The Sun was sunk, and after him the Star Of Hesperus.
Milton.
Hes"sian (?), a. Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the
Hessians.
Hessian boots, or Hessians, boot of a kind worn in England, in the
early part of the nineteenth century, tasseled in front. Thackeray. --
Hessian cloth, or Hessians, a coarse hempen cloth for sacking. --
Hessian crucible. See under Crucible. -- Hessian fly (Zoˆl.), a small
dipterous fly or midge (Cecidomyia destructor). Its larvÊ live between
the base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are very
destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the erroneous idea that
it was brought into America by the Hessian troops, during the
Revolution.
Hes"sian, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Hesse.