Head gear
Head" gear•, or Head´gear (-ger•), n.
1. Headdress.
2. Apparatus above ground at the mouth of a mine or deep well.

Headache
Head´ache (hed"ak•), n. Pain in the head; cephalalgia. "Headaches and shivering fits." Macaulay.

Headachy
Head´ach•y, a. Afflicted with headache. [Colloq.]

Headband
Head´band (-band), n.
1. A fillet; a band for the head. "The headbands and the tablets." Is. iii. 20.
2. The band at each end of the back of a book.

Headboard
Head´board (-bord•), n. A board or boarding which marks or forms the head of anything; as the headboard of a bed; the headboard of a grave. { Head´bor•oughHead´bor•row } (hed"bur•o), n.
1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; — called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder. [Eng.] Blackstone.
2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.]

Headdress
Head´dress (-dres•), n.
1. A covering or ornament for the head; a headtire.
"Among birds the males very often appear in a most beautiful headdress, whether it be a crest, a comb, a tuft of feathers, or a natural little plume." Addison.
2. A manner of dressing the hair or of adorning it, whether with or without a veil, ribbons, combs, etc.

Headed
Head´ed, a.
1. Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual faculties); — used in composition; as clear- headed, long- headed, thick- headed; a many- headed monster.
2. Formed into a head; as a headed cabbage.

Header
Head´er, (-er), n.
1. One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.
2. One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader. [R.]
3. (Arch.) (a) A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall. (b) In framing, the piece of timber fitted between two trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends of the tailpieces.
4. A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only.
5. A fall or plunge headforemost, as while riding a bicycle, or in bathing; as to take a header. [Colloq.] { Head•first´ (hed"ferst•), Head•fore´most• (-for"most•), } adv. With the head foremost.

Headfish
Head´fish (hed"fish•), n. (Zoöl.) The sunfish ( Mola).

Head-hunter
Head´-hunt•er (-hunt•er), n. A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head- hunters. — Head´-hunt•ing, n.

Headily
Head´i•ly (-i•ly), adv. In a heady or rash manner; hastily; rashly; obstinately.

Headiness
Head´i•ness, n. The quality of being heady.

Heading
Head´ing, n.
1. The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.
2. That which stands at the head; title; as the heading of a paper.
3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
4. (Mining.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
5. (Sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
6. (Masonry) That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward. Knight. Heading course (Arch.), a course consisting only of headers. See Header, n. 3 (a). — Heading joint. (a) (Carp.) A joint, as of two or more boards, etc., at right angles to the grain of the wood. (b) (Masonry) A joint between two roussoirs in the same course.

Headless
Head´less, a. [AS. heáfodleás.]
1. Having no head; beheaded; as a headless body, neck, or carcass.
2. Destitute of a chief or leader. Sir W. Raleigh.
3. Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate. [Obs.]
"Witless headiness in judging or headless hardiness in condemning." Spenser.

Headlight
Head´light (hed"lit•), n. (Engin.) A light, with a powerful reflector, placed at the head of a locomotive, or in front of it, to throw light on the track at night, or in going through a dark tunnel.

Headline
Head´line (-lin•), n.
1. (Print.) The line at the head or top of a page.
2. (Naut.) See Headrope.

Head-lugged
Head´-lugged (-lugd•), a. Lugged or dragged by the head. [R.] "The head- lugged bear." Shak.

Headman
Head´man (hed"man•), n. ; pl. Headmen (-men•). [AS. heáfodman.] A head or leading man, especially of a village community. { Head"mold• shot"Head"mould• shot" } (- mold• shot•). (Med.) An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures. Dunglison.

Headmost
Head´most (-most•), a. Most advanced; most forward; as the headmost ship in a fleet.

Headnote
Head´note (-not•), n. A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court.

Headpan
Head´pan (-pan•), n. [AS. heáfodpanne.] The brainpan. [Obs.]

Headpiece
Head´piece (-pes•), n.
1. Head.
"In his headpiece he felt a sore pain." Spenser.
2. A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages.
3. Understanding; mental faculty.
"Eumenes had the best headpiece of all Alexander’s captains." Prideaux.
4. An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.

Headquarters
Head´quar•ters (-kwar•terz), n. pl. [but sometimes used as a n. sing.] The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force; the place from which orders or instructions are issued; hence, the center of authority or order.
"The brain, which is the headquarters, or office, of intelligence." Collier.

Headrace
Head´race (-ras•), n. See Race, a water course.

Headsail
Head´sail (-sal•), n. (Naut.) Any sail set forward of the foremast. Totten.

Headshake
Head•shake (-shak•), n. A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial. Shak.

Headship
Head´ship, n. Authority or dignity; chief place.

Headsman
Heads´man (hedz"m an), n. ; pl. Headsmen (-m en). An executioner who cuts off heads. Dryden.

Headspring
Head´spring (hed"spring•), n. Fountain; source.
"The headspring of our belief." Stapleton.

Headstall
Head´stall (-stal•), n. That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head. Shak.

Headstock
Head´stock (-stok•), n. (Mach.) A part (usually separate from the bed or frame) for supporting some of the principal working parts of a machine; as: (a) The part of a lathe that holds the revolving spindle and its attachments; — also called poppet head, the opposite corresponding part being called a tailstock. (b) The part of a planing machine that supports the cutter, etc.

Headstone
Head´stone (-ston•), n.
1. The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone. Ps. cxviii. 22.
2. The stone at the head of a grave.

Headstrong
Head´strong (-strong•; 115), a.
1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.
"Now let the headstrong boy my will control." Dryden.
2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy; as a headstrong course. Dryden.
Syn. — Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; untractable; stubborn; unruly; venturesome; heady.

Headstrongness
Head´strong•ness, n. Obstinacy. [R.] Gayton.

Headtire
Head´tire (-tir•), n.
1. A headdress. "A headtire of fine linen." 1 Esdras iii. 6.
2. The manner of dressing the head, as at a particular time and place.

Headwater
Head´wa•ter, n. The source and upper part of a stream; — commonly used in the plural; as the headwaters of the Missouri.

Headway
Head´way (-wa•), n.
1. The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or success of any kind.
2. (Arch.) Clear space under an arch, girder, and the like, sufficient to allow of easy passing underneath.

Headwork
Head´work (-wûrk•), n. Mental labor.

Heady
Head´y, (hed"y), a. [From Head.]
1. Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.
"All the talent required is to be hot, to be heady, — to be violent on one side or the other." Sir W. Temple.
2. Apt to affect the head; intoxicating; strong.
"The liquor is too heady." Dryden.
3. Violent; impetuous. "A heady currance." Shak.

Healall
Heal´all (-al•), n. (Bot.) A common herb of the Mint family ( Brunella vulgaris), destitute of active properties, but anciently thought a panacea.

Heald (held), n. [CF. Heddle.] A heddle. Ure.

Healful
Heal´ful (-ful), a. Tending or serving to heal; healing. [Obs.] Ecclus. xv. 3.

Healing
Heal´ing, a. Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as the healing art; a healing salve; healing words.
"Here healing dews and balms abound." Keble.

Healingly
Heal´ing•ly, adv. So as to heal or cure.

Health (helth), n. [OE. helthe, AS. haelþ, fr. hal hale, sound, whole. See Whole.]
1. The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain.
"There is no health in us." Book of Common Prayer.
"Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it can not be sported with without loss, or regained by courage." Buckminster.
2. A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast. "Come, love and health to all." Shak. Bill of health. See under Bill. — Health lift, a machine for exercise, so arranged that a person lifts an increasing weight, or moves a spring of increasing tension, in such a manner that most of the muscles of the body are brought into gradual action; — also called lifting machine. — Health officer, one charged with the enforcement of the sanitary laws of a port or other place. — To drink a health. See under Drink.

Healthfully
Health´ful•ly, adv. In health; wholesomely.

Healthfulness
Health´ful•ness, n. The state of being healthful.

Healthily
Health´i•ly (-i•ly), adv. In a healthy manner.

Healthiness
Health´i•ness, n. The state of being healthy or healthful; freedom from disease.

Healthless
Health´less, a.
1. Without health, whether of body or mind; infirm. "A healthless or old age." Jer. Taylor.
2. Not conducive to health; unwholesome. [R.]

Healthlessness
Health´less•ness, n. The state of being healthless.

Healthsome
Health´some (-sum), a. Wholesome; salubrious. [R.] "Healthsome air." Shak.

Healthward
Health´ward (-werd), a. & adv. In the direction of health; as a healthward tendency.

Healthy
Health´y (-y), a. [ Compar. Healthier (-i•er); superl. Healthiest.]
1. Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as a healthy child; a healthy plant.
"His mind was now in a firm and healthy state." Macaulay.
2. Evincing health; as a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion.
3. Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as a healthy exercise; a healthy climate.
Syn. — Vigorous; sound; hale; salubrious; healthful; wholesome; salutary.

Heap (hep), n. [OE. heep, heap, heap, multitude, AS. heáp; akin to OS. hop, D. hoop, OHG. houf, hufo, G. haufe, haufen, Sw. hop, Dan. hob, Icel. hopr troop, flock, Russ. kupa heap, crowd, Lith. kaupas. Cf. Hope, in Forlorn hope.]
1. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons. [Now Low or Humorous]
"The wisdom of a heap of learned men." Chaucer.
"A heap of vassals and slaves." Bacon.
"He had heaps of friends." W. Black.
2. A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile. [Now Low or Humorous]
"A vast heap, both of places of scripture and quotations." Bp. Burnet.
"I have noticed a heap of things in my life." R. L. Stevenson.
3. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation; as a heap of earth or stones.
"Huge heaps of slain around the body rise." Dryden.

Heap, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Heaped (hept); p. pr. & vb. n. Heaping.] [AS. heápian.]
1. To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; — usually with up; as to heap up treasures.
"Though he heap up silver as the dust." Job. xxvii. 16.
2. To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as to heap stones; — often with up; as to heap up earth; or with on; as to heap on wood or coal.
3. To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.

Heapy
Heap´y (-y), a. Lying in heaps. Gay.

Hear (her), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Heard (herd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hearing.] [OE. heren, as. hieran, hyran, heran; akin to OS. horian, OFries. hera, hora, D. hooren, OHG. horen, G. hören, Icel. heyra, Sw. höra, Dan. hore, Goth. hausjan, and perh. to Gr. ’akoy•ein, E. acoustic. Cf. Hark, Hearken.]
1. To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.
"Lay thine ear close to the ground, and list if thou canst hear the tread of travelers." Shak.
"He had been heard to utter an ominous growl." Macaulay.
2. To give audience or attention to; to listen to; to heed; to accept the doctrines or advice of; to obey; to examine; to try in a judicial court; as to hear a recitation; to hear a class; the case will be heard to- morrow.
3. To attend, or be present at, as hearer or worshiper; as to hear a concert; to hear Mass.
4. To give attention to as a teacher or judge.
"Thy matters are good and right, but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee." 2 Sam. xv. 3.
"I beseech your honor to hear me one single word." Shak.
5. To accede to the demand or wishes of; to listen to and answer favorably; to favor.
"I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice." Ps. cxvi. 1.
"They think that they shall be heard for their much speaking." Matt. vi. 7.Hear him. See Remark, under Hear, v. i. — To hear a bird sing, to receive private communication. [Colloq.] Shak. — To hear say, to hear one say; to learn by common report; to receive by rumor. [Colloq.]

Hear, v. i.
1. To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. "The hearing ear." Prov. xx. 12.
2. To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen.
"So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard, Well pleased, but answered not." Milton.
3. To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to receive information by report or by letter.
"I have heard, sir, of such a man." Shak.
"I must hear from thee every day in the hour." Shak. To hear ill, to be blamed. [Obs.]
"Not only within his own camp, but also now at Rome, he heard ill for his temporizing and slow proceedings." Holland. — To hear well, to be praised. [Obs.] Hear, or Hear him, is often used in the imperative, especially in the course of a speech in English assemblies, to call attention to the words of the speaker.
"Hear him, … a cry indicative, according to the tone, of admiration, acquiescence, indignation, or derision." Macaulay.

Heard (herd), imp. & p. p. of Hear.

Hearing
Hear´ing, n.
1. The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as my hearing is good.
"I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear." Job xlii. 5. Hearing in a special sensation, produced by stimulation of the auditory nerve; the stimulus (waves of sound) acting not directly on the nerve, but through the medium of the endolymph on the delicate epithelium cells, constituting the peripheral terminations of the nerve. See Ear.
2. Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; as I could not obtain a hearing.
3. A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a session of a court for considering proofs and determining issues.
"His last offenses to us Shall have judicious hearing." Shak.
"Another hearing before some other court." Dryden. Hearing, as applied to equity cases, means the same thing that the word trial does at law. Abbot.
4. Extent within which sound may be heard; sound; earshot. "She’s not within hearing." Shak.
"They laid him by the pleasant shore, And in the hearing of the wave." Tennyson.

Hearkener
Heark´en•er (-er), n. One who hearkens; a listener.

Hearsal
Hear´sal (her"s al), n. Rehearsal. [Obs.] Spenser.

Hearsay
Hear´say (her"sa•), n. Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.
"Much of the obloquy that has so long rested on the memory of our great national poet originated in frivolous hearsays of his life and conversation." Prof. Wilson.Hearsay evidence (Law), that species of testimony which consists in a narration by one person of matters told him by another. It is, with a few exceptions, inadmissible as testimony. Abbott.

Hearse (hers), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A hind in the second year of its age. [Eng.] Wright.

Hearse (hers), n. [See Herse.]
1. A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies. [Obs.] Oxf. Gloss.
2. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. [Archaic] "Underneath this marble hearse." B. Johnson.
"Beside the hearse a fruitful palm tree grows." Fairfax
"Who lies beneath this sculptured hearse." Longfellow.
3. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave. [Obs.]
"Set down, set down your honorable load, It honor may be shrouded in a hearse." Shak.
4. A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave.

Hearse, v. t. To inclose in a hearse; to entomb. [Obs.] "Would she were hearsed at my foot." Shak.

Hearsecloth
Hearse´cloth (-kloth•; 115), n. A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson.

Hearselike
Hearse´like (-lik•), a. Suitable to a funeral.
"If you listen to David’s harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols." Bacon.

Heart (härt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. haírto, Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi•a, kh^r rad.227. Cf. Accord, Discord, Cordial, 4th Core, Courage.]
1. (Anat.) A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.
"Why does my blood thus muster to my heart!" Shak. In adult mammals and birds, the heart is four-chambered, the right auricle and ventricle being completely separated from the left auricle and ventricle; and the blood flows from the systemic veins to the right auricle, thence to the right ventricle, from which it is forced to the lungs, then returned to the left auricle, thence passes to the left ventricle, from which it is driven into the systemic arteries. See Illust. under Aorta. In fishes there are but one auricle and one ventricle, the blood being pumped from the ventricle through the gills to the system, and thence returned to the auricle. In most amphibians and reptiles, the separation of the auricles is partial or complete, and in reptiles the ventricles also are separated more or less completely. The so- called lymph hearts, found in many amphibians, reptiles, and birds, are contractile sacs, which pump the lymph into the veins.
2. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; — usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the individual disposition and character; as a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart.
"Hearts are dust, hearts’ loves remain." Emerson.
3. The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and within; the inmost or most essential part of any body or system; the source of life and motion in any organization; the chief or vital portion; the center of activity, or of energetic or efficient action; as the heart of a country, of a tree, etc.
"Exploits done in the heart of France." Shak.
"Peace subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation." Wordsworth.
4. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
"Eve, recovering heart, replied." Milton.
"The expelled nations take heart, and when they fly from one country invade another." Sir W. Temple.
5. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
"That the spent earth may gather heart again." Dryden.
6. That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation, — used as a symbol or representative of the heart.
7. One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart; as hearts are trumps.
8. Vital part; secret meaning; real intention.
"And then show you the heart of my message." Shak.
9. A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address. "I speak to thee, my heart." Shak. Heart is used in many compounds, the most of which need no special explanation; as heart-appalling, heart-breaking, heart-cheering, heart-chilled, heart-expanding, heart-free, heart-hardened, heart-heavy, heart-purifying, heart-searching, heart-sickening, heart-sinking, heart-sore, heart-stirring, heart-touching, heart-wearing, heart-whole, heart-wounding, heart-wringing, etc. After one’s own heart, conforming with one’s inmost approval and desire; as a friend after my own heart.
"The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart." 1 Sam. xiii. 14. — At heart, in the inmost character or disposition; at bottom; really; as he is at heart a good man. — By heart, in the closest or most thorough manner; as to know or learn by heart. "Composing songs, for fools to get by heart" (that is, to commit to memory, or to learn thoroughly). Pope. — For my heart, for my life; if my life were at stake. [Obs.] "I could not get him for my heart to do it." Shak. — Heart bond (Masonry), a bond in which no header stone stretches across the wall, but two headers meet in the middle, and their joint is covered by another stone laid header fashion. Knight. — Heart and hand, with enthusiastic coöperation. — Heart hardness, hardness of heart; callousness of feeling; moral insensibility. Shak. — Heart heaviness, depression of spirits. Shak. — Heart point (Her.), the fess point. See Escutcheon. — Heart rising, a rising of the heart, as in opposition. — Heart shell (Zoöl.), any marine, bivalve shell of the genus Cardium and allied genera, having a heart-shaped shell; esp., the European Isocardia cor; — called also heart cockle. — Heart sickness, extreme depression of spirits. — Heart and soul, with the utmost earnestness. — Heart urchin (Zoöl.), any heartshaped, spatangoid sea urchin. See Spatangoid. — Heart wheel, a form of cam, shaped like a heart. See Cam. — In good heart, in good courage; in good hope. — Out of heart, discouraged. — Poor heart, an exclamation of pity. — To break the heart of. (a) To bring to despair or hopeless grief; to cause to be utterly cast down by sorrow. (b) To bring almost to completion; to finish very nearly; — said of anything undertaken; as he has broken the heart of the task. — To find in the heart, to be willing or disposed. "I could find in my heart to ask your pardon." Sir P. Sidney. — To have at heart, to desire (anything) earnestly. — To have in the heart, to purpose; to design or intend to do. — To have the heart in the mouth, to be much frightened. — To lose heart, to become discouraged. — To lose one’s heart, to fall in love. — To set the heart at rest, to put one’s self at ease. — To set the heart upon, to fix the desires on; to long for earnestly; to be very fond of. — To take heart of grace, to take courage. — To take to heart, to grieve over. — To wear one’s heart upon one’s sleeve, to expose one’s feelings or intentions; to be frank or impulsive. - - With all one’s heart, With one’s whole heart, very earnestly; fully; completely; devotedly.

Heart (härt), v. t. To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to inspirit. [Obs.]
"My cause is hearted; thine hath no less reason." Shak.

Heart, v. i. To form a compact center or heart; as a hearting cabbage.

Heart’s-ease
Heart’s´-ease (härts"ez•), n.
1. Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling. Shak.
2. (Bot.) A species of violet ( Viola tricolor); — called also pansy.

Heartache
Heart´ache (-ak•), n. [Cf. AS. heortece.] Sorrow; anguish of mind; mental pang. Shak.

Heartbreak
Heart´break (-brak•), n. Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief. Shak.

Heartbreaking
Heart´break•ing, a. Causing overpowering sorrow.

Heartbroken
Heart´bro•ken (-bro•k’n), a. Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.

Heartburn
Heart´burn (-bûrn•), n. (Med.) An uneasy, burning sensation in the stomach, often attended with an inclination to vomit. It is sometimes idiopathic, but is often a symptom of other complaints.

Heartburned
Heart´burned (-bûrnd•), a. Having heartburn. Shak.

Heartburning
Heart´burn•ing (-bûrn•ing), a. Causing discontent.

Heartburning
Heart´burn•ing, n.
1. (Med.) Same as Heartburn.
2. Discontent; secret enmity. Swift.
"The transaction did not fail to leave heartburnings." Palfrey.

Heartdeep
Heart´deep (-dep•), a. Rooted in the heart. Herbert.

Heart-eating
Heart´-eat•ing (-et•ing), a. Preying on the heart.

Hearted
Heart´ed, a.
1. Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character).
2. Shaped like a heart; cordate. [R.] Landor.
3. Seated or laid up in the heart.
"I hate the Moor: my cause is hearted." Shak. This word is chiefly used in composition; as hard- hearted, faint- hearted, kind- hearted, lion- hearted, stout- hearted, etc. Hence the nouns hard- heartedness, faint- heartedness, etc.

Heartedness
Heart´ed•ness, n. Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness. [R.] Clarendon. See also the Note under Hearted. The analysis of the compounds gives hard-hearted + - ness, rather than hard + heartedness, etc.

Heartfelt
Heart´felt (-felt•), a. Hearty; sincere.

Heartgrief
Heart´grief (-gref•), n. Heartache; sorrow. Milton.

Hearth (härth), n. [OE. harthe, herth, herthe, AS. heorð; akin to D. haard, heerd, Sw. härd, G. herd; cf. Goth. haúri a coal, Icel. hyrr embers, and L. cremare to burn.]
1. The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also a corresponding part of a stove.
"There was a fire on the hearth burning before him." Jer. xxxvi. 22.
"Where fires thou find’st unraked and hearths unswept. There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry." Shak.
2. The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside.
"Household talk and phrases of the hearth." Tennyson.
3. (Metal. & Manuf.) The floor of a furnace, on which the material to be heated lies, or the lowest part of a melting furnace, into which the melted material settles. Hearth ends (Metal.), fragments of lead ore ejected from the furnace by the blast. — Hearth money, Hearth penny [AS. heorðpening], a tax formerly laid in England on hearths, each hearth (in all houses paying the church and poor rates) being taxed at two shillings; — called also chimney money, etc.
"He had been importuned by the common people to relieve them from the … burden of the hearth money." Macaulay.

Hearthstone
Hearth´stone (-ston•), n. Stone forming the hearth; hence, the fireside; home.
"Chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone." A. Lincoln.

Heartily
Heart´i•ly (härt"i•ly), adv. [From Hearty.]
1. From the heart; with all the heart; with sincerity.
"I heartily forgive them." Shak.
2. With zeal; actively; vigorously; willingly; cordially; as he heartily assisted the prince. To eat heartily, to eat freely and with relish. Addison.
Syn. — Sincerely; cordially; zealously; vigorously; actively; warmly; eagerly; ardently; earnestly.

Heartless
Heart´less, a.
1. Without a heart.
"You have left me heartless; mine is in your bosom." J. Webster.
2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despondent.
"Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground." Dryden.
"Heartless and melancholy." W. Irwing.
3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. "The heartless parasites." Byron. — Heart´less•ly, adv. — Heart´less•ness, n.

Heartlet
Heart´let (-let), n. A little heart.

Heartlings
Heart´lings (-lingz), interj. An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance. [Obs.] Shak.

Heartpea
Heart´pea (-pe•), n. (Bot.) Same as Heartseed.

Heartrending
Heart´rend•ing (-rend•ing), a. Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.

Heart-robbing
Heart´-rob•bing (-rob•bing), a.
1. Depriving of thought; ecstatic. "Heart-robbing gladness." Spenser.
2. Stealing the heart or affections; winning.

Heartseed
Heart´seed (härt"sed•), n. (Bot.) A climbing plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a spot like a heart. Loudon.

Heartshaped
Heart´shaped (-shapt•), a. Having the shape of a heart; cordate.

Heartsick
Heart´sick (-sik•), a. [AS. heortseóc.] Sick at heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very despondent.

Heartsome
Heart´some (-sum), a. Merry; cheerful; lively. [Scot.]

Heart-spoon
Heart´-spoon (-spoon•), n. A part of the breastbone. [Obs.]
"He feeleth through the herte-spon the pricke." Chaucer.

Heartstricken
Heart´strick•en (-strik•’n), a. Shocked; dismayed.

Heartstrike
Heart´strike (-strik•), v. t. To affect at heart; to shock. [R.] "They seek to heartstrike us." B. Jonson.

Heartstring
Heart´string (-string•), n. A nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart. Shak.
"Sobbing, as if a heartstring broke." Moore.

Heartstruck
Heart´struck (-struk•), a.
1. Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind. "His heartstruck injuries." Shak.
2. Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed; heartstricken. Milton.

Heartswelling
Heart´swell•ing (-swel•ing), a. Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. "Heartswelling hate." Spenser.

Heart-whole
Heart´-whole (-hol•), a. [See Whole.]
1. Having the heart or affections free; not in love. Shak.
2. With unbroken courage; undismayed.
3. Of a single and sincere heart.
"If he keeps heart-whole towards his Master." Bunyan.

Heart-wounded
Heart´-wound•ed (härt"woond•ed or - wound•ed), a. Wounded to the heart with love or grief. Pope.

Hearty
Heart´y (härt"y), a. [ Compar. Heartier (-i•er); superl. Heartiest.]
1. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also energetic; active; eager; as a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government.
"Full of hearty tears For our good father’s loss." Marston.
2. Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as a hearty man; hearty timber.
3. Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as hearty food; a hearty meal.
Syn. — Sincere; real; unfeigned; undissembled; cordial; earnest; warm; zealous; ardent; eager; active; vigorous. — Hearty, Cordial, Sincere. Hearty implies honesty and simplicity of feelings and manners; cordial refers to the warmth and liveliness with which the feelings are expressed; sincere implies that this expression corresponds to the real sentiments of the heart. A man should be hearty in his attachment to his friends, cordial in his reception of them to his house, and sincere in his offers to assist them.

Hearty
Heart´y, n. ; pl. Hearties (-iz). Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; — a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors. Dickens.

Heartyhale
Heart´y•hale (-hal•), a. Good for the heart. [Obs.]

Heat (het), n. [OE. hete, haete, AS. haetu, haeto, fr. hat hot; akin to OHG. heizi heat, Dan. hede, Sw. hetta. See Hot.]
1. A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun’s rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode of motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name caloric. As affecting the human body, heat produces different sensations, which are called by different names, as heat or sensible heat, warmth, cold, etc., according to its degree or amount relatively to the normal temperature of the body.
2. The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human body; the bodily feeling experienced on exposure to fire, the sun’s rays, etc.; the reverse of cold.
3. High temperature, as distinguished from low temperature, or cold; as the heat of summer and the cold of winter; heat of the skin or body in fever, etc.
"Else how had the world … Avoided pinching cold and scorching heat!" Milton.
4. Indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or color of a body, as indicating its temperature; redness; high color; flush; degree of temperature to which something is heated, as indicated by appearance, condition, or otherwise.
"It has raised … heats in their faces." Addison.
"The heats smiths take of their iron are a blood-red heat, a white-flame heat, and a sparkling or welding heat." Moxon.
5. A single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or in a furnace; as to make a horseshoe in a certain number of heats.
6. A violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single course in a race that consists of two or more courses; as he won two heats out of three.
"Many causes … for refreshment betwixt the heats." Dryden.
"[He] struck off at one heat the matchless tale of "Tam o’ Shanter."" J. C. Shairp.
7. Utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as the heat of battle or party. "The heat of their division." Shak.
8. Agitation of mind; inflammation or excitement; exasperation. "The heat and hurry of his rage." South.
9. Animation, as in discourse; ardor; fervency.
"With all the strength and heat of eloquence." Addison.
10. Sexual excitement in animals.
11. Fermentation. Animal heat, Blood heat, Capacity for heat, etc. See under Animal, Blood, etc. — Atomic heat (Chem.), the product obtained by multiplying the atomic weight of any element by its specific heat. The atomic heat of all solid elements is nearly a constant, the mean value being 6.4. — Dynamical theory of heat, that theory of heat which assumes it to be, not a peculiar kind of matter, but a peculiar motion of the ultimate particles of matter. Heat engine, any apparatus by which a heated substance, as a heated fluid, is made to perform work by giving motion to mechanism, as a hot-air engine, or a steam engine. — Heat producers. (Physiol.) See under Food. — Heat rays, a term formerly applied to the rays near the red end of the spectrum, whether within or beyond the visible spectrum. — Heat weight (Mech.), the product of any quantity of heat by the mechanical equivalent of heat divided by the absolute temperature; — called also thermodynamic function, and entropy. — Mechanical equivalent of heat. See under Equivalent. — Specific heat of a substance (at any temperature), the number of units of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of the substance at that temperature one degree. — Unit of heat, the quantity of heat required to raise, by one degree, the temperature of a unit mass of water, initially at a certain standard temperature. The temperature usually employed is that of 0° Centigrade, or 32° Fahrenheit.

Heat (het), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Heated; p. pr. & vb. n. Heating.] [OE. heten, AS. haetan, fr. hat hot. See Hot.]
1. To make hot; to communicate heat to, or cause to grow warm; as to heat an oven or furnace, an iron, or the like.
"Heat me these irons hot." Shak.
2. To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
"Pray, walk softly; do not heat your blood." Shak.
3. To excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
"A noble emulation heats your breast." Dryden.

Heat, v. i.
1. To grow warm or hot by the action of fire or friction, etc., or the communication of heat; as the iron or the water heats slowly.
2. To grow warm or hot by fermentation, or the development of heat by chemical action; as green hay heats in a mow, and manure in the dunghill.

Heat (het), imp. & p. p. of Heat. Heated; as the iron though heat red- hot. [Obs. or Archaic] Shak.

Heathen
Hea´then (he"th’n; 277), n. ; pl. Heathens (-th’nz) or collectivelyHeathen. [OE. hethen, AS. haeðen, prop. an adj. fr. haeð heath, and orig., therefore, one who lives in the country or on the heaths and in the woods (cf. pagan, fr. pagus village); akin to OS. heðin, adj., D. heiden a heathen, G. heide, OHG. heidan, Icel. heiðinn, adj., Sw. heden, Goth. haiþno, n. fem. See Heath, and cf. Hoiden.]
1. An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an idolater.
2. An irreligious person.
"If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens." V. Knox.The heathen, as the term is used in the Scriptures, all people except the Jews; now used of all people except Christians, Jews, and Mohammedans.
"Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance." Ps. ii. 8.
Syn. — Pagan; gentile. See Pagan.

Heathen
Hea´then (he"th’n), a.
1. Gentile; pagan; as a heathen author. "The heathen philosopher." "All in gold, like heathen gods." Shak.
2. Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish.
3. Irreligious; scoffing.

Heathendom
Hea´then•dom (-dum), n. [AS. haeðendom.]
1. That part of the world where heathenism prevails; the heathen nations, considered collectively.
2. Heathenism. C. Kingsley.

Heathenesse
Hea´then•esse (-es), n. [AS. haeðennes, i. e., heathenness.] Heathendom. [Obs.] Chaucer. Sir W. Scott.

Heathenish
Hea´then•ish, a. [AS. haeðenisc.]
1. Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens. "Worse than heathenish crimes." Milton.
2. Rude; uncivilized; savage; cruel. South.
3. Irreligious; as a heathenish way of living.

Heathenishly
Hea´then•ish•ly, adv. In a heathenish manner.

Heathenishness
Hea´then•ish•ness, n. The state or quality of being heathenish. "The … heathenishness and profaneness of most playbooks." Prynne.

Heathenism
Hea´then•ism (-iz’m), n.
1. The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism.
2. The manners or morals usually prevalent in a heathen country; ignorance; rudeness; barbarism.

Heathenize
Hea´then•ize (-iz), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Heathenized (-izd); p. pr. & vb. n. Heathenizing (- i•zing).] To render heathen or heathenish. Firmin.

Heather
Heath´er (heth"er; 277. This is the only pronunciation in Scotland), n. [See Heath.] Heath. [Scot.]
"Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass, The brighter seem." Longfellow. Heather bell (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather ( Erica Tetralix, and E. cinerea).

Heathy
Heath´y (heth"y), a. Full of heath; abounding with heath; as heathy land; heathy hills. Sir W. Scott.

Heating
Heat´ing (het"ing), a. That heats or imparts heat; promoting warmth or heat; exciting action; stimulating; as heating medicines or applications. Heating surface (Steam Boilers), the aggregate surface exposed to fire or to the heated products of combustion, esp. of all the plates or sheets that are exposed to water on their opposite surfaces; — called also fire surface.

Heatingly
Heat´ing•ly, adv. In a heating manner; so as to make or become hot or heated.

Heatless
Heat´less, a. Destitute of heat; cold. Beau. & Fl.

Heave (hev), v. t. [ imp. Heaved (hevd), or Hove (hov); p. p. Heaved, Hove, formerly Hoven (ho"v’n); p. pr. & vb. n. Heaving.] [OE. heven, hebben, AS. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G. heben, Icel. hefja, Sw. häfva, Dan. haeve, Goth. hafjan, L. capere to take, seize; cf. Gr. kw•ph handle. Cf. Accept, Behoof, Capacious, Forceps, Haft, Receipt.]
1. To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; — often with up; as the wave heaved the boat on land.
"One heaved ahigh, to be hurled down below." Shak. Heave, as now used, implies that the thing raised is heavy or hard to move; but formerly it was used in a less restricted sense.
"Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand." Herrick.
2. To throw; to cast; — obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as to heave the lead; to heave the log.
3. To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also to throw off; — mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as to heave the ship ahead.
4. To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as to heave a sigh.
"The wretched animal heaved forth such groans." Shak.
5. To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.
"The glittering, finny swarms That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores." Thomson. To heave a cable short (Naut.), to haul in cable till the ship is almost perpendicularly above the anchor. — To heave a ship ahead (Naut.), to warp her ahead when not under sail, as by means of cables. — To heave a ship down (Naut.), to throw or lay her down on one side; to careen her. — To heave a ship to (Naut.), to bring the ship’s head to the wind, and stop her motion. - - To heave about (Naut.), to put about suddenly. — To heave in (Naut.), to shorten (cable). — To heave in stays (Naut.), to put a vessel on the other tack. — To heave out a sail (Naut.), to unfurl it. — To heave taut (Naut.), to turn a capstan, etc., till the rope becomes strained. See Taut, and Tight. — To heave the lead (Naut.), to take soundings with lead and line. — To heave the log. (Naut.) See Log. — To heave up anchor (Naut.), to raise it from the bottom of the sea or elsewhere.

Heave (hev), v. i.
1. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
"And the huge columns heave into the sky." Pope.
"Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap." Gray.
"The heaving sods of Bunker Hill." E. Everett.
2. To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle.
"Frequent for breath his panting bosom heaves." Prior.
"The heaving plain of ocean." Byron.
3. To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
"The Church of England had struggled and heaved at a reformation ever since Wyclif’s days." Atterbury.
4. To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit. To heave at. (a) To make an effort at. (b) To attack, to oppose. [Obs.] Fuller. — To heave in sight (as a ship at sea), to come in sight; to appear. — To heave up, to vomit. [Low]

Heave, n.
1. An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one’s self, or to move something heavy.
"After many strains and heaves He got up to his saddle eaves." Hudibras.
2. An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like.
"There’s matter in these sighs, these profound heaves, You must translate." Shak.
"None could guess whether the next heave of the earthquake would settle … or swallow them." Dryden.
3. (Geol.) A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.

Heave offering
Heave" of•fer•ing (Jewish Antiq.) An offering or oblation heaved up or elevated before the altar, as the shoulder of the peace offering. See Wave offering. Ex. xxix. 27.

Heavenliness
Heav´en•li•ness, n. [From Heavenly.] The state or quality of being heavenly. Sir J. Davies.

Heavenly-minded
Heav´en•ly-mind•ed, a. Having the thoughts and affections placed on, or suitable for, heaven and heavenly objects; devout; godly; pious. Milner. — Heav´en•ly-mind•ed•ness, n.

Heavenward
Heav´en•ward, a & adv. Toward heaven.

Heaver
Heav´er, n.
1. One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as a coal heaver.
2. (Naut.) A bar used as a lever. Totten.

Heaves, n. A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.

Heavily
Heav´i•ly, adv. [From 2d Heavy.]
1. In a heavy manner; with great weight; as to bear heavily on a thing; to be heavily loaded.
"Heavily interested in those schemes of emigration." The Century.
2. As if burdened with a great weight; slowly and laboriously; with difficulty; hence, in a slow, difficult, or suffering manner; sorrowfully.
"And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily." Ex. xiv. 25.
"Why looks your grace so heavily to- day?" Shak.

Heaviness
Heav´i•ness, n. The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.

Heaving
Heav´ing, n. A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing. Addison. Shak.

Heavisome
Heav´i•some, a. Heavy; dull. [Prov.]

Heavy
Heav´y, a. Having the heaves.

Heavy
Heav´y, a. [ Compar. Heavier superl. Heaviest.] [OE. hevi, AS. hefig, fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG. hebig, hevig, Icel. höfigr, höfugr. See Heave.]
1. Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as a heavy barrier; also difficult to move; as a heavy draught.
2. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
"The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod." 1 Sam. v. 6.
"The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make." Shak.
"Sent hither to impart the heavy news." Wordsworth.
"Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence." Shak.
3. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.
"The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were." Chapman.
"A light wife doth make a heavy husband." Shak.
4. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.
"Whilst the heavy plowman snores." Shak.
"Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind." Dryden.
"Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it can not hear." Is. lix. 1.
5. Strong; violent; forcible; as a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.
6. Loud; deep; — said of sound; as heavy thunder.
"But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more." Byron.
7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; — said of the sky.
8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; — said of earth; as a heavy road, soil, and the like.
9. Not raised or made light; as heavy bread.
10. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; — said of food.
11. Having much body or strength; — said of wines, or other liquors.
12. With child; pregnant. [R.] Heavy artillery. (Mil.) (a) Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp. siege, garrison, and seacoast guns. (b) Troops which serve heavy guns. — Heavy cavalry. See under Cavalry. — Heavy fire (Mil.), a continuous or destructive cannonading, or discharge of small arms. — Heavy metal (Mil.), large guns carrying balls of a large size; also large balls for such guns. — Heavy metals. (Chem.) See under Metal. — Heavy weight, in wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the heaviest of the classes into which contestants are divided. Cf. Feather weight (c), under Feather. Heavy is used in composition to form many words which need no special explanation; as heavy-built, heavy-browed, heavy-gaited, etc.

Heavy
Heav´y, adv. Heavily; — sometimes used in composition; as heavy-laden.

Heavy
Heav´y, v. t. To make heavy. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Heavy spar
Heav"y spar (Min.) Native barium sulphate or barite, — so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals.

Heavy-armed
Heav´y-armed, a. (Mil.) Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms.

Heavy-haded
Heav´y-had´ed, a. Clumsy; awkward.

Heavy-headed
Heav´y-head´ed, a. Dull; stupid. "Gross heavy-headed fellows." Beau. & Fl.

Hebdomad
Heb´do•mad, n. [L. hebdomas, -adis, Gr. "ebdoma•s the number seven days, fr. seventh, seven. See Seven.] A week; a period of seven days. [R.] Sir T. Browne. { Heb•dom´a•dal, Heb•dom´a•da•ry } a. [L. hebdomadalis, LL. hebdomadarius: cf. F. hebdomadaire.] Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly.

Hebdomadary
Heb•dom´a•da•ry, n. [LL. hebdomadarius: cf. F. hebdomadier.] (R. C. Ch.) A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors.

Hebdomatical
Heb•do•mat´ic•al, a. [L. hebdomaticus, Gr. .] Weekly; hebdomadal. [Obs.]

Hebe
He´be, n. [L., fr. Gr. "h•bh youth, "H•bh Hebe.]
1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of youth, daughter of Jupiter and Juno. She was believed to have the power of restoring youth and beauty to those who had lost them.
2. (Zoöl.) An African ape; the hamadryas.

Heben
Heb´en, n. Ebony. [Obs.] Spenser.

Hebenon
Heb´e•non, n. See Henbane. [Obs.] Shak.

Hebetation
Heb•e•ta´tion, n. [L. hebetatio: cf. F. hebetation.]
1. The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid.
2. The state of being blunted or dulled.

Hebete
He•bete´, a. [L. hebes, hebetis, dull, stupid, fr. hebere to be dull.] Dull; stupid. [Obs.]

Hebetude
Heb´e•tude, n. [L. hebetudo.] Dullness; stupidity. Harvey.

Hebraic
He´bra´ic, a. [L. Hebraicus, Gr. : cf. F. hebraïque. See Hebrew.] Of or pertaining to the Hebrews, or to the language of the Hebrews.

Hebraism
He´bra•ism, n. [Cf. F. hebraïsme.]
1. A Hebrew idiom or custom; a peculiar expression or manner of speaking in the Hebrew language. Addison.
2. The type of character of the Hebrews.
"The governing idea of Hebraism is strictness of conscience." M. Arnold.

Hebraist
He´bra•ist, n. [Cf. F. hebraïste.] One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.

Hebraistic
He•bra•is´tic, a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the Hebrew language or idiom.

Hebraistically
He•bra•is´tic•al•ly, adv. In a Hebraistic sense or form.
"Which is Hebraistically used in the New Testament." Kitto.

Hebraize
He´bra•ize, v. t. [Gr. to speak Hebrew: cf. F. hebraïser.] To convert into the Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew or Hebraistic. J. R. Smith.

Hebraize
He´bra•ize, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hebraized p. pr. & vb. n. Hebraizing.] To speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to Hebrew customs.

Hebrew calendar. = Jewish calendar.

Hebrewess
He´brew•ess, n. An Israelitish woman.

Hebrician
He•bri´cian, n. A Hebraist. [R.] { He•brid´e•an, He•brid´i•an } a. Of or pertaining to the islands called Hebrides, west of Scotland. — n. A native or inhabitant of the Hebrides.

Hecatomb
Hec´a•tomb, n. [L. hecatombe, Gr. ; hundred + ox: cf. F. hecatombe.] (Antiq.) A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims.
"Slaughtered hecatombs around them bleed." Addison.
"More than a human hecatomb." Byron.

Hecatompedon
Hec•a•tom´pe•don, n. [Gr. hundred feet long, the Parthenon; hundred + foot.] (Arch.) A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate.

Hecdecane
Hec´de•cane, n. [Gr. six + ten.] (Chem.) A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C₁₆H₃₄, of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule has sixteen atoms of carbon; — called also hexadecane.

Heck, n. [See Hatch a half door.] [Written also hack.]
1. The bolt or latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A rack for cattle to feed at. [Prov. Eng.]
3. A door, especially one partly of latticework; — called also heck door. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
5. (Weaving) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
6. A bend or winding of a stream. [Prov. Eng.] Half heck, the lower half of a door. — Heck board, the loose board at the bottom or back of a cart. — Heckbox or frame, that which carries the heck in warping.

Heckimal
Heck´i•mal, n. (Zoöl.) The European blue titmouse ( Parus cœruleus). [Written also heckimel, hackeymal, hackmall, hagmall, and hickmall.]

Heckle
Hec´kle, n. & v. t. Same as Hackle.

Heckle
Hec´kle, v. t. To interrogate, or ply with questions, esp. with severity or antagonism, as a candidate for the ministry.
"Robert bore heckling, however, with great patience and adroitness." Mrs. Humphry Ward.

Hectare
Hec´tare, n. [F., fr. Gr. hundred + F. are an are.] A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres.

Hectic
Hec´tic, a. [F. hectique, Gr. habitual, consumptive, fr. habit, a habit of body or mind, fr. to have; akin to Skr. sah to overpower, endure; cf. AS. sige, sigor, victory, G. sieg, Goth. sigis. Cf. Scheme.]
1. Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption; as a hectic type in disease; a hectic flush.
2. In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive; as a hectic patient. Hectic fever (Med.), a fever of irritation and debility, occurring usually at a advanced stage of exhausting disease, as a in pulmonary consumption.

Hectic
Hec´tic, n.
1. (Med.) Hectic fever.
2. A hectic flush.
"It is no living hue, but a strange hectic." Byron.

Hectocotylized
Hec•to•cot´y•lized, a. (Zoöl.) Changed into a hectocotylus; having a hectocotylis.

Hectocotylus
Hec•to•cot´y•lus, n. ; pl. Hectocotyli (#). [NL., fr. Gr. a hundred + a hollow vessel.] (Zoöl.) One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of the eggs. In a special sense, the greatly modified arm of Argonauta and allied genera, which, after receiving the spermatophores, becomes detached from the male, and attaches itself to the female for reproductive purposes.

Hectogram
Hec´to•gram, n. [F. hectogramme, fr. Gr. hundred + F. gramme a gram.] A measure of weight, containing a hundred grams, or about 3.527 ounces avoirdupois.

Hectogramme
Hec´to•gramme, n. [F.] The same as Hectogram.

Hector
Hec´tor, n. [From the Trojan warrior Hector, the son of Priam.] A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes.

Hector
Hec´tor, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hectored p. pr. & vb. n. Hectoring.] To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. Dryden.

Hector
Hec´tor, v. i. To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent. Swift.

Hectorism
Hec´to•rism, n. The disposition or the practice of a hector; a bullying. [R.]

Hectorly
Hec´tor•ly, a. Resembling a hector; blustering; insolent; taunting. "Hectorly, ruffianlike swaggering or huffing." Barrow.

Hectostere
Hec´to•stere, n. [F. hectostère; Gr. hundred + F. stère.] A measure of solidity, containing one hundred cubic meters, and equivalent to 3531.66 English or 3531.05 United States cubic feet.

Heddle
Hed´dle, n. ; pl. Heddles (#). [Cf. Heald.] (Weaving) One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.

Heddle
Hed´dle, v. t. To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving.

Heddle-eye
Hed´dle-eye, n. (Weaving) The eye or loop formed in each heddle to receive a warp thread.

Heddling
Hed´dling, vb. n. The act of drawing the warp threads through the heddle-eyes of a weaver’s harness; the harness itself. Knight.

Hederaceous
Hed•er•a´ceous, a. [L. hederaceus, fr. hedera ivy.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, ivy.

Hederal
Hed´er•al, a. Of or pertaining to ivy.

Hederic
He•der´ic, a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the ivy ( Hedera); as hederic acid, an acid of the acetylene series.

Hederiferous
Hed•er•if´er•ous, a. [L. hedera ivy + -ferous.] Producing ivy; ivy- bearing.

Hederose
Hed´er•ose, a. [L. hederosus, fr. hedera ivy.] Pertaining to, or of, ivy; full of ivy.

Hedge, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. rad.12. See Haw a hedge.] A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.
"The roughest berry on the rudest hedge." Shak.
"Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk." Thomson. Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean; as hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc. Hedge bells, Hedge bindweed (Bot.), a climbing plant related to the morning-glory ( Convolvulus sepium). — Hedge bill, a long-handled billhook. — Hedge garlic (Bot.), a plant of the genus Alliaria. See Garlic mustard, under Garlic. — Hedge hyssop (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus Gratiola, the leaves of which are emetic and purgative. - - Hedge marriage, a secret or clandestine marriage, especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.] — Hedge mustard (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sisymbrium, belonging to the Mustard family. — Hedge nettle (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus Stachys, belonging to the Mint family. It has a nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless. — Hedge note. (a) The note of a hedge bird. (b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] Dryden. — Hedge priest, a poor, illiterate priest. Shak. — Hedge school, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge, in Ireland; a school for rustics. — Hedge sparrow (Zoöl.), a European warbler ( Accentor modularis) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white. Called also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and doney. — Hedge writer, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low, scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] Swift. — To breast up a hedge. See under Breast. — To hang in the hedge, to be at a standstill. "While the business of money hangs in the hedge." Pepys.

Hedge, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hedged p. pr. & vb. n. Hedging.]
1. To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as to hedge a field or garden.
2. To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; — sometimes with up and out.
"I will hedge up thy way with thorns." Hos. ii. 6.
"Lollius Urbius … drew another wall … to hedge out incursions from the north." Milton.
3. To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in). "England, hedged in with the main." Shak.
4. To surround so as to prevent escape.
"That is a law to hedge in the cuckoo." Locke. To hedge a bet, to bet upon both sides; that is, after having bet on one side, to bet also on the other, thus guarding against loss.

Hedge, v. i.
1. To shelter one’s self from danger, risk, duty, responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a hedge; to skulk; to slink; to shirk obligations.
"I myself sometimes, leaving the fear of God on the left hand and hiding mine honor in my necessity, am fain to shuffle, to hedge and to lurch." Shak.
2. (Betting) To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.
3. To use reservations and qualifications in one’s speech so as to avoid committing one’s self to anything definite.
"The Heroic Stanzas read much more like an elaborate attempt to hedge between the parties than … to gain favor from the Roundheads." Saintsbury.

Hedgeborn
Hedge´born, a. Born under a hedge; of low birth. Shak.

Hedgebote
Hedge´bote, n. (Eng. Law) Same as Haybote.

Hedgeless
Hedge´less, a. Having no hedge.

Hedgepig
Hedge´pig, n. A young hedgehog. Shak.

Hedger
Hedg´er, n. One who makes or mends hedges; also one who hedges, as in betting.

Hedgerow
Hedge´row, n. A row of shrubs, or trees, planted for inclosure or separation of fields.
"By hedgerow elms and hillocks green." Milton.

Hedging bill
Hedg"ing bill A hedge bill. See under Hedge.

Hedonics
He•don´ics, n. (Philos.) That branch of moral philosophy which treats of the relation of duty to pleasure; the science of practical, positive enjoyment or pleasure. J. Grote.

Hedonism
Hed´on•ism, n.
1. The doctrine of the Hedonic sect.
2. The ethical theory which finds the explanation and authority of duty in its tendency to give pleasure.

Hedonist
Hed´on•ist, n. One who believes in hedonism.

Hedonistic
Hed•o•nis´tic, a. Same as Hedonic, 2.

Heedful
Heed´ful, a. Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect; attentive; vigilant. Shak. — Heed´ful•ly, adv. — Heed´ful•ness, n.

Heedless
Heed´less, a. Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant.
"O, negligent and heedless discipline!" Shak.
"The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him so." Waller. — Heed´less•ly, adv. — Heed´less•ness, n.

Heedy
Heed´y, a. Heedful. [Obs.] "Heedy shepherds." Spenser. — Heed´i•ly (#), adv. [Obs.] — Heed´i•ness, n. [Obs.] Spenser.

Heel (hel), v. i. [OE. helden to lean, incline, AS. heldan, hyldan; akin to Icel. halla, Dan. helde, Sw. hälla to tilt, pour, and perh. to E. hill.] (Naut.) To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it. Heeling error (Naut.), a deviation of the compass caused by the heeling of an iron vessel to one side or the other.

Heel, n. [OE. hele, heele, AS. hela, perh. for hohila, fr. AS. hoh heel (cf. Hough); but cf. D. hiel, OFries. heila, hela, Icel. haell, Dan. hael, Sw. häl, and L. calx. rad.12. Cf. Inculcate.]
1. The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; — in man or quadrupeds.
"He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, His winged heels and then his armed head." Denham.
2. The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe.
3. The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part. "The heel of a hunt." A. Trollope. "The heel of the white loaf." Sir W. Scott.
4. Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
5. The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests; especially: (a) (Naut.) The after end of a ship’s keel. (b) (Naut.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc. (c) (Mil.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position. (d) (Mil.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt. (e) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as the heel of a scythe.
6. (Man.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as the horse understands the heel well.
7. (Arch.) (a) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping. (b) A cyma reversa; — so called by workmen. Gwilt. Heel chain (Naut.), a chain passing from the bowsprit cap around the heel of the jib boom. — Heel plate, the butt plate of a gun. — Heel of a rafter. (Arch.) See Heel, n. , 7. — Heel ring, a ring for fastening a scythe blade to the snath. — Neck and heels, the whole body. (Colloq.) — To be at the heels of, to pursue closely; to follow hard; as hungry want is at my heels. Otway. — To be down at the heel, to be slovenly or in a poor plight. — To be out at the heels, to have on stockings that are worn out; hence, to be shabby, or in a poor plight. Shak. — To cool the heels. See under Cool. — To go heels over head, to turn over so as to bring the heels uppermost; hence, to move in a inconsiderate, or rash, manner. — To have the heels of, to outrun. — To lay by the heels, to fetter; to shackle; to imprison. Shak. Addison. — To show the heels, to flee; to run from. — To take to the heels, to flee; to betake to flight. — To throw up another’s heels, to trip him. Bunyan. — To tread upon one’s heels, to follow closely. Shak.

Heel, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Heeled p. pr. & vb. n. Heeling.]
1. To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like. [R.]
"I cannot sing, Nor heel the high lavolt." Shak.
2. To add a heel to; as to heel a shoe.
3. To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.

Heel, n.
1. (Golf) The part of the face of the club head nearest the shaft.
2. In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder.

Heel, v. t.
1. (Golf) To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
2. (Football) To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot advanced, the heel on the ground and the toe up.

Heelball
Heel´ball, n. A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions.

Heeler
Heel´er, n.
1. A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.
2. A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron. [Political Cant, U. S.]
"The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding." The Century.

Heelless
Heel´less, a. Without a heel.

Heelpath
Heel´path, n. [So called with a play upon the words tow and toe.] The bank of a canal opposite, and corresponding to, that of the towpath; berm. [U. S.]
"The Cowles found convenient spiles sunk in the heelpath." The Century.

Heelpiece
Heel´piece, n.
1. A piece of armor to protect the heels. Chesterfield.
2. A piece of leather fixed on the heel of a shoe.
3. The end. "The heelpiece of his book." Lloyd.

Heelpost
Heel´post, n.
1. (Naut.) The post supporting the outer end of a propeller shaft.
2. (Carp.) The post to which a gate or door is hinged.
3. (Engineering) The quoin post of a lock gate.

Heelspur
Heel´spur, n. (Zoöl.) A slender bony or cartilaginous process developed from the heel bone of bats. It helps to support the wing membranes. See Illust. of Cheiropter.

Heemraad
Heem´raad, n. ; pl. - raaden (#). [Sometimes, incorrectly, Heemraat or even Heemrad.] [D. heem village + raad council, councilor.] In Holland, and, until the 19th century, also in Cape Colony, a council to assist a local magistrate in the government of rural districts; hence, also a member of such a council.

Heep, n. The hip of the dog- rose. [Obs.]

Heer, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A yarn measure of six hundred yards or &frac1x24; of a spindle. See Spindle.

Heer, n. [See Hair.] Hair. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hefty
Heft´y, a. Moderately heavy. [Colloq. U. S.]

Hegelian
He•ge´li•an ( 106), a. Pertaining to Hegelianism. — n. A follower of Hegel. { He•ge´li•an•ism, He´gel•ism } n. The system of logic and philosophy set forth by Hegel, a German writer (1770-1831). { Heg•e•mon´ic, Heg•e•mon´ic•al } a. [Gr. . See Hegemony.] Leading; controlling; ruling; predominant. "Princelike and hegemonical." Fotherby.

Hegge
Heg´ge, n. A hedge. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hegira
He•gi´ra ( 277), n. [Written also hejira.] [Ar. hijrah flight.] The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed. The starting point of the Era was made to begin, not from the date of the flight, but from the first day of the Arabic year, which corresponds to July 16, A. D. 622.

Heigh-ho
Heigh´-ho (hi"-ho), interj. An exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness, weariness, etc. Shak.

Height (hit), n. [Written also hight.] [OE. heighte, heght, heighthe, AS. heáhðu, hehðu fr. heah high; akin to D. hoogte, Sw. höjd, Dan. höide, Icel. haeð, Goth. hauhiþa. See High.]
1. The condition of being high; elevated position.
"Behold the height of the stars, how high they are!" Job xxii. 12.
2. The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of an animal, especially of a man; stature. Bacon.
"[Goliath’s] height was six cubits and a span." 1 Sam. xvii. 4.
3. Degree of latitude either north or south. [Obs.]
"Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same height as Peru to the south." Abp. Abbot.
4. That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as Alpine heights. Dryden.
5. Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also an advanced degree of social rank; preëminence or distinction in society; prominence.
"Measure your mind’s height by the shade it casts." R. Browning.
"All would in his power hold, all make his subjects." Chapman.
6. Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.
"Social duties are carried to greater heights, and enforced with stronger motives by the principles of our religion." Addison.
7. Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.
"My grief was at the height before thou camest." Shak. On height, aloud. [Obs.]
"[He] spake these same words, all on hight." Chaucer.

Heinous
Hei´nous (ha"nus), a. [OF. haïnos hateful, F. haineux, fr. OF. haïne hate, F. haine, fr. haïr to hate; of German origin. See Hate.] Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great offense; — applied to deeds or to character.
"It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege." Hooker.
"How heinous had the fact been, how deserving Contempt!" Milton.
Syn. — Monstrous; flagrant; flagitious; atrocious. — Hei´nous•ly, adv. — Hei´nous•ness, n.

Heirdom
Heir´dom, n. The state of an heir; succession by inheritance. Burke.

Heiress
Heir´ess, n. A female heir.

Heirless
Heir´less a. Destitute of an heir. Shak.

Heirloom
Heir´loom, n. [ Heir + loom, in its earlier sense of implement, tool. See Loom the frame.] Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in a family for several generations.
"Woe to him whose daring hand profanes The honored heirlooms of his ancestors." Moir.

Hejira
He•ji´ra, n. See Hegira.

Held, imp. & p. p. of Hold.

Heliac
He´li•ac, a. Heliacal.

Heliacal
He•li´a•cal, a. [Gr. belonging to the sun, fr. the sun: cf. F. heliaque.] (Astron.) Emerging from the light of the sun, or passing into it; rising or setting at the same, or nearly the same, time as the sun. Sir T. Browne. The heliacal rising of a star is when, after being in conjunction with the sun, and invisible, it emerges from the light so as to be visible in the morning before sunrising. On the contrary, the heliacal setting of a star is when the sun approaches conjunction so near as to render the star invisible.

Heliacally
He•li´a•cal•ly, adv. In a heliacal manner. De Quincey.

Helianthin
He•li•an´thin, n. [Prob. fr. L. helianthes, or NL. helianthus, sunflower, in allusion to its color.] (Chem.) An artificial, orange dyestuff, analogous to tropaolin, and like it used as an indicator in alkalimetry; — called also methyl orange.

Helianthoid
He•li•an´thoid, a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Helianthoidea.

Helianthoidea
He•li•an´thoi´de•a, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. helianthes sunflower + -oid.] (Zoöl.) An order of Anthozoa; the Actinaria.

Helical
Hel´i•cal, a. [From Helix.] Of or pertaining to, or in the form of, a helix; spiral; as a helical staircase; a helical spring. — Hel´i•cal•ly, adv.

Heliciform
He•lic´i•form, a. [ Helix + -form.] Having the form of a helix; spiral.

Helicin
Hel´i•cin, n. (Chem.) A glucoside obtained as a white crystalline substance by partial oxidation of salicin, from a willow ( Salix Helix of Linnaeus.)

Helicine
Hel´i•cine, a. (Anat.) Curled; spiral; helicoid; — applied esp. to certain arteries of the penis.

Helicograph
Hel´i•co•graph, n. [ Helix + -graph.] An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane.

Helicoid
Hel´i•coid, a. [Gr. ; "e•lix, -ikos, spiral + shape: cf. F. helicoïde. See Helix.]
1. Spiral; curved, like the spire of a univalve shell.
2. (Zoöl.) Shaped like a snail shell; pertaining to the Helicidae, or Snail family. Helicoid parabola (Math.), the parabolic spiral.

Helicoid
Hel´i•coid, n. (Geom.) A warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line shall have a uniform motion in the direction of another fixed straight line, and at the same time a uniform angular motion about it.

Helicoidal
Hel•i•coid´al, a. Same as Helicoid. — Hel•i•coid´al•ly, adv.

Heliconia
Hel•i•co´ni•a, n. [NL. See Helicon.] (Zoöl.) One of numerous species of Heliconius, a genus of tropical American butterflies. The wings are usually black, marked with green, crimson, and white.

Helicotrema
Hel•i•co´tre´ma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "e•lix, -ikos, a helix + a hole.] (Anat.) The opening by which the two scalae communicate at the top of the cochlea of the ear.

Helio-
He´li•o- A combining form from Gr. "h•lios the sun. { He•li•o•cen´tric, He•li•o•cen´tric´al, } a. [ Helio- + centric, centrical: cf. F. heliocentrique.] (Astron.) pertaining to the sun’s center, or appearing to be seen from it; having, or relating to, the sun as a center; — opposed to geocentrical. Heliocentric parallax. See under Parallax. — Heliocentric place, latitude, longitude, etc. (of a heavenly body), the direction, latitude, longitude, etc., of the body as viewed from the sun.

Heliochromic
He•li•o•chro´mic, a. Pertaining to, or produced by, heliochromy.

Heliochromy
He´li•o•chro•my, n. The art of producing photographs in color.

Heliogram
He´li•o•gram, n. [ Helio- + -gram.] A message transmitted by a heliograph.

Heliograph
He´li•o•graph, n. [ Helio- + -graph.]ets>
1. A picture taken by heliography; a photograph.
2. An instrument for taking photographs of the sun.
3. An apparatus for telegraphing by means of the sun’s rays. See Heliotrope, 3.

Heliograph
He´li•o•graph, v. t.
1. To telegraph, or signal, with a heliograph.
2. To photograph by sunlight.

Heliographic
He•li•o•graph´ic, a. Of or pertaining to heliography or a heliograph; made by heliography. Heliographic chart. See under Chart.

Heliographic
He•li•o•graph´ic, a. (Astron.) Of or pertaining to a description of the sun. Heliographic longitudes and latitudes of spots on the sun’s surface are analogous to geographic longitudes and latitudes of places on the earth.

Heliography
He•li•og´ra•phy, n. [ Helio- + -graphy.] Photography. R. Hunt.

Heliography
He•li•og´ra•phy, n.
1. The description of the sun.
2. The system, art, or practice of telegraphing, or signaling, with the heliograph.
3. An early photographic process invented by Nicephore Niepce, and still used in photo-engraving. It consists essentially in exposing under a design or in a camera a polished metal plate coated with a preparation of asphalt, and subsequently treating the plate with a suitable solvent. The light renders insoluble those parts of the film which is strikes, and so a permanent image is formed, which can be etched upon the plate by the use of acid.

Heliogravure
He•li•o•grav´ure, n. [F. heliogravure.] The process of photographic engraving.

Heliogravure
He•li•o•grav´ure, n. A plate or picture made by the process of heliogravure.

Heliolater
He•li•ol´a•ter, n. [ Helio- + Gr. servant, worshiper.] A worshiper of the sun.

Heliolatry
He•li•ol´a•try, n. [ Helio- + Gr. service, worship.] Sun worship. See Sabianism.

Heliometer
He•li•om´e•ter, n. [ Helio- + -meter: cf. F. heliomètre.] (Astron.) An instrument devised originally for measuring the diameter of the sun; now employed for delicate measurements of the distance and relative direction of two stars too far apart to be easily measured in the field of view of an ordinary telescope. { He•li•o•met´ric, He•li•o•met´ric•al } a. Of or pertaining to the heliometer, or to heliometry.

Heliometry
He•li•om´e•try, n. The apart or practice of measuring the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc. See Heliometer.

Helioscope
He´li•o•scope, n. [ Helio- + -scope: cf. F. helioscope.] (Astron.) A telescope or instrument for viewing the sun without injury to the eyes, as through colored glasses, or with mirrors which reflect but a small portion of light. — He•li•o•scop•ic (#), a.

Heliostat
He´li•o•stat, n. [ Helio- + Gr. placed, standing, fr. to place, stand: cf. F. heliostate.] An instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, by which a sunbeam is made apparently stationary, by being steadily directed to one spot during the whole of its diurnal period; also a geodetic heliotrope.

Heliotrope
He´li•o•trope, n. [F. heliotrope, L. heliotropium, Gr. ; the sun + to turn, turn. See Heliacal, Trope.]
1. (Anc. Astron.) An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line.
2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Heliotropium; — called also turnsole and girasole. H. Peruvianum is the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers.
3. (Geodesy & Signal Service) An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun’s rays thrown from a mirror.
4. (Min.) See Bloodstone (a). Heliotrope purple, a grayish purple color.

Heliotropic
He•li•o•trop´ic, a. (Bot.) Manifesting heliotropism; turning toward the sun.

Heliotropism
He•li•ot´ro•pism, n. [ Helio- + Gr. to turn.] (Bot.) The phenomenon of turning toward the light, seen in many leaves and flowers.

Heliotype
He´li•o•type, n. [ Helio- + -type.] A picture obtained by the process of heliotypy.

Heliotypic
He•li•o•typ´ic, a. Relating to, or obtained by, heliotypy.

Heliotypy
He´li•o•ty•py, n. A method of transferring pictures from photographic negatives to hardened gelatin plates from which impressions are produced on paper as by lithography.

Heliozoa
He•li•o•zo´a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. the sun + an animal.] (Zoöl.) An order of fresh-water rhizopods having a more or less globular form, with slender radiating pseudopodia; the sun animalcule.

Helispheric
Hel•i•spher´ic, Hel•i•spher´ic•al, a. [ Helix + spheric, spherical.] Spiral. Helispherical line (Math.). the rhomb line in navigation. [R.]

Helium
He´li•um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. the sun.] (Chem.) A gaseous element found in the atmospheres of the sun and earth and in some rare minerals.

Helium
He´li•um (he"li•um), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "h•lios the sun.] (Chem.) An inert, monoatomic, gaseous element occurring in the atmosphere of the sun and stars, and in small quantities in the earth’s atmosphere, in several minerals and in certain mineral waters. Symbol, He; at. wt., 4. Helium was first detected spectroscopically in the sun by Lockyer in 1868; it was first prepared by Ramsay in 1895. Helium has a density of 1.98 compared with hydrogen, and is more difficult to liquefy than the latter. Chemically, it belongs to the argon group and cannot be made to form compounds. It is a decomposition product of the radium emanation.

Helix
He´lix, n. ; pl. L. Helices (#), E. Helixes (#). [L. helix, Gr.,, fr. to turn round; cf. L. volvere, and E. volute, voluble.]
1. (Geom.) A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of the ordinary screw. It is distinguished from the spiral, all the convolutions of which are in the plane.
2. (Arch.) A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.
3. (Anat.) The incurved margin or rim of the external ear. See Illust. of Ear.
4. (Zoöl.) A genus of land snails, including a large number of species. The genus originally included nearly all shells, but is now greatly restricted. See Snail, Pulmonifera.

Hellanodic
Hel•la•nod´ic, n. [Gr. ;,, a Greek + right, judgment.] (Gr. Antiq.) A judge or umpire in games or combats.

Hellbender
Hell´bend•er, n. (Zoöl.) A large North American aquatic salamander ( Protonopsis horrida or Menopoma Alleghaniensis). It is very voracious and very tenacious of life. Also called alligator, and water dog.

Hellborn
Hell´born, a. Born in or of hell. Shak.

Hellbred
Hell´bred, a. Produced in hell. Spenser.

Hellbrewed
Hell´brewed, a. Prepared in hell. Milton.

Hellbroth
Hell´broth, n. A composition for infernal purposes; a magical preparation. Shak.

Hell-cat
Hell´-cat, n. A witch; a hag. Middleton.

Hell-diver
Hell´-div•er, n. (Zoöl.) The dabchick.

Helldoomed
Hell´doomed, a. Doomed to hell. Milton.

Hellebore
Hel´le•bore, n. [L. helleborus, elleborus, Gr., ; cf. F. hellebore, ellebore.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs ( Helleborus) of the Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities. H. niger is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring. H. officinalis was the officinal hellebore of the ancients.
2. (Bot.) Any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus Veratrum, especially V. album and V. viride, both called white hellebore.

Helleborein
Hel•le•bo´re•in, n. (Chem.) A poisonous glucoside accompanying helleborin in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a bittersweet taste. It has a strong action on the heart, resembling digitalin.

Helleborin
Hel•leb´o•rin, n. (Chem.) A poisonous glucoside found in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a sharp tingling taste. It possesses the essential virtues of the plant; — called also elleborin.

Helleborism
Hel´le•bo•rism, n. The practice or theory of using hellebore as a medicine.

Hellene
Hel´lene, n. [Gr. .] A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek. Brewer.

Hellenian
Hel•le´ni•an, a. Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or Greeks.

Hellenic
Hel•len´ic ( 277), a. [Gr.,, fr. the Greeks.] Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian. "The Hellenic forces." Jowett (Thucyd. ).

Hellenic
Hel•len´ic, n. The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander.

Hellenism
Hel´len•ism, n. [Gr. : cf. F. Hellenisme.]
1. A phrase or form of speech in accordance with genius and construction or idioms of the Greek language; a Grecism. Addison.
2. The type of character of the ancient Greeks, who aimed at culture, grace, and amenity, as the chief elements in human well-being and perfection.

Hellenist
Hel´len•ist, n. [Gr. : cf. F. Helleniste.]
1. One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his mother tongue, as did the Jews of Asia Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt; distinguished from the Hebraists, or native Jews ( Acts vi. 1).
2. One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as the critical Hellenist. { Hel•le•nis´tic, Hel•le•nis´tic•al } a. [Cf. F. Hellenistique.] Pertaining to the Hellenists. Hellenisticlanguage, dialect, or idiom, the Greek spoken or used by the Jews who lived in countries where the Greek language prevailed; the Jewish-Greek dialect or idiom of the Septuagint.

Hellenistically
Hel•le•nis´tic•al•ly, adv. According to the Hellenistic manner or dialect. J. Gregory.

Hellenize
Hel´len•ize, v. i. [Gr. .] To use the Greek language; to play the Greek; to Grecize.

Hellenize
Hel´len•ize, v. t. [Gr. .] To give a Greek form or character to; to Grecize; as to Hellenize a word.

Hellenotype
Hel•len´o•type, n. See Ivorytype.

Hellespontine
Hel•les•pon´tine, a. Of or pertaining to the Hellespont. Mitford. { Hell´ga•mite, Hell´gra•mite } n. (Zoöl.) The aquatic larva of a large American winged insect ( Corydalus cornutus), much used a fish bait by anglers; the dobson. It belongs to the Neuroptera.

Hellhag
Hell´hag, n. A hag of or fit for hell. Bp. Richardson.

Hell-haunted
Hell´-haunt•ed, a. Haunted by devils; hellish. Dryden.

Hellhound
Hell´hound, n. [AS. hellehund.] A dog of hell; an agent of hell.
"A hellhound, that doth hunt us all to death." Shak.

Hellier
Hel´li•er, n. [See Hele, v. t.] One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher. [Obs.] [Written also heler.] Usher.

Hellkite
Hell´kite, n. A kite of infernal breed. Shak.

Hello
Hel•lo´, interj. & n. See Halloo.

Helly
Hell´y, a. [AS. hellic.] Hellish. Anderson (1573).

Helm, n. See Haulm, straw.

Helm, n. [OE. helme, AS. helma rudder; akin to D. & G. helm, Icel. hjalm, and perh. to E. helve.]
1. (Naut.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; — commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone.
2. The place or office of direction or administration. "The helm of the Commonwealth." Melmoth.
3. One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director.
"The helms o’ the State, who care for you like fathers." Shak.
4. [Cf. Helve.] A helve. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Helm amidships, when the tiller, rudder, and keel are in the same plane. — Helm aport, when the tiller is borne over to the port side of the ship. — Helm astarboard, when the tiller is borne to the starboard side. — Helm alee, Helm aweather, when the tiller is borne over to the lee or to the weather side. — Helm hard alee or hard aport, hard astarboard, etc., when the tiller is borne over to the extreme limit. — Helm port, the round hole in a vessel’s counter through which the rudderstock passes. — Helm down, helm alee. — Helm up, helm aweather. — To ease the helm, to let the tiller come more amidships, so as to lessen the strain on the rudder. — To feel the helm, to obey it. — To right the helm, to put it amidships. — To shift the helm, to bear the tiller over to the corresponding position on the opposite side of the vessel. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Helm, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Helmed p. pr. & vb. n. Helming.] To steer; to guide; to direct. [R.]
"The business he hath helmed." Shak.
"A wild wave … overbears the bark, And him that helms it." Tennyson.

Helm, n. [AS. See Helmet.]
1. A helmet. [Poetic]
2. A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Helm, v. t. To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet. [Perh. used only as a past part. or part. adj.]
"She that helmed was in starke stours." Chaucer.

Helmage
Helm´age, n. Guidance; direction. [R.]

Helmed
Helm´ed, a. Covered with a helmet.
"The helmed cherubim Are seen in glittering ranks." Milton.

Helmet
Hel´met, n. [OF. helmet, a dim of helme, F. heaume; of Teutonic origin; cf. G. helm, akin to AS. & OS. helm, D. helm, helmet, Icel. hjalmr, Sw. hjelm, Dan. hielm, Goth. hilms; and prob. from the root of AS. helan to hide, to hele; cf. also Lith. szalmas, Russ. shleme, Skr. çarman protection. rad.17. Cf. Hele, Hell, Helm a helmet.]
1. (Armor) A defensive covering for the head. See Casque, Headpiece, Morion, Sallet, and Illust. of Beaver.
2. (Her.) The representation of a helmet over shields or coats of arms, denoting gradations of rank by modifications of form.
3. A helmet-shaped hat, made of cork, felt, metal, or other suitable material, worn as part of the uniform of soldiers, firemen, etc., also worn in hot countries as a protection from the heat of the sun.
4. That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.; as: (a) (Chem.) The upper part of a retort. Boyle. (b) (Bot.) The hood-formed upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon. (c) (Zoöl.) A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird. Helmet beetle (Zoöl.), a leaf- eating beetle of the family Chrysomelidae, having a short, broad, and flattened body. Many species are known. — Helmet shell (Zoöl.), one of many species of tropical marine univalve shells belonging to Cassis and allied genera. Many of them are large and handsome; several are used for cutting as cameos, and hence are called cameo shells. See King conch. — Helmet shrike (Zoöl.), an African wood shrike of the genus Prionodon, having a large crest.

Helmet-shaped
Hel´met-shaped, a. Shaped like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of Galeate.

Helminthagogue
Hel•min´tha•gogue, n. [Gr. a worm + to drive.] (Med.) A vermifuge.

Helminthes
Hel•min´thes, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.,, a worm.] (Zoöl.) One of the grand divisions or branches of the animal kingdom. It is a large group including a vast number of species, most of which are parasitic. Called also Enthelminthes, Enthelmintha. The following classes are included, with others of less importance: Cestoidea (tapeworms), Trematodea (flukes, etc.), Turbellaria (planarians), Acanthocephala (thornheads), Nematoidea (roundworms, trichina, gordius), Nemertina (nemerteans). See Plathelminthes, and Nemathelminthes.

Helminthic
Hel•min´thic, a. [Cf. F. helminthique.] Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms. — n. A vermifuge; an anthelmintic.

Helminthite
Hel•min´thite, n. [Gr.,, a worm.] (Geol.) One of the sinuous tracks on the surfaces of many stones, and popularly considered as worm trails.

Helminthoid
Hel•min´thoid, a. [Gr.,, a worm + -oid.] Wormlike; vermiform. { Hel•min•tho•log´ic, Hel•min•tho•log´ic•al, } a. [Cf. F. helminthologique.] Of or pertaining to helminthology.

Helminthologist
Hel•min•thol´o•gist, n. [Cf. F. helminthologiste.] One versed in helminthology.

Helminthology
Hel•min•thol´o•gy, n. [Gr.,, a worm + -logy: cf. F. helminthologie.] The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.

Helmless
Helm´less, a.
1. Destitute of a helmet.
2. Without a helm or rudder. Carlyle.

Helmsman
Helms´man, n. ; pl. Helmsmen . The man at the helm; a steersman.

Helmwind
Helm´wind, n. A wind attending or presaged by the cloud called helm. [Prov. Eng.]

Helot
He´lot ( 277), n. [L. Helotes, Hilotae, pl., fr. Gr. E’e•lws and E’elw•ths a bondman or serf of the Spartans; so named from ’Elos, a town of Laconia, whose inhabitants were enslaved; or perh. akin to e•lei^n to take, conquer, used as 2d aor. of .] A slave in ancient Sparta; a Spartan serf; hence, a slave or serf.
"Those unfortunates, the Helots of mankind, more or less numerous in every community." I. Taylor.

Helotism
He´lot•ism, n. The condition of the Helots or slaves in Sparta; slavery.

Helotry
He´lot•ry, n. The Helots, collectively; slaves; bondsmen. "The Helotry of Mammon." Macaulay.

Help (help), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Helped (helpt) (Obs. imp. Holp (holp), p. p. Holpen (hol"p’n)); p. pr. & vb. n. Helping.] [AS. helpan; akin to OS. helpan, D. helpen, G. helfen, OHG. helfan, Icel. hjalpa, Sw. hjelpa, Dan. hielpe, Goth. hilpan; cf. Lith. szelpti, and Skr. klp to be fitting.]
1. To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as to help a man in his work; to help one to remember; — the following infinitive is commonly used without to; as "Help me scale yon balcony." Longfellow.
2. To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as to help one in distress; to help one out of prison. "God help, poor souls, how idly do they talk!" Shak.
3. To furnish with relief, as in pain or disease; to be of avail against; — sometimes with of before a word designating the pain or disease, and sometimes having such a word for the direct object. "To help him of his blindness." Shak.
"The true calamus helps coughs." Gerarde.
4. To change for the better; to remedy.
"Cease to lament for what thou canst not help." Shak.
5. To prevent; to hinder; as the evil approaches, and who can help it? Swift.
6. To forbear; to avoid.
"I can not help remarking the resemblance betwixt him and our author." Pope.
7. To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food. To help forward, to assist in advancing. — To help off, to help to go or pass away, as time; to assist in removing. Locke. — To help on, to forward; to promote by aid. — To help out, to aid, as in delivering from a difficulty, or to aid in completing a design or task.
"The god of learning and of light Would want a god himself to help him out." Swift. — To help over, to enable to surmount; as to help one over an obstacle. — To help to, to supply with; to furnish with; as to help one to soup. — To help up, to help (one) to get up; to assist in rising, as after a fall, and the like. "A man is well holp up that trusts to you." Shak.
Syn. — To aid; assist; succor; relieve; serve; support; sustain; befriend. — To Help, Aid, Assist. These words all agree in the idea of affording relief or support to a person under difficulties. Help turns attention especially to the source of relief. If I fall into a pit, I call for help; and he who helps me out does it by an act of his own. Aid turns attention to the other side, and supposes coöperation on the part of him who is relieved; as he aided me in getting out of the pit; I got out by the aid of a ladder which he brought. Assist has a primary reference to relief afforded by a person who "stands by" in order to relieve. It denotes both help and aid. Thus, we say of a person who is weak, I assisted him upstairs, or, he mounted the stairs by my assistance. When help is used as a noun, it points less distinctively and exclusively to the source of relief, or, in other words, agrees more closely with aid. Thus we say, I got out of a pit by the help of my friend.

Help, v. i. To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist.
"A generous present helps to persuade, as well as an agreeable person." Garth. To help out, to lend aid; to bring a supply.

Help, n. [AS. help; akin to D. hulp, G. hülfe, hilfe, Icel. hjalp, Sw. hjelp, Dan. hielp. See Help, v. t.]
1. Strength or means furnished toward promoting an object, or deliverance from difficulty or distress; aid; ^; also the person or thing furnishing the aid; as he gave me a help of fifty dollars.
"Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man." Ps. lx. 11.
"God is … a very present help in trouble." Ps. xlvi. 1.
"Virtue is a friend and a help to nature." South.
2. Remedy; relief; as there is no help for it.
3. A helper; one hired to help another; also thew hole force of hired helpers in any business.
4. Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman. [Local, U. S.]

Helpful
Help´ful, a. Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary.
"Heavens make our presence and our practices Pleasant and helpful to him!" Shak. — Help´ful•ly, adv. — Help´ful•ness, n. Milton.

Helpless
Help´less, a.
1. Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one’s self; needing help; feeble; weak; as a helpless infant.
"How shall I then your helpless fame defend?" Pope.
2. Beyond help; irremediable.
"Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body." Milton.
3. Bringing no help; unaiding. [Obs.]
"Yet since the gods have been Helpless foreseers of my plagues." Chapman.
4. Unsupplied; destitute; — with of. [R.]
"Helpless of all that human wants require." Dryden. — Help´less•ly, adv. — Help´less•ness, n.

Helpmate
Help´mate, n. [A corruption of the "help meet for him" of Genesis ii. 18. Fitzedward Hall. ] A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife.
"In Minorca the ass and the hog are common helpmates, and are yoked together in order to turn up the land." Pennant.
"A waiting woman was generally considered as the most suitable helpmate for a parson." Macaulay.

Helpmeet
Help´meet, n. [See Helpmate.] A wife; a helpmate.
"The Lord God created Adam, … and afterwards, on his finding the want of a helpmeet, caused him to sleep, and took one of his ribs and thence made woman." J. H. Newman.

Helve, n. [OE. helve, helfe, AS. hielf, helf, hylf, cf. OHG. halb; and also E. halter, helm of a rudder.]
1. The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.
2. (Iron Working) (a) The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer. (b) A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.

Helve, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Helved p. pr. & vb. n. Helving.] To furnish with a helve, as an ax.

Hem (hem), pron. [OE., fr. AS. him, heom, dative pl. of. he he. See He, They.] Them [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hem, interj. An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm.
"Cough or cry hem, if anybody come." Shak.

Hem, n. An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention. "His morning hems." Spectator.

Hem, v. i. [rad.15. See Hem, interj. ] To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking. "Hem, and stroke thy beard." Shak.

Hem, n. [AS. hem, border, margin; cf. Fries. hämel, Prov. G. hammel hem of mire or dirt.]
1. The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen it and prevent raveling.
2. Border; edge; margin. "Hem of the sea." Shak.
3. A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.

Hem, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hemmed p. pr. & vb. n. Hemming.]
1. To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of. Wordsworth.
2. To border; to edge
"All the skirt about Was hemmed with golden fringe." Spenser. To hem about, around, or in, to inclose and confine; to surround; to environ. "With valiant squadrons round about to hem." Fairfax. "Hemmed in to be a spoil to tyranny." Daniel. — To hem out, to shut out. "You can not hem me out of London." J. Webster.

Hemachrome
Hem´a•chrome, n. Same as Haemachrome.

Hemadynamics
He•ma•dy•nam´ics, n. [ Hema- + dynamics.] (Physiol.) The principles of dynamics in their application to the blood; that part of science which treats of the motion of the blood.

Hemadynamometer
He•ma•dy´na•mom´e•ter, n. [ Hema- + dynamometr.] (Physiol.) An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; — called also a haemomanometer.

Hemal
He´mal, a. [Gr. a"i^ma blood.] Relating to the blood or blood vessels; pertaining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the heart and great blood vessels; — opposed to neural. As applied to vertebrates, hemal is the same as ventral, the heart and great blood vessels being on the ventral, and the central nervous system on the dorsal, side of the vertebral column. Hemal arch (Anat.), the ventral arch in a segment of the spinal skeleton, formed by vertebral processes or ribs.

Hemaphaein
Hem•a•phae´in, n. Same as Haemaphaein.

Hematachometer
Hem•a•ta•chom´e•ter, n. Same as Haematachometer.

Hematemesis
Hem•a•tem´e•sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i•matos, blood + a vomiting, fr. to vomit.] (Med.) A vomiting of blood.

Hematherm
Hem´a•therm, n. [Gr. a"i^ma blood + warm.] (Zoöl.) A warm- blooded animal. [R.]

Hemathermal
Hem•a•ther´mal, a. (Zoöl.) Warm-blooded; hematothermal. [R]

Hematic
He•mat´ic, a. Same as Haematic.

Hematic
He•mat´ic, n. (Med.) A medicine designed to improve the condition of the blood.

Hematin
Hem´a•tin, n. [Gr. a"i^ma, a"i•matos, blood.]
1. Hematoxylin.
2. (Physiol. Chem.) A bluish black, amorphous substance containing iron and obtained from blood. It exists the red blood corpuscles united with globulin, and the form of hemoglobin or oxyhemoglobin gives to the blood its red color.

Hematinic
He•ma•tin´ic, n. [From Hematin.] (Med.) Any substance, such as an iron salt or organic compound containing iron, which when ingested tends to increase the hemoglobin contents of the blood.

Hematinometric
Hem•a•tin•o•met´ric, a. (Physiol.) Relating to the measurement of the amount of hematin or hemoglobin contained in blood, or other fluids.

Hematinon
He•mat´i•non, n. [Gr. a"i^ma, a"i•matos, blood.] A red consisting of silica, borax, and soda, fused with oxide of copper and iron, and used in enamels, mosaics, etc.

Hematite
Hem´a•tite, n. [L. haematites, Gr. bloodlike, fr. a"i^ma, a"i•matos, blood.] (Min.) An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; — the last called red ocher. Called also specular iron, oligist iron, rhombohedral iron ore, and bloodstone. See Brown hematite, under Brown.

Hemato
Hem´a•to See Haema-.

Hematocrya
Hem•a•toc´ry•a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i•matos, blood + kry•os cold.] (Zoöl.) The cold-blooded vertebrates, that is, all but the mammals and birds; — the antithesis to Hematotherma.

Hematocrystallin
Hem•a•to•crys´tal•lin, n. [ Hemato + crystalline.] (Physiol.) See Hemoglobin.

Hematoidin
Hem•a•toid´in, n. (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline or amorphous pigment, free from iron, formed from hematin in old blood stains, and in old hemorrhages in the body. It resembles bilirubin. When present in the corpora lutea it is called haemolutein.

Hematology
Hem•a•tol´o•gy, n. [ Hemato- + -logy.] The science which treats of the blood.

Hematoma
Hem•a•to´ma, n. [NL. See Hema-, and -oma.] (Med.) A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.

Hematosin
Hem•a•to´sin, n. (Physiol. Chem.) The hematin of blood. [R.]

Hematosis
Hem•a•to´sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"ima•twsis.] (Physiol.) (a) Sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood. (b) The arterialization of the blood in the lungs; the formation of blood in general; haematogenesis.

Hematotherma
Hem•a•to•ther´ma, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. a"i^ma, a"i•matos, blood + thermo•s warm.] (Zoöl.) The warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising the mammals and birds; — the antithesis to hematocrya.

Hematothermal
Hem´a•to•ther´mal, a. Warm- blooded.

Hematoxylin
Hem•a•tox´y•lin, n. Haematoxylin.

Hematuria
Hem•a•tu´ri•a, n. [NL. See Hema-, and Urine.] (Med.) Passage of urine mingled with blood.

Hemerobid
He•mer´o•bid, a. (Zoöl.) Of relating to the hemerobians.

Hemerocallis
Hem•e•ro•cal´lis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ; day + beauty.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily.

Hemi-
Hem´i- [Gr. "hmi-. See Semi-.] A prefix signifying half.

Hemianaesthesia
Hem•i•an•aes•the´si•a, n. [ Hemi- + anaesthesia.] (Med.) Anaesthesia upon one side of the body.

Hemibranchi
Hem•i•bran´chi, n. pl. [NL. See Hemi-, and Branchia.] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia.

Hemicerebrum
Hem•i•cer´e•brum, n. [ Hemi- + cerebrum.] (Anat.) A lateral half of the cerebrum. Wilder.

Hemicollin
Hem•i•col´lin, n. [ Hemi- + collin.] (Physiol. Chem.) See Semiglutin.

Hemicycle
Hem´i•cy•cle, n. [L. hemicyclus, Gr. ; + .]
1. A half circle; a semicircle.
2. A semicircular place, as a semicircular arena, or room, or part of a room.
"The collections will be displayed in the hemicycle of the central pavilion." London Academy.

Hemidactyl
Hem•i•dac´tyl, n. [See Hemi-, and Dactyl.] (Zoöl.) Any species of Old World geckoes of the genus Hemidactylus. The hemidactyls have dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath.

Hemiditone
Hem•i•di´tone, n. [ Hemi- + ditone.] (Gr. Mus.) The lesser third. Busby.

Hemigamous
He•mig´a•mous, a. [ Hemi- + Gr. marriage.] (Bot.) Having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether male or female; — said of grasses.

Hemiglyph
Hem´i•glyph, n. [ Hemi- + Gr. a carving.] (Arch.) The half channel or groove in the edge of the triglyph in the Doric order.

Hemihedral
Hem•i•he´dral, a. [ Hemi- + Gr. seat, base, fr. to sit.] (Crystallog.) Having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as when a cube has planes only on half of its eight solid angles, or one plane out of a pair on each of its edges; or as in the case of a tetrahedron, which is hemihedral to an octahedron, it being contained under four of the planes of an octahedron. — Hem•i•he´dral•ly, adv.

Hemihedrism
Hem•i•he´drism, n. (Crystallog.) The property of crystallizing hemihedrally.

Hemihedron
Hem•i•he´dron, n. (Crystallog.) A solid hemihedrally derived. The tetrahedron is a hemihedron.

Hemiholohedral
Hem•i•hol•o•he´dral, a. [ Hemi- + holohedral.] (Crystallog.) Presenting hemihedral forms, in which half the sectants have the full number of planes.

Hemimellitic
Hem•i•mel•lit´ic, a. [ Hemi- + mellitic.] (Chem.) Having half as many ( three) carboxyl radicals as mellitic acid; — said of an organic acid.

Hemimetabola
Hem•i•me•tab´o•la, n. pl. [NL. See Hemi-, and Metabola.] (Zoöl.) Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis.

Hemimorphic
Hem•i•mor´phic, a. [ Hemi- + Gr. form.] (Crystallog.) Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; — said of a crystal.

Hemin
He´min, n. [Gr. a"i^ma blood.] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance, in the form of reddish brown, microscopic, prismatic crystals, formed from dried blood by the action of strong acetic acid and common salt; — called also Teichmann’s crystals. Chemically, it is a hydrochloride of hematin. The obtaining of these small crystals, from old blood clots or suspected blood stains, constitutes one of the best evidences of the presence of blood.

Hemina
He•mi´na, n. ; pl. Heminae (#). [L., fr. Gr. .]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A measure of half a sextary. Arbuthnot.
2. (Med.) A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces.

Hemionus
He•mi´o•nus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a half ass, a mule.] (Zoöl.) A wild ass found in Thibet; the kiang. Darwin. { Hem•i•o´pi•a, Hem•i•op´si•a } n. [NL., fr. Gr. half + Gr. sight.] (Med.) A defect of vision in consequence of which a person sees but half of an object looked at.

Hemiorthotype
Hem•i•or´tho•type, a. [ Hemi- + Gr. straight + -type.] Same as Monoclinic.

Hemiplegy
Hem´i•ple•gy, n. (Med.) Hemiplegia.