It is no living hue, but a strange hectic.
Byron.
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Hec`to*cot"y*lized (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Changed into a hectocotylus; having
a hectocotylis.
||Hec`to*cot"y*lus (?), n.; pl. Hectocotyli (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a
||hundred + &?; a hollow vessel.] (Zoˆl.) 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.
Hec"to*gram (?), n. [F. hectogramme, fr. Gr. &?; hundred + F. gramme a
gram.] A measure of weight, containing a hundred grams, or about 3.527
ounces avoirdupois.
Hec"to*gramme (?), n. [F.] The same as Hectogram.
Hec"to*graph (?), n. [Gr. &?; hundred + -graph.] A contrivance for
multiple copying, by means of a surface of gelatin softened with
glycerin. [Written also hectograph.]
{ Hec"to*li`ter, Hec"to*li`tre } (?), n. [F. hectolitre, fr. Gr. &?;
hundred + F. litre a liter.] A measure of liquids, containing a hundred
liters; equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26Ω gallons of wine
measure, or 22.0097 imperial gallons. As a dry measure, it contains ten
decaliters, or about 2 Winchester bushels.
{ Hec"to*me`ter, Hec"to*me`tre } (?), n. [F. &?; hectomËtre, fr. Gr.
&?; hundred + F. mËtre a meter.] A measure of length, equal to a
hundred meters. It is equivalent to 328.09 feet.
Hec"tor (?), n. [From the Trojan warrior Hector, the son of Priam.] A
bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or
provokes.
Hec"tor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hectored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hectoring.]
To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by
words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. Dryden.
Hec"tor, v. i. To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or
insolent. Swift.
Hec"to*rism (?), n. The disposition or the practice of a hector; a
bullying. [R.]
Hec"tor*ly, a. Resembling a hector; blustering; insolent; taunting.
"Hectorly, ruffianlike swaggering or huffing." Barrow.
Hec"to*stere (?), n. [F. hectostËre; Gr. &?; hundred + F. stËre.] A
measure of solidity, containing one hundred cubic meters, and
equivalent to 3531.66 English or 3531.05 United States cubic feet.
Hed"dle (?), n.; pl. Heddles (#). [Cf. Heald.] (Weaving) One of the
sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the
harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a
loom.
Hed"dle, v. t. To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in
weaving.
Hed"dle-eye` (?), n. (Weaving) The eye or loop formed in each heddle to
receive a warp thread.
Hed"dling (?), vb. n. The act of drawing the warp threads through the
heddle-eyes of a weaver's harness; the harness itself. Knight.
Hed`er*a"ceous (?), a. [L. hederaceus, fr. hedera ivy.] Of, pertaining
to, or resembling, ivy.
Hed"er*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to ivy.
He*der"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the ivy (Hedera); as,
hederic acid, an acid of the acetylene series.
Hed`er*if"er*ous (?), a. [L. hedera ivy + -ferous.] Producing ivy; ivy-
bearing.
Hed"er*ose` (?), a. [L. hederosus, fr. hedera ivy.] Pertaining to, or
of, ivy; full of ivy.
Hedge (?), n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw,
AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. √12.
See Haw a hedge.] A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes;
especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions
of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a
line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field
to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.
The roughest berry on the rudest hedge.
Shak.
Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk.
Thomson.
Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often means rustic,
outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean; as, hedge priest; hedgeborn,
etc.
Hedge bells, Hedge bindweed (Bot.), a climbing plant related to the
morning-glory (Convolvulus sepium). -- Hedge bill, a long-handled
billhook. -- Hedge garlic (Bot.), a plant of the genus Alliaria. See
Garlic mustard, under Garlic. -- Hedge hyssop (Bot.), a bitter herb of
the genus Gratiola, the leaves of which are emetic and purgative. - -
Hedge marriage, a secret or clandestine marriage, especially one
performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.] -- Hedge mustard (Bot.), a plant of
the genus Sisymbrium, belonging to the Mustard family. -- Hedge nettle
(Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus Stachys, belonging to the
Mint family. It has a nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless. --
Hedge note. (a) The note of a hedge bird. (b) Low, contemptible
writing. [Obs.] Dryden. -- Hedge priest, a poor, illiterate priest.
Shak. -- Hedge school, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge, in
Ireland; a school for rustics. -- Hedge sparrow (Zoˆl.), a European
warbler (Accentor modularis) which frequents hedges. Its color is
reddish brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white. Called
also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and doney. -- Hedge writer, an
insignificant writer, or a writer of low, scurrilous stuff. [Obs.]
Swift. -- To breast up a hedge. See under Breast. -- To hang in the
hedge, to be at a standstill. "While the business of money hangs in the
hedge." Pepys.
Hedge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hedged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hedging.] 1.
To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set line
or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as, to hedge a field or garden.
2. To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or
success; -- sometimes with up and out.