2. Facetiousness; jocularity.
Humorsome
Hu"mor*some (?), a.
1. Moody; whimsical; capricious. Hawthorne.
The commons do not abet humorsome, factious arms. Burke.
2. Jocose; witty; humorous. Swift.
Humorsomely
Hu"mor*some*ly, adv. Pleasantly; humorously.
Humorsomeness
Hu"mor*some*ness, n. Quality of being humorsome.
Hump
Hump (?), n. [Cf. D. homp a lump, LG. hump heap, hill, stump, possibly
akin to E. heap. Cf. Hunch.]
1. A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked
back.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a
camel or whale.
Humpback
Hump"back` (?), n. [Cf. Hunchback.]
1. A crooked back; a humped back. Tatler.
2. A humpbacked person; a hunchback.
3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized by a
hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known. The most common
ones in the North Atlantic are Megaptera longimana of Europe, and M.
osphyia of America; that of the California coasts is M. versabilis.
(b) A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of
America.
Humpbacked
Hump"backed` (?), a. Having a humped back.
Humped
Humped (?), a. Having a hump, as the back.
Humph
Humph (?), interj. [Of imitative origin.] An exclamation denoting
surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc.
Humpless
Hump"less (?), a. Without a hump. Darwin.
Hump-shouldered
Hump"-shoul`dered (?), a. Having high, hunched shoulders. Hawthorne.
Humpy
Hump"y (?), a. Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances;
humped.
Humstrum
Hum"strum` (?), n. An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed;
music badly played.
Humulin
Hu"mu*lin (?), n. [NL. Humulus, the genus including the hop.] An
extract of hops.
Humus
Hu"mus (?), n. [L., the earth, ground, soil.] That portion of the soil
formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a
valuable constituent of soils. Graham.
Hun
Hun (?), n. [L. Hunni, also Chunni, and Chuni; cf. AS. H, H, OHG. H,
G. Hunnen.] One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in
the 5th century, under Atilla, invaded and conquered a great part of
Europe.
Hunch
Hunch (?), n. [Perh. akin to huckle; cf. hump, hunch, bunch, hunk.]
1. A hump; a protuberance.
2. A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread.
3. A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
Hunch
Hunch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hunched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hunching.]
1. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
2. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.
Dryden.
Hunchback
Hunch"back` (?), n. [Cf. Humpback.] A back with a hunch or hump; also,
a hunchbacked person.
Hunchbacked
Hunch"backed` (?), a. Having a humped back.
Hundred
Hun"dred (?), n. [OE. hundred, AS. hundred a territorial division;
hund hundred + a word akin to Goth. ga-ra to count, L. ratio
reckoning, account; akin to OS. hunderod, hund, D. hondred, G.
hundert, OHG. also hunt, Icel. hundra, Dan. hundrede, Sw. hundra,
hundrade, Goth. hund, Lith. szimtas, Russ. sto, W. cant, Ir. cead, L.
centum, Gr. \'87ata. &root;309. Cf. Cent, Century, Hecatomb, Quintal,
and Reason.]
1. The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times
ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or
objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as
100 or C.
With many hundreds treading on his heels. Shak.
NOTE: &hand; Th e word hundred, as well as thousand, million, etc.,
often takes a plural form. We may say hundreds, or many hundreds,
meaning individual objects or units, but with an ordinal numeral
adjective in constructions like five hundreds, or eight hundreds,
it is usually intended to consider each hundred as a separate
aggregate; as, ten hundreds are one thousand.
2. A division of a country in England, supposed to have originally
contained a hundred families, or freemen.
Hundred court, a court held for all the inhabitants of a hundred.
[Eng.] Blackstone.
Hundred
Hun"dred, a. Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars.
Hundreder
Hun"dred*er (?), n.
1. An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred.
2. (Law) A person competent to serve on a jury, in an action for land
in the hundred to which he belongs.
3. One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and sometimes, a bailiff
of a hundred. Blount. Cowell.
Hundredfold
Hun"dred*fold` (?), n. A hundred times as much or as many.
He shall receive as hundredfold now in this time. Mark x. 30.
Hundredth
Hun"dredth (?), a.
1. Coming last of a hundred successive individuals or units.
2. Forming one of a hundred equal parts into which anything is
divided; the tenth of a tenth.
Hundredth
Hun"dredth, n. One of a hundred equal parts into which one whole is,
or may be, divided; the quotient of a unit divided by a hundred.
Hundredwieght
Hun"dred*wieght` (?), n. A denomination of weight, containing 100,
112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or
customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of
the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds
avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called
the short ton, beingthe legal ton.
Hung
Hung (?), imp. & p. p. of Hang. Hung beef, the fleshy part of beef
slightly salted and hung up to dry; dried beef.
Hungarian
Hun*ga"ri*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Hungary or to the people of
Hungary. -- n. A native or one of the people of Hungary. Hungarian
grass. See Italian millet, under Millet.
Hungary
Hun"ga*ry (?), n. A country in Central Europe, now a part of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire. Hungary water, a distilled "water," made from
dilute alcohol aromatized with rosemary flowers, etc.
Hunger
Hun"ger (?), n. [AS. hungor; akin to OFries. hunger, D. honger, OS. &
OHG. hungar, G. hunger, Icel. hungr, Sw. & Dan. hunger, Goth. h
hunger, huggrjan to hunger.]
1. An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a
craving or desire for food.
NOTE: &hand; Th e se nsation of hu nger is usually referred to the
stomach, but is probably dependent on excitation of the sensory
nerves, both of the stomach and intestines, and perhaps also on
indirect impressions from other organs, more or less exhausted from
lack of nutriment.
2. Any strong eager desire.
O sacred hunger of ambitious minds! Spenser.
For hunger of my gold I die. Dryden.
Hunger
Hun"ger, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hungered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hungering.]
[OE. hungren, AS. hyngrian. See Hunger, n.]
1. To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be
oppressed by hunger.
2. To have an eager desire; to long.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteouness.
Matt. v. 6.
Hunger
Hun"ger, v. t. To make hungry; to famish.
Hunger-bit, Hunger-bitten
Hun"ger-bit` (?), Hun"ger-bit`ten (?), a. Pinched or weakened by
hunger. [Obs.] Milton.
Hungered
Hun"gered (?), a. Hungry; pinched for food. [Obs.] Milton.
Hungerer
Hun"ger*er (?), n. One who hungers; one who longs. Lamb.
Hungerly
Hun"ger*ly, a. Wanting food; starved. [Obs.] Shak.
Hungerly
Hun"ger*ly, adv. With keen appetite. [Obs.] Shak.
Hunger-starve
Hun"ger-starve` (?), v. t. To starve with hunger; to famish. [Obs.]
Shak.
Hungred
Hun"gred (?), a. Hungered; hungry. [Archaic]
Hungrily
Hun"gri*ly (?), adv. [From Hunger.] In a hungry manner; voraciously.
Dryden.
Hungry
Hun"gry (?), a. [Compar. Hungrier (?); superl. Hungriest.] [AS.
hungrid. See Hunger.]
1. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or
distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.
2. Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
The cruel, hungry foam. C. Kingsley.
Cassius has a lean and hungry look. Shak.
3. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil. "The
hungry beach." Shak.
Hunk
Hunk (?), n. [Cf. Hunch.] A large lump or piece; a hunch; as, a hunk
of bread. [Colloq.] <-- 2. a sexually attractive, well-built man. -->
Hunker
Hun"ker (?), n. Originally, a nickname for a member of the
conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one
opposed to progress in general; a fogy. [Political Cant, U.S.]
Hunkerism
Hun"ker*ism (?), n. Excessive conservatism; hostility to progress.
[Political Cant, U.S.]
Hunks
Hunks (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a
niggard.
Pray make your bargain with all the prudence and selfishness of an
old hunks. Gray.
Hunt
Hunt (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hunting.] [AS.
huntian to hunt; cf. hentan to follow, pursue, Goth. hin (in comp.) to
seize. &root;36. Cf. Hent.]
1. To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase;
to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs
or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer.
Like a dog, he hunts in dreams. Tennyson.
2. To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often
with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence.
Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Ps. cxl. 11.
3. To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt
down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
4. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.
He hunts a pack of dogs. Addison.
5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or
the country.
Hunt
Hunt, v. i.
1. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with
hounds.
Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. Gen. xxvii. 5.
2. To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.
He after honor hunts, I after love. Shak.
To hunt counter, to trace the scent backward in hunting, as a hound to
go back on one's steps. [Obs.] Shak.
Hunt
Hunt, n.
1. The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit;
search.
The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. Shak.
2. The game secured in the hunt. [Obs.] Shak.
3. A pack of hounds. [Obs.]
4. An association of huntsmen.
5. A district of country hunted over.
Every landowner within the hunt. London Field.
Hunt-counter
Hunt"-count`er (?), n. A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a
blunderer. [Obs.] Shak.
Hunte
Hunt"e (?), n. [AS. hunta.] A hunter. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hunter
Hunt"er (?), n.
1. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a
huntsman.
2. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog.
Shak.
3. A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and
trained for hunting.
4. One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a
fortune hunter a place hunter.
No keener hunter after glory breathes. Tennyson.
5. (Zo\'94l.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting.
6. A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a
metallic cover.
Hunter's room, the lunation after the harvest moon. -- Hunter's screw
(Mech.), a differential screw, so named from the inventor. See under
Differential.
Hunterian
Hun*te"ri*an (?), a. Discovered or described by John Hunter, an
English surgeon; as, the Hunterian chancre. See Chancre.
Hunting
Hunt"ing (?), n. The pursuit of game or of wild animals. A. Smith.
Happy hunting grounds, the region to which, according to the belief of
American Indians, the souls of warriors and hunters pass after death,
to be happy in hunting and feasting. Tylor. -- Hunting box. Same As
Hunting lodge (below). -- Hunting cat (Zo\'94l.), the cheetah. --
Hunting cog (Mach.), a tooth in the larger of two geared wheels which
makes its number of teeth prime to the number in the smaller wheel,
thus preventing the frequent meeting of the same pairs of teeth. --
Hunting dog (Zo\'94l.), the hyena dog. -- Hunting ground, a region or
district abounding in game; esp. (pl.), the regions roamed over by the
North American Indians in search of game. -- Hunting horn, a bulge; a
horn used in the chase. See Horn, and Bulge. -- Hunting leopard
(Zo\'94l.), the cheetah. -- Hunting lodge, a temporary residence for
the purpose of hunting. -- Hunting seat, a hunting lodge. Gray. --
Hunting shirt, a coarse shirt for hunting, often of leather. --
Hunting spider (Zo\'94l.), a spider which hunts its prey, instead of
catching it in a web; a wolf spider. -- Hunting watch. See Hunter, 6.
Huntress
Hunt"ress (?), n. A woman who hunts or follows the chase; as, the
huntress Diana. Shak.
Huntsman
Hunts"man (?), n.; pl. Huntsmen (.
1. One who hunts, or who practices hunting.
2. The person whose office it is to manage the chase or to look after
the hounds. L'Estrange.
Huntsman's cup (Bot.), the sidesaddle flower, or common American
pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea).
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Huntsmanship
Hunts"man*ship (?), n. The art or practice of hunting, or the
qualification of a hunter. Donne.
Hunt's-up
Hunt's"-up` (?), n. A tune played on the horn very early in the
morning to call out the hunters; hence, any arousing sound or call.
[Obs.] Shak.
Time plays the hunt's-up to thy sleepy head. Drayton.
Hurden
Hur"den (?), n. [From Hurds.] A coarse kind of linen; -- called also
harden. [Prov. Eng.]
Hurdle
Hur"dle (?), n. [OE. hurdel, hirdel, AS. hyrdel; akin to D. horde,
OHG. hurt, G. h\'81rde a hurdle, fold, pen, Icel. hur door, Goth.
ha\'a3rds, L. cratis wickerwork, hurdle, Gr. k to spin, c to bind,
connect. &root;16. Cf. Crate, Grate, n.]
1. A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or
sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and
cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments,
and for other purposes.
2. In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn
to the place of execution. Bacon.
3. An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or
horses leap in a race.
Hurdle race, a race in which artificial barriers in the form of
hurdles, fences, etc., must be leaped.
Hurdle
Hur"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurdleed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hurdleing
(?).] To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles. Milton.
Hurdlework
Hur"dle*work` (?), n. Work after manner of a hurdle.
Hurds
Hurds (?), n. [See Hards.] The coarse part of flax or hemp; hards.
Hurdy-gurdy
Hur"dy-gur`dy (?), n. [Prob. of imitative origin.]
1. A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is
produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end,
instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while
two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys.
2. In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the
impact of a jet.
Hurkaru
Hur*ka"ru (?), n. [Hind. hark\'bera] In India, a running footman; a
messenger. [Written also hurkaroo.]
Hurl
Hurl (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hurling.]
[OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, or
probably akin to E. whirl. &root;16. See Hurtle.]
1. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with
violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.
And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main. Pope.
2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges
or invective. Spenser.
3. [Cf. Whirl.] To twist or turn. "Hurled or crooked feet." [Obs.]
Fuller.
Hurl
Hurl, v. i.
1. To hurl one's self; to go quickly. [R.]
2. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at
another).
God shall hurl at him and not spare. Job xxvii. 22 (Rev. Ver. ).
3. To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.
Hurl
Hurl, n.
1. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling.
Congreve.
2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. [Obs.] Knolles.
3. (Hat Manuf.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating
with a bowspring.
Hurlbat
Hurl"bat` (?), n. See Whirlbat. [Obs.] Holland.
Hurlbone
Hurl"bone` (?), n.
1. See Whirlbone.
2. (Far.) A bone near the middle of the buttock of a horse. Crabb.
Hurler
Hurl"er (?), n. One who hurls, or plays at hurling.
Hurling
Hurl"ing, n.
1. The act of throwing with force.
2. A kind of game at ball, formerly played.
Hurling taketh its denomination from throwing the ball. Carew.
Hurlwind
Hurl"wind` (?), n. A whirlwind. [Obs.] Sandys.
Hurly
Hur"ly (?), n. [Cf. F. hurler to howl.] Noise; confusion; uproar.
That, with the hurly, death itself awakes. Shak.
Hurly-burly
Hur"ly-bur`ly (?), n. [Reduplicated fr. OE. hurly confusion: cf. F.
hurler to howl, yell, L. ululare; or cf. E. hurry.] Tumult; bustle;
confusion. Shak.
All places were filled with tumult and hurly-burly. Knolles.
Huronian
Hu*ro"ni*an (?), a. [Named from Lake Huron.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining
to certain non-fossiliferous rocks on the borders of Lake Huron, which
are supposed to correspond in time to the latter part of the
Arch\'91an age.
Huron-Iroquous
Hu"ron-Ir`o*quous" (?), n. (Ethnol.) A linguistic group of warlike
North American Indians, belonging to the same stock as the Algonquins,
and including several tribes, among which were the Five Nations. They
formerly occupied the region about Lakes Erie and Ontario, and the
larger part of New York.
Hurons
Hu"rons (?), n. pl.; sing. Huron. (Ethnol.) A powerful and warlike
tribe of North American Indians of the Algonquin stock. They formerly
occupied the country between Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario, but were
nearly exterminated by the Five Nations about 1650.
Hurr
Hurr (?), v. i. [See Hurry.] To make a rolling or burring sound.
[Obs.]
R is the dog's letter, and hurreth in the sound. B. Jonson.
Hurrah Hurra
Hur*rah" Hur*ra" (?), interj. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. hurra. Cf. Huzza.]
A word used as a shout of joy, triumph, applause, encouragement, or
welcome.
Hurrah! hurrah! for Ivry and Henry of Navarre. Macaulay.
Hurrah
Hur*rah", n. A cheer; a shout of joy, etc. Hurrah's nest, state of
utmost confusion. [Colloq. U.S.]
A perfect hurrah's nest in our kitchen. Mrs. Stowe.
Hurrah
Hur*rah" (?), v. i. To utter hurrahs; to huzza.
Hurrah
Hur*rah", v. t. To salute, or applaud, with hurrahs.
Hurricane
Hur"ri*cane (?), n. [Sp. hurracan; orig. a Carib word signifying, a
high wind.] A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden
changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and
lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also
used figuratively.
Like the smoke in a hurricane whirl'd. Tennyson.
Each guilty thought to me is A dreadful hurricane. Massinger.
Hurricane bird (Zo\'94l.), the frigate bird. -- Hurricane deck.
(Naut.) See under Deck.
Hurricano
Hur`ri*ca"no (?), n.; pl. Hurricanoes (#). A waterspout; a hurricane.
[Obs.] Drayton. "You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout." Shak.
Hurried
Hur"ried (?), a.
1. Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried
writer; a hurried life.
2. Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried job. "A
hurried meeting." Milton. -- Hur"ried*ly, adv. -- Hur"ried*ness, n.
Hurrier
Hur"ri*er (?), n. One who hurries or urges.
Hurries
Hur"ries (?), n. A staith or framework from which coal is discharged
from cars into vessels.
Hurry
Hur"ry (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurried (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hurrying.] [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round, dial. Sw. hurr
great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr hurly-burly, MHG. hurren
to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to hurry; all prob. of imitative origin.]
1. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
Impetuous lust hurries him on. South.
They hurried him abroad a bark. Shak.
2. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused
or irregular activity.
And wild amazement hurries up and down The little number of your
doubtful friends. Shak.
3. To cause to be done quickly. Syn. -- To hasten; precipitate;
expedite; quicken; accelerate; urge.
Hurry
Hur"ry, v. i. To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or
precipitation; as, let us hurry. To hurry up, to make haste. [Colloq.]
Hurry
Hur"ry, n. The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure;
urgency; bustle; confusion.
Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, it inflames the mind, and
puts into a violent hurry of thought. Addison.
Syn. -- Haste; speed; dispatch. See Haste.
Hurryingly
Hur"ry*ing*ly, adv. In a hurrying manner.
Hurry-skurry
Hur"ry-skur`ry (?), adv. [An imitative word; cf. Sw. skorra to rattle,
snarl, E. scurry.] Confusedly; in a bustle. [Obs.] Gray.
Hurst
Hurst (?), n. [OE. hurst, AS. hyrst; akin to OHG. hurst, horst, wood,
thicket, G. horst the nest of a bird of prey, an eyerie, thicket.] A
wood or grove; -- a word used in the composition of many names, as in
Hazlehurst.
Hurt
Hurt, n. (Mach.) (a) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the
trunnions. (b) A husk. See Husk, 2.
Hurt
Hurt (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hurting.] [OE.
hurten, hirten, horten, herten; prob. fr. OF. hurter, heurter, to
knock, thrust, strike, F. heurter; cf. W. hyrddu to push, drive,
assault, hwrdd a stroke, blow, push; also, a ram, the orig. sense of
the verb thus perhaps being, to butt as a ram; cf. D. horten to push,
strike, MHG. hurten, both prob. fr. Old French.]
1. To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise
painfully.
The hurt lion groans within his den. Dryden.
2. To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage;
to injure; to harm.
Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt. Milton.
3. To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in
honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve. "I am angry and hurt."
Thackeray.
Hurter
Hurt"er, n.
1. A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like.
The pains of sickness and hurts . . . all men feel. Locke.
2. An injury causing pain of mind or conscience; a slight; a stain; as
of sin.
But the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that Honor feels.
Tennyson.
3. Injury; damage; detriment; harm; mischief.
Thou dost me yet but little hurt. Shak.
Syn. -- Wound; bruise; injury; harm; damage; loss; detriment;
mischief; bane; disadvantage.
Hurter
Hurt"er (?), n. One who hurts or does harm.
I shall not be a hurter, if no helper. Beau. & Fl.
Hurter
Hurt"er, n. [F. heurtoir, lit., a striker. See Hurt, v. t.] A butting
piece; a strengthening piece, esp.: (Mil.) A piece of wood at the
lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of gun
carriages from injuring the parapet.
Hurtful
Hurt"ful (?), a. Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous;
occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct. Syn. --
Pernicious; harmful; baneful; prejudicial; detrimental;
disadvantageous; mischievous; injurious; noxious; unwholesome;
destructive. -- Hurt"ful*ly, adv. -- Hurt"ful*ness, n.
Hurtle
Hur"tle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hurtled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hurtling
(?).] [OE. hurtlen, freq. of hurten. See Hurt, v. t., and cf. Hurl.]
1. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
Together hurtled both their steeds. Fairfax.
2. To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to
whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.
Now hurtling round, advantage for to take. Spenser.
Down the hurtling cataract of the ages. R. L. Stevenson.
3. To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a
sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.
The noise of battle hurtled in the air. Shak.
The earthquake sound Hurtling 'death the solid ground. Mrs.
Browning.
Hurtle
Hur"tle (?), v. t.
1. To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish. [Obs.]
His harmful club he gan to hurtle high. Spenser.
2. To push; to jostle; to hurl.
And he hurtleth with his horse adown. Chaucer.
Hurtleberry
Hur"tle*ber`ry (?), n. [Cf. Huckleberry, Whortleberry.] See
Whortleberry.
Hurtless
Hurt"less (?), a. Doing no injury; harmless; also, unhurt; without
injury or harm.
Gentle dame so hurtless and so true. Spenser.
-- Hurt"less*ly, adv. -- Hurt"less*ness, n.
Husband
Hus"band (?), n. [OE. hosebonde, husbonde, a husband, the master of
the house or family, AS. h master of the house; h house + bunda,
bonda, householder, husband; prob. fr. Icel. h house master, husband;
h house + b dwelling, inhabiting, p.pr. of b to dwell; akin to AS. b,
Goth. bauan. See House Be, and cf. Bond a slave, Boor.]
1. The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a
family. [Obs.]
2. A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman. [Obs.] Shak.
The painful husband, plowing up his ground. Hakewill.
He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestic and
field accommodations. Evelyn.
3. One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal
person; an economist. [R.]
God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband,
to improve the short remnant left me. Fuller.
4. A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife.
The husband and wife are one person in law. Blackstone.
5. The male of a pair of animals. [R.] Dryden.
A ship's husband (Naut.), an agent representing the owners of a ship,
who manages its expenses and receipts.
Husband
Hus"band, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Husbanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Husbanding.]
1. To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good
purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy.
For my means, I'll husband them so well, They shall go far. Shak.
2. To cultivate, as land; to till. [R.]
Land so trim and rarely husbanded. Evelyn.
3. To furnish with a husband. [R.] Shak.
Husbandable
Hus"band*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being husbanded, or managed with
economy. Sherwood.
Husbandage
Hus"band*age (?), n. (Naut.) The commission or compensation allowed to
a ship's husband.
Husbandless
Hus"band*less, a. Destitute of a husband. Shak.
Husbandly
Hus"band*ly, a. Frugal; thrifty. [R.] Tusser.
Husbandman
Hus"band*man (?), n.; pl. Husbandmen (.
1. The master of a family. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.
Husbandry
Hus"band*ry (?), n.
1. Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift.
There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out. Shak.
2. The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of
agriculture; farming.
Husbandry supplieth all things necessary for food. Spenser.
Hush
Hush (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hushed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hushing.]
[OE. huschen, hussen, prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hussen to
lull to sleep, G. husch quick, make haste, be silent.]
1. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise
or clamor of.
My tongue shall hush again this storm of war. Shak.
2. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
With thou, then, Hush my cares? Otway.
And hush'd my deepest grief of all. Tennyson.
To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep
secret. "This matter is hushed up." Pope.
Hush
Hush, v. i. To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; --
esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or
quiet; make no noise.
Hush, idle words, and thoughts of ill. Keble.
But all these strangers' presence every one did hush. Spenser.
Hush
Hush, n. Stillness; silence; quiet. [R.] "It is the hush of night."
Byron. Hush money, money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the
disclosure of facts. Swift.
Hush
Hush, a. Silent; quiet. "Hush as death." Shak.
Husher
Hush"er (?), n. An usher. [Obs.] Spenser.
Hushing
Hush"ing, n. (Mining) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering
mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir;
flushing; -- also called booming.
Husk
Husk (?), n. [Prob. for hulsk, and from the same root as hull a husk.
See Hull a husk.]
1. The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds;
glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the
covering of the ears of maize.
2. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
Husks of the prodigal son (Bot.), the pods of the carob tree. See
Carob.
Husk
Husk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Husked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Husking.] To
strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian
corn.
Husked
Husked (?), a.
1. Covered with a husk.
2. Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.
Huskily
Hus"ki*ly (?), adv. [From Husky.] In a husky manner; dryly.
Huskiness
Hus"ki*ness, n.
1. The state of being husky.
2. Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice.
G. Eliot.
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Husk"ing (?), n.
1. The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn.
2. A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; --
called also husking bee. [U.S.] "A red ear in the husking."
Longfellow.
Husky
Husk"y (?), a. [From Husk, n.] Abounding with husks; consisting of
husks. Dryden.
Husky
Hus"ky (?), a. [Prob. for husty; cf. OE. host cough, AS. hw\'d3sta;
akin to D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h\'d3sti. See Wheeze.]
Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.
Huso
Hu"so (?), n. [NL., fr. G. hausen, and E. isin (Zo\'94l.) (a) A large
European sturgeon (Acipenser huso), inhabiting the region of the Black
and Caspian Seas. It sometimes attains a length of more than twelve
feet, and a weight of two thousand pounds. Called also hausen.<-- =
the beluga, source of the best caviar --> (b) The huchen, a large
salmon.
Hussar
Hus*sar" (?), n. [Hung. husz\'a0r, from husz twenty, because under
King Matthais I., in the fifteenth century, every twenty houses were
to furnish one horse soldier; cf. G. husar, F. houssard, hussard, from
the same source.] (Mil.) Originally, one of the national cavalry of
Hungary and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies.
Hussite
Huss"ite (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of John Huss, the Bohemian
reformer, who was adjudged a heretic and burnt alive in 1415.
Hussy
Hus"sy (?), n. [Contr. fr. huswife.]
1. A housewife or housekeeper. [Obs.]
2. A worthless woman or girl; a forward wench; a jade; -- used as a
term of contempt or reproach. Grew.
3. A pert girl; a frolicsome or sportive young woman; -- used
jocosely. Goldsmith.
Hussy
Hus"sy, n. [From Icel. h a case, prob. fr. h house. See House, and cf.
Housewife a bag, Huswife a bag.] A case or bag. See Housewife, 2.
Hustings
Hus"tings (?), n. pl. [OE. husting an assembly, coucil, AS. h; of
Scand. origin; cf. Icel. h; h home + thing, assembly, meeting; akin to
Dan. & Sw. ting, E. thing. See House, and Thing.]
1. A court formerly held in several cities of England; specif., a
court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs,
to determine certain classes of suits for the recovery of lands within
the city. In the progress of law reform this court has become
unimportant. Mozley & W.
2. Any one of the temporary courts held for the election of members of
the British Parliament.
3. The platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood in
addressing the electors. [Eng.]
When the rotten hustings shake In another month to his brazen lies.
Tennyson.
Hustle
Hus"tle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hustled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hustling
(?).] [D. hustelen to shake, fr. husten to shake. Cf. Hotchpotch.] To
shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to
handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room. Macaulay.
Hustle
Hus"tle, v. i. To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily
and with confusion; a hurry.
Leaving the king, who had hustled along the floor with his dress
worfully arrayed. Sir W. Scott.
Huswife
Hus"wife (?), n. [OE. huswif; hus house + wif wife. Cf. Hussy a
housewife, Housewife.] [Written also housewife.]
1. A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a
thirfty woman. "The bounteous huswife Nature." Shak.
The huswife is she that do labor doth fall. Tusser.
2. A worthless woman; a hussy. [Obs.] Shak.
3. [See Hussy a bag.] A case for sewing materials. See Housewife.
Cowper.
Huswife
Hus"wife, v. t. To manage with frugality; -- said of a woman. Dryden.
Huswifely
Hus"wife*ly, a. Like a huswife; capable; economical; prudent. -- adv.
In a huswifely manner.
Huswifery
Hus"wife*ry (?), n. The business of a housewife; female domestic
economy and skill. Tusser.
Hut
Hut (?), n. [OE. hotte; akin to D. hut, G. h\'81tte, OHG. hutta, Dan.
hytte, Sw. hydda; and F. hutte, of G. origin; all akin to E. hide to
conceal. See Hude to conceal.] A small house, hivel, or cabin; a mean
lodge or dwelling; a slightly built or temporary structure.
Death comes on with equal footsteps To the hall and hut. Bp. Coxe.
Hutch
Hutch (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Hutted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hutting.] To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in
winter quarters.
The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown. W. Irving.
Hutch
Hutch (?), n. [OE. hucche, huche, hoche, F. huche, LL. hutica.]
1. A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which things may
be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch; a rabbit hutch.
2. A measure of two Winchester bushels.
3. (Mining) The case of a flour bolt.
4. (Mining) (a) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the
mine and hoisted out of the pit. (b) A jig for washing ore.
Bolting hutch, Booby hutch, etc. See under Bolting, etc.
Hutch
Hutch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hutched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hutching.]
1. To hoard or lay up, in a chest. [R.] "She hutched the . . . ore."
Milton.
2. (Mining) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
Hutchunsonian
Hutch`un*so"ni*an (?), n. A follower of John Hutchinson of Yorkshire,
England, who believed that the Hebrew Scriptures contained a complete
system of natural science and of theology.
Huttonian
Hut*to"ni*an (?), a. Relating to what is now called the Plutonic
theory of the earth, first advanced by Dr. James Hutton. Lyell.
Huxter
Hux"ter (?), n. & v. i. See Huckster.
Huyghenian
Huy*ghe"ni*an (?), a. Pertaining to, or invented by, Christian
Huyghens, a Dutch astronomer of the seventeenth century; as, the
Huyghenian telescope. Huyghenian eyepieceSee under Eyepiece.
Huzz
Huzz (?), v. i. [An onomatop\'d2a. &root;43. Cf. Buzz.] To buzz; to
murmur. [Obs.]
Huzzing and burring in the preacher's ear. Latimer.
Huzza
Huz*za" (?), interj. [Cf. G. hussa, husa, interj., hurrah, huzza.
&root;43. Cf. Hurrah.] A word used as a shout of joy, exultation,
approbation, or encouragement.
Huzza
Huz"za, n. A shout of huzza; a cheer; a hurrah.
They made a great huzza or shout. Evelyn.
Huzza
Huz*za", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Huzzaed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Huzzaing.]
To shout huzza; to cheer.
Huzza
Huz*za", v. t. To receive or attend with huzzas.
He was huzzaed into the court. Addison.
Hy
Hy (?), a. High. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hyacine
Hy"a*cine (?), n. A hyacinth. [Obs.] Spenser.
Hyacinth
Hy"a*cinth (?), n. [L. hyacinthus a kind of flower, prob. the iris,
gladiolus, or larkspur, also a kind of gem, perh. the sapphire; as, a
proper name, Hyacinthus, a beautiful Laconian youth, beloved by
Apollo, fr. Gr. hyacinthe. Cf. Jacinth. The hyacinth was fabled to
have sprung from the blood of Hyacinthus, who was accidentally slain
by Apollo.]
1. (Bot.) (a) A bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, bearing
beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. H. orientalis is a common
variety. (b) A plant of the genus Camassia (C. Farseri), called also
Eastern camass; wild hyacinth. (c) The name also given to Scilla
Peruviana, a Mediterranean plant, one variety of which produces white,
and another blue, flowers; -- called also, from a mistake as to its
origin, Hyacinth of Peru.
2. (Min.) A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem. See
Zircon.
Hyacinth bean (Bot.), a climbing leguminous plant (Dolichos Lablab),
related to the true bean. It has dark purple flowers and fruit.
Hyacinthian
Hy`a*cin"thi*an (?), a. Hyacinthine. [R.]
Hyacinthine
Hy`a*cin"thine (?), a. [L. hyacinthinus, Gr. Belonging to the
hyacinth; resemblingthe hyacinth; in color like the hyacinth. Milton.
His curling locks like hyacinthine flowers. Cowper.
The hyacinthine boy, for whom Morn well might break and April
bloom. Emerson.
Hyades, Hyads
Hy"a*des (?), Hy"ads (?), n.pl. [L. Hyades, Gr. (Astron.) A cluster of
five stars in the face of the constellation Taurus, supposed by the
ancients to indicate the coming of rainy weather when they rose with
the sun.
Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyaned Vext the dim sea. Tennyson.
Hy\'91na
Hy*\'91"na (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Hyena.
Hyalea
Hy*a"le*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A pteroid of the genus
Cavolina. See Pteropoda, and Illustration in Appendix.
Hyalescence
Hy`a*les"cence (?), n. [See Hyaline.] The process of becoming, or the
state of being, transparent like glass.
Hyaline
Hy"a*line (?), a. [L. hyalinus, Gr. hyalin.] Glassy; resembling glass;
consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal. "Hyaline spaces."
Carpenter.
Hyaline
Hy"a*line, n.
1. A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere. "The clear hyaline,
the glassy sea." Milton.
Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline. Mrs. Browning.
2. (Biol.) The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of
development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell
nucleous originates.
3. (Physiol. Chem.) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid
cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a
dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation. Gamgee.
Hyalite
Hy"a*lite (?), n. [Gr. hyalite.] (Min.) A pellucid variety of opal in
globules looking like colorless gum or resin; -- called also
M\'81ller's glass.
Hyalograph
Hy*al"o*graph (?), n. [Gr. graph.] An instrument for tracing designs
on glass.
Hyalography
Hy`a*log"ra*phy (?), n. Art of writing or engraving on glass.
Hyaloid
Hy"a*loid (?), a. [Gr. hyalo\'8bde.] (Anat.) Resembling glass;
vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very
delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.
Hyalonema
Hy`a*lo*ne"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of
hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long,
slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the
strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (H. Sieboldii),
called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See
Glass-rope.
Hyalophane
Hy*al"o*phane (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) A species of the feldspar group
containing barium. See Feldspar.
Hyalospongia
Hy`a*lo*spon"gi*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of
vitreous sponges, having glassy six-rayed, siliceous spicules; --
called also Hexactinellin\'91.
Hyalotype
Hy*al"o*type (?), n. [Gr. -type.] A photographic picture copied from
the negative on glass; a photographic transparency. R. Hunt.
Hybernacle, Hybernate, Hybernation
Hy*ber"na*cle (?), Hy"ber*nate (?), Hy`ber*na"tion (?).See Hibernacle,
Hibernate, Hibernation.
Hybl\'91an
Hy*bl\'91"an (?), a. [L. Hyblaeus.] Pertaining to Hybla, an ancient
town of Sicily, famous for its bees.
Hybodont
Hyb"o*dont (?), a. [Gr. (Paleon.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an
extinct genus of sharks (Hybodus), especially in the form of the
teeth, which consist of a principal median cone with smaller lateral
ones.
Hybodus
Hyb"o*dus (?), n. [NL. See Hybodont.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of
sharks having conical, compressed teeth.
Hybrid
Hy"brid (?), n. [L. hybrida, hibrida, prob. allied to Gr. over: cf. F.
hybride.] (Biol.) The offspring of the union of two distinct species;
an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See
Mongrel.
Hybrid
Hy"brid, a. Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of
hybrid nature.
Hybridism
Hy"brid*ism (?), n. The state or quality of being hybrid.
Hybridist
Hy"brid*ist, n. One who hybridizes.
Hybridity
Hy*brid"i*ty (?), n. Hybridism.
Hybridizable
Hy"brid*i`za*ble (?), a. Capable of forming a hybrid, or of being
subjected to a hybridizing process; capable of producing a hybrid by
union with another species or stock.
Hybridizable genera are rarer than is generally supposed, even in
gardens where they are so often operated upon, under circumstances
most favorable to the production of hybrids. J. D. Hooker.
Hybridization
Hy`brid*i*za"tion (?), n. The act of hybridizing, or the state of
being hybridized.
Hybridize
Hy"brid*i`ze (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hybridized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hybridizing (?).] To render hybrid; to produce by mixture of stocks.
Hybridizer
Hy"brid*i`zer (?), n. One who hybridizes.
Hybridous
Hy"brid*ous (?), a. Same as Hybrid.
Hydage
Hyd"age (?), n. (Law) A land tax. See Hidage.
Hydantoic
Hy`dan*to"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from,
hydantoin. See Glycoluric.
Hydantoin
Hy*dan"to*in (?), n. [Hydrogen + allantion.] (Chem.) A derivative of
urea, C3H4N2O2, obtained from allantion, as a white, crystalline
substance, with a sweetish taste; -- called also glycolyl urea.
Hydatid
Hy"da*tid (?), n. [Gr. "y`dwr, "y`datos, water: cf. F. hydatide.]
(Zo\'94l.) A membranous sac or bladder filled with a pellucid fluid,
found in various parts of the bodies of animals, but unconnected with
the tissues. It is usually formed by parasitic worms, esp. by larval
tapeworms, as Echinococcus and C\'d2nurus. See these words in the
Vocabulary. Hydatid of Morgagni (Anat.), one of the small pedunculated
bodies found between the testicle and the head of the epididymis, and
supposed to be a remnant of the M\'81llerian duct.
Hydatiform
Hy*dat"i*form (?), a. [Hydatid + -form.] Resembling a hydatid.
Hydatoid
Hy"da*toid (?), a. [Gr. "y`dwr, "y`datos, water + -oid.] (Anat.)
Resembling water; watery; aqueous; hyaloid.
Hydr-
Hy"dr- (?). See under Hydro-.
Hydra
Hy"dra (?), n.; pl. E. Hydras (#), L. Hydr\'91 (#). [L. hydra, Gr.
"y`dra; akin to "y`dwr water. See Otter the animal, Water.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna,
in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which,
when cut off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the
wound was cauterized. It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible
monster.
Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimeras dire. Milton.
2. Hence: A multifarious evil, or an evil having many sources; not to
be overcome by a single effort.
3. (Zo\'94l.) Any small fresh-water hydroid of the genus Hydra,
usually found attached to sticks, stones, etc., by a basal sucker.
NOTE: &hand; Th e bo dy is a si mple tu be, having a mouth at one
extremity, surrounded by a circle of tentacles with which it
captures its prey. Young hydras bud out from the sides of the older
ones, but soon become detached and are then like their parent.
Hydras are remarkable for their power of repairing injuries; for if
the body be divided in pieces, each piece will grow into a complete
hydra, to which fact the name alludes. The zooids or hydranths of
marine hydroids are sometimes called hydras.
4. (Astron.) A southern constellation of great length lying southerly
from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo.
Hydrachnid
Hy*drach"nid (?), n. [Hydr- + arachnid.] (Zo\'94l.) An aquatic mite of
the genus Hydrachna. The hydrachids, while young, are parasitic on
fresh-water mussels.
Hydracid
Hy*drac"id (?), n. [Hydr- + acid: cf. F. hydracide.] (Chem.) An acid
containing hydrogen; -- sometimes applied to distinguish acids like
hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, and the like, which contain no oxygen,
from the oxygen acids or oxacids. See Acid.
Hydracrylic
Hy`dra*cryl"ic (?), a. [Hydr- + acrylic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or
designating, an isomeric variety of lastic acid that breaks down into
acrylic acid and water.
Hydractinian
Hy`drac*tin"i*an (?), n. [See Hydra, and Actinia.] (Zo\'94l.) Any
species or marine hydroids, of the genus Hydractinia and allied
genera. These hydroids form, by their rootstalks, a firm, chitinous
coating on shells and stones, and esp. on spiral shells occupied by
hermit crabs. See Illust. of Athecata.
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Hydr\'91mia
Hy*dr\'91"mi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "y`dwr water + (Med.) An
abnormally watery state of the blood; an\'91mia.
Hydragogue
Hy"dra*gogue (?), a. [L. hydragogus conveying off water, Gr. "y`dwr
water + hydragogue.] (Med.) Causing a discharge of water; expelling
serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy. -- n. A
hydragogue medicine, usually a cathartic or diuretic.
Hydramide
Hy*dram"ide (?), n. [Hydr- + -amide.] (Chem.) One of a group of
crystalline bodies produced by the action of ammonia on certain
aldehydes.
Hydramine
Hy*dram"ine (?), n. [Hydroxyl + amine.] (Chem.) One of a series of
artificial, organic bases, usually produced as thick viscous liquids
by the action of ammonia on ethylene oxide. They have the properties
both of alcohol and amines.
Hydrangea
Hy*dran"ge*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "y`dwr water + hydrang\'82e.]
(Bot.) A genus of shrubby plants bearing opposite leaves and large
heads of showy flowers, white, or of various colors. H. hortensis, the
common garden species, is a native of China or Japan.
Hydrant
Hy"drant (?), n. [Gr. "y`dwr water. See Hydra.] A discharge pipe with
a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of
waterworks; a water plug.
Hydranth
Hy"dranth (?), n. [Hydra + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of the nutritive zooids
of a hydroid colony. Also applied to the proboscis or manubrium of a
hydroid medusa. See Illust. of Hydroidea.
Hydrargochloride
Hy*drar"go*chlo"ride (?), n. [Hydrargyrum + chloride.] (Chem.) A
compound of the bichloride of mercury with another chloride. [Obs.]
Hydrargyrate
Hy*drar"gy*rate (?), a. Of or pertaining to mercury; containing, or
impregnated with, mercury. [R.]
Hydrargyrism
Hy*drar"gy*rism (?), n. (Med.) A diseased condition produced by
poisoning with hydrargyrum, or mercury; mercurialism.
Hydrargyrum
Hy*drar"gy*rum (?), n. [NL., fr. L. hydrargyrus, Gr. (Chem.)
Quicksilver; mercury.
Hydrarthrosis
Hy`drar*thro"sis (?), n. [NL. See Hydro-, 1, and Arthrosis.] (Med.) An
effusion of watery liquid into the cavity of a joint.
Hydrastine
Hy*dras"tine (?), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid, found in the rootstock of
the golden seal (Hydrastis Canadensis), and extracted as a bitter,
white, crystalline substance. It is used as a tonic and febrifuge.
Hydra-tainted
Hy"dra-taint`ed (?), a. Dipped in the gall of the fabulous hydra;
poisonous; deadly. Cowper.
Hydrate
Hy"drate (?), n. [Gr. "y`dwr water: cf. F. hydrate.] (Chem.) (a) A
compound formed by the union of water with some other substance,
generally forming a neutral body, as certain crystallized salts. (b) A
substance which does not contain water as such, but has its
constituents (hydrogen, oxygen, hydroxyl) so arranged that water may
be eliminated; hence, a derivative of, or compound with, hydroxyl;
hydroxide; as, ethyl hydrate, or common alcohol; calcium hydrate, or
slaked lime.
Hydrate
Hy"drate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hydrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hydrating (?).] To form into a hydrate; to combine with water.
Hydrated
Hy"dra*ted (?), a. Formed into a hydrate; combined with water.
Hydration
Hy*dra"tion (?), n. (Chem.) The act of becoming, or state of being, a
hydrate. Water of hydration (Chem.), water chemically combined with
some substance to form a hydrate; -- distinguished from water of
crystallization.
Hydraulic
Hy*drau"lic (?), a. [F. hydraulique, L. hydraulicus, fr. Gr. "y`dwr
water + Hydra.] Of or pertaining to hydraulics, or to fluids in
motion; conveying, or acting by, water; as, an hydraulic clock, crane,
or dock. Hydraulic accumulator, an accumulator for hydraulic machinery
of any kind. See Accumulator, 2. -- Hydraulic brake, a cataract. See
Cataract, 3. -- Hydraulic cement, a cement or mortar made of hydraulic
lime, which will harden under water. -- Hydraulic elevator, a lift
operated by the weight or pressure of water. -- Hydraulic jack. See
under Jack. -- Hydraulic lime, quicklime obtained from hydraulic
limestone, and used for cementing under water, etc. -- Hydraulic
limestone, a limestone which contains some clay, and which yields a
quicklime that will set, or form a firm, strong mass, under water. --
Hydraulic main (Gas Works), a horizontal pipe containing water at the
bottom into which the ends of the pipes from the retorts dip, for
passing the gas through water in order to remove ammonia. -- Hydraulic
mining, a system of mining in which the force of a jet of water is
used to wash down a bank of gold-bearing gravel or earth. [Pacific
Coast] -- Hydraulic press, a hydrostatic press. See under Hydrostatic.
-- Hydraulic propeller, a device for propelling ships by means of a
stream of water ejected under water rearward from the ship. --
Hydraulic ram, a machine for raising water by means of the energy of
the moving water of which a portion is to be raised. When the rush of
water through the main pipe d shuts the valve at a, the momentum of
the current thus suddenly checked forces part of it into the air
chamber b, and up the pipe c, its return being prevented by a valve at
the entrance to the air chamber, while the dropping of the valve a by
its own weight allows another rush through the main pipe, and so on
alternately. -- Hydraulic valve. (Mach.) (a) A valve for regulating
the distribution of water in the cylinders of hydraulic elevators,
cranes, etc. (b) (Gas Works) An inverted cup with a partition dipping
into water, for opening or closing communication between two gas
mains, the open ends of which protrude about the water.
Hydraulical
Hy*drau"lic*al (?), a. Hydraulic.
Hydraulicon
Hy*drau"li*con (?), n. [NL. See Hydraulic.] (Mus.) An ancient musical
instrument played by the action of water; a water organ. [Written also
hydraulis.]
Hydraulics
Hy*drau"lics (?), n. [Cf. F. hydraulique.] That branch of science, or
of engineering, which treats of fluids in motion, especially of water,
its action in rivers and canals, the works and machinery for
conducting or raising it, its use as a prime mover, and the like.
NOTE: &hand; As a sc ience, hydraulics includes hydrodynamics, or
the principles of mechanics applicable to the motion of water; as a
branch of engineering, it consists in the practical application of
the mechanics of fluids to the control and management of water with
reference to the wants of man, including canals, waterworks,
hydraulic machines, pumps, water wheels, etc. Some writers treat
hydraulics and hydrostatics as subdivisions of hydrodynamics.
Hydrazine
Hy"dra*zine (?), n. [Hydr- + azo- + -ine.] (Chem.) Any one of a series
of nitrogenous bases, resembling the amines and produced by the
reduction of certain nitroso and diazo compounds; as, methyl
hydrazine, phenyl hydrazine, etc. They are derivatives of hydrazine
proper, H2N.NH2, which is a doubled amido group, recently (1887)
isolated as a stable, colorless gas, with a peculiar, irritating odor.
As a base it forms distinct salts. Called also diamide, amidogen, (or
more properly diamidogen), etc.
Hydrencephsloid
Hy"dren*ceph"s*loid (?), a. [Hydrencephalus + -oid.] (Med.) Same as
Hydrocephaloid.
Hydria
Hy"dri*a (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Gr. Antiq.) A water jar; esp., one with
a large rounded body, a small neck, and three handles. Some of the
most beautiful Greek vases are of this form.
Hydriad
Hy"dri*ad (?), n. [Gr. "y`dwr water.] (Myth.) A water nymph.
Hydric
Hy"dric (?), a. [From Hydrogen.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing,
hydrogen; as, hydric oxide. Hydric dioxide. (Chem.) See Hydrogen
dioxide, under Hydrogen. -- Hydric oxide (Chem.), water. -- Hydric
sulphate (Chem.), hydrogen sulphate or sulphuric acid.
Hydride
Hy"dride (?), n. [Hydr- + ide.] (Chem.) A compound of the binary type,
in which hydrogen is united with some other element.<-- spec., with a
more electropositive element --> <-- lithium hydride. A hydride of
lithium, LiH, commonly used as a powerful reducing agent in organic
chemistry -->
Hydriform
Hy"dri*form (?), a. [Hydra + -form.] (Zo\'94l.) Having the form or
structure of a hydra.
Hydrina
Hy*dri"na (?), n. pl. [NL. See Hydra.] (Zo\'94l.) The group of
hydroids to which the fresh-water hydras belong.
Hydriodate
Hy*dri"o*date (?), n. [Cf. F. hydriodate.] (Zo\'94l.) Same as
Hydriodide.
Hydriodic
Hy`dri*od"ic (?), a. [Hydr- + iodic: cf. F. hydriodique.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, hydrogen and iodine; -- said of an
acid produced by the combination of these elements. Hydriodic acid
(Chem.), a pungent, colorless gas, HI, usually prepared as a solution
in water. It is strong reducing agent. Called also hydrogen iodine.
Hydriodide
Hy*dri"o*dide (?), n. (Chem.) A compound of hydriodic acid with a
base; -- distinguished from an iodide, in which only the iodine
combines with the base.
Hydro-, Hydr-
Hy"dro- (?), Hy"dr-.
1. A combining form from Gr. Hydra).
2. (Chem.) A combining form of hydrogen, indicating hydrogen as an
ingredient, as hydrochloric; or a reduction product obtained by
hydrogen, as hydroquinone.
Hydrobarometer
Hy`dro*ba*rom"e*ter (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + barometer.] An instrument for
determining the depth of the sea water by its pressure.
Hydrobilirubin
Hy`dro*bil`i*ru"bin (?), n. [Hydro-, 2 + bilirubin.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A body formed from bilirubin, identical with urobilin.
Hydrobranchiata
Hy`dro*bran`chi*a"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "y`dwr water +
(Zo\'94l.) An extensive artificial division of gastropod mollusks,
including those that breathe by gills, as contrasted with the
Pulmonifera. -- Hy`dro*bran"chi*ate (#), a.
Hydrobromate
Hy`dro*bro"mate (?), n. (Chem.) Same as Hydrobromide.
Hydrobromic
Hy`dro*bro"mic (?), a. [Hydro-, 2 + bromic.] (Chem.) Composed of
hydrogen and bromine; as, hydrobromic acid. Hydrobromic acid (Chem.),
a colorless, pungent, corrosive gas, HBr, usually collected as a
solution in water. It resembles hydrochloric acid, but is weaker and
less stable. Called also hydrogen bromide.
Hydrobromide
Hy`dro*bro"mide (?), n. (Chem.) A compound of hydrobromic acid with a
base; -- distinguished from a bromide, in which only the bromine
unites with the base.<-- analogous to hydrochloride or hydriodide -->
Hydrocarbon
Hy`dro*car"bon (?), n. [Hydro-, 2 + carbon.] (Chem.) A compound
containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also,
by extension, any of their derivatives. Hydrocarbon burner, furnace,
stove, a burner, furnace, or stove with which liquid fuel, as
petroleum, is used.
Hydrocarbonaceous
Hy`dro*car`bo*na"ceous (?), a. Of the nature, or containing,
hydrocarbons.
Hydrocarbonate
Hy`dro*car"bon*ate (?), n. (a) (Old Chem.) A hydrocarbon. [Obs.] (b)
(Chem.) A hydrous carbonate, as malachite.
Hydrocarbostyril
Hy`dro*car`bo*sty"ril (?), n. [Hydro-, 2 + carbostyril.] (Chem.) A
white, crystalline, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C9H9NO, obtained from
certain derivatives of cinnamic acid and closely related to quinoline
and carbostyril.
Hydrocarburet
Hy`dro*car"bu*ret (?), n. [Hydro-, 2 + carburet.] (Chem.) Carbureted
hydrogen; also, a hydrocarbon. [Obs.]
Hydrocaulus
Hy`dro*cau"lus (?), n.; pl. Hydrocauli (#). [NL., fr. Gr. "y`dwr water
+ (Zo\'94l.) The hollow stem of a hydroid, either simple or branched.
See Illust. of Gymnoblastea and Hydroidea.
Hydrocele
Hy`dro*cele (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. "y`dwr water + (Med.) A collection of
serous fluid in the areolar texture of the scrotum or in the
coverings, especially in the serous sac, investing the testicle or the
spermatic cord; dropsy of the testicle.
Hydrocephalic
Hy`dro*ce*phal"ic (?), a. Relating to, or connected with,
hydrocephalus, or dropsy of the brain.
Hydrocephaloid
Hy`dro*ceph"a*loid (?), a. [Hydrocephalus + -oid.] (Med.) Resembling
hydrocephalus. Hydrocephaloid affection (Med.), the group of symptoms
which follow exhausting diarrhea in young children, resembling those
of acute hydrocephalus, or tubercular meningitis.
Hydrocephalous
Hy`dro*ceph"a*lous (?), a. Having hydrocephalus. "Hydrocephalous
offspring." G. Eliot.
Hydrocephalus
Hy`dro*ceph"a*lus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "y`dwr water + (Med.) An
accumulation of liquid within the cavity of the cranium, especially
within the ventricles of the brain; dropsy of the brain. It is due
usually to tubercular meningitis. When it occurs in infancy, it often
enlarges the head enormously.
Hydrochlorate
Hy`dro*chlo"rate (?), n. (Chem.) Same as Hydrochloride.
Hydrochloric
Hy`dro*chlo"ric (?), a. [Hydro-, 2 + hloric: cf. F. hydrochlorique.]
(Chem.) Pertaining to, or compounded of, chlorine and hydrogen gas;
as, hydrochloric acid; chlorhydric. Hydrochloric acid (Chem.),
hydrogen chloride; a colorless, corrosive gas, HCl, of pungent,
suffocating odor. It is made in great quantities in the soda process,
by the action of sulphuric acid on common salt. It has a great
affinity for water, and the commercial article is a strong solution of
the gas in water. It is a typical acid, and is an indispensable agent
in commercial and general chemical work. Called also muriatic, AND
chlorhydric, acid.
Hydrochloride
Hy`dro*chlo"ride (?), n. (Chem.) A compound of hydrochloric acid with
a base; -- distinguished from a chloride, where only chlorine unites
with the base.
Hydrocorallia
Hy`dro*co*ral"li*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Hydra, and Coral.] (Zo\'94l.)
A division of Hydroidea, including those genera that secrete a stony
coral, as Millepora and Stylaster. Two forms of zooids in life project
from small pores in the coral and resemble those of other hydroids.
See Millepora.
Hydrocyanate
Hy`dro*cy"a*nate (?), n. (Chem.) See Hydrocyanide.
Hydrocyanic
Hy`dro*cy*an"ic (?), a. [Hydro-, 2 + anic: cf. F. hydrocyanique.]
(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from the combination of, hydrogen
and cyanogen. Hydrocyanic acid (Chem.), a colorless, mobile, volatile
liquid, HCN, having a characteristic peach-blossom odor. It is one of
the most deadly poisons. It is made by the action of sulphuric acid on
yellow prussiate of potassium (potassium ferrocyanide), and chemically
resembles hydrochloric and hydrobromic acids. Called also prussic
acid, hydrogen cyanide, etc.
Hydrocyanide
Hy`dro*cy"a*nide (?), n. (Chem.) A compound of hydrocyanic acid with a
base; -- distinguished from a cyanide, in which only the cyanogen so
combines.
Hydrodynamic, Hydrodynamical
Hy`dro*dy*nam"ic (?), Hy`dro*dy*nam"ic*al (?), a. [Hydro-, 1 +
dynamic, -ical: cf. F. hydrodynamique.] Pertaining to, or derived
from, the dynamical action of water of a liquid; of or pertaining to
water power. Hydrodynamic friction, friction produced by the viscosity
of a liquid in motion.
Hydrodynamics
Hy`dro*dy*nam"ics (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + dynamics: cf. F.
hydrodynamique.] That branch of the science of mechanics which relates
to fluids, or, as usually limited, which treats of the laws of motion
and action of nonelastic fluids, whether as investigated
mathematically, or by observation and experiment; the principles of
dynamics, as applied to water and other fluids.
NOTE: &hand; Th e wo rd is so metimes us ed as a ge neral te rm,
including both hydrostatics and hydraulics, together with
pneumatics and acoustics. See Hydraulics.
Hydrodynamometer
Hy`dro*dy`na*mom"e*ter (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + dynamometer.] An
instrument to measure the velocity of a liquid current by the force of
its impact.
Hydro-electric
Hy`dro-e*lec"tric (?), a. [Hydro-, 1 + electric.] Pertaining to,
employed in, or produced by, the evolution of electricity by means of
a battery in which water or steam is used. Hydro-electric machine
(Physics), an apparatus invented by Sir William Armstrong of England
for generating electricity by the escape of high-pressure steam from a
series of jets connected with a strong boiler, in which the steam is
produced.
Hydro-extractor
Hy`dro-ex*tract"or (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + extractor.] An apparatus for
drying anything, as yarn, cloth, sugar, etc., by centrifugal force; a
centrifugal.
Hydroferricyanic
Hy`dro*fer`ri*cy*an"ic (?), n. [Hydro-, 2 + ferricyanic.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferric iron,
and cyanogen; as, hydroferricyanic acid. See Ferricyanic.
Hydroferrocyanic
Hy`dro*fer`ro*cy*an"ic (?), a. [Hydro-, 2 + ferrocyanic.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferrous
iron, and cyanogen; as, hydroferrocyanic acid. See Ferrocyanic.
Hydrofluate
Hy`dro*flu"ate (?), n. (Chem.) A supposed compound of hydrofluoris
acid and a base; a fluoride. [Archaic]
Hydrofluoric
Hy`dro*flu*or"ic (?), a. [Hydro-, 2 + fluoric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to,
or containing, hydrogen and fluorine; fluohydric; as, hydrofluoric
acid. Hydrofluoric acid (Chem.), a colorless, mobile, volatile liquid,
HF, very corrosive in its action, and having a strong, pungent,
suffocating odor. It is produced by the action of sulphuric acid on
fluorite, and is usually collected as a solution in water. It attacks
all silicates, as glass or porcelain, is the agent employed in etching
glass, and is preserved only in vessels of platinum, lead, caoutchouc,
or gutta-percha.
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Hydrofluosilicate
Hy`dro*flu`o*sil"i*cate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of hydrofluosilic acid;
a silicofluoride. See Silicofluoride.
Hydrofluosilicic
Hy`dro*flu`o*si*lic"ic (?), a. [Hydro-, 2 + fluorine + silicic.]
(Chem.) Pertaining to, or denoting, a compound consisting of a double
fluoride of hydrogen and silicon; silicofluoric. See Silicofluoric.
Hydrogalvanic
Hy`dro*gal*van"ic (?), a. [Hydro-, 1 + galvanic.] Pertaining to,
produced by, or consisting of, electricity evolved by the action or
use of fluids; as, hydrogalvanic currents. [R.]
Hydrogen
Hy"dro*gen (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + -gen: cf. F. hydrog\'8ane. So called
because water is generated by its combustion. See Hydra.] (Chem.) A
gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, the lightest
known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighter than air
(hence its use in filling balloons), and over eleven thousand times
lighter than water. It is very abundant, being an ingredient of water
and of many other substances, especially those of animal or vegetable
origin. It may by produced in many ways, but is chiefly obtained by
the action of acids (as sulphuric) on metals, as zinc, iron, etc. It
is very inflammable, and is an ingredient of coal gas and water gas.
It is standard of chemical equivalents or combining weights, and also
of valence, being the typical monad. Symbol H. Atomic weight 1.<-- At.
wt. = 1.008 using carbon as 12.000 -->
NOTE: &hand; Al though a gas, hydrogen is chemically similar to the
metals in its nature, having the properties of a weak base. It is,
in all acids, the base which is replaced by metals and basic
radicals to form salts. Like all other gases, it is condensed by
great cold and pressure to a liquid which freezes and solidifies by
its own evaporation. It is absorbed in large quantities by certain
metals (esp. palladium), forming alloy-like compounds; hence, in
view of quasi-metallic nature, it is sometimes called hydrogenium.
It is the typical reducing agent, as opposed to oxidizers, as
oxygen, chlorine, etc.
Bicarbureted hydrogen, an old name for ethylene. -- Carbureted
hydrogen gas. See under Carbureted. -- Hydrogen dioxide, a thick,
colorless liquid, H2O2, resembling water, but having a bitter, sour
taste, produced by the action of acids on barium peroxide. It
decomposes into water and oxygen, and is manufactured in large
quantities for an oxidizing and bleaching agent. Called also
oxygenated water.<-- usually "hydrogen peroxide", or "peroxide" in
weak solutions used as an antiseptic--> -- Hydrogen oxide, a chemical
name for water, H -- Hydrogen sulphide, a colorless inflammable gas,
H2S, having the characteristic odor of bad eggs, and found in many
mineral springs. It is produced by the action of acids on metallic
sulphides, and is an important chemical reagent. Called also
sulphureted hydrogen.
Hydrogenate
Hy"dro*gen*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hydrogenated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Hydrogenating (?).] (Chem.) To hydrogenize.
Hydrogenation
Hy`dro*gen*a"tion (?), n. (Chem.) The act of combining with hydrogen,
or the state of being so combined.
Hydrogenide
Hy"dro*gen*ide (?), n. (Chem.) A binary compound containing hydrogen;
a hydride. [R.] See Hydride.
Hydrogenium
Hy`dro*ge"ni*um (?), n. [NL. See Hydrogen.] (Chem.) Hydrogen; --
called also in view of its supposed metallic nature. Graham.
Hydrogenize
Hy"dro*gen*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hydrogenized (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Hydrogenizing (?).] (Chem.) To combine with hydrogen; to treat
with, or subject to the action of, hydrogen; to reduce; -- contrasted
with oxidize.
Hydrogenous
Hy*drog"e*nous (?), a. Of or pertaining to hydrogen; containing
hydrogen.
Hydrognosy
Hy*drog"no*sy (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. A treatise upon, or a history
and description of, the water of the earth.
Hydrogode
Hy"drog*ode (?), n. [Hydrogen + Gr. (Elec.) The negative pole or
cathode. [R.]
Hydrographer
Hy*drog"ra*pher (?), n. One skilled in the hydrography; one who
surveys, or draws maps or charts of, the sea, lakes, or other waters,
with the adjacent shores; one who describes the sea or other waters.
Boyle.
Hydrographic, Hydrographical
Hy`dro*graph"ic (?), Hy`dro*graph"ic*al (?), a. Of or relating to
hydrography.
Hydrography
Hy*drog"ra*phy (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + -graphy: cf. F. hydrographie.]
1. The art of measuring and describing the sea, lakes, rivers, and
other waters, with their phenomena.
2. That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the
contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth
of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the
construction of charts exhibiting these particulars.
Hydroguret
Hy*drog"u*ret (?), n. [From Hydrogen.] (Chem.) A hydride. [Obs.]
Hydroid
Hy"droid (?), a. [Hydra + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Related to, or resembling,
the hydra; of or pertaining to the Hydroidea. -- n. One of the
Hydroideas.
Hydroidea
Hy*droi"de*a, n. pl. [NL. See Hydra, and -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) An
extensive order of Hydrozoa or Acaleph\'91. [Written also Hydroida.]
NOTE: &hand; Th is or der includes the hydras and the free-swimming
hydromedus\'91, together with a great variety of marine attached
hydroids, many of which grow up into large, elegantly branched
forms, consisting of a vast number of zooids (hydranths,
gonophores, etc.), united by hollow stems. All the zooids of a
colony are produced from one primary zooid, by successive buddings.
The Siphonophora have also been included in this order by some
writers. See Gymnoblastea, Hydromedusa, Gonosome, Gonotheca.
Hydrokinetic
Hy`dro*ki*net"ic (?), a. [Hydro-, 1 + kinetic.] Of or pertaining to
the motions of fluids, or the forces which produce or affect such
motions; -- opposed to hydrostatic. Sir W. Thomson.
Hydrological
Hy`dro*log"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to hydrology.
Hydrologist
Hy*drol"o*gist (?), n. One skilled in hydrology.
Hydrology
Hy*drol"o*gy (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + -logy: cf. F. hydrologie.] The
science of water, its properties, phenomena, and distribution over the
earth's surface.
Hydrolytic
Hy`dro*lyt"ic (?), a. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. (Chem.) Tending to remove or
separate water; eliminating water.
Hydrolytic agents, such as sulphuric acid or caustic alkali. Encyc.
Brit.
Hydrolitic ferment (Physiol. Chem.), a ferment, enzyme, or chemical
ferment, which acts only in the presence of water, and which causes
the substance acted upon to take up a molecule of water. Thus,
diastase of malt, ptyalin of saliva, and boiling dilute sulphuric acid
all convert starch by hydration into dextrin and sugar. Nearly all of
the digestive ferments are hydrolytic in their action.<-- = hydrolase
(after 1910) -->
Hydromagnesite
Hy`dro*mag"ne*site (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + magnesite.] (Min.) A hydrous
carbonate of magnesia occurring in white, early, amorphous masses.
Hydromancy
Hy"dro*man`cy (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + -mancy: cf. F. hydromancie.]
Divination by means of water, -- practiced by the ancients.
Hydromantic
Hy`dro*man"tic (?), a. [Cf. F. hydromantique.] Of or pertaining to
divination by water.
Hydromechanics
Hy`dro*me*chan"ics (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + mechanics.] That branch of
physics which treats of the mechanics of liquids, or of their laws of
equilibrium and of motion.
Hydromedusa
Hy`dro*me*du"sa (?), n.; pl. Hydromedus\'91 (#). [NL. See Hydra, and
Medusa.] (Zo\'94l.) Any medusa or jellyfish which is produced by
budding from a hydroid. They are called also Craspedota, and
naked-eyed medus\'91.
NOTE: &hand; Su ch me dus\'91 ar e th e re productive zo oids or
gonophores, either male or female, of the hydroid from which they
arise, whether they become free or remain attached to the hydroid
colony. They in turn produce the eggs from which the hydroids are
developed. The name is also applied to other similar medus\'91
which are not known to bud from a hydroid colony, and even to some
which are known to develop directly from the eggs, but which in
structure agree essentially with those produced from hydroids. See
Hydroidea, and Gymnoblastea.
Hydromel
Hy"dro*mel (?), n. [L. hydromel, hydromeli, Gr. hydromel.] A liquor
consisting of honey diluted in water, and after fermentation called
mead.
Hydromellonic
Hy`dro*mel*lon"ic (?), a. See Cyamellone.
Hydrometallurgical
Hy`dro*met`al*lur"gic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to hydrometallurgy;
involving the use of liquid reagents in the treatment or reduction of
ores. -- Hy`dro*met`al*lur"gic*al*ly, adv.
Hydrometallurgy
Hy`dro*met"al*lur`gy (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + metallurgy.] The art or
process of assaying or reducing ores by means of liquid reagents.
Hydrometeor
Hy`dro*me"te*or (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + meteor.] A meteor or atmospheric
phenomenon dependent upon the vapor of water; -- in the pl., a general
term for the whole aqueous phenomena of the atmosphere, as rain, snow,
hail, etc. Nichol.
Hydrometeorological
Hy`dro*me`te*or`o*log"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to
hydrometeorology, or to rain, clouds, storms, etc.
Hydrometeorology
Hy`dro*me`te*or*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + meteorology.] That branch
of meteorology which relates to, or treats of, water in the
atmosphere, or its phenomena, as rain, clouds, snow, hail, storms,
etc.
Hydrometer
Hy*drom"e*ter (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + -meter: cf. F. hydrom\'8atre.]
1. (Physics) An instrument for determining the specific gravities of
liquids, and thence the strength spirituous liquors, saline solutions,
etc.
NOTE: &hand; It is usually made of glass with a graduated stem, and
indicates the specific gravity of a liquid by the depth to which it
sinks in it, the zero of the scale marking the depth to which it
sinks in pure water. Extra weights are sometimes used to adapt the
scale to liquids of different densities.
2. An instrument, variously constructed, used for measuring the
velocity or discharge of water, as in rivers, from reservoirs, etc.,
and called by various specific names according to its construction or
use, as tachometer, rheometer, hydrometer, pendulum, etc.; a current
gauge.
Hydrometric, Hydrometrical
Hy`dro*met"ric (?), Hy`dro*met"ric*al (?), a. [Cf. F.
hydrom\'8atrique.]
1. Of or pertaining to an hydrometer, or to the determination of the
specific gravity of fluids.
2. Of or pertaining to measurement of the velocity, discharge, etc.,
of running water.
3. Made by means of an hydrometer; as, hydrometric observations.
Hydrometric pendulum, a species of hydrometer consisting of a hollow
ball of ivory or metal suspended by a treated from the center of a
graduated quadrant, and held in a stream to measure the velocity of
the water by the inclination given to the thread; a kind of current
gauge.
Hydrometrograph
Hy`dro*met"ro*graph (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. graph.] An instrument for
determining and recording the quantity of water discharged from a
pipe, orifice, etc., in a given time.
Hydrometry
Hy*drom"e*try (?), n. [Cf. F. hydrom\'8atrique.]
1. The art of determining the specific gravity of liquids, and thence
the strength of spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc.
2. The art or operation of measuring the velocity or discharge of
running water, as in rivers, etc.
Hydromica
Hy`dro*mi"ca (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + mica.] (Min.) A variety of potash
mica containing water. It is less elastic than ordinary muscovite.
Hydromica schist (Min.), a mica schist characterized by the presence
of hydromica. It often has a silky luster and almost soapy feel.
Hydronephrosis
Hy`dro*ne*phro"sis (?), n. [NL., Gr. "y`dwr water + (Med.) An
accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by
obstruction in the urinary passages.
Hydropath
Hy"dro*path (?), n. [Cf. F. hydropathe.] A hydropathist.
Hydropathic, Hydropathical
Hy`dro*path"ic (?), Hy`dro*path"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to
hydropathy.
Hydropathist
Hy*drop"a*thist (?), n. One who practices hydropathy; a water-cure
doctor.
Hydropathy
Hy*drop"a*thy (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. The water cure; a mode of
treating diseases by the copious and frequent use of pure water, both
internally and externally.
Hydroperitoneum
Hy`dro*per`i*to*ne"um (?), n. [NL. See Hydro-, and Peritoneum.] (Med.)
Same as Ascites.
Hydrophane
Hy"dro*phane (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. hydrophane.] (Min.) A
semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or
transparent on immersion in water.
Hydrophanous
Hy*droph"a*nous (?), a. (Min.) Made transparent by immersion in water.
Hydrophid
Hy"dro*phid (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Any sea snake of the
genus Hydrophys and allied genera. These snakes are venomous, live
upon fishes, and have a flattened tail for swimming.
Hydrophlorone
Hy`dro*phlo"rone (?), n. [Hydro-, 2 + phlorone.] (Chem.) A white,
crystalline benzene derivative, C8H10O2, obtained by the reduction of
phlorone.
Hydrophobia
Hy`dro*pho"bi*a (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. "y`dwr water + hydrophobie.]
(Med.) (a) An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine
madness; hence: (b) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation
with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are,
a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty
in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability,
producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is
disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies;
canine madness. [Written also hydrophoby.]
Hydrophobic
Hy`dro*phob"ic (?), a. [L. hydrophobicus, Gr. hydrophobique.] Of or
pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused by rabies; as,
hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison.
Hydrophoby
Hy"dro*pho`by (?), n. See Hydrophobia.
Hydrophora
Hy*droph"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. E. hydra + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The
Hydroidea.
Hydrophore
Hy"dro*phore (?), n. [Gr. "y`dwr water + An instrument used for the
purpose of obtaining specimens of water from any desired depth, as in
a river, a lake, or the ocean.
Hydrophyllium
Hy`dro*phyl"li*um (?), n.; pl. L. Hydrophyllia (#), E. Hydrophylliums
(#). [NL., fr. Gr. "y`dwr water + (Zo\'94l.) One of the flat,
leaflike, protective zooids, covering other zooids of certain
Siphonophora.
Hydrophyte
Hy"dro*phyte (?), n. [Gr. hydrophyte.] An aquatic plant; an alga.
Hydrophytology
Hy*droph`y*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Hydro- + phyte + -logy.] The branch of
botany which treats of water plants.
Hydropic, Hydropical
Hy*drop"ic (?), Hy*drop"ic*al (?), a. [L. hydropicus, Gr. hydropique.
See Dropsy.] Dropsical, or resembling dropsy.
Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink
the more we shall thirst. Tillotson.
Hydropically
Hy*drop"ic*al*ly, adv. In a hydropical manner.
Hydropiper
Hy"dro*pi`per (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "y`dwr water + L. piper a pepper.]
(Bot.) A species (Polygonum Hydropiper) of knotweed with acrid
foliage; water pepper; smartweed.
Hydropneumatic
Hy`dro*pneu*mat"ic (?), a. [Hydro-, 1 + pneumatic: cf. F.
hydropneumatique.] Pertaining to, or depending upon, both liquid and
gaseous substances; as, hydropneumatic apparatus for collecting gases
over water or other liquids.
Hydropsy
Hy"drop`sy (?), n. Same as Dropsy.
Hydropult
Hy"dro*pult (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. A machine for throwing water by
hand power, as a garden engine, a fire extinguisher, etc.
Hydroquinone
Hy`dro*qui"none (?), n. [Hydro-, 2 + quinone.] (Chem.) A white
crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2, obtained by the reduction of
quinone. It is a diacid phenol, resembling, and metameric with,
pyrocatechin and resorcin. Called also dihydroxy benzene.
Hydrorhiza
Hy`dro*rhi"za (?), n.; pl. L. Hydrorhiz\'91 (#), E. Hydrorhizas (#).
[NL., fr. E. hydra + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The rootstock or decumbent stem by
which a hydroid is attached to other objects. See Illust. under
Hydroidea.
Hydrosalt
Hy"dro*salt` (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + salt.] (Chem.) (a) A salt supposed
to be formed by a hydracid and a base. (b) An acid salt. [R.] (c) A
hydrous salt; a salt combined with water of hydration or
crystallization.
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Hydroscope
Hy"dro*scope (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + -scope.]
1. An instrument designed to mark the presence of water, especially in
air. Weale.
2. A kind of water clock, used anciently for measuring time, the water
tricking from an orifice at the end of a graduated tube.
Hydrosome, Hydrosoma
Hy"dro*some (?), Hy`dro*so"ma (?), n. [NL. hydrosoma. See Hydra, and
-some body.] (Zo\'94l.) All the zooids of a hydroid colony
collectively, including the nutritive and reproductive zooids, and
often other kinds.
Hydrosorbic
Hy`dro*sor"bic (?), a. [Hydro-, 2 + sorbic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or
designating, an acid obtained from sorbic acid when this takes up
hydrogen; as, hydrosorbic acid.
Hydrostat
Hy"dro*stat (?), n. A contrivance or apparatus to prevent the
explosion of steam boilers.
Hydrostatic, Hydrostatical
Hy`dro*stat"ic (?), Hy`dro*stat"ic*al (?), a. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr.
hydrostatique. See Static.] Of or relating to hydrostatics; pertaining
to, or in accordance with, the principles of the equilibrium of
fluids.
The first discovery made in hydrostatics since the time of
Archimedes is due to Stevinus. Hallam.
Hydrostatic balance, a balance for weighing substances in water, for
the purpose of ascertaining their specific gravities. -- Hydrostatic
bed, a water bed. -- Hydrostatic bellows, an apparatus consisting of a
water-tight bellowslike case with a long, upright tube, into which
water may be poured to illustrate the hydrostatic paradox. --
Hydrostatic paradox, the proposition in hydrostatics that any quantity
of water, however small, may be made to counterbalance any weight,
however great; or the law of the equality of pressure of fluids in all
directions. -- Hydrostatic press, a machine in which great force, with
slow motion, is communicated to a large plunger by means of water
forced into the cylinder in which it moves, by a forcing pump of small
diameter, to which the power is applied, the principle involved being
the same as in the hydrostatic bellows. Also called hydraulic press,
and Bramah press. In the illustration, a is a pump with a small
plunger b, which forces the water into the cylinder c, thus driving
upward the large plunder d, which performs the reduced work, such as
compressing cotton bales, etc.
Hydrostatically
Hy`dro*stat"ic*al*ly, adv. According to hydrostatics, or to
hydrostatic principles. Bentley.
Hydrostatician
Hy`dro*sta*ti"cian (?), n. One who is versed or skilled in
hydrostatics. [R.]
Hydrostatics
Hy`dro*stat"ics (?), n. [Cf. F. hydrostatique.] (Physics) The branch
of science which relates to the pressure and equilibrium of nonelastic
fluids, as water, mercury, etc.; the principles of statics applied to
water and other liquids.
Hydrosulphate
Hy`dro*sul"phate (?), n. (Chem.) Same as Hydrosulphurent.
Hydrosulphide
Hy`dro*sul"phide (?), n. (Chem.) One of a series of compounds, derived
from hydrogen sulphide by the replacement of half its hydrogen by a
base or basic radical; as, potassium hydrosulphide, KSH. The
hydrosulphides are analogous to the hydrates and include the
mercaptans.
Hydrosulphite
Hy`dro*sul"phite (?), n. (Chem.) A saline compound of hydrosulphurous
acid and a base. [R.]
Hydrosulphuret
Hy`dro*sul"phu*ret (?), n. (Chem.) A hydrosulphide. [Archaic]
Hydrosulphureted
Hy`dro*sul"phu*ret`ed (?), a. (Chem.) Combined with hydrogen sulphide.
Hydrosulphuric
Hy`dro*sul*phu"ric (?), a. [Hydro-, 2 + sulphuric.] (Chem.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, hydrogen and sulphur; as, hydrosulphuricacid, a
designation applied to the solution of hydrogen sulphide in water.
Hydrosulphurous
Hy`dro*sul"phur*ous (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an
acid obtained by the reduction of sulphurous acid. See Hyposulphurous
acid, under Hyposulphurous.
Hydrotellurate
Hy`dro*tel"lu*rate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of
hydrotelluric acid and the base.
Hydrotelluric
Hy`dro*tel*lu"ric (?), a. [Hydro-, 2 + telluric.] (Chem.) Formed by
hydrogen and tellurium; as, hydrotelluric acid, or hydrogen telluride.
Hydrotheca
Hy`dro*the"ca (?), n.; pl. L. Hydrothec\'91 (#), E. Hydrothecas (#).
[NL., fr. E. hydra + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of the calicles which, in some
Hydroidea (Thecaphora), protect the hydrants. See Illust. of
Hydroidea, and Campanularian.
Hydrotherapy
Hy`dro*ther"a*py (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + therapy.] (Med.) See Hydropathy.
Hydrothermal
Hy`dro*ther"mal (?), a. [Hydro-, 1 + thermal.] Of or pertaining to hot
water; -- used esp. with reference to the action of heated waters in
dissolving, redepositing, and otherwise producing mineral changes
within the crust of the globe.
Hydrothorax
Hy`dro*tho"rax (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + thorax.] (Med.) An accumulation of
serous fluid in the cavity of the chest.
Hydrotic
Hy*drot"ic (?), a. [Gr. "y`dwr water: cf. Gr. hydrotique.] Causing a
discharge of water or phlegm. -- n. (Med.) A hydrotic medicine.
Hydrotical
Hy*drot"ic*al (?), a. Hydrotic.
Hydrotrope
Hy"dro*trope (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. A device for raising water by
the direct action of steam; a pulsometer.
Hydrotropic
Hy`dro*trop"ic (?), a. [See Hydrotrope.] (Bot.) Turning or bending
towards moisture, as roots.
Hydrotropism
Hy*drot"ro*pism (?), n. (Bot.) A tendency towards moisture.
Hydrous
Hy"drous (?), a. [Gr. "y`dwr water.]
1. Containing water; watery.
2. (Chem.) Containing water of hydration or crystallization.
Hydroxanthane
Hy`dro*xan"thane (?), n. (Chem.) A persulphocyanate. [Obs.]
Hydroxanthic
Hy`dro*xan"thic (?), a. [Hydro-, 2 + xanthic.] (Chem.)
Persulphocyanic.
Hydroxide
Hy*drox"ide (?), n. [Hydro-, 2 + oxide.] (Chem.) A hydrate; a
substance containing hydrogen and oxygen, made by combining water with
an oxide, and yielding water by elimination. The hydroxides are
regarded as compounds of hydroxyl, united usually with basic element
or radical; as, calcium hydroxide ethyl hydroxide.
Hydroxy-
Hy*drox"y- (?). (Chem.) A combining form, also used adjectively,
indicating hydroxyl as an ingredient. Hydroxy acid (Chem.), an organic
acid, having (besides the hydroxyl group of the carboxyl radical) an
alcoholic hydroxyl group, and thus having the qualities of an alcohol
in addition to its acid properties; as, lactic and tartaric acids are
hydroxy acids.
Hydroxyl
Hy*drox"yl (?), n. [Hydro-, 2 + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.) A compound
radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting of one atom of hydrogen
and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the hydrates, the
alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc.
Hydroxylamine
Hy*drox`yl*am"ine (?), n. [Hydroxyl + amine.] (Chem.) A nitrogenous,
organic base, NH2.OH, resembling ammonia, and produced by a modified
reduction of nitric acid. It is usually obtained as a volatile,
unstable solution in water. It acts as a strong reducing agent.
Hydrozoa
Hy`dro*zo"a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. E. hydra + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The
Acaleph\'91; one of the classes of c\'d2lenterates, including the
Hydroidea, Discophora, and Siphonophora.
Hydrozoal
Hy`dro*zo"al (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Hydrozoa.
Hydrozo\'94n
Hy`dro*zo"\'94n (?), n.; pl. L. Hydrozoa (#), E. Hydrozo\'94ns (#).
[NL.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the Hydrozoa.
Hydruret
Hy"dru*ret (?), n. [Hydro-, 2] (Chem.) A binary compound of hydrogen;
a hydride. [Obs.]
Hydrus
Hy"drus (?), n. [L., a water serpent; also, a certain constellation,
Gr. "y`dros.] (Astron.) A constellation of the southern hemisphere,
near the south pole.
Hye
Hye (?), n. & v. See Hie. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hyemal
Hy*e"mal (?), a. [L. hyemalis, or better hiemalis, fr. hyems, hiems,
winter: cf. F. hy\'82mal.] Belonging to winter; done in winter. Sir T.
Browne.
Hyemate
Hy"e*mate (?), v. i. [L. hiemare, hiematum. See Hyemal.] To pass the
winter. [Obs. & R.]
Hyemation
Hy`e*ma"tion (?), n. [L. hiematio.]
1. The passing of a winter in a particular place; a wintering.
2. The act of affording shelter in winter. [Obs.]
Hyen
Hy"en (?), n. [F. hy\'8ane.] A hyena. [Obs.] Shak.
Hyena
Hy*e"na (?), n.; pl. Hyenas (#). [L. hyaena, Gr. hy\'8ane. See Sow
female hog.] (Zo\'94l.) Any carnivorous mammal of the family
Hy\'91nid\'91, of which three living species are known. They are large
and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are
nocturnal in their habits. [Written also hy\'91na.]
NOTE: &hand; The striped hyena (Hy\'91na striata) inhabits Southern
Asia and a large part of Africa. The brown hyena (H. brunnea), and
the spotted hyena (Crocuta maculata), are found in Southern Africa.
The extinct cave hyena (H. spel\'91a) inhabited England and France.
Cave hyena. See under Cave. -- Hyena dog (Zo\'94l.), a South African
canine animal (Lycaon venaticus), which hunts in packs, chiefly at
night. It is smaller than the common wolf, with very large, erect
ears, and a bushy tail. Its color is reddish or yellowish brown,
blotched with black and white. Called also hunting dog.
Hyetal
Hy"e*tal (?), a. [Gr. Of or pertaining to rain; descriptive of the
distribution of rain, or of rainy regions.
Hyetograph
Hy"e*to*graph (?), n. [Gr. -graph.] A chart or graphic representation
of the average distribution of rain over the surface of the earth.
Hyetographic
Hy`e*to*graph"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to to hyetography.
Hyetography
Hy`e*tog"ra*phy (?), n. The branch of physical science which treats of
the geographical distribution of rain.
Hygeia
Hy*ge"ia (?), n. [L. Hygea, Hygia, fr. Gr. (Classic Myth.) The goddess
of health, daughter of Esculapius.
Hygeian
Hy*ge"ian (?), a. Relating to Hygeia, the goddess of health; of or
pertaining to health, or its preservation.
Hygeist
Hy"ge*ist (?), n. One skilled in hygiena; a hygienist.
Hygieist
Hy"gie*ist (?), n. A hygienist.
Hygiene
Hy"gi*ene (?), n. [F. hygi\'8ane. See Hygeia.] That department of
sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of
households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated
for the promotion of health.
Hygienic
Hy`gi*en"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. hygi\'82nique.] Of or pertaining to health
or hygiene; sanitary.
Hygienics
Hy`gi*en"ics, n. The science of health; hygiene.
Hygienism
Hy"gi*en*ism (?), n. Hygiene.
Hygienist
Hy"gi*en*ist, n. One versed in hygiene.
Hygiology
Hy`gi*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] A treatise on, or the science of,
the preservation of health. [R.]
Hygrine
Hy"grine (?), n. [From Gr. (Chem.) An alkaloid associated with cocaine
in coca leaves (Erythroxylon coca), and extracted as a thick, yellow
oil, having a pungent taste and odor.
Hygrodeik
Hy"gro*deik (?), n. [Gr. (Physics) A form of hygrometer having wet and
dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing directly the
percentage of moisture in the air, etc.
Hygrograph
Hy"gro*graph (?), n. [Gr. -graph.] (Physics) An instrument for
recording automatically the variations of the humidity of the
atmosphere.
Hygrology
Hy*grol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy: cf. F. hygrologie.] (Med.) The
science which treats of the fluids of the body.
Hygrometer
Hy*grom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter: cf. F. hygrom\'8atre.] (Physics) An
instrument for measuring the degree of moisture of the atmosphere.
Daniell's hygrometer, a form of hygrometer consisting of a bent glass
tube terminating in two bulbs, the one covered with muslin, the other
of black glass, and containing ether and a thermometer. Ether being
poured on the muslin, the black ball, cooled by the evaporation of the
ether within, is soon covered with dew; at this moment, the inclosed
thermometer gives the dew-point, and this, compared with the reading
of one in the air, determines the humidity.
Hygrometric, Hygrometrical
Hy`gro*met"ric (?), Hy`gro*met"ric*al (?), a. [Cf. F.
hygrom\'82trique.]
1. Of or pertaining to hygrometry; made with, or according to, the
hygrometer; as, hygrometric observations.
2. Readily absorbing and retaining moisture; as, hygrometric
substances, like potash.
Hygrometry
Hy*grom"e*try (?), n. [Cf. F. hygrom\'82trie.] (Physics) That branch
of physics which relates to the determination of the humidity of
bodies, particularly of the atmosphere, with the theory and use of the
instruments constructed for this purpose.
Hygrophanous
Hy*groph"a*nous (?), a. [Gr. Having such a structure as to be
diaphanous when moist, and opaque when dry.
Hygrophthalmic
Hy`groph*thal"mic (?), a. [Gr. ophthalmic.] (Anat.) Serving to moisten
the eye; -- sometimes applied to the lachrymal ducts.
Hygroplasm
Hy"gro*plasm (?), n. [Gr. (Biol.) The fluid portion of the cell
protoplasm, in opposition to stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble
portion. The latter is supposed to be partly nutritive and partly
composed of idioplasm.
Hygroscope
Hy"gro*scope (?), n. [Gr. -scope: cf. F. hygroscope.] (Physics) An
instrument which shows whether there is more or less moisture in the
atmosphere, without indicating its amount.
Hygroscopic
Hy`gro*scop"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. hygroscopique.]
1. Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily
manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope;
as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture.
2. Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the
atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture, as
glass, etc.
Hygroscopicity
Hy`gro*sco*pic"i*ty (?), n. (Bot.) The property possessed by vegetable
tissues of absorbing or discharging moisture according to
circumstances.
Hygrostatics
Hy`gro*stat"ics (?), n. [Gr. Statics.] The science or art of comparing
or measuring degrees of moisture. Evelyn.
Hyke
Hyke (?), n. See Haik, and Huke.
Hyl\'91osaur, Hyl\'91osaurus
Hy"l\'91*o*saur` (?), Hy`l\'91*o*sau"rus (?), n. [NL. hylaeosaurus,
fr. Gr. (Paleon.) A large Wealden dinosaur from the Tilgate Forest,
England. It was about twenty feet long, protected by bony plates in
the skin, and armed with spines.
Hylarchical
Hy*lar"chi*cal (?), a. [Gr. hylarchique. See Archical.] Presiding over
matter. [Obs.] Hallywell.
Hyleosaur
Hy"le*o*saur" (?), n. Same as Hyl\'91osaur.
Hylic
Hyl"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to matter; material; corporeal; as,
hylic influences.
Hylicist
Hy"li*cist (?), n. [Gr. A philosopher who treats chiefly of matter;
one who adopts or teaches hylism.
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Hylism
Hy"lism (?), n. [Gr. (Metaph.) A theory which regards matter as the
original principle of evil.
Hylobate
Hy"lo*bate (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Any species of the genus Hylobates;
a gibbon, or long-armed ape. See Gibbon.
Hylodes
Hy*lo"des (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The piping frog (Hyla
Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while
breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical,
notes.
Hyloism
Hy"lo*ism (?), n. Same as Hylotheism.
Hyloist
Hy"lo*ist, n. [Gr. Same as Hylotheist.
Hylopathism
Hy*lop"a*thism (?), n. [Gr. The doctrine that matter is sentient.
Krauth-Fleming.
Hylopathist
Hy*lop"a*thist (?), n. One who believes in hylopathism.
Hylophagous
Hy*loph"a*gous (?), a. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Eating green shoots, as certain
insects do.
Hylotheism
Hy"lo*the*ism (?), n. [Gr. The doctrine of belief that matter is God,
or that there is no God except matter and the universe; pantheism. See
Materialism.
Hylotheist
Hy"lo*the*ist, n. One who believes in hylotheism.
Hylozoic
Hy`lo*zo"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to hylozoism.
Hylozoism
Hy`lo*zo"ism (?), n. [Gr. hylozo\'8bsme.] The doctrine that matter
possesses a species of life and sensation, or that matter and life are
inseparable. [R.] Cudworth.
Hylozoist
Hy`lo*zo"ist, n. A believer in hylozoism. A. Tucker.
Hymar
Hy*mar" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The wild ass of Persia.
Hymen
Hy"men (?), n. [Gr. (Anat.) A fold of muscous membrane often found at
the orifice of the vagina; the vaginal membrane.
Hymen
Hy"men, n. [L., fr. Gr.
1. (Class Myth.) A fabulous deity; according to some, the son of
Apollo and Urania, according to others, of Bacchus and Venus. He was
the god of marriage, and presided over nuptial solemnities.
Till Hymen brought his love-delighted hour, There dwelt no joy in
Eden's rosy bower. Campbell.
2. Marriage; union as if by marriage.
Hymen of element and race. Emerson.
Hymeneal, Hymenean
Hy`me*ne"al (?), Hy`me*ne"an (?), a. [L. hymeneius, a., also
Hymenaeus, n., Hymen, Gr. hym\'82n\'82al, hym\'82n\'82en.] Of or
pertaining to marriage; as, hymeneal rites. Pope.
Hymeneal, Hymenean
Hy`me*ne"al, Hy`me*ne"an, n. A marriage song. Milton.
Hymenium
Hy*me"ni*um (?), n.; pl. L. Hymenia (#), E. Hymeniums (#). [NL., fr.
Gr. (Bot.) The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the
gills of a mushroom.
Hymenogeny
Hy`me*nog"e*ny (?), n. [Gr. The production of artificial membranes by
contact of two fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of
the latter are surrounded by a thin film of the former.
Hymenomycetes
Hy`me*no*my*ce"tes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) One of the great
divisions of fungi, containing those species in which the hymenium is
completely exposed. M. J. Berkley.
Hymenophore
Hy*men"o*phore (?), n. [Gr. (Bot.) That part of a fungus which is
covered with the hymenium.
Hymenopter
Hy`me*nop"ter (?), n. [Cf. F. hym\'82nopt\'8are.] (Zo\'94l.) One of
the Hymenoptera.
Hymenoptera
Hy`me*nop"te*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An extensive
order of insects, including the bees, ants, ichneumons, sawflies, etc.
NOTE: &hand; Th ey ha ve fo ur me mbranous wi ngs, wi th fe w
reticulations, and usually with a thickened, dark spot on the front
edge of the anterior wings. In most of the species, the tongue, or
lingua, is converted into an organ for sucking honey, or other
liquid food, and the mandibles are adapted for biting or cutting.
In one large division (Aculeata), including the bees, wasps, and
ants, the females and workers usually have a sting, which is only a
modified ovipositor.
Hymenopteral, Hymenopterous
Hy`me*nop"ter*al (?), Hy`me*nop"ter*ous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Like, or
characteristic of, the Hymenoptera; pertaining to the Hymenoptera.
Hymenopteran
Hy`me*nop"ter*an (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Hymenoptera.
Hymn
Hymn (?), n. [OE. hympne, ympne, F. hymne, OF. also ymne, L. hymnus,
Gr. weave.] An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a
religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving
intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns;
Watts' hymns.
Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. Col. iii. 16.
Where angels first should practice hymns, and string Their tuneful
harps. Dryden.
Hymn book, a book containing a collection of hymns, as for use in
churches; a hymnal.
Hymn
Hymn (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hymned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hymning
(?).] [Cf. L. hymnire, Gr. To praise in song; to worship or extol by
singing hymns; to sing.
To hymn the bright of the Lord. Keble.
Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine. Byron.
Hymn
Hymn, v. i. To sing in praise or adoration. Milton.
Hymnal
Hym"nal (?), n. A collection of hymns; a hymn book.
Hymnic
Hym"nic (?), a. [Cf. F. hymnique.] Relating to hymns, or sacred
lyrics. Donne.
Hymning
Hymn"ing (?), a. Praising with hymns; singing. "The hymning choir." G.
West.
Hymning
Hymn"ing, n. The singing of hymns. Milton.
Hymnist
Hym"nist (?), n. A writer of hymns.
Hymnody
Hym"no*dy (?), n. [Gr. Hymns, considered collectively; hymnology.
Hymnographer
Hym*nog"ra*pher (?), n.
1. One who writes on the subject of hymns.
2. A writer or composed of hymns.
Hymnography
Hym*nog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. graphy.] The art or act of composing
hymns.
Hymnologist
Hym*nol"o*gist (?), n. A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in
hymnology. Busby.
Hymnology
Hym*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy: cf. F. hymnologie.]
1. The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular
country or period; as, the hymnology of the eighteenth century; also,
the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or
religious body; as, the Anglican hymnology.
2. A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns.
Hympne
Hymp"ne (?), n. A hymn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hyndreste
Hynd"reste (?), a. See Hinderest. [Obs.]
Hyne
Hyne (?), n. A servant. See Hine. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hyo-
Hy"o- (?). [See Hyod.] A prexif used in anatomy, and generally
denoting connection with the hyoid bone or arch; as, hyoglossal,
hyomandibular, hyomental, etc.
Hyoganoidei
Hy`o*ga*noi"de*i (?), n. pl. [NL. See Hyo-, and Canoidei.] (Zo\'94l.)
A division of ganoid fishes, including the gar pikes and bowfins. --
Hy`o*ga"noid (#), a.
Hyoglossal
Hy`o*glos"sal (?), a. [Hyo- + Gr. (Anat.) (a) Pertaining to or
connecting the tongue and hyodean arch; as, the hyoglossal membrane.
(b) Of or pertaining to the hyoglossus muscle.
Hyoglossus
Hy`o*glos"sus (?), n. [NL., fr. hyo- hyo- + Gr. (Anat.) A flat muscle
on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the hyoid bone.
Hyoid
Hy"oid (?), a. [Gr. hyo\'8bde.]
1. Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon [].
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch which
supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself.
Hyoid arch (Anat.), the arch of cartilaginous or bony segments, which
connects the base of the tongue with either side of the skull. --
Hyoid bone (Anat.), the bone in the base of the tongue, the middle
part of the hyoid arch.
Hyoid
Hy"oid, n. The hyoid bone.
Hyoideal, Hyoidean
Hy*oid"e*al (?), Hy*oid"e*an (?), a. Same as Hyoid, a.
Hyomandibular
Hy`o*man*dib"u*lar (?), a. [Hyo- + mandibular.] (Anat.) Pertaining
both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the
hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid arch which
connects the lower jaw with the skull in fishes. -- n. The
hyomandibular bone or cartilage.
Hyomental
Hy`o*men"tal (?), a. [Hyo- + mental of the chin.] (Anat.) Between the
hyoid bone and the lower jaw, pertaining to them; suprahyoid;
submaxillary; as, the hyomental region of the front of the neck.
Hyopastron
Hy`o*pas"tron (?), n. [Hyo- + plastron.] (Zo\'94l.) The second lateral
plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyosternum.
Hyoscine
Hy*os"cine (?), n. [See Hyoscyamus.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found with
hyoscyamine (with which it is also isomeric) in henbane, and extracted
as a white, amorphous, semisolid substance.
Hyoscyamine
Hy`os*cy"a*mine (?), n. [See Hyoscyamus.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in
henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It
is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly
nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a
sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very
poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna.
Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc.
Hyoscyamus
Hy`os*cy"a*mus (?), n. [L., fr. Gr.
1. (Bot.) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade family;
henbane.
2. (Med.) The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in
neuralgic and pectorial troubles.
Hyosternal
Hy`o*ster"nal (?), a. [Hyo- + ternal.] (Anat.) (a) Between the hyoid
bone and the sternum, or pertaining to them; infrahyoid; as, the
hyosternal region of the neck. (b) Pertaining to the hyosternum of
turtles.
Hyosternum
Hy`o*ster"num (?), n. [Hyo- + sternum.] (Anat.) See Hyoplastron.
Hyostylic
Hy`o*styl"ic (?), a. [Hyo- + Gr. (Anat.) Having the mandible suspended
by the hyomandibular, or upper part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes,
instead of directly articulated with the skull as in mammals; -- said
of the skull.
Hyp
Hyp (?), n. An abbreviation of hypochonaria; -- usually in plural.
[Colloq.]
Heaven send thou hast not got the hyps. Swift.
Hyp
Hyp, v. t. To make melancholy. [Colloq.] W. Irving.
Hyp\'91thral, Hypethral
Hy*p\'91"thral, Hy*pe"thral (?), a. [L. hypaethrus in the open air,
uncovered, Gr. (Arch.) Exposed to the air; wanting a roof; -- applied
to a building or part of a building. Gwilt.
Hypallage
Hy*pal"la*ge (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Gram.) A figure consisting of a
transference of attributes from their proper subjects to other. Thus
Virgil says, "dare classibus austros," to give the winds to the
fleets, instead of dare classibus austris, to give the fleets to the
winds.
The hypallage, of which Virgil is fonder than any other writer, is
much the gravest fault in language. Landor.
Hypanthium
Hy*pan"thi*um (?), n.; pl. L. Hypanthia (#), E. Hypanthiums (#). [NL.,
fr. Gr. (Bot.) A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle,
enlarged below the calyx, as in the alycanthus, the rose hip, and the
pear.
Hypapophysis
Hy`pa*poph"y*sis (?), n.; pl. Hypapophyles (#). [NL. See Hypo-, and
Apophysis.] (Anat.) A process, or other element, of a vertebra
developed from the ventral side of the centrum, as h\'91mal spines,
and chevron bones. -- Hy`pa*po*phys"i*al (#), a.
Hyparterial
Hy`par*te"ri*al (?), a. [Hypo- + arterial.] (Anat.) Situated below an
artery; applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off below
the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.
Hypaspist
Hy*pas"pist (?), n. [Gr. (Gr. Antiq.) A shield-bearer or armor-bearer.
Mitford.
Hypaxial
Hy*pax"i*al (?), a. [Hypo- + axial.] (Anat.) Beneath the axis of the
skeleton; subvertebral; hyposkeletal.
Hyper-
Hy"per- (?). [Gr. super, E. over. See Over, and cf. Super-.]
1. A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical, hyperthyrion;
also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as, hyper\'91mia,
hyperbola, hypercritical, hypersecretion.
2. (Chem.) A prefix equivalent to super- or per-; as hyperoxide, or
peroxide. [Obs.] See Per-.
Hyper\'91mia
Hy`per*\'91"mi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A superabundance or
congestion of blood in an organ or part of the body. Active
hyper\'91mia, cognestion d%ue to increased flow of blood to a part. --
Passive hyper\'91mia, interchange due to obstruction in the return of
blood from a part. -- Hy`per*\'91"mic (#), a.
Hyper\'91sthesia
Hy`per*\'91s*the"si*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med. & Physiol.) A state
of exalted or morbidly increased sensibility of the body, or of a part
of it. -- Hy`per*\'91s*thet"ic (#), a.
Hyperapophysis
Hy`per*a*poph"y*sis (?), n.; pl. Hyperapophyses (#). [NL. See Hyper-,
and Apophysis.] (Anat.) A lateral and backward-projecting process on
the dorsal side of a vertebra. -- Hy`per*ap`o*phys"i*al (#), a.
Hyperaspist
Hy`per*as"pist (?), n. [Gr. One who holds a shield over another;
hence, a defender. [Obs.] Chillingworth.
Hyperbatic
Hy`per*bat"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to an hyperbaton; transposed;
inverted.
Hyperbaton
Hy*per"ba*ton (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Gram.) A figurative construction,
changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as,
"echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed."
With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text. Milton.
Hyperbola
Hy*per"bo*la (?), n. [Gr. i. e., of the angle which the cutting plane
makes with the base. See Hyperbole.] (Geom.) A curve formed by a
section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with
the base than the side of the cone makes. It is a plane curve such
that the difference of the distances from any point of it to two fixed
points, called foci, is equal to a given distance. See Focus. If the
cutting plane be produced so as to cut the opposite cone, another
curve will be formed, which is also an hyperbola. Both curves are
regarded as branches of the same hyperbola. See Illust. of Conic
section, and Focus.
Hyperbole
Hy*per"bo*le (?), n. [L., fr. GrHyper-, Parable, and cf. Hyperbola.]
(Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident
exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which
things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than
they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through
excitement, or for effect.
Our common forms of compliment are almost all of them extravagant
hyperboles. Blair.
Somebody has said of the boldest figure in rhetoric, the hyperbole,
that it lies without deceiving. Macaulay.
Hyperbolic, Hyperbolical
Hy`per*bol"ic (?), Hy`per*bol"ic*al (?), a. [L. hyperbolicus, Gr.
hyperbolique.]
1. (Math.) Belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of the
hyperbola.
2. (Rhet.) Relating to, containing, or of the nature of, hyperbole;
exaggerating or diminishing beyond the fact; exceeding the truth; as,
an hyperbolical expression. "This hyperbolical epitaph." Fuller.
Hyperbolic functions (Math.), certain functions which have relations
to the hyperbola corresponding to those which sines, cosines,
tangents, etc., have to the circle; and hence, called hyperbolic
sines, hyperbolic cosines, etc. -- Hyperbolic logarithm. See
Logarithm. -- Hyperbolic spiral (Math.), a spiral curve, the law of
which is, that the distance from the pole to the generating point
varies inversely as the angle swept over by the radius vector.
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Hyperbolically
Hy`per*bol"ic*al*ly (?), adv.
1. (Math.) In the form of an hyperbola.
2. (Rhet.) With exaggeration; in a manner to express more or less than
the truth. Sir W. Raleigh.
Hyperboliform
Hy`per*bol"i*form (?), a. [Hyperbola + -form.] Having the form, or
nearly the form, of an hyperbola.
Hyperbolism
Hy*per"bo*lism (?), n. [Cf. F. hyperbolisme.] The use of hyperbole.
Jefferson.
Hyperbolist
Hy*per"bo*list (?), n. One who uses hyperboles.
Hyperbolize
Hy*per"bo*lize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hyperbolized (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Hyperbolizing (?).] [Cf. F. hyperboliser.] To speak or write with
exaggeration. Bp. Montagu.
Hyperbolize
Hy*per"bo*lize, v. t. To state or represent hyperbolically. Fotherby.
Hyperboloid
Hy*per"bo*loid (?), n. [Hyperbola + -oid: cf. F. hyperbolo\'8bde.]
(Geom.) A surface of the second order, which is cut by certain planes
in hyperbolas; also, the solid, bounded in part by such a surface.
Hyperboloid of revolution, an hyperboloid described by an hyperbola
revolving about one of its axes. The surface has two separate sheets
when the axis of revolution is the transverse axis, but only one when
the axis of revolution is the conjugate axis of the hyperbola.
Hyperboloid
Hy*per"bo*loid, a. (Geom.) Having some property that belongs to an
hyperboloid or hyperbola.
Hyperborean
Hy`per*bo"re*an (?), a. [L. hyperboreus, Gr. Boreas.]
1. (Greek Myth.) Of or pertaining to the region beyond the North wind,
or to its inhabitants.
2. Northern; belonging to, or inhabiting, a region in very far north;
most northern; hence, very cold; fright, as, a hyperborean coast or
atmosphere.
The hyperborean or frozen sea. C. Butler (1633).
Hyperborean
Hy`per*bo"re*an, n.
1. (Greek Myth.) One of the people who lived beyond the North wind, in
a land of perpetual sunshine.
2. An inhabitant of the most northern regions.
Hypercarbureted
Hy`per*car"bu*ret`ed (?), a. (Chem.) Having an excessive proportion of
carbonic acid; -- said of bicarbonates or acid carbonates. [Written
also hypercarburetted.]
Hypercatalectic
Hy`per*cat`a*lec"tic (?), a. [L. hypercatalecticus, hypercatalectus,
Gr. hypercatalectique. See Hyper-, and Catalectic.] (Pros.) Having a
syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse.
Hyperchloric
Hy`per*chlo"ric (?), a. (Chem.) See Perchloric.
Hyperchromatism
Hy`per*chro"ma*tism (?), n. The condition of having an unusual
intensity of color.
Hypercritic
Hy`per*crit"ic (?), n. [Pref. hyper- + critic: cf. F. hypercritique.]
One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic; a
captious censor. "Hypercritics in English poetry." Dryden.
Hypercritic
Hy`per*crit"ic, a. Hypercritical.
Hypercritical
Hy`per*crit"ic*al (?), a.
1. Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping;
captious. "Hypercritical readers." Swift.
2. Excessively nice or exact. Evelyn.
Hypercritically
Hy`per*crit"ic*al*ly, adv. In a hypercritical manner.
Hypercriticise
Hy`per*crit"i*cise (?), v. t. To criticise with unjust severity; to
criticise captiously.
Hypercriticism
Hy`per*crit"i*cism (?), n. Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or
rigor of criticism; zoilism.
Hyperdicrotic
Hy`per*di*crot"ic (?), a. (Physiol.) Excessive dicrotic; as, a
hyperdicrotic pulse.
Hyperdicrotism
Hy`per*di"cro*tism (?), n. (Physiol.) A hyperdicrotic condition.
Hyperdicrotous
Hy`per*di"cro*tous (?), a. (Physiol.) Hyperdicrotic.
Hyperdulia
Hy`per*du*li"a (?), n. [Pref. hyper- + dulia: cf. F. hyperdulie.] (R.
C. Ch.) Veneration or worship given to the Virgin Mary as the most
exalted of mere creatures; higher veneration than dulia. Addis &
Arnold.
Hyperduly
Hy"per*du`ly (?), n. Hyperdulia. [Obs.]
Hyperesthesia
Hy`per*es*the"si*a (?), n. Same as Hyper\'91sthesia.
Hypericum
Hy*per"i*cum (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of plants, generally
with dotted leaves and yellow flowers; -- called also St. John's-wort.
Hyperinosis
Hy`per*i*no"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A condition of the blood,
characterized by an abnormally large amount of fibrin, as in many
inflammatory diseases.
Hyperion
Hy*pe"ri*on (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Class Myth.) The god of the sun; in
the later mythology identified with Apollo, and distinguished for his
beauty.
So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr. Shak.
Hyperkinesis
Hy`per*ki*ne"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) Abnormally increased
muscular movement; spasm.
Hyperkinetic
Hy`per*ki*net"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to hyperkinesis.
Hypermetamorphosis
Hy`per*met`a*mor"pho*sis (?), n. [Hyper- + metamorphosis.] (Zo\'94l.)
A kind of metamorphosis, in certain insects, in which the larva itself
undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during its growth.
Hypermeter
Hy*per"me*ter (?), n. [Gr. hyperm\'8atre.]
1. (Pros.) A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a
hypercatalectic verse.
2. Hence, anything exceeding the ordinary standard.
When a man rises beyond six foot, he is an hypermeter. Addison.
Hypermetrical
Hy`per*met"ric*al (?), a. Having a redundant syllable; exceeding the
common measure. Hypermetrical verse (Gr. & Lat. Pros.), a verse which
contains a syllable more than the ordinary measure.
Hypermetropia, Hypermetropy
Hy`per*me*tro"pi*a (?), Hy`per*met"ro*py (?), n. [NL. hypermetropia,
fr. Gr. Hypermeter.] A condition of the eye in which, through
shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of
light come to a focus behind the retina; farsightedness; -- called
also hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia.
NOTE: &hand; In hypermetropia, vision for distant objects, although
not better absolutely, is better than that for near objects, and
hence, the individual is said to be farsighted. It is corrected by
the use of convex glasses.
-- Hy`per*me*trop"ic (#), a.
Hypermyriorama
Hy`per*myr`i*o*ra"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. A show or exhibition having
a great number of scenes or views.
Hyperoartia
Hy`per*o*ar"ti*a (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of
marsipobranchs including the lampreys. The suckerlike moth contains
numerous teeth; the nasal opening is in the middle of the head above,
but it does not connect with the mouth. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey.
Hyperopia
Hy`per*o"pi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Hypermetropia. -- Hy`per*op"tic
(#), a.
Hyperorganic
Hy`per*or*gan"ic (?), a. [Pref. hyper- + organic.] Higher than, or
beyond the sphere of, the organic. Sir W. Hamilton.
Hyperorthodoxy
Hy`per*or"tho*dox`y (?), n. Orthodoxy pushed to excess.
Hyperotreta
Hy`per*o*tre"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of
marsipobranchs, including the Myxine or hagfish and the genus
Bdellostoma. They have barbels around the mouth, one tooth on the
plate, and a communication between tionnasal aperture and the throat.
See Hagfish. [Written also Hyperotreti.]
Hyperoxide
Hy`per*ox"ide (?), n. (Chem.) A compound having a relatively large
percentage of oxygen; a peroxide. [Obs.]
Hyperoxygenated, Hyperoxygenized
Hy`per*ox"y*gen*a`ted (?), Hy`per*ox"y*gen*ized (?), a. (Chem.)
Combined with a relatively large amount of oxygen; -- said of higher
oxides. [Obs.]
Hyperoxymuriate
Hy`per*ox`y*mu"ri*ate (?), n. (Chem.) A perchlorate. [Obs.]
Hyperoxymuriatic
Hy`per*ox`y*mu`ri*at"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Perchloric; as,
hyperoxymuriatic acid. [Obs.]
Hyperphysical
Hy`per*phys"ic*al (?), a. Above or transcending physical laws;
supernatural.
Those who do not fly to some hyperphysical hypothesis. Sir W.
Hamilton.
Hyperplasia
Hy`per*pla"si*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med. & Biol.) An increase in,
or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part.
NOTE: &hand; Hy perplasia relates to the formation of new elements,
hypertrophy being an increase in bulk of preexisting normal
elements.
Dunglison.
Hyperplastic
Hy`per*plas"tic (?), a.
1. Of or pertaining to hyperplasia.
2. (Biol.) Tending to excess of formative action.
Hypern\'d2a
Hy`per*n\'d2"a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Physiol.) Abnormal breathing,
due to slightly deficient arterialization of the blood; -- in
distinction from eupn\'d2a. See Eupn\'d2a, and Dispn\'d2a.
Hyperpyrexia
Hy`per*py*rex"i*a (?), n. [NL. See Hyper-, and Pyrexia.] (Med.) A
condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a
disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease.
Hypersecretion
Hy`per*se*cre"tion (?), n. (Med.) Morbid or excessive secretion, as in
catarrh.
Hypersensibility
Hy`per*sen`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. See Hyper\'91sthesia.
Hyperspace
Hy"per*space (?), n. [Pref. hyper- + space.] (Geom.) An imagined space
having more than three dimensions.
Hypersthene
Hy"per*sthene (?), n. [Gr. hyperst\'8ane.] (Min.) An orthorhombic
mineral of the pyroxene group, of a grayish or greenish black color,
often with a peculiar bronzelike luster (schiller) on the cleavage
surface.
Hypersthenic
Hy`per*sthen"ic (?), a. (Min.) Composed of, or containing,
hypersthene.
Hyperthetical
Hy`per*thet"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. Exaggerated; excessive; hyperbolical.
[Obs.]
Hyperthetical or superlative . . . expression. Chapman.
Hyperthyrion
Hy`per*thyr"i*on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Arch.) That part of the
architrave which is over a door or window.
Hypertrophic, Hypertrophical
Hy`per*troph"ic (?), Hy`per*troph"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F.
hypertrophique.] (Med. & Biol.) Of or pertaining to hypertrophy;
affected with, or tending to, hypertrophy.
Hypertrophied
Hy*per"tro*phied (?), a. (Med. & Biol.) Excessively developed;
characterized by hypertrophy.
Hypertrophy
Hy*per"tro*phy (?), n. [Gr. hypertrophie.] (Med. & Biol.) A condition
of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the
opposite of atrophy.
Hyph\'91
Hy"ph\'91 (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "yfh` a web.] (Bot.) The long,
branching filaments of which the mycelium (and the greater part of the
plant) of a fungus is formed. They are also found enveloping the
gonidia of lichens, making up a large part of their structure.
Hyphen
Hy"phen (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. Hypo-.] (Print.) A mark or short dash,
thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable
of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or
between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved,
clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of
words.
Hyphen
Hy"phen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hyphened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hyphening.]
To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts
of a word.
Hyphenated
Hy"phen*a`ted (?), a. United by hyphens; hyphened; as, a hyphenated or
hyphened word.
Hyphomycetes
Hy`pho*my*ce"tes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) One of the great
division of fungi, containing those species which have naked spores
borne on free or only fasciculate threads. M. J. Berkley.
Hypidiomorphic
Hy*pid`i*o*mor"phic (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + idiomorphic.] (Crystallog.)
Partly idiomorphic; -- said of rock a portion only of whose
constituents have a distinct crystalline form. --
Hy*pid`i*o*mor"phic*al*ly (#), adv.
Hypinosis
Hyp`i*no"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A diminution in the normal
amount of fibrin present in the blood.
Hypnagogic
Hyp`na*gog"ic (?), a. [Gr. Leading to sleep; -- applied to the
illusions of one who is half asleep.
Hypnobate
Hyp"no*bate (?), n. [F., fr. Gr. A somnambulist. [R.]
Hypnocyst
Hyp"no*cyst (?), n. [Gr. cyst.] (Biol.) A cyst in which some
unicellular organisms temporarily inclose themselves, from which they
emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food. In
some instances, a process of spore formation seems to occur within
such cysts.
Hypnogenic
Hyp`no*gen"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Physiol.) Relating to the production of
hypnotic sleep; as, the so-called hypnogenic pressure points, pressure
upon which is said to cause an attack of hypnotic sleep. De
Watteville.
Hypnologist
Hyp*nol"o*gist (?), n. One who is versed in hypnology.
Hypnology
Hyp*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] A treatise on sleep; the doctrine of
sleep.
Hypnosis
Hyp*no"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) Supervention of sleep.
Hypnotic
Hyp*not"ic (?), a. [Gr. somnus, and E. somnolent: cf. F. hypnotique.]
1. Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep;
soporific.
2. Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to
hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.
Hypnotic
Hyp*not"ic, n.
1. Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a
soporific; a narcotic.
2. A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to,
hypnotism.
Hypnotism
Hyp"no*tism (?), n. [Gr. hypnotisme.] A form of sleep or somnambulism
brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual
suspension of some powers, and an unusual activity of others. It is
induced by an action upon the nerves, through the medium of the
senses, as in persons of very feeble organization, by gazing steadly
at a very bright object held before the eyes, or by pressure upon
certain points of the surface of the body.
Hypnotization
Hyp`no*ti*za"tion (?), n. The act or process of producing hypnotism.
Hypnotize
Hyp"no*tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hypnotized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hypnotizing (?).] To induce hypnotism in; to place in a state of
hypnotism.
Hypnotizer
Hyp"no*ti`zer (?), n. One who hypnotizes.
Hypnum
Hyp"num (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) The largest genus of true mosses;
feather moss.
Hypo-
Hy"po- (?). [Gr. sub. See Sub-.]
1. A prefix signifying a less quantity, or a low state or degree, of
that denoted by the word with which it is joined, or position under or
beneath.
2. (Chem.) A prefix denoting that the element to the name of which it
is prefixed enters with a low valence, or in a low state of
oxidization, usually the lowest, into the compounds indicated; as,
hyposulphurous acid.
Hypo
Hy"po (?), n. Hypochondria. [Colloq.]
Hypo
Hy"po, n. [Abbrev. from hyposulphite.] (Photog.) Sodium hyposulphite,
or thiosulphate, a solution of which is used as a bath to wash out the
unchanged silver salts in a picture. [Colloq.]
Hypoarian
Hy`po*a"ri*an (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a hypoarion.
Hypoarion
Hy`po*a"ri*on (?), n.; pl. Hypoaria (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) An oval
lobe beneath each of the optic lobes in many fishes; one of the
inferior lobes. Owen.
Hypoblast
Hy"po*blast (?), n. [Pref. hypo- + -blast.] (Biol.) The inner or lower
layer of the blastoderm; -- called also endoderm, entoderm, and
sometimes hypoderm. See Illust. of Blastoderm, Delamination, and
Ectoderm.
Hypoblastic
Hy`po*blas"tic (?), a. (Biol.) Relating to, or connected with, the
hypoblast; as, the hypoic sac.
Hypobole
Hy*pob"o*le (?), n. [Gr. (Rhet.) A figure in which several things are
mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favor of the
opposite side, each of them being refuted in order.
Hypobranchial
Hy`po*bran"chi*al (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + branchial.] (Anat.)
Pertaining to the segment between the basibranchial and the
ceratobranchial in a branchial arch. -- n. A hypobranchial bone or
cartilage.
Hypocarp, Hypocarpium
Hy"po*carp (?), Hy`po*car"pi*um (?), n. [NL. hypocarpium, fr. Gr.
(Bot.) A fleshy enlargement of the receptacle, or for the stem, below
the proper fruit, as in the cashew. See Illust. of Cashew.
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Hypocarpogean
Hy`po*car`po*ge"an (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. (Bot.) Producing fruit
below the ground.
Hypocaust
Hyp"o*caust (?), n. [L. hypocaustum, Gr. hypocauste.] (Anc. Arch.) A
furnace, esp. one connected with a series of small chambers and flues
of tiles or other masonry through which the heat of a fire was
distributed to rooms above. This contrivance, first used in bath, was
afterwards adopted in private houses.
Hypochlorite
Hy`po*chlo"rite (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of hypochlorous acid; as, a
calcium hypochloride.
Hypochlorous
Hy`po*chlo"rous (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + chlorous.] (Chem.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, chlorine having a valence lower than in chlorous
compounds. Hypochlorous acid (Chem.), an acid derived from chlorine,
not known in a pure state, but forming various salts, called
hypochlorites.
Hypochondres
Hy`po*chon"dres (?), n. pl. [F. hypocondres, formerly spely
hypochondres.] The hypochondriac regions. See Hypochondrium.
Hypochondria
Hy`po*chon"dri*a (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) Hypochondriasis; melancholy; the
blues.<-- as of 1990, the preferred name for the condition in which a
person has a morbid concern about illnesses which he imagines are
affecting him -->
Hypochondriac
Hy`po*chon"dri*ac (?), a. [Gr. hypocondriaque, formerly spelt
hypochondriaque.]
1. Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions.
2. Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis.
Hypochondriac region (Anat.), a region on either side of the abdomen
beneath the cartilages of the false ribs, beside the epigastric, and
above the lumbar, region.
Hypochondriac
Hy`po*chon"dri*ac, n. A person affected with hypochondriasis.
He had become an incurable hypochondriac. Macaulay.
Hypochondriacal
Hy`po*chon"dri*a*cal (?), a. Same as Hypochondriac, 2. --
Hy`po*chon"dri*a*cal*ly, adv.
Hypochondriacism
Hy`po*chon"dri*a*cism (?), n. (Med.) Hypochondriasis. [R.]
Hypochondriasis
Hy`po*chon"dri*a*sis (?), n. [NL. So named because supposed to have
its seat in the hypochondriac regions. See Hypochondriac,
Hypochondrium, and cf. Hyp, 1st Hypo.] (Med.) A mental disorder in
which melancholy and gloomy views torment the affected person,
particularly concerning his own health.
Hypochondriasm
Hy`po*chon"dri*asm (?), n. (Med.) Hypochondriasis. [R.]
Hypochondrium
Hy`po*chon"dri*um (?), n.; pl. L. Hypochondria (#), E. Hypochondriums
(#). [L., fr. Gr. (Anat.) Either of the hypochondriac regions.
Hypochondry
Hy`po*chon"dry (?), n. Hypochondriasis.
Hypocist
Hyp"o*cist (?), n. [Gr. Cistus.] An astringent inspissated juice
obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from
the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub.
Hypocleidium
Hy`po*clei"di*um (?), n.; pl. L. Hypocleida (#), E. Hypocleidiums (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) A median process on the furculum, or
merrythought, of many birds, where it is connected with the sternum.
Hypocoristic
Hyp`o*co*ris"tic (?), a. [Gr. Endearing; diminutive; as, the
hypocoristic form of a name.
The hypocoristic or pet form of William. Dr. Murray.
Hypocrateriform
Hyp`o*cra*ter"i*form (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + -form.] (Bot.)
hypocraterimorphous; salver-shaped. Wood.
Hypocraterimorphous
Hyp`o*cra*ter`i*mor"phous (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. (Bot.)
Salver-shaped; having a slender tube, expanding suddenly above into a
bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the blossom of the phlox and
the lilac.
Hpocrisy
H*poc"ri*sy (?), n.; pl. Hypocrisies (#). [OE. hypocrisie, ypocrisie,
OF. hypocrisie, ypocrisie, F. hypocrisie, L. hypocrisis, fr. Gr.
Hypo-, and Critic.] The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to
be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a
dissimulation, or a concealment of one's real character, disposition,
or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or
religion; a simulation of goodness.
Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy. Rambler.
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue. La Rochefoucauld
(Trans. ).
Hypocrite
Hyp"o*crite (?), n. [F., fr. L. hypocrita, Gr. Hypocrisy.] One who
plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning
approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns
to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or
piety; one who simulates virtue or piety.
The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job viii. 13.
I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but prays from his heart. Shak.
Syn. -- Deceiver; pretender; cheat. See Dissembler.
Hypocritely
Hyp"o*crite*ly, adv. Hypocritically. [R.] Sylvester.
Hypocritic
Hyp`o*crit"ic (?), a. See Hypocritical. Swift.
Hypocritical
Hyp`o*crit"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. hypocritique.] Of or pertaining to a
hypocrite, or to hypocrisy; as, a hypocriticalperson; a hypocritical
look; a hypocritical action.
Hypocritical professions of friendship and of pacific intentions
were not spared. Macaulay.
-- Hyp`o*crit"ic*al*ly (#), adv.
Hypocrystalline
Hyp`o*crys"tal*line (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + crystalline.] (Crystallog.)
Partly crystalline; -- said of rock which consists of crystals
imbedded in a glassy ground mass.
Hypocycloid
Hy`po*cy"cloid (?), n. [Pref. hypo- + cycloid: cf. F.
hypocyclo\'8bde.] (Geom.) A curve traced by a point in the
circumference of a circle which rolls on the concave side in the fixed
circle. Cf. Epicycloid, and Trochoid.
Hypodactylum
Hyp`o*dac"ty*lum (?), n.; pl. -tyla (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The
under side of the toes.
Hypoderm
Hyp"o*derm (?), n. [Pref. hypo- + -derm.] (Biol.) Same as Hypoblast.
Hypoderma
Hyp`o*der"ma (?), n. [NL. See Hypo, and derma.]
1. (Bot.) A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and
performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal
tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma.
2. (Zo\'94l.) An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous
cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.
Hypodermatic
Hyp`o*der*mat"ic (?), a. Hypodermic. -- Hyp`o*der*mat"ic*al*ly (#),
adv.
Hypodermic
Hyp`o*der"mic (?), a. [See Hypoderma.] Of or pertaining to the parts
under the skin. Hypodermic medication, the application of remedies
under the epidermis, usually by means of a small syringe, called the
hypodermic syringe. -- Hyp`o*der"mic*al*ly (#), adv.
Hypodermis
Hyp`o*der"mis (?), n. [NL. See Hypo-, and Derma.]
1. (Biol.) Same as Hypoblast.
2. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Hypoderma, 2.
Hypodicrotic, Hypodicrotous
Hyp`o*di*crot"ic (?), Hyp`o*di"cro*tous (?), a. (Physiol.) Exhibiting
retarded dicrotism; as, a hypodicrotic pulse curve.
Hypog\'91ic
Hyp`o*g\'91"ic (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. gai^a, gh^, earth.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the peanut, or earthnut (Arachis
hypog\'91a). Hypog\'91ic acid (Chem.), an acid in the oil of the
earthnut, in which it exists as a glyceride, and from which it is
extracted as a white, crystalline substance.
Hypogastric
Hyp`o*gas"tric (?), a. [Cf. F. hypogastrique. See Hypogastrium.]
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium or the hypogastric
region. Hypogastric region. (a) The lower part of the abdomen. (b) An
arbitrary division of the abdomen below the umbilical and between the
two iliac regions.
Hypogastrium
Hyp`o*gas"tri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The lower part of the
abdomen.
Hypogean
Hyp`o*ge"an (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. (Bot.) Hypogeous. [Written also
hypog\'91an.]
Hypogene
Hyp"o*gene (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + the root of Gr. hypog\'8ane.]
(Geol.) Formed or crystallized at depths the earth's surface; -- said
of granite, gneiss, and other rocks, whose crystallization is believed
of have taken place beneath a great thickness of overlying rocks.
Opposed to epigene.
Hypogeous
Hyp`o*ge"ous (?), a. [See Hypogean.] (Bot.) Growing under ground;
remaining under ground; ripening its fruit under ground. [Written also
hypog\'91ous.]
Hypogeum
Hyp`o*ge"um (?), n.; pl. Hypogea (#). [L., fr. Gr. (Anc. Arch.) The
subterraneous portion of a building, as in amphitheaters, for the
service of the games; also, subterranean galleries, as the catacombs.
Hypoglossal
Hyp`o*glos"sal (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. (Anat.) Under the tongue; --
applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair
of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue. --
n. One of the hypoglossal nerves.
Hypognatous
Hy*pog"na*tous (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having the
maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as in the skimmer.
Hypogyn
Hyp"o*gyn (?), n. (Bot.) An hypogynous plant.
Hypogynous
Hy*pog"y*nous (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. hypogyne.] (Bot.) Inserted
below the pistil or pistils; -- said of sepals, petals, and stamens;
having the sepals, petals, and stamens inserted below the pistil; --
said of a flower or a plant. Gray.
Hypohyal
Hy`po*hy"al (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Greek letter (Anat.) Pertaining to
one or more small elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes, between the
caratohyal and urohyal. -- n. One of the hypohyal bones or cartilages.
Hyponastic
Hy`po*nas"tic (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. (Bot.) Exhibiting a downward
convexity caused by unequal growth. Cf. Epinastic.
Hyponasty
Hy`po*nas"ty (?), n. (Bot.) Downward convexity, or convexity of the
inferior surface.
Hyponitrite
Hy`po*ni"trite (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of hyponitrous acid.
Hyponitrous
Hy`po*ni"trous (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + nitrous.] (Chem.) Containing or
derived from nitrogen having a lower valence than in nitrous
compounds. Hyponitrous acid (Chem.), an unstable nitrogen acid, NOH,
whose salts are produced by reduction of the nitrates, although the
acid itself is not isolated in the free state except as a solution in
water; -- called also nitrosylic acid.
Hypopharynx
Hy`po*phar"ynx (?), n. [NL. See Hypo-, and Pharynx.] (Zo\'94l.) An
appendage or fold on the lower side of the pharynx, in certain
insects.
Hypophosphate
Hy`po*phos"phate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of hypophosphoric acid.
Hypophosphite
Hy`po*phos"phite (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of hypophosphorous acid.
Hypophosphoric
Hy`po*phos*phor"ic (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + phosphoric.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, or containing, phosphorus in a lower
state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphoric
acid. Hypophosphoric acid (Chem.), an acid, P2H4O6, produced by the
slow oxidation of moist phosphorus, and isolated only as a solution in
water. It is regarded as a condensation product of one molecule of
phosphoric acid with one of phosphorous acid, by partial dehydration.
Hypophosphorous
Hy`po*phos"phor*ous (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + phosphorous.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation
than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphorous acid.
Hypophosphorous acid (Chem.) , an acid, H3PO2, whose salts are
produced by the action of barium hygrate on phosphorus. It may be
obtained from its water solution, by exaporation and freezing, as a
white crystalline substance. It is a powerful reducing agent.
Hypophyllous
Hy*poph"yl*lous (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. (Bot.) Being or growing on
the under side of a leaf, as the fruit dots of ferns.
Hypophysial
Hy`po*phys"i*al (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hypophysis;
pituitary.
Hypophysis
Hy*poph"y*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
1. (Anat.) See Pituitary body, under Pituitary.
2. (Med.) Cataract.
Hypoplastron
Hy`po*plas"tron (?), n.; pl. Hypoplastra (#). [Pref. hypo- +
plastron.] (Anat.) The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles;
-- called also hyposternum.
Hypoptilum
Hy*pop"ti*lum (?), n.; pl. L. Hypoptila (#), E. Hypoptilums (#). [NL.,
fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An accessory plume arising from the posterior side
of the stem of the contour feathers of many birds; -- called also
aftershaft. See Illust. of Feather.
Hyporadius
Hy`po*ra"di*us (?), n.; pl. Hyporadii (#). [Pref. hypo- + radius.]
(Zo\'94l.) One of the barbs of the hypoptilum, or aftershaft of a
feather. See Feather.
Hyporhachis
Hy`po*rha"chis (?), n.; pl. Hyporhachides (#). [NL., fr. Gr.
(Zo\'94l.) The stem of an aftershaft or hypoptilum. [Written also
hyporachis.]
Hyposkeletal
Hy`po*skel"e*tal (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + skeletal.] (Anat.) Beneath the
endoskeleton; hypaxial; as, the hyposkeletal muscles; -- opposed to
episkeletal.
Hypospadias
Hy`po*spa"di*as (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A deformity of the penis,
in which the urethra opens upon its under surface.
Hypostasis
Hy*pos"ta*sis (?), n.; pl. Hypostases (#). [L., fr. Gr. Hypo-, and
Stand.]
1. That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a
concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or
thing.
2. (Theol.) Substance; subsistence; essence; person; personality; --
used by the early theologians to denote any one of the three
subdivisions of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
NOTE: &hand; Th e Co uncil of Al exandria (a .d. 36 2) de fined
hypostasis as synonymous with person.
Schaff-Herzog.
3. Principle; an element; -- used by the alchemists in speaking of
salt, sulphur, and mercury, which they considered as the three
principles of all material bodies.
4. (Med.) That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment.
Hypostasize
Hy*pos"ta*size (?), v. t. To make into a distinct substance; to
conceive or treat as an existing being; to hypostatize. [R.]
The pressed Newtonians . . . refused to hypostasize the law of
gravitation into an ether. Coleridge.
Hypostatic, Hypostatical
Hy`po*stat"ic (?), Hy`po*stat"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. hypostatique.]
1. Relating to hypostasis, or substance; hence, constitutive, or
elementary.
The grand doctrine of the chymists, touching their three
hypostatical principles. Boyle.
2. Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine
hypostases, or substances. Bp. Pearson.
3. (Med.) Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting; as,
hypostatic cognestion, cognestion due to setting of blood by
gravitation.
Hypostatic union (Theol.), the union of the divine with the human
nature of Christ. Tillotson.
Hypostatically
Hy`po*stat"ic*al*ly, adv. In a hypostatic manner.
Hypostatize
Hy*pos"ta*tize (?), v. t.
1. To make into, or regarded as, a separate and distinct substance.
Looked upon both species and genera as hypostatized universals.
Pop. Sci. Monthly.
2. To attribute actual or personal existence to. Sir W. Hamilton.
Hyposternum
Hy`po*ster"num (?), n.; pl. L. Hyposterna (#), E. Hyposternums (#).
[Pref. hypo- + sternum.] (Anat.) See Hypoplastron.
Hypostome, Hypostoma
Hy"po*stome (?), Hy*pos"to*ma (?), n. [NL. hypostoma, fr. Gr.
(Zo\'94l.) The lower lip of trilobites, crustaceans, etc.
Hypostrophe
Hy*pos"tro*phe (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) (a) The act of a patient
turning himself. (b) A relapse, or return of a disease.
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Hypostyle
Hy"po*style (?), a. [Gr. (Arch.) Resting upon columns; constructed by
means of columns; -- especially applied to the great hall at Karnak.
Hyposulphate
Hy`po*sul"phate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of hyposulphuric acid.
Hyposulphite
Hy`po*sul"phite (?), n. (Chem.) (a) A salt of what was formerly called
hyposulphurous acid; a thiosulphate. [Obs.] (b) A salt of
hyposulphurous acid proper.
Hyposulphuric
Hy`po*sul*phur"ic (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + sulphuric.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur in a lower state of oxidation
than in the sulphuric compounds; as, hyposulphuric acid. Hyposulphuric
acid, an acid, H2S2O6, obtained by the action of manganese dioxide on
sulphur dioxide, and known only in a watery solution and in its salts;
-- called also dithionic acid. See Dithionic.
Hyposulphurous
Hy`po*sul"phur*ous (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + sulphurous.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur, all, or a part, in a low state
of oxidation. Hyposulphurous acid. (a) Thiosulphuric acid. [Obs.] (b)
An acid, H2SO2, obtained by the reduction of sulphurous acid. It is
not obtained in the free state, but in an orange-yellow water
solution, which is a strong reducing and bleaching agent. Called also
hydrosulphurous acid.
Hypotarsus
Hy`po*tar"sus (?), n.; pl. Hypotarsi (#). [NL. See Hypo-, and Tarsus.]
(Anat.) A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many
birds; the calcaneal process. -- Hy`po*tar"sal (#), a.
Hypotenuse, Hypothenuse
Hy*pot"e*nuse (?), Hy*poth"e*nuse (?), n. [L. hypotenusa, Gr.
Subtend.] (Geom.) The side of a right-angled triangle that is opposite
to the right angle.
Hypothec
Hy*poth"ec (?), n. [F. hypoth\'8aque. See Hypotheca.] (Scot. Law) A
landlord's right, independently of stipulation, over the stocking
(cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for
payment of rent.
Hypotheca
Hy`po*the"ca (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. Hypothesis.] (Rom. Law) An
obligation by which property of a debtor was made over to his creditor
in security of his debt.
NOTE: &hand; It differed from pledge in regard to possession of the
property subject to the obligation; pledge requiring, simple
hypotheca not requiring, possession of it by the creditor. The
modern mortgage corresponds very closely with it.
Kent.
Hypothecate
Hy*poth"e*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hypothecated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Hypothecating (?).] [LL. hypothecatus, p.p. of hypothecare to
pledge, fr. L. hypotheca pledge, security. See Hypotheca.] (Law) To
subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without
delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without
delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal
property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry.
He had found the treasury empty and the pay of the navy in arrear.
He had no power to hypothecate any part of the public revenue.
Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word.
Macaulay.
Hypothecation
Hy*poth`e*ca"tion (?), n. [LL. hypothecatio.]
1. (Civ. Law) The act or contract by which property is hypothecated; a
right which a creditor has in or to the property of his debtor, in
virtue of which he may cause it to be sold and the price appropriated
in payment of his debt. This is a right in the thing, or jus in re.
Pothier. B. R. Curtis.
There are but few cases, if any, in our law, where an
hypothecation, in the strict sense of the Roman law, exists; that
is a pledge without possession by the pledgee. Story.
NOTE: &hand; In th e mo dern ci vil la w, th is co ntract ha s no
application to movable property, not even to ships, to which and
their cargoes it is most frequently applied in England and America.
See Hypothecate.
B. R. Curtis. Domat.
2. (Law of Shipping) A contract whereby, in consideration of money
advanced for the necessities of the ship, the vessel, freight, or
cargo is made liable for its repayment, provided the ship arrives in
safety. It is usually effected by a bottomry bond. See Bottomry.
NOTE: &hand; This term is often applied to mortgages of ships.
Hypothecator
Hy*poth"e*ca`tor (?), n. (Law) One who hypothecates or pledges
anything as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
Hypothenal, Hypothenar
Hy*poth"e*nal (?), Hy*poth"e*nar (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + thenar.]
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the prominent part of the palm of the hand
above the base of the little finger, or a corresponding part in the
forefoot of an animal; as, the hypothenar eminence.
Hypothenar
Hy*poth"e*nar (?), n. (Anat.) The hypothenar eminence.
Hypothenusal
Hy*poth`e*nu"sal (?), a. Of or pertaining to hypothenuse. [R.]
Hypothenuse
Hy*poth"e*nuse (?), n. Same as Hypotenuse.
Hypothesis
Hy*poth"e*sis (?), n.; pl. Hypotheses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. Hypo-,
Thesis.]
1. A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or
taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for
proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for
the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence;
as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer.
An hypothesis being a mere supposition, there are no other limits
to hypotheses than those of the human imagination. J. S. Mill.
2. (Natural Science) A tentative theory or supposition provisionally
adopted to explain certain facts, and to guide in the investigation of
others; hence, frequently called a working hypothesis. Syn. --
Supposition; assumption. See Theory.
Nebular hypothesis. See under Nebular.
Hypothetic, Hypothetical
Hy`po*thet"ic (?), Hy`po*thet"ic*al (?), a. [L. hypotheticus, Gr.
hypoth\'82tique.] Characterized by, or of the nature of, an
hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of
reasoning and deducing proof, or of accounting for some fact or
phenomenon.
Causes hypothetical at least, if not real, for the various
phenomena of the existence of which our experience informs us. Sir
W. Hamilton.
Hypothetical baptism (Ch. of Eng.), baptism administered to persons in
respect to whom it is doubtful whether they have or have not been
baptized before. Hook. -- Hy`po*thet"ic*al*ly, adv. South.
Hypothetist
Hy*poth"e*tist (?), n. One who proposes or supports an hypothesis.
[R.]
Hypotrachelium
Hy`po*tra*che"li*um (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Arch.) Same as Gorgerin.
Hypotricha
Hy*pot"ri*cha (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A division of
ciliated Infusoria in which the cilia cover only the under side of the
body.
Hypotrochoid
Hy`po*tro"choid (?), n. [Pref. hypo- + trochoid.] (Geom.) A curve,
traced by a point in the radius, or radius produced, of a circle which
rolls upon the concave side of a fixed circle. See Hypocycloid,
Epicycloid, and Trochoid.
Hypotyposis
Hy`po*ty*po"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) A vivid, picturesque
description of scenes or events.
Hypoxanthin
Hy`po*xan"thin (?), n. [Pref. hypo- + xanthin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A
crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related to xanthin and
uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body, but especially
in muscle tissue; -- called also sarcin, sarkin.
Hypozoic
Hy`po*zo"ic (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. (Geol.) Anterior in age to the
lowest rocks which contain organic remains. Lyell.
Hyppish
Hyp"pish (?), a. [From Hyp.] Affected with hypochondria; hypped.
[Written also hyppish.]
Hyppogriff
Hyp"po*griff (?), n. See Hyppogriff.
Hypsiloid
Hyp"si*loid (?), a. [From , the Greek letter called "upsilon" + -oid.]
(Anat.) Resembling the Greek letter in form; hyoid.
Hypsometer
Hyp*som"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for
measuring heights by observation of barometric pressure; esp., one for
determining heights by ascertaining the boiling point of water. It
consists of a vessel for water, with a lamp for heating it, and an
inclosed thermometer for showing the temperature of ebullition.
Hypsometric, Hypsometrical
Hyp`so*met"ric (?), Hyp`so*met"ric*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to
hypsometry.
Hypsometry
Hyp*som"e*try (?), n. That branch of the science of geodesy which has
to do with the measurement of heights, either absolutely with
reference to the sea level, or relatively.
Hypural
Hy*pu"ral (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. (Anat.) Under the tail; --
applied to the bones which support the caudal fin rays in most fishes.
Hyracoid
Hy"ra*coid (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Hyracoidea. --
n. One of the Hyracoidea.
Hyracoidea
Hyr`a*coi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Hyrax, and oid.] (Zo\'94l.) An
order of small hoofed mammals, comprising the single living genus
Hyrax.
Hyrax
Hy"rax (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Any animal of the genus Hyrax,
of which about four species are known. They constitute the order
Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman (H. Syriacus) of
Palestine, and the klipdas (H. capensis) of South Africa. Other
species are H. arboreus and H. Sylvestris, the former from Southern,
and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman.
Hyrcanian, Hyrcan
Hyr*ca"ni*an (?), Hyr"can (?), a. Of or pertaining to Hyrcania, an
ancient country or province of Asia, southeast of the Caspian (which
was also called the Hyracanian) Sea. "The Hyrcan tiger." "Hyracanian
deserts." Shak.
Hyrse
Hyrse (?), n. [G. hirse, OHG. hirsi.] (Bot.) Millet.
Hyrst
Hyrst (?), n. A wood. See Hurst.
Hyson
Hy"son (?), n. [Chin. hi-tshun, lit., first crop, or blooming spring.]
A fragrant kind of green tea. Hyson skin, the light and inferior
leaves separated from the hyson by a winnowing machine. M'Culloch.
Hyssop
Hys"sop (?), n. [OE. hysope, ysope, OF. ysope, F. hysope, hyssope, L.
hysopum, hyssopum, hyssopus, Gr. &emac;sov.] A plant (Hyssopus
officinalis). The leaves have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent
taste.
NOTE: &hand; The hyssop of Scripture is supposed to be a species of
caper (Capparis spinosa), but probably the name was used for
several different plants.
Hysteranthous
Hys`ter*an"thous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Having the leaves expand after
the flowers have opened. Henslow.
Hysteresis
Hys`te*re"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Physics) A lagging or retardation
of the effect, when the forces acting upon a body are changed, as if
from velocity or internal friction; a temporary resistance to change
from a condition previously invuced, observed in magnetism,
thermoelectricity, etc., on reversal of polarity.
Hysteria
Hys*te"ri*a (?), n. [NL.: cf. F. hyst\'82rie. See Hysteric.] (Med.) A
nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the
emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power
correspondingly diminished, so that the patient loses control over the
emotions, becomes the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls
into paroxism or fits.
NOTE: &hand; Th e ch ief symptoms are convulsive, tossing movements
of the limbs and head, uncontrollable crying and laughing, and a
choking sensation as if a ball were lodged in the throat. The
affection presents the most varied symptoms, often simulating those
of the gravest diseases, but generally curable by mental treatment
alone.
Hysteric, Hysterical
Hys*ter"ic (?), Hys*ter"ic*al (?), a. [L. hystericus, Gr. utter, out.]
Of or pertaining to hysteria; affected, or troubled, with hysterics;
convulsive, fitful.
With no hysteric weakness or feverish excitement, they preserved
their peace and patience. Bancroft.
Hysterics
Hys*ter"ics (?), n. pl. (Med.) Hysteria.
Hysteroepilepsy
Hys`ter*o*ep"i*lep`sy (?), n. [Hysteria + epilepsy.] (Med.) A disease
resembling hysteria in its nature, and characterized by the occurrence
of epileptiform convulsions, which can often be controlled or excited
by pressure on the ovaries, and upon other definite points in the
body. -- Hys`ter*o*ep`i*lep"tic (#), a.
Hysterogenic
Hys`ter*o*gen"ic (?), a. [Hysteria + root of Gr. (Physiol.) Producing
hysteria; as, the hysterogenicpressure points on the surface of the
body, pressure upon which is said both to produce and arrest an attack
of hysteria. De Watteville.
Hysterology
Hys`ter*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. hyst\'82rologie.] (Rhet.) A figure by
which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and
the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron.
Hysteron proteron
Hys"te*ron prot"e*ron (?). [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) (a) A figure in which
the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque
vivit, "he is well and lives." (b) An inversion of logical order, in
which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved
before the evidence.
Hysterophyte
Hys*ter"o*phyte (?), n. [Gr. (Bot.) A plant, like the fungus, which
lives on dead or living organic matter. -- Hys`ter*oph"y*tal (#), a.
Hysterotomy
Hys`ter*ot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. hyst\'82rotomie.] (Med.) The C\'91sarean
section. See under C\'91sarean.
Hystricine
Hys"tri*cine (?), a. [See Hystrix.] (Zo\'94l.) Like or pertaining to
the porcupines.
Hystricomorphous
Hys`tri*co*mor"phous (?), a. [Hystrix + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Like, or allied
to, the porcupines; -- said of a group (Hystricomorpha) of rodents.
Hystrix
Hys"trix (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of rodents, including the
porcupine.
Hythe
Hythe (?), n. A small haven. See Hithe. [Obs.]
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