Chapter XX: Foreword: , f=or'wurd, n. a preface (11)

HORRENT, hor'ent, _adj._ standing on end, as bristles. [L. _horrens_, _-entis_, pr.p. of _horr[=e]re_, to bristle.]

HORRIBLE, hor'i-bl, _adj._ causing or tending to cause horror: dreadful: awful: terrific.--_n._ HORR'IBLENESS.--_adv._ HORR'IBLY. [L. _horribilis_--_horr[=e]re_.]

HORRID, hor'id, _adj._ fitted to produce horror: shocking: offensive.--_adv._ HORR'IDLY.--_n._ HORR'IDNESS. [L. _horridus_--_horr[=e]re_, to bristle.]

HORRIFY, hor'-i-f[=i], _v.t._ to strike with horror:--_pa.p._ horr'ified.--_adj._ HORRIF'IC, exciting horror: frightful. [L. _horrificus_--_horror_, horror, _fac[)e]re_, to make.]

HORRIPILATION, hor-i-pi-l[=a]'shun, _n._ a contraction of the cutaneous muscles causing the erection of the hairs and the condition known as goose-flesh.--_v.t._ HORRIP'ILATE.

HORRISONOUS, hor-is'[=o]-nus, _adj._ sounding dreadfully.--Also HORRIS'ONANT.

HORROR, hor'ur, _n._ a shuddering: excessive fear: that which excites horror.--_adjs._ HORR'OR-STRICK'EN, -STRUCK, struck with horror.--THE HORRORS, extreme depression: delirium tremens. [L.--_horr[=e]re_, to bristle.]

HORS-D'OEUVRE, or-düvr', a preliminary snack that does not form part of the regular _menu_.

HORSE, hors, _n._ a well-known quadruped: (_collectively_) cavalry: that by which something is supported, as 'clothes-horse,' &c.: a wooden frame on which soldiers were formerly made to ride as a punishment--also _Timber-mare_: a boy's crib, a translation.--_v.t._ to mount on a horse: to provide with a horse: to sit astride: to carry on the back: to urge at work tyrannically: to construe by means of a crib.--_v.i._ to get on horseback: to charge for work before it is done.--_ns._ HORSE'-ARTILL'ERY, field artillery with comparatively light guns and the gunners mounted; HORSE'BACK, the back of a horse; HORSE'-BEAN, a large bean given to horses; HORSE'-BLOCK, a block or stage by which to mount or dismount from a horse; HORSE'-BOAT, a boat for carrying horses, or one towed by a horse; HORSE'-BOX, a railway car for transporting horses in, or a stall on shipboard; HORSE'-BOY, a stable-boy; HORSE'-BREAK'ER, HORSE'-TAM'ER, one whose business is to break or tame horses, or to teach them to draw or carry (PRETTY HORSE-BREAKER, a woman with little virtue to lose); HORSE'-CAR, a car drawn by horses; HORSE'-CHEST'NUT, a large variety of chestnut, prob. so called from its coarseness contrasted with the edible chestnut: the tree that produces it (see CHESTNUT); HORSE'-CLOTH, a cloth for covering a horse; HORSE'-COUP'ER (_Scot._), a horse-dealer; HORSE'-DEAL'ER, one who deals in horses; HORSE'-DOC'TOR, a veterinary surgeon; HORSE'-DRENCH, a dose of physic for a horse.--_adj._ HORSE'-FACED, having a long face.--_ns._ HORSE'-FLESH, the flesh of a horse: horses collectively: a Bahama mahogany.--_adj._ of reddish-bronze colour.--_ns._ HORSE'-FLY, a large fly that stings horses; HORSE'-FOOT, the colt's foot; HORSE'-GOD'MOTHER, a fat clumsy woman.--_n.pl._ HORSE'-GUARDS, horse-soldiers employed as guards: the 3d heavy cavalry regiment of the British army, forming part of the household troops: the War Office, or public office in Whitehall, London, appropriated to the departments of the commander-in-chief of the British army.--_ns._ HORSE'-HAIR, the hair of horses: haircloth; HORSE'-HOE, a hoe drawn by horses; HORSE'-KNACK'ER, one who buys worn-out horses for slaughtering; HORSE'-LAT'ITUDES, a part of the North Atlantic Ocean noted for long calms, so called from the frequent necessity of throwing part of a cargo of horses overboard from want of water when becalmed; HORSE'-LAUGH, a harsh, boisterous laugh; HORSE'-LEECH, a large species of leech, so named from its fastening on horses when wading in the water: a bloodsucker (Prov. xxx. 15); HORSE'-LITT'ER, a litter or bed borne between two horses; HORSE'-MACK'EREL, one of various fishes--the scad (q.v.), &c.; HORSE'MAN, a rider on horseback: a mounted soldier; HORSE'MANSHIP, the art of riding, and of training and managing horses; HORSE'-MA'RINE, a person quite out of his element: an imaginary being for whom wild flights of imagination had best be reserved ('Tell it to the horse-marines'); HORSE-MILL, a mill turned by horses; HORSE'-MILL'INER, one who provides the trappings for horses; HORSE'-MINT, a common European wild-mint: the American _Monarda punctata_--SWEET HORSE-MINT, the common dittany; HORSE'-NAIL, a nail for fastening a horse-shoe to the hoof; HORSE'-PIS'TOL, a large pistol carried in a holster; HORSE'-PLAY, rough, boisterous play; HORSE'-POND, a pond for watering horses at; HORSE'-POW'ER, the power a horse can exert, or its equivalent=that required to raise 33,000 lb. avoirdupois one foot per minute: a standard for estimating the power of steam-engines; HORSE'-RACE, a race by horses; HORSE'-RAC'ING, the practice of racing or running horses in matches; HORSE'-RAD'ISH, a plant with a pungent root, used in medicine and as a condiment; HORSE'-RAKE, a rake drawn by horses; HORSE'-RID'ING, a circus; HORSE'-SENSE, plain robust sense; HORSE'-SHOE, a shoe for horses, consisting of a curved piece of iron.--_adj._ shaped like a horse-shoe.--_ns._ HORSE'-SOL'DIER, a cavalry soldier; HORSE'-TAIL, a genus of leafless plants with hollow rush-like stems, so called from their likeness to a horse's tail; HORSE'-TRAIN'ER, one who trains horses for racing, &c.; HORSE'-WAY, a road by which a horse may pass; HORSE'-WHIP, a whip for driving horses.--_v.t._ to strike with a horse-whip: to lash.--_ns._ HORSE'WOMAN, a woman who rides on horseback; HORS'INESS; HORS'ING, birching a schoolboy mounted on another's back.--_adj._ HORS'Y, of or pertaining to horses: devoted to horse racing or breeding.--A DARK HORSE (see DARK); FLOG A DEAD HORSE, to try to work up excitement about a threadbare subject; GET ON, MOUNT, THE HIGH HORSE, to assume consequential airs; PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE (see CART); RIDE THE WOODEN HORSE (see above); TAKE HORSE, to mount on horseback. [A.S. _hors_; Ice. _horss_, Old High Ger. _hros_ (Ger. _ross_).]

HORTATIVE, hort'a-tiv, _adj._ inciting: encouraging: giving advice--also HORT'ATORY.--_n._ HORT[=A]'TION. [L. _hort[=a]ri_, _-[=a]tus_, to incite.]

HORTICULTURE, hor'ti-kul-t[=u]r, _n._ the art of cultivating gardens.--_adj._ HORTICUL'TURAL, pertaining to the culture of gardens.--_n._ HORTICUL'TURIST, one versed in the art of cultivating gardens.--HORTUS SICCUS, a collection of dried plants arranged in a book. [L. _hortus_, a garden, _cultura_--_col[)e]re_, to cultivate.]

HOSANNNA, h[=o]-zan'a, _n._ an exclamation of praise to God, or a prayer for blessings. [Gr. _h[=o]sanna_--Heb. _h[=o]sh[=i]`[=a]h nn[=a]_, _h[=o]sh[=i][=a]`_, save, _n[=a]_, I pray.]

HOSE, h[=o]z, _n._ a covering for the legs or feet: stockings: socks: a flexible pipe for conveying water, so called from its shape:--_pl._ HOSE; (_B._) HOS'EN.--_ns._ HOSE'MAN, one who directs the stream of water from the hose of a fire-engine; HOSE'PIPE; HOSE'-REEL, a large revolving drum or reel for carrying hose for fire-engines, &c.; H[=O]'SIER, one who deals in hose, or stockings and socks, &c.; H[=O]'SIERY, hose in general. [A.S. _hosa_, pl. _hosan_; Dut. _hoos_, Ger. _hose_.]

HOSPICE, hos'p[=e]s, _n._ a house of entertainment for strangers, esp. such kept by monks on some Alpine passes for travelers.--Also HOSPIT'IUM. [Fr.,--L. _hospitium_--_hospes_, a stranger treated as a guest.]

HOSPITABLE, hos'pit-a-bl, _adj._ entertaining strangers and guests kindly and without reward: showing kindness: generous: bountiful.--_n._ HOS'PITABLENESS.--_adv._ HOS'PITABLY.--_n._ HOSPITAL'ITY, the practice of one who is hospitable; friendly welcome and entertainment of guests--(_Spens._) HOS'PIT[=A]GE.

HOSPITAL, hos-'pit-al, _n._ a building for the reception and treatment of the old, the sick, and hurt, &c., or for the support and education of the young.--_n._ HOS'PITALLER, one of a charitable brotherhood for the care of the sick in hospitals: one of an order of knights, commonly called Knights of St John (otherwise called Knights of Rhodes, and afterwards of Malta), who about 1048 built a hospital for the care and cure of pilgrims at Jerusalem.--HOSPITAL SATURDAY, or SUNDAY, days set apart for the collection of funds on behalf of hospitals.--CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL, one intermediate between the ordinary hospital and the patient's own home; COTTAGE HOSPITAL, a small establishment where hospital treatment is carried on at little expense and with simple arrangements; LOCK HOSPITAL, one for the treatment of venereal diseases; MAGDALEN HOSPITAL, an institution for the reclamation of fallen women; MARINE, or NAVAL, HOSPITAL, a special hospital for sick sailors, or for men in the naval service; MATERNITY HOSPITAL, one for women in labour. [O. Fr. _hospital_--Low L. _hospitale_--_hospes_, a guest.]

HOSPODAR, hos'po-där, _n._ formerly the title of the princes of Moldavia and Wallachia. [Slav.]

HOSS, a vulgarism for _horse_.

HOST, h[=o]st, _n._ one who entertains a stranger or guest at his house without reward: an innkeeper: an organism on which another lives as a parasite:--_fem._ HOST'ESS.--_n._ HOST'ESS-SHIP (_Shak._), the character or office of a hostess.--_adj._ HOST'LESS (_Spens._), destitute of a host, inhospitable.--RECKON, or COUNT, WITHOUT ONE'S HOST, to misjudge, the original idea being that of totting up one's bill without reference to the landlord. [O. Fr. _hoste_--L. _hospes_, _hospitis_.]

HOST, h[=o]st, _n._ an army, a large multitude.--_n._ HOST'ING, (_Milt._) an encounter of hosts, a battle: (_Spens._) an assemblage of hosts, a muster.--A HOST IN HIMSELF, one of great strength, skill, or resources, within himself; HEAVENLY HOST, the angels and archangels; LORD OF HOSTS, a favourite Hebrew term for Jehovah, considered as head of the hosts of angels, the hosts of stars, &c. [O. Fr. _host_--L. _hostis_, an enemy.]

HOST, h[=o]st, _n._ in the R.C. Church, the consecrated bread of the Eucharist--a thin circular wafer of unleavened bread. [L. _hostia_, a victim.]

HOSTAGE, hos't[=a]j, _n._ one remaining with the enemy as a pledge for the fulfilment of the conditions of a treaty.--HOSTAGES TO FORTUNE, a man's wife, children, &c. [O. Fr. _hostage_ (Fr. _ôtage_)--Low L. _obsidaticus_--L. _obses_, _obsidis_, a hostage.]

HOSTEL, hos'tel, HOSTELRY, hos'tel-ri, _n._ an inn: in some universities an extra-collegiate hall for students.--_ns._ HOS'TELER, HOS'TELLER, one living in a hostel. [O. Fr. _hostel_, _hostellerie_.]

HOSTILE, hos'til, _adj._ belonging to an enemy: showing enmity: warlike: adverse.--_adv._ HOS'TILELY.--_n._ HOSTIL'ITY, enmity:--_pl._ HOSTIL'ITIES, acts of warfare. [L. _hostilis_--_hostis_.]

HOSTLER, OSTLER, hos'l[.e]r, or os'-, _n._ he who has the care of horses at an inn. [_Hostler_=_hosteleer_.]

HOT, hot, _adj._ having heat: very warm: fiery: pungent: animated: ardent in temper: fervent: vehement: violent: passionate: lustful.--_adj._ HOT'-AND-HOT', of food cooked and served up at once in hot dishes.--_ns._ HOT'BED, a glass-covered bed heated for bringing forward plants rapidly: any place favourable to rapid growth or development, as 'a hotbed of vice,' &c.; HOT'BLAST, a blast of heated air blown into a furnace to raise the heat.--_adjs._ HOT'-BLOOD'ED, having hot blood: high-spirited: irritable; HOT'-BRAINED, hot-headed, rash and violent.--_n._ HOT'-COCK'LES, an old game in which a person is blindfolded, and being struck, guesses who strikes him; HOT'-FLUE, a drying-room.--_adj._ HOT'-HEAD'ED, hot in the head: having warm passions: violent: impetuous.--_n._ HOT'-HOUSE, a house kept hot for the rearing of tender plants: any heated chamber or drying-room, esp. that where pottery is placed before going into the kiln: (_Shak._) a brothel.--_adv._ HOT'LY.--_adj._ HOT'-MOUTHED, headstrong.--_n._ HOT'NESS; HOT'-POT, a dish of chopped mutton seasoned and stewed with sliced potatoes.--_v.t._ HOT'PRESS, to press paper, &c., between hot plates to produce a glossy surface.--_adjs._ HOT'-SHORT, brittle when heated; HOT'-SPIR'ITED, having a fiery spirit.--_n._, one pressing his steed with spurs as in hot haste: a violent, rash man.--_adj._ HOT'-TEM'PERED, having a quick temper.--_ns._ HOT'-TROD, the hot pursuit in old Border forays; HOT'-WALL, a wall enclosing passages for hot air, affording warmth to fruit-trees trained against it, when needed; HOT'-WELL, in a condensing engine, a reservoir for the warm water drawn off from the condenser.--HOT COPPERS (see COPPER); HOT CROSS-BUNS (see CROSS); HOT FOOT, with speed, fast; IN HOT WATER, in a state of trouble or anxiety; MAKE A PLACE TOO HOT TO HOLD A PERSON, to make it impossible for him to stay there. [A.S. _hát_; Ger. _heiss_, Sw. _het_.]

HOT, hot, HOTE, h[=o]t (_Spens._) named, called. [_Pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _hight_.]

HOTCHPOTCH, hoch'poch, HOTCHPOT, hoch'pot, HODGEPODGE, hoj'poj, _n._ a confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot: a kind of mutton-broth in which green peas take the place of barley or rice.--HOTCHPOT, a commixture of property in order to secure an equable division amongst children. [Fr. _hochepot_--_hocher_, to shake, and pot, a pot--Old Dut. _hutsen_, to shake, Dut. _pot_, a pot.]

HOTEL, h[=o]-tel', _n._ a superior house for the accommodation of strangers: an inn: in France, also a public office, a private town-house, a palace.--_ns._ HÔTEL'-DE-VILLE (Fr.), a town-hall; HÔTEL'-DIEU, a hospital. [M. E. _hostel_--O. Fr. _hostel_ (Fr. _hôtel_)--L. _hospitalia_, guest-chambers--_hospes_.]

HOTTENTOT, hot'n-tot, _n._ a native of the Cape of Good Hope: a brutish individual. [Dut., because the language of the South Africans seemed to the first Dutch settlers to sound like a repetition of the syllables _hot_ and _tot_; Dut. _en_--and.]

HOTTERING, hot'er-ing, _adj._ (_prov._) raging.

HOUDAH. See HOWDAH.

HOUDAN, h[=oo]'dang, _n._ a valued breed of domestic fowls, orig. from _Houdan_ in Seine-et-Oise.

HOUGH, hok, HOCK, hok, _n._ the joint on the hind-leg of a quadruped, between the knee and fetlock, corresponding to the ankle-joint in man: in man, the back part of the knee-joint: the ham.--_v.t._ to hamstring:--_pr.p._ hough'ing; _pa.p._ houghed (hokt). [A.S. _hóh_, the heel.]

HOUND, hownd, _n._ a dog used in hunting: a cur: a caitiff.--_v.t._ to set on in chase: to hunt: to urge, pursue, harass (with _on_).--_ns._ HOUND'FISH, same as DOGFISH; HOUNDS'-BERR'Y, the common dogwood; HOUND'S'-TONGUE, a plant, so called from the shape of its leaves.--GABRIEL HOUNDS, a popular name for the noise made by distant curlews, ascribed to damned souls whipped on by the angel Gabriel; MASTER OF HOUNDS, the master of a pack of hounds. [A.S. _hund_; Gr. ky[=o]n, _kynos_, L. _canis_, Sans. _çvan_.]

HOUR, owr, _n._ 60 min., or the 24th part of a day: the time indicated by a clock, &c.: an hour's journey, or three miles: a time or occasion; (_pl., myth._) the goddesses of the seasons and the hours: set times of prayer, the _canonical hours_, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.--_ns._ HOUR'-CIR'CLE, a circle passing through the celestial poles and fixed relatively to the earth: the circle of an equatorial which shows the hour-angle of the point to which the telescope is directed; HOUR'-GLASS, an instrument for measuring the hours by the running of sand from one glass vessel into another; HOUR'-HAND, the hand which shows the hour on a clock, &c.--_adj._ HOUR'LY, happening or done every hour: frequent.--_adv._ every hour: frequently.--_n._ HOUR'PLATE, the plate of a timepiece on which the hours are marked: the dial.--AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR, at the last moment possible (Matt. xx. 6, 9); IN A GOOD, OR EVIL, HOUR, acting under a fortunate, or an unfortunate, impulse--from the old belief in astrological influences; KEEP GOOD HOURS, to go to bed and to rise early: to lead a quiet and regular life; THE HOUR IS COME, the destined day of fate has come (John, xiii. 1); THE SMALL HOURS, the early hours of the morning; THREE HOURS SERVICE, a service held continuously on Good Friday, from noon to 3 P.M., in commemoration of the time of Christ's agony on the cross. [O. Fr. _hore_ (Fr. _heure_)--L. _hora_--Gr. _h[=o]ra_.]

HOURI, how'ri, h[=oo]'ri, _n._ a nymph of the Mohammedan paradise. [Pers. _huri_--Ar. _h[=u]riya_, a black-eyed girl.]

HOUSE, hows, _n._ a building for dwelling in: a dwelling-place: an inn: household affairs: a family: kindred: a trading establishment: one of the twelve divisions of the heavens in astrology: one of the estates of the legislature (House of Lords or Upper House, House of Commons or Lower House; also Upper and Lower Houses of Convocation, House of Representatives, &c.): at Oxford, 'The House,' Christ Church College: the audience at a place of entertainment, a theatre, &c. (a full house, a thin house): (_coll._) the workhouse:--_pl._ HOUSES (howz'ez).--_v.t._ HOUSE (howz), to protect by covering: to shelter: to store: to provide houses for.--_v.i._ to take shelter: to reside.--_ns._ HOUSE'-[=A]'GENT, one who has the letting of houses; HOUSE'-BOAT, a barge with a deck-cabin that may serve as a dwelling-place; HOUSE'-BOTE, wood that a tenant may take to repair his house, or for fuel; HOUSE'-BREAK'ER, one who breaks open and enters a house by day for the purpose of stealing; HOUSE'-BREAK'ING; HOUSE'-CARL, a member of a king or noble's bodyguard, in Danish and early English history; HOUSE'-D[=U]'TY, -TAX, a tax laid on inhabited houses; HOUSE'-FAC'TOR (_Scot._), a house-agent; HOUSE'-FA'THER, the male head of a household or community; HOUSE'-FLAG, the distinguishing flag of a shipowner or company of such; HOUSE'-FLY, the common fly universally distributed; HOUSE'HOLD, those who are held together in the same house, and compose a family.--_adj._ pertaining to the house and family.--_ns._ HOUSE'HOLDER, the holder or tenant of a house; HOUSE'KEEPER, a female servant who keeps or has the chief care of the house: one who stays much at home; HOUSE'KEEPING, the keeping or management of a house or of domestic affairs: hospitality.--_adj._ domestic.--_n._ HOUSE'-LEEK, a plant with red star-like flowers and succulent leaves that grows on the roofs of houses.--_adj._ HOUSE'LESS, without a house or home: having no shelter.--_ns._ HOUSE'-LINE (_naut._), a small line of three strands, for seizings, &c.; HOUSE'MAID, a maid employed to keep a house clean, &c.; HOUSE'-MATE, one sharing a house with another; HOUSE'-MOTH'ER, the mother of a family, the female head of a family; HOUSE'-ROOM, room or place in a house; HOUSE'-STEW'ARD, a steward who manages the household affairs of a great family; HOUSE'-SUR'GEON, the surgeon or medical officer in a hospital who resides in the house--so also HOUSE'-PHYSI'CIAN; HOUSE'-WARM'ING, an entertainment given when a family enters a new house, as if to warm it; HOUSEWIFE (hows'w[=i]f, huz'wif, or huz'if), the mistress of a house: a female domestic manager: a small case for articles of female work.--_adj._ HOUSE'WIFELY.--_n._ HOUSE'WIFERY--(_Scot._) HOUSE'WIFESKEP.--HOUSE OF CALL, a house where the journeymen of a particular trade call when out of work; HOUSE OF CORRECTION, a jail; HOUSE OF GOD, PRAYER, or WORSHIP, a place of worship; HOUSE OF ILL FAME, a bawdy-house.--A HOUSEHOLD WORD, a familiar saying; BRING DOWN THE HOUSE, to evoke very loud applause in a place of entertainment; CRY FROM THE HOUSE-TOP, to announce in the most public manner possible; HOUSEHOLD GODS, one's favourite domestic things--a playful use of the Roman _penates_ (q.v.); HOUSEHOLD SUFFRAGE, or FRANCHISE, the right of householders to vote for members of parliament; HOUSEHOLD TROOPS, six regiments whose peculiar duty is to attend the sovereign and defend the metropolis; HOUSEMAID'S KNEE, an inflammation of the sac between the knee-pan and the skin, to which housemaids are specially liable through kneeling on damp floors.--INNER HOUSE, the higher branch of the Scotch Court of Session, its jurisdiction chiefly appellate; OUTER HOUSE, the lower branch of the Court of Session.--KEEP A GOOD HOUSE, to keep up a plentifully supplied table; KEEP HOUSE, to maintain or manage an establishment; KEEP OPEN HOUSE, to give entertainments to all comers; KEEP THE HOUSE, to be confined to the house; LIKE A HOUSE AFIRE, with astonishing rapidity; THE HOUSEHOLD, the royal domestic establishment. [A.S. _hús_; Goth. _hus_, Ger. _haus_.]

HOUSEL, howz'el, _n._ the Eucharist: the act of taking the same.--_n._ HOUS'ELING-CLOTH, a linen cloth held or stretched beneath the communicants.--_adj._ HOUS'LING (_Spens._), sacramental. [A.S. _húsel_, sacrifice.]

HOUSING, howz'ing, _n._ an ornamental covering for a horse: a saddle-cloth: (_pl._) the trappings of a horse. [O. Fr. _housse_, a mantle, of Teut. origin.]

HOUSTY, hows'ti, _n._ (_prov._) a sore throat.

HOUT-TOUT, hoot-toot, _interj._ Same as HOOT.

HOUYHNHNM, whin'im, _n._ one of the noble rational horse race in _Gulliver's Travels_. [From _whinny_.]

HOVA, h[=o]'va, _n._ one of the dominant race in Madagascar:--_pl._ H[=O]'VAS.

HOVE, h[=o]v, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to heave, to raise.

HOVE, h[=o]v, _v.i._ (_Spens._) to hover, to loiter.

HOVE, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _heave_.

HOVEL, hov'el, _n._ a small or mean dwelling: a shed.--_v.t._ to put in a hovel: to shelter: to construct a chimney so as to prevent smoking, by making two of the more exposed walls higher than the others, or making an opening on one side near the top:--_pr.p._ hov'elling; _pa.p._ hov'elled.--_n._ HOV'ELLER, a boatman acting as a non-certificated pilot or doing any kind of occasional work on the coast: a small coasting-vessel. [Dim. of A.S. _hof_, a dwelling.]

HOVER, hov'[.e]r, _v.i._ to remain aloft flapping the wings: to wait in suspense: to move about near.--_adv._ HOV'ERINGLY, in a hovering manner. [Formed from A.S. _hof_, house.]

HOW, how, _adv._ in what manner: to what extent: for what reason: by what means: from what cause: in what condition: (_N.T._) sometimes=that.--THE HOW AND THE WHY, the manner and the cause. [A.S. _hú_ is prob. a form of _hwí_, in what way, why, the instrumental case of _hwá_, who.]

HOW, Howe, how, _n._ (_Scot._) a hollow, glen, dell, or narrow plain. [Prob. related to _hole_.]

HOW, how, _n._ (_prov._) a low hill. [Akin to high, A.S. _heáh_.]

HOWBEIT, how-b[=e]'it, _conj._ be it how it may: notwithstanding: yet: however--(_Spens._) HOW'BE.

HOWDAH, HOUDAH, how'da, _n._ a seat fixed on an elephant's back. [Ar. _hawdaj_.]

HOWDIE, HOWDY, how'di, _n._ (_Scot._) a midwife. [Webster ingeniously at least suggests a derivation in 'How d'ye?' the midwife's first question.]

HOWDY, how'di, _interj._ a colloquial form of the common greeting, 'How do you [do]?'--_n._ HOW'DY-DO, a troublesome state of matters.

HOWEVER, how-ev'[.e]r, _adv._ and _conj._ in whatever manner or degree: nevertheless: at all events.

HOWFF, HOUFF, howf, _n._ (_Scot._) a haunt, resort.--_v.i._ to resort to a place. [A.S. _hof_, a house.]

HOWITZER, how'its-[.e]r, _n._ a short, light cannon, used for throwing shells. [Ger. _haubitze_, orig. _hauffnitz_--Bohem. _haufnice_, a sling.]

HOWK, howk, _v.t._ and _v.i._ (_Scot._) to dig, burrow.

HOWKER, how'k[.e]r, _n._ Same as HOOKER.

HOWL, howl, _v.i._ to yell or cry, as a wolf or dog: to utter a long, loud, whining sound: to wail: to roar.--_v.t._ to utter with outcry:--_pr.p._ howl'ing; _pa.p._ howled.--_n._ a loud, prolonged cry of distress: a mournful cry.--_n._ HOWL'ER, a South American monkey, with prodigious power of voice: (_slang_) a glaring or very stupid error.--_adj._ HOWL'ING, filled with howlings, as of the wind, or of wild beasts: (_slang_) tremendous.--_n._ a howl. [O. Fr. _huller_--L. _ulul[=a]re_, to shriek or howl--_ulula_, an owl; cf. Ger. _heulen_, Eng. _owl_.]

HOWLET, how'let. Same as OWLET.

HOWSO, how'so, _adv._ howsoever.

HOWSOEVER, how-so-ev'[.e]r, _adv._ in what way soever: although: however.--Provincial forms are HOWSOMEV'ER and HOWSOMDEV'ER.

HOX, hoks, _v.t._ (_Shak._) to hough or hamstring.

HOY, hoi, _n._ a large one-decked boat, commonly rigged as a sloop. [Dut. _heu_, Flem. _hui_.]

HOY, hoi, _interj._ ho! stop!--_v.t._ to incite, drive on. [Imit.]

HOYDEN, HOIDEN, hoi'den, _n._ a tomboy, a romp. [Old Dut. _heyden_, a heathen, a gipsy, _heyde_, heath.]

HUB, hub, _n._ the projecting nave of a wheel; a projection on a wheel for the insertion of a pin: the hilt of a weapon: a mark at which quoits, &c., are cast.--HUB (i.e. centre) OF THE UNIVERSE, Boston, U.S. [A form of _hob_.]

HUBBLE, hub'l, _n._ (_Scot._) an uproar: a heap, as of work: (_U.S._) a lump.--_adj._ HUB'BLY.

HUBBLE-BUBBLE, hub'l-bub'l, _n._ an East Indian tobacco-pipe, in which the smoke is drawn through water with a bubbling sound. [Reduplic. from _bubble_.]

HUBBUB, hub'ub, _n._ a confused sound of many voices: riot: uproar. [Prob. a repetition of _hoop_, _whoop_.]

HUBBY, hub'bi, _n._ (_coll._) a diminutive of husband.

HUCKABACK, huk'a-bak, _n._ a coarse variety of linen for towels, &c., having raised figures on it. [Skeat suggests as the original meaning 'pedlar's ware,' Low Ger. _hukkebak_; cf. _hawker_.]

HUCKLE, huk'l, _n._ a hunch: the hip--also HUCK.--_adjs._ HUCK'LE-BACKED, -SHOUL'DERED, having the back or shoulders round.--_n._ HUCK'LE-BONE, the hip-bone, or ankle-bone. [Dim. of _huck_, a prov. form of _hook_.]

HUCKLEBERRY, huk'l-ber'ri, _n._ a North American shrub (_Gaylussacia_) with blue berries. [Prob. a corr. of _hurtleberry_.]

HUCKSTER, huk'st[.e]r, _n._ a retailer of smallwares, a hawker or pedlar: a mean, trickish fellow:--_fem._ HUCK'STRESS.--_v.i._ to deal in small articles, to higgle meanly.--_n._ HUCK'STERAGE, business of a huckster. [With fem. suff. _-ster_, from Dut. _heuker_, a retailer, Old Dut. _hucken_, to stoop or bow; cf. Ice. _húka_, to sit on one's hams, and Eng. _hawker_.]

HUDDLE, hud'l, _v.i._ to put up things confusedly: to hurry in disorder: to crowd.--_v.t._ to throw or crowd together in confusion: to put on hastily.--_n._ a crowd: tumult: confusion. [M. E. _hodren_; prob. a freq. of M. E. _huden_, to hide.]

HUDDUP, hud-up', _interj._ get up! (to a horse).

HUDIBRASTIC, h[=u]-di-bras'tik, _adj._ similar in style to _Hudibras_, a metrical burlesque on the Puritans by Samuel Butler (1612-80): doggerel.

HUE, h[=u], _n._ appearance: colour: tint: dye.---_adjs._ HUED, having a hue; HUE'LESS. [A.S. _hiw_, _heow_; Sw. _hy_, complexion.]

HUE, h[=u], _n._ a shouting.--HUE AND CRY, a loud clamour about something: name of a police gazette, established in 1710. [Fr. _huer_, imit.]

HUFF, huf, _n._ sudden anger or arrogance: a fit of disappointment or anger: a boaster.--_v.t._ to swell: to bully: to remove a 'man' from the board for not capturing pieces open to him, as in draughts.--_v.i._ to swell: to bluster.--_adjs._ HUFF'ISH, HUFF'Y, given to huff: insolent: arrogant.--_adv._ HUFF'ISHLY.--_ns._ HUFF'ISHNESS, HUFF'INESS. [Imit., like _puff_; cf. Ger. _hauchen_, to breathe.]

HUG, hug, _v.t._ to embrace closely and fondly: to cherish: to congratulate (one's self): (_naut._) to keep close to.--_v.i._ to crowd together:--_pr.p._ hug'ging; _pa.p._ hugged.--_n._ a close and fond embrace: a particular grip in wrestling.--HUG ONE'S SELF, to congratulate one's self. [Scand., Ice. _húka_, to sit on one's hams. See HUCKSTER.]

HUGE, h[=u]j, _adj._ having great dimensions, especially height: enormous: monstrous: (_B._) large in number.--_adv._ HUGE'LY.--_n._ HUGE'NESS. [M. E. _huge_; formed by dropping _a_ from O. Fr. _ahuge_, of Teut. origin, cog. with Ger. _hoch_.]

HUGGER-MUGGER, hug'[.e]r-mug'[.e]r, _n._ secrecy: confusion. [Perh. a rhyming extension of _hug_.]

HUGUENOT, h[=u]'ge-not, or -n[=o], _n._ the name formerly given in France to an adherent of the Reformation. [Prob. a dim. of the personal name _Hugo_, _Hugon_, _Hugues_, Hugh, name of some French Calvinist, later a general nickname. Not the Swiss _eidguenot_, Ger. _eidgenossen_, confederates.]

HUIA-BIRD, hw[=e]'ä-b[.e]rd, _n._ a New Zealand starling.

HULK, hulk, _n._ the body of a ship: an old ship unfit for service: a big lubberly fellow: anything unwieldy--often confounded in meaning with _hull_, the body of a ship:--_pl._ THE HULKS, old ships formerly used as prisons.--_adjs._ HULK'ING, HULK'Y, clumsy. [Low L. _hulka_--Gr. _holkas_--_helkein_, to draw.]

HULL, hul, _n._ the husk or outer covering of anything.--_v.t._ to strip off the hull: to husk. [A.S. _hulu_, a husk, as of corn--_helan_, to cover; Ger. _hülle_, a covering, _hehlen_, to cover.]

HULL, hul, _n._ the frame or body of a ship.--_v.t._ to pierce the hull (as with a cannon-ball).--_v.i._ to float or drive on the water, as a mere hull. [Same word as above, perh. modified in meaning by confusion with Dut. _hol_, a ship's hold, or with _hulk_.]

HULLABALOO, hul'la-ba-loo', _n._ an uproar.

HULLO, hul-l[=o]', _v._, _n._, and _interj._ Same as HALLOO.

HULLY, hul'i, _adj._ having husks or pods.

HULSEAN, hul's[=e]-an, _adj._ of or pertaining to John _Hulse_ (1708-89), founder of the Hulsean divinity lectures at Cambridge.

HUM, hum, _v.i._ to make a buzzing sound like bees: to utter a low, droning sound: to supply an interval in speaking by an audible sound.--_v.t._ to sing in a low tone: to applaud anything by humming:--_pr.p._ hum'ming; _pa.p._ hummed.--_n._ the noise of bees and some other insects: any low, dull noise.--_interj._ a sound with a pause implying doubt.--_n._ HUM'MER, something that hums.--HUM AND HAW, to hesitate in giving a direct answer; HUMMING ALE, ale that froths up well, or that makes the head hum; MAKE THINGS HUM, to set things agoing briskly. [Imit.; cf. Ger. _hummen_, _humsen_.]

HUM, hum, _v.t._ to impose on.--_n._ an imposition. [Contr. of _humbug_.]

HUMAN, h[=u]'man, _adj._ belonging or pertaining to man or mankind: having the qualities of a man.--_n._ (_coll._) a human being.--_n._ H[=U]'MANKIND, the human species.--_adv._ H[=U]'MANLY. [Fr.,--L. _humanus_--_homo_, a human being.]

HUMANE, h[=u]-m[=a]n', _adj._ having the feelings proper to man: kind: tender: merciful.--_adv._ HUMANE'LY.--_n._ HUMANE'NESS, kindness: tenderness.

HUMANISE, h[=u]'man-[=i]z, _v.t._ to render human or humane: to soften.--_v.i._ to become humane or civilised.--_n._ HUMANIS[=A]'TION.

HUMANIST, h[=u]'man-ist, _n._ a student of polite literature: at the Renaissance, a student of Greek and Roman literature: a student of human nature.--_n._ H[=U]'MANISM, polite learning, literary culture: any system which puts human interests paramount.--_adj._ HUMANIST'IC.

HUMANITARIAN, h[=u]-man'i-t[=a]'ri-an, _n._ one who denies Christ's divinity, and holds Him to be a mere man: a philanthropist.--_adj._ of or belonging to humanity, benevolent.--_n._ HUMANIT[=A]'RIANISM.

HUMANITY, h[=u]-man'it-i, _n._ the nature peculiar to a human being: the kind feelings of man: benevolence: tenderness: mankind collectively:--_pl._ HUMAN'ITIES, in Scotland, grammar, rhetoric, Latin, Greek, and poetry, so called from their humanising effects.--PROFESSOR OF HUMANITY, in Scotch universities, the professor of Latin. [Fr.,--L. _humanitas_--_humanus_--_homo_, a man.]

HUMBLE, hum'bl, or um'bl, _adj._ low: meek: modest.--_v.t._ to bring down to the ground: to lower: to abase: to mortify: to degrade.--_adj._ HUM'BLE-MOUTHED, humble in speech.--_n._ HUM'BLENESS--(_Spens._) HUM'BLESS.--_adj._ HUM'BLING, making humble.--_n._ a humiliation.--_advs._ HUM'BLINGLY, in a humiliating manner; HUM'BLY. [Fr.,--L. _humilis_, low--_humus_, the ground.]

HUMBLE, hum'bl, _adj._ having no horns.

HUMBLE-BEE, hum'bl-b[=e], _n._ the humming-bee: a genus of social bees which construct their hives under ground. [_Humble_ is a freq. of _hum_.]

HUMBLE-PIE, hum'bl-p[=i], _n._ a pie made of the umbles or numbles (liver, heart, &c.) of a deer.--EAT HUMBLE-PIE, to humiliate one's self, eat one's own words.

HUMBUG, hum'bug, _n._ an imposition under fair pretences: hollowness, pretence: one who so imposes: a kind of candy.--_v.t._ to deceive: to hoax:--_pr.p._ hum'bugging; _pa.p._ hum'bugged.--_adj._ HUMBUG'ABLE, capable of being humbugged.--_ns._ HUM'BUGGER, one who humbugs; HUM'BUGGERY, the practice of humbugging. [Orig. 'a false alarm,' 'a bugbear,' from _hum_ and _bug_, a frightful object.]

HUMBUZZ, the same as the Bull-roarer (q.v.).

HUMDRUM, hum'drum, _adj._ dull: droning: monotonous: commonplace.--_n._ a stupid fellow: monotony, tedious talk. [_Hum_ and _drum_.]

HUMDUDGEON, hum'duj-on, _n._ (_Scot._) an unnecessary outcry.

HUMECTANT, h[=u]-mek'tant, _adj._ pertaining to remedies supposed to increase the fluidity of the blood.--_vs.t._ HUMECT', HUMEC'TATE, to moisten.--_n._ HUMECT[=A]'TION.--_adj._ HUMEC'TIVE, having the power to moisten.--_v.t._ H[=U]'MEFY, to make moist. [L. _humectans_--_hum[=e]re_, to be moist.]

HUMERAL, h[=u]'m[.e]r-al, _adj._ belonging to the shoulder.--_n._ an oblong scarf worn round the priest's shoulders at certain parts of the Mass and of Benediction.--_n._ H[=U]'MERUS, the arm from the shoulder to the elbow: the bone of the upper arm:--_pl._ H[=U]'MERI (-r[=i]).--_adjs._ H[=U]'MERO-C[=U]'BITAL; H[=U]'MERO-DIG'ITAL; H[=U]'MERO-DOR'SAL; H[=U]'MERO-METACAR'PAL; H[=U]'MERO-R[=A]'DIAL. [Fr.,--L. _humerus_, the shoulder.]

HUMET, HUMETTE, h[=u]-met', _n._ (_her._) a fesse or bar cut off short at each end.--_adj._ HUMETÉ.

HUMGRUFFIN, hum'gruf-in, _n._ a terrible person.

HUMIAN, h[=u]m'i-an, _adj._ of or pertaining to David _Hume_ (1711-76), or his philosophy.

HUMHUM, hum'hum, _n._ a kind of plain, coarse cotton cloth used in the East Indies.

HUMIC, h[=u]'mik, _adj._ denoting an acid formed by the action of alkalies on humus or mould.

HUMID, h[=u]'mid, _adj._ moist: damp: rather wet.--_adv._ H[=U]'MIDLY.--_ns._ H[=U]'MIDNESS, HUMID'ITY, moisture: a moderate degree of wetness. [L. _humidus_--_hum[=e]re_, to be moist.]

HUMILIATE, h[=u]-mil'i-[=a]t, _v.t._ to make humble: to depress: to lower in condition.--_adjs._ HUMIL'IANT, humiliating; HUMIL'I[=A]TING, humbling, mortifying.--_n._ HUMILI[=A]'TION, the act of humiliating: abasement: mortification. [L. _humili[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_.]

HUMILITY, h[=u]-mil'i-ti, _n._ the state or quality of being humble: lowliness of mind: modesty. [O. Fr. _humilite_--L. _humilitat-em_--_humilis_, low.]

HUMINE, h[=u]m'in, _n._ Same as HUMUS.

HUMMEL, hum'el, _adj._--hornless.--_n._ HUMM'ELLER, a machine for separating awns of barley from seed.

HUMMING, hum'ing, _n._ a low, murmuring sound, like that made by bees.--_ns._ HUMM'ING-BIRD, a tropical bird, of brilliant plumage and rapid flight, from the humming sound of its wings; HUMM'ING-TOP, a top which when spun gives a humming sound. [_Hum_.]

HUMMOCK, hum'uk, _n._ a hillock: pile or ridge (of ice): (_Scot._) a fistful.--_n._ HUMM'IE, a small protuberance.--_adjs._ HUMM'OCKED, HUMM'OCKY. [Dim. of _hump_.]

HUMMUM, the same as Hammam (q.v.).

HUMOUR, h[=u]'mur, or [=u]'mur, _n._ the moisture or fluids of animal bodies: an animal fluid in an unhealthy state: state of mind (because once thought to depend on the humours of the body), as 'good' and 'ill humour:' disposition: caprice: a mental quality which delights in ludicrous and mirthful ideas: playful fancy.--_v.t._ to go in with the humour of: to gratify by compliance.--_adj._ H[=U]'MORAL, pertaining to or proceeding from the humours.--_ns._ H[=U]'MORALISM, the state of being humoral: the doctrine that diseases have their seat in the humours; H[=U]'MORALIST, one who favours the doctrine of humoralism; HUMORESQUE', a musical caprice; H[=U]'MORIST, one whose conduct and conversation are regulated by humour or caprice: one who studies or portrays the humours of people: one possessed of humour: a writer of comic stories.--_adjs._ HUMORIS'TIC, humorous; H[=U]'MORLESS, without humour; H[=U]'MOROUS, governed by humour: capricious: irregular: full of humour: exciting laughter.--_adv._ H[=U]'MOROUSLY.--_n._ H[=U]'MOROUSNESS.--_adj._ H[=U]'MOURSOME, capricious, petulant.--_n._ H[=U]'MOURSOMENESS.--Out of humour, out of temper, displeased; THE NEW HUMOUR, a so-called modern literary product in which there is even less humour than novelty. [O. Fr. _humor_ (Fr. _humeur_)--L. _humor_--_hum[=e]re_, to be moist.]

HUMP, hump, _n._ a lump or hunch upon the back.--_v.t._ to bend in a hump: (_U.S. slang_) to prepare for a great exertion: (_slang_) to vex or annoy.--_v.i._ to put forth effort.--_n._ HUMP'BACK, a back with a hump or hunch: a person with a humpback.--_adjs._ HUMP'BACKED, having a humpback; HUMPED, having a hump on the back; HUMP'Y, full of humps or protuberances. [Prob. a nasalised form of _heap_.]

HUMPH, humf, _interj._ an exclamation expressive of dissatisfaction or incredulity.

HUMPHREY, TO DINE WITH. See DINE.

HUMPTY-DUMPTY, hum'ti-dum'ti, _n._ a short, squat, egg-like being of nursery folklore: a gipsy drink, ale boiled with brandy.--_adj._ short and broad.

HUMSTRUM, hum'strum, _n._ a hurdy-gurdy.

HUMUS, h[=u]m'us, HUMINE, h[=u]m'in, _n._ a brown or black powder in rich soils, formed by the action of air on animal or vegetable matter.--_adj._ H[=U]'MOUS. [L., 'the ground,' akin to Gr. _chamai_, on the ground.]

HUN, hun, _n._ one of a powerful, squat, swarthy, and savage nomad race of Asia, probably of Mongolian or Tartar stock, who began to move westwards in Europe about 372 A.D., pushing the Goths before them across the Danube, and under Attila (433-453) overrunning Europe: a shortened form of Hungarian.--_adjs._ HUN'NIC, HUN'NISH.

HUNCH, hunsh, _n._ a hump, esp. on the back: a lump.--_n._ HUNCH'BACK, one with a hunch or lump on his back.--_adj._ HUNCH'BACKED, having a humpback. [The nasalised form of _hook_; cog. with Ger. _hucke_, the bent back; cf. Scot. to _hunker_ down, to sit on one's heels with the knees bent up towards the chin.]

HUNDRED, hun'dred, _n._ the number of ten times ten: a division of a county in England, orig. supposed to contain a hundred families.--_adjs._ HUN'DREDFOLD, folded a hundred times, multiplied by a hundred; HUN'DREDTH, coming last or forming one of a hundred.--_n._ one of a hundred.--_n._ HUN'DREDWEIGHT, a weight the twentieth part of a ton, or 112 lb. avoirdupois; orig. a hundred lb., abbreviated _cwt._ (c. standing for L. _centum_, _wt._ for weight).--HUNDRED DAYS, the period between Napoleon's return from Elba and his final downfall after Waterloo (the reign lasted exactly 95 days, March 20-June 22, 1815); HUNDRED YEARS' WAR, the struggle between England and France, from 1337 down to 1453; CHILTERN HUNDREDS, a district of Bucks, whose stewardship is a nominal office under the Crown, the temporary acceptance of which by a member of parliament enables him technically to vacate his seat; GREAT, or LONG, HUNDRED, six score; NOT A HUNDRED MILES OFF, an indirect phrase for 'here,' 'in this very place;' OLD HUNDRED, or HUNDREDTH, a well-known long-metre setting of the hundredth psalm, 'All people that on earth do dwell.' [A.S. _hundred_--old form _hund_, a hundred, with the superfluous addition of _réd_ or _r['æ]d_ (Eng. _rate_), a reckoning.]

HUNG, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of hang.--_n._ HUNG'-BEEF, beef cured and dried.

HUNGARIAN, hung-g[=a]'ri-an, _adj._ pertaining to _Hungary_ or its inhabitants.--_n._ a native of Hungary: the Magyar or Hungarian language.

HUNGER, hung'g[.e]r, _n._ desire for food: strong desire for anything.--_v.i._ to crave food: to long for.--_adjs._ HUNG'ER-BIT'TEN, bitten, pained, or weakened by hunger; HUNG'ERFUL, hungry; HUNG'ERLY (_Shak._), hungry.--_adv._ (_Shak._) hungrily.--_adv._ HUNG'RILY.--_adj._ HUNG'RY, having eager desire: greedy: lean: poor. [A.S. _hungor_ (n.), _hyngran_ (v.); cf. Ger. _hunger_, Dut. _honger_, &c.]

HUNK, the same as HUNCH.

HUNK, hungk, _n._ (_U.S._) goal or base in boys' games.--_n._ HUNK'ER, a conservative.--_adj._ HUNK'Y, in good position. [Dut. _honk_.]

HUNKER, hungk'er, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to squat down.--_n.pl._ HUNK'ERS, the hams. [See HUNCH.]

HUNKS, hungks, _n.sing._ a covetous man: a miser.

HUNT, hunt, _v.t._ to chase wild animals for prey or sport: to chase such over a country: to search for: to pursue.--_v.i._ to go out in pursuit of game: to search.--_n._ a chase of wild animals: search: a pack of hunting hounds: an association of huntsmen.--_ns._ HUNT'-COUNT'ER, a dog that runs back or counter on the scent, a worthless dog--hence (_Shak._), a blunderer, and _v.t._ to retrace one's steps; HUNT'ER (_fem._ HUNT'RESS), one who hunts: a horse used in the chase: a watch whose face is protected, like the reverse, with a metal case; HALF'-HUNT'ER, such a watch where that metal case has a small circle of glass let in, so that one can see the time without opening it; HUNT'ING, the pursuit of wild game, the chase; HUNT'ING-BOX, HUNT'ING-LODGE, HUNT'ING-SEAT, a temporary residence for hunting; HUNT'ING-CAP, a form of cap much worn in the hunting-field; HUNT'ING-COG, an extra cog in one of two geared wheels, by means of which the order of contact of cogs is changed at every revolution; HUNT'ING-CROP, -WHIP, a short whip with a crooked handle and a loop of leather at the end, used in the hunting-field; HUNT'ING-GROUND, a place or region for hunting; HUNTING-HORN, a horn used in hunting, a bugle; HUNT'ING-KNIFE, -SWORD, a knife or short sword used to despatch the game when caught, or to skin and cut it up; HUNT'ING-SONG, a song about hunting; HUNT'ING-TIDE, the season of hunting; HUNTS'MAN, one who hunts: a servant who manages the hounds during the chase; HUNTS'MANSHIP, the qualifications of a huntsman; HUNT'S-UP (_Shak._), a tune or song intended to arouse huntsmen in the morning--hence, anything calculated to arouse.--HUNT DOWN, to destroy by persecution or violence; HUNT OUT, up, after, to search for, seek; HUNT-THE-GOWK, to make an April fool (see APRIL); HUNT-THE-SLIPPER, an old-fashioned game in which one in the middle of a ring tries to catch a shoe which those forming the ring upon the ground shove about under their hams from one to another.--HAPPY HUNTING-GROUNDS, the paradise of the Red Indian; MRS LEO HUNTER, of 'The Den, Eatanswill,' a social lion-hunter in the _Pickwick Papers_ whose husband hunts up all the newest celebrities to grace her breakfast parties. [A.S. _huntian_; A.S. _hentan_, to seize.]

HUNTERIAN, hun-t[=e]'ri-an, _adj._ of or pertaining to the great surgeon John _Hunter_ (1728-93), to his collection of anatomical specimens and preparations, the nucleus of the great Hunterian Museum in London, or to the Hunterian Oration delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons on the anniversary of his birth, 14th February: of or pertaining to his elder brother, William _Hunter_ (1718-83), or his museum at Glasgow.

HUNTINGDONIAN, hun-ting-d[=o]'ni-an, _n._ a member of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connection, a denomination of Calvinistic Methodists founded by Whitefield in conjunction with Selina, Countess of _Huntingdon_ (1707-91).

HUON-PINE, h[=u]'on-p[=i]n', _n._ a Tasmanian yew, with light-yellow wood, used in boat-building.

HURDIES, hur'diz, _n.pl._ (_Scot._) the buttocks.

HURDLE, hur'dl, _n._ a frame of twigs or sticks interlaced: (_agri._) a movable frame of timber or iron for gates, &c.: a rude sledge on which criminals were drawn to the gallows.--_v.t._ to enclose with hurdles.--_n._ HUR'DLE-RACE, a race where the runners, whether men or horses, have to clear a succession of hurdles. [A.S. _hyrdel_; Ger. _hürde_.]

HURDS. Same as HARDS.

HURDY-GURDY, hur'di-gur'di, _n._ a musical stringed instrument, like a rude violin, whose strings are sounded by the turning of a wheel: a hand-organ: an impact-wheel. [Imit.]

HURL, hurl, _v.i._ to make a noise by throwing: to move rapidly: to dash with force: to whirl: (_Scot._) to convey in a wheeled vehicle.--_v.t._ to throw with violence: to utter with vehemence.--_n._ act of hurling, tumult, confusion: (_Scot._) conveyance in a wheeled vehicle.--_ns._ HURL'ER; HURL'EY, the game of hockey, or the stick used in playing it; HURL'ING, a game in which a ball is forced through the opponent's goal, hockey; HURL'Y (_Scot._), a wheelbarrow; HURL'Y-HACK'ET, an ill-hung carriage. [_Hurtle_.]

HURLY-BURLY, hur'li-bur'li, _n._ tumult: confusion.--_n._ HUR'LY (_Shak._). [_Hurly_ is from O. Fr. _hurler_, to yell, orig. _huller_, whence Eng. _howl_. _Burly_ is simply a rhyming addition.]

HURRAH, HURRA, hoor-rä', _interj._ an exclamation of excitement or joy.--Also _n._ and _v.i._ [Ger. _hurra_; Dan. and Sw. _hurra_.]

HURRICANE, hur'ri-k[=a]n, _n._ a storm with extreme violence and sudden changes of the wind: a social party, a rout--(_Shak._) HUR'RICANO.--HURRICANE DECK, a cross-deck about amidships, a bridge-deck or bridge: the upper light deck of a passenger-steamer. [Sp. _huracan_, from Caribbean.]

HURRY, hur'i, _v.t._ to urge forward: to hasten.--_v.i_ to move or act with haste:--_pa.p._ hurr'ied.--_n._ a driving forward: haste: tumult: a tremolando passage for violins, &c., in connection with an exciting situation.--_adj._ HURR'IED.--_adv._ HURR'IEDLY.--_n._ HURR'IEDNESS.--_adv._ HURR'YINGLY.--_n._ HURR'Y-SKURR'Y, confusion and bustle.--_adv._ confusedly. [Imit. Cf. Old Sw. _hurra_, to whirl round.]

HURST, hurst, _n._ a wood, a grove. [A.S. _hyrst_.]

HURT, hurt, _v.t._ to cause bodily pain to: to damage: to wound, as the feelings.--_v.i._ to give pain, &c.:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ hurt.--_n._ a wound: injury.--_n._ HURT'ER, that which hurts: a beam at the lower end of a gun-platform to save the parapet: a piece of iron or wood fixed to the top-rails of a gun-carriage to check its motion: the shoulder of an axle against which the hub strikes.--_adj._ HURT'FUL, causing hurt or loss: mischievous.--_adv._ HURT'FULLY.--_n._ HURT'FULNESS.--_adj._ HURT'LESS, without hurt or injury, harmless.--_adv._ HURT'LESSLY.--_n._ HURT'LESSNESS. [O. Fr. _hurter_ (Fr. _heurter_), to knock, to run against; prob. from the Celtic, as in W. _hwrdd_, a thrust, the butt of a ram, Corn. _hordh_, a ram.]

HURTLE, hurt'l, _v.t._ to dash against: to move violently: to clash: to rattle.--_v.i._ to move rapidly with a whirring sound. [Freq. of _hurt_ in its original sense.]

HURTLEBERRY, a form of _whortleberry_.

HUSBAND, huz'band, _n._ a married man: (_B._) a man to whom a woman is betrothed: one who manages affairs with prudence: (_naut._) the owner of a ship who manages its concerns in person.--_v.t._ to supply with a husband: to manage with economy.--_n._ HUS'BANDAGE, allowance or commission of a ship's husband.--_adjs._ HUS'BANDLESS (_Shak._), without a husband; HUS'BANDLY, frugal, thrifty.--_ns._ HUS'BANDMAN, a working farmer: one who labours in tillage; HUS'BANDRY, the business of a farmer: tillage: economical management: thrift. [M. E. _husbonde_--A.S. _húsbonda_, Ice. _húsbóndi_--_hús_, a house, _búandi_, inhabiting, pr.p. of Ice. _búa_, to dwell. Cf. Ger. _bauen_, to till.]

HUSH, hush, _interj._ or _imper._ silence! be still!--_adj._ silent: quiet.--_v.t._ to make quiet: (_min._) to clear off soil, &c., overlying the bed-rock.--_ns._ HUSH'ABY, a lullaby used to soothe babies to sleep; HUSH'-MON'EY, money given as a bribe to hush or make one keep silent.--HUSH UP, to stifle, suppress: to be silent. [Imit. Cf. _hist_ and _whist_.]

HUSK, husk, _n._ the dry, thin covering of certain fruits and seeds: (_pl._) refuse, waste.--_v.t._ to remove the husk or outer integument from.--_adj._ HUSKED, covered with a husk: stripped of husks.--_ns._ HUSK'ER, one who husks Indian corn, esp. at a husking-bee; HUSK'ING, the stripping of husks: a festive gathering to assist in husking Indian corn (maize)--also HUSK'ING-BEE. [M. E. _huske_, orig. with _l_, as in cog. Ger. _hülse_, Dut. _hulse_, &c.]

HUSKY, husk'i, _adj._ hoarse, as the voice: rough in sound.--_adv._ HUSK'ILY.--_n._ HUSK'INESS. [A corr. of _husty_, from M. E. _host_ (Scot. _hoast_, _host_, a cough)--A.S. _hwósta_, a cough; cf. Ger. _husten_.]

HUSO, h[=u]'so, _n._ the great sturgeon.

HUSSAR, hooz-zär', _n._ a light-armed cavalry soldier: (_orig._) a soldier of the national cavalry of Hungary. [Not Hung. _huszar_--_husz_, twenty, because at one time in Hungary one cavalry soldier used to be levied from every twenty families; but Slav. _hussar_, gooseherd, the sobriquet of the raiding horse of Matthias Corvinus (1443-90).]

HUSSIF. See HOUSEWIFE. [Contr. of _housewife_.]

HUSSITE, hus's[=i]t, _n._ a follower of the Bohemian reformer, John _Hus_, martyred in 1415.

HUSSY, huz'i, _n._ a pert girl: a worthless wench.

HUSTINGS, hus'tingz, _n.sing._ the principal court of the city of London: formerly the booths where the votes were taken at an election of an M.P., or the platform from which the candidates gave their addresses. [A.S. _hústing_, a council, but a Scand. word, and used in speaking of the Danes--Ice. _hústhing_--_hús_, a house, _thing_, an assembly.]

HUSTLE, hus'l, _v.t._ to shake or push together: to crowd with violence.--_n._ HUS'TLER, an energetic fellow. [Old Dut. _hutsen_, _hutselen_, to shake to and fro; cf. _hotchpotch_.]

HUSWIFE. See HOUSEWIFE.

HUT, hut, _n._ a small or mean house: (_mil._) a small temporary dwelling.--_v.t._ (_mil._) to place in huts, as quarters:--_pr.p._ hut'ting; _pa.p._ hut'ted. [Fr. _hutte_--Old High Ger. _hutta_ (Ger. _hütte_).]

HUTCH, huch, _n._ a box, a chest: a coop for rabbits: a baker's kneading-trough: a trough used with some ore-dressing machines: a low wagon in which coal is drawn up out of the pit.--_v.i._ (_Milt._) to hoard up. [Fr. _huche_, a chest--Low L. _hutica_, a box; prob. Teut.]

HUTCHINSONIAN, huch-in-s[=o]n'i-an, _n._ a follower of John _Hutchinson_ (1674-1737), who held that the Hebrew Scriptures contain typically the elements of all rational philosophy, natural history, and true religion.

HUTTONIAN, hut-[=o]'ni-an, _adj._ relating to the views of James _Hutton_ (1726-97), who emphasised natural agencies in the formation of the earth's crust.

HUZZA, hooz-zä', _interj._ and _n._ hurrah! a shout of joy or approbation.--_v.t._ to attend with shouts of joy.--_v.i._ to utter shouts of joy or acclamation:--_pr.p._ huzza'ing; _pa.p._ huzzaed (-zäd'). [Ger. _hussa_; the same as _hurrah_.]

HYACINE, h[=i]'a-sin, _n._ (_Spens._) the hyacinth.

HYACINTH, h[=i]'a-sinth, _n._ a bulbous-rooted flower of a great variety of colours: (_myth._) a flower which sprang from the blood of Hyacinthus, a youth killed by Apollo with a quoit: a precious stone, the jacinth.--_adj._ HYACIN'THINE, consisting of or resembling hyacinth: very beautiful, like Hyacinthus: curling like the hyacinth. [Doublet of _jacinth_.]

HYADES, h[=i]'a-d[=e]z, HYADS, h[=i]'adz, _n._ a cluster of five stars in the constellation of the Bull, supposed by the ancients to bring rain when they rose with the sun. [Gr. _hyades_, explained by the ancients as from _hyein_, to rain; more prob.=little pigs, _hys_, a pig.]

HYÆNA, HYENA, h[=i]-[=e]'na, _n._ a bristly-maned quadruped of the dog kind, so named from its likeness to the sow.--LAUGHING HYÆNA, the tiger-wolf or spotted hyæna of South Africa, emitting at times a sound somewhat like hysterical laughter. [L.,--Gr. _hyaina_--_hys_, a sow.]

HYALINE, h[=i]'a-lin, _adj._ glassy: consisting of or like glass.--_n._ a glassy transparent surface.--_n._ HYALES'CENCE, the process of becoming glassy.--_adj._ HYALES'CENT.--_ns._ HY'ALITE, a variety of opal like colourless gum; HYAL[=I]T'IS, inflammation of the vitreous humour; HYALOG'RAPHY, the art of engraving on glass.--_adj._ HY'ALOID, hyaline, transparent. [Gr. _hyalinos_--_hyalos_, glass, prob. Egyptian.]

HYBERNATE, &c. See HIBERNATE, &c.

HYBLÆAN, hi-bl[=e]'an, _adj._ pertaining to ancient _Hybla_ in Sicily, noted for its honey.

HYBRID, h[=i]'brid, or hib'-, _n._ an animal or plant produced from two different species: a mongrel: a mule: a word formed of elements from different languages.--_adjs._ HY'BRID, HYB'RIDOUS, produced from different species: mongrel.--_adj._ HY'BRIDISABLE.--_n._ HYBRIDIS[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ and _v.i._ HY'BRIDISE, to cause to interbreed, and to interbreed.---_ns._ HYBRIDIS'ER; HY'BRIDISM, HYBRID'ITY, state of being hybrid. [Fr.,--L. _hibrida_, a mongrel.]

HYDATID, h[=i]'d[=a]-tid, _n._ a watery cyst or vesicle sometimes found in animal bodies.--_n._ HY'DATISM, the sound caused by the fluctuation of pus in an abscess.--_adj._ HYD'ATOID, watery, aqueous. [Gr. _hydatis_, a watery vesicle--_hyd[=o]r_, _hydatos_, water.]

HYDRA, h[=i]'dra, _n._ (_myth._) a water-serpent with many heads, which when cut off were succeeded by others: any manifold evil: a genus of fresh-water polyps remarkable for their power of multiplication by being cut or divided.--_adjs._ HY'DRA-HEAD'ED, difficulty to root out, springing up vigorously again and again; HY'DROID, like the hydra. [L.,--Gr. _hydra_--_hyd[=o]r_, water, akin to Sans. _udras_, an otter.]

HYDRAGOGUE, h[=i]'dra-g[=o]g, _n._ a very active purgative, such as jalap. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _ag[=o]gos_, leading, _agein_, to lead.]

HYDRANGEA, h[=i]-dran'je-a, _n._ a genus of shrubby plants with large heads of showy flowers, natives of China and Japan. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _anggeion_, vessel.]

HYDRANT, h[=i]'drant, _n._ a machine for discharging water: a water-plug. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water.]

HYDRATE, h[=i]'dr[=a]t, _n._ a compound formed by the union of water with an oxide.--_n._ HYDR[=A]'TION. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water.]

HYDRAULIC, -AL, h[=i]-drawl'ik, -al, _adj._ relating to hydraulics: conveying water: worked by water.--_adv._ HYDRAUL'ICALLY.--_n.pl._ HYDRAUL'ICS, used as _sing._, the science of hydrodynamics in its practical application to water-pipes, &c.--HYDRAULIC BELT, an arrangement for lifting water, consisting of an endless belt fitted with buckets which discharge as they turn over an upper wheel; HYDRAULIC CEMENT, lime, a cement that sets or hardens under water; HYDRAULIC JACK, a jack or lifting apparatus, by means of oil, &c., pressed by a force-pump against a piston or plunger; HYDRAULIC MINING, a method of mining by which the auriferous detritus is washed down by a powerful jet of water into a sluice where the gold is easily separated; HYDRAULIC PRESS, a press operated by the differential pressure of water on pistons of different dimensions; HYDRAULIC RAM, an automatic pump worked by the pressure of a column of water in a pipe, and the force acquired by intermittent motion of the column. [From Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _aulos_, a pipe.]

HYDRIA, h[=i]'dri-a, _n._ a large Greek water-vase.--_n._ HY'DRIAD, a water-nymph.

HYDRID, h[=i]'drid, _n._ (_chem._) a substance consisting of hydrogen combined with an element or some compound radical.--_n._ HY'DRIODATE, a salt of hydriodic acid.--_adj._ HYDRIOD'IC, produced by the combination of hydrogen and iodine.

HYDROBAROMETER, h[=i]-dro-ba-rom'e-ter, _n._ an instrument for determining the depth of the sea by the pressure of the superincumbent water.

HYDROBROMIC, h[=i]-dro-br[=o]'mik, _adj._ compounded of bromine and hydrogen.--_n._ HYDROBR[=O]'MATE, a salt of hydrobromic acid--same as _bromide_; also _Bromhydrate_.

HYDROCARBON, h[=i]-dro-kär'bon, _n._ a compound of hydrogen and carbon.--HYDROCARBON FURNACE, a furnace in which liquid fuel, as petroleum, is used.

HYDROCELE, h[=i]'dro-s[=e]l, _n._ (_med._) a swelling consisting of a collection of serous fluid in the scrotum or in some of the coverings of the testicle or spermatic cord. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _k[=e]l[=e]_, a swelling.]

HYDROCEPHALUS, h[=i]-dro-sef'a-lus, _n._ an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranial cavity, either in the sub-dural space or the ventricles: water in the head: dropsy of the brain.--_adjs._ HYDROCEPHAL'IC, HYDROCEPH'ALOID, HYDROCEPH'ALOUS. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _kephal[=e]_, the head.]

HYDROCHLORIC, h[=i]-dro-kl[=o]'rik, _adj._ compounded of hydrogen and chlorine.--_n._ HYDROCHL[=O]'RATE, a salt of hydrochloric acid.

HYDROCYANIC, h[=i]-dro-s[=i]-an'ik, _adj._ noting an acid formed by the combination of hydrogen and cyanogen--also _Prussic acid_.--_ns._ HYDROCY'ANIDE, HYDROCY'ANITE.

HYDRODYNAMICS, h[=i]-dro-di-nam'iks, _n.pl._ used as _sing._, the science that treats of the motions and equilibrium of a material system partly or wholly fluid, called _Hydrostatics_ when the system is in equilibrium, _Hydrokinetics_ when it is not.--_adjs._ HYDRODYNAM'IC, -AL.--_n._ HYDRODYNAMOM'ETER, an instrument for measuring the velocity of fluid in motion by its pressure.--_adj._ HYDROELEC'TRIC, pertaining to electricity generated by the escape of steam under high pressure.--_n._ HY'DRO-EXTRACT'OR, an apparatus for removing moisture from yarns, cloths, &c., in process of manufacture. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, and _dynamics_.]

HYDROFLUORIC, h[=i]-dro-fl[=oo]-or'ik, _adj._ consisting of fluorine and hydrogen.

HYDROGEN, h[=i]'dro-jen, _n._ a gas which in combination with oxygen produces water, an elementary gaseous substance, the lightest of all known substances, and very inflammable.--_adjs._ HY'DRIC, containing hydrogen; HYDROG'ENOUS, containing hydrogen: produced by the action of water, as applied to rocks in opposition to those that are _pyrogenous_, formed by the action of fire. [A word coined by Cavendish (1766) from Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, and _gen[=e]s_, producing.]

HYDROGRAPHY, h[=i]-drog'ra-fi, _n._ the art of measuring and describing the size and position of waters or seas: the art of making sea-charts.--_n._ HYDROG'RAPHER, a maker of sea-charts.--_adjs._ HYDROGRAPH'IC, -AL.--_adv._ HYDROGRAPH'ICALLY. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _graphein_, to write.]

HYDROKINETICS, h[=i]-dro-ki-net'iks, _n.pl._ used as _sing._, a branch of _Hydrodynamics_ (q.v.).

HYDROLOGY, h[=i]-drol'o-ji, _n._ the science which treats of water.--_adjs._ HYDROLOG'IC, -AL.--_n._ HYDROL'OGIST. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _logia_, a discourse.]

HYDROLYSIS, h[=i]-drol'i-sis, _n._ a kind of chemical decomposition by which a compound is resolved into other compounds by taking up the elements of water.--_adj._ HYDROLYT'IC. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _lysis_--_lyein_, to loose.]

HYDROMANCY, h[=i]'dro-man-si, _n._ divination by water.--_adj._ HYDROMANT'IC. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _manteia_, divination.]

HYDROMANIA, h[=i]-dro-m[=a]'ni-a, _n._ an insatiable craving for water, as in diabetes: a morbid propensity to suicide by drowning.

HYDROMECHANICS, h[=i]-dro-me-kan'iks, _n._ the mechanics of fluids.

HYDROMEL, h[=i]'dro-mel, _n._ a beverage made of honey and water. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _meli_, honey.]

HYDROMETAMORPHISM, h[=i]-dro-met-a-mor'fizm, _n._ a kind of metamorphism of igneous rocks brought about by water, in opposition to _Pyrometamorphism_, that brought about by means of heat.

HYDROMETEOROLOGY, h[=i]-dro-m[=e]-te-or-ol'o-ji, _n._ the branch of meteorology which treats of water in the atmosphere, as rain, clouds, snow, &c.--_n._ HYDROM[=E]'TEOR, any one of the aqueous phenomena of the atmosphere. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _mete[=o]ron_, a meteor.]

HYDROMETER, h[=i]-drom'et-[.e]r, _n._ an instrument for measuring the density or specific gravity of solids and liquids by flotation, consisting of a weighted glass bulb or hollow metal cylinder with a long stem: a current-gauge.--_adjs._ HYDROMET'RIC, -AL.--_n._ HYDROM'ETRY. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _metron_, a measure.]

HYDROMOTOR, h[=i]-dro-m[=o]'tor, _n._ a form of motor for propelling vessels by means of jets of water ejected from the sides or stern.

HYDROMYS, h[=i]'dro-mis, _n._ an Australasian genus of rodents, known as water-rats and beaver-rats. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _mys_, mouse.]

HYDRONETTE, h[=i]'dro-net, _n._ a syringe: a garden force-pump.

HYDROPATHY, h[=i]-drop'a-thi, _n._ the treatment of disease by cold water.--_adjs._ HYDROPATH'IC, -AL.--_adv._ HYDROPATH'ICALLY.--_n._ HYDROP'ATHIST, one who practises hydropathy.--HYDROPATHIC ESTABLISHMENT or (_coll._) simply HYDROPATH'IC, a temperance hotel where the guests can have hydropathic treatment if desired. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _pathos_, suffering, _pathein_, to suffer.]

HYDROPHANE, h[=i]'dro-f[=a]n, _n._ a partly translucent variety of opal which becomes transparent when wetted.--_adj._ HYDROPH'ANOUS. [Gr. HYD[=O]R, water, _phainein_, to shine.]

HYDROPHIDÆ, h[=i]-drof'i-d[=e], _n.pl._ a family of venomous sea-snakes. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _ophis_, snake.]

HYDROPHOBIA, h[=i]-dro-f[=o]'bi-a, _n._ an unnatural dread of water, a symptom of a disease known as Rabies, usually resulting from the bite of a mad dog--hence the disease itself.--_adj._ HYDROPHOB'IC. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _phobos_, fear.]

HYDROPHONE, h[=i]'dro-f[=o]n, _n._ a marine electric apparatus for detecting the approach of a torpedo-boat, &c.

HYDROPHORE, h[=i]'dro-f[=o]r, _n._ an apparatus for obtaining specimens of water from any required depth.

HYDROPHTHALMIA, h[=i]-drof-thal'mi-a, _n._ an increase in quantity of the aqueous or the vitreous humour.

HYDROPHYTE, h[=i]'dro-f[=i]t, _n._ a plant living in water.--_n._ HYDROPHYTOG'RAPHY, the branch of botany which describes such--also HYDROPHYTOL'OGY. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _phyton_, a plant, _logia_, discourse.]

HYDROPSY, h[=i]'drop-si, _n._ dropsy.--_adjs._ HYDROP'IC, HYDROP'TIC, dropsical: thirsty.

HYDROPULT, h[=i]'dro-pult, _n._ a hand force-pump.

HYDROSAURUS, h[=i]-dro-saw'rus, _n._ a genus of monitor-lizards, of aquatic habit, found in the Malay Peninsula, &c. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _sauros_, a lizard.]

HYDROSCOPE, h[=i]'dro-sk[=o]p, _n._ a kind of water-clock, consisting of a cylindrical graduated tube, from which the water escaped through a hole in the bottom. [Gr. _hyd[=o]r_, water, _skopein_, to view.]

HYDROSOMA, h[=i]-dro-s[=o]'ma, _n._ the entire organism of any hydrozoon:--_pl._ HYDROS[=O]'MATA.--_adjs._ HYDROS[=O]'MAL, HYDROS[=O]'MATOUS.

HYDROSTATICS, h[=i]-dro-stat'iks, _n.pl._ used as _sing._, a branch of HYDRODYNAMICS (which see).--_n._ HY'DROSTAT, an electrical contrivance for detecting a leakage or overflow of water: an apparatus devised to guard against the explosion of steam boilers.--_adjs._ HYDROSTAT'IC, -AL.--_adv._ HYDROSTAT'ICALLY.--HYDROSTATIC BALANCE, a balance for weighing bodies in water to determine their specific gravity; HYDROSTATIC BELLOWS, a device for illustrating the law that fluid pressure is proportional to area; HYDROSTATIC PARADOX, the principle that (disregarding molecular forces) any quantity of fluid, however small, may balance any weight, however great, as in the hydrostatic bellows; HYDROSTATIC PRESS, the same as Hydraulic Press.

HYDROSULPHURIC, h[=i]-dro-sul-f[=u]'rik, _adj._ formed by a combination of hydrogen and sulphur.