HAKIM, h[=a]'kim, _n._ a judge or governor in Mohammedan India.
HALACHAH, HALAKAH, HALACHA, ha-lak'ä, _n._ an amplification of points not
explicitly set forth in the Mosaic law, deduced from it by analogy, and
arranged in the collection of legal precepts designated
_Halachoth_.--_adj._ HALACH'IC, pertaining to halachoth, legal as opposed
to homiletic or haggadic. [Heb.,--_h[=a]lak_, to walk.]
HALATION, ha-l[=a]'shun, _n._ a _halo_-like appearance in a photograph,
caused by reflection of light.
HALBERD, hal'b[.e]rd, _n._ a weapon consisting of a wooden shaft some six
feet long, surmounted by an axe-like instrument balanced on the opposite
side by a hook or pick.--_n._ HALBERDIER', one armed with a halberd. [O.
Fr. _halebard_--Mid. High Ger. _helmbarde_ (Ger. _hellebarde_)--_halm_,
handle, or _helm_, helmet; Old High Ger. _barta_ (Ger. _barte_), an axe.]
HALCYON, hal'si-un, _n._ the kingfisher, once believed to make a floating
nest on the sea, which remained calm while it was hatching.--_adj._ calm:
peaceful: happy--hence HALCYON-DAYS, a time of peace and happiness.
[L.,--Gr., _alky[=o]n_; as if _hals_, the sea, _kyein_, to conceive.]
HALD, a Scotch form of _hold_.
HALE, h[=a]l, _adj._ healthy: robust: sound of body.--_n._ (_Spens._)
welfare.--_n._ HALE'NESS. [Northern A.S. _hál_; the S. forms _hôl_, _hool_,
produce _whole_. There is a parallel N. form from Norse _heill_.]