Hiation
Hi•a´tion, n. [See Hiatus.] Act of gaping. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Hiatus
Hi•a´tus, n. ; pl. L. Hiatus, E. Hiatuses (#). [L., fr. hiare, hiatum, to gape; akin to E. yawn. See Yawn.]
1. An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break.
2. (Gram.) The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables. Pope.
Hibernacle
Hi•ber´na•cle, n. [L. hibernaculum a winter residence, pl. hibernacula winter quarters: cf. F. hibernacle. See Hibernate.] That which serves for protection or shelter in winter; winter quarters; as the hibernacle of an animal or a plant. Martyn.
Hibernaculum
Hi•ber•nac´u•lum, n. [See Hibernacle.]
1. (Bot.) A winter bud, in which the rudimentary foliage or flower, as of most trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected by closely overlapping scales.
2. (Zoöl.) A little case in which certain insects pass the winter.
3. Winter home or abiding place. J. Burroughs.
Hibernate
Hi´ber•nate, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hibernated p. pr. & vb. n. Hibernating ] [L. hibernare, hibernatum, fr. hibernus wintry. See Hibernal.] To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects.
"Inclination would lead me to hibernate, during half the year, in this uncomfortable climate of Great Britain." Southey.
Hibernation
Hi•ber•na´tion, n. [Cf. F. hibernation.] The act or state of hibernating. Evelyn.
Hibiscus
Hi•bis´cus, n. [L., marsh mallow; cf. Gr. .] (Bot.) A genus of plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees), some species of which have large, showy flowers. Some species are cultivated in India for their fiber, which is used as a substitute for hemp. See Althea, Hollyhock, and Manoe.
Hiccough
Hic´cough, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hiccoughed p. pr. & vb. n. Hiccoughing.] To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.
Hickup
Hick´up, n. & v. i. See Hiccough. { Hick´wall•, Hick´way• } n. [OE., also hyghwhele, highawe.] The lesser spotted woodpecker ( Dendrocopus minor) of Europe. [Prov. Eng.]
Hid, imp. & p. p. of Hide. See Hidden.
Hidalgo
Hi•dal´go, n. [Sp., contr. fr. hijo de algo, i. e., son of something; hijo son (fr. LL. filius) + algo something, fr. L. aliquod. Cf. Fidalgo.] A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class.
Hidden
Hid´den, p. p. & a. from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious. Hidden fifths or octaves (Mus.), consecutive fifths or octaves, not sounded, but suggested or implied in the parallel motion of two parts towards a fifth or an octave.
Syn. — Hidden, Secret, Covert. Hidden may denote either known to on one; as a hidden disease; or intentionally concealed; as a hidden purpose of revenge. Secret denotes that the thing is known only to the party or parties concerned; as a secret conspiracy. Covert literally denotes what is not open or avowed; as a covert plan; but is often applied to what we mean shall be understood, without openly expressing it; as a covert allusion. Secret is opposed to known, and hidden to revealed.
"Bring to light the hidden things of darkness." 1 Cor. iv. 5.
"My heart, which by a secret harmony
Still moves with thine, joined in connection sweet." Milton.
"By what best way,
Whether of open war, or covert guile,
We now debate." Milton.
Hide (hid), v. t. [ imp. Hid (hid); p. p. Hidden (hid"d’n), Hid; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding (hid"ing).] [OE. hiden, huden, AS. hydan; akin to Gr. key•qein, and prob. to E. house, hut, and perh. to E. hide of an animal, and to hoard. Cf. Hoard.]
1. To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
"A city that is set on an hill can not be hid." Matt. v. 15.
"If circumstances lead me, I will find
Where truth is hid." Shak.
2. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
"Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate." Pope.
3. To remove from danger; to shelter.
"In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion." Ps. xxvi. 5.To hide one’s self, to put one’s self in a condition to be safe; to secure protection. "A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself." Prov. xxii. 3. — To hide the face, to withdraw favor. "Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled." Ps. xxx. 7. — To hide the face from. (a) To overlook; to pardon. "Hide thy face from my sins." Ps. li. 9. (b) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with.
Syn. — To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See Conceal.
Hide (hid), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hided; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding.] To flog; to whip. [Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.]
Hidrotic
Hi•drot´ic, a. [Gr. sudorific.] (Med.) Causing perspiration; diaphoretic or sudorific.
Hidrotic
Hi•drot´ic, n. A medicine that causes perspiration; a diaphoretic or a sudorific.
Hie, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hied p. pr. & vb. n. Hying.] [OE. hien, hihen, highen, AS. higian to hasten, strive; cf. L. ciere to put in motion, call upon, rouse, Gr. to go, E. cite.] To hasten; to go in haste; — also often with the reciprocal pronoun. [Rare, except in poetry] "My husband hies him home." Shak.
"The youth, returning to his mistress, hies." Dryden.
Hierocracy
Hi•er•oc´ra•cy, n. [Gr. "iero•s sacred + to be strong, rule.] Government by ecclesiastics; a hierarchy. Jefferson. { Hi´er•o•glyph, Hi•er•o•glyph´ic } n. [Cf. F. hieroglyphe. See Hieroglyphic, a. ]
1. A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a symbol of truth; third, the phonetic, consisting of symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a.
2. Any character or figure which has or is supposed to have, a hidden or mysterious significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible character or mark. [Colloq.] { Hi•er•o•glyph´ic, Hi•er•o•glyph´ic•al, } a. [L. hieroglyphicus, Gr. ; "iero•s sacred + gly•fein to carve: cf. F. hieroglyphique.]
1. Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk.
"Pages no better than blanks to common minds, to his, hieroglyphical of wisest secrets." Prof. Wilson.
2. Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable. "An hieroglyphical scrawl." Sir W. Scott.
Hieroglyphically
Hi•er•o•glyph•ic•ally, adv. In hieroglyphics.
Hieroglyphist
Hi•er•og´ly•phist ( 277), n. One versed in hieroglyphics. Gliddon.
Hierogram
Hi´er•o•gram, n. [Gr. "iero•s sacred + -gram.] A form of sacred or hieratic writing.
Hierologist
Hi•er•ol´o•gist, n. One versed in, or whostudies, hierology.
Hieromartyr
Hi´er•o•mar•tyr, n. [Gr. "iero•s sacred + E. martyr.] A priest who becomes a martyr.
Hieron
Hi´er•on, n. [Gr. "iero•n.] A consecrated place; esp., a temple.
Hieronymite
Hi•er•on´y•mite, n. [From St. Hieronymus, or Jerome.] (Eccl.) See Jeronymite.
Hierophantic
Hi•er•o•phan´tic, a. [Gr. .] Of or relating to hierophants or their teachings.
Higgle
Hig´gle, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Higgled p. pr. & vb. n. Higgling ] [Cf. Haggle, or Huckster.]
1. To hawk or peddle provisions.
2. To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle.
"A person accustomed to higgle about taps." Jeffry.
"To truck and higgle for a private good." Emerson.
Higgledy-piggledy
Hig•gle•dy-pig´gle•dy, adv. In confusion; topsy-turvy. [Colloq.] Johnson.
High, v. i. [See Hie.] To hie. [Obs.]
"Men must high them apace, and make haste." Holland.
High, a. [ Compar. Higher superl. Highest.] [OE. high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. heáh, hh; akin to OS. hh, OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. hh, G. hoch, Icel. hr, Sw. hög, Dan. höi, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound, G. hügel hill, Lith. kaukaras.]
1. Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.
2. Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; — used indefinitely or relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are understood from the connection; as — (a) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preëminent; honorable; as high aims, or motives. "The highest faculty of the soul." Baxter. (b) Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified; as she was welcomed in the highest circles.
"He was a wight of high renown." Shak. (c) Of noble birth; illustrious; as of high family. (d) Of great strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as a high wind; high passions. "With rather a high manner." Thackeray.
"Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand." Ps. lxxxix. 13.
"Can heavenly minds such high resentment show?" Dryden. (e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble.
"Both meet to hear and answer such high things." Shak.
"Plain living and high thinking are no more." Wordsworth. (f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as to hold goods at a high price.
"If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper." South. (g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; — used in a bad sense.
"An high look and a proud heart … is sin." Prov. xxi. 4.
"His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot." Clarendon.
3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as high ( i. e., intense) heat; high ( i. e., full or quite) noon; high ( i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high ( i. e., complete) pleasure; high ( i. e., deep or vivid) color; high ( i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc.
"High time it is this war now ended were." Spenser.
"High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies." Baker.
4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as epicures do not cook game before it is high.
5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; — opposed to grave or low; as a high note.
6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as e (eve), oo (food). See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 10, 11. High admiral, the chief admiral. — High altar, the principal altar in a church. — High and dry, out of water; out of reach of the current or tide; — said of a vessel, aground or beached. — High and mighty arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.] — High art, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all meretricious display. — High bailiff, the chief bailiff. — High Church, ∧ Low Church, two ecclesiastical parties in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See Broad Church. — High constable (Law), a chief of constabulary. See Constable, n. , 2. — High commission court,a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse of its powers it was abolished in 1641. — High day (Script.), a holy or feast day. John xix. 31. — High festival (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full ceremonial. — High German, or High Dutch. See under German. — High jinks, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry; wild sport. [Colloq.] "All the high jinks of the county, when the lad comes of age." F. Harrison. — High latitude (Geog.), one designated by the higher figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator. — High life, life among the aristocracy or the rich. — High liver, one who indulges in a rich diet. — High living, a feeding upon rich, pampering food. — High Mass. (R. C. Ch.) See under Mass. — High milling, a process of making flour from grain by several successive grindings and intermediate sorting, instead of by a single grinding. — High noon, the time when the sun is in the meridian. — High place (Script.), an eminence or mound on which sacrifices were offered. — High priest. See in the Vocabulary. — High relief. (Fine Arts) See Alto-rilievo. — High school. See under School. High seas (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty, usually distant three miles or more from the coast line. Wharton. — High steam, steam having a high pressure. — High steward, the chief steward. — High tea, tea with meats and extra relishes. — High tide, the greatest flow of the tide; high water. — High time. (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion. (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal. [Slang] — High treason, treason against the sovereign or the state, the highest civil offense. See Treason. It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a distinct offense, has been abolished. Mozley & W. — High water, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the tide; also the time of such elevation. — High-water mark. (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters ordinarily reach at high water. (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a river or other body of fresh water, as in time of freshet. — High-water shrub (Bot.), a composite shrub ( Iva frutescens), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. — High wine, distilled spirits containing a high percentage of alcohol; — usually in the plural. — To be on a high horse, to be on one’s dignity; to bear one’s self loftily. [Colloq.] — With a high hand. (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. "The children of Israel went out with a high hand." Ex. xiv. 8. (b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. "They governed the city with a high hand." Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Syn. — Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious; proud; violent; full; dear. See Tall.
High five. See Cinch (the game).
High priest
High" priest (Eccl.) A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.
High steel. Steel containing a high percentage of carbon; high-carbon steel.
High-bred
High´-bred, a. Bred in high life; of pure blood. Byron.
High-church
High´-church, a. Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a.
High-churchism
High´-church•ism, n. The principles of the high-church party.
High-churchman
High´-church•man, n. ; pl. -men . One who holds high-church principles.
High-churchman-ship
High´-church•man-ship, n. The state of being a high-churchman. J. H. Newman.
High-embowed
High´-em•bowed, a. Having lofty arches. "The high-embowed roof." Milton.
Higher thought. See New thought, below.
Highering
High´er•ing, a. Rising higher; ascending.
"In ever highering eagle circles." Tennyson.
Higher-up
High´er-up´, n. A superior officer or official; — used chiefly in pl. [Slang]
High-finished
High´-fin•ished, a. Finished with great care; polished.
Highflier
High´fli•er, n. One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners. Swift.
High-handed
High´-hand•ed, a. Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as a high-handed act.
High-hearted
High´-heart•ed, a. Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled. — High´-heart•ed•ness, n.
High-hoe
High´-hoe, n. (Zoöl.) The European green woodpecker or yaffle. [Written also high-hoo.]
High-holder
High´-hold•er, n. (Zoöl.) The flicker; — called also high- hole. [Local, U. S.]
Highlander
High´land•er, n. An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland.
Highly
High´ly, adv. In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as highly esteemed.
High-mindedness
High´-mind•ed•ness, n. The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.
High-palmed
High´-palmed, a. (Zoöl.) Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.
High-pressure
High´-pres•sure ( 135), a.
1. Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; — said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.
2. Fig.: Urgent; intense; as a high- pressure business or social life. High-pressure engine, an engine in which steam at high pressure is used. It may be either a condensing or a noncondensing engine. Formerly the term was used only of the latter. See Steam engine.
High-priesthood
High´-priest•hood, n. The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.
High-principled
High´-prin•ci•pled, a. Possessed of noble or honorable principles.
High-reaching
High´-reach•ing, a. Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring. Shak.
Highroad
High´road, n. A highway; a much traveled or main road.
High-seasoned
High´-sea•soned, a. Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.
High-sighted
High´-sight•ed, a. Looking upward; supercilious. Shak.
High-souled
High´-souled, a. Having a high or noble spirit; honorable. E. Everett.
High-sounding
High´-sound•ing, a. Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as high-sounding words or titles.
High-stomached
High´-stom•ached, a. Having a lofty spirit; haughty. [Obs.] Shak.
High-strung
High´-strung, a. Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as a high-strung horse.
Hight, n. A variant of Height.
Hight, v. t. & i. [ imp. Hight, Hot, p. p. Hight, Hote, Hoten . See Hote.] [OE. heiten, highten, haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was called, AS. hatan to call, name, be called, to command, promise; also hatte is called, was called; akin to G. heissen to call, be called, bid, Goth. haitan to call, in the passive, to be called.]
1. To be called or named. [Archaic & Poetic.] In the form hight, it is used in a passive sense as a present, meaning is called or named, also as a preterite, was called or named. This form has also been used as a past participle. See Hote.
"The great poet of Italy,
That highte Dante." Chaucer.
"Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight." Surrey.
"Entered then into the church the Reverend Teacher.
Father he hight, and he was in the parish." Longfellow.
"Childe Harold was he hight." Byron.
2. To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.]
"But the sad steel seized not where it was hight
Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall." Spenser.
3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.]
"Yet charge of them was to a porter hight." Spenser.
4. To promise. [Obs.]
"He had hold his day, as he had hight." Chaucer.
Highwayman
High´way•man, n. ; pl. Highwaymen . One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.
Higre
Hi´gre, n. See Eagre. [Obs.] Drayton.
Hig-taper
Hig´-ta•per, n. [Cf. Hag- taper.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Verbascum ( V. Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.]
Hike, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hiked p. pr. & vb. n. Hiking.] [Cf. Hitch.] To move with a swing, toss, throw, jerk, or the like. [Dial. or Colloq.]
Hilarious
Hi•la´ri•ous, a. [L. hilaris, hilarus, Gr. ; cf. gracious, kindly.] Mirthful; noisy; merry.
Hilarity
Hi•lar´i•ty ( 277), n. [L. hilaritas: cf. F. hilarite. See Hilarious.] Boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity. Goldsmith. Hilarity differs from joy: the latter, excited by good news or prosperity, is an affection of the mind; the former, produced by social pleasure, drinking, etc., which rouse the animal spirits, is more demonstrative.
Syn. — Glee; cheerfulness; mirth; merriment; gayety; joyousness; exhilaration; joviality; jollity.
Hilding
Hil´ding, n. [Prob. a corruption of hindling, dim. of hind, adj. Cf. Prov. E. hilderling, hinderling. See Hinderling.] A base, menial wretch. — a. Base; spiritless. [Obs.] Shak.
Hile, v. t. To hide. See Hele. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hill, n. [OE. hil, hul, AS. hyll; akin to OD. hille, hil, L. collis, and prob. to E. haulm, holm, and column. Cf. 2d Holm.]
1. A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain.
"Every mountain and hill shall be made low." Is. xl. 4.
2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.
3. A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as a hill of corn or potatoes. [U. S.] Hill ant (Zoöl.), a common ant ( Formica rufa), of Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its nests. — Hill myna (Zoöl.), one of several species of birds of India, of the genus Gracula, and allied to the starlings. They are easily taught to speak many words. [Written also hill mynah.] See Myna. — Hill partridge (Zoöl.), a partridge of the genus Aborophila, of which numerous species in habit Southern Asia and the East Indies. — Hill tit (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of small Asiatic singing birds of the family Leiotrichidae. Many are beautifully colored.
Hill, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hilled p. pr. & vb. n. Hilling.] To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as to hill corn.
"Showing them how to plant and hill it." Palfrey.
Hilling
Hill´ing, n. The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.
Hilted
Hilt´ed, a. Having a hilt; — used in composition; as basket- hilted, cross- hilted.
Him, pron. Them. See Hem. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Him, pron. [AS. him, dat. of he. rad.183. See He.] The objective case of he. See He.
"Him that is weak in the faith receive." Rom. xiv. 1.
"Friends who have given him the most sympathy." Thackeray. In old English his and him were respectively the genitive and dative forms of it as well as of he. This use is now obsolete. Poetically, him is sometimes used with the reflexive sense of himself.
"I never saw but Humphrey, duke of Gloster,
Did bear him like a noble gentleman." Shak.
Himself
Him•self´, pron.
1. An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; — used as a subject usually with he; as he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as it is himself who saved himself.
"But he himself returned from the quarries." Judges iii. 19.
"David hid himself in the field." 1 Sam. xx. 24.
"The Lord himself shall give you a sign." Is. vii. 14.
"Who gave himself for us, that he might … purify unto himself a peculiar people." Titus ii. 14.
"With shame remembers, while himself was one
Of the same herd, himself the same had done." Denham. Himself was formerly used instead of itself. See Note under Him.
"It comprehendeth in himself all good." Chaucer.
2. One’s true or real character; one’s natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one’s right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as the man has come to himself. By himself, alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as he sits or studies by himself. — To leave one to himself, to withdraw from him; to let him take his own course.
Himself
Him•self´, Him•selve´, Him•selv´en, pron. pl. Themselves. See Hemself. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Himselve
Him•selve´, pron. See 1st Himself. [Obs.] { Him•yar´ic, Him•ya•rit´ic } a. Pertaining to Himyar, an ancient king of Yemen, in Arabia, or to his successors or people; as the Himjaritic characters, language, etc.; applied esp. to certain ancient inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the Arabic, still spoken in Southern Arabia. Brande & C.
Hind, n. [OE. hine, AS. hine, hina, orig. gen. pl. of hiwan domestics; akin to Icel. hju man and wife, domestics, family, Goth. heiwafrauja master of the house, G. heirath marriage; cf. L. civis citizen, E. city or E. home. Cf. Hide a measure of land.]
1. A domestic; a servant. [Obs.] Shak.
2. A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant. [Eng.]
"The hind, that homeward driving the slow steer
Tells how man’s daily work goes forward here." Trench.
Hind, a. [ Compar. Hinder superl. Hindmost, or Hindermost .] [OE. hind, adv., back, AS. hindan behind. See Hinder, a. ] In the rear; — opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.
Hindberry
Hind´ber•ry, n. [AS. hindberie; akin to OHG. hintberi, G. himbeere. So called because hinds or stags are fond of them. See 1st Hind, and Berry.] The raspberry. [Prov. Eng.]
Hinder
Hind´er, a. [OE. hindere, AS. hinder, adv., behind; akin to OHG. hintar, prep., behind, G. hinter, Goth. hindar; orig. a comparative, and akin to AS. hine hence. See Hence, He, and cf. Hind, a. , Hindmost.] Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.
"He was in the hinder part of the ship." Mark iv. 38.
Hinder
Hin´der, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hindered p. pr. & vb. n. Hindering.] [OE. hindren, hinderen, AS. hindrian, fr. hinder behind; akin to D. hinderen, G. hindern, OHG. hintarn, Icel. & Sw. hindra, Dan. hindre. See Hinder, a. ]
1. To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; — often followed by from; as an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going.
"Them that were entering in ye hindered." Luke xi. 52.
"I hinder you too long." Shak.
2. To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.
"What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right?" Locke.
Syn. — To check; retard; impede; delay; block; clog; prevent; stop; interrupt; counteract; thwart; oppose; obstruct; debar; embarrass.
Hinderest
Hind´er•est, a. Hindermost; — superl. of Hind, a. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hinderling
Hind´er•ling, n. [AS. hinderling one who comes behind his ancestors, fr. AS. hinder behind. See Hinder, a. , and cf. Hilding.] A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. [Obs.] Callander. { Hind´er•most•, Hind´most• }, a. [The superlative of hind. See Hind, a. ] [Cf. AS. hindema (akin to Goth. hindumists), a superlative from the same source as the comparative hinder. See Hinder, a., and cf. Aftermost.] Furthest in or toward the rear; last. "Rachel and Joseph hindermost." Gen. xxxiii. 2.
Hindleys screw
Hind"ley"s screw (Mech.) A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form. { Hin´doo, Hin´du } ( 277), n. ; pl. Hindoos (#) or Hindus. [Per. Hindu, fr. Hind, Hindustan, India. Cf. Indian.] A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda. { Hin´doo•ism, Hin´du•ism }, n. The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism. { Hin´doo•sta´nee, Hin´du•sta´ni }, a. [Hind. Hindustani an Indian, fr. Hind. and Per. Hindustan India.] Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. — n. The language of Hindostan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words.
Hindrance
Hin´drance, n. [See Hinder, v. t.]
1. The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.
2. That which hinders; an impediment.
"What various hindrances we meet." Cowper.
"Something between a hindrance and a help." Wordsworth.
Syn. — Impediment; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty; interruption; check; delay; restraint.
Hine, n. [See Hind a servant.] A servant; a farm laborer; a peasant; a hind. [Obs.]
"Bailiff, herd, nor other hine." Chaucer.
Hinge, n. [OE. henge, heeng; akin to D. heng, LG. henge, Prov. E. hingle a small hinge; connected with hang, v., and Icel. hengja to hang. See Hang.]
1. The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on.
"The gate self-opened wide,
On golden hinges turning." Milton.
2. That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as this argument was the hinge on which the question turned.
3. One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south. [R.]
"When the moon is in the hinge at East." Creech.
"Nor slept the winds … but rushed abroad." Milton. Hinge joint. (a) (Anat.) See Ginglymus. (b) (Mech.) Any joint resembling a hinge, by which two pieces are connected so as to permit relative turning in one plane. — To be off the hinges, to be in a state of disorder or irregularity; to have lost proper adjustment. Tillotson.
Hinge, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hinged p. pr. & vb. n. Hinging ]
1. To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
2. To bend. [Obs.] Shak.
Hinny
Hin´ny, n. ; pl. Hinnies (#). [L. hinnus, cf. Gr. .] A hybrid between a stallion and an ass.
Hinny
Hin´ny, n. A term of endearment; darling; — corrupted from honey. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Hint, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hinting.] [OE. henten, hinten, to seize, to catch, AS. hentan to pursue, take, seize; or Icel. ymta to mutter, ymtr a muttering, Dan. ymte to whisper. rad.36. Cf. Hent.] To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as to hint a suspicion.
"Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike." Pope.
Syn. — To suggest; intimate; insinuate; imply.
Hint, n. A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also an occasion or motive.
"Our hint of woe
Is common." Shak.
"The hint malevolent, the look oblique." Hannah More.
Syn. — Suggestion; allusion. See Suggestion.
Hip, n. [OE. hipe, huppe, AS. hype; akin to D. heup, OHG. huf, G. hüfte, Dan. hofte, Sw. höft, Goth. hups; cf. Icel. huppr, and also Gr. the hollow above the hips of cattle, and Lith. kumpis ham.]
1. The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
2. (Arch.) The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions.
3. (Engin) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord. Waddell. Hip bone (Anat.), the innominate bone; — called also haunch bone and huckle bone. — Hip girdle (Anat.), the pelvic girdle. — Hip joint (Anat.), the articulation between the thigh bone and hip bone. — Hip knob (Arch.), a finial, ball, or other ornament at the intersection of the hip rafters and the ridge. — Hip molding (Arch.), a molding on the hip of a roof, covering the hip joint of the slating or other roofing. — Hip rafter (Arch.), the rafter extending from the wall plate to the ridge in the angle of a hip roof. — Hip roof, Hipped roof (Arch.), a roof having sloping ends and sloping sides. See Hip, n. , 2., and Hip, v. t., 3. — Hip tile, a tile made to cover the hip of a roof. — To catch upon the hip, or To have on the hip, to have or get the advantage of; — a figure probably derived from wresting. Shak. — To smite hip and thigh, to overthrow completely; to defeat utterly. Judg. xv. 8.
Hip, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hipped p. pr. & vb. n. Hipping.]
1. To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.
2. To throw (one’s adversary) over one’s hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).
3. To make with a hip or hips, as a roof. Hipped roof. See Hip roof, under Hip.
Hip, interj. Used to excite attention or as a signal; as hip, hip, hurra!
Hip, orHipps, n. See Hyp, n. [Colloq.]
Hipe, v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Hiped p. pr. & vb. n. Hiping ] (Wrestling) To throw by means of a hipe. — Hip´er (#), n.
Hiphalt
Hip´halt, a. Lame in the hip. [R.] Gower. { Hip´pa, Hip´pe } n. (Zoöl.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; — called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura.
Hipparion
Hip•pa´ri•on, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a pony, dim. of a horse.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family. { Hipped, Hip´pish } a. [From 5th Hip.] Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish. [Colloq.]
"When we are hipped or in high spirits." R. L. Stevenson.
Hippocampal
Hip•po•cam´pal, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hippocampus.
Hippocentaur
Hip•po•cen´taur, n. [L. hippocentaurus, Gr. ; "i•ppos horse + centaur.] (Myth.) Same as Centaur.
Hippocrates
Hip•poc´ra•tes, n. A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C. Hippocrates’ sleeve, a conical strainer, made by stitching together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth, esp. flannel of linen.
Hippocratism
Hip•poc´ra•tism, n. The medical philosophy or system of Hippocrates.
Hippocrepian
Hip´po•crep´i•an, n. [See Hippocrepiform.] (Zoöl.) One of an order of fresh-water Bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe. See Phylactolaema.
Hippodame
Hip´po•dame, n. [Cf. F. hippopotame.] A fabulous sea monster. [Obs.] Spenser.
Hippodrome
Hip´po•drome, n. (Sports) A fraudulent contest with a predetermined winner. [Slang, U. S.]
Hippodrome
Hip´po•drome, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. -dromed p. pr. & vb. n. -droming.] (Sports) To arrange contests with predetermined winners. [Slang, U. S.] { Hire purchase, or, more fully, Hire purchase agreement, orHire and purchase agreement}. (Law) A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option of purchase) in which a person hires goods for a specified period and at a fixed rent, with the added condition that if he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay all the installments of rent as they become due the contract shall determine and the title vest absolutely in him, and that if he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the goods and be quit of any liability for future installments upon the contract. In the United States such a contract is generally treated as a conditional sale, and the term hire purchase is also sometimes applied to a contract in which the hirer is not free to avoid future liability by surrender of the goods. In England, however, if the hirer does not have this right the contract is a sale.
Hippogriff
Hip´po•griff, n. [F. hippogriffe; cf. It. ippogrifo. See Hippopotamus, Griffon.] (Myth.) A fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin. Milton.
Hippophagi
Hip•poph´a•gi, n. pl. [NL. See Hippophagous.] Eaters of horseflesh.
Hippophagy
Hip•poph´a•gy, n. [Cf. F. hippophagie.] The act or practice of feeding on horseflesh.
Hippophile
Hip´po•phile, n. [Gr. "i•ppos horse + to love.] One who loves horses. Holmes.
Hippopotamus
Hip•po•pot´a•mus, n. ; pl. E. Hippopotamuses (#), L. Hippopotami (#). [L., from Gr.; "i•ppos horse + river. Cf. Equine.] (Zoöl.) A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal ( Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species ( H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa.
Hippotomy
Hip•pot´o•my, n. [Gr. "i•ppos horse + to cut: cf. F. hippotomie.] Anatomy of the horse.
Hir, pron. [Obs.] See Here, pron. Chaucer.
Hircic
Hir´cic, a. [Cf. F. hircique. See Hircin.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet; — applied by Chevreul to an oily acid which was obtained from mutton suet, and to which he attributed the peculiar taste and smell of that substance. The substance has also been called hircin. Watts.
Hircin
Hir´cin, n. [L. hircus, he- goat, buck: cf. F. hircine.] (Chem.) Hircic acid. See Hircic. [R.] { Hir´cine, Hir´ci•nous } a. [L. hircinus, fr. hircus hegoat: cf. F. hircin.]
1. Goatlike; of or pertaining to a goat or the goats.
2. Of a strong goatish smell.
Hire (her), pron. [Obs.] See Here, pron. Chaucer.
Hire, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hired (hird); p. pr. & vb. n. Hiring.] [OE. hiren, huren, AS. hyrian; akin to D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra. See Hire, n. ]
1. To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as to hire a farm for a year; to hire money.
2. To engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as to hire a servant, an agent, or an advocate.
3. To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; — now usually with out, and often reflexively; as he has hired out his horse, or his time.
"They … have hired out themselves for bread." 1 Sam. ii. 5.
Hireling
Hire´ling (-ling), n. [AS. hyreling. See Hire, n. , and -ling.] One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary. "Lewd hirelings." Milton.
Hireling
Hire´ling, a. Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary. "Hireling mourners." Dryden.
Hires, Hirs, pron. Hers; theirs. See Here, pron. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hirsute
Hir•sute´, a. [L. hirsutus; prob. akin to horridus horrid. Cf. Horrid.]
1. Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
2. Rough and coarse; boorish. [R.]
"Cynical and hirsute in his behavior." Life of A. Wood.
3. (Bot.) Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs. Gray.
4. (Zoöl.) Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.
Hirudine
Hi•ru´dine, a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the leeches.
Hirudo
Hi•ru´do, n. [L., a leech.] (Zoöl.) A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See Leech.
Hirundine
Hi•run´dine, a. (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the swallows.
Hirundo
Hi•run´do, n. [L., swallow.] (Zoöl.) A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.
His, pron. [AS. his of him, his, gen. masc. & neut. of h, neut. hit. See He.]
1. Belonging or pertaining to him; — used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as tell John his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete.
"No comfortable star did lend his light." Shak.
"Who can impress the forest, bid the tree
Unfix his earth-bound root?" Shak. Also formerly used in connection with a noun simply as a sign of the possessive. "The king his son." Shak. "By young Telemachus his blooming years." Pope. This his is probably a corruption of the old possessive ending - is or - es, which, being written as a separate word, was at length confounded with the pronoun his.
2. The possessive of he; as the book is his. "The sea is his, and he made it." Ps. xcv. 5.
Hispanicism
His•pan´i•cism, n. A Spanish idiom or mode of speech. Keightley.
Hispidulous
His•pid´u•lous, a. [Dim. of hispid.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Minutely hispid.
Hiss v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hissed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Hissing.] [AS. hysian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hissen, OD. hisschen.]
1. To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval.
"The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee." Ezek. xxvii. 36.
2. To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as the arrow hissed as it flew.
"Shod with steel,
We hissed along the polished ice." Wordsworth.
Hist, interj. [Cf. Dan. hys. . Cf. Hush, Whist.] Hush; be silent; — a signal for silence. Milton.
Histiology
His•ti•ol´o•gy, n. [Gr. "isto•s tissue + -logy.] Same as Histology.
Histogenetic
His•to•ge•net´ic, a. [See Histogeny.] (Biol.) Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues.
Histogeny
His•tog´e•ny, n. [Gr. "isto•s tissue + root of to be born.] (Biol.) Same as Histogenesis. Dunglison.
Histographer
His•tog´ra•pher, n. One who describes organic tissues; an histologist.
Histographical
His´to•graph´ic•al, a. Of or pertaining to histography.
Histolytic
His•to•lyt´ic, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues.
Historial
His•to´ri•al, a. [L. historialis: cf. F. historial.] Historical. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Historian
His•to´ri•an, n. [F. historien.]
1. A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.
"Even the historian takes great liberties with facts." Sir J. Reynolds.
2. One versed or well informed in history.
"Great captains should be good historians." South. { His•tor´ic (his•tor"ik), his•tor´ic•al (his•tor"i•k al), } a. [L. historicus, Gr. "istoriko•s: cf. F. historique. See History.] Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as an historical poem; the historic page. — His•tor´ic•al•ness, n. — His•to•ric´i•ty (#), n.
" There warriors frowning in historic brass." Pope. Historical painting, that branch of painting which represents the events of history. — Historical sense, that meaning of a passage which is deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under which it was written. — The historic sense, the capacity to conceive and represent the unity and significance of a past era or age.
Historically
His•tor´ic•al•ly, adv. In the manner of, or in accordance with, history.
Historicize
His•tor´i•cize, v. t. To record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle. [R.]
Historiographership
His•to•ri•og´ra•pher•ship, n. The office of an historiographer. Saintsbury.
Historiography
His•to•ri•og´ra•phy, n. The art of employment of an historiographer.
Historiology
His•to•ri•ol´o•gy, n. [Gr. history + -logy.] A discourse on history. Cockeram.
Historize
His´to•rize, v. t. To relate as history; to chronicle; to historicize. [R.] Evelyn.
History
His´to•ry, n. ; pl. Histories (#). [L. historia, Gr. ’istori•a history, information, inquiry, fr. ’istwr, "istwr, knowing, learned, from the root of to know; akin to E. wit. See Wit, and cf. Story.]
1. A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as the history of a patient’s case; the history of a legislative bill.
2. A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; — distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual’s life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory.
"Histories are as perfect as the historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul." Carlyle.
"For aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history." Shak.
"What histories of toil could I declare!" Pope. History piece, a representation in painting, drawing, etc., of any real event, including the actors and the action. — Natural history, a description and classification of objects in nature, as minerals, plants, animals, etc., and the phenomena which they exhibit to the senses.
Syn. — Chronicle; annals; relation; narration. — History, Chronicle, Annals. History is a methodical record of important events which concern a community of men, usually so arranged as to show the connection of causes and effects, to give an analysis of motive and action etc. A chronicle is a record of such events, conforming to the order of time as its distinctive feature. Annals are a chronicle divided up into separate years. By poetic license annals is sometimes used for history.
"Justly Caesar scorns the poet’s lays;
It is to history he trusts for praise." Pope.
"No more yet of this;
For ’t is a chronicle of day by day,
Not a relation for a breakfast." Shak.
"Many glorious examples in the annals of our religion." Rogers.
Histotomy
His•tot´o•my, n. [Gr. tissue + to cut.] The dissection of organic tissues.
Histrion
His´tri•on, n. [L. histrio: cf. F. histrion.] A player. [R.] Pope. { His•tri•on´ic, His•tri•on´ic•al }, a. [L. histrionicus: cf. F. histrionique. See Histrion.] Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; — sometimes in a bad sense. — His•tri•on´ic•al•ly, adv.
"Tainted with false and histrionic feeling." De Quincey.
Histrionicism
His•tri•on´i•cism, n. The histrionic art; stageplaying. W. Black.
Histrionism
His´tri•o•nism, n. Theatrical representation; acting; affectation. Sir T. Browne.
Histrionize
His´tri•o•nize, v. t. To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically. Urquhart.
Hit, pron. It. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hit, 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hit, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hit; p. pr. & vb. n. Hitting.] [OE. hitten, hutten, of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hitte to hit, find, Sw. & Icel. hitta.]
1. To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).
"I think you have hit the mark." Shak.
2. To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit.
"Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the notes right." Locke.
"There you hit him; … that argument never fails with him." Dryden.
"Whose saintly visage is too bright
To hit the sense of human sight." Milton.
"He scarcely hit my humor." Tennyson.
3. To guess; to light upon or discover. "Thou hast hit it." Shak.
4. (Backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; — said of a single unprotected piece on a point. To hit off, to describe with quick characteristic strokes; as to hit off a speaker. Sir W. Temple. — To hit out, to perform by good luck. [Obs.] Spenser.
Hit, n.
1. A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
"So he the famed Cilician fencer praised,
And, at each hit, with wonder seems amazed." Dryden.
2. A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as he made a hit.
"What late he called a blessing, now was wit,
And God’s good providence, a lucky hit." Pope.
3. A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as a happy hit.
4. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.
5. (Baseball) A striking of the ball; as a safe hit; a foul hit; — sometimes used specifically for a base hit. Base hit, Safe hit, Sacrifice hit. (Baseball) See under Base, Safe, etc.
Hitch, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hitched p. pr. & vb. n. Hitching.]
1. To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as to hitch a horse, or a halter.
2. To move with hitches; as he hitched his chair nearer. To hitch up. (a) To fasten up. (b) To pull or raise with a jerk; as a sailor hitches up his trousers. (c) To attach, as a horse, to a vehicle; as hitch up the gray mare. [Colloq.]
Hithe (hith), n. [AS. hyð. Cf. Hide to conceal.] A port or small haven; — used in composition; as Lambhithe, now Lambeth. Pennant.
Hither
Hith´er, adv. [OE. hider, AS. hider; akin to Icel. heðra, Dan. hid, Sw. hit, Goth. hidre; cf. L. citra on this side, or E. here, he. rad.183. Cf. He.]
1. To this place; — used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as to come or bring hither.
2. To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; — in a sense not physical.
"Hither we refer whatsoever belongeth unto the highest perfection of man." Hooker. Hither and thither, to and fro; backward and forward; in various directions. "Victory is like a traveller, and goeth hither and thither." Knolles.
Hithermost
Hith´er•most, a. Nearest on this side. Sir M. Hale.
Hitter
Hit´ter, n. One who hits or strikes; as a hard hitter.
Hittite
Hit´tite, n. [From Heb. Khittim Hittites.] A member of an ancient people (or perhaps group of peoples) whose settlements extended from Armenia westward into Asia Minor and southward into Palestine. They are known to have been met along the Orontes as early as 1500 b. c., and were often at war with the Egyptians and Assyrians. Especially in the north they developed a considerable civilization, of which numerous monuments and inscriptions are extant. Authorities are not agreed as to their race. While several attempts have been made to decipher the Hittite characters, little progress has yet been made.
Hive, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hived p. pr. & vb. n. Hiving.]
1. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as to hive a swarm of bees.
2. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
"Hiving wisdom with each studious year." Byron.
Hive, v. i. To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body. Pope.