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2. A semicircular place, as a semicircular arena, or room, or part of a room. The collections will be displayed in the hemicycle of the central pavilion. London Academy.

HEMIDACTYL Hem`i*dac"tyl, n. Etym: [See Hemi-, and Dactyl.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any species of Old World geckoes of the genus Hemidactylus. The hemidactyls have dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath.

HEMI-DEMI-SEMIQUAVER Hem`i-dem`i-sem"i*quaver, n. Etym: [Hemi- + demi-semiquaver.] (Mus.)

Defn: A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note.

HEMIDITONE Hem`i*di"tone, n. Etym: [Hemi- + ditone.] (Gr. Mus.)

Defn: The lesser third. Busby.

HEMIGAMOUS He*mig"a*mous, a. Etym: [Hemi- + Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether male or female; -- said of grasses.

HEMIGLYPH Hem"i*glyph, n. Etym: [Hemi- + Gr. (Arch.)

Defn: The half channel or groove in the edge of the triglyph in the Doric order.

HEMIHEDRAL Hem`i*he"dral, a. Etym: [Hemi- + Gr. (Crystallog.)

Defn: Having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as when a cube has planes only on half of its eight solid angles, or one plane out of a pair on each of its edges; or as in the case of a tetrahedron, which is hemihedral to an octahedron, it being contained under four of the planes of an octahedron. -- Hem`i*he"dral*ly, adv.

HEMIHEDRISM Hem`i*he"drism, n. (Crystallog.)

Defn: The property of crystallizing hemihedrally.

HEMIHEDRON Hem`i*he"dron, n. (Crystallog.)

Defn: A solid hemihedrally derived. The tetrahedron is a hemihedron.

HEMIHOLOHEDRAL Hem`i*hol`o*he"dral, a. Etym: [Hemi- + holohedral.] (Crystallog.)

Defn: Presenting hemihedral forms, in which half the sectants have the full number of planes.

HEMIMELLITIC Hem`i*mel*lit"ic, a. Etym: [Hemi- + mellitic.] (Chem.)

Defn: Having half as many (three) carboxyl radicals as mellitic acid; -- said of an organic acid.

HEMIMETABOLA Hem`i*me*tab"o*la, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Hemi-, and Metabola.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis.

HEMIMETABOLIC Hem`i*met`a*bol"ic, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvæ differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches.

HEMIMORPHIC Hem`i*mor"phic, a. Etym: [Hemi- + Gr. (Crystallog.)

Defn: Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; -- said of a crystal.

HEMIN He"min, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: A substance, in the form of reddish brown, microscopic, prismatic crystals, formed from dried blood by the action of strong acetic acid and common salt; -- called also Teichmann's crystals. Chemically, it is a hydrochloride of hematin.

Note: The obtaining of these small crystals, from old blood clots or suspected blood stains, constitutes one of the best evidences of the presence of blood.

HEMINA He*mi"na, n.; pl. Heminæ. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

1. (Rom. Antiq.)

Defn: A measure of half a sextary. Arbuthnot.

2. (Med.)

Defn: A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces.

HEMIONUS He*mi"o*nus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A wild ass found in Thibet; the kiang. Darwin.

HEMIOPIA; HEMIOPSIA Hem`i*o"pi*a, Hem`i*op"si*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: A defect of vision in consequence of which a person sees but half of an object looked at.

HEMIORTHOTYPE Hem`i*or"tho*type, a. Etym: [Hemi- + Gr. -type.]

Defn: Same as Monoclinic.

HEMIPEPTONE Hem`i*pep"tone, n. Etym: [Hemi- + peptone.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter.

Note: Unlike antipeptone it is convertible into leucin and tyrosin, by the continued action of pancreatic juice. See Peptone. It is also formed from hemialbumose and albumin by the action of boiling dilute sulphuric acid.

HEMIPLEGIA Hem`i*ple"gi*a, n.Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. hémiplagie.] (Med.)

Defn: A palsy that affects one side only of the body. -- Hem`i"pleg"ic, a.

HEMIPLEGY Hem"i*ple`gy, n. (Med.)

Defn: Hemiplegia.

HEMIPODE Hem"i*pode, n. Etym: [Hemi- + Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any bird of the genus Turnix. Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia.

HEMIPROTEIN Hem`i*pro"te*in, n. Etym: [Hemi- + protein.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: An insoluble, proteid substance, described by Schützenberger, formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone.

HEMIPTER He*mip"ter, n. Etym: [Cf. F. hémiptères, pl.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Hemiptera.

HEMIPTERA He*mip"te*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillæ), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others.

Note: They are divided into the Heteroptera, including the squash bug, soldier bug, bedbug, etc.; the Homoptera, including the cicadas, cuckoo spits, plant lice, scale insects, etc.; the Thysanoptera, including the thrips, and, according to most recent writers, the Pediculina or true lice.

HEMIPTERAL; HEMIPTEROUS He*mip"ter*al, He*mip"ter*ous, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera.

HEMIPTERAN He*mip"ter*an, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Hemiptera; an hemipter.

HEMISECT Hem`i*sect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hemisected; p. pr. & vb. n. Hemisecting.] Etym: [Hemi- + L. secare to cut.] (Anat.)

Defn: To divide along the mesial plane.

HEMISECTION Hem`i*sec"tion, n. (Anat.)

Defn: A division along the mesial plane; also, one of the parts so divided.

HEMISPHERE Hem"i*sphere, n. Etym: [L. hemisphaerium, Gr. hémisphère. See Hemi-, and Sphere.]

1. A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center.

2. Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map or picture.

3. The people who inhabit a hemisphere. He died . . . mourned by a hemisphere. J. P. Peters. ten 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.

HEMISPHERIC; HEMISPHERICAL Hem`i*spher"ic, Hem`i*spher"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hémisphérique.]

Defn: Containing, or pertaining to, a hemisphere; as, a hemispheric figure or form; a hemispherical body.

HEMISPHEROID Hem`i*sphe"roid, n. Etym: [Hemi- + spheroid.]

Defn: A half of a spheroid.

HEMISPHEROIDAL Hem`i*sphe*roid"al, a.

Defn: Resembling, or approximating to, a hemisphere in form.

HEMISPHERULE Hem`i*spher"ule, n.

Defn: A half spherule.

HEMISTICH Hem"i*stich, n. Etym: [L. hemistichium, Gr. "hmisti`chion; "hmi- half + sti`chos row, line, verse: cf. F. hémistiche.]

Defn: Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.

HEMISTICHAL He*mis"ti*chal, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also, by, or according to, hemistichs; as, a hemistichal division of a verse.

HEMISYSTOLE Hem`i*sys"to*le, n. (Physiol.)

Defn: Contraction of only one ventricle of the heart.

Note: 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.

HEMITONE Hem"i*tone, n. Etym: [L. hemitonium, Gr.

Defn: See Semitone.

HEMITROPAL; HEMITROPOUS He*mit"ro*pal, He*mit"ro*pous, a. Etym: [See Hemitrope.]

1. Turned half round; half inverted.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule. Gray.

HEMITROPE Hem"i*trope, a. Etym: [Hemi- + Gr. hémitrope.]

Defn: Half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure.

HEMITROPE Hem"i*trope, n.

Defn: That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.

HEMITROPY He*mit"ro*py, n. (Crystallog.)

Defn: Twin composition in crystals.

HEMLOCK Hem"lock, n. Etym: [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: 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.

Note: 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.)

Defn: 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.

HEMMEL Hem"mel, n. Etym: [Scot. hemmel, hammel, Prov. E. hemble hovel, stable, shed, perh. allied to D. hemel heaven, canopy, G. himmel; cf. E. heaven.

Defn: A shed or hovel for cattle. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

HEMMER Hem"mer, n.

Defn: 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.

HEMO- Hem"o-.

Defn: Same as Hæma-, Hæmo-.

HEMOGLOBIN Hem"o*glo"bin, n. Etym: [Hemo- + globe.] (Physiol.)

Defn: The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called hæmatoglobulin. 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 hæmatocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood.

HEMOGLOBINOMETER Hem`o*glo"bin*om"e*ter, n. (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: Same as Hæmochromometer.

HEMOPHILIA Hem`o*phil"i*a, n.

Defn: See Hematophilia.

HEMOPTYSIS He*mop"ty*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. hémoptysie.] (Med.)

Defn: The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.

HEMORRHAGE Hem"or*rhage, n. Etym: [L. haemorrhagia, Gr. hémorriage, hémorrhagie.] (Med.)

Defn: Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.

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

HEMORRHAGIC Hem`or*rhag"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. hémorrhagique.]

Defn: Pertaining or tending to a flux o

HEMORRHOIDAL Hem`or*rhoid"al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hémorroïdal, hémorrhoïdal.]

1. Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, hemorrhoids.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the rectum; rectal; as, the hemorrhoidal arteries, veins, and nerves.

HEMORRHOIDS Hem"or*rhoids, n. pl. Etym: [L. haemorrhoidae, pl., Gr. hémorroïdes, hémorrhoïdes. See Rheum.] (Med.)

Defn: 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.]

HEMOSTATIC Hem`o*stat"ic, a. Etym: [Hemo- + Gr.

1. (Med.)

Defn: Of or relating to stagnation of the blood.

2. Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic.

HEMOSTATIC Hem`o*stat"ic, n.

Defn: A medicine or application to arrest hemorrhage.

HEMOTHORAX Hem"o*tho"rax, n. Etym: [NL. See Hemo-, and Thorax.] (Med.)

Defn: An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura.

HEMP Hemp, n. Etym: [OE. hemp, AS. henep, hænep; akin to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp, Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. conoplia, Skr. a; all prob. borrowed from some other language at an early time. Cf. Cannabine, Canvas.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: 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.

HEMPEN Hemp"en, a.

1. Made of hemp; as, a hempen cord.

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

HEMPY Hemp"y, a.

Defn: Like hemp. [R.] Howell.

HEMSELF; HEMSELVE; HEMSELVEN Hem*self", Hem*selve" (, Hem*selv"en (, pron. pl. Etym: [See Hem, pron.]

Defn: Themselves; -- used reflexively. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HEMSTITCH Hem"stitch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hemstitched; p. pr. & vb. n. Hemstitching.] Etym: [Hem + stitch.]

Defn: 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.

HEMSTITCHED Hem"stitched, a.

Defn: Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief.

HEMUSE He"muse, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The roebuck in its third year. [Prov. Eng.]

HEN Hen, n. Etym: [AS. henn, hen, hæn; akin to D. hen, OHG. henna, G. henne, Icel. hna, Dan. höna; 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.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen.

Note: Used adjectively or in combination to indicate the female; as, hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen. Hen clam. (Zoöl.) (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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), 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.

HENBANE Hen"bane`, n. Etym: [Hen + bane.] (Bot.)

Defn: 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.

HENBIT Hen"bit`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A weed of the genus Lamium (L. amplexicaule) with deeply crenate leaves.

HENCE Hence, adv. Etym: [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. hinnan, 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.

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.

Note: 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 Hence, v. t.

Defn: To send away. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

HENCEFORTH Hence`forth", adv.

Defn: From this time forward; henceforward. I never from thy side henceforth to stray. Milton.

HENCEFORWARD Hence`for"ward, adv.

Defn: From this time forward; henceforth.

HENCHBOY Hench"boy`, n.

Defn: A page; a servant. [Obs.]

HENCHMAN Hench"man, n.; pl. -men. Etym: [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.]

Defn: An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.

HENCOOP Hen"coop`, n.

Defn: A coop or cage for hens.

HENDE Hende, a. Etym: [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.

HENDECAGON Hen*dec"a*gon, n. Etym: [Gr. hendécagone.] (Geom.)

Defn: A plane figure of eleven sides and eleven angles. [Written also endecagon.]

HENDECANE Hen"de*cane, n. Etym: [Gr. "e`ndeka eleven.] (Chem.)

Defn: A hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the paraffin series; -- so called because it has eleven atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called also endecane, undecane.

HENDECASYLLABIC Hen*dec`a*syl*lab"ic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to a line of eleven syllables.

HENDECASYLLABLE Hen*dec"a*syl`la*ble, n. Etym: [L. hendecasyllabus, Gr. hendécasyllabe.]

Defn: A metrical line of eleven syllables. J. Warton.

HENDECATOIC Hen*dec`a*to"ic, a. Etym: [See Hendecane.] (Chem.)

Defn: Undecylic; pertaining to, or derived from, hendecane; as, hendecatoic acid.

HENDIADYS Hen*di"a*dys, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Gram.)

Defn: 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.

HENDY Hen"dy, a. [Obs.]

Defn: See Hende.

HENEN Hen"en, adv.

Defn: Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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

HENG Heng, obs. imp. of Hang.

Defn: Hung. Chaucer.

HEN-HEARTED Hen"-heart`ed, a.

Defn: Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted. Udall.

HENHOUSE Hen"house`, n.; pl. Henhouses.

Defn: A house or shelter for fowls.

HENHUSSY Hen"hus`sy, n.

Defn: A cotquean; a man who intermeddles with women's concerns.

HENIQUEN He*ni"quen, n.

Defn: See Jeniquen.

HENNA Hen"na, n. Etym: [Ar. hinna alcanna (Lawsonia inermis or alba). Cf. Alcanna, Alkanet, Orchanet.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: 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 hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc.

2. (Com.)

Defn: The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or dyestuff made from them.

HENNERY Hen"ner*y, n.

Defn: An inclosed place for keeping hens. [U. S.]

HENNES Hen"nes, adv.

Defn: Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HENNOTANNIC Hen`no*tan"nic, a. Etym: [Henna + tannic.] (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid.

HENOGENY; HENOGENESIS He*nog"e* ny, Hen`o*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: Same as Ontogeny.

HENOTHEISM Hen"o*the*ism, n. Etym: [Gr. theism.]

Defn: Primitive religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to the rest. [R.]

HENOTIC He*not"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Harmonizing; irenic. Gladstone.

HENPECK Hen"peck`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Henpecked; p. pr. & vb. Henpecking.]

Defn: To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively).

HENRIETTA CLOTH Hen`ri*et"ta cloth`.

Defn: A fine wide wooled fabric much used for women's dresses.

HENROOST Hen"roost`, n.

Defn: A place where hens roost.

HENRY Hen"ry, n.; pl. Henrys. Etym: [From Joseph Henry, an American physicist.]

Defn: 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 ampère a second.

HEN'S-FOOT Hen's-foot` (, n. (Bot.)

Defn: An umbelliferous plant (Caucalis daucoides).

HENT Hent, v. t. [imp. Hente; p. p. Hent.] Etym: [OE. hente, henten, fr. AS. hentan, gehentan, to pursue, take, seize; cf. Icel. henda, Goth. hinpan (in compos.), and E. hunt.]

Defn: 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.

HENWARE Hen"ware`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A coarse, blackish seaweed. See Badderlocks.

HENXMAN Henx"man, n.

Defn: Henchman. [Obs.]

HEP Hep, n.

Defn: See Hip, the fruit of the dog-rose.

HEPAR He"par, n. Etym: [L. hepar, hepatis, the liver, Gr.

1. (Old Chem.)

Defn: 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.

HEPATIC He*pat"ic, a. Etym: [L. hepaticus, Gr. jecur, Skr. yak: cf. F. hépatique.]

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.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticæ, 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.

HEPATICA He*pat"i*ca, n.; pl. Hepaticæ. Etym: [NL. See Hepatic. So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed leaves or fronds.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.

2. (bot.)

Defn: Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticæ; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticæ, in the Supplement.

HEPATICAL He*pat"ic*al, a.

Defn: Hepatic. [R.]

HEPATITE Hep"a*tite, n. Etym: [L. hepatitis an unknown precious stone, Gr. hépatite.] (Min.)

Defn: A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated.

HEPATITIS Hep`a*ti"tis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -itis.] (Med.)

Defn: Inflammation of the liver.

HEPATIZATION Hep`a*ti*za"tion, n.

1. (Chem.)

Defn: Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas. [Obs.]

2. Etym: [Cf. F. hépatisation.] (Med.)

Defn: 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.

HEPATIZE Hep"a*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hepatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Hepatizing.] Etym: [Gr. hepatite, and (for sense 2) F. hépatiser.]

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.

HEPATOCELE He*pat"o*cele, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)

Defn: Hernia of the liver.

HEPATOCYSTIC Hep`a*to*cys"tic, a. Etym: [Hepatic + cystic.] (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; as, the hepatocystic ducts.

HEPATOGASTRIC Hep`a*to*gas"tric, a. Etym: [Hepatic + gastric.] (Anat.)

Defn: See Gastrohepatic.

HEPATOGENIC; HEPATOGENOUS Hep`a*to*gen"ic, Hep`a*tog"e*nous, a. Etym: [Gr. "h ar, "h`patos, the liver + root of gi`gnesthai to be born] (Med.)

Defn: Arising from the liver; due to a condition of the liver; as, hepatogenic jaundice.

HEPATOLOGY Hep`a*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. "h ar, "h`patos, the liver + -logy.]

Defn: The science which treats of the liver; a treatise on the liver.

HEPATO-PANCREAS Hep"a*to-pan"cre*as, n. Etym: [Gr. "h ar, "h`patos, the liver + E. pancreas.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates.

HEPATORENAL Hep`a*to*re"nal, a. Etym: [Hepatic + renal.] (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament.

HEPATOSCOPY Hep`a*tos"co*py, n. Etym: [Gr. "h ar, "h`patos, the liver + hépatoscopie.]

Defn: Divination by inspecting the liver of animals.

HEPPELWHITE Hep"pel*white, a. (Furniture)

Defn: Designating a light and elegant style developed in England under George III., chiefly by Messrs. A.Heppelwhite & Co.

HEPPEN Hep"pen, a. Etym: [Cf. AS. gehæp fit, Icel. heppinn lucky, E. happy.]

Defn: Neat; fit; comfortable. [Obs.]

HEPPER Hep"per, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A young salmon; a parr.

HEPTA Hep"ta. Etym: [See Seven.]

Defn: A combining form from Gr. "epta`, seven.

HEPTACHORD Hep"ta*chord, n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones. Moore (Encyc. of Music).

HEPTAD Hep"tad, n. Etym: [L. heptas the number seven. Gr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.)

Defn: 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.

HEPTADE Hep"tade, n. Etym: [Cf. F. heptade. See Heptad.]

Defn: The sum or number of seven.

HEPTAGLOT Hep"ta*glot, n. Etym: [Gr. "epta` seven + 3,

Defn: A book in seven languages.

HEPTAGON Hep"ta*gon, n. Etym: [Gr. "epta` seven + heptagone.] (Geom.)

Defn: A plane figure consisting of seven sides and having seven angles.

HEPTAGONAL Hep*tag"o*nal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. heptagonal.]

Defn: 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.

HEPTAGYNIA Hep`ta*gyn"i*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. "epta` seven + heptagunie.] (Bot.)

Defn: A Linnæan order of plants having seven pistils.

HEPTAGYNIAN; HEPTAGYNOUS Hep`ta*gyn"i*an, Hep*tag"y*nous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. heptagyne.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having seven pistils.

HEPTAHEDRON Hep`ta*he"dron, n. Etym: [Hepta- + Gr. heptaèdre.] (Geom.)

Defn: A solid figure with seven sides.

HEPTAMEROUS Hep*tam"er*ous, a. Etym: [Hepta- + Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Consisting of seven parts, or having the parts in sets of sevens. Gray.

HEPTANDRIA Hep*tan"dri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. "epta` seven + heptandrie.] (Bot.)

Defn: A Linnæan class of plants having seven stamens.

HEPTANDRIAN; HEPTANDROUS Hep*tan"dri*an, Hep*tan"drous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. heptandre.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having seven stamens.

HEPTANE Hep"tane, n. Etym: [Gr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.)

Defn: 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.

HEPTANGULAR Hep*tan"gu*lar, a. Etym: [Hepta- + angular: cf. F. heptangulaire. Cf. Septangular.]

Defn: Having seven angles.

HEPTAPHYLLOUS Hep*taph"yl*lous, a. Etym: [Hepta- + Gr. heptaphylle.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having seven leaves.

HEPTARCH Hep"tarch, n.

Defn: Same as Heptarchist.

HEPTARCHIC Hep*tar"chic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. heptarchique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to a heptarchy; constituting or consisting of a heptarchy. T. Warton.

HEPTARCHIST Hep"tarch*ist, n.

Defn: A ruler of one division of a heptarchy. [Written also heptarch.]

HEPTARCHY Hep"tarch*y, n. Etym: [Hepta- + -archy: cf. F. heptarchie.]

Defn: A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers.

Note: 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.

HEPTASPERMOUS Hep`ta*sper"mous, a. Etym: [Hepta- + Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Having seven seeds.

HEPTASTICH Hep"ta*stich, n. Etym: [Hepta- + Gr. sti`chos line, verse.] (Pros.)

Defn: A composition consisting of seven lines or verses.

HEPTATEUCH Hep"ta*teuch, n. Etym: [L. heptateuchos, Gr. "epta` seven + heptateuque.]

Defn: The first seven books of the Testament.

HEPTAVALENT Hep*tav"a*lent, a. Etym: [Hepta- + L. valens, p. pr. See Valence.] (Chem.)

Defn: Having seven units of attractive force or affinity; -- said of heptad elements or radicals.

HEPTENE Hep"tene, n. Etym: [Gr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.)

Defn: Same as Heptylene.

HEPTINE Hep"tine, n. Etym: [Heptane + -ine.] (Chem.)

Defn: Any one of a series of unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons, C7H12, of the acetylene series.

HEPTOIC Hep*to"ic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, heptane; as, heptoic acid.

HEPTONE Hep"tone, n. Etym: [Gr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.)

Defn: A liquid hydrocarbon, C7H10, of the valylene series.

HEP TREE Hep" tree`. Etym: [See Hep.]

Defn: The wild dog-rose.

HEPTYL Hep"tyl, n. Etym: [Hepta- + -yl.] (Chem.)

Defn: A compound radical, C7H15, regarded as the essential radical of heptane and a related series of compounds.

HEPTYLENE Hep"tyl*ene, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, C7H14, of the ethylene series; also, any one of its isomers. Called also heptene.

HEPTYLIC Hep*tyl"ic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, heptyl or heptane; as, heptylic alcohol. Cf. .

HER Her, pron. & a. Etym: [OE. hire, here, hir, hure, gen. and dat. sing., AS. hire, gen. and dat. sing. of héo she. from the same root as E. he. See He.]

Defn: The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out.

Note: 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 Her, Here (, pron. pl. Etym: [OE. here, hire, AS. heora, hyra, gen. pl. of he. See He.]

Defn: Of them; their. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. On here bare knees adown they fall. Chaucer.

HERACLEONITE He*rac"le*on*ite, n. (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.

HERAKLINE He*rak"line, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting.

HERALD Her"ald, n. Etym: [OE. herald, heraud, OF. heralt, heraut, herault, F. héraut, 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.)

Defn: 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.

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.

HERALD Her"ald, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heralded; p. pr. & vb. n. Heralding.] Etym: [Cf. OF. herauder, heraulder.]

Defn: To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in. Shak.

HERALDIC He*ral"dic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. héraldique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language. T. Warton.

HERALDICALLY He*ral"dic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.

HERALDRY Her"ald*ry, n.

Defn: 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.

HERALDSHIP Her"ald*ship, n.

Defn: The office of a herald. Selden.

HERAPATHITE Her"a*path*ite, n. Etym: [Named after Dr. Herapath, the discoverer.] (Chem.)

Defn: The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light.

HERAUD Her"aud, n.

Defn: A herald. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HERB Herb, n. Etym: [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.

Note: 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 (Actæa 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.)

HERBACEOUS Her*ba"ceous, a. Etym: [L. herbaceus grassy. See Herb.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem.

HERBAGE Herb"age (; 48), n. Etym: [F. See Herb.]

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

2. (Law.)

Defn: The liberty or right of pasture in the forest or in the grounds of another man. Blount.

HERBAGED Herb"aged, a.

Defn: Covered with grass. Thomson.

HERBAL Herb"al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to herbs. Quarles.

HERBAL 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.

HERBALISM Herb"al*ism, n.

Defn: The knowledge of herbs.

HERBALIST Herb"al*ist, n.

Defn: One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs.

HERBAR Herb"ar, n.

Defn: An herb. [Obs.] Spenser.

HERBARIAN Her*ba"ri*an, n.

Defn: A herbalist.

HERBARIST Herb"a*rist, n.

Defn: A herbalist. [Obs.]

HERBARIUM Her*ba"ri*um, n.; pl. E. Herbariums, L. Herbaria. Etym: [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.

HERBARIZE Herb"a*rize, v. t.

Defn: See Herborize.

HERBARY Herb"a*ry, n. Etym: [See Herbarium.]

Defn: A garden of herbs; a cottage garden. T. Warton.

HERBER Herb"er, n. Etym: [OF. herbier, LL. herbarium. See Herbarium.]

Defn: A garden; a pleasure garden. [Obs.] "Into an herber green." Chaucer.

HERBERGAGE Her"berg*age, n. Etym: [See Harborage.]

Defn: Harborage; lodging; shelter; harbor. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HERBERGEOUR Her"ber*geour, n. Etym: [See Harbinger.]

Defn: A harbinger. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HERBERGH; HERBERWE Her"bergh, Her"ber*we (, n. Etym: [See Harbor.]

Defn: A harbor. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HERBESCENT Her*bes"cent, a. Etym: [L. herbescens, p. pr. of herbescere.]

Defn: Growing into herbs.

HERBID Herb"id, a. Etym: [L. herbidus.]

Defn: Covered with herbs. [Obs.] Bailey.

HERBIFEROUS Her*bif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Herb + -ferous: cf. F. herbifére.]

Defn: Bearing herbs or vegetation.

HERBIST Herb"ist, n.

Defn: A herbalist.

HERBIVORA Her*biv"o*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. herba herb + vorare to devour.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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.

HERBIVORE Her"bi*vore, n. Etym: [Cf. F. herbivore.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Herbivora. P. H. Gosse.

HERBIVOROUS Her*biv"o*rous, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora.

HERBLESS Herb"less, a.

Defn: Destitute of herbs or of vegetation. J. Warton.

HERBLET Herb"let, n.

Defn: A small herb. Shak.

HERBORIST Her"bo*rist, n. Etym: [F. herboriste.]

Defn: A herbalist. Ray.

HERBORIZATION Her`bo*ri*za"tion, n. Etym: [F. herborisation.]

1. The act of herborizing.

2. The figure of plants in minerals or fossils.

HERBORIZE Her"bo*rize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Herborized; p. pr. & vb. n. Herborizing.] Etym: [F. herboriser, for herbariser, fr. L. herbarium. See Hebrarium.]

Defn: To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them. He herborized as he traveled. W. Tooke.

HERBORIZE Her"bo*rize, v. t.

Defn: To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See Arborized. Herborized stones contain fine mosses. Fourcroy (Trans.)

HERBOROUGH Her"bor*ough, n. Etym: [See Harborough, and Harbor.]

Defn: A harbor. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

HERBOSE; HERBOUS Her*bose", Herb"ous, a. Etym: [L. herbosus: cf. F. herbeux.]

Defn: Abounding with herbs. "Fields poetically called herbose." Byrom.

HERB-WOMAN Herb"-wom`an, n.; pl. Herb-women (.

Defn: A woman that sells herbs.

HERBY Herb"y, a.

Defn: Having the nature of, pertaining to, or covered with, herbs or herbage. "Herby valleys." Chapman.

HERCOGAMOUS Her*cog"a*mous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.

HERCULEAN Her*cu"le*an, a. Etym: [L. herculeus, fr. Hercules: cf. F. herculéen. 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.

HERCULES Her"cu*les, n.

1. (Gr. Myth.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra. Hercules' beetle (Zoöl.), 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.

HERCYNIAN Her*cyn"i*an, a. Etym: [L. Hercynia silva, Hercynius saltus, the Hercynian forest; cf. Gr.

Defn: Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains.

HERD Herd, a.

Defn: Haired. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HERD Herd, n. Etym: [OE. herd, heord, AS. heord; akin to OHG. herta,G. herde, Icel. hjör, Sw. hjord, Dan. hiord, Goth. haírda; cf. Skr. çardha 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.

Note: 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 Herd, n. Etym: [OE. hirde, herde, heorde, AS. hirde, hyrde, heorde; akin to G. hirt, hirte, OHG. hirti, Icel. hirir, Sw. herde, Dan. hyrde, Goth. haírdeis. See 2d Herd.]

Defn: One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like. Chaucer.

HERD Herd, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Herded; p. pr. & vb. n. Herding.] Etym: [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 Herd, v. t.

Defn: To form or put into a herd.

HERDBOOK Herd"book`, n.

Defn: A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herd register.

HERDER Herd"er, n.

Defn: A herdsman. [R.]

HERDERITE Her"der*ite, n. Etym: [Named after Baron von Herder, who discovered it.] (Min.)

Defn: A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals.

HERDESS Herd"ess, n.

Defn: A shepherdess; a female herder. Sir P. Sidney. Chaucer.

HERDGROOM Herd"groom`, n.

Defn: A herdsman. [Obs.]

HERDIC Her"dic, n. Etym: [Named from Peter Herdic, the inventor.]

Defn: A kind of low-hung cab.

HERDMAN; HERDSMAN Herd"man, Herds"man, n.; pl. -men (.

Defn: The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.

HERDSWOMAN Herds"wom`an, n.; pl. -women (.

Defn: A woman who tends a herd. Sir W. Scott.

HERE Here, n.

Defn: Hair. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HERE Here, pron.

1. See Her, their. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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

HERE Here, adv. Etym: [OE. her, AS. h; akin to OS. h, D. hier, OHG. hiar, G. hier, Icel. & Goth. h, Dan. her, Sw. här; fr. root of E. he. See He.]

1. In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to Ant: 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.

Note: 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.

HEREA-BOUT; HEREABOUTS Here"a-bout`, Here"a*bouts`, adv.

1. About this place; in this vicinity.

2. Concerning this. [Obs.]

HEREAFTER Here*aft"er, adv. Etym: [AS. hræfter.]

Defn: In time to come; in some future time or state. Hereafter he from war shall come. Dryden.

HEREAFTER Here*aft"er, n.

Defn: A future existence or state. 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter. Addison.

HEREAFTERWARD Here*aft"er*ward, adv.

Defn: Hereafter. [Obs.] Thou shalt hereafterward . . . come. Chaucer.

HERE-AT Here-at", adv.

Defn: At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat. Hooker.

HEREBY 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.

HEREDITABILITY He*red`i*ta*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: State of being hereditable. Brydges.

HEREDITABLE He*red"i*ta*ble, a. Etym: [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.

HEREDITABLY He*red"i*ta*bly, adv.

Defn: By inheritance. W. Tooke.

HEREDITAMENT Her`e*dit"a*ment, n. Etym: [LL. hereditamentum. See Hereditable.] (Law)

Defn: 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.

Note: 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.

HEREDITARILY He*red"i*ta*ri*ly, adv.

Defn: By inheritance; in an hereditary manner. Pope.

HEREDITARY He*red"i*ta*ry, a. Etym: [L. hereditarius, fr. hereditas heirship, inheritance, fr. heres heir: cf. F. héréditaire. 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.

HEREDITY He*red"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. hereditas heirship.] (Biol.)

Defn: 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.

HEREFORD Her"e*ford, n.

Defn: One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent.

HEREHENCE Here"hence`, adv.

Defn: From hence. [Obs.]

HEREIN Here*in", adv. Etym: [AS. hrinne.]

Defn: In this. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit. John xv. 8.

HEREINAFTER Here`in*aft"er, adv.

Defn: In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like).

HEREINBEFORE Here`in*be*fore", adv.

Defn: In the preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.).

HEREINTO Here`in*to", adv.

Defn: Into this. Hooker.

HEREMIT; HEREMITE Her"e*mit, Her"e*mite, n. Etym: [See Hermit.]

Defn: A hermit. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

HEREMITICAL Her`e*mit"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society. Pope.

HEREN Her"en, a.

Defn: Made of hair. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HEREOF Here*of", adv.

Defn: Of this; concerning this; from this; hence. Hereof comes it that Prince Harry is valiant. Shak.

HEREON Here*on", adv.

Defn: On or upon this; hereupon.

HEREOUT Here*out", adv.

Defn: Out of this. [Obs.] Spenser.

HERESIARCH Her"e*si*arch, n. Etym: [L. haeresiarcha, Gr. hérésiarque.]

Defn: A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics. Bp. Stillingfleet.

HERESIARCHY Her"e*si*arch`y, n.

Defn: A chief or great heresy. [R.] The book itself [the Alcoran] consists of heresiarchies against our blessed Savior. Sir T. Herbert.

HERESIOGRAPHER Her`e*si*og"ra*pher, n. Etym: [See Heresiography.]

Defn: One who writes on heresies.

HERESIOGRAPHY Her`e*si*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy: cf. F. hérésiographie.]

Defn: A treatise on heresy.

HERESY Her"e*sy, n.; pl. Heresies. Etym: [OE. heresie, eresie, OF. heresie, iresie, F. hérésie, L. haeresis, Gr.

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.)

Defn: 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)

Defn: 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.

Note: "When I call dueling, and similar aberrations of honor, a moral heresy, I refer to the force of the Greek Coleridge.

HERETIC Her"e*tic, n. Etym: [L. haereticus, Gr. hérétique. 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.)

Defn: 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.

HERETICAL He*ret"i*cal, a.

Defn: Containing heresy; of the nature of, or characterized by, heresy.

HERETICALLY He*ret"i*cal*ly, adv.

Defn: In an heretical manner.

HERETICATE He*ret"i*cate, v. t. Etym: [LL. haereticatus, p. p. of haereticare.]

Defn: 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.

HERETIFICATION He*ret`i*fi*ca"tion, n.

Defn: The act of hereticating or pronouncing heretical. London Times.

HERETO Here*to", adv.

Defn: To this; hereunto. Hooker.

HERETOCH; HERETOG Her"e*toch, Her"e*tog, n. Etym: [AS. heretoga, heretoha; here army + teón to draw, lead; akin to OS. heritogo, OHG. herizogo, G. herzog duke.] (AS. Antiq.)

Defn: The leader or commander of an army; also, a marshal. Blackstone.

HERETOFORE Here`to*fore", adv.

Defn: Up to this time; hitherto; before; in time past. Shak.

HEREUNTO Here`un*to", adv.

Defn: Unto this; up to this time; hereto.

HEREUPON Here`up*on", adv.

Defn: On this; hereon.

HEREWITH Here*with", adv.

Defn: With this.

HERIE Her"ie, v. t. Etym: [See Hery.]

Defn: To praise; to worship. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HERIOT Her"i*ot, n. Etym: [AS. heregeatu military equipment, heriot; here army + geatwe, pl., arms, equipments.] (Eng. Law)

Defn: 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.

HERIOTABLE Her"i*ot*a*ble, a.

Defn: Subject to the payment of a heriot. Burn.

HERISSON Her"is*son, n. Etym: [F. hérisson, prop., hedgehog.] (fort.)

Defn: A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; - - used to block up a passage.

HERITABILITY Her`it*a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The state of being heritable.

HERITABLE Her"it*a*ble, a. Etym: [OF. héritable. 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.).

HERITAGE Her"it*age, a. Etym: [OE. heritage, eritage, OF. heritage, eritage, F. héritage, fr. hériter 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.)

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

HERITANCE Her"it*ance, n. Etym: [OF. heritance.]

Defn: Heritage; inheritance. [R.] Robbing their children of the heritance Their fathers handed down Southey.

HERITOR Her"it*or, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. her, fr. L. heres an heir.]

Defn: A proprietor or landholder in a parish. [Scot.]

HERL Herl, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Harl, 2.

HERLING; HIRLING Her"ling, Hir"ling (, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The young of the sea trout. [Prov. Eng.]

HERMA Her"ma, n.; pl. Hermæ. Etym: [L.]

Defn: See Hermes,

2.

HERMAPHRODEITY Her*maph`ro*de"i*ty, n.

Defn: Hermaphrodism. B. Jonson.

HERMAPHRODISM Her*maph"ro*dism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. hermaphrodisme.] (Biol.)

Defn: See Hermaphroditism.

HERMAPHRODITE Her*maph"ro*dite, n. Etym: [L. hermaphroditus, Gr. 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.)

Defn: 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.

HERMAPHRODITE Her*maph"ro*dite, a.

Defn: Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower. Hermaphrodite brig. (Naut.) See under Brig. Totten.

HERMAPHRODITIC; HERMAPHRODITICAL Her*maph`ro*dit"ic, Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; characterized by hermaphroditism. -- Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al*ly, adv.

HERMAPHRODITISM Her*maph"ro*dit*ism, n. (Biol.)

Defn: The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.

HERMENEUTIC; HERMENEUTICAL Her`me*neu"tic, Her`me*neu"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. herméneutique.]

Defn: Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase.

HERMENEUTICALLY Her`me*neu"tic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: According to the principles of interpretation; as, a verse of Scripture was examined hermeneutically.

HERMENEUTICS Her`me*neu"tics, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: 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.

HERMES Her"mes, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

1. (Myth.)

Defn: See Mercury.

Note: Hermes Trismegistus Etym: [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. (Archæology)

Defn: 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.

HERMETIC; HERMETICAL Her*met"ic, Her*met"ic*al, a. Etym: [F. hermétique. See Note under Hermes, 1.]