Hes"i*ta*tive (?), a. Showing, or characterized by, hesitation.
[He said] in his mild, hesitative way.
R. D. Blackmore.
Hes"i*ta*to*ry (?), a. Hesitating. R. North.
Hesp (?), n. [Cf. Icel. hespa a hasp, a wisp or skein. See Hasp.] A
measure of two hanks of linen thread. [Scot.] [Written also hasp.]
Knight.
Hes"per (?), n. [See Hesperian.] The evening; Hesperus.
Hes*per"e*tin (?), n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance having a
sweetish taste, obtained by the decomposition of hesperidin, and
regarded as a complex derivative of caffeic acid.
Hes*pe"ri*an (?), a. [L. hesperius, fr. hesperus the evening star, Gr.
&?; evening, &?; &?; the evening star. Cf. Vesper.] Western; being in
the west; occidental. [Poetic] Milton.
Hes*pe"ri*an, n. A native or an inhabitant of a western country.
[Poetic] J. Barlow.
Hes*pe"ri*an, a. (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to a family of butterflies
called HesperidÊ, or skippers. -- n. Any one of the numerous species of
HesperidÊ; a skipper.
Hes"per*id (?), a. & n. (Zoˆl.) Same as 3d Hesperian.
Hes*per"i*dene (?), n. [See Hesperidium.] (Chem.) An isomeric variety
of terpene from orange oil.
||Hes*per"i*des (?), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.]
1. (Class. Myth.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of
Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in
Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the
guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of
Hercules. Called also Atlantides.