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Defn: Same as Habitant, 2. General met an emissary . . . sent . . . to ascertain the feelings of the habitans or French yeomanry. W. Irwing.

HABITANCE Hab"it*ance, n. Etym: [OF. habitance, LL. habitania.]

Defn: Dwelling; abode; residence. [Obs.] Spenser.

HABITANCY Hab"it*an*cy, n.

Defn: Same as Inhabitancy.

HABITANT Hab`it*ant, n. Etym: [F. habitant. See Habit, v.t]

1. An inhabitant; a dweller. Milton. Pope.

2. Etym: [F. pron. (]

Defn: An inhabitant or resident; -- a name applied to and denoting farmers of French descent or origin in Canada, especially in the Province of Quebec; -- usually in plural. The habitants or cultivators of the soil. Parkman.

HABITAT Hab`i*tat, n. Etym: [L., it dwells, fr. habitare. See Habit, v. t.]

1. (Biol.)

Defn: The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.

2. Place where anything is commonly found. This word has its habitat in Oxfordshire. Earle.

HABITATION Hab`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [F. habitation, L. habi(atio.]

1. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy. Denham.

2. Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house. The Lord . . . blesseth the habitation of the just. Prov. iii. 33.

HABITATOR Hab"ita`tor, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: A dweller; an inhabitant. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

HABITED Hab`it*ed, p. p. & a.

1. Clothed; arrayed; dressed; as, he was habited like a shepherd.

2. Fixed by habit; accustomed. [Obs.] So habited he was in sobriety. Fuller.

3. Inhabited. [Archaic] Another world, which is habited by the ghosts of men and women. Addison.

HABITUAL Ha*bit"ual, a. Etym: [Cf. F. habituel, LL. habituals. See Habit, n.]

1. Formed or acquired by habit or use. An habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims. South.

2. According to habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as, the habiual practice of sin. It is the distinguishing mark of habitual piety to be grateful for the most common and ordinary blessings. Buckminster.

Syn. -- Customary; accustomed; usual; common; wonted; ordinary; regular; familiar. -- Ha*bit"u*al*ly, adv. -- Ha*bit"u*al*ness, n.

HABITUATE Ha*bit"u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Habituated; p. pr. & vb. n. Habituating.] Etym: [L. habituatus, p. p. of habituare to bring into a condition or habit of body: cf. F. habituer. See Habit.]

1. To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize. Our English dogs, who were habituated to a colder clime. Sir K. Digby. Men are first corrupted . . . and next they habituate themselves to their vicious practices. Tillotson.

2. To settle as an inhabitant. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.

HABITUATE Ha*bit"u*ate, a.

Defn: Firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual. [R.] Hammond.

HABITUATION Ha*bit`u*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. habituation.]

Defn: The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.

HABITUDE Hab"i*tude, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. habitudo condition. See Habit.]

1. Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations. South. The same ideas having immutably the same habitudes one to another. Locke. The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else than habitudes of thinking. Landor.

2. Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity. To write well, one must have frequent habitudes with the best company. Dryden.

3. Habit of body or of action. Shak. It is impossible to gain an exact habitude without an infinite Dryden.

HABITUE Ha`bi`tu`e", n. Etym: [F., p. p. of habituer. See Habituate.]

Defn: One who habitually frequents a place; as, an habitué of a theater.

HABITURE Hab"i*ture, n.

Defn: Habitude. [Obs.]

HABITUS Hab"i*tus, n. Etym: [L.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Habitude; mode of life; general appearance.

HABLE Ha"ble, a.

Defn: See Habile. [Obs.] Spenser.

HABNAB Hab"nab, adv. [Hobnob.]

Defn: By chance. [Obs.]

HACHURE Hach"ure, n. Etym: [F., fr. hacher to hack. See Hatching.] (Fine Arts)

Defn: A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.

HACIENDA Ha`ci*en"da ( or ), n. Etym: [Sp., fr. OSp. facienda employment, estate, fr. L. facienda, pl. of faciendum what is to be done, fr. facere to do. See Fact.]

Defn: A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word used in Spanish-American regions. 1.

HACK Hack, n. Etym: [See Hatch a half door.]

1. A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.

2. Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.

HACK Hack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Hacking.] Etym: [OE. hakken; akin to D. hakken, G. hacken, Dan. hakke, Sw. hacka, and perh. to E. hew. Cf. Hew to cut, Haggle.]

1. To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post. My sword hacked like a handsaw. Shak.

2. Fig.: To mangle in speaking. Shak.

HACK Hack, v. i.

Defn: To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.

HACK Hack, n.

1. A notch; a cut. Shak.

2. An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.

3. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough. Dr. H. More.

4. (Football)

Defn: A kick on the shins. T. Hughes. Hack saw, a handsaw having a narrow blade stretched in an iron frame, for cutting metal.

HACK Hack, n. Etym: [Shortened fr. hackney. See Hackney.]

1. A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.

2. A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach. On horse, on foot, in hacks and gilded chariots. Pope.

3. A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge. Here lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed, Who long was a bookseller's hack. Goldsmith.

4. A procuress.

HACK Hack, a.

Defn: Hackneyed; hired; mercenary. Wakefield. Hack writer, a hack; one who writes for hire. "A vulgar hack writer." Macaulay.

HACK Hack, v. t.

1. To use as a hack; to let out for hire.

2. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace. The word "remarkable" has been so hacked of late. J. H. Newman.

HACK Hack, v. i.

1. To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute. Hanmer.

2. To live the life of a drudge or hack. Goldsmith.

HACKAMORE Hack"a*more, n. Etym: [Cf. Sp. jaquima headstall of a halter.]

Defn: A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal. [Western U.S.]

HACKBERRY Hack"ber`ry, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C. occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States. Gray.

HACKBOLT Hack"bolt`, n, (Zoöl.)

Defn: The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon.

HACKBUSS Hack"buss, n.

Defn: Same as Hagbut.

HACKEE Hack"ee, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The chipmunk; also, the chickaree or red squirrel. [U.S.]

HACKER Hack"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine; a hack.

HACKERY Hack"er*y, n. Etym: [Hind. chakra.]

Defn: A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks. [Bengal] Malcom.

HACKLE Hac"kle, n. Etym: [See Heckle, and cf. Hatchel.]

1. A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.

2. Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.

3. One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used.

4. An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.

HACKLE Hac"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hackling.]

1. To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.

2. To tear asunder; to break in pieces. The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces. Burke.

HACKLY Hac"kly, a. Etym: [From Hackle]

1. Rough or broken, as if hacked.

2. (Min.)

Defn: Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic iron.

HACKMAN Hack"man, n.; pl. Hackmen (.

Defn: The driver of a hack or carriage for public hire.

HACKMATACK Hack"ma*tack`, n. Etym: [Of American Indian origin.] (Bot.)

Defn: The American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack.

HACKNEY Hack"ney, n.; pl. Hackneys. Etym: [OE. haceney, hacenay; cf. F. haquenée a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haquenée, Sp. hacanea, OSp. facanea, D. hakkenei, also OF. haque horse, Sp. haca, OSp. faca; perh akin to E. hack to cut, and orig. meaning, a jolting horse. Cf. Hack a horse, Nag.]

1. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. Chaucer.

2. A horse or pony kept for hire.

3. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.

4. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.

HACKNEY Hack"ney, a.

Defn: Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors. "Hackney tongue." Roscommon.

HACKNEY Hack"ney, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackneyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hackneying.]

1. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation. Had I lavish of my presence been, So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men. Shak.

2. To carry in a hackney coach. Cowper.

HACKNEYMAN Hack"ney*man, n.; pl. Hackneymen (.

Defn: A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.

HACKSTER Hack"ster, n. Etym: [From Hack to cut.]

Defn: A bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an assassin. [Obs.] Milton.

HACQUETON Hac"que*ton, n.

Defn: Same as Acton. [Obs.]

HAD Had, imp. & p. p. of Have. Etym: [OE.had, hafde, hefde, AS. hæfde.]

Defn: See Have. Had as lief, Had rather, Had better, Had as soon, etc., with a nominative and followed by the infinitive without to, are well established idiomatic forms. The original construction was that of the dative with forms of be, followed by the infinitive. See Had better, under Better. And lever me is be pore and trewe. [And more agreeable to me it is to be poor and true.] C. Mundi (Trans. ). Him had been lever to be syke. [To him it had been preferable to be sick.] Fabian. For him was lever have at his bed's head Twenty bookes, clad in black or red, . . . Than robes rich, or fithel, or gay sawtrie. Chaucer.

Note: Gradually the nominative was substituted for the dative, and had for the forms of be. During the process of transition, the nominative with was or were, and the dative with had, are found. Poor lady, she were better love a dream. Shak. You were best hang yourself. Beau. & Fl. Me rather had my heart might feel your love Than my unpleased eye see your courtesy. Shak. I hadde levere than my scherte, That ye hadde rad his legende, as have I. Chaucer. I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself. Shak. I had rather be a dog and bay the moon, Than such a Roman. Shak. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. Ps. lxxxiv.10.

HADDER Had"der, n.

Defn: Heather; heath. [Obs.] Burton.

HADDIE Had"die, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The haddock. [Scot.]

HADDOCK Had"dock, n. Etym: [OE. hadoc, haddok, of unknown origin; cf. Ir. codog, Gael. adag, F. hadot.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A marine food fish (Melanogrammus æglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie. Norway haddock, a marine edible fish (Sebastes marinus) of Northern Europe and America. See Rose fish.

HADE Hade, n. Etym: [Cf. heald inclined, bowed down, G. halde declivity.]

1. The descent of a hill. [Obs.]

2. (Mining)

Defn: The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein.

HADE Hade, v. i. (Mining)

Defn: To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.

HADES Ha"des, n. Etym: [Gr.Un-, Wit.]

Defn: The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave. And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them. Rev. xx. 13 (Rev. Ver. ). Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. Acts ii. 31 (Rev. Ver.). And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments. Luke xvi.23 (Rev. Ver.).

HADJ Hadj, n. Etym: [Ar.hajj, fr. hajja to set out, walk, go on a pilgrimage.]

Defn: The pilgrimage to Mecca, performed by Mohammedans.

HADJI Hadj"i, n. Etym: [Ar. haji. See Hadj.]

1. A Mohammedan pilgrim to Mecca; -- used among Orientals as a respectful salutation or a title of honor. G. W. Curtis.

2. A Greek or Armenian who has visited the holy sepulcher at Jerusalem. Heyse.

HADROSAURUS Had`ro*sau"rus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. "adro`s thick + say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)

Defn: An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.

HAECCEITY Hæc*ce`i*ty, Etym: [L. hæcce this.] (Logic)

Defn: Literally, this-ness. A scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this book.

HAEMA-; HAEMATO-; HAEMO- Haem"a- (, Haem"a*to- (, Hæm"o- (. Etym: [Gr. ai^"ma, blood.]

Defn: Combining forms indicating relation or resemblance to blood, association with blood; as, hæmapod, hæmatogenesis, hæmoscope.

Note: Words from Gr. (hema-, hemato-, hemo-, as well as hæma-, hæmato-, hæmo-.

HAEMACHROME Hæm"a*chrome ( or ), n. Etym: [Hæma- + Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: Hematin.

HAEMACYANIN Hæm`a*cy"a*nin, n. Etym: [Hæma- + Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: A substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color.

Note: When deprived of oxygen it is colorless, but becomes quickly blue in contact with oxygen, and is then generally called oxyhæmacyanin. A similar blue coloring matter has been detected in small quantity in the blood of other animals and in the bile.

HAEMACYTOMETER Hæm`a*cy*tom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Hæma + Gr. -meter.] (Physiol.)

Defn: An apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.

HAEMAD Hæ"mad, adv. Etym: [Hæma- + L. ad toward.] (Anat.)

Defn: Toward the hæmal side; on the hæmal side of; -- opposed to neurad.

HAEMADROMETER; HAEMADROMOMETER Hæm`a*drom"e*ter, Hæm`a*dro*mom"e*ter, n.

Defn: Same as Hemadrometer.

HAEMADROMETRY; HAEMADROMOMETRY Haem`a*drom"e*try,Haem`a*dro*mom"e*try, n.

Defn: Same as Hemadrometry.

HAEMADROMOGRAPH Hæm`a*drom"o*graph, n. Etym: [Hæma- + Gr. -graph.] (Physiol.)

Defn: An instrument for registering the velocity of the blood.

HAEMADYNAMETER; HAEMADYNAMOMETER Hae`ma*dy*nam"e*ter ( or ) Hae`ma*dy`na*mom"e*ter ( or ),

Defn: Same as Hemadynamometer.

HAEMADYNAMICS Hæma*dy*nam"ics (, n.

Defn: Same as Hemadynamics.

HAEMAL Hæ"mal, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels; also, ventral. See Hemal.

HAEMAPHAEIN Hæm`a*phæ"in, n. Etym: [Hæma- + Gr. (Physiol.)

Defn: A brownish substance sometimes found in the blood, in cases of jaundice.

HAEMAPOD Hæm"a*pod ( or ), n. Etym: [Hæma + -pod.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: An hæmapodous animal. G. Rolleston.

HAEMAPODOUS Hæ*map"o*dous, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to neuropodous.

HAEMAPOIETIC Hæm`a*poi*et"ic ( or ), a. Etym: [Hæma- + Gr. (Physiol.)

Defn: Bloodforming; as, the hæmapoietic function of the spleen.

HAEMAPOPHYSIS Hæm`a*poph"y*sis, n. Etym: [NL.]

Defn: Same as Hemapophysis. -- Hæm`a*po*phys"i*al, a.

HAEMASTATICS Hæm`a*stat"ics, n.

Defn: Same as Hemastatics.

HAEMATACHOMETER Hæm`a*ta*chom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Hæma- + Gr. -meter.] (Physiol.)

Defn: A form of apparatus (somewhat different from the hemadrometer) for measuring the velocity of the blood.

HAEMATACHOMETRY Hæm`a*ta*chom"e*try, n. (Physiol.)

Defn: The measurement of the velocity of the blood.

HAEMATEMESIS Hæm`a*tem"e*sis, n.

Defn: Same as Hematemesis.

HAEMATIC Hæ*mat"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the blood; sanguine; brownish red. Hæmatic acid (Physiol.), a hypothetical acid, supposed to be formed from hemoglobin during its oxidation in the lungs, and to have the power of freeing carbonic acid from the sodium carbonate of the serum. Thudichum.

HAEMATIN Hæm"a*tin, n.

Defn: Same as Hematin.

HAEMATINOMETER Hæm`a*ti*nom"e*ter, n.

Defn: Same as Hematinometer.

HAEMATINOMETRIC Hæm`a*tin`o*met"ric, a.

Defn: Same as Hematinometric.

HAEMATITE Hæm"a*tite, n.

Defn: Same as Hematite.

HAEMATITIC Hæm`a*tit"ic, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of a blood-red color; crimson; (Bot.) brownish red.

HAEMATO- Hæm"a*to- ( or ), prefix.

Defn: See Hæma-.

HAEMATOBLAST Hæm"a*to*blast, n. Etym: [Hæmato- + -blast.] (Anat.)

Defn: One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle, supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red corpuscles; -- called also blood plaque, and blood plate.

HAEMATOCRYA Hæm`a*toc"ry*a, n. pl. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The cold-blooded vertebrates. Same as Hematocrya.

HAEMATOCRYAL Hæm`*a*toc"ry*al, a.

Defn: Cold-blooded.

HAEMATOCRYSTALLIN Hæm`a*to*crys"tal*lin, n.

Defn: Same as Hematocrystallin.

HAEMATODYNAMOMETER Hæ`ma*to*dy`na*mom"e*ter ( or ), n.

Defn: Same as Hemadynamometer.

HAEMATOGENESIS Hæm`a*to*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Hæmato- + genesis.] (Physiol.) (a) The origin and development of blood. (b) The transformation of venous arterial blood by respiration; hematosis.

HAEMATOGENIC Hæm`a*to*gen"ic, a. (Physiol.)

Defn: Relating to hæmatogenesis.

HAEMATOGENOUS Hæm`a*tog"e*nous, a. (Physiol.)

Defn: Originating in the blood.

HAEMATOGLOBULIN Hæm`a*to*glob"u*lin, n.

Defn: Same as Hematoglobin.

HAEMATOID Hæm"a*toid, a.

Defn: Same as Hematoid.

HAEMATOIDIN Hæm`a*toid"in, n.

Defn: Same as Hematoidin.

HAEMATOIN Hæ*mat"o*in, n. Etym: [Hæmato- + -in.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: A substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. Two like bodies, called respectively hæmatoporphyrin and hæmatolin, are formed in a similar manner.

HAEMATOLIN Hæ*mat"o*lin, n.

Defn: See Hæmatoin.

HAEMATOLOGY Hæm`a*tol"o*gy ( or ), n.

Defn: The science which treats of the blood. Same as Hematology.

HAEMATOLYSIS Hæm`a*tol"y*sis, n. [NL.; hæmato- + Gr. a loosing, dissolving, fr. to loose, dissolve.] (Physiol.)

Defn: Dissolution of the red blood corpuscles with diminished coagulability of the blood; hæmolysis. -- Hæm`a*to*lyt"ic (#), a.

HAEMATOMETER Hæm`a*tom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Hæmato- + -meter.] (Physiol.) (a) Same as Hemadynamometer. (b) An instrument for determining the number of blood corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.

HAEMATOPHILINA Hæm`a*to*ph*i*li"na, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. -gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of Cheiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire.

HAEMATOPLAST Hæm"a*to*plast`, n. Etym: [Hæmato- + Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: Same as Hæmatoblast.

HAEMATOPLASTIC Hæm`a*to*plas"tic, a. Etym: [Hæmato- + -plastic.] (Physiol.)

Defn: Blood formative; -- applied to a substance in early fetal life, which breaks up gradually into blood vessels.

HAEMATOPORPHYRIN Hæm`a*to*por"phy*rin, n. Etym: [Hæmato- + Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: See Hæmatoin.

HAEMATOSAC Hæm"a*to*sac`, n. Etym: [Hæmato- + sac.] (Anat.)

Defn: A vascular sac connected, beneath the brain, in many fishes, with the infundibulum.

HAEMATOSCOPE Hæm"a*to*scope`, n.

Defn: A hæmoscope.

HAEMATOSIN Hæm`a*to"sin ( or ), n. (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: Hematin. [R.]

HAEMATOSIS Hæm`a*to"sis, n.

Defn: Same as Hematosis.

HAEMATOTHERMA Hæm`a*to*ther"ma, n. pl. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Hematotherma.

HAEMATOTHERMAL Hæm`a*to*ther"mal, a.

Defn: Warm-blooded; homoiothermal.

HAEMATOTHORAX Hæm`a*to*tho"rax, n.

Defn: Same as Hemothorax.

HAEMATOXYLIN Hæm`a*tox"y*lin, n. Etym: [See Hæmatoxylon.] (Chem.)

Defn: The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance, C16H14O6, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also hematin.

HAEMATOXYLON Hæm`a*tox"y*lon, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species, the H. Campechianum or logwood tree, native in Yucatan.

HAEMATOZOON; HAEMATOZOOEN Hæm`a*to*zo"ön, n.; pl. Hæmatozoa. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A parasite inhabiting the blood; esp.: (a) Certain species of nematodes of the genus Filaria, sometimes found in the blood of man, the horse, the dog, etc. (b) The trematode, Bilharzia hæmatobia, which infests the inhabitants of Egypt and other parts of Africa, often causing death.

HAEMIC Hæ"mic ( or )

Defn: ,

HAEMIN Hæ"min, n.

Defn: Same as Hemin.

HAEMO- Hæm"o- ( or ), prefix.

Defn: See Hæma-.

HAEMOCHROME Hæm"ochrome, n.

Defn: Same as Hæmachrome.

HAEMOCHROMOGEN Hæm`o*chro"mogen, n. Etym: [Hæmochrome + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: A body obtained from hemoglobin, by the action of reducing agents in the absence of oxygen.

HAEMOCHROMOMETER Hæm`o*chro*mom`e*ter, n. Etym: [Hæmochrome + -meter.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: An apparatus for measuring the amount of hemoglobin in a fluid, by comparing it with a solution of known strength and of normal color.

HAEMOCYANIN Hæm`o*cy"a*nin, n.

Defn: Same as Hæmacyanin.

HAEMOCYTOLYSIS Hæm`o*cy*tol"y*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Physiol.)

Defn: See Hæmocytotrypsis.

HAEMOCYTOMETER Hæm`o*cy*tom"e*ter, n.

Defn: See Hæmacytometer.

HAEMOCYTOTRYPSIS Hæm`o*cy`to*tryp"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Physiol.)

Defn: A breaking up of the blood corpuscles, as by pressure, in distinction from solution of the corpuscles, or hæmcytolysis.

HAEMODROMOGRAPH Hæm`o*drom"o*graph, n.

Defn: Same as Hæmadromograph.

HAEMODROMOMETER Hæm`o*dro*mom"e*ter(-dro*mom"e*ter),n.

Defn: Same as Hemadrometer.

HAEMODYNAMETER Hæ`mo*dy*nam"e*ter ( or ), n.

Defn: Same as Hemadynamics.

HAEMODYNAMICS Hæ`mo*dy*nam"ics,n.

Defn: Same as Hemadynamics.

HAEMOGLOBIN Hæm`o*glo"bin, n.

Defn: Same as Hemoglobin.

HAEMOGLOBINOMETER Hæm`o*glo`bin*om"e*ter, n. Etym: [Hæmoglobin + -meter.]

Defn: Same as Hemochromometer.

HAEMOL Hæ"mol, n. [Gr. blood.] (Chem.)

Defn: A dark brown powder containing iron, prepared by the action of zinc dust as a reducing agent upon the coloring matter of the blood, used medicinally as a hematinic.

HAEMOLUTEIN Hæm`o*lu"te*in, n. Etym: [Hæmo- + corpus luteum.] (Physiol.)

Defn: See Hematoidin.

HAEMOLYSIS; HAEMOLYTIC Hæ*mol"y*sis, n., Hæm`o*lyt"ic, a. (Physiol.)

Defn: Same as Hæmatolysis, Hæmatolytic.

HAEMOMANOMETER Hæm`o*ma*nom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Hæmo- + manometer.]

Defn: Same as Hemadynamometer.

HAEMOMETER Hæ*mom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Hæmo- + -meter.] (Physiol.)

Defn: Same as Hemadynamometer.

HAEMONY Hæ"mo*ny, n. Etym: [L. Hæmonia a name of Thessaly, the land of magic.]

Defn: A plant described by Milton as "of sovereign use against all enchantments."

HAEMOPLASTIC Hæmo*plas"tic, a.

Defn: Same as Hæmatoplastic.

HAEMORRHOIDAL Hæm"or*rhoid"al, a.

Defn: Same as Hemorrhoidal.

HAEMOSCOPE Hæm"o*scope ( or ), n. Etym: [Hæmo- + -scope.] (Physiol.)

Defn: An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination.

HAEMOSTATIC Hæm`o*stat"ic, a.

Defn: Same Hemostatic.

HAEMOTACHOMETER Hæm`o*ta*chom"e*ter, n.

Defn: Same as Hæmatachometer.

HAEMOTACHOMETRY Hæm`o*ta*chom"e*try, n.

Defn: Same as Hæmatachometry.

HAF Haf, imp. of Heave.

Defn: Hove. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HAFFLE Haf"fle, v. i. Etym: [Cf. G. haften to cling, stick to, Prov. G., to stop, stammer.]

Defn: To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell.

HAFT Haft, n. Etym: [AS. hæft; akin to D. & G. heft, Icel. hepti, and to E. Heave, or have. Cf. Heft.]

1. A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt. This brandish'dagger I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast. Dryden.

2. A dwelling. [Scot.] Jamieson.

HAFT Haft, v. t.

Defn: To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.

HAFTER Haft"er, n. [haften to cling or stick to, and E. haffle.]

Defn: A caviler; a wrangler. [Obs.] Baret.

HAG Hag, n. Etym: [OE. hagge, hegge, with, hag, AS. hægtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw. häxa. The first part of the word is prob. the same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild woman.

1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.] "[Silenus] that old hag." Golding.

2. An ugly old woman.

3. A fury; a she-monster. Grashaw.

4. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An eel-like marine marsipobranch (Myxine glutinosa), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotpeta. Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken.

5. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The hagdon or shearwater.

6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair. Blount. Hag moth (Zoöl.), a moth (Phobetron pithecium), the larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit trees. -- Hag's tooth (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing.

HAG Hag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Hagging.]

Defn: To harass; to weary with vexation. How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with the fancy of omens. L'Estrange.

HAG Hag, n. Etym: [Scot. hag to cut; cf. E. hack.]

1. A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled. This said, he led me over hoults and hags; Through thorns and bushes scant my legs I drew. Fairfax.

2. A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut. Dugdale.

HAGBERRY Hag"ber"ry, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A plant of the genus Prunus (P. Padus); the bird cherry. [Scot.]

HAGBORN Hag"born`, a.

Defn: Born of a hag or witch. Shak.

HAGBUT Hag"but, n. Etym: [OF. haquebute, prob. a corruption of D. haakbus; haak hook + bus gun barrel. See Hook, and 2d Box, and cf. Arquebus.]

Defn: A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim. [Written also haguebut and hackbuss.]

HAGBUTTER Hag"but*ter, n.

Defn: A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus. [Written also hackbutter.] Froude.

HAGDON Hag"don, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P. Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater.

HAGFISH Hag"fish`(-fish`),n.(Zoöl.)

Defn: See Hag, 4.

HAGGADA Hag*ga"da, n.; pl. Haggadoth. Etym: [Rabbinic haggadha, fr. Heb. higgidh to relate.]

Defn: A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament. [Written also hadaga.]

HAGGARD Hag"gard, a. Etym: [F. hagard; of German origin, and prop. meaning, of the hegde or woods, wild, untamed. See Hedge, 1st Haw, and -ard.]

1. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk. [Obs.] Shak

2. Etym: [For hagged, fr. hag a witch, influenced by haggard wild.]

Defn: Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes. Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look. Dryden.

HAGGARD Hag"gard, n. Etym: [See Haggard, a.]

1. (Falconry)

Defn: A young or untrained hawk or falcon.

2. A fierce, intractable creature. I have loved this proud disdainful haggard. Shak.

3. Etym: [See Haggard, a., 2.]

Defn: A hag. [Obs.] Garth.

HAGGARD Hag"gard, n. Etym: [See 1st Haw, Hedge, and Yard an inclosed space.]

Defn: A stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] Swift.

HAGGARDLY Hag"gard*ly, adv.

Defn: In a haggard manner. Dryden.

HAGGED Hag"ged, a.

Defn: Like a hag; lean; ugly. [R.]

HAGGIS Hag"gis, n. Etym: [Scot. hag to hack, chop, E. hack. Formed, perhaps, in imitation of the F. hachis (E. hash), fr. hacher.]

Defn: A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck. [Written also haggiss, haggess, and haggies.]

HAGGISH Hag"gish, a.

Defn: Like a hag; ugly; wrinkled. But on both did haggish age steal on. Shak.

HAGGISHLY Hag"gish*ly, adv.

Defn: In the manner of a hag.

HAGGLE Hag"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Haggling.] Etym: [Freq. of Scot. hag, E. hack. See Hack to cut.]

Defn: To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood. Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er, Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped. Shak.

HAGGLE Hag"gle, v. i.

Defn: To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle. Royalty and science never haggled about the value of blood. Walpole.

HAGGLE Hag"gle, n.

Defn: The act or process of haggling. Carlyle.

HAGGLER Hag"gler, n.

1. One who haggles or is difficult in bargaining.

2. One who forestalls a market; a middleman between producer and dealer in London vegetable markets.

HAGIARCHY Ha"gi*ar`chy, n. Etym: [Gr. -archy.]

Defn: A sacred government; by holy orders of men. Southey.

HAGIOCRACY Ha`gi*oc"ra*cy, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.

HAGIOGRAPHA Ha`gi*og"ra*pha, n. pl. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

1. The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets. It comprises Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.

2. (R. C. Ch.)

Defn: The lives of the saints. Brande & C.

HAGIOGRAPHAL Ha`gi*og"ra*phal

Defn: , Pertaining to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings.

HAGIOGRAPHER Ha`gi*og"ra*pher, n.

Defn: One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints. Shipley.

HAGIOGRAPHY Ha`gi*og"ra*phy (, 277), n.

Defn: Same Hagiographa.

HAGIOLATRY Ha`gi*ol"a*try, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: The invocation or worship of saints.

HAGIOLOGIST Ha`gi*ol"o*gist, n.

Defn: One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer. Tylor. Hagiologists have related it without scruple. Southey.

HAGIOLOGY Ha`gi*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]

Defn: The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints. J. H. Newman.

HAGIOSCOPE Ha"gi*o*scope`, n. Etym: [Gr. -scope.]

Defn: An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint. Hook.

HAG-RIDDEN Hag"-rid`den, a.

Defn: Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmare. Beattie. Cheyne.

HAGSEED Hag"seed`, n.

Defn: The offspring of a hag. Shak.

HAGSHIP Hag"ship, n.

Defn: The state or title of a hag. Middleton.

HAG-TAPER Hag"-ta`per, n. Etym: [Cf. 1st Hag, and Hig-taper.] (Bot.)

Defn: The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).

HAGUEBUT Hague"but, n.

Defn: See Hagbut.

HAGUE TRIBUNAL Hague Tribunal.

Defn: The permanent court of arbitration created by the "International Convention for the Pacific Settle of International Disputes.", adopted by the International Peace Conference of 1899. It is composed of persons of known competency in questions of international law, nominated by the signatory powers. From these persons an arbitration tribunal is chosen by the parties to a difference submitted to the court. On the failure of the parties to agree directly on the arbitrators, each chooses two arbitrators, an umpire is selected by them, by a third power, or by two powers selected by the parties.

HAH Hah, interj.

Defn: Same as Ha.

HA-HA Ha-ha", n. Etym: [See Haw-haw.]

Defn: A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it. [Written also haw-haw.]

HAIDINGERITE Hai"ding*er*ite, n. (Min.)

Defn: A mineral consisting of the arseniate of lime; -- so named in honor of W. Haidinger, of Vienna.

HAIDUCK Hai"duck, n. Etym: [G. haiduck, heiduck, fr. Hung. hajdu.]

Defn: Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts. [Written also hayduck, heiduc, heiduck, and heyduk.]

HAIK Haik, n. Etym: [Ar. haik, fr. haka to weave.]

Defn: A large piece of woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment. [Written also hyke.] Heyse.

HAIKAL Hai"kal, n.

Defn: The central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary of a Coptic church. It contains the high altar, and is usually closed by an embroidered curtain.

HAIKWAN Hai"kwan", n. [Chin. 'hai-kuan.]

Defn: Chinese maritime customs.

HAIKWAN TAEL Haikwan tael.

Defn: A Chinese weight ( 1/10 catty) equivalent to 1 1/3 oz. or 37.801 g.

HAIL Hail, n. Etym: [OE. hail, ha, AS. hægel; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. hagel; Icel. hagl; cf. Gr.

Defn: Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones. Thunder mixed with hail, Hail mixed with fire, must rend the Egyptian sky. Milton.

HAIL Hail, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Halled; p. pr. & vb. n. Halting.] Etym: [OE. hailen, AS. haqalian.]

Defn: To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.

HAIL Hail, v. t.

Defn: To pour forcibly down, as hail. Shak.

HAIL Hail, a.

Defn: Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).

HAIL Hail, v. t. Etym: [OE. hailen, heilen, Icel. heil hale, sound, used in greeting. See Hale sound.]

1. To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.

2. To name; to designate; to call. And such a son as all men hailed me happy. Milton.

HAIL Hail, v. i.

1. To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York.

2. To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from. [Colloq.] G. G. Halpine.

HAIL Hail, interj. Etym: [See Hail, v. t.]

Defn: An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting. "Hail, brave friend." Shak. All hail. See in the Vocabulary. -- Hail Mary, a form of prayer made use of in the Roman Catholic Church in invocation of the Virgin. See Ave Maria.

HAIL Hail, n.

Defn: A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call. "Their puissant hail." M. Arnold. The angel hail bestowed. Milton.

HAIL-FELLOW Hail"-fel`low, n.

Defn: An intimate companion. Hail-fellow well met. Lyly.

HAILSE Hailse, v. t. Etym: [OE. hailsen, Icel. heilsa. Cf. Hall to call to.]

Defn: To greet; to salute. [Obs.] P. Plowman.

HAILSHOT Hail"shot`, n. pl.

Defn: Small shot which scatter like hailstones. [Obs.] Hayward.

HAILSTONE Hail"stone`, n.

Defn: A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.

HAILSTORM Hail"storm`, n.

Defn: A storm accompanied with hail; a shower of hail.

HAILY Hai"ly, a.

Defn: Of hail. "Haily showers." Pope.

HAIN Hain, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Sw. hägn hedge, inclosure, Dan. hegn hedge, fence. See Hedge.]

Defn: To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass. "A ground . . . hained in." Holland.

HAIN Hain (han), v. t. [Cf. Sw. hägn hedge, inclosure, Dan. hegn hedge, fence. See Hedge.]

Defn: To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass. "A ground . . . hained in." Holland.

HAIN'T Hain't

Defn: . A contraction of have not or has not; as, I hain't, he hain't, we hain't. [Colloq. or illiterate speech.] [Written also han't.]

HAIR Hair, n. Etym: [OE. her, heer, hær, AS. hær; akin to OFries, her, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. har, Dan. haar, Sw. hår; cf. Lith. kasa.]

1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.

2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin. Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs. Chaucer. And draweth new delights with hoary hairs. Spenser.

3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.

4. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.

5. An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).

6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.

7. A haircloth. [Obc.] Chaucer.

8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

Note: Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as, hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin, hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair. Against the hair, in a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain. [Obs.] "You go against the hair of your professions." Shak. -- Hair bracket (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead. -- Hair cells (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear. -- Hair compass, Hair divider, a compass or divider capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw. -- Hair glove, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin. -- Hair lace, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the head. Swift. -- Hair line, a line made of hair; a very slender line. -- Hair moth (Zoöl.), any moth which destroys goods made of hair, esp. Tinea biselliella. -- Hair pencil, a brush or fine hair, for painting; -- generally called by the name of the hair used; as, a camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc. -- Hair plate, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of a bloomery fire. -- Hair powder, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of the head, or on wigs. -- Hair seal (Zoöl.), any one of several species of eared seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion. -- Hair seating, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc. -- Hair shirt, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of horsehair, and worn as a penance. -- Hair sieve, a strainer with a haircloth bottom. -- Hair snake. See Gordius. -- Hair space (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in lines of type. -- Hair stroke, a delicate stroke in writing. -- Hair trigger, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a hair. Farrow. -- Not worth a hair, of no value. -- To a hair, with the nicest distinction. -- To split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety.

HAIRBELL Hair"bell`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: See Harebell.

HAIRBIRD Hair"bird`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The chipping sparrow.

HAIRBRAINED Hair"brained`, a.

Defn: See Harebrained.

HAIRBREADTH; HAIR'SBREADTH Hair"breadth`, Hair's"breadth`, a.

Defn: The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch. Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not miss. Judg. xx. 16

HAIRBREADTH Hair"breadth`, a.

Defn: Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.

HAIR-BROWN Hair"-brown`, a.

Defn: Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green.

HAIRBRUSH Hair"brush`, n.

Defn: A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.

HAIRCLOTH Hair"cloth`, n.

Defn: Stuff or cloth made wholly or in part of hair.

HAIRDRESSER Hair"dress`er, n.

Defn: One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber.

HAIRED Haired, a.

1. Having hair. "A beast haired like a bear." Purchas.

2. In composition: Having (such) hair; as, red-haired.

HAIREN Hai"ren, a. Etym: [AS. h.]

Defn: Hairy. [Obc.] His hairen shirt and his ascetic diet. J. Taylor.

HAIR GRASS Hair" grass`. (Bot.)

Defn: A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira or Deschampsia.

HAIRINESS Hair"i*ness, n.

Defn: The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair. Johnson.

HAIRLESS Hair"less, a.

Defn: Destitute of hair. Shak.

HAIRPIN Hair"pin` (, n.

Defn: A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women.

HAIR-SALT Hair"-salt`, n. Etym: [A translation of G. haarsalz.] (Min.)

Defn: A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.

HAIRSPLITTER Hair"split`ter, n.

Defn: One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. "The caviling hairsplitter." De Quincey.

HAIRSPLITTING Hair"split`ting, a.

Defn: Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle. -- n.

Defn: The act or practice of making trivial distinctions. The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special pleading. Charles Sumner.

HAIRSPRING Hair"spring`, n. (Horology)

Defn: The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.

HAIRSTREAK Hair"streak`, n.

Defn: A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T. rubi).

HAIRTAIL Hair"tail`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., T. lepterus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also bladefish.

HAIRWORM Hair"worm`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. See Gordius.

HAIRY Hair"y, a.

Defn: Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute. His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge. Milton.

HAITIAN Hai"ti*an, a. & n.

Defn: See Haytian.

HAJE Ha"je, n. Etym: [Ar. hayya snake.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The Egyptian asp or cobra (Naja haje.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called Cleopatra's snake or asp. See Asp.

HAKE Hake, n. Etym: [See Hatch a half door.]

Defn: A drying shed, as for unburned tile.

HAKE Hake, n. [Also haak.] Etym: [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit., hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See Hook.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is M. bilinearis. Two American species (Phycis chuss and P. tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and codling.

HAKE Hake, v. t.

Defn: To loiter; to sneak. [Prov. Eng.]

HAKE'S-DAME Hake's"-dame`, n.

Defn: See Forkbeard.

HAKETON Hak"e*ton, n.

Defn: Same as Acton. [Obs.]

HAKIM Ha*kim", n. Etym: [Ar. hakim.]

Defn: A wise man; a physician, esp. a Mohammedan. [India]

HAKIM Ha"kim, n. Etym: [Ar. hakim.]

Defn: A Mohammedan title for a ruler; a judge. [India]

HALACHA Ha*la"cha, n.; pl. Halachoth(Etym: [Heb. halachah.]

Defn: The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash.

HALATION Ha*la"tion, n. (Photog.)

Defn: An appearance as of a halo of light, surround the edges of dark object

HALBERD Hal"berd, n. Etym: [F. hallebarde; of German origin; cf. MHG. helmbarte, G. hellebarte; prob. orig., an ax to split a helmet, fr. G. barte a broad ax (orig. from the same source as E. beard; cf. Icel. bar, a kind of ax, skegg beard, skeggia a kind of halberd) + helm helmet; but cf. also MNG. helm, halm, handle, and E. helve. See Beard, Helmet.] (Mil.)

Defn: An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form. [Written also halbert.]

HALBERDIER Hal`berd*ier", n. Etym: [F. hallebardier.]

Defn: One who is armed with a halberd. Strype.

HALBERD-SHAPED Hal"berd-shaped`, a.

Defn: Hastate.

HALCYON Hal"cy*on, n. Etym: [L. halcyon, alcyon, Gr.halcyon.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia. Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be As halcyons brooding on a winter sea. Dryden.

HALCYON Hal"cy*on, a.

1. Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice.

2. Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy. "Deep, halcyon repose." De Quincy.

HALCYONIAN Hal`cy*o"ni*an, a.

Defn: Halcyon; calm.

HALCYONOID Hal"cy*o*noid, a. & n. Etym: [Halcyon + -oid.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Alcyonoid.

HALE Hale, a. Etym: [Written also heil, Icel. heill; akin to E. whole. See Whole.]

Defn: Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body. Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift.

HALE Hale, n.

Defn: Welfare. [Obs.] All heedless of his dearest hale. Spenser.

HALE Hale (hal or hall; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haled (hald or halld); p. pr. & vb. n. Haling.]

Defn: Etym: [OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. See Haul.]

Defn: To pull; to drag; to haul. See Haul. Chaucer. Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore. Milton. As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim. Shelley.

HALESIA Ha*le"si*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.

HALF Half, a. Etym: [AS. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb, Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. halfr, Goth. halbs. Cf. Halve, Behalf.]

1. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.

Note: The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound.

2. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge. Assumed from thence a half consent. Tennyson. Half ape (Zoöl.), a lemur. -- Half back. (Football) See under 2d Back. -- Half bent, the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch. -- Half binding, a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather. -- Half boarder, one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only. -- Half-breadth plan (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of the half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines. -- Half cadence (Mus.), a cadence on the dominant. -- Half cap, a slight salute with the cap. [Obs.] Shak. -- A half cock, the position of the cock of a gun when retained by the first notch. -- Half hitch, a sailor's knot in a rope; half of a clove hitch. -- Half hose, short stockings; socks. -- Half measure, an imperfect or weak line of action. -- Half note (Mus.), a minim, one half of a semibreve. -- Half pay, half of the wages or salary; reduced pay; as, an officer on half pay. -- Half price, half the ordinary price; or a price much reduced. -- Half round. (a) (Arch.) A molding of semicircular section. (b) (Mech.) Having one side flat and the other rounded; -- said of a file. -- Half shift (Mus.), a position of the hand, between the open position and the first shift, in playing on the violin and kindred instruments. See Shift. -- Half step (Mus.), a semitone; the smallest difference of pitch or interval, used in music. -- Half tide, the time or state of the tide equally distant from ebb and flood. -- Half time, half the ordinary time for work or attendance; as, the half-time system. -- Half tint (Fine Arts), a middle or intermediate tint, as in drawing or painting. See Demitint. -- Half truth, a statement only partially true, or which gives only a part of the truth. Mrs. Browning. -- Half year, the space of six moths; one term of a school when there are two terms in a year.

HALF Half, adv.

Defn: In an equal part or degree; in some paas, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious. "Half loth and half consenting." Dryden. Their children spoke halfin the speech of Ashdod. Neh. xiii. 24

HALF Half, n.; pl. Halves. Etym: [AS. healf. See Half, a.]

1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.] Wyclif. The four halves of the house. Chaucer.

2. One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple. Not half his riches known, and yet despised. Milton. A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us. Tennyson. Better half. See under Better. -- In half, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly instead of in or into halves; as, to cut in half. [Colloq.] Dickens. -- In, or On, one's half, in one's behalf; on one's part. [Obs.] -- To cry halves, to claim an equal share with another. -- To go halves, to share equally between two.

HALF Half, v. t.

Defn: To halve. [Obs.] See Halve. Sir H. Wotton.

HALF-AND-HALF Half`-and-half", n.

Defn: A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts. Dickens.

HALFBEAK Half"beak`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo.

HALF BLOOD Half" blood`.

1. The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood. See Blood, n., 2 and 4.

2. A person so related to another.

3. A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half- breed.

Note: In the 2d and 3d senses usually with a hyphen.

HALF-BLOODED Half"-blood`ed, a.

1. Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep.

2. Degenerate; mean.

HALF-BOOT Half"-boot`, n.

Defn: A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker, and Congress boot, under Congress.

HALF-BOUND Half"-bound`, n.

Defn: Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.

HALF-BRED Half"-bred`, a.

1. Half-blooded. [Obs.]

2. Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained. Atterbury.

HALF-BREED Half"-breed`, a.

Defn: Half-blooded.

HALF-BREED Half"-breed`, n.

Defn: A person who is blooded; the offspring of parents of different races, especially of the American Indian and the white race.

HALF-BROTHER Half"-broth`er, n.

Defn: A brother by one parent, but not by both.

HALF-CASTE Half"-caste`, n.

Defn: One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective; as, half-caste parents.

HALF-CLAMMED Half"-clammed`, a.

Defn: Half-filled. [Obs.] Lions' half-clammed entrails roar food. Marston.

HALFCOCK Half"cock`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halfcocked(); p. pr. & vb. n. Halfcocking.]

Defn: To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch. To go off halfcocked. (a) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half cock; -- said of a firearm. (b) To do or say something without due thought or care. [Colloq. or Low]

HALF-CRACKED Half"-cracked`, a.

Defn: Half-demented; half-witted. [Colloq.]

HALF-DECK Half"-deck`, n.

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell.

2. See Half deck, under Deck.

HALF-DECKED Half"-decked`, a.

Defn: Partially decked. The half-decked craft . . . used by the latter Vikings. Elton.

HALFEN Half"en, a. Etym: [From Half.]

Defn: Wanting half its due qualities. [Obs.] Spencer.

HALFENDEAL Half"en*deal`, adv. Etym: [OE. halfendele. See Half, and Deal.]

Defn: Half; by the part. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- n.

Defn: A half part. [Obs.] R. of Brunne.

HALFER Half"er, n.

1. One who possesses or gives half only; one who shares. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu.

2. A male fallow deer gelded. Pegge (1814).

HALF-FACED Half"-faced`, a.

Defn: Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager. Shak.

HALF-FISH Half"-fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A salmon in its fifth year of growth. [Prov. Eng.]

HALF-HATCHED Half"-hatched`, a.

Defn: Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs. Gay.

HALF-HEARD Half"-heard`, a.

Defn: Imperfectly or partly heard to the end. And leave half-heard the melancholy tale. Pope.

HALF-HEARTED Half"-heart`ed, a.

1. Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind. B. Jonson.

2. Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm. H. James.

HALF-HOURLY Half"-hour`ly, a.

Defn: Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.

HALF-LEARNED Half"-learned`, a.

Defn: Imperfectly learned.

HALF-LENGTH Half"-length`, a.

Defn: Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.

HALF-MAST Half"-mast`, n.

Defn: A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).

HALF-MOON Half"-moon`, n.

1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.

2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent. See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. Milton.

3. (Fort.)

Defn: An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.

4. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Cæsiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna.

HALF NELSON Half nelson. (Wrestling)

Defn: A hold in which one arm is thrust under the corresponding arm of the opponent, generally behind, and the hand placed upon the back of his neck. In the full nelson both hands are so placed.

HALFNESS Half"ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being half; incompleteness. [R.] As soon as there is any departure from simplicity, and attempt at halfness, or good for me that is not good for him, my neighbor feels the wrong. Emerson.

HALFPACE Half"pace`, n. (Arch.)

Defn: A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.

Note: This term and quartepace are rare or unknown in the United States, platform or landing being used instead.

HALF-PENNY Half"-pen*ny(ha"pen*ny or häf"-; 277),n.;pl. Half-pence (-pens) or Half-pennies(-pen*niz).

Defn: An English coin of the value of half a penny; also, the value of half a penny.

HALF-PIKE Half"-pike`, n. (Mil.)

Defn: A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon. Tatler.

HALF-PORT Half"-port`, n. (Naut.)

Defn: One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.

HALF-RAY Half"-ray`, n. (Geom.)