English Dictionary: Heilong Jiang | by the DICT Development Group |
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Hale \Hale\ (h[amac]l [or] h[add]l; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haled} (h[be]ld or h[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Haling}.] [OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. See {Haul}.] To pull; to drag; to haul. See {Haul}. --Chaucer. Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore. --Milton. As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim. --Shelley. | |
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Halloo \Hal*loo"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hallooed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Halloing}.] To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo. Country folks hallooed and hooted after me. --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Hallow \Hal"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hallowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hallowing}.] [OE. halowen, halwien, halgien, AS. h[be]lgian, fr. h[be]lig holy. See {Holy}.] To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. [bd]Hallowed be thy name.[b8] --Matt. vi. 9. Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. --Jer. xvii. 24. His secret altar touched with hallowed fire. --Milton. In a larger sense . . . we can not hallow this ground [Gettysburg]. --A. Lincoln. | |
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Hallowmas \Hal"low*mas\, n. [See {Mass} the eucharist.] The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows. To speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas. --Shak. | |
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Halmas \Hal"mas\, a. [See {Hallowmas}.] The feast of All Saints; Hallowmas. [Obs.] | |
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Halo \Ha"lo\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Haloed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Haloing}.] To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo. The fire That haloed round his saintly brow. --Sothey. | |
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Haul \Haul\ (h[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hauled} (h[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hauling}.] [OE. halen, halien, F. haler, of German or Scand. origin; akin to AS. geholian to acquire, get, D. halen to fetch, pull, draw, OHG. hol[omac]n, hal[omac]n, G. holen, Dan. hale to haul, Sw. hala, and to L. calare to call, summon, Gr. kalei^n to call. Cf. {Hale}, v. t., {Claim}. {Class}, {Council}, {Ecclesiastic}.] 1. To pull or draw with force; to drag. Some dance, some haul the rope. --Denham. Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land. --Pope. Romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust. --Thomson. 2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill. When I was seven or eight years of age, I began hauling all the wood used in the house and shops. --U. S. Grant. {To haul over the coals}. See under {Coal}. {To haul the wind} (Naut.), to turn the head of the ship nearer to the point from which the wind blows. | |
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Heal \Heal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Healed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Healing}.] [OE. helen, h[91]len, AS. h[d6]lan, fr. h[be]l hale, sound, whole; akin to OS. h[emac]lian, D. heelen, G. heilen, Goth. hailjan. See {Whole}.] 1. To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health. Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. --Matt. viii. 8. 2. To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound. I will heal their backsliding. --Hos. xiv. 4. 3. To restore to original purity or integrity. Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. --2 Kings ii. 21. 4. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions. | |
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Healing \Heal"ing\, a. Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words. Here healing dews and balms abound. --Keble. | |
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Healingly \Heal"ing*ly\, adv. So as to heal or cure. | |
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Heel \Heel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heeled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Heeling}.] 1. To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like. [R.] I cannot sing, Nor heel the high lavolt. --Shak. 2. To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe. 3. To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting. | |
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Heel \Heel\ (h[emac]l), v. i. [OE. helden to lean, incline, AS. heldan, hyldan; akin to Icel. halla, Dan. helde, Sw. h[84]lla to tilt, pour, and perh. to E. hill.] (Naut.) To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it. {Heeling error} (Naut.), a deviation of the compass caused by the heeling of an iron vessel to one side or the other. | |
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Romaic \Ro*ma"ic\, a. [NGr. [?][?][?][?]: cf. F. roma[8b]que. See {Roman}.] Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its language. -- n. The modern Greek language, now usually called by the Greeks {Hellenic} or {Neo-Hellenic}. Note: The Greeks at the time of the capture of Constantinople were proud of being "Romai^oi, or Romans . . . Hence the term Romaic was the name given to the popular language. . . . The Greek language is now spoken of as the Hellenic language. --Encyc. Brit. | |
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Hellenic \Hel*len"ic\ (?; 277), a. [Gr. [?], [?], fr. [?] the Greeks.] Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian. [bd]The Hellenic forces.[b8] --Jowett (Thucyd. ). | |
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Hellenic \Hel*len"ic\, n. The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander. | |
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Hellenism \Hel"len*ism\, n. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. Hell[82]nisme.] 1. A phrase or form of speech in accordance with genius and construction or idioms of the Greek language; a Grecism. --Addison. 2. The type of character of the ancient Greeks, who aimed at culture, grace, and amenity, as the chief elements in human well-being and perfection. | |
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Hellenist \Hel"len*ist\, n. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. Hell[82]niste.] 1. One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his mother tongue, as did the Jews of Asia Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt; distinguished from the Hebraists, or native Jews (--Acts vi. 1). 2. One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the critical Hellenist. | |
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Hellenistic \Hel`le*nis"tic\, Hellenistical \Hel`le*nis"tic*al\, a. [Cf. F. Hell[82]nistique.] Pertaining to the Hellenists. {Hellenistic} {language, dialect, [or] idiom}, the Greek spoken or used by the Jews who lived in countries where the Greek language prevailed; the Jewish-Greek dialect or idiom of the Septuagint. | |
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Hellenistic \Hel`le*nis"tic\, Hellenistical \Hel`le*nis"tic*al\, a. [Cf. F. Hell[82]nistique.] Pertaining to the Hellenists. {Hellenistic} {language, dialect, [or] idiom}, the Greek spoken or used by the Jews who lived in countries where the Greek language prevailed; the Jewish-Greek dialect or idiom of the Septuagint. | |
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Hellenistically \Hel`le*nis"tic*al*ly\, adv. According to the Hellenistic manner or dialect. --J. Gregory. | |
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Hellenize \Hel"len*ize\, v. i. [Gr. [?].] To use the Greek language; to play the Greek; to Grecize. | |
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Hellenize \Hel"len*ize\, v. t. [Gr. [?].] To give a Greek form or character to; to Grecize; as, to Hellenize a word. | |
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Helm \Helm\, n. [OE. helme, AS. helma rudder; akin to D. & G. helm, Icel. hj[be]lm, and perh. to E. helve.] 1. (Naut.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone. 2. The place or office of direction or administration. [bd]The helm of the Commonwealth.[b8] --Melmoth. 3. One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director. The helms o' the State, who care for you like fathers. --Shak. 4. [Cf. {Helve}.] A helve. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] {Helm amidships}, when the tiller, rudder, and keel are in the same plane. {Helm aport}, when the tiller is borne over to the port side of the ship. {Helm astarboard}, when the tiller is borne to the starboard side. {Helm alee}, {Helm aweather}, when the tiller is borne over to the lee or to the weather side. {Helm hard alee} [or] {hard aport}, {hard astarboard}, etc., when the tiller is borne over to the extreme limit. {Helm port}, the round hole in a vessel's counter through which the rudderstock passes. {Helm down}, helm alee. {Helm up}, helm aweather. {To ease the helm}, to let the tiller come more amidships, so as to lessen the strain on the rudder. {To feel the helm}, to obey it. {To right the helm}, to put it amidships. {To shift the helm}, to bear the tiller over to the corresponding position on the opposite side of the vessel. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. | |
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Helmage \Helm"age\, n. Guidance; direction. [R.] | |
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Helmsman \Helms"man\, n.; pl. {Helmsmen}. The man at the helm; a steersman. | |
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Helmsman \Helms"man\, n.; pl. {Helmsmen}. The man at the helm; a steersman. | |
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Hilliness \Hill"i*ness\, n. The state of being hilly. | |
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Hilling \Hill"ing\, n. The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants. | |
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Hill \Hill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hilling}.] To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn. Showing them how to plant and hill it. --Palfrey. | |
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Holiness \Ho"li*ness\, n. [AS. h[amac]lignes.] 1. The state or quality of being holy; perfect moral integrity or purity; freedom from sin; sanctity; innocence. Who is like thee, glorious in holiness! --Ex. xv. 11. 2. The state of being hallowed, or consecrated to God or to his worship; sacredness. Israel was holiness unto the Lord. --Jer.ii.3. {His holiness}, a title of the pope; -- formerly given also to Greek bishops and Greek emperors. Syn: Piety; devotion; godliness; sanctity; sacredness; righteousness. | |
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Holing \Hol"ing\, n. [See {Hole} a hollow.] (Mining) Undercutting in a bed of coal, in order to bring down the upper mass. --Raymond. | |
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Holla \Hol"la\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hollaed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hollaing}.] See {Hollo}, v. i. | |
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Hollo \Hol"lo\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Holloed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Holloing}.] [See {Hollo}, interj., and cf. {Halloo}.] To call out or exclaim; to halloo. This form is now mostly replaced by {hello}. | |
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Hollow \Hol"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hollowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hollowing}.] To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate. [bd]Trees rudely hollowed.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Hollowness \Hol"low*ness\, n. 1. State of being hollow. --Bacon. 2. Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery. --South. | |
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Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain. 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. Note: Among the true oaks in America are: {Barren oak}, or {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}. {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}. {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or {quercitron oak}. {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}. {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}. {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}. {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also called {enceno}. {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California. {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}. {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}. {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}. {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}. {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc. {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}. {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}. {Swamp Spanish oak}, or {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}. {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}. {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}. {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}. {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe are: {Bitter oak}, [or] {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}). {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}. {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}. {Evergreen oak}, {Holly oak}, [or] {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}. {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}. {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}. Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus {Quercus}, are: {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}). {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}). {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}). {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}. {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon excelsum}). {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}. | |
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d8Holmium \[d8]Hol"mi*um\, n. [NL., of uncertain origin.] (Chem.) A rare element said to be contained in gadolinite. -- {Hol"mic}, a. | |
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Childermas day \Chil"dermas day`\ [AS. cildam[91]sse-d[91]g; cild child +d[91]g day.] (Eccl.) A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; -- called also {Holy Innocent's Day}. | |
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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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Childermas day \Chil"dermas day`\ [AS. cildam[91]sse-d[91]g; cild child +d[91]g day.] (Eccl.) A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; -- called also {Holy Innocent's Day}. | |
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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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Howl \Howl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Howled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Howling}.] [OE. houlen, hulen; akin to D. huilen, MHG. hiulen, hiuweln, OHG. hiuwil[d3]n to exult, h[?]wo owl, Dan. hyle to howl.] 1. To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. And dogs in corners set them down to howl. --Drayton. Methought a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears. --Shak. 2. To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail. Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand. --Is. xiii. 6. 3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast. Wild howled the wind. --Sir W. Scott. {Howling monkey}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Howler}, 2. {Howling wilderness}, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. --Deut. xxxii. 10. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Howl \Howl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Howled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Howling}.] [OE. houlen, hulen; akin to D. huilen, MHG. hiulen, hiuweln, OHG. hiuwil[d3]n to exult, h[?]wo owl, Dan. hyle to howl.] 1. To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. And dogs in corners set them down to howl. --Drayton. Methought a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears. --Shak. 2. To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail. Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand. --Is. xiii. 6. 3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast. Wild howled the wind. --Sir W. Scott. {Howling monkey}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Howler}, 2. {Howling wilderness}, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. --Deut. xxxii. 10. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Howl \Howl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Howled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Howling}.] [OE. houlen, hulen; akin to D. huilen, MHG. hiulen, hiuweln, OHG. hiuwil[d3]n to exult, h[?]wo owl, Dan. hyle to howl.] 1. To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. And dogs in corners set them down to howl. --Drayton. Methought a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears. --Shak. 2. To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail. Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand. --Is. xiii. 6. 3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast. Wild howled the wind. --Sir W. Scott. {Howling monkey}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Howler}, 2. {Howling wilderness}, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. --Deut. xxxii. 10. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hull \Hull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hulled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hulling}.] 1. To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn. 2. To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Helena West Side, MT (CDP, FIPS 35640) Location: 46.59667 N, 112.10708 W Population (1990): 1847 (752 housing units) Area: 38.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hollansburg, OH (village, FIPS 35896) Location: 39.99847 N, 84.79303 W Population (1990): 300 (121 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45332 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hollins, VA (CDP, FIPS 37880) Location: 37.34290 N, 79.95345 W Population (1990): 13305 (5179 housing units) Area: 22.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24019 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Holmes, NY Zip code(s): 12531 Holmes, PA Zip code(s): 19043 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Holmes Beach, FL (city, FIPS 32150) Location: 27.51002 N, 82.71572 W Population (1990): 4810 (3850 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Holmes City, MN Zip code(s): 56341 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Holmes County, FL (county, FIPS 59) Location: 30.86745 N, 85.81233 W Population (1990): 15778 (6785 housing units) Area: 1249.8 sq km (land), 16.1 sq km (water) Holmes County, MS (county, FIPS 51) Location: 33.12119 N, 90.08836 W Population (1990): 21604 (7972 housing units) Area: 1958.2 sq km (land), 21.2 sq km (water) Holmes County, OH (county, FIPS 75) Location: 40.56112 N, 81.92913 W Population (1990): 32849 (10007 housing units) Area: 1095.6 sq km (land), 2.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Holmes Mill, KY Zip code(s): 40843 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Holmesville, NE Zip code(s): 68374 Holmesville, OH (village, FIPS 35994) Location: 40.62843 N, 81.92344 W Population (1990): 419 (157 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44633 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Helen Keller mode n. 1. State of a hardware or software system that is deaf, dumb, and blind, i.e., accepting no input and generating no output, usually due to an infinite loop or some other excursion into {deep space}. (Unfair to the real Helen Keller, whose success at learning speech was triumphant.) See also {go flatline}, {catatonic}. 2. On IBM PCs under DOS, refers to a specific failure mode in which a screen saver has kicked in over an {ill-behaved} application which bypasses the very interrupts the screen saver watches for activity. Your choices are to try to get from the program's current state through a successful save-and-exit without being able to see what you're doing, or to re-boot the machine. This isn't (strictly speaking) a crash. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Helen Keller mode 1. State of a hardware or software system that is deaf, dumb, and blind, i.e. accepting no input and generating no output, usually due to an infinite loop or some other excursion into {deep space}. (Unfair to the real Helen Keller, whose success at learning speech was triumphant.) See also {go flatline}, {catatonic}. 2. On {IBM PCs} under {MS-DOS}, refers to a specific failure mode in which a screen saver has kicked in over an {ill-behaved} application which bypasses the very interrupts the screen saver watches for activity. Your choices are to try to get from the program's current state through a successful save-and-exit without being able to see what you're doing, or to {re-boot} the machine. This isn't (strictly speaking) a crash. [{Jargon File}] | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Holiness in the highest sense belongs to God (Isa. 6:3; Rev. 15:4), and to Christians as consecrated to God's service, and in so far as they are conformed in all things to the will of God (Rom. 6:19, 22; Eph. 1:4; Titus 1:8; 1 Pet. 1:15). Personal holiness is a work of gradual development. It is carried on under many hindrances, hence the frequent admonitions to watchfulness, prayer, and perseverance (1 Cor. 1:30; 2 Cor. 7:1; Eph. 4:23, 24). (See {SANCTIFICATION}.) |