HENDECAGON, hen-dek'a-gon, _n._ a plane figure of eleven angles and eleven
sides.--_adj._ HENDECAG'ONAL. [Gr. _hendeka_, eleven, _g[=o]nia_, an
angle.]
HENDECASYLLABLE, hen'dek-a-sil-a-bl, _n._ a metrical line of eleven
syllables.--_adj._ HENDECASYLLAB'IC. [Gr. _hendeka_, eleven, _syllab[=e]_,
a syllable.]
HENDIADYS, hen-d[=i]'a-dis, _n._ a rhetorical figure in which one and the
same notion is presented in two expressions, as 'with might and main'=by
main strength. [Gr. _hen dia dyoin_, lit. 'one by two.']
HENEQUEN, hen'[=e]-ken, _n._ a fibre known as sisal-hemp, used for ships'
cables, obtained chiefly from _Agave Ixtli_ of Yucatan, also the plant
itself.--Also HEN'EQUIN, HEN'IQUIN. [Sp. _jeniquen_.]
HENNA, hen'a, _n._ a small Oriental shrub of the loosestrife family, with
fragrant white flowers: a pigment made from the shrub for dyeing the nails
and hair. [Ar. _henna_.]
HENOTHEISM, hen'[=o]-th[=e]-izm, _n._ the ascribing of supreme power to
some one of several gods in turn: the belief in a special supreme god over
a particular people--a national or relative monotheism.--_adj._
HENOTHEIST'IC. [Gr. _heis_ (_hen-_), one, _theos_, god, and suff. _-ism_.]
HENOTIC, hen-ot'ik, _adj._ tending to unify or reconcile. [Gr.
_hen[=o]tikos_--_heis_, one.]
HENRY, hen'ri, _n._ (_electr._) the practical unit of self-induction--from
Joseph _Henry_, American physicist (1797-1878).
HENT, hent (_Spens._), _pa.t._ of _hend_.--_n._ hold.