HEP, hep, _n._ See _Hip_, the fruit of the dog-rose.
HEP, hep, _interj._ a cry said to come down from the Crusaders' time, often
the cry of the mob in an outrage on the Jews--more probably an abbreviation
of _Hebrew_ than formed from the initials of _Hierosolyma est
perdita_=Jerusalem is destroyed.
HEPAR, h[=e]'par, _n._ the name given by the older chemists to various
compounds of sulphur, from their brown, liver-like colour.--_adj._
HEPAT'IC, belonging to the liver.--_ns.pl._ HEPAT'ICA, medicines which
affect the liver and its appendages; HEPAT'ICÆ, the liver-worts, a
sub-class of bryophytic or moss-like plants.--_n._ HEPATIS[=A]'TION,
consolidation of tissue, as of the lungs in pneumonia, resulting in a
liver-like solidification.--_v.t._ HEP'ATISE, to convert into a substance
resembling liver.--_ns._ HEP'AT[=I]TE, a variety of barium sulphate or
barite, with a characteristic stink; HEPAT[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the
liver; HEP'ATOCELE, hernia of the liver; HEPATOL'OGIST, a specialist in
diseases of the liver; HEPATOL'OGY, the science of, or a treatise on, the
liver; HEPATORRHOE'A, a morbid flow of bile; HEPATOS'COPY, divination by
inspection of the livers of animals. [Gr. _h[=e]par_, _h[=e]p[)a]tos_, the
liver.]
HEPTACHORD, hep'ta-kord, _n._ in Greek music, a diatonic series of seven
tones, containing five whole steps and one half-step: an instrument with
seven strings.
HEPTADE, hep'tad, _n._ the sum or number of seven: (_chem._) an atom,
radical, or element having a combining power of seven. [Fr.,--Gr. _heptas_,
_heptados_--_hepta_, seven.]
HEPTAGLOT, hep'ta-glot, _adj._ in seven languages.--_n._ a book in seven
languages. [Gr. _heptagl[=o]ttos_--_hepta_, seven, _gl[=o]tta_,
_gl[=o]ssa_, tongue.]
HEPTAGON, hep'ta-gon, _n._ a plane figure with seven angles and seven
sides.--_adj._ HEPTAG'ONAL. [Gr. _heptag[=o]nos_, seven-cornered--_hepta_,
seven, _g[=o]nia_, an angle.]
HEPTAGYNIA, hept-a-jin'i-a, _n._ an order of plants having seven
styles.--_adj._ HEPTAG'YNOUS. [Gr. _hepta_, seven, _gyn[=e]_, a woman.]
HEPTAHEDRON, hep-ta-h[=e]'dron, _n._ a solid figure with seven faces or
sides.--_adjs._ HEPTAH[=E]'DRAL, HEPTAHED'RICAL; HEPTAHEXAH[=E]'DRAL,
having seven ranges of faces one above another, each range containing six
faces. [Gr. _hepta_, seven, _hedr[=a]_, a seat, a base.]
HEPTAMERIDE, hep-tam'e-rid, _n._ anything consisting of seven
parts.--_adj._ HEPTAM'EROUS (_bot._), consisting of seven members or parts.
HEPTAMERON, hep'tam-e-ron, _n._ a book containing the transactions of seven
days, esp. the 72 stories supposed to be told in seven days, bearing the
name of Queen Margaret of Navarre (1492-1549). [Gr. _hepta_, seven,
_h[=e]mera_, a day.]
HEPTAMETER, hep'tam-e-t[.e]r, _n._ a verse of seven measures. [Gr. _hepta_,
seven, _metron_, measure.]
HEPTANDRIA, hept-an'dri-a, _n._ a class of plants having seven
stamens.--_adj._ HEPTAN'DROUS. [Gr. _hepta_, seven, an[=e]r, _andros_, a
man.]
HEPTANGULAR, hept-ang'g[=u]-lar, _adj._ having seven angles. [Gr. _hepta_,
seven, and _angular_.]
HEPTAPHYLLOUS, hep-ta-fil'us, _adj._ having seven leaves.
HEPTAPODY, hep-tap'o-di, _n._ a verse of seven feet.--_adj._ HEPTAPOD'IC.
HEPTARCHY, hep'tär-ki, _n._ a government by seven persons: the country
governed by seven: a period in the Saxon history of England--a misleading
term in any other meaning than merely this, that the chief kingdoms at
various periods from the 5th to the 9th century were seven--Wessex, Sussex,
Kent, Essex, East Anglia, Mercia, and Northumbria.--_ns._ HEP'TARCH,
HEP'TARCHIST.--_adj._ HEPTAR'CHIC. [Gr. _hepta_, seven, _arch[=e]_,
sovereignty.]
HEPTASPERMOUS, hep-ta-sper'mus, _adj._ having seven seeds.
HEPTASYLLABIC, hep-ta-si-lab'ik, _adj._ seven-syllabled, like the second
half of the elegiac pentameter.
HEPTATEUCH, hep'ta-t[=u]k, _n._ a word sometimes used for the first seven
books of the Old Testament--formed on the analogy of Pentateuch and
Hexateuch. [Gr. _hepta_, seven, _teuchos_, an instrument, a volume.]
HER, h[.e]r, _pron._ objective and possessive case of _she_.--_adj._
belonging to a female. [M. E. _here_--A.S. _hire_, gen. and dat. sing. of
_heó_, she.]
HERACLEAN, HERACLEIAN, her-a-kl[=e]'an, _adj._ pertaining to
Hercules.--_adj._ HERACL[=I]'DAN, HERACLEI'DAN, pertaining to the
Heracleidæ or descendants of Heracles (Hercules), the aristocracy of
Sparta.--_n._ HERACLID', one claiming such descent.
HERALD, her'ald, _n._ in ancient times, an officer who made public
proclamations and arranged ceremonies: in medieval times, an officer who
had charge of all the etiquette of chivalry, keeping a register of the
genealogies and armorial bearings of the nobles: an officer whose duty is
to read proclamations, to blazon the arms of the nobility, &c.: a
proclaimer: a forerunner: the red-breasted merganser, usually
HER'ALD-DUCK.--_v.t._ to introduce, as by a herald: to proclaim.--_adj._
HERAL'DIC, of or relating to heralds or heraldry.--_adv._
HERAL'DICALLY.--_ns._ HER'ALDRY, the art or office of a herald: the science
of recording genealogies and blazoning coats of arms;
HER'ALDSHIP.--HERALDS' COLLEGE (see COLLEGE). [O. Fr. _herault_; of Teut.
origin, Old High Ger. _hari_ (A.S. _here_, Ger. _heer_), an army, and
_wald_=_walt_, strength, sway.]
HERB, h[.e]rb, _n._ a plant the stem of which dies every year, as
distinguished from a tree or shrub which has a permanent stem.--_adj._
HERB[=A]'CEOUS, pertaining to, or of the nature of, herbs: (_bot._) having
a soft stem that dies to the root annually.--_n._ HERBAGE (h[.e]rb'[=a]j,
or [.e]rb'[=a]j), green food for cattle: pasture: herbs
collectively.--_adjs._ HERB'AGED, covered with grass; HERB'AL, pertaining
to herbs.--_n._ a book containing descriptions of plants with medicinal
properties, orig. of all plants.--_ns._ HERB'ALIST, one who makes
collections of herbs or plants: one skilled in plants; HERB'AR (_Spens._),
an herb; HERB[=A]'RIAN, a herbalist; HERB[=A]'RIUM, a classified collection
of preserved herbs or plants:--_pl._ HERB[=A]'RIUMS, HERB[=A]'RIA;
HERB'ARY, a garden of herbs; HERB'-BENN'ET (see AVENS).--_adjs._
HERBES'CENT, growing into herbs, becoming herbaceous; HERBIF'EROUS, bearing
herbs.--_n._ HERB'IST, a herbalist.--_n.pl._ HERBIV'ORA, a name loosely
applied to hoofed quadrupeds.--_n.sing._ HERB'IVORE.--_adjs._ HERBIV'OROUS,
eating or living on herbaceous plants; HERB'LESS.--_ns._ HERB'LET
(_Shak._), a small herb; HERB'-OF-GRACE', or -REPENT'ANCE, the common rue,
the vervain; HERBORIS[=A]'TION, the seeking for plants: (_min._) the figure
of plants.--_v.i._ HERB'ORISE, to search for plants: to botanise.--V.T. to
form plant-like figures in, as in minerals.--_n._ HERB'ORIST, a
herbalist.--_adjs._ HERB'OUS, HERB'OSE, abounding with herbs.--_ns._
HERB'-PAR'IS, Paris quadrifolia, related to wake-robin; HERB'-P[=E]'TER,
the cowslip or primrose; HERB'-ROB'ERT, a common kind of geranium;
HERB'-TRIN'ITY, the pansy.--_adj._ HERB'Y, of or pertaining to herbs. [Fr.
_herbe_--L. _herba_, akin to Gr. _phorb[=e]_, pasture--_pherbein_, to
feed.]
HERCULANEAN, her-k[=u]-l[=a]'n[=e]-an, _adj._ of or pertaining to
_Herculaneum_, the ancient Roman city buried with Pompeii by the eruption
of Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
HERCULEAN, h[.e]r-k[=u]'l[=e]-an, _adj._ of or pertaining to _Hercules_:
extremely difficult or dangerous, as the twelve labours of the Greek hero
Hercules: of extraordinary strength and size.--HERCULES BEETLE, a gigantic
Brazilian lamellicorn beetle, 6 in. long, with a long horn on the head of
the male and a smaller one on the thorax; HERCULES' CHOICE, toil and duty
chosen in preference to ease and pleasure--from a famous story in
Xenophon's _Memorabilia_; HERCULES CLUB, a stick of great size and weight;
PILLARS OF HERCULES, the name given by the ancients to two rocks flanking
the entrance to the Mediterranean at the Strait of Gibraltar.
HERCYNIAN, her-sin'i-an, _adj._ of or pertaining to the forest-covered
mountain region of northern Germany--apart the Harz Mountains.
HERD, h[.e]rd, _n._ a number of beasts feeding together, and watched or
tended: any collection of beasts, as distinguished from a flock: a company
of people, the rabble.--_v.i._ to run in herds.--_v.t._ to tend, as a
herdsman.--_ns._ HERD, one who tends a herd; HERD'GROOM (_Spens._), a
shepherd-lad; HERDS'-GRASS, timothy-grass; HERDS'MAN, a man employed to
herd or tend cattle--(_B._) HERD'MAN. [A.S. _hirde_, _hierde_; Ger.
_heerde_, Sw. _hjord_.]
HERDIC, her'dik, _n._ a low-hung two or four wheeled carriage with back
entrance and side seats. [From the inventor, Peter _Herdic_ of
Pennsylvania.]
HERE, h[=e]r, _adv._ in this place: in the present life or state.--_advs._
HERE'ABOUT, also -ABOUTS, about this place; HEREAF'TER, after this, in some
future time or state.--_n._ a future state.--_advs._ HERE'AT, at or by
reason of this; HERE'AWAY (_coll._), hereabout; HEREBY', not far off: by
this; HEREIN', in this: in regard to this; HEREINAF'TER, afterward in this
(document, &c.):--opp. to HEREINBEFORE'; HEREOF', of this: as a result of
this; HEREON', on or upon this; HERETO', till this time: for this object;
HERETOFORE', before this time: formerly; HEREUNTO' (also -UN'-), to this
point or time; HEREUPON', on this: in consequence of this; HEREWITH', with
this.--HERE AND THERE, in this place, and then in that: thinly:
irregularly; HERE GOES! an exclamation indicating that the speaker is about
to do something; HERE YOU ARE (_coll._), this is what you want; NEITHER
HERE NOR THERE, of no special importance. [A.S. _hér_, from base of _hé_,
he; Dut. and Ger. _hier_, Sw. _här_.]
HEREDITY, he-red'i-ti, _n._ the organic relation between generations, esp.
between parents and offspring: the transmission of qualities from the
parents or ancestors to their offspring.--_adj._ HERED'ITABLE, that may be
inherited.--_ns._ HEREDIT'AMENT, all property of whatever kind that may
pass to an heir.--_adv._ HERED'ITARILY.--_n._ HERED'ITARINESS, the quality
of being hereditary.--_adj._ HERED'ITARY, descending by inheritance:
transmitted from parents to their offspring. [L. _hereditas_, the state of
an heir--_heres_, _her[=e]dis_, an heir.]
HERESY, her'e-si, _n._ the adoption and maintaining opinions contrary to
the authorised teaching of the religious community to which one naturally
belongs: an opinion adopted for one's self in opposition to the usual
belief: heterodoxy.--_ns._ HERESIARCH (her'e-si-ärk, or he-r[=e]'zi-ärk), a
leader in heresy, a chief among heretics; HERESIOG'RAPHER, one who writes
about heresies; HERESIOG'RAPHY, a treatise on heresies; HERESIOL'OGIST, a
student of, or writer on, heresies; HERESIOL'OGY, the study or the history
of heresies; HER'ETIC, the upholder of a heresy.--_adj._
HERET'ICAL.--_adv._ HERET'ICALLY.--_v.t._ HERET'ICATE, to denounce as
heretical. [O. Fr. _heresie_--L. _hæresis_--Gr. _hairesis_--_hairein_, to
take.]
HERIOT, her'i-ot, _n._ (_Eng. law_) a kind of fine due to the lord of a
manor on the death of a person holding land of the manor, and consisting of
the best beast, jewel, or chattel that belonged to the deceased.--_adj._
HER'IOTABLE. [A.S. _heregeatu_, a military preparation--_here_, an army,
_geatwe_, apparatus.]
HERISSON, her'i-son, _n._ a beam turning on a pivot and supplied with sharp
spikes, for the defence of a gate, &c.: (_her._) a hedgehog.--_adj._
HÉRISSÉ, bristled. [A doublet of _urchin_.]
HERITABLE, her'i-ta-bl, _adj._ that may be inherited.--_n._
HERITABIL'ITY.--_adv._ HER'ITABLY.--_n._ HER'ITOR, in Scotland, a
landholder in a parish.--HERITABLE PROPERTY (_Scots law_), real property,
as opposed to movable property or chattels; HERITABLE SECURITY, same as
English mortgage. [O. Fr. _heritable_, _hereditable_---Low L.
_hereditabilis_--L. _hereditas_.]
HERITAGE, her'it-[=a]j, _n._ that which is inherited: inherited lot,
condition of one's birth: (_B._) the children (of God). [O. Fr. _heritage_,
_heriter_--Late L. _heredit[=a]re_, to inherit.]
HERLING, her'ling, _n._ the young of the sea-trout.
HERMÆ. See HERMES.
HERMANDAD, [.e]r-man-dad', _n._ a confederation of the entire burgher class
of Spain for police and judicial purposes, formed in 1282, and formally
legalised in 1485. [Sp., 'brotherhood,' _hermano_--L. _germanus_, kindred.]
HERMAPHRODITE, h[.e]r-maf'rod-[=i]t, _n._ an animal or a plant in which the
two sexual characteristics are united: an abnormal individual in whom are
united the properties of both sexes.--_adj._ uniting the distinctions of
both sexes.--_ns._ HERMAPH'RODISM, HERMAPH'RODITISM, the union of the two
sexes in one body.--_adjs._ HERMAPHRODIT'IC, -AL, pertaining to a
hermaphrodite: partaking of both sexes.--HERMAPHRODITE BRIG, a brig
square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. [L.,--Gr.
_Hermaphrod[=i]tos_, the son of _Herm[=e]s_ and _Aphrodit[=e]_, who, when
bathing, grew together with the nymph Salmacis into one person.]
HERMENEUTIC, -AL, h[.e]r-me-n[=u]'tik, -al, _adj._ interpreting:
explanatory: exigetical.--_adv._ HERMENEU'TICALLY.--_n.sing._
HERMENEU'TICS, the science of interpretation or exegesis, esp. of the
Scriptures.--_n._ HERMENEU'TIST, one versed in hermeneutics. [Gr.
_herm[=e]neu'tikos_--_herm[=e]neus_, an interpreter, from _Herm[=e]s_,
Mercury, the god of art and eloquence.]
HERMES, h[.e]r'm[=e]z, _n._ the herald and messenger of the gods of Greek
mythology, patron of herdsmen, arts, and thieves: a head or bust on a
square base, often double-faced:--_pl._ HERMÆ (her'm[=e]): the Egyptian
Thoth, identified with the Greek Hermes.
HERMETIC, -AL, h[.e]r-met'ik, -al, _adj._ belonging in any way to the the
beliefs current in the Middle Ages under the name of _Hermes_, the Thrice
Great: belonging to magic or alchemy, magical: perfectly close.--_adv._
HERMET'ICALLY.--_n.pl._ HERMET'ICS, the philosophy wrapped up in the
Hermetic books, esoteric science: alchemy.--HERMETICALLY SEALED, closed
completely, said of a glass vessel, the opening of which is closed by
melting the glass. [From _Herm[=e]s Trismegistos_, Hermes 'the
thrice-greatest,' the Greek name for the Egyptian god Thoth, who was god of
science, esp. alchemy.]
HERMIT, h[.e]r'mit, _n._ one who retires from society and lives in solitude
or in the desert for purposes of devotion: one of certain animals of
solitary habit.--_ns._ HER'MIT[=A]GE, HER'MITARY, the dwelling of a hermit:
a retired abode: a wine produced near Valence, in Drôme; HER'MIT-CRAB, the
name of a family of crustaceans notable for their habit of sheltering
themselves in gasteropod shells.--_adj._ HERMIT'ICAL, relating to a hermit.
[M. E. _eremite_, through Fr. and L. from Gr.
_er[=e]mit[=e]s_--_er[=e]mos_, solitary.]
HERN. Same as HERON.
HERN, a provincial form for _hers_.
HERNIA, h[.e]r'ni-a, _n._ a protrusion, through an abnormal or accidental
opening, of the abdominal viscera, the condition popularly called
_rupture_.--_adjs._ HER'NIAL; HER'NIATED; HER'NIOID.--_ns._ HERNIOL'OGY,
the branch of surgery which treats of ruptures; HERNIOT'OMY, the operation
of cutting for hernia. [L.]
HERNSHAW, h[.e]rn'shaw, _n._ (_Spens._). Same as HERONSHAW.
HERO, h[=e]'r[=o], _n._ a man of distinguished bravery: any illustrious
person: the principal figure in any history or work of fiction: (_orig._) a
demigod:--_fem._ HEROINE (her'[=o]-in).--_adj._ HER[=O]'IC, becoming a
hero: courageous: illustrious: daring, rash.--_n._ a heroic verse: (_pl._)
extravagant phrases, bombast.--_adj._ HER[=O]'ICAL.--_adv._
HER[=O]'ICALLY--(_Milt._) HER[=O]'ICLY.--_ns._ HER[=O]'ICALNESS,
HER[=O]'ICNESS.--_adjs._ HER[=O]'ICOMIC, -AL, consisting of a mixture of
heroic and comic: designating the high burlesque.--_ns._ HER'OISM, the
qualities of a hero: courage: boldness; H[=E]'ROSHIP, the state of being a
hero; H[=E]'RO-WOR'SHIP, the worship of heroes: excessive admiration of
great men.--HEROIC AGE, the semi-mythical period of Greek history, when the
heroes or demigods were represented to have lived among men; HEROIC
MEDICINES, such as either kill or cure; HEROIC SIZE, in sculpture, larger
than life, but less than colossal; HEROIC VERSE, the style of verse in
which the exploits of heroes are celebrated (in classical poetry, the
hexameter; in English and German, the iambic of ten syllables; in French,
the alexandrine). [Through O. Fr. and L. from Gr. _h[=e]r[=o]s_; akin to L.
_vir_, A.S. _wer_, a man, Sans. _víra_, a hero.]
HERODIANS, he-r[=o]'di-ans, _n.pl._ a political rather than religious party
among the Jews of the apostolic age, adherents of the family of _Herod_.
Herod was represented as a swaggering tyrant in the old dramatic
performances--hence 'to out-herod Herod' (_Shak._)--to exceed in bombast
and passionate grandiloquence.
HERON, her'un, _n._ a large screaming water-fowl, with long legs and
neck.--_n._ HER'ONRY, a place where herons breed. [O. Fr. _hairon_--Old
High Ger. _heigir_.]
HERONSHAW, her'un-shaw, _n._ a young heron. [Properly _heronswewe_ (O. Fr.
_herounçel_), which was confounded with the old form _hernshaw_, a heronry,
from _heron_, and _shaw_, a wood.]
HERPES, h[.e]r'p[=e]z, _n._ the name of a group of diseases of the skin,
characterised by the presence of clusters of vesicles on an inflamed
base--_Catarrhal herpes_ and _Herpes zoster_ or _Shingles_.--_adj._
HERPET'IC, relating to or resembling herpes: creeping. [Gr.
_herp[=e]s_--_herpein_, to creep.]
HERPESTES, her-pes'tez, _n._ the typical genus of ichneumons or mongooses
of the sub-family _Herpestinæ_, viverroid carnivores, having straight toes,
claws not retractile. [Gr.]
HERPETOLOGY, her-pet-ol'oj-i, _n._ the branch of natural history which
treats of reptiles.--_adjs._ HER'PETOID, serpent-like; HERPETOLOG'IC, -AL,
pertaining to herpetology.--_adv._ HERPETOLOG'ICALLY.--_n._ HERPETOL'OGIST,
one versed in herpetology.
HERR, her, _n._ lord, master, the German term of address equivalent to Mr.
[Ger.]
HERRING, her'ing, _n._ a common small sea-fish of great commercial value,
found moving in great shoals or multitudes.--_adj._ HERR'ING-BONE, like the
spine of a herring, applied to a kind of masonry in which the stones slope
in different directions in alternate rows.--_ns._ HERR'INGER, one whose
employment is to catch herring; HERR'ING-FISH'ERY; HERR'ING-POND, the
ocean, esp. the Atlantic or the English Channel.--HERRING-BONE STITCH, a
kind of cross-stitch used in embroidery, in mending sails, &c.--KIPPERED
HERRING, herring smoked and preserved; RED HERRING, herring cured and
dried, and having as the result a red appearance. [A.S. _h['æ]ring_,
_héring_; cf. Ger. _häring_, _heer_.]
HERRNHUTER, hern'hut-[.e]r, _n._ one of the Moravians or United Brethren,
so called from their settlement in 1722 at _Herrnhut_ in Saxony.
HERRY, a Scotch form of _harry_.--_n._ HERR'YMENT, harassment.
HERS, h[.e]rz, _pron._ possessive of _she_.
HERSAL, h[.e]r'sal, _n._ (_Spens._) rehearsal.
HERSE, h[.e]rs, _n._ (_fort._) a portcullis: a species of
cheval-de-frise.--_adj._ HERSED, arranged in harrow form. [_Hearse_.]
HERSELF, h[.e]r-self', _pron._ the emphatic form of _she_ in the nominative
or objective case: in her real character: having the command of her
facilities, sane.
HERSHIP, h[.e]r'ship, _n._ the carrying off of cattle: (_Scot._) foray.
[_Here_, army, or stem of A.S. _herjan_, to harry; cf. Ice. _herskapr_,
warfare--_herr_, army, and _-skapr_, -ship.]
HERY, h[=e]'ri, _v.t._ (_Spens._) to praise, to regard as holy. [A.S.
_herian_, to praise.]
HESITATE, hez'i-t[=a]t, _v.i._ to stop in making a decision: to be in
doubt: to stammer.--_v.t._ (_rare_) to express with hesitation.--_ns._
HES'ITANCY, HESIT[=A]'TION, wavering: doubt: stammering.--_adj._
HES'ITAN'T, hesitating.--_adv._ HES'IT[=A]TINGLY.--_adj._ HES'IT[=A]TIVE,
showing hesitation.--_n._ HES'IT[=A]TOR, one who hesitates.--_adj._
HES'IT[=A]TORY, hesitating. [L. _hæsit[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, freq. of
_hær[=e]re_, _hæsum_, to stick.]
HESPER, hes'p[.e]r, HESPERUS, hes'p[.e]r-us, _n._ the Greek name for Venus
as the evening-star.--_adj._ HESP[=E]'RIAN, of Hesperus or the west.
[L.,--Gr. _hesperos_, evening.]
HESPERIDES, hes-per'[=i]-d[=e]z, _n.pl._ the name of the three sisters who
guarded in their delightful gardens the golden apples which Hera, on her
marriage with Zeus, had received from Gæa.
HESPERORNIS, hes-per-[=o]r'nis, _n._ an extinct form of bird, the remains
of which have been met with in the American cretaceous deposits. [Gr.
_hesperos_, western, _ornis_, a bird.]
HESSIAN, hesh'i-an, _adj._ of or pertaining to Hesse.--_n._ a native of
Hesse: (_pl._) short for HESSIAN BOOTS, a kind of long boots first worn by
Hessian troops.--HESSIAN FLY, a dipterous insect, in its larval state
attacking stems of barley, wheat, and rye. [From _Hesse_, a grand-duchy of
the German Empire.]
HEST, hest, _n._ (_Shak._) behest, command. [A.S. _h['æ]s_, a
command--_hátan_, to command.]
HESTERNAL, hes-ter'nal, _adj._ of yesterday.
HESVAN, hes'van, _n._ the second month of the Jewish civil year.--Also
HESH'VAN. [Heb.]
HESYCHAST, hes'i-kast, _n._ one of a mystic and contemplative sect of the
Greek Church in the 14th century, whose members may be described as the
Quietists of the East.--_n._ HES'YCHASM, their doctrines and practice. [Gr.
_h[=e]sychast[=e]s_--_h[=e]sychos_, quiet.]
HETÆRA, he-t[=e]'ra, HETAIRA, he-t[=i]'ra, _n._ in Greece, a woman employed
in public or private entertainment, as flute-playing, dancing, &c.: a
paramour or courtesan.--_ns._ HETÆ'RISM, HETAIRISM (-t[=i]'), concubinage,
open commerce between the sexes; HETÆROC'RACY, the rule of
courtesans.--_n._ HETAI'RIST, one who practises hetærism.--adj.
HETAIRIST'IC. [Gr. _hetaira_, fem. of _hetairos_, a companion.]
HETERARCHY, het'e-rär-ki, _n._ foreign rule.
HETERAUXESIS, het-e-rawk-s[=e]'sis, _n._ (_bot._) irregular or
unsymmetrical growth.
HETEROBLASTIC, het-er-o-blas'tik, _adj._ derived from different
cells:--opposed to _Homoblastic_. [Gr. _heteros_, other, _blastos_, bud,
germ.]
HETEROCARPOUS, het-e-ro-kar'pus, _adj._ (_bot._) bearing fruit of two
sorts.
HETEROCERCAL, het-er-o-s[.e]r'kal, _adj._ having the upper fork of the tail
different from or longer than the lower, as the shark:--opposed to
_Homocercal_.--_n._ HET'EROCERCY. [Gr. _heteros_, different from, _kerkos_,
the tail.]
HETEROCHROMOUS, het-e-ro-kr[=o]'mus, _adj._ (_bot._) having different
members unlike in colour.
HETEROCHRONY, het-e-rok'ro-ni, _n._ (_biol._) a divergence in ontogenetic
sequence affecting the time of formation of parts or organs--also
HETEROCHR[=O]'NIA.--_adj._ HETEROCHRON'IC.--_n._ HETEROCH'RONISM.--_adjs._
HETEROCHRONIST'IC; HETEROCH'RONOUS.
HETEROCLITE, het'er-o-kl[=i]t, _adj._ irregularly inflected:
irregular--also HETEROCLIT'IC, -AL.--_n._ HET'EROCL[=I]TE, a word
irregularly inflected: anything irregular.--_adj._ HETEROC'LITOUS. [Gr.
_heteroklitos_--_heteros_, other, _klitos_, inflected--_klinein_, to
inflect.]
HETERODACTYL, het-e-ro-dak'til, _adj._ having the digits irregular or
peculiar in size, form, or position.--Also HETERODAC'TYLOUS.
HETERODONT, het'er-o-dont, _adj._ having different kinds of teeth:--opposed
to _Homodont_.--_n.pl._ HETERODONT'A, an order of bivalves with hinge-teeth
(cardinal and lateral) fitting into corresponding cavities in the opposite
valve. [Gr. _heteros_, other, _odous_, _odont-_, a tooth.]
HETERODOX, het'er-o-doks, _adj._ holding an opinion other or different from
the one generally received, esp. in theology: heretical.--_n._ HET'ERODOXY,
heresy. [Gr. _heterodoxos_--_heteros_, other, _doxa_, an opinion--_dokein_,
to think.]
HETEROECISM, het-e-r[=e]'sizm, _n._ the development, as of some parasitic
fungi, of different stages of existence on different host-plants.--_adjs._
HETEROE'CIOUS, HETEROECIS'MAL. [Gr. _heteros_, other, _oikos_, a house.]
HETEROGAMOUS, het-e-rog'a-mus, _adj._ (_bot._) bearing two kinds of flowers
which differ sexually, as in most Compositæ, &c.--_n._ HETEROG'AMY. [Gr.
_heteros_, other, _gamos_, marriage.]
HETEROGENEOUS, het-er-o-j[=e]'ne-us, _adj._ of another race or kind:
dissimilar: composed of different kinds or parts--also HETEROG[=E]N'EAL
(_rare_):--opposed to _Homogeneous_.--_ns._ HETEROGEN[=E]'ITY,
HETEROG[=E]N'EOUSNESS.--_adv._ HETEROG[=E]N'EOUSLY. [Gr.
_heterogen[=e]s_--_heteros_, other, _genos_, a kind.]
HETEROGENESIS, het-er-[=o]-gen'e-sis, _n._ (_biol._) spontaneous
generation, abiogenesis: generation in which the offspring differs in
structure and habit from the parent animal or plant, the ancestral
characteristics, however, ultimately reappearing--_Xenogenesis_ and
_Alternate generation_ are other names--also HETEROG'ENY.--_adj._
HETEROGENET'IC. [Gr. _heteros_, other, _genesis_, generation.]
HETEROGONOUS, het-e-rog'[=o]-nus, _adj._ (_bot._) having flowers dimorphous
or trimorphous as to the relative length of stamens and styles, an
adaptation for cross-fertilisation. [Gr. _heteros_, other, _gonos_,
generation.]
HETEROGRAPHY, het-e-rog'ra-fi, _n._ heterogeneous spelling.--_adj._
HETEROGRAPH'IC.
HETEROLOGY, het-er-ol'oj-i, _n._ abnormality, want of true morphological
affinity.--_adj._ HETEROL'OGOUS. [Gr. _heteros_, other, _logia_, relation.]
HETEROMEROUS, het-e-rom'e-rus, _adj._ diversiform. [Gr. _heteros_, other,
_meros_, a part.]
HETEROMORPHIC, het-e-ro-mor'fik, _adj._ deviating in form from a given
type--also HETEROMOR'PHOUS.--_ns._ HETEROMOR'PHISM; HETEROMOR'PHY. [Gr.
_heteros_, other, _morph[=e]_, form.]
HETERONOMOUS, het-er-on'o-mus, _adj._ differentiated from a common type:
subject to the rule of another.--_n._ HETERON'OMY, subordination to law
imposed by another:--opposed to _Autonomy_. [Gr. _heteros_, other, _nomos_,
law.]
HETERONYM, het'er-o-nim, _n._ a word spelled like another, but with a
different sound and meaning, as _lead_, to guide; _lead_, the
metal.--_adj._ HETERON'YMOUS.--_n._ HETERON'YMY. [Gr. _heteros_, other,
_onoma_, a name.]
HETEROÖUSIAN. See HETEROUSIAN.
HETEROPATHY, het-e-rop'a-thi, _n._ allopathy.--_adj._ HETEROPATH'IC.
HETEROPHEMY, het-e-ro-f[=e]'mi, _n._ the saying of one thing when another
is meant.--_v.i._ HETEROPH[=E]'MISE.--_ns._ HETEROPH[=E]'MISM;
HETEROPH[=E]'MIST.--_adj._ HETEROPHEMIS'TIC. [Gr. _heteros_, other,
_ph[=e]m[=e]_, a saying.]
HETEROPHYLLOUS, het'er-o-fil'us, _adj._ (_bot._) having two different kinds
of leaves on the same stem. [Gr. _heteros_, other, _phyllon_, a leaf.]
HETEROPLASIA, het-e-ro-pl[=a]'si-a, _n._ the development of abnormal tissue
by diseased action.--_adj._ HETEROPLAS'TIC.--_n._ HETEROPLAS'TY. [Gr.
_heteros_, other, _plasis_, a forming.]
HETEROPODA, het-er-op'o-da, _n.pl._ pelagic gasteropods in which the 'foot'
has become a swimming organ.--n. HET'EROPOD, one of the Heteropoda. [Gr.
_heteros_, other, _pous_, _podos_, a foot.]
HETEROPTERA, het-e-rop'te-ra, _n.pl._ a sub-order of _Hemiptera_.--_adj._
HETEROP'TEROUS. [Gr. _heteros_, other, _pteron_, a wing.]
HETEROPTICS, het-e-rop'tiks, _n._ perverted vision. [Gr. _heteros_, other,
_optikos_, optic]
HETEROSCIAN, het-e-rosh'i-an, _adj._ and _n._ pertaining to a person living
on one side of the equator, as contrasted with one living on the other
side. [Gr. _heteros_, other, _skia_, a shadow.]
HETEROSOMATA, het-e-ro-s[=o]'ma-ta, _n.pl._ the flat-fishes.--_adj._
HETEROS[=O]'MATOUS. [Gr. _heteros_, different, _s[=o]ma_, pl. _s[=o]mata_,
a body.]
HETEROSPOROUS, het-e-ro-sp[=o]'rus, _adj._ having more than one kind of
asexually produced spores. [Gr. _heteros_, other, _sporos_, seed.]
HETEROSTROPHIC, het-e-r[=o]-strof'ik, _adj._ reversed in direction.--_n._
HETEROS'TROPHY. [Gr. _heteros_, other, _stroph[=e]_, a turning.]
HETEROSTYLED, het'e-r[=o]-st[=i]ld, _adj._ same as HETEROGONOUS
(q.v.).--_n._ HETEROSTYL'ISM. [Gr. _heteros_, other, _stylos_, a pillar.]
HETEROTAXIS, het-er-o-tak'sis, _n._ anomalous arrangement of
organs.--_adj._ HETEROTAX'IC. [Gr. _heteros_, other, _taxis_, arrangement.]
HETEROTOMOUS, het-er-ot'o-mus, _adj._ (_min._) having a cleavage different
from the common variety. [Gr. _heteros_, other, _tom[=e]_, a cutting.]
HETEROTOPY, het-e-rot'o-pi, _n._ misplacement.--_adj._ HETEROT'OPOUS. [Gr.
_heteros_, other, _topos_, place.]
HETEROTROPHY, het-e-rot'rof-i, _n._ (_bot._) an abnormal mode of obtaining
nutrition. [Gr. _heteros_, other, _troph[=e]_, food.]
HETEROUSIAN, het'e-r[=oo]-zi-an, _n._ and _adj._ one who believes the
Father and Son to be unlike in substance or essence:--opposed to
_Homoöusian_: an Arian.--Also HETEROÖU'SIAN. [Gr. _heteros_, other,
_ousia_, substance, _einai_, to be.]
HETMAN, het'man, _n._ the title of the head or general of the Cossacks.
[Russ.]
HEUGH, HEUCH, h[=u]h, _n._ (_Scot._) a crag, a glen with steep sides. [See
HOW, a hill.]
HEULANDITE, h[=u]'lan-d[=i]t, _n._ a mineral of the zeolite group--from H.
_Heuland_, an English mineralogist.
HEURISTIC, h[=u]-ris'tik, _adj._ serving to find out.--_n._ the art of
discovery in logic: the method in education by which the pupil is set to
find out things for himself. [From the root of Gr. _heuriskein_, to find;
also spelt _euriskein_. See EUREKA.]
HEW, h[=u], _v.t._ to cut with any sharp instrument: to cut in pieces: to
shape.--_v.i._ to deal blows with a cutting instrument:--_pa.p._ hewed, or
hewn.--_n._ (_Spens._) hacking.--_n._ HEW'ER, one who hews. [A.S. _héawan_;
Ger. _hauen_.]
HEXACHORD, hek'sa-kord, _n._ a diatonic series of six notes, having a
semitone between the third and fourth. [Gr. _hex_, six, _chord[=e]_, a
string.]
HEXAD, hek'sad, _n._ a series of six numbers: (_chem._) an element or
radical with the combining power of six units--i.e. of six atoms of
hydrogen.
HEXADACTYLOUS, hek-sa-dak'ti-lus, _adj._ having six fingers or toes.--_n._
HEXADAC'TYLISM.
HEXAËMERON, hek-sa-[=e]'me-ron, _n._ a period of six days, esp. that of the
creation, according to Genesis: a history of the six days of creation.
[Late Gr. _hexa[=e]meros_--_hex_, six, _h[=e]mera_, a day.]
HEXAGON, heks'a-gon, _n._ a figure with six sides and six angles.--_adj._
HEXAG'ONAL.--_adv._ HEXAG'ONALLY.--_v.t._ HEX'AGONISE. [Gr.
_hexag[=o]non_--_hex_, six, _g[=o]nia_, an angle.]
HEXAGYNIA, hek-sa-jin'i-a, _n._ in the Linnæan system an order of plants
having six styles.--_adjs._ HEXAGYN'IAN, HEXAG'YNOUS.
HEXAHEDRON, heks-a-h[=e]'dron, _n._ a cube, a regular solid with six sides
or faces, each of these being a square.--_adj._ HEXAH[=E]'DRAL. [Gr. _hex_,
six, _hedra_, a base.]
HEXAMETER, hek-sam'et-[.e]r, _n._ a verse of six measures or feet, the
first four dactyls or spondees, the fifth a dactyl (sometimes a spondee),
the sixth a spondee or trochee.--_adj._ having six metrical feet.--_adjs._
HEXAMET'RIC, -AL.--_n._ HEXAM'ETRIST, a writer of hexameters. [L.,--Gr.
_hex_, six, _metron_, a measure.]
HEXANDRIA, heks-an'dri-a, _n._ a Linnæan class of plants having six
stamens.--_adj._ HEXAN'DRIAN. [Gr. _hex_, six, _an[=e]r_, _andros_, a man,
male.]
HEXANGULAR, hek-sang'g[=u]-lar, _adj._ having six angles.
HEXAPETALOUS, hek-sa-pet'a-lus, _adj._ having six petals.
HEXAPHYLLOUS, hek-sa-fil'us, _adj._ having six leaves or leaflets. [Gr.
_hex_, six, _phyllon_, a leaf.]
HEXAPLA, heks'a-pla, _n._ an edition of the Bible in six versions, as that
made by Origen of the Old Testament.--_adj._ HEX'APLAR. [Gr. _hexapla_, pl.
neut. of _hexaplous_, sixfold.]
HEXAPOD, heks'a-pod, _n._ an animal with six feet.--_n._ HEXAP'ODY, a line
or verse of six feet. [Gr. _hexapous_, _-podos_--_hex_, six, _pous_, a
foot.]
HEXASTICH, heks'a-stik, _n._ a poem or stanza of six lines. [Gr.
_hexastichos_--_hex_, six, _stichos_, a line.]
HEXASTYLE, heks'a-st[=i]l, _adj._ having six columns, of a portico or
temple having six columns in front. [Gr. _hexastylos_--_hex_, six,
_stylos_, a pillar.]
HEXATEUCH, heks'a-t[=u]k, _n._ the first six books of the Old
Testament.--_adj._ HEX'ATEUCHAL. [From Gr. _hex_, six, and _teuchos_, a
book.]
HEY, h[=a], _interj._ expressive of joy or interrogation.--_interj._
HEY'DAY, expressive of frolic, exultation, or wonder.--_n._ exaltation of
the spirits: the wild gaiety of youth: period of fullest vigour.--_n._
HEY'DEGUY (_Spens._), a country dance or round.--_interjs._ HEY'-GO-MAD,
expressing a high degree of excitement; HEY'-PASS (_Milt._), an expression
used by jugglers during their performance. [Imit.]
HEYDUCK. See HAIDUK.
HI! h[=i], _interj._ expressing wonder or derision, or calling attention.
HIATUS, h[=i]-[=a]'tus, _n._ a gap: an opening: a chasm: a break in
continuity, a defect: (_gram._) a concurrence of vowel sounds in two
successive syllables. [L.,--_hi[=a]re_, _hi[=a]tum_, to gape.]
HIBERNATE, h[=i]'b[.e]r-n[=a]t, _v.i._ to winter: to pass the winter in
torpor: to live in seclusion.--_ns._ HIBER'NACLE, a winter covering;
HIBERNAC'ULUM, any part of a plant protecting an embryonic organ during the
winter.--_adj._ HIBER'NAL, belonging to winter: wintry.--_n._
HIBERN[=A]'TION, the state of torpor in which many animals pass the winter.
[L. _hibern[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_hibernus_, wintry--_hiems_, winter.]
HIBERNIAN, h[=i]-b[.e]r'ni-an, _adj._ relating to Hibernia or
Ireland.--_n._ an Irishman.--_ns._ HIBER'NIANISM, HIBER'NICISM, an Irish
idiom or peculiarity.--_adv._ HIBER'NICALLY.--_v.t._ HIBER'NIC[=I]SE, to
render Irish.--_n._ HIBERNIS[=A]'TION, a making Irish. [L. _Hibernia_,
Ireland.]
HIBISCUS, h[=i]-bis'kus, _n._ a genus of malvaceous plants, mostly
tropical. [L.,--Gr. _hibiscos_, mallow.]
HIC, hik, _interj._ a syllable expressing the sound made by one affected
with a drunken hiccup.
HICCATEE, HICATEE, hik-a-t[=e]', _n._ a fresh-water tortoise of Central
America.
HICCUP, hik'up, _n._ the involuntary contraction of the diaphragm, while
the glottis is spasmodically closed: the sound caused by this--also, but
erroneously, HIC'COUGH.--_v.i._ to be affected with hiccup.--_v.t._ to say
with a hiccup:--_pr.p._ hicc'upping; _pa.p._ hicc'upped.--_adj._ HICC'UPY,
marked by hiccups. [Imit.; cf. Dut. _hik_, Dan. _hikke_, Bret. _hik_. The
spelling _hiccough_ is due to a confusion with _cough_.]
HICKORY, hik'or-i, _n._ a genus (_Carva_) of North American nut-bearing
trees, with heavy strong tenacious wood, used for shafts of carriages,
handles of axes, &c. [_Pohickery_; of Indian origin.]
HICKWALL, hik'-wal, _n._ (_prov._) the green woodpecker.
HID, HIDDEN. See HIDE.
HIDALGO, hi-dal'g[=o], _n._ a Spanish nobleman of the lowest class.--_adj._
HIDAL'GOISH.--_n._ HIDAL'GOISM. [Sp., _hijo de algo_, 'the son of
something.']
HIDE, h[=i]d, _v.t._ to conceal: to keep in safety.--_v.i._ to lie
concealed:--_pa.t._ hid; _pa.p._ hid'den, hid.--_adj._ HID'DEN, concealed:
unknown.--_adv._ HID'DENLY, in a hidden or secret manner:
privily--(_Scot._) HID'LINS.--_adj._ HID'DENMOST, most hidden.--_n._
HID'DENNESS.--_ns._ HIDE'-AND-SEEK', a children's game, where one seeks the
others who have hid themselves; HIDE'AWAY, a fugitive.--_adj._ that hides
away.--_n._ HID'ING, a place of concealment [A.S. _hýdan_, to hide; cf. Low
Ger. _hûden_, Gr. _keuthein_.]
HIDE, h[=i]d, _n._ the skin of an animal, esp. the larger animals,
sometimes used derogatorily for human skin.--_v.t._ to flog or
whip.--_adj._ HIDE'-BOUND, having the hide closely bound to the body, as in
animals: in trees, having the bark so close that it impedes the growth:
stubborn, bigoted, obstinate.--_n._ HID'ING, a thrashing. [A.S. _hýd_; Ger.
_haut_, L. _cutis_.]
HIDE, h[=i]d, _n._ in old English law, a certain area of land, from 60 to
100 acres.--_n._ HID'AGE, a tax once assessed on every hide of land. [A.S.
_híd_, contracted from _hígid_--_híw-_, _híg-_, household.]
HIDEOUS, hid'e-us, _adj._ frightful: horrible: ghastly.--_ns._ HIDEOS'ITY,
HID'EOUSNESS.--_adv._ HID'EOUSLY. [O. Fr. _hideus_, _hisdos_--_hide_,
_hisde_, dread, prob.--L. _hispidus_, rough, rude.]
HIDROTIC, hid-rot'ik, _adj._ sudorific.--_n._ a sudorific.
HIE, h[=i], _v.i._ to hasten.--_v.t._ to urge on: pass quickly
over:--_pr.p._ hie'ing; _pa.p._ hied. [A.S. _hígian_.]
HIE, HIGH, h[=i], _n._ (_prov._) the call to a horse to turn to the
left:--opposite of HUP.
HIELAMAN, h[=i]'la-man, _n._ the native Australian narrow shield of bark or
wood.
HIEMS, h[=i]'emz, _n._ (_Shak._) winter.--_adj._ H[=I]'EMAL.--_v.t._
H[=I]'EMATE.--_n._ HIEM[=A]'TION, hibernation. [L.]
HIERACOSPHINX, h[=i]-er-[=a]'ko-sfingks, _n._ See SPHINX.
HIERA-PICRA, h[=i]'e-ra-pik'ra, _n._ a purgative drug from aloes and
canella bark.--Also _Hickery-pickery_, _Higry-pigry_. [Gr. _hiera_, fem. of
_hieros_, sacred, _pikra_, fem. of _pikros_, bitter.]
HIERARCH, h[=i]'[.e]r-ärk, _n._ a ruler in sacred matters.--_adjs._
HI'ERARCHAL, HIERARCH'ICAL.--_adv._ HIERARCH'ICALLY.--_ns._
H[=I]'ERARCHISM; H[=I]'ERARCHY, rule in sacred matters: persons that so
rule: the body of the clergy: a government by priests: a series of
successive terms of different rank; HIEROC'RACY, government by
priests.--CELESTIAL HIERARCHY, the collective body of angels, grouped in
three divisions and nine orders of different power and glory: (1) seraphim,
cherubim, thrones; (2) dominations or dominions, virtues, powers; (3)
principalities, archangels, angels. [Gr. _hierarch[=e]s_--_hieros_, sacred,
_archein_, to rule.]
HIERATIC, h[=i]-[.e]r-at'ik, _adj._ sacred: relating to priests, applying
to a certain kind of ancient Egyptian writing, which consisted of abridged
forms of hieroglyphics; also to certain styles in art. [L.
_hieraticus_--Gr. _hieratikos_--_hieros_, sacred.]
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HIEROGLYPHIC, h[=i]-[.e]r-o-glif'ik, also H[=I]'EROGLYPH, _n._ the sacred
characters of the ancient Egyptian language: picture-writing, or writing in
which figures of objects are employed instead of conventional signs, like
the alphabet--hieroglyphics are either _phonetic_ or _ideographic_, the
former comprising signs which represent sounds, the latter those which
represent ideas: any symbolical or enigmatical figure.--_v.t._
H[=I]'EROGLYPH, to represent by hieroglyphs.--_adjs._ HIEROGLYPH'IC,
-AL.--_adv._ HIEROGLYPH'ICALLY.--_n._ HIEROG'LYPHIST, one skilled in
hieroglyphics. [Gr. _hieroglyphikon_--_hieros_, sacred, _glyphein_, to
carve.]
HIEROGRAM, h[=i]'er-o-gram, _n._ a hieroglyphic symbol.--_adjs._
HIEROGRAMMAT'IC, -AL.--_ns._ HIEROGRAM'MATIST, HIEROGRAM'MATE, a writer of
sacred records; H[=I]'EROGRAPH, a sacred symbol; HIEROG'RAPHER, a sacred
scribe.--_adjs._ HIEROGRAPH'IC, -AL, pertaining to sacred writing.--_n._
HIEROG'RAPHY, a description of sacred things. [Gr. _hieros_, sacred,
_gramma_, a writing.]
HIEROLATRY, h[=i]-er-ol'a-tri, _n._ the worship of saints or sacred things.
HIEROLOGY, h[=i]-[.e]r-ol'o-ji, _n._ the science of sacred matters, esp.
ancient writing and Egyptian inscriptions.--_adj._ HIEROLOG'IC.--_n._
HIEROL'OGIST. [Gr. _hierologia_--_hieros_, sacred, _legein_, to speak.]
HIEROMANCY, h[=i]-er-o-man'si, _n._ divination by observing the objects
offered in sacrifice.
HIERONYMIC, h[=i]-e-r[=o]-nim'ik, _adj._ of or pertaining to St
Jerome--also HIERONYM'IAN.--_n._ HIERON'YMITE, one of the many hermit
orders established in the course of the 13th and 14th centuries. [L.
_Hieronymus_, Jerome.]
HIEROPATHIC, h[=i]-er-o-path'ik, _adj._ consisting in love of the clergy.
HIEROPHANT, h[=i]'[.e]r-o-fant, _n._ one who shows or reveals sacred
things: a priest.--_adj._ HIEROPHANT'IC, belonging to or relating to
hierophants. [Gr. _hierophant[=e]s_--_hieros_, sacred, _phainein_, to
show.]
HIEROSCOPY, h[=i]-er-os'ko-pi, _n._ the same as hieromancy.
HIEROSOLYMITAN, h[=i]-e-r[=o]-sol'i-m[=i]-tan, _adj._ of or pertaining to
Jerusalem. [L. _Hierosolyma_, Jerusalem.]
HIERURGY, h[=i]'er-ur'ji, _n._ a sacred performance.--_adj._ HIERUR'GICAL.
HIGGLE, hig'l, _v.i._ to make difficulty in bargaining: to chaffer.--_v.i._
HIGG'LE-HAGG'LE, a reduplicated variant of _higgle_.--_ns._ HIGG'LER;
HIGG'LING. [Prob. a form of _haggle_.]
HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY, hig'l-di-pig'l-di, _adv._ and _adj._ topsy-turvy:
(_coll._) upside down. [A word coined to express a meaningless jumble.]
HIGH, h[=i], _adj._ elevated: lofty: tall: elevated relatively to
something, as upward from a base, in position from the mouth of a river,
&c.: eminent in anything: exalted in rank: dignified: chief: noble:
ostentatious: arrogant: proud: strong, intensified: extreme in opinion:
powerful: angry: loud: violent: tempestuous: shrill: excellent: far
advanced: difficult: dear: remote in time: slightly tainted (of game,
&c.).--_adv._ aloft: eminently: powerfully: profoundly: of flesh, on the
point of beginning to decay.--_ns._ HIGH'-AD'MIRAL, a high or chief admiral
of a fleet; HIGH'-AL'TAR, the principal altar in a church; HIGH'-BAIL'IFF,
an officer who serves writs, &c., in certain franchises, exempt from the
ordinary supervision of the sheriff; HIGH'-BIND'ER (_U.S._), a rowdy,
ruffian, blackmailer.--_adjs._ HIGH'-BLEST (_Milt._), supremely blest or
happy; HIGH'-BLOOD'ED, of noble lineage; HIGH'-BLOWN, swelled with wind:
(_Shak._) inflated, as with pride; HIGH'-BORN, of high or noble birth;
HIGH'-BRED, of high or noble breed, training, or family.--_ns._
HIGH'-CHURCH, applied to a party within the Church of England, which exalts
the authority of the Episcopate and the priesthood, the saving grace of
sacraments, &c. (also _adj._); HIGH'-CHURCH'ISM; HIGH'-CHURCH'MAN.--_adj._
HIGH'-COL'OURED, having a strong or glaring colour.--_ns._ HIGH'-COURT, a
supreme court; HIGH'-CROSS, a market cross; HIGH'-DAY, a holiday or
festival: (_B._) broad daylight.--_adj._ befitting a festival.--_v.t._
HIGH'ER, to raise higher: to lift.--_v.i._ to ascend.--_n._
HIGH'-FAL[=U]'TIN, bombastic discourse.--_adj._ bombastic: pompous.--_adj._
HIGH'-FED, fed highly or luxuriously: pampered.--_ns._ HIGH'-FEED'ING;
HIGH'-FLIER, a bird that flies high: one who runs into extravagance of
opinion or action.--_adjs._ HIGH'-FLOWN, extravagant: elevated: turgid;
HIGH'-FLY'ING, extravagant in conduct or opinion; HIGH'-GROWN (_Shak._),
covered with a high growth; HIGH'-HAND'ED, overbearing: violent:
arbitrary.--_n._ HIGH'-HAND'EDNESS.--_adjs._ HIGH'-HEART'ED, with the heart
full of courage; HIGH'-HEELED, wearing high heels--of shoes.--_n._
HIGH'-JINKS, boisterous play or jollity: an old Scotch pastime in which
persons played various parts under penalty of a forfeit.--_adj._
HIGH'-KILT'ED, wearing the kilt or petticoat high: indecorous.--_n._ and
_adj._ HIGH'LAND, a mountainous district, esp. in _pl._ that portion of
Scotland lying north and west of a line drawn diagonally from Nairn to
Dumbarton.--_ns._ HIGH'LANDER, HIGH'LANDMAN, an inhabitant of a mountainous
region; HIGH'-LOW, a high shoe fastened with a leather thong in
front.--_adv._ HIGH'LY.--_n._ HIGH'-MASS (see MASS).--_adjs._
HIGH'-METT'LED, high-spirited, courageous; HIGH'-MIND'ED, having a high,
proud, or arrogant mind: having honourable pride: magnanimous.--_n._
HIGH'-MIND'EDNESS.--_adjs._ HIGH'MOST, highest; HIGH'-NECKED, of a dress,
cut so as to cover the shoulders and neck.--_n._ HIGH'NESS, the state of
being high: dignity of rank: a title of honour given to princes.--_adj._
HIGH'-PITCHED, high-strung: haughty.--_n._ HIGH'-PLACE (_B._), an eminence
on which idolatrous rites were performed by the Jews--hence the idols, &c.,
themselves.--_adjs._ HIGH'-PRESS'URE, applied to a steam-engine in which
the steam is raised to a high temperature, so that the pressure may exceed
that of the atmosphere; HIGH'-PRICED, costly.--_ns._ HIGH'-PRIEST (see
PRIEST); HIGH'-PRIEST'ESS; HIGH'-PRIEST'HOOD.--_adjs._ HIGH'-PRIN'CIPLED,
of high, noble, or strict principle; HIGH'-PROOF, proved to contain much
alcohol: highly rectified; HIGH'-RAISED, raised aloft: elevated;
HIGH'-REACH'ING, reaching upwards: ambitious.--_n._ HIGH'-ROAD, one of the
public or chief roads: a road for general traffic.--_adjs._
HIGH'-SEA'SONED, made rich or piquant with spices or other seasoning;
HIGH'-SIGHT'ED (_Shak._), always looking upwards; HIGH'-SOULED, having a
high or lofty soul or spirit; HIGH'-SOUND'ING, pompous: ostentatious;
HIGH'-SPIR'ITED, having a high spirit or natural fire: bold: daring:
irascible.--_n._ HIGH'-STEP'PER, a horse that lifts its feet high from the
ground.--_adjs._ HIGH'-STEP'PING, having a proud or conceited carriage or
walk; HIGH'-STOM'ACHED (_Shak._), proud-spirited, lofty, obstinate;
HIGH'-STRUNG, high-spirited: sensitive.--_n._ HIGHT (_Milt._), obsolete
form of height.--_adj._ HIGH'-TAST'ED, having a strong, piquant taste or
relish.--_n._ HIGH'-TIDE (_rare_), a great festival.--_adj._ HIGH'-TONED,
high in pitch: dignified.--_ns._ HIGH'-TOP (_Shak._), a mast-head;
HIGH'-TREA'SON, treason against the sovereign or state.--_adj._ HIGH'-VICED
(_Shak._), enormously wicked.--_ns._ HIGH'-WA'TER, the time at which the
tide is highest: the greatest elevation of the tide; HIGH'-WA'TER-MARK, the
highest line so reached; HIGH'WAY, a public road on which all have right to
go: the main or usual way or course; HIGH'WAYMAN, a robber who attacks
people on the public way.--_adj._ HIGH'-WROUGHT, wrought with exquisite
skill: highly finished: agitated.--HIGH AND DRY, of a ship, up out of the
water: disabled; HIGH AND LOW, rich and poor, people of every condition;
HIGH AND MIGHTY, exalted: arrogant; HIGH CELEBRATION (see CELEBRATION);
HIGH LIFE, the life of fashionable society: the people of this society;
HIGH LIVING, over-indulgence in the pleasures of the table; HIGH SEAS, the
open sea, including the whole extent of sea so far as it is not the
exclusive property of any particular country; HIGH TABLE, the table in the
dining-hall of a college where the dons sit; HIGH TEA, a tea with hot meat,
&c., as opposed to a plain tea.--A HIGH HAND, OR ARM, might: power:
audacity; A HIGH TIME, A HIGH OLD TIME (_coll._), a time of special jollity
or enthusiasm; BE HIGH TIME, to be fully time something was done that
should have been done well before; BE ON ONE'S HIGH HORSE, to assume an
attitude of fancied superiority: to be arrogant.--HIGHLAND COSTUME, the
fillibeg or kilt, shoulder-plaid, sporran, &c.; HIGHLAND REGIMENTS, a
number of regiments in the British army, wearing the Highland dress and
feather-bonnet, or tartan trews and shakos.--IN HIGH FEATHER, in high
spirits: happy; ON HIGH, in or to a height; ON THE HIGH ROPES (_coll._), in
an elated or highly excited mood; WITH A HIGH HAND, arrogantly. [A.S.
_héah_; Goth. _hauhs_, Ice. _hár_, Ger. _hoch_.]
HIGHT, h[=i]t, _v.t._ to command: (_Spens._) to call, name.--_v.i._ (orig.
_pass._) to be called or named, to have as a name; therefore third pers.
sing., HIGHT=he was or is called. [M. E. _highte_--A.S. _hátte_, I was
called, _pa.t._ of _hátan_, to call, to be called. Cf. Ger. _ich heisse_, I
am named, from _heissen_, to call.]
HIGHTY-TIGHTY, h[=i]'ti-t[=i]'ti, _adj._ the same as HOITY-TOITY (q.v.).
HIJRA, HIJRAH. Same as HEGIRA.
HILAR, h[=i]'lar, _adj._ pertaining to a hilum.
HILARIOUS, hi-l[=a]'ri-us, _adj._ gay: very merry.--_adv._
HIL[=A]'RIOUSLY.--_n._ HILAR'ITY, gaiety: pleasurable excitement. [L.
_hilaris_--Gr. _hilaros_, cheerful.]
HILARY, hil'ar-i, _adj._ a term or session of the High Court of Justice in
England; also one of the university terms at Oxford and Dublin--from St
_Hilary_ of Poitiers (died 367), festival, Jan. 13.
HILCH, hilch, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to hobble.--_n._ a limp.
HILDEBRANDISM, hil'de-brand-izm, _n._ the spirit and policy of _Hildebrand_
(Pope Gregory VII., 1073-85), unbending assertion of the power of the
Church, &c.--_adj._ HILDEBRAND'IC.
HILDING, hild'ing, _n._ a mean, cowardly person, a dastard.--_adj._
cowardly, spiritless. [Prob. _hield_, to bend down.]
HILL, hil, _n._ a high mass of land, less than a mountain.--_n._
HILL'-DIG'GER, one who digs into barrows, &c., for buried treasure.--_adj._
HILLED, having hills.--_ns.pl._ HILL'-FOLK, HILL'MEN, people living or
hiding among the hills: the Scotch sect of Cameronians, the Covenanters
generally.--_ns._ HILL'-FORT, a prehistoric stronghold; HILL'INESS;
HILL'OCK, a small hill.--_adj._ HILL'OCKY.--_ns._ HILL'-SIDE, the slope of
a hill; HILL'-TOP, the summit of a hill.--_adj._ HILL'Y, full of hills.--UP
HILL AND DOWN DALE, vigorously and persistently. [A.S. _hyll_; cf. L.
_collis_, a hill, _celsus_, high.]
HILLO, hil'[=o], _interj._ Same as HALLO.
HILT, hilt, _n._ the handle, esp. of a sword.--_adj._ HILT'ED, having a
hilt.--UP TO THE HILT, completely, thoroughly, to the full. [A.S. _hilt_;
Dut. _hilte_, Old High Ger. _helza_; not conn. with _hold_.]
HILUM, h[=i]'lum, _n._ the scar on a seed at the point of union with the
placenta: (_anat._) the depression at the place where ducts, vessels, and
nerves enter an organ.--_adj._ H[=I]'LAR. [L.]
HIM, him, _pron._ the objective case of _he_.--_pron._ HIM'SELF, the
emphatic and reflective form of _he_ and _him_: the proper character of a
person. [A.S. _him_, dat. sing. masc. and neut. of _he_, _it_.]
HIMATION, hi-mat'i-on, _n._ the ancient Greek outer garment, oblong, thrown
over the left shoulder, and fastened either over or under the right. [Gr.]
HIMYARITIC, him-ya-rit'ik, _adj._ a name formerly applied to the language
of the ancient Sabæan inscriptions in the south-west of Arabia. [_Himyar_,
a traditional king of Yemen.]
HIN, hin, _n._ a Hebrew liquid measure containing about six English quarts.
[Heb.]
HIND, h[=i]nd, _n._ the female of the stag or red-deer.--_n._ HIND'BERRY,
the raspberry. [A.S. _hind_; Dut. and Ger. _hinde_.]
HIND, h[=i]nd, _n._ a farm-servant, esp. one having charge of a pair of
horses, with cottage on the farm, formerly bound to supply a female
field-worker (_bondager_). [A.S. _hína_=_híwna_, gen. pl. of _híwan_,
domestics.]
HIND, h[=i]nd, _adj._ placed in the rear: pertaining to the part behind:
backward:--opp. to _Fore_.--_adj._ HIND'ER, the older form of _hind_, but
used in the same significations.--_n._ HIND'ER-END, the latter end:
(_Scot._) buttocks.--_n.pl._ HIND'ERLINS (_Scot._), the buttocks.--_adjs._
HIND'ERMOST, HIND'MOST, superlative of _hind_, farthest behind;
HIND'-FORE'MOST, the back part in the front place. [A.S. _hindan_ (adv.),
back, _hinder_, backwards; Goth. _hindar_, Ger. _hinter_, behind.]
HINDER, hin'd[.e]r, _v.t._ to put or keep behind: to stop, or prevent
progress: to embarrass.--_v.i._ to be an obstacle.--_ns._ HIN'DERANCE,
HIN'DRANCE, act of hindering: that which hinders: obstacle. [A.S.
_hindrian_; Ger. _hindern_.]
HINDI, hin'd[=e], _n._ and _adj._ one of the languages of Aryan stock now
spoken in Northern India.--Also HIN'DEE. [Urd[=u], _Hind_, 'India.']
HINDU, HINDOO, hin'd[=oo], _n._ a native of Hindustan: now more properly
applied to native Indian believers in Brahmanism, as opposed to
Mohammedans, &c.--_ns._ HIN'DUISM, HIN'DOOISM, the religion and customs of
the Hindus. [_Sindhu_, Sans. for Indus.]
HINDUSTANI, HINDOOSTANEE, hin-d[=oo]-stan'[=e], _n._ a dialect of Hindi,
also called _Urd[=u]_, the chief official and commercial language of
India.--Also _adj._
HINGE, hinj, _n._ the hook or joint on which a door or lid hangs: that on
which anything depends or turns.--_v.t._ to furnish with hinges: to
bend.--_v.i._ to hang or turn as on a hinge: to depend on:--_pr.p._
hing'ing; _pa.p._ hinged.--_n._ HINGE'-JOINT (_anat._), a joint in which
the bones move.--OFF THE HINGES, in a state of confusion. [Related to
_hang_.]
HINNY, hin'i, _n._ the offspring of a stallion and she-ass. [L.
_hinnus_--Gr. _ginnos_, later _hinnos_, a mule.]
HINNY, hin'i, _n._ a Scotch variant of _honey_.
HINNY, hin'i, _v.i._ to neigh, whinny.
HINT, hint, _n._ a distant or indirect allusion: slight mention:
insinuation.--_v.t._ to bring to mind by a slight mention or remote
allusion: to allude to.--_v.i._ to make an indirect or remote allusion: to
allude.--_adv._ HINT'INGLY.--HINT AT, to allude to obscurely. [A.S.
_hentan_, to seize.]
HINTERLAND, hint'[.e]r-land, _n._ the district behind that lying along the
coast, or along a river. [Ger.]
HIP, hip, _n._ the haunch or fleshy part of the thigh: (_archit._) the
external angle formed by the sides of a roof when the end slopes backward
instead of terminating in a gable.--_v.t._ to sprain the hip:--_pr.p._
hip'ping; _pa.p._ hipped, hipt.--_ns._ HIP'-BATH, a bath to sit in--also
_Sitz-bath_; HIP'-GIR'DLE, -BELT, the 14th-century sword-belt, passing
diagonally from waist to hip; HIP'-GOUT, sciatica; HIP'-JOINT, the
articulation of the head of the thigh-bone with the ilium; HIP'-KNOB, an
ornament placed on the apex of the hips of a roof or on a gable; HIP'-LOCK,
a trick in wrestling by which one throws a leg and hip before the other to
throw him; HIP'PING, a napkin wrapped about an infant's hips.--_adj._
HIP'-SHOT, having the hip out of joint.--HIP-AND-THIGH, in phrase, 'smitten
hip-and-thigh'=smitten both before and behind, completely
overpowered.--HAVE, CATCH, ON THE HIP, to get an advantage over some one--a
metaphor from the wrestling-ring. [A.S. _hype_; Goth. _hups_, Ger.
_hüfte_.]
HIP, hip, HEP, hep, _n._ the fruit of the wild brier or dog-rose. [A.S.
_héope_, a hip.]
HIP, HYP, hip, _n._ hypochondria.--_v.t._ to render melancholy.--_adjs._
HIPPED, rendered melancholy; HIP'PISH, somewhat hypochondriac. [A corr. of
_hypochondria_.]
HIP, hip, _interj._ an exclamation to invoke a united
cheer--_Hip'-hip'-hurr'ah_.
HIPPARION, hi-p[=a]'ri-on, _n._ a fossil genus of _Equidæ_. [Gr.
_hipparion_, dim. of _hippos_, a horse.]
HIPPETY-HOPPETY, hip'e-ti-hop'e-ti, _adv._ hopping and skipping.--_n._
HIPP'ETY-HOP.
HIPPIATRIC, hip-i-at'rik, _adj._ relating to the treatment of the diseases
of horses.--_n.pl._ HIPPIAT'RICS.--_ns._ HIPPIAT'RIST; HIPPIAT'RY.--_adj._
HIPP'IC, relating to horses.
HIPPOCAMPUS, hip'o-kam-pus, _n._ a genus of small fishes with head and neck
somewhat like those of a horse, the _sea-horse_: (_anat._) a raised curved
trace on the floor of the lateral ventricle of the brain. [Gr.
_hippokampos_--_hippos_, a horse, _kampos_, a sea-monster.]
HIPPOCENTAUR, hip-o-sent'awr, _n._ Same as CENTAUR. [Gr. _hippos_, a horse,
and _centaur_.]
HIPPOCRAS, hip'o-kras, _n._ an aromatic medicated wine, formerly much used
as a cordial.--_adj._ HIPPOCRAT'IC, pertaining to the Greek physician
_Hippocrates_ (born 460 B.C.).--_v.t._ HIPPOC'RATISE.--_n._ HIPPOC'RATISM.
HIPPOCRENE, hip'o-kr[=e]n, _n._ a fountain on the northern slopes of Mount
Helicon, in Greece, sacred to the Muses and Apollo. [L.,--Gr.
_hippokr[=e]n[=e]_--_hippos_, a horse, _kr[=e]n[=e]_, a fountain.]
HIPPOCREPIAN, hip-o-kr[=e]'pi-an, _adj._ horse-shoe shaped. [Gr. _hippos_,
a horse, _kr[=e]pis_, a shoe.]
HIPPODAME, hip'o-d[=a]m, _n._ (_Spens._) the sea-horse.--_n._ HIPPOD'AMIST,
a horse-tamer.--_adj._ HIPPOD'AMOUS, horse-taming.
HIPPODROME, hip'o-dr[=o]m, _n._ the Greek name for a racecourse for horses
and chariots: an equestrian circus: (_U.S._) a fraudulent athletic game or
contest in which the result is prearranged.--_v.t._ to conduct races in
such a way.--_adj._ HIPPODROM'IC.--_n._ HIPPOD'ROMIST, a circus trainer or
rider. [Fr.,--Gr. _hippodromos_--_hippos_, a horse, _dromos_, a course.]
HIPPOGRIFF, HIPPOGRYPH, hip'o-grif, _n._ a fabulous animal represented as a
winged horse with the head of a griffin. [Fr. _hippogriffe_--Gr. _hippos_,
a horse, _gryps_, a griffin.]
HIPPOLOGY, hip-ol'o-ji, _n._ the study of horses.--_adj._
HIPPOLOG'ICAL.--_n._ HIPPOL'OGIST.
HIPPOMANES, hip-om'an-[=e]z, _n._ an ancient love-philtre obtained from a
mare or foal.--_n._ HIPP'OMANE, a genus of plants of the natural order
_Euphorbiaceæ_, the manchineel-tree. [Gr.]
HIPPOPATHOLOGY, hip-o-pa-thol'o-ji, _n._ the pathology of the horse: the
science of veterinary medicine. [Gr. _hippos_, a horse, and _pathology_.]
HIPPOPHAGY, hip-pof'a-ji, _n._ the act or practice of feeding on
horse-flesh.--_n.pl._ HIPPOPH'AGI, eaters of horse-flesh.--_n._
_Hippoph'agist_, an eater of horseflesh.--_adj._ HIPPOPH'AGOUS,
horse-eating. [Gr. _hippos_, a horse, _phagein_, to eat.]
HIPPOPHILE, hip'o-f[=i]l, _n._ a lover of horses.
HIPPOPOTAMUS, hip-o-pot'a-mus, _n._ the river-horse--an African quadruped,
of aquatic habits, having a very thick skin, short legs, and a large head
and muzzle.--_adj._ HIPPOPOTAM'IC (also -pot'-), like a hippopotamus,
clumsy. [L.,--Gr. _hippopotamos_--_hippos_, a horse, _potamos_, a river.]
HIPPOTOMY, hip-ot'o-mi, _n._ the dissection of the horse.--_adj._
HIPPOTOM'ICAL.--_n._ HIPPOT'OMIST.
HIPPURIC, hip-[=u]'rik, _adj._ denoting an acid first obtained from the
urine of horses. [Gr. _hippos_, a horse, _ouron_, urine.]
HIPPURID, hi-p[=u]'rid, _n._ a plant of natural order _Hippurideæ_ or
_Haloragaceæ_, the typical genus the common mare's tail.
HIPPURITE, hip'[=u]-r[=i]t, _n._ a fossil bivalve mollusc peculiar to the
cretaceous strata.--_adj._ HIPPURIT'IC. [Gr. _hippos_, a horse, _oura_, a
tail.]
HIPPUS, hip'us, _n._ clonic spasm of the iris.
HIRCINE, h[.e]r's[=i]n, _adj._ goat-like: having a strong goatish
smell.--_ns._ HIRCOCER'VUS, a fabulous creature, half-goat, half-stag;
HIRCOS'ITY, goatishness. [Fr.,--L. _hircinus_--_hircus_, a he-goat.]
HIRDY-GIRDY, h[.e]r'di-g[.e]r'di, _adv._ (_Scot._) in confusion.
HIRE, h[=i]r, _n._ wages for service: the price paid for the use of
anything.--_v.t._ to procure the use or service of, at a price: to engage
for wages: to grant temporary use of for compensation: to bribe.--_adj._
HIRE'ABLE.--_ns._ HIRE'LING, a hired servant: a mercenary: a prostitute
(also _adj._); HIR'ER; HIRE'-SYS'TEM, a system by which a hired article
becomes the property of the hirer after a stipulated number of payments;
HIR'ING, the contract of hiring--_bailment for hire_ (in Scotland,
_location_): a fair or market where servants are engaged.--ON HIRE, for
hiring. [A.S. _hýr_, wages, _hýrian_, to hire; Ger. _heuer_, Dut. _huur_.]
HIRMOS, hir'mos, _n._ in the usage of the Greek Church, a standard
troparion, forming the first stanza of a canon of odes, and serving as a
model for the other stanzas:--_pl._ HIR'MOI.--_n._ HIRMOL[=O]'GION, an
office-book containing the hirmoi. [Gr. _eirmos_, a series.]
HIRPLE, h[.e]r'pl, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to walk or run as if lame.--_n._ a
limping gait.
HIRRIENT, hir'i-ent, _n._ a trilled sound.
HIRSEL, hir'sel, _n._ (_Scot._) a multitude, a throng, a flock of
sheep.--_v.t._ to put in different groups.
HIRSLE, hir'sl, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to slide or move, resting on the hams: to
move forward with a rustling sound.
HIRSUTE, hir-s[=u]t', _adj._ hairy: rough: shaggy: (_bot._) having long,
stiffish hairs. [L. _hirsutus_--_hirsus_, _hirtus_, shaggy.]
HIRUNDINE, hi-run'din, _adj._ of or pertaining to the swallow. [L.
_hirundo_, a swallow.]
HIS, hiz, _pron._ possessive form of _he_: (_B._) used for _its_.--HISN, a
contracted form of his own. [A.S. _his_, possessive of _he_, and originally
of _it_.]