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word: Hibiscus
definition:
Hibiscus

Hi*bis"cus
(?)
n.
[L., marsh mallow; cf. Gr. _;.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees), some species of which have large, showy flowers. Some species are cultivated in India for their fiber, which is used as a substitute for hemp. See Althea, Hollyhock, and Manoe.


word: Hiccius doctius
definition:
Hiccius doctius

Hic"ci*us doc"ti*us
(?)
[Corrupted fr. L. hic est doctus this is a learned man.]
A juggler.
[Cant]
Hudibras.


word: Hiccough
definition:
Hiccough

Hic"cough
(?; 277)
n.
[OE. hickup, hicket, hickock; prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. & Dan. hik, Sw. hicka, Armor. hak, hik, W. ig, F. hoquet.]
(Physiol.)
A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough.
[Written also hickup or hiccup.]


word: Hiccough₂
definition:
Hiccough

Hic"cough
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Hiccoughed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hiccoughing.]
To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.


word: hick
definition:
hick

hick
n.
A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture; a hayseed.

Syn. -- yokel, rube, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon.


word: hick₂
definition:
hick

hick
adj.
1.
rural.  Opposite of urban.

2.
characteristic of rural people, especially those not knowledgeable about matters outside their locality; as, hick ideas; a hick town.

Syn. -- bumpkinly, rustic, unsophisticated.


word: hickie
definition:
hickie

hickey

hick"ey, hick"ie
n.
1.
(Elec.)
A device used to adapt a lighting fixture for mounting in an outlet box, or on a pipe.

2.
A red mark on the skin, caused by a passionate, sucking kiss at that location.
[slang]

3.
a doohickey.
[informal]


word: Hickory
definition:
Hickory

Hick"o*ry
(?)
n.
[North American Indian pawcohiccora (Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from pounded hickory nuts. “Pohickory” is named in a list of Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to “hickory.”  J. H. Trumbull.]
(Bot.)
An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species.  The shagbark is the Carya alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets.  The pignut, or brown hickory, is the Carya glabra.  The swamp hickory is Carya amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter.

Hickory shad. (Zool.) (a) The mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The gizzard shad.


word: Hicksite
definition:
Hicksite

Hicks"ite
(?)
n.
A member or follower of the “liberal” party, headed by Elias Hicks, which, because of a change of views respecting the divinity of Christ and the Atonement, seceded from the conservative portion of the Society of Friends in the United States, in 1827.


word: Hickway
definition:
Hickway

Hickwall

{ Hick"wall` (?), Hick"way` (?), }
n.
[OE., also hyghwhele, highawe.]
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Hidage
definition:
Hidage

Hid"age
(?)
n.
[From hide a quantity of land.]
(O. Eng. Law.)
A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land.
[Written also hydage.]


word: Hidalgo
definition:
Hidalgo

Hi*dal"go
(?)
n.
[Sp., contr. fr. hijo de algo, i. e., son of something; hijo son (fr. LL. filius) + algo something, fr. L. aliquod.  Cf. Fidalgo.]
A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class.


word: Hidden
definition:
Hidden

Hid"den
(?)
p. p. & a.
from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious.

Hidden fifths or Hidden octaves (Mus.), consecutive fifths or octaves, not sounded, but suggested or implied in the parallel motion of two parts towards a fifth or an octave.
Bring to light the hidden things of darkness.
1 Cor. iv. 5.

My heart, which by a secret harmony
Still moves with thine, joined in connection sweet.
Milton.

By what best way,
Whether of open war, or covert guile,
We now debate.
Milton.


word: Hiddenite
definition:
Hiddenite

Hid"den*ite
(?)
n.
[After W. E. Hidden.]
(Min.)
An emerald-green variety of spodumene found in North Carolina; lithia emerald, -- used as a gem.


word: Hide
definition:
Hide

Hide
(hīd)
v. t.
[imp. Hid (hĭd); p. p. Hidden (hĭd"d'n), Hid; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding (hīd"ĭng).]
[OE. hiden, huden, AS. h&ymacr_;dan; akin to Gr. key`qein, and prob. to E. house, hut, and perh. to E. hide of an animal, and to hoard.  Cf. Hoard.]
1.
To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.

A city that is set on an hill can not be hid.
Matt. v. 15.

If circumstances lead me, I will find
Where truth is hid.
Shak.

2.
To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.

Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate.
Pope.

3.
To remove from danger; to shelter.

In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion.
Ps. xxvi. 5.

To hide one's self, to put one's self in a condition to be safe; to secure protection. “A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself.” Prov. xxii. 3. -- To hide the face, to withdraw favor. “Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.” Ps. xxx. 7. -- To hide the face from. (a) To overlook; to pardon. “Hide thy face from my sins.” Ps. li. 9. (b) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with.


word: Hide₂
definition:
Hide

Hide
v. i.
To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.

Bred to disguise, in public 'tis you hide.
Pope.

Hide and seek, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them. Swift.


word: Hide₃
definition:
Hide

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


word: Hide₄
definition:
Hide

Hide
n.
[OE. hide, hude, AS. h&ymacr_;d; akin to D. huid, OHG. hūt, G. haut, Icel. hūð, Dan. & Sw. hud, L. cutis, Gr. ky`tos; and cf. Gr. sky`tos skin, hide, L. scutum shield, and E. sky. √13.]
1.
The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.

2.
The human skin; -- so called in contempt.

O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide!
Shak.


word: Hide₅
definition:
Hide

Hide
(hīd)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hided; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding.]
To flog; to whip.
[Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.]


word: hide and go seek
definition:
hide and go seek

hide-and-seek

hide-and-seek, hide and go seek
n.
A game played by children, in which one child (who is “it”) covers his eyes for a short time while the other players hide, and then the one who is “it” tries to find the others.


word: hideaway
definition:
hideaway

hideaway
n.
a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws.

Syn. -- hideout, den.

2.
an area where one can be alone and undisturbed.

Syn. -- retreat.


word: Hidebound
definition:
Hidebound

Hide"bound`
(?)
a.
1.
Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.

2.
(Hort.)
Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees.
Bacon.

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

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


word: Hideous
definition:
Hideous

Hid"e*ous
(hĭd"e̝*ŭs; 277)
a.
[OE. hidous, OF. hidous, hidos, hidus, hisdos, hisdous, F. hideux: cf. OF. hide, hisde, fright; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. egidī horror, or L. hispidosus, for hispidus rough, bristly, E. hispid.]
1.
Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks.
hideous
Macaulay.

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

3.
Hateful; shocking.
hideous
Shak.


word: hideout
definition:
hideout

hide"out
(hīd"out)
n.
a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws.

Syn. -- hideaway, den.


word: Hiding
definition:
Hiding

Hid"ing
n.
The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment.

There was the hiding of his power.
Hab. iii. 4.


word: Hidrosis
definition:
Hidrosis

Hi*dro"sis
(?)
n.
[Written also, but incorrectly, idrosis.]
[NL., fr. Gr. _; to sweat, _; sweat.]
1.
(Physiol.)
Excretion of sweat; perspiration.

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


word: Hidrotic
definition:
Hidrotic

Hi*drot"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; sudorific.]
(Med.)
Causing perspiration; diaphoretic or sudorific.


word: Hie
definition:
Hie

Hie
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Hied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hying.]
[OE. hien, hihen, highen, AS. higian to hasten, strive; cf. L. ciere to put in motion, call upon, rouse, Gr. _; to go, E. cite.]
To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal pronoun.
[Rare, except in poetry]
hies
Shak.

The youth, returning to his mistress, hies.
Dryden.


word: Hierapicra
definition:
Hierapicra

Hi"e*ra*pi"cra
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. "iero`s sacred + _; bitter.]
(med.)
A warming cathartic medicine, made of aloes and canella bark.
Dunglison.


word: Hierarch
definition:
Hierarch

Hi"er*arch
(hī"ẽr*ärk`)
n.
[LL. hierarcha, Gr. _;; "iero`s sacred (akin to Skr. ishiras vigorous, fresh, blooming) + _; leader, ruler, fr. _; to lead, rule: cf. F. hiérarque.]
One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs.
Milton.


word: Hierarchic
definition:
Hierarchic

Hierarchal

{ Hi"er*arch`al (?), Hi`er*arch"ic (?), }
a.
Pertaining to a hierarch.
hierarchal
Milton.


word: hierarchical
definition:
hierarchical

hierarchic

hi`er*arch"ic, hi`er*arch"ic*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. hiérarchique.]
Of or pertaining to a hierarchy; ordered in a hierarchy.
Hi`er*arch`ic*al*ly, adv.
Syn. -- hierarchical, hierarchal.

2.
Pertaining to a transitive relation between objects by which they may be ordered into a hierarchy; as, a hierarchical relation.


word: Hierarchism
definition:
Hierarchism

Hi"er*arch`ism
(?)
n.
The principles or authority of a hierarchy.

The more dominant hierarchism of the West.
Milman.


word: Hierarchy
definition:
Hierarchy

Hi"er*arch`y
(hī"ẽr*ärk`&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Hierarchies (hī"ẽr*ärk`ĭz).
[Gr. 'ierarchi`a: cf. F. hiérarchie.]
1.
Dominion or authority in sacred things.

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

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

4.
A rank or order of holy beings.

Standards and gonfalons . . . for distinction serve
Of hierarchies, of orders, and degrees.
Milton.
5.
(Math., Logic, Computers)
Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it; also, the entire set of ordering relations between such objects.  The ordering relation between each object and the one above is called a hierarchical relation.
Classification schemes, as in biology, usually form hierarchies.


word: Hieratic
definition:
Hieratic

Hi`er*at"ic
(?)
a.
[L. hieraticus, Gr. "ieratiko`s; akin to "iero`s sacred: cf. F. hiératique.]
Consecrated to sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to priests.

Hieratic character, a mode of ancient Egyptian writing; a modified form of hieroglyphics, tending toward a cursive hand and formerly supposed to be the sacerdotal character, as the demotic was supposed to be that of the people.

It was a false notion of the Greeks that of the three kinds of writing used by the Egyptians, two -- for that reason called hieroglyphic and hieratic -- were employed only for sacred, while the third, the demotic, was employed for secular, purposes. No such distinction is discoverable on the more ancient Egyptian monuments; bur we retain the old names founded on misapprehension.
W. H. Ward (Johnson's Cyc.).


word: Hierocracy
definition:
Hierocracy

Hi`er*oc"ra*cy
(?)
n.
[Gr. "iero`s sacred + _; to be strong, rule.]
Government by ecclesiastics; a hierarchy.
Jefferson.


word: Hieroglyphic
definition:
Hieroglyphic

Hieroglyph

{ Hi"er*o*glyph (?), Hi`er*o*glyph"ic (?), }
n.
[Cf. F. hiéroglyphe. See Hieroglyphic, a.]

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

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


word: Hieroglyphical
definition:
Hieroglyphical

Hieroglyphic

{ Hi`er*o*glyph"ic (?), Hi`er*o*glyph"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. hieroglyphicus, Gr. _;; "iero`s sacred + gly`fein to carve: cf. F. hiéroglyphique.]

1.
Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk.

Pages no better than blanks to common minds, to his, hieroglyphical of wisest secrets.
Prof. Wilson.

2.
Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable.
hieroglyphical
Sir W. Scott.

3.
of or pertaining to hieroglyphs.
[wns=1]


word: Hierogrammatic
definition:
Hierogrammatic

Hi`er*o*gram"mat"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. hiérogrammatique.]
Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing.
Bp. Warburton.


word: Hierogrammatist
definition:
Hierogrammatist

Hi`er*o*gram"ma*tist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. hiérogrammatiste.]
A writer of hierograms; also, one skilled in hieroglyphics.
Greenhill.


word: Hierographical
definition:
Hierographical

Hierographic

{ Hi`er*o*graph"ic (?), Hi`er*o*graph"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. hierographicus, Gr. _;: cf. F. hiérographique.]
Of or pertaining to sacred writing.


word: Hierography
definition:
Hierography

Hi`er*og"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; "iero`s sacred + _; to write: cf. F. hiérographie.]
Sacred writing.
[R.]
Bailey.


word: Hierolatry
definition:
Hierolatry

Hi`er*ol"a*try
(?)
n.
[Gr. "iero`s sacred + _; worship, _; to worship.]
The worship of saints or sacred things.
[R.]
Coleridge.


word: Hierological
definition:
Hierological

Hierologic

{ Hi`er*o*log"ic (?), Hi`er*o*log"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. hiérologique.]
Pertaining to hierology.


word: Hierology
definition:
Hierology

Hi`er*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; "iero`s sacred + _; discourse: cf. F. hiérologie.]
A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a treatise on that science.


word: Hieromancy
definition:
Hieromancy

Hi"er*o*man`cy
(?)
n.
[Gr. "iero`s sacred + _; divination: cf. F. hiéromantie.]
Divination by observing the objects offered in sacrifice.


word: Hieromartyr
definition:
Hieromartyr

Hi"er*o*mar`tyr
(?)
n.
[Gr. "iero`s sacred + E. martyr.]
A priest who becomes a martyr.


word: Hieromnemon
definition:
Hieromnemon

Hi`e*rom*ne"mon
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _;; "iero`s sacred + _; mindful, fr. _; to think on, remember.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
1.
The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister.
Liddel & Scott.

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


word: Hierophant
definition:
Hierophant

Hi*er"o*phant
(hi̝*ĕr"o̝*fant or hī"ẽr; 277)
n.
[L. hierophanta, hierophantes, Gr. "ierofa`nths; "iero`s sacred + fai`nein to show, make known: cf. F. hiérophante.]
The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries;
hence,
one who teaches the mysteries and duties of a religion or an arcane discipline; an expositor; as, In his television series “Cosmos”, Carl Sagan became the foremost hierophant of modern cosmology..
Abp. Potter.

Syn. -- mystagogue.
2.
an advocate or spokesperson.


word: Hierophantic
definition:
Hierophantic

Hi`er*o*phan"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. "ierofantiko`s.]
Of or relating to hierophants or their teachings.


word: Hieroscopy
definition:
Hieroscopy

Hi`er*os"co*py
(?)
n.
[Gr. "ieroskopi`a divination; "iero`s sacred + _; to view.]
Divination by inspection of entrails of victims offered in sacrifice.


word: Hierotheca
definition:
Hierotheca

Hi`er*o*the"ca
(?)
n.
pl. -cæ (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _;; "iero`s sacred + _; chest.]
A receptacle for sacred objects.


word: Hierourgy
definition:
Hierourgy

Hi"er*our`gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; "iero`s sacred + _; work.]
A sacred or holy work or worship.
[Obs.]
Waterland.


word: hi-fi
definition:
hi-fi

hifi

hifi, hi-fi
[shortening of high fidelity.]
n.
An electronic device that plays phonograph records, reproducing the original sound with a high degree of fidelity.  It superseded the older phonographs, and itself is being displaced in popularity by CD players.

Syn. -- hi-fi, high fidelity sound system.


word: Higgle
definition:
Higgle

Hig"gle
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Higgled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Higgling (?).]
[Cf. Haggle, or Huckster.]
1.
To hawk or peddle provisions.

2.
To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle.

A person accustomed to higgle about taps.
Jeffry.

To truck and higgle for a private good.
Emerson.


word: High₂
definition:
High

High
(?)
a.
[Compar. Higher (?); superl. Highest.]
[OE. high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. heáh, h_;h; akin to OS. h_;h, OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h_;h, G. hoch, Icel. h_;r, Sw. hög, Dan. höi, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound, G. hügel hill, Lith. kaukaras.]
1.
Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.

2.
Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are understood from the connection
He was a wight of high renown.
Shak.
Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Ps. lxxxix. 13.

Can heavenly minds such high resentment show?
Dryden.

Both meet to hear and answer such high things.
Shak.

Plain living and high thinking are no more.
Wordsworth.
If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper.
South.
An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin.
Prov. xxi. 4.

His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
Clarendon.

3.
Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc.

High time it is this war now ended were.
Spenser.

High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies.
Baker.

4.
(Cookery)
Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high.

5.
(Mus.)
Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.

6.
(Phon.)
Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as ē (ēve), ō (fōd). See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 10, 11.

High admiral, the chief admiral. -- High altar, the principal altar in a church. -- High and dry, out of water; out of reach of the current or tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached. -- High and mighty arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.] -- High art, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all meretricious display. -- High bailiff, the chief bailiff. -- High Church, and Low Church, two ecclesiastical parties in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See Broad Church. -- High constable (Law), a chief of constabulary. See Constable, n., 2. -- High commission court, a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse of its powers it was abolished in 1641. -- High day (Script.), a holy or feast day. John xix. 31. -- High festival (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full ceremonial. -- High German, or High Dutch. See under German. -- High jinks, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry; wild sport. [Colloq.] “All the high jinks of the county, when the lad comes of age.”  F. Harrison. -- High latitude (Geog.), one designated by the higher figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator. -- High life, life among the aristocracy or the rich. -- High liver, one who indulges in a rich diet. -- High living, a feeding upon rich, pampering food. -- High Mass. (R. C. Ch.) See under Mass. -- High milling, a process of making flour from grain by several successive grindings and intermediate sorting, instead of by a single grinding. -- High noon, the time when the sun is in the meridian. -- High place (Script.), an eminence or mound on which sacrifices were offered. -- High priest. See in the Vocabulary. -- High relief. (Fine Arts) See Alto-rilievo. -- High school. See under School. High seas (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty, usually distant three miles or more from the coast line. Wharton. -- High steam, steam having a high pressure. -- High steward, the chief steward. -- High tea, tea with meats and extra relishes. -- High tide, the greatest flow of the tide; high water. -- High time. (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion. (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal. [Slang] -- High treason, treason against the sovereign or the state, the highest civil offense. See Treason.
[1913 Webster]
&hand_; It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a distinct offense, has been abolished.  Mozley & W.
-- High water, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the tide; also, the time of such elevation. -- High-water mark. (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters ordinarily reach at high water. (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a river or other body of fresh water, as in time of freshet. -- High-water shrub (Bot.), a composite shrub (Iva frutescens), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. -- High wine, distilled spirits containing a high percentage of alcohol; -- usually in the plural. -- To be on a high horse, to be on one's dignity; to bear one's self loftily. [Colloq.] -- With a high hand. (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. “The children of Israel went out with a high hand.” Ex. xiv. 8. (b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. “They governed the city with a high hand.” Jowett (Thucyd. ).


word: High₃
definition:
High

High
(?)
adv.
In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully.
high
Milton.
high
Shak.

&hand_; High is extensively used in the formation of compound words, most of which are of very obvious signification; as, high-aimed, high-arched, high-aspiring, high-bearing, high-boasting, high-browed, high-crested, high-crowned, high-designing, high-engendered, high-feeding, high-flaming, high-flavored, high-gazing, high-heaped, high-heeled, high-priced, high-reared, high-resolved, high-rigged, high-seated, high-shouldered, high-soaring, high-towering, high-voiced, and the like.

High and low, everywhere; in all supposable places; as, I hunted high and low. [Colloq.]


word: High₄
definition:
High

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

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

3.
(Card Playing)
The highest card dealt or drawn.

High, low, jack, and the game, a game at cards; -- also called all fours, old sledge, and seven up. -- In high and low, utterly; completely; in every respect. [Obs.] Chaucer.  -- On high, aloft; above.
[1913 Webster]
The dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke i. 78.
-- The Most High, the Supreme Being; God.


word: highball
definition:
highball

high"ball`
(hī"b&asuml_;l`)
n.
1.
An alcoholic beverage having a liquor such as whiskey mixed with water or a carbonated beverage, and usually served with ice in a tall glass.
[wns=1]

2.
(Railroads)
A railroad track signal permitting the engineer to proceed at full speed.


word: Highbinder
definition:
Highbinder

High"bind`er
(?)
n.
A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese.
[U. S.]


word: Highborn
definition:
Highborn

High"born`
(?)
a.
Of noble or aristocratic birth.  Contrasted with lowborn and common.
Shak.

Syn. -- aristocratic, blue-blooded, coroneted, gentle, patrician, titled, wellborn, upper-class.


word: Highboy
definition:
Highboy

High"boy`
n.
1.
One who lives high; also, in politics, a highflyer.

2.
A kind of tall chest of drawers, with drawers up to near or above eye level and fouyr legs at the base; it is often divided into lower and upper sections, with the lower section somewhat wider than the upper; also called a tallboy.  Compare lowboy.
[U. S.]
highboys
K. L. Bates.


word: highbrowed
definition:
highbrowed

highbrow

highbrow highbrowed
adj.
highly cultured or educated; pertaining to highly educated people; as, highbrow events such as the ballet or opera.
[informal]


word: High-built
definition:
High-built

High"-built`
(?)
a.
Of lofty structure; tall.
High-built
Tennyson.

The high-built elephant his castle rears.
Creech.


word: high chair
definition:
high chair

highchair

high"chair`, high" chair`
n.
a chair designed for feeding a very young child, having four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray, which rests in front of the child, holds the food, and also serves as a restraint, to keep the child from falling out of the chair.

Syn. -- feeding chair.


word: High-church
definition:
High-church

High"-church`
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a.


word: High-colored
definition:
High-colored

High"-col`ored
(?)
a.
1.
Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed.
Shak.

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


word: High-energy physics
definition:
High-energy physics

High`-en"er*gy phys`ics
(?)
n.
the branch of particle physics which studies collisions of particles accelerated to such high energy that new fundamental particles are generated in the process.  The creation of new particles of very high energy is required to permit the study of the most fundamental relations between forms of matter, so as to understand the fundamental nature of matter.  The high energies also reproduce the high-temperature conditions at the earliest phase of the big bang, allowing generation of some data relevant to understanding the nature and evolution of the universe.


word: higher
definition:
higher

higher
adj. prenom.
1.
advanced in complexity or elaboration; as, higher mathematics.

2.
of or pertaining to education beyond the secondary level; as, higher education; higher learning.


word: Higher criticism
definition:
Higher criticism

High"er crit"i*cism
Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literary character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism.
The comparison of the Hebrew and Greek texts . . . introduces us to a series of questions affecting the composition, the editing, and the collection of the sacred books. This class of questions forms the special subject of the branch of critical science which is usually distinguished from the verbal criticism of the text by the name of higher, or historical, criticism.
W. Robertson Smith.


word: Highering
definition:
Highering

High"er*ing
(?)
a.
Rising higher; ascending.

In ever highering eagle circles.
Tennyson.


word: Higher National Diploma
definition:
Higher National Diploma

Higher National Diploma
n.
(Education)
A certificate awarded for completing a course of vocational education beyond secondary school, preparing the student for a career in business or certain practical arts.  It is a term used in the United Kingdom.
[United Kingdom]


word: higher programming language
definition:
higher programming language

higher programming language
n.
(Computers)
A computer programming language with an instruction set allowing one instruction to code for several assembly language instructions.
The aggregation of several assembly-language instructions into one instruction allows much greater efficiency in writing computer programs.  Most programs are now written in some higher programming language, such as BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL, C, C++, PROLOG, or JAVA.


word: higher-ranking
definition:
higher-ranking

higher-ranking
adj.
having a rank above that of another.

Syn. -- ranking(prenominal), superior.


word: higher-up
definition:
higher-up

high"er-up"
n.
A superior officer or official; a person having greater rank or station or quality than others; -- used chiefly in pl.
[Slang]

Syn. -- superior, superordinate.


word: highfalutin'
definition:
highfalutin'

highfaluting

highfalutin

highfalutin highfaluting highfalutin'
adj.
Affectedly genteel; pretentious; haughty; snobbish.
[Written also hifalutin.]
[informal]

Syn. -- grandiose, hifalutin, hoity-toity, la-di-da.


word: highfaluting
definition:
highfaluting

highfalutin

high`fa*lu"tin, high`fa*lu"ting
(?)
n.
[Perh. a corruption of highflighting.]
High-flown, bombastic language.
[Written also hifalutin.]
[Jocular, U. S.]
Lowell.


word: High five
definition:
High five

High five
1.
See Cinch (the game).

2.
pl.
a celebratory or mutually congratulatory gesture between two persons performed by each slapping the other's raised right hand.  Also used as a verb.


word: Highflier
definition:
Highflier

High"fli`er
(?)
n.
1.
One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners; one who is highfaluting.
Swift.

2.
a person of great ability and ambition.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- highflyer.


word: High-flown
definition:
High-flown

High"-flown`
(?)
a.
1.
Elevated; proud.
High-flown
Denham.

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


word: Highflying
definition:
Highflying

High"fly`ing
(?)
a.
1.
Extravagant in opinions or ambition.
Highflying
Dryden.

2.
Flying at a high altitude; -- of airplanes.

3.
Having an excessively high cost or perceived value; temporarily very successful; -- of objects with respect to a market and people in their occupations; as, highflying internet stocks; highflying executives moving between companies.


word: High-handed
definition:
High-handed

High"-hand`ed
(?)
a.
Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.


word: High-hearted
definition:
High-hearted

High"-heart`ed
(?)
a.
Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled.
High"-heart`ed*ness, n.


word: High-hoe
definition:
High-hoe

High"-hoe`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The European green woodpecker or yaffle.
[Written also high-hoo.]


word: highjack
definition:
highjack

highjack
v. t.
same as hijack.
[Rare]

Syn. -- commandeer, hijack, high-jack, pirate, expropriate.


word: highjacking
definition:
highjacking

highjacking
n.
The seizure of control of a vehicle while it is in transit, either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination.

Syn. -- hijacking.


word: Highland
definition:
Highland

High"land
(?)
n.
Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland.

Highland fling, a dance peculiar to the Scottish Highlanders; a sort of hornpipe.


word: highland
definition:
highland

highland
adj.
of, located in, or characteristic of high or hilly country.  Contrasted to lowland.
[prenominal]
alpestrine, subalpine 
alpine
mountain(prenominal) 
mountainous 

Syn. -- upland.


word: Highlander
definition:
Highlander

High"land*er
(?)
n.
1.
a soldier in a Scottish Highland regiment.
[wns=1]

2.
An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland.
[wns=2]


word: highlight
definition:
highlight

highlight
v. t.
1.
To emphasize or call attention to, by moving into the foreground or otherwise making more prominent.

Syn. -- foreground, spotlight, play up.

2.
To make (part of a text or image) more prominent, especially by making it of a lighter hue or of a different color than the remaining part.


word: highlight₂
definition:
highlight

highlight
n.
The part of an image that has the most intense light.

2.
The most memorable or enjoyable part; -- of events or activities; as, the highlight of our trip was the tour of the Vatican.


word: highly-developed
definition:
highly-developed

highly-developed
adj.
1.
very complex or intricate; -- used especially of technology.

Syn. -- advanced.

2.
having most of its industrial production in the most modern state; -- used of countries and societies.  Contrasted with undeveloped or developing.

Syn. -- industrialized, advanced, industrial.


word: highly-sexed
definition:
highly-sexed

highly-sexed
adj.
having unusually intense sexual desire or appeal.

Syn. -- oversexed.


word: Highmen
definition:
Highmen

High"men
(?)
n. pl.
Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers.
[Obs]
Sir J. Harrington.


word: High-mettled
definition:
High-mettled

High"-met`tled
(?)
a.
Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed.


word: High-minded
definition:
High-minded

High"-mind"ed
(?)
a.
1.
Proud; arrogant.
[Obs.]

Be not high-minded, but fear.
Rom. xi. 20.

2.
Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; -- opposed to mean.

High-minded, manly recognition of those truths.
A. Norton.


word: Highness
definition:
Highness

High"ness
n.
[AS. heáhnes.]
1.
The state of being high; elevation; loftiness.

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


word: high-pitched
definition:
high-pitched

high-pitched
adj.
1.
high in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices.  Opposite of low.
adenoidal, pinched, nasal
altissimo
alto
countertenor, alto
falsetto
peaky, spiky
piping
shrill, sharp
screaky, screechy, squeaking, squeaky, squealing
soprano, treble
sopranino
tenor

Syn. -- high.

2.
set at a sharp or high angle or slant; as, a high-pitched roof.

Syn. -- steeply pitched, steep.


word: high-powered
definition:
high-powered

high-power

high-power high-powered
adj.
1.
vigorously energetic or forceful.
high-powered executives

Syn. -- high-octane, high-voltage.

2.
capable of a high degree of magnification; -- used of optical instruments such as microscopes or telescopes.
a high-powered microscope


word: High-pressure
definition:
High-pressure

High"-pres`sure
(?; 135)
a.
1.
Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.

2.
Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.

3.
Using intense psychological pressure or other incentives to convince others to do things; aggressively persistent; as, high-pressure salesmen; high-pressure tactics.

High-pressure engine, an engine in which steam at high pressure is used. It may be either a condensing or a noncondensing engine. Formerly the term was used only of the latter. See Steam engine.


word: High-proof
definition:
High-proof

High"-proof`
(?)
a.
1.
Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits.

2.
So as to stand any test.
high-proof
Shak.


word: High-raised
definition:
High-raised

High"-raised`
(?)
a.
1.
Elevated; raised aloft; upreared.

2.
Elated with great ideas or hopes.
Milton.


word: Highroad
definition:
Highroad

High"road`
(?)
n.
A highway; a much traveled or main road.
[Mostly British]

Syn. -- trunk road.


word: high road
definition:
high road

high road
n.
The most ethical and honest method; -- used mostly in the phrase to take the high road (as in an election campaign).  Contrasted with low road.


word: high school
definition:
high school

highschool

highschool, high school
n.
a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12; as, he goes to the neighborhood highschool.

Syn. -- senior high school, senior high, high, high school.


word: High-seasoned
definition:
High-seasoned

High"-sea`soned
(?)
a.
Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.


word: High-sounding
definition:
High-sounding

High"-sound`ing
(?)
a.
Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.


word: high-speed
definition:
high-speed

high-speed
adj.
1.
same as fast; as, fast film.  Opposite of slow.

2.
performed at a high rate of speed; as, a high-speed auto chase on the freeway.

Syn. -- hot.


word: High-spirited
definition:
High-spirited

High"-spir`it*ed
(?)
a.
Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or opposition.


word: High-stepper
definition:
High-stepper

High"-step`per
(?)
n.
A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing.
[Colloq.]


word: high-stepping
definition:
high-stepping

high-stepping
adj.
1.
having or moving with a high step; as, a high-stepping horse.

Syn. -- high-stepped.


word: High-strung
definition:
High-strung

High"-strung`
(?)
a.
Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse.


word: Hight₂
definition:
Hight

Hight
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. Hight, Hot (_;), p. p. Hight, Hote (_;), Hoten (_;). See Hote.]
[OE. heiten, highten, haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was called, AS. hātan to call, name, be called, to command, promise; also hātte is called, was called; akin to G. heissen to call, be called, bid, Goth. haitan to call, in the passive, to be called.]
1.
To be called or named.
[Archaic & Poetic.]

&hand_; In the form hight, it is used in a passive sense as a present, meaning is called or named, also as a preterite, was called or named. This form has also been used as a past participle. See Hote.

The great poet of Italy,
That highte Dante.
Chaucer.

Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight.
Surrey.

Entered then into the church the Reverend Teacher.
Father he hight, and he was, in the parish.
Longfellow.

Childe Harold was he hight.
Byron.

2.
To command; to direct; to impel.
[Obs.]

But the sad steel seized not where it was hight
Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall.
Spenser.

3.
To commit; to intrust.
[Obs.]

Yet charge of them was to a porter hight.
Spenser.

4.
To promise.
[Obs.]

He had hold his day, as he had hight.
Chaucer.


word: High-toned
definition:
High-toned

High"-toned`
(?)
a.
1.
High in tone or sound.

2.
Elevated; high-principled; honorable.

In whose high-toned impartial mind
Degrees of mortal rank and state
Seem objects of indifferent weight.
Sir W. Scott.
3.
pretentious, pompous.


word: high-up
definition:
high-up

high-up
n.
an important or influential person.

Syn. -- very important person, VIP, dignitary, panjandrum.


word: Highway
definition:
Highway

High"way`
(?)
n.
A road or way open to the use of the public, especially a paved main road or thoroughfare between towns; in the latter sense it contrasts with local street; as, on the highways and byways.


word: Highwayman
definition:
Highwayman

High"way`man
(?)
n.
pl. Highwaymen (_;).
One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.


word: Highway robbery
definition:
Highway robbery

High"way` rob"ber*y
(?)
n.
1.
Robbery committed on the public roads.

2.
An excessively high price or fee; -- used especially in situations where the buyer has little or no choice but to buy the item offered.


word: high-voltage
definition:
high-voltage

high-voltage
adj.
1.
having, operating on, or powered by high voltage; as, a high-voltage generator; a high-voltage line.

Syn. -- high-tension.

2.
same as high-powered.

Syn. -- high-octane, high-powered, high-power.


word: high water
definition:
high water

highwater

highwater, high water
n.
1.
the tide when the water is highest; high tide.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- high tide, high water.

2.
Water at its highest level, as in a river during a flood.


word: high-water
definition:
high-water

high-water
a.
Pertaining to water at its highest achieved level; of or pertaining to high water; as, the high-water marks on the walls after a flood.


word: High-wrought
definition:
High-wrought

High"-wrought`
(?)
a.
1.
Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate.
[Obs.]
Pope.

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


word: Hig-taper
definition:
Hig-taper

Hig"-ta`per
(?)
n.
[Cf. Hag-taper.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Verbascum (Verbascum Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.]


word: Hike
definition:
Hike

Hike
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hiked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hiking.]
[Cf. Hitch.]
1.
To move with a swing, toss, throw, jerk, or the like.
[Dial. or Colloq.]

2.
To raise with a quick movement.

3.
To raise (a price) quickly or significantly in a single step.
They hiked gasoline prices twenty cents in less than a week.

4.
(Football)
To pass (the ball) from the center to the quarterback at the start of the play; to snap (the ball).


word: Hike₂
definition:
Hike

Hike
(?)
v. i.
1.
To hike one's self; specif., to go with exertion or effort; to tramp; to march laboriously.
[Dial. or Colloq.]
hiking
Kipling.
It's hike, hike, hike (march) till you stick in the mud, and then you hike back again a little slower than you went.
Scribner's Mag.

2.
to take a long walk, especially for pleasure or exercise.


word: Hike₃
definition:
Hike

Hike
n.
1.
The act of hiking.

2.
A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure or exercise; a tramp; a march.
[wns=1]

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

3.
an increase in cost, rate, etc.; as, there was a dramatic hike in gasoline prices; a hike in the interest rates.
[wns=2]

Syn. -- rise, boost.

4.
Hence:
the amount a salary is increased; as, he got a wage hike.
[wns=3]

Syn. -- raise, rise.


word: Hilarious
definition:
Hilarious

Hi*la"ri*ous
(?)
a.
[L. hilaris, hilarus, Gr. _;; cf. _; gracious, kindly.]
Mirthful; noisy; merry.


word: Hilarity
definition:
Hilarity

Hi*lar"i*ty
(?; 277)
n.
[L. hilaritas: cf. F. hilarité. See Hilarious.]
Boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity.
Goldsmith.

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


word: Hilary term
definition:
Hilary term

Hil"a*ry term`
(?)
Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year; -- so called from the festival of St. Hilary, January 13th.

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


word: Hilding
definition:
Hilding

Hil"ding
(?)
n.
[Prob. a corruption of hindling, dim. of hind, adj.  Cf. Prov. E. hilderling, hinderling. See Hinderling.]
A base, menial wretch.
a. Base; spiritless. [Obs.] 
Shak.


word: Hill
definition:
Hill

Hill
(?)
n.
[OE. hil, hul, AS. hyll; akin to OD. hille, hil, L. collis, and prob. to E. haulm, holm, and column.  Cf. 2d Holm.]
1.
A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain.

Every mountain and hill shall be made low.
Is. xl. 4.

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

3.
A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes.
[U. S.]

Hill ant (Zool.), a common ant (Formica rufa), of Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its nests. -- Hill myna (Zool.), one of several species of birds of India, of the genus Gracula, and allied to the starlings. They are easily taught to speak many words. [Written also hill mynah.] See Myna. -- Hill partridge (Zool.), a partridge of the genus Aborophila, of which numerous species in habit Southern Asia and the East Indies. -- Hill tit (Zool.), one of numerous species of small Asiatic singing birds of the family Leiotrichidæ. Many are beautifully colored.


word: Hill₂
definition:
Hill

Hill
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hilling.]
To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.

Showing them how to plant and hill it.
Palfrey.


word: Hilly
definition:
Hilly

Hill"y
(?)
a.
1.
Abounding with hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly country.
Hilly
Dryden.

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


word: Hilt
definition:
Hilt

Hilt
(?)
n.
[AS. hilt, hilte; akin to OHG. helza, Prov. G. hilze, Icel. hjalt.]
1.
A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.


word: Hilum
definition:
Hilum

Hi"lum
(?)
n.
[L., a little thing, trifle.]
1.
(Bot.)
The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called also hile.

2.
(Anat.)
The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum of the kidney.


word: Him₂
definition:
Him

Him
pron.
[AS. him, dat. of hē. √183.  See He.]
The objective case of he. See He.

Him that is weak in the faith receive.
Rom. xiv. 1.

Friends who have given him the most sympathy.
Thackeray.

&hand_; In old English his and him were respectively the genitive and dative forms of it as well as of he. This use is now obsolete. Poetically, him is sometimes used with the reflexive sense of himself.

I never saw but Humphrey, duke of Gloster,
Did bear him like a noble gentleman.
Shak.


word: Himalayan
definition:
Himalayan

Hi*ma"la*yan
(?)
a.
[Skr. himālaya, prop., the abode of snow.]
Of or pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain in Asia.


word: Himantoglossum
definition:
Himantoglossum

Himantoglossum
n.
A small genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Mediterranean region.

Syn. -- genus Himantoglossum.


word: Himantopus
definition:
Himantopus

Himantopus
n.
one of two genera of stilts; they are similar to avocets but with straight bills.

Syn. -- genus Himantopus.


word: Himself
definition:
Himself

Him*self"
(?)
pron.
1.
An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself.

But he himself returned from the quarries.
Judges iii. 19.

David hid himself in the field.
1 Sam. xx. 24.

The Lord himself shall give you a sign.
Is. vii. 14.

Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people.
Titus ii. 14.

With shame remembers, while himself was one
Of the same herd, himself the same had done.
Denham.

&hand_; Himself was formerly used instead of itself. See Note under Him.

It comprehendeth in himself all good.
Chaucer.

2.
One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself.

By himself, alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as, he sits or studies by himself. -- To leave one to himself, to withdraw from him; to let him take his own course.


word: Himselven
definition:
Himselven

Himselve

Himself

Him*self" (?), Him*selve" (_;)
Him*selv"en
pron. pl.
Themselves. See Hemself.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Himyaritic
definition:
Himyaritic

Himyaric

{ Him*yar"ic (?), Him`ya*rit"ic (?), }
a.
Pertaining to Himyar, an ancient king of Yemen, in Arabia, or to his successors or people; as, the Himjaritic characters, language, etc.; applied esp. to certain ancient inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the Arabic, still spoken in Southern Arabia.
Brande & C.


word: Hin
definition:
Hin

Hin
(hĭn)
n.
[Heb. hīn.]
A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure.
W. H. Ward.


word: Hinayana
definition:
Hinayana

Hinayana
n.
1.
a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts.

2.
one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing personal salvation through one's own efforts; chiefly in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); Myanmar (Burma); Thailand; Cambodia.


word: Hind
definition:
Hind

Hind
(hīnd)
n.
[AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG. hinta, G. hinde, hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth. hinþan to seize (in comp.), E. hunt, or cf. Gr. kema`s a young deer.]
1.
(Zool.)
The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.

2.
(Zool.)
A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as Epinephelus apua of Bermuda, and Epinephelus Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.


word: Hind₂
definition:
Hind

Hind
n.
[OE. hine, AS. hīne, hīna, orig. gen. pl. of hīwan domestics; akin to Icel. hjū man and wife, domestics, family, Goth. heiwafrauja master of the house, G. heirath marriage; cf. L. civis citizen, E. city or E. home.  Cf. Hide a measure of land.]
1.
A domestic; a servant.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant.
[Eng.]

The hind, that homeward driving the slow steer
Tells how man's daily work goes forward here.
Trench.


word: Hind₃
definition:
Hind

Hind
a.
[Compar. Hinder (?); superl. Hindmost (?), or Hindermost (_;).]
[OE. hind, adv., back, AS. hindan behind. See Hinder, a.]
In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.


word: Hindberry
definition:
Hindberry

Hind"ber*ry
(?)
n.
[AS. hindberie; akin to OHG. hintberi, G. himbeere. So called because hinds or stags are fond of them. See 1st Hind, and Berry.]
The raspberry.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Hindbrain
definition:
Hindbrain

Hind"brain`
(?)
n.
[Hind, adj. + brain.]
(Anat.)
The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only.


word: Hinder
definition:
Hinder

Hind"er
(?)
a.
[OE. hindere, AS. hinder, adv., behind; akin to OHG. hintar, prep., behind, G. hinter, Goth. hindar; orig. a comparative, and akin to AS. hine hence. See Hence, He, and cf. Hind, a., Hindmost.]
Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

He was in the hinder part of the ship.
Mark iv. 38.


word: Hinder₂
definition:
Hinder

Hin"der
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hindered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hindering.]
[OE. hindren, hinderen, AS. hindrian, fr. hinder behind; akin to D. hinderen, G. hindern, OHG. hintar_;n, Icel. & Sw. hindra, Dan. hindre. See Hinder, a.]
1.
To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going.

Them that were entering in ye hindered.
Luke xi. 52.

I hinder you too long.
Shak.

2.
To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.

What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right?
Locke.


word: Hinder₃
definition:
Hinder

Hin"der
v. i.
To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.

This objection hinders not but that the heroic action of some commander . . . may be written.
Dryden.


word: Hinderling
definition:
Hinderling

Hind"er*ling
(?)
n.
[AS. hinderling one who comes behind his ancestors, fr. AS. hinder behind. See Hinder, a., and cf. Hilding.]
A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal.
[Obs.]
Callander.


word: Hindmost
definition:
Hindmost

Hindermost

{ Hind"er*most`, Hind"most`  }
(?)
a.
[The superlative of hind. See Hind, a.]
[Cf. AS. hindema (akin to Goth. hindumists), a superlative from the same source as the comparative hinder. See Hinder, a., and cf. Aftermost.]
Furthest in or toward the rear; last.
hindermost
Gen. xxxiii. 2.


word: Hindgut
definition:
Hindgut

Hind"gut`
(?)
n.
[Hind, a. + gut.]
(Anat.)
The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also.


word: Hindi
definition:
Hindi

Hin"di
(?)
n.
[Prop. a Per. adj. meaning, Indian, Hindoo.]
The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindus. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written.
Whitworth.


word: Hindleys screw
definition:
Hindleys screw

Hind"ley"s screw`
(?)
(Mech.)
A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form.


word: Hindu
definition:
Hindu

Hindoo

{ Hin"doo, Hin"du  }
(?; 277)
n.
pl. Hindoos (#) or Hindus.
[Per. Hindū, fr. Hind, Hindūstān, India.  Cf. Indian.]
A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.


word: Hindu calendar
definition:
Hindu calendar

Hindoo calendar

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

Baisakh . . . . . . . . . .    April-May
Jeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . May-June
Asarh . . . . . . . . . . . .  June-July
Sawan (Sarawan) . . . . . . .  July-Aug.
Bhadon . . . . . . . . . . .   Aug.-Sept.
Asin (Kuar). . . . . . . . . . Sept.-Oct.
Katik (Kartik) . . . . . . . . Oct.-Nov.
Aghan . . . . . . . . . . . .  Nov.-Dec.
Pus . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Dec.-Jan.
Magh . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan.-Feb.
Phagun (Phalgun) . . . . . . . Feb.-March
Chait . . . . . . . . . . . .  March-April


word: Hinduism
definition:
Hinduism

Hindooism

{ Hin"doo*ism, Hin"du*ism  }
(?)
n.
The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindus; Brahmanism.


word: Hindustani
definition:
Hindustani

Hindoostani

Hindoostanee

{ Hin"doo*sta"nee, Hin"doo*sta"ni, Hin"du*sta"ni  }
(?)
a.
[Hind. Hindūstānī an Indian, fr. Hind. and Per. Hindūstān India.]
Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language.
n. The language of Hindustan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words.


word: hindquarters
definition:
hindquarters

hindquarters
n.
1.
the fleshy part of the human body at the back of the hip, on which a person sits; teh buttocks.

Syn. -- buttocks, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass.

2.
the part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks.

Syn. -- croup, croupe, rump.


word: Hindrance
definition:
Hindrance

Hin"drance
(?)
n.
[See Hinder, v. t.]
1.
The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.

2.
That which hinders; an impediment.

What various hindrances we meet.
Cowper.

Something between a hindrance and a help.
Wordsworth.


word: hindsight
definition:
hindsight

hindsight
n.
understanding the nature of an event after it has happened; as, hindsight is always clearer than foresight.

20-20 hindsight, twenty-twenty hindsight Perfect understanding of an event after it has happened; -- a term usually used with sarcasm in response to criticism of one's decision, implying that the critic is unfairly judging the wisdom of the decision in light of information that was not available when the decision was made.


word: Hinduism₂
definition:
Hinduism

Hinduism
n.
1.
the dominant religion of India; characterized by a caste system anud belief in reincarnation.

Syn. -- Hindooism.

2.
a complex of beliefs and values and customs including worship of many gods, especially the Trimurti composed of Brahma the Creator; Vishnu the preserver; and Shiva the destroyer.

Syn. -- Hindooism.


word: Hindustani₃
definition:
Hindustani

Hindustani
n.
1.
a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India.

Syn. -- Hindu, Hindoo.

2.
a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi.  See Hindoostanee.

Syn. -- Hindoostani, Hindoostanee, Hindostani.


word: Hine
definition:
Hine

Hine
(?)
n.
[See Hind a servant.]
A servant; a farm laborer; a peasant; a hind.
[Obs.]

Bailiff, herd, nor other hine.
Chaucer.


word: Hinge
definition:
Hinge

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

1.
The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on.

The gate self-opened wide,
On golden hinges turning.
Milton.

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

3.
One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
[R.]

When the moon is in the hinge at East.
Creech.

Nor slept the winds . . . but rushed abroad.
Milton.

Hinge joint. (a) (Anat.) See Ginglymus. (b) (Mech.) Any joint resembling a hinge, by which two pieces are connected so as to permit relative turning in one plane. -- To be off the hinges, to be in a state of disorder or irregularity; to have lost proper adjustment. Tillotson.


word: Hinge₂
definition:
Hinge

Hinge
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hinged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hinging (?).]
1.
To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.

2.
To bend.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Hinge₃
definition:
Hinge

Hinge
(?)
v. i.
To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point.
I. Taylor


word: Hinny₂
definition:
Hinny

Hin"ny
n.
pl. Hinnies (#).
[L. hinnus, cf. Gr. _;.]
A hybrid between a stallion and an ass; -- correlative of the mule.


word: Hint
definition:
Hint

Hint
(hĭnt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hinting.]
[OE. henten, hinten, to seize, to catch, AS. hentan to pursue, take, seize; or Icel. ymta to mutter, ymtr a muttering, Dan. ymte to whisper. √36.  Cf. Hent.]
To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.

Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike.
Pope.


word: Hint₂
definition:
Hint

Hint
v. i.
To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something.

We whisper, and hint, and chuckle.
Tennyson.

To hint at, to allude to lightly, indirectly, or cautiously.


word: Hint₃
definition:
Hint

Hint
n.
A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive.

Our hint of woe
Is common.
Shak.

The hint malevolent, the look oblique.
Hannah More.


word: hinterland
definition:
hinterland

hin"ter*land`
(?)
n.
[G.; hinter behind + land land.]
a remote and undeveloped area; originally, the land or region lying behind the coast district. The term is used esp. with reference to the so-called doctrine of the hinterland, sometimes advanced, that occupation of the coast supports a claim to an exclusive right to occupy, from time to time, the territory lying inland of the coast.

Syn. -- backwoods, back country, boondocks.


word: Hip
definition:
Hip

Hip
(?)
n.
[OE. hipe, huppe, AS. hype; akin to D. heup, OHG. huf, G. hüfte, Dan. hofte, Sw. höft, Goth. hups; cf. Icel. huppr, and also Gr. _; the hollow above the hips of cattle, and Lith. kumpis ham.]

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

2.
(Arch.)
The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions.

3.
(Engin)
In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
Waddell.

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


word: Hip₂
definition:
Hip

Hip
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hipping.]
1.
To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.

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

3.
To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.

Hipped roof. See Hip roof, under Hip.


word: Hip₃
definition:
Hip

Hip
(?)
n.
[OE. hepe, AS. heópe; cf. OHG. hiufo a bramble bush.]
(Bot.)
The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina); called also rose hip.
[Written also hop, hep.]

Hip tree (Bot.), the dog-rose.


word: hip
definition:
hip

hip
a.
1.
Aware of the latest ideas, trends, fashions, and developments in popular music and entertainment culture; not square; -- same as hep.

Syn. -- tuned in.

2.
Aware of the latest fashions and behaving as expected socially, especially in clothing style and musical taste; exhibiting an air of casual sophistication; cool; with it; -- used mostly among young people in the teens to twenties.


word: hipbone
definition:
hipbone

hipbone
n.
Either of two large flaring bones, each forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis.

Syn. -- innominate bone.


word: Hype
definition:
Hype

Hipe

{Hipe (?), n. Also Hype  }
[Etym. uncertain.]
(Wrestling)
A throw in which the wrestler lifts his opponent from the ground, swings him to one side, knocks up his nearer thigh from the back with the knee, and throws him on his back.


word: Hipe
definition:
Hipe

Hipe
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Hiped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hiping (?).]
(Wrestling)
To throw by means of a hipe.
Hip"er (#), n.


word: hipflask
definition:
hipflask

hip"flask`
n.
A small portable flask, usually made of metal, used to hold liquor.

Syn. -- pocket flask.


word: hipless
definition:
hipless

hipless
adj.
having hips which are not prominent; seeming to have no hips; as, slim and hipless; -- of people.  Opposite of broad-hipped


word: hipline
definition:
hipline

hipline
n.
1.
the line formed by measuring the hip at its greatest part.

2.
the line formed by the lower edge of hiplength garment.


word: Hip lock
definition:
Hip lock

Hip lock
(Wrestling)
A lock in which a close grip is obtained and a fall attempted by a heave over the hip.


word: Hippe
definition:
Hippe

Hippa

{ Hip"pa (?), Hip"pe (?), }
n.
(Zool.)
A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura.


word: Hipparion
definition:
Hipparion

Hip*pa"ri*on
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a pony, dim. of _; a horse.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family.


word: hippeastrum
definition:
hippeastrum

hippeastrum
n.
An amaryllis of tropical America (Hippeastrum puniceum) often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers.

Syn. -- Hippeastrum puniceum.


word: Hippish
definition:
Hippish

Hipped

{ Hipped (?), Hip"pish (?), }
a.
[From 5th Hip.]
Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish.
[Colloq.]

When we are hipped or in high spirits.
R. L. Stevenson.


word: hipped
definition:
hipped

hipped
adj.
1.
having hips; or, having hips of a specified type; -- used in combination; as, wide-hipped.
[wns=1]

2.
(Architecture)
peaked and having sloping ends rather than gables; -- of roofs; as, a hipped roof has sloping ends rather than gables.
[wns=2]

Syn. -- hip-roofed.


word: hippie
definition:
hippie

hip"pie
n.
Someone who rejects the established culture, dresses casually, and advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle.  Used especially of those in the late 1960's, mostly in their late teens and early twenties, who conspicuously rejected traditional culture by dressing casually, if male wore their hair long, and wore folksy or used clothing adorned with beads, headbands, and often flowers; they emphasized the importance of love and direct personal relations rather than success-oriented businesslike behavior, strove for spontaneity, sometimes lived communally, and in some cases tried to expand their consciousness by various psychological techniques such as meditation, or through the use of consciousness-altering drugs such as marijuana or LSD.  By the end of the Vietnam war in the 1970's, the numbers of people living a visibly hippie lifestyle had dramatically decreased, though some people continue to develop similar views and live with the same outlook.

Syn. -- hippy, flower child.


word: Hippobosca
definition:
Hippobosca

Hip`po*bos"ca
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. "i`ppos horse + _; to feed.]
(Zool.)
A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick.
Hip`po*bos"can (#), a.


word: Hippoboscidae
definition:
Hippoboscidae

Hippoboscidae
n.
A natural family of winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies.

Syn. -- family Hippoboscidae.


word: Hippocampus
definition:
Hippocampus

Hip`po*cam"pus
(?)
n.
[L., the sea horse, Gr. _; a hippocampus (in senses 1 and 2); "i`ppos horse + _; to bend.]
1.
(Class. Myth.)
A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune.
Fairholt.

2.
(Zool.)
A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called also sea horse.

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

3.
(Zool.)
A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and calcar.


word: Hippocentaur
definition:
Hippocentaur

Hip`po*cen"taur
(?)
n.
[L. hippocentaurus, Gr. _;; "i`ppos horse + _; centaur.]
(Myth.)
Same as Centaur.


word: Hippocras
definition:
Hippocras

Hip"po*cras
(?)
n.
[F. hippocras, hypocras, NL. vinum hippocraticum, lit., wine of Hippocrates.]
A cordial made of spiced wine, etc.


word: Hippocrates
definition:
Hippocrates

Hip*poc"ra*tes
(?)
n.
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.


word: Hippocratic
definition:
Hippocratic

Hip"po*crat"ic
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his teachings.

Hippocratic face [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.


word: Hippocratic oath
definition:
Hippocratic oath

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.

&hand_; An English translation of the oath reads:

    I swear by Apollo the physician, by Aesculapius, and Health, and All-heal, and all the gods and goddesses, that according to my ability and my judgement, I will keep this Oath and this stipulation -- to reckon him who taught me this Art equally dear to me as my parents, to share my substance with him, and relieve his necessities if required; to look upon his offspring in the same footing as my own brothers, and to teach them this Art, if they wish to learn it, without fee or stipulation; and that by precept, lecture, and every mode of instruction, I will impart a knowledge of the Art to my own sons, and of my teachers, and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath according to the law of medicine, but to none others.

    I will follow that system or regimen which, according to my ability and judgement, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.

    I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.

    With purity and with holiness I will pass my life and practice my Art. I will not cut persons labouring under the stone, but will leave this to be done by men who are practitioners of this work.  Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption; and, further, from the seduction of females or males, of freemen and slaves.

    Whatever, in connection with my professional service, or not in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret.

    While I continue to keep this Oath unviolated, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the Art, respected by all men, in all times. But should I trespass and violate this Oath, may the reverse be my lot.


word: Hippocrene
definition:
Hippocrene

Hip"po*crene
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;; "i`ppos horse + _; a fountain.]
A fountain on Mount Helicon in Bœotia, 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.


word: Hippocrepian
definition:
Hippocrepian

Hip"po*crep"i*an
(?)
n.
[See Hippocrepiform.]
(Zool.)
One of an order of fresh-water Bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe. See Phylactolæma.


word: Hippocrepiform
definition:
Hippocrepiform

Hip`po*crep`i*form
(?)
a.
[Gr. "i`ppos horse + _; shoe + -form.]
(Bot.)
Shaped like a horseshoe.


word: Hippodrome
definition:
Hippodrome

Hip"po*drome
(?)
n.
[L. hippodromos, Gr. _;; "i`ppos horse + _; course, fr. _; to run: cf. F. hippodrome.]
1.
(Gr. Antiq.)
A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races.

2.
An arena for equestrian performances; a circus.

3.
(Sports)
A fraudulent contest with a predetermined winner.
[Slang, U. S.]


word: Hippodrome₂
definition:
Hippodrome

Hip"po*drome
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Hippodromed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hippodroming.]
(Sports)
To arrange contests with predetermined winners.
[Slang, U. S.]


word: Hippogriff
definition:
Hippogriff

Hip"po*griff
(?)
n.
[F. hippogriffe; cf. It. ippogrifo. See Hippopotamus, Griffon.]
(Myth.)
A fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin.
Milton.


word: Hippolith
definition:
Hippolith

Hip"po*lith
(?)
n.
[Gr. "i`ppos horse + -lith.]
A concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of the horse.


word: Hippopathology
definition:
Hippopathology

Hip`po*pa*thol`o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. "i`ppos horse + E. pathology: cf. F. hippopathologie.]
The science of veterinary medicine; the pathology of the horse.


word: Hippophagous
definition:
Hippophagous

Hip*poph"a*gous
(?)
a.
[Gr. "i`ppos horse + _; to eat: cf. F. hippophage.]
Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars.


word: Hippophagy
definition:
Hippophagy

Hip*poph"a*gy
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. hippophagie.]
The act or practice of feeding on horseflesh.


word: Hippopotamus
definition:
Hippopotamus

Hip`po*pot"a*mus
(?)
n.
pl. E. Hippopotamuses (#), L. Hippopotami (#).
[L., from Gr._;; "i`ppos horse + _; river.  Cf. Equine.]
(Zool.)
A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of tropical 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 (Hippopotamus Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa.


word: Hippotomy
definition:
Hippotomy

Hip*pot"o*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. "i`ppos horse + _; to cut: cf. F. hippotomie.]
Anatomy of the horse.


word: Hippuric
definition:
Hippuric

Hip*pu"ric
(?)
a.
[Gr. "i`ppos horse + o"y`ron urine: cf. F. hippurique.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
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.


word: Hippurite
definition:
Hippurite

Hip"pu*rite
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; decked with a horse's tail; "i`ppos horse + _; tail: cf. F. hippurite.]
(Paleon.)
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.


word: Hipshot
definition:
Hipshot

Hip"shot`
(?)
a.
[Hip + shot.]
Having the hip dislocated; hence, having one hip lower than the other.
L'Estrange.


word: Hircic
definition:
Hircic

Hir"cic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F.  hircique. See Hircin.]
(Chem.)
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.


word: Hircin
definition:
Hircin

Hir"cin
(?)
n.
[L. hircus, he-goat, buck: cf. F. hircine.]
(Chem.)
Hircic acid. See Hircic.
[R.]


word: Hircinous
definition:
Hircinous

Hircine

{ Hir"cine (?), Hir"ci*nous (?), }
a.
[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.


word: Hire₂
definition:
Hire

Hire
(hīr)
n.
[OE. hire, hure, AS. h&ymacr_;r; 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.)
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.


word: Hire₃
definition:
Hire

Hire
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hired (hīrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hiring.]
[OE. hiren, huren, AS. h&ymacr_;rian; 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.


word: hired
definition:
hired

hired
adj.
performing work for pay; as, hired hands.
used in contrast with the owner or family members who work in an enterprise


word: Hireling
definition:
Hireling

Hire"ling
(hīr"lĭng)
n.
[AS. h&ymacr_;reling. See Hire, n., and -ling.]
One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary.
hirelings
Milton.


word: Hire and purchase agreement
definition:
Hire and purchase agreement

Hire purchase agreement

Hire purchase

{ Hire purchase, or, more fully, Hire purchase agreement, or Hire and purchase agreement}
(Law)
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.


word: Hirsute
definition:
Hirsute

Hir*sute"
(?)
a.
[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.)
Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs.
Gray.

4.
(Zool.)
Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.


word: Hirtellous
definition:
Hirtellous

Hir*tel"lous
(?)
a.
[Dim., fr. L. hirtus hairy.]
(Bot. & Zool.)
Pubescent with minute and somewhat rigid hairs.


word: Hirudinea
definition:
Hirudinea

Hir`u*din"e*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. hirudo, hirudinis, a leech.]
(Zool.)
An order of Annelida, including the leeches; -- called also Hirudinei.


word: hirudinean
definition:
hirudinean

hirudinean
n.
Any of a number of carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.

Syn. -- leech, bloodsucker.


word: Hirundinidae
definition:
Hirundinidae

Hirundinidae
n.
A natural family of birds including the swallows and martins.

Syn. -- family Hirundinidae.


word: Hirudo
definition:
Hirudo

Hi*ru"do
(?)
n.
[L., a leech.]
(Zool.)
A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See Leech.


word: Hirundo
definition:
Hirundo

Hi*run"do
(?)
n.
[L., swallow.]
(Zool.)
A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.


word: His
definition:
His

His
(hĭz)
pron.
[AS. his of him, his, gen. masc. & neut. of hē, 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.

&hand_; 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.
his
Ps. xcv. 5.


word: Hisingerite
definition:
Hisingerite

His"ing*er*ite
(?)
n.
[Named after W. Hisinger, a Swedish mineralogist.]
(Min.)
A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of iron.


word: Hispanic
definition:
Hispanic

His*pan"ic
(?)
a.
[L. Hispanicus.]
Of or pertaining to Spain or its language; as, Hispanic words.


word: Hispanicize
definition:
Hispanicize

His*pan"i*cize
(?)
v. t.
To give a Spanish form or character to; as, to Hispanicize Latin words.


word: Hispid
definition:
Hispid

His"pid
(?)
a.
[L. hispidus: cf. F. hispide.]

1.
Rough with bristles or minute spines.

2.
(Bot. & Zool.)
Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.


word: Hiss
definition:
Hiss

Hiss
(hĭs)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Hissed (hĭst); p. pr. & vb. n. Hissing.]
[AS. hysian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hissen, 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.


word: Hiss₂
definition:
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.


word: Hiss₃
definition:
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
(a)
The noise made by a serpent.

But hiss for hiss returned with forked tongue.
Milton.


word: Hissing
definition:
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.


word: Hist
definition:
Hist

Hist
(?)
interj.
[Cf. Dan. hys. _;.  Cf. Hush, Whist.]
Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence.
Milton.


word: Histogenesis
definition:
Histogenesis

His`to*gen"e*sis
(?)
n.
[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.


word: Histogenetic
definition:
Histogenetic

His`to*ge*net"ic
(?)
a.
[See Histogeny.]
(Biol.)
Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues.


word: Histogeny
definition:
Histogeny

His*tog"e*ny
(?)
n.
[Gr. "isto`s tissue + root of gi`gnesqai to be born.]
(Biol.)
Same as Histogenesis.
Dunglison.


word: Histography
definition:
Histography

His*tog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. "isto`s tissue + -graphy.]
A description of, or treatise on, organic tissues.


word: Histohaematin
definition:
Histohaematin

His`to*hæm"a*tin
(?)
n.
[Gr. "isto`s tissue + E. hæmatin.]
(Physiol.)
One of a class of respiratory pigments, widely distributed in the animal kingdom, capable of ready oxidation and reduction.


word: Histoid
definition:
Histoid

His"toid
(?)
a.
[Gr. "isto`s tissue + -oid.]
Resembling the normal tissues; as, histoid tumors.


word: Histological
definition:
Histological

Histologic

{ His`to*log"ic (?), His`to*log"ic*al  }
a.
(Biol.)
Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of living organisms.
His`to*log"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Histology
definition:
Histology

His*tol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. "isto`s tissue + -logy.]
That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology.


word: Histolysis
definition:
Histolysis

His*tol"y*sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. "isto`s tissue + _; to loosen, dissolve.]
(Biol.)
The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood.


word: Histolytic
definition:
Histolytic

His`to*lyt"ic
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues.


word: Histonomy
definition:
Histonomy

His*ton"o*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. "isto`s tissue + _; to distribute, regulate.]
The science which treats of the laws relating to organic tissues, their formation, development, functions, etc.


word: Histophyly
definition:
Histophyly

His*toph"y*ly
(?)
n.
[Gr. "isto`s tissue + Gr. _; clan.]
(Biol.)
The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly.
Haeckel.


word: Historian
definition:
Historian

His*to"ri*an
(?)
n.
[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.


word: historical
definition:
historical

historic

{ his*tor"ic (hĭs*t&obreve_;r"ĭk), his*tor"ic*al (hĭs*t&obreve_;r"ĭ*kal), }
a.
[L. historicus, Gr. "istoriko`s: cf. F. historique. See History.]
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.

2.
having once lived, existed, or taken place in the real world; -- contrasted with legendary; as, the historical Jesus; doubt that a historical Camelot every existed; actual historical events.

3.
Belonging to the past; as, historical (or historic) times; a historical character.

4.
Within the period of time recorded in written documents; as, within historic times.  Opposite of prehistoric.

Syn. -- diachronic.

5.
(Linguistics)
Same as diachronic.
synchronic

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.


word: Historicize
definition:
Historicize

His*tor"i*cize
(?)
v. t.
To record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle.
[R.]


word: Historiette
definition:
Historiette

His`to*ri*ette"
(?)
n.
[F., dim. of histoire a history.]
Historical narration on a small scale; a brief recital; a story.
Emerson.


word: Historify
definition:
Historify

His*tor"i*fy
(?)
v. t.
[History + -fy.]
To record in or as history.
[R.]
Lamb.

Thy conquest meet to be historified.
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Historiographer
definition:
Historiographer

His*to`ri*og"ra*pher
(hĭs*t&omacr`rĭ*&obreve_;g"rȧ*fẽr)
n.
[L. historiographus, Gr. "istoriogra`fos; "istori`a history + gra`fein to write: cf. F. historiographe.]
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.


word: Historionomer
definition:
Historionomer

His*to`ri*on"o*mer
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; history + _; to distribute.]
One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them.

And historionomers will have measured accurately the sidereal years of races.
Lowell.


word: History
definition:
History

His"to*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Histories (#).
[L. historia, Gr. 'istori`a history, information, inquiry, fr. 'istwr, "istwr, knowing, learned, from the root of _; to know; akin to E. 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.
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.


word: Histozyme
definition:
Histozyme

His"to*zyme
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; tissue + _; leaven.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A soluble enzyme occurring in the animal body, to the presence of which many normal decompositions and synthetical processes are supposed to be due.


word: Histrionical
definition:
Histrionical

Histrionic

{ His`tri*on"ic (?), His`tri*on"ic*al (?) }
a.
[L. histrionicus: cf. F. histrionique. See Histrion.]
1.
Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical.

2.
Affectedly dramatic; insincerely emotional; -- sometimes used in a bad sense.
His`tri*on"ic*al*ly, adv.

Tainted with false and histrionic feeling.
De Quincey.


word: histrionics
definition:
histrionics

his`tri*on"ics
(?)
n.
1.
The histrionic art; stageplaying; acting.

2.
Insincere, exaggeratedly emotional or overly dramatical speech or behavior performed to create an impression rather than as an expression of true feeling; feigned emotion.


word: Histrionize
definition:
Histrionize

His"tri*o*nize
(?)
v. t.
To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically.
Urquhart.


word: Hit₃
definition:
Hit

Hit
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hit; p. pr. & vb. n. Hitting.]
[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.
hit
Shak.

4.
(Backgammon)
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.


word: Hit₄
definition:
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 To hit upon, to light upon; to come to by chance; to discover unexpectedly; as, he hit on the solution after days of trying. “None of them hit upon the art.”  Addison.


word: Hit₅
definition:
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;
esp.
A performance, as a musical recording, movie, or play, which achieved great popularity or acclaim; also used of books or objects of commerce which become big sellers; as, the new notebook computer was a big hit with business travellers.

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)
A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit.

6.
An act of murder performed for hire, esp. by a professional assassin.

Base hit, Safe hit, Sacrifice hit. (Baseball) See under Base, Safe, etc.


word: Hit.
definition:
Hit.

Hit.
adj.
Having become very popular or acclaimed; -- said of entertainment performances; as, a hit song, a hit movie.


word: Hitch
definition:
Hitch

Hitch
(hĭch)
v. t.
[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.


word: Hitch₂
definition:
Hitch

Hitch
v. i.
To hitchhike; -- mostly used in the phrase to hitch a ride; as, he hitched his way home; he hitched a ride home.


word: Hitch₃
definition:
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; hitch your wagon to a star.

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.]


word: Hitch₄
definition:
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.)
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.)
A small dislocation of a bed or vein.


word: hitchhike
definition:
hitchhike

hitch"hike`
(hĭch"hīk`)
v. i.
To travel by getting free rides from passing vehicles; as, to hitchhike across the country.


word: hitchhiker
definition:
hitchhiker

hitchhiker
n.
a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles; one who hitchhikes.


word: Hithe
definition:
Hithe

Hithe
(hī&thlig_;)
n.
[AS. h&ymacr_;ð.  Cf. Hide to conceal.]
A port or small haven; -- used in composition; as, Lambhithe, now Lambeth.
Pennant.


word: Hither
definition:
Hither

Hith"er
(?)
adv.
[OE. hider, AS. hider; akin to Icel. hēðra, Dan. hid, Sw. hit, Goth. hidrē; cf. L. citra on this side, or E. here, he.  √183.  Cf. 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.


word: Hither₂
definition:
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.


word: Hitherto
definition:
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.


word: Hitherward
definition:
Hitherward

Hith"er*ward
(?)
adv.
[AS. hiderweard.]
Toward this place; hither.

Marching hitherward in proud array.
Shak.


word: hit it off
definition:
hit it off

hit it off
v. i.
To get along well together; to be compatible; to work well together; -- of people in interactive situations; as, the new chemist hit it off immediately with his supervisor.
[Colloq.]


word: hitless
definition:
hitless

hitless
adj.
1.
(Baseball)
Having no hits scored; -- of a baseball game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits; as, a hitless game.

Syn. -- no-hit.

2.
Having no points scored.

Syn. -- scoreless, goalless.


word: hit man
definition:
hit man

hit man
n.
1.
A professional murderer, esp. one working for a criminal organization; also called torpedo.
[Colloq.]

2.
A slanderer working for political purposes to damage the reputation of an opponent; a hatchet man.


word: hit on
definition:
hit on

hit on
v. t.
To make sexual advances toward; -- usually of men making advances to women.
[Colloq.]


word: hit-or-miss
definition:
hit-or-miss

hit-or-miss
adj.
performed without care or close attention; slipshod; careless; -- of the manner of performing a task.  Opposite of careful, conscientious or methodical.

Syn. -- haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy.


word: Hitter
definition:
Hitter

Hit"ter
(?)
n.
1.
One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.

2.
(Baseball)
The batter; as, there are two strikes on the hitter.

heavy hitter 1. A baseball player who gets many extra-base hits. 2. A person who is very important or is very effective at his profession.


word: hitting
definition:
hitting

hitting
n.
[vb. n. from hit, v.]
The act of striking one thing against another; as, repeated hitting raised a large bruise

Syn. -- hit, striking.


word: Hittite
definition:
Hittite

Hit"tite
(?)
n.
[From Heb. Khittīm Hittites.]
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.


word: Hittorf rays
definition:
Hittorf rays

Hit"torf rays
(?)
(Elec.)
Rays (chiefly cathode rays) developed by the electric discharge in Hittorf tubes.


word: Hittorf tube
definition:
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.


word: Hive
definition:
Hive

Hive
(?)
n.
[OE. hive, huve, AS. h_;fe.]
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 (Zool.), the honeybee.


word: Hive₂
definition:
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.


word: Hives
definition:
Hives

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


word: HMO
definition:
HMO

HMO
n.
[acronym for Health Maintenance Organization.]
A health maintenance organization; a form of group health insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
[acronym]

Syn. -- health maintenance organization.


word: H. M. S.
definition:
H. M. S.

H. M. S.
n.
A prefix used in the names of British warships, meaning His Majesty's Ship or Her Majesty's Ship; as, H. M. S. Pinafore.


word: HN
definition:
HN

HN
n.
a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile, poisonous, and foul-smelling.

Syn. -- hydrazoic acid, azoimide.


word: Hoa
definition:
Hoa

Ho

{ Ho, Hoa  }
(?)
n.
[See Ho, interj., 2.]
A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.

There is no ho with them.
Decker.


word: Hoa₂
definition:
Hoa

Ho

{ Ho, Hoa  }
(h&omacr)
interj.
[Cf. F. & G. ho.]
1.
Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
ho
Shak.
Ho
Shak.

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


word: hoactzin
definition:
hoactzin

hoactzin
n.
A crested ill-smelling South American bird (Opisthocomus hoazin) whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings.

Syn. -- hoatzin, stinkbird, Opisthocomus hoazin.


word: hoagy
definition:
hoagy

hoagie

hoagie, hoagy
n.
a large sandwich on a long crusty roll that is split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the U. S., such as hero, grinder, and submarine.

Syn. -- bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep.


word: Hoar
definition:
Hoar

Hoar
(?)
a.
[OE. hor, har, AS. hār; akin to Icel. hārr, and to OHG. hēr illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Heið brightness of the sky, Goth. hais torch, Skr. kētus light, torch.  Cf. Hoary.]
1.
White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs.
Hoar
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.


word: Hoard₂
definition:
Hoard

Hoard
n.
[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.]
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.


word: Hoard₃
definition:
Hoard

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


word: Hoard₄
definition:
Hoard

Hoard
v. i.
To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.

To hoard for those whom he did breed.
Spenser.


word: Hoarding
definition:
Hoarding

Hoard"ing
(?)
n.
[From OF. hourd, hourt, barrier, palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle, fence, G. horde, hürde; akin to E. hurdle. √16. See Hurdle.]
1.
(Arch.)
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.


word: Hoarfrost
definition:
Hoarfrost

Hoar"frost`
(?)
n.
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.


word: Hoarse
definition:
Hoarse

Hoarse
(?)
a.
[Compar. Hoarser (?), superl. Hoarsest.]
[OE. hors, also hos, has, AS. hās; akin to D. heesch, G. heiser, Icel. hāss, 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.


word: Hoarsen
definition:
Hoarsen

Hoars"en
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hoarsened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarsening.]
To make hoarse.

I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice.
Richardson.


word: Hoarseness
definition:
Hoarseness

Hoarse"ness
(?)
n.
Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords.


word: Hoarstone
definition:
Hoarstone

Hoar"stone`
(h&omacrr"st&omacrn`)
n.
A stone designating the bounds of an estate; a landmark.
Halliwell.


word: Hoary
definition:
Hoary

Hoar"y
(?)
a.
1.
White or whitish.
hoary
Addison.

2.
White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.

Reverence the hoary head.
Dr. T. Dwight.

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

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

5.
(Zool.)
Of a pale silvery gray.

6.
(Bot.)
Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.

Hoary bat (Zool.), an American bat (Atalapha cinerea), having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.


word: Hoax
definition:
Hoax

Hoax
(?)
n.
[Prob. contr. fr. hocus, in hocus-pocus.]
A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.
Macaulay.


word: Hoax₂
definition:
Hoax

Hoax
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hoaxed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hoaxing.]
To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively.
Lamb.


word: Hoazin
definition:
Hoazin

Hoa"zin
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A remarkable South American bird (Opisthocomus cristatus); the crested touraco. By some Zoologists it is made the type of a distinct order (Opisthocomi).


word: Hob
definition:
Hob

Hob
(?)
n.
[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.)
A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc.

4.
A peg, pin, or mark used as a target in some games, as an iron pin in quoits; also, a game in which such a target is used.


word: Hob₂
definition:
Hob

Hob
n.
[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.


word: Hobbism
definition:
Hobbism

Hob"bism
(?)
n.
The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an English materialist (1588-1679); esp., his political theory that the most perfect form of civil government is an absolute monarchy with despotic control over everything relating to law, morals, and religion.


word: Hobble
definition:
Hobble

Hob"ble
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Hobbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hobbling (?).]
[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.


word: Hobble₂
definition:
Hobble

Hob"ble
v. t.
1.
To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
hobbled
Dickens

2.
To perplex; to embarrass.


word: Hobble₃
definition:
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.


word: Hobblebush
definition:
Hobblebush

Hob"ble*bush`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.


word: Hobbletehoy
definition:
Hobbletehoy

Hobbledehoy

{ Hob"ble*de*hoy` (?), Hob"ble*te*hoy` (?), }
n.
[Written also hobbetyhoy, hobbarddehoy, hobbedehoy, hobdehoy.]
[ 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.]
A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .
[Colloq.]

All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm.
Dickens. .


word: Hobbler₂
definition:
Hobbler

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


word: Hobble skirt
definition:
Hobble skirt

Hob"ble skirt
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.


word: Hobby
definition:
Hobby

Hob"by
(?)
n.
pl. Hobbies (#).
[OE. hobi; cf. OF. hobe, hobé, F. hobereau a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. hober to move, stir.  Cf. Hobby a horse.]
(Zool.)
A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.


word: Hobbyhorse
definition:
Hobbyhorse

Hobby

{ Hob"by (?), Hob"by*horse` (?), }
n.
[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.


word: Hobbyhorsical
definition:
Hobbyhorsical

Hob`by*hors"ic*al
(?)
n.
Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical.
[Colloq.]
Sterne.


word: Hobgoblin
definition:
Hobgoblin

Hob"gob`lin
(?)
n.
[See 2d Hob, and Goblin.]
A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow.
Macaulay.


word: Hobit
definition:
Hobit

Ho"bit
(?)
n.
[See Howitzer.]
(Mil.)
A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer.


word: Hobnail
definition:
Hobnail

Hob"nail`
(?)
n.
[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.


word: Hobnail₂
definition:
Hobnail

Hob"nail`
v. t.
To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.

Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush.
Tennyson.


word: Hobnob
definition:
Hobnob

Hob"nob`
(?)
adv.
[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.


word: Hobnob₂
definition:
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; as, to hobnob with the political elite.


word: Hobo
definition:
Hobo

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

Syn. -- tramp; bum; vagrant; knight of the road.


word: Hobson's choice
definition:
Hobson's choice

Hob"son's choice"
(?)
A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing.

&hand_; 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.


word: Hock
definition:
Hock

Hock
(?)
n.
[So called from Hochheim, in Germany.]
A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.


word: Hough
definition:
Hough

Hock

Hock, Hough (_;)
n.
[ AS. h_;h the heel; prob. akin to Icel. hāsinn hock sinew, Dan. hasc, G. hechse, hächse, LG. hacke, D. hak; also to L. coxa hip (cf. Cuisses), Skr. kaksha armpit. √12.  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.


word: Hock₂
definition:
Hock

Hock
v. t.
1.
To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.

2.
To pawn; as, to hock one's jewelry.


word: Hock₃
definition:
Hock

Hock
n.
1.
The state of having been pawned; usually preceded by in; as, all her jewelry is in hock.

2.
The state of being in debt; as, it took him two years to get out of hock.


word: Hockday
definition:
Hockday

Hock"day`
(?)
n.
[Cf. AS. h&omacrcor mockery, scorn.]
A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also hocktide.
[Eng.]
[Written also hokeday.]


word: Hockey
definition:
Hockey

Hock"ey
(?)
n.
[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.]


word: Hockle
definition:
Hockle

Hoc"kle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hockled(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hockling (?).]
[From 2d Hock.]
1.
To hamstring; to hock; to hough.
Hanmer.

2.
To mow, as stubble.
Mason.


word: Hocus
definition:
Hocus

Ho"cus
(?)
v. t.
[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.


word: Hocus-pocus
definition:
Hocus-pocus

Ho"cus-po"cus
(?)
n.
[Prob. invented by jugglers in imitation of Latin.  Cf. Hoax, Hocus.]
1.
A term used by magicians or conjurers in pretended incantations.

2.
A juggler or trickster.
[Archaic]
Sir T. Herbert.

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

4.
Obfuscating talk or elaborate but meaningless activity intended to hide a deception or to obscure what is actually happening; verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.

Syn. -- trickery, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery.


word: Hod
definition:
Hod

Hod
(h&obreve_;d)
n.
[Prov. E. for hold, i. e., that which holds.  See Hold.]
1.
A kind of wooden tray with a handle, having  V-shaped trough, made of wood or metal, attached to a long handle and usually carried over the shoulder; it is a tool used by construction workers for carrying bricks or mortar.

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


word: hod carrier
definition:
hod carrier

hod" car`ri*er
(hocr/d" kăr~rĭ*ẽr)
n.
A construction worker whose main function is to carry construction materials in a hod{1}.


word: Hoddengray
definition:
Hoddengray

Hod"den*gray`
(?)
a.
[Perh. akin to E. hoiden rustic, clownish.]
Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch peasants.
[Scot.]


word: Hoddydoddy
definition:
Hoddydoddy

Hod"dy*dod`dy
(?)
n.
[Prob. E. also hoddypeke, hoddypoule, hoddymandoddy.]
An awkward or foolish person.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Hodgkin's disease
definition:
Hodgkin's disease

Hodg`kin's dis*ease"
(?)
(Med.)
A morbid condition characterized by progressive anæmia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.


word: Hodiernal
definition:
Hodiernal

Hodiern

{ Ho"di*ern (?), Ho`di*er"nal (?), }
a.
[L. hodiernus, fr. hodie today.]
Of this day; belonging to the present day.
[R.]
Boyle. Quart. Rev.


word: Hodograph
definition:
Hodograph

Hod"o*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr._; path + graph.]
(Math.)
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.


word: hodometer
definition:
hodometer

ho*dom"e*ter
(ho̝*d&obreve_;m"e̝*tẽr)
n.
[Gr. "odo`metron, "odo`metros, an instrument for measuring distance; "odo`s way, path, road  + me`tron measure: cf. F. odométre, hodométre.  See also odometer.]
A device for measuring the length of a path, consisting of a wheel of known circumference attached to a rod held in the hand, and pushed along a surface, which is usually the ground or a floor.  The number of times the wheel makes a complete circle multiplied by the circumference is a measure of the length of the path traversed.  It may be used to measure distances on curved as well as straight paths.  A variant which registers the miles and rods traversed is sometimes used by surveyors.


word: Hodr
definition:
Hodr

Hodr
prop. n.
1.
A blind god; misled by Loki he kills Balder by throwing a bough of mistletoe.

Syn. -- Hoth, Hothr, Hoder.


word: Hoe
definition:
Hoe

Hoe
(?)
n.
[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.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Hoe₂
definition:
Hoe

Hoe
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hoeing.]
[Cf. F. houer.]
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.]


word: Hoecake
definition:
Hoecake

Hoe"cake`
(?)
n.
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.]


word: Hoemother
definition:
Hoemother

Hoe"moth`er
(?)
n.
[A local Orkney name; cf. Icel. hār.]
(Zool.)
The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver.


word: Hoful
definition:
Hoful

Ho"ful
(?)
a.
[AS. hogful, hohful, fr. hogu care, anxiety.]
Careful; wary.
[Obs.]
Stapleton.


word: Hog
definition:
Hog

Hog
(h&obreve_;g)
n.
[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.
(Zool.)
A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidæ; esp., the domesticated varieties of Sus scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.

&hand_; 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.)
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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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 (Spondias 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 (Zool.), the peccary. -- Water hog. (Zool.) See Capybara.


word: Hog₂
definition:
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.)
To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.


word: Hog₃
definition:
Hog

Hog
v. i.
(Naut.)
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.


word: hogan
definition:
hogan

hogan
n.
An earth-covered Navajo lodge; it is traditionally built with the entrance facing east.


word: Hogback
definition:
Hogback

Hog"back`
(?)
n.
1.
(Arch.)
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.)
See Hogframe.

3.
(Geol.)
A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides.


word: Hogchain
definition:
Hogchain

Hog"chain`
(?)
n.
A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.


word: Hogchoker
definition:
Hogchoker

Hog"chok`er
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
An American sole (Achirus lineatus syn. Achirus achirus), related to the European sole, but of no market value.


word: Hogfish
definition:
Hogfish

Hog"fish`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(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).


word: Hogframe
definition:
Hogframe

Hog"frame`
(?)
n.
(Steam Vessels)
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.


word: Hogged
definition:
Hogged

Hogged
(?)
a.
(Naut.)
Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends. See Hog, v. i.


word: Hoggerel
definition:
Hoggerel

Hog"ger*el
(?)
n.
[From the same source as hog; prob. orig., a sheep clipped the first year. See Hog.]
A sheep of the second year. [Written also hogrel.] Ash.


word: Hogger-pipe
definition:
Hogger-pipe

Hog"ger-pipe`
(h&obreve_;g"gẽr-pīp`)
n.
(Mining)
The upper terminal pipe of a mining pump.
Raymond.


word: Hoggery
definition:
Hoggery

Hog"ger*y
(?)
n.
Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness.

Crime and shame
And all their hoggery.
Mrs. Browning.


word: Hogget
definition:
Hogget

Hog"get
(?)
n.
[See Hog, and Hoggerel.]
1.
A young boar of the second year.

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


word: Hogging
definition:
Hogging

Hog"ging
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging.

Hogging frame. See Hogframe.


word: Hoggish
definition:
Hoggish

Hog"gish
(?)
a.
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.


word: Hogh
definition:
Hogh

Hogh
(h&omacr)
n.
[Icel. haugr hill, mound; akin to E. high. See High.]
A hill; a cliff.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Hogmanay
definition:
Hogmanay

Hog`ma*nay"
(_;)
n.
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.]


word: Hognosesnake
definition:
Hognosesnake

Hog"nose`snake"
(?)
(Zool.)
A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, esp. Heterodon platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder, blowing adder, and sand viper.


word: Hognut
definition:
Hognut

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


word: Hogreeve
definition:
Hogreeve

Hog"reeve`
(?)
n.
[See Reeve.]
A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large.
[New Eng.]
Bartlett.


word: Hogscore
definition:
Hogscore

Hog"score`
(?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Curling)
A distance line drawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee.
[Scot.]


word: Hogshead
definition:
Hogshead

Hogs"head
(?)
n.
[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 521/2 imperial gallons; a half pipe.

&hand_; 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.]


word: Hogwash
definition:
Hogwash

Hog"wash`
(?)
n.
1.
Swill.
Arbuthnot.

2.
Meaningless talk; nonsense; balderdash; bunk; -- also used as an interjection, expressing scornful disbelief.


word: Hogweed
definition:
Hogweed

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


word: Hoiden
definition:
Hoiden

Hoi"den
(?)
n.
[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.


word: Hoise
definition:
Hoise

Hoise
(?)
v. t.
[See Hoist.]
To hoist.
[Obs.]

They . . . hoised up the mainsail to the wind.
Acts xxvii. 40.


word: Hoist
definition:
Hoist

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


word: Hoist₂
definition:
Hoist

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

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

3.
(Naut.)
(a)
The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the 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.


word: Hoist₃
definition:
Hoist

Hoist
p. p.
Hoisted.
[Obs.]

'T is the sport to have the enginer
Hoist with his own petar.
Shak.


word: Hoit
definition:
Hoit

Hoit
(?)
v. i.
[Gf. W. hoetian to dally, dandle.]
To leap; to caper; to romp noisily.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.


word: Hoity-toity
definition:
Hoity-toity

Hoi"ty-toi`ty
(?)
a.
[From Hoit.]
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.


word: Hoker
definition:
Hoker

Ho"ker
(?)
n.
[AS. h&omacrcor.]
Scorn; derision; abusive talk.
[Obs.]
Ho"ker*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Hokkaido
definition:
Hokkaido

Hok*kai"do
(h&obreve_;k*kī"d&omacr)
prop. n.
[Jap.]
The northernmost of the main islands of Japan.  Together with the islands of Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku it forms the bulk of the land area of Japan.


word: Holarctic
definition:
Holarctic

Hol"arc*tic
(?)
a.
[Holo- + arctic.]
Of or pert. to the arctic regions collectively
(Zoögeography)
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.


word: Holaspidean
definition:
Holaspidean

Hol`as*pid"e*an
(?)
a.
[Holo- + Gr._;, _;, shield.]
(Zool.)
Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.


word: Holcad
definition:
Holcad

Hol"cad
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'olka`s, -a`dos, a ship which is towed, a ship of burden, fr. 'e`lkein to draw. Gf. Hulk.]
A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece.
Mitford.


word: Hold
definition:
Hold

Hold
(h&omacrld)
n.
[D. hol hole, hollow. See Hole.]
(Naut.)
The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.


word: Hold₂
definition:
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.]
[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. 8.

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 had 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, (a) v. t.to offer; to exhibit; to propose; to put forward. “The propositions which books hold forth and pretend to teach.” Locke. (b) v. i. To talk at length; to harangue. -- 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.]
[1913 Webster]
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. 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. (e) to rob, usually at gunpoint; -- often with the demand to “hold up” the hands. (f) To delay. -- 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. [Colloq.] (b) (Naut.) To hold the oars steady in the water, thus checking the headway of a boat.


word: Hold₃
definition:
Hold

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

1.
Not to move; 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 To hold 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.


word: Hold₄
definition:
Hold

Hold
(h&omacrld)
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; grip; 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.)
A character [thus _;] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona.


word: holdall
definition:
holdall

hold"all`
(h&omacrld"&asuml_;l`)
n.
a capacious bag or basket.

Syn. -- carryall, tote, tote bag.


word: Holdback
definition:
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.


word: Holder₂
definition:
Holder

Hold"er
n.
1.
One who, or that which, holds.

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

3.
(Com.)
The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it.

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


word: Holder-forth
definition:
Holder-forth

Hold"er-forth`
(?)
n.
One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher.  See hold forth (b) under hold.
Addison.


word: Holdfast
definition:
Holdfast

Hold"fast`
(?)
n.
1.
Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long flat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support.
holdfast
Bp. Montagu.

2.
(Bot.)
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.


word: Holding
definition:
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.


word: holding company
definition:
holding company

holding company
n.
(Finance)
A company that controls other independently incorporated companies by ownership of most or all of their stock, but does not directly control the daily operations of those companies.


word: holdout
definition:
holdout

holdout
n.
1.
a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms after most other participants have signed an agreement; as, their star pitcher was a holdout for six weeks.

2.
a refusal by a negotiator to come to terms in the hope of obtaining a better deal.

3.
the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later.


word: holdover
definition:
holdover

holdover
n.
Any person or thing remaining from a previous period of use, tenure, etc;
Specifically:
an official who remains in office after his term.

Syn. -- hangover.


word: Holdup
definition:
Holdup

Hold"up
(h&omacrld"ŭp`)
n.
1.
a robbery, usually at gunpoint.

2.
a delay.
holdup

3.
highway robbery{2}.


word: Hold up
definition:
Hold up

Hold up
(h&omacrld ŭp")
v. t.
1.
To rob, usually at gunpoint or knifepoint.

2.
To delay; as, bad weather held up the satellite launch for two days.


word: Hole₂
definition:
Hole

Hole
(h&omacrl)
n.
[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.
3.
(Games)
(a)
A small cavity used in some games, usually one into which a marble or ball is to be played or driven; hence, a score made by playing a marble or ball into such a hole, as in golf.
(b)
(Fives)
At Eton College, England, that part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.

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.


word: Hole₃
definition:
Hole

Hole
(?)
v. t.
[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.


word: Holethnic
definition:
Holethnic

Hol*eth"nic
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to a holethnos or parent race.

The holethnic history of the Arians.
London Academy.


word: Holethnos
definition:
Holethnos

Hol*eth"nos
(?)
n.
[Holo + Gr. _; race.]
A parent stock or race of people, not yet divided into separate branches or tribes.


word: Holiday
definition:
Holiday

Hol"i*day
(?)
n.
[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)
A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.

&hand_; 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.


word: Holiday₂
definition:
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.


word: holier-than-thou
definition:
holier-than-thou

holier-than-thou
adj.
being excessively or hypocritically pious while condemning others as being less virtuous than oneself.

Syn. -- pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous.


word: Holily
definition:
Holily

Ho"li*ly
(?)
adv.
[From Holy.]
1.
Piously; with sanctity; in a holy manner.

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


word: Holiness
definition:
Holiness

Ho"li*ness
n.
[AS. hālignes.]
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.


word: Holing
definition:
Holing

Hol"ing
(?)
n.
[See Hole a hollow.]
(Mining)
Undercutting in a bed of coal, in order to bring down the upper mass.
Raymond.


word: Holla
definition:
Holla

Hol"la
(?)
interj.
[F. hola; ho ho + là there, fr. L. illac that way, there.  Cf. Hollo.]
Hollo.


word: Holland
definition:
Holland

Hol"land
(?)
n.
A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands.


word: Hollandaise
definition:
Hollandaise

Hollandaise sauce

{ Hol`lan*daise" sauce, or Hol`lan*daise"  }
(?)
n.
[F. hollandaise, fem. of hollandais Dutch.]
(Cookery)
A sauce consisting essentially of a seasoned emulsion of butter and yolk of eggs with a little lemon juice or vinegar.


word: Hollander
definition:
Hollander

Hol"land*er
(?)
prop. 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.


word: Hollo
definition:
Hollo

Hol*lo"
(?)
interj. & n.
[See Halloo, and cf. Holla.]
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.


word: Hollo₂
definition:
Hollo

Hol"lo
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Holloed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Holloing.]
[See Hollo, interj., and cf. Halloo.]
To call out or exclaim; to halloo.


word: Hollow
definition:
Hollow

Hol"low
(?)
a.
[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.


word: Hollow₂
definition:
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.


word: Hollow₃
definition:
Hollow

Hol"low
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hollowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hollowing.]
To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate.
hollowed
Dryden.


word: Hollow₄
definition:
Hollow

Hol"low
adv.
Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv.
[Colloq.]

The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence.
Darwin.


word: Hollow₆
definition:
Hollow

Hol"low
(?)
v. i.
To shout; to hollo.

Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear.
Fuller.


word: Hollow-hearted
definition:
Hollow-hearted

Hol"low-heart`ed
(?)
a.
Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.


word: Hollowness
definition:
Hollowness

Hol"low*ness
n.
1.
State of being hollow.
Bacon.

2.
Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery.
South.


word: hollowware
definition:
hollowware

holloware

holloware, hollowware
n.
serving dishes of silver having some depth in the bowl; contrasted with flatware.


word: Holluschickie
definition:
Holluschickie

Hol"lus*chick`ie
(?)
n. sing. &  pl.
[Prob. of Russ. goluishka bare of possessions, offspring, etc., fr. goluiĭ naked.]
(Zool.)
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.
&hand_; 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.


word: Holly₂
definition:
Holly

Hol"ly
(h&obreve_;l"l&ybreve_;)
n.
[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.)
A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species (Ilex Aquifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.

&hand_; 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.)
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.


word: hollygrape
definition:
hollygrape

hollygrape
n.
An ornamental evergreen shrub (Mahonia aquifolium) of the Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries.

Syn. -- Oregon grape, Oregon holly grape, mountain grape, holly-leaves barberry, Mahonia aquifolium.


word: Hollyhock
definition:
Hollyhock

Hol"ly*hock
(?)
n.
[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.)
A species of Althæa (Althæa rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow.
Rose mallow is listed as a variety of Hibiscus, not Hollyhock in several Web pages.  Name change???


word: Holm
definition:
Holm

Holm
(h&omacrm; 277)
n.
[OE., prob. from AS. holen holly; as the holly is also called holm.  See Holly.]
(Bot.)
A common evergreen oak, of Europe (Quercus Ilex); -- called also ilex, and holly.


word: Holm₂
definition:
Holm

Holm
(h&omacrm)
n.
[AS. holm, usually meaning, sea, water; akin to Icel. h&omacrlmr, 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 (Zool.), the missel thrush.


word: Holmes
definition:
Holmes

Holmes
n.
Sherlock Holmes, a fictitious detective in novels by A. Conan Doyle.

Syn. -- Sherlock Holmes.


word: Holmium
definition:
Holmium

Hol"mi*um
(?)
n.
[NL., from Stockholm.]
(Chem.)
A rare element of atomic number 67 said to be contained in gadolinite.  Chemical symbol Ho. Atomic weight 164.93.  Valence +3.  It was detected by spectral absorption bands in 1878 by the Delafontaine and Soret, who called it "Element X".  Later the Swedish chemist Cleve independently discovered it in erbia, and named it after his native city Stockholm.  The first preparation of pure Holmia, the yellow oxide, was not made until 1911.
HCP61
Hol"mic (#), a.


word: Holmos
definition:
Holmos

Hol"mos
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr._;.]
(Greek & Etrus. Antiq.)
A name given to a vase having a rounded body
(a)
A closed vessel of nearly spherical form on a high stem or pedestal.
Fairholt.
(b)
A drinking cup having a foot and stem.


word: Holoblast
definition:
Holoblast

Hol"o*blast
(?)
n.
[Holo + -blast.]
(Biol.)
an ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See Meroblast.


word: Holoblastic
definition:
Holoblastic

Hol`o*blas"tic
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic.


word: Holocaust
definition:
Holocaust

Hol"o*caust
(?)
n.
[L. holocaustum, Gr. _;, neut. of _;, _;, burnt whole; "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.
[An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]

3.
Specifically:
The mass killing of millions of Jews by the Nazis during the period from 1933 to 1945 in Germany and German-occupied lands; usually referred to as The Holocaust.  In Hebrew, the same event is referred to by the word Shoah.


word: Holocene
definition:
Holocene

Holocene
n.
1.
The geological period comprising approximately the last 10,000 years.

Syn. -- Holocene epoch, Recent epoch.


word: Holocentridae
definition:
Holocentridae

Holocentridae
prop. n.
A natural family of fish including the squirrelfishes and soldierfishes.

Syn. -- family Holocentridae.


word: Holocentrus
definition:
Holocentrus

Holocentrus
prop. n.
The type genus of the family Holocentridae, comprising some of the squirrelfishes.

Syn. -- genus Holocentrus.


word: holocephalan
definition:
holocephalan

holocephalan
n.
A member of the Holocephali, fish with high compressed heads and a bodies tapering off into a long tail.  See also Hoocephali.


word: Holocephali
definition:
Holocephali

Hol`o*ceph"a*li
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from Gr. "o`los whole + kefalh` head.]
(Zool.)
An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only the chimæras; -- called also Holocephala. See Chimæra; also Illustration in Appendix.


word: Holocryptic
definition:
Holocryptic

Hol`o*cryp"tic
(?)
a.
[Holo- + Gr. kry`ptein to conceal.]
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.


word: Holocrystalline
definition:
Holocrystalline

Hol`o*crys"tal*line
(?)
a.
[Holo + crystalline.]
(Min.)
Completely crystalline; -- said of a rock like granite, all the constituents of which are crystalline.


word: Holstein-Friesian
definition:
Holstein-Friesian

Holstein-Friesian
n.
A breed of dairy cattle from North Holland and Friesland; they have a black and white color to their fur.

Syn. -- Friesian, Holstein.


word: hologram
definition:
hologram

hol"o*gram
(?)
n.
A photographic image giving the observer a seemingly three-dimensional view of the represented object.  The three-dimensional effect is produced by exposing a photographic recording medium to an interference pattern generated by a coherent beam of light (as from a laser) reflected from the subject, interacting with a beam directly from the source.  The full three-dimensional effect requires illumination of the image with coherent light, but less perfect three-dimensional visual effects may also be observed when the hologram is illuminated with white light.


word: Holograph
definition:
Holograph

Hol"o*graph
(?)
n.
[L. holographus entirely autograph, Gr. "olo`grafos; "o`los whole + gra`fein to write: cf. F. holographe, olographe.]
1.
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.


word: Holographic
definition:
Holographic

Hol`o*graph"ic
(?)
a.
1.
Of the nature of a holograph; pertaining to holographs.

2.
Of or pertaining to holography or holograms; produced by holography.


word: holography
definition:
holography

ho*log"ra*phy
(?)
v. t.
The process of producing holograms, usually requiring a source of coherent light, as from a laser.


word: Holohedral
definition:
Holohedral

Hol`o*he"dral
(?)
a.
[Holo- + Gr. _; seat, base, fr. _; to sit.]
(Crystallog.)
Having all the planes required by complete symmetry, -- in opposition to hemihedral.


word: Holohemihedral
definition:
Holohemihedral

Hol`o*hem`i*he"dral
(?)
a.
[Holo- + hemihedral.]
(Crystallog.)
Presenting hemihedral forms, in which all the sectants have halt the whole number of planes.
Dana.


word: Holometabola
definition:
Holometabola

Hol`o*me*tab"o*la
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Holo-, and Metabola.]
(Zool.)
Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.


word: Holometabolic
definition:
Holometabolic

Hol`o*met`a*bol"ic
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having a complete metamorphosis; -- said of certain insects, as the butterflies and bees.


word: Holometer
definition:
Holometer

Ho*lom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Holo + -meter: cf. F. holometre.]
An instrument for making all kinds of angular measurements.


word: Holophanerous
definition:
Holophanerous

Hol`o*phan"er*ous
(?)
a.
[Holo + Gr. _; visible, fr. _; to appear.]
(Zool.)
Same as Holometabolic.


word: Holophotal
definition:
Holophotal

Hol`o*pho"tal
(?)
a.
[Holo + Gr. _;, _;, light.]
(Opt.)
Causing no loss of light; -- applied to reflectors which throw back the rays of light without perceptible loss.


word: Holophote
definition:
Holophote

Hol"o*phote
(?)
n.
A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction; -- used in lighthouses.


word: Holophrastic
definition:
Holophrastic

Hol`o*phras"tic
(?)
a.
[Holo + Gr. _; to speak: cf. F. holophrastique.]
Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.

Syn. -- polysynthetic, agglutinative.


word: Holophytic
definition:
Holophytic

Hol`o*phyt"ic
(?)
a.
[Holo + Gr._; a plant.]
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.


word: Holosiderite
definition:
Holosiderite

Hol`o*sid"er*ite
(?)
n.
[Holo + siderite.]
(Min.)
Meteoric iron; a meteorite consisting of metallic iron without stony matter.


word: Holostei
definition:
Holostei

Ho*los"te*i
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole + _; a bone.]
(Zool.)
An extensive division of ganoids, including the gar pike, bowfin, etc.; the bony ganoids. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Holosteric
definition:
Holosteric

Hol`o*ster"ic
(?)
a.
[Holo + Gr.stereo`s solid.]
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.


word: Holostomata
definition:
Holostomata

Hol`o*stom"a*ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole + sto`ma, -atos, mouth.]
(Zool.)
An artificial division of gastropods, including those that have an entire aperture.


word: Holostomatous
definition:
Holostomatous

Hol`o*stom"a*tous
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having an entire aperture; -- said of many univalve shells.


word: Holostraca
definition:
Holostraca

Ho*los"tra*ca
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole + _; shell of a testacean.]
(Zool.)
A division of phyllopod Crustacea, including those that are entirely covered by a bivalve shell.


word: Holothure
definition:
Holothure

Hol"o*thure
(?)
n.
[L. holothuria, pl., a sort of water polyp, Gr. _;.]
(Zool.)
A holothurian.


word: Holothurian
definition:
Holothurian

Hol`o*thu"ri*an
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Belonging to the Holothurioidea.
n. One of the Holothurioidea.

&hand_; 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.


word: Holothurioidea
definition:
Holothurioidea

Hol`o*thu`ri*oi"de*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Holothure, and -oid.]
(Zool.)
One of the classes of echinoderms.
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.


word: Holotricha
definition:
Holotricha

Ho*lot"ri*cha
(ho̝*l&obreve_;t"rĭ*kȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole + qri`x, tricho`s, a hair.]
(Zool.)
A group of ciliated Infusoria, having cilia all over the body.


word: Holstein
definition:
Holstein

Hol"stein
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Holster
definition:
Holster

Hol"ster
(?)
n.
[D. holster; skin to AS. heolstor den, cave, fr. helan to conceal, and to Icel. hulstr case, Goth. hulistr covering, veil, huljan to cover. √17. See Hele to cover, Hell, and cf. Housing, Houss.]
A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow of his saddle, or worn on the person suspended from a belt or shoulder strap.


word: Holt₂
definition:
Holt

Holt
n.
[AS. holt; akin to LG. holt, D. hout, G. holz. Icel. holt; cf Gael. & Ir. coill wood, Gr. _; branch, shoot.]
1.
A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill.
holt
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.
holt
C. Kingsley.


word: Holy
definition:
Holy

Ho"ly
(?)
a.
[Compar. Holier (?); superl. Holiest.]
[OE. holi, hali, AS. hālig, fr. hæl health, salvation, happiness, fr. hāl whole, well; akin to OS. h_;lag, 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
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 Hierochloa 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 grass 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.


word: Holy cross
definition:
Holy cross

Ho"ly cross"
(?; 115)
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.


word: Holyday
definition:
Holyday

Ho"ly*day`
(?)
n.
1.
A religious festival.

2.
A secular festival; a holiday.

&hand_; Holiday is the preferable and prevailing spelling in the second sense. The spelling holy day or holyday in often used in the first sense.


word: Holystone
definition:
Holystone

Ho"ly*stone`
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.
Totten.


word: Homacanth
definition:
Homacanth

Hom"a*canth
(?)
a.
[Homo + Gr. _; a spine.]
(Zool.)
Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; -- said of certain fishes.


word: Homage
definition:
Homage

Hom"age
(?)
n.
[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._; on the ground, and E. groom in bridegroom.  Cf. Bridegroom, Human.]
1.
(Feud. Law)
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.
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.


word: Homage₂
definition:
Homage

Hom"age
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Homaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Homaging.]
[Cf. OF. hommager.]
1.
To pay reverence to by external action.
[R.]

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


word: Homager
definition:
Homager

Hom"a*ger
(?)
n.
[From Homage: cf. F. hommager.]
One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal.
Bacon.


word: Homaloidal
definition:
Homaloidal

Homaloid

{ Hom"a*loid (h&obreve_;m"ȧ*loid), Hom`a*loid"al (-loid"al), }
a.
[Gr. "omalo`s even + -oid.]
(Geom.)
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.


word: Homarus
definition:
Homarus

Hom"a*rus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. "omarh`s well adjusted.]
(Zool.)
A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters.
Hom"a*roid (#), a.


word: Homatropine
definition:
Homatropine

Ho*mat"ro*pine
(?)
n.
[Homo- + atropine.]
(Med.)
An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose.


word: Homaxonial
definition:
Homaxonial

Hom`ax*o"ni*al
(?)
a.
[Homo- + Gr. _; an axle, axis.]
(Biol.)
Relating to that kind of homology or symmetry, the mathematical conception of organic form, in which all axes are equal. See under Promorphology.


word: homburg
definition:
homburg

hom"burg
n.
[from Homburg, Germany, the place of first manufacture.]
A felt hat with a crown that is creased lengthwise, and a brim that is slightly curled upward at the edge.

Syn. -- fedora, felt hat, trilby.


word: Home₂
definition:
Home

Home
(h&omacrm; 110)
n.
[OE. hom, ham, AS. hām; akin to OS. hēm, D. & G. heim, Sw. hem, Dan. hiem, Icel. heimr abode, world, heima home, Goth. haims village, Lith. këmas, and perh. to Gr. kw`mh village, or to E. hind a peasant; cf. Skr. kshēma abode, place of rest, security, kshi to dwell. √20, 220.]
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.
home
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)
The home base; as, 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.


word: Home₃
definition:
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.

3.
(Games)
In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; goal
(a)
(Baseball)
The plate at which the batter stands; same as home base and home plate.
(b)
(Lacrosse)
The place of a player in front of an opponent's goal; also, the player.

Home base or Home plate (Baseball), the base at which the batter stands when batting, and which is the last base to be reached in scoring 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 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.


word: Home₄
definition:
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.

&hand_; 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.


word: home
definition:
home

home
(h&omacrm)
v. i.
1.
To return home.

2.
To proceed toward an object or location intended as a target; -- of missiles which can change course in flight under internal or external control; usually used with in on; as, the missile homed in on the radar site.

3.
[fig.]
To arrive at or get closer to an object sought or an intended goal; used with in on; as, the repairman quickly homed in on the cause of the malfunction.


word: homebody
definition:
homebody

home"bod`y
n.
a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel.

Syn. -- stay-at-home.


word: Homeborn
definition:
Homeborn

Home"born`
(h&omacrm"bôrn`)
a.
1.
Native; indigenous; not foreign.
Donne. Pope.

2.
Of or pertaining to the home or family.

Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness.
Cowper.


word: home-bound
definition:
home-bound

homebound

home"bound`, home"-bound`
(?)
a.
Kept at home, usually due to illness; same as housebound.

Syn. -- housebound, shut-in.


word: Home-bred
definition:
Home-bred

Home"-bred`
(?)
a.
1.
Bred at home; domestic; not foreign.
Home-bred
Milton.

Benignity and home-bred sense.
Wordsworth.

2.
Not polished; rude; uncultivated.

Only to me home-bred youths belong.
Dryden.


word: home-coming
definition:
home-coming

homecoming

home"com`ing, home"-com`ing
(?)
n.
1.
A return home.
[wns=2]

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

2.
A social event, usually held annually at colleges and universities, to welcome visiting alumni; a type of school reunion for graduates.
[wns=1]


word: home-grown
definition:
home-grown

homegrown

homegrown, home-grown
adj.
1.
grown or produced at home or in a specific locality; -- of plants or animals.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- local.

2.
Originating in a particular place or region; as, homegrown talent; -- applied broadly, to people (especially people with specific skills), products of manufacture, etc.


word: Home-keeping
definition:
Home-keeping

Home"-keep`ing
(-kēp`ĭng)
a.
Staying at home; not gadding.

Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits.
Shak.


word: homeless
definition:
homeless

home"less
n. pl.
Those people who have no permanent residence, especially those who live outdoors due to poverty; usually used in the definite phrase the homeless.


word: homelessness
definition:
homelessness

homelessness
n.
the state or condition of having no home, especially of living in the streets.


word: Homelike
definition:
Homelike

Home"like`
(?)
a.
Like a home; comfortable; cheerful; cozy; friendly; as, a homelike atmosphere.


word: Homeliness
definition:
Homeliness

Home"li*ness
n.
[From Homely.]
1.
Domesticity; care of home.
[Obs.]
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.


word: Homeling
definition:
Homeling

Home"ling
(?)
n.
A person or thing belonging to a home or to a particular country; a native; as, a word which is a homeling.
Trench.


word: Homely
definition:
Homely

Home"ly
a.
[Compar. Homelier (?); superl. Homeliest.]
[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; ugly; -- usually used of people, especially women; -- contrary to handsome.

None so homely but loves a looking-glass.
South.


word: Homelyn
definition:
Homelyn

Home"lyn
(?)
n.
[Scot. hommelin.]
(Zool)
The European sand ray (Raia maculata); -- called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray.


word: Homemade
definition:
Homemade

Home"made`
(?)
a.
Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either in a private family or in one's own country.
Locke.


word: Homeopath
definition:
Homeopath

Ho"me*o*path
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. homéopathe.]
A practitioner of homeopathy.
[Written also homœopath.]


word: Homeopathic
definition:
Homeopathic

Ho`me*o*path"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. homéopathique.]
Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy.
[Also homœpathic.]


word: Homeopathically
definition:
Homeopathically

Ho`me*o*path"ic*al*ly
(?)
adv.
According to the practice of homeopathy.
[Also homœopathically.]


word: Homeopathist
definition:
Homeopathist

Ho`me*op"a*thist
(?)
n.
A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy.
[Written also homœopathist.]


word: Homeopathy
definition:
Homeopathy

Ho*me*op"a*thy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; likeness of condition or feeling; _; like (fr. _; same; cf. Same) + _; to suffer: cf. F. homéopathie. See Pathos.]
(Med.)
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 homœopathy.]


word: home-schooled
definition:
home-schooled

home-schooled
a.
Receiving or having received formal education, especially primary or secondary education, at home rather than in a school.  The instruction at home may be accomplished by parents or by professionals who come to the home; as, home-schooled students often get higher test scores than those educated in schools.


word: homeschooling
definition:
homeschooling

home"school`ing
(h&omacrm"skō"lĭng)
n.
The practise of providing formal education, especially primary or secondary education, at home rather than in a school.


word: homeostasis
definition:
homeostasis

homeostasis
n.
The ability and tendency of certain systems to maintain a relatively constant internal state in spite of changes in external conditions; this ability is achieved by the presence of feedback mechanisms which can adjust the state of the system to compensate for changes in the state caused by the external environment.  It is exemplified in homeothermal biological systems, such as animals which maintain relatively constant blood temperature and composition in spite of variations in external temperature or the composition of the food ingested.


word: homeothermic
definition:
homeothermic

homeothermal

homeothermal, homeothermic
adj.
(Biol.)
having constant and relatively high body temperature; warm-blooded; same as homoiothermal; -- of birds and mammals.  Contrasted to poikilothermal.

Syn. -- homoiothermic, homoiothermal, homothermic, homothermal.


word: homeothermy
definition:
homeothermy

homeothermism

homeothermism, homeothermy
n.
(Biol.)
The process or state of being homoiothermal.

Syn. -- homoiothermism, homoiothermy.


word: Homer
definition:
Homer

Hom"er
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance; also called a homing pigeon.


word: Homer₃
definition:
Homer

Ho"mer
n.
[Heb. kh&omacrmer.]
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.]


word: Homer₅
definition:
Homer

Homer
(h&omacr"mẽr)
[L. Homerus, Gr. "O`mhpos, one who puts together; a hostage; a pledge agreed upon between two parties.]
The poet to whom is assigned by very ancient tradition the authorship of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and of certain hymns to the gods ("Homeric Hymns").  Other poems also, as the "Batrachomyomachia" ("Battle of the Frogs and Mice"), were with less certainty attributed to him.  Of his personality nothing is known. Seven cities -- Smyrna, Rhodes, Colophon, Salamis (in Cyprus), Chios, Argos, and Athens -- contended for the honor of being his birthplace: of these, the best evidence connects him with Smyrna. He was said to have died on the island of Ios. The tradition that he lived on the island of Chios, and in his old age was blind, is supported by the Hymn to the Delian Apollo. Modern destructive criticism has led to the doubt whether such a person as Homer existed at all, the great epics which bear that name being supposed to be, in their existing form, of a composite character, the product of various persons and ages. It is altogether probable, however, that the nucleus of the Iliad, at least, was the work of a single poet of commanding genius. (See Iliad, Odyssey, and the quotation below.)  Various dates have been assigned to Homer. According to Herodotus he lived about 850 b. c.; others give a later date, and some a date as early as 1200 b. c.  His poems were sung by professional reciters (rhapsodists, who went from city to city. (See Homeridae.)  They were given substantially their present form by Pisistratus or his sons Hipparchus and Hippias, who ordered the rhapsodists to recite them at the Panathenaic festival in their order and completeness. The present text of the poems, with their division into books, is based upon the work of the Alexandrine critics.


    We may assume it as certain that there existed in Ionia schools or fraternities of epic rhapsodists who composed and recited heroic lays at feasts, and often had friendly contests in these recitations. The origin of these recitations may be sought in northern Greece, from which the fashion migrated in early days to Asia Minor. We may assume that these singers became popular in many parts of Greece, aud that they wandered from court to court, glorifying the heroic ancestors of the various chiefs.  One among them, called Homer, was endowed with a genius superior to the rest, and struck out a plot capable of nobler and larger treatment.  It is likely that this superiority was not recognized at the time, and that he remained all his life a singer like the rest, a wandering minstrel, possibly poor and blind. The listening public gradually stamped his poem with their approval, they demanded its frequent recitation, and so this Homer began to attain a great posthumous fame. But when this fame led people to inquire into his life and history, it had already passed out of recollection, and men supplied by fables what they had forgotten or neglected.  The rhapaodists, however, then turned their attention to expanding and perfecting his poem, which was greatly enlarged and called the Iliad. In doing this they had recourse to the art of writing, which seems to have been in use when Homer framed his poem, but which was certainly employed when the plan was enlarged with episodes. The home of the original Homer seems to have been about Smyrna, and in contact with both Aeolic and Ionic legends. Hia date is quite uncertain: it need not be placed before 800 B. C., and is perhaps later, but not after 700 a. c.
Mahaffy, Hist. of Classical Greek Lit., I. 81.


word: Home run
definition:
Home run

Home" run`
(?)
n.
(Baseball)
a complete circuit of the bases made by the batter without being put out and without an error on the play; also, the hit on which the batter makes such a circuit; a four-base hit.
Most home runs are made when the batter hits a fair ball out of the playing area on a fly, when the ball cannot be played by the defending team; if a batter circuits the bases while the ball is still inside the playing field, it is an inside-the-park home run.


word: Homeric
definition:
Homeric

Ho*mer"ic
(?)
a.
[L. Homericus, Gr. "Omhriko`s.]
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.


word: Homespun
definition:
Homespun

Home"spun
(?)
a.
1.
Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain.
Homespun
W. Irving.

2.
Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse.
homespun
Dryden.
homespun
Addison.


word: Homespun₂
definition:
Homespun

Home"spun
n.
1.
Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.

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


word: Homestead
definition:
Homestead

Home"stead
(?)
n.
[AS. hāmstede.]
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)
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.]


word: Homesteader
definition:
Homesteader

Home"stead*er
(?)
n.
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.]


word: homestretch
definition:
homestretch

homestretch
n.
1.
the straight segment of a racetrack leading to the finish line.
[wns=1]

2.
Hence:
[fig.]
The last or concluding part of any extended activity that has a definite conclusion; the final phase of any activity; as, the election was neck-and-neck in the homestretch.


word: home town
definition:
home town

hometown

hometown, home town
n.
the town (or city) where a person was born or grew up or has his principal residence; as, he never went back to his hometown again.


word: Homewards
definition:
Homewards

Homeward

{ Home"ward (?), Home"wards (?), }
adv.
[AS. hāmweard.]
Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country.

Homeward bound, bound for home; going homeward; as, the homeward bound fleet.


word: homework
definition:
homework

homework
n.
1.
preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).

Syn. -- prep, preparation.

2.
Hence:
[fig.]
Studies or other preparatory work done prior to some activity; -- usually used of preparations for activities of significance or consequence for the performer; as, the candidate didn't do her homework well and was outclassed in the debate.

3.
Paid work done at home, especially piecework.


word: homey
definition:
homey

hom"ey
(h&omacr"m&ybreve_;)
adj.
having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable; as, the homey everyday atmosphere; a restaurant with a homey atmosphere.

Syn. -- homelike, homely, homy.


word: Homicidal
definition:
Homicidal

Hom"i*ci`dal
(?)
a.
Pertaining to homicide; tending to homicide; murderous; as, a homicidal maniac.


word: Homicide
definition:
Homicide

Hom"i*cide
(?)
n.
[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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Homiletical
definition:
Homiletical

Homiletic

{ Hom`i*let"ic (?), Hom`i*let"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. 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.


word: Homiletics
definition:
Homiletics

Hom`i*let"ics
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. homilétique.]
The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.


word: Homilite
definition:
Homilite

Hom"i*lite
(?)
n.
[From Gr. _; to be in company with.]
(Min.)
A borosilicate of iron and lime, near datolite in form and composition.


word: Homily
definition:
Homily

Hom"i*ly
(?)
n.
pl. Homilies (#).
[LL. homilia, Gr. _; communion, assembly, converse, sermon, fr. _; an assembly, fr. _; same; cf. _; together, and _; crowd, cf. _; to press: cf. F. 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.”


word: Homing
definition:
Homing

Hom"ing
(h&omacrm"ĭng)
p. a.
Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.

Homing pigeon, any pigeon trained to return home from a distance.  Also called carrier pigeon.  Most are bred from the domestic pigeon Columba livia.  Homing pigeons are used for sending back messages or for flying races.  By carrying the birds away and releasing them at gradually increasing distances from home, they may be trained to return with more or less certainty and promptness from distances up to four or five hundred miles.  The birds typically do not stop on their way home, and may average as much as 60 miles per hour on their return trip.  If the distance is increased much beyond 400 miles, the birds are unable to cover it without stopping for a prolonged rest, and their return becomes doubtful.  The record for returnig from a distance is close to 1,200 miles.  Homing pigeons are not bred for fancy points or special colors, but for strength, speed, endurance, and intelligence or homing instinct.  Although used since ancient times, homing pigeons have been largely displaced for practical purposes by radio and electronic communications, but they are still used in some special situations at the end of the 20th century.  They were used in military operations as recently as in World War II.


word: hominid
definition:
hominid

hominian

hominian hominid
adj.
characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures.
human (vs. nonhuman) 


word: hominid₂
definition:
hominid

hominian

hominian, hominid
n.
Any animal of the family Hominidae, including modern man as well as extinct species of the genera Homo and Australopithecus.

Syn. -- homonid.


word: Hominidae
definition:
Hominidae

Hominidae
prop. n.
The natural family of primates including modern man and the extinct immediate ancestors of man.

Syn. -- family Hominidae.


word: Hominoidea
definition:
Hominoidea

Hominoidea
prop. n.
A superfamily of mammals including anthropoid apes and human beings.

Syn. -- superfamily Hominoidea.


word: Hominy
definition:
Hominy

Hom"i*ny
(?)
n.
[From North American Indian auhúminea parched corn.]
Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water.
[U.S.]
[Written also homony.]


word: Homish
definition:
Homish

Hom"ish
(?)
a.
Like a home or a home circle.

Quiet, cheerful, homish hospital life.
E. E. Hale.


word: Hommock
definition:
Hommock

Hom"mock
(?)
n.
A small eminence of a conical form, of land or of ice; a knoll; a hillock. See Hummock.
Bartram.


word: Homobasidiomycetes
definition:
Homobasidiomycetes

Homobasidiomycetes
n.
A category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including e.g. mushrooms and puffballs which are usually placed in the classes Gasteromycetes and Hymenomycetes.

Syn. -- subclass Homobasidiomycetes.


word: Homocategoric
definition:
Homocategoric

Ho`mo*cat`e*gor"ic
(?)
a.
[Homo- + categoric.]
(Biol.)
Belonging to the same category of individuality; -- a morphological term applied to organisms so related.


word: Homocentric
definition:
Homocentric

Ho`mo*cen"tric
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;: _; the same + _; center: cf. F. homocentrique.]
Having the same center.


word: Homocercal
definition:
Homocercal

Ho`mo*cer"cal
(?)
a.
[Homo- + Gr. _; tail.]
(Zool.)
Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.


word: Homocerebrin
definition:
Homocerebrin

Ho`mo*cer`e*brin
(?)
n.
[Homo- + rebrin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A body similar to, or identical with, cerebrin.


word: Homochromous
definition:
Homochromous

Ho`mo*chro"mous
(?)
a.
[Homo- + Gr. _; color.]
(Bot.)
Having all the florets in the same flower head of the same color.


word: Homodemic
definition:
Homodemic

Ho`mo*dem"ic
(?)
a.
[Homo- + 1st deme, 2.]
(Biol.)
A morphological term signifying development, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same unit deme or unit of the inferior orders of individuality.


word: Homodermic
definition:
Homodermic

Ho`mo*der"mic
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Relating to homodermy; originating from the same germ layer.


word: Homodont
definition:
Homodont

Hom"o*dont
(?)
a.
[Homo- + Gr. _;, _;, a tooth.]
(Anat.)
Having all the teeth similar in front, as in the porpoises; -- opposed to heterodont.


word: Homodromous
definition:
Homodromous

Homodromal

{ Ho*mod"ro*mal (?), Ho*mod"ro*mous (?), }
a.
[Homo- + Gr. _; a course, running.]
1.
(Bot.)
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.)
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.


word: Homodynamous
definition:
Homodynamous

Ho`mo*dy"na*mous
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy; as, successive or homodynamous parts in plants and animals.


word: Homodynamy
definition:
Homodynamy

Ho`mo*dy"na*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; of like power; _; the same + _; power.]
(Biol.)
The homology of metameres. See Metamere.
Gegenbaur.


word: Homoeomeria
definition:
Homoeomeria

Ho`mœ*o*me"ri*a
(?)
n.
[L., from Gr. _;; _; like + _; part.]
The state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or first principles; likeness or identity of parts.


word: Homoeomerical
definition:
Homoeomerical

Homoeomeric

{ Ho`mœ*o*mer"ic (?), Ho`mœ*o*mer"ic*al (?), }
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, sameness of parts; receiving or advocating the doctrine of homogeneity of elements or first principles.


word: Homoeomerous
definition:
Homoeomerous

Ho`mœ*om"er*ous
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciatic nerve; -- said of certain birds.


word: Homoeomorphism
definition:
Homoeomorphism

Ho`mœ*o*mor"phism
(?)
n.
[See Homœomorphous.]
A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See Isomorphism.


word: Homoeomorphous
definition:
Homoeomorphous

Ho`mœ*o*mor"phous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; of like form; _; like + morfh` form.]
Manifesting homœomorphism.


word: Homoeopathy
definition:
Homoeopathy

Homoeopathist

Homoeopathic

Ho`mœ*o*path"ic, a., Ho`mœ*op"a*thist, n., Ho`mœ*op"a*thy, n.
Same as Homeopathic, Homeopathist, Homeopathy.


word: Homoeozoic
definition:
Homoeozoic

Ho`mœ*o*zo"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; like + _; life.]
(Zool.)
Pertaining to, or including, similar forms or kinds of life; as, homœozoic belts on the earth's surface.
E. Forbes.


word: Homogamous
definition:
Homogamous

Ho*mog"a*mous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; married together; _; the same + _; marriage.]
(Bot.)
Having all the flowers alike; -- said of such composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels.


word: Homogangliate
definition:
Homogangliate

Ho`mo*gan"gli*ate
(?)
a.
[Homo- + gangliate.]
(Zool.)
Having the ganglia of the nervous system symmetrically arranged, as in certain invertebrates; -- opposed to heterogangliate.


word: Homogeneous
definition:
Homogeneous

Ho`mo*ge"ne*ous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;; _; the same + _; race, kind: cf. F. 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.)
Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial.


word: Homogeneousness
definition:
Homogeneousness

Ho`mo*ge"ne*ous*ness
n.
Sameness 9kind or nature; uniformity of structure or material.


word: Homogenesis
definition:
Homogenesis

Ho`mo*gen"e*sis
(?)
n.
[Homo- + genesis.]
(Biol.)
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.


word: Homogenetic
definition:
Homogenetic

Ho`mo*ge*net"ic
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Homogenous; -- applied to that class of homologies which arise from similarity of structure, and which are taken as evidences of common ancestry.


word: homogenize
definition:
homogenize

homogenize
v. t.
1.
To blend (a collection of unlike elements) together so as to make the whole uniform in character, composition, or function.

2.
Specifically:
To blend separated liquids together so as to form a uniform emulsion which does not separate out into its original constituents on standing; -- used especially of milk; as, most milk sold in cartons is pasteurized and homogenized.


word: homogenized
definition:
homogenized

homogenized
adj.
1.
formed by blending unlike elements, especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substance.
homogeneous

2.
rendered homogeneous.


word: Homogenous
definition:
Homogenous

Ho*mog"e*nous
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from a common progenitor with subsequent modification; homogenetic; -- applied both to animals and plants. See Homoplastic.


word: Homogeny
definition:
Homogeny

Ho*mog"e*ny
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; the same + _; race, kind.]
1.
Joint nature.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

2.
(Biol.)
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.


word: Homogonous
definition:
Homogonous

Ho*mog"o*nous
a.
[Gr. _;. See Homogeneous.]
(Bot.)
Having all the flowers of a plant alike in respect to the stamens and pistils.


word: Homograph
definition:
Homograph

Hom"o*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. "omo`grafos with the same letters; "omo`s the same + gra`fein to write.]
(Philol.)
One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful.


word: Homographic
definition:
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.)
Possessing the property of homography.


word: Homography
definition:
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.)
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.


word: Homoioptoton
definition:
Homoioptoton

Ho*moi`op*to"ton
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; in a like case; _; like + _; falling.]
(Rhet.)
A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally.


word: Homoiothermic
definition:
Homoiothermic

Homoiothermal

Ho*moi`o*ther"mal, Ho*moi`o*therm"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; like + E. thermal.]
(Physiol.)
Maintaining a uniform body temperature, usually  above the ambient temperature; hæmatothermal; homothermic; warm-blooded; -- applied to warm-bodied animals such as birds and mammals, 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.

Syn. -- homeothermal, homeothermic, homothermal, homothermic, homoiothermic.


word: homoiothermy
definition:
homoiothermy

homoiothermism

homoiothermism, homoiothermy
n.
(Biol.)
The process or state of being homoiothermal.

Syn. -- homeothermism, homeothermy.


word: Homoiousian
definition:
Homoiousian

Ho`moi*ou"si*an
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, _;, of like substance; "o`moios + o'ysi`a the substance, being, essence.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
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.


word: Homologate
definition:
Homologate

Ho*mol"o*gate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Homologated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Homologating.]
[LL. homologatus, p. p. of homologare to homologate; Gr. _; to assent, agree. See Homologous.]
(Civ. Law)
To approve; to allow; to confirm; as, the court homologates a proceeding.
Wheaton.


word: Homologation
definition:
Homologation

Ho*mol`o*ga"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. homologation.]
(Civ. & Scots Law)
Confirmation or ratification (as of something otherwise null and void), by a court or a grantor.


word: Homological
definition:
Homological

Ho`mo*log"ic*al
(?)
a.
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.


word: Homologinic
definition:
Homologinic

Ho*mol`o*gin"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or characterized by, homology; as, homologinic qualities, or differences.


word: Homologize
definition:
Homologize

Ho*mol"o*gize
(?)
v. t.
(Biol.)
To determine the homologies or structural relations of.


word: Homologoumena
definition:
Homologoumena

Hom`o*lo*gou"me*na
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; things conceded, p. p. of _; to agree, admit, concede. See Homologous.]
Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; -- distinguished from antilegomena.


word: Homologous
definition:
Homologous

Ho*mol"o*gous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; assenting, agreeing; _; the same + _; speech, discourse, proportion, _; to say, speak.]
Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure.
(a)
(Geom.)
Corresponding in relative position and proportion.

In similar polygons, the corresponding sides, angles, diagonals, etc., are homologous.
Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.).
Homologous stimulus. (Physiol.) See under Stimulus.


word: Homolographic
definition:
Homolographic

Hom`o*lo*graph"ic
(?)
a.
[Homo- + Gr. "o`los whole + -graph + -ic; but cf. F. homalographique, Gr. _; even, level.]
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.


word: Homologue
definition:
Homologue

Hom"o*logue
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. homologue. See Homologous.]
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.


word: Homology
definition:
Homology

Ho*mol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; agreement. See Homologous.]
1.
The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons.

2.
(Biol.)
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.

&hand_; 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.)
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.


word: Homomallous
definition:
Homomallous

Ho*mom"al*lous
(?)
a.
[Homo- + Gr. _; a lock of wool.]
(Bot.)
Uniformly bending or curving to one side; -- said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.


word: Homomorphous
definition:
Homomorphous

Homomorphic

{ Ho`mo*mor"phic (?), Ho`mo*mor"phous (?), }
a.
[Gr. _; the same + _; shape.]
Characterized by homomorphism.


word: Homomorphism
definition:
Homomorphism

Ho`mo*mor"phism
(?)
n.
[See Homomorphous.]
1.
(Biol.)
Same as Homomorphy.

2.
(Bot.)
The possession, in one species of plants, of only one kind of flowers; -- opposed to heteromorphism, dimorphism, and trimorphism.

3.
(Zool.)
The possession of but one kind of larvæ or young, as in most insects.


word: Homomorphy
definition:
Homomorphy

Ho"mo*mor`phy
(?)
n.
[Homo- + Gr. morfh` form.]
(Biol.)
Similarity of form; resemblance in external characters, while widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See Homophyly, Promorphology.


word: Homonomy
definition:
Homonomy

Ho*mon"o*my
(?)
n.
[Homo- + Gr. _; law.]
(Biol.)
The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes.
Haeckel.


word: Homonym
definition:
Homonym

Hom"o*nym
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. homonyme. See Homonymous.]
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.]


word: Homonymous
definition:
Homonymous

Ho*mon"y*mous
(?)
a.
[L. homonymus, Gr. _;; _; the same + _;, for _; name; akin to E. 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.


word: Homonymously
definition:
Homonymously

Ho*mon"y*mous*ly
adv.
1.
In an homonymous manner; so as to have the same name or relation.

2.
Equivocally; ambiguously.


word: Homonymy
definition:
Homonymy

Ho*mon"y*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. 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.


word: Homoousian
definition:
Homoousian

Ho`mo*ou"si*an
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; the same + _; being, essence, substance.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
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.


word: homophobia
definition:
homophobia

hom`o*pho"bi*a
(?)
n.
A strong dislike or fear of homosexuals, especially to an unreasonable degree.


word: Homophone
definition:
Homophone

Hom"o*phone
(?)
n.
[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.


word: Homophonous
definition:
Homophonous

Homophonic

{ Ho`mo*phon"ic (?), Ho*moph"o*nous (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;; _; the same + _; sound, tone: cf. F. 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.


word: homophonous
definition:
homophonous

ho*moph"o*nous
adj.
Of or pertaining to a homophone or homophony; as, homophonous words.


word: Homophony
definition:
Homophony

Ho*moph"o*ny
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. homophonie.]
1.
Sameness of sound.

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


word: Homophyly
definition:
Homophyly

Ho*moph"y*ly
(?)
n.
[Homo- + Gr. _; a clan.]
(Biol.)
That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting.
Haeckel.


word: Homoplasmy
definition:
Homoplasmy

Ho"mo*plas`my
(?)
n.
[Homo- + Gr. _; anything formed, fr. _; to form, mold.]
(Biol.)
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.


word: Homoplast
definition:
Homoplast

Hom"o*plast
(?)
n.
(Biol.)
One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel; -- also called homoörgan.


word: Homoplastic
definition:
Homoplastic

Ho`mo*plas"tic
(?)
a.
[Homo- + plastic.]
Of or pertaining to homoplasty; as, homoplasticorgans; homoplastic forms.


word: Homopolic
definition:
Homopolic

Ho`mo*pol"ic
(?)
a.
[Homo- + pole.]
(Biol.)
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.


word: Homoptera
definition:
Homoptera

Ho*mop"te*ra
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; the same, like + _; wing.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Homostyled
definition:
Homostyled

Ho"mo*styled
(?)
a.
[Homo- + style.]
(Bot.)
Having only one form of pistils; -- said of the flowers of some plants.
Darwin.


word: Homosystemic
definition:
Homosystemic

Ho`mo*sys*tem"ic
(?)
a.
[Homo- + systemic.]
(Biol.)
Developing, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same embryonic systems into which the secondary unit (gastrula or plant enbryo) differentiates.


word: Homotaxis
definition:
Homotaxis

Ho`mo*tax"is
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; the same + _; arrangement.]
(Biol.)
Similarly in arrangement of parts; -- the opposite of heterotaxy.


word: Homothermous
definition:
Homothermous

Homothermic

{ Ho`mo*ther"mic (?), Ho`mo*ther"mous (?), }
a.
[Homo- + Gr. _; heat.]
(Physiol.)
Warm-blooded; homoiothermal; hæmatothermal.


word: Homotonous
definition:
Homotonous

Ho*mot"o*nous
(?)
a.
[L. homotonus, Gr. _;; _; the same + _; tone.]
Of the same tenor or tone; equable; without variation.


word: Homotropous
definition:
Homotropous

Homotropal

{ Ho*mot"ro*pal (?), Ho*mot"ro*pous (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;; _; the same + _; turn, fr. _; to turn: cf. F. homotrope.]
1.
Turned in the same direction with something else.

2.
(Bot.)
Having the radicle of the seed directed towards the hilum.


word: Homotypal
definition:
Homotypal

Ho"mo*ty`pal
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype; as, homotypal parts.


word: Homotype
definition:
Homotype

Hom"o*type
(?)
n.
[Homo- + -type.]
(Biol.)
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.


word: Homotypy
definition:
Homotypy

Ho"mo*ty`py
(?)
n.
[See Homotype.]
(Biol.)
A term suggested by Haeckel to be instead of serial homology. See Homotype.


word: Homunculus
definition:
Homunculus

Ho*mun"cu*lus
(?)
n.
pl. Homunculi (#).
[L., dim. of homo man.]
A little man; a dwarf; a manikin.
Sterne.


word: Hone
definition:
Hone

Hone
(?)
v. i.
[Cf. F. honger to grumble. √37.]
To grumble; pine; lament; long.
[Dial.Eng. & Southern U. S.]


word: Hone₃
definition:
Hone

Hone
n.
[AS. hān; akin to Icel. hein, OSw. hen; cf. Skr. çā&nsdot_;a, also ç&omacr, çi, to sharpen, and E. cone. √38, 228.]
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.


word: Hone₄
definition:
Hone

Hone
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Honed (h&omacrnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Honing.]
1.
To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.

2.
to render more precise or more effective; as, to hone one's skills.


word: Honest
definition:
Honest

Hon"est
(?)
a.
[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 straightforwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, 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; faithful; virtuous.

Wives may be merry, and yet honest too.
Shak.


word: Honest₂
definition:
Honest

Hon"est
v. t.
[L. honestare to clothe or adorn with honor: cf. F. honester. See Honest, a.]
To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.
[Obs.]
Abp. Sandys.


word: Honestly
definition:
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.


word: Honesty
definition:
Honesty

Hon"es*ty
(?)
n.
[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.)
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; Lunaria rediva is perennial honesty.


word: Honewort
definition:
Honewort

Hone"wort`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (Sison Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.


word: Honey
definition:
Honey

Hon"ey
(hŭn"&ybreve_;)
n.
[OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw. håning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. ko`nis dust, Skr. ka&nsdot_;a 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.

&hand_; 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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), the ratel. -- Honey bear. (Zool.) See Kinkajou. -- Honey buzzard (Zool.), a bird related to the kites, of the genus Pernis.  The European species is Pernis apivorus; the Indian or crested honey buzzard is Pernis ptilorhyncha.  They feed upon honey and the larvæ of bees.  Called also bee hawk, bee kite. -- Honey guide (Zool.), 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. (Zool.) 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 (Zool.), the ratel.


word: Honey₂
definition:
Honey

Hon"ey
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Honeyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Honeying.]
To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.
Honeying
Shak.

Rough to common men,
But honey at the whisper of a lord.
Tennyson.


word: Honey₃
definition:
Honey

Hon"ey
v. t.
To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey.

Canst thou not honey me with fluent speech?
Marston.


word: Honeybee
definition:
Honeybee

Hon"ey*bee`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any bee of the genus Apis, which lives in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee (Apis mellifica), the Italian bee (Apis ligustica), and the Arabiab bee (Apis 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.


word: Honeyberry
definition:
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).


word: Honeycomb
definition:
Honeycomb

Hon"ey*comb`
(?)
n.
[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 (Zool.), the wax moth. -- Honeycomb stomach. (Anat.) See Reticulum.


word: Honeycombed
definition:
Honeycombed

Hon"ey*combed`
(?)
a.
Formed or perforated like a honeycomb.

Each bastion was honeycombed with casements.
Motley.


word: honey creeper
definition:
honey creeper

honeycreeper

honeycreeper, honey creeper
n.
1.
Any of a number of small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands belonging to the subfamily Drepanidae.

Syn. -- Hawaiian honeycreeper.

2.
any of numerous species of small, bright, colored, passerine birds of the family Cœrebidæ, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, abundant in Central and South America; they are songbirds with a curved bill for sucking nectar.


word: Honeydew
definition:
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.

3.
A honeydew melon.


word: Honeydew melon
definition:
Honeydew melon

Hon"ey*dew` mel"on
(?)
n.
A type of winter melon (Cucumis melo inodorus) related to the muskmelon (Cucumis melo reticulatus), but having a smooth pale yellowish-green rind and sweet, juicy, light green flesh.  It is slightly ovoid in shape, commonly about 8 to 10 inches long on the long axis.


word: honey-eater
definition:
honey-eater

honey eater

honey eater, honey-eater
n.
One of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family Meliphagidæ having tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar, abundant in Australia and Oceania; -- called also honeysucker.

Syn. -- honeysucker.


word: honey flower
definition:
honey flower

honeyflower

honeyflower, honey flower
n.
1.
(Bot.)
An erect bushy shrub (Lambertia formosa) of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar.

Syn. -- mountain devil, Lambertia formosa.

2.
(Bot.)
The Australian shrub (Protea mellifera) whose flowers yield honey copiously.

Syn. -- Protea mellifera.

3.
(Bot.)
An evergreen shrub of the genus Melianthus, a native of the Cape of Good Hope.  The flowers yield much honey.


word: Honeymoon
definition:
Honeymoon

Hon"ey*moon`
(?)
n.
1.
The first month after marriage.
Addison.

2.
A vacation taken together by a newly married couple, usually including a trip away from home.

3.
Hence:
[fig.]
Any initial period of harmony after two or more people or organizations begin working together; as, the usual honeymoon for a newly elected president was cut short by resumption of partisan sniping over the budget.


word: Honeysuckle
definition:
Honeysuckle

Hon"ey*suc`kle
(?)
n.
[Cf. AS. hunisūge privet. See Honey, and Suck.]
(Bot.)
One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance.

&hand_; The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus Lonicera; as, Lonicera Caprifolium, and Lonicera Japonica, the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds; Lonicera Periclymenum, the fragrant woodbine of England; Lonicera grata, the American woodbine, and Lonicera sempervirens, the red-flowered trumpet honeysuckle.  The European fly honeysuckle is Lonicera Xylosteum; the American, Lonicera 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.


word: Honeywort
definition:
Honeywort

Hon"ey*wort`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A European plant of the genus Cerinthe, whose flowers are very attractive to bees.
Loudon.


word: Hong
definition:
Hong

Hong
(?)
n.
[Chinese hang, Canton dialect hong, a mercantile house, factory.]
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.


word: Honiton lace
definition:
Honiton lace

Hon"i*ton lace`
(?)
A kind of pillow lace, remarkable for the beauty of its figures; -- so called because chiefly made in Honiton, England.


word: Honk
definition:
Honk

Honk
(h&obreve_;&nsmacr_;k)
n.
[Of imitative origin.]
(Zool.)
The cry of a wild goose.
Honk"ing, n.


word: Honk₂
definition:
Honk

Honk
(h&obreve_;&nsmacr_;k)
n.
1.
To make a sound like the honk of a goose.

2.
Specifically:
To sound the horn on an automobile or other motor vehicle.


word: honker
definition:
honker

honk"er
(h&obreve_;&nsmacr_;k"ẽr)
n.
1.
The nose; -- an informal terms used in the U. S.
[wns=1]
[informal]

Syn. -- beak, hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle.

2.
Something that honks.

3.
Specif.
The common grayish-brown wild goose (Branta canadensis) of North America; the Canada goose.
[wns=2]

Syn. -- Canada goose, Canadian goose, Branta canadensis.


word: honky
definition:
honky

honky
n.
1.
A white (caucasian) person; -- a term used by some African-Americans, intended to be disparaging and often taken as offensive.
[Also spelled honkie and honkey.]

Syn. -- whitey.


word: honky-tonk
definition:
honky-tonk

honky-tonk
n.
1.
a cheap drinking and dancing establishment; a cheap and tawdry nightclub.

Syn. -- barrelhouse.

2.
A district in which honky-tonks{1} are found.


word: honky-tonk₂
definition:
honky-tonk

honky-tonk
a.
Pertaining to or resembling a honky-tonk.

2.
(Music)
Pertaining to a style of ragtime piano music having a melody embellished with chords and syncopated rhythms, accompanied by a bass in strict two-four or four-four time.  It is often played on an upright piano having its strings muffled to produce a tinny sound; as, a honky-tonk piano.
RHUD


word: Honor
definition:
Honor

Hon"or
(&obreve_;n"ẽr)
n.
[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.

Godlike erect, with native honor clad.
Milton.

3.
Purity; chastity; -- a term applied mostly to women, but becoming uncommon in usage.

If she have forgot
Honor and virtue.
Shak.

4.
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; integrity; uprightness; trustworthness.

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.

5.
That to which esteem or consideration is paid; distinguished position; high rank.
honors
Shak.

I have given thee . . . both riches, and honor.
1 Kings iii. 13.

Thou art clothed with honor and majesty.
Ps. civ. 1.

6.
Fame; reputation; credit.

Some in their actions 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.

7.
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.
honors
Dryden.

8.
A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation.

9.
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.

10.
(Feud. Law)
A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.
Cowell.

11.
pl.
Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as, honors in classics.

12.
pl.
(Whist)
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 of honor 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) a lady of rank, whose duty it is to attend the queen when she appears in public. (b) the bride's principle attendant at a wedding, if unmarried.  If married, she is referred to as the matron of honor. -- 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.


word: Honor₂
definition:
Honor

Hon"or
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Honored (&obreve_;n"ẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Honoring.]
[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.)
To accept and pay when due; as, to honora bill of exchange.


word: Honorable
definition:
Honorable

Hon"or*a*ble
(&obreve_;n"ẽr*ȧ*b'l)
a.
[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; as, 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.

&hand_; 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, and often also extended to lower officials, such as city council members.

Right honorable. See under Right.


word: Honorableness
definition:
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.


word: Honorably
definition:
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.]
honorably
Shak.


word: Honorary
definition:
Honorary

Honorarium

{ &VerbarHon`o*ra"ri*um (?), Hon"or*a*ry (?), }
n.
[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)
An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price.
Heumann.


word: Honorary₂
definition:
Honorary

Hon"or*a*ry
a.
[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
Addison.

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


word: honored
definition:
honored

honored
adj.
1.
of high repute; -- of people.

Syn. -- esteemed, prestigious, respected.

2.
greatly admired.

Syn. -- glorious, illustrious, magnificent.


word: honoree
definition:
honoree

honoree
n.
1.
a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments.  Correlative of honorer or conferrer.


word: Honorific
definition:
Honorific

Hon`or*if"ic
(?)
a.
[See Honor, -fy, and -ic.]
Conferring honor; tending to honor.
London Spectator.


word: honours
definition:
honours

honours
n.
A university degree with honors; -- a term used in Great Britain.
[Brit.]

Syn. -- honours degree.


word: Honshu
definition:
Honshu

Hon"shu
prop. n.
[Jap.]
the main island of Japan.  Together with the islands of Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku it forms the bulk of the land area of Japan.


word: Honved
definition:
Honved

Hon"véd
(?)
n.
[Hung. honvēd; hon home + vēd defense.]
1.
The Hungarian army in the revolutionary war of 1848-49.

2.
same as Honvédség.


word: Honvedseg
definition:
Honvedseg

Hon"véd*ség`
(?)
n.
[Hung. honvēdsēg; honvēd + sēg, an abstract or collective suffix.]
(Hungary)
See Army organization, above.


word: Hoo
definition:
Hoo

Hoo
(?)
interj.
1.
See Ho.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

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


word: hooch
definition:
hooch

hooch
n.
1.
an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor.
[slang]
[wns=1]

Syn. -- hootch.

2.
(Military Slang)
A living quarters;
especially:
a thatched hut in Southeast Asia, or any living quarters where a serviceman lives together with a local woman.


word: -hood
definition:
-hood

-hood
(?)
[OE. hod, had, hed, hede, etc., person, rank, order, condition, AS. hād; akin to OS. hēd, OHG. heit, G. -heit, D. -heid, Goth. haidus manner; cf. Skr. kētu brightness, cit to appear, be noticeable, notice. √217.  Cf. -head.]
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.


word: Hood
definition:
Hood

Hood
(?)
n.
[OE. hood, hod, AS. h&omacrd; akin to D. hoed hat, G. hut, OHG. huot, also to E. hat, and prob. to E. heed. √13.]
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
(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.
hoods
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
(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)
The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.


word: Hood₂
definition:
Hood

Hood
(hŏd)
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.


word: Hood₃
definition:
Hood

Hood
(?)
n.
1.
[shortened from hoodlum.]
Same as hoodlum.
[Colloq.]

2.
[shortened from neighborhood.]
Same as neighborhood.
[slang]


word: Hooded
definition:
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.
(Zool.)
(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).


word: Hoodlum
definition:
Hoodlum

Hood"lum
(?)
n.
A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow; colloquially, called also hood.
[Colloq. U.S.]

Just tell your hoodlum friends outside
You ain't got time to take no ride.
Yakety-Yak (Song)


word: Hood moulding
definition:
Hood moulding

Hood molding

{ Hood" mold`ing Hood" mould`ing }
(?)
(Arch.)
A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also hood mold.


word: Hoodoo
definition:
Hoodoo

Hoo"doo
(hō"dō)
n.
[Perh. a var. of voodoo.]
1.
One who causes bad luck.
[Colloq.]

2.
Same as voodoo.

3.
Bad luck.


word: Hoodoo₂
definition:
Hoodoo

Hoo"doo
v. t.
To be a hoodoo to; to bring bad luck to by occult influence; to bewitch.
[Colloq., U. S.]


word: hoodooism
definition:
hoodooism

hoodooism
n.
Voodoo, a form of religion practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (esp. Haiti); it involves witchcraft and animistic deities.

Syn. -- voodoo, vodoun, voodooism.


word: Hoodwink
definition:
Hoodwink

Hood"wink
(hŏd"wĭ&nsmacr_;k)
v. t.
[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
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Hoof
definition:
Hoof

Hoof
(hōf)
n.
pl. Hoofs (hōfs), very rarely Hooves (hōvz).
[OE. hof, AS. h&omacrf; akin to D. hoef, G. huf, OHG. huof, Icel. h&omacrfr, Sw. hof, Dan. hov; cf. Russ. kopuito, Skr. çapha. √225.]
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.)
See Ungula.


word: Hoof₂
definition:
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.  -- On the hoof, of cattle, standing (on the hoof); not slaughtered. -- beef on the hoof, live cattle.


word: Hoofbound
definition:
Hoofbound

Hoof"bound`
(?)
a.
(Far.)
Having a dry and contracted hoof, which occasions pain and lameness.


word: hoofing
definition:
hoofing

hoofing
n.
a dance in which the steps are more important than gestures or postures.

Syn. -- step dancing.


word: hoofprint
definition:
hoofprint

hoofmark

hoofmark, hoofprint
n.
a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal.


word: Hook
definition:
Hook

Hook
(hŏk; 277)
n.
[OE. hok, AS. h&omacrc; cf. D. haak, G. hake, haken, OHG. hāko, hāgo, hāggo, 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.)
See Eccentric, and V-hook.

5.
A snare; a trap.
[R.]
Shak.

6.
A field sown two years in succession.
[Prov. Eng.]

7.
pl.
The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.

8.
(Geog.)
A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end; as, Sandy Hook in New Jersey.

9.
(Sports)
The curving motion of a ball, as in bowling or baseball, curving away from the hand which threw the ball; in golf, a curving motion in the direction of the golfer who struck the ball.

10.
(Computers)
A procedure within the encoding of a computer program which allows the user to modify the program so as to import data from or export data to other programs.

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 hook, freed from some obligation or difficulty; as, to get off the hook by getting someone else to do the job. [Colloq.] -- 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 (Zool.), 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.


word: Hook₂
definition:
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.


word: Hook₃
definition:
Hook

Hook
(?)
v. i.
1.
To bend; to curve as a hook.

2.
To move or go with a sudden turn;
hence
[Slang or Prov. Eng.]
to make off; to clear out; -- often with it.
hooked
Kipling.


word: Hookah
definition:
Hookah

Hook"ah
(hŏk"ȧ)
n.
[Per. or Ar. huqqa a round box or casket, a bottle through which the fumes pass when smoking tobacco.]
A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water.  Also called narghile and water pipe.  The hubble-bubble is a simple form of this device.


word: hook-and-ladder company
definition:
hook-and-ladder company

hook"-and-lad"der com"pa*ny
(?)
n.
A company of firefighters who operate a hook-and-ladder truck; a fire company; called also ladder company.


word: hook and ladder
definition:
hook and ladder

hook and ladder truck

hook-and-ladder truck

hook"-and-lad"der truck, hook" and lad"der truck, hook" and lad"der
(?)
n.
A firefighting truck equipped with a ladder extendable to great length, for access to the upper stories of buildings; it also carries other firefighting equipment; called also ladder truck.


word: Hooked
definition:
Hooked

Hooked
(?)
a.
1.
Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird.

2.
Provided with a hook or hooks.
hooked
Milton.


word: Hooker
definition:
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.


word: Hooke's gearing
definition:
Hooke's gearing

Hooke's" gear"ing
(?)
[So called from the inventor.]
(Mach.)
Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.


word: Hooke's joint
definition:
Hooke's joint

Hooke's joint
(?)
[So called from the inventor.]
(Mach.)
A universal joint. See under Universal.


word: Hooky₂
definition:
Hooky

Hook"y
(hŏk"&ybreve_;)
n.
[Written also hookey.]
[Cf. Hook, v. t., 3.]
A word used only in the expression to play hooky, to be truant, to run away; -- used mostly of youths absent from school without a valid reason and without the knowledge of their parents.  Also (figuratively and jocosely), to be absent from duty for frivolous reasons.

This talk about boys . . . playing ball, and “hooky,” and marbles, was all moonshine.
F. Hopkinson Smith.


word: Hoolock
definition:
Hoolock

Hoo"lock
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A small black gibbon (Hylobates hoolock), found in the mountains of Assam.


word: Hoop
definition:
Hoop

Hoop
(?)
n.
[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 (Zool.), 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.


word: Hoop₂
definition:
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.


word: Hoop₃
definition:
Hoop

Hoop
(?)
v. i.
[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.


word: Hoop₄
definition:
Hoop

Hoop
v. t.
[Written also whoop.]
1.
To drive or follow with a shout.
hooped
Shak.

2.
To call by a shout or peculiar cry.


word: Hooper₂
definition:
Hooper

Hoop"er
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
[So called from its note.]
The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); -- called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk.


word: Hoopoo
definition:
Hoopoo

Hoopoe

{ Hoop"oe (?), Hoop"oo (?) }
n.
[So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa, Gr. _;, D. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.]
(Zool.)
A European bird of the genus Upupa (Upupa epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure, and a slender down-curving bill. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera.


word: hoosgow
definition:
hoosgow

hoosegow

hoosegow, hoosgow
n.
[from Mexican Sp. jusgado jail, from Sp. juzgado court of justice.]
a jail.
[U. S. western slang]


word: Hoot
definition:
Hoot

Hoot
(hōt)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Hooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hooting.]
[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.


word: Hoot₂
definition:
Hoot

Hoot
v. t.
To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.

Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat.
Swift.


word: Hoot₃
definition:
Hoot

Hoot
n.
1.
A derisive cry or shout.
Glanvill.

2.
The cry of an owl.

3.
A very funny event, person, or experience; as, watching Jack try to catch that greased pig was a hoot.

Hoot owl (Zool.), the barred owl (Syrnium nebulosum). See Barred owl. -- not give a hoot not care at all.


word: Hoot down
definition:
Hoot down

Hoot down
v. t.
To shout down; to cause (a speaker) to cease trying to speak by loud derisive shouts.


word: hootenanny
definition:
hootenanny

hoot"en*an*ny
n.
1.
An informal social gathering or concert featuring mostly folk songs, sometimes dancing, and where the audience often participates in the singing.
2.
Same as whatchamacallit; a thingumbob.
[Obsolescent, chiefly dial.]


word: hooter
definition:
hooter

hoot"er
n.
1.
the nose.
[slang]

Syn. -- beak, honker, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle.

2.
An automobile horn.
[Brit. slang]

3.
A woman's breast, especially one that is large.
[vulgar slang]


word: Hoove
definition:
Hoove

Hoove
(?)
n.
[Allied to heave, hove.]
A disease in cattle consisting in inflammation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food; tympany; bloating.


word: Hop
definition:
Hop

Hop
(h&obreve_;p)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Hopped (h&obreve_;pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Hopping (h&obreve_;p"pĭng).]
[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.


word: Hop₂
definition:
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 and jump, Hop, step and a jump or Hop, step and jump, 1. a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession. 2. a short distance.
Addison.


word: Hop₃
definition:
Hop

Hop
n.
[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.)
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 Trifolium procumbens). -- Hop flea (Zool.), a small flea beetle (Haltica concinna), very injurious to hops. -- Hop fly (Zool.), an aphid (Phorodon humuli), very injurious to hop vines. -- Hop froth fly (Zool.), 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 (Ostrya Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species (Ostrya vulgaris). -- Hop moth (Zool.), 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.


word: Hope
definition:
Hope

Hope
(?)
n.
[Cf. Icel. h&omacrp a small bay or inlet.]
1.
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
[Obs.]

2.
A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.


word: Hope₂
definition:
Hope

Hope
n.
[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.


word: Hope₃
definition:
Hope

Hope
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Hoped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hoping.]
[AS. hopian; akin to D. hopen, Sw. hoppan, 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
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.
hope
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.


word: Hope₄
definition:
Hope

Hope
(h&omacrp)
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.]
hope
Chaucer.

&hand_; 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.


word: hoped-for
definition:
hoped-for

hoped-for
adj.
expected and desired.  Contrasted with unexpected.

Syn. -- anticipated, awaited(predicate), prospective.


word: Hopeful
definition:
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
Addison.


word: Hopefully
definition:
Hopefully

Hope"ful*ly
(?)
adv.
1.
In a hopeful manner.

2.
I hope; if all goes well; as, hopefully, the dress will be ready before the party.
Some prescriptivists object to this usage as being ungrammatical, but it is very common and well understood.  It is usually used to begin a sentence describing a desired future event.


word: Hopeite
definition:
Hopeite

Hope"ite
(?)
n.
[Named after Professor Hope, of Edinburgh.]
(Min.)
A hydrous phosphate of zinc in transparent prismatic crystals.


word: Hopeless
definition:
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.


word: Hoplite
definition:
Hoplite

Hop"lite
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; tool, weapon: cf. F. hoplite.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
A heavy-armed infantry soldier.
Milford.


word: Hop-thumb
definition:
Hop-thumb

Hop-o'-my-thumb

{ Hop"-o'-my-thumb" (?), Hop"-thumb"  }
n.
A very diminutive person.
[Colloq.]
liwell.


word: Hopper
definition:
Hopper

Hop"per
(?)
n.
[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.)
See Grasshopper, 2.

4.
pl.
A game. See Hopscotch.
Johnson.

5.
(Zool.)
(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.)
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.


word: Hopperdozer
definition:
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.)
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.


word: Hoppestere
definition:
Hoppestere

Hop`pes*tere"
(?)
a.
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.


word: Hoppet
definition:
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.


word: Hopping
definition:
Hopping

Hop"ping
(?)
n.
The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.

Hopping Dick (Zool.), a thrush of Jamaica (Merula leucogenys), resembling the English blackbird in its familiar manners, agreeable song, and dark plumage.


word: Hopple
definition:
Hopple

Hop"ple
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hoppled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hoppling (?).]
[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.


word: Hopple₂
definition:
Hopple

Hop"ple
n.
A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.


word: Hoppo
definition:
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.


word: hopsacking
definition:
hopsacking

hopsacking
n.
a loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen, used in clothing.

Syn. -- hopsack.


word: Hopscotch
definition:
Hopscotch

Hop"scotch`
(?)
n.
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.


word: hop, skip, and jump
definition:
hop, skip, and jump

hop, skip, and a jump

hop", skip", and a jump", hop", skip", and jump"
n.
a short distance; as, it's just a hop, skip and a jump away.
[Colloq.]

Syn. -- stone's throw.


word: Horal
definition:
Horal

Ho"ral
(?)
a.
[L. horalis, fr. hora hour. See Hour.]
Of or pertaining to an hour, or to hours.
Prior.


word: Horary
definition:
Horary

Ho"ra*ry
(?)
a.
[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.


word: Horde
definition:
Horde

Horde
(h&omacrrd)
n.
[F. horde (cf. G. horde), fr. Turk. ordū, ordī, camp; of Tartar origin.]
1.
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.

2.
Hence:
Any large group of people or animals, especially one wandering or moving about; as, the movie star was surrounded by a horde of screaming fans.


word: Hordeic
definition:
Hordeic

Hor*de"ic
(?)
a.
[L. hordeum barley.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, barley; as, hordeic acid, an acid identical or isomeric with lauric acid.


word: Hordein
definition:
Hordein

Hor"de*in
(?)
n.
[L. hordeum barley.]
(Chem.)
A peculiar starchy matter contained in barley. It is a complex mixture.
[R.]


word: Hordeolum
definition:
Hordeolum

Hor*de"o*lum
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. hordeolus, dim. of hordeum barley.]
(Med.)
A small tumor upon the eyelid, resembling a grain of barley; a sty.


word: Hordock
definition:
Hordock

Hor"dock`
(?)
n.
An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to burdock.


word: Horehound
definition:
Horehound

Hore"hound`
(?)
n.
[OE. horehune, AS. hārhune; hār hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species of organum, Gr. _;, Skr. kn_;y to smell.]
(Bot.)
1.
A plant of the genus Marrubium (Marrubium vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc.
[Written also hoarhound.]

2.
A lozenge or tablet, usually sweetened, containing extract of horehound, used as a remedy for a cough or a sore throat.

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.


word: Horizon
definition:
Horizon

Ho*ri"zon
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. horizon, fr. Gr. _; (sc. _;) the bounding line, horizon, fr. _; to bound, fr. _; boundary, limit.]
1.
The line 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 horizon 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.)
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)
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.

5.
The limit of a person's range of perception, capabilities, or experience; as, children raised in the inner city have limited horizons.

6.
[fig.]
A boundary point or line, or  a time point, beyond which new knowledge or experiences may be found; as, more powerful computers are just over the horizon.

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.


word: Horizontal
definition:
Horizontal

Hor`i*zon"tal
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. horizontal.]
1.
Pertaining to, or near, the horizon.
Horizontal
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.


word: Horizontality
definition:
Horizontality

Hor`i*zon*tal"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. horizontalité.]
The state or quality of being horizontal.
Kirwan.


word: Horizontally
definition:
Horizontally

Hor`i*zon"tal*ly
adv.
In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally.


word: Hormogonium
definition:
Hormogonium

Hor`mo*go*ni"um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a chain + _; generation.]
(Bot.)
A chain of small cells in certain algæ, by which the plant is propagated.


word: Hormone
definition:
Hormone

Hor"mone
(hôr"m&omacrn)
n.
[From Gr. "orma`ein to excite.]
1.
(Physiological Chem.)
A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on which it exerts a specific effect on cells at a distance from the producing cells; thus, pituitary hormones produced in the brain may have effects on cells in distant parts of the body..

2.
(Physiological Chem.)
a chemical substance, whether natural or synthetic, that functions like a hormone in a living organism.  Thus, synthetic steroid hormones may be more effective than their natural counterparts.

3.
(Bot.)
A substance that controls growth rate or differentiation in plants; also called phytohormone.  The most well-known are the auxins that stimulate growth at the growing tips of plants, and control root formation and the dropping of leaves; and  the gibberellins, which are used in agriculture to promote plant growth.


word: Horn
definition:
Horn

Horn
(hôrn)
n.
[AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. haúrn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L. cornu, Gr. ke`ras, and perh. also to E. 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.
(Zool.)
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.)
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
(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.
horn
Spenser.
French horn
French
(b)
A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle.
Horns
Mason.
(c)
The cornucopia, or horn of plenty.
Cornucopia
horn
Milton.
(d)
A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids.
horn
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.
horns
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.)
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.)
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.
horn
Shak.

11.
the telephone; as, on the horn.
[slang]

12.
a body of water shaped like a horn; as, the Golden Horn in Istanbul.

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 (Zool.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod shell, of the genus Cerithium, and allied genera. -- Horn silver (Min.), cerargyrite. -- Horn slate, a gray, siliceous stone. -- To pull in one's horns, To haul in one's horns, to withdraw some arrogant pretension; to cease a demand or withdraw an assertion. [Colloq.] -- To raise the horn, or To 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]


word: Horn₂
definition:
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.


word: Hornbeam
definition:
Hornbeam

Horn"beam`
(?)
n.
[See Beam.]
(Bot.)
A tree of the genus Carpinus (Carpinus 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 Carpinus Betulus.  The American is called also blue beech and water beech.

Hop hornbeam. (Bot.) See under Hop.


word: Hornbill
definition:
Hornbill

Horn"bill`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Hornblende
definition:
Hornblende

Horn"blende`
(?)
n.
[G., fr. horn horn + blende blende.]
(Min.)
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.


word: Hornblendic
definition:
Hornblendic

Horn*blend"ic
(?)
a.
Composed largely of hornblende; resembling or relating to hornblende.


word: Hornbook
definition:
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.
hornbook
Shak.

2.
A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook.


word: Hornbug
definition:
Hornbug

Horn"bug`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A large nocturnal beetle of the genus Lucanus (as Lucanus capreolus, and Lucanus dama), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle.  The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees.


word: Horned
definition:
Horned

Horned
(?)
a.
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 (Zool.), a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis), having two little horns on the head. -- Horned dace (Zool.), an American cyprinoid fish (Semotilus corporialis) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust. of Chub. -- Horned frog (Zool.), a very large Brazilian frog (Ceratophrys cornuta), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids. -- Horned grebe (Zool.), a species of grebe (Colymbus auritus), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on the head. -- Horned horse (Zool.), the gnu. -- Horned lark (Zool.), the shore lark. -- Horned lizard (Zool.), the horned toad. -- Horned owl (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout. -- Horned rattler (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), the sea devil. -- Horned screamer (Zool.), the kamichi. -- Horned snake (Zool.), the cerastes. -- Horned toad (Zool.), 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. (Zool.) See Cerastes.


word: Horneophyton
definition:
Horneophyton

Horneophyton
n.
A genus of Devonian fossil plants considered one of the earliest forms of vascular land plants; it is similar to genus Rhynia but smaller.

Syn. -- genus Horneophyton.


word: Horner
definition:
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.
(Zool.)
The British sand lance or sand eel (Ammodytes lanceolatus).


word: Hornet
definition:
Hornet

Hor"net
(?)
n.
[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.]
(Zool.)
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 (Vespa maculata) is larger and has similar habits.

Hornet fly (Zool.), 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.]


word: Horning
definition:
Horning

Horn"ing
n.
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.


word: Hornito
definition:
Hornito

Hor*ni"to
(?)
n.
[A dim. fr. Sp. horno oven, L. furnus. See Furnace.]
(Geol.)
A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit.
Humboldt.


word: Horn-mad
definition:
Horn-mad

Horn"-mad`
(?)
a.
Quite mad; -- raving crazy.

Did I tell you about Mr. Garrick, that the town are horn-mad after?
Gray.


word: Hornotine
definition:
Hornotine

Hor"no*tine
(?)
n.
[L. hornotinus of this year.]
(Zool.)
A yearling; a bird of the year.


word: Hornpipe
definition:
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.


word: Hornsnake
definition:
Hornsnake

Horn"snake`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A harmless snake (Farancia abacura), found in the Southern United States. The color is bluish black above, red below.


word: Hornstone
definition:
Hornstone

Horn"stone`
(?)
n.
(Min.)
A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert.


word: Horntail
definition:
Horntail

Horn"tail`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of family (Uroceridæ) of large hymenopterous insects, allied to the sawflies. The larvæ bore in the wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of the females.


word: Hornwork
definition:
Hornwork

Horn"work`
(?)
n.
(Fort.)
An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.


word: Horny
definition:
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.
horny
Ray.

3.
Hard; callous.
horny
Dryden.


word: Hornyhead
definition:
Hornyhead

Horn"y*head`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any North American river chub of the genus Hybopsis, esp. Hybopsis biguttatus.


word: Horography
definition:
Horography

Ho*rog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; hour + -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.


word: Horologe
definition:
Horologe

Hor"o*loge
(?)
n.
[OE. horologe, orloge, timepiece, OF. horloge, orloge, oriloge, F. horloge, L. horologium, fr. Gr. _;; _; hour + _; to say, tell. See 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.


word: Horological
definition:
Horological

Hor`o*log"ic*al
(?)
a.
[L. horologicus, Gr. _;.]
Relating to a horologe, or to horology.


word: Horologiographer
definition:
Horologiographer

Hor`o*lo`gi*og"ra*pher
(?)
n.
[See Horologiography.]
A maker of clocks, watches, or dials.


word: Horologiography
definition:
Horologiography

Hor`o*lo`gi*og"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; horologe + -graphy.]
1.
An account of instruments that show the hour.

2.
The art of constructing clocks or dials; horography.


word: Horology
definition:
Horology

Ho*rol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[See Horologe.]
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.


word: Horometry
definition:
Horometry

Ho*rom"e*try
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. horométrie. See Horometer.]
The art, practice, or method of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions.
horometry
Sir T. Browne.


word: Horopter
definition:
Horopter

Ho*rop"ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; boundary + _; one who looks.]
(Opt.)
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.


word: Horoscope
definition:
Horoscope

Hor"o*scope
(?)
n.
[F. horoscope, L. horoscopus, fr. Gr. _;, adj., observing hours or times, esp. observing the hour of birth, n., a horoscope; _; hour + _; to view, observe. See 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.


word: Horoscopist
definition:
Horoscopist

Horoscoper

{ Hor"o*sco`per (?), Ho*ros"co*pist (?), }
n.
One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer.


word: Horoscopy
definition:
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.


word: Horrent
definition:
Horrent

Hor"rent
(?)
a.
[L. horrens, p. pr. of horrere to bristle. See Horror.]
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.


word: Horrible
definition:
Horrible

Hor"ri*ble
(?)
a.
[OE. horrible, orrible, OF. horrible, orrible, F. horrible, fr. L. horribilis, fr. horrere. See Horror.]
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.


word: Horribleness
definition:
Horribleness

Hor"ri*ble*ness
n.
The state or quality of being horrible; dreadfulness; hideousness.

The horribleness of the mischief.
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Horrid
definition:
Horrid

Hor"rid
(?)
a.
[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.


word: Horrific
definition:
Horrific

Hor*rif"ic
(?)
a.
[L. horrifieus; horrere to be horrible + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. horrifique. See Horror, -fy.]
Causing horror; frightful.

Let . . . nothing ghastly or horrific be supposed.
I. Taylor.


word: Horrify
definition:
Horrify

Hor"ri*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Horrified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Horrifying (?).]
[L. horrificare. See Horrific.]
To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders.
E. Irving.


word: Horripilation
definition:
Horripilation

Hor*rip`i*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. horripilatio, fr. horripilare to bristle; horrere to bristle + pilus the hair: cf. F. horripilation.]
(Med.)
A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.


word: Horrisonous
definition:
Horrisonous

Hor*ris"o*nous
(?)
a.
[L. horrisonus; horrere to be horrible + sonus a sound.]
Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.
[Obs.]
Bailey.


word: Horror
definition:
Horror

Hor"ror
(?)
n.
[Formerly written horrour.]
[L. horror, fr. horrere to bristle, to shiver, to tremble with cold or dread, to be dreadful or terrible; cf. Skr. h_;sh 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.]


word: Horror-sticken
definition:
Horror-sticken

Hor"ror-stick`en
(?)
a.
Struck with horror; horrified.

Blank and horror-stricken faces.
C. Kingsley.


word: Hors de combat
definition:
Hors de combat

Hors` de com`bat"
(?)
[F.]
Out of the combat; disabled from fighting; out of action.


word: Hors d'oeuvre
definition:
Hors d'oeuvre

Hors` d'œuvre"
(?)
pl. Hors d'œuveres (#)
[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.


word: Horse
definition:
Horse

Horse
(hôrs)
n.
[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.
(Zool.)
A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (Equus 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.

&hand_; 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 Equus, 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)
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.

9.
(Student Slang)
(a)
A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination; -- called also trot, pony, Dobbin.
(b)
Horseplay; tomfoolery.

10.
heroin.
[slang]

11.
horsepower.
[Colloq. contraction]

&hand_; 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 horse_;dealer, horsehoe, 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 (Zool.), 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. (Zool.) See Botfly, and Bots. -- Horse box, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses, as hunters. [Eng.] -- Horse breaker or Horse 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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), the Limulus; -- called also horsefoot, horsehoe crab, and king crab. -- Horse crevallé (Zool.), the cavally. -- Horse emmet (Zool.), the horse ant. -- Horse finch (Zool.), 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. (Zool.) (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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge (Spongia equina). -- Horse stinger (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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 (Hippocrepis 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).


word: Horse₂
definition:
Horse

Horse
(hôrs)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Horsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Horsing.]
[AS. horsion.]
1.
To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse.
horsed
Shak.

2.
To sit astride of; to bestride.
Shak.

3.
To mate with (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.


word: Horseback
definition:
Horseback

Horse"back`
(?)
n.
1.
The back of a horse.

2.
An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders, 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.
[1913 Webster]
The long journey was to be performed on horseback. Prescott.


word: horsebean
definition:
horsebean

horsebean
n.
1.
The seed of the broad-bean plant.

Syn. -- broad bean, fava bean.

2.
A large shrub or shrubby tree (Parkinsonia aculeata) having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; originating in tropical America but naturalized in the Southern U. S.

Syn. -- Jerusalem thorn, Parkinsonia aculeata.


word: horsebrier
definition:
horsebrier

horsebrier
n.
a very prickly woody vine (Smilax rotundifolia) of eastern U. S. growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries.

Syn. -- bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia.


word: Horsechestnut
definition:
Horsechestnut

Horse-chestnut

Horse`-chest"nut, Horse`chest"nut
(?)
n.
1.
(Bot.)
The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus (Aesculus Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name.  The seed is not considered edible by humans.
[wns=2]

2.
(Bot.)
The tree itself (Aesculus hippocastanum), which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres; it has palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds. The native American species is also called buckeye and conker.
[wns=1]


word: Horse-drench
definition:
Horse-drench

Horse"-drench`
(?)
n.
1.
A dose of physic for a horse.
Shak.

2.
The appliance by which the dose is administered.


word: Horsefish
definition:
Horsefish

Horse"fish`
(hôrs"fĭsh`)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The moonfish (Selene setipinnis).
(b)
The sauger.


word: Horseflesh
definition:
Horseflesh

Horse"flesh`
(hôrs"flĕsh`)
n.
1.
The flesh of horses.

Syn. -- horsemeat.

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.


word: Horsefly
definition:
Horsefly

Horse"fly`
(hôrs"flī`)
n.
pl. Horseflies (hôrs"flīz`).
1.
(Zool.)
Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidae, that stings horses, and sucks their blood.

&hand_; 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.
(Zool.)
The horse tick or forest fly (Hippobosca).


word: Horsefoot
definition:
Horsefoot

Horse"foot`
(hôrs"fŏt`)
n.
pl. Horsefeet (#).
1.
(Bot.)
The coltsfoot.

2.
(Zool.)
The Limulus or horseshoe crab.


word: Horse Guards
definition:
Horse Guards

Horse" Guards`
(hôrs"gärdz`)
(Mil.)
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.


word: Horsehair
definition:
Horsehair

Horse"hair`
(hôrs"hâr`)
n.
A hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or tail; the hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively;
Specifically:
a black shiny fabric made of such hairs, used commonly in the 1800's as a covering for stuffed furniture such as chairs and couches.

Horsehair worm (Zool.), the hair worm or gordius.


word: Horsehide
definition:
Horsehide

Horse"hide`
(hôrs"hīd`)
n.
1.
The hide of a horse.

2.
Leather made of the hide of a horse.


word: Horse-jockey
definition:
Horse-jockey

Horse"-jock`ey
(?)
n.
1.
A professional rider and trainer of race horses.

2.
A trainer and dealer in horses.


word: horse latitude
definition:
horse latitude

horse" lat`i*tude
(?)
n.
(Meteorology)
The latitudes from 30° to 35 ° north or south of the equator.  They are subtropical latitudes having atmospheric high-pressure belts that encircle the Earth, where winds are light and weather is usually clear, hot and dry.  According to legend, ships traveling to the New World often stagnated in this region and had to throw dead horses overboard to conserve water for the crew, or eat them to survive, hence the name horse latitudes.  A horse latitude is created because warm, wet air near the equator rises, cools, and drops its moisture in heavy rains (creating tropical rainforest areas near the equator). By the time the air reaches the high altitudes, it is cold and dry and can not rise further, so it spreads out and moves toward the poles and near the 30° north and 30° south, it begins to sink toward the earth's surface., preventing moisture from reaching the area from elsewhere.  The regions mark the normal locations of the global subtropical high pressure systems such as the Bermuda High, moving a few degrees north or south of their position as the sun moves in the sky with the seasons.  Many of the worlds deserts are found at these latitudes.
University of Michigan Eco-Explorers, 2001


word: Horse-leech
definition:
Horse-leech

Horse"-leech`
(?)
n.
1.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Horse-leechery
definition:
Horse-leechery

Horse"-leech`er*y
(?)
n.
The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.


word: Horseless
definition:
Horseless

Horse"less
a.
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.  It was used primarily in the term “horseless carriage”, to refer to automobiles.  By the 1930's when automobiles had become more common than horses for transportation, the term had lost its currency.
[archaic, except in a historical context.]


word: Horse-litter
definition:
Horse-litter

Horse"-lit`ter
(?)
n.
A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two horses.
Milton.


word: Horseman
definition:
Horseman

Horse"man
(?)
n.
pl. Horsemen (_;).
1.
A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.

2.
(Mil.)
A mounted soldier; a cavalryman.

3.
(Zool.)
(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 (Eques lanceolatus).


word: Horsemanship
definition:
Horsemanship

Horse"man*ship
n.
The act or art of riding, and of training and managing horses; manege.


word: Horsemint
definition:
Horsemint

Horse"mint`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
(a)
A coarse American plant of the Mint family (Monarda punctata).
(b)
In England, the wild mint (Mentha sylvestris).


word: Horsenail
definition:
Horsenail

Horse"nail`
(?)
n.
A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail.


word: Horseplay
definition:
Horseplay

Horse"play`
(?)
n.
Rude, boisterous play.

Too much given to horseplay in his raillery.
Dryden.


word: Horse power
definition:
Horse power

Horse" pow`er
(?)
1.
The power which a horse exerts.

2.
(Mach.)
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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Horse-radish
definition:
Horse-radish

Horse"-rad`ish
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Nasturtium (Nasturtium 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.


word: horseshit
definition:
horseshit

horseshit
n.
A ludicrously false statement.
[Vulgar slang]

Syn. -- bullshit, bull, Irish bull, shit, crap, bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash, dogshit.


word: Horseshoe
definition:
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, such as a U-shaped bend in a river.

3.
(Zool.)
The Limulus or horsehoe crab.

4.
pl.
A game in which horseshoes or horseshoe-shaped objects (usually made of metal) are thrown at either of two stakes fixed in the ground at a distance of 30 to 40 feet apart.  The player stands at or near one stake and throws several the horseshoes at the other stake.  Points are scored when the player throws the horseshoe so that it surrounds the stake; fewer points are scored if the horseshoe is close to but not surrounding the stake.  The players take turns and the first player to achieve the target score wins; as, “almost” only counts with hand grenades or in horseshoes.

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 (Zool.), a bat of the genus Rhinolophus, having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe.


word: Horsetail
definition:
Horsetail

Horse"tail`
(?)
n.
1.
(Bot.)
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.

&hand_; 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.


word: horse-trading
definition:
horse-trading

horse-trading
n.
negotiation accompanied by mutual concessions and shrewd bargaining.


word: Horseweed
definition:
Horseweed

Horse"weed`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis), which is a common weed.


word: Horsewood
definition:
Horsewood

Horse"wood`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A West Indian tree (Calliandra latifolia) with showy, crimson blossoms.


word: Horsiness
definition:
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.


word: Horsy
definition:
Horsy

Hors"y
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or suggestive of, a horse, or of horse racing; as, horsy manners; garments of fantastically horsy fashions.
[Colloq.]


word: Hortation
definition:
Hortation

Hor*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. hortatio, fr. hortari to incite, exhort, fr. hori to urge.]
The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation.
[R.]


word: Hortative
definition:
Hortative

Hor"ta*tive
(?)
a.
[L. hortativus.]
Giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative.
Bullokar.


word: Hortatory
definition:
Hortatory

Hor"ta*to*ry
(?)
a.
[L. hortatorius.]
Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech.
Holland.


word: Hortensial
definition:
Hortensial

Hor*ten"sial
(?)
a.
[L. hortensius, hortensis, fr. hortus garden; akin to E. yard an inclosure.]
Fit for a garden.
[Obs.]
Evelyn.


word: Horticultor
definition:
Horticultor

Hor"ti*cul`tor
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. hortus garden + cultor a cultivator, colere to cultivate.]
One who cultivates a garden.


word: Horticultural
definition:
Horticultural

Hor`ti*cul"tur*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. horticultural.]
Of or pertaining to horticulture, or the culture of gardens or orchards.


word: Horticulture
definition:
Horticulture

Hor"ti*cul`ture
(?)
n.
[L. hortus garden + cultura culture: cf. F. horticulture. See Yard an inclosure, and Culture.]
The cultivation of a garden or orchard; the art of cultivating gardens or orchards.


word: Hortus siccus
definition:
Hortus siccus

Hor"tus sic"cus
(?)
[L., a dry garden.]
A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved, and arranged systematically; an herbarium.


word: Hosanna
definition:
Hosanna

Ho*san"na
(ho̝*zăn"nȧ)
n.
pl. Hosannas (-nȧz).
[Gr. _;, fr. Heb. h&omacrshī'āh nnāsave now, save, we pray, h&omacrshīa' to save (Hiphil, a causative form, of yāsha') + nā, a particle.]
A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings.
Hosanna
Milton.

Hosanna to the Son of David.
Matt. xxi. 9.


word: Hose
definition:
Hose

Hose
(h&omacrz)
n.
pl. Hose, formerly Hosen (h&omacr"z'n).
[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, Hose cart, or Hose 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.


word: Hosiery
definition:
Hosiery

Ho"sier*y
(?)
n.
1.
The business of a hosier.

2.
Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose.


word: Hospice
definition:
Hospice

Hos"pice
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. hospitium hospitality, a place where strangers are entertained, fr. hospes stranger, guest. See Host a landlord.]
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.


word: Hospitable
definition:
Hospitable

Hos"pi*ta*ble
(?)
a.
[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.


word: Hospitage
definition:
Hospitage

Hos"pi*tage
(?)
n.
[LL. hospitagium, for L. hospitium. See Hospice.]
Hospitality.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Hospital
definition:
Hospital

Hos"pi*tal
(?)
n.
[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.


word: Hospitaler
definition:
Hospitaler

Hos"pi*tal*er
(?)
n.
[Written also hospitaller.]
[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.


word: hospitalization
definition:
hospitalization

hospitalisation

hospitalisation, hospitalization
n.
medical care in a hospital; also, the period during which one receives care in a hospital.

Syn. -- hospital care.


word: hospitalisation insurance
definition:
hospitalisation insurance

hospitalisation insurance
n.
A form of medical insurance that pays for all or part of the fees for a person's residence and treatment in a hospital.


word: hospitalise
definition:
hospitalise

hos"pi*tal*ise
(?)
v. t.
To place (a person) in a hospital in order to receive medical treatment, for observation, or for rest.
[Chiefly Brit.]

Syn. -- hospitalize.


word: Hospitalism
definition:
Hospitalism

Hos"pi*tal*ism
(?)
n.
(Med.)
A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.


word: Hospitality
definition:
Hospitality

Hos`pi*tal"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Hospitalities (#).
[L. hospitalitas: cf. F. hospitalité.]
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.


word: Hospitalize
definition:
Hospitalize

Hos"pi*tal*ize
(?)
v. t.
1.
(Med.)
To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.
[Archaic]

2.
To place (a person) in a hospital in order to receive medical treatment, observation, or for rest.

Syn. -- hospitalise.


word: Hospitate
definition:
Hospitate

Hos"pi*tate
(?)
v. i.
[L. hospitatus, p. p. of hospitari to be a guest, fr. hospes guest.]
To receive hospitality; to be a guest.
[Obs.]
Grew.


word: Hospitium
definition:
Hospitium

Hos*pi"ti*um
(?)
n.
[L. See Hospice.]
1.
An inn; a lodging; a hospice.
[Obs.]

2.
(Law)
An inn of court.


word: Hospodar
definition:
Hospodar

Hos"po*dar`
(?)
n.
[A Slav. word; cf. Russ. gospodare lord, master.]
A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and Wallachia before those countries were united as Rumania.


word: Host
definition:
Host

Host
(h&omacrst)
n.
[LL. hostia sacrifice, victim, from hostire to strike.]
(R. C. Ch.)
The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.

&hand_; In the Latin Vulgate the word was applied to the Savior as being an offering for the sins of men.


word: Host₂
definition:
Host

Host
(h&omacrst)
n.
[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.


word: Host₃
definition:
Host

Host
(h&omacrst)
n.
[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.]
1.
One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord.
Chaucer.
host
Tennyson.

Time is like a fashionable host,
That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.
Shak.

2.
(Biol.)
Any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. Thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it.


word: Hosta
definition:
Hosta

Hosta
prop. n.
A genus of robust East Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in the family Hostaceae.

Syn. -- genus Hosta, Funka, genus Funka.


word: Hostaceae
definition:
Hostaceae

Hostaceae
prop. n.
One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta.

Syn. -- family Hostaceae, Funkaceae, family Funkaceae.


word: Hostage
definition:
Hostage

Hos"tage
(?)
n.
[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.]
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.


word: Hostel
definition:
Hostel

Hos"tel
(?)
n.
[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.


word: Hosteler
definition:
Hosteler

Hos"tel*er
(?)
n.
[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.


word: Hostelry
definition:
Hostelry

Hos"tel*ry
(?)
n.
[OE. hostelrie, hostelrye, ostelrie, OF. hostelerie, fr. hostel. See Hostel.]
An inn; a lodging house.
[Archaic]
Chaucer.
hostelry
B. Jonson.

Come with me to the hostelry.
Longfellow.


word: Hostess
definition:
Hostess

Host"ess
(?)
n.
[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.


word: Hostile
definition:
Hostile

Hos"tile
(?)
a.
[L. hostilis, from hostis enemy: cf. F. hostile. See Host an army.]
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.


word: Hostile₂
definition:
Hostile

Hos"tile
n.
An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural.
[Colloq.]
P. H. Sheridan.


word: hostile takeover
definition:
hostile takeover

hostile takeover
n.
(Finance)
the purchase of a controlling interest in a publicly-traded company against the wishes of the current management.
A person who is the main principal in performing such a buyout is called a corporate raider.

Syn. -- hostile buyout.


word: hostilities
definition:
hostilities

hostilities
n. pl.
1.
a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration, during which the international rules of war apply.

Syn. -- war, state of war, hot war.

We have showed ourselves generous adversaries . . . and have carried on even our hostilities with humanity.
Atterbury.

2.
acts of overt warfare.

Syn. -- belligerency.


word: Hostility
definition:
Hostility

Hos*til"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Hostilities (#).
[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.  See hostilities

He who proceeds to wanton hostility, often provokes an enemy where he might have a friend.
Crabb.


word: Hosting
definition:
Hosting

Host"ing
(?)
n.
[From Host an army.]
[Obs.]
1.
An encounter; a battle.
hosting
Milton.

2.
A muster or review.
Spenser.


word: Hostler
definition:
Hostler

Hos"tler
(?)
n.
[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)
The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip.


word: Host plant
definition:
Host plant

Host plant
(Agric.)
A plant which aids, shelters, or protects another plant in its growth, as those which are used for nurse crops.


word: Hostry
definition:
Hostry

Host"ry
(?)
n.
[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.


word: Hot₂
definition:
Hot

Hot
(?)
a.
[Compar. Hotter (?); superl. Hottest (?).]
[OE. hot, hat, AS. hāt; akin to OS. hēt, D. heet, OHG. heiz, G. heiss, Icel. heitr, Sw. het, Dan. heed, hed; cf. Goth. heit&omacr 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.
hot
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.]


word: Hotbed
definition:
Hotbed

Hot"bed`
(?)
n.
1.
(Gardening)
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.


word: Hot-blooded
definition:
Hot-blooded

Hot"-blood`ed
(?)
a.
Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate.


word: Hot-brained
definition:
Hot-brained

Hot"-brained`
(?)
a.
Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained youth.
Dryden.


word: Hotchkiss gun
definition:
Hotchkiss gun

Hotch"kiss gun
(?)
[After Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826-85), American inventor.]
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.


word: Hotchpotch
definition:
Hotchpotch

Hotchpot

{ Hotch"pot` (?), Hotch"potch` (?), }
n.
[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)
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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Hotcockles
definition:
Hotcockles

Hot"coc`kles
(?)
n.
[Hot + cockle, cockle being perh. corrupt. fr. knuckle.  Cf. F. main chaude (lit., hot hand) hotcockles.]
A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him.


word: hot cross bun
definition:
hot cross bun

hot" cross bun`
(-bŭn`)
n.
A bun or cake marked with a cross of icing, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday; called also cross bun.


word: hot dog
definition:
hot dog

hot" dog`
(h&obreve_;t" d&asuml_;g`)
n.
1.
A frankfurter.

2.
A sandwich consisting of a hot dog inserted in a partly split elongated roll, usually garnished with mustard, and sometimes also with relish, sauerkraut, or a pickle.  A hot dog garnished with a chili mix is called a chili dog.

3.
A person who performs a complex and difficult athletic maneuver, usually to show off his/her skill.


word: Hote
definition:
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.


word: hotei-chiku
definition:
hotei-chiku

hotei-chiku
n.
A small bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea) of Southeast China having slender culms flexuous when young.

Syn. -- fishpole bamboo, gosan-chiku, Phyllostachys aurea.


word: Hotel
definition:
Hotel

Ho*tel"
(?)
n.
[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.


word: hotelman
definition:
hotelman

hotelkeeper

hotelier

hotelier, hotelkeeper, hotelman
n.
an owner or manager of a hotel or hotels.

Syn. -- hotelkeeper, hotel manager, hotelman, hosteller.


word: Hot-head
definition:
Hot-head

Hot"-head`
(?)
n.
A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as, the rant of a hot-head.


word: Hot-headed
definition:
Hot-headed

Hot"-head`ed
a.
quickly and easily aroused to anger; fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement; as, a hot-headed commander.
[wns=1]
Macaulay.

Syn. -- choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered.


word: hotheaded
definition:
hotheaded

hotheaded
adj.
1.
same as hot-headed.

Syn. -- choleric, irascible, hot-headed, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered.

2.
liable to act with undue haste and without consideration.

Syn. -- brainish, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway(prenominal).


word: Hothouse
definition:
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)
A heated room for drying green ware.


word: Hotly
definition:
Hotly

Hot"ly
adv.
[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.


word: Hot-mouthed
definition:
Hot-mouthed

Hot"-mouthed`
(?)
a.
Headstrong.

That hot-mouthed beast that bears against the curb.
Dryden.


word: Hotness
definition:
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.


word: Hotpress
definition:
Hotpress

Hot"press`
(?)
v. t.
To apply heat to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glossy surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc.


word: Hot-short
definition:
Hot-short

Hot"-short`
a.
[Cf. Cold-short.]
(Metal.)
Brittle when heated, esp. beyond a red heat; as, hot-short iron.


word: Hotshot
definition:
Hotshot

Hot"shot`
n.
a successful, self-confident  person who is regarded by others as highly skilled; -- sometimes used ironically in reference to aggressive persons whose opinion of their own talents is considered exaggerated.


word: hotshot
definition:
hotshot

hot"shot`
a.
1.
highly talented, self-confident and successful.

2.
flamboyantly displaying one's skills.


word: Hotspurred
definition:
Hotspurred

Hotspur

{ Hot"spur`, Hot"spurred` (?) }
a.
Violent; impetuous; headstrong.
Spenser. Peacham.


word: Hottentot
definition:
Hottentot

Hot"ten*tot
(?)
n.
[D. Hottentot; -- so called from hot and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their language. Wedgwood.]
1.
(Ethnol.)
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; the Khoisan language.

Hottentot cherry (Bot.), a South African plant of the genus Cassine (Cassine maurocenia), having handsome foliage, with generally inconspicuous white or green flowers. Loudon. -- Hottentot's bread. (Bot.) See Elephant's foot (a), under Elephant.


word: Hottentotism
definition:
Hottentotism

Hot"ten*tot*ism
(?)
n.
A term employed to describe one of the varieties of stammering.
Tylor.


word: hot-wire
definition:
hot-wire

hot-wire
v. t.
to start (a car) by using a wire instead of a key, as when stealing the car; the wire is connected to points in the ignition circuit that bypass the key.


word: Hough₃
definition:
Hough

Hough
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Houghed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Houghing.]
Same as Hock, to hamstring.


word: houhere
definition:
houhere

houhere
n.
A small tree or shrub (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.

Syn. -- lacebark, ribbonwood, Hoheria populnea.


word: Hound
definition:
Hound

Hound
(?)
n.
[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. _;, _;, Skr. çvan. √229.  Cf. Canine, Cynic, Kennel.]
1.
(Zool.)
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.
hound
Shak.

3.
(Zool.)
A houndfish.

4.
pl.
(Naut.)
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.


word: Hound₂
definition:
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.


word: Houndfish
definition:
Houndfish

Hound"fish
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (Galeus canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish.

&hand_; The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium canicula; the rough houndfish, or large-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium catulus.  The name has also sometimes been applied to the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), and to the silver gar.


word: Hounding
definition:
Hounding

Hound"ing
n.
1.
The act of one who hounds.

2.
(Naut.)
The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.


word: Hound's-tongue
definition:
Hound's-tongue

Hound's"-tongue`
(?)
n.
[AS. hundes tunge.]
(Bot.)
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.


word: Hour
definition:
Hour

Hour
(?)
n.
[OE. hour, our, hore, ure, OF. hore, ore, ure, F. heure, L. hora, fr. Gr. _;, orig., a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, a season, the time of the day, an hour. See 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.)
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 15°, 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.


word: Hourglass
definition:
Hourglass

Hour"glass`
(?)
n.
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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Houri
definition:
Houri

Hou"ri
(?)
n.
pl. Houris (#).
[Per. hūrī, hūrā, hūr; akin to Ar. hūr, pl. of ahwar beautiful-eyed, black-eyed.]
A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Muslims.


word: Hourly
definition:
Hourly

Hour"ly
(?)
a.
Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual.

In hourly expectation of a martyrdom.
Sharp.


word: Hourly₂
definition:
Hourly

Hour"ly
adv.
Every hour; frequently; continually.

Great was their strife, which hourly was renewed.
Dryden.


word: Hours
definition:
Hours

Hours
(?)
n. pl.
[A translation of L. Horae (Gr. _;). See Hour.]
(Myth.)
Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.

Lo! where the rosy-blosomed Hours,
Fair Venus' train, appear.
Gray.


word: House
definition:
House

House
(hous)
n.
pl. Houses (#).
[OE. hous, hus, AS. h_;s; akin to OS. & OFries. h_;s, D. huis, OHG. h_;s, G. haus, Icel. h_;s, Sw. hus, Dan. huus, Goth. gudh_;s, 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.)
A firm, or commercial establishment.

7.
A public house; an inn; a hotel.

8.
(Astrol.)
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.]
The grave.
house
Bryant.

&hand_; 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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), the burion. -- House flag, a flag denoting the commercial house to which a merchant vessel belongs. -- House fly (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), the common mouse (Mus musculus). -- House physician, the resident medical adviser of a hospital or other public institution. -- House snake (Zool.), the milk snake. -- House sparrow (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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.


word: House₂
definition:
House

House
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Housed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Housing.]
[AS. h_;sian.]
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.)
To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars.


word: House₃
definition:
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.)
To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n., 8.
houses
Dryden.


word: Housebote
definition:
Housebote

House"bote`
(?)
n.
[House + bote.]
(Law)
Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote.


word: housebound
definition:
housebound

housebound
adj.
confined to the home, usually due to illness.

Syn. -- homebound, shut-in.


word: housebreak
definition:
housebreak

house"break`
v. t.
to train a pet to live cleanly in a house, especially by training it to defecate and urinate in designated boxes.


word: Housebreaking
definition:
Housebreaking

House"break`ing
n.
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.


word: housebroken
definition:
housebroken

housebroken
adj.
trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place, such as a litter box; as, housebroken pets; -- of pet animals.

Syn. -- house-trained, housetrained.


word: Housecarl
definition:
Housecarl

House"carl`
(?)
n.
[OE. huscarle. See House, and Carl.]
(Eng. Archæol.)
A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute.


word: housecoat
definition:
housecoat

housecoat
n.
a loose dressing gown for women.

Syn. -- negligee, neglige, peignoir, wrapper.


word: housefly
definition:
housefly

house"fly`
n.
1.
common fly (Musca domestica) that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases.

Syn. -- Musca domestica.


word: houseful
definition:
houseful

houseful
n.
as many as a house will accommodate; as, they entertained a houseful of guests.


word: house guest
definition:
house guest

houseguest

houseguest, house guest
n.
a guest entertained and staying overnight in one's house for one or more nights.


word: Household
definition:
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.


word: Household₂
definition:
Household

House"hold`
a.
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.


word: Householder
definition:
Householder

House"hold`er
(?)
n.
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.


word: house-keep
definition:
house-keep

housekeep

housekeep, house-keep
v. i.
to take care of all household-related business.

Syn. -- house-keep, maintain a household, keep house.


word: Housekeeper
definition:
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 a 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.


word: Housekeeping
definition:
Housekeeping

House"keep`ing
n.
1.
The state of 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 hastily, what's in the pantry?
Small housekeeping enough, said Phœbe.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Housel
definition:
Housel

Hou"sel
(?)
n.
[OE. housel, husel, AS. hūsel; akin to Icel. hūsl, Goth. hunsl a sacrifice.]
The eucharist.
[Archaic]
Rom. of R. Tennyson.


word: Houseleek
definition:
Houseleek

House"leek`
(?)
n.
[House + leek.]
(Bot.)
A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (Sempervivum 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.


word: Houseless
definition:
Houseless

House"less
a.
Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a houseless wanderer.


word: Houseline
definition:
Houseline

House"line`
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing.
Totten.


word: Housemaid
definition:
Housemaid

House"maid`
(?)
n.
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.


word: houseman
definition:
houseman

houseman
n.
an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience in a hospital or other medical institution.
[British]

Syn. -- intern, interne, internist, medical intern.


word: house-raising
definition:
house-raising

house-raising
n.
A gathering for the construction of a house by a group of neighbors, usually in a rural community, and sometimes accomplished in a single day; similar to a barn-raising.


word: house-to-house
definition:
house-to-house

house-to-house
adj.
omitting no one; proceeding from the door of one house to that of the next; as, house-to-house canvassing.

Syn. -- door-to-door.


word: housetop
definition:
housetop

house"top`
n.
The roof of a house, especially the flat part of a roof; as, shout it from the housetops.


word: Housewarming
definition:
Housewarming

House"warm`ing
(?)
n.
A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises.
Johnson.


word: Housewife
definition:
Housewife

House"wife`
(?)
n.
[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 _;.)
[See Hussy, in this sense.]
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.


word: Housewive
definition:
Housewive

Housewife

{ House"wife` (?), House"wive` (?), }
v. t.
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.


word: Housewifely
definition:
Housewifely

House"wife`ly
(?)
a.
Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent.

A good sort of woman, ladylike and housewifely.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Housewifery
definition:
Housewifery

House"wif`er*y
(?)
n.
The business of the mistress of a family; female management of domestic concerns.


word: Housework
definition:
Housework

House"work`
(?)
n.
The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like.


word: Housing
definition:
Housing

Hous"ing
(?)
n.
[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.)
A frame or support for holding something in place, such as a piece of machinery, 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.


word: Housing₂
definition:
Housing

Hous"ing
n.
[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.


word: Houss
definition:
Houss

Houss
(?)
n.
[F. housse, LL. hulcia, fr. OHG. hulst; akin to E. holster. See Holster, and cf. 2d Housing.]
A saddlecloth; a housing.
[Obs.]
Dryden.


word: Houstonia
definition:
Houstonia

Hous*to"ni*a
(?)
n.
[NL. So named after Dr. William Houston, an English surgeon and botanist.]
(Bot.)
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.


word: Houttuynia
definition:
Houttuynia

Houttuynia
n.
A genus of plants having only one species; East Asian low-growing plant of wet places.

Syn. -- genus Houttuynia.


word: Houve
definition:
Houve

Houve
(?)
n.
[AS. hūfe.]
A head covering of various kinds; a hood; a coif; a cap.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Houyhnhnm
definition:
Houyhnhnm

Hou*yhnhnm"
(?)
n.
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.


word: Hove
definition:
Hove

Hove
(?)
imp. & p. p. of Heave.

Hove short, Hove to. See To heave a cable short, To heave a ship to, etc., under Heave.


word: Hove₂
definition:
Hove

Hove
v. i. & t.
To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell.
[Obs. or Scot.]
Holland. Burns.


word: Hovel
definition:
Hovel

Hov"el
(?)
n.
[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.)
A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.
Knight.


word: Hovel₂
definition:
Hovel

Hov"el
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hoveled (?) or Hovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoveling or Hovelling.]
To put in a hovel; to shelter.

To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon.
Shak.

The poor are hoveled and hustled together.
Tennyson.


word: Hoveler
definition:
Hoveler

Hov"el*er
(?)
n.
One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.
[Written also hoveller.]
[Prov. Eng.]
G. P. R. James.


word: Hoveling
definition:
Hoveling

Hov"el*ing
n.
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.]


word: Hover
definition:
Hover

Hov"er
(?)
n.
[Etymol. doubtful.]
A cover; a shelter; a protection.
[Archaic]
Carew. C. Kingsley.


word: Hover₂
definition:
Hover

Hov"er
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Hovered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hovering.]
[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.


word: hoya
definition:
hoya

hoya
n.
1.
any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers.


word: hovercraft
definition:
hovercraft

hov"er*craft
(?)
n.
A vehicle that rides over water or land supported by the pressure of a stream of air generated by downward-thrusting fans, and is propelled forward by an air propeller; also called ACV and air-cushioned vehicle.
[Mostly found in Great Britain]


word: Hoverer
definition:
Hoverer

Hov"er*er
(?)
n.
A device in an incubator for protecting the young chickens and keeping them warm.


word: How
definition:
How

How
(?)
adv.
[OE. how, hou, hu, hwu, AS. h_;, from the same root as hwā, hwæt, who, what, pron. interrog.; akin to OS. hw&omacrw, D. hoe, cf. G. wie how, Goth. hwē wherewith, hwaiwa how. √182. 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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Howadji
definition:
Howadji

How*adj"i
(?)
n.
[Ar.]
1.
A traveler.

2.
A merchant; -- so called in the East because merchants were formerly the chief travelers.


word: Howbeit
definition:
Howbeit

How*be"it
(?)
conj.
[How + be + it.]
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.


word: Howdah
definition:
Howdah

How"dah
(?)
n.
[Ar. hawdaj.]
A seat or pavilion, generally covered, fastened on the back of an elephant, for the rider or riders.
[Written also houdah.]


word: Howdy
definition:
Howdy

How"dy
(?)
n.
[Scot., also houdy- wife. Of uncertain origin; cf. OSw. jordgumma; or perh. fr. E. how d'ye.]
A midwife.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Howel
definition:
Howel

How"el
(?)
n.
A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering rheir work, especially the inside of casks.


word: However
definition:
However

How*ev"er
(?)
adv.
[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.


word: However₂
definition:
However

How*ev"er
conj.
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.


word: Howitzer
definition:
Howitzer

How"itz*er
(?)
n.
[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.


word: Howl
definition:
Howl

Howl
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Howled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Howling.]
[OE. houlen, hulen; akin to D. huilen, MHG. hiulen, hiuweln, OHG. hiuwil&omacrn to exult, h_;wo owl, Dan. hyle to howl.]
1.
To utter a loud, protracted, 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. (Zool.) See Howler, 2. -- Howling wilderness, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. Deut. xxxii. 10.


word: Howl₃
definition:
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.


word: Howler
definition:
Howler

Howl"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who howls.

2.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Howlet
definition:
Howlet

Howl"et
(?)
n.
[Equiv. to owlet, influenced by howl: cf. F. hulotte, OHG. h_;wela, hiuwela.]
(Zool.)
An owl; an owlet.
[Written also houlet.]
R. Browning.


word: Howsoever
definition:
Howsoever

How`so*ev"er
(?)
adj. & conj.
[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.


word: Hoy
definition:
Hoy

Hoy
(?)
n.
[D. heu, or Flem. hui.]
(Naut.)
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.


word: Hoyman
definition:
Hoyman

Hoy"man
(?)
n.
pl. Hoymen (_;).
One who navigates a hoy.

A common hoyman to carry goods by water for hire.
Hobart.


word: HQ
definition:
HQ

HQ
n.
[acronym]
Headquarters, the place from which a commander performs the functions of command.

Syn. -- headquarters, military headquarters.


word: hr
definition:
hr

hr
n.
[abbreviation]
An abbreviation for hour, the period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.

Syn. -- hour, 60 minutes.


word: HSV-I
definition:
HSV-I

HSV-1

HS1

HS1, HSV-1, HSV-I
n.
1.
Herpes simplex 1, a herpes virus that causes oral herpes; also called type I Herpes.

Syn. -- herpes simplex 1.


word: HSV-II
definition:
HSV-II

HSV-2

HS2

HS2, HSV-2, HSV-II
n.
1.
Herpes simplex 2, a herpes virus that can cause genital herpes; also called type II Herpes.

Syn. -- herpes simplex 2.


word: Hsien
definition:
Hsien

Hsien
(?)
n.
[Chin.]
An administrative subdivision of a fu, or department, or of an independent chow; also, the seat of government of such a district.


word: huamachil
definition:
huamachil

huamachil
n.
A common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.

Syn. -- manila tamarind, camachile, wild tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce.


word: Huaracho
definition:
Huaracho

huaraches

Huarache

&VerbarHua*ra"che, hua*ra"ches, &VerbarHua*ra"cho (?)
n.
pl. Huarachos (#)
[Amer. Sp., also guaracha, guarache, huarache, prob. of Mexican origin.]
A kind of low-heeled sandal with the upper consisting of interwoven leather strips; -- usually used in pl.
[Southern U. S. & Mex.]


word: huastorium
definition:
huastorium

huastorium
n.
a rootlike attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host.


word: Hub
definition:
Hub

Hub
(hŭb)
n.
[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)
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.

8.
The central location within which activities tend to concentrate, or from which activities radiate outward; a focus of activity.

9.
Hence:
(Aeronautics)
A large airport used as a central transfer station for an airline, permitting economic air transportation between remote locations by directing travellers through the hub, often changing planes at the hub, and thus keeping the seat occupancy rate on the airplanes high.  The hub together with the feeder lines from remote locations constitute the so-called hub and spoke system of commercial air passenger transportation.  A commercial airline may have more than one such hub.

10.
The city of Boston, Massachusetts referred to locally by the nickname The Hub.

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.]


word: Hubble-bubble
definition:
Hubble-bubble

Hub"ble-bub`ble
(?)
n.
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.  It is a simple type of hookah.


word: Hubble Space Telescope
definition:
Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble Telescope

Hub"ble Tel"e*scope, Hub"ble Space Tel"e*scope
(?)
n.
A large astromical optical telescope placed into orbit around the earth, from which, in the absence of absorption and distortion by the earth's atmosphere, clear high-resolution images of astronomical objects can be obtained in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet wavelengths.  The telescope was launched into orbit on April 24, 1990.  Since then the telescope has taken thousands of images, many of them unique, recording never before seen astronomical phenomena.  Service missions were performed in 1993 and 1997, during which astronauts upgraded or replaced equipment on the telescope.  Link to Hubble Telescope Information.


word: Hubbub
definition:
Hubbub

Hub"bub
(?)
n.
[Cf. Whoobub, Whoop, Hoop, v. i.]
A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar.
Milton.

This hubbub of unmeaning words.
Macaulay.


word: Hubby
definition:
Hubby

Hub"by
(?)
a.
Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby.
[U.S.]


word: Hubnerite
definition:
Hubnerite

Hüb"ner*ite
(?)
n.
[After Hübner, who analyzed it.]
(Min.)
A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate.


word: Huchen
definition:
Huchen

Huch

{ &VerbarHuch (?), &VerbarHu"chen (?), }
n.
[G.]
(Zool.)
A large salmon (Salmo hucho or Salvelinus hucho) inhabiting the Danube; -- called also huso, and bull trout.


word: Huckaback
definition:
Huckaback

Huck"a*back
(?)
n.
[Perh. orig., peddler's wares; cf. LG. hukkebak pickback.  Cf. Huckster.]
A kind of linen cloth with raised figures, used for towelings.


word: Huckle
definition:
Huckle

Huc"kle
(?)
n.
[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.


word: Huckleberry
definition:
Huckleberry

Huc"kle*ber`ry
(?)
n.
[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 Gaylussacia resinosa.
(b)
The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry.

Squaw huckleberry. See Deeberry.


word: Huckster
definition:
Huckster

Huck"ster
(?)
n.
[OE. hukstere, hukster, OD. heukster, D. heuker; akin to D. huiken to stoop, bend, OD. huycken, huken, G. hocken, to squat, Icel. h_;ka; -- 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.


word: Huckster₂
definition:
Huckster

Huck"ster
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Huckstered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Huckstering.]
To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains.
Swift.


word: Hucksterage
definition:
Hucksterage

Huck"ster*age
(?)
n.
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.

Ignoble huckster age of piddling tithes.
Milton.


word: Huddle
definition:
Huddle

Hud"dle
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Huddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Huddling (?).]
[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.]
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.


word: Huddle₂
definition:
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
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.


word: Huddle₃
definition:
Huddle

Hud"dle
n.
A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion.
huddle
Addison.


word: Hudibrastic
definition:
Hudibrastic

Hu`di*bras"tic
(?)
a.
Similar to, or in the style of, the poem “Hudibras,” by Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse.
Macaulay.


word: Hudsonia
definition:
Hudsonia

Hudsonia
n.
A genus of small evergreen subshrubs of North America.

Syn. -- genus Hudsonia.


word: Hudsonian
definition:
Hudsonian

Hud*so"ni*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson River; as, the Hudsonian curlew.


word: Hue
definition:
Hue

Hue
(?)
n.
[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.
hue
Milton.

Hues of the rich unfolding morn.
Keble.

2.
(Painting)
A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; a primary color modified by combination with others.


word: Hue₂
definition:
Hue

Hue
n.
[OE. hue, huer, to hoot, shout, prob. fr. OF. hu an exclamation.]
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.


word: Huer
definition:
Huer

Hu"er
(?)
n.
One who cries out or gives an alarm; specifically, a balker; a conder. See Balker.


word: Huff
definition:
Huff

Huff
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Huffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Huffing.]
[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)
To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.


word: Huff₂
definition:
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)
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.


word: Huff₃
definition:
Huff

Huff
n.
1.
A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
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.


word: Huffingly
definition:
Huffingly

Huff"ing*ly
adv.
Blusteringly; arrogantly.
[R.]

And huffingly doth this bonny Scot ride.
Old Ballad.


word: Huffish
definition:
Huffish

Huff"ish
a.
Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.
Huff"ish*ly, adv. -- Huff"ish*ness, n.


word: Huffy
definition:
Huffy

Huff"y
(?)
a.
1.
Puffed up; as, huffy bread.

2.
Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.


word: Hug
definition:
Hug

Hug
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Hugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hugging.]
[Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. sidde paa huk to squat, Sw. huka sig to squat, Icel. h_;ka.  Cf. Huckster.]
1.
To cower; to crouch; to curl up.
[Obs.]
Palsgrave.

2.
To crowd together; to cuddle.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Hug₂
definition:
Hug

Hug
v. t.
1.
To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace.
huggen
Shak.

2.
To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.

We hug deformities if they bear our names.
Glanvill.

3.
(Naut.)
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.


word: Huge
definition:
Huge

Huge
(?)
a.
[Compar. Huger (?); superl. Hugest (?).]
[OE. huge, hoge, OF. ahuge, ahoge.]
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.
huge
Chapman.
huge
Jer. Taylor.
Huge"ly, adv. -- Huge"ness, n.

Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea.
Shak.


word: Hugger-mugger
definition:
Hugger-mugger

Hug"ger-mug`ger
(?)
n.
[Scot. huggrie-muggrie; Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen.]
1.
Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy.
[Archaic]

Many things have been done in hugger-mugger.
Fuller.

2.
Confusion; disorder.


word: Hugger-mugger₂
definition:
Hugger-mugger

Hug"ger-mug`ger
a.
1.
Secret; clandestine; sly.

2.
Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.


word: hugging
definition:
hugging

hugging
n.
Affectionate embracing; caressing.

Syn. -- caressing, cuddling, fondling, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling.


word: Hugueninia
definition:
Hugueninia

Hugueninia
n.
1.
A genus having only one species, the tansy-leaved rocket.

Syn. -- genus Hugueninia.


word: Huguenot
definition:
Huguenot

Hu"gue*not
(?)
n.
[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.)
A French Protestant of the period of the religious wars in France in the 16th century.


word: Huia bird
definition:
Huia bird

Hu"ia bird`
(?)
[Native name; -- so called from its cry.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Huke
definition:
Huke

Huke
(?)
n.
[OF. huque, LL. huca; cf. D. huik.]
An outer garment worn in Europe in the Middle Ages.
[Written also heuk and hyke.]
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Hulk
definition:
Hulk

Hulk
(?)
n.
[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. _;, prop., a ship which is towed, fr. _; to draw, drag, tow.  Cf. 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.
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.


word: Hulk₂
definition:
Hulk

Hulk
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. MLG. holken to hollow out, Sw. hålka.]
To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare.
[R.]
Beau. & Fl.


word: Hulky
definition:
Hulky

Hulking

{ Hulk"ing, Hulk"y (?), }
a.
Bulky; unwiedly; of great size and bulk; ponderous.
[R.]
hulking
H. Brooke.


word: Hull
definition:
Hull

Hull
(?)
n.
[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. √17. 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.
[In this sense perh. influenced by D. hol hold of a ship, E. hold.]
(Naut.)
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.


word: Hull₂
definition:
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.


word: Hull₃
definition:
Hull

Hull
v. i.
To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.
[Obs.]
Shak. Milton.


word: Hullabaloo
definition:
Hullabaloo

Hul`la*ba*loo"
(?)
n.
[Perh. a corruption of hurly-burly.]
A confused noise; uproar; tumult.
[Colloq.]
Thackeray.


word: Hulled
definition:
Hulled

Hulled
(?)
a.
Deprived of the hulls.

Hulled corn, kernels of maize prepared for food by removing the hulls.


word: Huller
definition:
Huller

Hull"er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine.


word: Hum
definition:
Hum

Hum
(hŭm)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Hummed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Humming (?).]
[Of imitative origin; cf. G. hummen, D. hommelen. √15.]
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.
[Cf. Hum, interj.]
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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Hum₂
definition:
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]


word: Hum₃
definition:
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
(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.
3.
An imposition or hoax.

4.
[Cf. Hem, interj.]
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.
[Perh. so called because strongly intoxicating.]
A kind of strong drink formerly used.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.

Venous hum. See under Venous.


word: Hum₄
definition:
Hum

Hum
interj.
[Cf. Hem, interj.]
Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
Pope.


word: Human
definition:
Human

Hu"man
(?)
a.
[L. humanus; akin to homo man: cf. F. humain. See Homage, and cf. Humane, Omber.]
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.


word: Human₂
definition:
Human

Hu"man
n.
A human being.
[Colloq.]

Sprung of humans that inhabit earth.
Chapman.

We humans often find ourselves in strange position.
Prof. Wilson.


word: Humane
definition:
Humane

Hu*mane"
(?)
a.
[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.


word: Humanify
definition:
Humanify

Hu*man"i*fy
(h&uuptack_;*măn"ĭ*fī)
v. t.
To make human; to invest with a human personality; to incarnate.
[R.]

The humanifying of the divine Word.
H. B. Wilson.


word: Humanism
definition:
Humanism

Hu"man*ism
(hū"man*ĭz'm)
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.

3.
A doctrine or ethical point of view that emphasizes the dignity and worth of individual people, rejects claims of supernatural influences on humans, and stresses the need for people to achieve improvement of society and self-fulfillment through reason and to develop human-oriented ethical values without theism.


word: Humanist
definition:
Humanist

Hu"man*ist
(hū"man*ĭst)
n.
[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 pursues the study of the humanities, or polite literature.

3.
One versed in knowledge of human nature.

4.
A person with a strong concern for human welfare, especially one who emphasizes the dignity and worth of individual people, rejecting claims of supernatural influences on humans, and stressing the need for people to achieve improvement of society and self-fulfillment through reason and to develop human-oriented ethical values without theism; an adherent of humanism.


word: Humanistic
definition:
Humanistic

Hu`man*is"tic
(hū`man*ĭs"tĭk)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to humanity; as, humanistic devotion.
Caird.

2.
Pertaining to polite literature.
M. Arnold.

3.
Of, related to, or adhering to, humanism{4}; humanitarian{2}.


word: Humanitarian
definition:
Humanitarian

Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an
(?)
a.
1.
(Theol. & Ch. Hist.)
Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature.

2.
(Philos.)
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]


word: Humanitarian₂
definition:
Humanitarian

Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an
n.
[From Humanity.]
1.
(Theol. & Ch. Hist.)
One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human.

2.
(Philos.)
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 humans and human societies; a philanthropist.


word: Humanitarianism
definition:
Humanitarianism

Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an*ism
(?)
n.
1.
(Theol. & Ch. Hist.)
The distinctive tenet of the humanitarians in denying the divinity of Christ; also, the whole system of doctrine based upon this view of Christ.

2.
(Philos.)
The doctrine that man's obligations are limited to, and dependent alone upon, man and the human relations.


word: Humanity
definition:
Humanity

Hu*man"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Humanities (#).
[L. humanitas: cf. F. humanité. See Human.]
1.
The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.

2.
Mankind collectively; the human race.

But hearing oftentimes
The still, and music humanity.
Wordsworth.

It is a debt we owe to humanity.
S. S. Smith.

3.
The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness.
humanity
Locke.

4.
Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.

Polished with humanity and the study of witty science.
Holland.

5.
pl.
The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.

&hand_; The cultivation of the languages, literature, history, and archæology of Greece and Rome, were very commonly called literæ humaniores, or, in English, the humanities, . . . by way of opposition to the literæ divinæ, or divinity.
G. P. Marsh.


word: Humanize
definition:
Humanize

Hu"man*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Humanized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Humanizing (?).]
[Cf. F. humaniser.]
1.
To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize.
[Also spelled humanise.]

Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures with compassion?
Addison.

2.
To give a human character or expression to.
Humanized
Caird.

3.
(Med.)
To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph.


word: Humanize₂
definition:
Humanize

Hu"man*ize
v. i.
To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be ameliorated.

By the original law of nations, war and extirpation were the punishment of injury. Humanizing by degrees, it admitted slavery instead of death; a further step was the exchange of prisoners instead of slavery.
Franklin.


word: humanlike
definition:
humanlike

humanlike
adj.
resembling a human.
human (vs. nonhuman) 

Syn. -- anthropomorphic, anthropomorphous.


word: Humanly
definition:
Humanly

Hu"man*ly
adv.
1.
In a human manner; after the manner of men; according to the knowledge or wisdom of men; as, the present prospects, humanly speaking, promise a happy issue.
Sir W. Raleigh.

2.
Kindly; humanely.
[Obs.]
Pope.


word: Humation
definition:
Humation

Hu*ma"tion
(?)
n.
[L. humatio, fr. humare to cover with earth, to inter, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage.]
Interment; inhumation.
[R.]


word: Humble
definition:
Humble

Hum"ble
(hŭm"b'l; 277)
a.
[Compar. Humbler (hŭm"blẽr); superl. Humblest (hŭm"blĕst).]
[F., fr. L. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage, and cf. Chameleon, Humiliate.]
1.
Near the ground; not high or lofty.

Thy humble nest built on the ground.
Cowley.

2.
Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; modest; as, a humble cottage.  Used to describe objects.

3.
Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; weak; modest.  Used to describe people.

God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Jas. iv. 6.

She should be humble who would please.
Prior.

Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation.
Washington.

Humble plant (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa (Mimosa sensitiva). -- To eat humble pie, to endure mortification; to submit or apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or humiliation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See Humbles. Halliwell. Thackeray.


word: Humble₃
definition:
Humble

Hum"ble
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Humbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Humbling (?).]
1.
To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.

Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues
Have humbled to all strokes.
Shak.

The genius which humbled six marshals of France.
Macaulay.

2.
To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used rexlexively.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you.
1 Pet. v. 6.


word: Humblebee
definition:
Humblebee

Hum"ble*bee`
(?)
n.
[OE. humbilbee, hombulbe; cf. D. hommel, G. hummel, OHG. humbal, Dan. humle, Sw. humla; perh. akin to hum. √15.  Cf. Bumblebee.]
(Zool.)
The bumblebee.
Shak.


word: Humblehead
definition:
Humblehead

Hum"ble*head`
(?)
n.
[Humble + -head.]
Humble condition or estate; humility.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Humbug
definition:
Humbug

Hum"bug`
(?)
n.
[Prob. fr. hum to impose on, deceive + bug a frightful object.]
1.
An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.

2.
A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.

3.
One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor.
Sir J. Stephen.


word: Humbug₂
definition:
Humbug

Hum"bug`
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Humbugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Humbugging (?).]
To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.


word: Humdrum₂
definition:
Humdrum

Hum"drum`
n.
1.
A dull fellow; a bore.
B. Jonson.

2.
Monotonous and tedious routine.

Dissatisfied with humdrum.
The Nation.

3.
A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse.


word: Humectate
definition:
Humectate

Humect

{ Hu*mect" (?), Hu*mec"tate (?), }
v. t.
[L. humectare, humectatum, fr. humectus moist, fr. humere to be moist: cf. F. humecter.]
To moisten; to wet.
[Obs.]
Howell.


word: Humectant
definition:
Humectant

Hu*mec"tant
(?)
a.
[L. humectans, p. pr.]
Diluent.
n. A diluent drink or medicine.
[Obs.]


word: Humectation
definition:
Humectation

Hu`mec*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. humectatio: cf. F. humectation.]
A moistening.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Humeral
definition:
Humeral

Hu"mer*al
(?)
a.
[L. humerus the shoulder: cf. F. huméral.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the humerus, or upper part of the arm; brachial.

Humeral veil (R. C. Ch.), a long, narrow veil or scarf of the same material as the vestments, worn round the shoulders by the officiating priest or his attendant at Mass, and used to protect the sacred vessels from contact with the hands.


word: Humerus
definition:
Humerus

Hu"me*rus
(?)
n.
pl. Humeri (#).
[L.]
(Anat.)
(a)
The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb.
(b)
The part of the limb containing the humerus; the brachium.


word: Humic
definition:
Humic

Hu"mic
(?)
a.
[L. humus the earth, ground: cf. F. humique.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, vegetable mold; as, humic acid. See Humin.


word: Humicubation
definition:
Humicubation

Hu`mi*cu*ba"tion
(?)
n.
[L. humus the ground + cubare to lie down.]
The act or practice of lying on the ground.
[Obs.]
Abp. Bramhall.


word: Humid
definition:
Humid

Hu"mid
(hū"mĭd)
a.
[L. humidus, umidus, fr. humere, umere, to be moist; akin to uvidus moist, Gr. "ygro`s, Skr. uksh to wet, sprinkle, and Icel. vökr moist, and perh. to E. ox: cf. F. humide.]
Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor.

Evening cloud, or humid bow.
Milton.


word: humidification
definition:
humidification

humidification
n.
The act or process of increasing the moisture content; -- usually used of gases, especially air.

Syn. -- moisturization.


word: humidifier
definition:
humidifier

humidifier
n.
A device that increases the moisture content of the air; -- used to avoid excessive dryness in buildings, which can cause irritation to the throat.  Compare dehumidifier.

Syn. -- moisturization.


word: humidify
definition:
humidify

humidify
v. t.
to render (gases, especially air) humid or to increase the moisture content of; as, We have a machine that humidifies the air in the house.

Syn. -- moisturize, make humid, make more humid.


word: Humidity
definition:
Humidity

Hu*mid"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. humidité.]
1.
Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness, which is perceptible to the eye or touch; -- used especially of the atmosphere, or of anything which has absorbed moisture from the atmosphere, as clothing.

2.
Specifically:
The content of water vapor in the air, expressed as a percent of the maximum amount of water vapor that the air can hold at the given temperature; also called relative humidity.  The capacity of the air to hold moisture increases with temperature, so if the temperature changes without changing the absolute content of the atmospheric moisture, the relative humidity will also change.

relative humidity Same as humidity{2}.

&hand_; In hygrometrical reports (as of the United States Signal Service) complete saturation of the air by water vapor is designated by a relative humidity of 100, and its partial saturation by smaller numbers in direct proportion to the actual content of water vapor.


