{ He*brid"e*an (?), He*brid"i*an (?), } a. Of or pertaining to the
islands called Hebrides, west of Scotland. -- n. A native or inhabitant
of the Hebrides.
Hec"a*tomb (?), n. [L. hecatombe, Gr. &?;; &?; hundred + &?; ox: cf. F.
hÈcatombe.] (Antiq.) A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the
same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of
victims.
Slaughtered hecatombs around them bleed.
Addison.
More than a human hecatomb.
Byron.
Hec`a*tom"pe*don (?), n. [Gr. &?; hundred feet long, &?; &?; the
Parthenon; &?; hundred + &?; foot.] (Arch.) A name given to the old
Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the
width across the stylobate.
Hec"de*cane (?), n. [Gr. &?; six + &?; ten.] (Chem.) A white,
semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34, of the paraffin series,
found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosene, and so called
because each molecule has sixteen atoms of carbon; -- called also
hexadecane.
Heck (?), n. [See Hatch a half door.] [Written also hack.] 1. The bolt
or latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]