English Dictionary: Heilgenhaus | by the DICT Development Group |
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Halcyon \Hal"cy*on\, n. [L. halcyon, alcyon, Gr.[?]: F. halcyon.] (Zo[94]l.) A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher ({Halcyon sancta}) of Australia. Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be As halcyons brooding on a winter sea. --Dryden. | |
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Halcyon \Hal"cy*on\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice. 2. Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy. [bd]Deep, halcyon repose.[b8] --De Quincy. | |
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Halcyon \Hal"cy*on\, n. [L. halcyon, alcyon, Gr.[?]: F. halcyon.] (Zo[94]l.) A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher ({Halcyon sancta}) of Australia. Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be As halcyons brooding on a winter sea. --Dryden. | |
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Halcyonian \Hal`cy*o"ni*an\, a. Halcyon; calm. | |
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Halcyonold \Hal"cy*o*nold\, a. & n. [Halcyon + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Alcyonoid}. | |
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Hallucinate \Hal*lu"ci*nate\, v. i. [L. hallucinatus, alucinatus, p. p. of hallucinari, alucinari, to wander in mind, talk idly, dream.] To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mental processes. [R.] --Byron. | |
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Hallucination \Hal*lu`ci*na"tion\, n. [L. hallucinatio: cf. F. hallucination.] 1. The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder. This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber. --Addison. | |
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Hallucinator \Hal*lu"ci*na`tor\, n. [L.] One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations. --N. Brit. Rev. | |
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Hallucinatory \Hal*lu"ci*na*to*ry\, a. Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination. | |
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Halogen \Hal"o*gen\, n. [Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, salt + -gen: cf. F. halog[8a]ne.] (Chem.) An electro-negative element or radical, which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; sometimes, also, fluorine and cyanogen. See {Chlorine family}, under {Chlorine}. | |
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Halogenous \Ha*log"e*nous\, a. Of the nature of a halogen. | |
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Chlorine \Chlo"rine\, n. [Gr. [?] pale green, greenish yellow. So named from its color. See {Yellow}.] (Chem.) One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt. It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4. {Chlorine family}, the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, called the {halogens}, and classed together from their common peculiarities. | |
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Halsening \Hal"sen*ing\, a. Sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious; rough. [Obs.] --Carew. | |
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Halse \Halse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Halsed} (h?lst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Halsing}.] [Cf. {Hawser}.] To haul; to hoist. [Obs.] | |
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Heel \Heel\, n. [OE. hele, heele, AS. h[emac]la, perh. for h[omac]hila, fr. AS. h[omac]h heel (cf. {Hough}); but cf. D. hiel, OFries. heila, h[emac]la, Icel. h[91]ll, Dan. h[91]l, Sw. h[84]l, and L. calx. [root]12. Cf. {Inculcate}.] 1. The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds. He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, His winged heels and then his armed head. --Denham. 2. The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe. 3. The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part. [bd]The heel of a hunt.[b8] --A. Trollope. [bd]The heel of the white loaf.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 4. Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob. 5. The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests; especially: (a) (Naut.) The after end of a ship's keel. (b) (Naut.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc. (c) (Mil.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position. (d) (Mil.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt. (e) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe. 6. (Man.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well. 7. (Arch.) (a) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping. (b) A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen. --Gwilt. {Heel chain} (Naut.), a chain passing from the bowsprit cap around the heel of the jib boom. {Heel plate}, the butt plate of a gun. {Heel of a rafter}. (Arch.) See {Heel}, n., 7. {Heel ring}, a ring for fastening a scythe blade to the snath. {Neck and heels}, the whole body. (Colloq.) {To be at the heels of}, to pursue closely; to follow hard; as, hungry want is at my heels. --Otway. {To be down at the heel}, to be slovenly or in a poor plight. {To be out at the heels}, to have on stockings that are worn out; hence, to be shabby, or in a poor plight. --Shak. {To cool the heels}. See under {Cool}. {To go heels over head}, to turn over so as to bring the heels uppermost; hence, to move in a inconsiderate, or rash, manner. {To have the heels of}, to outrun. {To lay by the heels}, to fetter; to shackle; to imprison. --Shak. --Addison. {To show the heels}, to flee; to run from. {To take to the heels}, to flee; to betake to flight. {To throw up another's heels}, to trip him. --Bunyan. {To tread upon one's heels}, to follow closely. --Shak. | |
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Helicin \Hel"i*cin\, n. (Chem.) A glucoside obtained as a white crystalline substance by partial oxidation of salicin, from a willow ({Salix Helix} of Linn[91]us.) | |
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Helicine \Hel"i*cine\, a. (Anat.) Curled; spiral; helicoid; -- applied esp. to certain arteries of the penis. | |
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Helicon \Hel"i*con\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] A mountain in B[d2]otia, in Greece, supposed by the Greeks to be the residence of Apollo and the Muses. From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take. --Gray. | |
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{To run wild}, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or untamed; to live or grow without culture or training. {To sow one's wild oats}. See under {Oat}. {Wild allspice}. (Bot.), spicewood. {Wild balsam apple} (Bot.), an American climbing cucurbitaceous plant ({Echinocystis lobata}). {Wild basil} (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ({Calamintha Clinopodium}) common in Europe and America. {Wild bean} (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants, mostly species of {Phaseolus} and {Apios}. {Wild bee} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest in a hollow tree or among rocks. {Wild bergamot}. (Bot.) See under {Bergamot}. {Wild boar} (Zo[94]l.), the European wild hog ({Sus scrofa}), from which the common domesticated swine is descended. {Wild brier} (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See {Brier}. {Wild bugloss} (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant ({Lycopsis arvensis}) with small blue flowers. {Wild camomile} (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite genus {Matricaria}, much resembling camomile. {Wild cat}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European carnivore ({Felis catus}) somewhat resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and the like. (b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx. (c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. --Luce. {Wild celery}. (Bot.) See {Tape grass}, under {Tape}. {Wild cherry}. (Bot.) (a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild red cherry is {Prunus Pennsylvanica}. The wild black cherry is {P. serotina}, the wood of which is much used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a compact texture. (b) The fruit of various species of {Prunus}. {Wild cinnamon}. See the Note under {Canella}. {Wild comfrey} (Bot.), an American plant ({Cynoglossum Virginicum}) of the Borage family. It has large bristly leaves and small blue flowers. {Wild cumin} (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant ({Lag[oe]cia cuminoides}) native in the countries about the Mediterranean. {Wild drake} (Zo[94]l.) the mallard. {Wild elder} (Bot.), an American plant ({Aralia hispida}) of the Ginseng family. {Wild fowl} (Zo[94]l.) any wild bird, especially any of those considered as game birds. {Wild goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ({Branta Canadensis}), the European bean goose, and the graylag. See {Graylag}, and {Bean goose}, under {Bean}. {Wild goose chase}, the pursuit of something unattainable, or of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose. --Shak. {Wild honey}, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in trees, rocks, the like. {Wild hyacinth}. (Bot.) See {Hyacinth}, 1 (b) . {Wild Irishman} (Bot.), a thorny bush ({Discaria Toumatou}) of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the natives use the spines in tattooing. {Wild land}. (a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it unfit for cultivation. (b) Land which is not settled and cultivated. {Wild licorice}. (Bot.) See under {Licorice}. {Wild mammee} (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a tropical American tree ({Rheedia lateriflora}); -- so called in the West Indies. {Wild marjoram} (Bot.), a labiate plant ({Origanum vulgare}) much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic. {Wild oat}. (Bot.) (a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ({Arrhenatherum avenaceum}). (b) See {Wild oats}, under {Oat}. {Wild pieplant} (Bot.), a species of dock ({Rumex hymenosepalus}) found from Texas to California. Its acid, juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden rhubarb. {Wild pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The rock dove. (b) The passenger pigeon. {Wild pink} (Bot.), an American plant ({Silene Pennsylvanica}) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of catchfly. {Wild plantain} (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb ({Heliconia Bihai}), much resembling the banana. Its leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies as coverings for packages of merchandise. {Wild plum}. (Bot.) (a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation. (b) The South African prune. See under {Prune}. {Wild rice}. (Bot.) See {Indian rice}, under {Rice}. {Wild rosemary} (Bot.), the evergreen shrub {Andromeda polifolia}. See {Marsh rosemary}, under {Rosemary}. {Wild sage}. (Bot.) See {Sagebrush}. {Wild sarsaparilla} (Bot.), a species of ginseng ({Aralia nudicaulis}) bearing a single long-stalked leaf. {Wild sensitive plant} (Bot.), either one of two annual leguminous herbs ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}, and {C. nictitans}), in both of which the leaflets close quickly when the plant is disturbed. {Wild service}.(Bot.) See {Sorb}. {Wild Spaniard} (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous plants of the genus {Aciphylla}, natives of New Zealand. The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the plants form an impenetrable thicket. {Wild turkey}. (Zo[94]l.) See 2d {Turkey}. | |
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Heliconian \Hel`i*co"ni*an\, a. [L. Heliconius.] 1. Of or pertaining to Helicon. [bd]Heliconian honey.[b8] --Tennyson. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Like or pertaining to the butterflies of the genus {Heliconius}. | |
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Heliocentric \He`li*o*cen"tric\, Heliocentrical \He`li*o*cen"tric"al\, a. [Helio- + centric, centrical: cf. F. h[82]liocentrique.] (Astron.) pertaining to the sun's center, or appearing to be seen from it; having, or relating to, the sun as a center; -- opposed to geocentrical. {Heliocentric parallax}. See under {Parallax}. {Heliocentric place}, {latitude}, {longitude}, etc. (of a heavenly body), the direction, latitude, longitude, etc., of the body as viewed from the sun. | |
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Longitude \Lon"gi*tude\, n. [F., fr. L. longitudo, fr. longus long.] 1. Length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense. --Sir H. Wotton. The longitude of their cloaks. --Sir. W. Scott. Mine [shadow] spindling into longitude immense. --Cowper. 2. (Geog.) The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as, that of New York is 74[deg] or 4 h. 56 min. west of Greenwich. 3. (Astron.) The distance in degrees, reckoned from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic, to a circle at right angles to the ecliptic passing through the heavenly body whose longitude is designated; as, the longitude of Capella is 79[deg]. {Geocentric longitude} (Astron.), the longitude of a heavenly body as seen from the earth. {Heliocentric longitude}, the longitude of a heavenly body, as seen from the sun's center. {Longitude stars}, certain stars whose position is known, and the data in regard to which are used in observations for finding the longitude, as by lunar distances. | |
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Parallax \Par"al*lax\, n. [Gr. [?] alternation, the mutual inclination of two lines forming an angle, fr. [?] to change a little, go aside, deviate; [?] beside, beyond + [?] to change: cf. F. parallaxe. Cf. {Parallel}.] 1. The apparent displacement, or difference of position, of an object, as seen from two different stations, or points of view. 2. (Astron.) The apparent difference in position of a body (as the sun, or a star) as seen from some point on the earth's surface, and as seen from some other conventional point, as the earth's center or the sun. {Annual parallax}, the greatest value of the heliocentric parallax, or the greatest annual apparent change of place of a body as seen from the earth and sun; as, the annual parallax of a fixed star. {Binocular parallax}, the apparent difference in position of an object as seen separately by one eye, and then by the other, the head remaining unmoved. {Diurnal}, [or] {Geocentric}, {parallax}, the parallax of a body with reference to the earth's center. This is the kind of parallax that is generally understood when the term is used without qualification. {Heliocentric parallax}, the parallax of a body with reference to the sun, or the angle subtended at the body by lines drawn from it to the earth and sun; as, the heliocentric parallax of a planet. {Horizontal parallax}, the geocentric parallx of a heavenly body when in the horizon, or the angle subtended at the body by the earth's radius. {Optical parallax}, the apparent displacement in position undergone by an object when viewed by either eye singly. --Brande & C. {Parallax of the cross wires} (of an optical instrument), their apparent displacement when the eye changes its position, caused by their not being exactly in the focus of the object glass. {Stellar parallax}, the annual parallax of a fixed star. | |
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Heliocentric \He`li*o*cen"tric\, Heliocentrical \He`li*o*cen"tric"al\, a. [Helio- + centric, centrical: cf. F. h[82]liocentrique.] (Astron.) pertaining to the sun's center, or appearing to be seen from it; having, or relating to, the sun as a center; -- opposed to geocentrical. {Heliocentric parallax}. See under {Parallax}. {Heliocentric place}, {latitude}, {longitude}, etc. (of a heavenly body), the direction, latitude, longitude, etc., of the body as viewed from the sun. | |
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Heliocentric \He`li*o*cen"tric\, Heliocentrical \He`li*o*cen"tric"al\, a. [Helio- + centric, centrical: cf. F. h[82]liocentrique.] (Astron.) pertaining to the sun's center, or appearing to be seen from it; having, or relating to, the sun as a center; -- opposed to geocentrical. {Heliocentric parallax}. See under {Parallax}. {Heliocentric place}, {latitude}, {longitude}, etc. (of a heavenly body), the direction, latitude, longitude, etc., of the body as viewed from the sun. | |
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Heliocentric \He`li*o*cen"tric\, Heliocentrical \He`li*o*cen"tric"al\, a. [Helio- + centric, centrical: cf. F. h[82]liocentrique.] (Astron.) pertaining to the sun's center, or appearing to be seen from it; having, or relating to, the sun as a center; -- opposed to geocentrical. {Heliocentric parallax}. See under {Parallax}. {Heliocentric place}, {latitude}, {longitude}, etc. (of a heavenly body), the direction, latitude, longitude, etc., of the body as viewed from the sun. | |
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Hellgamite \Hell"ga*mite\, Hellgramite \Hell"gra*mite\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The aquatic larva of a large American winged insect ({Corydalus cornutus}), much used a fish bait by anglers; the dobson. It belongs to the Neuroptera. | |
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Hellish \Hell"ish\, a. Of or pertaining to hell; like hell; infernal; malignant; wicked; detestable; diabolical. [bd]Hellish hate.[b8] --Milton. -- {Hell"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Hell"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.] 1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes. O night, with hue so black! --Shak. 2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds. I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud. --Shak. 3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8] --Shak. 4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks. Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words; as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired, black-visaged. {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been called black acts. {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail yellow, and the middle of the body black. {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony, {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc. {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus Americanus}). {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}. {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach ({Blatta orientalis}). {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh, which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras. {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe. {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops, produced by a species of caterpillar. {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}. {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.] {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}. {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See {Cockatoo}. {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}. {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}. {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}. {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of senna and magnesia. {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar. {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward. {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance. {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum}) injurious to turnips. {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal, obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of niter. --Brande & C. {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species, exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern forests. The larv[91] are aquatic. (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}). {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient Hercynian forest. {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock}, {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}. {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay. {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or pepperidge. See {Tupelo}. {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape. {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the Missouri sucker. {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the {acoumbo} of the natives. {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See {Blacklist}, v. t. {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese, {MnO2}. {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried to or from jail. {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}. {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the southern United States. See {Tillandsia}. {Black oak}. See under {Oak}. {Black ocher}. See {Wad}. {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance, or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar. {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight. {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox. {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus rattus}), commonly infesting houses. {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3. {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain. {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the rest, and makes trouble. {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}. {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of dogs. {Black tea}. See under {Tea}. {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed, stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight. {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}. {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo Harlani}). Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart; Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wall-eye \Wall"-eye`\, n. [See {Wall-eyed}.] 1. An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; -- said usually of horses. --Booth. Note: Jonson has defined wall-eye to be [bd]a disease in the crystalline humor of the eye; glaucoma.[b8] But glaucoma is not a disease of the crystalline humor, nor is wall-eye a disease at all, but merely a natural blemish. --Tully. In the north of England, as Brockett states, persons are said to be wall-eyed when the white of the eye is very large and distorted, or on one side. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American fresh-water food fish ({Stizostedion vitreum}) having large and prominent eyes; -- called also {glasseye}, {pike perch}, {yellow pike}, and {wall-eyed perch}. (b) A California surf fish ({Holconotus argenteus}). (c) The alewife; -- called also {wall-eyed herring}. | |
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2. A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes, as: (a) (Masonry) to support and steady a stone. (b) (Gun.) To support the breech of a cannon. (c) (Print.) To wedge or lock up a form within a chase. (d) (Naut.) To prevent casks from rolling. {Hollow quoin}. See under {Hollow}. {Quoin post} (Canals), the post of a lock gate which abuts against the wall. | |
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Hollow \Hol"low\, a. [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow, hole. Cf. {Hole}.] 1. Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere. Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. --Ex. xxvii. 8. 2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken. With hollow eye and wrinkled brow. --Shak. 3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. --Dryden. 4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend. --Milton. {Hollow newel} (Arch.), an opening in the center of a winding staircase in place of a newel post, the stairs being supported by the wall; an open newel; also, the stringpiece or rail winding around the well of such a staircase. {Hollow quoin} (Engin.), a pier of stone or brick made behind the lock gates of a canal, and containing a hollow or recess to receive the ends of the gates. {Hollow root}. (Bot.) See {Moschatel}. {Hollow square}. See {Square}. {Hollow ware}, hollow vessels; -- a trade name for cast-iron kitchen utensils, earthenware, etc. Syn: Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false; faithless; deceitful; treacherous. | |
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Squirrel \Squir"rel\ (skw[etil]r"r[etil]l or skw[icr]r"-; 277), n. [OE. squirel, OF. esquirel, escurel, F. [82]cureuil, LL. squirelus, squirolus, scuriolus, dim. of L. sciurus, Gr. si`oyros; skia` shade + o'yra` tail. Cf. {Shine}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus {Sciurus} and several allied genera of the family {Sciurid[91]}. Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species live in burrows. Note: Among the common North American squirrels are the gray squirrel ({Scirius Carolinensis}) and its black variety; the fox, or cat, sqirrel ({S. cinereus}, or {S. niger}) which is a large species, and variable in color, the southern variety being frequently black, while the northern and western varieties are usually gray or rusty brown; the red squirrel (see {Chickaree}); the striped, or chipping, squirrel (see {Chipmunk}); and the California gray squirrel ({S. fossor}). Several other species inhabit Mexico and Central America. The common European species ({Sciurus vulgaris}) has a long tuft of hair on each ear. the so-called Australian squirrels are marsupials. See {Petaurist}, and {Phalanger}. 2. One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder. {Barking squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the prairie dog. {Federation squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the striped gopher. See {Gopher}, 2. {Flying squirrel} (Zo[94]l.). See {Flying squirrel}, in the Vocabulary. {Java squirrel} (Zo[94]l.). See {Jelerang}. {Squirrel corn} (Bot.), a North American herb ({Dicantra Canadensis}) bearing little yellow tubers. {Squirrel cup} (Bot.), the blossom of the {Hepatica triloba}, a low perennial herb with cup-shaped flowers varying from purplish blue to pink or even white. It is one of the earliest flowers of spring. {Squirrel fish} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A sea bass ({Serranus fascicularis}) of the Southern United States. (b) The sailor's choice ({Diplodus rhomboides}). (c) The redmouth, or grunt. (d) A market fish of Bermuda ({Holocentrum Ascensione}). {Squirrel grass} (Bot.), a pestiferous grass ({Hordeum murinum}) related to barley. In California the stiffly awned spiklets work into the wool of sheep, and into the throat, flesh, and eyes of animals, sometimes even producing death. {Squirrel hake} (Zo[94]l.), a common American hake ({Phycis tenuis}); -- called also {white hake}. {Squirrel hawk} (Zo[94]l.), any rough-legged hawk; especially, the California species {Archibuteo ferrugineus}. {Squirrel monkey}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of small, soft-haired South American monkeys of the genus {Calithrix}. They are noted for their graceful form and agility. See {Teetee}. (b) A marmoset. {Squirrel petaurus} (Zo[94]l.), a flying phalanger of Australia. See {Phalanger}, {Petaurist}, and {Flying phalanger} under {Flying}. {Squirrel shrew} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the genus {Tupaia}. They are allied to the shrews, but have a bushy tail, like that of a squirrel. {Squirrel-tail grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Hordeum jubatum}) found in salt marshes and along the Great Lakes, having a dense spike beset with long awns. | |
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Matajuelo \Ma`ta*jue"lo\, n. [Cf. Sp. matajud[a1]o a kind of fish.] A large squirrel fish ({Holocentrus ascensionis}) of Florida and the West Indies. | |
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Holsom \Hol"som\, a. Wholesome. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Holy \Ho"ly\, a. [Compar. {Holier}; superl. {Holiest}.] [OE. holi, hali, AS. h[be]lig, fr. h[91]l health, salvation, happiness, fr. h[be]l whole, well; akin to OS. h[?]lag, D. & G. heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig, Sw. helig, Icel. heilagr. See {Whole}, and cf. {Halibut}, {Halidom}, {Hallow}, {Hollyhock}.] 1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood. [bd]Holy rites and solemn feasts.[b8] --Milton. 2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly; pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God. Now through her round of holy thought The Church our annual steps has brought. --Keble. {Holy Alliance} (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving religion, justice, and peace in Europe, but really for repressing popular tendencies toward constitutional government, entered into by Alexander I. of Russia, Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and subsequently joined by all the sovereigns of Europe, except the pope and the king of England. {Holy bark}. See {Cascara sagrada}. {Holy Communion}. See {Eucharist}. {Holy family} (Art), a picture in which the infant Christ, his parents, and others of his family are represented. {Holy Father}, a title of the pope. {Holy Ghost} (Theol.),the third person of the Trinity; the Comforter; the Paraclete. {Holy Grail}. See {Grail}. {Holy grass} (Bot.), a sweet-scented grass ({Hierochloa borealis} and {H. alpina}). In the north of Europe it was formerly strewed before church doors on saints' days; whence the name. It is common in the northern and western parts of the United States. Called also {vanilla, [or] Seneca, grass}. {Holy Innocents' day}, Childermas day. {Holy Land}, Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity. {Holy office}, the Inquisition. {Holy of holies} (Script.), the innermost apartment of the Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and where no person entered, except the high priest once a year. {Holy One}. (a) The Supreme Being; -- so called by way of emphasis. [bd] The Holy One of Israel.[b8] --Is. xliii. 14. (b) One separated to the service of God. {Holy orders}. See {Order}. {Holy rood}, the cross or crucifix, particularly one placed, in churches. over the entrance to the chancel. {Holy rope}, a plant, the hemp agrimony. {Holy Saturday} (Eccl.), the Saturday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; the vigil of Easter. {Holy Spirit}, same as {Holy Ghost} (above). {Holy Spirit plant}. See {Dove plant}. {Holy thistle} (Bot.), the blessed thistle. See under {Thistle}. {Holy Thursday}. (Eccl.) (a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy Thursday. {Holy war}, a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of the holy places. | |
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Hulking \Hulk"ing\, Hulky \Hulk"y\, a. Bulky; unwiedly. [R.] [bd]A huge hulking fellow.[b8] --H. Brooke. | |
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Hyalescence \Hy`a*les"cence\, n. [See {Hyaline}.] The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparent like glass. | |
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Hylism \Hy"lism\, n. [Gr. [?] wood, matter.] (Metaph.) A theory which regards matter as the original principle of evil. | |
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Hyloism \Hy"lo*ism\, n. Same as {Hylotheism}. | |
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Halcyon, CA Zip code(s): 93420 | |
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Hale Center, TX (city, FIPS 31820) Location: 34.06472 N, 101.84450 W Population (1990): 2067 (828 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79041 | |
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Hale County, AL (county, FIPS 65) Location: 32.75576 N, 87.62542 W Population (1990): 15498 (6370 housing units) Area: 1667.4 sq km (land), 33.0 sq km (water) Hale County, TX (county, FIPS 189) Location: 34.07429 N, 101.82604 W Population (1990): 34671 (13168 housing units) Area: 2602.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
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Hall County, GA (county, FIPS 139) Location: 34.31584 N, 83.82089 W Population (1990): 95428 (38315 housing units) Area: 1019.6 sq km (land), 92.1 sq km (water) Hall County, NE (county, FIPS 79) Location: 40.86586 N, 98.50242 W Population (1990): 48925 (19528 housing units) Area: 1415.3 sq km (land), 15.1 sq km (water) Hall County, TX (county, FIPS 191) Location: 34.52138 N, 100.69256 W Population (1990): 3905 (2189 housing units) Area: 2339.1 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water) | |
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Hall Summit, LA (village, FIPS 32650) Location: 32.17686 N, 93.30495 W Population (1990): 227 (108 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71034 | |
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Hill Country Village, TX (city, FIPS 33968) Location: 29.58385 N, 98.49176 W Population (1990): 1038 (372 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Hill County, MT (county, FIPS 41) Location: 48.62836 N, 110.10562 W Population (1990): 17654 (7345 housing units) Area: 7501.6 sq km (land), 51.0 sq km (water) Hill County, TX (county, FIPS 217) Location: 31.99345 N, 97.13187 W Population (1990): 27146 (12899 housing units) Area: 2492.7 sq km (land), 60.3 sq km (water) | |
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Hills and Dales, KY (city, FIPS 36865) Location: 38.30125 N, 85.62425 W Population (1990): 154 (58 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Hills and Dales, OH (village, FIPS 35532) Location: 40.82813 N, 81.44493 W Population (1990): 297 (113 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Hillsmere Shores, MD (CDP, FIPS 39300) Location: 38.93190 N, 76.49707 W Population (1990): 3321 (1151 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water) | |
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Holcomb, KS (city, FIPS 32575) Location: 37.99016 N, 100.98815 W Population (1990): 1400 (414 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67851 Holcomb, MO (city, FIPS 32536) Location: 36.40022 N, 90.02305 W Population (1990): 531 (259 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63852 Holcomb, MS Zip code(s): 38940 Holcomb, NY (village, FIPS 35078) Location: 42.90023 N, 77.41830 W Population (1990): 790 (314 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Holcombe, WI Zip code(s): 54745 | |
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Howell County, MO (county, FIPS 91) Location: 36.77440 N, 91.88732 W Population (1990): 31447 (13326 housing units) Area: 2403.1 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water) |