Hess"ite (?), n. [After H. Hess.] (Min.) A lead-gray sectile mineral.
It is a telluride of silver.
Hest (?), n. [AS. h&?;s, fr. h&?;tan to call, bid. See Hight, and cf.
Behest.] Command; precept; injunction. [Archaic] See Behest. "At thy
hest." Shak.
Let him that yields obey the victor's hest.
Fairfax.
Yet I thy hest will all perform, at full.
Tennyson.
{ Hes"tern (?), Hes*ter"nal (?), } a. [L. hesternus; akin to heri
yesterday.] Pertaining to yesterday. [Obs.] See Yester, a. Ld. Lytton.
Hes"y*chast (?), n. [Gr. &?; hermit, fr. &?; to be still or quiet, fr.
&?; still, calm.] One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the
fourteenth century; a quietist. Brande & C.
{ He*tair"ism (?), Het"a*rism (?), } n. [Gr. &?; a companion, a
concubine, fem. of &?; a comrade.] A supposed primitive state of
society, in which all the women of a tribe were held in common. H.
Spencer. -- Het`a*ris"tic (#), a.
Hetch"el (?), v. t. Same as Hatchel.
Hete (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Hete, later Het.] Variant of Hote.
[Obs.]
But one avow to greate God I hete.
Chaucer.
Het"er*a*canth (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. &?; a spine.] (Zoˆl.) Having the
spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the
right and left sides.
Het"er*arch`y (?), n. [Hetero- + -archy.] The government of an alien.
[Obs.] Bp. Hall.
||Het`e*raux*e"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; the other + &?; growth.]
||(Bot.) Unequal growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant.
Het"er*o- (?). [Gr. "e`teros other.] A combining form signifying other,
other than usual, different; as, heteroclite, heterodox, heterogamous.
Het`er*o*car"pism (?), n. [Hetero- + Gr.&?; fruit.] (Bot.) The power
of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in AmphicarpÊa, in
which besides the usual pods, there are others underground.
Het`er*o*car"pous (?), a. (Bot.) Characterized by heterocarpism.
Het`er*o*ceph"a*lous (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr.&?; head.] (Bot.) Bearing
two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants.
||Het`e*roc"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; other + &?; horn.]
||(Zoˆl.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk
||moths, which have the antennÊ variable in form.
Het`er*o*cer"cal (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. &?; tail.] (Anat.) Having the
vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail,
which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.
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Het"er*o*cer`cy (?), n. [Hetero- + Gr. &?; a tail.] (Anat.) Unequal
development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a
heterocercal tail.
Het`er*o*chro"mous (?; 277), a. [Hetero- + Gr. &?; color.] (Bot.)
Having the central florets of a flower head of a different color from
those of the circumference.
{ Het`er*och"ro*nism (?), Het`er*och"ro*ny (?), } n. [Gr. &?; of
different times; &?; other + &?; time.] (Biol.) In evolution, a
deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of organs or
parts.
Het"er*o*clite, a. [L. heteroclitus, Gr. &?;; &?; other + &?; to lean,
incline, inflect: cf. F. hÈtÈroclite.] Deviating from ordinary forms or
rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
Het"er*o*clite, n. 1. (Gram.) A word which is irregular or anomalous
either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary
forms of inflection in words of a like kind; especially, a noun which
is irregular in declension.
2. Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common
forms. Howell.
{ Het`er*o*clit"ic (?), Het`er*o*clit"ic*al (?), } a. [See
Heteroclite.] Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular;
anomalous; abnormal.