English Dictionary: Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe | by the DICT Development Group |
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Hairtail \Hair"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) 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}. | |
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Alee \A*lee"\, adv. [Pref. a- + lee.] (Naut.) On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side. {Hard alee}, or {Luff alee}, an order to put the helm to the lee side. | |
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Line \Line\, n. [OE. line, AS. l[c6]ne cable, hawser, prob. from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.] 1. A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline. Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. --Piers Plowman. 2. A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line. 3. The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel. 4. Direction; as, the line of sight or vision. 5. A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column. 6. A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend. 7. (Poet.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure. In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa. --Broome. 8. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is not the line of a first-rate man. --Coleridge. 9. (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness. 10. The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline. Eden stretched her line From Auran eastward to the royal towers Of great Seleucia. --Milton. 11. A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark. Though on his brow were graven lines austere. --Byron. He tipples palmistry, and dines On all her fortune-telling lines. --Cleveland. 12. Lineament; feature; figure. [bd]The lines of my boy's face.[b8] --Shak. 13. A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers. Unite thy forces and attack their lines. --Dryden. 14. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings. Of his lineage am I, and his offspring By very line, as of the stock real. --Chaucer. 15. A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line. 16. (Geog.) (a) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map. (b) The equator; -- usually called {the line}, or {equinoctial line}; as, to cross the line. 17. A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline. 18. (Script.) (a) A measuring line or cord. He marketh it out with a line. --Is. xliv. 13. (b) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. --Ps. xvi. 6. (c) Instruction; doctrine. Their line is gone out through all the earth. --Ps. xix. 4. 19. (Mach.) The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line. 20. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad. 21. (Mil.) (a) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to {column}. (b) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc. 22. (Fort.) (a) A trench or rampart. (b) pl. Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy. 23. pl. (Shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections. 24. (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed. 25. (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber. 26. (Trade) A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. --McElrath. 27. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name. 28. pl. The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. [U. S.] 29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch. {Hard lines}, hard lot. --C. Kingsley. [See Def. 18.] {Line breeding} (Stockbreeding), breeding by a certain family line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or mother. {Line conch} (Zo[94]l.), a spiral marine shell ({Fasciolaria distans}), of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by narrow, dark, revolving lines. {Line engraving}. (a) Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut with the burin upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so engraved. (b) A picture produced by printing from such an engraving. {Line of battle}. (a) (Mil. Tactics) The position of troops drawn up in their usual order without any determined maneuver. (b) (Naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of war in an engagement. {Line of battle ship}. See {Ship of the line}, below. {Line of beauty} (Fine Arts),an abstract line supposed to be beautiful in itself and absolutely; -- differently represented by different authors, often as a kind of elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth). {Line of centers}. (Mach.) (a) A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels or levers. (b) A line which determines a dead center. See {Dead center}, under {Dead}. {Line of dip} (Geol.), a line in the plane of a stratum, or part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a stratum to the horizon. {Line of fire} (Mil.), the direction of fire. {Line of force} (Physics), any line in a space in which forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all the forces. It cuts at right angles every equipotential surface which it meets. Specifically (Magnetism), a line in proximity to a magnet so drawn that any point in it is tangential with the direction of a short compass needle held at that point. --Faraday. {Line of life} (Palmistry), a line on the inside of the hand, curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate, by its form or position, the length of a person's life. {Line of lines}. See {Gunter's line}. {Line of march}. (Mil.) (a) Arrangement of troops for marching. (b) Course or direction taken by an army or body of troops in marching. {Line of operations}, that portion of a theater of war which an army passes over in attaining its object. --H. W. Halleck. {Line of sight} (Firearms), the line which passes through the front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are sighted at an object. {Line tub} (Naut.), a tub in which the line carried by a whaleboat is coiled. {Mason and Dixon's line} | |
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Hard \Hard\, a. [Compar. {Harder}; superl. {Hardest}.] [{OE}. heard, AS. heard; akin to OS. & D. heard, G. hart, OHG. harti, Icel. har[?]r, Dan. haard, Sw. h[86]rd, Goth. hardus, Gr.[?] strong, [?], [?], strength, and also to E. -ard, as in coward, drunkard, -crat, -cracy in autocrat, democracy; cf. Skr. kratu strength, [?] to do, make. Cf. {Hardy}.] 1. Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. 2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem. The hard causes they brought unto Moses. --Ex. xviii. 26. In which are some things hard to be understood. --2 Peter iii. 16. 3. Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure. 4. Difficult to resist or control; powerful. The stag was too hard for the horse. --L'Estrange. A power which will be always too hard for them. --Addison. 5. Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms. I never could drive a hard bargain. --Burke. 6. Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character. 7. Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style. Figures harder than even the marble itself. --Dryden. 8. Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider. 9. (Pron.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc. 10. Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone. 11. (Painting) (a) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition. (b) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade. {Hard cancer}, {Hard case}, etc. See under {Cancer}, {Case}, etc. {Hard clam}, [or] {Hard-shelled clam} (Zo[94]l.), the guahog. {Hard coal}, anthracite, as distinguished from bituminous or soft coal. {Hard and fast}. (Naut.) See under {Fast}. {Hard finish} (Arch.), a smooth finishing coat of hard fine plaster applied to the surface of rough plastering. {Hard lines}, hardship; difficult conditions. {Hard money}, coin or specie, as distinguished from paper money. {Hard oyster} (Zo[94]l.), the northern native oyster. [Local, U. S.] {Hard pan}, the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil; hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental part or quality of anything; as, the hard pan of character, of a matter in dispute, etc. See {Pan}. {Hard rubber}. See under {Rubber}. {Hard solder}. See under {Solder}. {Hard water}, water, which contains lime or some mineral substance rendering it unfit for washing. See {Hardness}, 3. {Hard wood}, wood of a solid or hard texture; as walnut, oak, ash, box, and the like, in distinction from pine, poplar, hemlock, etc. {In hard condition}, in excellent condition for racing; having firm muscles;-said of race horses. Syn: Solid; arduous; powerful; trying; unyielding; stubborn; stern; flinty; unfeeling; harsh; difficult; severe; obdurate; rigid. See {Solid}, and {Arduous}. | |
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Hardily \Har"di*ly\, adv. 1. Same as {Hardly}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. Boldly; stoutly; resolutely. --Wyclif. | |
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Hard-labored \Hard"-la`bored\, a. Wrought with severe labor; elaborate; studied. --Swift. | |
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Hardly \Hard"ly\, adv. [AS. heardlice. See {Hand}.] 1. In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty. Recovering hardly what he lost before. --Dryden. 2. Unwillingly; grudgingly. The House of Peers gave so hardly thei[?] consent. --Milton. 3. Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly. Hardly shall you one so bad, but he desires the credit of being thought good. --South. 4. Severely; harshly; roughly. He has in many things been hardly used. --Swift. 5. Confidently; hardily. [Obs.] --Holland. 6. Certainly; surely; indeed. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Jurel \Ju"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts ({Caranx chrysos}), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also {hardtail}, {horse crevall[82]}, {jack}, {buffalo jack}, {skipjack}, {yellow mackerel}, and sometimes, improperly, {horse mackerel}. Other species of {Caranx} (as {C. fallax}) are also sometimes called jurel. | |
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Hardtail \Hard"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Jurel}. | |
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Jurel \Ju"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts ({Caranx chrysos}), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also {hardtail}, {horse crevall[82]}, {jack}, {buffalo jack}, {skipjack}, {yellow mackerel}, and sometimes, improperly, {horse mackerel}. Other species of {Caranx} (as {C. fallax}) are also sometimes called jurel. | |
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Hardtail \Hard"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Jurel}. | |
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Heart \Heart\, n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[a1]rt[?], Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. [?], [?] [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Accord}, {Discord}, {Cordial}, 4th {Core}, {Courage}.] 1. (Anat.) A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood. Why does my blood thus muster to my heart! --Shak. Note: In adult mammals and birds, the heart is four-chambered, the right auricle and ventricle being completely separated from the left auricle and ventricle; and the blood flows from the systematic veins to the right auricle, thence to the right ventricle, from which it is forced to the lungs, then returned to the left auricle, thence passes to the left ventricle, from which it is driven into the systematic arteries. See Illust. under {Aorta}. In fishes there are but one auricle and one ventricle, the blood being pumped from the ventricle through the gills to the system, and thence returned to the auricle. In most amphibians and reptiles, the separation of the auricles is partial or complete, and in reptiles the ventricles also are separated more or less completely. The so-called lymph hearts, found in many amphibians, reptiles, and birds, are contractile sacs, which pump the lymph into the veins. 2. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; -- usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart. Hearts are dust, hearts' loves remain. --Emerson. 3. The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and within; the inmost or most essential part of any body or system; the source of life and motion in any organization; the chief or vital portion; the center of activity, or of energetic or efficient action; as, the heart of a country, of a tree, etc. Exploits done in the heart of France. --Shak. Peace subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation. --Wordsworth. 4. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit. Eve, recovering heart, replied. --Milton. The expelled nations take heart, and when they fly from one country invade another. --Sir W. Temple. 5. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad. That the spent earth may gather heart again. --Dryden. 6. That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation, -- used as a symbol or representative of the heart. 7. One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps. 8. Vital part; secret meaning; real intention. And then show you the heart of my message. --Shak. 9. A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address. [bd]I speak to thee, my heart.[b8] --Shak. Note: Heart is used in many compounds, the most of which need no special explanation; as, heart-appalling, heart-breaking, heart-cheering, heart-chilled, heart-expanding, heart-free, heart-hardened, heart-heavy, heart-purifying, heart-searching, heart-sickening, heart-sinking, heart-stirring, heart-touching, heart-wearing, heart-whole, heart-wounding, heart-wringing, etc. {After one's own heart}, conforming with one's inmost approval and desire; as, a friend after my own heart. The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart. --1 Sam. xiii. 14. {At heart}, in the inmost character or disposition; at bottom; really; as, he is at heart a good man. {By heart}, in the closest or most thorough manner; as, to know or learn by heart. [bd]Composing songs, for fools to get by heart[b8] (that is, to commit to memory, or to learn thoroughly). --Pope. {For my heart}, for my life; if my life were at stake. [Obs.] [bd]I could not get him for my heart to do it.[b8] --Shak. {Heart bond} (Masonry), a bond in which no header stone stretches across the wall, but two headers meet in the middle, and their joint is covered by another stone laid header fashion. --Knight. {Heart and hand}, with enthusiastic co[94]peration. {Heart hardness}, hardness of heart; callousness of feeling; moral insensibility. --Shak. {Heart heaviness}, depression of spirits. --Shak. {Heart point} (Her.), the fess point. See {Escutcheon}. {Heart rising}, a rising of the heart, as in opposition. {Heart shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine, bivalve shell of the genus {Cardium} and allied genera, having a heart-shaped shell; esp., the European {Isocardia cor}; -- called also {heart cockle}. {Heart sickness}, extreme depression of spirits. {Heart and soul}, with the utmost earnestness. {Heart urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any heartshaped, spatangoid sea urchin. See {Spatangoid}. {Heart wheel}, a form of cam, shaped like a heart. See {Cam}. {In good heart}, in good courage; in good hope. {Out of heart}, discouraged. {Poor heart}, an exclamation of pity. {To break the heart of}. (a) To bring to despair or hopeless grief; to cause to be utterly cast down by sorrow. (b) To bring almost to completion; to finish very nearly; -- said of anything undertaken; as, he has broken the heart of the task. {To find in the heart}, to be willing or disposed. [bd]I could find in my heart to ask your pardon.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. {To have at heart}, to desire (anything) earnestly. {To have in the heart}, to purpose; to design or intend to do. {To have the heart in the mouth}, to be much frightened. {To lose heart}, to become discouraged. {To lose one's heart}, to fall in love. {To set the heart at rest}, to put one's self at ease. {To set the heart upon}, to fix the desires on; to long for earnestly; to be very fond of. {To take heart of grace}, to take courage. {To take to heart}, to grieve over. {To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve}, to expose one's feelings or intentions; to be frank or impulsive. {With all one's whole heart}, very earnestly; fully; completely; devotedly. | |
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Heartily \Heart"i*ly\, adv. [From {Hearty}.] 1. From the heart; with all the heart; with sincerity. I heartily forgive them. --Shak. 2. With zeal; actively; vigorously; willingly; cordially; as, he heartily assisted the prince. {To eat heartily}, to eat freely and with relish. --Addison. Syn: Sincerely; cordially; zealously; vigorously; actively; warmly; eagerly; ardently; earnestly. | |
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Heartless \Heart"less\, a. 1. Without a heart. You have left me heartess; mine is in your bosom. --J. Webster. 2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despodent. Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground. --Dryden. Heartless and melancholy. --W. Irwing. 3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. [bd]The heartless parasites.[b8] --Byron. -- {Heart"less*ly}, adv. -- {Heart"less*ness}, n. | |
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Heartless \Heart"less\, a. 1. Without a heart. You have left me heartess; mine is in your bosom. --J. Webster. 2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despodent. Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground. --Dryden. Heartless and melancholy. --W. Irwing. 3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. [bd]The heartless parasites.[b8] --Byron. -- {Heart"less*ly}, adv. -- {Heart"less*ness}, n. | |
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Heartless \Heart"less\, a. 1. Without a heart. You have left me heartess; mine is in your bosom. --J. Webster. 2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despodent. Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground. --Dryden. Heartless and melancholy. --W. Irwing. 3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. [bd]The heartless parasites.[b8] --Byron. -- {Heart"less*ly}, adv. -- {Heart"less*ness}, n. | |
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Heartlet \Heart"let\, n. A little heart. | |
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Heartlings \Heart"lings\, interj. An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Heart-whole \Heart"-whole`\, a. [See {Whole}.] 1. Having the heart or affections free; not in love. --Shak. 2. With unbroken courage; undismayed. 3. Of a single and sincere heart. If he keeps heart-whole towards his Master. --Bunyan. | |
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Heartyhale \Heart"y*hale`\, a. Good for the heart. [Obs.] | |
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Heir \Heir\, n. [OE. heir, eir, hair, OF. heir, eir, F. hoir, L. heres; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Hereditary}, {Heritage}.] 1. One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter. I am my father's heir and only son. --Shak. 2. One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues. And I his heir in misery alone. --Pope. {Heir apparent}. (Law.) See under {Apparent}. {Heir at law}, one who, after his ancector's death, has a right to inherit all his intestate estate. --Wharton (Law Dict.). {Heir presumptive}, one who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would be his heir, but whose right to the inheritance may be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative, or by some other contingency. | |
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Hertely \Her"te*ly\, a. & adv. Hearty; heartily. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Hirtellous \Hir*tel"lous\, a. [Dim., fr. L. hirtus hairy.] (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Pubescent with minute and somewhat rigid hairs. | |
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Horridly \Hor"rid*ly\, adv. In a horrid manner. --Shak. | |
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Hortulan \Hor"tu*lan\, a. [L. hortulanus; hortus garden.] Belonging to a garden. [Obs.] --Evelyn. | |
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Hurdle \Hur"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurdleed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurdleing}.] To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles. --Milton. | |
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Hurdle \Hur"dle\, n. [OE. hurdel, hirdel, AS. hyrdel; akin to D. horde, OHG. hurt, G. h[81]rde a hurdle, fold, pen, Icel. hur[?] door, Goth. ha[a3]rds, L. cratis wickerwork, hurdle, Gr. [?], Skr. k[?]t to spin, c[?]t to bind, connect. [root]16. Cf. {Crate}, {Grate}, n.] 1. A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes. 2. In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution. --Bacon. 3. An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race. {Hurdle race}, a race in which artificial barriers in the form of hurdles, fences, etc., must be leaped. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hurdle \Hur"dle\, n. [OE. hurdel, hirdel, AS. hyrdel; akin to D. horde, OHG. hurt, G. h[81]rde a hurdle, fold, pen, Icel. hur[?] door, Goth. ha[a3]rds, L. cratis wickerwork, hurdle, Gr. [?], Skr. k[?]t to spin, c[?]t to bind, connect. [root]16. Cf. {Crate}, {Grate}, n.] 1. A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes. 2. In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution. --Bacon. 3. An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race. {Hurdle race}, a race in which artificial barriers in the form of hurdles, fences, etc., must be leaped. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hurdle \Hur"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurdleed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurdleing}.] To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hurdle \Hur"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurdleed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurdleing}.] To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hurdlework \Hur"dle*work`\, n. Work after manner of a hurdle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hurried \Hur"ried\, a. 1. Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life. 2. Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried job. [bd]A hurried meeting.[b8] --Milton. -- {Hur"ried*ly}, adv. -- {Hur"ried*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hurtle \Hur"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hurtled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurtling}.] [OE. hurtlen, freq. of hurten. See {Hurt}, v. t., and cf. {Hurl}.] 1. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle. Together hurtled both their steeds. --Fairfax. 2. To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish. Now hurtling round, advantage for to take. --Spenser. Down the hurtling cataract of the ages. --R. L. Stevenson. 3. To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound. The noise of battle hurtled in the air. --Shak. The earthquake sound Hurtling 'death the solid ground. --Mrs. Browning. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hurtle \Hur"tle\, v. t. 1. To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish. [Obs.] His harmful club he gan to hurtle high. --Spenser. 2. To push; to jostle; to hurl. And he hurtleth with his horse adown. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hurtleberry \Hur"tle*ber`ry\, n. [Cf. {Huckleberry}, {Whortleberry}.] See {Whortleberry}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hurtle \Hur"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hurtled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurtling}.] [OE. hurtlen, freq. of hurten. See {Hurt}, v. t., and cf. {Hurl}.] 1. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle. Together hurtled both their steeds. --Fairfax. 2. To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish. Now hurtling round, advantage for to take. --Spenser. Down the hurtling cataract of the ages. --R. L. Stevenson. 3. To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound. The noise of battle hurtled in the air. --Shak. The earthquake sound Hurtling 'death the solid ground. --Mrs. Browning. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hurtless \Hurt"less\, a. Doing no injury; harmless; also, unhurt; without injury or harm. Gentle dame so hurtless and so true. --Spenser. -- {Hurt"less*ly}, adv. -- {Hurt"less*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hurtless \Hurt"less\, a. Doing no injury; harmless; also, unhurt; without injury or harm. Gentle dame so hurtless and so true. --Spenser. -- {Hurt"less*ly}, adv. -- {Hurt"less*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hurtless \Hurt"less\, a. Doing no injury; harmless; also, unhurt; without injury or harm. Gentle dame so hurtless and so true. --Spenser. -- {Hurt"less*ly}, adv. -- {Hurt"less*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hurtle \Hur"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hurtled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurtling}.] [OE. hurtlen, freq. of hurten. See {Hurt}, v. t., and cf. {Hurl}.] 1. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle. Together hurtled both their steeds. --Fairfax. 2. To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish. Now hurtling round, advantage for to take. --Spenser. Down the hurtling cataract of the ages. --R. L. Stevenson. 3. To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound. The noise of battle hurtled in the air. --Shak. The earthquake sound Hurtling 'death the solid ground. --Mrs. Browning. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hartland, ME (CDP, FIPS 31705) Location: 44.88252 N, 69.45523 W Population (1990): 1038 (393 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 04943 Hartland, MI Zip code(s): 48353 Hartland, MN (city, FIPS 27404) Location: 43.80426 N, 93.48562 W Population (1990): 270 (122 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56042 Hartland, VT Zip code(s): 05048 Hartland, WI (village, FIPS 33100) Location: 43.09822 N, 88.34462 W Population (1990): 6906 (2428 housing units) Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53029 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hartleton, PA (borough, FIPS 32936) Location: 40.89945 N, 77.15675 W Population (1990): 246 (78 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hartley, IA (city, FIPS 34725) Location: 43.17935 N, 95.47754 W Population (1990): 1632 (764 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51346 Hartley, TX Zip code(s): 79044 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hartley County, TX (county, FIPS 205) Location: 35.84108 N, 102.60758 W Population (1990): 3634 (1541 housing units) Area: 3787.5 sq km (land), 2.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hartline, WA (town, FIPS 29920) Location: 47.68943 N, 119.10593 W Population (1990): 176 (92 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99135 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hartly, DE (town, FIPS 33250) Location: 39.16837 N, 75.71306 W Population (1990): 107 (47 housing units) Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19953 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hartwell, GA (city, FIPS 37144) Location: 34.35373 N, 82.93205 W Population (1990): 4555 (1918 housing units) Area: 10.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30643 Hartwell, MO (village, FIPS 30772) Location: 38.43491 N, 93.93391 W Population (1990): 14 (7 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Heartwell, NE (village, FIPS 21835) Location: 40.56973 N, 98.78845 W Population (1990): 69 (36 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68945 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hertel, WI Zip code(s): 54845 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Howard Lake, MN (city, FIPS 30284) Location: 45.05958 N, 94.06577 W Population (1990): 1343 (532 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55349 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hurdland, MO (city, FIPS 33904) Location: 40.15073 N, 92.30224 W Population (1990): 212 (94 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63547 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hurdle Mills, NC Zip code(s): 27541 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
hard link the same {Unix} {file}. A hard link is created with the "ln" (link) command: ln where same {file system}. Hard links to the same file are indistinguishable from each other except that they have different pathnames. They all refer to the same {inode} and the inode contains all the information about a file. The standard ln command does not usually allow you to create a hard link to a directory, chiefly because the standard {rm} and {rmdir} commands do not allow you to delete such a link. Some systems provide link and {unlink} commands which give direct access to the {system calls} of the same name, for which no such restrictions apply. Normally all hard links to a file must be in the same {file system} because a directory entry just relates a pathname to an inode within the same file system. The only exception is a {mount point}. The restrictions on hard links to directories and between file systems are very common but are not mandated by {POSIX}. {Symbolic links} are often used instead of hard links because they do not suffer from these restrictions. The space associated with a file is not freed until all the hard links to the file are deleted. This explains why the system call to delete a file is called "unlink". (1997-10-22) |