Chapter XLV: Part 45

He died . . . mourned by a hemisphere.

J. P. Peters.

Cerebral hemispheres. (Anat.) See Brain. -- Magdeburg hemispheres (Physics), two hemispherical cups forming, when placed together, a cavity from which the air can be withdrawn by an air pump; -- used to illustrate the pressure of the air. So called because invented by Otto von Guericke at Magdeburg.

{ Hem`i*spher"ic (?), Hem`i*spher"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. hÈmisphÈrique.] Containing, or pertaining to, a hemisphere; as, a hemispheric figure or form; a hemispherical body.

Hem`i*sphe"roid (?), n. [Hemi- + spheroid.] A half of a spheroid.

Hem`i*sphe*roid"al (?), a. Resembling, or approximating to, a hemisphere in form.

Hem`i*spher"ule (?), n. A half spherule.

Hem"i*stich (?; 277), n. [L. hemistichium, Gr. "hmisti`chion; "hmi- half + sti`chos row, line, verse: cf. F. hÈmistiche.] Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.

He*mis"ti*chal (?), a. Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also, by, or according to, hemistichs; as, a hemistichal division of a verse.

Hem`i*sys"to*le (?), n. (Physiol.) Contraction of only one ventricle of the heart.

Hemisystole is noticed in rare cases of insufficiency of the mitral valve, in which both ventricles at times contract simultaneously, as in a normal heart, this condition alternating with contraction of the right ventricle alone; hence, intermittent hemisystole.

Hem"i*tone (?), n. [L. hemitonium, Gr. &?;.] See Semitone.

{ He*mit"ro*pal (?), He*mit"ro*pous (?), } a. [See Hemitrope.] 1. Turned half round; half inverted.

2. (Bot.) Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule. Gray.

Hem"i*trope (?), a. [Hemi- + Gr. &?; to turn: cf. F. hÈmitrope.] Half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure.

Hem"i*trope, n. That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.

He*mit"ro*py (?), n. (Crystallog.) Twin composition in crystals.

Hem"lock (?), n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium.

The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by some thought to have been a decoction of Cicuta virosa, or water hemlock, by others, of Conium maculatum.

2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, or Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce.

The murmuring pines and the hemlocks.

Longfellow.

3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.

Ground hemlock, or Dwarf hemlock. See under Ground.

Hem"mel (?), n. [Scot. hemmel, hammel, Prov. E. hemble hovel, stable, shed, perh. allied to D. hemel heaven, canopy, G. himmel; cf. E. heaven. √14.] A shed or hovel for cattle. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Hem"mer (?), n. One who, or that which, hems with a needle. Specifically: (a) An attachment to a sewing machine, for turning under the edge of a piece of fabric, preparatory to stitching it down. (b) A tool for turning over the edge of sheet metal to make a hem.

Hem"o- (?). Same as HÊma-, HÊmo-.

Hem"o*glo"bin (?), n. [Hemo- + globe.] (Physiol.) The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called hÊmatoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called hÊmatocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood.

Hem`o*glo"bin*om"e*ter (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) Same as HÊmochromometer.

||Hem`o*phil"i*a (?), n. See Hematophilia.

He*mop"ty*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood + &?; to spit: cf. F. hÈmoptysie.] (Med.) The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.

Hem"or*rhage (?), n. [L. haemorrhagia, Gr. a"imorragi`a; a"i^ma blood + "rhgny`nai to break, burst: cf. F. hÈmorragie, hÈmorrhagie.] (Med.) Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.

The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage.

Hem`or*rhag"ic (?), a. [Gr. a"imorragiko`s: cf. F. hÈmorrhagique.] Pertaining or tending to a flux of blood; consisting in, or accompanied by, hemorrhage.

Hem`or*rhoid"al (?), a. [Cf. F. hÈmorroÔdal, hÈmorrhoÔdal.] 1. Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, hemorrhoids.

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the rectum; rectal; as, the hemorrhoidal arteries, veins, and nerves.

Hem"or*rhoids (?), n. pl. [L. haemorrhoidae, pl., Gr. &?;, sing., &?; (sc. &?;), pl., veins liable to discharge blood, hemorrhoids, fr. &?; flowing with blood; a"i^ma blood + &?; to flow: cf. F. hÈmorroÔdes, hÈmorrhoÔdes. See Rheum.] (Med.) Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods. [The sing. hemorrhoid is rarely used.]

Hem`o*stat"ic (?), a. [Hemo- + Gr. statiko`s causing to stand, fr. &?; to stand.] 1. (Med.) Of or relating to stagnation of the blood.

2. Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic.

Hem`o*stat"ic, n. A medicine or application to arrest hemorrhage.

Hem`o*tho"rax (?), n. [NL. See Hemo- , and Thorax.] (Med.) An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura.

Hemp (hmp), n. [OE. hemp, AS. henep, hÊnep; akin to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp, Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. ka`nnabis, ka`nnabos; cf. Russ. konoplia, Skr. Áaa; all prob. borrowed from some other language at an early time. Cf. Cannabine, Canvas.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cannabis (C. sativa), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants yielding fiber.

2. The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for spinning. The name has also been extended to various fibers resembling the true hemp.

African hemp, Bowstring hemp. See under African, and Bowstring. -- Bastard hemp, the Asiatic herb Datisca cannabina. -- Canada hemp, a species of dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum), the fiber of which was used by the Indians. -- Hemp agrimony, a coarse, composite herb of Europe (Eupatorium cannabinum), much like the American boneset. -- Hemp nettle, a plant of the genus Galeopsis (G. Tetrahit), belonging to the Mint family. -- Indian hemp. See under Indian, a. -- Manila hemp, the fiber of Musa textilis. -- Sisal hemp, the fiber of Agave sisalana, of Mexico and Yucatan. -- Sunn hemp, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant (Crotalaria juncea). -- Water hemp, an annual American weed (Acnida cannabina), related to the amaranth.

Hemp"en (-'n), a. 1. Made of hemp; as, a hempen cord.

2. Like hemp. "Beat into a hempen state." Cook.

Hemp"y (?), a. Like hemp. [R.] Howell.

Hem*self" (?), Hem*selve" (&?;), Hem*selv"en (&?;), pron. pl. [See Hem, pron.] Themselves; -- used reflexively. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hem"stitch (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hemstitched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hemstitching.] [Hem + stitch.] To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief.

Hem"stitched (?), a. Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief.

He"muse (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The roebuck in its third year. [Prov. Eng.]

Hen (?), n. [AS. henn, hen, hÊn; akin to D. hen, OHG. henna, G. henne, Icel. h&?;na, Dan. hˆna; the fem. corresponding to AS. hana cock, D. haan, OHG. hano, G. hahn, Icel. hani, Dan. & Sw. hane. Prob. akin to L. canere to sing, and orig. meaning, a singer. Cf. Chanticleer.] (Zoˆl.) The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen.

Used adjectively or in combination to indicate the female; as, hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen.

Hen clam. (Zoˆl.) (a) A clam of the Mactra, and allied genera; the sea clam or surf clam. See Surf clam. (b) A California clam of the genus Pachydesma. -- Hen driver. See Hen harrier (below). -- Hen harrier (Zoˆl.), a hawk (Circus cyaneus), found in Europe and America; -- called also dove hawk, henharm, henharrow, hen driver, and usually, in America, marsh hawk. See Marsh hawk. -- Hen hawk (Zoˆl.), one of several species of large hawks which capture hens; esp., the American red-tailed hawk (Buteo borealis), the red-shouldered hawk (B. lineatus), and the goshawk.

Hen"bane` (?), n. [Hen + bane.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (H. niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus.

Hen"bit` (?), n. (Bot.) A weed of the genus Lamium (L. amplexicaule) with deeply crenate leaves.

Hence (?), adv. [OE. hennes, hens (the s is prop. a genitive ending; cf. - wards), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinnn, G. hinnen, OHG. hina, G. hin; all from the root of E. he. See He.] 1. From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." Chaucer.

Arise, let us go hence.

John xiv. 31.

I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.

Acts xxii. 21.

2. From this time; in the future; as, a week hence. "Half an hour hence." Shak.

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3. From this reason; as an inference or deduction.

Hence, perhaps, it is, that Solomon calls the fear of the Lord the
beginning of wisdom.

Tillotson.

4. From this source or origin.

All other faces borrowed hence Their light and grace.

Suckling.

Whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even
of your lusts?

James. iv. 1.

Hence is used, elliptically and imperatively, for go hence; depart hence; away; be gone. "Hence with your little ones." Shak. -- From hence, though a pleonasm, is fully authorized by the usage of good writers.

An ancient author prophesied from hence.

Dryden.

Expelled from hence into a world Of woe and sorrow.

Milton.

Hence (?), v. t. To send away. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Hence`forth" (?), adv. From this time forward; henceforward.

I never from thy side henceforth to stray.

Milton.

Hence`for"ward (?), adv. From this time forward; henceforth.

Hench"boy` (hnch"boi`), n. A page; a servant. [Obs.]

Hench"man (-man), n.; pl. -men (#). [OE. hencheman, henxman; prob. fr. OE. & AS. hengest horse + E. man, and meaning, a groom. AS. hengest is akin to D. & G. hengst stallion, OHG. hengist horse, gelding.] An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.

Hen"coop` (?), n. A coop or cage for hens.

Hende (?), a. [OE., near, handy, kind, fr. AS. gehende near, fr. hand hand. See Handy.] 1. Skillful; dexterous; clever. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Friendly; civil; gentle; kind. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hen*dec"a*gon (?), n. [Gr. &?; eleven + &?; angle: cf. F. hendÈcagone.] (Geom.) A plane figure of eleven sides and eleven angles. [Written also endecagon.]

Hen"de*cane (?), n. [Gr. "e`ndeka eleven.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the paraffin series; -- so called because it has eleven atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called also endecane, undecane.

Hen*dec`a*syl*lab"ic (?), a. Pertaining to a line of eleven syllables.

Hen*dec"a*syl`la*ble (?), n. [L. hendecasyllabus, Gr. &?; eleven-syllabled; &?; eleven + &?; syllable: cf. F. hendÈcasyllabe.] A metrical line of eleven syllables. J. Warton.

Hen*dec`a*to"ic (?), a. [See Hendecane.] (Chem.) Undecylic; pertaining to, or derived from, hendecane; as, hendecatoic acid.

Hen*di"a*dys (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; &?; &?; one by two.] (Gram.) A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns connected by and, instead of by a noun and limiting adjective; as, we drink from cups and gold, for golden cups.

Hen"dy (?), a. [Obs.] See Hende.

Hen"en (?), adv. Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hen"fish` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) (a) A marine fish; the sea bream. (b) A young bib. See Bib, n., 2.

Heng (?), obs. imp. of Hang. Hung. Chaucer.

Hen"-heart`ed (?), a. Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted. Udall.

Hen"house` (?), n.; pl. Henhouses. A house or shelter for fowls.

Hen"hus`sy (?), n. A cotquean; a man who intermeddles with women's concerns.

He*ni"quen (?), n. See Jeniquen.

Hen"na (?), n. [Ar. hinn alcanna (Lawsonia inermis or alba). Cf. Alcanna, Alkanet, Orchanet.]

1. (Bot.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the nails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc.

2. (Com.) The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or dyestuff made from them.

Hen"ner*y (?), n. An inclosed place for keeping hens. [U. S.]

Hen"nes (?), adv. Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hen`no*tan"nic (?), a. [Henna + tannic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid.

{ He*nog"e* ny (?), Hen`o*gen"e*sis (?), } n. [Gr. e"i`s, masc., "e`n, neut., one + root of &?; to be born.] (Biol.) Same as Ontogeny.

Hen"o*the*ism (?), n. [Gr. e"i`s, "enos`, one + E. theism.] Primitive religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to the rest. [R.]

He*not"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to unite, fr. e"i`s one.] Harmonizing; irenic. Gladstone.

Hen"peck` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Henpecked (?); p. pr. & vb. Henpecking.] To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively).

Hen"roost` (?), n. A place where hens roost.

Hen"ry (?), n.; pl. Henrys. [From Joseph Henry, an American physicist.] The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one ampËre a second.

Hen's-foot` (&?;), n. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Caucalis daucoides).

Hent (hnt), v. t. [imp. Hente; p. p. Hent.] [OE. hente, henten, fr. AS. hentan, gehentan, to pursue, take, seize; cf. Icel. henda, Goth. hinpan (in compos.), and E. hunt.] To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Spenser.

This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast.

Chaucer.

But all that he might of his friendes hente On bookes and on
learning he it spente.

Chaucer.

Hen"ware` (?), n. (Bot.) A coarse, blackish seaweed. See Badderlocks.

Henx"man (?), n. Henchman. [Obs.]

Hep (?), n. See Hip, the fruit of the dog-rose.

||He"par (?), n. [L. hepar, hepatis, the liver, Gr. &?;.] 1. (Old ||Chem.) Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, ||sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with ||carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially ||of alkaline sulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris (&?;).

2. Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also hepar sulphuris calcareum (&?;).

Hepar antimonii (&?;) (Old Chem.), a substance, of a liver-brown color, obtained by fusing together antimony sulphide with alkaline sulphides, and consisting of sulphantimonites of the alkalies; -- called also liver of antimony.

He*pat"ic (?), a. [L. hepaticus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; the liver; akin to L. jecur, Skr. yak&?;t: cf. F. hÈpatique.] 1. Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases.

2. Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar.

3. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called HepaticÊ, or scale mosses and liverworts.

Hepatic duct (Anat.), any biliary duct; esp., the duct, or one of the ducts, which carries the bile from the liver to the cystic and common bile ducts. See Illust., under Digestive. -- Hepatic gas (Old Chem.), sulphureted hydrogen gas. -- Hepatic mercurial ore, or Hepatic cinnabar. See under Cinnabar.

||He*pat"i*ca (?), n.; pl. HepaticÊ (#). [NL. See Hepatic. So called in ||allusion to the shape of the lobed leaves or fronds.]

1. (Bot.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.

2. (bot.) Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class HepaticÊ; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See HepaticÊ, in the Supplement.

He*pat"ic*al, a. Hepatic. [R.]

Hep"a*tite (?; 277), n. [L. hepatitis an unknown precious stone, Gr. &?;, fr. &?;, &?;, the liver: cf. F. hÈpatite.] (Min.) A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated.

||Hep`a*ti"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, liver + -itis.] (Med.) ||Inflammation of the liver.

Hep`a*ti*za"tion (?), n. 1. (Chem.) Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas. [Obs.]

2. [Cf. F. hÈpatisation.] (Med.) Conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no longer pervious to the air.

Hep"a*tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hepatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hepatizing (?).] [Gr. &?; to be like the liver, to be liver-colored, fr. &?;, &?;, the liver: cf. E. hepatite, and (for sense 2) F. hÈpatiser.] 1. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas.

On the right . . . were two wells of hepatized water.

Barrow.

2. To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.

He*pat"o*cele (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, the liver + &?; tumor.] (Med.) Hernia of the liver.

Hep`a*to*cys"tic (?), a. [Hepatic + cystic.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; as, the hepatocystic ducts.

Hep`a*to*gas"tric (?), a. [Hepatic + gastric.] (Anat.) See Gastrohepatic.

{ Hep`a*to*gen"ic (?), Hep`a*tog"e*nous (?), } a. [Gr. "h^par, "h`patos, the liver + root of gi`gnesthai to be born] (Med.) Arising from the liver; due to a condition of the liver; as, hepatogenic jaundice.

Hep`a*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. "h^par, "h`patos, the liver + -logy.] The science which treats of the liver; a treatise on the liver.

Hep"a*to-pan"cre*as (?), n. [Gr. "h^par, "h`patos, the liver + E. pancreas.] (Zoˆl.) A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates.

Hep`a*to*re"nal (?), a. [Hepatic + renal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament.

Hep`a*tos"co*py (?), n. [Gr. &?;; fr. "h^par, "h`patos, the liver + &?; to view: cf. F. hÈpatoscopie.] Divination by inspecting the liver of animals.

Hep"pen (?), a. [Cf. AS. gehÊp fit, Icel. heppinn lucky, E. happy.] Neat; fit; comfortable. [Obs.]

Hep"per (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoˆl.) A young salmon; a parr.

Hep"ta (?). [See Seven.] A combining form from Gr. "epta`, seven.

Hep"ta*chord (?), n. [Gr. "epta`xordos seven-stringed; "epta` seven + xordh` chord: cf. F. heptacorde. See Seven, and Chord.] 1. (Anc. Mus.) (a) A system of seven sounds. (b) A lyre with seven chords.

2. (Anc. Poet.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones. Moore (Encyc. of Music).

Hep"tad (?), n. [L. heptas the number seven. Gr. &?;, &?;, fr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.) An atom which has a valence of seven, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, seven monad atoms or radicals; as, iodine is a heptad in iodic acid. Also used as an adjective.

Hep"tade (?), n. [Cf. F. heptade. See Heptad.] The sum or number of seven.

Hep"ta*glot (?), n. [Gr. &?;; "epta` seven + 3, &?;, tongue, language.] A book in seven languages.

Hep"ta*gon (?), n. [Gr. &?; sevencornered; "epta` seven + &?; angle: cf. F. heptagone.] (Geom.) A plane figure consisting of seven sides and having seven angles.

Hep*tag"o*nal (?), a. [Cf. F. heptagonal.] Having seven angles or sides.

Heptagonal numbers (Arith.), the numbers of the series 1, 7, 18, 34, 55, etc., being figurate numbers formed by adding successively the terms of the arithmetical series 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, etc.

||Hep`ta*gyn"i*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "epta` seven + &?; woman, ||female: cf. F. heptagunie.] (Bot.) A LinnÊan order of plants having ||seven pistils.

{ Hep`ta*gyn"i*an (?), Hep*tag"y*nous (?), } a. [Cf. F. heptagyne.] (Bot.) Having seven pistils.

Hep`ta*he"dron (?), n. [Hepta- + Gr. &?; seat, base, fr. &?; to sit: cf. F. heptaËdre.] (Geom.) A solid figure with seven sides.

Hep*tam"er*ous (?), a. [Hepta- + Gr. &?; part.] (Bot.) Consisting of seven parts, or having the parts in sets of sevens. Gray.

||Hep*tan"dri*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "epta` seven + &?;, &?;, man, ||male: cf. F. heptandrie.] (Bot.) A LinnÊan class of plants having ||seven stamens.

{ Hep*tan"dri*an (?), Hep*tan"drous (?), } a. [Cf. F. heptandre.] (Bot.) Having seven stamens.

Hep"tane (?), n. [Gr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.) Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of the paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); -- so called because the molecule has seven carbon atoms. Specifically, a colorless liquid, found as a constituent of petroleum, in the tar oil of cannel coal, etc.

Hep*tan"gu*lar (?), a. [Hepta- + angular: cf. F. heptangulaire. Cf. Septangular.] Having seven angles.

Hep*taph"yl*lous (?), a. [Hepta- + Gr. &?; leaf: cf. F. heptaphylle.] (Bot.) Having seven leaves.

Hep"tarch (?), n. Same as Heptarchist.

Hep*tar"chic (?), a. [Cf. F. heptarchique.] Of or pertaining to a heptarchy; constituting or consisting of a heptarchy. T. Warton.

Hep"tarch*ist (?), n. A ruler of one division of a heptarchy. [Written also heptarch.]

Hep"tarch*y (?), n. [Hepta- + -archy: cf. F. heptarchie.] A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers.

The word is most commonly applied to England, when it was divided into seven kingdoms; as, the Saxon heptachy, which consisted of Kent, the South Saxons (Sussex), West Saxons (Wessex), East Saxons (Essex), the East Angles, Mercia, and Northumberland.

Hep`ta*sper"mous (?), a. [Hepta- + Gr. &?; a seed.] (Bot.) Having seven seeds.

Hep"ta*stich (?), n. [Hepta- + Gr. sti`chos line, verse.] (Pros.) A composition consisting of seven lines or verses.

Hep"ta*teuch (?), n. [L. heptateuchos, Gr. "epta` seven + &?; tool, book; &?; to prepare, make, work: cf. F. heptateuque.] The first seven books of the Testament.

Hep*tav"a*lent (?), a. [Hepta- + L. valens, p. pr. See Valence.] (Chem.) Having seven units of attractive force or affinity; -- said of heptad elements or radicals.

Hep"tene (?), n. [Gr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.) Same as Heptylene.

Hep"tine (?), n. [Heptane + - ine.] (Chem.) Any one of a series of unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons, C7H12, of the acetylene series.

Hep*to"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, heptane; as, heptoic acid.

Hep"tone (?), n. [Gr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C7H10, of the valylene series.

Hep" tree` (?). [See Hep.] The wild dog- rose.

Hep"tyl (?), n. [Hepta- + - yl.] (Chem.) A compound radical, C7H15, regarded as the essential radical of heptane and a related series of compounds.

Hep"tyl*ene (?), n. (Chem.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, C7H14, of the ethylene series; also, any one of its isomers. Called also heptene.

Hep*tyl"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, heptyl or heptane; as, heptylic alcohol. Cf. ånanthylic.

Her (?), pron. & a. [OE. hire, here, hir, hure, gen. and dat. sing., AS. hire, gen. and dat. sing. of hÈo she. from the same root as E. he. See He.] The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out.

The possessive her takes the form hers when the noun with which in agrees is not given, but implied. "And what his fortune wanted, hers could mend." Dryden.

Her, Here (&?;), pron. pl. [OE. here, hire, AS. heora, hyra, gen. pl. of h. See He.] Of them; their. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

On here bare knees adown they fall.

Chaucer.

He*rac"le*on*ite (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.

He*rak"line (?), n. [Gr. &?; Hercules.] A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting.

Her"ald (?), n. [OE. herald, heraud, OF. heralt, heraut, herault, F. hÈraut, LL. heraldus, haraldus, fr. (assumed) OHG. heriwalto, hariwaldo, a (civil) officer who serves the army; hari, heri, army + waltan to manage, govern, G. walten; akin to E. wield. See Harry, Wield.] 1. (Antiq.) An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.

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2. In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms.

3. A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame. Shak.

4. A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.

It was the lark, the herald of the morn.

Shak.

5. Any messenger. "My herald is returned." Shak.

Heralds' College, in England, an ancient corporation, dependent upon the crown, instituted or perhaps recognized by Richard III. in 1483, consisting of the three Kings-at- Arms and the Chester, Lancaster, Richmond, Somerset, Windsor, and York Heralds, together with the Earl Marshal. This retains from the Middle Ages the charge of the armorial bearings of persons privileged to bear them, as well as of genealogies and kindred subjects; -- called also College of Arms.

Her"ald (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heralded; p. pr. & vb. n. Heralding.] [Cf. OF. herauder, heraulder.] To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in. Shak.

He*ral"dic (?), a. [Cf. F. hÈraldique.] Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language. T. Warton.

He*ral"dic*al*ly (?), adv. In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.

Her"ald*ry (?), n. The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.

Her"ald*ship, n. The office of a herald. Selden.

Her"a*path*ite (?), n. [Named after Dr. Herapath, the discoverer.] (Chem.) The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light.

Her"aud (?), n. A herald. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Herb (?; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh` food, pasture, fe`rbein to feed.] 1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower the second season, and then die; perennial herbs produce new stems year after year.

2. Grass; herbage.

And flocks Grazing the tender herb.

Milton.

Herb bennet. (Bot.) See Bennet. -- Herb Christopher (Bot.), an herb (ActÊa spicata), whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal fern, the wood betony, etc. -- Herb Gerard (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. Dr. Prior. -- Herb grace, or Herb of grace. (Bot.) See Rue. -- Herb Margaret (Bot.), the daisy. See Marguerite. -- Herb Paris (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the trillium (Paris quadrifolia), commonly reputed poisonous. -- Herb Robert (Bot.), a species of Geranium (G. Robertianum.)

Her*ba"ceous (?), a. [L. herbaceus grassy. See Herb.] Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem.

Herb"age (?; 48), n. [F. See Herb.]

1. Herbs collectively; green food beasts; grass; pasture. "Thin herbage in the plaims." Dryden.

2. (Law.) The liberty or right of pasture in the forest or in the grounds of another man. Blount.

Herb"aged (?), a. Covered with grass. Thomson.

Herb"al (?), a. Of or pertaining to herbs. Quarles.

Herb"al (?), n. 1. A book containing the names and descriptions of plants. Bacon.

2. A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved; a hortus siccus; an herbarium. Steele.

Herb"al*ism (?), n. The knowledge of herbs.

Herb"al*ist, n. One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs.

Herb"ar (?), n. An herb. [Obs.] Spenser.

Her*ba"ri*an (?), n. A herbalist.

Herb"a*rist (?), n. A herbalist. [Obs.]

Her*ba"ri*um (?), n.; pl. E. Herbariums (#), L. Herbaria (#). [LL., fr. L. herba. See Herb, and cf. Arbor, Herbary.] 1. A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged. Gray.

2. A book or case for preserving dried plants.

Herb"a*rize (?), v. t. See Herborize.

Herb"a*ry (?), n. [See Herbarium.] A garden of herbs; a cottage garden. T. Warton.

Herb"er (?), n. [OF. herbier, LL. herbarium. See Herbarium.] A garden; a pleasure garden. [Obs.] "Into an herber green." Chaucer.

Her"berg*age (?), n. [See Harborage.] Harborage; lodging; shelter; harbor. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Her"ber*geour (?), n. [See Harbinger.] A harbinger. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Her"bergh (?), Her"ber*we (&?;), n. [See Harbor.] A harbor. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Her*bes"cent (?), a. [L. herbescens, p. pr. of herbescere.] Growing into herbs.

Herb"id (?), a. [L. herbidus.] Covered with herbs. [Obs.] Bailey.

Her*bif"er*ous (?), a. [Herb + -ferous: cf. F. herbifÈre.] Bearing herbs or vegetation.

Herb"ist (?), n. A herbalist.

||Her*biv"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. herba herb + vorare to devour.] ||(Zoˆl.) An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the ||Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by ||later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups ||(Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation.

Her"bi*vore (?), n. [Cf. F. herbivore.] (Zoˆl.) One of the Herbivora. P. H. Gosse.

Her*biv"o*rous (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora.

Herb"less (?), a. Destitute of herbs or of vegetation. J. Warton.

Herb"let (?), n. A small herb. Shak.

Her"bo*rist (?), n. [F. herboriste.] A herbalist. Ray.

Her`bo*ri*za"tion (?), n. [F. herborisation.] 1. The act of herborizing.

2. The figure of plants in minerals or fossils.

Her"bo*rize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Herborized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Herborizing (?).] [F. herboriser, for herbariser, fr. L. herbarium. See Hebrarium.] To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them.

He herborized as he traveled.

W. Tooke.

Her"bo*rize, v. t. To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See Arborized.

Herborized stones contain fine mosses.

Fourcroy (Trans.)

Her"bor*ough (?), n. [See Harborough, and Harbor.] A harbor. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

{ Her*bose" (?), Herb"ous (?), } a. [L. herbosus: cf. F. herbeux.] Abounding with herbs. "Fields poetically called herbose." Byrom.

Herb"-wom`an (?), n.; pl. Herb-women (&?;). A woman that sells herbs.

Herb"y (?), a. Having the nature of, pertaining to, or covered with, herbs or herbage. "Herby valleys." Chapman.

Her*cog"a*mous (?), a. [Gr. &?; a fence + &?; marriage.] (Bot.) Not capable of self- fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.

Her*cu"le*an (?), a. [L. herculeus, fr. Hercules: cf. F. herculÈen. See Hercules.]

1. Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task.

2. Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs. "Herculean Samson." Milton.

Her"cu*les (?), n. 1. (Gr. Myth.) A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or "labors."

2. (Astron.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra.

Hercules' beetle (Zoˆl.), any species of Dynastes, an American genus of very large lamellicorn beetles, esp. D. hercules of South America, which grows to a length of six inches. -- Hercules' club. (Bot.) (a) An ornamental tree of the West Indies (Zanthoxylum Clava-Herculis), of the same genus with the prickly ash. (b) A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length. (c) The Angelica tree. See under Angelica. -- Hercules powder, an explosive containing nitroglycerin; -- used for blasting.

Her*cyn"i*an (?), a. [L. Hercynia silva, Hercynius saltus, the Hercynian forest; cf. Gr. &?; &?;.] Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains.

Herd (?), a. Haired. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Herd (?), n. [OE. herd, heord, AS. heord; akin to OHG. herta,G. herde, Icel. hjˆr&?;, Sw. hjord, Dan. hiord, Goth. haÌrda; cf. Skr. Áardha troop, host.]

1. A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle.

The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.

Gray.

Herd is distinguished from flock, as being chiefly applied to the larger animals. A number of cattle, when driven to market, is called a drove.

2. A crowd of low people; a rabble.

But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and
who talk too much.

Dryden.

You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question.

Coleridge.

Herd's grass (Bot.), one of several species of grass, highly esteemed for hay. See under Grass.

Herd, n. [OE. hirde, herde, heorde, AS. hirde, hyrde, heorde; akin to G. hirt, hirte, OHG. hirti, Icel. hir&?;ir, Sw. herde, Dan. hyrde, Goth. haÌrdeis. See 2d Herd.] One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like. Chaucer.

Herd, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Herded; p. pr. & vb. n. Herding.] [See 2d Herd.] 1. To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.

2. To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.

I'll herd among his friends, and seem One of the number.

Addison.

3. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. [Scot.]

Herd, v. t. To form or put into a herd.

Herd"book` (?), n. A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herd register.

Herd"er (?), n. A herdsman. [R.]

Her"der*ite (?), n. [Named after Baron von Herder, who discovered it.] (Min.) A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals.

Herd"ess (?), n. A shepherdess; a female herder. Sir P. Sidney. Chaucer.

Herd"groom` (?), n. A herdsman. [Obs.]

Her"dic (?), n. [Named from Peter Herdic, the inventor.] A kind of low-hung cab.

{ Herd"man (?), Herds"man (?), } n.; pl. -men (&?;). The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.

Herds"wom`an (?), n.; pl. - women (&?;). A woman who tends a herd. Sir W. Scott.

Here (?), n. Hair. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Here (?), pron. 1. See Her, their. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Her; hers. See Her. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Here (?), adv. [OE. her, AS. h&?;r; akin to OS. h&?;r, D. hier, OHG. hiar, G. hier, Icel. & Goth. h&?;r, Dan. her, Sw. h‰r; fr. root of E. he. See He.] 1. In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to there.

He is not here, for he is risen.

Matt. xxviii. 6.

2. In the present life or state.

Happy here, and more happy hereafter.

Bacon.

3. To or into this place; hither. [Colloq.] See Thither.

Here comes Virgil.

B. Jonson.

Thou led'st me here.

Byron.

4. At this point of time, or of an argument; now.

The prisoner here made violent efforts to rise.

Warren.

Here, in the last sense, is sometimes used before a verb without subject; as, Here goes, for Now (something or somebody) goes; -- especially occurring thus in drinking healths. "Here's [a health] to thee, Dick." Cowley.

Here and there, in one place and another; in a dispersed manner; irregularly. "Footsteps here and there." Longfellow. -- It is neither, here nor there, it is neither in this place nor in that, neither in one place nor in another; hence, it is to no purpose, irrelevant, nonsense. Shak.

{ Here"a-bout` (?), Here"a*bouts` (?), } adv. 1. About this place; in this vicinity.

2. Concerning this. [Obs.]

Here*aft"er (?), adv. [AS. hrÊfter.] In time to come; in some future time or state.

Hereafter he from war shall come.

Dryden.

Here*aft"er, n. A future existence or state.

'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter.

Addison.

Here*aft"er*ward (?), adv. Hereafter. [Obs.]

Thou shalt hereafterward . . . come.

Chaucer.

Here-at" (?), adv. At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat. Hooker.

Here*by" (?), adv. 1. By means of this.

And hereby we do know that we know him.

1 John ii. 3.

2. Close by; very near. [Obs.] Shak.

He*red`i*ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. State of being hereditable. Brydges.

He*red"i*ta*ble (?), a. [LL. hereditabilis, fr. hereditare to inherit, fr. L. hereditas heirship inheritance, heres heir: cf. OF. hereditable. See Heir, and cf. Heritable.] 1. Capable of being inherited. See Inheritable. Locke.

2. Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting.

He*red"i*ta*bly, adv. By inheritance. W. Tooke.

Her`e*dit"a*ment (?), n. [LL. hereditamentum. See Hereditable.] (Law) Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir. Blackstone.

A corporeal hereditament is visible and tangible; an incorporeal hereditament is not in itself visible or tangible, being an hereditary right, interest, or obligation, as duty to pay rent, or a right of way.

He*red"i*ta*ri*ly (?), adv. By inheritance; in an hereditary manner. Pope.

He*red"i*ta*ry (?), a. [L. hereditarius, fr. hereditas heirship, inheritance, fr. heres heir: cf. F. hÈrÈditaire. See Heir.] 1. Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.

2. Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.

Syn. -- Ancestral; patrimonial; inheritable.

He*red"i*ty (?), n. [L. hereditas heirship.] (Biol.) Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.

Her"e*ford (?), n. One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent.

Here"hence` (?), adv. From hence. [Obs.]

Here*in" (?), adv. [AS. h&?;rinne.] In this.

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit.

John xv. 8.

Here`in*aft"er (?), adv. In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like).

Here`in*be*fore", adv. In the preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.).

Here`in*to" (?; 277), adv. Into this. Hooker.

{ Her"e*mit (?), Her"e*mite (?), } n. [See Hermit.] A hermit. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Her`e*mit"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society. Pope.

Her"en (?), a. Made of hair. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Here*of" (?), adv. Of this; concerning this; from this; hence.

Hereof comes it that Prince Harry is valiant.

Shak.

Here*on" (?), adv. On or upon this; hereupon.

Here*out" (?), adv. Out of this. [Obs.] Spenser.

Her"e*si*arch (?; 277), n. [L. haeresiarcha, Gr. &?;; &?; heresy + &?; leader, &?; to lead: cf. F. hÈrÈsiarque.] A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Her"e*si*arch`y (?), n. A chief or great heresy. [R.]

The book itself [the Alcoran] consists of heresiarchies against our
blessed Savior.

Sir T. Herbert.

Her`e*si*og"ra*pher (?), n. [See Heresiography.] One who writes on heresies.

Her`e*si*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; heresy + -graphy: cf. F. hÈrÈsiographie.] A treatise on heresy.

Her"e*sy (?), n.; pl. Heresies (#). [OE. heresie, eresie, OF. heresie, iresie, F. hÈrÈsie, L. haeresis, Gr. &?; a taking, a taking for one's self, choosing, a choice, a sect, a heresy, fr. &?; to take, choose.]

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1. An opinion held in opposition to the established or commonly received doctrine, and tending to promote a division or party, as in politics, literature, philosophy, etc.; -- usually, but not necessarily, said in reproach.

New opinions Divers and dangerous, which are heresies, And, not
reformed, may prove pernicious.

Shak.

After the study of philosophy began in Greece, and the
philosophers, disagreeing amongst themselves, had started many
questions . . . because every man took what opinion he pleased,
each several opinion was called a heresy; which signified no more
than a private opinion, without reference to truth or falsehood.

Hobbes.

2. (Theol.) Religious opinion opposed to the authorized doctrinal standards of any particular church, especially when tending to promote schism or separation; lack of orthodox or sound belief; rejection of, or erroneous belief in regard to, some fundamental religious doctrine or truth; heterodoxy.

Doubts 'mongst divines, and difference of texts, From whence arise
diversity of sects, And hateful heresies by God abhor'd.

Spenser.

Deluded people! that do not consider that the greatest heresy in
the world is a wicked life.

Tillotson.

3. (Law) An offense against Christianity, consisting in a denial of some essential doctrine, which denial is publicly avowed, and obstinately maintained.

A second offense is that of heresy, which consists not in a total
denial of Christianity, but of some its essential doctrines,
publicly and obstinately avowed.

Blackstone.

"When I call dueling, and similar aberrations of honor, a moral heresy, I refer to the force of the Greek &?;, as signifying a principle or opinion taken up by the will for the will's sake, as a proof or pledge to itself of its own power of self- determination, independent of all other motives." Coleridge.

Her"e*tic (?), n. [L. haereticus, Gr. &?; able to choose, heretical, fr. &?; to take, choose: cf. F. hÈrÈtique. See Heresy.] 1. One who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion.

A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition,
reject.

Titus iii. 10.

2. (R. C. Ch.) One who having made a profession of Christian belief, deliberately and pertinaciously refuses to believe one or more of the articles of faith "determined by the authority of the universal church." Addis & Arnold.

Syn. -- Heretic, Schismatic, Sectarian. A heretic is one whose errors are doctrinal, and usually of a malignant character, tending to subvert the true faith. A schismatic is one who creates a schism, or division in the church, on points of faith, discipline, practice, etc., usually for the sake of personal aggrandizement. A sectarian is one who originates or is an ardent adherent and advocate of a sect, or distinct organization, which separates from the main body of believers.

He*ret"i*cal (?), a. Containing heresy; of the nature of, or characterized by, heresy.

He*ret"i*cal*ly, adv. In an heretical manner.

He*ret"i*cate (?), v. t. [LL. haereticatus, p. p. of haereticare.] To decide to be heresy or a heretic; to denounce as a heretic or heretical. Bp. Hall.

And let no one be minded, on the score of my neoterism, to
hereticate me.

Fitzed. Hall.

He*ret`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. The act of hereticating or pronouncing heretical. London Times.

Here*to" (?), adv. To this; hereunto. Hooker.

{ Her"e*toch (?), Her"e*tog (?), } n. [AS. heretoga, heretoha; here army + teÛn to draw, lead; akin to OS. heritogo, OHG. herizogo, G. herzog duke.] (AS. Antiq.) The leader or commander of an army; also, a marshal. Blackstone.

Here`to*fore" (?), adv. Up to this time; hitherto; before; in time past. Shak.

Here`un*to" (?), adv. Unto this; up to this time; hereto.

Here`up*on" (?), adv. On this; hereon.

Here*with" (?), adv. With this.

Her"ie (?), v. t. [See Hery.] To praise; to worship. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Her"i*ot (?), n. [AS. heregeatu military equipment, heriot; here army + geatwe, pl., arms, equipments.] (Eng. Law) Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant. Blackstone. Bouvier.

Heriot custom, a heriot depending on usage. -- Heriot service (Law), a heriot due by reservation in a grant or lease of lands. Spelman. Blackstone.

Her"i*ot*a*ble (?), a. Subject to the payment of a heriot. Burn.

Her"is*son (?), n. [F. hÈrisson, prop., hedgehog.] (fort.) A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage.

Her`it*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state of being heritable.

Her"it*a*ble (?), a. [OF. hÈritable. See Heritage, Hereditable.] 1. Capable of being inherited or of passing by inheritance; inheritable.

2. Capable of inheriting or receiving by inheritance.

This son shall be legitimate and heritable.

Sir M. Hale.

Heritable rights (Scots Law), rights of the heir; rights to land or whatever may be intimately connected with land; realty. Jacob (Law Dict.).

Her"it*age (?), a. [OE. heritage, eritage, OF. heritage, eritage, F. hÈritage, fr. hÈriter to inherit, LL. heriditare. See Hereditable.] 1. That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.

Part of my heritage, Which my dead father did bequeath to me.

Shak.

2. (Script.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge. Joel iii. 2. 1 Peter v. 3.

Her"it*ance (?), n. [OF. heritance.] Heritage; inheritance. [R.]

Robbing their children of the heritance Their fathers handed down

Southey.

Her"it*or (?), n. [Cf. LL. her&?;ator, fr. L. heres an heir.] A proprietor or landholder in a parish. [Scot.]

Herl (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Same as Harl, 2.

Her"ling, Hir"ling (&?;), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoˆl.) The young of the sea trout. [Prov. Eng.]

||Her"ma (?), n.; pl. HermÊ (#). [L.] See Hermes, 2.

Her*maph`ro*de"i*ty (?), n. Hermaphrodism. B. Jonson.

Her*maph"ro*dism (?), n. [Cf. F. hermaphrodisme.] (Biol.) See Hermaphroditism.

Her*maph"ro*dite (?), n. [L. hermaphroditus, Gr. &?;, so called from the mythical story that Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes and Aphrodite, when bathing, became joined in one body with Salmacis, the nymph of a fountain in Caria: cf. F. hermaphrodite.] (Biol.) An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths.

Her*maph"ro*dite, a. Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower.

Hermaphrodite brig. (Naut.) See under Brig. Totten.

{ Her*maph`ro*dit"ic (?), Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al (?), } a. (Biol.) Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; characterized by hermaphroditism. -- Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al*ly, adv.

Her*maph"ro*dit*ism (?), n. (Biol.) The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.

{ Her`me*neu"tic (?), Her`me*neu"tic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to interpret: cf. F. hermÈneutique.] Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase.

Her`me*neu"tic*al*ly, adv. According to the principles of interpretation; as, a verse of Scripture was examined hermeneutically.

Her`me*neu"tics (?), n. [Gr. &?; (sc. &?;).] The science of interpretation and explanation; exegesis; esp., that branch of theology which defines the laws whereby the meaning of the Scriptures is to be ascertained. Schaff- Herzog Encyc.

Her"mes (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] 1. (Myth.) See Mercury.

Hermes Trismegistus [Gr. 'Ermh^s trisme`gistos, lit., Hermes thrice greatest] was a late name of Hermes, especially as identified with the Egyptian god Thoth. He was the fabled inventor of astrology and alchemy.

2. (ArchÊology) Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under Terminal.

{ Her*met"ic (?), Her*met"ic*al (?), } a. [F. hermÈtique. See Note under Hermes, 1.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; as, hermetic philosophy. Hence: Alchemical; chemic. "Delusions of the hermetic art." Burke.

The alchemists, as the people were called who tried to make gold,
considered themselves followers of Hermes, and often called
themselves Hermetic philosophers.

A. B. Buckley.

2. Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes of diseases and the operations of medicine on the principles of the hermetic philosophy, and which made much use, as a remedy, of an alkali and an acid; as, hermetic medicine.

3. Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape; as, an hermetic seal. See Note under Hermetically.

Hermetic art, alchemy. -- Hermetic books. (a) Books of the Egyptians, which treat of astrology. (b) Books which treat of universal principles, of the nature and orders of celestial beings, of medicine, and other topics.

Her*met"ic*al*ly, adv. 1. In an hermetical manner; chemically. Boyle.

2. By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure.

A vessel or tube is hermetically sealed when it is closed completely against the passage of air or other fluid by fusing the extremity; -- sometimes less properly applied to any air-tight closure.

Her"mit (?), n. [OE. ermite, eremite, heremit, heremite, F. hermite, ermite, L. eremita, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; lonely, solitary. Cf. Eremite.] 1. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.

He had been Duke of Savoy, and after a very glorious reign, took on
him the habit of a hermit, and retired into this solitary spot.

Addison.

2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. [Obs.] "We rest your hermits." Shak.

Hermit crab (Zoˆl.), a marine decapod crustacean of the family PaguridÊ. The species are numerous, and belong to many genera. Called also soldier crab. The hermit crabs usually occupy the dead shells of various univalve mollusks. See Illust. of Commensal. -- Hermit thrush (Zoˆl.), an American thrush (Turdus Pallasii), with retiring habits, but having a sweet song. -- Hermit warbler (Zoˆl.), a California wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis), having the head yellow, the throat black, and the back gray, with black streaks.

Her"mit*age (?; 48), n. [OE. hermitage, ermitage, F. hermitage, ermitage. See Hermit.] 1. The habitation of a hermit; a secluded residence.

Some forlorn and naked hermitage, Remote from all the pleasures of
the world.

Shak.

2. [F. Vin de l'Hermitage.] A celebrated French wine, both white and red, of the Department of DrÙme.

Her"mit*a*ry (?), n. [Cf. LL. hermitorium, eremitorium.] A cell annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit. Howell.

Her"mit*ess, n. A female hermit. Coleridge.

Her*mit"i*cal (?), a. Pertaining to, or suited for, a hermit. Coventry.

Her`mo*dac"tyl (?), n. [NL. hermodactylus, lit., Hermes' finger; fr. Gr. &?; Hermes + &?; finger.] (med.) A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic.

Her`mo*ge"ni*an (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A disciple of Hermogenes, an heretical teacher who lived in Africa near the close of the second century. He held matter to be the fountain of all evil, and that souls and spirits are formed of corrupt matter.

Hern (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A heron; esp., the common European heron. "A stately hern." Trench.

Her*na"ni (?), n. A thin silk or woolen goods, for women's dresses, woven in various styles and colors.

Herne (?), n. [AS. hyrne.] A corner. [Obs.]

Lurking in hernes and in lanes blind.

Chaucer.

Her"ni*a (?), n.; pl. E. Hernias (#), L. HerniÊ (#). [L.] (Med.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture.

Strangulated hernia, a hernia so tightly compressed in some part of the channel through which it has been protruded as to arrest its circulation, and produce swelling of the protruded part. It may occur in recent or chronic hernia, but is more common in the latter.

Her"ni*al (?), a. Of, or connected with, hernia.

Her`ni*ot"o*my (?), n. [Hernia + Gr. &?; to cut.] (Med.) A cutting for the cure or relief of hernia; celotomy.

Hern"shaw (?), n. Heronshaw. [Obs.] Spenser.

He"ro (?), n.; pl. Heroes (#). [F. hÈros, L. heros, Gr. &?;.] 1. (Myth.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.

2. A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central personage in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or illustrious person.

Each man is a hero and oracle to somebody.

Emerson.

3. The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or the person who has the principal share in the transactions related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and ∆neas in the ∆neid.

The shining quality of an epic hero.

Dryden.

Hero worship, extravagant admiration for great men, likened to the ancient worship of heroes.

Hero worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist,
universally among mankind.

Carlyle.

He*ro"di*an (?), n. (Jewish Hist.) One of a party among the Jews, composed of partisans of Herod of Galilee. They joined with the Pharisees against Christ.

||He*ro`di*o"nes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a heron.] (Zoˆl.) A ||division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, and allied ||forms. Called also Herodii. -- He*ro`di*o"nine (#), a.

He"ro*ess (?), n. A heroine. [Obs.] Dryden.

He*ro"ic (?), a. [F. hÈroÔque, L. heroÔcus, Gr. &?;.] 1. Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor.

2. Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises.