H (part 3)

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.

HOAXER
Hoax"er, n.

Defn: One who hoaxes.

HOAZIN
Hoa"zin, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A remarkable South American bird (Opisthocomus cristatus); the crested touraco. By some zoölogists it is made the type of a distinct order (Opisthocomi).

HOB
Hob, n. Etym: [Prob. akin to hump. Cf. Hub. ]

1. The hub of a wheel. See Hub. Washington.

2. The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm. Smart.

3. (Mech.)

Defn: A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc.

HOB Hob, n Etym: [Orig. an abbrev. of Robin, Robert; Robin Goodfellow a celebrated fairy, or domestic spirit. Cf. Hobgoblin, and see Robin. ]

1. A fairy; a sprite; an elf. [Obs.] From elves, hobs, and fairies, . . . Defend us, good Heaven ! Beau. & FL.

2. A countryman; a rustic; a clown. [Obs.] Nares.

HOBANOB; HOBANDNOB
Hob"a*nob`, Hob"and*nob`, v. i.

Defn: Same as Hobnob. Tennyson.

HOBBISM
Hob"bism, n.

Defn: The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an English materialist (

HOBBIST
Hob"bist, n.

Defn: One who accepts the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes.

HOBBLE
Hob"ble, n. i. [imp. & p. p. Hobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hobbling.]
Etym: [OE. hobelen, hoblen, freq. of hoppen to hop; akin to D.
hobbelen, hoblen, hoppeln. See Hop to jump, and cf. Hopple ]

1. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches. The friar was hobbling the same way too. Dryden.

2. To move roughly or irregularly; — said of style in writing. Prior. The hobbling versification, the mean diction. Jeffreys.

HOBBLE
Hob"ble, v. t.

1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. " They hobbled their horses." Dickens

2. To perplex; to embarrass.

HOBBLE
Hob"ble, n.

1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait. Swift.

2. Same as Hopple.

3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. Waterton.

HOBBLEBUSH
Hob"ble*bush`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.

HOBBLEDEHOY; HOBBLETEHOY Hob"ble*de*hoy`, Hob"ble*te*hoy`, n. [Written also hobbetyhoy, hobbarddehoy, hobbedehoy, hobdehoy.] Etym: [ Cf. Prob. E. hobbledygee with a limping movement; also F. hobereau, a country squire, E. hobby, and OF. hoi to-day; perh. the orig. sense was, an upstart of to-day.]

Defn: A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .
[Colloq.]
All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. Dickens. .

HOBBLER
Hob"bler, n.

Defn: One who hobbles.

HOBBLER
Hob"bler, n. Etym: [OE. also hobeler, OF. hobelier, LL. hobellarius.
See Hobby a horse.] (Eng. Hist.)

Defn: One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby. Hallam. Sir J. Davies.

HOBBLE SKIRT
Hob"ble skirt.

Defn: A woman's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom of movement after the fashion of a hobble. — Hob"ble-skirt`ed, a.

HOBBLINGLY
Hob"bling*ly, adv.

Defn: With a limping step.

HOBBLY
Hob"bly, a.

Defn: Rough; uneven; causing one to hobble; as a hobbly road.

HOBBY
Hob"by, n.; pl. Hobbies. Etym: [OE. hobi; cf. OF. hobe, hobé, F.
hobereau a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. hober to move, stir. Cf.
Hobby a horse.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.

HOBBY; HOBBYHORSE Hob"by, Hob"by*horse`, n. Etym: [OE. hobin a nag, OF. hobin hobby; cf. hober to stir, move; prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hoppe a mare, dial. Sw. hoppa; perh. akin to E. hop to jump.]

1. A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag. Johnson.

2. A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride. [ Usually under the form hobbyhorse.]

3. A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion. [Usually under the form hobby.] Not one of them has any hobbyhorse, to use the phrase of Sterne. Macaulay.

HOBBYHORSICAL
Hob`by*hors"ic*al, n.

Defn: Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical.[Colloq.] Sterne.

HOBGOBLIN
Hob"gob`lin, n. Etym: [See 2d Hob, and Goblin.]

Defn: A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. Macaulay.

HOBILER
Hob"i*ler, n.Etym: [See 2d Hobbler.]

Defn: A light horseman. See 2d Hobbler. [Obs.] Brande & C.

HOBIT
Ho"bit, n. Etym: [See Howitzer.] (Mil.)

Defn: A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer.

HOBNAIL
Hob"nail`, n. Etym: [1st hob + nail.]

1. A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, — used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.

2. A clownish person; a rustic. Milton. Hobnail liver (Med.), a disease in which the liver is shrunken, hard, and covered with projections like hobnails; one of the forms of cirrhosis of the liver.

HOBNAIL
Hob"nail`, v. t.

Defn: To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.
Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. Tennyson.

HOBNAILED
Hob"nailed`, a.

Defn: See with hobnails, as a shoe.

HOBNOB Hob"nob`, adv. Etym: [AS. habban to have + habban to have not; ne not + habban to have. See Have, and cf. Habnab.]

1. Have or have not; — a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking. Shak.

2. At random; hit or miss. (Obs.) Holinshed.

HOBNOB
Hob"nob`, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hornobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hornobbing.]

1. To drink familiarly (with another). [ Written also hob-a-nob.]

2. To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms.

HOBNOB
Hob"nob`, n.

Defn: Familiar, social intercourse. W. Black.

HOBO
Ho"bo, n.; pl. Hobos or Hoboes (#). [Of uncertain origin.]

Defn: A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling from place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging for a living. [U. S.] — Ho"bo*ism (#), n.

HOBORNOB
Hob"or*nob`, adv.

Defn: See Hobnob.

HOBOY
Ho"boy, n.

Defn: A hautboy or oboe. [Obs.]

HOBSON'S CHOICE
Hob"son's choice".

Defn: A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing.

Note: It is said to have had its origin in the name of one Hobson, at Cambridge, England, who let horses, and required every customer to take in his turn the horse which stood next the stable door.

HOCCO
Hoc"co, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The crested curassow; — called also royal pheasant. See
Curassow.

HOCHEPOT
Hoche"pot, n.

Defn: Hotchpot. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HOCK
Hock, n. Etym: [So called from Hochheim, in Germany.]

Defn: A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.

HOCK; HOUGH
Hock, Hough (, n. Etym: [ AS. h the heel; prob. akin to Icel. hasinn
hock sinew, Dan. hasc, G. hechse, hächse, LG. hacke, D.hak; also to
L. coxa hip (cf. Cuisses), Skr. kaksha armpit. sq. root12. Cf. Heel.]

1. (a) The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man. (b) A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot.

2. The popliteal space; the ham.

HOCK
Hock, v. t.

Defn: To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.

HOCKAMORE
Hock"a*more, n. Etym: [See 1st Hock.]

Defn: A Rhenish wine. [Obs.] See Hock. Hudibras.

HOCKDAY
Hock"day`, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. hocor mockery, scorn.]

Defn: A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; — called also hocktide. [Eng.] [Written also hokeday.]

HOCKEY
Hock"ey, n. Etym: [From Hook, n.]

1. A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.

2. The stick used by the players. [Written also hookey and hawkey.]

HOCKHERB
Hock"herb`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: The mallow.

HOCKLE
Hoc"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hockled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hockling.]
Etym: [From 2d Hock.]

1. To hamstring; to hock; to hough. Hanmer.

2. To mow, as stubble. Mason.

HOCUS
Ho"cus, v. t. Etym: [See Hocus-pocus.]

1. To deceive or cheat. Halliwell.

2. To adulterate; to drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the purpose of stupefying the drinker. Dickens.

3. To stupefy with drugged liquor. Thackeray.

HOCUS
Ho"cus, n.

1. One who cheats or deceives. South.

2. Drugged liquor.

HOCUSPOCUS; HOCUS-POCUS
Ho"cus*po"cus, n. Etym: [Prob. invented by jugglers in imitation of
Latin. Cf. Hoax, Hocus .]

1. A term used by jugglers in pretended incantations.

2. A juggler or trickster. Sir T. Herbert.

3. A juggler's trick; a cheat; nonsense. Hudibras.

HOCUSPOCUS; HOCUS-POCUS
Ho"cus*po"cus, v. t.

Defn: To cheat. [Colloq.] L'Estrange.

HOD
Hod, n. Etym: [Prov. E. for hold, i. e., that which holds. See Hold.]

1. A kind of wooden tray with a handle, borne on the shoulder, for carrying mortar, brick, etc.

2. A utensil for holding coal; a coal scuttle.

HODDENGRAY
Hod"den*gray`, a. Etym: [Perh. akin to E. hoiden rustic, clownish.]

Defn: Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by
Scotch peasants. [Scot.]

HODDY
Hod"dy, n. Etym: [Prob. for hooded.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Dun crow, under Dun, a.

HODDYDODDY Hod"dy*dod`dy, n. Etym: [Prob. E. also hoddypeke, hoddypoule, hoddymandoddy.]

Defn: An awkward or foolish person. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

HODGEPODGE
Hodge"podge`, n.

Defn: A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot. Johnson.

HODGKIN'S DISEASE
Hodg`kin's dis*ease". (Med.)

Defn: A morbid condition characterized by progressive anæmia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; — first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.

HODIERN; HODIERNAL
Ho"di*ern, Ho`di*er"nal, a. Etym: [L. hodiernus, fr. hodie today.]

Defn: Of this day; belonging to the present day. [R.] Boyle. Quart.
Rev.

HODMAN
Hod"man, n.; pl. Hodmen(

Defn: A man who carries a hod; a mason's tender.

HODMANDOD
Hod"man*dod, n. [Obs.]

Defn: See Dodman. Bacon.

HODOGRAPH
Hod"o*graph, n. Etym: [Gr.graph.] (Math.)

Defn: A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces.

HODOMETER
Ho*dom"e*ter, n.

Defn: See Odometer.

HOE Hoe, n. Etym: [OF. hoe, F. houe; of German origin, cf. OHG. houwa, howa, G. haue, fr. OHG. houwan to hew. See Hew to cut.]

1. A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish. Dutch hoe, one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade. — Horse hoe, a kind of cultivator.

HOE Hoe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoeing.] Etym: [Cf. F. houer.]

Defn: To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn. To hoe one's row, to do one's share of a job. [Colloq.]

HOE
Hoe, v. i.

Defn: To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.

HOECAKE
Hoe"cake`, n.

Defn: A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before the fire or in the ashes; — so called because often cooked on a hoe. [Southern U.S.]

HOEMOTHER
Hoe"moth`er, n. Etym: [A local Orkney name; cf. Icel.har.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The basking or liver shark; — called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver.

HOFUL
Ho"ful, a. Etym: [AS.hogful, hohful, fr. hogu care, anxiety.]

Defn: Careful; wary. [Obs.] Stapleton.

HOG
Hog, n. Etym: [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., a
castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc'h, hoc'h.
Cf. Haggis, Hogget, and Hoggerel.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidæ; esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.

Note: The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern Europe, are thought to have been derived from Sus Indicus.

2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.]

3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.]

4. (Naut.)

Defn: A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. Totten.

5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. Bush hog, Ground hog, etc. See under Bush, Ground, etc. — Hog caterpillar (Zoöl.), the larva of the green grapevine sphinx; — so called because the head and first three segments are much smaller than those behind them, so as to make a resemblance to a hog's snout. See Hawk moth. — Hog cholera, an epidemic contagious fever of swine, attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance on the skin and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a scarlet, purple, or black color. It is fatal in from one to six days, or ends in a slow, uncertain recovery. Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser. )— Hog deer (Zoöl.), the axis deer. — Hog gum (Bot.), West Indian tree (Symphonia globulifera), yielding an aromatic gum. — Hog of wool, the trade name for the fleece or wool of sheep of the second year. — Hog peanut (Bot.), a kind of earth pea. — Hog plum (Bot.), a tropical tree, of the genus Spondias (S. lutea), with fruit somewhat resembling plums, but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies. — Hog's bean (Bot.), the plant henbane. — Hog's bread.(Bot.) See Sow bread. — Hog's fennel. (Bot.) See under Fennel. — Mexican hog (Zoöl.), the peccary. — Water hog. (Zoöl.) See Capybara.

HOG
Hog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Hogging.]

1. To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. Smart.

2. (Naut.)

Defn: To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.

HOG
Hog, v. i. (Naut.)

Defn: To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; — said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form.

HOGBACK
Hog"back`, n.

1. (Arch.)

Defn: An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; — the opposite of camber.

2. (Naut.)

Defn: See Hogframe.

3. (Geol.)

Defn: A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides.

HOGCHAIN
Hog"chain`, n.

Defn: A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.

HOGCHOKER
Hog"chok`er, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An American sole (Achirus lineatus, or A. achirus), related to the European sole, but of no market value.

HOGCOTE
Hog"cote`, n.

Defn: A shed for swine; a sty.

HOGFISH Hog"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A large West Indian and Florida food fish (Lachnolæmus). (b) The pigfish or sailor's choice. (c) An American fresh-water fish; the log perch. (d) A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpæna scrofa).

HOGFRAME
Hog"frame`, n. (Steam Vessels)

Defn: A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback.

HOGGED
Hogged, a. (Naut.)

Defn: Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends. See Hog, v. i.

HOGGER
Hog"ger, n.

Defn: A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.

HOGGEREL Hog"ger*el, n. Etym: [From the same source as hog; prob. orig., a sheep clipped the first year. See Hog.]

Defn: A sheep of the second year. [Written also hogrel.] Ash.

HOGGER-PIPE; HOGGERPIPE
Hog"ger*-pipe`, n. (Mining)

Defn: The upper terminal pipe of a mining pump. Raymond.

HOGGER-PUMP
Hog"ger-pump", n. (Mining)

Defn: The for pump in the pit. Raymond.

HOGGERY
Hog"ger*y, n.

Defn: Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness.
Crime and shame And all their hoggery. Mrs. Browning.

HOGGET
Hog"get, n. Etym: [See Hog, and Hoggerel.]

1. A young boar of the second year.

2. A sheep or colt alter it has passed its first year.

HOGGING
Hog"ging, n. (Naut.)

Defn: Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging.
Hogging frame. See Hogframe.

HOGGISH
Hog"gish, a.

Defn: Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish.
— Hog"gish*ly, adv.
— Hog"gish*ness, n.
Is not a hoggish life the height of some men's wishes Shaftesbury.

HOGH
Hogh (ho), n. Etym: [Icel. haugr hill, mound; akin to E. high. See
High.]

Defn: A hill; a cliff. [Obs.] Spenser.

HOGHERD
Hog"herd, n.

Defn: A swineherd. W. Browne.

HOGMANAY
Hog`ma*nay" (, n.

Defn: The old name, in Scotland, for the last day of the year, on which children go about singing, and receive a dole of bread or cakes; also, the entertainment given on that day to a visitor, or the gift given to an applicant. [Scot.]

HOGNOSESNAKE
Hog"nose`snake". (Zoöl.)

Defn: A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, esp. H. platyrhynos; — called also puffing adder, blowing adder, and sand viper.

HOGNUT Hog"nut`, n. (Bot.) (a) The pignut. See Hickory. (b) In England, the Bunium flexuosum, a tuberous plant.

HOGO
Ho"go, n. Etym: [Corrupted from F. haut goût.]

Defn: High flavor; strong scent. [Obs.] Halliwell.

HOGPEN
Hog"pen`, n.

Defn: A pen or sty for hogs.

HOGREEVE
Hog"reeve`, n. Etym: [See Reeve.]

Defn: A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large. [New Eng.] Bartlett.

HOGRINGER
Hog"ring`er, n.

Defn: One who puts rings into the snouts of hogs.

HOG'S-BACK
Hog's"-back`, n. (Geol.)

Defn: A hogback.

HOGSCORE
Hog"score`, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Curling)

Defn: A distance lime brawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee. [Scot.]

HOGSHEAD Hogs"head, n. Etym: [D. okshoofd; akin to Sw. oxhufvud, Dan. oxehoved, G. oxhoft; apparently meaning orig., ox head, but it is not known why this name was given. Cf. Ox, Head.]

1. An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52

Note: The London hogshead of beer was 54 beer gallons, the London hogshead of ale was 48 ale gallons. Elsewhere in England the ale and beer hogsheads held 51 gallons. These measures are no longer in use, except for cider.

2. A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents; esp. one containing from 100 to 140 gallons. [U. S.]

HOGSKIN
Hog"skin`, n.

Defn: Leather tanned from a hog's skin. Also used adjectively.

HOGSTY
Hog"sty`, n.; pl. Hogsties (.

Defn: A pen, house, or inclosure, for hogs.

HOGWASH
Hog"wash`, n.

Defn: Swill. Arbuthnot.

HOGWEED Hog"weed`, n. (Bot.) (a) A common weed (Ambrosia artemisiæge). See Ambrosia, 3. (b) In England, the Heracleum Sphondylium.

HOIDEN
Hoi"den, n. Etym: [OE. hoydon a lout, rustic, OD. heyden a heathen,
gypsy, vagabond, D. heiden, fr. OD. heyde heath, D. heide. See
Heathen, Heath.] [Written also hoyden.]

1. A rude, clownish youth. [Obs.] Milton.

2. A rude, bold girl; a romp. H. Kingsley.

HOIDEN
Hoi"den, a.

Defn: Rustic; rude; bold. Younq.

HOIDEN
Hoi"den, v. i.

Defn: To romp rudely or indecently. Swift.

HOIDENHOOD
Hoi"den*hood, n.

Defn: State of being a hoiden.

HOIDENISH
Hoi"den*ish, a.

Defn: Like, or appropriate to, a hoiden.

HOISE
Hoise, v. t. Etym: [See Hoist.]

Defn: To hoist. [Obs.]
They . . . hoised up the mainsail to the wind. Acts xxvii. 40.

HOIST
Hoist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoisting.] Etym:
[OE. hoise, hyse, OD. hyssen, D. hijshen; akin to LG. hissen, Dan.
hisse, Sw. hissa.]

Defn: To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a
desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy
package or weight.
They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. Pope.
Hoisting him into his father's throne. South.
Hoisting engine, a steam engine for operating a hoist.

HOIST
Hoist, n.

1. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.

2. The act of hoisting; a lift. [Collog.]

3. (fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff. (b) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay. Totten. Hoist bridge, a drawbridge that is lifted instead of being swung or drawn aside.

HOIST
Hoist, p. p.

Defn: Hoisted. [Obs.]
'Tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar. Shak.

HOISTAWAY
Hoist"a*way`, n.

Defn: A mechanical lift. See Elevator.

HOISTWAY
Hoist"way`, n.

Defn: An opening for the hoist, or

HOIT
Hoit, v. i. Etym: [Gf. W. hoetian to dally, dandle.]

Defn: To leap; to caper; to romp noisily. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

HOITY-TOITY
Hoi"ty-toi`ty, a. Etym: [From Hoit.]

Defn: Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as, to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs; used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt. Hoity-toity! What have I to do with dreams Congreve.

HOKEDAY
Hoke"day`, n.

Defn: Same as Hockday.

HOKER
Ho"ker, n. Etym: [AS. h.]

Defn: Scorn; derision; abusive talk. [Obs.] — Ho"ker*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Chaucer.

HOL
Hol, a. Etym: [See Whole.]

Defn: Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HOLARCTIC
Hol"arc*tic, a. [Holo- + arctic.]

Defn: Of or pert. to the arctic regions collectively; specif.
(Zoögeography),

Defn: designating a realm or region including the northern parts of the Old and the New World. It comprises the Palearctic and Nearctic regions or subregions.

HOLASPIDEAN
Hol`as*pid"e*an, a. Etym: [Holo- + Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; — said of certain birds.

HOLCAD Hol"cad, n. Etym: [Gr. 'olka`s, -a`dos, a ship which is towed, a ship of burden, fr. 'e`lkein to draw. Gf. Hulk.]

Defn: A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece. Mitford.

HOLD
Hold, n. Etym: [D. hol hole, hollow. See Hole.] (Naut.)

Defn: The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

HOLD Hold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Held; p. pr. & vb. n. Holding. Holden (, p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.] Etym: [OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde, Sw. hålla, Goth. haldan to feed, tend (the cattle); of unknown origin. Gf. Avast, Halt, Hod.]

1. To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain. The loops held one curtain to another. Ex. xxxvi. 12. Thy right hand shall hold me. Ps. cxxxix. 10. They all hold swords, being expert in war. Cant. iii. In vain he seeks, that having can not hold. Spenser. France, thou mayst hold a serpent by the tongue, . . . A fasting tiger safer by the tooth, Than keep in peace that hand which thou dost hold. Shak.

2. To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend. We mean to hold what anciently we claim Of deity or empire. Milton.

3. To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office. This noble merchant held a noble house. Chaucer. Of him to hold his seigniory for a yearly tribute. Knolles. And now the strand, and now the plain, they held. Dryden.

4. To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain. We can not hold mortality's strong hand. Shak. Death! what do'st O,hold thy blow. Grashaw. He hat not sufficient judgment and self-command to hold his tongue. Macaulay.

5. To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain. Hold not thy peace, and be not still. Ps. lxxxiii. 1. Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall hold their course. Milton.

6. To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service. I would hold more talk with thee. Shak.

7. To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for. Broken cisterns that can hold no water. Jer. ii. 13. One sees more devils than vast hell can hold. Shak.

8. To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain. Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught. 2 Thes. ii.15. But still he held his purpose to depart. Dryden.

9. To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.
I hold him but a fool. Shak.
I shall never hold that man my friend. Shak.
The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Ex. xx. 7.

10. To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high. Let him hold his fingers thus. Shak. To hold a wager, to lay or hazard a wager. Swift. — To hold forth, to offer; to exhibit; to propose; to put forward. "The propositions which books hold forth and pretend to teach." Locke. — To held in, to restrain; to curd. — To hold in hand, to toy with; to keep in expectation; to have in one's power. [Obs.] O, fie! to receive favors, return falsehoods, And hold a lady in hand. Beaw. & Fl. —To hold in play, to keep under control; to dally with. Macaulay. — To hold off, to keep at a distance. — To hold on, to hold in being, continuance or position; as, to hold a rider on. — To hold one's day, to keep one's appointment. [Obs.] Chaucer. — To hold one's own. (a) To keep good one's present condition absolutely or relatively; not to fall off, or to lose ground; as, a ship holds her own when she does not lose ground in a race or chase; a man holds his own when he does not lose strength or weight. — To hold one's peace, to keep silence.- To hold out. (a) To extend; to offer. "Fortune holds out these to you as rewards." B. Jonson. (b) To continue to do or to suffer; to endure. "He can not long hold out these pangs." Shak. — To hold up. (a) To raise; to lift; as, hold up your head. (b) To support; to sustain. "He holds himself up in virtue."Sir P. Sidney. (c) To exhibit; to display; as, he was held up as an example. (d) To rein in; to check; to halt; as, hold up your horses. — To hold water. (a) Literally, to retain water without leaking; hence (Fig.), to be whole, sound, consistent, without gaps or holes; — commonly used in a negative sense; as, his statements will not hold water. [Collog.] (b) (Naut.) To hold the oars steady in the water, thus checking the headway of a boat.

HOLD
Hold, n. i.

Defn: In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:

1. Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative. And damned be him that first cries, "Hold, enough!" Shak.

2. Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued. Our force by land hath nobly held. Shak.

3. Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist. While our obedience holds. Milton. The rule holds in land as all other commodities. Locke.

4. Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for. He will hold to the one and despise the other. Matt. vi. 24

5. To restrain one's self; to refrain. His dauntless heart would fain have held From weeping, but his eyes rebelled. Dryden.

6. To derive right or title; — generally with of. My crown is absolute, and holds of none. Dryden. His imagination holds immediately from nature. Hazlitt. Hold on! Hold up! wait; stop; forbear. [Collog] — To hold forth, to speak in public; to harangue; to preach. L'Estrange. — To hold in, to restrain one's self; as, he wanted to laugh and could hardly hold in. — To hold off, to keep at a distance. — To hold on, to keep fast hold; to continue; to go on. "The trade held on for many years," Swift. — To hold out, to last; to endure; to continue; to maintain one's self; not to yield or give way. — To hold over, to remain in office, possession, etc., beyond a certain date. — To hold to or with, to take sides with, as a person or opinion. — To hold together, to be joined; not to separate; to remain in union. Dryden. Locke. — To hold up. (a) To support one's self; to remain unbent or unbroken; as, to hold up under misfortunes. (b) To cease raining; to cease to stop; as, it holds up. Hudibras. (c) To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground. Collier.

HOLD
Hold, n.

1. The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; — often used with the verbs take and lay. Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold. Chaucer. Thou should'st lay hold upon him. B. Jonson. My soul took hold on thee. Addison. Take fast hold of instruction. Pror. iv. 13.

2. The authority or ground to take or keep; claim. The law hath yet another hold on you. Shak.

3. Binding power and influence. Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest hold of. Tillotson.

4. Something that may be grasped; means of support. If a man be upon an high place without rails or good hold, he is ready to fall. Bacon.

5. A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard. They . . . put them in hold unto the next day. Acts. iv. 3. King Richard, he is in the mighty hold Of Bolingbroke. Shak.

6. A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; — often called a stronghold. Chaucer. New comers in an ancient hold Tennyson.

7. (Mus.)

Defn: A character [thus pause, and corona.

HOLDBACK
Hold"back`, n.

1. Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle. The only holdback is the affection . . . that we bear to our wealth. Hammond.

2. The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down hill, or in backing; also, the strap or part of the harness so used.

HOLDER
Hold"er, ( n.

Defn: One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.

HOLDER
Hold"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, holds.

2. One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant.

3. (Com.)

Defn: The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it.

Note: Holder is much used as the second part of a compound; as, shareholder, officeholder, stockholder,etc.

HOLDER-FORTH
Hold"er-forth`, n.

Defn: One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher. Addison.

HOLDFAST
Hold"fast`, n.

1. Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support. "His holdfast was gone." Bp. Montagu.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is attached to its support, and differing from a root in that it is not specially absorbent of moisture.

HOLDING
Hold"ing, n.

1. The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining.

2. A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.

3. That which holds, binds, or influences. Burke.

4. The burden or chorus of a song. [Obs.] Shak. Holding note (Mus.), a note sustained in one part, while the other parts move.

HOLE
Hole, a.

Defn: Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HOLE
Hole, n. Etym: [OE. hol, hole, AS. hol, hole, cavern, from hol, a.,
hollow; akin to D. hol, OHG. hol, G. hohl, Dan.huul hollow, hul hole,
Sw. hål, Icel. hola; prob. from the root of AS. helan to conceal. See
Hele, Hell, and cf. Hold of a ship.]

1. A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure. The holes where eyes should be. Shak. The blind walls Were full of chinks and holes. Tennyson. The priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid. 2 Kings xii. 9.

2. An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation. Dryden. The foxes have holes, . . . but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. Luke ix. 58.

Syn. — Hollow; concavity; aperture; rent; fissure; crevice; orifice; interstice; perforation; excavation; pit; cave; den; cell. Hole and corner, clandestine, underhand. [Colloq.] "The wretched trickery of hole and corner buffery. " Dickens. — Hole board (Fancy Weaving), a board having holes through which cords pass which lift certain warp threads; — called also compass board.

HOLE
Hole, v. t. Etym: [AS. holian. See Hole, n.]

1. To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars. Chapman.

2. To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball.

HOLE
Hole, v. i.

Defn: To go or get into a hole. B. Jonson.

HOLE IN THE AIR
Hole in the air. (Aëronautics)

Defn: = Air hole, above.

HOLETHNIC
Hol*eth"nic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a holethnos or parent race.
The holethnic history of the Arians. London Academy.

HOLETHNOS
Hol*eth"nos, n. Etym: [Holo + Gr.

Defn: A parent stock or race of people, not yet divided into separate branches or tribes.

HOLIBUT
Hol"i*but, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Halibut.

HOLIDAM
Hol"i*dam, n. [Obs.]

Defn: See Halidom.

HOLIDAY
Hol"i*day, n. Etym: [Holy + day.]

1. A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday.

2. A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day. And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday. Milton.

3. (Law)

Defn: A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.

Note: In the United States legal holidays, so called, are determined by law, commonly by the statutes of the several States. The holidays most generally observed are: the 22d day of February (Washington's birthday), the 30th day of May (Memorial day), the 4th day of July (Independence day), the 25th day of December (Christmas day). In most of the States the 1st day of January is a holiday. When any of these days falls on Sunday, usually the Monday following is observed as the holiday. In many of the States a day in the spring (as Good Friday, or the first Thursday in April), and a day in the fall (as the last Thursday in November) are now regularly appointed by Executive proclamation to be observed, the former as a day of fasting and prayer, the latter as a day of thanksgiving and are kept as holidays. In England, the days of the greater church feasts (designated in the calendar by a red letter, and commonly called red-letter days) are observed as general holidays. Bank holidays are those on which, by act of Parliament, banks may suspend business. Although Sunday is a holiday in the sense of a day when business is legally suspended, it is not usually included in the general term, the phrase "Sundays and holidays" being more common. The holidays, any fixed or usual period for relaxation or festivity; especially, Christmas and New Year's day with the intervening time.

HOLIDAY
Hol`i*day, a.

1. Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay. Shak.

2. Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion. Courage is but a holiday kind of virtue, to be seldom exercised. Dryden.

HOLILY
Ho"li*ly, adv. Etym: [From Holy.]

1. Piously; with sanctity; in a holy manner.

2. Sacredly; inviolably. [R.] Shak.

HOLINESS
Ho"li*ness, n. Etym: [AS. halignes.]

1. The state or quality of being holy; perfect moral integrity or purity; freedom from sin; sanctity; innocence. Who is like thee, glorious in holiness! Ex. xv. 11.

2. The state of being hallowed, or consecrated to God or to his worship; sacredness. Israel was holiness unto the Lord. Jer.ii.3. His holiness, a title of the pope; — formerly given also to Greek bishops and Greek emperors.

Syn.
— Piety; devotion; godliness; sanctity; sacredness; righteousness.

HOLING
Hol"ing, n. Etym: [See Hole a hollow.] (Mining)

Defn: Undercutting in a bed of coal, in order to bring down the upper mass. Raymond.

HOLLA Hol"la, interj. Etym: [F. hola; ho ho + là there, fr. L. illac that way, there. Cf. Hollo.]

Defn: Hollo.

HOLLA
Hol"la, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hollaed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hollaing.]

Defn: See Hollo, v. i.

HOLLAND
Hol"land, n.

Defn: A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands.

HOLLANDAISE SAUCE; HOLLANDAISE Hol`lan*daise" sauce, or Hol`lan*daise", n. [F. hollandaise, fem. of hollandais Dutch.] (Cookery)

Defn: A sauce consisting essentially of a seasoned emulsion of butter and yolk of eggs with a little lemon juice or vinegar.

HOLLANDER
Hol"land*er, n.

1. A native or one of the people of Holland; a Dutchman.

2. A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water; — called also, Dutch clinker. Wagner.

HOLLANDISH
Hol"land*ish, a.

Defn: Relating to Holland; Dutch.

HOLLANDS
Hol"lands, n.

1. Gin made in Holland.

2. pl.

Defn: See Holland.

HOLLO
Hol*lo", interj. & n. Etym: [See Halloo, and cf. Holla.]

Defn: Ho there; stop; attend; hence, a loud cry or a call to attract
attention; a halloo.
And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariner's hollo.
Coleridge.

HOLLO
Hol"lo, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Holloed; p. pr. & vb. n. Holloing.] Etym:
[See Hollo, intery., and cf. Halloo.]

Defn: To call out or exclaim; to halloo.

HOLLOA
Hol*loa", interj., n. & v. i.

Defn: Same as Hollo.

HOLLOW
Hol"low, a. Etym: [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow, hole.
Cf. Hole.]

1. Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere. Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. Ex. xxvii. 8..

2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken. With hollow eye and wrinkled brow. Shak.

3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. Dryden.

4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend. Milton. Hollow newel (Arch.), an opening in the center of a winding staircase in place of a newel post, the stairs being supported by the wall; an open newel; also, the stringpiece or rail winding around the well of such a staircase. — Hollow quoin (Engin.), a pier of stone or brick made behind the lock gates of a canal, and containing a hollow or recess to receive the ends of the gates. — Hollow root. (Bot.) See Moschatel. — Hollow square. See Square. — Hollow ware, hollow vessels; — a trade name for cast-iron kitchen utensils, earthenware, etc.

Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false; faithless; deceitful; treacherous.

HOLLOW
Hol"low, n.

1. A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree.

2. A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel. Forests grew Upon the barren hollows. Prior. I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood. Tennyson.

HOLLOW
Hol"low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hollowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hollowing.]

Defn: To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate. "Trees rudely hollowed." Dryden.

HOLLOW
Hol"low, adv.

Defn: Wholly; completely; utterly; — chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv. [Collog.] The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence. Darwin.

HOLLOW
Hol*low", interj. Etym: [See Hollo.]

Defn: Hollo.

HOLLOW
Hol"low, v. i.

Defn: To shout; to hollo.
Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear. Fuller.

HOLLOW
Hol"low, v. t.

Defn: To urge or call by shouting.
He has hollowed the hounds. Sir W. Scott.

HOLLOW-HEARTED
Hol"low-heart`ed, a.

Defn: Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.

Syn.
— Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.

HOLLOW-HORNED
Hol"low-horned`, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having permanent horns with a bony core, as cattle.

HOLLOWLY
Hol"low*ly, adv.

Defn: Insincerely; deceitfully. Shak.

HOLLOWNESS
Hol"low*ness, n.

1. State of being hollow. Bacon.

2. Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery. South.

HOLLUSCHICKIE Hol"lus*chick`ie, n. sing. & pl. [Prob. of Russ. goluishka bare of possessions, offspring, etc., fr. goluii naked.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A young male fur seal, esp. one from three to six years old; — called also bachelor, because prevented from breeding by the older full-grown males.

The holluschickie are the seals that may legally be killed for their
skins.

But he'll lie down on the killing grounds where the holluschickie go.
Kipling.

HOLLY
Hol"ly, adv.

Defn: Wholly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HOLLY Hol"ly, n. Etym: [OE holi, holin, AS. holen, holegn; akin to D. & G. hulst, OHG. huls hulis, W. celyn, Armor. kelen, Gael. cuilionn, Ir. cuileann. Cf. 1st Holm, Hulver.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species (Ilex
Aguifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny,
waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about
Michaelmas.

Note: The holly is much used to adorn churches and houses, at Christmas time, and hence is associated with scenes of good will and rejoicing. It is an evergreen tree, and has a finegrained, heavy, white wood. Its bark is used as a febrifuge, and the berries are violently purgative and emetic. The American holly is the Ilex opaca, and is found along the coast of the United States, from Maine southward. Gray.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: The holm oak. See 1st Holm. Holly-leaved oak (Bot.), the black scrub oak. See Scrub oak. — Holly rose (Bot.), a West Indian shrub, with showy, yellow flowers (Turnera ulmifolia). — Sea holly (Bot.), a species of Eryngium. See Eryngium.

HOLLYHOCK Hol"ly*hock, n. Etym: [OE. holihoc; holi holy + hoc mallow, AS. hoc; cf. W. hocys mallows, hocys bendigaid hollyhock, lit., blessed mallow. Prob. so named because brought from the Holy Land. See Holy.] (Bot.)

Defn: A species of Althæa (A. rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; — called also rose mallow.

HOLM Holm, n. Etym: [OE., prob. from AS. holen holly; as the holly is also called holm. See Holly.] (Bot.)

Defn: A common evergreen oak, of Europe (Quercus Ilex); — called also ilex, and holly.

HOLM
Holm, n. Etym: [AS. holm, usually meaning, sea, water; akin to Icel.
holmr, holmr, an island, Dan. holm, Sw. holme, G. holm, and prob. to
E. hill. Cf. Hill.]

1. An islet in a river. J. Brand.

2. Low, flat land. Wordsworth. The soft wind blowing over meadowy holms. Tennyson. Holm thrush (Zoöl.), the missel thrush.

HOLMIA
Hol"mi*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Chem.)

Defn: An oxide of holmium.

HOLMIUM
Hol"mi*um, n. Etym: [NL., of uncertain origin.] (Chem.)

Defn: A rare element said to be contained in gadolinite.
— Hol"mic, a.

HOLMOS
Hol"mos, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Greek & Etrus. Antiq.)

Defn: A name given to a vase having a rounded body; esp.: (a) A closed vessel of nearly spherical form on a high stem or pedestal. Fairholt. (b) A drinking cup having a foot and stem.

HOLO-
Hol"o-.

Defn: A combining form fr. Gr. "o`los whole.

HOLOBLAST
Hol"o*blast, n. Etym: [Holo + -blast.] (Biol.)

Defn: an ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See Meroblast.

HOLOBLASTIC
Hol`o*blas"tic, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; — opposed to meroblastic.

HOLOCAUST Hol"o*caust, n. Etym: [L. holocaustum, Gr. "o'los whole + kaysto`s burnt, fr. kai`ein to burn (cf. Caustic): cf. F. holocauste.]

1. A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations. Milton.

2. Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship.

Note: [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]

HOLOCEPHALI
Hol`o*ceph"a*li, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. "o`los whole + (Zoöl.)

Defn: An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only the chimæras; — called also Holocephala. See Chimæra; also Illustration in Appendix.

HOLOCRYPTIC
Hol`o*cryp"tic, a. Etym: [Holo-+ Gr. to conceal.]

Defn: Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being deciphered. Holocryptic cipher, a cipher so constructed as to afford no clew to its meaning to one ignorant of the key.

HOLOCRYSTALLINE
Hol`o*crys"tal*line, a. Etym: [Holo + crystalline.] (Min.)

Defn: Completely crystalline; — said of a rock like granite, all the constituents of which are crystalline.

HOLOGRAPH Hol"o*graph, n. Etym: [L.holographus entirely autograph, Gr. "olo`grafos; "o`los whole + gra`fein to write: cf. F. holographe, olographe.]

Defn: A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be.

HOLOGRAPHIC
Hol`o*graph"ic, a.

Defn: Of the nature of a holograph; pertaining to holographs.

HOLOHEDRAL
Hol`o*he"dral, a. Etym: [Holo + Gr. (Crystallog.)

Defn: Having all the planes required by complete symmetry, — in opposition to hemihedral.

HOLOHEMIHEDRAL
Hol`o*hem`i*he"dral, a. Etym: [Holo- + hemihedral.] (Crystallog.)

Defn: Presenting hemihedral forms, in which all the sectants have halt the whole number of planes. Dana.

HOLOMETABOLA
Hol`o*me*tab"o*la, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Holo-, and Metabola.]
(Zoöl.)

Defn: Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.

HOLOMETABOLIC
Hol`o*met`a*bol"ic, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having a complete metamorphosis;-said of certain insects, as the butterflies and bees.

HOLOMETER
Ho*lom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Holo + -meter: cf. F. holometre.]

Defn: An instrument for making of angular measurements.

HOLOPHANEROUS
Hol`o*phan"er*ous, a. Etym: [Holo + Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Holometabolic.

HOLOPHOTAL
Hol`o*pho"tal, a. Etym: [Holo + Gr. (Opt.)

Defn: Causing no loss of light; — applied to reflectors which throw back the rays of light without perceptible loss.

HOLOPHOTE
Hol"o*phote, n.

Defn: A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction; — used in lighthouses.

HOLOPHRASTIC
Hol`o*phras"tic, a. Etym: [Holo + Gr. holophrastique.]

Defn: Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, — as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.

HOLOPHYTIC
Hol`o*phyt"ic, a. Etym: [Holo + Gr.

Defn: Wholly or distinctively vegetable. Holophytic nutrition (, that form of nutrition, characteristic of vegetable organisms, in which carbonic acid, ammonia, and nitrates are absorbed as food, in distinction from the animal mode of nutrition, by the ingestion of albuminous matter.

HOLORHINAL
Hol`o*rhi"nal, a. Etym: [Holo + Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: Having the nasal bones contiguous.

HOLOSIDERITE
Hol`o*sid"er*ite, n. Etym: [Holo + siderite.] (Min.)

Defn: Meteoric iron; a meteorite consisting of metallic iron without stony matter.

HOLOSTEAN
Ho*los"te*an, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Pertaining to the Holostei.

HOLOSTEI
Ho*los"te*i, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole + (Zoöl.)

Defn: An extensive division of ganoids, including the gar pike, bowfin, etc.; the bony ganoids. See Illustration in Appendix.

HOLOSTERIC
Hol`o*ster"ic, a. Etym: [Holo + Gr.stereo`s solid.]

Defn: Wholly solid; — said of a barometer constructed of solid materials to show the variations of atmospheric pressure without the use of liquids, as the aneroid.

HOLOSTOMATA Hol`o*stom"a*ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole + sto`ma, - atos, mouth.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: An artificial division of gastropods, including those that have an entire aperture.

HOLOSTOMATE
Ho*los"to*mate, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Holostomatous.

HOLOSTOMATOUS
Hol`o*stom"a*tous, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having an entire aperture; — said of many univalve shells.

HOLOSTOME
Hol"o*stome, n. Etym: [Holo + Gr. sto`ma mouth.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Holostomata.

HOLOSTRACA
Ho*los"tra*ca, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of phyllopod Crustacea, including those that are entirely covered by a bivalve shell.

HOLOTHURE
Hol"o*thure, n. Etym: [L. holothuria, pl., a sort of water polyp, Gr.
(Zoöl.)

Defn: A holothurian.

HOLOTHURIAN
Hol`o*thu"ri*an, a.

Defn: ( — n.

Defn: One of the Holothurioidea.

Note: Some of the species of Holothurians are called sea cucumbers, sea slugs, trepang, and bêche de mèr. Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese. See Trepang.

HOLOTHURIOIDEA
Hol`o*thu`ri*oi"de*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Holothure, and -oid.]
(Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the classes of echinoderms.

Note: They have a more or less elongated body, often flattened beneath, and a circle of tentacles, which are usually much branched, surrounding the mouth; the skin is more or less flexible, and usually contains calcareous plates of various characteristic forms, sometimes becoming large and scalelike. Most of the species have five bands (ambulacra) of sucker-bearing feet along the sides; in others these are lacking. In one group (Pneumonophora) two branching internal gills are developed; in another (Apneumona) these are wanting. Called also Holothurida, Holothuridea, and Holothuroidea.

HOLOTRICHA
Ho*lot"ri*cha, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A group of ciliated Infusoria, having cilia all over the body.

HOLOUR
Hol"our, n. Etym: [OF.holier.]

Defn: A whoremonger. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HOLP; HOLPEN
Holp, Hol"pen,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Help. [Obs.] Shak.

HOLSOM
Hol"som, a.

Defn: Wholesome. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HOLSTEIN
Hol"stein, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of a breed of cattle, originally from Schleswig-Holstein, valued for the large amount of milk produced by the cows. The color is usually black and white in irregular patches.

HOLSTER Hol"ster, n. Etym: [D. holster; skin to AS. heolstor den, cave, fr.helan to conceal, and to Icel. hulstr case, Goth.hulistr covering, veil, huljan to cover. sq. root17. See Hele to cover, Hell, and cf. Housing, Houss.]

Defn: A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow of his saddle.

HOLSTERED
Hol"stered, a.

Defn: Bearing holsters. Byron.

HOLT
Holt,

Defn: 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contr. from holdeth. [Obs.]
Chaucer.

HOLT Holt, n. Etym: [AS. holt; akin to LG.holt, D.hout, G. holz. Icel. holt; cf Gael. & Ir.coill wood, Gr.

1. A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill. "Every holt and
heath." Chaucer.
She sent her voice though all the holt Before her, and the park.
Tennyson.

2. A deep hole in a river where there is protection for fish; also, a cover, a hole, or hiding place. " The fox has gone to holt." C. Kingsley.

HOLWE
Hol"we, a.

Defn: Hollow. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HOLY
Ho"ly, a. [Compar. Holier; superl. Holiest.] Etym: [OE. holi, hali,
AS.halig, fr. hæl health, salvation, happiness, fr. hal whole, well;
akin to OS. h, D. & G.heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig, Sw. helig,
Icel. heilagr. See Whole, and cf. Halibut, Halidom, Hallow,
Hollyhock.]

1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood. "Holy rites and solemn feasts." Milton.

2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly; pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God. Now through her round of holy thought The Church our annual steps has brought. Keble. Holy Alliance (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving religion, justice, and peace in Europe, but really for repressing popular tendencies toward constitutional government, entered into by Alexander I. of Russia, Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and subsequently joined by all the sovereigns of Europe, except the pope and the king of England. — Holy bark. See Cascara sagrada. — Holy Communion. See Eucharist. — Holy family (Art), a picture in which the infant Christ, his parents, and others of his family are represented. — Holy Father, a title of the pope. — Holy Ghost (Theol.),the third person of the Trinity; the Comforter; the Paraclete. — Holy Grail. See Grail. — Holy grass (Bot.), a sweet-scented grass (Hierochloa borealis and H. alpina). In the north of Europe it was formerly strewed before church doors on saints' days; whence the name. It is common in the northern and western parts of the United States. Called also vanilla, or Seneca, grass. — Holy Innocents' day, Childermas day. — Holy Land, Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity. — Holy office, the Inquisition. — Holy of holies (Script.), the innermost apartment of the Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and where no person entered, except the high priest once a year. — Holy One. (a) The Supreme Being; — so called by way of emphasis. " The Holy One of Israel." Is. xliii. 14. (b) One separated to the service of God. — Holy orders. See Order. — Holy rood, the cross or crucifix, particularly one placed, in churches. over the entrance to the chancel. — Holy rope, a plant, the hemp agrimony. — Holy Saturday (Eccl.), the Saturday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; the vigil of Easter. — Holy Spirit, same as Holy Ghost (above). — Holy Spirit plant. See Dove plant. — Holy thistle (Bot.), the blessed thistle. See under Thistle. — Holy Thursday. (Eccl.) (a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy Thursday. — Holy war, a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of the holy places. — Holy water (Gr. & R. C. Churches), water which has been blessed by the priest for sacred purposes. — Holy-water stoup, the stone stoup or font placed near the entrance of a church, as a receptacle for holy water. — Holy Week (Eccl.), the week before Easter, in which the passion of our Savior is commemorated. — Holy writ, the sacred Scriptures. " Word of holy writ." Wordsworth.

HOLY CROSS
Ho"ly cross".

Defn: The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion. Congregation of the Holy Cross (R. C. Ch.), a community of lay brothers and priests, in France and the United States, engaged chiefly in teaching and manual Labor. Originally called Brethren of St. Joseph. The Sisters of the Holy Cross engage in similar work. Addis & Arnold. — Holy-cross day, the fourteenth of September, observed as a church festival, in memory of the exaltation of our Savior's cross.

HOLYDAY
Ho"ly*day`, n.

1. A religious festival.

2. A secular festival; a holiday.

Note: Holiday is the preferable and prevailing spelling in the second sense. The spelling holy day or holyday in often used in the first sense.

HOLYSTONE
Ho"ly*stone`, n. (Naut.)

Defn: A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.
Totten.

HOLYSTONE
Ho"ly*stone`, v. t. (Naut.)

Defn: To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.

HOMACANTH
Hom"a*canth, a. Etym: [Homo + Gr. a spine.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; — said of certain fishes.

HOMAGE Hom"age, n. Etym: [OF.homage, homenage, F. hommage, LL. hominaticum, homenaticum, from L. homo a man, LL. also, a client, servant, vassal; akin to L. humus earth, Gr.groom in bridegroom. Cf. Bridegroom, Human.]

1. (Feud. Law)

Defn: A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign.

2. Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance. All things in heaven and earth do her [Law] homage. Hooker. I sought no homage from the race that write. Pope.

3. Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection. Chaucer.

Syn. — Fealty; submission; reverence; honor; respect. — Homage, Fealty. Homage was originally the act of a feudal tenant by which he declared himself, on his knees, to be the hommage or bondman of the lord; hence the term is used to denote reverential submission or respect. Fealty was originally the fidelity of such a tenant to his lord, and hence the term denotes a faithful and solemn adherence to the obligations we owe to superior power or authority. We pay our homage to men of preëminent usefulness and virtue, and profess our fealty to the principles by which they have been guided. Go, go with homage yon proud victors meet ! Go, lie like dogs beneath your masters' feet ! Dryden. Man, disobeying, Disloyal, breaks his fealty, and sins Against the high supremacy of heaven. Milton.

HOMAGE
Hom"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Homaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Homaging.]
Etym: [Cf. OF. hommager.]

1. To pay reverence to by external action. [R.]

2. To cause to pay homage. [Obs.] Cowley.

HOMAGEABLE
Hom"age*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. hommageable.]

Defn: Subject to homage. Howell.

HOMAGER
Hom"a*ger, n. Etym: [From Homage: cf. F. hommager.]

Defn: One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal. Bacon.

HOMALOGRAPHIC
Hom`a*lo*graph"ic, a.

Defn: Same as Homolographic.

HOMALOID; HOMALOIDAL
Hom"a*loid, Hom`a*loid"al, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Geom.)

Defn: Flat; even; — a term applied to surfaces and to spaces, whether real or imagined, in which the definitions, axioms, and postulates of Euclid respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true.

HOMARUS
Hom"a*rus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters.
— Hom"a*roid, a.

HOMATROPINE
Ho*mat"ro*pine, n. Etym: [Homo- + atropine.] (Med.)

Defn: An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose.

HOMAXONIAL
Hom`ax*o"ni*al, a. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. an axle, axis.] (Biol.)

Defn: Relating to that kind of homology or symmetry, the mathematical conception of organic form, in which all axes are equal. See under Promorphology.

HOME
Home, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Homelyn.

HOME Home (110), n. Etym: [OE. hom, ham, AS. ham; akin to OS. hem, D. & G. heim, Sw. hem, Dan. hiem, Icel. heimr abode, world, heima home, Goth. haims village, Lith. këmas, and perh. to Gr.hind a peasant; cf. Skr.ksh abode, place of rest, security, kshi to dwell.

1. One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one's family; also, one's birthplace. The disciples went away again to their own home. John xx. 10. Home is the sacred refuge of our life. Dryden. Home! home! sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home. Payne.

2. One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt. "Our old home [England]." Hawthorne.

3. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections. He entered in his house — his home no more, For without hearts there is no home. Byron.

4. The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat; as, the home of the pine. Her eyes are homes of silent prayer. Tennyson. Flandria, by plenty made the home of war. Prior.

5. A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul. Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets. Eccl. xii. 5.

6. (Baseball)

Defn: The home base; he started for home. At home.(a) At one's own house, or lodgings. (b) In one's own town or country; as, peace abroad and at home. (c) Prepared to receive callers. — Home department, the department of executive administration, by which the internal affairs of a country are managed. [Eng.] To be at home on any subject, to be conversant or familiar with it. — To feel at home, to be at one's ease. — To make one's self at home, to conduct one's self with as much freedom as if at home.

Syn.
— Tenement; house; dwelling; abode; domicile.

HOME
Home, a.

1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.

2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust. Home base (Baseball), the base at which the batsman stands and which is the last goal in making a run. — Home farm, grounds, etc., the farm, grounds, etc., adjacent to the residence of the owner. — Home lot, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home stands. [U. S.] — Home rule, rule or government of an appendent or dependent country, as to all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country; as, home rule in Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home- rule members of Parliament. — Home ruler, one who favors or advocates home rule. — Home run (Baseball), a complete circuit of the bases made before the batted ball is returned to the home base. — Home stretch (Sport.), that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post. — Home thrust, a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack.

HOME
Home, adv.

1. To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.

2. Close; closely.
How home the charge reaches us, has been made out. South.
They come home to men's business and bosoms. Bacon.

3. To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length; as, to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home. Wear thy good rapier bare and put it home. Shak.

Note: Home is often used in the formation of compound words, many of which need no special definition; as, home-brewed, home-built, home- grown, etc. To bring home. See under Bring. — To come home.(a) To touch or affect personally. See under Come. (b) (Naut.) To drag toward the vessel, instead of holding firm, as the cable is shortened; — said of an anchor. — To haul home the sheets of a sail (Naut.), to haul the clews close to the sheave hole. Totten.

HOMEBORN
Home"born`, a.

1. Native; indigenous; not foreign. Donne. Pope.

2. Of or pertaining to the home or family. Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness. Cowper.

HOME-BOUND
Home"-bound`, a.

Defn: Kept at home.

HOME-BRED
Home"-bred`, a.

1. Bred at home; domestic; not foreign. " Home-bred mischief." Milton. Benignity and home-bred sense. Wordsworth.

2. Not polished; rude; uncultivated. Only to me home-bred youths belong. Dryden.

HOME-COMING
Home-com`ing, n.

Defn: Return home. Kepeth this child, al be it foul or fayr, And eek my wyf, unto myn hoom-cominge. Chaucer.

HOME-DRIVEN
Home"-driv`en, a.

Defn: Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close.

HOME-DWELLING
Home"-dwell`ing, a.

Defn: Keeping at home.

HOME-FELT
Home"-felt`, a.

Defn: Felt in one's own breast; inward; private. "Home-felt quiet.
Pope.

HOMEFIELD
Home"field`, n.

Defn: Afield adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne.

HOME-KEEPING
Home"-keep`ing, a.

Defn: Staying at home; not gadding.
Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits. Shak.

HOME-KEEPING
Home"-keep`ing, n.

Defn: A staying at home.

HOMELESS
Home"less, a. Etym: [AS.hamleas.]

Defn: Destitute of a home.
— Home"less*ness, n.

HOMELIKE
Home"like`, a.

Defn: Like a home; comfortable; cheerful; cozy; friendly.

HOMELILY
Home"li*ly, adv.

Defn: Plainly; inelegantly. [R.]

HOMELINESS
Home"li*ness, n. Etym: [From Homely.]

1. Domesticity; care of home. [Obs.] "Wifely homeliness." Chaucer.

2. Familiarity; intimacy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.

4. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language. Addison.

HOMELING
Home"ling, n.

Defn: A person or thing belonging to a home or to a particular country; a native; as, a word which is a homeling. Trench.

HOMELY Home"ly, a. [Compar. Homelier; superl. Homeliest.] Etym: [From Home, n.]

1. Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate. [Archaic] With all these men I was right homely, and communed with, them long and oft. Foxe. Their homely joys, and destiny obscure. Gray.

2. Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners. Now Strephon daily entertains His Chloe in the homeliest strains. Pope.

3. Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; — contrary to handsome. None so homely but loves a looking-glass. South.

HOMELY
Home"ly, adv.

Defn: Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed. [R.] Spenser.

HOMELYN
Home"lyn, n. Etym: [Scot. hommelin.] (Zoöl)

Defn: The European sand ray (Raia maculata); — called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray.

HOMEMADE
Home"made`, a.

Defn: Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either in a private family or in one's own country. Locke.

HOMEOPATH
Ho"me*o*path, n. Etym: [Cf. F. homéopathe.]

Defn: A practitioner of homeopathy. [Written also homoeopath.]

HOMEOPATHIC
Ho`me*o*path"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. homéopathique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy. [Also homoepathic.]

HOMEOPATHICALLY
Ho`me*o*path"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: According to the practice of homeopathy. [Also homoepathically.]

HOMEOPATHIST
Ho`me*op"a*thist, n.

Defn: A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy. [Written also homoepathist.]

HOMEOPATHY
Ho*me*op"a*thy, n. Etym: [Gr. Same) + homéopathie. See Pathos.]
(Med.)

Defn: The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and its practice that disease is cured (tuto, cito, et jucunde) by remedies which produce on a healthy person effects similar to the symptoms of the complaint under which the patient suffers, the remedies being usually administered in minute doses. This system was founded by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, and is opposed to allopathy, or heteropathy. [Written also homoepathy.]

HOMER
Hom"er, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.

HOMER
Ho"mer, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Hoemother.

HOMER
Ho"mer, n. Etym: [Heb. khomer.]

Defn: A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts. [Written also chomer, gomer.]

HOMERIC
Ho*mer"ic, a. Etym: [L. Homericus, Gr.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer. Homeric verse, hexameter verse; — so called because used by Homer in his epics.

HOMESICK
Home"sick`, a.

Defn: Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition.
— Home"sick`ness, n.

HOME-SPEAKING
Home"-speak`ing, n.

Defn: Direct, forcible, and effective speaking. Milton.

HOMESPUN
Home"spun, a.

1. Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain. "Homespun country garbs." W. Irving.

2. Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. "Our homespun English proverb." Dryden. "Our homespun authors." Addison.

HOMESPUN
Home"spun, n.

1. Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.

2. An unpolished, rustic person. [Obs.] Shak.

HOMESTALL
Home"stall`, n. Etym: [AS. hamsteall.]

Defn: Place of a home; homestead. Cowper.

HOMESTEAD
Home"stead, n. Etym: [AS. hamstede.]

1. The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it. Dryden.

2. The home or seat of a family; place of origin. We can trace them back to a homestead on the Rivers Volga and Ural. W. Tooke.

3. (Law)

Defn: The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family. Homestead law. (a) A law conferring special privileges or exemptions upon owners of homesteads; esp., a law exempting a homestead from attachment or sale under execution for general debts. Such laws, with limitations as to the extent or value of the property, exist in most of the States. Called also homestead exemption law. (b) Also, a designation of an Act of Congress authorizing and regulating the sale of public lands, in parcels of 160 acres each, to actual settlers. [U.S.]

HOMESTEADER
Home"stead*er, n.

Defn: One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this manner. [Local, U.S.]

HOMEWARD
Home"ward, a.

Defn: Being in the direction of home; as, the homeward way.

HOMEWARD; HOMEWARDS
Home"ward, Home"wards, adv. Etym: [AS. hamweard.]

Defn: Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country. Homeward bound, bound for home; going homeward; as, the homeward bound fleet.

HOMICIDAL
Hom"i*ci`dal, a.

Defn: Pertaining to homicide; tending to homicide; murderous.

HOMICIDE
Hom"i*cide, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. homicidium, fr. homicida a man
slayer; homo man + caedere to cut, kill. See Homage, and cf. Concise,
Shed, v. t.]

1. The killing of one human being by another.

Note: Homicide is of three kinds: justifiable, as when the killing is performed in the exercise of a right or performance of a duty; excusable, as when done, although not as duty or right, yet without culpable or criminal intent; and felonious, or involving what the law terms malice; the latter may be either manslaughter or murder. Bouvier.

2. One who kills another; a manslayer. Chaucer. Shak.

HOMIFORM
Hom"i*form, a. Etym: [L. homo man + -form.]

Defn: In human form. [Obs.] Cudworth.

HOMILETE
Hom"i*lete, n.

Defn: A homilist.

HOMILETIC; HOMILETICAL
Hom`i*let"ic, Hom`i*let"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. homilétique. See
Homily.]

1. Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable. [R.] His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not those lazy, sullen ones of the cloister. Atterbury.

2. Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory.

HOMILETICS
Hom`i*let"ics, n. Etym: [Cf. F. homilétique.]

Defn: The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.

HOMILIST
Hom"i*list, n.

Defn: One who prepares homilies; one who preaches to a congregation.

HOMILITE
Hom"i*lite, n. Etym: [From Gr. (Min.)

Defn: A borosilicate of iron and lime, near datolite in form and composition.

HOMILY
Hom"i*ly, n.; pl. Homilies. Etym: [LL. homilia, Gr. homélie. See
Same.]

1. A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse. Shak.

2. A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life. As I have heard my father Deal out in his long homilies. Byron. Book of Homilies. A collection of authorized, printed sermons, to be read by ministers in churches, esp. one issued in the time of Edward VI., and a second, issued in the reign of Elizabeth; — both books being certified to contain a "godly and wholesome doctrine."

HOMING
Hom"ing, a.

Defn: Home-returning; — used specifically of carrier pigeons.

HOMINY Hom"i*ny, n. Etym: [From North American Indian auhúminea parched corn.]

Defn: Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water. [U.S.] [Written also homony.]

HOMISH
Hom"ish, a.

Defn: Like a home or a home circle.
Quiet, cheerful, homish hospital life. E. E. Hale.

HOMMOCK
Hom"mock, n.

Defn: A small eminence of a conical form, of land or of ice; a knoll; a hillock. See Hummock. Bartram.

HOMMOCKY
Hom"mock*y, a.

Defn: Filled with hommocks; piled in the form of hommocks; — said of ice.

HOMO-
Ho"mo-.

Defn: A combining form from Gr. "omo`s, one and the same, common, joint.

HOMOCATEGORIC
Ho`mo*cat`e*gor"ic, a. Etym: [Homo- + categoric.] (Biol.)

Defn: Belonging to the same category of individuality; — a morphological term applied to organisms so related.

HOMOCENTRIC
Ho`mo*cen"tric, a. Etym: [Gr. homocentrique.]

Defn: Having the same center.

HOMOCERCAL
Ho`mo*cer"cal, a. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; — opposed to heterocercal.

HOMOCERCY
Ho"mo*cer`cy, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The possession of a homocercal tail.

HOMOCEREBRIN
Ho`mo*cer`e*brin, n. Etym: [Homo- + rebrin.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: A body similar to, or identical with, cerebrin.

HOMOCHROMOUS
Ho`mo*chro"mous, a. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Having all the florets in the same flower head of the same color.

HOMODEMIC
Ho`mo*dem"ic, a. Etym: [Homo- + 1st deme, 2.] (Biol.)

Defn: A morphological term signifying development, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same unit deme or unit of the inferior orders of individuality.

HOMODERMIC
Ho`mo*der"mic, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Relating to homodermy; originating from the same germ layer.

HOMODERMY
Ho"mo*der`my, n. Etym: [Homo- + -derm.] (Biol.)

Defn: Homology of the germinal layers.

HOMODONT
Hom"o*dont, a. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: Having all the teeth similar in front, as in the porpoises; — opposed to heterodont.

HOMODROMAL; HOMODROMOUS
Ho*mod"ro*mal, Ho*mod"ro*mous, a. Etym: [Homo- + Gr.

1. (Bot.)

Defn: Running in the same direction; — said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.

2. (Mech.)

Defn: Moving in the same direction; — said of a lever or pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of the fulcrum or axis.

HOMODYNAMIC
Ho`mo*dy*nam"ic, a.

Defn: Homodynamous. Quain.

HOMODYNAMOUS
Ho`mo*dy"na*mous, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy; as, successive or homodynamous parts in plants and animals.

HOMODYNAMY
Ho`mo*dy"na*my, n. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: The homology of metameres. See Metamere. Gegenbaur.

HOMOEOMERIA
Ho`moe*o*me"ri*a, n. Etym: [L., from Gr.

Defn: The state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or first principles; likeness or identity of parts.

HOMOEOMERIC; HOMOEOMERICAL
Ho`moe*o*mer"ic, Ho`moe*o*mer"ic*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or characterized by, sameness of parts; receiving or advocating the doctrine of homogeneity of elements or first principles.

HOMOEOMEROUS
Ho`moe*om"er*ous, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciatic nerve; — said of certain birds.

HOMOEOMERY
Ho`moe*om"e*ry, n. Etym: [Gr. -metry.]

Defn: Same as Homoeomeria. [Obs.] Cudworth.

HOMOEOMORPHISM
Ho`moe*o*mor"phism, n. Etym: [See Homoeomorphous.]

Defn: A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See Isomorphism.

HOMOEOMORPHOUS
Ho`moe*o*mor"phous, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Manifesting homoeomorphism.

HOMOEOPATHIC; HOMOEOPATHIST; HOMOEOPATHY
Ho`moe*o*path"ic, a., Ho`moe*op"a*thist, n., Ho`moe*op"a*thy, n.

Defn: Same as Homeopathic, Homeopathist, Homeopathy.

HOMOEOTHERMAL
Ho`moe*o*ther"mal, a.

Defn: See Homoiothermal.

HOMOEOZOIC
Ho`moe*o*zo"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or including, similar forms or kinds of life; as, homoeozoic belts on the earth's surface. E. Forbes.

HOMOGAMOUS
Ho*mog"a*mous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Having all the flowers alike; — said of such composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels.

HOMOGAMY
Ho*mog"a*my, n. (Bot.)

Defn: The condition of being homogamous.

HOMOGANGLIATE
Ho`mo*gan"gli*ate, a. Etym: [Homo- + gangliate.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having the ganglia of the nervous system symmetrically arranged, as in certain invertebrates; — opposed to heterogangliate.

HOMOGENE
Ho"mo*gene, a. Etym: [Cf. F. homogène.]

Defn: Homogeneous. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

HOMOGENEAL
Ho`mo*ge"ne*al, a.

Defn: Homogeneous.

HOMOGENEALNESS
Ho`mo*ge"ne*al*ness, n.

Defn: Homogeneousness.

HOMOGENEITY
Ho`mo*ge*ne"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. homogénéité.]

Defn: Same as Homogeneousness.

HOMOGENEOUS
Ho`mo*ge"ne*ous, a. Etym: [Gr. homogène. See Same, and Kin.]

1. Of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature; — opposed to heterogeneous; as, homogeneous particles, elements, or principles; homogeneous bodies.

2. (Alg.)

Defn: Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial.

HOMOGENEOUSNESS
Ho`mo*ge"ne*ous*ness, n.

Defn: Sameness 9kind or nature; uniformity of structure or material.

HOMOGENESIS
Ho`mo*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Homo- + genesis.] (Biol.)

Defn: That method of reproduction in which the successive generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant, running through the same cycle of existence as the parent; gamogenesis; — opposed to heterogenesis.

HOMOGENETIC
Ho`mo*ge*net"ic, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Homogenous; — applied to that class of homologies which arise from similarity of structure, and which are taken as evidences of common ancestry.

HOMOGENOUS
Ho*mog"e*nous, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from a common progenitor with subsequent modification; homogenetic; — applied both to animals and plants. See Homoplastic.

HOMOGENY
Ho*mog"e*ny, n. Etym: [Gr.

1. Joint nature. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. (Biol.)

Defn: The correspondence of common descent; — a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing of a bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart in both are only in homoplasy with each other, these having arisen independently since the divergence of both groups from a univentricular ancestor.

HOMOGONOUS
Ho*mog"o*nous, a. Etym: [Gr. Homogeneous.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having all the flowers of a plant alike in respect to the stamens and pistils.

HOMOGONY
Ho*mog"o*ny, n. (Bot.)

Defn: The condition of having homogonous flowers.

HOMOGRAPH Hom"o*graph, n. Etym: [Gr. "omo`grafos with the same letters; "omo`s the same + gra`fein to write.] (Philol.)

Defn: One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful.

HOMOGRAPHIC
Ho`mo*graph"ic, a.

1. Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound; — said of certain methods of spelling words.

2. (Geom.)

Defn: Possessing the property of homography.

HOMOGRAPHY
Ho*mog"ra*phy, n.

1. That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other.

2. (Geom.)

Defn: A relation between two figures, such that to any point of the one corresponds one and but one point in the other, and vise versa. Thus, a tangent line rolling on a circle cuts two fixed tangents of the circle in two sets of points that are homographic.

HOMOIOPTOTON
Ho*moi`op*to"ton, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)

Defn: A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally.

HOMOIOTHERMAL
Ho*moi`o*ther"mal, a. Etym: [Gr. thermal.] (Physiol.)

Defn: Maintaining a uniform temperature; hæmatothermal; homothermic; — applied to warm-bodied animals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded (poikilothermal) animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium.

HOMOIOUSIAN Ho`moi*ou"si*an, n. Etym: [Gr. "o`moios + o'ysi`a the substance, being, essence.] (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: One of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held that the
Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with the
Father; — opposed to homoousian.

HOMOIOUSIAN
Ho`moi*ou"si*an, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Homoiousians, or their belief.

HOMOLOGATE
Ho*mol"o*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Homologated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Homologating.] Etym: [LL. homologatus, p.p. of homologare to
homologate; Gr. Homologous.] (Civ. Law)

Defn: To approve; to allow; to confirm; as, the court homologates a proceeding. Wheaton.

HOMOLOGATION
Ho*mol`o*ga"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. homologation.] (Civ. & Scots Law)

Defn: Confirmation or ratification (as of something otherwise null and void), by a court or a grantor.

HOMOLOGICAL
Ho`mo*log"ic*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to homology; having a structural affinity proceeding from, or base upon, that kind of relation termed homology. — Ho`mo*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

HOMOLOGINIC
Ho*mol`o*gin"ic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or characterized by, homology; as, homologinic qualities, or differences.

HOMOLOGIZE
Ho*mol"o*gize, v. t. (Biol.)

Defn: To determine the homologies or structural relations of.

HOMOLOGON
Ho*mol"o*gon, n. Etym: [NL.]

Defn: See Homologue.

HOMOLOGOUMENA
Hom`o*lo*gou"me*na, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Homologous.]

Defn: Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; — distinguished from antilegomena.

HOMOLOGOUS
Ho*mol"o*gous, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure. Especially: (a) (Geom.) Corresponding in relative position and proportion. In similar polygons, the corresponding sides, angles, diagonals, etc., are homologous. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ). (b) (Alg.)

Defn: Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion. (c) (Chem.) Characterized by homology; belonging to the same type or series; corresponding in composition and properties. See Homology,

3. (d) (Biol.) Being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that correspond in their structural relations, that is, in thier relations to the type structure of the fore limb in vertebrates. Homologous stimulus. (Physiol.) See under Stimulus.

HOMOLOGRAPHIC Hom`o*lo*graph"ic, a. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. graph + -ic; but cf. F. homalographique, Gr.

Defn: Preserving the mutual relations of parts, especially as to size and form; maintaining relative proportion. Homolographic projection, a method of constructing geographical charts or maps, so that the surfaces, as delineated on a plane, have the same relative size as the real surfaces; that is, so that the relative actual areas of the different countries are accurately represented by the corresponding portions of the map.

HOMOLOGUE
Hom"o*logue, n. Etym: [Cf. F. homologue. See Homologous.]

Defn: That which is homologous to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale.

HOMOLOGY
Ho*mol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. Homologous.]

1. The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons.

2. (Biol.)

Defn: Correspondence or relation in type of structure in contradistinction to similarity of function; as, the relation in structure between the leg and arm of a man; or that between the arm of a man, the fore leg of a horse, the wing of a bird, and the fin of a fish, all these organs being modifications of one type of structure.

Note: Homology indicates genetic relationship, and according to Haeckel special homology should be defined in terms of identity of embryonic origin. See Homotypy, and Homogeny.

3. (Chem.)

Defn: The correspondence or resemblance of substances belonging to the same type or series; a similarity of composition varying by a small, regular difference, and usually attended by a regular variation in physical properties; as, there is an homology between methane, CH4, ethane, C2H6, propane, C3H8, etc., all members of the paraffin series. In an extended sense, the term is applied to the relation between chemical elements of the same group; as, chlorine, bromine, and iodine are said to be in homology with each other. Cf. Heterology. General homology (Biol.), the higher relation which a series of parts, or a single part, bears to the fundamental or general type on which the group is constituted. Owen. — Serial homology (Biol.), representative or repetitive relation in the segments of the same organism, — as in the lobster, where the parts follow each other in a straight line or series. Owen. See Homotypy. — Special homology (Biol.), the correspondence of a part or organ with those of a different animal, as determined by relative position and connection. Owen.

HOMOMALLOUS
Ho*mom"al*lous, a. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Uniformly bending or curving to one side; — said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.

HOMOMORPHIC; HOMOMORPHOUS
Ho`mo*mor"phic, Ho`mo*mor"phous, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Characterized by homomorphism.

HOMOMORPHISM
Ho`mo*mor"phism, n. Etym: [See Homomorphous.]

1. (Biol.)

Defn: Same as Homomorphy.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: The possession, in one species of plants, of only one kind of flowers; — opposed to heteromorphism, dimorphism, and trimorphism.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The possession of but one kind of larvæ or young, as in most insects.

HOMOMORPHY
Ho"mo*mor`phy, n. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: Similarity of form; resemblance in external characters, while widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See Homophyly, Promorphology.

HOMONOMOUS
Ho*mon"o*mous, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to homonomy.

HOMONOMY
Ho*mon"o*my, n. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes. Haeckel.

HOMONYM
Hom"o*nym, n. Etym: [Cf. F. homonyme. See Homonymous.]

Defn: A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear. [Written also homonyme.]

HOMONYMOUS
Ho*mon"y*mous, a. Etym: [L. homonymus, Gr. name.]

1. Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; — opposed to heteronymous.

2. Having the same name or designation, but different meaning or relation; hence, equivocal; ambiguous.

HOMONYMOUSLY
Ho*mon"y*mous*ly, adv.

1. In an homonymous manner; so as to have the same name or relation.

2. Equivocally; ambiguously.

HOMONYMY
Ho*mon"y*my, n. Etym: [Gr. homonymie.]

1. Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations. Holland. Homonymy may be as well in place as in persons. Fuller.

2. Sameness of name or designation of things or persons which are different; ambiguity.

HOMOORGAN; HOMOOERGAN
Ho`mo*ör"gan. Etym: [Homo- + organ.]

Defn: Same as Homoplast.

HOMOOUSIAN
Ho`mo*ou"si*an, n. Etym: [Gr. (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: One of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene creed, and maintained that the Son had the same essence or substance with the Father; — opposed to homoiousian.

HOMOOUSIAN
Ho`mo*ou"si*an, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Homoousians, or to the doctrines they held.

HOMOPHONE
Hom"o*phone, n. Etym: [Cf. F. homophone. See Homophonous.]

1. A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another. Gliddon.

2. A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.

HOMOPHONIC; HOMOPHONOUS
Ho`mo*phon"ic, Ho*moph"o*nous, a. Etym: [Gr. homophone.]

1. (Mus.) (a) Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch; unisonous; monodic. (b) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody.

2. Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey.

HOMOPHONY
Ho*moph"o*ny, n. Etym: [Gr. homophonie.]

1. Sameness of sound.

2. (Mus.) (a) Sameness of sound; unison. (b) Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See Homophonous.

HOMOPHYLIC
Ho`mo*phyl"ic, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Relating to homophily.

HOMOPHYLY
Ho*moph"y*ly, n. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting. Haeckel.

HOMOPLASMY
Ho"mo*plas`my, n. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: Resemblance between different plants or animals, in external shape, in general habit, or in organs, which is not due to descent from a common ancestor, but to similar surrounding circumstances.

HOMOPLAST
Hom"o*plast, n. (Biol.)

Defn: One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel; — also called homoörgan.

HOMOPLASTIC
Ho`mo*plas"tic, a. Etym: [Homo- + plastic.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to homoplasty; as, homoplasticorgans; homoplastic forms.

HOMOPLASTY
Ho"mo*plas`ty, n. Etym: [Homo- + plasty.] (Biol.)

Defn: The formation of homologous tissues.

HOMOPLASY
Ho*mop"la*sy, n. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: See Homogeny.

HOMOPOLIC
Ho`mo*pol"ic, a. Etym: [Homo- + pole.] (Biol.)

Defn: In promorphology, pertaining to or exhibiting that kind of organic form, in which the stereometric ground form is a pyramid, with similar poles. See Promorphology.

HOMOPTER
Ho*mop"ter, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Homoptera.

HOMOPTERA
Ho*mop"te*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A suborder of Hemiptera, in which both pairs of wings are similar in texture, and do not overlap when folded, as in the cicada. See Hemiptera.

HOMOPTERAN
Ho*mop"ter*an, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An homopter.

HOMOPTEROUS
Ho*mop"ter*ous, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Homoptera.

HOMOSTYLED
Ho"mo*styled, a. Etym: [Homo- + style.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having only one form of pistils; — said of the flowers of some plants. Darwin.

HOMOSYSTEMIC
Ho`mo*sys*tem"ic, a. Etym: [Homo- + systemic.] (Biol.)

Defn: Developing, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same embryonic systems into which the secondary unit (gastrula or plant enbryo) differentiates.

HOMOTAXIA
Ho`mo*tax"i*a, n. Etym: [NL.]

Defn: Same as Homotaxis.

HOMOTAXIAL; HOMOTAXIC
Ho`mo*tax"i*al, Ho`mo*tax"ic, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Relating to homotaxis.

HOMOTAXIS
Ho`mo*tax"is, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: Similarly in arrangement of parts; — the opposite of heterotaxy.

HOMOTAXY
Ho"mo*tax`y, n.

Defn: Same as Homotaxis.

HOMOTHERMIC; HOMOTHERMOUS
Ho`mo*ther"mic, Ho`mo*ther"mous, a. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Physiol.)

Defn: Warm-blooded; homoiothermal; hæmatothermal.

HOMOTONOUS
Ho*mot"o*nous, a. Etym: [L. homotonus, Gr.

Defn: Of the same tenor or tone; equable; without variation.

HOMOTROPAL; HOMOTROPOUS
Ho*mot"ro*pal, Ho*mot"ro*pous, a. Etym: [Gr. homotrope.]

1. Turned in the same direction with something else.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Having the radicle of the seed directed towards the hilum.

HOMOTYPAL
Ho"mo*ty`pal, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype; as, homotypal parts.

HOMOTYPE
Hom"o*type, n. Etym: [Homo- + -type.] (Biol.)

Defn: That which has the same fundamental type of structure with something else; thus, the right arm is the homotype of the right leg; one arm is the homotype of the other, etc. Owen.

HOMOTYPIC; HOMOTYPICAL
Ho`mo*typ"ic, Ho`mo*typ"ic*al, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Same as Homotypal.

HOMOTYPY
Ho"mo*ty`py, n. Etym: [See Homotype.] (Biol.)

Defn: A term suggested by Haeckel to be instead of serial homology.
See Homotype.

HOMUNCULUS
Ho*mun"cu*lus, n.; pl. Homunculi. Etym: [L., dim. of homo man.]

Defn: A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. Sterne.

HOND
Hond, n.

Defn: Hand. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HONE
Hone, v. i. Etym: [Etymology uncertain. sq. root37.]

Defn: To pine; to lament; to long. Lamb.

HONE
Hone, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. h a knob.]

Defn: A kind of swelling in the cheek.

HONE Hone, n. Etym: [AS. han; akin to Icel. hein, OSw. hen; cf. Skr. ç\'be, also ç\'d3, çi, to sharpen, and E. cone. sq. root38, 228.]

Defn: A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone. Tusser. Hone slateSee Polishing slate. — Hone stone, one of several kinds of stone used for hones. See Novaculite.

HONE
Hone, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Honed; p]. pr. & vb. n. Honing.]

Defn: To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.

HONEST Hon"est, a. Etym: [OE. honest, onest, OF. honeste, oneste, F. honnête, L. honestus, fr. honos, honor, honor. See Honor.]

1. Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. Chaucer. Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching! Shak.

2. Characterized by integrity or fairness and straightas, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession. An honest man's the noblest work of God. Pope. An honest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health. Sir W. Temple. Look ye out among you seven men of honest report. Acts vi. 3. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. Rom. xii. 17.

3. Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.

4. Chaste; faithfuk; virtuous. Wives may be merry, and yet honest too. Shak.

Syn. — Upright; ingenuous; honorable; trusty; faithful; equitable; fair; just; rightful; sincere; frank; candid; genuine.

HONEST
Hon"est, v. t. Etym: [L. honestare to clothe or adorn with honor: cf.
F. honester. See Honest, a.]

Defn: To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable. [Obs.] Abp. Sandys.

HONESTATION
Hon`es*ta"tion, n.

Defn: The act of honesting; grace; adornment. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

HONESTETEE
Ho*nes"te*tee, n.

Defn: Honesty; honorableness. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HONESTLY
Hon"est*ly, adv.

1. Honorably; becomingly; decently. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. In an honest manner; as, a contract honestly made; to live honestly; to speak honestly. Shak. To come honestly by. (a) To get honestly. (b) A circumlocution for to inherit; as, to come honestly by a feature, a mental trait, a peculiarity.

HONESTY Hon"es*ty, n. Etym: [OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF. honesté, onesté (cf. F. honnêteté), L. honestas. See Honest, a.]

1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency. [Obs.] Chaucer. She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness. Shak.

2. The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile. That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 1 Tim. ii. 2.

3. Chastity; modesty. Chaucer. To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. Shak.

4. (Bot.)

Defn: Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; — called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty.

Syn. — Integrity; probity; uprightness; trustiness; faithfulness; honor; justice; equity; fairness; candor; plain-dealing; veracity; sincerity.

HONEWORT
Hone"wort`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S.Amomum); — so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.

HONEY
Hon"ey, n. Etym: [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS. honeg, D. &
G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw. håning, Dan. honning,
cf. Gr. kaa grain.]

1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.

2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey. The honey of his language. Shak.

3. Sweet one; — a term of endearment. Chaucer. Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. Shak.

Note: Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust. Honey ant (Zoöl.), a small ant (Myrmecocystus melliger), found in the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico, living in subterranean formicares. There are larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others, which serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant. These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and feed the rest. — Honey badger (Zoöl.), the ratel. — Honey bear. (Zoöl.) See Kinkajou. — Honey buzzard (Zoöl.), a bird related to the kites, of the genus Pernis. The European species is P. apivorus; the Indian or crested honey buzzard is P. ptilorhyncha. They feed upon honey and the larvæ of bees. Called also bee hawk, bee kite. — Honey creeper (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of small, bright, colored, passerine birds of the family Coerebidæ, abundant in Central and South America. — Honey easter (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family Meliphagidæ, abundant in Australia and Oceania; - - called also honeysucker. — Honey flower (Bot.), an evergreen shrub of the genus Melianthus, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey. — Honey guide (Zoöl.), one of several species of small birds of the family Indicatoridæ, inhabiting Africa and the East Indies. They have the habit of leading persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also honeybird, and indicator. — Honey harvest, the gathering of honey from hives, or the honey which is gathered. Dryden. — Honey kite. (Zoöl.) See Honey buzzard (above). — Honey locust (Bot.), a North American tree (Gleditschia triacanthos), armed with thorns, and having long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds. — Honey month. Same as Honeymoon. — Honey weasel (Zoöl.), the ratel.

HONEY
Hon"ey, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Honeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Honeying.]

Defn: To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn. "Honeying and making love." Shak. Rough to common men, But honey at the whisper of a lord. Tennyson.

HONEY
Hon"ey, v. t.

Defn: To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey.
Canst thou not honey me with fluent speech Marston.

HONEY-BAG
Hon"ey-bag`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The receptacle for honey in a honeybee. Shak. Grew.

HONEYBEE
Hon"ey*bee`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any bee of the genus Apis, which lives in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee (Apis mellifica), the Italian bee (A. ligustica), and the Arabiab bee (A. fasciata). The two latter are by many entomologists considered only varieties of the common hive bee. Each swarm of bees consists of a large number of workers (barren females), with, ordinarily, one queen or fertile female, but in the swarming season several young queens, and a number of males or drones, are produced.

HONEYBERRY Hon"ey*ber`ry, n.; pl. -berries. The fruit of either of two trees having sweetish berries: (a) An Old World hackberry (Celtis australis). (b) In the West Indies, the genip (Melicocca bijuga).

HONEYBIRD
Hon"ey*bird`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The honey guide.

HONEYCOMB
Hon"ey*comb`, n. Etym: [AS. hunigcamb. See Honey, and 1st Comb.]

1. A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs.

2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb. Honeycomb moth (Zoöl.), the wax moth. — Honeycomb stomach. (Anat.) See Reticulum.

HONEYCOMBED
Hon"ey*combed`, a.

Defn: Formed or perforated like a honeycomb.
Each bastion was honeycombed with casements. Motley.

HONEYDEW
Hon"ey*dew`, n.

1. A sweet, saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and other plants in small drops, like dew. Two substances have been called by this name; one exuded from the plants, and the other secreted by certain insects, esp. aphids.

2. A kind of tobacco moistened with molasses.

HONEYED
Hon"eyed, a.

1. Covered with honey.

2. Sweet, as, honeyed words. Milton.

HONEYLESS
Hon"ey*less, a.

Defn: Destitute of honey. Shak.

HONEYMOON
Hon"ey*moon`, n.

Defn: The first month after marriage. Addison.

HONEY-MOUTHED
Hon"ey-mouthed`, a.

Defn: Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive. Shak.

HONEYSTONE
Hon"ey*stone`, n.

Defn: See Mellite.

HONEYSUCKER
Hon"ey*suck`er, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Honey eater, under Honey.

HONEYSUCKLE
Hon"ey*suc`kle, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. hunis privet. See Honey, and Suck.]
(Bot.)

Defn: One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance.

Note: The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus Lonicera; as, L. Caprifolium, and L. Japonica, the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds; L. Periclymenum, the fragrant woodbine of England; L. grata, the American woodbine, and L. sempervirens, the red-flowered trumpet honeysuckle. The European fly honeysuckle is L. Xylosteum; the American, L. ciliata. The American Pinxter flower (Azalea nudiflora) is often called honeysuckle, or false honeysuckle. The name Australian honeysuckle is applied to one or more trees of the genus Banksia. See French honeysuckle, under French.

HONEYSUCKLED
Hon"ey*suc`kled, a.

Defn: Covered with honeysuckles.

HONEY-SWEET
Hon"ey-sweet`, a.

Defn: Sweet as honey. Chaucer.

HONEY-TONGUED
Hon"ey-tongued`, a.

Defn: Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak.

HONEYWARE
Hon"ey*ware`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: See Badderlocks.

HONEYWORT
Hon"ey*wort`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A European plant of the genus Cerinthe, whose flowers are very attractive to bees. Loudon.

HONG Hong, n. Etym: [Chinese hang, Canton dialect hong, a mercantile house, factory.]

Defn: A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a common passage and used for business or storage. Hong merchant, one of the few Chinese merchants who, previous to the treaty of 1842, formed a guild which had the exclusive privilege of trading with foreigners.

HONG
Hong, v. t. & i.

Defn: To hang. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HONIED
Hon"ied, a.

Defn: See Honeyed.

HONITON LACE
Hon"i*ton lace`

Defn: . A kind of pillow lace, remarkable for the beauty of its figures; — so called because chiefly made in Honiton, England.

HONK
Honk, n. Etym: [Of imitative origin.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The cry of a wild goose.
— Honk"ing, n.

HONOR
Hon"or, n. Etym: [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor, onor,
honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor, honos.]
[Written also honour.]

1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence. A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country. Matt. xiii. 57.

2. That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity; uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity. If she have forgot Honor and virtue. Shak. Godlike erect, with native honor clad. Milton.

3. A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege. Say, what is honor 'T is the finest sense Of justice which the human mind can frame, Intent each lurking frailty to disclaim, And guard the way of life from all offense Suffered or done. Wordsworth. I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. Lovelace.

4. That to which esteem or consideration is paid; distinguished position; high rank. "Restored me to my honors." Shak. I have given thee . . . both riches, and honor. 1 Kings iii. 13. Thou art clothed with honor and majesty. Ps. civ. 1.

5. Fame; reputation; credit. Some in theiractions do woo, and affect honor and reputation. Bacon. If my honor is meant anything distinct from conscience, 't is no more than a regard to the censure and esteem of the world. Rogers.

6. A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on his breast; military honors; civil honors. "Their funeral honors." Dryden.

7. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation.

8. A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor. See Note under Honorable.

9. (Feud. Law)

Defn: A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended. Cowell.

10. pl.

Defn: Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as, honors in classics.

11. pl. (Whist)

Defn: The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors. R. A. Proctor. Affair of honor, a dispute to be decided by a duel, or the duel itself. — Court of honor, a court or tribunal to investigate and decide questions relating to points of honor; as a court of chivalry, or a military court to investigate acts or omissions which are unofficerlike or ungentlemanly in their nature. — Debt of honor, a debt contracted by a verbal promise, or by betting or gambling, considered more binding than if recoverable by law. — Honor bright! An assurance of truth or fidelity. [Colloq.] — Honor court (Feudal Law), one held in an honor or seignory. — Honor point. (Her.) See Escutcheon. — Honors of war (Mil.), distinctions granted to a vanquished enemy, as of marching out from a camp or town armed, and with colors flying. — Law, or Code, of honor, certain rules by which social intercourse is regulated among persons of fashion, and which are founded on a regard to reputation. Paley. — Maid of honor, a lady of rank, whose duty it is to attend the queen when she appears in public. — On one's honor, on the pledge of one's honor; as, the members of the House of Lords in Great Britain, are not under oath, but give their statements or verdicts on their honor. — Point of honor, a scruple or nice distinction in matters affecting one's honor; as, he raised a point of honor. — To do the honors, to bestow honor, as on a guest; to act as host or hostess at an entertainment. "To do the honors and to give the word." Pope. — To do one honor, to confer distinction upon one. — To have the honor, to have the privilege or distinction. — Word of honor, an engagement confirmed by a pledge of honor.

HONOR
Hon"or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Honored; p. pr. & vb. n. Honoring.] Etym:
[OE. honouren, onouren, OF. honorer, honourer, F. honorer, fr. L.
honorare, fr. honor, n.]

1. To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used of the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship. Honor thy father and thy mother. Ex. xx. 12. That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. John v. 23. It is a custom More honor'd in the breach than the observance. Shak.

2. To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to bestow honor upon; to elevate in rank or station; to ennoble; to exalt; to glorify; hence, to do something to honor; to treat in a complimentary manner or with civility. Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighten to honor. Esther vi. 9. The name of Cassius honors this corruption. Shak.

3. (Com.)

Defn: To accept and pay when due; as, to honora bill of exchange.

HONORABLE
Hon"or*a*ble, a. Etym: [F. honorable, L. honorabilis.]

1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak.

2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.

3. Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive. Is this proceeding just and honorable Shak.

4. Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds. Honorable wounds from battle brought. Dryden.

5. Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude. Marriage is honorable in all. Heb. xiii. 4.

6. Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; an honorable burial.

7. Of reputable association or use; respectable. Let her descend: my chambers are honorable. Shak.

8. An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman.

Note: Honorable is a title of quality, conferred by English usage upon the younger children of earls and all the children of viscounts and barons. The maids of honor, lords of session, and the supreme judges of England and Ireland are entitled to the prefix. In American usage, it is a title of courtesy merely, bestowed upon those who hold, or have held, any of the higher public offices, esp. governors, judges, members of Congress or of the Senate, mayors. Right honorable. See under Right.

HONORABLENESS
Hon"or*a*ble*ness, n.

1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction.

2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.

HONORABLY
Hon"or*a*bly, adv.

1. In an honorable manner; in a manner showing, or consistent with,
honor.
The reverend abbot . . . honorably received him. Shak.
Why did I not more honorably starve Dryden.

2. Decently; becomingly. [Obs.] "Do this message honorably." Shak.

Syn. — Magnanimously; generously; nobly; worthily; justly; equitably; fairly; reputably.

HONORARIUM; HONORARY Hon`o*ra"ri*um, Hon"or*a*ry, n. Etym: [L. honorarium (sc. donum), fr. honorarius. See Honorary, a.]

1. A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars. S. Longfellow.

2. (Law)

Defn: An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price. Heumann.

HONORARY Hon"or*a*ry, a. Etym: [L. honorarius, fr. honor honor: cf. F. honoraire.]

1. Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services. Macaulay.

2. Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without emolument; as, an honorary degree. "Honorary arches." Addison.

3. Holding a title or place without rendering service or receiving reward; as, an honorary member of a society.

HONORER
Hon"or*er, n.

Defn: One who honors.

HONORIFIC
Hon`or*if"ic, a. Etym: [See Honor, -fy, and -ic.]

Defn: Conferring honor; tending to honor. London. Spectator.

HONORLESS
Hon"or*less, a.

Defn: Destitute of honor; not honored. Bp. Warburton.

HONT
Hont, n. & v.

Defn: See under Hunt. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HONVED
Hon"véd, n. [Hung. honved; hon home + ved defense.]

1. The Hungarian army in the revolutionary war of 1848-49.

2. = Honvédség.

HONVEDSEG Hon"véd*ség`, n. [Hung. honvedseg; honved + seg, an abstract or collective suffix.] (Hungary)

Defn: See Army organization, above.

HOO
Hoo, interj.

1. See Ho. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Hurrah! — an exclamation of triumphant joy. Shak.

-HOOD -hood. Etym: [OE. hod, had, hed, hede, etc., person, rank, order, condition, AS. had; akin to OS. hed, OHG. heit, G. -heit, D. -heid, Goth. haidus manner; cf. Skr. ketu brightness, cit to appear, be noticeable, notice. sq. root217. Cf. -head.]

Defn: A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character, totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form - head.

HOOD
Hood, n. Etym: [OE. hood, hod, AS. hod; akin to D. hoed hat, G. hut,
OHG. huot, also to E. hat, and prob. to E. heed. sq. root13.]

1. State; condition. [Obs.] How could thou ween, through that disguised hood To hide thy state from being understood Spenser.

2. A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment; especially: (a) A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed. (b) A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl. "All hoods make not monks." Shak. (c) A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure. (d) An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood. (e) A covering for a horse's head. (f) (Falconry) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon.

3. Anything resembling a hood in form or use; as: (a) The top or head of a carriage. (b) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind. (c) A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue. (d) The top of a pump. (e) (Ord.) A covering for a mortar. (f) (Bot.) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; — called also helmet. Gray. (g) (Naut.) A covering or porch for a companion hatch.

4. (Shipbuilding)

Defn: The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.

HOOD
Hood, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hooding.]

1. To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage. The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. Pope.

2. To cover; to hide; to blind. While grace is saying, I'll hood mine eyes Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, "Amen." Shak. Hooding end (Shipbuilding), the end of a hood where it enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.

HOODCAP
Hood"cap`, n.

Defn: See Hooded seal, under Hooded.

HOODED
Hood"ed, a.

1. Covered with a hood.

2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.

3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.

4. (Zoöl.) (a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; — said of birds. (b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake. Hooded crow, a European crow (Corvus cornix); — called also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow. — Hooded gull, the European black-headed pewit or gull. — Hooded merganser. See Merganser. — Hooded seal, a large North Atlantic seal (Cystophora cristata). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac upon the head. Called also hoodcap. — Hooded sheldrake, the hooded merganser. See Merganser. — Hooded snake. See Cobra de capello, Asp, Haje, etc. — Hooded warbler, a small American warbler (Sylvania mitrata).

HOODLESS
Hood"less, a.

Defn: Having no hood.

HOODLUM
Hood"lum, n.

Defn: A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow. [Colloq. U.S.]

HOODMAN
Hood"man, n.

Defn: The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind. [Obs.]
Shak.

HOODMAN-BLIND
Hood"man-blind`, n.

Defn: An old term for blindman's buff. Shak.

HOOD MOLDING; HOOD MOULDING
Hood" mold`ing Hood" mould`ing. (Arch.)

Defn: A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; — called also hood mold.

HOODOO
Hoo"doo, n. Etym: [Perh. a var. of voodoo.]

Defn: One who causes bad luck. [Colloq.]

HOODWINK
Hood"wink, v. t. Etym: [Hood + wink.]

1. To blind by covering the eyes. We will blind and hoodwink him. Shak.

2. To cover; to hide. [Obs.] Shak.

3. To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon. "Hoodwinked with kindness." Sir P. Sidney.

HOODY
Hood"y, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The hooded crow; also, in Scotland, the hooded gull.

HOOF
Hoof, n.; pl. Hoofs, very rarely Hooves. Etym: [OE. hof, AS. hof;
akin to D. hoef, G1huf, OHG. huof, Icel. hofr, Sw. hof, Dan. hov; cf.
Russ. kopuito, Skr. çapha. sq. root225.]

1. The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc. On burnished hooves his war horse trode. Tennyson.

2. A hoofed animal; a beast. Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind. Ex. x. 26.

3. (Geom.)

Defn: See Ungula.

HOOF
Hoof, v. i.

1. To walk as cattle. [R.] William Scott.

2. To be on a tramp; to foot. [Slang, U.S.] To hoof it, to foot it.

HOOFBOUND
Hoof"bound`, a. (Far.)

Defn: Having a dry and contracted hoof, which occasions pain and lameness.

HOOFED
Hoofed, a.

Defn: Furnished with hoofs. Grew.

HOOFLESS
Hoof"less, a.

Defn: Destitute of hoofs.

HOOK
Hook, n. Etym: [OE. hok, AS. hoc; cf. D. haak, G. hake, haken, OHG.
hako, hago, haggo, Icel. haki, Sw. hake, Dan. hage. Cf. Arquebuse,
Hagbut, Hake, Hatch a half door, Heckle.]

1. A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.

2. That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

3. An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook. Like slashing Bentley with his desperate hook. Pope.

4. (Steam Engin.)

Defn: See Eccentric, and V-hook.

5. A snare; a trap. [R.] Shak.

6. A field sown two years in succession. [Prov. Eng.]

7. pl.

Defn: The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; — called also hook bones. By hook or by crook, one way or other; by any means, direct or indirect. Milton. "In hope her to attain by hook or crook." Spenser. — Off the hooks, unhinged; disturbed; disordered. [Colloq.] "In the evening, by water, to the Duke of Albemarle, whom I found mightly off the hooks that the ships are not gone out of the river." Pepys. — On one's own hook, on one's own account or responsibility; by one's self. [Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett. — To go off the hooks, to die. [Colloq.] Thackeray. — Bid hook, a small boat hook. — Chain hook. See under Chain. — Deck hook, a horizontal knee or frame, in the bow of a ship, on which the forward part of the deck rests. — Hook and eye, one of the small wire hooks and loops for fastening together the opposite edges of a garment, etc. — Hook bill (Zoöl.), the strongly curved beak of a bird. — Hook ladder, a ladder with hooks at the end by which it can be suspended, as from the top of a wall. — Hook motion (Steam Engin.), a valve gear which is reversed by V hooks. — Hook squid, any squid which has the arms furnished with hooks, instead of suckers, as in the genera Enoploteuthis and Onychteuthis. — Hook wrench, a wrench or spanner, having a hook at the end, instead of a jaw, for turning a bolthead, nut, or coupling.

HOOK
Hook, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooked; p. pr. & vb. n. Hooking.]

1. To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout. Hook him, my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice. W. Collins.

2. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.

3. To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.] To hook on, to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook.

HOOK
Hook, v. i.

Defn: To bend; to curve as a hook.

HOOKAH Hook"ah, n. Etym: [Per. or Ar. huqqa a round box or casket, a bottle through which the fumes pass when smoking tobacco.]

Defn: A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water.

HOOK-BILLED
Hook"-billed`, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having a strongly curved bill.

HOOKED
Hooked, a.

1. Having the form of a hookl curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird.

2. Provided with a hook or hooks. "The hooked chariot." Milton.

HOOKEDNESS
Hook"ed*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.

HOOKER
Hook"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, hooks.

2. (Naut.) (a) A Dutch vessel with two masts. (b) A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland. (c) A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.

HOOKE'S GEARING
Hooke's" gear"ing. Etym: [So called from the inventor.] (Mach.)

Defn: Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.

HOOKE'S JOINT
Hooke's joint. Etym: [So called from the inventor.] (Mach.)

Defn: A universal joint. See under Universal.

HOOKEY
Hook"ey, n.

Defn: See Hockey.

HOOKLET
Hook"let, n.

Defn: A little hook.

HOOK-NOSED
Hook"-nosed`, a.

Defn: Having a hooked or aquiline nose. Shak.

HOOKY
Hook"y, a.

Defn: Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.

HOOL
Hool, a.

Defn: Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HOOLOCK
Hoo"lock, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small black gibbon (Hylobates hoolock), found in the mountains of Assam.

HOOM
Hoom, n.

Defn: Home. Chaucer.

HOONOOMAUN
Hoo"noo*maun, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An Indian monkey. See Entellus. [Written also hoonuman.]

HOOP
Hoop, n. Etym: [OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.]

1. A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc.

2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.

3. A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline; — used chiefly in the plural. Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of whale. Pope.

4. A quart pot; — so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops. [Obs.]

5. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks. [Eng.] Halliwell. Bulge hoop, Chine hoop, Quarter hoop, the hoop nearest the middle of a cask, that nearest the end, and the intermediate hoop between these two, respectively. — Flat hoop, a wooden hoop dressed flat on both sides. — Half-round hoop, a wooden hoop left rounding and undressed on the outside. — Hoop iron, iron in thin narrow strips, used for making hoops. — Hoop lock, the fastening for uniting the ends of wooden hoops by notching and interlocking them. — Hoop skirt, a framework of hoops for expanding the skirts of a woman's dress; — called also hoop petticoat. — Hoop snake (Zoöl.), a harmless snake of the Southern United States (Abaster erythrogrammus); — so called from the mistaken notion that it curves itself into a hoop, taking its tail into its mouth, and rolls along with great velocity. — Hoop tree (Bot.), a small West Indian tree (Melia sempervirens), of the Mahogany family.

HOOP
Hoop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Hooping.]

1. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.

2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. Shak.

HOOP Hoop, v. i. Etym: [OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout; — a hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in calling. Cf. Whoop.]

1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written whoop.]

2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop. Hooping cough. (Med.) See Whooping cough.

HOOP
Hoop, v. t. Etym: [Written also whoop.]

1. To drive or follow with a shout. "To be hooped out of Rome." Shak.

2. To call by a shout or peculiar cry.

HOOP
Hoop, n.

1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.

HOOPER
Hoop"er, n. Etym: [See 1st Hoop.]

Defn: One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.

HOOPER
Hoop"er, n. (Zoöl.) Etym: [So called from its note.]

Defn: The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); — called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk.

HOOPOE; HOOPOO Hoop"oe, Hoop"oo, n. Etym: [So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa, Gr. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A European bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera.

HOOSIER
Hoo"sier, n.

Defn: A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana.
[U.S.]

HOOSIER STATE
Hoo"sier State.

Defn: Indiana; — a nickname of obscure origin.

HOOT Hoot, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hooting.] Etym: [OE. hoten, houten, huten; cf. OSw. huta, Sw. huta ut to take one up sharply, fr. Sw. hut interj., begone! cf. also W. hwt off! off with it! away! hoot!]

1. To cry out or shout in contempt. Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more. Dryden.

2. To make the peculiar cry of an owl. The clamorous owl that nightly hoots. Shak.

HOOT
Hoot, v. t.

Defn: To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with
derisive shouts.
Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat. Swift.

HOOT
Hoot, n.

1. A derisive cry or shout. Glanvill.

2. The cry of an owl. Hoot owl (Zoöl.), the barred owl (Syrnium nebulosum). See Barred owl.

HOOVE
Hoove, n. Etym: [Allied to heave, hove.]

Defn: A disease in cattle consisting in inflammation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food; tympany; bloating.

HOOVEN; HOVEN
Hoov"en, Ho"ven, a.

Defn: Affected with hoove; as, hooven, or hoven, cattle.

HOP
Hop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Hopping.] Etym: [OE.
hoppen to hop, leap, dance, AS. hoppian; akin to Icel. & Sw. hoppa,
Dan. hoppe, D. huppelen, G. hüpfen.]

1. To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do. [Birds] hopping from spray to spray. Dryden.

2. To walk lame; to limp; to halt. Dryden.

3. To dance. Smollett.

HOP
Hop, n.

1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.

2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.] Hop, skip (or step), and jump, a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession. Addison.

HOP Hop, n. Etym: [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G. hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel. humall, SW. & Dan. humle.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).

2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.

3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip. Hop back. (Brewing) See under
1st Back.
— Hop clover (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads like
hops in miniature (Trifolium agrarium, and T. procumbens).
— Hop flea (Zoöl.), a small flea beetle (Haltica concinna), very
injurious to hops.
— Hop fly (Zoöl.), an aphid (Phorodon humuli), very injurious to
hop vines.
— Hop froth fly (Zoöl.), an hemipterous insect (Aphrophora
interrupta), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage
to hop vines.
— Hop hornbeam (Bot.), an American tree of the genus Ostrya
(O.Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species (O.
vulgaris).
— Hop moth (Zoöl.), a moth (Hypena humuli), which in the larval
state is very injurious to hop vines.
— Hop picker, one who picks hops.
— Hop pole, a pole used to support hop vines.
— Hop tree (Bot.), a small American tree (Ptelia trifoliata),
having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a
substitute for hops.
— Hop vine (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.

HOP
Hop, v. t.

Defn: To impregnate with hops. Mortimer.

HOP
Hop, v. i.

Defn: To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]

HOPBINE; HOPBIND
Hop"bine`, Hop"bind`, n.

Defn: The climbing stem of the hop. Blackstone.

HOPE
Hope, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. hop a small bay or inlet.]

1. A sloping plain between mountain ridges. [Obs.]

2. A small bay; an inlet; a haven. [Scot.] Jamieson.

HOPE Hope, n. Etym: [AS., akin to D. hoop, hope, Sw. hopp, Dan. haab, MHG. hoffe. Hope in forlorn hope is different word. See Forlorn hope, under Forlorn.]

1. A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy. The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job vii. 13. He wished, but not with hope. Milton. New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven. Keble.

2. One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good. The Lord will be the hope of his people. Joel iii. 16. A young gentleman of great hopes, whose love of learning was highly commendable. Macaulay.

3. That which is hoped for; an object of hope. Lavina is thine elder brother's hope. Shak.

HOPE
Hope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hoped; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoping.] Etym: [AS.
hopian; akin to D. hopen, Sw. hopp, Dan. haabe, G. hoffen. See 2nd
Hope.]

1. To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; — usually followed by for. "Hope for good success." Jer. Taylor. But I will hope continually. Ps. lxxi. 14.

2. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; — usually followed by in. "I hope in thy word." Ps. cxix. 81. Why art thou cast down, O my soul and why art thou disquieted within me Hope thou in God. Ps. xlii. 11.

HOPE
Hope, v. t.

1. To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of. We hope no other from your majesty. Shak. [Charity] hopeth all things. 1 Cor. xiii. 7.

2. To expect; to fear. [Obs.] "I hope he will be dead." Chaucer.

Note: Hope is often used colloquially regarding uncertainties, with no reference to the future. "I hope she takes me to be flesh and blood." Mrs. Centlivre.

HOPEFUL
Hope"ful, a.

1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope;
expectant.
Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited.
Hooker.

2. Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect. "Hopeful scholars." Addison. — Hope"ful*ly, adv. — Hope"ful*ness, n.

HOPEITE
Hope"ite, n. Etym: [Named after Professor Hope, of Edinburgh.] (Min.)

Defn: A hydrous phosphate of zinc in transparent prismatic crystals.

HOPELESS
Hope"less, a.

1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. Shak.

2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause. The hopelessword of "never to return" Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life. Shak.

3. Unhoped for; despaired of. [Obs.] Marston.
— Hope"less*ly, adv.
— Hope"less*ness, n.

HOPER
Hop"er, n.

Defn: One who hopes. Swift.

HOPINGLY
Hop"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a hopeful manner. Hammond.

HOPLITE
Hop"lite, n. Etym: [Gr. hoplite.] (Gr. Antiq.)

Defn: A heavy-armed infantry soldier. Milford.

HOP-O'-MY-THUMB; HOP-THUMB
Hop"-o'-my-thumb", Hop"-thumb", n.

Defn: A very diminutive person. [Colloq.] liwell.

HOPPED
Hopped, p. a.

Defn: Impregnated with hops.

HOPPER
Hop"per, n. Etym: [See 1st Hop.]

1. One who, or that which, hops.

2. A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car.

3. (Mus.)

Defn: See Grasshopper, 2.

4. pl.

Defn: A game. See Hopscotch. Johnson.

5. (Zoöl.) (a) See Grasshopper, and Frog hopper, Grape hopper, Leaf hopper, Tree hopper, under Frog, Grape, Leaf, and Tree. (b) The larva of a cheese fly.

6. (Naut.)

Defn: A vessel for carrying waste, garbage, etc., out to sea, so constructed as to discharge its load by a mechanical contrivance; — called also dumping scow. Bell and hopper (Metal.), the apparatus at the top of a blast furnace, through which the charge is introduced, while the gases are retained. — Hopper boy, a rake in a mill, moving in a circle to spread meal for drying, and to draw it over an opening in the floor, through which it falls. — Hopper closet, a water-closet, without a movable pan, in which the receptacle is a funnel standing on a draintrap. — Hopper cock, a faucet or valve for flushing the hopper of a water-closet.

HOPPERDOZER Hop"per*doz`er, n. [Hopper (as in grasshopper) + doze or dose; because conceived as putting insects to sleep or as dosing them with poison.] (Agric.)

Defn: An appliance for the destruction of insects, consisting of a shallow iron box, containing kerosene or coated with tar or other sticky substance, which may be mounted on wheels.

HOPPERINGS
Hop"per*ings, n. (Gold Washing)

Defn: Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle.

HOPPESTERE
Hop`pes*tere", a.

Defn: An unexplained epithet used by Chaucer in reference to ships. By some it is defined as "dancing (on the wave)"; by others as "opposing," "warlike." T. R. Lounsbury.

HOPPET
Hop"pet, n.

1. A hand basket; also, a dish used by miners for measuring ore. [Prov. Eng.]

2. An infant in arms. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

HOPPING
Hop"ping, n.

Defn: The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing. Hopping Dick (Zoöl.), a thrush of Jamaica (Merula leucogenys), resembling the English blackbird in its familiar manners, agreeable song, and dark plumage.

HOPPING
Hop"ping, n. Etym: [See 3rd Hop.]

Defn: A gathering of hops.

HOPPLE
Hop"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoppled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoppling.]
Etym: [From Hop; cf. Hobble.]

1. To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse.

2. Fig.: To entangle; to hamper. Dr. H. More.

HOPPLE
Hop"ple, n.

Defn: A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; — chiefly used in the plural.

HOPPLEBUSH
Hop"ple*bush`, n.

Defn: Same as Hobblebush.

HOPPO Hop"po, n. (a) A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce. (b) A tribunal or commission having charge of the revenue derived from trade and navigation. [China] Hoppo men, Chinese customhouse officers.

HOPSCOTCH
Hop"scotch`, n.

Defn: A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground; — called also hoppers.

HOP-THUMB
Hop"-thumb`, n.

Defn: See Hop-o'-my-thumb.

HOPYARD
Hop"yard`, n.

Defn: A field where hops are raised.

HORAL
Ho"ral, a. Etym: [L. horalis, fr. hora hour. See Hour.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to an hour, or to hours. Prior.

HORALY
Ho"ra*ly, adv.

Defn: Hourly. [Obs.]

HORARY
Ho"ra*ry, a. Etym: [LL. horarius, fr. L. hora hour: cf. F. horaire.
See Hour.]

1. Of or pertaining to an hour; noting the hours. Spectator.

2. Occurring once an hour; continuing an hour; hourly; ephemeral. Horary, or soon decaying, fruits of summer. Sir T. Browne. Horary circles. See Circles.

HORATIAN
Ho*ra"tian, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Horace, the Latin poet, or resembling his style.

HORDE Horde, n. Etym: [F. horde (cf. G. horde), fr. Turk. ord, ordi, camp; of Tartar origin.]

Defn: A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude. Thomson.

HORDEIC
Hor*de"ic, a. Etym: [L. hordeum barley.] (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, barley; as, hordeic acid, an acid identical or isomeric with lauric acid.

HORDEIN
Hor"de*in, n. Etym: [L. hordeum barley.] (Chem.)

Defn: A peculiar starchy matter contained in barley. It is complex mixture. [R.]

HORDEOLUM Hor*de"o*lum, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. hordeolus, dim. of hordeum barley.] (Med.)

Defn: A small tumor upon the eyelid, resembling a grain of barley; a sty.

HORDOCK
Hor"dock`, n.

Defn: An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to burdock.

HORE
Hore, a.

Defn: Hoar. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HOREHOUND
Hore"hound`, n. Etym: [OE. horehune, AS. harhune; har hoar, gray +
hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species of organum, GR. kn to smell.]
(Bot.)

Defn: A plant of the genus Marrubium (M. vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. [Written also hoarhound.] Fetid horehound, or Black horehound, a disagreeable plant resembling horehound (Ballota nigra). — Water horehound, a species of the genus Lycopus, resembling mint, but not aromatic.

HORIZON
Ho*ri"zon, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. horizon, fr. Gr.

1. The circle which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky. And when the morning sun shall raise his car Above the border of this horizon. Shak. All the horizon round Invested with bright rays. Milton.

2. (Astron.) (a) A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon. (b) A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; — called also rational or celestial horizon. (c) (Naut.) The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.

3. (Geol.)

Defn: The epoch or time during which a deposit was made. The strata all over the earth, which were formed at the same time, are said to belong to the same geological horizon. Le Conte.

4. (Painting)

Defn: The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line. Apparent horizon. See under Apparent. — Artificial horizon, a level mirror, as the surface of mercury in a shallow vessel, or a plane reflector adjusted to the true level artificially; — used chiefly with the sextant for observing the double altitude of a celestial body. — Celestial horizon. (Astron.) See def. 2, above. — Dip of the horizon (Astron.), the vertical angle between the sensible horizon and a line to the visible horizon, the latter always being below the former. — Rational horizon, and Sensible horizon. (Astron.) See def. 2, above. — Visible horizon. See definitions 1 and 2, above.

HORIZONTAL
Hor`i*zon"tal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. horizontal.]

1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. "Horizontal misty air." Milton.

2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface.

3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance. Horizontal drill, a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle. — Horizontal engine, one the piston of which works horizontally. — Horizontal fire (Mil.), the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation. — Horizontal force (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force. — Horizontal line (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing), a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found. — Horizontal parallax. See under Parallax. — Horizontal plane (Descriptive Geometry), a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See Projection. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn. — Horizontal projection, a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon. — Horizontal range (Gunnery), the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile. — Horizontal water wheel, a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines.

HORIZONTALITY
Hor`i*zon*tal"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. horizontalité.]

Defn: The state or quality of being horizontal. Kirwan.

HORIZONTALLY
Hor`i*zon"tal*ly, adv.

Defn: In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally.

HORMOGONIUM
Hor`mo*go*ni"um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: A chain of small cells in certain algæ, by which the plant is propogated.

HORMONE
Hor"mone (hôr"mon), n. [From Gr. "orma`ein to excite.] (Physiol.
Chem.)

Defn: A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on which it exerts a stimulating effect; thus, according to Starling, the gastric glands are stimulated by a hormone from the pyloric mucous membrane.

HORN
Horn, n. Etym: [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel., Sw., &
Dan. horn, Goth. haúrn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L. cornu, Gr. cheer,
cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. çiras head. Cf. Carat, Corn on the foot,
Cornea, Corner, Cornet, Cornucopia, Hart.]

1. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed.

2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout.

4. (Bot.)

Defn: An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).

5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as: (a) A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other metal, resembling a horn in shape. "Wind his horn under the castle wall." Spenser. See French horn, under French. (b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle. "Horns of mead and ale." Mason. (c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See Cornucopia. "Fruits and flowers from Amalthæa's horn." Milton. (d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids. "Samuel took the hornof oil and anointed him [David]." 1 Sam. xvi. 13. (e) The pointed beak of an anvil. (f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg. (g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute. (h) (Naut.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc. (i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane. (j) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering. "Joab . . . caught hold on the horns of the altar." 1 Kings ii. 28.

6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped. The moon Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns. Thomson.

7. (Mil.)

Defn: The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form. Sharpening in mooned horns Their phalanx. Milton.

8. The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn.

9. (Script.)

Defn: A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride.
The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. Ps. xviii. 2.

10. An emblem of a cuckold; — used chiefly in the plural. "Thicker
than a cuckold's horn." Shak. Horn block, the frame or pedestal in
which a railway car axle box slides up and down; — also called horn
plate.
— Horn of a dilemma. See under Dilemma.
— Horn distemper, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal
substance of the horn.
— Horn drum, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising water.
— Horn lead (Chem.), chloride of lead.
— Horn maker, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] Shak.
— Horn mercury. (Min.) Same as Horn quicksilver (below).
— Horn poppy (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy (Glaucium luteum),
found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and Virginia; — called
also horned poppy. Gray.
— Horn pox (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like that of
chicken pox.
— Horn quicksilver (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of
mercury.
— Horn shell (Zoöl.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod shell, of
the genus Cerithium, and allied genera.
— Horn silver (Min.), cerargyrite.
— Horn slate, a gray, siliceous stone.
— To haul in one's horns, to withdraw some arrogant pretension.
[Colloq.] — To raise, or lift, the horn (Script.), to exalt one's
self; to act arrogantly. "'Gainst them that raised thee dost thou
lift thy horn" Milton.
— To take a horn, to take a drink of intoxicating liquor. [Low]

HORN
Horn, v. t.

1. To furnish with horns; to give the shape of a horn to.

2. To cause to wear horns; to cuckold. [Obs.] Shak.

HORNBEAK
Horn"beak`, n.

Defn: A fish. See Hornfish.

HORNBEAM
Horn"beam`, n. Etym: [See Beam.] (Bot.)

Defn: A tree of the genus Carpinus (C. Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is C. Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech. Hop hornbeam. (Bot.) See under Hop.

HORNBILL
Horn"bill`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any bird of the family Bucerotidæ, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals.

HORNBLENDE
Horn"blende`, n. Etym: [G., fr. horn horn + blende blende.] (Min.)

Defn: The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See Amphibole.) It belongs to the aluminous division of the species, and is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to include the whole species. Hornblende schist (Geol.), a hornblende rock of schistose structure.

HORNBLENDIC
Horn*blend"ic, a.

Defn: Composed largely of hornblende; resembling or relating to hornblende.

HORNBLOWER
Horn"blow`er, n. Etym: [AS. hornblawere.]

Defn: One who, or that which, blows a horn.

HORNBOOK
Horn"book`, n.

1. The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; — so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer. "He teaches boys the hornbook." Shak.

2. A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook.

HORNBUG
Horn"bug`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large nocturnal beetle of the genus Lucanus (as L. capreolus, and L. dama), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees.

HORNED
Horned, a.

Defn: Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn. The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether tip. Coleridge. Horned bee (Zoöl.), a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis), having two little horns on the head. — Horned dace (Zoöl.), an American cyprinoid fish (Semotilus corporialis) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust. of Chub. — Horned frog (Zoöl.), a very large Brazilian frog (Ceratophrys cornuta), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids. — Horned grebe (Zoöl.), a species of grebe (Colymbus auritus), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on the head. — Horned horse (Zoöl.), the gnu. — Horned lark (Zoöl.), the shore lark. — Horned lizard (Zoöl.), the horned toad. — Horned owl (Zoöl.), a large North American owl (Bubo Virginianus), having a pair of elongated tufts of feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different regions; — called also great horned owl, horn owl, eagle owl, and cat owl. Sometimes also applied to the long-eared owl. See Eared owl, under Eared. — Horned poppy. (Bot.) See Horn poppy, under Horn. — Horned pout (Zoöl.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout. — Horned rattler (Zoöl.), a species of rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns between the eyes; — called also sidewinder. — Horned ray (Zoöl.), the sea devil. — Horned screamer (Zoöl.), the kamichi. — Horned snake (Zoöl.), the cerastes. — Horned toad (Zoöl.), any lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of which nine or ten species are known. These lizards have several hornlike spines on the head, and a broad, flat body, covered with spiny scales. They inhabit the dry, sandy plains from California to Mexico and Texas. Called also horned lizard. — Horned viper. (Zoöl.) See Cerastes.

HORNEDNESS
Horn"ed*ness, n.

Defn: The condition of being horned.

HORNEL
Horn"el, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The European sand eel. [Scot.]

HORNER
Horn"er, n.

1. One who works or deal in horn or horns. [R.] Grew.

2. One who winds or blows the horn. [Obs.] Sherwood.

3. One who horns or cuckolds. [Obs.] Massinger.

4. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The British sand lance or sand eel (Ammodytes lanceolatus).

HORNET Hor"net, n. Etym: [AS. hyrnet; akin to OHG. hornaz, hornuz, G. horniss; perh. akin to E. horn, and named from the sound it makes as if blowing the horn; but more prob. akin to D. horzel, Lith. szirszone, L. crabo.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white- faced hornet (V. maculata) is larger and has similar habits. Hornet fly (Zoöl.), any dipterous insect of the genus Asilus, and allied genera, of which there are numerous species. They are large and fierce flies which capture bees and other insects, often larger than themselves, and suck their blood. Called also hawk fly, robber fly. — To stir up a hornet's nest, to provoke the attack of a swarm of spiteful enemies or spirited critics. [Colloq.]

HORNFISH
Horn"fish`, n. Etym: [AS. hornfisc.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The garfish or sea needle.

HORNFOOT
Horn"foot`, a.

Defn: Having hoofs; hoofed.

HORNIFY
Horn"i*fy, v. t. Etym: [Horn + -fy.]

Defn: To horn; to cuckold. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

HORNING
Horn"ing, n.

Defn: Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent. J. Gregory. Letters of horning (Scots Law), the process or authority by which a person, directed by the decree of a court of justice to pay or perform anything, is ordered to comply therewith. Mozley & W.

HORNISH
Horn"ish, a.

Defn: Somewhat like horn; hard.

HORNITO
Hor*ni"to, n. Etym: [A dim. fr. Sp. horno oven, L. furnus. See
Furnace.] (Geol.)

Defn: A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit. Humboldt.

HORNLESS
Horn"less, a.

Defn: Having no horn.

HORN-MAD
Horn"-mad`, a.

Defn: Quite mad; — raving crazy.
Did I tell you about Mr. Garrick, that the town are horn-mad after
Gray.

HORNOTINE
Hor"no*tine, n. Etym: [L. hornotinus of this year.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A yearling; a bird of the year.

HORNOWL
Horn"owl`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Horned Owl.

HORNPIKE
Horn"pike`, n.

Defn: The garfish. [Prov. Eng.]

HORNPIPE Horn"pipe`, n. (Mus.) (a) An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn. (b) A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing. Many a hornpipe he tuned to his Phyllis. Sir W. Raleigh. (c) A dance performed, usually by one person, to such a tune, and popular among sailors.

HORNPOUT
Horn"pout`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Horned pout, under Horned.

HORNSNAKE
Horn"snake`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A harmless snake (Farancia abacura), found in the Southern
United States. The color is bluish black above, red below.

HORNSTONE
Horn"stone`, n. (Min.)

Defn: A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; — called also chert.

HORNTAIL
Horn"tail`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of family (Uroceridæ) of large hyminopterous insects, allied to the sawflies. The larvæ bore in the wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of the females.

HORNWORK
Horn"work`, n. (Fort.)

Defn: An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.

HORNWORT
Horn"wort`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: An aquatic plant (Ceratophyllum), with finely divided leaves.

HORNWRACK
Horn"wrack`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.

HORNY
Horn"y, a. [Compar. Hornier; superl. Horniest.]

1. Having horns or hornlike projections. Gay.

2. Composed or made of horn, or of a substance resembling horn; of the nature of horn. "The horny . . . coat of the eye." Ray.

3. Hard; callous. "His horny fist." Dryden.

HORNY-HANDED
Horn"y-hand`ed, a.

Defn: Having the hands horny and callous from labor.

HORNYHEAD
Horn"y*head`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any North American river chub of the genus Hybopsis, esp. H. biguttatus.

HOROGRAPHY
Ho*rog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy: cf. F. horographie.]

1. An account of the hours. Chaucer.

2. The art of constructing instruments for making the hours, as clocks, watches, and dials.

HOROLOGE Hor"o*loge, n. Etym: [OE. horologe, orloge, timepiece, OF. horloge, orloge, oriloge, F. horloge, L. horologium, fr. Gr. Hour, and Logic.]

1. A servant who called out the hours. [Obs.]

2. An instrument indicating the time of day; a timepiece of any kind; a watch, clock, or dial. Shak.

HOROLOGER
Ho*rol"o*ger, n.

Defn: A maker or vender of clocks and watches; one skilled in horology.

HOROLOGICAL
Hor`o*log"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. horologicus, Gr.

Defn: Relating to a horologe, or to horology.

HOROLOGIOGRAPHER
Hor`o*lo`gi*og"ra*pher, n. Etym: [See Horologiography.]

Defn: A maker of clocks, watches, or dials.

HOROLOGIOGRAPHIC
Hor`o*lo`gi*o*graph"ic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to horologiography. Chambers.

HOROLOGIOGRAPHY
Hor`o*lo`gi*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy.]

1. An account of instruments that show the hour.

2. The art of constructing clocks or dials; horography.

HOROLOGIST
Ho*rol"o*gist, n.

Defn: One versed in horology.

HOROLOGY
Ho*rol"o*gy, n. Etym: [See Horologe.]

Defn: The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc.

HOROMETER
Ho*rom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter.]

Defn: An instrument for measuring time.

HOROMETRICAL
Hor`o*met"ric*al, a.

Defn: Belonging to horometry.

HOROMETRY
Ho*rom"e*try, n. Etym: [Cf. F. horométrie. See Horometer.]

Defn: The art, practice, or method of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions. "The horometry of antiquity." Sir T. Browne.

HOROPTER
Ho*rop"ter, n. Etym: [Gr. (Opt.)

Defn: The line or surface in which are situated all the points which are seen single while the point of sight, or the adjustment of the eyes, remains unchanged. The sum of all the points which are seen single, while the point of sight remains unchanged, is called the horopter. J. Le Conte.

HOROPTERIC
Hor`op*ter"ic, a. (Opt.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the horopter.

HOROSCOPE Hor"o*scope, n. Etym: [F. horoscope, L. horoscopus, fr. Gr. n., a horoscope; Hour, and -scope.]

1. (Astrol.) (a) The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at the moment of a person's birth, by which the astrologer professed to foretell the events of the person's life; especially, the sign of the zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment. (b) The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction of fortune.

2. The planisphere invented by Jean Paduanus.

3. A table showing the length of the days and nights at all places. Heyse.

HOROSCOPER; HOROSCOPIST
Hor"o*sco`per, Ho*ros"co*pist, n.

Defn: One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer.

HOROSCOPY
Ho*ros"co*py, n.

1. The art or practice of casting horoscopes, or observing the disposition of the stars, with a view to prediction events.

2. Aspect of the stars at the time of a person's birth.

HORRENDOUS
Hor*ren"dous, a. Etym: [L. horrendus.]

Defn: Fearful; frightful. [Obs.] I. Watts.

HORRENT
Hor"rent, a. Etym: [L. horrens, p.pr. of horrere to bristle. See
Horror.]

Defn: Standing erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points;
bristled; bristling.
Rough and horrent with figures in strong relief. De Quincey.
With bright emblazonry and horrent arms. Milton.

HORRIBLE
Hor"ri*ble, a. Etym: [OE. horrible, orrible, OF. horrible, orrible,
F. horrible, fr. L. horribilis, fr. horrere. See Horror.]

Defn: Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful;
terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story;
a horrible murder.
A dungeon horrible on all sides round. Milton.

Syn. — Dreadful; frightful; fearful; terrible; awful; terrific; shocking; hideous; horrid.

HORRIBLENESS
Hor"ri*ble*ness, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being horrible; dreadfulness;
hideousness.
The horribleness of the mischief. Sir P. Sidney.

HORRIBLY
Hor"ri*bly, adv.

Defn: In a manner to excite horror; dreadfully; terribly.

HORRID
Hor"rid, a. Etym: [L. horridus. See Horror, and cf. Ordure.]

1. Rough; rugged; bristling. [Archaic] Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn. Dryden.

2. Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very
offensive.
Not in the legions Of horrid hell. Shak.
The horrid things they say. Pope.

Syn. — Frightful; hideous; alarming; shocking; dreadful; awful; terrific; horrible; abominable.

HORRIDLY
Hor"rid*ly, adv.

Defn: In a horrid manner. Shak.

HORRIDNESS
Hor"rid*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being horrid.

HORRIFIC Hor*rif"ic, a. Etym: [L. horrifieus; horrere to be horrible + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. horrifique. See Horror, -fy.]

Defn: Causing horror; frightful.
Let . . . nothing ghastly or horrific be supposed. I. Taylor.

HORRIFICATION
Hor`ri*fi*ca"tion, n.

Defn: That which causes horror. [R.] Miss Edgeworth.

HORRIFY
Hor"ri*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Horrified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Horrifying.] Etym: [L. horrificare. See Horrific.]

Defn: To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders. E. Irving.

HORRIPILATION
Hor*rip`i*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. horripilatio, fr. horripilare to
bristle; horrere to bristle + pilus the hair: cf. F. horripilation.]
(Med.)

Defn: A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.

HORRISONANT
Hor*ris"o*nant, a.

Defn: Horrisonous. [Obs.]

HORRISONOUS Hor*ris"o*nous, a. Etym: [L. horrisonus; horrere to be horrible + sonus a sound.]

Defn: Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound. [Obs.] Bailey.

HORROR Hor"ror, n. Etym: [Formerly written horrour.] Etym: [L. horror, fr. horrere to bristle, to shiver, to tremble with cold or dread, to be dreadful or terrible; cf. Skr. h to bristle.]

1. A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement.
[Archaic]
Such fresh horror as you see driven through the wrinkled waves.
Chapman.

2. A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor.

3. A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking. How could this, in the sight of heaven, without horrors of conscience be uttered Milton.

4. That which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom;
dreariness.
Breathes a browner horror on the woods. Pope.
The horrors, delirium tremens. [Colloq.]

HORROR-STICKEN
Hor"ror-stick`en, a.

Defn: Struck with horror; horrified.
Blank and horror-stricken faces. C. Kingsley.

HORROR-STRUCK
Hor"ror-struck`, a.

Defn: Horror-stricken; horrified. M. Arnold.

HORS DE COMBAT
Hors` de com`bat". Etym: [F.]

Defn: Out of the combat; disabled from fighting.

HORS D'OEUVRE
Hors` d'ouvre"; pl. Hors d'ouveres (#). [F., lit., outside of work.]

1. Something unusual or extraordinary. [R.]

2. A dish served as a relish, usually at the beginning of a meal.

HORSE
Horse, n. Etym: [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. & OHG. ros, G. ross,
Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to run, E. course, current Cf.
Walrus.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.

Note: Many varieties, differing in form, size, color, gait, speed, etc., are known, but all are believed to have been derived from the same original species. It is supposed to have been a native of the plains of Central Asia, but the wild species from which it was derived is not certainly known. The feral horses of America are domestic horses that have run wild; and it is probably true that most of those of Asia have a similar origin. Some of the true wild Asiatic horses do, however, approach the domestic horse in several characteristics. Several species of fossil (Equus) are known from the later Tertiary formations of Europe and America. The fossil species of other genera of the family Equidæ are also often called horses, in general sense.

2. The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.

3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; — used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; — distinguished from foot. The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five thousand horse and foot. Bacon.

4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.

5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.

6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby.

7. (Mining)

Defn: A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse — said of a vein — is to divide into branches for a distance.

8. (Naut.) (a) See Footrope, a. (b) A breastband for a leadsman. (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon. (d) A jackstay. W. C. Russell. Totten.

Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses, like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or horsehorsehoe, horse jockey; and hence, often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as, horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay, horse ant, etc. Black horse, Blood horse, etc. See under Black, etc. — Horse aloes, caballine aloes. — Horse ant (Zoöl.), a large ant (Formica rufa); — called also horse emmet. — Horse artillery, that portion of the artillery in which the cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the cavalry; flying artillery. — Horse balm (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant (Collinsonia Canadensis), having large leaves and yellowish flowers. — Horse bean (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean (Faba vulgaris), grown for feeding horses. — Horse boat, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a boat propelled by horses. — Horse bot. (Zoöl.) See Botfly, and Bots. — Horse box, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses, as hunters. [Eng.] — Horse breaker or trainer, one employed in subduing or training horses for use. — Horse car. (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under Car. (b) A car fitted for transporting horses. — Horse cassia (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Cassia Javanica), bearing long pods, which contain a black, catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse medicine. — Horse cloth, a cloth to cover a horse. — Horse conch (Zoöl.), a large, spiral, marine shell of the genus Triton. See Triton. — Horse courser. (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing. Johnson. (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] Wiseman. — Horse crab (Zoöl.), the Limulus; — called also horsefoot, horsehoe crab, and king crab. — Horse crevallé (Zoöl.), the cavally. — Horse emmet (Zoöl.), the horse ant. — Horse finch (Zoöl.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] — Horse gentian (Bot.), fever root. — Horse iron (Naut.), a large calking iron. — Horse latitudes, a space in the North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. Ham. Nav. Encyc. — Horse mackrel. (Zoöl.) (a) The common tunny (Orcynus thunnus), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the Mediterranean. (b) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). (c) The scad. (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc. — Horse marine (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] — Horse mussel (Zoöl.), a large, marine mussel (Modiola modiolus), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. — Horse nettle (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the Solanum Carolinense. — Horse parsley. (Bot.) See Alexanders. — Horse purslain (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical America (Trianthema monogymnum). — Horse race, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. — Horse racing, the practice of racing with horses. — Horse railroad, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; — in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a tramway. — Horse run (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. — Horse sense, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] — Horse soldier, a cavalryman. — Horse sponge (Zoöl.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge (Spongia equina). — Horse stinger (Zoöl.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] — Horse sugar (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States (Symplocos tinctoria), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. — Horse tick (Zoöl.), a winged, dipterous insect (Hippobosca equina), which troubles horses by biting them, and sucking their blood; — called also horsefly, horse louse, and forest fly. — Horse vetch (Bot.), a plant of the genus Hippocrepis (H. comosa), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; — called also horsehoe vetch, from the peculiar shape of its pods. — Iron horse, a locomotive. [Colloq.] — Salt horse, the sailor's name for salt beef. — To look a gift horse in the mouth, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; — hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. Lowell. — To take horse. (a) To set out on horseback. Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above).

HORSE
Horse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Horsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Horsing.] Etym:
[AS. horsion.]

1. To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse. "Being better horsed, outrode me." Shak.

2. To sit astride of; to bestride. Shak.

3. To cover, as a mare; — said of the male.

4. To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer. S. Butler.

5. To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.

HORSE
Horse, v. i.

Defn: To get on horseback. [Obs.] Shelton.

HORSEBACK
Horse"back`, n.

1. The back of a horse.

2. An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a half- stratified condition. Agassiz. On horseback, on the back of a horse; mounted or riding on a horse or horses; in the saddle. The long journey was to be performed on horseback. Prescott.

HORSE-CHESTNUT Horse`-chest"nut, n. (Bot.) (a) The large nutlike seed of a species of Æsculus (Æ. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name. (b) The tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres. The native American species are called buckeyes.

HORSE-DRENCH
Horse"-drench`, n.

1. A dose of physic for a horse. Shak.

2. The appliance by which the dose is administred.

HORSEFISH Horse"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The moonfish (Selene setipinnis). (b) The sauger.

HORSEFLESH
Horse"flesh`, n.

1. The flesh of horses. The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day. Bacon.

2. Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a judge of horseflesh. [Colloq.] Horseflesh ore (Min.), a miner's name for bornite, in allusion to its peculiar reddish color on fresh facture.

HORSEFLY
Horse"fly`, n.; pl. Horseflies (.

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidæ, that stings horses, and sucks their blood.

Note: Of these flies there are numerous species, both in Europe and America. They have a large proboscis with four sharp lancets for piercing the skin. Called also breeze fly. See Illust. under Diptera, and Breeze fly.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The horse tick or forest fly (Hippobosca).

HORSEFOOT
Horse"foot`, n.; pl. Horsefeet.

1. (Bot.)

Defn: The coltsfoot.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The Limulus or horseshoe crab.

HORSE GUARDS
Horse" Guards`. (Mil.)

Defn: A body of cavalry so called; esp., a British regiment, called the Royal Horse Guards, which furnishes guards of state for the sovereign. The Horse Guards, a name given to the former headquarters of the commander in chief of the British army, at Whitehall in London.

HORSEHAIR
Horse"hair`, n.

Defn: A hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or tail; the hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a fabric or tuft made of such hairs. Horsehair worm (Zoöl.), the hair worm or gordius.

HORSEHEAD
Horse"head`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The silver moonfish (Selene vomer).

HORSEHIDE
Horse"hide`, n.

1. The hide of a horse.

2. Leather made of the hide of a horse.

HORSE-JOCKEY
Horse"-jock`ey, n.

1. A professional rider and trainer of race horses.

2. A trainer and dealer in horses.

HORSEKNOP
Horse"knop`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: Knapweed.

HORSELAUGH
Horse"laugh`, n.

Defn: A loud, boisterous laugh; a guffaw. Pope.

HORSE-LEECH
Horse"-leech`, n.

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large blood-sucking leech (Hæmopsis vorax), of Europe and
Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses.

2. A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.

HORSE-LEECHERY
Horse"-leech`er*y, n.

Defn: The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.

HORSELESS
Horse"less, a.

Defn: Being without a horse; specif., not requiring a horse; — said of certain vehicles in which horse power has been replaced by electricity, steam, etc.; as, a horseless carriage or truck.

HORSE-LITTER
Horse"-lit`ter, n.

Defn: A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two horses.
Milton.

HORSEMAN
Horse"man, n.; pl. Horsemen (.

1. A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.

2. (Mil.)

Defn: A mounted soldier; a cavalryman.

3. (Zoöl.) (a) A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly. (b) A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman (E. lanceolatus).

HORSEMANSHIP
Horse"man*ship, n.

Defn: The act or art of riding, and of training and managing horses; manege.

HORSEMINT Horse"mint`, n. (Bot.) (a) A coarse American plant of the Mint family (Monarda punctata). (b) In England, the wild mint (Mentha sylvestris).

HORSENAIL
Horse"nail`, n.

Defn: A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail.

HORSEPLAY
Horse"play`, n.

Defn: Rude, boisterous play.
Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden.

HORSEPOND
Horse"pond`, n.

Defn: A pond for watering horses.

HORSE POWER
Horse" pow`er

Defn: .

1. The power which a horse exerts.

2. (Mach.)

Defn: A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute; hence, it is the power that must be exerted in lifting 33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550 pounds at the rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per second, etc.

Note: The power of a draught horse, of average strength, working eight hours per day, is about four fifths of a standard horse power. Brake horse power, the net effective power of a prime mover, as a steam engine, water wheel, etc., in horse powers, as shown by a friction brake. See Friction brake, under Friction. — Indicated horse power, the power exerted in the cylinder of an engine, stated in horse powers, estimated from the diameter and speed of the piston, and the mean effective pressure upon it as shown by an indicator. See Indicator. — Nominal horse power (Steam Engine), a term still sometimes used in England to express certain proportions of cylinder, but having no value as a standard of measurement.

3. A machine worked by a horse, for driving other machinery; a horse motor.

HORSE-RADISH
Horse"-rad`ish, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A plant of the genus Nasturtium (N. Armoracia), allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used, when grated, as a condiment and in medicine. Gray. Horse-radish tree. (Bot.) See Moringa.

HORSERAKE
Horse"rake`, n.

Defn: A rake drawn by a horse.

HORSESHOE
Horse"shoe`, n.

1. A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.

2. Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The Limulus of horsehoe crab. Horsehoe head (Med.), an old name for the condition of the skull in children, in which the sutures are too open, the coronal suture presenting the form of a horsehoe. Dunglison. — Horsehoe magnet, an artificial magnet in the form of a horsehoe. — Horsehoe nail. See Horsenail. — Horsehoe nose (Zoöl.), a bat of the genus Rhinolophus, having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe.

HORSESHOEING
Horse"shoe`ing, n.

Defn: The act or employment of shoeing horses.

HORSESHOER
Horse"sho`er, n.

Defn: One who shoes horses.

HORSETAIL
Horse"tail`, n.

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of Equisetum.

2. A Turkish standard, denoting rank.

Note: Commanders are distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before them. Thus, the sultan has seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one. Shrubby horsetail. (Bot.) See Joint-fir.

HORSEWEED
Horse"weed`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis), which is a common weed.

HORSEWHIP
Horse"whip`, n.

Defn: A whip for horses.

HORSEWHIP
Horse"whip`, v. t.

Defn: To flog or chastise with a horsewhip.

HORSEWOMAN
Horse"wom`an, n.; pl. Horsewomen (.

Defn: A woman who rides on horseback.

HORSEWOOD
Horse"wood`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A West Indian tree (Calliandra latifolia) with showy, crimson blossoms.

HORSEWORM
Horse"worm`, n.

Defn: The larva of a botfly.

HORSINESS
Hors"i*ness, n.

1. The condition or quality of being a horse; that which pertains to a horse. Tennyson.

2. Fondness for, or interest in, horses.

HORSLY
Hors"ly, a.

Defn: Horselike. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HORSY
Hors"y, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or suggestive of, a horse, or of horse racing; as, horsy manners; garments of fantastically horsy fashions. [Colloq.]

HORTATION Hor*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. hortatio, fr. hortari to incite, exhort, fr. hori to urge.]

Defn: The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation.
[R.]

HORTATIVE
Hor"ta*tive, a. Etym: [L. hortativus.]

Defn: Giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative. Bullokar.

HORTATIVE
Hor"ta*tive, n.

Defn: An exhortation. [Obs.]

HORTATORY
Hor"ta*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. hortatorius.]

Defn: Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech. Holland.

HORTENSIAL Hor*ten"sial, a. Etym: [L. hortensius, hortensis, fr. hortus garden; akin to E. yard an inclosure.]

Defn: Fit for a garden. [Obs.] Evelyn.

HORTICULTOR Hor"ti*cul`tor, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. hortus garden + cultor a cultivator, colere to cultivate.]

Defn: One who cultivates a garden.

HORTICULTURAL
Hor`ti*cul"tur*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. horticultural.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to horticulture, or the culture of gardens or orchards.

HORTICULTURE Hor"ti*cul`ture, n. Etym: [L. hortus garden + cultura culture: cf. F. horticulture. See Yard an inclosure, and Culture.]

Defn: The cultivation of a garden or orchard; the art of cultivating gardens or orchards.

HORTICULTURIST
Hor`ti*cul"tur*ist, n.

Defn: One who practices horticulture.

HORTULAN
Hor"tu*lan, a. Etym: [L. hortulanus; hortus garden.]

Defn: Belonging to a garden. [Obs.] Evelyn.

HORTUS SICCUS
Hor"tus sic"cus. Etym: [L., a dry garden.]

Defn: A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved, and arranged systematically; an herbarium.

HORTYARD
Hort"yard, n.

Defn: An orchard. [Obs.]

HOSANNA Ho*san"na, n.; pl. Hosannas. Etym: [Gr. hoshi'ah nnasave now, save, we pray, hoshia' to save (Hiphil, a causative form, of yasha') + na, a particle.]

Defn: A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings. "Hosanna to the Highest." Milton. Hosanna to the Son of David. Matt. xxi. 9.

HOSE
Hose, n.; pl. Hose, formerly Hosen. Etym: [AS. hose; akin to D. hoos,
G. hose breeches, OHG. hosa, Icel. hosa stocking, gather, Dan. hose
stocking; cf. Russ. koshulia a fur jacket.]

1. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee. These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments. Dan. iii. 21. His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank. Shak.

2. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings.

3. A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine. Hose carriage, cart, or truck, a wheeled vehicle fitted for conveying hose for extinguishing fires. — Hose company, a company of men appointed to bring and manage hose in the extinguishing of fires. [U.S.] — Hose coupling, coupling with interlocking parts for uniting hose, end to end. — Hose wrench, a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite or disconnect them.

HOSEN
Ho"sen, n. pl.

Defn: See Hose. [Archaic]

HOSIER
Ho"sier, n.

Defn: One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.

HOSIERY
Ho"sier*y, n.

1. The business of a hosier.

2. Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose.

HOSPICE Hos"pice, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. hospitium hospitality, a place where strangers are entertained, fr. hospes stranger, guest. See Host a landlord.]

Defn: A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard.

HOSPITABLE Hos"pi*ta*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. hospitable, LL. hospitare to receive as a guest. See Host a landlord.]

1. Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality. Shak.

2. Proceeding from or indicating kindness and generosity to guests and strangers; as, hospitable rites. To where you taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. Goldsmith.

HOSPITABLENESS
Hos"pi*ta*ble*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being hospitable; hospitality. Barrow.

HOSPITABLY
Hos"pi*ta*bly, adv.

Defn: In a hospitable manner.

HOSPITAGE
Hos"pi*tage, n. Etym: [LL. hospitagium, for L. hospitium. See
Hospice.]

Defn: Hospitality. [Obs.] Spenser.

HOSPITAL Hos"pi*tal, n. Etym: [OF. hospital, ospital, F. hôpital, LL. hospitale (or perh. E. hospital is directly from the Late Latin), from L. hospitalis relating to a guest, hospitalia apartments for guests, fr. hospes guest. See Host a landlord, and cf. Hostel, Hotel, Spital.]

1. A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for. Hospital ship, a vessel fitted up for a floating hospital. — Hospital Sunday, a Sunday set apart for simultaneous contribution in churches to hospitals; as, the London Hospital Sunday.

HOSPITAL
Hos"pi*tal, a. Etym: [L. hospitalis: cf. OF. hospital.]

Defn: Hospitable. [Obs.] Howell.

HOSPITALER
Hos"pi*tal*er, n. [Written also hospitaller.] Etym: [F. hospitalier.
See Hospital, and cf. Hostler.]

1. One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers.

2. One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem for pilgrims, A. D. 1042. They were called Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and after the removal of the order to Malta, Knights of Malta.

HOSPITALISM
Hos"pi*tal*ism, n. (Med.)

Defn: A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.

HOSPITALITY
Hos`pi*tal"i*ty, n.; pl. Hospitalities. Etym: [L. hospitalitas: cf.
F. hospitalité.]

Defn: The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality. Given to hospitality. Rom. xii. 13. And little recks to find the way to heaven By doing deeds of hospitality. Shak.

HOSPITALIZE
Hos"pi*tal*ize, v. t. (Med.)

Defn: To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.

HOSPITATE Hos"pi*tate, v. i. Etym: [L. hospitatus, p.p. of hospitari to be a guest, fr. hospes guest.]

Defn: To receive hospitality; to be a guest. [Obs.] Grew.

HOSPITATE
Hos"pi*tate, v. t.

Defn: To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest. [Obs.]
Cockeram.

HOSPITIUM
Hos*pi"ti*um, n. Etym: [L. See Hospice.]

1. An inn; a lodging; a hospice. [Obs.]

2. (Law)

Defn: An inn of court.

HOSPODAR Hos"po*dar`, n. Etym: [A Slav. word; cf. Russ. gospodare lord, master.]

Defn: A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and
Wallachia before those countries were united as Roumania.

HOST Host, n. Etym: [LL. hostia sacrifice, victim, from hostire to strike.] (R. C. Ch.)

Defn: The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.

Note: In the Latin Vulgate the word was applied to the Savior as being an offering for the sins of men.

HOST
Host, n. Etym: [OE. host, ost, OF. host, ost, fr. L. hostis enemy,
LL., army. See Guest, and cf. Host a landlord.]

1. An army; a number of men gathered for war. A host so great as covered all the field. Dryden.

2. Any great number or multitude; a throng. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God. Luke ii. 13. All at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils. Wordsworth.

HOST Host, n. Etym: [OE. host, ost, OF. hoste, oste, F. hôte, from L. hospes a stranger who is treated as a guest, he who treats another as his guest, a hostl prob. fr. hostis stranger, enemy (akin to E. guest a visitor) + potis able; akin to Skr. pati master, lord. See Host an army, Possible, and cf. Hospitable, Hotel.]

Defn: One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitosly or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord. Chaucer. "Fair host and Earl." Tennyson. Time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. Shak.

HOST
Host, v. t.

Defn: To give entertainment to. [Obs.] Spenser.

HOST
Host, v. i.

Defn: To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.] "Where you shall host." Shak.

HOSTAGE Hos"tage, n. Etym: [OE. hostage, OF. hostage, ostage, F. ôtage, LL. hostaticus, ostaticum, for hospitaticum, fr. L. hospes guest, host. The first meaning is, the state of a guest, hospitality; hence, the state of a hostage (treated as a guest); and both these meanings occur in Old French. See Host a landlord.]

Defn: A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released. Your hostages I have, so have you mine; And we shall talk before we fight. Shak. He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune. Bacon.

HOSTEL
Hos"tel, n. Etym: [OE. hostel, ostel, OF. hostel, ostel, LL.
hospitale, hospitalis, fr. L. hospitalis. See Hospital, and cf.
Hotel.]

1. An inn. [Archaic] Poe. So pass I hostel, hall, and grange. Tennyson.

2. A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.] Holinshed.

HOSTELER
Hos"tel*er, n. Etym: [See Hostel, and cf. Hostler.]

1. The keeper of a hostel or inn.

2. A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.] Fuller.

HOSTELRY Hos"tel*ry, n. Etym: [OE. hostelrie, hostelrye, ostelrie, OF. hostelerie, fr. hostel. See Hostel.]

Defn: An inn; a lodging house. [Archaic] Chaucer. "Homely brought up in a rude hostelry." B. Jonson. Come with me to the hostelry. Longfellow.

HOSTESS
Host"ess, n. Etym: [OE. hostesse, ostesse. See Host a landlord.]

1. A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house. Shak.

2. A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper. Shak.

HOSTESS-SHIP
Host"ess-ship, n.

Defn: The character, personality, or office of a hostess. Shak.

HOSTIE
Hos"tie, n. Etym: [F. See 1st Host.]

Defn: The consecrated wafer; the host. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

HOSTILE
Hos"tile, a. Etym: [L. hostilis, from hostis enemy: cf. F. hostile.
See Host an army.]

Defn: Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.

Syn. — Warlike; inimical; unfriendly; antagonistic; opposed; adverse; opposite; contrary; repugnant.

HOSTILE
Hos"tile, n.

Defn: An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; — commonly in the plural. [Colloq.] P. H. Sheridan.

HOSTILELY
Hos"tile*ly, adv.

Defn: In a hostile manner.

HOSTILITY Hos*til"i*ty, n.; pl. Hostilities. Etym: [L. hostilitas: cf. F. hostilité.]

1. State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity. Hostility being thus suspended with France. Hayward.

2. An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy. We have showed ourselves generous adversaries . . . and have carried on even our hostilities with humanity. Atterbury. He who proceeds to wanton hostility, often provokes an enemy where he might have a friend. Crabb.

Syn. — Animosity; enmity; opposition; violence; aggression; contention; warfare.

HOSTILIZE
Hos"til*ize, v. t.

Defn: To make hostile; to cause to become an enemy. [Obs.] A. Seward.

HOSTING
Host"ing, n. Etym: [From Host an army.] [Obs.]

1. An encounter; a battle. "Fierce hosting." Milton.

2. A muster or review. Spenser.

HOSTLER
Hos"tler, n. Etym: [OE. hosteler, osteler, innkeeper, OF. hostelier,
F. hôtelier. See Hostel, and cf. Hospitaler, Hosteler.]

1. An innkeeper. [Obs.] See Hosteler.

2. The person who has the care of horses at an inn or stable; hence, any one who takes care of horses; a groom; — so called because the innkeeper formerly attended to this duty in person.

3. (Railroad)

Defn: The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip.

HOSTLESS
Host"less, a.

Defn: Inhospitable. [Obs.] "A hostless house." Spenser.

HOST PLANT
Host plant. (Agric.)

Defn: A plant which aids, shelters, or protects another plant in its growth, as those which are used for nurse crops.

HOSTRY Host"ry, n. Etym: [OE. hosterie, osterie, OF. hosterie. See Host a landlord.]

1. A hostelry; an inn or lodging house. [Obs.] Marlowe.

2. A stable for horses. [Obs.] Johnson.

HOT
Hot, imp. & p. p.

Defn: of Hote. [Obs.] Spenser.

HOT Hot, a. [Compar. Hotter; superl. Hottest.] Etym: [OE. hot, hat, AS. hat; akin to OS. het, D. heet, OHG. heiz, G. heiss, Icel. heitr, Sw. het, Dan. heed, hed; cf. Goth. heito fever, hais torch. Cf. Heat.]

1. Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great degree; very warm; — opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or air. "A hotvenison pasty." Shak.

2. Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily excited; firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager. Achilles is impatient, hot, and revengeful. Dryden. There was mouthing in hot haste. Byron.

3. Lustful; lewd; lecherous. Shak.

4. Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard. Hot bed (Iron Manuf.), an iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool. — Hot wall (Gardening), a wall provided with flues for the conducting of heat, to hasten the growth of fruit trees or the ripening of fruit. — Hot well (Condensing Engines), a receptacle for the hot water drawn from the condenser by the air pump. This water is returned to the boiler, being drawn from the hot well by the feed pump. — In hot water (Fig.), in trouble; in difficulties. [Colloq.]

Syn. — Burning; fiery; fervid; glowing; eager; animated; brisk; vehement; precipitate; violent; furious; ardent; fervent; impetuous; irascible; passionate; hasty; excitable.

HOTBED
Hot"bed`, n.

1. (Gardening)

Defn: A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics.

2. A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a hotbed of sedition.

HOT BLAST
Hot" blast`.

Defn: See under Blast.

HOT-BLOODED
Hot"-blood`ed, a.

Defn: Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate.

HOT-BRAINED
Hot"-brained`, a.

Defn: Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained youth. Dryden.

HOT BULB; HOT POT
Hot bulb, Hot pot. (Internal-combustion Engines)

Defn: See Semi-diesel, below.

HOTCHKISS GUN Hotch"kiss gun [After Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826-85), American inventor.]

Defn: A built-up, rifled, rapid-fire gun of oil-tempered steel, having a rectangular breechblock which moves horizontally or vertically in a mortise cut completely through the jacket. It is made in France.

HOTCHPOT; HOTCHPOTCH Hotch"pot`, Hotch"potch`, n. Etym: [F. hochepot, fr. hocher to shake + pot pot; both of Dutch or German origin; cf. OD. hutspot hotchpotch, D. hotsen, hutsen, to shake. See Hustle, and Pot, and cf. Hodgepodge.]

1. A mingled mass; a confused mixture; a stew of various ingredients; a hodgepodge. A mixture or hotchpotch of many tastes. Bacon.

2. (Law)

Defn: A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of a more equal division, or of equalizing the shares of all the children; the property advanced being accounted for at its value when given. Bouvier. Tomlins.

Note: This term has been applied in cases of salvage. Story. It corresponds in a measure with collation in the civil and Scotch law. See Collation. Bouvier. Tomlins.

HOTCOCKLES Hot"coc`kles, n. Etym: [Hot + cockle, cockle being perh. corrupt. fr. knuckle. Cf. F. main chaude (lit., hot hand) hotcockles.]

Defn: A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him.

HOTE
Hote, v. t. & i. [pres. & imp. Hatte, Hot (, etc.; p. p. Hote, Hoten
(, Hot, etc. See Hight, Hete.]

1. To command; to enjoin. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

2. To promise. [Obs.] Chaucer.

3. To be called; to be named. [Obs.] There as I was wont to hote Arcite, Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite. Chaucer.

HOTEL
Ho*tel", n. Etym: [F. hôtel, OF. hostel. See Hostel.]

1. A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.

2. In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth.

HOTEL-DE-VILLE
Hôtel`-de-ville", n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: A city hall or townhouse.

HOTEL-DIEU
Hôtel`-Dieu", n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: A hospital.

HOTEN
Hot"en, p. p.

Defn: of Hote.

HOTFOOT
Hot"foot`, adv.

Defn: In haste; foothot. [Colloq.]

HOT-HEAD
Hot"-head`, n.

Defn: A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as, the rant of a hot-head.

HOT-HEADED
Hot"-head`ed, a.

Defn: Fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement. Macaulay.

HOTHOUSE
Hot"house`, n.

1. A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.

2. A bagnio, or bathing house. [Obs.] Shak.

3. A brothel; a bagnio. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

4. (Pottery)

Defn: A heated room for drying green ware.

HOT-LIVERED
Hot"-liv`ered, a.

Defn: Of an excitable or irritable temperament; irascible. Milton.

HOTLY
Hot"ly, adv. Etym: [From Hot, a.]

1. In a hot or fiery manner; ardently; vehemently; violently; hastily; as, a hotly pursued.

2. In a lustful manner; lustfully. Dryden.

HOT-MOUTHED
Hot"-mouthed`, a.

Defn: Headstrong.
That hot-mouthed beast that bears against the curb. Dryden.

HOTNESS
Hot"ness, n.

1. The quality or state of being hot.

2. Heat or excitement of mind or manner; violence; vehemence; impetuousity; ardor; fury. M. Arnold.

HOTPRESS
Hot"press`, v. t.

Defn: To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc.

HOTPRESSED
Hot"pressed`, a.

Defn: Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t.

HOT-SHORT
Hot"-short`, a. (Metal.)

Defn: More or less brittle when heated; as, hot-short iron.

HOT-SPIRITED
Hot"-spir`it*ed, a.

Defn: Having a fierly spirit; hot-headed.

HOTSPUR
Hot"spur`, n. Etym: [Hot + spur.]

Defn: A rash, hot-headed man. Holinshed.

HOTSPUR; HOTSPURRED
Hot"spur`, Hot"spurred`, a.

Defn: Violent; impetuous; headstrong. Spenser. Peacham.

HOTTENTOT Hot"ten*tot, n. Etym: [D. Hottentot; — so called from hot and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their language. Wedgwood.]

1. (Ethnol.)

Defn: One of a degraded and savage race of South Africa, with yellowish brown complexion, high cheek bones, and wooly hair growing in tufts.

2. The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking sounds. Hottentot cherry (Bot.), a South African plant of the genus Cassine (C. maurocenia), having handsome foliage, with generally inconspicuous white or green flowers. Loudon. — Hottentot's bread. (Bot.) See Elephant's foot (a), under Elephant.

HOTTENTOTISM
Hot"ten*tot*ism, n.

Defn: A term employed to describe one of the varieties of stammering.
Tylor.

HOUDAH
Hou"dah, n.

Defn: See Howdah.

HOUGH
Hough, n.

Defn: Same as Hock, a joint.

HOUGH
Hough, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Houghed; p. pr. & vb. n. Houghing.]

Defn: Same as Hock, to hamstring.

HOUGH
Hough, n. Etym: [Cf. D. hak. Cf. Hack.]

Defn: An adz; a hoe. [Obs.] Bp. Stillingfleet.

HOUGH
Hough, v. t.

Defn: To cut with a hoe. [Obs.] Johnson.

HOULET
Hou"let, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An owl. See Howlet.

HOULT
Hoult, n.

Defn: A piece of woodland; a small wood. [Obs.] See Holt.

HOUND
Hound, n. Etym: [OE. hound, hund, dog, AS. hund; akin to OS. &
OFries. hund, D. hond, G. hund, OHG. hunt, Icel. hundr, Dan. & Sw.
hund, Goth. hunds, and prob. to Lith. sz, Ir. & Gael. cu, L. canis,
Gr. çvan. sq. root229. Cf. Canine, Cynic, Kennel.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc. Hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs. Shak.

2. A despicable person. "Boy! false hound!" Shak.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A houndfish.

4. pl. (Naut.)

Defn: Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.

5. A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle. To follow the hounds, to hunt with hounds.

HOUND
Hound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hounding.]

1. To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers. Abp. Bramhall.

2. To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds. L'Estrange.

HOUNDFISH
Hound"fish, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (G. canis), of Europe and America; — called also houndshark, and dogfish.

Note: The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium canicula; the rough houndfish, or large-spotted dogfish, is S. catulus. The name has also sometimes been applied to the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), and to the silver gar.

HOUNDING
Hound"ing, n.

1. The act of one who hounds.

2. (Naut.)

Defn: The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.

HOUND'S-TONGUE
Hound's"-tongue`, n. Etym: [AS. hundes tunge.] (Bot.)

Defn: A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue- shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue.

HOUP
Houp, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Hoopoe. [Obs.]

HOUR Hour, n. Etym: [OE. hour, our, hore, ure, OF. hore, ore, ure, F. heure, L. hora, fr. Gr. Year, and cf. Horologe, Horoscope.]

1. The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.

2. The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour At what hour shall we meet

3. Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour. Woman, . . . mine hour is not yet come. John ii. 4. This is your hour, and the power of darkness. Luke xxii. 53.

4. pl. (R. C. Ch.)

Defn: Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers.

5. A measure of distance traveled. Vilvoorden, three hours from Brussels. J. P. Peters. After hours, after the time appointed for one's regular labor. — Canonical hours. See under Canonical. — Hour angle (Astron.), the angle between the hour circle passing through a given body, and the meridian of a place. — Hour circle. (Astron.) (a) Any circle of the sphere passing through the two poles of the equator; esp., one of the circles drawn on an artificial globe through the poles, and dividing the equator into spaces of 15º, or one hour, each. (b) A circle upon an equatorial telescope lying parallel to the plane of the earth's equator, and graduated in hours and subdivisions of hours of right ascension. (c) A small brass circle attached to the north pole of an artificial globe, and divided into twenty-four parts or hours. It is used to mark differences of time in working problems on the globe. — Hour hand, the hand or index which shows the hour on a timepiece. — Hour line. (a) (Astron.) A line indicating the hour. (b) (Dialing) A line on which the shadow falls at a given hour; the intersection of an hour circle which the face of the dial. — Hour plate, the plate of a timepiece on which the hours are marked; the dial. Locke. — Sidereal hour, the twenty-fourth part of a sidereal day. — Solar hour, the twenty-fourth part of a solar day. — The small hours, the early hours of the morning, as one o'clock, two o'clock, etc. — To keep good hours, to be regular in going to bed early.

HOURGLASS
Hour"glass`, n.

Defn: An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower.

Note: A similar instrument measuring any other interval of time takes its name from the interval measured; as, a half-hour glass, a half- minute glass. A three-minute glass is sometimes called an egg-glass, from being used to time the boiling of eggs.

HOURI Hou"ri, n.; pl. Houris. Etym: [Per. huri, hura, hur; akin to Ar. hur, pl. of ahwar beautiful-eyed, black-eyed.]

Defn: A nymph of paradise; — so called by the Mohammedans.

HOURLY
Hour"ly, a.

Defn: Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual. In hourly expectation of a martyrdom. Sharp.

HOURLY
Hour"ly, adv.

Defn: Every hour; frequently; continually.
Great was their strife, which hourly was renewed. Dryden.

HOURS
Hours, n. pl. Etym: [A translation of L. Horae (Gr. Hour.] (Myth.)

Defn: Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.
Lo! where the rosy-blosomed Hours, Fair Venus' train, appear. Gray.

HOUSAGE
Hous"age, n. Etym: [From House.]

Defn: A fee for keeping goods in a house. [R.] Chambers.

HOUSE
House, n.; pl. Houses. Etym: [OE. hous, hus, AS. h; akin to OS. &
OFries. h, D. huis, OHG. h, G. haus, Icel. h, Sw. hus, Dan. huus,
Goth. gudh, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. hide to conceal.
See Hide, and cf. Hoard, Husband, Hussy, Husting.]

1. A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion. Houses are built to live in; not to look on. Bacon. Bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench Are from their hives and houses driven away. Shak.

2. Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.

3. Those who dwell in the same house; a household. One that feared God with all his house. Acts x. 2.

4. A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the house of Israel. The last remaining pillar of their house, The one transmitter of their ancient name. Tennyson.

5. One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament.

6. (Com.)

Defn: A firm, or commercial establishment.

7. A public house; an inn; a hotel.

8. (Astrol.)

Defn: A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty- four hours.

9. A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.

10. An audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a theater, etc.; as, a thin or a full house.

11. The body, as the habitation of the soul. This mortal house I'll ruin, Do Cæsar what he can. Shak.

12. [With an adj., as narrow, dark, etc.]

Defn: The grave. "The narrow house." Bryant.

Note: House is much used adjectively and as the first element of compounds. The sense is usually obvious; as, house cricket, housemaid, house painter, housework. House ant (Zoöl.), a very small, yellowish brown ant (Myrmica molesta), which often infests houses, and sometimes becomes a great pest. — House of bishops (Prot. Epis. Ch.), one of the two bodies composing a general convertion, the other being House of Clerical and Lay Deputies. — House boat, a covered boat used as a dwelling. — House of call, a place, usually a public house, where journeymen connected with a particular trade assemble when out of work, ready for the call of employers. [Eng.] Simonds. — House car (Railroad), a freight car with inclosing sides and a roof; a box car. — House of correction. See Correction. — House cricket (Zoöl.), a European cricket (Gryllus domesticus), which frequently lives in houses, between the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is noted for the loud chirping or stridulation of the males. — House dog, a dog kept in or about a dwelling house. — House finch (Zoöl.), the burion. — House flag, a flag denoting the commercial house to which a merchant vessel belongs. — House fly (Zoöl.), a common fly (esp. Musca domestica), which infests houses both in Europe and America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying substances or excrement, about sink drains, etc. — House of God, a temple or church. — House of ill fame. See Ill fame under Ill, a. — House martin (Zoöl.), a common European swallow (Hirundo urbica). It has feathered feet, and builds its nests of mud against the walls of buildings. Called also house swallow, and window martin. — House mouse (Zoöl.), the common mouse (Mus musculus). — House physician, the resident medical adviser of a hospital or other public institution. — House snake (Zoöl.), the milk snake. — House sparrow (Zoöl.), the common European sparrow (Passer domesticus). It has recently been introduced into America, where it has become very abundant, esp. in cities. Called also thatch sparrow. — House spider (Zoöl.), any spider which habitually lives in houses. Among the most common species are Theridium tepidariorum and Tegenaria domestica. — House surgeon, the resident surgeon of a hospital. — House wren (Zoöl.), the common wren of the Eastern United States (Troglodytes aëdon). It is common about houses and in gardens, and is noted for its vivacity, and loud musical notes. See Wren. — Religious house, a monastery or convent. — The White House, the official residence of the President of the United States; — hence, colloquially, the office of President. — To bring down the house. See under Bring. — To keep house, to maintain an independent domestic establishment. — To keep open house, to entertain friends at all times.

Syn.
— Dwelling; residence; abode. See Tenement.

HOUSE
House, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Housed; p. pr. & vb. n. Housing.] Etym:
[AS. h.]

1. To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle. At length have housed me in a humble shed. Young. House your choicest carnations, or rather set them under a penthouse. Evelyn.

2. To drive to a shelter. Shak.

3. To admit to residence; to harbor. Palladius wished him to house all the Helots. Sir P. Sidney.

4. To deposit and cover, as in the grave. Sandys.

5. (Naut.)

Defn: To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars.

HOUSE
House, v. i.

1. To take shelter or lodging; to abide to dwell; to lodge. You shall not house with me. Shak.

2. (Astrol.)

Defn: To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n.,

8. "Where Saturn houses." Dryden.

HOUSEBOTE
House"bote`, n. Etym: [House + bote.] (Law)

Defn: Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel.
This latter is often called firebote. See Bote.

HOUSEBREAKER
House"break`er, n.

Defn: One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking.

HOUSEBREAKING
House"break`ing, n.

Defn: The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break.

HOUSEBUILDER
House"build`er, n.

Defn: One whose business is to build houses; a housewright.

HOUSECARL
House"carl`, n. Etym: [OE. huscarle. See House, and Carl.] (Eng.
Archæol.)

Defn: A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute.

HOUSEHOLD
House"hold`, n.

1. Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family. And calls, without affecting airs, His household twice a day to prayers. Swift.

2. A line of ancestory; a race or house. [Obs.] Shak.

HOUSEHOLD
House"hold`, a.

Defn: Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household furniture; household affairs. Household bread, bread made in the house for common use; hence, bread that is not of the finest quality. [Obs.] — Household gods (Rom. Antiq.), the gods presiding over the house and family; the Lares and Penates; hence, all objects endeared by association with home. — Household troops, troops appointed to attend and guard the sovereign or his residence.

HOUSEHOLDER
House"hold`er, n.

Defn: The master or head of a family; one who occupies a house with
his family.
Towns in which almost every householder was an English Protestant.
Macaulay.
Compound householder. See Compound, a.

HOUSEKEEPER
House"keep`er, n.

1. One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family. Locke.

2. One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs.

3. One who exercises hospitality, or has plentiful and hospitable household. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

4. One who keeps or stays much at home. [R.] You are manifest housekeeper. Shak.

5. A house dog. [Obs.] Shak.

HOUSEKEEPING
House"keep`ing, n.

1. The state of being occupying a dwelling house as a householder.

2. Care of domestic concerns; management of a house and home affairs.

3. Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions. [Obs.] Tell me, softly and hastly, what's in the pantry Small housekeeping enough, said Phoebe. Sir W. Scott.

HOUSEKEEPING
House"keep`ing, a.

Defn: Domestic; used in a family; as, housekeeping commodities.

HOUSEL Hou"sel, n. Etym: [OE. housel, husel, AS. h; akin to Icel. h, Goth. hunsl a sacrifice.]

Defn: The eucharist. [Archaic] Rom. of R. Tennyson.

HOUSEL
Hou"sel, v. t. Etym: [AS. h.]

Defn: To administer the eucharist to. [Archaic] Chaucer.

HOUSELEEK
House"leek`, n. Etym: [House + leek.] (Bot.)

Defn: A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; — called also ayegreen.

HOUSELESS
House"less, a.

Defn: Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a houseless wanderer.

HOUSELESSNESS
House"less*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being houseless.

HOUSELINE
House"line`, n. (Naut.)

Defn: A small line of three strands used for seizing; — called also housing. Totten.

HOUSELING
House"ling`, a.

Defn: Same as Housling.

HOUSEMAID
House"maid`, n.

Defn: A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms. Housemaid's knee (Med.), a swelling over the knee, due to an enlargement of the bursa in the front of the kneepan; — so called because frequently occurring in servant girls who work upon their knees.

HOUSEMATE
House"mate`, n.

Defn: One who dwells in the same house with another. R. Browning.

HOUSEROOM
House"room`, n.

Defn: Room or place in a house; as, to give any one houseroom.

HOUSEWARMING
House"warm`ing, n.

Defn: A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson.

HOUSEWIFE
House"wife`, n. Etym: [House + wife. Cf. Hussy.]

1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Shak. He a good husband, a good housewife she. Dryden.

2. (Usually pronounced Etym: [See Hussy, in this sense.]

Defn: A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; — called also hussy. [Written also huswife.] P. Skelton.

3. A hussy. [R.] [Usually written huswife.] Shak. Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag.

HOUSEWIFE; HOUSEWIVE
House"wife`, House"wive`, v. t.

Defn: To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize. Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well housewived. Fuller.

HOUSEWIFELY
House"wife`ly, a.

Defn: Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical;
prudent.
A good sort of woman, ladylike and housewifely. Sir W. Scott.

HOUSEWIFERY
House"wif`er*y, n.

Defn: The business of the mistress of a family; female management of domestic concerns.

HOUSEWORK
House"work`, n.

Defn: The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like.

HOUSEWRIGHT
House"wright`, n.

Defn: A builder of houses.

HOUSING Hous"ing, n. Etym: [From House. In some of its senses this word has been confused with the following word.]

1. The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.

2. That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively. Fabyan.

3. (Arch.) (a) The space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another. (b) A niche for a statue.

4. (Mach.)

Defn: A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc.

5. (Naut.) (a) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel. (b) A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up. (c) A houseline. See Houseline.

HOUSING
Hous"ing, n. Etym: [From Houss.]

1. A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.

2. An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.

HOUSLING
Hous"ling, a. Etym: [See Housel.]

Defn: Sacramental; as, housling fire. [R.] Spenser.

HOUSS Houss, n. Etym: [F. housse, LL. hulcia, fr. OHG. hulst; akin to E. holster. See Holster, and cf. 2d Housing.]

Defn: A saddlecloth; a housing. [Obs.] Dryden.

HOUSTONIA Hous*to"ni*a, n. [NL. So named after Dr. William Houston, an English surgeon and botanist.] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of small rubiaceous herbs, having tetramerous salveform blue or white flower. There are about twenty species, natives of North America. Also, a plant of this genus.

HOUTOU
Hou"tou, n. Etym: [From its note.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A beautiful South American motmot. Waterton.

HOUVE
Houve, n. Etym: [AS. hufe.]

Defn: A head covering of various kinds; a hood; a coif; a cap. [Obs.]
Chaucer.

HOUYHNHNM
Hou*yhnhnm", n.

Defn: One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of men.

HOVE
Hove, imp. & p. p.

Defn: of Heave. Hove short, Hove to. See To heave a cable short, To heave a ship to, etc., under Heave.

HOVE
Hove, v. i. & t.

Defn: To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell. [Obs. or Scot.]
Holland. Burns.

HOVE
Hove, v. i. Etym: [OE. hoven. See Hover.]

Defn: To hover around; to loiter; to lurk. [Obs.] Gower.

HOVEL Hov"el, n. Etym: [OE. hovel, hovil, prob. a dim. fr. AS. hof house; akin to D. & G. hof court, yard, Icel. hof temple; cf. Prov. E. hove to take shelter, heuf shelter, home.]

1. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather. Brande & C.

2. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.

3. (Porcelain Manuf.)

Defn: A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. Knight.

HOVEL
Hov"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoveled or Hovelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hoveling or Hovelling.]

Defn: To put in a hovel; to shelter.
To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. Shak.
The poor are hoveled and hustled together. Tennyson.

HOVELER
Hov"el*er, n.

Defn: One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman. [Written also hoveller.] [Prov. Eng.] G. P. R. James.

HOVELING
Hov"el*ing, n.

Defn: A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two. [Written also hovelling.]

HOVEN
Ho"ven, obs. or archaic

Defn: p. p. of Heave.

HOVEN
Ho"ven, a.

Defn: Affected with the disease called hoove; as, hoven cattle.

HOVER
Hov"er, n. Etym: [Etymol. doubtful.]

Defn: A cover; a shelter; a protection. [Archaic] Carew. C. Kingsley.

HOVER
Hov"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hovered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hovering.] Etym:
[OE. hoveren, and hoven, prob. orig., to abide, linger, and fr. AS.
hof house; cf. OFries. hovia to receive into one's house. See Hovel.]

1. To hang fluttering in the air, or on the wing; to remain in flight or floating about or over a place or object; to be suspended in the air above something. Great flights of birds are hovering about the bridge, and settling on it. Addison. A hovering mist came swimming o'er his sight. Dryden.

2. To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely. Agricola having sent his navy to hover on the coast. Milton. Hovering o'er the paper with her quill. Shak.

HOVERER
Hov"er*er, n.

Defn: A device in an incubator for protecting the young chickens and keeping them warm.

HOVER-HAWK
Hov"er-hawk`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The kestrel.

HOVERINGLY
Hov"er*ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a hovering manner.

HOW How, adv. Etym: [OE. how, hou, hu, hwu, AS. h, from the same root as hwa, hwæt, who, what, pron. interrog.; akin to OS. hwow, D. hoe, cf. G. wie how, Goth. hwe wherewith, hwaiwa how. sq. root182. See Who, and cf. Why.]

1. In what manner or way; by what means or process. How can a man be born when he is old John iii. 4.

2. To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by what measure or quality. O, how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Ps. cxix. 97. By how much they would diminish the present extent of the sea, so much they would impair the fertility, and fountains, and rivers of the earth. Bentley.

3. For what reason; from what cause. How now, my love! why is your cheek so pale Shak.

4. In what state, condition, or plight. How, and with what reproach, shall I return Dryden.

5. By what name, designation, or title. How art thou called Shak.

6. At what price; how dear. [Obs.] How a score of ewes now Shak.

Note: How is used in each sense, interrogatively, interjectionally, and relatively; it is also often employed to emphasize an interrogation or exclamation. "How are the mighty fallen!" 2 Sam. i. 27. Sometimes, also, it is used as a noun; — as, the how, the when, the wherefore. Shelley. Let me beg you — don't say "How" for "What" Holmes.

HOWADJI
How*adj"i, n. Etym: [Ar.]

1. A traveler.

2. A merchant; — so called in the East because merchants were formerly the chief travelers.

HOWBEIT
How*be"it, conj. Etym: [How + be + it.]

Defn: Be it as it may; nevertheless; notwithstanding; although;
albeit; yet; but; however.
The Moor — howbeit that I endure him not -Is of a constant, loving,
noble nature. Shak.

HOWDAH
How"dah, n. Etym: [Ar. hawdaj.]

Defn: A seat or pavilion, generally covered, fastened on the back of an elephant, for the rider or riders. [Written also houdah.]

HOWDY
How"dy, n. Etym: [Scot., also houdy- wife. Of uncertain origin; cf.
OSw. jordgumma; or perh. fr. E. how d'ye.]

Defn: A midwife. [Prov. Eng.]

HOWEL
How"el, n.

Defn: A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering rheir work, especially the inside of casks.

HOWEL
How"el, v. t.

Defn: To smooth; to plane; as, to howel a cask.

HOWELL
How"ell, n.

Defn: The upper stage of a porcelian furnace.

HOWEVER
How*ev"er, adv. Etym: [Sometimes contracted into howe'er.]

1. In whetever manner, way, or degree. However yet they me despise and spite. Spenser. Howe'er the business goes, you have made fault. Shak.

2. At all events; at least; in any case. Our chief end is to be freed from all, if it may be, however from the greatest evils. Tillotson.

HOWEVER
How*ev"er, conj.

Defn: Nevertheless; notwithstanding; yet; still; though; as, I shall not oppose your design; I can not, however, approve of it. In your excuse your love does little say; You might howe'er have took a better way. Dryden.

Syn. — However, At least, Nevertheless, Yet. These words, as here compared, have an adversative sense in reference to something referred to in the context. However is the most general, and leads to a final conclusion or decision. Thus we say, the truth, however, has not yet fully come out; i.e., such is the speaker's conclusion in view of the whole case. So also we say, however, you may rely on my assistance to that amount; i. e., at all events, whatever may happen, this is my final decision. At least is adversative in another way. It points out the utmost concession that can possibly be required, and still marks the adversative conclusion; as, at least, this must be done; whatever may be our love of peace, we must at least maintain the rights of conscience. Nevertheless denotes that though the concession be fully made, it has no bearing of the question; as, nevertheless, we must go forward. Yet signifies that however extreme the supposition or fact comceded may be, the consequence which might naturally be expected does not and will not follow; as, though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee; though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. Cf. But.

HOWITZ
How"itz, n.

Defn: A howitzer. [Obs.]

HOWITZER How"itz*er, n. Etym: [G. haubitze, formerly hauffnitz, Bohem. haufnice, orig., a sling.] (Mil.) (a) A gun so short that the projectile, which was hollow, could be put in its place by hand; a kind of mortar. [Obs.] (b) A short, light, largebore cannon, usually having a chamber of smaller diameter than the rest of the bore, and intended to throw large projectiles with comparatively small charges.

HOWKER
How"ker, n. (Naut.)

Defn: Same as Hooker.

HOWL
Howl, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Howled; p. pr. & vb. n. Howling.] Etym:
[OE. houlen, hulen; akin to D. huilen, MHG. hiulen, hiuweln, OHG.
hiuwilon to exult, h owl, Dan. hyle to howl.]

1. To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. And dogs in corners set them down to howl. Drayton. Methought a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears. Shak.

2. To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail. Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand. Is. xiii. 6.

3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast. Wild howled the wind. Sir W. Scott. Howling monkey. (Zoöl.) See Howler, 2. — Howling wilderness, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. Deut. xxxii. 10.

HOWL
Howl, v. t.

Defn: To utter with outcry. "Go . . . howl it out in deserts."
Philips.

HOWL
Howl, n.

1. The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.

2. A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.

HOWLER
Howl"er, n.

1. One who howls.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any South American monkey of the genus Mycetes. Many species are known. They are arboreal in their habits, and are noted for the loud, discordant howling in which they indulge at night.

HOWLET Howl"et, n. Etym: [Equiv. to owlet, influenced by howl: cf. F. hulotte, OHG. h, hiuwela.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: An owl; an owlet. [Written also houlet.] R. Browning.

HOWP
Howp, v. i.

Defn: To cry out; to whoop. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HOWSO
How"so, adv.

Defn: Howsoever. [Obs.]

HOWSOEVER
How`so*ev"er, adj. & conj. Etym: [How + so + ever.]

1. In what manner soever; to whatever degree or extent; however. I am glad he's come, howsoever he comes. Shak.

2. Although; though; however. [Obs.] Shak.

HOWVE
Howve, n.

Defn: A hood. See Houve. [Obs.]

HOX
Hox, v. t. Etym: [See Hock. sq. root.]

Defn: To hock; to hamstring. See Hock. [Obs.] Shak.

HOY
Hoy, n. Etym: [D. heu, or Flem. hui.] (Naut.)

Defn: A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying
passengers and goods from place to place, or as a tender to larger
vessels in port.
The hoy went to London every week. Cowper.

HOY
Hoy, interj. Etym: [D. hui. Cf. Ahoy.]

Defn: Ho! Halloe! Stop!

HOYDEN
Hoy"den, n.

Defn: Same as Hoiden.

HOYMAN
Hoy"man, n.; pl. Hoymen (.

Defn: One who navigates a hoy.
A common hoyman to carry goods by water for hire. Hobart.

HSIEN
Hsien, n. [Chin.]

Defn: An administrative subdivision of a fu, or department, or of an independent chow; also, the seat of government of such a district.

HUANACO
Hua*na"co, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Guanaco.

HUARACHO Hua*ra"cho, n.; pl. Huarachos (#). [Amer. Sp., also guaracha, guarache, huarache, prob. of Mexican origin.]

Defn: A kind of sandal worn by Indians and the lower classes generally; —usually used in pl. [Southern U. S. & Mex.]

HUB
Hub, n. Etym: [See 1st Hob.]

1. The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.

2. The hilt of a weapon. Halliwell.

3. A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby.

4. A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.

5. (Diesinking)

Defn: A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.

6. A screw hob. See Hob,

3.

7. A block for scotching a wheel. Hub plank (Highway Bridges), a horizontal guard plank along a truss at the height of a wagon-wheel hub. — Up to the hub, as far as possible in embarrassment or difficulty, or in business, like a wheel sunk in mire; deeply involved. [Colloq.]

HUBBLE-BUBBLE
Hub"ble-bub`ble, n.

Defn: A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes through water, making a bubbling noise, whence its name. In India, the bulb containing the water is often a cocoanut shell.

HUBBUB
Hub"bub, n. Etym: [Cf. Whoobub, Whoop, Hoop, v. i.]

Defn: A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar. Milton.
This hubbub of unmeaning words. Macaulay.

HUBBY
Hub"by, a.

Defn: Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby. [U.S.]

HUBNER; HUEBNER
Hüb"ner, n. Etym: [After Hübner, who analyzed it.] (Min.)

Defn: A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate.

HUCH; HUCHEN
Huch, Hu"chen, n. Etym: [G.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large salmon (Salmo, or Salvelinus, hucho) inhabiting the
Danube; — called also huso, and bull trout.

HUCK
Huck, v. i. Etym: [See Hawk to offer for sale, Huckster.]

Defn: To higgle in trading. [Obs.] Holland.

HUCKABACK Huck"a*back, n. Etym: [Perh. orig., peddler's wares; cf. LG. hukkebak pickback. Cf. Huckster.]

Defn: A kind of linen cloth with raised figures, used for towelings.

HUCKLE Huc"kle, n. Etym: [Perh. dim. of Prov. E. hucka hook, and so named from its round shape. See Hook.]

1. The hip; the haunch.

2. A bunch or part projecting like the hip. Huckle bone. (a) The hip bone; the innominate bone. (b) A small bone of the ankle; astragalus. [R.] Udall.

HUCKLE-BACKED
Huc"kle-backed`, a.

Defn: Round-shoulded.

HUCKLEBERRY Huc"kle*ber`ry, n. Etym: [Cf. Whortleberry.] (Bot.) (a) The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from G. resinosa. (b) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry. Squaw huckleberry. See Deeberry.

HUCKSTER Huck"ster, n. Etym: [OE. hukstere, hukster, OD. heukster, D. heuker; akin to D. huiken to stoop, bend, OD. huycken, huken, G. hocken, to squat, Icel. h; — the peddler being named from his stooping under the load on his back. Cf. Hawk to offer for sale.]

1. A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker. Swift.

2. A mean, trickish fellow. Bp. Hall.

HUCKSTER
Huck"ster, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Huckstered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Huckstering.]

Defn: To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. Swift.

HUCKSTERAGE
Huck"ster*age, n.

Defn: The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
Ignoble huckster age of piddling tithes. Milton.

HUCKSTERER
Huck"ster*er, n.

Defn: A huckster. Gladstone.
Those hucksterers or money-jobbers. Swift.

HUCKSTRESS
Huck"stress, n.

Defn: A female huckster.

HUD
Hud, n. Etym: [Cf. Hood a covering.]

Defn: A huck or hull, as of a nut. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

HUDDLE
Hud"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Huddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Huddling.]
Etym: [Cf. OE. hoderen, hodren, to cover, keep, warm; perh. akin to
OE. huden, hiden, to hide, E. hide, and orig. meaning, to get
together for protection in a safe place. Cf. Hide to conceal.]

Defn: To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd. The cattle huddled on the lea. Tennyson. Huddling together on the public square . . . like a herd of panic- struck deer. Prescott.

HUDDLE
Hud"dle, v. t.

1. To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system. Our adversary, huddling several suppositions together, . . . makes a medley and confusion. Locke.

2. To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; — usually with a following preposition or adverb; as, to huddle on; to huddle up; to huddle together. "Huddle up a peace." J. H. Newman. Let him forescat his work with timely care, Which else is huddled when the skies are fair. Dryden. Now, in all haste, they huddle on Their hoods, their cloaks, and get them gone. Swift.

HUDDLE
Hud"dle, n.

Defn: A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion. "A huddle of ideas." Addison.

HUDDLER
Hud"dler, n.

Defn: One who huddles things together.

HUDGE
Hudge, n. (Mining)

Defn: An iron bucket for hoisting coal or ore. Raymond.

HUDIBRASTIC
Hu`di*bras"tic, a.

Defn: Similar to, or in the style of, the poem "Hudibras," by Samuel
Butler; in the style of doggerel verse. Macaulay.

HUDSONIAN
Hud*so"ni*an, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson River; as, the Hudsonian curlew.

HUE Hue, n. Etym: [OE. hew, heow, color, shape, form, AS. hiw, heow; akin to Sw. hy skin, complexion, Goth. hiwi form, appearance.]

1. Color or shade of color; tint; dye. "Flowers of all hue." Milton. Hues of the rich unfolding morn. Keble.

2. (Painting)

Defn: A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; a primary color modified by combination with others.

HUE Hue, n. Etym: [OE. hue, huer, to hoot, shout, prob. fr. OF. hu an exclamation.]

Defn: A shouting or vociferation. Hue and cry (Law), a loud outcry with which felons were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were obliged to take up, joining in the pursuit till the malefactor was taken; in later usage, a written proclamation issued on the escape of a felon from prison, requiring all persons to aid in retaking him. Burrill.

HUED
Hued, a.

Defn: Having color; — usually in composition; as, bright-hued; many- hued. Chaucer.

HUELESS
Hue"less, a. Etym: [AS. hiwleás. See Hue color.]

Defn: Destitute of color. Hudibras.

HUER
Hu"er, n.

Defn: One who cries out or gives an alarm; specifically, a balker; a conder. See Balker.

HUFF
Huff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Huffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Huffing.] Etym:
[Cf. OE. hoove to puff up, blow; prob. of imitative origin.]

1. To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air. Grew.

2. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully. You must not presume to huff us. Echard.

3. (Draughts)

Defn: To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.

HUFF
Huff, v. i.

1. To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.

2. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense. THis senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them huff at the doctrine of repentance. South.

3. (Draughts)

Defn: To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; — so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.

HUFF
Huff, n.

1. A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage. "Left the place in a huff." W. Irving.

2. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance. Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and contempt of religion the sole badge . . . of wit. South. To take huff, to take offence. Cowper.

HUFFCAP
Huff"cap`, n.

Defn: A blusterer; a bully. [Obs.] — a.

Defn: Blustering; swaggering. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

HUFFER
Huff"er, n.

Defn: A bully; a blusterer. Hudibras.

HUFFINESS
Huff"i*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being huffish; petulance; bad temper. Ld. Lytton.

HUFFINGLY
Huff"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: Blusteringly; arrogantly. [R.]
And huffingly doth this bonny Scot ride. Old Ballad.

HUFFISH
Huff"ish, a.

Defn: Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.
— Huff"ish*ly, adv.
— Huff"ish*ness, n.

HUFFY
Huff"y, a.

1. Puffed up; as, huffy bread.

2. Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.

HUG
Hug, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Hugging.] Etym:
[Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. sidde paa huk to squat, Sw. huka
sig to squat, Icel. h. Cf. Huckster.]

1. To cower; to crouch; to curl up. [Obs.] Palsgrave.

2. To crowd together; to cuddle. [Obs.] Shak.

HUG
Hug, v. t.

1. To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace. "And huggen me in his arms." Shak.

2. To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish. We hug deformities if they bear our names. Glanvill.

3. (Naut.)

Defn: To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind. To hug one's self, to congratulate one's self; to chuckle.

HUG
Hug, n.

Defn: A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling. Fuller.

HUGE Huge, a. [Compar. Huger; superl. Hugest.] Etym: [OE. huge, hoge, OF. ahuge, ahoge.]

Defn: Very large; enormous; immense; excessive; — used esp. of material bulk, but often of qualities, extent, etc.; as, a huge ox; a huge space; a huge difference. "The huge confusion." Chapman. "A huge filly." Jer. Taylor. — Huge"ly, adv. — Huge"ness, n. Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea. Shak.

Syn.
— Enormous; gigantic; colossal; immense; prodigious; vast.

HUGGER
Hug"ger, n.

Defn: One who hugs or embraces.

HUGGER
Hug"ger, v. t. & i.

Defn: To conceal; to lurk ambush. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

HUGGER-MUGGER Hug"ger-mug`ger, n. Etym: [Scot. huggrie-muggrie; Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen.]

Defn: Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy. [Archaic] Many things have been done in hugger-mugger. Fuller.

HUGGER-MUGGER
Hug"ger-mug`ger, a.

1. Secret; clandestine; sly.

2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.

HUGGLE
Hug"gle, v. t. Etym: [Freq. of hug.]

Defn: To hug. [Obs.]

HUGUENOT Hu"gue*not, n. Etym: [F., properly a dim. of Hugues. The name is probably derived from the Christian name (Huguenot) of some person conspicuous as a reformer.] (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: A French Protestant of the period of the religious wars in
France in the 16th century.

HUGUENOTISM
Hu"gue*not*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. huguenotisme.]

Defn: The religion of the Huguenots in France.

HUGY
Hu"gy, a.

Defn: Vast. [Obs.] Dryden.

HUIA BIRD
Hu"ia bird`. Etym: [Native name; — so called from its cry.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A New Zealand starling (Heteralocha acutirostris), remarkable for the great difference in the form and length of the bill in the two sexes, that of the male being sharp and straight, that of the female much longer and strongly curved.

HUISHER
Hui"sher, n. [Obs.]

Defn: See Usher. B. Jonson.

HUISHER
Hui"sher, v. t.

Defn: To usher. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

HUKE
Huke, n. Etym: [OF. huque, LL. huca; cf. D. huik.]

Defn: An outer garment worn in Europe in the Middle Ages. [Written also heuk and hyke.] [Obs.] Bacon.

HULAN
Hu"lan, n.

Defn: See Uhlan.

HULCH
Hulch, n. Etym: [Cf. Hunch.]

Defn: A hunch. [Obs.]

HULCHY
Hulch"y, a.

Defn: Swollen; gibbous. [Obs.]

HULK Hulk, n. Etym: [OE. hulke a heavy ship, AS. hulc a light, swift ship; akin to D. hulk a ship of burden, G. holk, OHG. holcho; perh. fr. LL. holcas, Gr. Wolf, Holcad.]

1. The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service. "Some well-timbered hulk." Spenser.

2. A heavy ship of clumsy build. Skeat.

3. Anything bulky or unwieldly. Shak. Shear hulk, an old ship fitted with an apparatus to fix or take out the masts of a ship. — The hulks, old or dismasted ships, formerly used as prisons. [Eng.] Dickens.

HULK
Hulk, v. t. Etym: [Cf. MLG. holken to hollow out, Sw. hålka.]

Defn: To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare.
[R.] Beau. & Fl.

HULKING; HULKY
Hulk"ing, Hulk"y, a.

Defn: Bulky; unwiedly. [R.] "A huge hulking fellow." H. Brooke.

HULL Hull, n. Etym: [OE. hul, hol, shell, husk, AS. hulu; akin to G. hülle covering, husk, case, hüllen to cover, Goth. huljan to cover, AS. helan to hele, conceal. sq. root17. See Hele, v. t., Hell.]

1. The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.

2. Etym: [In this sense perh. influenced by D. hol hold of a ship, E. hold.] (Naut.)

Defn: The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards,
sails, and rigging.
Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light. Dryden.
Hull down, said of a ship so distant that her hull is concealed by
the convexity of the sea.

HULL
Hull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hulling.]

1. To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn.

2. To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.

HULL
Hull, v. i.

Defn: To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails. [Obs.] Shak. Milton.

HULLABALOO
Hul`la*ba*loo", n. Etym: [Perh. a corruption of hurly-burly.]

Defn: A confused noise; uproar; tumult. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

HULLED
Hulled, a.

Defn: Deprived of the hulls. Hulled corn, kernels of maize prepared for food by removing the hulls.

HULLER
Hull"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine.

HULLO
Hul*lo", interj.

Defn: See Hollo.

HULLY
Hull"y, a.

Defn: Having or containing hulls.

HULOIST
Hu"lo*ist, n.

Defn: See Hyloist.

HULOTHEISM
Hu"lo*the*ism, n.

Defn: See Hylotheism.

HULVER
Hul"ver, n. Etym: [OE. hulfere; prob. akin to E. holly.]

Defn: Holly, an evergreen shrub or tree.

HUM Hum, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hummed; p. pr. & vb. n. Humming.] Etym: [Of imitative origin; cf. G. hummen, D. hommelen. sq. root15.]

1. To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums. P. Fletcher. Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep. Pope.

2. To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone. The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums. Shak.

3. Etym: [Cf. Hum, interj.]

Defn: To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem.

4. To express satisfaction by a humming noise. Here the spectators hummed. Trial of the Regicides.

Note: Formerly the habit of audiences was to express gratification by humming and displeasure by hissing.

5. To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, — a pathological condition.

HUM
Hum, v. t.

1. To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune.

2. To express satisfaction with by humming.

3. To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug. [Colloq. & Low]

HUM
Hum, n.

1. A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz. The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums. Shak.

2. Any inarticulate and buzzing sound; as: (a) The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry. But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men. Byron.

(b) A buzz or murmur, as of approbation. Macaulay.

3. An imposition or hoax.

4. Etym: [Cf. Hem, interj.]

Defn: An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc. THese shrugs, these hums and ha's. Shak.

5. Etym: [Perh. so called because strongly intoxicating.]

Defn: A kind of strong drink formerly used. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. Venous hum. See under Venous.

HUM
Hum, interj. Etym: [Cf. Hem, interj.]

Defn: Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation. Pope.

HUMAN
Hu"man, a. Etym: [L. humanus; akin to homo man: cf. F. humain. See
Homage, and cf. Humane, Omber.]

Defn: Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human shape; human nature; human sacrifices. To err is human; to forgive, divine. Pope.

HUMAN
Hu"man, n.

Defn: A human being. [Colloq.]
Sprung of humans that inhabit earth. Chapman.
We humans often find ourselves in strange position. Prof. Wilson.

HUMANATE
Hu"man*ate, a. Etym: [LL. humanatus.]

Defn: Indued with humanity. [Obs.] Cranmer.

HUMANE
Hu*mane", a. Etym: [L. humanus: cf. F. humain. See Human.]

1. Pertaining to man; human. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

2. Having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man; having a disposition to treat other human beings or animals with kindness; kind; benevolent. Of an exceeding courteous and humane inclination. Sportswood.

3. Humanizing; exalting; tending to refine.

Syn.
— Kind; sympathizing; benevolent; mild; compassionate; gentle;
tender; merciful.
— Hu*mane"ly, adv.
— Hu*mane"ness, n.

HUMANICS
Hu*man"ics, n.

Defn: The study of human nature. [R.] T. W. Collins.

HUMANIFY
Hu*man"i*fy, v. t.

Defn: To make human; to invest with a human personality; to
incarnate. [R.]
The humanifying of the divine Word. H. B. Wilson.

HUMANISM
Hu"man*ism, n.

1. Human nature or disposition; humanity. [She] looked almost like a being who had rejected with indifference the attitude of sex for the loftier quality of abstract humanism. T. Hardy.

2. The study of the humanities; polite learning.

HUMANIST
Hu"man*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. humaniste.]

1. One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title. Schaff- Herzog.

2. One who purposes the study of the humanities, or polite literature.

3. One versed in knowledge of human nature.

HUMANISTIC
Hu`man*is"tic, a.

1. Of or pertaining to humanity; as, humanistic devotion. Caird.

2. Pertaining to polite kiterature. M. Arnold.

HUMANITARIAN
Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an, a.

1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.)

Defn: Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature.

2. (Philos.)

Defn: Content with right affections and actions toward man; ethical, as distinguished from religious; believing in the perfectibility of man's nature without supernatural aid.

3. Benevolent; philanthropic. [Recent]

HUMANITARIAN
Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an, n. Etym: [From Humanity.]

1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.)

Defn: One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human.

2. (Philos.)

Defn: One who limits the sphere of duties to human relations and affections, to the exclusion or disparagement of the religious or spiritual.

3. One who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of his kind; a philanthropist. [Recent]