J. H. Newman.
To go halves. See under Go.
Hal"we (h‰l"we), n. [OE., fr. AS. hlga. See Holy.] A saint. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Hal"yard (hl"yrd), n. [Hale, v. t. + yard.] (Naut.) A rope or tackle
for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc. [Written also
halliard, haulyard.]
||Hal`y*si"tes (hl`*s"tz), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "a`lysis a chain.]
||(Paleon.) A genus of Silurian fossil corals; the chain corals. See
||Chain coral, under Chain.
Ham (h‰m), n. Home. [North of Eng.] Chaucer.
Ham (hm), n. [AS. ham; akin to D. ham, dial. G. hamme, OHG. hamma.
Perh. named from the bend at the ham, and akin to E. chamber. Cf.
Gammon ham.]
1. (Anat.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the
hock.
2. The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by
salting and smoking.
A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams.
Shak.
Ham"a*dry`ad (hm"*dr`d), n.; pl. E. Hamadryads (- dz), L. Hamadryades
(- dr"*dz). [L. Hamadryas, -adis, Gr. "Amadrya`s; "a`ma together +
dry^s oak, tree: cf. F. hamadryade. See Same, and Tree.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the
particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.
2. (Zoˆl.) A large venomous East Indian snake (Ophiophagus bungarus),
allied to the cobras.
||Ha*ma"dry*as (h*m"dr*s), n. [L., a hamadryad. See Hamadryad.] (Zoˆl.)
||The sacred baboon of Egypt (Cynocephalus Hamadryas).
Ham`a*me"lis (hm`*m"ls), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "amamhli`s a kind of medlar
or service tree; "a`ma at the same time + mh^lon an apple, any tree
fruit.] (Bot.) A genus of plants which includes the witch-hazel
(Hamamelis Virginica), a preparation of which is used medicinally.
Ha"mate (h"mt), a. [L. hamatus, fr. hamus hook.] Hooked; bent at the
end into a hook; hamous.
Ha"ma*ted (h"m*td), a. Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate. Swift.
||Ha*ma"tum (h*m"tm), n. [NL., fr. L. hamatus hooked.] (Anat.) See
||Unciform.
Ham"ble (hm"b'l), v. t. [OE. hamelen to mutilate, AS. hamelian; akin to
OHG. hamaln to mutilate, hamal mutilated, ham mutilated, Icel. hamla to
mutilate. Cf.Hamper to fetter.] To hamstring. [Obs.]
Ham"burg (-b˚rg), n. A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of
the Elbe.
Black Hamburg grape. See under Black. -- Hamburg edging, a kind of
embroidered work done by machinery on cambric or muslin; -- used for
trimming. -- Hamburg lake, a purplish crimson pigment resembling
cochineal.