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De - Pt| English Dictionary: hessian | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hessian \Hes"sian\, a. Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians. {Hessian boots}, [or] {Hessians}, boot of a kind worn in England, in the early part of the nineteenth century, tasseled in front. --Thackeray. {Hessian cloth}, [or] {Hessians}, a coarse hempen cloth for sacking. {Hessian crucible}. See under {Crucible}. {Hessian fly} (Zo[94]l.), a small dipterous fly or midge ({Cecidomyia destructor}). Its larv[91] live between the base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the Hessian troops, during the Revolution. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hessian \Hes"sian\, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Hesse. 2. A mercenary or venal person. [U. S.] Note: This use is a relic of the patriot hatred of the Hessian mercenaries who served with the British troops in the Revolutionary War. 3. pl. See {Hessian boots} and cloth, under {Hessian}, a. | |
