H (hä). (Mus.) The seventh degree in the diatonic scale, being used by the Germans for B natural. See B.
Haar (här), n. [See Hoar.] A fog; esp., a fog or mist with a chill wind. [Scot.] T. Chalmers.
Haberdash
Hab´er•dash (hab"er•dash), v. i. [See Haberdasher.] To deal in small wares. [R.]
"To haberdash in earth’s base ware." Quarles.
Habergeon
Ha•ber´ge•on (ha•ber"je•on or hab"er•jun), n. [F. haubergeon a small hauberk, dim. of OF. hauberc, F. haubert. See Hauberk.] Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk. Chaucer.
Habile
Hab´ile (hab"il), a. [F. habile, L. habilis. See Able, Habit.] Fit; qualified; also apt. [Obs.] Spenser.
Habiliment
Ha•bil´i•ment (ha•bil"i•m ent), n. [F. habillement, fr. habiller to dress, clothe, orig., to make fit, make ready, fr. habile apt, skillful, L. habilis. See Habile.]
1. A garment; an article of clothing. Camden.
2. pl. Dress, in general. Shak.
Habilitate
Ha•bil´i•tate (-tat), v. t. To fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle. Johnson.
Hability
Ha•bil´i•ty (ha•bil"i•ty), n. [See Ability.] Ability; aptitude. [Obs.] Robynson (More’s Utopia).
Habit
Hab´it (hab"it) n. [OE. habit, abit, F. habit fr. L. habitus state, appearance, dress, fr. habere to have, be in a condition; prob. akin to E. have. See Have, and cf. Able, Binnacle, Debt, Due, Exhibit, Malady.]
1. The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as a full habit of body.
2. (Biol.) The general appearance and manner of life of a living organism.
3. Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition; as habit is second nature; also peculiar ways of acting; characteristic forms of behavior.
"A man of very shy, retired habits." W. Irving.
4. Outward appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a closely fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; as a riding habit.
"Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy." Shak.
"There are, among the statues, several of Venus, in different habits." Addison.
Syn. — Practice; mode; manner; way; custom; fashion. — Habit, Custom. Habit is a disposition or tendency leading us to do easily, naturally, and with growing certainty, what we do often; custom is external, being habitual use or the frequent repetition of the same act. The two operate reciprocally on each other. The custom of giving produces a habit of liberality; habits of devotion promote the custom of going to church. Custom also supposes an act of the will, selecting given modes of procedure; habit is a law of our being, a kind of "second nature" which grows up within us.
"How use doth breed a habit in a man !" Shak.
"He who reigns … upheld by old repute,
Consent, or custom." Milton.
Habit
Hab´it (hab"it), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Habited; p. pr. & vb. n. Habiting.] [OE. habiten to dwell, F. habiter, fr. L. habitare to have frequently, to dwell, intens. fr. habere to have. See Habit, n. ]
1. To inhabit. [Obs.]
"In thilke places as they [birds] habiten." Rom. of R.
2. To dress; to clothe; to array.
"They habited themselves like those rural deities." Dryden.
3. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] Chapman.
Habitability
Hab•it•a•bil´i•ty (- a•bil"i•ty), n. Habitableness.
Habitable
Hab´it•a•ble (hab"it•a•b’l), a. [F. habitable, L. habitabilis.] Capable of being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in; as the habitable world. — Hab´it•a•ble•ness, n. — Hab´it•a•bly, adv.
Habitacle
Hab´it•a•cle (hab"it•a•k’l), n. [F. habitacle dwelling place, binnacle, L. habitaculum dwelling place. See Binnacle, Habit, v. ] A dwelling place. Chaucer. Southey.
Habitan
Ha•bi•tan´ (a•be•tä⊁"), n. Same as Habitant, 2.
"General Arnold met an emissary … sent … to ascertain the feelings of the habitans or French yeomanry." W. Irwing.
Habitant
Hab´it•ant (- ant), n. [F. habitant. See Habit, v. t.]
1. An inhabitant; a dweller. Milton. Pope.
2. [F. pron. a•be•tä⊁"] An inhabitant or resident; — a name applied to and denoting farmers of French descent or origin in Canada, especially in the Province of Quebec; — usually in the plural.
"The habitants or cultivators of the soil." Parkman.
Habitat
Hab´i•tat (hab"i•tat), n. [L., it dwells, fr. habitare. See Habit, v. t.]
1. (Biol.) The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.
2. Place where anything is commonly found.
"This word has its habitat in Oxfordshire." Earle.
Habitator
Hab´i•ta•tor (hab"i•ta•ter), n. [L.] A dweller; an inhabitant. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Habitual
Ha•bit´u•al (ha•bit"u• al; 135), a. [Cf. F. habituel, LL. habitualis. See Habit, n. ]
1. Formed or acquired by habit or use.
"An habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims." South.
2. According to habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as the habitual practice of sin.
"It is the distinguishing mark of habitual piety to be grateful for the most common and ordinary blessings." Buckminster.
Syn. — Customary; accustomed; usual; common; wonted; ordinary; regular; familiar. — Ha•bit´u•al•ly, adv. — Ha•bit´u•al•ness, n.
Habituate
Ha•bit´u•ate (-at), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Habituated (- a•ted); p. pr. & vb. n. Habituating (-a•ting).] [L. habituatus, p. p. of habituare to bring into a condition or habit of body: cf. F. habituer. See Habit.]
1. To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
"Our English dogs, who were habituated to a colder clime." Sir K. Digby.
"Men are first corrupted … and next they habituate themselves to their vicious practices." Tillotson.
2. To settle as an inhabitant. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
Habitude
Hab´i•tude (hab"i•tud), n. [F., fr. L. habitudo condition. See Habit.]
1. Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations. South.
"The same ideas having immutably the same habitudes one to another." Locke.
"The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else than their habitudes of thinking." Landor.
2. Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity.
"To write well, one must have frequent habitudes with the best company." Dryden.
3. Habit of body or of action. Shak.
"It is impossible to gain an exact habitude without an infinite number of acts and perpetual practice." Dryden.
Habitue
Ha•bi•tu•e´ (a•be•tu•a"), n. [F., p. p. of habituer. See Habituate.] One who habitually frequents a place; as an habitue of a theater.
Habitus
Hab´i•tus (-tus), n. [L.] (Zoöl.) Habitude; mode of life; general appearance.
Hable
Ha´ble (ha"b’l), a. See Habile. [Obs.] Spenser.
Habnab
Hab´nab (hab"nab), adv. [Hobnob.] By chance. [Obs.]
Hachure
Hach´ure (hach"ur), n. [F., fr. hacher to hack. See Hatching.] (Fine Arts) A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.
Hacienda
Ha•ci•en´da (ä•the•an"da or hä•si•en"da), n. [Sp., fr. OSp. facienda employment, estate, fr. L. facienda, pl. of faciendum what is to be done, fr. facere to do. See Fact.] A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; — a word used in Spanish-American regions.
Hack (hak), n. [See Hatch a half door.]
1. A frame or grating of various kinds; as a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.
2. Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
Hack, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hacked (hakt); p. pr. & vb. n. Hacking.] [OE. hakken, AS. haccian; akin to D. hakken, G. hacken, Dan. hakke, Sw. hacka, and perh. to E. hew. Cf. Hew to cut, Haggle.]
1. To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as to hack a post.
"My sword hacked like a handsaw." Shak.
2. Fig.: To mangle in speaking. Shak.
Hack, v. i. To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as a hacking cough.
Hack (hak), n. [Shortened fr. hackney. See Hackney.]
1. A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.
2. A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.
"On horse, on foot, in hacks and gilded chariots." Pope.
3. A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
"Here lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed,
Who long was a bookseller’s hack." Goldsmith.
4. A procuress.
Hack, v. t. (Football) To kick the shins of (an opposing payer).
Hack, n. (Football) A kick on the shins, or a cut from a kick.
Hackbolt
Hack´bolt (-bolt•), n. (Zoöl.) The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon.
Hackee
Hack´ee (-e), n. (Zoöl.) The chipmunk; also the chickaree or red squirrel. [U. S.]
Hackle
Hac´kle (hak"k’l), n. [See Heckle, and cf. Hatchel.]
1. A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.
2. Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.
3. One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, — often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used.
4. An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.
Hackle
Hac´kle, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hackled (-k’ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Hackling (-kling).]
1. To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
2. To tear asunder; to break in pieces.
"The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces." Burke.
Hackly
Hac´kly (hak"ly), a. [From Hackle.]
1. Rough or broken, as if hacked.
2. (Min.) Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as the hackly fracture of metallic iron.
Hackman
Hack´man (-m an), n. ; pl. Hackmen (-m en). The driver of a hack or carriage for public hire.
Hackney
Hack´ney (-ny), n. ; pl. Hackneys (-niz). [OE. hakeney, hakenay; cf. F. haquenee a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haguenee, Sp. hacanea, OSp. facanea, D. hakkenei, also OF. haque horse, Sp. haca, OSp. faca; perh. akin to E. hack to cut, and nag, and orig. meaning, a jolting horse. Cf. Hack a horse, Nag.]
1. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. Chaucer.
2. A horse or pony kept for hire.
3. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
4. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
Hackney
Hack´ney, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hackneyed (-nid); p. pr. & vb. n. Hackneying.]
1. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as a hackneyed metaphor or quotation.
"Had I so lavish of my presence been,
So common- hackneyed in the eyes of men." Shak.
2. To carry in a hackney coach. Cowper.
Hackster
Hack´ster (-ster), n. [From Hack to cut.] A bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an assassin. [Obs.] Milton.
Had (had), imp. & p. p. of Have. [OE. had, hafde, hefde, AS. haefde.] See Have. Had as lief, Had rather, Had better, Had as soon, etc., with a nominative and followed by the infinitive without to, are well established idiomatic forms. The original construction was that of the dative with forms of be, followed by the infinitive. See Had better, under Better.
"And lever me is be pore and trewe.
[And more agreeable to me it is to be poor and true.]" C. Mundi (Trans.).
"Him had been lever to be syke.
[To him it had been preferable to be sick.]" Fabian.
"For him was lever have at his bed’s head
Twenty bookes, clad in black or red, …
Than robes rich, or fithel, or gay sawtrie." Chaucer. Gradually the nominative was substituted for the dative, and had for the forms of be. During the process of transition, the nominative with was or were, and the dative with had, are found.
"Poor lady, she were better love a dream." Shak.
"You were best hang yourself." Beau. & Fl.
"Me rather had my heart might feel your love
Than my unpleased eye see your courtesy." Shak.
"I hadde levere than my scherte,
That ye hadde rad his legende, as have I." Chaucer.
"I had as lief not be as live to be
In awe of such a thing as I myself." Shak.
"I had rather be a dog and bay the moon,
Than such a Roman." Shak.
"I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." Ps. lxxxiv. 10.
Haddock
Had´dock (-duk), n. [OE. hadok, haddok, of unknown origin; cf. Ir. codog, Gael. adag, F. hadot.] (Zoöl.) A marine food fish ( Melanogrammus aeglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie. Norway haddock, a marine edible fish ( Sebastes marinus) of Northern Europe and America. See Rose fish.
Hade, v. i. (Mining) To deviate from the vertical; — said of a vein, fault, or lode.
Hades
Ha´des (ha"dez), n. [Gr. "a’,dhs, "A’idhs; ’a priv. + ’idei^n to see. Cf. Un-, Wit.] The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave.
"And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them." Rev. xx. 13 (Rev. Ver.).
"Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption." Acts ii. 31 (Rev. Ver.).
"And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments." Luke xvi. 23 (Rev. Ver.).
Hadji
Hadj´i (-i), n. [Ar. hajji. See Hadj.]
1. A Mohammedan pilgrim to Mecca; — used among Orientals as a respectful salutation or a title of honor. G. W. Curtis.
2. A Greek or Armenian who has visited the holy sepulcher at Jerusalem. Heyse.
Haemad
Hae´mad (he"mad), adv. [ Haema- + L. a. toward.] (Anat.) Toward the haemal side; on the haemal side of; — opposed to neurad. { Haem•a•drom´e•ter (hem•a•drom"e•ter or he•ma- ), Haem•a•dro•mom´e•ter (- dro•mom"e•ter), } n. Same as Hemadrometer. { Haem•a•drom´e•try (- drom"e•try),Haem•a•dro•mom´e•try (dro•mom"e•try), } n. Same as Hemadrometry.
Haemadynameter
Hae•ma•dy•nam´e•ter (he•ma•di•nam"e•ter or hem•a•di-) Hae•ma•dy•na•mom´e•ter (he•ma•di•na•mom"e•ter or hem•a•din•a-), Same as Hemadynamometer.
Haemadynamics
Haema•dy•nam´ics (he•ma•di•nam"iks or hem•a•di-), n. Same as Hemadynamics.
Haemal
Hae´mal (he"m al), a. [Gr. a"i^ma blood.] Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels; also ventral. See Hemal.
Haemapophysis
Haem•a•poph´y•sis (- pof"i•sis), n. [NL.] Same as Hemapophysis. — Haem•a•po•phys´i•al (- po•fiz"i• al), a.
Haematinometer
Haem•a•ti•nom´e•ter, n. Same as Hematinometer.
Haematinometric
Haem•a•tin•o•met´ric, a. Same as Hematinometric.
Haemato-
Haem´a•to- (hem"a•to- or he"- ), prefix. See Haema-.
Haematocrya
Haem•a•toc´ry•a (tok"ri•a), n. pl. (Zoöl.) The cold-blooded vertebrates. Same as Hematocrya.
Haematocrystallin
Haem•a•to•crys´tal•lin, n. Same as Hematocrystallin.
Haematodynamometer
Hae•ma•to•dy•na•mom´e•ter (he•ma•to•di•na•mom"e•ter or hem•a•to•din•a-), n. Same as Hemadynamometer.
Haematogenic
Haem•a•to•gen´ic (-jen"ik), a. (Physiol.) Relating to haematogenesis.
Haematogenous
Haem•a•tog´e•nous (-toj"e•nus), a. (Physiol.) Originating in the blood.
Haematoglobulin
Haem•a•to•glob´u•lin, n. Same as Hematoglobulin.
Haematology
Haem•a•tol´o•gy (hem•a•tol"o•jy or he•ma-), n. The science which treats of the blood. Same as Hematology.
Haematometer
Haem•a•tom´e•ter (-tom"e•ter), n. [ Haemato- + -meter.] (Physiol.) (a) Same as Hemadynamometer. (b) An instrument for determining the number of blood corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.
Haematophilina
Haem•a•to•phi•li´na (- to•fi•li"na), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i•matos, blood +filei^n to love.] (Zoöl.) A division of Cheiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire.
Haematoplast
Haem´a•to•plast (-plast•), n. [ Haemato- + Gr. pla•ssein to mold.] (Anat.) Same as Haematoblast.
Haematoporphyrin
Haem•a•to•por´phy•rin (- pôr"fi•rin), n. [ Haemato- + Gr. porfy•ra purple.] (Physiol. Chem.) See Haematoin.
Haematosin
Haem•a•to´sin (hem•a•to"sin or he•mat"o•sin), n. (Physiol. Chem.) Hematin. [R.]
Haematotherma
Haem•a•to•ther´ma (hem•a•to•ther"ma or he•ma-), n. pl. (Zoöl.) Same as Hematotherma.
Haematothermal
Haem•a•to•ther´mal (-m al), a. Warm-blooded; homoiothermal.
Haematoxylin
Haem•a•tox´y•lin (-toks"i•lin), n. [See Haematoxylon.] (Chem.) The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance, C16H14O6, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also hematin.
Haemic
Hae´mic (he"mik or hem"ik), a. Pertaining to the blood; hemal.
Haemocyanin
Haem•o•cy´a•nin (-si"a•nin), n. Same as Haemacyanin.
Haemocytolysis
Haem•o•cy•tol´y•sis (- si•tol"i•sis), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood + ky•tos hollow vessel + ly•ein to loosen, dissolve.] (Physiol.) See Haemocytotrypsis.
Haemodromograph
Haem•o•drom´o•graph, n. Same as Haemadromograph.
Haemodromometer
Haem•o•dro•mom´e•ter(- dro•mom"e•ter), n. Same as Hemadrometer.
Haemodynameter
Hae•mo•dy•nam´e•ter (he•mo•di•nam"e•ter or hem•o•di-), n. Same as Hemadynamometer.
Haemoglobinometer
Haem•o•glo•bin•om´e•ter (- om"e•ter), n. [ Haemoglobin + -meter.] Same as Hemochromometer.
Haemolutein
Haem•o•lu´te•in (-lu"te•in), n. [ Haemo- + corpus luteum.] (Physiol.) See Hematoidin.
Haemolysis
Hae•mol´y•sis n. Haem••lyt´ic a. (Physiol.) Same as Haematolysis Haematolytic.
Haemomanometer
Haem•o•ma•nom´e•ter (- ma•nom"e•ter), n. [ Haemo- + manometer.] Same as Hemadynamometer.
Haemometer
Hae•mom´e•ter (he•mom"e•ter), n. [ Haemo- + -meter.] (Physiol.) Same as Hemadynamometer.
Haemostatic
Haem•o•stat´ic (-stat"ik), a. Same as Hemostatic.
Haemotachometer
Haem•o•ta•chom´e•ter (- ta•kom"e•ter), n. Same as Haematachometer.
Haemotachometry
Haem•o•ta•chom´e•try (-try), n. Same as Haematachometry.
Haf (häf), imp. of Heave. Hove. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Haft (haft), n. [AS. haeft; akin to D. & G. heft, Icel. hepti, and to E. heave, or have. Cf. Heft.]
1. A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; — said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt.
"This brandish’d dagger
I’ll bury to the haft in her fair breast." Dryden.
2. A dwelling. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Haft, v. t. To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as to haft a dagger.
Hag, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hagged (hagd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hagging.] To harass; to weary with vexation.
"How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with the fancy of omens." L’Estrange.
Hagbut
Hag´but (-but), n. [OF. haquebute, prob. a corruption of D. haakbus; haak hook + bus gun barrel. See Hook, and 2d Box, and cf. Arquebus.] A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim. [Written also haguebut and hackbuss.]
Hagdon
Hag´don (hag"don), n. (Zoöl.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P. Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; — called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater.
Haggard
Hag´gard (hag"gerd), a. [F. hagard; of German origin, and prop. meaning, of the hegde or woods, wild, untamed. See Hedge, 1st Haw, and - ard.]
1. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as a haggard or refractory hawk. [Obs.] Shak.
2. [For hagged, fr. hag a witch, influenced by haggard wild.] Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted by pain; wild and wasted, or anxious in appearance; as haggard features, eyes.
"Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look." Dryden.
Haggard
Hag´gard, n. [See Haggard, a. ]
1. (Falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
2. A fierce, intractable creature.
"I have loved this proud disdainful haggard." Shak.
3. [See Haggard, a. , 2.] A hag. [Obs.] Garth.
Haggard
Hag´gard, n. [See 1st Haw, Hedge, and Yard an inclosed space.] A stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] Swift.
Haggle
Hag´gle (hag"g’l), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Haggled (-g’ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Haggling (-gling).] [Freq. of Scot. hag, E. hack. See Hack to cut.] To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as a boy haggles a stick of wood.
"Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o’er,
Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped." Shak.
Hagiographal
Ha•gi•og´ra•phal (-f al), Pertaining to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings.
Hagiography
Ha•gi•og´ra•phy (-fy; 277), n. Same as Hagiographa.
Hag-taper
Hag´-ta•per (-ta•per), n. [Cf. 1st Hag, and Hig-taper.] (Bot.) The great woolly mullein ( Verbascum Thapsus).
Ha-ha
Ha-ha´ (hä•hä"), n. [See Haw-haw.] A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it. [Written also haw- haw.]
Haikwan
Hai´kwan´, n. [Chin. ’hai- kuan.] Chinese maritime customs.
Haikwan tael. A Chinese weight (&frac1x10; catty) equivalent to 1⅓ oz. or 37.801 g.
Hail, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hailed (hald); p. pr. & vb. n. Hailing.] [OE. hailen, AS. hagalian.] To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.
Hail, v. t. To pour forcibly down, as hail. Shak.
Hail, a. Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).
Hail, v. t. [OE. hailen, heilen, Icel. heill hale, sound, used in greeting. See Hale sound.]
1. To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.
2. To name; to designate; to call.
"And such a son as all men hailed me happy." Milton.
Hail, interj. [See Hail, v. t.] An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting. "Hail, brave friend." Shak. All hail. See in the Vocabulary. — Hail Mary, a form of prayer made use of in the Roman Catholic Church in invocation of the Virgin. See Ave Maria.
Hail-fellow
Hail´-fel•low (-fel•lo), n. An intimate companion.
"Hail-fellow well met." Lyly.
Hailse (hals), v. t. [OE. hailsen, Icel. heilsa. Cf. Hail to call to.] To greet; to salute. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
Hailshot
Hail´shot (hal"shot•), n. pl. Small shot which scatter like hailstones. [Obs.] Hayward.
Hailstorm
Hail´storm (-stôrm•), n. A storm accompanied with hail; a shower of hail.
Hain (han), v. t. [Cf. Sw. hägn hedge, inclosure, Dan. hegn hedge, fence. See Hedge.] To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass. "A ground … hained in." Holland.
Hair (hâr), n. [OE. her, heer, haer, AS. haer; akin to OFries. her, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. har, Dan. haar, Sw. hår; cf. Lith. kasa.]
1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.
2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in vertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin.
"Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs." Chaucer.
"And draweth new delights with hoary hairs." Spenser.
3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as hair for stuffing cushions.
4. (Zoöl.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
5. (Bot.) An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily ( Nuphar).
6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
7. A haircloth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth. Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin, hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair. Against the hair, in a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain. [Obs.] "You go against the hair of your professions." Shak. — Hair bracket (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead. — Hair cells (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear. — Hair compass, Hair divider, a compass or divider capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw. — Hair glove, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin. — Hair lace, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the head. Swift. — Hair line, a line made of hair; a very slender line. — Hair moth (Zoöl.), any moth which destroys goods made of hair, esp. Tinea biselliella. — Hair pencil, a brush or pencil made of fine hair, for painting; — generally called by the name of the hair used; as a camel’s hair pencil, a sable’s hair pencil, etc. - - Hair plate, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of a bloomery fire. — Hair powder, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of the head, or on wigs. — Hair seal (Zoöl.), any one of several species of eared seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion. — Hair seating, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc. — Hair shirt, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of horsehair, and worn as a penance. — Hair sieve, a strainer with a haircloth bottom. — Hair snake. See Gordius. — Hair space (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in lines of type. — Hair stroke, a delicate stroke in writing. — Hair trigger, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a hair. Farrow. — Not worth a hair, of no value. — To a hair, with the nicest distinction. — To split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety.
Hair worm
Hair" worm (wûrm•). (Zoöl.) A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. See Gordius.
Hairbreadth
Hair´breadth, a. Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as a hairbreadth escape.
Hairbrush
Hair´brush (-brush•), n. A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.
Haircloth
Hair´cloth (-kloth•), n. Stuff or cloth made wholly or in part of hair.
Hairdresser
Hair´dress•er (-dres•er), n. One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber.
Hairiness
Hair´i•ness (-i•nes), n. The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair. Johnson.
Haje
Ha´je (hä"je), n. [Ar. hayya snake.] (Zoöl.) The Egyptian asp or cobra ( Naja haje.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called Cleopatra’s snake or asp. See Asp.
Hake (hak), n. [See Hatch a half door.] A drying shed, as for unburned tile.
Hake, n. [Also haak.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit., hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See Hook.] (Zoöl.) One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is M. bilinearis. Two American species ( Phycis chuss and P. tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and codling.
Hakim
Ha•kim´ (ha•kem"), n. [Ar. hakim.] A wise man; a physician, esp. a Mohammedan. [India]
Hakim
Ha´kim (hä"kem), n. [Ar. hakim.] A Mohammedan title for a ruler; a judge. [India]
Halacha
Ha•la´cha (ha•lä"ka), n. ; pl. Halachoth (- koth). [Heb. halachah.] The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash.
Halberd
Hal´berd (hol"berd; 277), n. [F. hallebarde; of German origin; cf. MHG. helmbarte, G. hellebarte; prob. orig., an ax to split a helmet, fr. G. barte a broad ax (orig. from the same source as E. beard; cf. Icel. barða, a kind of ax, skegg beard, skeggja a kind of halberd) + helm helmet; but cf. also MHG. helm, halm, handle, and E. helve. See Beard, Helmet.] (Mil.) An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form. [Written also halbert.]
Halcyonian
Hal•cy•o´ni•an (hal•si•o"ni• an), a. Halcyon; calm.
Halcyonoid
Hal´cy•o•noid (hal"si•o•noid), a. & n. [ Halcyon + -oid.] (Zoöl.) See Alcyonoid.
Hale (hal), a. [Written also hail.] [OE. heil, Icel. heill; akin to E. whole. See Whole.] Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as a hale body.
"Last year we thought him strong and hale." Swift.
Hale, n. Welfare. [Obs.]
"All heedless of his dearest hale." Spenser.
Hale (hal or hal; 277), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Haled (hald or hald); p. pr. & vb. n. Haling.] [OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. See Haul.] To pull; to drag; to haul. See Haul. Chaucer.
"Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore." Milton.
"As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim." Shelley.
Half (häf), a. [AS. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb, Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. halfr, Goth. halbs. Cf. Halve, Behalf.]
1. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view. The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound.
2. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as a half dream; half knowledge.
"Assumed from thence a half consent." Tennyson. Half ape (Zoöl.), a lemur. — Half back. (Football) See under 2d Back. — Half bent, the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch. — Half binding, a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather. — Half boarder, one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only. — Half-breadth plan (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of one half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines. — Half cadence (Mus.), a cadence on the dominant. — Half cap, a slight salute with the cap. [Obs.] Shak. — At half cock, the position of the cock of a gun when retained by the first notch. — Half hitch, a sailor’s knot in a rope; half of a clove hitch. — Half hose, short stockings; socks. — Half measure, an imperfect or weak line of action. — Half note (Mus.), a minim, one half of a semibreve. — Half pay, half of the wages or salary; reduced pay; as an officer on half pay. — Half price, half the ordinary price; or a price much reduced. — Half round. (a) (Arch.) A molding of semicircular section. (b) (Mech.) Having one side flat and the other rounded; — said of a file. — Half shift (Mus.), a position of the hand, between the open position and the first shift, in playing on the violin and kindred instruments. See Shift. — Half step (Mus.), a semitone; the smallest difference of pitch or interval, used in music. — Half tide, the time or state of the tide equally distant from ebb and flood. — Half time, half the ordinary time for work or attendance; as the half-time system. — Half tint (Fine Arts), a middle or intermediate tint, as in drawing or painting. See Demitint. — Half truth, a statement only partially true, or which gives only a part of the truth. Mrs. Browning. — Half year, the space of six months; one term of a school when there are two terms in a year.
Half (häf), n. ; pl. Halves (hävz). [AS. healf. See Half, a. ]
1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.] Wyclif.
"The four halves of the house." Chaucer.
2. One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; — sometimes followed by of; as a half of an apple.
"Not half his riches known, and yet despised." Milton.
"A friendship so complete
Portioned in halves between us." Tennyson. Better half. See under Better. - - In half, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly instead of in or into halves; as to cut in half. [Colloq.] Dickens. — In, or On, one’s half, in one’s behalf; on one’s part. [Obs.] — To cry halves, to claim an equal share with another. — To go halves, to share equally between two.
Half, v. t. To halve. [Obs.] See Halve. Sir H. Wotton.
Half blood
Half" blood (blud).
1. The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as a brother or sister of the half blood. See Blood, n. , 2 and 4.
2. A person so related to another.
3. A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed. In the 2d and 3d senses usually with a hyphen.
Half-boot
Half´-boot (-boot•), n. A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker, and Congress boot, under Congress.
Half-bound
Half´-bound (-bound•), n. Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.
Half-brother
Half´-broth•er (-bruth•er), n. A brother by one parent, but not by both.
Halfcock
Half´cock (-kok•), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Halfcocked(-kokt); p. pr. & vb. n. Halfcocking.] To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch. To go off halfcocked. (a) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half cock; — said of a firearm. (b) To do or say something without due thought or care. [Colloq. or Low]
Half-cracked
Half´-cracked (-krakt•), a. Half-demented; half-witted. [Colloq.]
Half-deck
Half´-deck (-dek•), n.
1. (Zoöl.) A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell.
2. See Half deck, under Deck.
Halfen
Half´en (-’n), a. [From Half.] Wanting half its due qualities. [Obs.] Spenser.
Halfendeal
Half´en•deal (-’n•del•), adv. [OE. halfendele. See Half, and Deal.] Half; by the half part. [Obs.] Chaucer. — n. A half part. [Obs.] R. of Brunne.
Half-faced
Half´-faced (-fast•), a. Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager. Shak.
Half-fish
Half´-fish (-fish•), n. (Zoöl.) A salmon in its fifth year of growth. [Prov. Eng.]
Half-hatched
Half´-hatched (-hacht•), a. Imperfectly hatched; as half-hatched eggs. Gay.
Half-hourly
Half´-hour•ly (-our•ly), a. Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.
Half-learned
Half´-learned (häf"lernd•), a. Imperfectly learned.
Half-length
Half´-length (-length•), a. Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
Halfpace
Half´pace (-pas•), n. (Arch.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace. This term and quarterpace are rare or unknown in the United States, platform or landing being used instead.
Half-read
Half´-read (-red•), a. Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow. Dryden.
Half-sighted
Half´-sight•ed (-sit•ed), a. Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment. Bacon.
Half-sister
Half´-sis•ter (-sis•ter), n. A sister by one parent only.
Half-sword
Half´-sword (-sord•), n. Half the length of a sword; close fight. "At half- sword." Shak.
Half-tone
Half´-tone, a. Having, consisting of, or pertaining to, half tones; specif. ( Photo- engraving), pertaining to or designating plates, processes, or the pictures made by them, in which gradation of tone in the photograph is reproduced by a graduated system of dotted and checkered spots, usually nearly invisible to the unaided eye, produced by the interposition between the camera and the object of a screen. The name alludes to the fact that this process was the first that was practically successful in reproducing the half tones of the photograph. { Hall´statt, Hall•stat´ti•an }, a. Of or pert. to Hallstatt, Austria, or the Hallstatt civilization. — Hallstatt, or Hallstattian, civilization, a prehistoric civilization of central Europe, variously dated at from 1000 to 1500 b. c. and usually associated with the Celtic or Alpine race. It was characterized by expert use of bronze, a knowledge of iron, possession of domestic animals, agriculture, and artistic skill and sentiment in manufacturing pottery, ornaments, etc.
"The Hallstattian civilization flourished chiefly in Carinthia, southern Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, Silesia, Bosnia, the southeast of France, and southern Italy." J. Deniker. — H. epoch, the first iron age, represented by the Hallstatt civilization.
Half-wit
Half´-wit (-wit•), n. A foolish person; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce. Dryden.
Half-witted
Half´-wit•ted (-ted), a. Weak in intellect; silly.
Halibut
Hal´i•but (hol"i•but; 277), n. [OE. hali holy + but, butte, flounder; akin to D. bot, G. butte; cf. D. heilbot, G. heilbutt. So named as being eaten on holidays. See Holy, Holiday.] (Zoöl.) A large, northern, marine flatfish ( Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidae. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish. [Written also holibut.]
Halicore
Hal´i•core (hal"i•kor; L. ha•lik"o•re), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "a•ls sea + ko•rh maiden.] Same as Dugong.
Halidom
Hal´i•dom (hal"i•dum), n. [AS. haligdom holiness, sacrament, sanctuary, relics; halig holy + - dom, E. -dom. See Holy.]
1. Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; — used chiefly in oaths. [Archaic]
"So God me help and halidom." Piers Plowman.
"By my halidom, I was fast asleep." Shak.
2. Holy doom; the Last Day. [R.] Shipley.
Halimas
Hal´i•mas (-mas), a. [See Hallowmas.] The feast of All Saints; Hallowmas. [Obs.]
Haliotis
Ha•li•o´tis (ha•li•o"tis or hal•i-), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "a•ls sea + o’y^s, ’wto•s, ear.] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine shells; the ear-shells. See Abalone.
Halite
Ha´lite (ha"lit or hal"it), n. [Gr. "a•ls salt.] (Min.) Native salt; sodium chloride.
Hall (hal), n. [OE. halle, hal, AS. heal, heall; akin to D. hal, OS. & OHG. halla, G. halle, Icel. höll, and prob. from a root meaning, to hide, conceal, cover. See Hell, Helmet.]
1. A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as Westminster Hall, in London.
2. (a) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord’s family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment.
"Full sooty was her bower and eke her hall." Chaucer. Hence, as the entrance from outside was directly into the hall: (b) A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times. Hence: (c) Any corridor or passage in a building.
3. A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate’s court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house. Cowell.
4. A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).
5. The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as hall is at six o’clock.
6. Cleared passageway in a crowd; — formerly an exclamation. [Obs.] "A hall! a hall!" B. Jonson.
Syn. — Entry; court; passage. See Vestibule.
Hallage
Hall´age (-aj; 48), n. (O. Eng. Law) A fee or toll paid for goods sold in a hall. { Hal•le•lu´iah, Hal•le•lu´jah } (hal•le•lu"ya), n. & interj. [Heb. See Alleluia.] Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; — an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration. Rev. xix. 1 (Rev. Ver.)
"So sung they, and the empyrean rung
With Hallelujahs." Milton.
"In those days, as St. Jerome tells us,"any one as he walked in the fields, might hear the plowman at his hallelujahs."" Sharp.
Hallelujatic
Hal•le•lu•jat´ic (-lu•yat"ik), a. Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs. [R.]
Hallier
Hal´li•er (hal"li•er or hal"yer), n. [From Hale to pull.] A kind of net for catching birds.
Halloo
Hal•loo´ (hal•loo"), n. [Perh. fr. a. + lo; cf. AS. eala, G. halloh, F. haler to set (a dog) on. Cf. Hollo, interj.] A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.
"List! List! I hear
Some far off halloo break the silent air." Milton.
Halloo
Hal•loo´, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hallooed (-lood"); p. pr. & vb. n. Hallooing.] To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo.
"Country folks hallooed and hooted after me." Sir P. Sidney.
Halloo
Hal•loo´, interj. [OE. halow. See Halloo, n. ] An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.
Hallow
Hal´low (hal"lo), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hallowed(-lod); p. pr. & vb. n. Hallowing.] [OE. halowen, halwien, halgien, AS. halgian, fr. halig holy. See Holy.] To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." Matt. vi. 9.
"Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein." Jer. xvii. 24.
"His secret altar touched with hallowed fire." Milton.
"In a larger sense … we can not hallow this ground [Gettysburg]." A. Lincoln.
Hallowmas
Hal´low•mas (hal"lo•mas), n. [See Mass the eucharist.] The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows.
"To speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas." Shak.
Hallucal
Hal´lu•cal (hal"lu•k al), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hallux.
Hallucinatory
Hal•lu´ci•na•to•ry (-na•to•ry), a. Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.
Halo
Ha´lo, v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Haloed (-lod); p. pr. & vb. n. Haloing.] To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo.
"The fire
That haloed round his saintly brow." Southey.
Halogen
Hal´o•gen (hal"o•jen), n. [Gr. "a•ls, "alo•s, salt + -gen: cf. F. halogène.] (Chem.) An electro-negative element or radical, which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; sometimes, also fluorine and cyanogen. See Chlorine family, under Chlorine.
Halogenous
Ha•log´e•nous (ha•loj"e•nus), a. Of the nature of a halogen.
Halp (hälp), imp. of Help. Helped. [Obs.]
Hals (hals), n. [AS. heals; akin to D., G., & Goth. hals. See Collar.] The neck or throat. [Obs.]
"Do me hangen by the hals." Chaucer.
Halse, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Halsed (halst); p. pr. & vb. n. Halsing.] [Cf. Hawser.] To haul; to hoist. [Obs.] Grafton
Halt (halt), 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Halt (halt), n. [Formerly alt, It. alto, G. halt, fr. halten to hold. See Hold.] A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.
"Without any halt they marched." Clarendon.
"[Lovers] soon in passion’s war contest,
Yet in their march soon make a halt." Davenant.
Halt, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Halted; p. pr. & vb. n. Halting.]
1. To hold one’s self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.
2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.
"How long halt ye between two opinions?" 1 Kings xviii. 21.
Halt, n. The act of limping; lameness.
Halt, v. i. [OE. halten, AS. healtian. See Halt, a. ]
1. To walk lamely; to limp.
2. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.
"The blank verse shall halt for it." Shak.
Halter
Halt´er (-er), n. One who halts or limps; a cripple.
Halter
Hal´ter (hal"ter), n. [OE. halter, helter, helfter, AS. haelftre; akin to G. halfter, D. halfter, halster, and also to E. helve. See Helve.] A strong strap or cord. Especially: (a) A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse. (b) A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose. Shak.
"No man e’er felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the law." Trumbull.
Halter
Hal´ter, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Haltered (-terd); p. pr. & vb. n. Haltering.] To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman’s halter. "A haltered neck." Shak.
Haltingly
Halt´ing•ly (halt"ing•ly), adv. In a halting or limping manner.
Halvans
Hal´vans (hal"v anz), n. pl. (Mining) Impure ore; dirty ore. Raymond.
Halve
Hal´ve (häl"v e), n. A half. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Halve (häv), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Halved (hävd); p. pr. & vb. n. Halving.] [From Half.]
1. To divide into two equal parts; as to halve an apple; to be or form half of.
"So far apart their lives are thrown
From the twin soul that halves their own." M. Arnold.
2. (Arch.) To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
Halve, v. t. Of a hole, match, etc., to reach or play in the same number of strokes as an opponent.
Halved (hävd), a. Appearing as if one side, or one half, were cut away; dimidiate.
Halves (hävz), n. , pl. of Half. By halves, by one half at once; halfway; fragmentarily; partially; incompletely.
"I can not believe by halves; either I have faith, or I have it not." J. H. Newman.To go halves. See under Go.
Halwe
Hal´we (häl"w e), n. [OE., fr. AS. halga. See Holy.] A saint. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Halysites
Hal•y•si´tes (hal•i•si"tez), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "a•lysis a chain.] (Paleon.) A genus of Silurian fossil corals; the chain corals. See Chain coral, under Chain.
Ham (häm), n. Home. [North of Eng.] Chaucer.
Ham (ham), n. [AS. ham; akin to D. ham, dial. G. hamme, OHG. hamma. Perh. named from the bend at the ham, and akin to E. chamber. Cf. Gammon ham.]
1. (Anat.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
2. The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking.
"A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams." Shak.
Hamadryad
Ham´a•dry•ad (ham"a•dri•ad), n. ; pl. E. Hamadryads (- adz), L. Hamadryades (- dri"a•dez). [L. Hamadryas, -adis, Gr. "Amadrya•s; "a•ma together + dry^s oak, tree: cf. F. hamadryade. See Same, and Tree.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.
2. (Zoöl.) A large venomous East Indian snake ( Ophiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.
Hamadryas
Ha•ma´dry•as (ha•ma"dri•as), n. [L., a hamadryad. See Hamadryad.] (Zoöl.) The sacred baboon of Egypt ( Cynocephalus Hamadryas).
Hamated
Ha´ma•ted (ha"ma•ted), a. Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate. Swift.
Hamatum
Ha•ma´tum (ha•ma"tum), n. [NL., fr. L. hamatus hooked.] (Anat.) See Unciform.
Hamble
Ham´ble (ham"b’l), v. t. [OE. hamelen to mutilate, AS. hamelian; akin to OHG. hamalon to mutilate, hamal mutilated, ham mutilated, Icel. hamla to mutilate. Cf.Hamper to fetter.] To hamstring. [Obs.]
Hamburg
Ham´burg (-bûrg), n. A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe. Black Hamburg grape. See under Black. — Hamburg edging, a kind of embroidered work done by machinery on cambric or muslin; — used for trimming. — Hamburg lake, a purplish crimson pigment resembling cochineal.
Hamel
Ham´el (ham"el), v. t. [Obs.] Same as Hamble. { Hame´seck•en (ham"sek•’n), Hame´suck•en (-suk•’n), } n. [AS. hamsocn. See Home, and Seek.] (Scots Law) The felonious seeking and invasion of a person in his dwelling house. Bouvier.
Hamiform
Ha´mi•form (ha"mi•fôrm), a. [L. hamus hook + -form.] Hook-shaped.
Hamilton period
Ham"il•ton pe"ri•od (ham"il•tun pe"ri•ud). (Geol.) A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; — so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology.
Hamite
Ham´ite (ham"it), n. A descendant of Ham, Noah’s second son. See Gen. x. 6- 20.
Hamlet
Ham´let (ham"let), n. [OE. hamelet, OF. hamelet, dim. of hamel, F. hameau, LL. hamellum, a dim. of German origin; cf. G. heim home. rad.220. See Home.] A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.
"The country wasted, and the hamlets burned." Dryden.
Syn. — Village; neighborhood. See Village.
Hammer
Ham´mer (-mer), n. [OE. hamer, AS. hamer, hamor; akin to D. hamer, G. & Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to Gr. ’a•kmwn anvil, Skr. açman stone.]
1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.
"With busy hammers closing rivets up." Shak.
2. Something which in form or action resembles the common hammer; as: (a) That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour. (b) The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones. (c) (Anat.) The malleus. See under Ear. (d) (Gun.) That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming. (e) also a person or thing that smites or shatters; as St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.
"He met the stern legionaries [of Rome] who had been the "massive iron hammers" of the whole earth." J. H. Newman.Atmospheric hammer, a dead-stroke hammer in which the spring is formed by confined air. — Drop hammer, Face hammer, etc. See under Drop, Face, etc. — Hammer fish. See Hammerhead. — Hammer hardening, the process of hardening metal by hammering it when cold. — Hammer shell (Zoöl.), any species of Malleus, a genus of marine bivalve shells, allied to the pearl oysters, having the wings narrow and elongated, so as to give them a hammer-shaped outline; — called also hammer oyster. — To bring to the hammer, to put up at auction.
Hammer
Ham´mer, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hammered (-merd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hammering.]
1. To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as to hammer iron.
2. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating. "Hammered money." Dryden.
3. To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; — usually with out.
"Who was hammering out a penny dialogue." Jeffry.
Hammerable
Ham´mer•a•ble (-a•b’l), a. Capable of being formed or shaped by a hammer. Sherwood.
Hammerkop
Ham´mer•kop (ham"mer•kop), n. (Zoöl.) A bird of the Heron family; the umber.
Hammerman
Ham´mer•man (-m an), n. ; pl. Hammermen (-m en). A hammerer; a forgeman.
Hamper
Ham´per, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hampered (-perd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hampering.] To put in a hamper.
Hamper
Ham´per, n. [See Hamper to shackle.]
1. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. W. Browne.
2. (Naut.) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times. Ham. Nav. Encyc.Top hamper (Naut.), unnecessary spars and rigging kept aloft.
Hamstring
Ham´string, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hamstrung; p. pr. & vb. n. Hamstringing. See String.] To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
"So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home." Milton.
Hamulate
Ham´u•late (-lat), a. Furnished with a small hook; hook-shaped. Gray.
Han (han), contr. inf. & plural pres. of Haven. To have; have. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
"Him thanken all, and thus they han an end." Chaucer.
Hanap
Han´ap (-ap), n. [F. hanap. See Hanaper.] A rich goblet, esp. one used on state occasions. [Obs.]
Hanaper
Han´a•per (-a•per), n. [LL. hanaperium a large vase, fr. hanapus vase, bowl, cup (whence F. hanap); of German origin; cf. OHG. hnapf, G. napf, akin to AS. hnaep cup, bowl. Cf. Hamper, Nappy, n. ] A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper. Hanaper office, an office of the English court of chancery in which writs relating to the business of the public, and the returns to them, were anciently kept in a hanaper or hamper. Blackstone.
Hance (hans), v. t. [See Enhance.] To raise; to elevate. [Obs.] Lydgate. { Hance (hans), Hanch (hanch), } n. [See Hanse.]
1. (Arch.) See Hanse.
2. (Naut.) A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway.
Hand (hand), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. hönd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hinþan to seize (in comp.). Cf. Hunt.]
1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.
2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand; as: (a) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. (b) An index or pointer on a dial; as the hour or minute hand of a clock.
3. A measure equal to a hand’s breadth, — four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.
4. Side; part; direction, either right or left.
"On this hand and that hand, were hangings." Ex. xxxviii. 15.
"The Protestants were then on the winning hand." Milton.
5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
"He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator." Addison.
6. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
"To change the hand in carrying on the war." Clarendon.
"Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand." Judges vi. 36.
7. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking.
"A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for." Locke.
"I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile." Hazlitt.
8. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as a good, bad, or running hand. Hence, a signature.
"I say she never did invent this letter;
This is a man’s invention and his hand." Shak.
"Some writs require a judge’s hand." Burril.
9. Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; — usually in the plural. "Receiving in hand one year’s tribute." Knolles.
"Albinus … found means to keep in his hands the government of Britain." Milton.
10. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer’s hand, or when not new.
11. Rate; price. [Obs.] "Business is bought at a dear hand, where there is small dispatch." Bacon.
12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as: (a) (Card Playing) The quota of cards received from the dealer. (b) (Tobacco Manuf.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
13. (Firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the hand is in some way employed or concerned; also as a symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as: (a) Activity; operation; work; — in distinction from the head, which implies thought, and the heart, which implies affection. "His hand will be against every man." Gen. xvi. 12. (b) Power; might; supremacy; — often in the Scriptures. "With a mighty hand … will I rule over you." Ezek. xx. 33. (c) Fraternal feeling; as to give, or take, the hand; to give the right hand. (d) Contract; — commonly of marriage; as to ask the hand; to pledge the hand. Hand is often used adjectively or in compounds (with or without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand; as hand blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe: used by, or designed for, the hand; as hand ball or handball, hand bow, hand fetter, hand grenade or hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan, handsaw or hand saw, hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the hand; as handbreadth or hand’s breadth, hand gallop or hand-gallop. Most of the words in the following paragraph are written either as two words or in combination. Hand bag, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books, papers, parcels, etc. — Hand basket, a small or portable basket. — Hand bell, a small bell rung by the hand; a table bell. Bacon. — Hand bill, a small pruning hook. See 4th Bill. — Hand car. See under Car. — Hand director (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a good position of the hands and arms when playing on the piano; a hand guide. — Hand drop. See Wrist drop. — Hand gallop. See under Gallop. — Hand gear (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine, or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power, may be operated by hand. — Hand glass. (a) A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of plants. (b) A small mirror with a handle. — Hand guide. Same as Hand director (above). — Hand language, the art of conversing by the hands, esp. as practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology. — Hand lathe. See under Lathe. — Hand money, money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest money. — Hand organ (Mus.), a barrel organ, operated by a crank turned by hand. — Hand plant. (Bot.) Same as Hand tree (below). — Hand rail, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by. Gwilt. — Hand sail, a sail managed by the hand. Sir W. Temple. — Hand screen, a small screen to be held in the hand. — Hand screw, a small jack for raising heavy timbers or weights; (Carp.) a screw clamp. — Hand staff (pl. Hand staves), a javelin. Ezek. xxxix. 9. — Hand stamp, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or canceling papers, envelopes, etc. — Hand tree (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico ( Cheirostemon platanoides), having red flowers whose stamens unite in the form of a hand. — Hand vise, a small vise held in the hand in doing small work. Moxon. — Hand work, or Handwork, work done with the hands, as distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork. — All hands, everybody; all parties. — At all hands, On all hands, on all sides; from every direction; generally. — At any hand, At no hand, in any (or no) way or direction; on any account; on no account. "And therefore at no hand consisting with the safety and interests of humility." Jer. Taylor. — At first hand, At second hand. See def. 10 (above). — At hand. (a) Near in time or place; either present and within reach, or not far distant. "Your husband is at hand; I hear his trumpet." Shak. (b) Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] "Horses hot at hand." Shak. — At the hand of, by the act of; as a gift from. "Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil?" Job ii. 10. — Bridle hand. See under Bridle. — By hand, with the hands, in distinction from instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as to weed a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand. — Clean hands, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. "He that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger." Job xvii. 9. — From hand to hand, from one person to another. — Hand in hand. (a) In union; conjointly; unitedly. Swift. (b) Just; fair; equitable.
"As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand comparison." Shak.
— Hand over hand, Hand over fist, by passing the hands alternately one before or above another; as to climb hand over hand; also rapidly; as to come up with a chase hand over hand. — Hand over head, negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does. [Obs.] Bacon. — Hand running, consecutively; as he won ten times hand running. — Hands off! keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling! — Hand to hand, in close union; in close fight; as a hand to hand contest. Dryden. — Heavy hand, severity or oppression. — In hand. (a) Paid down. "A considerable reward in hand, and … a far greater reward hereafter." Tillotson. (b) In preparation; taking place. Chaucer. "Revels … in hand." Shak. (c) Under consideration, or in the course of transaction; as he has the business in hand. — In one’s hand or hands. (a) In one’s possession or keeping. (b) At one’s risk, or peril; as I took my life in my hand. — Laying on of hands, a form used in consecrating to office, in the rite of confirmation, and in blessing persons. — Light hand, gentleness; moderation. — Note of hand, a promissory note. — Off hand, Out of hand, forthwith; without delay, hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. "She causeth them to be hanged up out of hand." Spenser. — Off one’s hands, out of one’s possession or care. — On hand, in present possession; as he has a supply of goods on hand. — On one’s hands, in one’s possession care, or management. — Putting the hand under the thigh, an ancient Jewish ceremony used in swearing. — Right hand, the place of honor, power, and strength. — Slack hand, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency; sloth. — Strict hand, severe discipline; rigorous government. — To bear a hand (Naut.), to give help quickly; to hasten. — To bear in hand, to keep in expectation with false pretenses. [Obs.] Shak. — To be handand glove, or in glove, with. See under Glove. — To be on the mending hand, to be convalescent or improving. — To bring up by hand, to feed (an infant) without suckling it. — To change hand. See Change. — To change hands, to change sides, or change owners. Hudibras. — To clap the hands, to express joy or applause, as by striking the palms of the hands together. — To come to hand, to be received; to be taken into possession; as the letter came to hand yesterday. — To get hand, to gain influence. [Obs.]
"Appetites have … got such a hand over them." Baxter.
— To get one’s hand in, to make a beginning in a certain work; to become accustomed to a particular business. — To have a hand in, to be concerned in; to have a part or concern in doing; to have an agency or be employed in. — To have in hand. (a) To have in one’s power or control. Chaucer. (b) To be engaged upon or occupied with. — To have one’s hands full, to have in hand all that one can do, or more than can be done conveniently; to be pressed with labor or engagements; to be surrounded with difficulties. — Tohave, or get, the (higher) upper hand, to have, or get, the better of another person or thing. — To his hand, To my hand, etc., in readiness; already prepared. "The work is made to his hands." Locke. — To hold hand, to compete successfully or on even conditions. [Obs.] Shak. — To lay hands on, to seize; to assault. — To lend a hand, to give assistance. — Tolift, or put forth, the hand against, to attack; to oppose; to kill. — To live from hand to mouth, to obtain food and other necessaries as want compels, without previous provision. - - To make one’s hand, to gain advantage or profit. — To put the hand unto, to steal. Ex. xxii. 8.— To put thelast, or finishing, hand to, to make the last corrections in; to complete; to perfect. — To set the hand to, to engage in; to undertake.
"That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to." Deut. xxiii. 20.
— To stand one in hand, to concern or affect one. — To strike hands, to make a contract, or to become surety for another’s debt or good behavior. — To take in hand. (a) To attempt or undertake. (b) To seize and deal with; as he took him in hand. — To wash the hands of, to disclaim or renounce interest in, or responsibility for, a person or action; as to wash one’s hands of a business. Matt. xxvii. 24. — Under the hand of, authenticated by the handwriting or signature of; as the deed is executed under the hand and seal of the owner.
Hand (hand), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Handed; p. pr. & vb. n. Handing.]
1. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as he handed them the letter.
2. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as to hand a lady into a carriage.
3. To manage; as I hand my oar. [Obs.] Prior.
4. To seize; to lay hands on. [Obs.] Shak.
5. To pledge by the hand; to handfast. [R.]
6. (Naut.) To furl; — said of a sail. Totten. To hand down, to transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor; as fables are handed down from age to age; to forward to the proper officer (the decision of a higher court); as the Clerk of the Court of Appeals handed down its decision. — To hand over, to yield control of; to surrender; to deliver up.
Handbarrow
Hand´bar•row (-bar•ro), n. A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand.
Handcraftsman
Hand´crafts•man (-m an), n. ; pl. -men (-m en). A handicraftsman.
Handcuff
Hand´cuff (hand"kuf•), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Handcuffed (- kuft•); p. pr. & vb. n. Handcuffing.] To apply handcuffs to; to manacle. Hay (1754).
Hander
Hand´er (-er), n. One who hands over or transmits; a conveyer in succession. Dryden.
Handfast
Hand´fast, a. Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands. [Obs.] Bale.
Handfast
Hand´fast, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Handfasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Handfasting.] To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to permit cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage. [Obs.]
Handfast
Hand´fast, a. [G. handfest; hand hand + fest strong. See Fast.] Strong; steadfast.[R.] Carlyle.
Handfastly
Hand´fast•ly, adv. In a handfast or publicly pledged manner. [Obs.] Holinshed.
Handicap
Hand´i•cap, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Handicapped (-kapt); p. pr. & vb. n. Handicapping.] To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as the candidate was heavily handicapped.
Handicapper
Hand´i•cap•per (-kap•per), n. One who determines the conditions of a handicap.
Handily
Hand´i•ly (-i•ly), adv. [See Handy.] In a handy manner; skillfully; conveniently.
Handiness
Hand´i•ness, n. The quality or state of being handy.
Handiwork
Hand´i•work (-i•wûrk•), n. [OE. handiwerc, AS. handgeweorc; hand hand + geweorc work; prefix ge- + weorc. See Work.] Work done by the hands; hence, any work done personally.
"The firmament showeth his handiwork." Ps. xix. 1.
Handkercher
Hand´ker•cher (han"ker•cher), n. A handkerchief. [Obs. or Colloq.] Chapman (1654). Shak.
Handle
Han´dle (han"d’l), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Handled (-d’ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Handling(-dling).] [OE. handlen, AS. handlian; akin to D. handelen to trade, G. handeln. See Hand.]
1. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
"Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh." Luke xxiv. 39.
"About his altar, handling holy things." Milton.
2. To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.
"That fellow handles his bow like a crowkeeper." Shak.
3. To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
"The hardness of the winters forces the breeders to house and handle their colts six months every year." Sir W. Temple.
4. To receive and transfer; to have pass through one’s hands; hence, to buy and sell; as a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock.
5. To deal with; to make a business of.
"They that handle the law knew me not." Jer. ii. 8.
6. To treat; to use, well or ill.
"How wert thou handled being prisoner?" Shak.
7. To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
"You shall see how I will handle her." Shak.
8. To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.
"We will handle what persons are apt to envy others." Bacon. To handle without gloves. See under Glove. [Colloq.]
Handle
Han´dle (han"d’l), v. i. To use the hands.
"They have hands, but they handle not." Ps. cxv. 7.
Handle
Han´dle, n. [AS. handle. See Hand.]
1. That part of vessels, instruments, etc., which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc.
2. That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool. South. To give a handle, to furnish an occasion or means.
Handleable
Han´dle•a•ble (-a•b’l), a. Capable of being handled.
Handling
Han´dling (han"dling), n. [AS. handlung.]
1. A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t.
"The heavens and your fair handling
Have made you master of the field this day." Spenser.
2. (Drawing, Painting, etc.) The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch. Fairholt.
Handsel
Hand´sel (hand"sel), n. [Written also hansel.] [OE. handsal, hansal, hansel, AS. handselena giving into hands, or more prob. fr. Icel. handsal; hand hand + sal sale, bargain; akin to AS. sellan to give, deliver. See Sell, Sale. ]
1. A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as an omen for the rest; a first installment; an earnest; as the first money received for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a young woman on her wedding day, etc.
"Their first good handsel of breath in this world." Fuller.
"Our present tears here, not our present laughter,
Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter." Herrick.
2. Price; payment. [Obs.] Spenser. Handsel Monday, the first Monday of the new year, when handsels or presents are given to servants, children, etc.
Handsel
Hand´sel, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Handseled or Handselled (hand"seld); p. pr. & vb. n. Handseling or Handselling.] [Written also hansel.] [OE handsellen, hansellen; cf. Icel. hadsala, handselja. See Handsel, n. ]
1. To give a handsel to.
2. To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.
"No contrivance of our body, but some good man in Scripture hath handseled it with prayer." Fuller.
Handsome
Hand´some (han"sum; 277), a. [ Compar. Handsomer (- er); superl. Handsomest.] [ Hand + -some. It at first meant, dexterous; cf. D. handzaam dexterous, ready, limber, manageable, and E. handy.]
1. Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; — applied to things as persons. [Obs.]
"That they [engines of war] be both easy to be carried and handsome to be moved and turned about." Robynson (Utopia).
"For a thief it is so handsome as it may seem it was first invented for him." Spenser.
2. Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; — expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse.
3. Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as a handsome style, etc.
"Easiness and handsome address in writing." Felton.
4. Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
"Handsome is as handsome does." Old Proverb.
5. Ample; moderately large.
"He … accumulated a handsome sum of money." V. Knox.To do the handsome thing, to act liberally. [Colloq.]
Syn. — Handsome, Pretty. Pretty applies to things comparatively small, which please by their delicacy and grace; as a pretty girl, a pretty flower, a pretty cottage. Handsome rises higher, and is applied to objects on a larger scale. We admire what is handsome, we are pleased with what is pretty. The word is connected with hand, and has thus acquired the idea of training, cultivation, symmetry, and proportion, which enters so largely into our conception of handsome. Thus Drayton makes mention of handsome players, meaning those who are well trained; and hence we speak of a man’s having a handsome address, which is the result of culture; of a handsome horse or dog, which implies well proportioned limbs; of a handsome face, to which, among other qualities, the idea of proportion and a graceful contour are essential; of a handsome tree, and a handsome house or villa. So, from this idea of proportion or suitableness, we have, with a different application, the expressions, a handsome fortune, a handsome offer.
Handsomely
Hand´some•ly, adv.
1. In a handsome manner.
2. (Naut.) Carefully; in shipshape style.
Hand-tight
Hand´-tight (-tit•), a. (Naut.) As tight as can be made by the hand. Totten.
Hand-winged
Hand´-winged (hand"wingd•), a. (Zoöl.) Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; — said of bats. See Cheiroptera.
Handy
Hand´y (hand"y), a. [ Compar. Handier (-i•er); superl. Handiest.] [OE. hendi, AS. hendig (in comp.), fr. hand hand; akin to D. handig, Goth. handugs clever, wise.]
1. Performed by the hand. [Obs.]
"To draw up and come to handy strokes." Milton.
2. Skillful in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adroit. "Each is handy in his way." Dryden.
3. Ready to the hand; near; also suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; as my tools are handy; a handy volume.
4. (Naut.) Easily managed; obedient to the helm; — said of a vessel.
Handystroke
Hand´y•stroke (-strok•), n. A blow with the hand.
Hang (hang), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hanged (hangd) or Hung (hung); p. pr. & vb. n. Hanging. The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also more common.] [OE. hangen, hongien, v. t. & i., AS. hangian, v. i., fr. hon, v. t. (imp. heng, p. p. hongen); akin to OS. hangon, v. i., D. hangen, v. t. & i., G. hangen, v. i., hängen, v. t., Icel. hanga, v. i., Goth. hahan, v. t. (imp. haíhah), hahan, v. i. (imp. hahaida), and perh. to L. cunctari to delay. rad.37. ]
1. To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; — often used with up or out; as to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner.
2. To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; — said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc.
3. To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve. [U. S.]
4. To put to death by suspending by the neck; — a form of capital punishment; as to hang a murderer.
5. To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures, trophies, drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper hangings; — said of a wall, a room, etc.
"Hung be the heavens with black." Shak.
"And hung thy holy roofs with savage spoils." Dryden.
6. To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room.
7. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as he hung his head in shame.
"Cowslips wan that hang the pensive head." Milton. To hang down, to let fall below the proper position; to bend down; to decline; as to hang down the head, or, elliptically, to hang the head. — To hang fire (Mil.), to be slow in communicating fire through the vent to the charge; as the gun hangs fire; hence, to hesitate, to hold back as if in suspense.
Hangbird
Hang´bird (hang"berd•), n. (Zoöl.) The Baltimore oriole ( Icterus galbula); — so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole.
Hangdog
Hang´dog (-dog•), n. A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
Hanger
Hang´er (-er), n.
1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
2. That by which a thing is suspended. Especially: (a) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended. (b) (Mach.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft. (c) A bridle iron.
3. That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
4. A steep, wooded declivity. [Eng.] Gilbert White.
Hanging
Hang´ing, a.
1. Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter. "What a hanging face!" Dryden.
2. Suspended from above; pendent; as hanging shelves.
3. Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges. Hanging compass, a compass suspended so that the card may be read from beneath. — Hanging garden, a garden sustained at an artificial elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon. — Hanging indentation. See under Indentation. — Hanging rail (Arch.), that rail of a door or casement to which hinges are attached. — Hanging side (Mining), the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein. — Hanging sleeves. (a) Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging down the back from the shoulders. (b) Loose, flowing sleeves. — Hanging stile. (Arch.) (a) That stile of a door to which hinges are secured. (b) That upright of a window frame to which casements are hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are fastened. — Hanging wall (Mining), the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner’s head when working in the vein.
Hangmanship
Hang´man•ship, n. The office or character of a hangman.
Hank (hank), n. [Cf. Dan. hank handle, Sw. hank a band or tie, Icel. hanki hasp, clasp, hönk, hangr, hank, coil, skein, G. henkel, henk, handle; all prob. akin to E. hang. See Hang.]
1. A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.
2. A rope or withe for fastening a gate. [Prov. Eng.]
3. Hold; influence.
"When the devil hath got such a hank over him." Bp. Sanderson.
4. (Naut.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.
Hank, n. (Wrestling) A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent’s right leg from the inside, and throws him backward. { Ha´nuk•ka, or Ha´nuk•kah }, n. [Heb. khanukkah.] The Jewish Feast of the Dedication, instituted by Judas Maccabaeus, his brothers, and the whole congregation of Israel, in 165 b. c., to commemorate the dedication of the new altar set up at the purification of the temple of Jerusalem to replace the altar which had been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes ( 1 Maccabees i. 58, iv. 59). The feast, which is mentioned in John x. 22, is held for eight days (beginning with the 25th day of Kislev, corresponding to December), and is celebrated everywhere, chiefly as a festival of lights, by the Jews.
Hanker
Han´ker (han"ker), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hankered (- kerd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hankering.] [Prob. fr. hang; cf. D. hunkeren, hengelen.]
1. To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; — usually with for or after; as to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town. Addison.
"He was hankering to join his friend." J. A. Symonds.
2. To linger in expectation or with desire. Thackeray.
Hankey-pankey
Han´key-pan´key (han"ky•pan"ky), n. [Cf. Hocus-pocus.] Professional cant; the chatter of conjurers to divert attention from their tricks; hence, jugglery. [Colloq.]
Hansard
Han´sard, n. A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d Hanse.
Hanseatic
Han•se•at´ic (han•se•at"ik), a. Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy. Hanseatic league. See under 2d Hanse.
Hanselines
Han´sel•ines (hän"s el•inz), n. A sort of breeches. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hap, n. [Cf. Hap to clothe.] A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.]
Hap, v. i. [OE. happen. See Hap chance, and cf. Happen.] To happen; to befall; to chance. Chaucer.
"Sends word of all that haps in Tyre." Shak.
Happed (hapt), p. a. [From 1st Hap.] Wrapped; covered; cloaked. [Scot.]
"All happed with flowers in the green wood were." Hogg.
Happen
Hap´pen (hap"p’n), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Happened (-p’nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Happening.] [OE. happenen, hapnen. See Hap to happen.]
1. To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.
"There shall no evil happen to the just." Prov. xii. 21.
2. To take place; to occur.
"All these things which had happened." Luke xxiv. 14.To happen on, to meet with; to fall or light upon. "I have happened on some other accounts." Graunt. — To happen in, to make a casual call. [Colloq.]
Happily
Hap´pi•ly (hap"pi•ly), adv. [From Happy.]
1. By chance; peradventure; haply. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
2. By good fortune; fortunately; luckily.
"Preferred by conquest, happily o’erthrown." Waller.
3. In a happy manner or state; in happy circumstances; as he lived happily with his wife.
4. With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to insure success; with success.
"Formed by thy converse, happily to steer
From grave to gay, from lively to severe." Pope.
Syn. — Fortunately; luckily; successfully; prosperously; contentedly; dexterously; felicitously.
Happiness
Hap´pi•ness, n. [From Happy.]
1. Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.
"All happiness bechance to thee in Milan!" Shak.
2. An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the possession of those circumstances or that state of being which is attended with enjoyment; the state of being happy; contentment; joyful satisfaction; felicity; blessedness.
3. Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; — used especially of language.
"Some beauties yet no precepts can declare,
For there’s a happiness, as well as care." Pope.
Syn. — Happiness, Felicity, Blessedness, Bliss. Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every kind of enjoyment except that of the animal appetites; felicity is a more formal word, and is used more sparingly in the same general sense, but with elevated associations; blessedness is applied to the most refined enjoyment arising from the purest social, benevolent, and religious affections; bliss denotes still more exalted delight, and is applied more appropriately to the joy anticipated in heaven.
"O happiness! our being’s end and aim!" Pope.
"Others in virtue place felicity,
But virtue joined with riches and long life;
In corporal pleasures he, and careless ease." Milton.
"His overthrow heaped happiness upon him;
For then, and not till then, he felt himself,
And found the blessedness of being little." Shak.
Happy
Hap´py (hap"py), a. [ Compar. Happier (-pi•er); superl. Happiest.] [From Hap chance.]
1. Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen.
"Chymists have been more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them." Boyle.
2. Experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well- being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous; as happy hours, happy thoughts.
"Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord." Ps. cxliv. 15.
"The learned is happy Nature to explore,
The fool is happy that he knows no more." Pope.
3. Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.
"One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in a rejoinder." Swift. Happy family, a collection of animals of different and hostile propensities living peaceably together in one cage. Used ironically of conventional alliances of persons who are in fact mutually repugnant. — Happy-go-lucky, trusting to hap or luck; improvident; easy-going. "Happy- go-lucky carelessness." W. Black.
Harangue
Ha•rangue´ (ha•rang"), n. [F. harangue: cf. Sp. arenga, It. aringa; lit., a speech before a multitude or on the hustings, It. aringo arena, hustings, pulpit; all fr. OHG. hring ring, anything round, ring of people, G. ring. See Ring.] A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address to a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting.
"Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed,
Assemble, and harangues are heard." Milton.
Syn. — Harangue, Speech, Oration. Speech is generic; an oration is an elaborate and rhetorical speech; an harangue is a vehement appeal to the passions, or a noisy, disputatious address. A general makes an harangue to his troops on the eve of a battle; a demagogue harangues the populace on the subject of their wrongs.
Harangue
Ha•rangue´, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Harangued (ha•rangd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Haranguing.] [Cf. F. haranguer, It. aringare.] To make an harangue; to declaim.
Harass
Har´ass (har"as), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Harassed (- ast); p. pr. & vb. n. Harassing.] [F. harasser; cf. OF. harace a basket made of cords, harace, harasse,a very heavy and large shield; or harer to set (a dog) on.] To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; — sometimes followed by out.
"[Troops] harassed with a long and wearisome march." Bacon.
"Nature oppressed and harass’d out with care." Addison.
"Vext with lawyers and harass’d with debt." Tennyson.
Syn. — To weary; jade; tire; perplex; distress; tease; worry; disquiet; chafe; gall; annoy; irritate; plague; vex; molest; trouble; disturb; torment.
Harass
Har´ass, n.
1. Devastation; waste. [Obs.] Milton.
2. Worry; harassment. [R.] Byron.
Harbinger
Har´bin•ger (-bin•jer), n. [OE. herbergeour, OF. herbergeor one who provides lodging, fr. herbergier to provide lodging, F. heberger, OF. herberge lodging, inn, F. auberge; of German origin. See Harbor.]
1. One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings. Fuller.
2. A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger.
"I knew by these harbingers who were coming." Landor.
Harbinger
Har´bin•ger, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Harbingered (-jerd); p. pr. & vb. n. Harbingering.] To usher in; to be a harbinger of. "Thus did the star of religious freedom harbinger the day." Bancroft.
Harbor
Har´bor (-ber), n. [Written also harbour.] [OE. herbor, herberwe, herberge, Icel. herbergi (cf. OHG. heriberga), orig., a shelter for soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save, help, defend; akin to AS. here army, G. heer, OHG. heri, Goth. harjis, and AS. beorgan to save, shelter, defend, G. bergen. See Harry, 2d Bury, and cf. Harbinger.]
1. A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.
"[A grove] fair harbour that them seems." Spenser.
"For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked." Dryden.
2. Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. (Astrol.) The mansion of a heavenly body. [Obs.]
4. A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven.
5. (Glass Works) A mixing box for materials. Harbor dues (Naut.), fees paid for the use of a harbor. — Harbor seal (Zoöl.), the common seal. — Harbor watch, a watch set when a vessel is in port; an anchor watch.
Harbor
Har´bor (här"ber), v. t. [Written also harbour.] [ imp. & p. p. Harbored (-berd); p. pr. & vb. n. Harboring.] [OE. herberen, herberwen, herbergen; cf. Icel. herbergja. See Harbor, n. ] To afford lodging to; to entertain as a guest; to shelter; to receive; to give a refuge to; to indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought).
"Any place that harbors men." Shak.
"The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person suspected." Bp. Burnet.
"Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of outrage." Rowe.
Harbor master
Har"bor mas•ter (mas•ter). An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor. { Har´bor•ough (-o), Har´brough (-bro), } n. [See Harbor.] A shelter. [Obs.]. Spenser.
Hard (härd), a. [ Compar. Harder (-er); superl. Hardest.] [OE. hard, heard, AS. heard; akin to OS. & D. hard, G. hart, OHG. herti, harti, Icel. harðr, Dan. haard, Sw. hård, Goth. hardus, Gr. kraty•s strong, ka•rtos, kra•tos, strength, and also to E. -ard, as in coward, drunkard, -crat, -cracy in auto crat, demo cracy; cf. Skr. kratu strength, kr to do, make. Cf. Hardy.]
1. Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; — applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple.
2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem.
"The hard causes they brought unto Moses." Ex. xviii. 26.
"In which are some things hard to be understood." 2 Peter iii. 16.
3. Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as a hard task; a disease hard to cure.
4. Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
"The stag was too hard for the horse." L’Estrange.
" A power which will be always too hard for them." Addison.
5. Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms.
"I never could drive a hard bargain." Burke.
6. Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.
7. Not easy or agreeable to the taste; harsh; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as a hard style.
"Figures harder than even the marble itself." Dryden.
8. Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as hard cider.
9. (Pron.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; — said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc.
10. Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as a hard tone.
11. (Painting) (a) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition. (b) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade. Hard cancer, Hard case, etc. See under Cancer, Case, etc. — Hard clam, orHard-shelled clam (Zoöl.), the quahog. — Hard coal, anthracite, as distinguished from bituminous or soft coal. — Hard and fast. (Naut.) See under Fast. — Hard finish (Arch.), a smooth finishing coat of hard fine plaster applied to the surface of rough plastering. — Hard lines, hardship; difficult conditions. — Hard money, coin or specie, as distinguished from paper money. — Hard oyster (Zoöl.), the northern native oyster. [Local, U. S.] — Hard pan, the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil; hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental part or quality of anything; as the hard pan of character, of a matter in dispute, etc. See Pan. — Hard rubber. See under Rubber. — Hard solder. See under Solder. — Hard water, water, which contains lime or some mineral substance rendering it unfit for washing. See Hardness, 3. — Hard wood, wood of a solid or hard texture; as walnut, oak, ash, box, and the like, in distinction from pine, poplar, hemlock, etc. — In hard condition, in excellent condition for racing; having firm muscles; — said of race horses.
Syn. — Solid; arduous; powerful; trying; unyielding; stubborn; stern; flinty; unfeeling; harsh; difficult; severe; obdurate; rigid. See Solid, and Arduous.
Harden
Hard´en (härd"’n), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hardened (-’nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hardening (-’n•ing).] [OE. hardnen, hardenen.]
1. To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as to harden clay or iron.
2. To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also to confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable. "Harden not your heart." Ps. xcv. 8.
"I would harden myself in sorrow." Job vi. 10.
Hardened
Hard´ened (-’nd), a. Made hard, or harder, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice.
Syn. — Impenetrable; hard; obdurate; callous; unfeeling; unsusceptible; insensible. See Obdurate.
Hardener
Hard´en•er (-’n•er), n. One who, or that which, hardens; specif., one who tempers tools.
Harder
Har´der (här"der), n. (Zoöl.) A South African mullet, salted for food.
Harderian
Har•de´ri•an (här•de"ri• an), a. (Anat.) A term applied to a lachrymal gland on the inner side of the orbit of many animals which have a third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.
Hard-favoredness
Hard´-fa•vored•ness, n. Coarseness of features.
Hard-fought
Hard´-fought (-fat•), a. Vigorously contested; as a hard-fought battle.
Hardhead
Hard´head (-hed•), n.
1. Clash or collision of heads in contest. Dryden.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The menhaden. See Menhaden. [Local, U. S.] (b) Block’s gurnard ( Trigla gurnardus) of Europe. (c) A California salmon; the steelhead. (d) The gray whale. See Gray whale, under Gray. (e) A coarse American commercial sponge ( Spongia dura).
Hard-headed
Hard´-head•ed, a. Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd. — Hard´-head•ed•ness, n.
Hardily
Har´di•ly, adv.
1. Same as Hardly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Boldly; stoutly; resolutely. Wyclif.
Hardiment
Har´di•ment (-m ent), n. [OF. hardement. See Hardy.] Hardihood; boldness; courage; energetic action. [Obs.]
"Changing hardiment with great Glendower." Shak.
Hard-labored
Hard´-la•bored (härd"la•berd), a. Wrought with severe labor; elaborate; studied. Swift.
Hardly
Hard´ly (härd"ly), adv. [AS. heardlice. See Hard.]
1. In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.
"Recovering hardly what he lost before." Dryden.
2. Unwillingly; grudgingly.
"The House of Peers gave so hardly their consent." Milton.
3. Scarcely; barely; not quite; not wholly.
"Hardly shall you find any one so bad, but he desires the credit of being thought good." South.
4. Severely; harshly; roughly.
"He has in many things been hardly used." Swift.
5. Confidently; hardily. [Obs.] Holland.
6. Certainly; surely; indeed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hardpan
Hard´pan (härd"pan), n. The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a.
Hardwareman
Hard´ware•man (-man), n. ; pl. Hardwaremen (-men). One who makes, or deals in, hardware.
Hardy
Har´dy (här"dy), a. [ Compar. Hardier (-di•er); superl. Hardiest.] [F. hardi, p. p. fr. OF. hardir to make bold; of German origin, cf. OHG. hertan to harden, G. härten. See Hard, a. ]
1. Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolute; intrepid.
"Hap helpeth hardy man alway." Chaucer.
2. Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.
3. Strong; firm; compact.
"[A] blast may shake in pieces his hardy fabric." South.
4. Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.
5. Able to withstand the cold of winter. Plants which are hardy in Virginia may perish in New England. Half-hardy plants are those which are able to withstand mild winters or moderate frosts.
Hare (hâr), v. t. [Cf. Harry, Harass.] To excite; to tease, harass, or worry; to harry. [Obs.] Locke.
Hare, n. [AS. hara; akin to D. haas, G. hase, OHG. haso, Dan. & Sw. hare, Icel. heri, Skr. çaça. rad.226.]
1. (Zoöl.) A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity. The species of hares are numerous. The common European hare is Lepus timidus. The northern or varying hare of America ( L. Americanus), and the prairie hare ( L. campestris), turn white in winter. In America, the various species of hares are commonly called rabbits.
2. (Astron.) A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus. Hare and hounds, a game played by men and boys, two, called hares, having a few minutes’ start, and scattering bits of paper to indicate their course, being chased by the others, called the hounds, through a wide circuit. — Hare kangaroo (Zoöl.), a small Australian kangaroo ( Lagorchestes Leporoides), resembling the hare in size and color, — Hare’s lettuce (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sonchus, or sow thistle; — so called because hares are said to eat it when fainting with heat. Dr. Prior. — Jumping hare. (Zoöl.) See under Jumping. — Little chief hare, or Crying hare. (Zoöl.) See Chief hare. - - Sea hare. (Zoöl.) See Aplysia.
Hare’s-tail
Hare’s´-tail (-tal•), n. (Bot.) A kind of grass ( Eriophorum vaginatum). See Cotton grass, under Cotton. Hare’s-tail grass (Bot.), a species of grass ( Lagurus ovatus) whose head resembles a hare’s tail.
Hare-hearted
Hare´-heart•ed (-härt•ed), a. Timorous; timid; easily frightened. Ainsworth.
Harehound
Hare´hound (-hound•), n. See Harrier. A. Chalmers.
Hareld
Har´eld (har"eld), n. (Zoöl.) The long-tailed duck. See Old Squaw.
Harfang
Har´fang (här"fang), n. [See Hare, n. , and Fang.] (Zoöl.) The snowy owl.
Hariolation
Har•i•o•la´tion (har•i•o•la"shun), n. [See Ariolation.] Prognostication; soothsaying. [Obs.] Cockeram.
Hark (härk), v. i. [OE. herken. See Hearken.] To listen; to hearken. [Now rare, except in the imperative form used as an interjection, Hark! listen.] Hudibras. Hark away!Hark back!Hark forward! (Sporting), cries used to incite and guide hounds in hunting. — To hark back, to go back for a fresh start, as when one has wandered from his direct course, or made a digression.
"He must have overshot the mark, and must hark back. "Haggard.
"He harked back to the subject." W. E. Norris.
Harlequin
Har´le•quin (här"le•kin or -kwin), n. [F. arlequin, formerly written also harlequin (cf. It, arlecchino), prob. fr. OF. hierlekin, hellequin, goblin, elf, which is prob. of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. hel hell. Cf. Hell, Kin.] A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy. Percy Smith.
"As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters." Johnson. Harlequin bat (Zoöl.), an Indian bat ( Scotophilus ornatus), curiously variegated with white spots. — Harlequin beetle (Zoöl.), a very large South American beetle ( Acrocinus longimanus) having very long legs and antennae. The elytra are curiously marked with red, black, and gray. — Harlequin cabbage bug. (Zoöl.) See Calicoback. — Harlequin caterpillar. (Zoöl.), the larva of an American bombycid moth (Euchaetes egle) which is covered with black, white, yellow, and orange tufts of hair. — Harlequin duck (Zoöl.), a North American duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus). The male is dark ash, curiously streaked with white. — Harlequin moth. (Zoöl.) See Magpie Moth. — Harlequin opal. See Opal. — Harlequin snake (Zoöl.), a small, poisonous snake ( Elaps fulvius), ringed with red and black, found in the Southern United States.
Harlock
Har´lock (här"lok), n. Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock. Drayton.
Harlot
Har´lot, a. Wanton; lewd; low; base. Shak.
Harlot
Har´lot, v. i. To play the harlot; to practice lewdness. Milton.
Harm (härm), n. [OE. harm, hearm, AS. hearm; akin to OS. harm, G. harm grief, Icel. harmr, Dan. harme, Sw. harm; cf. OSlav. & Russ. sram’ shame, Skr. çrama toil, fatigue.]
1. Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
2. That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
"We, ignorant of ourselves,
Beg often our own harms." Shak.
Syn. — Mischief; evil; loss; injury. See Mischief.
Harm, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Harmed (härmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Harming.] [OE. harmen, AS. hearmian. See Harm, n. ] To hurt; to injure; to damage; to wrong.
"Though yet he never harmed me." Shak.
"No ground of enmity between us known
Why he should mean me ill or seek to harm." Milton.
Harmaline
Har´ma•line (här"ma•lin or -len), n. [Cf. F. harmaline See Harmel.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts.
Harmine
Har´mine (här"min or -men), n. [See Harmaline.] (Chem.) An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance.
Harmonic
Har•mon´ic (här•mon"ik), Har•mon´ic•al (-i•k al) a. [L. harmonicus Gr. "armoniko•s cf. F. harmonique. See Harmony.]
1. Concordant Musical Consonant as harmonic sounds.
"Harmonic twang! of leather horn and brass." Pope.
2. (Mus.) Relating to harmony — as melodic relates to melody harmonious esp. relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent single tone of any string or sonorous body.
3. (Math.) Having relations or properties bearing some resemblance to those of musical consonances — said of certain numbers ratios proportions points lines motions and the like. Harmonic interval (Mus.) the distance between two notes of a chord or two consonant notes. - - Harmonical mean (Arith. & Alg.) certain relations of numbers and quantities which bear an analogy to musical consonances. — Harmonic motion the motion of the point A of the foot of the perpendicular PA when P moves uniformly in the circumference of a circle and PA is drawn perpendicularly upon a fixed diameter of the circle. This is simple harmonic motion. The combinations in any way of two or more simple harmonic motions make other kinds of harmonic motion. The motion of the pendulum bob of a clock is approximately simple harmonic motion. — Harmonic proportion. See under Proportion. — Harmonic series or progression. See under Progression. — Spherical harmonic analysis a mathematical method sometimes referred to as that of Laplace’s Coefficients which has for its object the expression of an arbitrary periodic function of two independent variables in the proper form for a large class of physical problems involving arbitrary data over a spherical surface and the deduction of solutions for every point of space. The functions employed in this method are called spherical harmonic functions. Thomson & Tait. — Harmonic suture (Anat.) an articulation by simple apposition of comparatively smooth surfaces or edges as between the two superior maxillary bones in man — called also harmonia and harmony. — Harmonic triad (Mus.) the chord of a note with its third and fifth the common chord.
Harmonic
Har•mon´ic (här•mon"ik), n. (Mus.) A musical note produced by a number of vibrations which is a multiple of the number producing some other; an overtone. See Harmonics.
Harmonica
Har•mon´i•ca (-i•ka), n. [Fem. fr. L. harmonicus harmonic. See Harmonic, n. ]
1. A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones.
2. A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers.
Harmonious
Har•mo´ni•ous (här•mo"ni•us), a. [Cf. F. harmonieux. See Harmony.]
1. Adapted to each other; having parts proportioned to each other; symmetrical.
"God hath made the intellectual world harmonious and beautiful without us." Locke.
2. Acting together to a common end; agreeing in action or feeling; living in peace and friendship; as an harmonious family.
3. Vocally or musically concordant; agreeably consonant; symphonious. — Har•mo´ni•ous•ly, adv. — Har•mo´ni•ous•ness, n.
Harmonium
Har•mo´ni•um (här•mo"ni•um), n. [NL. See Harmony. ] A musical instrument, resembling a small organ and especially designed for church music, in which the tones are produced by forcing air by means of a bellows so as to cause the vibration of free metallic reeds. It is now made with one or two keyboards, and has pedals and stops.
Harmonization
Har•mo•ni•za´tion (här•mo•ni•za"shun), n. The act of harmonizing.
Harmonize
Har´mo•nize (här"mo•niz), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Harmonized (- nizd); p. pr. & vb. n. Harmonizing (- ni"zing).] [Cf. F. harmoniser. ]
1. To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as the parts of a mechanism harmonize.
2. To be in peace and friendship, as individuals, families, or public organizations.
3. To agree in vocal or musical effect; to form a concord; as the tones harmonize perfectly.
Harmony
Har´mo•ny (här"mo•ny), n. ; pl. Harmonies (- niz). [ F. harmonie, L. harmonia, Gr. "armoni•a joint, proportion, concord, fr. "armo•s a fitting or joining. See Article.]
1. The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as the harmony of the universe.
2. Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as good citizens live in harmony.
3. A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as a harmony of the Gospels.
4. (Mus.) (a) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation. (b) The science which treats of their construction and progression.
"Ten thousand harps, that tuned
Angelic harmonies." Milton.
5. (Anat.) See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. Close harmony, Dispersed harmony, etc. See under Close, Dispersed, etc. — Harmony of the spheres. See Music of the spheres, under Music.
Syn. — Harmony, Melody. Harmony results from the concord of two or more strains or sounds which differ in pitch and quality. Melody denotes the pleasing alternation and variety of musical and measured sounds, as they succeed each other in a single verse or strain.
Harmost
Har´most (här"most), n. [Gr. "armosth•s, fr. "armo•zein to join, arrange, command: cf. F. harmoste. See Harmony.] (Gr. Antiq.) A city governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities subjugated by them.
Harness
Har´ness (-nes), n. [OE. harneis, harnes, OF. harneis, F. harnais, harnois; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. harnez old iron, armor, W. haiarn iron, Armor. houarn, Ir. iarann, Gael. iarunn. Cf. Iron.]
1. Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor.
"At least we’ll die with harness on our back." Shak.
2. The equipment of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear; tackling.
3. The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle. To die in harness, to die with armor on; hence, colloquially, to die while actively engaged in work or duty.
Harness
Har´ness, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Harnessed (-nest); p. pr. & vb. n. Harnessing.] [OE. harneisen; cf. F. harnacher, OF. harneschier.]
1. To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array.
"Harnessed in rugged steel." Rowe.
"A gay dagger, Harnessed well and sharp as point of spear." Chaucer.
2. Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense. Dr. H. More.
3. To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively.
"Harnessed to some regular profession." J. C. Shairp.Harnessed antelope. (Zoöl.) See Guib. — Harnessed moth (Zoöl.), an American bombycid moth ( Arctia phalerata of Harris), having, on the fore wings, stripes and bands of buff on a black ground.
Harns (härnz), n. pl. [Akin to Icel. hjarni, Dan. hierne.] The brains. [Scot.]
Harp (härp), n. [OE. harpe, AS. hearpe; akin to D. harp, G. harfe, OHG. harpha, Dan. harpe, Icel. & Sw. harpa.]
1. A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers.
2. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.
3. A grain sieve. [Scot.] AEolian harp. See under AEolian. Harp seal (Zoöl.), an arctic seal ( Phoca Grœnlandica). The adult males have a light- colored body, with a harp-shaped mark of black on each side, and the face and throat black. Called also saddler, and saddleback. The immature ones are called bluesides. — Harp shell (Zoöl.), a beautiful marine gastropod shell of the genus Harpa, of several species, found in tropical seas. See Harpa.
Harp, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Harped (härpt) p. pr. & vb. n. Harping.] [AS. hearpian. See Harp, n. ]
1. To play on the harp.
"I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps." Rev. xiv. 2.
2. To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; — usually with on or upon. "Harpings upon old themes." W. Irving.
"Harping on what I am,
Not what he knew I was." Shak. To harp on one string, to dwell upon one subject with disagreeable or wearisome persistence. [Colloq.]
Harpagon
Har´pa•gon (-gon), n. [L. harpago, Gr. "arpa•gh hook, rake.] A grappling iron. [Obs.]
Harping
Harp´ing (härp"ing), a. Pertaining to the harp; as harping symphonies. Milton.
Harping iron
Harp"ing i•ron (i•urn). [F. harper to grasp strongly. See Harpoon.] A harpoon. Evelyn.
Harpist
Harp´ist, n. [Cf. F. harpiste.] A player on the harp; a harper. W. Browne.
Harpoon
Har•poon´ (här•poon"), n. [F. harpon, LL. harpo, perh. of Ger. origin, fr. the harp; cf. F. harper to take and grasp strongly, harpe a dog’s claw, harpin boathook (the sense of hook coming from the shape of the harp); but cf. also Gr. "a•rph the kite, sickle, and E. harpy. Cf. Harp.] A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun. Harpoon fork, a kind of hayfork, consisting of bar with hinged barbs at one end and a loop for a rope at the other end, used for lifting hay from the load by horse power. — Harpoon gun, a gun used in the whale fishery for shooting the harpoon into a whale.
Harpoon
Har•poon´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Harpooned (-poond"); p. pr. & vb. n. Harpooning.] To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.
Harpooneer
Har•poon•eer´ (här•poon•er"), n. An harpooner. Crabb.
Harpooner
Har•poon´er (här•poon"er), n. [Cf. F. harponneur.] One who throws the harpoon.
Harpress
Harp´ress (härp"res), n. A female harper. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
Harpsichon
Harp´si•chon (härp"si•kon), n. A harpsichord. [Obs.]
Harpsichord
Harp´si•chord (-kôrd), n. [OF. harpechorde, in which the harpe is of German origin. See Harp, and Chord.] (Mus.) A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano.
Harpy
Har´py (här"py), n. ; pl. Harpies (-piz). [F. harpie, L. harpyia, Gr. "a•rpyia, from the root of "arpa•zein to snatch, to seize. Cf. Rapacious.]
1. (Gr. Myth.) A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three.
"Both table and provisions vanished quite.
With sound of harpies’ wings and talons heard." Milton.
2. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
"The harpies about all pocket the pool." Goldsmith.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier ( Circus aeruginosus). (b) A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle ( Thrasaëtus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil. Harpy bat (Zoöl.) (a) An East Indian fruit bat of the genus Harpyia (esp. H. cephalotes), having prominent, tubular nostrils. (b) A small, insectivorous Indian bat ( Harpiocephalus harpia). — Harpy fly (Zoöl.), the house fly. { Har´que•bus, Har´que•buse } (här"kwe•bus), n. [See Arquebus.] A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. The barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock.
Harrage
Har´rage (har"raj; 48) v. t. [See Harry.] To harass; to plunder from. [Obs.] Fuller.
Harre
Har´re (här"r e), n. [OE., fr. AS. heorr, híor.] A hinge. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Harrier
Har´ri•er (-er), n. [From Hare, n. ] (Zoöl.) One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares. [Written also harier.]
Harrier
Har´ri•er, n. [From Harry.]
1. One who harries.
2. (Zoöl.) One of several species of hawks or buzzards of the genus Circus which fly low and harry small animals or birds, — as the European marsh harrier ( Circus aeruginosus), and the hen harrier ( C. cyaneus). Harrier hawk (Zoöl.), one of several species of American hawks of the genus Micrastur.
Harrow
Har´row (har"ro), n. [OE. harowe, harwe, AS. hearge; cf. D. hark rake, G. harke, Icel. herfi harrow, Dan. harve, Sw. harf. rad.16.]
1. An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown.
2. (Mil.) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried. Bush harrow, a kind of light harrow made of bushes, for harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish the work of a toothed harrow. — Drill harrow. See under 6th Drill. — Under the harrow, subjected to actual torture with a toothed instrument, or to great affliction or oppression.
Harrow
Har´row, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Harrowed (-rod); p. pr. & vb. n. Harrowing.] [OE. harowen, harwen; cf. Dan. harve. See Harrow, n. ]
1. To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as to harrow land.
"Will he harrow the valleys after thee?" Job xxxix. 10.
2. To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.
"My aged muscles harrowed up with whips." Rowe.
"I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word
Would harrow up thy soul." Shak.
Harrow
Har´row, v. t. [See Harry.] To pillage; to harry; to oppress. [Obs.] Spenser.
"Meaning thereby to harrow his people." Bacon
Harry
Har´ry (-ry), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Harried (-rid); p. pr. & vb. n. Harrying.] [OE. harwen, herien, her&yogh;ien, AS. hergian to act as an army, to ravage, plunder, fr. here army; akin to G. heer, Icel. herr, Goth. harjis, and Lith. karas war. Cf. Harbor, Herald, Heriot.]
1. To strip; to pillage; to lay waste; as the Northmen came several times and harried the land.
"To harry this beautiful region." W. Irving.
"A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush." J. Burroughs.
2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. Shak.
Syn. — To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease; worry; annoy; harass.
Harry
Har´ry, v. i. To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Harsh (härsh), a. [ Compar. Harsher (-er); superl. Harshest.] [OE. harsk; akin to G. harsch, Dan. harsk rancid, Sw. härsk; from the same source as E. hard. See Hard, a. ]
1. Rough; disagreeable; grating; esp.: (a) To the touch. "Harsh sand." Boyle. (b) To the taste. "Berries harsh and crude." Milton. (c) To the ear. "Harsh din." Milton.
2. Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.
"Clarence is so harsh, so blunt." Shak.
"Though harsh the precept, yet the preacher charmed." Dryden.
3. (Painting, Drawing, etc.) Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony.
Harshness
Harsh´ness, n. The quality or state of being harsh.
"O, she is
Ten times more gentle than her father’s crabbed,
And he’s composed of harshness." Shak.
"’Tis not enough no harshness gives offense,
The sound must seem an echo to the sense." Pope.
Syn. — Acrimony; roughness; sternness; asperity; tartness. See Acrimony.
Hart (härt), n. [OE. hart, hert, heort, AS. heort, heorot; akin to D. hert, OHG. hiruz, hirz, G. hirsch, Icel. hjörtr, Dan. & Sw. hjort, L. cervus, and prob. to Gr. kerao•s horned, ke•ras horn. rad.230. See Horn.] (Zoöl.) A stag; the male of the red deer. See the Note under Buck.
"Goodliest of all the forest, hart and hind." Milton.
Hart’s clover
Hart’s" clo•ver (härts" klo•ver). (Bot.) Melilot or sweet clover. See Melilot.
Hartbeest
Hart´beest (-best•), n. [D. hertebeest. See Hart, and Beast.] (Zoöl.) A large South African antelope ( Alcelaphus caama), formerly much more abundant than it is now. The face and legs are marked with black, the rump with white. [Written also hartebeest, and hartebest.]
Harten
Hart´en (-’n), v. t. To hearten; to encourage; to incite. [Obs.] Spenser.
Haruspication
Ha•rus•pi•ca´tion (ha•rus•pi•ka"shun), n. See Haruspicy. Tylor.
Haruspice
Ha•rus´pice (ha•rus"pis), n. [F., fr. L. haruspex.] A diviner of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspice.
Haruspicy
Ha•rus´pi•cy (-pi•sy), n. The art or practices of haruspices. See Aruspicy.
Harvest
Har´vest (här"vest), n. [OE. harvest, hervest, AS. haerfest autumn; akin to LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G. herbst, and prob. to L. carpere to pluck, Gr. karpo•s fruit. Cf. Carpet.]
1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.
"Seedtime and harvest … shall not cease." Gen. viii. 22.
"At harvest, when corn is ripe." Tyndale.
2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gathered; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit.
"Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe." Joel iii. 13.
"To glean the broken ears after the man
That the main harvest reaps." Shak.
3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.
"The pope’s principal harvest was in the jubilee." Fuller.
"The harvest of a quiet eye." Wordsworth. Harvest fish (Zoöl.), a marine fish of the Southern United States ( Stromateus alepidotus); — called whiting in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish. — Harvest fly (Zoöl.), an hemipterous insect of the genus Cicada, often called locust. See Cicada. — Harvest lord, the head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.] Tusser. — Harvest mite (Zoöl.), a minute European mite ( Leptus autumnalis), of a bright crimson color, which is troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and domestic animals; — called also harvest louse, and harvest bug. — Harvest moon, the moon near the full at the time of harvest in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason of the small angle that is made by the moon’s orbit with the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several days. — Harvest mouse (Zoöl.), a very small European field mouse ( Mus minutus). It builds a globular nest on the stems of wheat and other plants. — Harvest queen, an image representing Ceres, formerly carried about on the last day of harvest. Milton. — Harvest spider. (Zoöl.) See Daddy longlegs.
Harvest
Har´vest, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Harvested; p. pr. & vb. n. Harvesting.] To reap or gather, as any crop.
Harvesting
Har´vest•ing, a. & n., from Harvest, v. t.Harvesting ant (Zoöl.), any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known. The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are Aphenogaster structor and A. barbara; that of Texas called agricultural ant, is Pogonomyrmex barbatus or Myrmica molifaciens; that of Florida is P. crudelis. See Agricultural ant, under Agricultural.
Harvestman
Har´vest•man (-m an), n. ; pl. Harvestmen (-m en).
1. A man engaged in harvesting. Shak.
2. (Zoöl.) See Daddy longlegs, 1.
Harvestry
Har´vest•ry (-ry), n. The act of harvesting; also that which is harvested. Swinburne.
Hase (haz), v. t. [Obs.] See Haze, v. t.
Hash (hash), n. [Formerly hachey, hachee, F. hachis, fr. hacher to hash; of German origin; cf. G. hippe sickle, OHG. hippa, for happia. Cf. Hatchet.]
1. That which is hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables, especially such as have been already cooked, chopped into small pieces and mixed.
2. A new mixture of old matter; a second preparation or exhibition.
"I can not bear elections, and still less the hash of them over again in a first session." Walpole.
Hash, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hashed (hasht); p. pr. & vb. n. Hashing.] [From Hash, n. : cf. F. hacher to hash.] To chop into small pieces; to mince and mix; as to hash meat. Hudibras. { Hash´eeshHash´ish } (hash"esh), n. [Ar. hashish.] A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp ( Cannabis sativa), of the variety Indica, when cultivated in a warm climate; also the tops of the plant, from which the resinous product is obtained. It is narcotic, and has long been used in the East for its intoxicating effect. See Bhang, and Ganja.
Hask (hask), n. [See Hassock.] A basket made of rushes or flags, as for carrying fish. [Obs.] Spenser.
Hasp, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hasped (haspt); p. pr. & vb. n. Hasping.] [AS. haepsian.] To shut or fasten with a hasp.
Hast (hast), 2d pers. sing. pres. of Have, contr. of havest. [Archaic] { Has´tate (has"tat), Has´ta•ted(- ta•ted), } a. [L. hastatus, fr. hasta spear. Cf. Gad, n. ] Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as a hastate leaf.
Haste (hast), n. [OE. hast; akin to D. haast, G., Dan., Sw., & OFries. hast, cf. OF. haste, F. hâte (of German origin); all perh. fr. the root of E. hate in a earlier sense of, to pursue. See Hate.]
1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; — applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.
"The king’s business required haste." 1 Sam. xxi. 8.
2. The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
"I said in my haste, All men are liars." Ps. cxvi. 11.To make haste, to hasten.
Syn. — Speed; quickness; nimbleness; swiftness; expedition; dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence; precipitation. — Haste, Hurry, Speed, Dispatch. Haste denotes quickness of action and a strong desire for getting on; hurry includes a confusion and want of collected thought not implied in haste; speed denotes the actual progress which is made; dispatch, the promptitude and rapidity with which things are done. A man may properly be in haste, but never in a hurry. Speed usually secures dispatch.
Haste, v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Hasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hasting.] [OE. hasten; akin to G. hasten, D. haasten, Dan. haste, Sw. hasta, OF. haster, F. hâter. See Haste, n. ] To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic]
"I ’ll haste the writer." Shak.
"They were troubled and hasted away." Ps. xlviii. 5.
Hasten
Has´ten (has"’n), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hastened (-’nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hastening (-’n•ing).] To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.
"I would hasten my escape from the windy storm." Ps. lv. 8.
Hastif
Has´tif (has"tif), a. [OF. See Hastive.] Hasty. [Obs.] Chaucer. — Has´tif•ly, adv. [Obs.]
Hastile
Has´tile (has"til or -til), a. [L. hasta a spear.] (Bot.) Same as Hastate. Gray.
Hastily
Has´ti•ly (has"ti•ly), adv. [From Hasty.]
1. In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.
2. Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.
"We hastily engaged in the war." Swift.
3. Passionately; impatiently. Shak.
Hastings
Has´tings (-tingz), n. pl. [From Haste, v. ] Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease. Mortimer.
Hastive
Has´tive (-tiv), a. [OF. hastif. See Haste, n. , and cf. Hastif.] Forward; early; — said of fruits. [Obs.]
Hasty
Has´ty (has"ty), a. [ Compar. Hastier (-ti•er); superl. Hastiest.] [Akin to D. haastig, G., Sw., & Dan. hastig. See Haste, n. ]
1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as a hasty retreat; a hasty sketch.
2. Demanding haste or immediate action. [R.] Chaucer. "Hasty employment." Shak.
3. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.
"Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him." Prov. xxix. 20.
"The hasty multitude
Admiring entered." Milton.
"Be not hasty to go out of his sight." Eccl. viii. 3.
4. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
5. Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.
"Take no unkindness of his hasty words." Shak.
6. Forward; early; first ripe. [Obs.] "As the hasty fruit before the summer." Is. xxviii. 4.
Hat (hät), a. Hot. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hat, sing. pres. of Hote to be called. Cf. Hatte. [Obs.] "That one hat abstinence." Piers Plowman.
Hat (hat), n. [AS. haet, haett; akin to Dan. hat, Sw. hatt, Icel. hattr a hat, höttr hood, D. hoed hat, G. hut, OHG. huot, and prob. to L. cassis helmet. rad.13. Cf. Hood.] A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim, made of various materials, and worn by men or women for protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament. Hat block, a block on which hats are formed or dressed. — To pass around the hat, to take up a collection of voluntary contributions, which are often received in a hat. [Colloq.] Lowell.
Hatable
Hat´a•ble (hat"a•b’l), a. [From Hate.] Capable of being, or deserving to be, hated; odious; detestable.
Hatch (hach), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hatched (hacht); p. pr. & vb. n. Hatching.] [F. hacher to chop, hack. See Hash.]
1. To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching.
"Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched." Chapman.
"Those hatching strokes of the pencil." Dryden.
2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.]
"His weapon hatched in blood." Beau. & Fl.
Hatch, n. [OE. hacche, AS. haec, cf. haca the bar of a door, D. hek gate, Sw. häck coop, rack, Dan. hekke manger, rack. Prob. akin to E. hook, and first used of something made of pieces fastened together. Cf. Heck, Hack a frame.]
1. A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge.
"In at the window, or else o’er the hatch." Shak.
2. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
3. A flood gate; a sluice gate. Ainsworth.
4. A bedstead. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
5. An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening.
6. (Mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine. Booby hatch, Buttery hatch, Companion hatch, etc. See under Booby, Buttery, etc. — To batten down the hatches (Naut.), to lay tarpaulins over them, and secure them with battens. — To be under hatches, to be confined below in a vessel; to be under arrest, or in slavery, distress, etc.
Hatch, v. t. To close with a hatch or hatches.
"’T were not amiss to keep our door hatched." Shak.
Hatchel
Hatch´el (-el; 277), n. [OE. hechele, hekele; akin to D. hekel, G. hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw. häkla, and prob. to E. hook. See Hook, and cf. Hackle, Heckle.] An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; — called also hackle and heckle.
Hatchel
Hatch´el, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hatcheled or Hatchelled (-eld); p. pr. & vb. n. Hatcheling or Hatchelling.] [OE. hechelen, hekelen; akin to D. hekelen, G. hecheln, Dan. hegle, Sw. häkla. See Hatchel, n. ]
1. To draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp, so as to separate the coarse and refuse parts from the fine, fibrous parts.
2. To tease; to worry; to torment. [Colloq.]
Hatchet
Hatch´et (-et), n. [F. hachette, dim. of hache ax. See 1st Hatch, Hash.]
1. A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.
2. Specifically, a tomahawk.
"Buried was the bloody hatchet." Longfellow. Hatchet face, a thin, sharp face, like the edge of a hatchet; hence: Hatchet-faced, sharp-visaged. Dryden. — To bury the hatchet, to make peace or become reconciled. — To take up the hatchet, to make or declare war. The last two phrases are derived from the practice of the American Indians. { Hatch´et•tine (hach"et•tin), Hatch´et•tite (-tit), } n. [Named after the discoverer, Charles Hatchett.] (Min.) Mineral tallow; a waxy or spermaceti-like substance, commonly of a greenish yellow color.
Hatching
Hatch´ing, n. [See 1st Hatch.] A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; — called also crosshatching.
Hate (hat), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hated; p. pr. & vb. n. Hating.] [OE. haten, hatien, AS. hatian; akin to OS. hatan, haton to be hostile to, D. haten to hate, OHG. hazzen, hazzon, G. hassen, Icel. & Sw. hata, Dan. hade, Goth. hatan, hatjan. rad.36. Cf. Hate, n. , Heinous.]
1. To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as to hate one’s enemies; to hate hypocrisy.
"Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer." 1 John iii. 15.
2. To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive clause with that; as to hate to get into debt; to hate that anything should be wasted.
"I hate that he should linger here." Tennyson.
3. (Script.) To love less, relatively. Luke xiv. 26.
Syn. — To Hate, Abhor, Detest, Abominate, Loathe. Hate is the generic word, and implies that one is inflamed with extreme dislike. We abhor what is deeply repugnant to our sensibilities or feelings. We detest what contradicts so utterly our principles and moral sentiments that we feel bound to lift up our voice against it. What we abominate does equal violence to our moral and religious sentiments. What we loathe is offensive to our own nature, and excites unmingled disgust. Our Savior is said to have hated the deeds of the Nicolaitanes; his language shows that he loathed the lukewarmness of the Laodiceans; he detested the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees; he abhorred the suggestions of the tempter in the wilderness.
Hate, n. [OE. hate, hete, AS. hete; akin to D. haat, G. hass, Icel. hatr, SW. hat, Dan. had, Goth. hatis. Cf. Hate, v. ] Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; — opposed to love.
"For in a wink the false love turns to hate." Tennyson.
Hater
Hat´er (hat"er), n. One who hates.
"An enemy to God, and a hater of all good." Sir T. Browne.
Hath (hath), 3d pers. sing. pres. of Have, contracted from haveth. Has. [Archaic]
Hatred
Ha´tred (ha"tred), n. [OE. hatred, hatreden. See Hate, and cf. Kindred.] Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.
Syn. — Odium; ill will; enmity; hate; animosity; malevolence; rancor; malignity; detestation; loathing; abhorrence; repugnance; antipathy. See Odium.
Hatte
Hat´te (hät"t e), pres. & imp. sing. & pl. of Hote, to be called. See Hote. [Obs.] Chaucer.
"A full perilous place, purgatory it hatte." Piers Plowman.
Hatteria
Hat•te´ri•a (hat•te"ri•a), n. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A New Zealand lizard, which, in anatomical character, differs widely from all other existing lizards. It is the only living representative of the order Rhynchocephala, of which many Mesozoic fossil species are known; — called also Sphenodon, and Tuatera. See Rhynchocephala.
Hatting
Hat´ting (hat"ting), n. The business of making hats; also stuff for hats.
Hauberk
Hau´berk (ha"berk), n. [OF. hauberc, halberc, F. haubert, OHG. halsberc; hals neck + bergan to protect, G. bergen; akin to AS. healsbeorg, Icel. halsbjörg. See Collar, and Bury, v. t.] A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless. By old writers it is often used synonymously with habergeon. See Habergeon. [Written variously hauberg, hauberque, hawberk, etc.] Chaucer.
"Helm, nor hawberk’s twisted mail." Gray.
Haugh (ha), n. [See Haw a hedge.] A low-lying meadow by the side of a river. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
"On a haugh or level plain, near to a royal borough." Sir W. Scott.
Haught (hat), a. [See Haughty.] High; elevated; hence, haughty; proud. [Obs.] Shak.
Haughtily
Haugh´ti•ly (ha"ti•ly), adv. [From Haughty.] In a haughty manner; arrogantly.
Haughtiness
Haugh´ti•ness, n. [For hauteinness. See Haughty.] The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.
Syn. — Arrogance; disdain; contemptuousness; superciliousness; loftiness. — Haughtiness, Arrogance, Disdain. Haughtiness denotes the expression of conscious and proud superiority; arrogance is a disposition to claim for one’s self more than is justly due, and enforce it to the utmost; disdain in the exact reverse of condescension toward inferiors, since it expresses and desires others to feel how far below ourselves we consider them. A person is haughty in disposition and demeanor; arrogant in his claims of homage and deference; disdainful even in accepting the deference which his haughtiness leads him arrogantly to exact.
Haughty
Haugh´ty (-ty), a. [ Compar. Haughtier (-ti•er); superl. Haughtiest.] [OE. hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See Altitude.]
1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic]
"To measure the most haughty mountain’s height." Spenser.
"Equal unto this haughty enterprise." Spenser.
2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.
"A woman of a haughty and imperious nature." Clarendon.
3. Indicating haughtiness; as a haughty carriage.
"Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced,
Came towering." Milton.
Haul (hal), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hauled (hald); p. pr. & vb. n. Hauling.] [OE. halen, halien, F. haler, of German or Scand. origin; akin to AS. geholian to acquire, get, D. halen to fetch, pull, draw, OHG. holon, halon, G. holen, Dan. hale to haul, Sw. hala, and to L. calare to call, summon, Gr. kalei^n to call. Cf. Hale, v. t., Claim. Class, Council, Ecclesiastic.]
1. To pull or draw with force; to drag.
"Some dance, some haul the rope." Denham.
"Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land." Pope.
"Romp-loving miss
Is hauled about in gallantry robust." Thomson.
2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as to haul logs to a sawmill.
"When I was seven or eight years of age, I began hauling all the wood used in the house and shops." U. S. Grant.To haul over the coals. See under Coal. — To haul the wind (Naut.), to turn the head of the ship nearer to the point from which the wind blows.
Haul, v. i.
1. (Naut.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t.
"I … hauled up for it, and found it to be an island." Cook.
2. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked. To haul around (Naut.), to shift to any point of the compass; — said of the wind. — To haul off (Naut.), to sail closer to the wind, in order to get farther away from anything; hence, to withdraw; to draw back.
Haulage
Haul´age (-aj), n. Act of hauling; as the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling.
Haulm (ham), n. [OE. halm, AS. healm; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. halm, Icel. halmr, L. calamus reed, cane, stalk, Gr. kalamo•s. Cf. Excel, Culminate, Culm, Shawm, Calamus.] The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw.
Hault (halt), a. [OF. hault, F. haut. See Haughty.] Lofty; haughty. [Obs.]
"Through support of countenance proud and hault." Spenser.
Haum (ham), n. See Haulm, stalk. Smart.
Haunch (hänch; 277), n. [F. hanche, of German origin; cf. OD. hancke, hencke, and also OHG. ancha; prob. not akin to E. ankle.]
1. The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.
2. Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as a haunch of venison. Haunch bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate. — Haunches of an arch (Arch.), the parts on each side of the crown of an arch. (See Crown, n. , 11.) Each haunch may be considered as from one half to two thirds of the half arch.
Haunt (hänt; 277), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Haunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Haunting.] [F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh. from an assumed LL. ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see Ambition); or cf. Icel. heimta to demand, regain, akin to heim home (see Home). rad.36.]
1. To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.
"You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house." Shak.
"Those cares that haunt the court and town." Swift.
2. To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition.
"Foul spirits haunt my resting place." Fairfax.
3. To practice; to devote one’s self to. [Obs.]
"That other merchandise that men haunt with fraud … is cursed." Chaucer.
"Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime." Ascham.
4. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.]
"Haunt thyself to pity." Wyclif.
Hausse (has), n. [F.] (Gun.) A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm, or a cannon.
Haustellata
Haus•tel•la´ta (has•tel•la"ta), n. pl. [NL., fr. haustellum, fr. L. haurire, haustum, to draw water, to swallow. See Exhaust.] (Zoöl.) An artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis.
Haustellate
Haus´tel•late (has"tel•lat or has•tel"lat), a. [See Haustellata.] (Zoöl.) Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis. — n. One of the Haustellata.
Haustellum
Haus•tel´lum (has•tel"lum), n. ; pl. Haustella (- la). [NL.] (Zoöl.) The sucking proboscis of various insects. See Lepidoptera, and Diptera.
Haut (hat), a. [F. See Haughty.] Haughty. [Obs.] "Nations proud and haut." Milton.
Hautboy
Haut´boy (ho"boi), n. [F. hautbois, lit., high wood; haut high + bois wood. So called on account of its high tone. See Haughty, Bush; and cf. Oboe.]
1. (Mus.) A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly called oboe. See Illust. of Oboe.
2. (Bot.) A sort of strawberry ( Fragaria elatior).
Hautboyist
Haut´boy•ist (-ist), n. [Cf. F. hautboïste.] A player on the hautboy.
Hautein
Hau´tein (ho"tan), a. [See Haughty.]
1. Haughty; proud. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. High; — said of the voice or flight of birds. [Obs.]
Hauteur
Hau•teur´ (ho•ter"), n. [F., fr. haut high. See Haughty.] Haughty manner or spirit; haughtiness; pride; arrogance.
Hautgoût
Haut•goût" (ho•goo"), n. [F.] High relish or flavor; high seasoning.
Hautpas
Haut•pas´ (ho•pä"), n. [F. haut high + pas step.] A raised part of the floor of a large room; a platform for a raised table or throne. See Dais.
Have (hav), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Had (had); p. pr. & vb. n. Having. Indic. present, I have, thou hast, he has; we, ye, they have.] [OE. have. , habben, AS. habben (imperf. haefde, p. p. gehaefd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries. hebba, OHG. haben, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. avoir. Cf. Able, Avoirdupois, Binnacle, Habit.]
1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as he has a farm.
2. To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects, one.
"The earth hath bubbles, as the water has." Shak.
"He had a fever late." Keats.
3. To accept possession of; to take or accept.
"Break thy mind to me in broken English; wilt thou have me?" Shak.
4. To get possession of; to obtain; to get. Shak.
5. To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require.
"I had the church accurately described to me." Sir W. Scott.
"Wouldst thou have me turn traitor also?" Ld. Lytton.
6. To bear, as young; as she has just had a child.
7. To hold, regard, or esteem.
"Of them shall I be had in honor." 2 Sam. vi. 22.
8. To cause or force to go; to take. "The stars have us to bed." Herbert. "Have out all men from me." 2 Sam. xiii. 9.
9. To take or hold (one’s self); to proceed promptly; — used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion. Shak.
10. To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.
"Science has, and will long have, to be a divider and a separatist." M. Arnold.
"The laws of philology have to be established by external comparison and induction." Earle.
11. To understand.
"You have me, have you not?" Shak.
12. To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as that is where he had him. [Slang] Have, as an auxiliary verb, is used with the past participle to form preterit tenses; as I have loved; I shall have eaten. Originally it was used only with the participle of transitive verbs, and denoted the possession of the object in the state indicated by the participle; as I have conquered him, I have or hold him in a conquered state; but it has long since lost this independent significance, and is used with the participles both of transitive and intransitive verbs as a device for expressing past time. Had is used, especially in poetry, for would have or should have.
"Myself for such a face had boldly died." Tennyson. To have a care, to take care; to be on one’s guard. — To have (a man) out, to engage (one) in a duel. — To have done (with). See under Do, v. i. — To have it out, to speak freely; to bring an affair to a conclusion. — To have on, to wear. - - To have to do with. See under Do, v. t.
Syn. — To possess; to own. See Possess.
Haveless
Have´less, a. Having little or nothing. [Obs.] Gower.
Haven
Ha´ven (ha"v’n), n. [AS. haefene; akin to D. & LG. have. , G. hafen, MHG. habe, Dan. havn, Icel. höfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave (see Heave); or akin to AS. haef sea, Icel. & Sw. haf, Dan. hav, which is perh. akin to E. heave.]
1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port.
"What shipping and what lading ’s in our have. ." Shak.
"Their have. under the hill." Tennyson.
2. A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum. Shak.
"The have. , or the rock of love." Waller.
Haversack
Hav´er•sack (hav"er•sak), n. [F. havresac, G. habersack, sack for oats. See 2d Haver, and Sack a bag.]
1. A bag for oats or oatmeal. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in which a soldier carries his rations when on a march; — distinguished from knapsack.
3. A gunner’s case or bag used to carry cartridges from the ammunition chest to the piece in loading.
Havier
Hav´ier, n. [Formerly have. , prob. fr. Half; cf. L. semimas emasculated, prop., half male.] A castrated deer.
"Haviers, or stags which have been gelded when young, have no horns." Encyc. of Sport.
Havoc
Hav´oc, interj. [See Havoc, n. ] A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. Toone.
"Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt
With modest warrant." Shak.
"Cry ’ havoc,’ and let slip the dogs of war!" Shak.
Haw (ha), n. [OE. hawe, AS. haga; akin to D. haag headge, G. hag, hecke, Icel. hagi pasture, Sw. hage, Dan. have garden. rad.12. Cf. Haggard, Ha-ha, Haugh, Hedge.]
1. A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.
"And eke there was a polecat in his haw." Chaucer.
2. The fruit of the hawthorn. Bacon.
Haw, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Anat.) The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.
Haw, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hawed (had); p. pr. & vb. n. Hawing.] [Written also hoi.] [Perhaps connected with here, hither; cf., however, F. huhau, hurhau, hue, interj. used in turning a horse to the right, G. hott, hü, interj. used in calling to a horse.] To turn to the near side, or toward the driver; — said of cattle or a team: a word used by teamsters in guiding their teams, and most frequently in the imperative. See Gee. To haw and gee, or To haw and gee about, to go from one thing to another without good reason; to have no settled purpose; to be irresolute or unstable. [Colloq.]
Hawebake
Hawe´bake (ha"bak•), n. Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Haw-haw
Haw-haw´ (ha•ha), n. [Duplication of haw a hedge.] See Ha-ha.
Hawk (hak), n. [OE. hauk (prob. fr. Icel.), have. , AS. hafoc, heafoc; akin to D. havik, OHG. habuh, G. habicht, Icel. haukr, Sw. hök, Dan. hög, prob. from the root of E. heave.] (Zoöl.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk. Among the common American species are the red-tailed hawk ( Buteo borealis); the red-shouldered ( B. lineatus); the broad-winged ( B. Pennsylvanicus); the rough-legged ( Archibuteo lagopus); the sharp-shinned ( Accipiter fuscus). See Fishhawk, Goshawk, Marsh hawk, under Marsh, Night hawk, under Night. Bee hawk (Zoöl.), the honey buzzard. — Eagle hawk. See under Eagle. — Hawk eagle (Zoöl.), an Asiatic bird of the genus Spizaetus, or Limnaetus, intermediate between the hawks and eagles. There are several species. — Hawk fly (Zoöl.), a voracious fly of the family Asilidae. See Hornet fly, under Hornet. — Hawk moth. (Zoöl.) See Hawk moth, in the Vocabulary. — Hawk owl. (Zoöl.) (a) A northern owl ( Surnia ulula) of Europe and America. It flies by day, and in some respects resembles the hawks. (b) An owl of India ( Ninox scutellatus). — Hawk’s bill (Horology), the pawl for the rack, in the striking mechanism of a clock.
Hawk (hak), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hawked (hakt); p. pr. & vb. n. Hawking.]
1. To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry.
"A falconer Henry is, when Emma hawks." Prior.
2. To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; — generally with a. ; as to hawk at flies. Dryden.
"A falcon, towering in her pride of place,
Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed." Shak.
Hawk, v. t. To raise by hawking, as phlegm.
Hawk, n. [W. hoch.] An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.
Hawk, v. t. [Akin to D. hauker a hawker, G. höken, höcken, to higgle, to retail, höke, höker, a higgler, huckster. See Huckster.] To offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle; as to hawk goods or pamphlets.
"His works were hawked in every street." Swift.
Hawk moth
Hawk" moth (moth•; 115). (Zoöl.) Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvae are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm. Tobacco Hawk Moth ( Macrosila Carolina), and its Larva, the Tobacco Worm. The larvae of several species of hawk moths feed on grapevines. The elm-tree hawk moth is Ceratomia Amyntor.
Hawkbit
Hawk´bit (-bit•), n. (Bot.) The fall dandelion ( Leontodon autumnale).
Hawker
Hawk´er, v. i. To sell goods by outcry in the street. [Obs.] Hudibras.
Hawker
Hawk´er, n. [Cf. AS. hafecere. See 1st Hawk.] A falconer.
Hawkey
Hawk´ey (-y), n. See Hockey. Holloway.
Hawkeye State
Hawk"eye• State. Iowa; — a nickname of obscure origin.
Hawk-eyed
Hawk´-eyed (-id•), a. Having a keen eye; sharpsighted; discerning.
Hawm (ham), n. See Haulm, straw.
Hawm, v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.] To lounge; to loiter. [Prov. Eng.] Tennyson.
Hawse (haz or has; 277), n. [Orig. a hawse hole, or hole in the bow of the ship; cf. Icel. hals, hals, neck, part of the bows of a ship, AS. heals neck. See Collar, and cf. Halse to embrace.]
1. A hawse hole. Harris.
2. (Naut.) (a) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow. (b) The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse. (c) That part of a vessel’s bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables. Athwart hawse. See under Athwart. — Foul hawse, a hawse in which the cables cross each other, or are twisted together. — Hawse block, a block used to stop up a hawse hole at sea; — called also hawse plug. — Hawse hole, a hole in the bow of a ship, through which a cable passes. — Hawse piece, one of the foremost timbers of a ship, through which the hawse hole is cut. — Hawse plug. Same as Hawse block (above). — To come in at the hawse holes, to enter the naval service at the lowest grade. [Cant] — To freshen the hawse, to veer out a little more cable and bring the chafe and strain on another part.
Hawser
Haws´er (haz"er or has"er), n. [From F. hausser to lift, raise (cf. OF. hausseree towpath, towing, F. haussière hawser), LL. altiare, fr. L. altus high. See Haughty.] A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns. Three hawsers twisted together make a cable; but it nautical usage the distinction between cable and hawser is often one of size rather than of manufacture. Hawser iron, a calking iron.
Hawser-laid
Haws´er-laid (-lad•), a. Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. Cable-laid, and see Illust. of Cordage.
Hawthorn
Haw´thorn (ha"thôrn•), n. [AS. hagaþorn, haegþorn. See Haw a hedge, and Thorn.] (Bot.) A thorny shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Crataegus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed.
"Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade
To shepherds?" Shak.
Hay (ha), n. [AS. hege: cf. F. haie, of German origin. See Haw a hedge, Hedge.]
1. A hedge. [Obs.]
2. A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit. Rowe. To dance the hay, to dance in a ring. Shak.
Hay, v. i. To lay snares for rabbits. Huloet.
Hay, n. [OE. hei, AS. heg; akin to D. hooi, OHG. hewi, houwi, G. heu, Dan. & Sw. hö, Icel. hey, ha, Goth. hawi grass, fr. the root of E. hew. See Hew to cut.] Grass cut and cured for fodder.
"Make hay while the sun shines." Camden.
"Hay may be dried too much as well as too little." C. L. Flint.Hay cap, a canvas covering for a haycock. — Hay fever (Med.), nasal catarrh accompanied with fever, and sometimes with paroxysms of dyspnœa, to which some persons are subject in the spring and summer seasons. It has been attributed to the effluvium from hay, and to the pollen of certain plants. It is also called hay asthma, hay cold, rose cold, and rose fever. — Hay knife, a sharp instrument used in cutting hay out of a stack or mow. — Hay press, a press for baling loose hay. — Hay tea, the juice of hay extracted by boiling, used as food for cattle, etc. — Hay tedder, a machine for spreading and turning new-mown hay. See Tedder.
Haybote
Hay´bote (ha"bot•), n. [See Hay hedge, and Bote, and cf. Hedgebote.] (Eng. Law.) An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or fences; hedgebote. See Bote. Blackstone.
Hayfield
Hay´field (ha"feld•), n. A field where grass for hay has been cut; a meadow. Cowper.
Hayloft
Hay´loft (ha"loft•; 115), n. A loft or scaffold for hay.
Haymaking
Hay´mak•ing, n. The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay.
Haystack
Hay´stack (ha"stak•), n. A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.
Hazard
Haz´ard (haz"erd), n. [F. hasard, Sp. azar an unforeseen disaster or accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, prob. fr. Ar. zahr, zar, a die, which, with the article a. the, would give azzahr, azzar.]
1. A game of chance played with dice. Chaucer.
2. The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.
"I will stand the hazard of the die." Shak.
3. Risk; danger; peril; as he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
"Men are led on from one stage of life to another in a condition of the utmost hazard." Rogers.
4. (Billiards) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player’s ball (losing hazard).
5. Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming. "Your latter hazard." Shak. Hazard table, a table on which hazard is played, or any game of chance for stakes. — To run the hazard, to take the chance or risk.
Syn. — Danger; risk; chance. See Danger.
Hazard
Haz´ard, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hazarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hazarding.] [Cf. F. hasarder. See Hazard, n. ]
1. To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.
"Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience." John Clarke.
"He hazards his neck to the halter." Fuller.
2. To venture to incur, or bring on.
"I hazarded the loss of whom I loved." Shak.
"They hazard to cut their feet." Landor.
Syn. — To venture; risk; jeopard; peril; endanger.
Hazard
Haz´ard (haz"erd), v. i. To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger. Shak.
Haze, v. i. To be hazy, or thick with haze. Ray.
Haze, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hazed (hazd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hazing.] [Also hase.] [Cf. Sw. haza to hamstring, fr. has hough, OD. haessen ham.]
1. To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work.
2. To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; — used esp. of college students; as the sophomores hazed a freshman.
Hazel
Ha´zel (ha"z’l), n. [OE. hasel, AS. haesel; akin to D. hazelaar, G. hazel, OHG. hasal, hasala, Icel. hasl, Dan & Sw. hassel, L. corylus, for cosylus.]
1. (Bot.) A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C. avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are C. Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and C. rostrata. See Filbert. Gray.
2. A miner’s name for freestone. Raymond. Hazel earth, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam. — Hazel grouse (Zoöl.), a European grouse ( Bonasa betulina), allied to the American ruffed grouse. — Hazel hoe, a kind of grub hoe. — Witch hazel. See Witch-hazel, and Hamamelis.
Hazelly
Ha´zel•ly (ha"z’l•ly), a. Of the color of the hazelnut; of a light brown. Mortimer.
Hazelnut
Ha´zel•nut (ha"z’l•nut•), n. [AS. haeselhnutu.] The nut of the hazel. Shak.
Hazily
Ha´zi•ly (ha"zi•ly), adv. In a hazy manner; mistily; obscurely; confusedly.
Hazy
Ha´zy (ha"zy), a. [From Haze, n. ]
1. Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze; not clear or transparent. "A tender, hazy brightness." Wordsworth.
2. Obscure; confused; not clear; as a hazy argument; a hazy intellect. Mrs. Gore.