And such a son as all men hailed me happy.
Milton.
Hail, v. i. 1. To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel
sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with
from; as, the steamer hails from New York.
2. To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come;
-- with from. [Colloq.] C. G. Halpine.
Hail, interj. [See Hail, v. t.] An exclamation of respectful or
reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting. "Hail,
brave friend." Shak.
All hail. See in the Vocabulary. -- Hail Mary, a form of prayer made
use of in the Roman Catholic Church in invocation of the Virgin. See
Ave Maria.
Hail, n. A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call. "Their puissant
hail." M. Arnold.
The angel hail bestowed.
Milton.
Hail"-fel`low (-fl`l), n. An intimate companion.
Hail-fellow well met.
Lyly.
Hailse (hls), v. t. [OE. hailsen, Icel. heilsa. Cf. Hail to call to.]
To greet; to salute. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
Hail"shot` (hl"sht`), n. pl. Small shot which scatter like hailstones.
[Obs.] Hayward.
Hail"stone` (-stn`), n. A single particle of ice falling from a cloud;
a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.
Hail"storm` (-stÙrm`), n. A storm accompanied with hail; a shower of
hail.
Hail"y (-), a. Of hail. "Haily showers." Pope.
Hain (hn), v. t. [Cf. Sw. h‰gn hedge, inclosure, Dan. hegn hedge,
fence. See Hedge.] To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass. "A
ground . . . hained in." Holland.
Hain't (hnt). A contraction of have not or has not; as, I hain't, he
hain't, we hain't. [Colloq. or illiterate speech.] [Written also
han't.]
Hair (h‚r), n. [OE. her, heer, hÊr, AS. hr; akin to OFries. hr, D. & G.
haar, OHG. & Icel. hr, Dan. haar, Sw. hÂr; cf. Lith. kasa.] 1. The
collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and
forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole
of the body.
2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in vertebrate
animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a
bulbous root imbedded in the skin.
Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs.
Chaucer.
And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.
Spenser.
3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for
stuffing cushions.
4. (Zoˆl.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects,
spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally
unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of
growth.
5. (Bot.) 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).