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HEXAMETER Hex*am"e*ter, a.

Defn: Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees. Holland.

HEXAMETRIC; HEXAMETRICAL Hex`a*met"ric, Hex`a*met"ric*al, a.

Defn: Consisting of six metrical feet.

HEXAMETRIST Hex*am"e*trist, n.

Defn: One who writes in hexameters. "The Christian hexametrists." Milman.

HEXANDRIA Hex*an"dri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. hexandrie.] (Bot.)

Defn: A Linnæan class of plants having six stamens.

HEXANDRIAN; HEX-ANDROUS Hex*an"dri*an, Hex-an"drous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hexandre.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having six stamens.

HEXANE Hex"ane, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)

Defn: Any one of five hydrocarbons, C6H14, of the paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, and are so called because the molecule has six carbon atoms.

HEXANGULAR Hex*an"gu*lar, a. Etym: [Hex- + angular. Cf. Sexangular.]

Defn: Having six angles or corners.

HEXAPETALOUS Hex`a*pet"al*ous, a. Etym: [Hexa- + petal: cf. F. hexapétale.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having six petals.

HEXAPHYLLOUS Hex*aph"yl*lous, a. Etym: [Hexa- + Gr. hexaphylle.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having six leaves or leaflets.

HEXAPLA Hex"a*pla, n. Etym. pl., but syntactically sing. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.

Defn: A collection of the Holy Scriptures in six languages or six versions in parallel columns; particularly, the edition of the Old Testament published by Origen, in the 3d century.

HEXAPOD Hex"a*pod, a. Etym: [Gr. hexapode.]

Defn: Having six feet. — n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An animal having six feet; one of the Hexapoda.

HEXAPODA Hex*ap"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -poda.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids.

Note: The Hexapoda have the head, thorax, and abdomen differentiated, and are mostly winged. They have three pairs of mouth organs, viz., mandibles, maxillæ, and the second maxillæ or labial palpi; three pairs of thoracic legs; and abdominal legs, which are present only in some of the lowest forms, and in the larval state of some of the higher ones. Many (the Metabola) undergo a complete metamorphosis, having larvæ (known as maggots, grubs, caterpillars) very unlike the adult, and pass through a quiescent pupa state in which no food is taken; others (the Hemimetabola) have larvæ much like the adult, expert in lacking wings, and an active pupa, in which rudimentary wings appear. See Insecta. The Hexapoda are divided into several orders.

HEXAPODOUS Hex*ap"o*dous, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.

HEXAPTEROUS Hex*ap"ter*ous, a. Etym: [Hexa- + Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Having six processes. Gray.

HEXASTICH; HEXASTICHON Hex"a*stich, Hex*as"ti*chon, n. Etym: [L. hexastichus of six rows, lines, or verses, Gr. "e`x six + sti`chos row, line, verse.]

Defn: A poem consisting of six verses or lines.

HEXASTYLE Hex"a*style, a. Etym: [Gr. hexastyle.] (Arch.)

Defn: Having six columns in front; — said of a portico or temple. — n.

Defn: A hexastyle portico or temple.

HEXATEUCH Hex"a*teuch`, n. Etym: [Hexa- +

Defn: The first six books of the Old Testament.

HEXATOMIC Hex`a*tom"ic, a. Etym: [Hex- + atomic.] (Chem.) (a) Having six atoms in the molecule. [R.] (b) Having six replaceable radicals.

HEXAVALENT Hex*av"a*lent, a. Etym: [Hexa- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr. See Valence.] (Chem.)

Defn: Having a valence of six; — said of hexads.

HEXDECYL Hex"de*cyl, n. Etym: [Hex- + decyl.] (Chem.)

Defn: The essential radical, C16H33, of hecdecane.

HEXDECYLIC Hex`de*cyl"ic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, hexdecyl or hecdecane; as, hexdecylic alcohol.

HEXEIKOSANE Hex*ei"ko*sane, n. Etym: [Hex- + eikosane.] (chem.)

Defn: A hydrocarbon, C26H54, resembling paraffine; — so called because each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon. [Written also hexacosane.]

HEXENE Hex"ene, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)

Defn: Same as Hexylene.

HEXICOLOGY Hex`i*col"ogy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]

Defn: The science which treats of the complex relations of living creatures to other organisms, and to their surrounding conditions generally. St. George Mivart.

HEXINE Hex"ine, n. Etym: [Gr. "e`x six.] (Chem.)

Defn: A hydrocarbon, C6H10, of the acetylene series, obtained artificially as a colorless, volatile, pungent liquid; — called also hexoylene.

HEXOCTAHEDRON Hex*oc`ta*he"dron, n. Etym: [Hex- + octahedron.] (Geom.)

Defn: A solid having forty-eight equal triangular faces.

HEXOIC Hex*o"ic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, hexane; as, hexoic acid.

HEXONE Hex"one, n. Etym: [Hex- + -one.] (Chem.)

Defn: A liquid hydrocarbon, C6H8, of the valylene series, obtained from distillation products of certain fats and gums.

HEXOSE Hex"ose, n. [Hexa- + -ose.] (Chem.)

Defn: Any member of a group of sugars containing six carbon atoms in the molecule. Some are widely distributed in nature, esp. in ripe fruits.

HEXYL Hex"yl, n. Etym: [Hex- + -yl.] (chem.)

Defn: A compound radical, C6H13, regarded as the essential residue of hexane, and a related series of compounds.

HEXYLENE Hex"yl*ene, n. Etym: [Hex- + -yl + ethlene.] (Chem.)

Defn: A colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H12, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals; also, any one several isomers of hexylene proper. Called also hexene.

HEXYLIC Hex*yl"ic, a. (chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, hexyl or hexane; as, hexylic alcohol.

HEY Hey, a. Etym: [See High.]

Defn: High. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HEY Hey, interj. Etym: [OE. hei; cf. D. & G. hei.]

1. An exclamation of joy, surprise, or encouragement. Shak.

2. A cry to set dogs on. Shak.

HEYDAY Hey"day`, interj. Etym: [Cf. G. heida, or hei da, D. hei daar. Cf. Hey, and There.]

Defn: An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder. B. Jonson.

HEYDAY Hey"day`, n. Etym: [Prob. for. high day. See High, and Day.]

Defn: The time of triumph and exultation; hence, joy, high spirits, frolicsomeness; wildness. The heyday in the blood is tame. Shak. In the heyday of their victories. J. H. Newman.

HEYDEGUY Hey"de*guy, n. Etym: [Perh. fr. heyday + guise.]

Defn: A kind of country-dance or round. [Obs.] Spenser.

HEYH; HEYGH Heyh, Heygh (, a.

Defn: High. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HEYNE Heyne, n. Etym: [AS. heán low, mean.]

Defn: A wretch; a rascal. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HEYTEN Hey"ten, adv. Etym: [Icel. h.]

Defn: Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HIATION Hi*a"tion, n. Etym: [See Hiatus.]

Defn: Act of gaping. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

HIATUS Hi*a"tus, n.; pl. L. Hiatus, E. Hiatuses. Etym: [L., fr. hiare, hiatum, to gape; akin to E. yawn. See Yawn.]

1. An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break.

2. (Gram.)

Defn: The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables. Pope.

HIBERNACLE Hi*ber"na*cle, n. Etym: [L. hibernaculum a winter residence, pl. hibernacula winter quarters: cf. F. hibernacle. See Hibernate.]

Defn: That which serves for protection or shelter in winter; winter quarters; as, the hibernacle of an animal or a plant. Martyn.

HIBERNACULUM Hi`ber*nac"u*lum, n. Etym: [See Hibernacle.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A winter bud, in which the rudimentary foliage or flower, as of most trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected by closely overlapping scales.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A little case in which certain insects pass the winter.

3. Winter home or abiding place. J. Burroughs.

HIBERNAL Hi*ber"nal, a. Etym: [L. hibernalis, from the root of hiems winter; akin to Gr. hima cold, winter, snow: cf. F. hibernal.]

Defn: Belonging or relating to winter; wintry; winterish. Sir T. Browne.

HIBERNATE Hi"ber*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hibernated; p. pr. & vb. n. Hibernating.] Etym: [L. hibernare, hibernatum, fr. hibernu wintry. See Hibernal.]

Defn: 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.

HIBERNATION Hi`ber*na"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. hibernation.]

Defn: The act or state of hibernating. Evelyn.

HIBERNIAN Hi*ber"ni*an, a. Etym: [L. Hibernia, Ireland.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish. — n.

Defn: A native or an inhabitant of Ireland.

HIBERNICISM; HIBERNIANISM Hi*ber"ni*cism, Hi*ber"ni*an*ism, n.

Defn: An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish. Todd.

HIBERNO-CELTIC Hi*ber"no-Celt"ic, n.

Defn: The native language of the Irish; that branch of the Celtic languages spoken by the natives of Ireland. Also adj.

HIBISCUS Hi*bis"cus, n. Etym: [L., marsh mallow; cf. Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: 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.

HICCIUS DOCTIUS Hic"ci*us doc"ti*us. Etym: [Corrupted fr. L. hic est doctus this is a learned man.]

Defn: A juggler. [Cant] hocus pocus Hudibras.

HICCOUGH Hic"cough, n. Etym: [OE. hickup, hicket, hickock; prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. & Dan. hik, Sw. hicka, Armor. hak, hik, W. ig, F. hoquet.] (Physiol.)

Defn: 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.]

HICCOUGH Hic"cough, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hiccoughed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiccoughing.]

Defn: To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.

HICKORY Hick"o*ry, n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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. (Zoöl.) (a) The mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The gizzard shad.

HICKSITE Hicks"ite, n.

Defn: 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.

HICKUP Hick"up, n. & v. i.

Defn: See Hiccough.

HICKWALL; HICKWAY Hick"wall`, Hick"way`, n. Etym: [OE., also hyghwhele, highawe.]

Defn: The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe. [Prov. Eng.]

HID Hid,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Hide. See Hidden.

HIDAGE Hid"age, n. Etym: [From hide a quantity of land.] (O. Eng. Law.)

Defn: A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land. [Written also hydage.]

HIDALGO Hi*dal"go, n. Etym: [Sp., contr. fr. hijo de algo, i. e., son of something; hijo son (fr. LL. filius) + algo something, fr. L. aliquod. Cf. Fidalgo.]

Defn: A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class.

HIDDEN Hid"den, p. p. & a.

Defn: 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. 1 Cor. iv. 5. My heart, which by a secret harmony Still moves with thine, joined in connection sweet. Milton. By what best way, Whether of open war, or covert guile, We now debate. Milton.

HIDDENITE Hid"den*ite, n. Etym: [After W. E. Hidden.] (Min.)

Defn: An emerald-green variety of spodumene found in North Carolina; lithia emerald, — used as a gem.

HIDDENLY Hid"den*ly, adv.

Defn: In a hidden manner.

HIDE Hide, v. t. [imp. Hid; p. p. Hidden, Hid; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding.] Etym: [OE. hiden, huden, AS. h; akin to Gr. house, hut, and perh. to E. hide of an animal, and to hoard. Cf. Hoard.]

1. To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete. A city that is set on an hill can not be hid. Matt. v. 15. If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid. Shak.

2. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate. Pope.

3. To remove from danger; to shelter. In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion. Ps. xxvi. 5. To hide one's self, to put one's self in a condition to be safe; to secure protection. "A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself." Prov. xxii. 3. — To hide the face, to withdraw favor. "Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled." Ps. xxx. 7. — To hide the face from. (a) To overlook; to pardon. "Hide thy face from my sins." Ps. li. 9. (b) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with.

Syn. — To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See Conceal.

HIDE Hide, v. i.

Defn: To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation. Bred to disguise, in public 'tis you hide. Pope. Hide and seek, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them. Swift.

HIDE Hide, n. Etym: [AS. hid, earlier higed; prob. orig., land enough to support a family; cf. AS. hiwan, higan, members of a household, and E. hind a peasant.] (O. Eng. Law.) (a) An abode or dwelling. (b) A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres. [Written also hyde.]

HIDE Hide, n. Etym: [OE.hide, hude, AS. h; akin to D. huid, OHG, h, G. haut, Icel. h, Dan. & Sw. hud, L. cutis, Gr. scutum shield, and E. sky. .]

1. The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; — generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.

2. The human skin; — so called in contempt. O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide! Shak.

HIDE Hide, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hided; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding.]

Defn: To flog; to whip. [Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.]

HIDEBOUND Hide"bound`, a.

1. Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; — said of an animal.

2. (Hort.)

Defn: Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; — said of trees. Bacon.

3. Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative. Milton. Carlyle.

4. Niggardly; penurious. [Obs.] Quarles.

HIDEOUS Hid"e*ous, a. Etym: [OE. hidous, OF. hidous, hidos, hidus, hisdos, hisdous, F. hideux: cf. OF. hide, hisde, fright; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. egidi horror, or L. hispidosus, for hispidus rough, bristly, E. hispid.]

1. Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks. "A piteous and hideous spectacle." Macaulay.

2. Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise. "Hideous cries." Shak.

3. Hateful; shocking. "Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver." Shak.

Syn. — Frightful; ghastly; grim; grisly; horrid; dreadful; terrible. — Hid"e*ous*ly, adv. — Hid"e*ous*ness, n.

HIDER Hid"er, n.

Defn: One who hides or conceals.

HIDING Hid"ing, n.

Defn: The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment. There was the hiding of his power. Hab. iii. 4.

HIDING Hid"ing, n.

Defn: A flogging. [Colloq.] Charles Reade.

HIDROSIS Hi*dro"sis, n. [Written also, but incorrectly, idrosis.] [NL., fr. Gr. to sweat, sweat.]

1. (Physiol.)

Defn: Excretion of sweat; perspiration.

2. (Med.) Excessive perspiration; also, any skin disease characterized by abnormal perspiration.

HIDROTIC Hi*drot"ic, a. [Gr. sudorific.] (Med.)

Defn: Causing perspiration; diaphoretic or sudorific.

HIDROTIC Hi*drot"ic, n.

Defn: A medicine that causes perspiration; a diaphoretic or a sudorific.

HIE Hie, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hied; p. pr. & vb. n. Hying.] Etym: [OE. hien, hihen, highen, AS. higian to hasten, strive; cf. L. ciere to put in motion, call upon, rouse, Gr. cite.]

Defn: To hasten; to go in haste; — also often with the reciprocal pronoun. [Rare, except in poetry] "My husband hies him home." Shak. The youth, returning to his mistress, hies. Dryden.

HIE Hie, n.

Defn: Haste; diligence. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HIEMS Hi"ems, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: Winter. Shak.

HIERAPICRA Hi"e*ra*pi"cra, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (med.)

Defn: A warming cathartic medicine, made of aloes and canella bark. Dunglison.

HIERARCH Hi"er*arch, n. Etym: [LL. hierarcha, Gr. ishiras vigorous, fresh, blooming) + hiérarque.]

Defn: One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs. Milton.

HIERARCHAL; HIERARCHIC Hi"er*arch`al, Hi`er*arch"ic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to a hierarch. "The great hierarchal standard." Milton.

HIERARCHICAL Hi`er*arch"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hiérarchique.]

Defn: Pertaining to a hierarchy. — Hi`er*arch`ic*al*ly, adv.

HIERARCHISM Hi"er*arch`ism, n.

Defn: The principles or authority of a hierarchy. The more dominant hierarchism of the West. Milman.

HIERARCHY Hi"er*arch`y, n.; pl. Hierarchies. Etym: [Gr. hiérarchie.]

1. Dominion or authority in sacred things.

2. A body of officials disposed organically in ranks and orders each subordinate to the one above it; a body of ecclesiastical rulers.

3. A form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests. Shipley.

4. A rank or order of holy beings. Standards and gonfalons . . . for distinction serve Of hierarchies, of orders, and degrees. Milton.

HIERATIC Hi`er*at"ic, a. Etym: [L. hieraticus, Gr. hiératique.]

Defn: Consecrated to sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to priests. Hieratic character, a mode of ancient Egyptian writing; a modified form of hieroglyphics, tending toward a cursive hand and formerly supposed to be the sacerdotal character, as the demotic was supposed to be that of the people. It was a false notion of the Greeks that of the three kinds of writing used by the Egyptians, two — for that reason called hieroglyphic and hieratic — were employed only for sacred, while the third, the demotic, was employed for secular, purposes. No such distinction is discoverable on the more ancient Egyptian monuments; bur we retain the old names founded on misapprehension. W. H. Ward (Johnson's Cyc.).

HIEROCRACY Hi`er*oc"ra*cy, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Government by ecclesiastics; a hierarchy. Jefferson.

HIEROGLYPH; HIEROGLYPHIC Hi"er*o*glyph, Hi`er*o*glyph"ic, n. Etym: [Cf. F. hiéroglyphe. See Hieroglyphic, a.]

1. A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a symbol of truth; third, the phonetic, consisting of symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a.

2. Any character or figure which has, or is supposed to have, a hidden or mysterious significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible character or mark. [Colloq.]

HIEROGLYPHIC; HIEROGLYPHICAL Hi`er*o*glyph"ic, Hi`er*o*glyph"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. hieroglyphicus, Gr. hiéroglyphique.]

1. Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk. Pages no better than blanks to common minds, to his, hieroglyphical of wisest secrets. Prof. Wilson.

2. Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable. "An hieroglyphical scrawl." Sir W. Scott.

HIEROGLYPHICALLY Hi`er*o*glyph`ic*ally, adv.

Defn: In hieroglyphics.

HIEROGLYPHIST Hi`er*og"ly*phist, n.

Defn: One versed in hieroglyphics. Gliddon.

HIEROGRAM Hi"er*o*gram, n. Etym: [Gr. -gram.]

Defn: A form of sacred or hieratic writing.

HIEROGRAMMATIC Hi`er*o*gram"mat"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hiérogrammatique.]

Defn: Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing. Bp. Warburton.

HIEROGRAMMATIST Hi`er*o*gram"ma*tist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. hiérogrammatiste.]

Defn: A writer of hierograms; also, one skilled in hieroglyphics. Greenhill.

HIEROGRAPHIC; HIEROGRAPHICAL Hi`er*o*graph"ic, Hi`er*o*graph"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. hierographicus, Gr. hiérographique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to sacred writing.

HIEROGRAPHY Hi`er*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. hiérographie.]

Defn: Sacred writing. [R.] Bailey.

HIEROLATRY Hi`er*ol"a*try, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: The worship of saints or sacred things. [R.] Coleridge.

HIEROLOGIC; HIEROLOGICAL Hi`er*o*log"ic, Hi`er*o*log"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hiérologique.]

Defn: Pertaining to hierology.

HIEROLOGIST Hi`er*ol"o*gist, n.

Defn: One versed in, or whostudies, hierology.

HIEROLOGY Hi`er*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. hiérologie.]

Defn: A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a treatise on that science.

HIEROMANCY Hi"er*o*man`cy, n. Etym: [Gr. hiéromantie.]

Defn: Divination by observing the objects offered in sacrifice.

HIEROMARTYR Hi"er*o*mar`tyr, n. Etym: [Gr. martyr.]

Defn: A priest who becomes a martyr.

HIEROMNEMON Hi`e*rom*ne"mon, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (gr. Antiq.)

1. The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister. Liddel & Scott.

2. A magistrate who had charge of religious matters, as at Byzantium. Liddel & Scott.

HIERON Hi"er*on, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: A consecrateo place; esp., a temple.

HIERONYMITE Hi`er*on"y*mite, n. Etym: [From St. Hieronymus, or Jerome.] (Eccl.)

Defn: See Jeronymite.

HIEROPHANT Hi*er"o*phant, n. Etym: [L. hierophanta, hierophantes, Gr. hiérophante.]

Defn: The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion. Abp Potter.

HIEROPHANTIC Hi`er*o*phan"tic, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Of or relating to hierophants or their teachings.

HIEROSCOPY Hi`er*os"co*py, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Divination by inspection of entrails of victims offered in sacrifice.

HIEROTHECA Hi`er*o*the"ca, n.; pl. -cæ. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.

Defn: A receptacle for sacred objects.

HIEROURGY Hi"er*our`gy, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: A sacred or holy work or worship. [Obs.] Waterland.

HIFALUTIN Hi`fa*lu"tin, n.

Defn: See Highfaluting.

HIGGLE Hig"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Higgled; p. pr. & vb. n. Higgling.] Etym: [Cf. Haggle, or Huckster.]

1. To hawk or peddle provisions.

2. To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle. A person accustomed to higgle about taps. Jeffry. To truck and higgle for a private good. Emerson.

HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY Hig`gle*dy-pig"gle*dy, adv.

Defn: In confusion; topsy-turvy. [Colloq.] Johnson.

HIGGLER Hig"gler, n.

Defn: One who higgles.

HIGH High, v. i. Etym: [See Hie.]

Defn: To hie. [Obs.] Men must high them apace, and make haste. Holland.

HIGH High, a. [Compar. Higher; superl. Highest.] Etym: [OE. high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. heáh, h; akin to OS. hh, OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. hh, G. hoch, Icel. hr, Sw. hög, Dan. höi, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound, G. hügel hill, Lith. kaukaras.]

1. Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.

2. Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; — used indefinitely or relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are understood from the connection; as - (a) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preëminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives. "The highest faculty of the soul." Baxter. (b) Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified; as, she was welcomed in the highest circles. He was a wight of high renown. Shak.

(c) Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family. (d) Of great strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions. "With rather a high manner." Thackeray. Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. Ps. lxxxix. 13. Can heavenly minds such high resentment show Dryden.

(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble. Both meet to hear and answer such high things. Shak. Plain living and high thinking are no more. Wordsworth.

(f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price. If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper. South.

(g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; — used in a bad sense. An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin. Prov. xxi. 4. His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot. Clarendon.

3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc. High time it is this war now ended were. Spenser. High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies. Baker.

4. (Cookery)

Defn: Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high.

5. (Mus.)

Defn: Acute or sharp; — opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.

6. (Phon.)

Defn: Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as e (eve), oo (food). See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 10, 11. High admiral, the chief admiral. — High altar, the principal altar in a church. — High and dry, out of water; out of reach of the current or tide; — said of a vessel, aground or beached. — High and mighty arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.] — High art, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all meretricious display. — High bailiff, the chief bailiff. — High Church, and Low Church, two ecclesiastical parties in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. The high- churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See Broad Church. — High constable (Law), a chief of constabulary. See Constable, n., 2. — High commission court,a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse of its powers it was abolished in 1641. — High day (Script.), a holy or feast day. John xix. 31. — High festival (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full ceremonial. — High German, or High Dutch. See under German. — High jinks, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry; wild sport. [Colloq.] "All the high jinks of the county, when the lad comes of age." F. Harrison. — High latitude (Geog.), one designated by the higher figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator. — High life, life among the aristocracy or the rich. — High liver, one who indulges in a rich diet. — High living, a feeding upon rich, pampering food. — High Mass. (R. C. Ch.) See under Mass. — High milling, a process of making flour from grain by several successive grindings and intermediate sorting, instead of by a single grinding. — High noon, the time when the sun is in the meridian. — High place (Script.), an eminence or mound on which sacrifices were offered. — High priest. See in the Vocabulary. — High relief. (Fine Arts) See Alto-rilievo. — High school. See under School. High seas (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty, usually distant three miles or more from the coast line. Wharton. — High steam, steam having a high pressure. — High steward, the chief steward. — High tea, tea with meats and extra relishes. — High tide, the greatest flow of the tide; high water. — High time. (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion. (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal. [Slang] — High treason, treason against the sovereign or the state, the highest civil offense. See Treason.

Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a distinct offense, has been abolished. Mozley & W. — High water, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the tide; also, the time of such elevation. — High-water mark. (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters ordinarily reach at high water. (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a river or other body of fresh water, as in time of freshet. — High-water shrub (Bot.), a composite shrub (Iva frutescens), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. — High wine, distilled spirits containing a high percentage of alcohol; — usually in the plural. — To be on a high horse, to be on one's dignity; to bear one's self loftily. [Colloq.] — With a high hand. (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. "The children of Israel went out with a high hand." Ex. xiv. 8.(b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. "They governed the city with a high hand." Jowett (Thucyd. ).

Syn. — Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious; proud; violent; full; dear. See Tall.

HIGH High, adv.

Defn: In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully. "And reasoned high." Milton. "I can not reach so high." Shak.

Note: High is extensively used in the formation of compound words, most of which are of very obvious signification; as, high-aimed, high-arched, high-aspiring, high-bearing, high-boasting, high-browed, high-crested, high-crowned, high-designing, high-engendered, high- feeding, high-flaming, high-flavored, high-gazing, high-heaped, high- heeled, high-priced, high-reared, high-resolved, high-rigged, high- seated, high-shouldered, high-soaring, high-towering, high-voiced, and the like. High and low, everywhere; in all supposable places; as, I hunted high and low. [Colloq.]

HIGH High, n.

1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.

2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low.

3. (Card Playing)

Defn: The highest card dealt or drawn. High, low, jack, and the game, a game at cards; — also called all fours, old sledge, and seven up. — In high and low, utterly; completely; in every respect. [Obs.] Chaucer. — On high, aloft; above. The dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke i. 78. — The Most High, the Supreme Being; God.

HIGH High, v. i.

Defn: To rise; as, the sun higheth. [Obs.]

HIGHBINDER High"bind`er, n.

Defn: A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese. [U. S.]

HIGH-BLOWN High"-blown`, a.

Defn: Inflated, as with conceit.

HIGHBORN High"born`, a.

Defn: Of noble birth. Shak.

HIGHBOY High"boy`, n.

1. One who lives high; also, in politics, a highflyer.

2. A kind of set of drawers. [U. S.] "Mahogany highboys glittering with brass handles." K. L. Bates.

HIGH-BRED High"-bred`, a.

Defn: Bred in high life; of pure blood. Byron.

HIGH-BUILT High"-built`, a.

Defn: Of lofty structure; tall. "High-built organs." Tennyson. The high-built elephant his castle rears. Creech.

HIGH-CHURCH High"-church`, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a.

HIGH-CHURCHISM High"-church`ism, n.

Defn: The principles of the high-church party.

HIGH-CHURCHMAN High"-church`man, n.; pl. -men (.

Defn: One who holds high-church principles.

HIGH-CHURCHMAN-SHIP High"-church`man-ship, n.

Defn: The state of being a high-churchman. J. H. Newman.

HIGH-COLORED High"-col`ored, a.

1. Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed. Shak.

2. Vivid; strong or forcible in representation; hence, exaggerated; as, high-colored description.

HIGH-EMBOWED High"-em*bowed `, a.

Defn: Having lofty arches. "The high-embowed roof." Milton.

HIGHER CRITICISM High"er crit"i*cism.

Defn: Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literary character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism.

The comparison of the Hebrew and Greek texts . . . introduces us to a series of questions affecting the composition, the editing, and the collection of the sacred books. This class of questions forms the special subject of the branch of critical science which is usually distinguished from the verbal criticism of the text by the name of higher, or historical, criticism. W. Robertson Smith.

HIGHERING High"er*ing, a.

Defn: Rising higher; ascending. In ever highering eagle circles. Tennyson.

HIGHER THOUGHT Higher thought.

Defn: See New thought, below.

HIGHER-UP High"er-up", n.

Defn: A superior officer or official; — used chiefly in pl. [Slang]

HIGHFALUTING High`fa*lu"ting, n. Etym: [Perh. a corruption of highflighting.]

Defn: High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also hifalutin.] [Jocular, U. S.] Lowell.

HIGH-FED High"-fed`, a.

Defn: Pampered; fed luxuriously.

HIGH-FINISHED High"-fin`ished, a.

Defn: Finished with great care; polished.

HIGH FIVE High five.

Defn: See Cinch (the game).

HIGHFLIER High"fli`er, n.

Defn: One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners. Swift.

HIGH-FLOWN High"-flown`, a.

1. Elevated; proud. "High-flown hopes." Denham.

2. Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language. M. Arnold.

HIGH-FLUSHED High"-flushed`, a.

Defn: Elated. Young.

HIGHFLYING High"fly`ing, a.

Defn: Extravagant in opinions or ambition. "Highflying, arbitrary kings." Dryden.

HIGH-GO High"-go`, n.

Defn: A spree; a revel. [Low]

HIGH-HANDED High"-hand`ed, a.

Defn: Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.

HIGH-HEARTED High"-heart`ed, a.

Defn: Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled. — High"-heart`ed*ness, n.

HIGH-HOE High"-hoe`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The European green woodpecker or yaffle. [Written also high- hoo.]

HIGH-HOLDER High"-hold`er, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The flicker; — called also high-hole. [Local, U. S.]

HIGHLAND High"land, n.

Defn: Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland. Highland fling, a dance peculiar to the Scottish Highlanders; a sort of hornpipe.

HIGHLANDER High"land*er, n.

Defn: An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland.

HIGHLANDRY High"land*ry, n.

Defn: Highlanders, collectively.

HIGH-LOW High"-low`, n.

Defn: A laced boot, ankle high.

HIGHLY High"ly, adv.

Defn: In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.

HIGHMEN High"men, n. pl.

Defn: Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers. [Obs] Sir J. Harrington.

HIGH-METTLED High"-met`tled, a.

Defn: Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high- mettled steed.

HIGH-MINDED High"-mind"ed, a.

1. Proud; arrogant. [Obs.] Be not high-minded, but fear. Rom. xi. 20.

2. Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; — opposed to mean. High-minded, manly recognition of those truths. A. Norton.

HIGH-MINDEDNESS High"-mind`ed*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.

HIGHMOST High"most`, a.

Defn: Highest. [Obs.] Shak.

HIGHNESS High"ness, n. Etym: [AS. heáhnes.]

1. The state of being high; elevation; loftiness.

2. A title of honor given to kings, princes, or other persons of rank; as, His Royal Highness. Shak.

HIGH-PALMED High"-palmed`, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.

HIGH-PRESSURE High"-pres`sure, a.

1. Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; — said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.

2. Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life. High-pressure engine, an engine in which steam at high pressure is used. It may be either a condensing or a noncondensing engine. Formerly the term was used only of the latter. See Steam engine.

HIGH PRIEST High" priest`. (Eccl.)

Defn: A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.

HIGH-PRIESTHOOD High"-priest`hood, n.

Defn: The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.

HIGH-PRIESTSHIP High"-priest`ship, n.

Defn: High-priesthood.

HIGH-PRINCIPLED High"-prin`ci*pled, a.

Defn: Possessed of noble or honorable principles.

HIGH-PROOF High"-proof`, a.

1. Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits.

2. So as to stand any test. "We are high-proof melancholy." Shak.

HIGH-RAISED High"-raised`, a.

1. Elevated; raised aloft; upreared.

2. Elated with great ideas or hopes. Milton.

HIGH-REACHING High"-reach`ing, a.

Defn: Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring. Shak.

HIGH-RED High"-red`, a.

Defn: Of a strong red color.

HIGHROAD High"road`, n.

Defn: A highway; a much travele

HIGH-SEASONED High"-sea`soned, a.

Defn: Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.

HIGH-SIGHTED High"-sight`ed, a.

Defn: Looking upward; supercilious. Shak.

HIGH-SOULED High"-souled`, a.

Defn: Having a high or noble spirit; honorable. E. Everett.

HIGH-SOUNDING High"-sound`ing, a.

Defn: Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.

HIGH-SPIRITED High"-spir`it*ed, a.

Defn: Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or opposition.

HIGH STEEL High steel.

Defn: Steel containing a high percentage of carbon; high-carbon steel.

HIGH-STEPPER High"-step`per, n.

Defn: A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing. [Colloq.]

HIGH-STOMACHED High"-stom`ached, a.

Defn: Having a lofty spirit; haughty. [Obs.] Shak.

HIGH-STRUNG High"-strung`, a.

Defn: Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse.

HIGH-SWELLING High"-swell`ing, a.

Defn: Inflated; boastful.

HIGHT Hight, n.

Defn: A variant of Height.

HIGHT Hight, v. t. & i. [imp. Hight, Hot (, p. p. Hight, Hote (Hoten (Hote.] Etym: [OE. heiten, highten, haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was called, AS. hatan to call, name, be called, to command, promise; also hatte is called, was called; akin to G. heissen to call, be called, bid, Goth. haitan to call, in the passive, to be called.]

1. To be called or named. [Archaic & Poetic.]

Note: In the form hight, it is used in a passive sense as a present, meaning is called or named, also as a preterite, was called or named. This form has also been used as a past participle. See Hote. The great poet of Italy, That highte Dante. Chaucer. Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight. Surrey. Entered then into the church the Reverend Teacher. Father he hight, and he was, in the parish. Longfellow. Childe Harold was he hight. Byron.

2. To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.] But the sad steel seized not where it was hight Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall. Spenser.

3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.] Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. Spenser.

4. To promise. [Obs.] He had hold his day, as he had hight. Chaucer.

HIGHTENER Hight"en*er, n.

Defn: That which heightens.

HIGHTH Highth (hith or hitth), n.

Defn: Variant of Height. [Obs.]

HIGH-TONED High"-toned`, a.

1. High in tone or sound.

2. Elevated; high-principled; honorable. In whose high-toned impartial mind Degrees of mortal rank and state Seem objects of indifferent weight. Sir W. Scott.

HIGH-TOP High"-top`, n.

Defn: A ship's masthead. Shak.

HIGHTY-TIGHTY High"ty-tigh"ty, a.

Defn: Hoity-toity.

HIGHWAY High"way`, n.

Defn: A road or way open to the use of the public; a main road or thoroughfare.

Syn. — Way; road; path; course.

HIGHWAYMAN High"way`man, n.; pl. Highwaymen (.

Defn: One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.

HIGH-WROUGHT High"-wrought`, a.

1. Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. [Obs.] Pope.

2. Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion. "A high-wrought flood." Shak.

HIGRE Hi"gre, n.

Defn: See Eagre. [Obs.] Drayton.

HIG-TAPER Hig"-ta`per, n. Etym: [Cf. Hag-taper.] (Bot.)

Defn: A plant of the genus Verbascum (V. Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.]

HIJERA; HIJRA Hij"e*ra, Hij"ra (, n.

Defn: See Hegira.

HIKE Hike, v. i.

Defn: To hike one's self; specif., to go with exertion or effort; to tramp; to march laboriously. [Dial. or Colloq.] "If you persist in heaving and hiking like this." Kipling.

It's hike, hike, hike (march) till you stick in the mud, and then you hike back again a little slower than you went. Scribner's Mag.

HIKE Hike, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hiked; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiking.] [Cf. Hitch.]

Defn: To move with a swing, toss, throw, jerk, or the like. [Dial. or Colloq.]

HIKE Hike, n.

Defn: The act of hiking; a tramp; a march. [Dial. or Colloq.]

With every hike there's a few laid out with their hands crossed. Scribner's Mag.

HILAL Hi"lal, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a hilum.

HILAR Hi"lar, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Belonging to the hilum.

HILARIOUS Hi*la"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. hilaris, hilarus, Gr.

Defn: Mirthful; noisy; merry.

HILARITY Hi*lar"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. hilaritas: cf. F. hilarité. See Hilarious.]

Defn: Boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity. Goldsmith.

Note: Hilarity differs from joy: the latter, excited by good news or prosperity, is an affection of the mind; the former, produced by social pleasure, drinking, etc., which rouse the animal spirits, is more demonstrative.

Syn. — Glee; cheerfulness; mirth; merriment; gayety; joyousness; exhilaration; joviality; jollity.

HILARY TERM Hil"a*ry term`.

Defn: Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year; — so called from the festival of St. Hilary, January 13th.

Note: The Hilary term is superseded by the Hilary sittings, which commence on the eleventh of January and end on the Wednesday before Easter. Mozley & W.

HILDING Hil"ding, n. Etym: [Prob. a corruption of hindling, dim. of hind, adj. Cf. Prov. E. hilderling, hinderling. See Hinderling.]

Defn: A base, menial wretch. — a.

Defn: Base; spiritless. [Obs.] Shak.

HILE Hile, v. t.

Defn: To hide. See Hele. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HILE Hile, n. (Bot.)

Defn: Same as Hilum.

HILL Hill, n. Etym: [OE. hil, hul, AS. hyll; akin to OD. hille, hil, L. collis, and prob. to E. haulm, holm, and column. Cf. 2d Holm.]

1. A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain. Every mountain and hill shall be made low. Is. xl. 4.

2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.

3. A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes. [U. S.] Hill ant (Zoöl.), a common ant (Formica rufa), of Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its nests. — Hill myna (Zoöl.), one of several species of birds of India, of the genus Gracula, and allied to the starlings. They are easily taught to speak many words. [Written also hill mynah.] See Myna. — Hill partridge (Zoöl.), a partridge of the genus Aborophila, of which numerous species in habit Southern Asia and the East Indies. — Hill tit (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of small Asiatic singing birds of the family Leiotrichidæ. Many are beautifully colored.

HILL Hill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hilling.]

Defn: To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn. Showing them how to plant and hill it. Palfrey.

HILLINESS Hill"i*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being hilly.

HILLING Hill"ing, n.

Defn: The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.

HILLOCK Hill"ock, n.

Defn: A small hill. Shak.

HILLSIDE Hill"side`, n.

Defn: The side or declivity of a hill.

HILLTOP Hill"top`, n.

Defn: The top of a hill.

HILLY Hill"y, a.

1. Abounding with hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly country. "Hilly steep." Dryden.

2. Lofty; as, hilly empire. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

HILT Hilt, n. Etym: [AS. hilt, hilte; akin to OHG. helza, Prov. G. hilze, Icel. hjalt.]

1. A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.

HILTED Hilt"ed, a.

Defn: Having a hilt; — used in composition; as, basket-hilted, cross-hilted.

HILUM Hi"lum, n. Etym: [L., a little thing, trifle.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; — called also hile.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum of the kidney.

HILUS Hi"lus, n. Etym: [NL.] (Anat.)

Defn: Same as Hilum, 2.

HIM Him, pron.

Defn: Them. See Hem. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HIM Him, pron. Etym: [AS. him, dat. of he. sq. root183. See He.]

Defn: The objective case of he. See He. Him that is weak in the faith receive. Rom. xiv. 1. Friends who have given him the most sympathy. Thackeray.

Note: In old English his and him were respectively the genitive and dative forms of it as well as of he. This use is now obsolete. Poetically, him is sometimes used with the reflexive sense of himself. I never saw but Humphrey, duke of Gloster, Did bear him like a noble gentleman. Shak.

HIMALAYAN Hi*ma"la*yan, a. Etym: [Skr. himalaya, prop., the abode of snow.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain in Hindostan.

HIMPNE Himp"ne, n.

Defn: A hymn. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HIMSELF Him*self", pron.

1. An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; — used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself. But he himself returned from the quarries. Judges iii. 19. David hid himself in the field. 1 Sam. xx. 24. The Lord himself shall give you a sign. Is. vii. 14. Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people. Titus ii. 14. With shame remembers, while himself was one Of the same herd, himself the same had done. Denham.

Note: Himself was formerly used instead of itself. See Note under Him. It comprehendeth in himself all good. Chaucer.

2. One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself. By himself, alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as, he sits or studies by himself. — To leave one to himself, to withdraw from him; to let him take his own course.

HIMSELF; HIMSELVE; HIMSELVEN Him*self", Him*selve" (, Him*selv"en (pron. pl.

Defn: Themselves. See Hemself. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HIMSELVE Him*selve", pron.

Defn: See 1st Himself. [Obs.]

HIMYARIC; HIMYARITIC Him*yar"ic, Him`ya*rit"ic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to Himyar, an ancient king of Yemen, in Arabia, or to his successors or people; as, the Himjaritic characters, language, etc.; applied esp. to certain ancient inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the Arabic, still spoken in Southern Arabia. Brande & C.

HIN Hin, n. Etym: [Heb. hin.]

Defn: A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure. W. H. Ward.

HIND Hind, n. Etym: [AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG. hinta, G. hinde, hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.), E. hunt, or cf. Gr.

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as E. apua of Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; — called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.

HIND Hind, n. Etym: [OE. hine, AS. hine, hina, orig. gen. pl. of hiwan domestics; akin to Icel. hju man and wife, domestics, family, Goth. heiwafrauja master of the house, G. heirath marriage; cf. L. civis citizen, E. city or E. home. Cf. Hide a measure of land.]

1. A domestic; a servant. [Obs.] Shak.

2. A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant. [Eng.] The hind, that homeward driving the slow steer Tells how man's daily work goes forward here. Trench.

HIND Hind, a. [Compar. Hinder; superl. Hindmost, or Hindermost (.] Etym: [OE. hind, adv., back, AS. hindan behind. See Hinder, a.]

Defn: In the rear; — opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.

HINDBERRY Hind"ber*ry, n. Etym: [AS. hindberie; akin to OHG. hintberi, G. himbeere. So called because hinds or stags are fond of them. See 1st Hind, and Berry.]

Defn: The raspberry. [Prov. Eng.]

HINDBRAIN Hind"brain`, n. Etym: [Hind, adj. + brain.] (Anat.)

Defn: The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only.

HINDER Hind"er, a. Etym: [OE. hindere, AS. hinder, adv., behind; akin to OHG. hintar, prep., behind, G. hinter, Goth. hindar; orig. a comparative, and akin to AS. hine hence. See Hence, He, and cf. Hind, a., Hindmost.]

Defn: Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse. He was in the hinder part of the ship. Mark iv. 38.

HINDER Hin"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hindered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hindering.] Etym: [OE. hindren, hinderen, AS. hindrian, fr. hinder behind; akin to D. hinderen, G. hindern, OHG. hintar, Icel. & Sw. hindra, Dan. hindre. See Hinder, a.]

1. To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; - - often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going. Them that were entering in ye hindered. Luke xi. 52. I hinder you too long. Shak.

2. To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out. What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right Locke.

Syn. — To check; retard; impede; delay; block; clog; prevent; stop; interrupt; counteract; thwart; oppose; obstruct; debar; embarrass.

HINDER Hin"der, v. i.

Defn: To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance. This objection hinders not but that the heroic action of some commander . . . may be written. Dryden.

HINDERANCE Hin"der*ance. n.

Defn: Same as Hindrance.

HINDERER Hin"der*er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, hinders.

HINDEREST Hind"er*est, a.

Defn: Hindermost; — superl. of Hind, a. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HINDERLING Hind"er*ling, n. Etym: [AS. hinderling one who comes behind his ancestors, fr. AS. hinder behind. See Hinder, a., and cf. Hilding.]

Defn: A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. [Obs.] Callander.

HINDERMOST; HINDMOST Hind"er*most`, Hind"most`, a. Etym: [The superlative of hind. See Hind, a.] Etym: [Cf. AS. hindema (akin to Goth. hindumists), a superlative from the same source as the comparative hinder. See Hinder, a., and cf. Aftermost.]

Defn: Furthest in or toward the rear; last. "Rachel and Joseph hindermost." Gen. xxxiii. 2.

HINDGUT Hind"gut`, n. Etym: [Hind, a. + gut.] (Anat.)

Defn: The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also.

HINDI Hin"di, n. Etym: [Prop. a Per. adj. meaning, Indian, Hindoo.]

Defn: The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written. Whitworth.

HINDLEYS SCREW Hind"ley"s screw`. (Mech.)

Defn: A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form.

HINDOO; HINDU Hin"doo, Hin"du, n.; pl. Hindoos or Hindus. Etym: [Per. Hindu, fr. Hind, Hindustan, India. Cf. Indian.]

Defn: A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.

HINDOO CALENDAR; HINDU CALENDAR Hin"doo, or Hindu, calendar .

Defn: A lunisolar calendar of India, according to which the year is divided into twelve months, with an extra month inserted after every month in which two new moons occur (once in three years). The intercalary month has the name of the one which precedes it. The year usually commences about April 11. The months are follows:

Baisakh . . . . . . . . . . April-May Jeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . May-June Asarh . . . . . . . . . . . . June-July Sawan (Sarawan) . . . . . . . July-Aug. Bhadon . . . . . . . . . . . Aug.-Sept. Asin (Kuar). . . . . . . . . . Sept.-Oct. Katik (Kartik) . . . . . . . . Oct.-Nov. Aghan . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov.-Dec. Pus . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec.-Jan. Magh . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan.-Feb. Phagun (Phalgun) . . . . . . . Feb.-March Chait . . . . . . . . . . . . March-April HINDOOISM; HINDUISM Hin"doo*ism, Hin"du*ism, n.

Defn: The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.

HINDOOSTANEE; HINDUSTANI Hin"doo*sta"nee, Hin"du*sta"ni, a. Etym: [Hind. Hindustani an Indian, fr. Hind. and Per. Hindustan India.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. — n.

Defn: The language of Hindostan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words.

HINDRANCE Hin"drance, n. Etym: [See Hinder, v. t.]

1. The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.

2. That which hinders; an impediment. What various hindrances we meet. Cowper. Something between a hindrance and a help. Wordsworth.

Syn. — Impediment; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty; interruption; check; delay; restraint.

HINDU Hin"du, n.

Defn: Same as Hindoo.

HINE Hine, n. Etym: [See Hind a servant.]

Defn: A servant; a farm laborer; a peasant; a hind. [Obs.] Bailiff, herd, nor other hine. Chaucer.

HINGE Hinge, n. Etym: [OE. henge, heeng; akin to D. heng, LG. henge, Prov. E. hingle a small hinge; connected with hang, v., and Icel. hengja to hang. See Hang.]

1. The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on. The gate self-opened wide, On golden hinges turning. Milton.

2. That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned.

3. One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south. [R.] When the moon is in the hinge at East. Creech. Nor slept the winds . . . but rushed abroad. Milton. Hinge joint. (a) (Anat.) See Ginglymus. (b) (Mech.) Any joint resembling a hinge, by which two pieces are connected so as to permit relative turning in one plane. — To be off the hinges, to be in a state of disorder or irregularity; to have lost proper adjustment. Tillotson.

HINGE Hinge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hinged; p. pr. & vb. n. Hinging.]

1. To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.

2. To bend. [Obs.] Shak.

HINGE Hinge, v. i.

Defn: To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; — usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point. I. Taylor

HINGED Hinged, a.

Defn: Furnished with hinges.

HINGELESS Hinge"less, a.

Defn: Without a hinge or joint.

HINK Hink, n.

Defn: A reaping hook. Knight.

HINNIATE; HINNY Hin"ni*ate, Hin"ny v. i. Etym: [L. hinnire.]

Defn: To neigh; to whinny. [Obs.]

HINNY Hin"ny, n.; pl. Hinnies. Etym: [L. hinnus, cf. Gr.

Defn: A hybrid between a stallion and an ass.

HINNY Hin"ny, n.

Defn: A term of endearment; darling; — corrupted from honey. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

HINT Hint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hinting.] Etym: [OE. henten, hinten, to seize, to catch, AS. hentan to pursue, take, seize; or Icel. ymta to mutter, ymtr a muttering, Dan. ymte to whisper. sq. root36. Cf. Hent.]

Defn: To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion. Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike. Pope.

Syn. — To suggest; intimate; insinuate; imply.

HINT Hint, v. i.

Defn: To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle. Tennyson. To hint at, to allude to lightly, indirectly, or cautiously.

Syn. — To allude; refer; glance; touch.

HINT Hint, n.

Defn: A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive. Our hint of woe Is common. Shak. The hint malevolent, the look oblique. Hannah M

Syn. — Suggestion; allusion. See Suggestion.

HINTERLAND Hin"ter*land`, n. [G.; hinter behind + land land.]

Defn: The land or region lying behind the coast district. The term is used esp. with reference to the so-called doctrine of the hinterland, sometimes advanced, that occupation of the coast supports a claim to an exclusive right to occupy, from time to time, the territory lying inland of the coast.

HINTINGLY Hint"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a hinting manner.

HIP Hip, n. Etym: [OE. hipe, huppe, AS. hype; akin to D. heup, OHG. huf, G. hüfte, Dan. hofte, Sw. höft, Goth. hups; cf. Icel. huppr, and also Gr. kumpis ham.]

1. The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.

2. (Arch.)

Defn: The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions.

3. (Engin)

Defn: In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord. Waddell. Hip bone (Anat.), the innominate bone; — called also haunch bone and huckle bone. — Hip girdle (Anat.), the pelvic girdle. — Hip joint (Anat.), the articulation between the thigh bone and hip bone. — Hip knob (Arch.), a finial, ball, or other ornament at the intersection of the hip rafters and the ridge. — Hip molding (Arch.), a molding on the hip of a roof, covering the hip joint of the slating or other roofing. — Hip rafter (Arch.), the rafter extending from the wall plate to the ridge in the angle of a hip roof. — Hip roof, Hipped roof (Arch.), a roof having sloping ends and sloping sides. See Hip, n., 2., and Hip, v. t., 3. — Hip tile, a tile made to cover the hip of a roof. — To catch upon the hip, or To have on the hip, to have or get the advantage of; — a figure probably derived from wresting. Shak. — To smite hip and thigh, to overthrow completely; to defeat utterly. Judg. xv. 8.

HIP Hip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Hipping.]

1. To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.

2. To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).

3. To make with a hip or hips, as a roof. Hipped roof. See Hip roof, under Hip.

HIP Hip, n. Etym: [OE. hepe, AS. heópe; cf. OHG. hiufo a bramble bush.] (Bot.)

Defn: The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina). [Written also hop, hep.] Hip tree (Bot.), the dog- rose.

HIP Hip, interj.

Defn: Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!

HIP; HIPPS Hip, or Hipps (, n.

Defn: See Hyp, n. [Colloq.]

HIPE; HYPE Hipe, n. Also Hype . [Etym. uncertain.] (Wrestling)

Defn: A throw in which the wrestler lifts his opponent from the ground, swings him to one side, knocks up his nearer thigh from the back with the knee, and throws him on his back.

HIPE Hipe, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Hiped; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiping.] (Wrestling)

Defn: To throw by means of a hipe. — Hip"er (#), n.

HIPHALT Hip"halt`, a.

Defn: Lame in the hip. [R.] Gower.

HIP LOCK Hip lock. (Wrestling)

Defn: A lock in which a close grip is obtained and a fall attempted by a heave over the hip.

HIPPA; HIPPE Hip"pa, Hip"pe, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; — called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura.

HIPPARION Hip*pa"ri*on, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)

Defn: An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family.

HIPPED; HIPPISH Hipped, Hip"pish, a. Etym: [From 5th Hip.]

Defn: Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish. [Colloq.] When we are hipped or in high spirits. R. L. Stevenson.

HIPPOBOSCA Hip`po*bos"ca, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick. — Hip`po*bos"can, a.

HIPPOCAMP Hip"po*camp, n.

Defn: See Hippocampus.

HIPPOCAMPAL Hip`po*cam"pal, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the hippocampus.

HIPPOCAMPUS Hip`po*cam"pus, n. Etym: [L., the sea horse, Gr. "i`ppos horse +

1. (Class. Myth.)

Defn: A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), — seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune. Fairholt.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; — called also sea horse.

Note: They swim slowly, in an erect position, and often cling to seaweeds by means of the incurved prehensile tail. The male has a ventral pouch, in which it carries the eggs till hatched.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and calcar.

HIPPOCENTAUR Hip`po*cen"taur, n. Etym: [L. hippocentaurus, Gr. (Myth.)

Defn: Same as Centaur.

HIPPOCRAS Hip"po*cras, n. Etym: [F. hippocras, hypocras, NL. vinum hippocraticum, lit., wine of Hippocrates.]

Defn: A cordial made of spiced wine, etc.

HIPPOCRATES Hip*poc"ra*tes, n.

Defn: A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C. Hippocrates' sleeve, a conical strainer, made by stitching together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth, esp. flannel of linen.

HIPPOCRATIC Hip"po*crat"ic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his teachings. Hippocratic face Etym: [L. facies Hippocratica], the change produced in the countenance by death, or long sickness, excessive evacuations, excessive hunger, and the like. The nose is pinched, the eyes are sunk, the temples hollow, the ears cold and retracted, the skin of the forehead tense and dry, the complexion livid, the lips pendent, relaxed, and cold; — so called, as having been described by Hippocrates. Dunglison. — Hippocratic oath, an oath said to have been dictated by Hippocrates to his disciples. Such an oath is still administered to candidates for graduation in medicine.

HIPPOCRATISM Hip*poc"ra*tism, n.

Defn: The medical philosophy or system of Hippocrates.

HIPPOCRENE Hip"po*crene, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

Defn: A fountain on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration. Keats. Nor maddening draughts of Hippocrene. Longfellow.

HIPPOCREPIAN Hip"po*crep"i*an, n. Etym: [See Hippocrepiform.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of an order of fresh-water Bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe. See Phylactolæma.

HIPPOCREPIFORM Hip`po*crep`i*form, a. Etym: [Gr. -form.] (Bot.)

Defn: Shaped like a horseshoe.

HIPPODAME Hip"po*dame, n. Etym: [Cf. F. hippopotame.]

Defn: A fabulous sea monster. [Obs.] Spenser.

HIPPODROME Hip"po*drome, n. Etym: [L. hippodromos, Gr. hippodrome.]

1. (Gr. Antiq.)

Defn: A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races.

2. An arena for equestrian performances; a circus.

HIPPOGRIFF Hip"po*griff, n. Etym: [F. hippogriffe; cf. It. ippogrifo. See Hippopotamus, Griffon.] (Myth.)

Defn: A fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin. Milton.

HIPPOLITH Hip"po*lith, n. Etym: [Gr. -lith.]

Defn: A concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of the horse.

HIPPOPATHOLOGY Hip`po*pa*thol`o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. pathology: cf. F. hippopathologie.]

Defn: The science of veterinary medicine; the pathology of the horse.

HIPPOPHAGI Hip*poph"a*gi, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Hippophagous.]

Defn: Eaters of horseflesh.

HIPPOPHAGISM Hip*poph"a*gism, n.

Defn: Hippophagy. Lowell.

HIPPOPHAGIST Hip*poph"a*gist, n.

Defn: One who eats horseflesh.

HIPPOPHAGOUS Hip*poph"a*gous, a. Etym: [Gr. hippophage.]

Defn: Feeding on horseflesh; — said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars.

HIPPOPHAGY Hip*poph"a*gy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. hippophagie.]

Defn: The act or practice of feeding on horseflesh.

HIPPOPHILE Hip"po*phile, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: One who loves horses. Holmes.

HIPPOPOTAMUS Hip`po*pot"a*mus, n.; pl. E. Hippopotamuses, L. Hippopotami. Etym: [L., from Gr.Equine.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa.

HIPPOTOMY Hip*pot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. hippotomie.]

Defn: Anatomy of the horse.

HIPPURIC Hip*pu"ric, a. Etym: [Gr. hippurique.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: Obtained from the urine of horses; as, hippuric acid. Hippuric acid, a white crystalline substance, containing nitrogen, present in the urine of herbivorous animals, and in small quantity in human urine. By the action of acids, it is decomposed into benzoic acid and glycocoll.

HIPPURITE Hip"pu*rite, n. Etym: [Gr. hippurite.] (Paleon.)

Defn: A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper valve or lid. Hippurites are found only in the Cretaceous rocks.

HIP-ROOFED Hip"-roofed`, a.

Defn: Having a hip roof.

HIPSHOT Hip"shot`, a. Etym: [Hip + shot.]

Defn: Having the hip dislocated; hence, having one hip lower than the other. L'Estrange.

HIP TREE Hip" tree`. (Bot.)

Defn: The dog-rose.

HIR Hir, pron. [Obs.]

Defn: See Here, pron. Chaucer.

HIRCIC Hir"cic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hircique. See Hircin.] (Chem.)

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet; — applied by Chevreul to an oily acid which was obtained from mutton suet, and to which he attributed the peculiar taste and smell of that substance. The substance has also been called hircin. Watts.

HIRCIN Hir"cin, n. Etym: [L. hircus, he-goat, buck: cf. F. hircine.] (Chem.)

Defn: Hircic acid. See Hircic. [R.]

HIRCINE; HIRCINOUS Hir"cine, Hir"ci*nous, a. Etym: [L. hircinus, fr. hircus hegoat: cf. F. hircin.]

1. Goatlike; of or pertaining to a goat or the goats.

2. Of a strong goatish smell.

HIRE Hire, pron. [Obs.]

Defn: See Here, pron. Chaucer.

HIRE Hire, n. Etym: [OE. hire, hure, AS. h; akin to D.huur, G. heuer, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra.]

1. The price; reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay. The laborer is worthy of his hire. Luke x. 7.

2. (Law.)

Defn: A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward. Story.

Syn. — Wages; salary; stipend; allowance; pay.

HIRE Hire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hired; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiring.] Etym: [OE. hiren, huren, AS. h; akin to D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra. See Hire, n.]

1. To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money.

2. To engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to hire a servant, an agent, or an advocate.

3. To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; — now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time. They . . . have hired out themselves for bread. 1 Sam. ii. 5.

HIRELESS Hire"less, a.

Defn: Without hire. Davenant.

HIRELING Hire"ling, n. Etym: [AS. h. See Hire, n., and -ling.]

Defn: One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary. "Lewd hirelings." Milton.

HIRELING Hire"ling, a.

Defn: Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary. "Hireling mourners." Dryden.

HIRE PURCHASE; HIRE PURCHASE AGREEMENT; HIRE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT Hire purchase, or, more fully, Hire purchase agreement, or Hire and purchase agreement. (Law)

Defn: A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option of purchase) in which a person hires goods for a specified period and at a fixed rent, with the added condition that if he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay all the installments of rent as they become due the contract shall determine and the title vest absolutely in him, and that if he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the goods and be quit of any liability for future installments upon the contract. In the United States such a contract is generally treated as a conditional sale, and the term hire purchase is also sometimes applied to a contract in which the hirer is not free to avoid future liability by surrender of the goods. In England, however, if the hirer does not have this right the contract is a sale.

HIRER Hir"er, n.

Defn: One who hires.

HIRES; HIRS Hires, Hirs, pron.

Defn: Hers; theirs. See Here, pron. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HIRSUTE Hir*sute", a. Etym: [L. hirsutus; prob. akin to horridus horrid. Cf. Horrid.]

1. Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.

2. Rough and coarse; boorish. [R.] Cynical and hirsute in his behavior. Life of A. Wood.

3. (Bot.)

Defn: Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs. Gray.

4. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.

HIRSUTENESS Hir*sute"ness, n.

Defn: Hairiness. Burton.

HIRTELLOUS Hir*tel"lous, a. Etym: [Dim., fr. L. hirtus hairy.] (Bot. & Zoöl.)

Defn: Pubescent with minute and somewhat rigid hairs.

HIRUDINE Hi*ru"dine, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the leeches.

HIRUDINEA Hir`u*din"e*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. hirudo, hirudinis, a leech.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: An order of Annelida, including the leeches; — called also Hirudinei.

HIRUDO Hi*ru"do, n. Etym: [L., a leech.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See Leech.

HIRUNDINE Hi*run"dine, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Like or pertaining to the swallows.

HIRUNDO Hi*run"do, n. Etym: [L., swallow.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.

HIS His, pron. Etym: [AS. his of him, his, gen. masc. & neut. of h, neut. hit. See He.]

1. Belonging or pertaining to him; — used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete. No comfortable star did lend his light. Shak. Who can impress the forest, bid the tree Unfix his earth-bound root Shak.

Note: Also formerly used in connection with a noun simply as a sign of the possessive. "The king his son." Shak. "By young Telemachus his blooming years." Pope. This his is probably a corruption of the old possessive ending -is or -es, which, being written as a separate word, was at length confounded with the pronoun his.

2. The possessive of he; as, the book is his. "The sea is his, and he made it." Ps. xcv. 5.

HISINGERITE His"ing*er*ite, n. Etym: [Named after W. Hisinger, a Swedish mineralogist.] (Min.)

Defn: A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of iron.

HISPANIC His*pan"ic, a. Etym: [L. Hispanicus.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to Spain or its language; as, Hispanic words.

HISPANICISM His*pan"i*cism, n.

Defn: A Spanish idiom or mode of speech. Keightley.

HISPANICIZE His*pan"i*cize, v. t.

Defn: To give a Spanish form or character to; as, to Hispanicize Latin words.

HISPID His"pid, a. Etym: [L. hispidus: cf. F. hispide.]

1. Rough with bristles or minute spines.

2. (Bot. & Zoöl.)

Defn: Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.

HISPIDULOUS His*pid"u*lous, a. Etym: [Dim. of hispid.] (Bot. & Zoöl.)

Defn: Minutely hispid.

HISS Hiss. v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hissed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hissing.] Etym: [AS. hysian; prob. of imitative originhissen, OD. hisschen.]

1. To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval. The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee. Ezek. xxvii. 36.

2. To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew. Shod with steel, We hissed along the polished ice. Wordsworth.

HISS Hiss, v. t.

1. To condemn or express contempt for by hissing. If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them. Shak. Malcolm. What is the newest grief Ros. That of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker. Shak.

2. To utter with a hissing sound. The long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise. Tennyson.

HISS Hiss, n.

1. A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt. "Hiss" implies audible friction of breath consonants. H. Sweet. A dismal, universal hiss, the sound Of public scorn. Milton.

2. Any sound resembling that above described; as: (a) The noise made by a serpent. But hiss for hiss returned with forked tongue. Milton.

(b) The note of a goose when irritated. (c) The noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove.

HISSING Hiss"ing, n.

1. The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.

2. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision. [Archaic] I will make this city desolate, and a hissing. Jer. xix. 8.

HISSINGLY Hiss"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: With a hissing sound.

HIST Hist, interj. Etym: [Cf. Dan. hys. Hush, Whist.]

Defn: Hush; be silent; — a signal for silence. Milton.

HISTIOLOGY His`ti*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -logy.]

Defn: Same as Histology.

HISTOGENESIS His`to*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Gr. "isto`s tissue + E. genesis.] (Biol.) (a) The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; — the opposite of histolysis. (b) Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells. Haeckel.

HISTOGENETIC His`to*ge*net"ic, a. Etym: [See Histogeny.] (Biol.)

Defn: Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues.

HISTOGENY His*tog"e*ny, n. Etym: [Gr. "isto`s tissue + root of (Biol.)

Defn: Same as Histogenesis. Dunglison.

HISTOGRAPHER His*tog"ra*pher, n.

Defn: One who describes organic tissues; an histologist.

HISTOGRAPHICAL His"to*graph"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to histography.

HISTOGRAPHY His*tog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -graphy.]

Defn: A description of, or treatise on, organic tissues.

HISTOHAEMATIN His`to*hæm"a*tin, n. Etym: [Gr. "isto`s tissue + E. hæmatin.] (Physiol.)

Defn: One of a class of respiratory pigments, widely distributed in the animal kingdom, capable of ready oxidation and reduction.

HISTOID His"toid, a. Etym: [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -oid.]

Defn: Resembling the normal tissues; as, histoid tumors.

HISTOLOGIC; HISTOLOGICAL His`to*log"ic, His`to*log"ic*al a. (Biol.)

Defn: Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of living organisms. — His`to*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

HISTOLOGIST His*tol"o*gist, n.

Defn: One versed in histology.

HISTOLOGY His*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -logy.]

Defn: That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; — called also histiology.

HISTOLYSIS His*tol"y*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. "isto`s tissue + (Biol.)

Defn: The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood.

HISTOLYTIC His`to*lyt"ic, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues.

HISTONOMY His*ton"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. "isto`s tissue +

Defn: The science which treats of the laws relating to organic tissues, their formation, development, functions, etc.

HISTOPHYLY His*toph"y*ly, n. Etym: [Gr. "isto`s tissue + Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly. Haeckel.

HISTORIAL His*to"ri*al, a. Etym: [L. historialis: cf. F. historial.]

Defn: Historical. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HISTORIAN His*to"ri*an, n. Etym: [F. historien.]

1. A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist. Even the historian takes great liberties with facts. Sir J. Reynolds.

2. One versed or well informed in history. Great captains should be good historians. South.

HISTORIC; HISTORICAL His*tor"ic, His*tor"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. historicus, Gr. historique. See History.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. — His*tor"ic*al*ness, n. — His*to*ric"i*ty, n. There warriors frowning in historic brass. Pope. Historical painting, that branch of painting which represents the events of history. — Historical sense, that meaning of a passage which is deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under which it was written. — The historic sense, the capacity to conceive and represent the unity and significance of a past era or age.

HISTORICALLY His*tor"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In the manner of, or in accordance with, history.

HISTORICIZE His*tor"i*cize, v. t.

Defn: To record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle. [R.]

HISTORIED His"to*ried, a.

Defn: Related in history.

HISTORIER His*to"ri*er, n.

Defn: An historian. [Obs.]

HISTORIETTE His`to*ri*ette", n. Etym: [F., dim. of histoire a history.]

Defn: Historical narration on a small scale; a brief recital; a story. Emerson.

HISTORIFY His*tor"i*fy, v. t. Etym: [History + -fy.]

Defn: To record in or as history. [R.] Lamb. Thy conquest meet to be historified. Sir P. Sidney.

HISTORIOGRAPHER His*to`ri*og"ra*pher, n. Etym: [L. historiographus, Gr. historiographe.]

Defn: An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction.

HISTORIOGRAPHERSHIP His*to`ri*og"ra*pher*ship, n.

Defn: The office of an historiographer. Saintsbury.

HISTORIOGRAPHY His*to`ri*og"ra*phy, n.

Defn: The art of employment of an historiographer.

HISTORIOLOGY His*to`ri*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]

Defn: A discourse on history. Cockeram.

HISTORIONOMER His*to`ri*on"o*mer, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them. And historionomers will have measured accurately the sidereal years of races. Lowell.

HISTORIZE His"to*rize, v. t.

Defn: To relate as history; to chronicle; to historicize. [R.] Evelyn.

HISTORY His"to*ry, n.; pl. Histories. Etym: [L.historia, Gr. 'istori`a history, information, inquiry, fr. 'istwr, "istwr, knowing, learned, from the root of wit. See Wit, and cf. Story.]

1. A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill.

2. A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; — distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory. Histories are as perfect as the historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul. Carlyle. For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history. Shak. What histories of toil could I declare! Pope. History piece, a representation in painting, drawing, etc., of any real event, including the actors and the action. — Natural history, a description and classification of objects in nature, as minerals, plants, animals, etc., and the phenomena which they exhibit to the senses.

Syn. — Chronicle; annals; relation; narration. — History, Chronicle, Annals. History is a methodical record of important events which concern a community of men, usually so arranged as to show the connection of causes and effects, to give an analysis of motive and action etc. A chronicle is a record of such events, conforming to the order of time as its distinctive feature. Annals are a chronicle divided up into separate years. By poetic license annals is sometimes used for history. Justly Cæsar scorns the poet's lays; It is to history he trusts for praise. Pope. No more yet of this; For 't is a chronicle of day by day, Not a relation for a breakfast. Shak. Many glorious examples in the annals of our religion. Rogers.

HISTORY His"to*ry, v. t.

Defn: To narrate or record. [Obs.] Shak.

HISTOTOMY His*tot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: The dissection of organic tissues.

HISTOZYME His"to*zyme, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: A soluble ferment occurring in the animal body, to the presence of which many normal decompositions and synthetical processes are supposed to be due.

HISTRION His"tri*on, n. Etym: [L. histrio: cf. F. histrion.]

Defn: A player. [R.] Pope.

HISTRIONIC; HISTRIONICAL His`tri*on"ic, His`tri*on"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. histrionicus: cf. F. histronique. See Histrion.]

Defn: Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; — sometimes in a bad sense. — His`tri*on"ic*al*ly, adv. Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. De Quincey.

HISTRIONICISM His`tri*on"i*cism, n.

Defn: The histronic art; stageplaying. W. Black.

HISTRIONISM His"tri*o*nism, n.

Defn: Theatrical representation; acting; affectation. Sir T. Browne.

HISTRIONIZE His"tri*o*nize, v. t.

Defn: To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically. Urquhart.

HIT Hit, pron.

Defn: It. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HIT Hit,

Defn: 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HIT Hit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hit; p. pr. & vb. n. Hitting.] Etym: [OE. hitten, hutten, of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hitte to hit, find, Sw. & Icel. hitta.]

1. To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at). I think you have hit the mark. Shak.

2. To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit. Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the notes right. Locke. There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails with him. Dryden. Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight. Milton. He scarcely hit my humor. Tennyson.

3. To guess; to light upon or discover. "Thou hast hit it." Shak.

4. (Backgammon)

Defn: To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; — said of a single unprotected piece on a point. To hit off, to describe with quick characteristic strokes; as, to hit off a speaker. Sir W. Temple. — To hit out, to perform by good luck. [Obs.] Spenser.

HIT Hit, v. i.

1. To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; — followed by against or on. If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and hit one against another Locke. Corpuscles, meeting with or hitting on those bodies, become conjoined with them. Woodward.

2. To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, — often with implied chance, or luck. And oft it hits Where hope is coldest and despair most fits. Shak. And millions miss for one that hits. Swift. To hit on or upon, to light upon; to come to by chance. "None of them hit upon the art." Addison.

HIT Hit, n.

1. A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything. So he the famed Cilician fencer praised, And, at each hit, with wonder seems amazed. Dryden.

2. A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit. What late he called a blessing, now was wit, And God's good providence, a lucky hit. Pope.

3. A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.

4. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.

5. (Baseball)

Defn: A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; — sometimes used specifically for a base hit. Base hit, Safe hit, Sacrifice hit. (Baseball) See under Base, Safe, etc.

HIT Hit adj.

Defn: having become very popular or acclaimed; — said of entertainment performances; as, a hit record, a hit movie.

HITCH Hitch, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Scot. hitch a motion by a jerk, and hatch, hotch, to move by jerks, also Prov. G. hiksen, G. hinken, to limp, hobble; or E. hiccough; or possibly akin to E. hook.]

1. To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling. Atoms . . . which at length hitched together. South.

2. To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; — said of something obstructed or impeded. Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme. Pope. To ease themselves . . . by hitching into another place. Fuller.

3. To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere. [Eng.] Halliwell.

HITCH Hitch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hitched; p. pr. & vb. n. Hitching.]

1. To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter.

2. To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer. To hitch up. (a) To fasten up. (b) To pull or raise with a jerk; as, a sailor hitches up his trousers. (c) To attach, as a horse, to a vehicle; as, hitch up the gray mare. [Colloq.]

HITCH Hitch, n.

1. A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.

2. The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.

3. A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance.

4. A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.

5. (Naut.)

Defn: A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; — intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc.

6. (Geol.)

Defn: A small dislocation of a bed or vein.

HITCHEL Hitch"el, n. & v. t.

Defn: See Hatchel.

HITHE Hithe, n. Etym: [AS. hHide to conceal.]

Defn: A port or small haven; — used in composition; as, Lambhithe, now Lambeth. Pennant.

HITHER Hith"er, adv. Etym: [OE. hider, AS. hider; akin to Icel. hra, Dan. hid, Sw. hit, Goth. hidrcitra on this side, or E. here, he. He.]

1. To this place; — used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come or bring hither.

2. To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; — in a sense not physical. Hither we refer whatsoever belongeth unto the highest perfection of man. Hooker. Hither and thither, to and fro; backward and forward; in various directions. "Victory is like a traveller, and goeth hither and thither." Knolles.

HITHER Hith"er, a.

1. Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; — correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill. Milton.

2. Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than. And on the hither side, or so she looked, Of twenty summers. Tennyson. To the present generation, that is to say, the people a few years on the hither and thither side of thirty, the name of Charles Darwin stands alongside of those of Isaac Newton and Michael Faraday. Huxley.

HITHERMOST Hith"er*most`, a.

Defn: Nearest on this side. Sir M. Hale.

HITHERTO Hith"er*to`, adv.

1. To this place; to a prescribed limit. Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further. Job xxxviii. 11.

2. Up to this time; as yet; until now. The Lord hath blessed me hitherto. Josh. xvii. 14.

HITHERWARD Hith"er*ward, adv. Etym: [AS. hiderweard.]

Defn: Toward this place; hither. Marching hitherward in proud array. Shak.

HITTER Hit"ter, n.

Defn: One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.

HITTITE Hit"tite, n. [From Heb. Khittim Hittites.]

Defn: A member of an ancient people (or perhaps group of peoples) whose settlements extended from Armenia westward into Asia Minor and southward into Palestine. They are known to have been met along the Orontes as early as 1500 b. c., and were often at war with the Egyptians and Assyrians. Especially in the north they developed a considerable civilization, of which numerous monuments and inscriptions are extant. Authorities are not agreed as to their race. While several attempts have been made to decipher the Hittite characters, little progress has yet been made.

HITTORF RAYS Hit"torf rays. (Elec.)

Defn: Rays (chiefly cathode rays) developed by the electric discharge in Hittorf tubes.

HITTORF TUBE Hit"torf tube. (Elec.) (a) A highly exhausted glass tube with metallic electrodes nearly in contact so as to exhibit the insulating effects of a vacuum. It was used by the German physicist W. Hittorf (b. 1824). (b) A Crookes tube.

HIVE Hive, n. Etym: [OE. hive, huve, AS. h.]

1. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees. Dryden.

2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. Shak.

3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd. The hive of Roman liars. Tennyson. Hive bee (Zoöl.), the honeybee.

HIVE Hive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hived; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiving.]

1. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.

2. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store. Hiving wisdom with each studious year. Byron.

HIVE Hive, v. i.

Defn: To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body. Pope.

HIVELESS Hive"less, a.

Defn: Destitute of a hive. Gascoigne.

HIVER Hiv"er, n.

Defn: One who collects bees into a hive.

HIVES Hives, n. Etym: [Scot.; perh. akin to E. heave.] (Med.) (a) The croup. (b) An eruptive disease (Varicella globularis), allied to the chicken pox.

HIZZ Hizz, v. i.

Defn: To hiss. [Obs.] Shak.

HO Ho, pron.

Defn: Who. [Obs.] In some Chaucer MSS.

HO; HOA Ho, Hoa, n. Etym: [See Ho, interj., 2.]

Defn: A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace. There is no ho with them. Decker.

HO; HOA Ho, Hoa, interj. Etym: [Cf. F. & G. ho.]

1. Halloo! attend! — a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. "What noise there, ho" Shak. "Ho! who's within" Shak.

2. Etym: [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E. whoa.]

Defn: Stop! stand still! hold! — a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. [Written also whoa, and, formerly, hoo.] The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried "Hoo!" Chaucer. An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. Chaucer.

HOAR Hoar, a. Etym: [OE. hor, har, AS. har; akin to Icel. harr, and to OHG. her illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Heiedh brightness of the sky, Goth. hais torch, Skr. ketus light, torch. Cf. Hoary.]

1. White, or grayish white: as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs. "Hoar waters." Spenser.

2. Gray or white with age; hoary. Whose beard with age is hoar. Coleridge. Old trees with trunks all hoar. Byron.

3. Musty; moldy; stale. [Obs.] Shak.

HOAR Hoar, n.

Defn: Hoariness; antiquity. [R.] Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. Burke.

HOAR Hoar, v. t. Etym: [AS. harian to grow gray.]

Defn: To become moldy or musty. [Obs.] Shak.

HOARD Hoard, n.

Defn: See Hoarding, 2. Smart.

HOARD Hoard, n. Etym: [OE. hord, AS. hord; akin to OS. hord, G. hort, Icel. hodd, Goth. huzd; prob. from the root of E. hide to conceal, and of L. custos guard, E. custody. See Hide to conceal.]

Defn: A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.

HOARD Hoard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarding.] Etym: [AS. hordian.]

Defn: To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain.

HOARD Hoard, v. i.

Defn: To lay up a store or hoard, as of money. To hoard for those whom he did breed. Spenser.

HOARDER Hoard"er, n.

Defn: One who hoards.

HOARDING Hoard"ing, n. Etym: [From OF. hourd, hourt, barrier, palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle, fence, G. horde, hürde; akin to E. hurdle. sq. root16. See Hurdle.]

1. (Arch.)

Defn: A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. [Eng.] Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. London Graphic.

2. A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something. The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding, the space within which was divided into compartments by sheets of tin. Tyndall.

HOARED Hoared, a.

Defn: Moldy; musty. [Obs.] Granmer.

HOARFROST Hoar"frost`, n.

Defn: The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost. [Written also horefrost. See Hoar, a.] He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. Ps. cxlvii. 16.

HOARHOUND Hoar"hound`, n.

Defn: Same as Horehound.

HOARINESS Hoar"i*ness, n. Etym: [From Hoary.]

Defn: The state of being hoary. Dryden.

HOARSE Hoarse, a. [Compar. Hoarser, superl. Hoarsest.] Etym: [OE. hors, also hos, has, AS. has; akin to D. heesch, G. heiser, Icel. hass, Dan. hæs, Sw. hes. Cf. Prov. E. heazy.]

1. Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven. The hoarse resounding shore. Dryden.

2. Harsh; grating; discordant; — said of any sound.

HOARSELY Hoarse"ly, adv.

Defn: With a harsh, grating sound or voice.

HOARSEN Hoars"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarsened; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarsening.]

Defn: To make hoarse. I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice. Richardson.

HOARSENESS Hoarse"ness, n.

Defn: Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords.

HOARSTONE Hoar"stone`, n.

Defn: A stone designating the Halliwell.

HOARY Hoar"y, a.

1. White or whitish."The hoary willows." Addison.

2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs. Reverence the hoary head. Dr. T. Dwight.

3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.

4. Moldy; mossy; musty. [Obs.] Knolles.

5. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of a pale silvery gray.

6. (Bot.)

Defn: Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent. Hoary bat (Zoöl.), an American bat (Atalapha cinerea), having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.

HOATZIN Ho"at*zin, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Hoazin.

HOAX Hoax, n. Etym: [Prob. contr. fr. hocus, in hocus-pocus.]

Defn: A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke. Macaulay.

HOAX Hoax, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoaxed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoaxing.]

Defn: To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively. Lamb.