Hen"nes (?), adv. Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hen`no*tan"nic (?), a. [Henna + tannic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or
designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and
extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid.
{ He*nog"e* ny (?), Hen`o*gen"e*sis (?), } n. [Gr. e"i`s, masc., "e`n,
neut., one + root of &?; to be born.] (Biol.) Same as Ontogeny.
Hen"o*the*ism (?), n. [Gr. e"i`s, "enos`, one + E. theism.] Primitive
religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as
independent, and is worshiped without reference to the rest. [R.]
He*not"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to unite, fr. e"i`s one.]
Harmonizing; irenic. Gladstone.
Hen"peck` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Henpecked (?); p. pr. & vb.
Henpecking.] To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus
treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often
adjectively).
Hen"roost` (?), n. A place where hens roost.
Hen"ry (?), n.; pl. Henrys. [From Joseph Henry, an American physicist.]
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 ampËre a second.
Hen's-foot` (&?;), n. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Caucalis
daucoides).
Hent (hnt), v. t. [imp. Hente; p. p. Hent.] [OE. hente, henten, fr. AS.
hentan, gehentan, to pursue, take, seize; cf. Icel. henda, Goth. hinpan
(in compos.), and E. hunt.] To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get.
[Obs.] Piers Plowman. Spenser.
This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast.
Chaucer.
But all that he might of his friendes hente On bookes and on
learning he it spente.
Chaucer.
Hen"ware` (?), n. (Bot.) A coarse, blackish seaweed. See Badderlocks.