Hi*ber"nal (?), a. [L. hibernalis, from the root of hiems winter; akin
to Gr. &?; snow, Skr. hima cold, winter, snow: cf. F. hibernal.]
Belonging or relating to winter; wintry; winterish. Sir T. Browne.
Hi"ber*nate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hibernated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hibernating (?).] [L. hibernare, hibernatum, fr. hibernus wintry. See
Hibernal.] To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters,
in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and
insects.
Inclination would lead me to hibernate, during half the year, in
this uncomfortable climate of Great Britain.
Southey.
Hi`ber*na"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. hibernation.] The act or state of
hibernating. Evelyn.
Hi*ber"ni*an (?), a. [L. Hibernia, Ireland.] Of or pertaining to
Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of
Ireland.
{ Hi*ber"ni*cism (?), Hi*ber"ni*an*ism (?), } n. An idiom or mode of
speech peculiar to the Irish. Todd.
Hi*ber"no-Celt"ic (?), n. The native language of the Irish; that branch
of the Celtic languages spoken by the natives of Ireland. Also adj.
Hi*bis"cus (?), n. [L., marsh mallow; cf. Gr. &?;.] (Bot.) A genus of
plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees), some species of which have large,
showy flowers. Some species are cultivated in India for their fiber,
which is used as a substitute for hemp. See Althea, Hollyhock, and
Manoe.
Hic"ci*us doc"ti*us (?). [Corrupted fr. L. hic est doctus this is a
learned man.] A juggler. [Cant] Hudibras.
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Hic"cough (?; 277), n. [OE. hickup, hicket, hickock; prob. of imitative
origin; cf. D. & Dan. hik, Sw. hicka, Armor. hak, hik, W. ig, F.
hoquet.] (Physiol.) A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic
inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm,
accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further entrance of
air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and
striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough.
[Written also hickup or hiccup.]
Hic"cough (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hiccoughed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hiccoughing.] To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.
Hick"o*ry (?), n. [North American Indian pawcohiccora (Capt. J. Smith)
a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from pounded hickory nuts.
"Pohickory" is named in a list of Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was
finally shortened to "hickory." J. H. Trumbull.] (Bot.) An American
tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The
shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the
hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the C.
glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whose shell is very
thin and the kernel bitter.
Hickory shad. (Zoˆl.) (a) The mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The
gizzard shad.
Hicks"ite (?), n. A member or follower of the "liberal" party, headed
by Elias Hicks, which, because of a change of views respecting the
divinity of Christ and the Atonement, seceded from the conservative
portion of the Society of Friends in the United States, in 1827.
Hick"up (?), n. & v. i. See Hiccough.
{ Hick"wall` (?), Hick"way` (?), } n. [OE., also hyghwhele, highawe.]
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe. [Prov.
Eng.]
Hid (?), imp. & p. p. of Hide. See Hidden.
Hid"age (?), n. [From hide a quantity of land.] (O. Eng. Law.) A tax
formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land. [Written
also hydage.]
Hi*dal"go (?), n. [Sp., contr. fr. hijo de algo, i. e., son of
something; hijo son (fr. LL. filius) + algo something, fr. L. aliquod.
Cf. Fidalgo.] A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class.
Hid"den (?), p. p. & a. from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret;
not known; mysterious.
Hidden fifths or octaves (Mus.), consecutive fifths or octaves, not
sounded, but suggested or implied in the parallel motion of two parts
towards a fifth or an octave.
Syn. -- Hidden, Secret, Covert. Hidden may denote either known to on
one; as, a hidden disease; or intentionally concealed; as, a hidden
purpose of revenge. Secret denotes that the thing is known only to the
party or parties concerned; as, a secret conspiracy. Covert literally
denotes what is not open or avowed; as, a covert plan; but is often
applied to what we mean shall be understood, without openly expressing
it; as, a covert allusion. Secret is opposed to known, and hidden to
revealed.
Bring to light the hidden things of darkness.