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, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (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.
H () The seventh degree in the
diatonic scale, being used by the Germans for B natural. See B.
Ha (interj.) 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."
Haaf (n.) The deepsea
fishing for cod, ling, and tusk, off the Shetland Isles.
Haak (n.) A sea fish. See
Hake.
Haar (n.) A fog; esp., a
fog or mist with a chill wind.
Habeas corpus () 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.
Habendum (n.) 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.
Haberdash (v. i.) To deal
in small wares.
Haberdasher (n.) A dealer
in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread; also, a hatter.
Haberdasher (n.) A dealer
in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc.
Haberdashery (n.) The
goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also (Fig.), trifles.
Haberdine (n.) A cod
salted and dried.
Habergeon (n.) Properly, a
short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk.
Habilatory (a.) Of or
pertaining to clothing; wearing clothes.
Habile (a.) Fit;
qualified; also, apt.
Habiliment (n.) A garment;
an article of clothing.
Habiliment (n.) Dress, in
general.
Habilimented (a.) Clothed.
Taylor (1630).
Habilitate (a.) Qualified
or entitled.
Habilitate (v. t.) To fit
out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle.
Habilitation (n.)
Equipment; qualification.
Hability (n.) Ability;
aptitude.
Habit (n.) 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.
Habit (n.) The general
appearance and manner of life of a living organism.
Habit (n.) 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.
Habit (n.) Outward
appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a closely fitting garment or
dress worn by ladies; as, a riding habit.
Habited (imp. & p. p.) of
Habit
Habiting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Habit
Habit (n.) To inhabit.
Habit (n.) To dress; to
clothe; to array.
Habit (n.) To accustom; to
habituate. [Obs.] Chapman.
Habitability (n.)
Habitableness.
Habitable (a.) Capable of
being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in; as, the habitable world.
Habitakle (v.) A dwelling
place.
Habitan (n.) Same as
Habitant, 2.
Habitance (n.) Dwelling;
abode; residence.
Habiitancy (n.) Same as
Inhabitancy.
Habitant (v. t.) An
inhabitant; a dweller.
Habitant (v. t.) 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.
Habitat (v. t.) The
natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.
Habitat (v. t.) Place
where anything is commonly found.
Habitation (n.) The act of
inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
Habitation (n.) Place of
abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
Habitator (n.) A dweller;
an inhabitant.
Habited (p. p. & a.)
Clothed; arrayed; dressed; as, he was habited like a shepherd.
Habited (p. p. & a.) Fixed
by habit; accustomed.
Habited (p. p. & a.)
Inhabited.
Habitual (n.) Formed or
acquired by habit or use.
Habitual (n.) According to
habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as, the habiual practice of
sin.
Habituated (imp. & p. p.)
of Habituate
Habituating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Habituate
Habituate (v. t.) To make
accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
Habituate (v. t.) To
settle as an inhabitant.
Habituate (a.) Firmly
established by custom; formed by habit; habitual.
Habituation (n.) The act
of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.
Habitude (n.) Habitual
attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else;
established or usual relations.
Habitude (n.) Habitual
association, intercourse, or familiarity.
Habitude (n.) Habit of
body or of action.
Habitue (n.) One who
habitually frequents a place; as, an habitue of a theater.
Habiture (n.) Habitude.
Habitus (n.) Habitude;
mode of life; general appearance.
Hable (a.) See Habile.
Habnab (adv.) By chance.
Hachure (n.) A short line
used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different
surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.
Hacienda (n.) 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.
Hack (n.) 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.
Hack (n.) Unburned brick
or tile, stacked up for drying.
Hacked (imp. & p. p.) of
Hack
Hacking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hack
Hack (v. t.) To cut
irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated
strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.
Hack (v. t.) Fig.: To
mangle in speaking.
Hack (v. i.) To cough
faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.
Hack (n.) A notch; a cut.
Hack (n.) An implement for
cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
Hack (n.) A hacking; a
catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
Hack (n.) A kick on the
shins.
Hack (n.) 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.
Hack (n.) A coach or
carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each
other; a hackney coach.
Hack (n.) A bookmaker who
hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
Hack (n.) A procuress.
Hack (a.) Hackneyed;
hired; mercenary.
Hack (v. t.) To use as a
hack; to let out for hire.
Hack (v. t.) To use
frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
Hack (v. i.) To be exposed
or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
Hack (v. i.) To live the
life of a drudge or hack.
Hackamore (n.) A halter
consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or
tieing a pack animal.
Hackberry (n.) 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.
Hackbolt (n.) The greater
shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon.
Hackbuss (n.) Same as
Hagbut.
Hackee (n.) The chipmunk;
also, the chickaree or red squirrel.
Hacker (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 (n.) A cart with
wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks.
Hackle (n.) A comb for
dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.
Hackle (n.) Any flimsy
substance unspun, as raw silk.
Hackle (n.) 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.
Hackle (n.) An artificial
fly for angling, made of feathers.
Hackled (imp. & p. p.) of
Hackle
Hackling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hackle
Hackle (v. t.) To
separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it
through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
Hackle (v. t.) To tear
asunder; to break in pieces.
Hackly (a.) Rough or
broken, as if hacked.
Hackly (a.) Having fine,
short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic
iron.
Hackmen (pl. ) of Hackman
Hackman (n.) The driver of
a hack or carriage for public hire.
Hackmatack (n.) The
American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous
leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack.
Hackneys (pl. ) of Hackney
Hackney (n.) A horse for
riding or driving; a nag; a pony.
Hackney (n.) A horse or
pony kept for hire.
Hackney (n.) A carriage
kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
Hackney (n.) A hired
drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
Hackney (a.) Let out for
hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches;
hackney authors.
Hackneyed (imp. & p. p.)
of Hackney
Hackneying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hackney
Hackney (v. t.) 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.
Hackney (v. t.) To carry
in a hackney coach.
Hackneymen (pl. ) of
Hackneyman
Hackneyman (n.) A man who
lets horses and carriages for hire.
Hackster (n.) A bully; a
bravo; a ruffian; an assassin.
Hacqueton (n.) Same as
Acton.
Had (imp. & p. p.) See
Have.
Hadder (n.) Heather;
heath.
Haddie (n.) The haddock.
Haddock (n.) A marine food
fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), 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.
Hade (n.) The descent of a
hill.
Hade (n.) The inclination
or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein.
Hade (v. i.) To deviate
from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
Hades (n.) The nether
world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by
Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave.
Hadj (n.) The pilgrimage
to Mecca, performed by Mohammedans.
Hadji (n.) A Mohammedan
pilgrim to Mecca; -- used among Orientals as a respectful salutation or a title
of honor.
Hadji (n.) A Greek or
Armenian who has visited the holy sepulcher at Jerusalem.
Hadrosaurus (n.) An
American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. It is
found in the Cretaceous formation.
Haecceity () Literally, this-ness.
A scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this book.
Haema- () Alt. of Haemo-
Haemato- () Alt. of Haemo-
Haemo- () Combining forms
indicating relation or resemblance to blood, association with blood; as,
haemapod, haematogenesis, haemoscope.
Haemachrome (n.) Hematin.
Haemacyanin (n.) A
substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color.
Haemacytometer (n.) An
apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.
Haemad (adv.) Toward the
haemal side; on the haemal side of; -- opposed to neurad.
Haemadrometer (n.) Alt. of
Haemadremometer
Haemadremometer (n.) Same
as Hemadrometer.
Haemadrometry (n.) Alt. of
Haemadromometry
Haemadromometry (n.) Same
as Hemadrometry.
Haemadromograph (n.) An
instrument for registering the velocity of the blood.
Haemadynameter () Alt. of
Haemadynamometer
Haemadynamometer () Same as
Hemadynamometer.
Haemadynamics (n.) Same as
Hemadynamics.
Haemal (a.) Pertaining to
the blood or blood vessels; also, ventral. See Hemal.
Haemaphaein (n.) A
brownish substance sometimes found in the blood, in cases of jaundice.
Haemapod (n.) An
haemapodous animal.
Haemapodous (a.) Having
the limbs on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates;
-- opposed to neuropodous.
Haemapoietic (a.)
Bloodforming; as, the haemapoietic function of the spleen.
Haemapophysis (n.) Same as
Hemapophysis.
Haemastatics (n.) Same as
Hemastatics.
Haematachometer (n.) A
form of apparatus (somewhat different from the hemadrometer) for measuring the
velocity of the blood.
Haematachometry (n.) The
measurement of the velocity of the blood.
Haematemesis (n.) Same as
Hematemesis.
Haematic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the blood; sanguine; brownish red.
Haematin (n.) Same as
Hematin.
Haematinometer (n.) Same
as Hematinometer.
Haematinometric (a.) Same
as Hematinometric.
Haematite (n.) Same as
Hematite.
Haematitic (a.) Of a
blood-red color; crimson; (Bot.) brownish red.
Haemato- (prefix.) See
Haema-.
Haematoblast (n.) 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.
Haematocrya (n. pl.) The
cold-blooded vertebrates. Same as Hematocrya.
Haematocryal (a.)
Cold-blooded.
Haematocrystallin (n.)
Same as Hematocrystallin.
Haematodynamometer (n.)
Same as Hemadynamometer.
Haematogenesis (n.) The
origin and development of blood.
Haematogenesis (n.) The
transformation of venous arterial blood by respiration; hematosis.
Haematogenic (a.) Relating
to haematogenesis.
Haematogenous (a.)
Originating in the blood.
Haematoglobulin (n.) Same
as Hematoglobin.
Haematoid (a.) Same as
Hematoid.
Haematoidin (n.) Same as
Hematoidin.
Haematoin (n.) 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
haematoporphyrin and haematolin, are formed in a similar manner.
Haematolin (n.) See
Haematoin.
Haematology (n.) The
science which treats of the blood. Same as Hematology.
Haematometer (n.) Same as
Hemadynamometer.
Haematometer (n.) An
instrument for determining the number of blood corpuscles in a given quantity of
blood.
Haematophlina (n. pl.) A
division of Cheiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire.
Haematoplast (n.) Same as
Haematoblast.
Haematoplastic (a.) Blood
formative; -- applied to a substance in early fetal life, which breaks up
gradually into blood vessels.
Haematoporphyrin (n.) See
Haematoin.
Haematosac (n.) A vascular
sac connected, beneath the brain, in many fishes, with the infundibulum.
Haematoscope (n.) A
haemoscope.
Haematosin (n.) Hematin.
Haematosis (n.) Same as
Hematosis.
Haematotherma (n. pl.)
Same as Hematotherma.
Haematothermal (a.)
Warm-blooded; homoiothermal.
Haematothorax (n.) Same as
Hemothorax.
Haematexylin (n.) The
coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance,
C16H14O6, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also hematin.
Haematoxylon (n.) A genus
of leguminous plants containing but a single species, the H. Campechianum or
logwood tree, native in Yucatan.
Haematozoa (pl. ) of
Haematozoon
Haematozoon (n.) A
parasite inhabiting the blood
Haematozoon (n.) Certain
species of nematodes of the genus Filaria, sometimes found in the blood of man,
the horse, the dog, etc.
Haematozoon (n.) The
trematode, Bilharzia haematobia, which infests the inhabitants of Egypt and
other parts of Africa, often causing death.
Haemic (a.) Pertaining to
the blood; hemal.
Haemin (n.) Same as Hemin.
Haemo- (prefix.) See Haema-.
Haemochrome (n.) Same as
Haemachrome.
Haemochromogen (n.) A body
obtained from hemoglobin, by the action of reducing agents in the absence of
oxygen.
Haemochromometer (n.) An
apparatus for measuring the amount of hemoglobin in a fluid, by comparing it
with a solution of known strength and of normal color.
Haemocyanin (n.) Same as
Haemacyanin.
Haemocytolysis (n.) See
Haemocytotrypsis.
Haemocytometer (n.) See
Haemacytometer.
Haemocytotrypsis (n.) A
breaking up of the blood corpuscles, as by pressure, in distinction from
solution of the corpuscles, or haemcytolysis.
Haemodromograph (n.) Same
as Haemadromograph.
Haemodynameter (n.) Same
as Hemadynamics.
Haemoglobin (n.) Same as
Hemoglobin.
Haemoglobinometer (n.)
Same as Hemochromometer.
Haemolutein (n.) See
Hematoidin.
Haemomanometer (n.) Same
as Hemadynamometer.
Haemometer (n.) Same as
Hemadynamometer.
Haemony (n.) A plant
described by Milton as "of sovereign use against all enchantments."
Haemoplastic (a.) Same as
Haematoplastic.
Haemorrhoidal (a.) Same as
Hemorrhoidal.
Haemoscope (n.) An
instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a
layer of blood for spectroscopic examination.
Haemostatic (a.) Same as
Hemostatic.
Haemotachometer (n.) Same
as Haematachometer.
Haemotachometry (n.) Same
as Haematachometry.
Haf (imp.) Hove.
Haffle (v. i.) To stammer;
to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.
Haft (n.) 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.
Haft (n.) A dwelling.
Haft (v. t.) To set in, or
furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
Hafter (n.) A caviler; a
wrangler.
Hag (n.) A witch,
sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard.
Hag (n.) An ugly old
woman.
Hag (n.) A fury; a
she-monster.
Hag (n.) 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.
Hag (n.) The hagdon or
shearwater.
Hag (n.) An appearance of
light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
Hagged (imp. & p. p.) of
Hag
Hagging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hag
Hag (v. t.) To harass; to
weary with vexation.
Hag (n.) A small wood, or
part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which
has been felled.
Hag (n.) A quagmire; mossy
ground where peat or turf has been cut.
Hagberry (n.) A plant of
the genus Prunus (P. Padus); the bird cherry.
Hagborn (a.) Born of a hag
or witch.
Hagbut (n.) A harquebus,
of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim.
Hagbutter (n.) A soldier
armed with a hagbut or arquebus.
Hagdon (n.) 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.
Haggadoth (pl. ) of
Haggada
Haggada (n.) A story,
anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old
Testament.
Haggard (a.) Wild or
intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or
refractory hawk.
Haggard (a.) 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.
Haggard (a.) A young or
untrained hawk or falcon.
Haggard (a.) A fierce,
intractable creature.
Haggard (a.) A hag.
Haggard (n.) A stackyard.
Haggardly (adv.) In a
haggard manner.
Hagged (a.) Like a hag;
lean; ugly.
Haggis (n.) 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.
Haggish (a.) Like a hag;
ugly; wrinkled.
Haggishly (adv.) In the
manner of a hag.
Haggled (imp. & p. p.) of
Haggle
Haggling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Haggle
Haggle (v. t.) 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.
Haggle (v. i.) To be
difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.
Haggle (n.) The act or
process of haggling.
Haggler (n.) One who
haggles or is difficult in bargaining.
Haggler (n.) One who
forestalls a market; a middleman between producer and dealer in London vegetable
markets.
Hagiarchy (n.) A sacred
government; by holy orders of men.
Hagiocracy (n.) Government
by a priesthood; hierarchy.
Hagiographa (n. pl.) 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.
Hagiographa (n. pl.) The
lives of the saints.
Hagiographal () Pertaining to the
hagiographa, or to sacred writings.
Hagiographer (n.) One of
the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints.
Hagiography (n.) Same
Hagiographa.
Hagiolatry (n.) The
invocation or worship of saints.
Hagiologist (n.) One who
treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a
hagiographer.
Hagiology (n.) The history
or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the
lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints.
Hagioscope (n.) 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.
Hag-ridden (a.) Ridden by
a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmare.
Hagseed (n.) The offspring
of a hag.
Hagship (n.) The state or
title of a hag.
Hag-taper (n.) The great
woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).
Haguebut (n.) See Hagbut.
Hah (interj.) Same as Ha.
Ha-ha (n.) A sunk fence; a
fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it.
Haidingerite (n.) A
mineral consisting of the arseniate of lime; -- so named in honor of W.
Haidinger, of Vienna.
Haiduck (n.) Formerly, a
mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an
attendant in German or Hungarian courts.
Haik (n.) A large piece of
woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment.
Haikal (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 (n.) 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.
Halled (imp. & p. p.) of
Hail
Halting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hail
Hail (v. i.) To pour down
particles of ice, or frozen vapors.
Hail (v. t.) To pour
forcibly down, as hail.
Hail (a.) Healthy. See
Hale (the preferable spelling).
Hail (v. t.) To call
loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.
Hail (v. t.) To name; to
designate; to call.
Hail (v. i.) 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.
Hail (v. i.) To report as
one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from.
Hail (v. t.) An
exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar
greeting.
Hail (n.) A wish of
health; a salutation; a loud call.
Hail-fellow (n.) An
intimate companion.
Hailse (v. t.) To greet;
to salute.
Hailshot (n. pl.) Small
shot which scatter like hailstones.
Hailstone (n.) A single
particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.
Hailstorm (n.) A storm
accompanied with hail; a shower of hail.
Haily (a.) Of hail.
Han (v. t.) To inclose for
mowing; to set aside for grass.
Hain't () A contraction of have
not or has not; as, I hain't, he hain't, we hain't.
Hair (n.) 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.
Hair (n.) 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.
Hair (n.) Hair (human or
animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.
Hair (n.) 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.
Hair (n.) 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).
Hair (n.) A spring device
used in a hair-trigger firearm.
Hair (n.) A haircloth.
Hair (n.) Any very small
distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
Hairbell (n.) See
Harebell.
Hairbird (n.) The chipping
sparrow.
Hairbrained (a.) See
Harebrained.
Hairbreadth () Alt. of
Hair'sbreadth
Hair'sbreadth () The diameter or
breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the
forty-eighth part of an inch.
Hairbreadth (a.) Having
the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.
Hair-brown (a.) Of a clear
tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions
of red and green.
Hairbrush (n.) A brush for
cleansing and smoothing the hair.
Haircloth (n.) Stuff or
cloth made wholly or in part of hair.
Hairdresser (n.) One who
dresses or cuts hair; a barber.
Haired (a.) Having hair.
Haired (a.) In
composition: Having (such) hair; as, red-haired.
Hairen (a.) Hairy.
Hair grass () A grass with very
slender leaves or branches; as the Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira
or Deschampsia.
Hairiness (n.) The state
of abounding, or being covered, with hair.
Hairless (a.) Destitute of
hair.
Hairpin (n.) A pin,
usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by
women.
Hair-salt (n.) A variety
of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.
Hairsplitter (n.) One who
makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles.
Hairsplitting (a.) Making
excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle.
Hairsplitting (n.) The act
or practice of making trivial distinctions.
Hairspring (n.) The
slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.
Hairstreak (n.) A
butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T. rubi).
Hairtail (n.) 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 () A nematoid worm of
the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. See Gordius.
Hairy (a.) Bearing or
covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair;
rough with hair; hirsute.
Haitian (a. & n.) See
Haytian.
Haye (n.) 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 (n.) A drying shed,
as for unburned tile.
Hake (n.) 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 (v. t.) To loiter; to
sneak.
Hake's-dame (n.) See
Forkbeard.
Haketon (n.) Same as
Acton.
Hakim (n.) A wise man; a
physician, esp. a Mohammedan.
Hakim (n.) A Mohammedan
title for a ruler; a judge.
Halachoth (pl. ) of
Halacha
Halacha (n.) The general
term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition
in the Midrash. See Midrash.
Halation (n.) An
appearance as of a halo of light, surrounding the edges of dark objects in a
photographic picture.
Halberd (n.) 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.
Halberdier (n.) One who is
armed with a halberd.
Halberd-shaped (a.)
Hastate.
Halcyon (n.) 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.
Halcyon (a.) 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.
Halcyon (a.) Hence: Calm;
quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy.
Halcyonian (a.) Halcyon;
calm.
Halcyonold (a. & n.) See
Alcyonoid.
Hale (a.) Sound; entire;
healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.
Hale (n.) Welfare.
Haled (imp. & p. p.) of
Hale
Haling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hale
Hale (v. t.) To pull; to
drag; to haul.
Halesia (n.) 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 (a.) Consisting of a
moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.
Half (a.) Consisting of
some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or
less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.
Half (adv.) In an equal
part or degree; in some pa/ appro/mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as,
half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious.
Halves (pl. ) of Half
Half (a.) Part; side;
behalf.
Half (a.) 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.
Half (v. t.) To halve.
[Obs.] See Halve.
Half-and-half (n.) A
mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.
Halfbeak (n.) Any slender,
marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than
the lower; -- called also balahoo.
Half blood () 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.
Half blood (n.) A person
so related to another.
Half blood (n.) A person
whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed.
Half-blooded (a.)
Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one
parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep.
Half-blooded (a.)
Degenerate; mean.
Half-boot (n.) A boot with
a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker, and Congress boot, under
Congress.
Half-bound (n.) Having
only the back and corners in leather, as a book.
Half-bred (a.)
Half-blooded.
Half-bred (a.) Imperfectly
acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained.
Half-breed (a.)
Half-blooded.
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 (n.) A
brother by one parent, but not by both.
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 (a.)
Half-filled.
Halfcocked (imp. & p. p.)
of Halfcock
Halfcocking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Halfcock
Halfcock (v. t.) To set
the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.
Half-cracked (a.)
Half-demented; half-witted.
Half-deck (n.) A shell of
the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell.
Half-deck (n.) See Half
deck, under Deck.
Half-decked (a.) Partially
decked.
Halfen (a.) Wanting half
its due qualities.
Halfendeal (adv.) Half; by
the part.
Halfendeal (n.) A half
part.
Halfer (n.) One who
possesses or gives half only; one who shares.
Halfer (n.) A male fallow
deer gelded.
Half-faced (a.) Showing
only part of the face; wretched looking; meager.
Half-fish (n.) A salmon in
its fifth year of growth.
Half-hatched (a.)
Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs.
Half-heard (a.)
Imperfectly or partly heard to the end.
Half-hearted (a.) Wanting
in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind.
Half-hearted (a.) Lacking
zeal or courage; lukewarm.
Half-hourly (a.) Done or
happening at intervals of half an hour.
Half-learned (a.)
Imperfectly learned.
Half-length (a.) Of half
the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
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 (n.) The moon at
the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.
Half-moon (n.) The shape
of a half-moon; a crescent.
Half-moon (n.) An outwork
composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a
half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.
Half-moon (n.) A marine,
sparoid, food fish of California (Caesiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate,
blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna.
Halfness (n.) The quality
of being half; incompleteness.
Halfpace (n.) A platform
of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of
the lower flight. See Quarterpace.
Half-pike (n.) A short
pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding
ships; a spontoon.
Half-port (n.) One half of
a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.
Half-ray (n.) 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 (a.) Informed by
insufficient reading; superficial; shallow.
Half seas over () Half drunk.
Half-sighted (a.) Seeing
imperfectly; having weak discernment.
Half-sister (n.) A sister
by one parent only.
Half-strained (a.)
Half-bred; imperfect.
Half-sword (n.) Half the
length of a sword; close fight.
Half-timbered (a.)
Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; -- said
of buildings.
Half-tounue (n.) A jury,
for the trial of a foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.
Halfway (adv.) In the
middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded.
Halfway (a.) Equally
distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway.
Half-wit (n.) A foolish; a
dolt; a blockhead; a dunce.
Half-witted (a.) Weak in
intellect; silly.
Half-yearly (a.) Two in a
year; semiannual. -- adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.
Halibut (n.) A large,
northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidae.
It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an
important food fish.
Halichondriae (n. pl.) An
order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; --
called also Keratosilicoidea.
Halicore (n.) Same as
Dugong.
Halidom (n.) Holiness;
sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; -- used chiefly in oaths.
Halidom (n.) Holy doom;
the Last Day.
Halieutics (n.) A treatise
upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology.
Halmas (a.) The feast of
All Saints; Hallowmas.
Haliographer (n.) One who
writes about or describes the sea.
Haliography (n.)
Description of the sea; the science that treats of the sea.
Haliotis (n.) A genus of
marine shells; the ear-shells. See Abalone.
Haliotoid (a.) Like or
pertaining to the genus Haliotis; ear-shaped.
Halisauria (n. pl.) The
Enaliosauria.
Halite (n.) Native salt;
sodium chloride.
Halituous (a.) Produced
by, or like, breath; vaporous.
Halk (n.) A nook; a
corner.
Hall (n.) A building or
room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as,
Westminster Hall, in London.
Hall (n.) 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.
Hall (n.) A vestibule,
entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times.
Hall (n.) Any corridor or
passage in a building.
Hall (n.) A name given to
many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his
mansion; a chief mansion house.
Hall (n.) A college in an
English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).
Hall (n.) The apartment in
which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as,
hall is at six o'clock.
Hall (n.) Cleared
passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation.
Hallage (n.) A fee or toll
paid for goods sold in a hall.
Halleluiah (n. & interj.)
Alt. of Hallelujah
Hallelujah (n. & interj.)
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.
Hallelujatic (a.)
Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs.
Halliard (n.) See Halyard.
Hallidome (n.) Same as
Halidom.
Hallier (n.) A kind of net
for catching birds.
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 () See Halloo.
Halloo (n.) A loud
exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a
shout.
Hallooed (imp. & p. p.) of
Halloo
Halloing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Halloo
Halloo (v. i.) To cry out;
to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo.
Halloo (v. t.) To
encourage with shouts.
Halloo (v. t.) To chase
with shouts or outcries.
Halloo (v. t.) To call or
shout to; to hail.
Halloo (n.) An exclamation
to call attention or to encourage one.
Hallowed (imp. & p. p.) of
Hallow
Hallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hallow
Hallow (v. t.) To make
holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as
sacred; to reverence.
Halloween (n.) The evening
preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day.
Hallowmas (n.) The feast
of All Saints, or Allhallows.
Halloysite (n.) A claylike
mineral, occurring in soft, smooth, amorphous masses, of a whitish color.
Hallucal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the hallux.
Hallucinate (v. i.) To
wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mental processes.
Hallucination (n.) The act
of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder.
Hallucination (n.) 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.
Hallucinator (n.) One
whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account
of his hallucinations.
Hallucinatory (a.)
Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.
Hallux (n.) 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 (n.) Same as Haulm.
Halma (n.) The long jump,
with weights in the hands, -- the most important of the exercises of the
Pentathlon.
Halos (pl. ) of Halo
Halo (n.) 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.
Halo (n.) 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.
Halo (n.) An ideal glory
investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object.
Halo (n.) A colored circle
around a nipple; an areola.
Haloed (imp. & p. p.) of
Halo
Haloing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Halo
Halo (v. t. & i.) To form,
or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo.
Haloed (a.) Surrounded
with a halo; invested with an ideal glory; glorified.
Halogen (n.) 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 (a.) Of the
nature of a halogen.
Haloid (a.) 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.
Haloid (n.) A haloid
substance.
Halomancy (n.) See
Alomancy.
Halometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the forms and angles of salts and crystals; a
goniometer.
Halones (n. pl.)
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 (n.) A plant
found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea.
Haloscope (n.) An
instrument for exhibition or illustration of the phenomena of halos, parhelia,
and the like.
Halotrichite (n.) An iron
alum occurring in silky fibrous aggregates of a yellowish white color.
Haloxyline (n.) An
explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of
potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder.
Halp (imp.) Helped.
Halpace (n.) See Haut pas.
Hals (n.) The neck or
throat.
Halse (v. t.) To embrace
about the neck; to salute; to greet.
Halse (v. t.) To adjure;
to beseech; to entreat.
Halsed (imp. & p. p.) of
Halse
Halsing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Halse
Halse (v. t.) To haul; to
hoist.
Halsening (a.) Sounding
harshly in the throat; inharmonious; rough.
Halser (n.) See Hawser.
Halt () 3d pers. sing. pres. of
Hold, contraction for holdeth.
Halt (n.) A stop in
marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.
Halted (imp. & p. p.) of
Halt
Halting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Halt
Halt (v. i.) 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.
Halt (v. i.) To stand in
doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.
Halt (v. t.) To cause to
cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.
Halt (a.) Halting or
stopping in walking; lame.
Halt (n.) The act of
limping; lameness.
Halt (a.) To walk lamely;
to limp.
Halt (a.) To have an
irregular rhythm; to be defective.
Halter (n.) One who halts
or limps; a cripple.
Halter (n.) A strong strap
or cord.
Halter (n.) A rope or
strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse.
Halter (n.) A rope for
hanging malefactors; a noose.
Haltered (imp. & p. p.) of
Halter
Haltering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Halter
Halter (v. t.) To tie by
the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a
hangman's halter.
Halteres (n. pl.)
Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.
Halter-sack (n.) A term of
reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged.
Haltingly (adv.) In a
halting or limping manner.
Halvans (n. pl.) Impure
ore; dirty ore.
Halve (n.) A half.
Halved (imp. & p. p.) of
Halve
Halving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Halve
Halve (v. t.) To divide
into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to be or form half of.
Halve (v. t.) To join, as
two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining
place, and fitting together.
Halved (a.) Appearing as
if one side, or one half, were cut away; dimidiate.
Halves (n.) pl. of Half.
Halwe (n.) A saint.
Hal'yard (v. t.) A rope or
tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc.
Halysites (n.) A genus of
Silurian fossil corals; the chain corals. See Chain coral, under Chain.
Ham (n.) Home.
Ham (n.) The region back
of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
Ham (n.) The thigh of any
animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking.
Hamadryads (pl. ) of
Hamadryad
Hamadryades (pl. ) of
Hamadryad
Hamadryad (n.) A tree
nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which
had been her abode.
Hamadryad (n.) A large
venomous East Indian snake (Orhiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.
Hamadryas (n.) The sacred
baboon of Egypt (Cynocephalus Hamadryas).
Hamamelis (n.) A genus of
plants which includes the witch-hazel (Hamamelis Virginica), a preparation of
which is used medicinally.
Hamate (a.) Hooked; bent
at the end into a hook; hamous.
Hamated (a.) Hooked, or
set with hooks; hamate.
Hamatum (n.) See Unciform.
Hamble (v. t.) To
hamstring.
Hamburg (n.) A commercial
city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe.
Hame (n.) Home.
Hame (n.) 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 (v. t.) Same as
Hamele.
Hamesecken (n.) Alt. of
Hamesucken
Hamesucken (n.) The
felonious seeking and invasion of a person in his dwelling house.
Hamiform (n.) Hook-shaped.
Hamilton period () 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 (n.) A large
edible river fish (Erythrinus macrodon) of Guiana.
Hamite (n.) A fossil
cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last
whorl bent into a hooklike form.
Hamite (n.) A descendant
of Ham, Noah's second son. See Gen. x. 6-20.
Haitic (a.) Pertaining to
Ham or his descendants.
Hamlet (n.) A small
village; a little cluster of houses in the country.
Hamleted (p. a.) Confined
to a hamlet.
Hammer (n.) An instrument
for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually
of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.
Hammer (n.) Something
which in firm or action resembles the common hammer
Hammer (n.) That part of a
clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour.
Hammer (n.) The padded
mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones.
Hammer (n.) The malleus.
Hammer (n.) 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.
Hammer (n.) Also, a person
of thing that smites or shatters; as, St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.
Hammered (imp. & p. p.) of
Hammer
Hammering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hammer
Hammer (v. t.) To beat
with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron.
Hammer (v. t.) To form or
forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
Hammer (v. t.) To form in
the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; -- usually with out.
Hammer (v. i.) To be busy
forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer.
Hammer (v. i.) To strike
repeated blows, literally or figuratively.
Hammerable (a.) Capable of
being formed or shaped by a hammer.
Hammer-beam (n.) 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 (n.) The cloth
which covers a coach box.
Hammer-dressed (a.) Having
the surface roughly shaped or faced with the stonecutter's hammer; -- said of
building stone.
Hammerer (n.) One who
works with a hammer.
Hammer-harden (v. t.) To
harden, as a metal, by hammering it in the cold state.
Hammerhead (n.) A shark of
the genus Sphyrna or Zygaena, having the eyes set on projections from the sides
of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zygaena is found in the
North Atlantic. Called also hammer fish, and balance fish.
Hammerhead (n.) A
fresh-water fish; the stone-roller.
Hammerhead (n.) An African
fruit bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus); -- so called from its large blunt nozzle.
Hammerkop (n.) A bird of
the Heron family; the umber.
Hammer-less (a.) 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.
Hammermen (pl. ) of
Hammerman
Hammerman (n.) A hammerer;
a forgeman.
Hammochrysos (n.) A stone
with spangles of gold color in it.
Hammock (n.) A swinging
couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended
by clews or cords at the ends.
Hammock (n.) A piece of
land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also
adjectively; as, hammock land.
Hamose () Alt. of Hamous
Hamous () Having the end hooked
or curved.
Hamper (n.) 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.
Hampered (imp. & p. p.) of
Hamper
Hampering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hamper
Hamper (v. t.) To put in a
hamper.
Hamper (v. t.) To put a
hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in
motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber.
Hamper (n.) A shackle; a
fetter; anything which impedes.
Hamper (n.) Articles
ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
Hamshackle (v. t.) 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 (n.) 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.
Hamstring (n.) 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.
Hamstrung (imp. & p. p.)
of Hamstring
Hamstringing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hamstring
Hamstring (v. t.) To lame
or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to
cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
Hamular (a.) Hooked;
hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of the sphenoid bone.
Hamulate (a.) Furnished
with a small hook; hook-shaped.
Hamule (n.) A little hook.
Hamulose (a.) Bearing a
small hook at the end.
Hamuli (pl. ) of Hamulus
Hamulus (n.) A hook, or
hooklike process.
Hamulus (n.) A hooked
barbicel of a feather.
Han (inf. & plural pres.)
To have; have.
Hanap (n.) A rich goblet,
esp. one used on state occasions.
Hanaper (n.) A kind of
basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of
articles; a hamper.
Hance (v. t.) To raise; to
elevate.
Hance () Alt. of Hanch
Hanch () See Hanse.
Hanch () A sudden fall or break,
as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway.
Hand (n.) 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.
Hand (n.) That which
resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand
Hand (n.) A limb of
certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a
monkey.
Hand (n.) An index or
pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock.
Hand (n.) A measure equal
to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the
height of horses.
Hand (n.) Side; part;
direction, either right or left.
Hand (n.) Power of
performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
Hand (n.) Actual
performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
Hand (n.) 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.
Hand (n.) Handwriting;
style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature.
Hand (n.) Personal
possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the
plural.
Hand (n.) 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.
Hand (n.) Rate; price.
Hand (n.) That which is,
or may be, held in a hand at once
Hand (n.) The quota of
cards received from the dealer.
Hand (n.) A bundle of
tobacco leaves tied together.
Hand (n.) The small part
of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
Hand staves (pl. ) of Hand
Handed (imp. & p. p.) of
Hand
Handing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hand
Hand (v. t.) To give,
pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter.
Hand (v. t.) To lead,
guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage.
Hand (v. t.) To manage;
as, I hand my oar.
Hand (v. t.) To seize; to
lay hands on.
Hand (v. t.) To pledge by
the hand; to handfast.
Hand (v. t.) To furl; --
said of a sail.
Hand (v. i.) To cooperate.
Handbarrow (n.) A frame or
barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand.
Handbill (n.) A loose,
printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
Handbill (n.) A pruning
hook.
Handbook (n.) A book of
reference, to be carried in the hand; a manual; a guidebook.
Handbreadth (n.) A space
equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm.
Handcart (n.) A cart drawn
or pushed by hand.
Handcloth (n.) A
handkerchief.
Handcraft (n.) Same as
Handicraft.
-men (pl. ) of
Handcraftsman
Handcraftsman (n.) A
handicraftsman.
Handcuff (n.) 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.
Handcuffed (imp. & p. p.)
of Handcuff
Handcuffing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Handcuff
Handcuff (v. t.) To apply
handcuffs to; to manacle.
Handed (a.) With hands
joined; hand in hand.
Handed (a.) Having a
peculiar or characteristic hand.
Hander (n.) One who hands
over or transmits; a conveyer in succession.
Handfast (n.) Hold; grasp;
custody; power of confining or keeping.
Handfast (n.) Contract;
specifically, espousal.
Handfast (a.) Fast by
contract; betrothed by joining hands.
Handfasted (imp. & p. p.)
of Handfast
Handfasting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Handfast
Handfast (v. t.) To
pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before
the celebration of marriage.
Handfast (n.) Strong;
steadfast.
Handfastly (adv.) In a
handfast or publicly pledged manner.
Handfish (n.) The
frogfish.
Hand flus (pl. ) of
Handful
Handful (n.) As much as
the hand will grasp or contain.
Handful (n.) A hand's
breadth; four inches.
Handful (n.) A small
quantity.
Hand-hole (n.) A small
hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc.
Handicap (n.) 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.
Handicap (n.) 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.
Handicap (n.) An old game
at cards.
Handicapped (imp. & p. p.)
of Handicap
Handicapping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Handicap
Handicap (v. t.) To
encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at
disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped.
Handicapper (n.) One who
determines the conditions of a handicap.
Handicraft (n.) A trade
requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
Handicraft (n.) A man who
earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.
-men (pl. ) of Handi-craftsman
Handi-craftsman (n.) A man
skilled or employed in handcraft.
Handily (adv.) In a handy
manner; skillfully; conveniently.
Handiness (n.) The quality
or state of being handy.
Handiron (n.) See Andrion.
Handiwork (n.) Work done
by the hands; hence, any work done personally.
Handkercher (n.) A
handkerchief.
Handkerchief (n.) A piece
of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face
or hands.
Handkerchief (n.) A piece
of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief; a
neckcloth.
Handled (imp. & p. p.) of
Handle
Handling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Handle
Handle (v. t.) To touch;
to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
Handle (v. t.) To manage
in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.
Handle (v. t.) To accustom
to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
Handle (v. t.) 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.
Handle (v. t.) To deal
with; to make a business of.
Handle (v. t.) To treat;
to use, well or ill.
Handle (v. t.) To manage;
to control; to practice skill upon.
Handle (v. t.) To use or
manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an
objection.
Handle (v. i.) To use the
hands.
Handle (n.) 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.
Handle (n.) That of which
use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.
Handleable (a.) Capable of
being handled.
Handless (a.) Without a
hand.
Handling (n.) A touching,
controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the
hands. See Handle, v. t.
Handling (v. t.) The mode
of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch.
Handmade (a.) Manufactured
by hand; as, handmade shoes.
Handmaid (n.) Alt. of
Handmaiden
Handmaiden (n.) A maid
that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
Handsaw (n.) A saw used
with one hand.
Handsel (n.) 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.
Handsel (n.) Price;
payment.
Handseled (imp. & p. p.)
of Handsel
Handseled () of Handsel
Handseling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Handsel
Handselling () of Handsel
Handsel (n.) To give a
handsel to.
Handsel (n.) To use or do
for the first time, esp. so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try
experimentally.
Handsome (superl.)
Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.
Handsome (superl.)
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 handsome man or woman; a handsome
garment, house, tree, horse.
Handsome (superl.)
Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming;
appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.
Handsome (superl.)
Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
Handsome (superl.) Ample;
moderately large.
Hadsome (v. t.) To render
handsome.
Handsomely (adv.) In a
handsome manner.
Handsomely (adv.)
Carefully; in shipshape style.
Handsomeness (n.) The
quality of being handsome.
Handspike (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 (n.) A
somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
Hand-tight (a.) As tight
as can be made by the hand.
Handwheel (n.) 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 (a.) Having
wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; --
said of bats. See Cheiroptera.
Handwriting (n.) The cast
or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person; chirography.
Handwriting (n.) That
which is written by hand; manuscript.
Handy (superl.) Performed
by the hand.
Handy (superl.) Skillful
in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adroit.
Handy (superl.) 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.
Handy (superl.) Easily
managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel.
Handyy-dandy (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.
Handyfight (n.) A fight
with the hands; boxing.
Handygripe (n.) Seizure
by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting.
Handystroke (n.) A blow
with the hand.
Hand-work (n.) See
Handiwork.
Hanged (imp. & p. p.) of
Hang
Hung () of Hang
Hanging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hang
Hang (v. i.) 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.
Hang (v. i.) 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.
Hang (v. i.) 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.
Hang (v. i.) To put to
death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a
murderer.
Hang (v. i.) 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.
Hang (v. i.) To paste, as
paper hangings, on the walls of a room.
Hang (v. i.) To hold or
bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop;
as, he hung his head in shame.
Hang (v. i.) To be
suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to
dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.
Hang (v. i.) To be
fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion on the point or points of
suspension.
Hang (v. i.) To die or be
put to death by suspension from the neck.
Hang (v. i.) To hold for
support; to depend; to cling; -- usually with on or upon; as, this question
hangs on a single point.
Hang (v. i.) To be, or be
like, a suspended weight.
Hang (v. i.) To hover; to
impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually with over; as, evils hang over the
country.
Hang (v. i.) To lean or
incline; to incline downward.
Hang (v. i.) To slope
down; as, hanging grounds.
Hang (v. i.) To be
undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed.
Hang (n.) The manner in
which one part or thing hangs upon, or is connected with, another; as, the hang
of a scythe.
Hang (n.) Connection;
arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse.
Hang (n.) A sharp or steep
declivity or slope.
Hangbird (n.) The
Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called because its nest is suspended
from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole.
Hang-bies (pl. ) of
Hang-by
Hang-by (n.) A dependent;
a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt.
Hangdog (n.) A base,
degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
Hangdog (a.) Low;
sneaking; ashamed.
Hanger (n.) One who hangs,
or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
Hanger (n.) That by which
a thing is suspended.
Hanger (n.) A strap hung
to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
Hanger (n.) A part that
suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.
Hanger (n.) A bridle iron.
Hanger (n.) That which
hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th
century, a short, curved sword.
Hanger (n.) A steep,
wooded declivity.
Hangers-on (pl. ) of
Hanger-on
Hanger-on (n.) 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.
Hanging (a.) Requiring,
deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
Hanging (a.) Suspended
from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
Hanging (a.) Adapted for
sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which
holds the hinges.
Hanging (n.) The act of
suspending anything; the state of being suspended.
Hanging (n.) Death by
suspension; execution by a halter.
Hanging (n.) 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.
Hangmen (pl. ) of Hangman
Hangman (n.) 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.
Hangmanship (n.) The
office or character of a hangman.
Hangnail (n.) A small
piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail.
Hangnest (n.) A nest that
hangs like a bag or pocket.
Hangnest (n.) A bird which
builds such a nest; a hangbird.
Hank (n.) A parcel
consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.
Hank (n.) A rope or withe
for fastening a gate.
Hank (n.) Hold; influence.
Hank (n.) A ring or eye of
rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.
Hank (v. t.) To fasten
with a rope, as a gate.
Hank (v. t.) To form into
hanks.
Hankered (imp. & p. p.) of
Hanker
Hankering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hanker
Hanker (v. i.) 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.
Hanker (v. i.) To linger
in expectation or with desire.
Hankeringly (adv.) In a
hankering manner.
Hankey-pankey (n.)
Professional cant; the chatter of conjurers to divert attention from their
tricks; hence, jugglery.
Hanoverian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Hanover or its people, or to the House of Hanover in England.
Hanoverian (n.) A native
or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one of the House of Hanover.
Han sa (n.) See 2d Hanse.
Hansard (n.) An official
report of proceedings in the British Parliament; -- so called from the name of
the publishers.
Hansard (n.) A merchant of
one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d Hanse.
Hanse (n.) That part of an
elliptical or many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately
adjoins the impost.
Hanse (n.) An association;
a league or confederacy.
Hanseatic (a.) Pertaining
to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy.
Hansel (n. & v.) See
Handsel.
Hanselines (n.) A sort of
breeches.
Hansom () Alt. of Hansom cab
Hansom cab () A light, low,
two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind, the reins
being passed over the top.
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 (n.) See
Hoonoomaun.
Hap (v. t.) To clothe; to
wrap.
Hap (n.) A cloak or plaid.
Hap (n.) That which
happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or
taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot.
Hap (v. i.) To happen; to
befall; to chance.
Hap'penny (n.) A
half-penny.
Haphazard (n.) Extra
hazard; chance; accident; random.
Hapless (a.) Without hap
or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless
maid.
Haplessly (adv.) In a
hapless, unlucky manner.
Haplomi (n. pl.) An order
of freshwater fishes, including the true pikes, cyprinodonts, and blindfishes.
Haplostemonous (a.) Having
but one series of stamens, and that equal in number to the proper number of
petals; isostemonous.
Haply (adv.) By hap,
chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be.
Happed (p. a.) Wrapped;
covered; cloaked.
Happened (imp. & p. p.) of
Happen
Happening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Happen
Happen (v. i.) To come by
chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.
Happen (v. i.) To take
place; to occur.
Happily (adv.) By chance;
peradventure; haply.
Happily (adv.) By good
fortune; fortunately; luckily.
Happily (adv.) In a happy
manner or state; in happy circumstances; as, he lived happily with his wife.
Happily (adv.) With
address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to success; with
success.
Happiness (n.) Good luck;
good fortune; prosperity.
Happiness (n.) 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.
Happiness (n.) Fortuitous
elegance; unstudied grace; -- used especially of language.
Happy (superl.) 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.
Happy (superl.)
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 (superl.) Dexterous;
ready; apt; felicitous.
Hapuku (n.) A large and
valuable food fish (Polyprion prognathus) of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs
one hundred pounds or more.
Haquebut (n.) See Hagbut.
Hara-kiri (n.) 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.
Harangue (n.) 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.
Harangued (imp. & p. p.)
of Harangue
Haranguing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Harangue
Harangue (v. i.) To make
an harangue; to declaim.
Harangue (v. t.) To
address by an harangue.
Harangueful (a.) Full of
harangue.
Haranguer (n.) One who
harangues, or is fond of haranguing; a declaimer.
Harassed (imp. & p. p.) of
Harass
Harassing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Harass
Harass (v. t.) 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.
Harass (n.) Devastation;
waste.
Harass (n.) Worry;
harassment.
Harasser (n.) One who
harasses.
Harassment (n.) The act of
harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety.
Harberous (a.) Harborous.
Harbinger (n.) One who
provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who
formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings.
Harbinger (n.) A
forerunner; a precursor; a messenger.
Harbingered (imp. & p. p.)
of Harbinger
Harbingering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Harbinger
Harbinger (v. t.) To usher
in; to be a harbinger of.
Harbor (n.) A station for
rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.
Harbor (n.) Specif.: A
lodging place; an inn.
Harbor (n.) The mansion of
a heavenly body.
Harbor (n.) 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.
Harbor (n.) A mixing box
materials.
Harbored (imp. & p. p.) of
Harbor
Harboring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Harbor
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).
Harbor (v. i.) To lodge,
or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor.
Harborage (n.) Shelter;
entertainment.
Harborer (n.) One who, or
that which, harbors.
Harborless (a.) Without a
harbor; shelterless.
Harbor master () An officer
charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a
harbor.
Harborough () Alt. of Harbrough
Harbrough () A shelter.
Harborous (a.) Hospitable.
Hard (superl.) 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.
Hard (superl.) Difficult,
mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard
problem.
Hard (superl.) Difficult
to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard
task; a disease hard to cure.
Hard (superl.) Difficult
to resist or control; powerful.
Hard (superl.) 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.
Hard (superl.) Difficult
to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling;
cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.
Hard (superl.) Not easy or
agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style.
Hard (superl.) Rough;
acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider.
Hard (superl.) 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.
Hard (superl.) Wanting
softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone.
Hard (superl.) Rigid in
the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of
composition.
Hard (superl.) Having
disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade.
Hard (adv.) With pressure;
with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.
Hard (adv.) With
difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard.
Hard (adv.) Uneasily;
vexatiously; slowly.
Hard (adv.) So as to raise
difficulties.
Hard (adv.) 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.
Hard (adv.) Close or near.
Hard (v. t.) To harden; to
make hard.
Hard (n.) A ford or
passage across a river or swamp.
Hardbake (n.) A sweetmeat
of boiled brown sugar or molasses made with almonds, and flavored with orange or
lemon juice, etc.
Hardbeam (n.) A tree of
the genus Carpinus, of compact, horny texture; hornbeam.
Hardened (imp. & p. p.) of
Harden
Hardening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Harden
Harden (v. t.) To make
hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or
iron.
Harden (v. t.) 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 (v. i.) To become
hard or harder; to acquire solidity, or more compactness; as, mortar hardens by
drying.
Harden (v. i.) To become
confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or a bad sense.
Hardened (a.) Made hard,
or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in
error or vice.
Hardener (n.) One who, or
that which, hardens; specif., one who tempers tools.
Hardening (n.) Making hard
or harder.
Hardening (n.) That which
hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.
Harder (n.) A South
African mullet, salted for food.
Harderian (a.) 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 (a.)
Hard-featured; ill-looking; as, Vulcan was hard-favored.
Hardfavoredness (n.)
Coarseness of features.
Hard-featured (a.) Having
coarse, unattractive or stern features.
Hardfern (n.) A species of
fern (Lomaria borealis), growing in Europe and Northwestern America.
Hard-fisted (a.) Having
hard or strong hands; as, a hard-fisted laborer.
Hard-fisted (a.)
Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.
Hard-fought (a. Vigorously)
contested; as, a hard-fought battle.
Hard grass () A name given to
several different grasses, especially to the Roltbollia incurvata, and to the
species of Aegilops, from one of which it is contended that wheat has been
derived.
Hardhack (n.) A very
astringent shrub (Spiraea tomentosa), common in pastures. The Potentilla
fruticosa in also called by this name.
Hard-handed (a.) Having
hard hands, as a manual laborer.
Hardhead (n.) Clash or
collision of heads in contest.
Hardhead (n.) The
menhaden. See Menhaden.
Hardhead (n.) Block's
gurnard (Trigla gurnardus) of Europe.
Hardhead (n.) A California
salmon; the steelhead.
Hardhead (n.) The gray
whale.
Hardhead (n.) A coarse
American commercial sponge (Spongia dura).
Hard-headed (a.) Having
sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd.
Hard-hearted (a.)
Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless.
Harddihead (n.) Hardihood.
Harddihood (n.) Boldness,
united with firmness and constancy of mind; bravery; intrepidity; also,
audaciousness; impudence.
Hardily (adv.) Same as
Hardly.
Hardily (adv.) Boldly;
stoutly; resolutely.
Hardiment (n.) Hardihood;
boldness; courage; energetic action.
Hardiness (n.) Capability
of endurance.
Hardiness (n.) Hardihood;
boldness; firmness; assurance.
Hardiness (n.) Hardship;
fatigue.
Hardish (a.) Somewhat
hard.
Hard-labored (a.) Wrought
with severe labor; elaborate; studied.
Hardly (adv.) In a hard or
difficult manner; with difficulty.
Hardly (adv.) Unwillingly;
grudgingly.
Hardly (adv.) Scarcely;
barely; not guite; not wholly.
Hardly (adv.) Severely;
harshly; roughly.
Hardly (adv.) Confidently;
hardily.
Hardly (adv.) Certainly;
surely; indeed.
Hard-mouthed (a.) Not
sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as, a hard-mouthed horse.
Hardness (n.) The quality
or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.
Hardness (n.) 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.
Hardness (n.) 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.
Hardock (n.) See Hordock.
Hardpan (n.) The hard
substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a.
Hards (n. pl.) The refuse
or coarse part of fiax; tow.
Hard-shell (a.)
Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.
Hardship (n.) That which
is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc.
Hardspun (a.) Firmly
twisted in spinning.
Hard-tack (n.) A name
given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread.
Hardtail (n.) See Jurel.
Hard-visaged (a.) Of a
harsh or stern countenance; hard-featured.
Hardware (n.) Ware made of
metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery.
Hardwaremen (pl. ) of
Hardwareman
Hardwareman (n.) One who
makes, or deals in, hardware.
Hardy (a.) Bold; brave;
stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.
Hardy (a.) Confident; full
of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.
Hardy (a.) Strong; firm;
compact.
Hardy (a.) Inured to
fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy
mariner.
Hardy (a.) Able to
withstand the cold of winter.
Hardy (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 (v. t.) To excite; to
tease, or worry; to harry.
Hare (n.) 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.
Hare (n.) A small
constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus.
Harebell (n.) A small,
slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped
flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers; -- called also
bluebell.
Hare'brained' (a.) Wild;
giddy; volatile; heedless.
Harefoot (n.) A long,
narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward; -- said of dogs.
Harefoot (n.) A tree
(Ochroma Laqopus) of the West Indies, having the stamens united somewhat in the
form of a hare's foot.
Hare-hearted (a.)
Timorous; timid; easily frightened.
Harehound (n.) See
Harrier.
Hareld (n.) The
long-tailed duck.
Harelip (n.) A lip,
commonly the upper one, having a fissure of perpendicular division like that of
a hare.
Harem (n.) The apartments
or portion of the house allotted to females in Mohammedan families.
Harem (n.) The family of
wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio.
Harengiform (a.)
Herring-shaped.
Hare's-ear (n.) An
umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium ); -- so named from the shape of
its leaves.
Hare's-foot fern () A species of
fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; -- whence the
name.
Hare's-tail (n.) A kind of
grass (Eriophorum vaginatum). See Cotton grass, under Cotton.
Harfang (n.) The snowy
owl.
Hariali grass () The East Indian
name of the Cynodon Dactylon; dog's-grass.
Haricot (n.) A ragout or
stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.
Haricot (n.) 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 (n.) See Harrier.
Harikari (n.) See
Hara-kiri.
Harioiation (n.)
Prognostication; soothsaying.
Harish (a.) Like a hare.
Hark (v. i.) To listen; to
hearken.
Harken (v. t. & i.) To
hearken.
Harl (n.) A filamentous
substance; especially, the filaments of flax or hemp.
Harl (n.) A barb, or
barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, -- used in dressing
artificial flies.
Harle (n.) The
red-breasted merganser.
Harlech group () A minor
subdivision at the base of the Cambrian system in Wales.
Harlequin (n.) 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.
Harlequin (n. i.) To play
the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
Harlequin (v. t.) Toremove
or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick.
Harlequinade (n.) A play
or part of play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin.
Harlock (n.) Probably a
corruption either of charlock or hardock.
Harlot (n.) A churl; a
common man; a person, male or female, of low birth.
Harlot (n.) A person given
to low conduct; a rogue; a cheat; a rascal.
Harlot (n.) A woman who
prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman; a strumpet.
Harlot (a.) Wanton; lewd;
low; base.
Harlot (v. i.) To play the
harlot; to practice lewdness.
Harlotize (v. i.) To
harlot.
Harlotry (n.) Ribaldry;
buffoonery; a ribald story.
Harlotry (n.) The trade or
practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness.
Harlotry (n.) Anything
meretricious; as, harlotry in art.
Harlotry (n.) A harlot; a
strumpet; a baggage.
Harm (n.) Injury; hurt;
damage; detriment; misfortune.
Harm (n.) That which
causes injury, damage, or loss.
Harmed (imp. & p. p.) of
Harm
Harming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Harm
Harm (n.) To hurt; to
injure; to damage; to wrong.
Harmaline (n.) An alkaloid
found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts.
Harmattan (n.) 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 (n.) A kind of rue
(Ruta sylvestris) growing in India. At Lahore the seeds are used medicinally and
for fumigation.
Harmful (a.) Full of harm;
injurious; hurtful; mischievous.
Harmine (n.) An alkaloid
accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by
oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance.
Harmless (a.) Free from
harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless.
Harmless (a.) Free from
power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive.
Harmonic (a.) Alt. of
Harmonical
Harmonical (a.)
Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds.
Harmonical (a.) 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.
Harmonical (a.) 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 (n.) A musical
note produced by a number of vibrations which is a multiple of the number
producing some other; an overtone. See Harmonics.
Harmonica (n.) A musical
instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching
the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones.
Harmonica (n.) A toy
instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with
hammers.
Har monically (adv.) In an
harmonical manner; harmoniously.
Har monically (adv.) In
respect to harmony, as distinguished from melody; as, a passage harmonically
correct.
Har monically (adv.) In
harmonical progression.
Harmonicon (n.) A small,
flat, wind instrument of music, in which the notes are produced by the vibration
of free metallic reeds.
Harmonics (n.) The
doctrine or science of musical sounds.
Harmonics (n.) 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 (a.) Adapted to
each other; having parts proportioned to each other; symmetrical.
Harmonious (a.) Acting
together to a common end; agreeing in action or feeling; living in peace and
friendship; as, an harmonious family.
Harmonious (a.) Vocally or
musically concordant; agreeably consonant; symphonious.
Harmoniphon (n.) 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 (n.) One who
shows the agreement or harmony of corresponding passages of different authors,
as of the four evangelists.
Harmonist (n.) One who
understands the principles of harmony or is skillful in applying them in
composition; a musical composer.
Harmonist (n.) Alt. of
Harmonite
Harmonite (n.) One of a
religious sect, founded in Wurtemburg 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 (n.) 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 (n.) The act
of harmonizing.
Harmonized (imp. & p. p.)
of Harmonize
Harmonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Harmonize
Harmonize (v. i.) To agree
in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as,
the parts of a mechanism harmonize.
Harmonize (v. i.) To be in
peace and friendship, as individuals, families, or public organizations.
Harmonize (v. i.) To agree
in vocal or musical effect; to form a concord; as, the tones harmonize
perfectly.
Harmonize (v. t.) To
adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree; to show the agreement of; to
reconcile the apparent contradiction of.
Harmonize (v. t.) To
accompany with harmony; to provide with parts, as an air, or melody.
Harmonizer (n.) One who
harmonizes.
Harmonometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds. It is often a
monochord furnished with movable bridges.
Harmonies (pl. ) of
Harmony
Harmony (n.) 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.
Harmony (n.) Concord or
agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence;
peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.
Harmony (n.) 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.
Harmony (n.) A succession
of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation.
Harmony (n.) The science
which treats of their construction and progression.
Harmony (n.) See Harmonic
suture, under Harmonic.
Harmost (n.) A governor or
prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities subjugated by them.
Harmotome (n.) A hydrous
silicate of alumina and baryta, occurring usually in white cruciform crystals;
cross-stone.
Harness (n.) Originally,
the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence,
in general, armor.
Harness (n.) The equipment
of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear;
tackling.
Harness (n.) 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.
Harnessed (imp. & p. p.)
of Harness
Harnessing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Harness
Harness (v. t.) To dress
in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array.
Harness (v. t.) Fig.: To
equip or furnish for defense.
Harness (v. t.) To make
ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively.
Harness cask () A tub lashed to a
vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also
harness tub.
Harnesser (n.) One who
harnesses.
Harns (n. pl.) The brains.
Harp (n.) A musical
instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes
with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers.
Harp (n.) A constellation;
Lyra, or the Lyre.
Harp (n.) A grain sieve.
Harped (imp. & p. p.) of
Harp
Harping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Harp
Harp (n.) To play on the
harp.
Harp (n.) 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.
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.
Harpa (n.) A genus of
marine univalve shells; the harp shells; -- so called from the form of the
shells, and their ornamental ribs.
Harpagon (n.) A grappling
iron.
Harper (n.) A player on
the harp; a minstrel.
Harper (n.) A brass coin
bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland.
Harping (a.) Pertaining to
the harp; as, harping symphonies.
Harping iron () A harpoon.
Harpings (n. pl.) The fore
parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the
stem.
Harpist (n.) A player on
the harp; a harper.
Harpoon (n.) 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.
Harpooned (imp. & p. p.)
of Harpoon
Harpooning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Harpoon
Harpoon (v. t.) To strike,
catch, or kill with a harpoon.
Harpooneer (n.) An
harpooner.
Harpooner (n.) One who
throws the harpoon.
Harpress (n.) A female
harper.
Harpsichon (n.) A
harpsichord.
Harpsichord (n.) 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.
Harpies (pl. ) of Harpy
Harpy (n.) 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.
Harpy (n.) One who is
rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
Harpy (n.) The European
moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
Harpy (n.) A large and
powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). It
ranges from Texas to Brazil.
Harquebus (n.) Alt. of
Harquebuse
Harquebuse (n.) 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 (v. t.) To harass;
to plunder from.
Harre (n.) A hinge.
Harridan (n.) A worn-out
strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.
Harrier (n.) One of a
small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares.
Harrier (n.) One who
harries.
Harrier (n.) 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 aerunginosus),
and the hen harrier (C. cyaneus).
Harrow (n.) 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.
Harrow (n.) An obstacle
formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
Harrowed (imp. & p. p.) of
Harrow
Harrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Harrow
Harrow (n.) To draw a
harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or
for covering seed; as, to harrow land.
Harrow (n.) To break or
tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.
Harrow (interj.) Help!
Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor;-the ancient Norman hue
and cry.
Harrow (v. t.) To pillage;
to harry; to oppress.
Harrower (n.) One who
harrows.
Harrower (n.) One who
harries.
Harried (imp. & p. p.) of
Harry
Harrying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Harry
Harry (v. t.) To strip; to
lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land.
Harry (v. t.) To agitate;
to worry; to harrow; to harass.
Harry (v. i.) To make a
predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste.
Harsh (a.) Rough;
disagreeable; grating
Harsh (a.) disagreeable to
the touch.
Harsh (a.) disagreeable to
the taste.
Harsh (a.) disagreeable to
the ear.
Harsh (a.) Unpleasant and
repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive;
severe; rough.
Harsh (a.) Having violent
contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony.
Harshly (adv.) In a harsh
manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.
Harshness (n.) The quality
or state of being harsh.
Harslet (n.) See Haslet.
Hart (n.) A stag; the male
of the red deer. See the Note under Buck.
Hartbeest (n.) 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.
Harten (v. t.) To hearten;
to encourage; to incite.
Hartford (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 () Melilot or sweet
clover. See Melilot.
Hart's-ear (n.) An Asiatic
species of Cacalia (C. Kleinia), used medicinally in India.
Hartshorn (n.) The horn or
antler of the hart, or male red deer.
Hartshorn (n.) Spirits of
hartshorn (see below); volatile salts.
Hart-tongue (n.) A common
British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America.
Hart-tongue (n.) A West
Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linnaeus. It is also found in
Florida.
Hartwort (n.) A coarse
umbelliferous plant of Europe (Tordylium maximum).
Harum-scarum (v. t.) Wild;
giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless.
Haruspication (n.) See
Haruspicy.
Haruspice (n.) A diviner
of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspice.
Haruspicy (n.) The art or
practices of haruspices. See Aruspicy.
Harvest (n.) 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.
Harvest (n.) That which is
reaped or ready to be reaped or gath//ed; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize,
etc.), or fruit.
Harvest (n.) The product
or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.
Harvested (imp. & p. p.)
of Harvest
Harvesting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Harvest
Harvest (v. t.) To reap or
gather, as any crop.
Harvester (n.) One who
harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper.
Harvester (n.) A
harvesting ant.
Harvest-home (n.) The
gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of harvest.
Harvest-home (n.) The song
sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself.
Harvest-home (n.) A
service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of England and in the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.
Harvest-home (n.) The
opportunity of gathering treasure.
Harvesting () a. & n., from
Harvest, v. t.
Harvestless (a.) Without
harvest; lacking in crops; barren.
Harvestmen (pl. ) of
Harvestman
Harvestman (n.) A man
engaged in harvesting.
Harvestman (n.) See Daddy
longlegs, 1.
Harvestry (n.) The act of
harvesting; also, that which is harvested.
Hary (v. t.) To draw; to
drag; to carry off by violence.
Has () 3d pers. sing. pres. of
Have.
Hasard (n.) Hazard.
Hase (v. t.) See Haze, v.
t.
Hash (n.) That which is
hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables, especially such as have been already
cooked, chopped into small pieces and mixed.
Hash (n.) A new mixture of
old matter; a second preparation or exhibition.
Hashed (imp. & p. p.) of
Hash
Hashing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hash
Hash (n.) To /hop into
small pieces; to mince and mix; as, to hash meat.
Hasheesh (n.) Alt. of
Hashish
Hashish (n.) 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 (n.) A basket made of
rushes or flags, as for carrying fish.
Haslet (n.) The edible
viscera, as the heart, liver, etc., of a beast, esp. of a hog.
Hasp (n.) 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.
Hasp (n.) A spindle to
wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
Hasp (n.) An instrument
for cutting the surface of grass land; a scarifier.
Hasped (imp. & p. p.) of
Hasp
Hasping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hasp
Hasp (v. t.) To shut or
fasten with a hasp.
Hassock (n.) A rank tuft
of bog grass; a tussock.
Hassock (n.) A small
stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use.
Hast () 2d pers. sing. pres. of.
Have, contr. of havest.
Hastate (n.) Alt. of
Hastated
Hastated (n.) Shaped like
the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as,
a hastate leaf.
Haste (n.) Celerity of
motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary
beings, as men and other animals.
Haste (n.) The state of
being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling
or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
Hasted (imp. & p. p.) of
Haste
Hasting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Haste
Haste (n.) To hasten; to
hurry.
Hastened (imp. & p. p.) of
Hasten
Hastening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hasten
Hasten (v. t.) To press;
to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement
of; to expedite; to hurry.
Hasten (v. i.) To move
celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly.
Hastener (n.) One who
hastens.
Hastener (n.) That which
hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the
fire to meat while roasting before it.
Hastif (a.) Hasty.
Hastile (a.) Same as
Hastate.
Hastily (adv.) In haste;
with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.
Hastily (adv.) Without due
reflection; precipitately; rashly.
Hastily (adv.)
Passionately; impatiently.
Hastiness (n.) The quality
or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.
Hastings (v.) Early fruit
or vegetables; especially, early pease.
Hastings sands () The lower group
of the Wealden formation; -- so called from its development around Hastings, in
Sussex, England.
Hastive (n.) Forward;
early; -- said of fruits.
Hasty (n.) Involving
haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.
Hasty (n.) Demanding haste
or immediate action.
Hasty (n.) Moving or
acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation;
precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.
Hasty (n.) Made or reached
without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference,
conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
Hasty (n.) Proceeding
from, or indicating, a quick temper.
Hasty (n.) Forward; early;
first ripe.
Hasty pudding () A thick batter
pudding made of Indian meal stirred into boiling water; mush.
Hasty pudding () A batter or
pudding made of flour or oatmeal, stirred into boiling water or milk.
Hat (a.) Hot.
Hat () sing. pres. of Hote to be
called. Cf.
Hat (n.) 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.
Hatable (a.) Capable of
being, or deserving to be, hated; odious; detestable.
Hatband (n.) A band round
the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of black cloth, crape, etc., worn as a
badge of mourning.
Hatbox (n.) A box for a
hat.
Hatched (imp. & p. p.) of
Hatch
Hatching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hatch
Hatch (v. t.) To cross
with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching.
Hatch (v. t.) To cross; to
spot; to stain; to steep.
Hatch (v. t.) 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.
Hatch (v. t.) 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.
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 (n.) The act of
hatching.
Hatch (n.) Development;
disclosure; discovery.
Hatch (n.) The chickens
produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
Hatch (n.) A door with an
opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge.
Hatch (n.) A frame or weir
in a river, for catching fish.
Hatch (n.) A flood gate; a
a sluice gate.
Hatch (n.) A bedstead.
Hatch (n.) 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.
Hatch (n.) An opening
into, or in search of, a mine.
Hatch (v. t.) To close
with a hatch or hatches.
Hatch-boat (n.) A vessel
whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; -- used mostly in the
fisheries.
Hatchel (n.) 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.
Hatcheled (imp. & p. p.)
of Hatchel
Hatchelled () of Hatchel
Hatcheling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hatchel
Hatchelling () of Hatchel
Hatchel (n.) 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.
Hatchel (n.) To tease; to
worry; to torment.
Hatcheler (n.) One who
uses a hatchel.
Hatcher (n.) One who
hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator.
Hatcher (n.) One who
contrives or originates; a plotter.
Hatchery (n.) A house for
hatching fish, etc.
Hatchet (n.) A small ax
with a short handle, to be used with one hand.
Hatchet (n.) Specifically,
a tomahawk.
Hatchettine (n.) Alt. of
Hatchettite
Hatchettite (n.) Mineral
t/ low; a waxy or spermaceti-like substance, commonly of a greenish yellow
color.
Hatching (n.) 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 (n.) 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.
Hatchment (n.) A sword or
other mark of the profession of arms; in general, a mark of dignity.
Hatchure (n.) Same as
Hachure.
Hatchway (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.
Hated (imp. & p. p.) of
Hate
Hating (p. pr. & pr. & vb. n.)
of Hate
Hate (n.) 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.
Hate (n.) 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.
Hate (n.) To love less,
relatively.
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.
Hateful (a.) Manifesting
hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent.
Hateful (a.) Exciting or
deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious.
Hatel (a.) Hateful;
detestable.
Hater (n.) One who hates.
Hath (3d pers. sing. pres.)
Has.
Hatless (a.) Having no
hat.
Hatrack (n.) A hatstand;
hattree.
Hatred (n.) Strong
aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something
regarded as evil.
Hatstand (n.) A stand of
wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc.
Hatte () pres. & imp. sing. & pl.
of Hote, to be called. See Hote.
Hatted (a.) Covered with a
hat.
Hatter (v. t.) To tire or
worry; -- out.
Hatter (n.) One who makes
or sells hats.
Hatteria (n.) 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 (n.) The business
of making hats; also, stuff for hats.
Hatti-sherif (n.) A
irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.
Hattree (n.) A hatstand.
Haubergeon (n.) See
Habergeon.
Hauberk (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.
Hauerite (n.) Native
sulphide of manganese a reddish brown or brownish black mineral.
Haugh (n.) A low-lying
meadow by the side of a river.
Haught (a.) High;
elevated; hence, haughty; proud.
Haughtily (adv.) In a
haughty manner; arrogantly.
Haughtiness (n.) The
quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.
Haughty (superl.) High;
lofty; bold.
Haughty (superl.)
Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.
Haughty (superl.)
Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.
Hauled (imp. & p. p.) of
Haul
Hauling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Haul
Haul (v. t.) To pull or
draw with force; to drag.
Haul (v. t.) To transport
by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill.
Haul (v. i.) To change the
direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t.
Haul (v. t.) To pull
apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
Haul (n.) A pulling with
force; a violent pull.
Haul (n.) A single draught
of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.
Haul (n.) That which is
caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net.
Haul (n.) Transportation
by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a
railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul.
Haul (n.) A bundle of
about four hundred threads, to be tarred.
Haulage (n.) Act of
hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling.
Hauler (n.) One who hauls.
Haulm (n.) The denuded
stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.;
straw.
Haulm (n.) A part of a
harness; a hame.
Hauls (n.) See Hals.
Haulse (v.) See Halse.
Hault (a.) Lofty; haughty.
Haum (n.) See Haulm,
stalk.
Haunce (v. t.) To enhance.
Haunch (n.) The hip; the
projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind
part.
Haunch (n.) Of meats: The
leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of venison.
Haunched (a.) Having
haunches.
Haunted (imp. & p. p.) of
Haunt
Haunting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Haunt
Haunt (v. t.) To frequent;
to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude
upon.
Haunt (v. t.) To inhabit
or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition.
Haunt (v. t.) To practice;
to devote one's self to.
Haunt (v. t.) To accustom;
to habituate.
Haunt (v. i.) To persist
in staying or visiting.
Haunt (n.) A place to
which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a
den is the haunt of wild beasts.
Haunt (n.) The habit of
resorting to a place.
Haunt (n.) Practice;
skill.
Haunted (a.) Inhabited by,
or subject to the visits of, apparitions; frequented by a ghost.
Haunter (n.) One who, or
that which, haunts.
Haurient (a.) In pale,
with the head in chief; -- said of the figure of a fish, as if rising for air.
Hausen (n.) A large
sturgeon (Acipenser huso) from the region of the Black Sea. It is sometimes
twelve feet long.
Hausse (n.) A kind of
graduated breech sight for a small arm, or a cannon.
Haustellata (n. pl.) An
artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis.
Haustellate (a.) Provided
with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis.
Haustellate (n.) One of
the Haustellata.
Haustella (pl. ) of
Haustellum
Haustellum (n.) The
sucking proboscis of various insects. See Lepidoptera, and Diptera.
Haustoria (pl. ) of
Haustorium
Haustorium (n.) One of the
suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy.
Haut (a.) Haughty.
Hautboy (n.) 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.
Hautboy (n.) A sort of
strawberry (Fragaria elatior).
Hautboyist (n.) A player
on the hautboy.
Hautein (a.) Haughty;
proud.
Hautein (a.) High; -- said
of the voice or flight of birds.
Hauteur (n.) Haughty
manner or spirit; haughtiness; pride; arrogance.
Hautgout (n.) High relish
or flavor; high seasoning.
Hautpas (n.) A raised part
of the floor of a large room; a platform for a raised table or throne. See Dais.
Hauynite (n.) A blue
isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcani/ rocks. It is a silicate of
alumina, lime, and soda, with sulphate of lime.
Havana (a.) Of or
pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar
Havana (n.) An Havana
cigar.
Havanese (a.) Of or
pertaining to Havana, in Cuba.
Havanese (n. sing. & pl.)
A native or inhabitant, or the people, of Havana.
Had (imp. & p. p.) of Have
Having (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Have
have (Indic. present) of
Have
hast () of Have
has () of Have
have () of Have
Have (v. t.) To hold in
possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm.
Have (v. t.) To possess,
as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects, one.
Have (v. t.) To accept
possession of; to take or accept.
Have (v. t.) To get
possession of; to obtain; to get.
Have (v. t.) To cause or
procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require.
Have (v. t.) To bear, as
young; as, she has just had a child.
Have (v. t.) To hold,
regard, or esteem.
Have (v. t.) To cause or
force to go; to take.
Have (v. t.) 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.
Have (v. t.) To be under
necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.
Have (v. t.) To
understand.
Have (v. t.) To put in an
awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him.
Haveless (a.) Having
little or nothing.
Havelock (n.) A light
cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from
sunstroke.
Haven (n.) 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.
Haven (n.) A place of
safety; a shelter; an asylum.
Haven (v. t.) To shelter,
as in a haven.
Havenage (n.) Harbor dues;
port dues.
Havened (p. a.) Sheltered
in a haven.
Havener (n.) A harbor
master.
Haver (n.) A possessor; a
holder.
Haver (n.) The oat; oats.
Haver (v. i.) To maunder;
to talk foolishly; to chatter.
Haversack (n.) A bag for
oats or oatmeal.
Haversack (n.) A bag or
case, usually of stout cloth, in which a soldier carries his rations when on a
march; -- distinguished from knapsack.
Haversack (n.) A gunner's
case or bag used carry cartridges from the ammunition chest to the piece in
loading.
Haversian (a.) Pertaining
to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth
century.
Havildar (n.) In the
British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers,
corresponding to a sergeant.
Having (n.) Possession;
goods; estate.
Havior (n.) Behavior;
demeanor.
Havoc (n.) Wide and
general destruction; devastation; waste.
Havoc (v. t.) To
devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.
Havoc (n.) A cry in war as
the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.
Haw (n.) A hedge; an
inclosed garden or yard.
Haw (n.) The fruit of the
hawthorn.
Haw (n.) The third eyelid,
or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.
Haw (n.) An intermission
or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so
made.
Haw (v. i.) To stop, in
speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
Hawed (imp. & p. p.) of
Haw
Hawing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Haw
Haw (v. i.) 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.
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.
Hawaiian (a.) Belonging to
Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii.
Hawaiian (n.) A native of
Hawaii.
Hawebake (n.) Probably,
the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2.
Hawfinch (n.) The common
European grosbeak (Coccothraustes vulgaris); -- called also cherry finch, and
coble.
Haw-haw (n.) See Ha-ha.
Hawhaw (v. i.) To laugh
boisterously.
Hawk (n.) One of numerous
species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. 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.
Hawked (imp. & p. p.) of
Hawk
Hawking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hawk
Hawk (v. i.) To catch, or
attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose
on the prey; to practice falconry.
Hawk (v. i.) To make an
attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; -- generally with at;
as, to hawk at flies.
Hawk (v. i.) 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 (v. t.) To raise by
hawking, as phlegm.
Hawk (n.) An effort to
force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.
Hawk (v. t.) 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.
Hawk (n.) A small board,
with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar.
Hawkbill (n.) A sea turtle
(Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; --
called also caret.
Hawkbit (n.) The fall
dandelion (Leontodon autumnale).
Hawked (a.) Curved like a
hawk's bill; crooked.
Hawker (n.) One who sells
wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman.
Hawker (v. i.) To sell
goods by outcry in the street.
Hawker (n.) A falconer.
Hawkey (n.) See Hockey.
Hawk-eyed (a.) Having a
keen eye; sharpsighted; discerning.
Hawk moth () Any moth of the
family Sphingidae, 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
larvae 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.
Hawkweed (n.) A plant of
the genus Hieracium; -- so called from the ancient belief that birds of prey
used its juice to strengthen their vision.
Hawkweed (n.) A plant of
the genus Senecio (S. hieracifolius).
Hawm (n.) See Haulm,
straw.
Hawm (v. i.) To lounge; to
loiter.
Hawse (n.) A hawse hole.
Hawse (n.) The situation
of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard,
the other on the port bow.
Hawse (n.) 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.
Hawse (n.) That part of a
vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables.
Hawser (n.) A large rope
made of three strands each containing many yarns.
Hawser-laid (a.) Made in
the manner of a hawser. Cf. Cable-laid, and see Illust. of Cordage.
Hawthorn (n.) A thorny
shrub or tree (the Crataegus 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
Crataegus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed.
Hay (n.) A hedge.
Hay (n.) A net set around
the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit.
Hay (v. i.) To lay snares
for rabbits.
Hay (n.) Grass cut and
cured for fodder.
Hay (v. i.) To cut and
cure grass for hay.
Haybird (n.) The European
spotted flycatcher.
Haybird (n.) The European
blackcap.
Haybote (n.) An allowance
of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or fences; hedgebote. See Bote.
Haycock (n.) A conical
pile or hear of hay in the field.
Hay-cutter (n.) A machine
in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle.
Hayfield (n.) A field
where grass for hay has been cut; a meadow.
Hayfork (n.) A fork for
pitching and tedding hay.
Hayloft (n.) A loft or
scaffold for hay.
Haymaker (n.) One who cuts
and cures hay.
Haymaker (n.) A machine
for curing hay in rainy weather.
Haymaking (n.) The
operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay.
Haymow (n.) A mow or mass
of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.
Haymow (n.) The place in a
barn where hay is deposited.
Hayrack (n.) A frame
mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves,
etc.; -- called also hay rigging.
Hayrake (n.) A rake for
collecting hay; especially, a large rake drawn by a horse or horses.
Hayrick (n.) A heap or
pile of hay, usually covered with thatch for preservation in the open air.
Haystack (n.) A stack or
conical pile of hay in the open air.
Haystalk (n.) A stalk of
hay.
Haythorn (n.) Hawthorn.
Haytian (a.) Of pertaining
to Hayti.
Haytian (n.) A native of
Hayti.
Hayward (n.) 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 (n.) A game of
chance played with dice.
Hazard (n.) The uncertain
result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.
Hazard (n.) Risk; danger;
peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
Hazard (n.) Holing a ball,
whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
Hazard (n.) Anything that
is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.
Hazarded (imp. & p. p.) of
Hazard
Hazarding (p. pr. & vb. /)
of Hazard
Hazard (n.) To expose to
the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to
risk.
Hazard (n.) To venture to
incur, or bring on.
Hazard (v. i.) To try the
chance; to encounter risk or danger.
Hazardable (a.) Liable to
hazard or chance; uncertain; risky.
Hazardable (a.) Such as
can be hazarded or risked.
Hazarder (n.) A player at
the game of hazard; a gamester.
Hazarder (n.) One who
hazards or ventures.
Hazardize (n.) A hazardous
attempt or situation; hazard.
Hazardous (a.) Exposed to
hazard; dangerous; risky.
Hazardry (n.) Playing at
hazard; gaming; gambling.
Hazardry (n.) Rashness;
temerity.
Haze (n.) 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.
Haze (v. i.) To be hazy,
or tick with haze.
Hazed (imp. & p. p.) of
Haze
Hazing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Haze
Haze (v. t.) To harass by
exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work.
Haze (v. t.) 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 (n.) 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.
Hazel (n.) A miner's name
for freestone.
Hazel (a.) Consisting of
hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel;
as, a hazel wand.
Hazel (a.) Of a light
brown color, like the hazelnut.
Hazeless (a.) Destitute of
haze.
Hazelly (a.) Of the color
of the hazelnut; of a light brown.
Hazelnut (n.) The nut of
the hazel.
Hazelwort (n.) The
asarabacca.
Hazily (adv.) In a hazy
manner; mistily; obscurely; confusedly.
Haziness (n.) The quality
or state of being hazy.
Hazle (v. t.) To make dry;
to dry.
Hazy (n.) Thick with haze;
somewhat obscured with haze; not clear or transparent.
Hazy (n.) Obscure;
confused; not clear; as, a hazy argument; a hazy intellect.
He (obj.) 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.
He (obj.) Any one; the man
or person; -- used indefinitely, and usually followed by a relative pronoun.
He (obj.) Man; a male; any
male person; -- in this sense used substantively.
-head (suffix.) A variant
of -hood.
Head (n.) 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.
Head (n.) 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.
Head (n.) 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.
Head (n.) 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.
Head (n.) 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.
Head (n.) Each one among
many; an individual; -- often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of
cattle.
Head (n.) 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.
Head (n.) 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.
Head (n.) A headland; a
promontory; as, Gay Head.
Head (n.) A separate part,
or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads
of a sermon.
Head (n.) Culminating
point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height.
Head (n.) Power; armed
force.
Head (n.) A headdress; a
covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of hair.
Head (n.) An ear of wheat,
barley, or of one of the other small cereals.
Head (n.) A dense cluster
of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles; a capitulum.
Head (n.) A dense, compact
mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a lettuce plant.
Head (n.) The antlers of a
deer.
Head (n.) A rounded mass
of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor.
Head (n.) Tiles laid at
the eaves of a house.
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.
Headed (imp. & p. p.) of
Head
Heading (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Head
Head (v. t.) 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.
Head (v. t.) To form a
head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail.
Head (v. t.) To behead; to
decapitate.
Head (v. t.) To cut off
the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees.
Head (v. t.) 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.
Head (v. t.) To set on the
head; as, to head a cask.
Head (v. i.) To originate;
to spring; to have its source, as a river.
Head (v. i.) To go or
point in a certain direction; to tend; as, how does the ship head?
Head (v. i.) To form a
head; as, this kind of cabbage heads early.
Headache (n.) Pain in the
head; cephalalgia.
Headachy (a.) Afflicted
with headache.
Headband (n.) A fillet; a
band for the head.
Headband (n.) The band at
each end of the back of a book.
Headbeard (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 (n.) Alt. of
Headborrow
Headborrow (n.) The chief
of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called
also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See
Borsholder.
Headborrow (n.) A petty
constable.
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 (n.) A covering
or ornament for the head; a headtire.
Headdress (n.) A manner of
dressing the hair or of adorning it, whether with or without a veil, ribbons,
combs, etc.
Headed (a.) Furnished with
a head (commonly as denoting intellectual faculties); -- used in composition;
as, clear-headed, long-headed, thick-headed; a many-headed monster.
Headed (a.) Formed into a
head; as, a headed cabbage.
Header (n.) One who, or
that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.
Header (n.) One who heads
a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader.
Header (n.) A brick or
stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall.
Header (n.) In framing,
the piece of timber fitted between two trimmers, and supported by them, and
carrying the ends of the tailpieces.
Header (n.) A reaper for
wheat, that cuts off the heads only.
Header (n.) A fall or
plunge headforemost, as while riding a bicycle, or in bathing; as, to take a
header.
Headfirst (adv.) Alt. of
Headforemost
Headforemost (adv.) With
the head foremost.
Headfish (n.) The sunfish
(Mola).
Head gear (n.) Alt. of
Headgear
Headgear (n.) Headdress.
Headgear (n.) Apparatus
above ground at the mouth of a mine or deep well.
Head-hunter (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.
Headily (adv.) In a heady
or rash manner; hastily; rashly; obstinately.
Headiness (n.) The quality
of being heady.
Heading (n.) The act or
state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.
Heading (n.) That which
stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.
Heading (n.) Material for
the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
Heading (n.) A gallery,
drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a
drift.
Heading (n.) The extension
of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
Heading (n.) That end of a
stone or brick which is presented outward.
Headland (n.) A cape; a
promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water.
Headland (n.) A ridge or
strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or near a fence.
Headless (a.) Having no
head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass.
Headless (a.) Destitute of
a chief or leader.
Headless (a.) Destitute of
understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate.
Headlight (n.) 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 (n.) The line at
the head or top of a page.
Headline (n.) See
Headrope.
Headlong (a. & adv.) With
the head foremost; as, to fall headlong.
Headlong (a. & adv.)
Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.
Headlong (a. & adv.)
Hastily; without delay or respite.
Headlong (a.) Rash;
precipitate; as, headlong folly.
Headlong (a.) Steep;
precipitous.
Head-lugged (a.) Lugged or
dragged by the head.
Headmen (pl. ) of Headman
Headman (n.) A head or
leading man, especially of a village community.
Headmold shot () Alt. of
Headmould shot
Headmould shot () An old name for
the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each
other at the sutures.
Headmost (a.) Most
advanced; most forward; as, the headmost ship in a fleet.
Headnote (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 (n.) The brainpan.
Headpiece (n.) Head.
Headpiece (n.) A cap of
defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the
Middle Ages.
Headpiece (n.)
Understanding; mental faculty.
Headpiece (n.) An engraved
ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.
Headquarters (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.
Headrace (n.) See Race, a
water course.
Headroom (n.) See Headway,
2.
Headrope (n.) That part of
a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail.
Headsail (n.) Any sail set
forward of the foremast.
Headshake (n.) A
significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial.
Headship (n.) Authority or
dignity; chief place.
Headsmen (pl. ) of
Headsman
Headsman (n.) An
executioner who cuts off heads.
Headspring (n.) Fountain;
source.
Headstall (n.) That part
of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head.
Headstock (n.) A part
(usually separate from the bed or frame) for supporting some of the principal
working parts of a machine
Headstock (n.) 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.
Headstock (n.) The part of
a planing machine that supports the cutter, etc.
Headstone (n.) The
principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.
Headstone (n.) The stone
at the head of a grave.
Headstrong (a.) Not easily
restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.
Headstrong (a.) Directed
by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy.
Headstrongness (n.)
Obstinacy.
Headtire (n.) A headdress.
Headtire (n.) The manner
of dressing the head, as at a particular time and place.
Headway (n.) The progress
made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or success of any kind.
Headway (n.) Clear space
under an arch, girder, and the like, sufficient to allow of easy passing
underneath.
Headwork (n.) Mental
labor.
Heady (a.) Willful; rash;
precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.
Heady (a.) Apt to affect
the head; intoxicating; strong.
Heady (a.) Violent;
impetuous.
Heal (v. t.) To cover, as
a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like.
Healed (imp. & p. p.) of
Heal
Healing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Heal
Heal (v. t.) To make hale,
sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore
to soundness or health.
Heal (v. t.) To remove or
subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound.
Heal (v. t.) To restore to
original purity or integrity.
Heal (v. t.) To reconcile,
as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal
dissensions.
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.
Heal (v. t.) Health.
Healable (a.) Capable of
being healed.
Healall (n.) A common herb
of the Mint family (Brunela vulgaris), destitute of active properties, but
anciently thought a panacea.
Heald (n.) A heddle.
Healful (a.) Tending or
serving to heal; healing.
Healing (a.) Tending to
cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words.
Healingly (adv.) So as to
heal or cure.
Health (n.) The state of
being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of
being free from physical disease or pain.
Health (n.) A wish of
health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast.
Healthful (a.) Full of
health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a
healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.
Healthful (a.) Serving to
promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful
air, diet.
Healthful (a.) Indicating,
characterized by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful
condition.
Healthful (a.)
Well-disposed; favorable.
Healthfully (adv.) In
health; wholesomely.
Healthfulness (n.) The
state of being healthful.
Healthily (adv.) In a
healthy manner.
Healthiness (n.) The state
of being healthy or healthful; freedom from disease.
Healthless (n.) Without
health, whether of body or mind; in firm.
Healthless (n.) Not
conducive to health; unwholesome.
Healthlessness (n.) The
state of being health/ess.
Healthsome (a.) Wholesome;
salubrious.
Healthward (a. & adv.) In
the direction of health; as, a healthward tendency.
Healthy (superl.) Being in
a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a
healthy chid; a healthy plant.
Healthy (superl.) Evincing
health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion.
Healthy (superl.)
Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthy exercise; a
healthy climate.
Heam (n.) The afterbirth
or secundines of a beast.
Heap (n.) A crowd; a
throng; a multitude or great number of persons.
Heap (n.) A great number
or large quantity of things not placed in a pile.
Heap (n.) 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.
Heaped (imp. & p. p.) of
Heap
Heaping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Heap
Heap (v. t.) To collect in
great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to
heap up treasures.
Heap (v. t.) 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.
Heap (v. t.) To form or
round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.
Heaper (n.) One who heaps,
piles, or amasses.
Heapy (a.) Lying in heaps.
Heard (imp. & p. p.) of
Hear
Hearing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hear
Hear (v. t.) 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.
Hear (v. t.) 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.
Hear (v. t.) To attend, or
be present at, as hearer or worshiper; as, to hear a concert; to hear Mass.
Hear (v. t.) To give
attention to as a teacher or judge.
Hear (v. t.) To accede to
the demand or wishes of; to listen to and answer favorably; to favor.
Hear (v. i.) To have the
sense or faculty of perceiving sound.
Hear (v. i.) To use the
power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to
listen.
Hear (v. i.) To be
informed by oral communication; to be told; to receive information by report or
by letter.
Heard () imp. & p. p. of Hear.
Hearer (n.) One who hears;
an auditor.
Hearing (n.) The act or
power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which
sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good.
Hearing (n.) Attention to
what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; as, I could not obtain a
hearing.
Hearing (n.) A listening
to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a session of a court for
considering proofs and determining issues.
Hearing (n.) Extent within
which sound may be heard; sound; earshot.
Hearkened (imp. & p. p.)
of Hearken
Hearkening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hearken
Hearken (v. i.) To listen;
to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order
to obey or comply.
Hearken (v. i.) To
inquire; to seek information.
Hearken (v. t.) To hear by
listening.
Hearken (v. t.) To give
heed to; to hear attentively.
Hearkener (n.) One who
hearkens; a listener.
Hearsal (n.) Rehearsal.
Hearsay (n.) Report;
rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.
Hearse (n.) A hind in the
year of its age.
Hearse (n.) 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.
Hearse (n.) A grave,
coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
Hearse (n.) A bier or
handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
Hearse (n.) A carriage
specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave.
Hearse (v. t.) To inclose
in a hearse; to entomb.
Hearsecloth (n.) A cloth
for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall.
Hearselike (a.) Suitable
to a funeral.
Heart (n.) A hollow,
muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of
the blood.
Heart (n.) 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.
Heart (n.) 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.
Heart (n.) Courage;
courageous purpose; spirit.
Heart (n.) Vigorous and
efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether
good or bad.
Heart (n.) 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.
Heart (n.) One of a series
of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts
are trumps.
Heart (n.) Vital part;
secret meaning; real intention.
Heart (n.) A term of
affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
Heart (v. t.) To give
heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to inspirit.
Heart (v. i.) To form a
compact center or heart; as, a hearting cabbage.
Heartache (n.) Sorrow;
anguish of mind; mental pang.
Heartbreak (n.) Crushing
sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief.
Heartbreaking (a.) Causing
overpowering sorrow.
Heartbroken (a.) Overcome
by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.
Heartburn (n.) 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 (a.) Having
heartburn.
Heartburning (a.) Causing
discontent.
Heartburning (n.) Same as
Heartburn.
Heartburning (n.)
Discontent; secret enmity.
Heartdear (a.) Sincerely
beloved.
Heartdeep (a.) Rooted in
the heart.
Heart-eating (a.) Preying
on the heart.
Hearted (a.) Having a
heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections,
disposition, or character).
Hearted (a.) Shaped like a
heart; cordate.
Hearted (a.) Seated or
laid up in the heart.
Heartedness (n.)
Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness.
Hearten (v. t.) To
encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden.
Hearten (v. t.) To restore
fertility or strength to, as to land.
Heartener (n.) One who, or
that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up.
Heartfelt (a.) Hearty;
sincere.
Heartgrief (n.) Heartache;
sorrow.
Hearth (n.) 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.
Hearth (n.) The house
itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers;
fireside.
Hearth (n.) 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.
Hearthstone (n.) Stone
forming the hearth; hence, the fireside; home.
Heartily (adv.) From the
heart; with all the heart; with sincerity.
Heartily (adv.) With zeal;
actively; vigorously; willingly; cordially; as, he heartily assisted the prince.
Heariness (n.) The quality
of being hearty; as, the heartiness of a greeting.
Heartless (a.) Without a
heart.
Heartless (a.) Destitute
of courage; spiritless; despodent.
Heartless (a.) Destitute
of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel.
Heartlet (n.) A little
heart.
Heartlings (interj.) An
exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance.
Heartpea (n.) Same as
Heartseed.
Heartquake (n.) Trembling
of the heart; trepidation; fear.
Heartrending (a.) Causing
intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.
Heart-robbing (a.)
Depriving of thought; ecstatic.
Heart-robbing (a.)
Stealing the heart or affections; winning.
Heart's-ease (n.) Ease of
heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling.
Heart's-ease (n.) A
species of violet (Viola tricolor); -- called also pansy.
Heartseed (n.) A climbing
plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a
spot like a heart.
Heartshaped (a.) Having
the shape of a heart; cordate.
Heartsick (a.) Sick at
heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very despondent.
Heartsome (a.) Merry;
cheerful; lively.
Heart-spoon (n.) A part of
the breastbone.
Heartstricken (a.)
Shocked; dismayed.
Heartstrike (v. t.) To
affect at heart; to shock.
Heartstring (n.) A nerve
or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart.
Heartstruck (a.) Driven to
the heart; infixed in the mind.
Heartstruck (a.) Shocked
with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed; heartstricken.
Heartswelling (a.)
Rankling in, or swelling, the heart.
Heart-whole (a.) Having
the heart or affections free; not in love.
Heart-whole (a.) With
unbroken courage; undismayed.
Heart-whole (a.) Of a
single and sincere heart.
Heartwood (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 (a.) Wounded
to the heart with love or grief.
Hearty (superl.)
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.
Hearty (superl.)
Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty timber.
Hearty (superl.) Promoting
strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty food; a hearty meal.
Hearties (pl. ) of Hearty
Hearty (n.) Comrade; boon
companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among
sailors.
Heartyhale (a.) Good for
the heart.
Heat (n.) 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.
Heat (n.) 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.
Heat (n.) 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.
Heat (n.) 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.
Heat (n.) 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.
Heat (n.) 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.
Heat (n.) Utmost violence;
rage; vehemence; as, the heat of battle or party.
Heat (n.) Agitation of
mind; inflammation or excitement; exasperation.
Heat (n.) Animation, as in
discourse; ardor; fervency.
Heat (n.) Sexual
excitement in animals.
Heat (n.) Fermentation.
Heated (imp. & p. p.) of
Heat
Heating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Heat
Heat (v. t.) 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 (v. t.) To excite or
make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
Heat (v. t.) To excite
ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
Heat (v. i.) To grow warm
or hot by the action of fire or friction, etc., or the communication of heat;
as, the iron or the water heats slowly.
Heat (v. i.) 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 (imp. & p. p.)
Heated; as, the iron though heat red-hot.
Heater (n.) One who, or
that which, heats.
Heater (n.) 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.
Heath (n.) A low shrub
(Erica, / 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.
Heath (n.) 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.
Heath (n.) A place
overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or
coarse herbage.
Heathclad (a.) Clad or
crowned with heath.
Heathens (pl. ) of Heathen
Heathen (pl. ) of Heathen
Heathen (n.) An individual
of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not
acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an idolater.
Heathen (n.) An
irreligious person.
Heathen (a.) Gentile;
pagan; as, a heathen author.
Heathen (a.) Barbarous;
unenlightened; heathenish.
Heathen (a.) Irreligious;
scoffing.
Heathendom (n.) That part
of the world where heathenism prevails; the heathen nations, considered
collectively.
Heathendom (n.)
Heathenism.
Heathenesse (n.)
Heathendom.
Heathenish (a.) Of or
pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens.
Heathenish (a.) Rude;
uncivilized; savage; cruel.
Heathenish (a.)
Irreligious; as, a heathenish way of living.
Heathenishly (adv.) In a
heathenish manner.
Heathenishness (n.) The
state or quality of being heathenish.
Heathenism (n.) The
religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism.
Heathenism (n.) The
manners or morals usually prevalent in a heathen country; ignorance; rudeness;
barbarism.
Heathenized (imp. & p. p.)
of Heathenize
Heathenizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Heathenize
Heathenize (v. t.) To
render heathen or heathenish.
Heathenness (n.) State of
being heathen or like the heathen.
Heathenry (n.) The state,
quality, or character of the heathen.
Heathenry (n.) Heathendom;
heathen nations.
Heather (n.) Heath.
Heathery (a.) Heathy;
abounding in heather; of the nature of heath.
Heathy (a.) Full of heath;
abounding with heath; as, heathy land; heathy hills.
Heating (a.) That heats or
imparts heat; promoting warmth or heat; exciting action; stimulating; as,
heating medicines or applications.
Heatingly (adv.) In a
heating manner; so as to make or become hot or heated.
Heatless (a.) Destitute of
heat; cold.
Heaved (imp.) of Heave
Hove () of Heave
Heaved (p. p.) of Heave
Hove () of Heave
Hoven () of Heave
Heaving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Heave
Heave (v. t.) 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.
Heave (v. t.) To throw; to
cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical
phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log.
Heave (v. t.) 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.
Heave (v. t.) To raise or
force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh.
Heave (v. t.) To cause to
swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.
Heave (v. i.) To be thrown
up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
Heave (v. i.) 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.
Heave (v. i.) To make an
effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
Heave (v. i.) To make an
effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit.
Heave (n.) An effort to
raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy.
Heave (n.) 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.
Heave (n.) A horizontal
dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another
lode.
Heaven (n.) 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.
Heaven (n.) The dwelling
place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after
death.
Heaven (n.) The sovereign
of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively; -- used
variously in this sense, as in No. 2.
Heaven (n.) Any place of
supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or
exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight.
Heavened (imp. & p. p.) of
Heaven
Heavening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Heaven
Heaven (v. t.) To place in
happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify.
Heavenize (v. t.) To
render like heaven or fit for heaven.
Heavenliness (n.) The
state or quality of being heavenly.
Heavenly (a.) Pertaining
to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly
regions; heavenly music.
Heavenly (a.) Appropriate
to heaven in character or happiness; perfect; pure; supremely blessed; as, a
heavenly race; the heavenly, throng.
Heavenly (adv.) In a
manner resembling that of heaven.
Heavenly (adv.) By the
influence or agency of heaven.
Heavenlyminded (a.) Having
the thoughts and affections placed on, or suitable for, heaven and heavenly
objects; devout; godly; pious.
Heavenward (a & adv.)
Toward heaven.
Heave offering () An offering or
oblation heaved up or elevated before the altar, as the shoulder of the peace
offering. See Wave offering.
Heaver (n.) One who, or
that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight;
as, a coal heaver.
Heaver (n.) A bar used as
a lever.
Heaves (n.) A disease of
horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank,
wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.
Heavily (adv.) In a heavy
manner; with great weight; as, to bear heavily on a thing; to be heavily loaded.
Heavily (adv.) As if
burdened with a great weight; slowly and laboriously; with difficulty; hence, in
a slow, difficult, or suffering manner; sorrowfully.
Heaviness (n.) The state
or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness;
oppression; thickness.
Heaving (n.) A lifting or
rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.
Heavisome (a.) Heavy;
dull.
Heavy (a.) Having the
heaves.
Heavy (superl.) 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.
Heavy (superl.) Not easy
to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous,
afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
Heavy (superl.) Laden with
that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual
burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.
Heavy (superl.) Slow;
sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait,
looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.
Heavy (superl.) Strong;
violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.
Heavy (superl.) Loud;
deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
Heavy (superl.) Dark with
clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.
Heavy (superl.) Impeding
motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.
Heavy (superl.) Not raised
or made light; as, heavy bread.
Heavy (superl.) Not
agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of
food.
Heavy (superl.) Having
much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.
Heavy (superl.) With
child; pregnant.
Heavy (adv.) Heavily; --
sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.
Heavy (v. t.) To make
heavy.
Heavy-armed (a.) Wearing
heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms.
Heavy-haded (a.) Clumsy;
awkward.
Heavy-headed (a.) Dull;
stupid.
Heavy spar () Native barium
sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its high specific gravity as
compared with other non-metallic minerals.
Hebdomad (n.) A week; a
period of seven days.
Hebdomadal (a.) Alt. of
Hebdomadary
Hebdomadary (a.)
Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly.
Hebdomadally (adv.) In
periods of seven days; weekly.
Hebdomadary (n.) 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 (a.) Weekly;
hebdomadal.
Hebe (n.) 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.
Hebe (n.) An African ape;
the hamadryas.
Heben (n.) Ebony.
Hebenon (n.) See Henbane.
Hebetated (imp. & p. p.)
of Hebetate
Hebetating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hebetate
Hebetate (v. t.) To render
obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual
faculties.
Hebetate (a.) Obtuse;
dull.
Hebetate (a.) Having a
dull or blunt and soft point.
Hebetation (n.) The act of
making blunt, dull, or stupid.
Hebetation (n.) The state
of being blunted or dulled.
Hebete (a.) Dull; stupid.
Hebetude (n.) Dullness;
stupidity.
Hebraic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Hebrews, or to the language of the Hebrews.
Hebraically (adv.) After
the manner of the Hebrews or of the Hebrew language.
Hebraism (n.) A Hebrew
idiom or custom; a peculiar expression or manner of speaking in the Hebrew
language.
Hebraism (n.) The type of
character of the Hebrews.
Hebraist (n.) One versed
in the Hebrew language and learning.
Hebraistic (a.) Pertaining
to, or resembling, the Hebrew language or idiom.
Hebraistically (adv.) In a
Hebraistic sense or form.
Hebraize (v. t.) To
convert into the Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew or Hebraistic.
Hebraized (imp. & p. p.)
of Hebraize
Hebraizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hebraize
Hebraize (v. i.) To speak
Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to Hebrew customs.
Hebrew (n.) An appellative
of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an
Israelite; a Jew.
Hebrew (n.) The language
of the Hebrews; -- one of the Semitic family of languages.
Hebrew (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites.
Hebrewess (n.) An
Israelitish woman.
Hebrician (n.) A Hebraist.
Hebridean (a.) Alt. of
Hebridian
Hebridian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the islands called Hebrides, west of Scotland.
Hebridian (n.) A native or
inhabitant of the Hebrides.
Hecatomb (n.) A sacrifice
of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter
of any large number of victims.
Hecatompedon (n.) A name
given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably
in the width across the stylobate.
Hecdecane (n.) 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 (n.) The bolt or
latch of a door.
Heck (n.) A rack for
cattle to feed at.
Heck (n.) A door,
especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door.
Heck (n.) A latticework
contrivance for catching fish.
Heck (n.) An apparatus for
separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from
the bobbins, in a warping machine.
Heck (n.) A bend or
winding of a stream.
Heckimal (n.) The European
blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus).
Heckle (n. & v. t.) Same
as Hackle.
Hectare (n.) A measure of
area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters, and
equivalent to 2.471 acres.
Hectic (a.) Habitual;
constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in
consumption; as, a hectic type in disease; a hectic flush.
Hectic (a.) In a hectic
condition; having hectic fever; consumptive; as, a hectic patient.
Hectic (n.) Hectic fever.
Hectic (n.) A hectic
flush.
Hectocotylized (a.)
Changed into a hectocotylus; having a hectocotylis.
Hectocotyli (pl. ) of
Hectocotylus
Hectocotylus (n.) 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 (n.) A measure
of weight, containing a hundred grams, or about 3.527 ounces avoirdupois.
Hectogramme (n.) The same
as Hectogram.
Hectograph (n.) A
contrivance for multiple copying, by means of a surface of gelatin softened with
glycerin.
Hectoliter (n.) Alt. of
Hectolitre
Hectolitre (n.) 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 (n.) Alt. of
Hectometre
Hectometre (n.) A measure
of length, equal to a hundred meters. It is equivalent to 328.09 feet.
Hector (n.) A bully; a
blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes.
Hectored (imp. & p. p.) of
Hector
Hectoring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hector
Hector (v. t.) To treat
with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to
taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying.
Hector (v. i.) To play the
bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent.
Hectorism (n.) The
disposition or the practice of a hector; a bullying.
Hectorly (a.) Resembling a
hector; blustering; insolent; taunting.
Hectostere (n.) A measure
of solidity, containing one hundred cubic meters, and equivalent to 3531.66
English or 3531.05 United States cubic feet.
Heddles (pl. ) of Heddle
Heddle (n.) 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 (v. t.) To draw
(the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving.
Heddle-eye (n.) The eye or
loop formed in each heddle to receive a warp thread.
Heddling (vb. n.) The act
of drawing the warp threads through the heddle-eyes of a weaver's harness; the
harness itself.
Hederaceous (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling, ivy.
Hederal (a.) Of or
pertaining to ivy.
Hederic (a.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, the ivy (Hedera); as, hederic acid, an acid of the
acetylene series.
Hederiferous (a.)
Producing ivy; ivy-bearing.
Hederose (a.) Pertaining
to, or of, ivy; full of ivy.
Hedge (n.) 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.
Hedged (imp. & p. p.) of
Hedge
Hedging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hedge
Hedge (v. t.) 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.
Hedge (v. t.) To obstruct,
as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with
up and out.
Hedge (v. t.) To surround
for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in).
Hedge (v. t.) To surround
so as to prevent escape.
Hedge (v. i.) 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.
Hedge (v. i.) To reduce
the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.
Hedge (v. i.) To use
reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's
self to anything definite.
Hedgeborn (a.) Born under
a hedge; of low birth.
Hedgebote (n.) Same as
Haybote.
Hedgehog (n.) A small
European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), 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.
Hedgehog (n.) The Canadian
porcupine.
Hedgehog (n.) A species of
Medicago (M. intertexta), the pods of which are armed with short spines; --
popularly so called.
Hedgehog (n.) A form of
dredging machine.
Hedgeless (a.) Having no
hedge.
Hedgepig (n.) A young
hedgehog.
Hedger (n.) One who makes
or mends hedges; also, one who hedges, as, in betting.
Hedgerow (n.) A row of
shrubs, or trees, planted for inclosure or separation of fields.
Hedging bill () A hedge bill. See
under Hedge.
Hedonic (a.) Pertaining to
pleasure.
Hedonic (a.) Of or
relating to Hedonism or the Hedonic sect.
Hedonistic (a.) Same as
Hedonic, 2.
Heeded (imp. & p. p.) of
Heed
Heeding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Heed
Heed (v. t.) To mind; to
regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
Heed (v. i.) To mind; to
consider.
Heed (n.) Attention;
notice; observation; regard; -- often with give or take.
Heed (n.) Careful
consideration; obedient regard.
Heed (n.) A look or
expression of heading.
Heedful (a.) Full of heed;
regarding with care; cautious; circumspect; attentive; vigilant.
Heedless (a.) Without heed
or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant.
Heedy (a.) Heedful.
Heel (v. i.) To lean or
tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when
the squall struck it.
Heel (n.) The hinder part
of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds.
Heel (n.) 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.
Heel (n.) The latter or
remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part.
Heel (n.) Anything
regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
Heel (n.) The part of a
thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on
which a thing rests
Heel (n.) The after end of
a ship's keel.
Heel (n.) The lower end of
a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc.
Heel (n.) In a small arm,
the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position.
Heel (n.) The uppermost
part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt.
Heel (n.) The part of any
tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe.
Heel (n.) Management by
the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.
Heel (n.) 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.
Heel (n.) A cyma reversa;
-- so called by workmen.
Heeled (imp. & p. p.) of
Heel
Heeling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Heel
Heel (v. t.) To perform by
the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like.
Heel (v. t.) To add a heel
to; as, to heel a shoe.
Heel (v. t.) To arm with a
gaff, as a cock for fighting.
Heelball (n.) A
composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by
antiquaries in copying inscriptions.
Heeler (n.) A cock that
strikes well with his heels or spurs.
Heeler (n.) A dependent
and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.
Heelless (a.) Without a
heel.
Heelpiece (n.) A piece of
armor to protect the heels.
Heelpiece (n.) A piece of
leather fixed on the heel of a shoe.
Heelpiece (n.) The end.
Heelpost (n.) The post
supporting the outer end of a propeller shaft.
Heelpost (n.) The post to
which a gate or door is hinged.
Heelpost (n.) The quoin
post of a lock gate.
Heelspur (n.) 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 (n.) One of the
segments of leather in the heel of a shoe.
Heeltap (n.) A small
portion of liquor left in a glass after drinking.
Heeltapped (imp. & p. p.)
of Heeltap
Heeltapping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Heeltap
Heeltap (v. t.) To add a
piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.)
Heeltool (n.) A tool used
by turners in metal, having a bend forming a heel near the cutting end.
Heep (n.) The hip of the
dog-rose.
Heer (n.) A yarn measure
of six hundred yards or / of a spindle. See Spindle.
Heer (n.) Hair.
Heft (n.) Same as Haft, n.
Heft (n.) The act or
effort of heaving/ violent strain or exertion.
Heft (n.) Weight;
ponderousness.
Heft (n.) The greater part
or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled.
Hefted (imp. & p. p.) of
Heft
Heft () of Heft
Hefting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Heft
Heft (v. t.) To heave up;
to raise aloft.
Heft (v. t.) To prove or
try the weight of by raising.
Hefty (a.) Moderately
heavy.
Hegelian (a.) Pertaining
to Hegelianism.
Hegelian (n.) A follower
of Hegel.
Hegelianism (n.) Alt. of
Hegelism
Hegelism (n.) The system
of logic and philosophy set forth by Hegel, a German writer (1770-1831).
Hegemonic (a.) Alt. of
Hegemonical
Hegemonical (a.) Leading;
controlling; ruling; predominant.
Hegemony (n.) Leadership;
preponderant influence or authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a
government or state to its neighbors or confederates.
Hegge (n.) A hedge.
Hegira (n.) 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.
Heifer (n.) A young cow.
Heigh-ho (interj.) An
exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness, weariness, etc.
Height (n.) The condition
of being high; elevated position.
Height (n.) 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.
Height (n.) Degree of
latitude either north or south.
Height (n.) That which is
elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights.
Height (n.) Elevation in
excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of
social rank; preeminence or distinction in society; prominence.
Height (n.) Progress
toward eminence; grade; degree.
Height (n.) 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.
Heightened (imp. & p. p.)
of Heighten
Heightening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Heighten
Heighten (v. t.) To make
high; to raise higher; to elevate.
Heighten (v. t.) 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.
Heightener (n.) One who,
or that which, heightens.
Heinous (a.) Hateful;
hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great great offense; --
applied to deeds or to character.
Heir (n.) 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.
Heir (n.) One who receives
any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or
virtues.
Heir (v. t.) To inherit;
to succeed to.
Heirdom (n.) The state of
an heir; succession by inheritance.
Heiress (n.) A female
heir.
Heirless (a.) Destitute of
an heir.
Heirloom (n.) 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.
Heirship (n.) The state,
character, or privileges of an heir; right of inheriting.
Hejira (n.) See Hegira.
Hektare (n.) Alt. of
Hektometer
Hektogram (n.) Alt. of
Hektometer
Hektoliter (n.) Alt. of
Hektometer
Hektometer (n.) Same as
Hectare, Hectogram, Hectoliter, and Hectometer.
Hektograph (n.) See
Hectograph.
Helamys (n.) See Jumping
hare, under Hare.
Helcoplasty (n.) The act
or process of repairing lesions made by ulcers, especially by a plastic
operation.
Held () imp. & p. p. of Hold.
Hele (n.) Health; welfare.
Hele (v. t.) To hide; to
cover; to roof.
Helena (n.) See St. Elmo's
fire, under Saint.
Helenin (n.) 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.
Heliac (a.) Heliacal.
Heliacal (a.) 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.
Heliacally (adv.) In a
heliacal manner.
Helianthin (n.) An
artificial, orange dyestuff, analogous to tropaolin, and like it used as an
indicator in alkalimetry; -- called also methyl orange.
Helianthoid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Helianthoidea.
Helianthoidea (n. pl.) An
order of Anthozoa; the Actinaria.
Helical (a.) Of or
pertaining to, or in the form of, a helix; spiral; as, a helical staircase; a
helical spring.
Helichrysum (n.) A genus
of composite plants, with shining, commonly white or yellow, or sometimes
reddish, radiated involucres, which are often called "everlasting flowers."
Heliciform (a.) Having the
form of a helix; spiral.
Helicin (n.) A glucoside
obtained as a white crystalline substance by partial oxidation of salicin, from
a willow (Salix Helix of Linnaeus.)
Helicine (a.) Curled;
spiral; helicoid; -- applied esp. to certain arteries of the penis.
Helicograph (n.) An
instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane.
Helicoid (a.) Spiral;
curved, like the spire of a univalve shell.
Helicoid (a.) Shaped like
a snail shell; pertaining to the Helicidae, or Snail family.
Helicoid (n.) 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 (a.) Same as
Helicoid.
Helicon (n.) A mountain in
Boeotia, in Greece, supposed by the Greeks to be the residence of Apollo and the
Muses.
Heliconia (n.) One of
numerous species of Heliconius, a genus of tropical American butterflies. The
wings are usually black, marked with green, crimson, and white.
Heliconian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Helicon.
Heliconian (a.) Like or
pertaining to the butterflies of the genus Heliconius.
Helicotrema (n.) The
opening by which the two scalae communicate at the top of the cochlea of the
ear.
Helio- () A combining form from
Gr. "h`lios the sun.
Heliocentric (a.) Alt. of
Heliocentrical
Heliocentrical (a.)
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.
Heliochrome (n.) A
photograph in colors.
Heliochromic (a.)
Pertaining to, or produced by, heliochromy.
Heliochromy (n.) The art
of producing photographs in color.
Heliograph (n.) A picture
taken by heliography; a photograph.
Heliograph (n.) An
instrument for taking photographs of the sun.
Heliograph (n.) An
apparatus for telegraphing by means of the sun's rays. See Heliotrope, 3.
Heliographic (a.) Of or
pertaining to heliography or a heliograph; made by heliography.
Heliography (n.)
Photography.
Heliogravure (n.) The
process of photographic engraving.
Heliolater (n.) A
worshiper of the sun.
Heliolatry (n.) Sun
worship. See Sabianism.
Heliolite (n.) A fossil
coral of the genus Heliolites, having twelve-rayed cells. It is found in the
Silurian rocks.
Heliometer (n.) 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 (a.) Alt. of
Heliometrical
Heliometrical (a.) Of or
pertaining to the heliometer, or to heliometry.
Heliometry (n.) The apart
or practice of measuring the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative
distances, etc. See Heliometer.
Heliopora (n.) An East
Indian stony coral now known to belong to the Alcyonaria; -- called also blue
coral.
Helioscope (n.) 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.
Heliostat (n.) 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 (n.) An
instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and
equinoctial line.
Heliotrope (n.) A plant of
the genus Heliotropium; -- called also turnsole and girasole. H. Peruvianum is
the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers.
Heliotrope (n.) An
instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the
sun's rays thrown from a mirror.
Heliotrope (n.) See
Bloodstone (a).
Heliotroper (n.) The
person at a geodetic station who has charge of the heliotrope.
Heliotropic (a.)
Manifesting heliotropism; turning toward the sun.
Heliotropism (n.) The
phenomenon of turning toward the light, seen in many leaves and flowers.
Heliotype (n.) A picture
obtained by the process of heliotypy.
Heliotypic (a.) Relating
to, or obtained by, heliotypy.
Heliotypy (n.) A method of
transferring pictures from photographic negatives to hardened gelatin plates
from which impressions are produced on paper as by lithography.
Heliozoa (n. pl.) An order
of fresh-water rhizopods having a more or less globular form, with slender
radiating pseudopodia; the sun animalcule.
Helispheric (a.) Alt. of
Helispherical
Helispherical (a.) Spiral.
Helium (n.) A gaseous
element found in the atmospheres of the sun and earth and in some rare minerals.
Helices (pl. ) of Helix
Helixes (pl. ) of Helix
Helix (n.) 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.
Helix (n.) A caulicule or
little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.
Helix (n.) The incurved
margin or rim of the external ear. See Illust. of Ear.
Helix (n.) A genus of land
snails, including a large number of species.
Hell (v. t.) The place of
the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by
the Greeks hades.
Hell (v. t.) The place or
state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits.
Hence, any mental torment; anguish.
Hell (v. t.) A place where
outcast persons or things are gathered
Hell (v. t.) A dungeon or
prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught
are carried for detention.
Hell (v. t.) A gambling
house.
Hell (v. t.) A place into
which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type.
Hell (v. t.) To overwhelm.
Hellanodic (n.) A judge or
umpire in games or combats.
Hellbender (n.) 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 (a.) Born in or
of hell.
Hellbred (a.) Produced in
hell.
Hellbrewed (a.) Prepared
in hell.
Hellbroth (n.) A
composition for infernal purposes; a magical preparation.
Hell-cat (n.) A witch; a
hag.
Hell-diver (n.) The
dabchick.
Helldoomed (a.) Doomed to
hell.
Hellebore (n.) 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.
Hellebore (n.) Any plant
of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus Veratrum, especially V.
album and V. viride, both called white hellebore.
Helleborein (n.) 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 (n.) 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 (n.) The
practice or theory of using hellebore as a medicine.
Hellene (n.) A native of
either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek.
Hellenian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Hellenes, or Greeks.
Hellenic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian.
Hellenic (n.) The dialect,
formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek
writers after the time of Alexander.
Hellenism (n.) A phrase or
form of speech in accordance with genius and construction or idioms of the Greek
language; a Grecism.
Hellenism (n.) 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 (n.) 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).
Hellenist (n.) One skilled
in the Greek language and literature; as, the critical Hellenist.
Hellenistic (a.) Alt. of
Hellenistical
Hellenistical (a.)
Pertaining to the Hellenists.
Hellenistically (adv.)
According to the Hellenistic manner or dialect.
Hellenize (v. i.) To use
the Greek language; to play the Greek; to Grecize.
Hellenize (v. t.) To give
a Greek form or character to; to Grecize; as, to Hellenize a word.
Hellenotype (n.) See
Ivorytype.
Hellespont (n.) A narrow
strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the
Aegean Sea and the sea of Marmora.
Hellespontine (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Hellespont.
Hellgamite (n.) Alt. of
Hellgramite
Hellgramite (n.) 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 (n.) A hag of or
fit for hell.
Hell-haunted (a.) Haunted
by devils; hellish.
Hellhound (n.) A dog of
hell; an agent of hell.
Hellier (v. t.) One who
heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher.
Hellish (a.) Of or
pertaining to hell; like hell; infernal; malignant; wicked; detestable;
diabolical.
Hellkite (n.) A kite of
infernal breed.
Hello (interj. & n.) See
Halloo.
Hellward (adv.) Toward
hell.
Helly (a.) Hellish.
Helm (n.) See Haulm,
straw.
Helm (n.) The apparatus by
which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly
used of the tiller or wheel alone.
Helm (n.) The place or
office of direction or administration.
Helm (n.) One at the place
of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director.
Helm (n.) A helve.
Helmed (imp. & p. p.) of
Helm
Helming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Helm
Helm (v. t.) To steer; to
guide; to direct.
Helm (n.) A helmet.
Helm (n.) A heavy cloud
lying on the brow of a mountain.
Helm (v. t.) To cover or
furnish with a helm or helmet.
Helmage (n.) Guidance;
direction.
Helmed (a.) Covered with a
helmet.
Helmet (n.) A defensive
covering for the head. See Casque, Headpiece, Morion, Sallet, and Illust. of
Beaver.
Helmet (n.) The
representation of a helmet over shields or coats of arms, denoting gradations of
rank by modifications of form.
Helmet (n.) 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.
Helmet (n.) That which
resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
Helmet (n.) The upper part
of a retort.
Helmet (n.) The
hood-formed upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the
snapdragon.
Helmet (n.) A naked shield
or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.
Helmeted (a.) Wearing a
helmet; furnished with or having a helmet or helmet-shaped part; galeate.
Helmet-shaped (a.) Shaped
like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of Galeate.
Helminth (n.) An
intestinal worm, or wormlike intestinal parasite; one of the Helminthes.
Helminthagogue (n.) A
vermifuge.
Helminthes (n. pl.) 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.
Helminthiasis (n.) A
disease in which worms are present in some part of the body.
Helminthic (a.) Of or
relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms.
Helminthic (n.) A
vermifuge; an anthelmintic.
Helminthite (n.) One of
the sinuous tracks on the surfaces of many stones, and popularly considered as
worm trails.
Helminthoid (a.) Wormlike;
vermiform.
Helminthologic (a.) Alt.
of Helminthological
Helminthological (a.) Of
or pertaining to helminthology.
Helminthologist (n.) One
versed in helminthology.
Helminthology (n.) The
natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.
Helmless (a.) Destitute of
a helmet.
Helmless (a.) Without a
helm or rudder.
Helmsmen (pl. ) of
Helmsman
Helmsman (n.) The man at
the helm; a steersman.
Helmwind (n.) A wind
attending or presaged by the cloud called helm.
Helot (n.) A slave in
ancient Sparta; a Spartan serf; hence, a slave or serf.
Helotism (n.) The
condition of the Helots or slaves in Sparta; slavery.
Helotry (n.) The Helots,
collectively; slaves; bondsmen.
Helped (imp. & p. p.) of
Help
Holp (imp.) of Help
Holpen (p. p.) of Help
Helping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Help
Help (v. t.) 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."
Help (v. t.) To furnish
with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help
one out of prison.
Help (v. t.) 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.
Help (v. t.) To change for
the better; to remedy.
Help (v. t.) To prevent;
to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it?
Help (v. t.) To forbear;
to avoid.
Help (v. t.) To wait upon,
as the guests at table, by carving and passing food.
Help (v. i.) To lend aid
or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to
assist.
Help (v. t.) 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.
Help (v. t.) Remedy;
relief; as, there is no help for it.
Help (v. t.) A helper; one
hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business.
Help (v. t.) Specifically,
a domestic servant, man or woman.
Helper (n.) One who, or
that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.
Helpful (a.) Furnishing
help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary.
Helpless (a.) Destitute of
help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble;
weak; as, a helpless infant.
Helpless (a.) Beyond help;
irremediable.
Helpless (a.) Bringing no
help; unaiding.
Helpless (a.) Unsupplied;
destitute; -- with of.
Helpmate (n.) A helper; a
companion; specifically, a wife.
Helpmeet (n.) A wife; a
helpmate.
Helter-skelter (adv.) In
hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly.
Helve (n.) The handle of
an ax, hatchet, or adze.
Helve (n.) The lever at
the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer.
Helve (n.) A forge hammer
which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
Helved (imp. & p. p.) of
Helve
Helving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Helve
Helve (v. t.) To furnish
with a helve, as an ax.
Helvetian (a.) Same as
Helvetic.
Helvetian (n.) A Swiss; a
Switzer.
Helvetic (a.) 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 (n.) Alt. of
Helvite
Helvite (n.) A mineral of
a yellowish color, consisting chiefly of silica, glucina, manganese, and iron,
with a little sulphur.
Hem (pron.) Them
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.
Hem (n.) An utterance or
sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt,
sometimes used to call attention.
Hem (v. i.) To make the
sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking.
Hem (n.) The edge or
border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling.
Hem (n.) Border; edge;
margin.
Hem (n.) A border made on
sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and
remove the sharp edge.
Hemmed (imp. & p. p.) of
Hem
Hemming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hem
Hem (v. t.) To form a hem
or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of.
Hem (v. t.) To border; to
edge
Hema- () Same as Haema-.
Hemachate (n.) A species
of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper.
Hemachrome (n.) Same as
Haemachrome.
Hemacite (n.) A
composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used
for making buttons, door knobs, etc.
Hemadrometer (n.) Alt. of
Hemadromometer
Hemadromometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the velocity with which the blood moves in the
arteries.
Hemadrometry (n.) Alt. of
Hemadromometry
Hemadromometry (n.) The
act of measuring the velocity with which the blood circulates in the arteries;
haemotachometry.
Hemadynamics (n.) The
principles of dynamics in their application to the blood; that part of science
which treats of the motion of the blood.
Hemadynamometer (n.) 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 haemomanometer.
Hemal (a.) 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.
Hemaphaein (n.) Same as
Haemaphaein.
Hemapophyses (pl. ) of
Hemapophysis
Hemapophysis (n.) The
second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part
of a rib.
Hemastatic (a. & n.) Alt.
of Hemastatical
Hemastatical (a. & n.)
Same as Hemostatic.
Hemastatics (n.) Laws
relating to the equilibrium of the blood in the blood vessels.
Hematachometer (n.) Same
as Haematachometer.
Hematein (n.) A reddish
brown or violet crystalline substance, C16H12O6, got from hematoxylin by partial
oxidation, and regarded as analogous to the phthaleins.
Hematemesis (n.) A
vomiting of blood.
Hematherm (n.) A
warm-blooded animal.
Hemathermal (a.)
Warm-blooded; hematothermal.
Hematic (a.) Same as
Haematic.
Hematic (n.) A medicine
designed to improve the condition of the blood.
Hematin (n.) Hematoxylin.
Hematin (n.) 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 (n.) A form
of hemoglobinometer.
Hematinometric (a.)
Relating to the measurement of the amount of hematin or hemoglobin contained in
blood, or other fluids.
Hematinon (n.) A red
consisting of silica, borax, and soda, fused with oxide of copper and iron, and
used in enamels, mosaics, etc.
Hematite (n.) 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 (a.) Of or
pertaining to hematite, or resembling it.
Hemato () See Haema-.
Hematocele (n.) A tumor
filled with blood.
Hematocrya (n. pl.) The
cold-blooded vertebrates, that is, all but the mammals and birds; -- the
antithesis to Hematotherma.
Hematocrystallin (n.) See
Hemoglobin.
Hematoid (a.) Resembling
blood.
Hematoidin (n.) 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 haemolutein.
Hematology (n.) The
science which treats of the blood.
Hematoma (n.) A
circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.
Hematophilia (n.) A
condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage
from the slightest wounds.
Hematosin (n.) The hematin
of blood.
Hematosis (n.)
Sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood.
Hematosis (n.) The
arterialization of the blood in the lungs; the formation of blood in general;
haematogenesis.
Hematotherma (n. pl.) The
warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to
hematocrya.
Hematothermal (a.)
Warm-blooded.
Hematoxylin (n.)
Haematoxylin.
Hematuria (n.) Passage of
urine mingled with blood.
Hemautography (n.) 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.
Hemelytra (pl. ) of
Hemelytrum
Hemelytron (n.) Alt. of
Hemelytrum
Hemelytrum (n.) One of the
partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the
earwigs, etc.
Hemeralopia (n.) 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.
Hemerobian (n.) A
neuropterous insect of the genus Hemerobius, and allied genera.
Hemerobid (a.) Of relating
to the hemerobians.
Hemerocallis (n.) A genus
of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day
lily.
Hemi- () A prefix signifying
half.
Hemialbumin (n.) Same as
Hemialbumose.
Hemialbumose (n.) 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.
Hemianaesthesia (n.)
Anaesthesia upon one side of the body.
Hemibranchi (n. pl.) An
order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes
the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia.
Hemicardia (n.) A lateral
half of the heart, either the right or left.
Hemicarp (n.) One portion
of a fruit that spontaneously divides into halves.
Hemicerebrum (n.) A
lateral half of the cerebrum.
Hemicollin (n.) See
Semiglutin.
Hemicrania (n.) A pain
that affects only one side of the head.
Hemicrany (n.) Hemicranis.
Hemicycle (n.) A half
circle; a semicircle.
Hemicycle (n.) A
semicircular place, as a semicircular arena, or room, or part of a room.
Hemidactyl (n.) Any
species of Old World geckoes of the genus Hemidactylus. The hemidactyls have
dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath.
Hemi-demi-semiquaver (n.)
A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a
whole note.
Hemiditone (n.) The lesser
third.
Hemigamous (a.) Having one
of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether
male or female; -- said of grasses.
Hemiglyph (n.) The half
channel or groove in the edge of the triglyph in the Doric order.
Hemihedral (a.) 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.
Hemihedrism (n.) The
property of crystallizing hemihedrally.
Hemihedron (n.) A solid
hemihedrally derived. The tetrahedron is a hemihedron.
Hemiholohedral (a.)
Presenting hemihedral forms, in which half the sectants have the full number of
planes.
Hemimellitic (a.) Having
half as many (three) carboxyl radicals as mellitic acid; -- said of an organic
acid.
Hemimetabola (n. pl.)
Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis.
Hemimetabolic (a.) Having
an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in
laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches.
Hemimorphic (a.) Having
the two ends modified with unlike planes; -- said of a crystal.
Hemin (n.) 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.
Heminae (pl. ) of Hemina
Hemina (n.) A measure of
half a sextary.
Hemina (n.) A measure
equal to about ten fluid ounces.
Hemionus (n.) A wild ass
found in Thibet; the kiang.
Hemiopia (n.) Alt. of
Hemiopsia
Hemiopsia (n.) A defect of
vision in consequence of which a person sees but half of an object looked at.
Hemiorthotype (a.) Same as
Monoclinic.
Hemipeptone (n.) A product
of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter.
Hemiplegia (n.) A palsy
that affects one side only of the body.
Hemiplegy (n.) Hemiplegia.
Hemipode (n.) Any bird of
the genus Turnix. Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia.
Hemiprotein (n.) An
insoluble, proteid substance, described by Schutzenberger, formed when albumin
is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical
with antialbumid and dyspeptone.
Hemipter (n.) One of the
Hemiptera.
Hemiptera (n. pl.) An
order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp
stylets (mandibles and maxillae), for piercing. In many of the species
(Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the
others.
Hemipteral (a.) Alt. of
Hemipterous
Hemipterous (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Hemiptera.
Hemipteran (n.) One of the
Hemiptera; an hemipter.
Hemisected (imp. & p. p.)
of Hemisect
Hemisecting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hemisect
Hemisect (v. t.) To divide
along the mesial plane.
Hemisection (n.) A
division along the mesial plane; also, one of the parts so divided.
Hemisphere (n.) A half
sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through
its center.
Hemisphere (n.) Half of
the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map or picture.
Hemisphere (n.) The people
who inhabit a hemisphere.
Hemispheric (a.) Alt. of
Hemispherical
Hemispherical (a.)
Containing, or pertaining to, a hemisphere; as, a hemispheric figure or form; a
hemispherical body.
Hemispheroid (n.) A half
of a spheroid.
Hemispheroidal (a.)
Resembling, or approximating to, a hemisphere in form.
Hemispherule (n.) A half
spherule.
Hemistich (n.) Half a
poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.
Hemistichal (a.)
Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also, by, or according to, hemistichs;
as, a hemistichal division of a verse.
Hemisystole (n.)
Contraction of only one ventricle of the heart.
Hemitone (n.) See
Semitone.
Hemitropal (a.) Alt. of
Hemitropous
Hemitropous (a.) Turned
half round; half inverted.
Hemitropous (a.) Having
the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice;
amphitropous; -- said of an ovule.
Hemitrope (a.) Half turned
round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure.
Hemitrope (n.) That which
is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.) a twin crystal having a hemitropal
structure.
Hemitropy (n.) Twin
composition in crystals.
Hemlock (n.) 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.
Hemlock (n.) An evergreen
tree common in North America (Abies, / Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce.
Hemlock (n.) The wood or
timber of the hemlock tree.
Hemmel (n.) A shed or
hovel for cattle.
Hemmer (n.) One who, or
that which, hems with a needle.
Hemmer (n.) An attachment
to a sewing machine, for turning under the edge of a piece of fabric,
preparatory to stitching it down.
Hemmer (n.) A tool for
turning over the edge of sheet metal to make a hem.
Hemo- () Same as Haema-, Haemo-.
Hemoglobin (n.) The normal
coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is
composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called haematoglobulin. 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 haematocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood.
Hemoglobinometer (n.) Same
as Haemochromometer.
Hemophilia (n.) See
Hematophilia.
Hemoptysis (n.) The
expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of
the lungs.
Hemorrhage (n.) Any
discharge of blood from the blood vessels.
Hemorrhagic (a.)
Pertaining or tending to a flux of blood; consisting in, or accompanied by,
hemorrhage.
Hemorrhoidal (a.) Of or
pertaining to, or of the nature of, hemorrhoids.
Hemorrhoidal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the rectum; rectal; as, the hemorrhoidal arteries, veins, and
nerves.
Hemorrhoids (n. pl.) 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.
Hemostatic (a.) Of or
relating to stagnation of the blood.
Hemostatic (a.) Serving to
arrest hemorrhage; styptic.
Hemostatic (n.) A medicine
or application to arrest hemorrhage.
Hemoothorax (n.) An
effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura.
Hemp (n.) 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.
Hemp (n.) 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.
Hempen (a.) Made of hemp;
as, a hempen cord.
Hempen (a.) Like hemp.
Hempy (a.) Like hemp.
Hemself (pron.) Alt. of
Hemselven
Hemselven (pron.)
Themselves; -- used reflexively.
Hemstitched (imp. & p. p.)
of Hemstitch
Hemstitching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hemstitch
Hemstitch (v. t.) 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 (a.) Having a
broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a
hemistitched handkerchief.
Hemuse (n.) The roebuck in
its third year.
Hen (n.) The female of the
domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as,
the heath hen; the gray hen.
Henbane (n.) 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 (n.) A weed of the
genus Lamium (L. amplexicaule) with deeply crenate leaves.
Hence (adv.) From this
place; away.
Hence (adv.) From this
time; in the future; as, a week hence.
Hence (adv.) From this
reason; as an inference or deduction.
Hence (adv.) From this
source or origin.
Hence (v. t.) To send
away.
Henceforth (adv.) From
this time forward; henceforward.
Henceforward (adv.) From
this time forward; henceforth.
Henchboy (n.) A page; a
servant.
-men (pl. ) of Henchman
Henchman (n.) An
attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.
Hencoop (n.) A coop or
cage for hens.
Hende (a.) Skillful;
dexterous; clever.
Hende (a.) Friendly;
civil; gentle; kind.
Hendecagon (n.) A plane
figure of eleven sides and eleven angles.
Hendecane (n.) A
hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the paraffin series; -- so called because it has eleven
atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called also endecane, undecane.
Hendecasyllabic (a.)
Pertaining to a line of eleven syllables.
Hendecasyllable (n.) A
metrical line of eleven syllables.
Hendecatoic (a.)
Undecylic; pertaining to, or derived from, hendecane; as, hendecatoic acid.
Hendiadys (n.) 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 (a.) See Hende.
Henen (adv.) Hence.
Henfish (n.) A marine
fish; the sea bream.
Henfish (n.) A young bib.
See Bib, n., 2.
Heng (imp.) Hung.
Hen-hearted (a.) Cowardly;
timid; chicken-hearted.
Henhouses (pl. ) of
Henhouse
Henhouse (n.) A house or
shelter for fowls.
Henhussy (n.) A cotquean;
a man who intermeddles with women's concerns.
Heniquen (n.) See
Jeniquen.
Henna (n.) 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.
Henna (n.) The leaves of
the henna plant, or a preparation or dyestuff made from them.
Hennery (n.) An inclosed
place for keeping hens.
Hennes (adv.) Hence.
Hennotannic (a.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and
extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid.
Henoge ny (n.) Alt. of
Henogenesis
Henogenesis (n.) Same as
Ontogeny.
Henotheism (n.) Primitive
religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is
worshiped without reference to the rest.
Henotic (a.) Harmonizing;
irenic.
Henpecked (imp. & p. p.)
of Henpeck
Henpecking (p. pr. & vb.)
of Henpeck
Henpeck (v. t.) To subject
to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used
in the past participle (often adjectively).
Henroost (n.) A place
where hens roost.
Henrys (pl. ) of Henry
Henry (n.) 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 ampere a second.
Hen's-foot (n.) An
umbelliferous plant (Caucalis daucoides).
Hente (imp.) of Hent
Hent (p. p.) of Hent
Hent (v. t.) To seize; to
lay hold on; to catch; to get.
Henware (n.) A coarse,
blackish seaweed. See Badderlocks.
Henxman (n.) Henchman.
Hep (n.) See Hip, the
fruit of the dog-rose.
Hepar (n.) 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 (/).
Hepar (n.) Any substance
resembling hepar proper, in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium
sulphide, called also hepar sulphuris calcareum (/).
Hepatic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases.
Hepatic (a.) Resembling
the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar.
Hepatic (a.) Pertaining
to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticae, or scale mosses and liverworts.
Hepaticae (pl. ) of
Hepatica
Hepatica (n.) A genus of
pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.
Hepatica (n.) Any plant,
usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called
also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement.
Hepatical (a.) Hepatic.
Hepatite (n.) A variety of
barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated.
Hepatitis (n.)
Inflammation of the liver.
Hepatization (n.)
Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas.
Hepatization (n.)
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.
Hepatized (imp. & p. p.)
of Hepatize
Hepatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hepatize
Hepatize (v. t.) To
impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas.
Hepatize (v. t.) To gorge
with effused matter, as the lungs.
Hepatocele (n.) Hernia of
the liver.
Hepatocystic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; as, the hepatocystic ducts.
Hepatogastric (a.) See
Gastrohepatic.
Hepatogenic (a.) Alt. of
Hepatogenous
Hepatogenous (a.) Arising
from the liver; due to a condition of the liver; as, hepatogenic jaundice.
Hepatology (n.) The
science which treats of the liver; a treatise on the liver.
Hepato-pancreas (n.) A
digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually called the liver, but
different from the liver of vertebrates.
Hepatorenal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament.
Hepatoscopy (n.)
Divination by inspecting the liver of animals.
Heppen (a.) Neat; fit;
comfortable.
Hepper (n.) A young
salmon; a parr.
Hepta () A combining form from
Gr. "epta`, seven.
Heptachord (n.) A system
of seven sounds.
Heptachord (n.) A lyre
with seven chords.
Heptachord (n.) A
composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.
Heptad (n.) 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 (n.) The sum or
number of seven.
Heptaglot (n.) A book in
seven languages.
Heptagon (n.) A plane
figure consisting of seven sides and having seven angles.
Heptagonal (a.) Having
seven angles or sides.
Heptagynia (n. pl.) A
Linnaean order of plants having seven pistils.
Heptagynian (a.) Alt. of
Heptagynous
Heptagynous (a.) Having
seven pistils.
Heptahedron (n.) A solid
figure with seven sides.
Heptamerous (a.)
Consisting of seven parts, or having the parts in sets of sevens.
Heptandria (n. pl.) A
Linnaean class of plants having seven stamens.
Heptandrian (a.) Alt. of
Heptandrous
Heptandrous (a.) Having
seven stamens.
Heptane (n.) 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 (a.) Having
seven angles.
Heptaphyllous (a.) Having
seven leaves.
Heptarch (n.) Same as
Heptarchist.
Heptarchic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a heptarchy; constituting or consisting of a heptarchy.
Heptarchist (n.) A ruler
of one division of a heptarchy.
Heptarchy (n.) A
government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers.
Heptaspermous (a.) Having
seven seeds.
Heptastich (n.) A
composition consisting of seven lines or verses.
Heptateuch (n.) The first
seven books of the Testament.
Heptavalent (a.) Having
seven units of attractive force or affinity; -- said of heptad elements or
radicals.
Heptene (n.) Same as
Heptylene.
Heptine (n.) Any one of a
series of unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons, C7H12, of the acetylene series.
Heptoic (a.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, heptane; as, heptoic acid.
Heptone (n.) A liquid
hydrocarbon, C7H10, of the valylene series.
Hep tree () The wild dog-rose.
Heptyl (n.) A compound
radical, C7H15, regarded as the essential radical of heptane and a related
series of compounds.
Heptylene (n.) A colorless
liquid hydrocarbon, C7H14, of the ethylene series; also, any one of its isomers.
Called also heptene.
Heptylic (a.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, heptyl or heptane; as, heptylic alcohol. Cf. /nanthylic.
Her (pron. & a.) The form
of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw
her with her purse out.
Her (pron. pl.) Alt. of
Here
Here (pron. pl.) Of them;
their.
Heracleonite (n.) A
follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history
of the Christian church.
Herakline (n.) A picrate
compound, used as an explosive in blasting.
Herald (n.) 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.
Herald (n.) 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.
Herald (n.) A proclaimer;
one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's
fame.
Herald (n.) A forerunner;
a a precursor; a harbinger.
Herald (n.) Any messenger.
Heralded (imp. & p. p.) of
Herald
Heralding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Herald
Herald (v. t.) To
introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to
foretell; to usher in.
Heraldic (a.) Of or
pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language.
Heraldically (adv.) In an
heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.
Heraldry (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 (n.) The office
of a herald.
Herapathite (n.) The
sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for
their effects in polarizing light.
Heraud (n.) A herald.
Herb (n.) A plant whose
stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground,
after flowering.
Herb (n.) Grass; herbage.
Herbaceous (a.) Of or
pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb;
as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem.
Herbage (n.) Herbs
collectively; green food beasts; grass; pasture.
Herbage (n.) The liberty
or right of pasture in the forest or in the grounds of another man.
Herbaged (a.) Covered with
grass.
Herbal (a.) Of or
pertaining to herbs.
Herbal (n.) A book
containing the names and descriptions of plants.
Herbal (n.) A collection
of specimens of plants, dried and preserved; a hortus siccus; an herbarium.
Herbalism (n.) The
knowledge of herbs.
Herbalist (n.) One skilled
in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially
medicinal herbs.
Herbar (n.) An herb.
Herbarian (n.) A
herbalist.
Herbarist (n.) A
herbalist.
Herbariums (pl. ) of
Herbarium
Herbaria (pl. ) of
Herbarium
Herbarium (n.) A
collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged.
Herbarium (n.) A book or
case for preserving dried plants.
Herbarize (v. t.) See
Herborize.
Herbary (n.) A garden of
herbs; a cottage garden.
Herber (n.) A garden; a
pleasure garden.
Herbergage (n.) Harborage;
lodging; shelter; harbor.
Herbergeour (n.) A
harbinger.
Herbergh (n.) Alt. of
Herberwe
Herberwe (n.) A harbor.
Herbescent (a.) Growing
into herbs.
Herbid (a.) Covered with
herbs.
Herbiferous (a.) Bearing
herbs or vegetation.
Herbist (n.) A herbalist.
Herbivora (n. pl.) 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 (n.) One of the
Herbivora.
Herbivorous (a.) Eating
plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora.
Herbless (a.) Destitute of
herbs or of vegetation.
Herblet (n.) A small herb.
Herborist (n.) A
herbalist.
Herborization (n.) The act
of herborizing.
Herborization (n.) The
figure of plants in minerals or fossils.
Herborized (imp. & p. p.)
of Herborize
Herborizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Herborize
Herborize (v. i.) To
search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them.
Herborize (v. t.) To form
the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See Arborized.
Herborough (n.) A harbor.
Herbose (a.) Alt. of
Herbous
Herbous (a.) Abounding
with herbs.
Herb-women (pl. ) of
Herb-woman
Herb-woman (n.) A woman
that sells herbs.
Herby (a.) Having the
nature of, pertaining to, or covered with, herbs or herbage.
Hercogamous (a.) Not
capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some
structural obstacle forbids autogamy.
Herculean (a.) Requiring
the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an
Herculean task.
Herculean (a.) Having
extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs.
Hercules (n.) 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."
Hercules (n.) A
constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra.
Hercynian (a.) Of or
pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions
in Swabia and the Hartz mountains.
Herd (a.) Haired.
Herd (n.) 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.
Herd (n.) A crowd of low
people; a rabble.
Herd (n.) One who herds or
assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a
shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.
Herded (imp. & p. p.) of
Herd
Herding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Herd
Herd (v. i.) To unite or
associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on
many hills.
Herd (v. i.) To associate;
to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.
Herd (v. i.) To act as a
herdsman or a shepherd.
Herd (v. t.) To form or
put into a herd.
Herdbook (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 (n.) A herdsman.
Herderite (n.) A rare
fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals.
Herdess (n.) A
shepherdess; a female herder.
Herdgroom (n.) A herdsman.
Herdic (n.) A kind of
low-hung cab.
-men (pl. ) of Herdsman
Herdman (n.) Alt. of
Herdsman
Herdsman (n.) The owner or
keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.
women (pl. ) of Herdswoman
Herdswoman (n.) A woman
who tends a herd.
Here (n.) Hair.
Here (pron.) See Her,
their.
Here (pron.) Her; hers.
See Her.
Here (adv.) In this place;
in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to there.
Here (adv.) In the present
life or state.
Here (adv.) To or into
this place; hither. [Colloq.] See Thither.
Here (adv.) At this point
of time, or of an argument; now.
Herea-bout (adv.) Alt. of
Hereabouts
Hereabouts (adv.) About
this place; in this vicinity.
Hereabouts (adv.)
Concerning this.
Hereafter (adv.) In time
to come; in some future time or state.
Hereafter (n.) A future
existence or state.
Hereafterward (adv.)
Hereafter.
Here-at (adv.) At, or by
reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat.
Hereby (adv.) By means of
this.
Hereby (adv.) Close by;
very near.
Hereditability (n.) State
of being hereditable.
Hereditable (a.) Capable
of being inherited. See Inheritable.
Hereditable (a.) Qualified
to inherit; capable of inheriting.
Hereditably (adv.) By
inheritance.
Hereditament (n.) Any
species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal
or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir.
Hereditarily (adv.) By
inheritance; in an hereditary manner.
Hereditary (a.) 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.
Hereditary (a.)
Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or
condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.
Heredity (n.) 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 (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 (adv.) From
hence.
Herein (adv.) In this.
Hereinafter (adv.) In the
following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like).
Hereinbefore (adv.) In the
preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.).
Hereinto (adv.) Into this.
Heremit (n.) Alt. of
Heremite
Heremite (n.) A hermit.
Heremitical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society.
Heren (a.) Made of hair.
Hereof (adv.) Of this;
concerning this; from this; hence.
Hereon (adv.) On or upon
this; hereupon.
Hereout (adv.) Out of
this.
Heresiarch (n.) A leader
in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics.
Heresiarchy (n.) A chief
or great heresy.
Heresiographer (n.) One
who writes on heresies.
Heresiography (n.) A
treatise on heresy.
Heresies (pl. ) of Heresy
Heresy (n.) 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.
Heresy (n.) 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.
Heresy (n.) An offense
against Christianity, consisting in a denial of some essential doctrine, which
denial is publicly avowed, and obstinately maintained.
Heretic (n.) One who holds
to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or
prevailing religion.
Heretic (n.) 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."
Heretical (a.) Containing
heresy; of the nature of, or characterized by, heresy.
Heretically (adv.) In an
heretical manner.
Hereticate (v. t.) To
decide to be heresy or a heretic; to denounce as a heretic or heretical.
Heretification (n.) The
act of hereticating or pronouncing heretical.
Hereto (adv.) To this;
hereunto.
Heretoch (n.) Alt. of
Heretog
Heretog (n.) The leader or
commander of an army; also, a marshal.
Heretofore (adv.) Up to
this time; hitherto; before; in time past.
Hereunto (adv.) Unto this;
up to this time; hereto.
Hereupon (adv.) On this;
hereon.
Herewith (adv.) With this.
Herie (v. t.) To praise;
to worship.
Heriot (n.) 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.
Heriotable (a.) Subject to
the payment of a heriot.
Herisson (n.) A beam or
bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a
passage.
Heritability (n.) The
state of being heritable.
Heritable (a.) Capable of
being inherited or of passing by inheritance; inheritable.
Heritable (a.) Capable of
inheriting or receiving by inheritance.
Heritage (a.) That which
is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.
Heritage (a.) A
possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral
charge.
Heritance (n.) Heritage;
inheritance.
Heritor (n.) A proprietor
or landholder in a parish.
Herl (n.) Same as Harl, 2.
Herling (n.) Alt. of
Hirling
Hirling (n.) The young of
the sea trout.
Hermae (pl. ) of Herma
Herma (n.) See Hermes, 2.
Hermaphrodeity (n.)
Hermaphrodism.
Hermaphrodism (n.) See
Hermaphroditism.
Hermaphrodite (n.) 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 (a.)
Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower.
Hermaphroditic (a.) Alt.
of Hermaphroditical
Hermaphroditical (a.)
Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; characterized by
hermaphroditism.
Hermaphroditism (n.) The
union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of
their characteristics or organs in one individual.
Hermeneutic (a.) Alt. of
Hermeneutical
Hermeneutical (a.)
Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical;
explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures;
a hermeneutic phrase.
Hermeneutically (adv.)
According to the principles of interpretation; as, a verse of Scripture was
examined hermeneutically.
Hermeneutics (n.) 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.
Hermes (n.) See Mercury.
Hermes (n.) 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 (a.) Alt. of
Hermetical
Hermetical (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; as, hermetic philosophy.
Hence: Alchemical; chemic.
Hermetical (a.) 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.
Hermetical (a.) 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.
Hermetically (adv.) In an
hermetical manner; chemically.
Hermetically (adv.) By
fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure.
Hermit (n.) A person who
retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially,
one who so lives from religious motives.
Hermit (n.) A beadsman;
one bound to pray for another.
Hermitage (n.) The
habitation of a hermit; a secluded residence.
Hermitage (n.) A
celebrated French wine, both white and red, of the Department of Drome.
Hermitary (n.) A cell
annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit.
Hermitess (n.) A female
hermit.
Hermitical (a.) Pertaining
to, or suited for, a hermit.
Hermodactyl (n.) A
heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey,
formerly used as a cathartic.
Hermogenian (n.) A
disciple of Hermogenes, an heretical teacher who lived in Africa near the close
of the second century. He held matter to be the fountain of all evil, and that
souls and spirits are formed of corrupt matter.
Hern (n.) A heron; esp.,
the common European heron.
Hernani (n.) A thin silk
or woolen goods, for women's dresses, woven in various styles and colors.
Herne (n.) A corner.
Hernias (pl. ) of Hernia
Herniae (pl. ) of Hernia
Hernia (n.) 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.
Hernial (a.) Of, or
connected with, hernia.
Herniotomy (n.) A cutting
for the cure or relief of hernia; celotomy.
Hernshaw (n.) Heronshaw.
Heroes (pl. ) of Hero
Hero (n.) An illustrious
man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod,
as Hercules.
Hero (n.) 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.
Hero (n.) 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 Aeneas in the Aeneid.
Herodian (n.) One of a
party among the Jews, composed of partisans of Herod of Galilee. They joined
with the Pharisees against Christ.
Herodiones (n. pl.) A
division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, and allied forms. Called
also Herodii.
Heroess (n.) A heroine.
Heroic (a.) 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.
Heroic (a.) Worthy of a
hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises.
Heroic (a.) Larger than
life size, but smaller than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human
figure.
Heroical (a.) Heroic.
Heroicness (n.) Heroism.
Heroicomic (a.) Alt. of
Heroicomical
Heroicomical (a.)
Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a
heroicomic poem.
Heroine (n.) A woman of an
heroic spirit.
Heroine (n.) The principal
female person who figures in a remarkable action, or as the subject of a poem or
story.
Heroism (n.) The qualities
characteristic of a hero, as courage, bravery, fortitude, unselfishness, etc.;
the display of such qualities.
Heron (n.) Any wading bird
of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeidae. 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.
Heroner (n.) A hawk used
in hunting the heron.
Heronry (n.) A place where
herons breed.
Heronsew (n.) A heronshaw.
Heronshaw (n.) A heron.
Heroologist (n.) One who
treats of heroes.
Heroship (n.) The
character or personality of a hero.
Herpes (n.) 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 (a.) Pertaining
to, or resembling, the herpes; partaking of the nature of herpes; as, herpetic
eruptions.
Herpetism (n.) See
Dartrous diathesis, under Dartrous.
Herpetologic (a.) Alt. of
Herpetological
Herpetological (a.)
Pertaining to herpetology.
Herpetologist (n.) One
versed in herpetology, or the natural history of reptiles.
Herpetology (n.) The
natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoology which relates to reptiles,
including their structure, classification, and habits.
Herpetotomist (n.) One who
dissects, or studies the anatomy of, reptiles.
Herpetotomy (n.) The
anatomy or dissection of reptiles.
Herr (n.) A title of
respect given to gentlemen in Germany, equivalent to the English Mister.
Herring (n.) 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.
Herringbone (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.
Herrnhuter (n.) 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 (pron.) See the Note
under Her, pron.
Hersal (n.) Rehearsal.
Herschel (n.) See Uranus.
Herschelian (a.) Of or
relating to Sir William Herschel; as, the Herschelian telescope.
Herse (n.) 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.
Herse (n.) See Hearse, a
carriage for the dead.
Herse (n.) A funeral
ceremonial.
Herse (v. t.) Same as
Hearse, v. t.
Herself (pron.) 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.
Herself (pron.) 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.
Hersillon (n.) A beam with
projecting spikes, used to make a breach impassable.
Hert (n.) A hart.
Herte (n.) A heart.
Hertely (a. & adv.)
Hearty; heartily.
Hery (v. t.) To worship;
to glorify; to praise.
Hesitancy (n.) The act of
hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the
manner of one who hesitates.
Hesitancy (n.) A
stammering; a faltering in speech.
Hesitant (a.) Not prompt
in deciding or acting; hesitating.
Hesitant (a.) Unready in
speech.
Hesitantly (adv.) With
hesitancy or doubt.
Hesitated (imp. & p. p.)
of Hesitate
Hesitating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hesitate
Hesitate (v. i.) 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.
Hesitate (v. i.) To
stammer; to falter in speaking.
Hesitate (v. t.) To utter
with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
Hesitatingly (adv.) With
hesitation or doubt.
Hesitation (n.) The act of
hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.
Hesitation (n.) A
faltering in speech; stammering.
Hesitative (a.) Showing,
or characterized by, hesitation.
Hesitatory (a.)
Hesitating.
Hesp (n.) A measure of two
hanks of linen thread.
Hesper (n.) The evening;
Hesperus.
Hesperetin (n.) A white,
crystalline substance having a sweetish taste, obtained by the decomposition of
hesperidin, and regarded as a complex derivative of caffeic acid.
Hesperian (a.) Western;
being in the west; occidental.
Hesperian (n.) A native or
an inhabitant of a western country.
Hesperian (a.) Of or
pertaining to a family of butterflies called Hesperidae, or skippers.
Hesperian (n.) Any one of
the numerous species of Hesperidae; a skipper.
Hesperid (a. & n.) Same as
3d Hesperian.
Hesperidene (n.) An
isomeric variety of terpene from orange oil.
Hesperides (n. pl.) 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.
Hesperides (n. pl.) The
garden producing the golden apples.
Hesperidin (n.) A
glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange), and extracted as a
white crystalline substance.
Hesperidium (n.) A large
berry with a thick rind, as a lemon or an orange.
Hesperornis (n.) 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 (n.) Venus when
she is the evening star; Hesper.
Hesperus (n.) Evening.
Hessian (a.) Of or
relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.
Hessian (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Hesse.
Hessian (n.) A mercenary
or venal person.
Hessian (n.) See Hessian
boots and cloth, under Hessian, a.
Hessite (n.) A lead-gray
sectile mineral. It is a telluride of silver.
Hest (n.) Command;
precept; injunction.
Hestern (a.) Alt. of
Hesternal
Hesternal (a.) Pertaining
to yesterday. [Obs.] See Yester, a.
Hesychast (n.) One of a
mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenth century; a quietist.
Hetairism (n.) Alt. of
Hetarism
Hetarism (n.) A supposed
primitive state of society, in which all the women of a tribe were held in
common.
Hetchel (v. t.) Same as
Hatchel.
Hete (imp. & p. p.) of
Hete
Het () of Hete
Hete (v. t. & i.) Variant
of Hote.
Heteracanth (a.) Having
the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the
right and left sides.
Heterarchy (n.) The
government of an alien.
Heterauxesis (n.) Unequal
growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant.
Hetero- () A combining form
signifying other, other than usual, different; as, heteroclite, heterodox,
heterogamous.
Heterocarpism (n.) The
power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in Amphicarpaea, in
which besides the usual pods, there are others underground.
Heterocarpous (a.)
Characterized by heterocarpism.
Hetercephalous (a.)
Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants.
Heterocera (n. pl.) A
division of Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk moths, which have the
antennae variable in form.
Heterocercal (a.) Having
the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which
is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.
Heterocercy (n.) Unequal
development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail.
Heterochromous (a.) Having
the central florets of a flower head of a different color from those of the
circumference.
Heterochronism (n.) Alt.
of Heterochrony
Heterochrony (n.) In
evolution, a deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of organs or
parts.
Heteroclite (a.) Deviating
from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
Heteroclite (n.) 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.
Heteroclite (n.) Any thing
or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms.
Heteroclitic (a.) Alt. of
Heteroclitical
Heteroclitical (a.)
Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
Heteroclitous (a.)
Heteroclitic.
Heterocyst (n.) A cell
larger than the others, and of different appearance, occurring in certain algae
related to nostoc.
Heterodactyl (a.)
Heterodactylous.
Heterodactyl (n.) One of
the Heterodactylae.
Heterodactylae (n. pl.) A
group of birds including the trogons.
Heterodactylous (a.)
Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons.
Heterodont (a.) Having the
teeth differentiated into incisors, canines, and molars, as in man; -- opposed
to homodont.
Heterodont (n.) Any animal
with heterodont dentition.
Heterodox (a.) 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.
Heterodox (a.) Holding
heterodox opinions, or doctrines not orthodox; heretical; -- said of persons.
Heterodox (n.) An opinion
opposed to some accepted standard.
Heterodoxal (a.) Not
orthodox.
Heterodoxy (n.) 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.
Heterodromous (a.) Having
spirals of changing direction.
Heterodromous (a.) 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 (a.) The
condition of having two or more kinds of flowers which differ in regard to
stamens and pistils, as in the aster.
Heterogamous (a.)
Characterized by heterogamy.
Heterogamy (n.) The
process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; --
opposed to orthogamy.
Heterogamy (n.) 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.
Heterogangliate (a.)
Having the ganglia of the nervous system unsymmetrically arranged; -- said of
certain invertebrate animals.
Heterogene (a.)
Heterogenous.
Heterogeneal (a.)
Heterogeneous.
Heterogeneity (n.) The
state of being heterogeneous; contrariety.
Heterogeneous (a.)
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.
Heterogenesis (n.)
Spontaneous generation, so called.
Heterogenesis (n.) 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 (a.)
Relating to heterogenesis; as, heterogenetic transformations.
Heterogenist (n.) One who
believes in the theory of spontaneous generation, or heterogenesis.
Heterogenous (a.) Of or
pertaining to heterogenesis; heterogenetic.
Heterogeny (n.)
Heterogenesis.
Heterogonous (a.)
Characterized by heterogony.
Heterogony (n.) The
condition of having two or more kinds of flowers, different as to the length of
their stamens and pistils.
Heterographic (a.)
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 (n.) 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 (a.) Having
females very unlike the males in form and structure; -- as certain insects, the
males of which are winged, and the females wingless.
Heterologous (a.)
Characterized by heterology; consisting of different elements, or of like
elements in different proportions; different; -- opposed to homologous; as,
heterologous organs.
Heterology (n.) 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.
Heterology (n.) 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 (n. pl.) A
division of Coleoptera, having heteromerous tarsi.
Heteromerous (a.)
Unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other
respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous.
Heteromerous (a.) With the
parts not corresponding in number.
Heteromerous (a.) Having
the femoral artery developed as the principal artery of the leg; -- said of
certain birds, as the cotingas and pipras.
Heteromerous (a.) 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 (a.)
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 (n.) Alt.
of Heteromorphy
Heteromorphy (n.) The
state or quality of being heteromorphic.
Heteromorphous (a.)
Heteromorphic.
Heteromyaria (n. pl.) 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 (n.) A
free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of Nereis.
Heteronomous (a.) Subject
to the law of another.
Heteronomy (n.)
Subordination or subjection to the law of another; political subjection of a
community or state; -- opposed to autonomy.
Heteronomy (n.) 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.
Heteronym (n.) That which
is heteronymous; a thing having a different name or designation from some other
thing; -- opposed to homonym.
Heteronymous (a.) Having
different names or designations; standing in opposite relations.
Heteroousian (a.) Having
different essential qualities; of a different nature.
Heteroousian (n.) One of
those Arians who held that the Son was of a different substance from the Father.
Heteroousious (a.) See
Heteroousian.
Heteropathic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the method of heteropathy; allopathic.
Heteropathy (n.) That mode
of treating diseases, by which a morbid condition is removed by inducing an
opposite morbid condition to supplant it; allopathy.
Heteropelmous (a.) 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 (n. pl.)
Altrices.
Heterophemist (n.) One
liable to the fault of heterophemy.
Heterophemy (n.) 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.
Heterophony (n.) An
abnormal state of the voice.
Heterophyllous (a.) Having
leaves of more than one shape on the same plant.
Heteroplasm (n.) An
abnormal formation foreign to the economy, and composed of elements different
from those are found in it in its normal condition.
Heteroplastic (a.)
Producing a different type of organism; developing into a different form of
tissue, as cartilage which develops into bone.
Heteropod (n.) One of the
Heteropoda.
Heteropod (a.)
Heteropodous.
Heteropoda (n. pl.) 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 (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Heteropoda.
Heteropter (n.) One of the
Heteroptera.
Heteroptera (n. pl.) A
suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See
Hemiptera.
Heteroptics (n.) False
optics.
Heteroscian (n.) 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 (n.) 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?"
Heterosomati (n. pl.) 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 (a.) Alt. of
Heterosporous
Heterosporous (a.)
Producing two kinds of spores unlike each other.
Heterostyled (a.) Having
styles of two or more distinct forms or lengths.
Heterostylism (n.) The
condition of being heterostyled.
Heterotactous (a.)
Relating to, or characterized by, heterotaxy.
Heterotaxy (n.) 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 (n.) Alt. of
Heterotopy
Heterotopy (n.) A
deviation from the natural position; -- a term applied in the case of organs or
growths which are abnormal in situation.
Heterotopy (n.) A
deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in
thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells.
Heterotricha (n. pl.) A
division of ciliated Infusoria, having fine cilia all over the body, and a
circle of larger ones around the anterior end.
Heterotropal (a.) Alt. of
Heterotropous
Heterotropous (a.) Having
the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous.
Hething (n.) Contempt;
scorn.
Hetmans (pl. ) of Hetman
Hetman (n.) A Cossack
headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the
throne of Russia.
Heugh (n.) A crag; a
cliff; a glen with overhanging sides.
Heugh (n.) A shaft in a
coal pit; a hollow in a quarry.
Heuk (n.) Variant of Huke.
Heulandite (n.) 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 (a.) Serving to
discover or find out.
Heved (n.) The head.
Hewed (imp.) of Hew
Hewed (p. p.) of Hew
Hewn () of Hew
Hewing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hew
Hew (v. t.) To cut with an
ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.
Hew (v. t.) To form or
shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with
out; as, to hew out a sepulcher.
Hew (v. t.) To cut in
pieces; to chop; to hack.
Hew (n.) Destruction by
cutting down.
Hew (n.) Hue; color.
Hew (n.) Shape; form.
Hewe (n.) A domestic
servant; a retainer.
Hewer (n.) One who hews.
Hewhole (n.) The European
green woodpecker. See Yaffle.
Hewn (a.) Felled, cut, or
shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as, a house built of hewn logs.
Hewn (a.) Roughly dressed
as with a hammer; as, hewn stone.
Hex- () Alt. of Hexa
Hexa () A prefix or combining
form, used to denote six, sixth, etc.; as, hexatomic, hexabasic.
Hexabasic (a.) Having six
hydrogen atoms or six radicals capable of being replaced or saturated by bases;
-- said of acids; as, mellitic acid is hexabasic.
Hexacapsular (a.) Having
six capsules or seed vessels.
Hexachord (n.) A series of
six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals
being whole tones.
Hexacid (a.) Having six
atoms or radicals capable of being replaced by acids; hexatomic; hexavalent; --
said of bases; as, mannite is a hexacid base.
Hexactinellid (a.) Having
six-rayed spicules; belonging to the Hexactinellinae.
Hexactinelline (a.)
Belonging to the Hexactinellinae, a group of sponges, having six-rayed siliceous
spicules.
Hexactinia (n. pl.) The
Anthozoa.
Hexad (n.) 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 (a.) Having
six fingers or toes.
Hexade (n.) A series of
six numbers.
Hexadecane (n.) See
Hecdecane.
Hexagon (n.) A plane
figure of six angles.
Hexagonal (a.) Having six
sides and six angles; six-sided.
Hexagonally (adv.) In an
hexagonal manner.
Hexagony (n.) A hexagon.
Hexagynia (n. pl.) A
Linnaean order of plants having six pistils.
Hexagynian (a.) Alt. of
Hexagynous
Hexagynous (a.) Having six
pistils.
Hexahedral (a.) In the
form of a hexahedron; having six sides or faces.
Hexahedrons (pl. ) of
Hexahedron
Hexahedra (pl. ) of
Hexahedron
Hexahedron (n.) A solid
body of six sides or faces.
Hexahemeron (n.) A term of
six days.
Hexahemeron (n.) The
history of the six day's work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of
Genesis.
Hexamerous (a.) In six
parts; in sixes.
Hexameter (n.) 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 Aeneid of Virgil. In English
hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.
Hexameter (a.) Having six
metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.
Hexametric (a.) Alt. of
Hexametrical
Hexametrical (a.)
Consisting of six metrical feet.
Hexametrist (n.) One who
writes in hexameters.
Hexandria (n. pl.) A
Linnaean class of plants having six stamens.
Hexandrian (a.) Alt. of
Hex-androus
Hex-androus (a.) Having
six stamens.
Hexane (n.) 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 (a.) Having six
angles or corners.
Hexapetalous (a.) Having
six petals.
Hexaphyllous (a.) Having
six leaves or leaflets.
Hexapla (sing.) 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 (a.) Having six
feet.
Hexapod (n.) An animal
having six feet; one of the Hexapoda.
Hexapoda (n. pl.) The
true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids.
Hexapodous (a.) Having six
feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
Hexapterous (a.) Having
six processes.
Hexastich (n.) Alt. of
Hexastichon
Hexastichon (n.) A poem
consisting of six verses or lines.
Hexastyle (a.) Having six
columns in front; -- said of a portico or temple.
Hexastyle (n.) A hexastyle
portico or temple.
Hexateuch (n.) The first
six books of the Old Testament.
Hexatomic (a.) Having six
atoms in the molecule.
Hexatomic (a.) Having six
replaceable radicals.
Hexavalent (p. pr.) Having
a valence of six; -- said of hexads.
Hexdecyl (n.) The
essential radical, C16H33, of hecdecane.
Hexdecylic (a.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, hexdecyl or hecdecane; as, hexdecylic alcohol.
Hexeikosane (n.) A
hydrocarbon, C26H54, resembling paraffine; -- so called because each molecule
has twenty-six atoms of carbon.
Hexene (n.) Same as
Hexylene.
Hexicology (n.) The
science which treats of the complex relations of living creatures to other
organisms, and to their surrounding conditions generally.
Hexine (n.) A hydrocarbon,
C6H10, of the acetylene series, obtained artificially as a colorless, volatile,
pungent liquid; -- called also hexoylene.
Hexoctahedron (n.) A solid
having forty-eight equal triangular faces.
Hexoic (a.) Pertaining to,
or derived from, hexane; as, hexoic acid.
Hexone (n.) A liquid
hydrocarbon, C6H8, of the valylene series, obtained from distillation products
of certain fats and gums.
Hexyl (n.) A compound
radical, C6H13, regarded as the essential residue of hexane, and a related
series of compounds.
Hexylene (n.) 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 (a.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, hexyl or hexane; as, hexylic alcohol.
Hey (a.) High.
Hey (interj.) An
exclamation of joy, surprise, or encouragement.
Hey (interj.) A cry to set
dogs on.
Heyday (interj.) An
expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.
Heyday (n.) The time of
triumph and exultation; hence, joy, high spirits, frolicsomeness; wildness.
Heydeguy (n.) A kind of
country-dance or round.
Heyh (a.) Alt. of Heygh
Heygh (a.) High.
Heyne (n.) A wretch; a
rascal.
Heyten (adv.) Hence.
Hiation (n.) Act of
gaping.
Hiatus (pl. ) of Hiatus
Hiatuses (pl. ) of Hiatus
Hiatus (n.) 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.
Hiatus (n.) The
concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables.
Hibernacle (n.) That which
serves for protection or shelter in winter; winter quarters; as, the hibernacle
of an animal or a plant.
Hibernaculum (n.) 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.
Hibernaculum (n.) A little
case in which certain insects pass the winter.
Hibernaculum (n.) Winter
home or abiding place.
Hibernal (a.) Belonging or
relating to winter; wintry; winterish.
Hibernated (imp. & p. p.)
of Hibernate
Hibernating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hibernate
Hibernate (v. i.) To
winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic
state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects.
Hibernation (n.) The act
or state of hibernating.
Hibernian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish.
Hibernian (n.) A native or
an inhabitant of Ireland.
Hibernicism (n.) Alt. of
Hibernianism
Hibernianism (n.) An idiom
or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.
Hiberno-Celtic (n.) The
native language of the Irish; that branch of the Celtic languages spoken by the
natives of Ireland. Also adj.
Hibiscus (n.) 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 () A juggler.
Hiccough (n.) 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.
Hiccoughed (imp. & p. p.)
of Hiccough
Hiccoughing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hiccough
Hiccough (v. i.) To have a
hiccough or hiccoughs.
Hickory (n.) 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.
Hicksite (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 (n. & v. i.) See
Hiccough.
Hickwall (n.) Alt. of
Hickway
Hickway (n.) The lesser
spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe.
Hid () imp. & p. p. of Hide. See
Hidden.
Hidage (n.) A tax formerly
paid to the kings of England for every hide of land.
Hidalgo (n.) A title,
denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class.
Hidden (p. p. & a.) from
Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious.
Hiddenite (n.) An
emerald-green variety of spodumene found in North Carolina; lithia emerald, --
used as a gem.
Hiddenly (adv.) In a
hidden manner.
Hid (imp.) of Hide
Hidden (p. p.) of Hide
Hid () of Hide
Hiding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hide
Hide (v. t.) To conceal,
or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
Hide (v. t.) To withhold
from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
Hide (v. t.) To remove
from danger; to shelter.
Hide (v. i.) To lie
concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or
observation.
Hide (n.) An abode or
dwelling.
Hide (n.) 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.
Hide (n.) The skin of an
animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of
the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.
Hide (n.) The human skin;
-- so called in contempt.
Hided (imp. & p. p.) of
Hide
Hiding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hide
Hide (v. t.) To flog; to
whip.
Hidebound (a.) Having the
skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or
raised; -- said of an animal.
Hidebound (a.) Having the
bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees.
Hidebound (a.)
Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative.
Hidebound (a.) Niggardly;
penurious.
Hideous (a.) Frightful,
shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster;
hideous looks.
Hideous (a.) Distressing
or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise.
Hideous (a.) Hateful;
shocking.
Hider (n.) One who hides
or conceals.
Hiding (n.) The act of
hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment.
Hiding (n.) A flogging.
Hied (imp. & p. p.) of Hie
Hying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Hie
Hie (v. i.) To hasten; to
go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal pronoun.
Hie (n.) Haste; diligence.
Hiems (n.) Winter.
Hierapicra (n.) A warming
cathartic medicine, made of aloes and canella bark.
Hierarch (n.) One who has
high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order;
as, princely hierarchs.
Hierarchal (a.) Alt. of
Hierarchic
Hierarchic (a.) Pertaining
to a hierarch.
Hierarchical (a.)
Pertaining to a hierarchy.
Hierarchism (n.) The
principles or authority of a hierarchy.
Hierarchies (pl. ) of
Hierarchy
Hierarchy (n.) Dominion or
authority in sacred things.
Hierarchy (n.) A body of
officials disposed organically in ranks and orders each subordinate to the one
above it; a body of ecclesiastical rulers.
Hierarchy (n.) A form of
government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops,
bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests.
Hierarchy (n.) A rank or
order of holy beings.
Hieratic (a.) Consecrated
to sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to priests.
Hierocracy (n.) Government
by ecclesiastics; a hierarchy.
Hieroglyph (a.) Alt. of
Hieroglyphic
Hieroglyphic (a.) 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.
Hieroglyphic (a.) Any
character or figure which has, or is supposed to have, a hidden or mysterious
significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible character or mark.
Hieroglyphic (a.) Alt. of
Hieroglyphical
Hieroglyphical (a.)
Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as,
hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk.
Hieroglyphical (a.)
Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable.
Hieroglyphically (adv.) In
hieroglyphics.
Hieroglyphist (n.) One
versed in hieroglyphics.
Hierogram (n.) A form of
sacred or hieratic writing.
Hierogrammatic (a.)
Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing.
Hierogrammatist (n.) A
writer of hierograms; also, one skilled in hieroglyphics.
Hierographic (a.) Alt. of
Hierographical
Hierographical (a.) Of or
pertaining to sacred writing.
Hierography (n.) Sacred
writing.
Hierolatry (n.) The
worship of saints or sacred things.
Hierologic (a.) Alt. of
Hierological
Hierological (a.)
Pertaining to hierology.
Hierologist (n.) One
versed in, or whostudies, hierology.
Hierology (n.) 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 (n.) Divination
by observing the objects offered in sacrifice.
Hiermartyr (n.) A priest
who becomes a martyr.
Hieromnemon (n.) The
sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic
Council, along with the deputy or minister.
Hieromnemon (n.) A
magistrate who had charge of religious matters, as at Byzantium.
Hieron (n.) A consecrated
place; esp., a temple.
Hieronymite (n.) See
Jeronymite.
Hierophant (n.) The
presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence,
one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion.
Hierophantic (a.) Of or
relating to hierophants or their teachings.
Hieroscopy (n.) Divination
by inspection of entrails of victims offered in sacrifice.
-cae (pl. ) of Hierotheca
Hierotheca (n.) A
receptacle for sacred objects.
Hierourgy (n.) A sacred or
holy work or worship.
Hifalutin (n.) See
Highfaluting.
Higgled (imp. & p. p.) of
Higgle
Higgling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Higgle
Higgle (v. i.) To hawk or
peddle provisions.
Higgle (v. i.) To chaffer;
to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle.
Higgledy-piggledy (adv.)
In confusion; topsy-turvy.
Higgler (n.) One who
higgles.
High (v. i.) To hie.
High (superl.) 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.
High (superl.) 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
High (superl.) Elevated in
character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preeminent; honorable; as,
high aims, or motives.
High (superl.) Exalted in
social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the
like; dignified; as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.
High (superl.) Of noble
birth; illustrious; as, of high family.
High (superl.) Of great
strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent;
sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high
passions.
High (superl.) Very
abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble.
High (superl.) Costly;
dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price.
High (superl.) Arrogant;
lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense.
High (superl.) 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 (superl.)
Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is
high.
High (superl.) Acute or
sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.
High (superl.) Made with a
high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as / (/ve),
/ (f/d). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11.
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.
High (n.) An elevated
place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
High (n.) People of rank
or high station; as, high and low.
High (n.) The highest card
dealt or drawn.
High (v. i.) To rise; as,
the sun higheth.
Highbinder (n.) A ruffian;
one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain
alleged societies among the Chinese.
High-blown (a.) Inflated,
as with conceit.
Highborn (a.) Of noble
birth.
High-bred (a.) Bred in
high life; of pure blood.
High-built (a.) Of lofty
structure; tall.
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 (n.) The
principles of the high-church party.
-men (pl. ) of
High-churchman
High-churchman (n.) One
who holds high-church principles.
High-churchman-ship (n.)
The state of being a high-churchman.
High-colored (a.) Having a
strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed.
High-colored (a.) Vivid;
strong or forcible in representation; hence, exaggerated; as, high-colored
description.
High-embowed (a.) Having
lofty arches.
Highering (a.) Rising
higher; ascending.
Highfaluting (n.)
High-flown, bombastic language.
High-fed (a.) Pampered;
fed luxuriously.
High-finished (a.)
Finished with great care; polished.
Highflier (n.) One who is
extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners.
High-flown (a.) Elevated;
proud.
High-flown (a.) Turgid;
extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language.
High-flushed (a.) Elated.
Highflying (a.)
Extravagant in opinions or ambition.
High-go (n.) A spree; a
revel.
High-handed (a.)
Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.
High-hearted (a.) Full of
courage or nobleness; high-souled.
High-hoe (n.) The European
green woodpecker or yaffle.
High-holder (n.) The
flicker; -- called also high-hole.
Highland (n.) Elevated or
mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the
Highlands of Scotland.
Highlander (n.) An
inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland.
Highlandry (n.)
Highlanders, collectively.
High-low (n.) A laced
boot, ankle high.
Highly (adv.) In a high
manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.
Highmen (n. pl.) Loaded
dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers.
High-mettled (a.) Having
abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed.
High-minded (a.) Proud;
arrogant.
High-minded (a.) Having,
or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles
and feelings; magnanimous; -- opposed to mean.
High-mindedness (n.) The
quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.
Highmost (a.) Highest.
Highness (n.) The state of
being high; elevation; loftiness.
Highness (n.) A title of
honor given to kings, princes, or other persons of rank; as, His Royal Highness.
High-palmed (a.) Having
high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.
High-pressure (a.) 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.
High-pressure (a.) Fig.:
Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.
High priest () A chief priest;
esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.
High-priesthood (n.) The
office, dignity, or position of a high priest.
High-priestship (n.)
High-priesthood.
High-principled (a.)
Possessed of noble or honorable principles.
High-proof (a.) Highly
rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits.
High-proof (a.) So as to
stand any test.
High-raised (a.) Elevated;
raised aloft; upreared.
High-raised (a.) Elated
with great ideas or hopes.
High-reaching (a.)
Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring.
High-red (a.) Of a strong
red color.
Highroad (n.) A highway; a
much traveled or main road.
High-seasoned (a.)
Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.
High-sighted (a.) Looking
upward; supercilious.
High-souled (a.) Having a
high or noble spirit; honorable.
High-sounding (a.)
Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
High-spirited (a.) Full of
spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint
or opposition.
High-stepper (n.) A horse
that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud
bearing.
High-stomached (a.) Having
a lofty spirit; haughty.
High-strung (a.) Strung to
a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse.
High-swelling (a.)
Inflated; boastful.
Hight (n.) A variant of
Height.
Hight (imp.) of Hight
Hot () of Hight
Hight (p. p.) of Hight
Hote () of Hight
Hoten () of Hight
Hight (v. t. & i.) To be
called or named.
Hight (v. t. & i.) To
command; to direct; to impel.
Hight (v. t. & i.) To
commit; to intrust.
Hight (v. t. & i.) To
promise.
Hightener (n.) That which
heightens.
Highth (n.) Variant of
Height.
High-toned (a.) High in
tone or sound.
High-toned (a.) Elevated;
high-principled; honorable.
High-top (n.) A ship's
masthead.
Highty-tighty (a.)
Hoity-toity.
Highway (n.) A road or way
open to the use of the public; a main road or thoroughfare.
Highwaymen (pl. ) of
Highwayman
Highwayman (n.) One who
robs on the public road; a highway robber.
High-wrought (a.) Wrought
with fine art or skill; elaborate.
High-wrought (a.) Worked
up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion.
Higre (n.) See Eagre.
Hig-taper (n.) A plant of
the genus Verbascum (V. Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and
hag-taper.]
Hijera (n.) Alt. of Hijra
Hijra (n.) See Hegira.
Hilal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a hilum.
Hilar (a.) Belonging to
the hilum.
Hilarious (a.) Mirthful;
noisy; merry.
Hilarity (n.) Boisterous
mirth; merriment; jollity.
Hilary 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.
Hilding (n.) A base,
menial wretch.
Hilding (a.) Base;
spiritless.
Hile (v. t.) To hide. See
Hele.
Hile (n.) Same as Hilum.
Hill (n.) 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.
Hill (n.) The earth raised
about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.
Hill (v. t.) 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.
Hilled (imp. & p. p.) of
Hill
Hilling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hill
Hill (v. t.) To surround
with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.
Hilliness (n.) The state
of being hilly.
Hilling (n.) The act or
process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.
Hillock (n.) A small hill.
Hillside (n.) The side or
declivity of a hill.
Hilltop (n.) The top of a
hill.
Hilly (a.) Abounding with
hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly country.
Hilly (a.) Lofty; as,
hilly empire.
Hilt (n.) A handle;
especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.
Hilted (a.) Having a hilt;
-- used in composition; as, basket-hilted, cross-hilted.
Hilum (n.) 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.
Hilum (n.) The part of a
gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus;
as, the hilum of the kidney.
Hilus (n.) Same as Hilum,
2.
Him (pron.) Them. See Hem.
Him (pron.) The objective
case of he. See He.
Himalayan (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain in Hindostan.
Himpne (n.) A hymn.
Himself (pron.) 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.
Himself (pron.) 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.
Himself (pron. pl.) Alt.
of Himselven
Himselven (pron. pl.)
Themselves. See Hemself.
Himselve (pron.) See 1st
Himself.
Himyaric (a.) Alt. of
Himyaritic
Himyaritic (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.
Hin (n.) A Hebrew measure
of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure.
Hind (n.) The female of
the red deer, of which the male is the stag.
Hind (n.) 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 (n.) A domestic; a
servant.
Hind (n.) A peasant; a
rustic; a farm servant.
Hind (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 (n.) The
raspberry.
Hindbrain (n.) The
posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the
epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only.
Hinder (a.) 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.
Hindered (imp. & p. p.) of
Hinder
Hindering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hinder
Hinder (a.) 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.
Hinder (a.) To prevent or
embarrass; to debar; to shut out.
Hinder (v. i.) To
interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.
Hinderance (n.) Same as
Hindrance.
Hinderer (n.) One who, or
that which, hinders.
Hinderest (a.) Hindermost;
-- superl. of Hind, a.
Hinderling (a.) A
worthless, base, degenerate person or animal.
Hindermost (a.) Alt. of
Hindmost
Hindmost (a.) Furthest in
or toward the rear; last.
Hindgut (n.) The posterior
part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large
intestine also.
Hindi (n.) 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.
Hindleys screw () 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.
Hindoos (pl. ) of Hindu
Hindus (pl. ) of Hindu
Hindoo (n.) Alt. of Hindu
Hindu (n.) 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 (n.) Alt. of
Hinduism
Hinduism (n.) The
religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.
Hindoostanee (a.) Alt. of
Hindustani
Hindustani (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Hindoos or their language.
Hindustani (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 (v. t.) The act
of hindering, or the state of being hindered.
Hindrance (v. t.) That
which hinders; an impediment.
Hindu (n.) Same as Hindoo.
Hine (n.) A servant; a
farm laborer; a peasant; a hind.
Hinge (n.) 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.
Hinge (n.) 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.
Hinge (n.) One of the four
cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
Hinged (imp. & p. p.) of
Hinge
Hinging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hinge
Hinge (v. t.) To attach
by, or furnish with, hinges.
Hinge (v. t.) To bend.
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.
Hinged (a.) Furnished with
hinges.
Hingeless (a.) Without a
hinge or joint.
Hink (n.) A reaping hook.
Hinniate (v. i.) Alt. of
Hinny
Hinny (v. i.) To neigh; to
whinny.
Hinnies (pl. ) of Hinny
Hinny (n.) A hybrid
between a stallion and an ass.
Hinny (n.) A term of
endearment; darling; -- corrupted from honey.
Hinted (imp. & p. p.) of
Hint
Hinting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hint
Hint (v. t.) To bring to
mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner;
as, to hint a suspicion.
Hint (v. i.) To make an
indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something.
Hint (n.) A remote
allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder,
without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive.
Hintingly (adv.) In a
hinting manner.
Hip (n.) The projecting
region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the
haunch; the huckle.
Hip (n.) 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.
Hip (n.) In a bridge
truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
Hipped (imp. & p. p.) of
Hip
Hipping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hip
Hip (v. t.) 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.
Hip (v. t.) To throw
(one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross
buttock).
Hip (v. t.) To make with a
hip or hips, as a roof.
Hip (n.) The fruit of a
rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina).
Hip (interj.) Used to
excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!
Hip (n.) Alt. of Hipps
Hipps (n.) See Hyp, n.
Hiphalt (a.) Lame in the
hip.
Hippa (n.) Alt. of Hippe
Hippe (n.) 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 (n.) 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 (a.) Alt. of
Hippish
Hippish (a.) Somewhat
hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish.
Hippobosca (n.) A genus of
dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick.
Hippocamp (n.) See
Hippocampus.
Hippocampal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the hippocampus.
Hippocampus (n.) 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.
Hippocampus (n.) 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.
Hippocampus (n.) 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 (n.) Same as
Centaur.
Hippocras (n.) A cordial
made of spiced wine, etc.
Hippocrates (n.) A famous
Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C.
Hippocratic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his teachings.
Hippocratism (n.) The
medical philosophy or system of Hippocrates.
Hippocrene (n.) A fountain
on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, 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.
Hippocrepian (n.) One of
an order of fresh-water Bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a lophophore,
shaped like a horseshoe. See Phylactolaema.
Hippocrepiform (a.) Shaped
like a horseshoe.
Hippodame (n.) A fabulous
sea monster.
Hippodrome (n.) A place
set apart for equestrian and chariot races.
Hippodrome (n.) An arena
for equestrian performances; a circus.
Hippogriff (n.) A fabulous
winged animal, half horse and half griffin.
Hippolith (n.) A
concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of the horse.
Hippopathology (n.) The
science of veterinary medicine; the pathology of the horse.
Hippophagi (n. pl.) Eaters
of horseflesh.
Hippophagism (n.)
Hippophagy.
Hippophagist (n.) One who
eats horseflesh.
Hippophagous (a.) Feeding
on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars.
Hippophagy (n.) The act or
practice of feeding on horseflesh.
Hippophile (n.) One who
loves horses.
Hippopotamuses (pl. ) of
Hippopotamus
Hippopotami (pl. ) of
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus (n.) 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.
Hippotomy (n.) Anatomy of
the horse.
Hippuric (a.) Obtained
from the urine of horses; as, hippuric acid.
Hippurite (n.) 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 (a.) Having a
hip roof.
Hipshot (a.) Having the
hip dislocated; hence, having one hip lower than the other.
Hip tree () The dog-rose.
Hir (pron.) See Here,
pron.
Hircic (a.) 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.
Hircin (n.) Hircic acid.
See Hircic.
Hircine (a.) Alt. of
Hircinous
Hircinous (a.) Goatlike;
of or pertaining to a goat or the goats.
Hircinous (a.) Of a strong
goatish smell.
Hire (pron.) See Here,
pron.
Hire (n.) 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.
Hire (n.) 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.
Hired (imp. & p. p.) of
Hire
Hiring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hire
Hire (n.) 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.
Hire (n.) 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.
Hire (n.) 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.
Hireless (a.) Without
hire.
Hireling (n.) One who is
hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving
another are wholly gainful; a mercenary.
Hireling (a.) Serving for
hire or wages; venal; mercenary.
Hirer (n.) One who hires.
Hires (pron.) Alt. of Hirs
Hirs (pron.) Hers; theirs.
See Here, pron.
Hirsute (a.) Rough with
hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
Hirsute (a.) Rough and
coarse; boorish.
Hirsute (a.) Pubescent
with coarse or stiff hairs.
Hirsute (a.) Covered with
hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.
Hirsuteness (n.)
Hairiness.
Hirtellous (a.) Pubescent
with minute and somewhat rigid hairs.
Hirudine (a.) Of or
pertaining to the leeches.
Hirudinea (n. pl.) An
order of Annelida, including the leeches; -- called also Hirudinei.
Hirudo (n.) A genus of
leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See Leech.
Hirundine (a.) Like or
pertaining to the swallows.
Hirundo (n.) A genus of
birds including the swallows and martins.
His (pron.) 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.
His (pron.) The possessive
of he; as, the book is his.
Hisingerite (n.) A soft
black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of iron.
Hispanic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Spain or its language; as, Hispanic words.
Hispanicism (n.) A Spanish
idiom or mode of speech.
Hispanicize (v. t.) To
give a Spanish form or character to; as, to Hispanicize Latin words.
Hispid (a.) Rough with
bristles or minute spines.
Hispid (a.) Beset with
stiff hairs or bristles.
Hispidulous (a.) Minutely
hispid.
Hissed (imp. & p. p.) of
Hiss
Hissing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hiss
Hiss (v. i.) 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.
Hiss (v. i.) To make a
similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed
as it flew.
Hiss (v. t.) To condemn or
express contempt for by hissing.
Hiss (v. t.) To utter with
a hissing sound.
Hiss (n.) 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 (n.) Any sound
resembling that above described
Hiss (n.) The noise made
by a serpent.
Hiss (n.) The note of a
goose when irritated.
Hiss (n.) The noise made
by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove.
Hissing (n.) The act of
emitting a hiss or hisses.
Hissing (n.) The occasion
of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.
Hissingly (adv.) With a
hissing sound.
Hist (interj.) Hush; be
silent; -- a signal for silence.
Histiology (n.) Same as
Histology.
Histogenesis (n.) The
formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; -- the opposite of
histolysis.
Histogenesis (n.) Germ
history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells.
Histogenetic (a.)
Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and development of the organic
tissues.
Histogeny (n.) Same as
Histogenesis.
Histographer (n.) One who
describes organic tissues; an histologist.
Histographical (a.) Of or
pertaining to histography.
Histography (n.) A
description of, or treatise on, organic tissues.
Histohaematin (n.) One of
a class of respiratory pigments, widely distributed in the animal kingdom,
capable of ready oxidation and reduction.
Histoid (a.) Resembling
the normal tissues; as, histoid tumors.
Histologic (a.) Alt. of
Histological
Histological (a.)
Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of
living organisms.
Histologist (n.) One
versed in histology.
Histology (n.) That branch
of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of
animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology.
Histolysis (n.) The decay
and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood.
Histolytic (a.) Of or
pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues.
Histonomy (n.) The science
which treats of the laws relating to organic tissues, their formation,
development, functions, etc.
Histophyly (n.) The tribal
history of cells, a division of morphophyly.
Historial (a.) Historical.
Historian (n.) A writer of
history; a chronicler; an annalist.
Historian (n.) One versed
or well informed in history.
Historic (a.) Alt. of
Historical
Historical (a.) Of or
pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the
historic page.
Historically (adv.) In the
manner of, or in accordance with, history.
Historicize (v. t.) To
record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle.
Historied (a.) Related in
history.
Historier (n.) An
historian.
Historiette (n.)
Historical narration on a small scale; a brief recital; a story.
Histority (v. t.) To
record in or as history.
Historiographer (n.) 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 (n.)
The office of an historiographer.
Historiography (n.) The
art of employment of an historiographer.
Historiology (n.) A
discourse on history.
Historionomer (n.) One
versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them.
Historize (v. t.) To
relate as history; to chronicle; to historicize.
Histories (pl. ) of
History
History (n.) 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.
History (n.) 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.
History (v. t.) To narrate
or record.
Histotomy (n.) The
dissection of organic tissues.
Histozyme (n.) 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 (n.) A player.
Histrionic (a.) Alt. of
Histrionical
Histrionical (a.) Of or
relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; --
sometimes in a bad sense.
Histrionicism (n.) The
histronic art; stageplaying.
Histrionism (n.)
Theatrical representation; acting; affectation.
Histrionize (v. t.) To
act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically.
Hit (pron.) It.
Hit () 3d pers. sing. pres. of
Hide, contracted from hideth.
Hit (imp. & p. p.) of Hit
Hitting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hit
Hit (v. t.) To reach with
a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach
or touch (an object aimed at).
Hit (v. t.) 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.
Hit (v. t.) To guess; to
light upon or discover.
Hit (v. t.) To take up, or
replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single
unprotected piece on a point.
Hit (v. i.) To meet or
come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on.
Hit (v. i.) To meet or
reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or
luck.
Hit (n.) A striking
against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches
anything.
Hit (n.) A stroke of
success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit.
Hit (n.) A peculiarly apt
expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.
Hit (n.) A game won at
backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than
a gammon.
Hit (n.) A striking of the
ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit.
Hit. (adj.) having become
very popular or acclaimed; -- said of entertainment performances; as, a hit
record, a hit movie.
Hitch (v. t.) To become
entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
Hitch (v. t.) To move
interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or
impeded.
Hitch (v. t.) To hit the
legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
Hitched (imp. & p. p.) of
Hitch
Hitching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hitch
Hitch (v. t.) 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.
Hitch (v. t.) To move with
hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
Hitch (n.) A catch;
anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.
Hitch (n.) The act of
catching, as on a hook, etc.
Hitch (n.) 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.
Hitch (n.) A sudden
movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.
Hitch (n.) 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.
Hitch (n.) A small
dislocation of a bed or vein.
Hitchel (n. & v. t.) See
Hatchel.
Hithe (n.) A port or small
haven; -- used in composition; as, Lambhithe, now Lambeth.
Hither (adv.) 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.
Hither (adv.) To this
point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a sense not physical.
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