English Dictionary: Hieracium venosum | by the DICT Development Group |
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Hair \Hair\, n. [OE. her, heer, h[91]r, AS. h[aemac]r; akin to OFries, h[emac]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[amac]r, Dan. haar, Sw. h[86]r; cf. Lith. kasa.] 1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body. 2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin. Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs. --Chaucer. And draweth new delights with hoary hairs. --Spenser. 3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth. 5. An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily ({Nuphar}). 6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm. 7. A haircloth. [Obc.] --Chaucer. 8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth. Note: Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as, hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin, hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair. {Against the hair}, in a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain. [Obs.] [bd]You go against the hair of your professions.[b8] --Shak. {Hair bracket} (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead. {Hair cells} (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear. {Hair compass}, {Hair divider}, a compass or divider capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw. {Hair glove}, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin. {Hair lace}, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the head. --Swift. {Hair line}, a line made of hair; a very slender line. {Hair moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth which destroys goods made of hair, esp. {Tinea biselliella}. {Hair pencil}, a brush or fine hair, for painting; -- generally called by the name of the hair used; as, a camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc. {Hair plate}, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of a bloomery fire. {Hair powder}, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of the head, or on wigs. {Hair seal} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of eared seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion. {Hair seating}, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc. {Hair shirt}, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of horsehair, and worn as a penance. {Hair sieve}, a strainer with a haircloth bottom. {Hair snake}. See {Gordius}. {Hair space} (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in lines of type. {Hair stroke}, a delicate stroke in writing. {Hair trigger}, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a hair. --Farrow. {Not worth a hair}, of no value. {To a hair}, with the nicest distinction. {To split hairs}, to make distinctions of useless nicety. | |
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d8Gordius \[d8]Gor"di*us\, n. [NL. See {Gordian}, 1.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in which they deposit their eggs; -- called also {hair eel}, {hairworm}, and {hair snake}, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused, notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs. | |
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Hair \Hair\, n. [OE. her, heer, h[91]r, AS. h[aemac]r; akin to OFries, h[emac]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[amac]r, Dan. haar, Sw. h[86]r; cf. Lith. kasa.] 1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body. 2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin. Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs. --Chaucer. And draweth new delights with hoary hairs. --Spenser. 3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth. 5. An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily ({Nuphar}). 6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm. 7. A haircloth. [Obc.] --Chaucer. 8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth. Note: Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as, hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin, hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair. {Against the hair}, in a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain. [Obs.] [bd]You go against the hair of your professions.[b8] --Shak. {Hair bracket} (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead. {Hair cells} (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear. {Hair compass}, {Hair divider}, a compass or divider capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw. {Hair glove}, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin. {Hair lace}, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the head. --Swift. {Hair line}, a line made of hair; a very slender line. {Hair moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth which destroys goods made of hair, esp. {Tinea biselliella}. {Hair pencil}, a brush or fine hair, for painting; -- generally called by the name of the hair used; as, a camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc. {Hair plate}, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of a bloomery fire. {Hair powder}, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of the head, or on wigs. {Hair seal} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of eared seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion. {Hair seating}, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc. {Hair shirt}, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of horsehair, and worn as a penance. {Hair sieve}, a strainer with a haircloth bottom. {Hair snake}. See {Gordius}. {Hair space} (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in lines of type. {Hair stroke}, a delicate stroke in writing. {Hair trigger}, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a hair. --Farrow. {Not worth a hair}, of no value. {To a hair}, with the nicest distinction. {To split hairs}, to make distinctions of useless nicety. | |
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d8Gordius \[d8]Gor"di*us\, n. [NL. See {Gordian}, 1.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in which they deposit their eggs; -- called also {hair eel}, {hairworm}, and {hair snake}, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused, notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs. | |
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Hair \Hair\, n. [OE. her, heer, h[91]r, AS. h[aemac]r; akin to OFries, h[emac]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[amac]r, Dan. haar, Sw. h[86]r; cf. Lith. kasa.] 1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body. 2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin. Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs. --Chaucer. And draweth new delights with hoary hairs. --Spenser. 3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth. 5. An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily ({Nuphar}). 6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm. 7. A haircloth. [Obc.] --Chaucer. 8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth. Note: Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as, hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin, hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair. {Against the hair}, in a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain. [Obs.] [bd]You go against the hair of your professions.[b8] --Shak. {Hair bracket} (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead. {Hair cells} (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear. {Hair compass}, {Hair divider}, a compass or divider capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw. {Hair glove}, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin. {Hair lace}, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the head. --Swift. {Hair line}, a line made of hair; a very slender line. {Hair moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth which destroys goods made of hair, esp. {Tinea biselliella}. {Hair pencil}, a brush or fine hair, for painting; -- generally called by the name of the hair used; as, a camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc. {Hair plate}, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of a bloomery fire. {Hair powder}, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of the head, or on wigs. {Hair seal} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of eared seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion. {Hair seating}, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc. {Hair shirt}, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of horsehair, and worn as a penance. {Hair sieve}, a strainer with a haircloth bottom. {Hair snake}. See {Gordius}. {Hair space} (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in lines of type. {Hair stroke}, a delicate stroke in writing. {Hair trigger}, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a hair. --Farrow. {Not worth a hair}, of no value. {To a hair}, with the nicest distinction. {To split hairs}, to make distinctions of useless nicety. | |
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Harass \Har"ass\ (h[acr]r"as), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harassing}.] [F. harasser; cf. OF. harace a basket made of cords, harace, harasse,a very heavy and large shield; or harer to set (a dog) on.] To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out. [Troops] harassed with a long and wearisome march. --Bacon. Nature oppressed and harass'd out with care. --Addison. Vext with lawyers and harass'd with debt. --Tennyson. Syn: To weary; jade; tire; perplex; distress; tease; worry; disquiet; chafe; gall; annoy; irritate; plague; vex; molest; trouble; disturb; torment. | |
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Harassment \Har"ass*ment\, n. The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety. Little harassments which I am led to suspect do occasionally molest the most fortunate. --Ld. Lytton. | |
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Hare \Hare\, n. [AS. hara; akin to D. haas, G. hase, OHG. haso, Dan. [91] Sw. hare, Icel. h[?]ri, Skr. [?]a[?]a. [?].] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A rodent of the genus {Lepus}, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity. Note: The species of hares are numerous. The common European hare is {Lepustimidus}. The northern or varying hare of America ({L. Americanus}), and the prairie hare ({L. campestris}), turn white in winter. In America, the various species of hares are commonly called {rabbits}. 2. (Astron.) A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus. {Hare and hounds}, a game played by men and boys, two, called hares, having a few minutes' start, and scattering bits of paper to indicate their course, being chased by the others, called the hounds, through a wide circuit. {Hare kangaroo} (Zo[94]l.)., a small Australian kangaroo ({Lagorchestes Leporoides}), resembling the hare in size and color, {Hare's lettuce} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Sonchus}, or sow thistle; -- so called because hares are said to eat it when fainting with heat. --Dr. Prior. {Jumping hare}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Jumping}. {Little chief hare}, [or] {Crying hare}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Chief hare}. {Sea hare}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Aplysia}. | |
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Harken \Hark"en\, v. t. & i. To hearken. --Tennyson. | |
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Harshness \Harsh"ness\, n. The quality or state of being harsh. O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father 's crabbed, And he's composed of harshness. --Shak. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. --Pope. Syn: Acrimony; roughness; sternness; asperity; tartness. See {Acrimony}. | |
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Hayrack \Hay"rack`\, n. A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also {hay rigging}. | |
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Hearken \Heark"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hearkened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hearkening}.] [OE. hercnen, hercnien, AS. hercnian, heorcnian, fr. hi[82]ran, h[?]ran, to hear; akin to OD. harcken, horcken, LG. harken, horken, G. horchen. See {Hear}, and cf. {Hark}.] 1. To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply. The Furies hearken, and their snakes uncurl. --Dryden. Hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you. --Deut. iv. 1. 2. To inquire; to seek information. [Obs.] [bd]Hearken after their offense.[b8] --Shak. Syn: To attend; listen; hear; heed. See {Attend}, v. i. | |
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Hearken \Heark"en\, v. t. 1. To hear by listening. [Archaic] [She] hearkened now and then Some little whispering and soft groaning sound. --Spenser. 2. To give heed to; to hear attentively. [Archaic] The King of Naples . . . hearkens my brother's suit. --Shak. {To hearken out}, to search out. [Obs.] If you find none, you must hearken out a vein and buy. --B. Johnson. | |
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Hearken \Heark"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hearkened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hearkening}.] [OE. hercnen, hercnien, AS. hercnian, heorcnian, fr. hi[82]ran, h[?]ran, to hear; akin to OD. harcken, horcken, LG. harken, horken, G. horchen. See {Hear}, and cf. {Hark}.] 1. To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply. The Furies hearken, and their snakes uncurl. --Dryden. Hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you. --Deut. iv. 1. 2. To inquire; to seek information. [Obs.] [bd]Hearken after their offense.[b8] --Shak. Syn: To attend; listen; hear; heed. See {Attend}, v. i. | |
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Hearkener \Heark"en*er\, n. One who hearkens; a listener. | |
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Hearken \Heark"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hearkened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hearkening}.] [OE. hercnen, hercnien, AS. hercnian, heorcnian, fr. hi[82]ran, h[?]ran, to hear; akin to OD. harcken, horcken, LG. harken, horken, G. horchen. See {Hear}, and cf. {Hark}.] 1. To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply. The Furies hearken, and their snakes uncurl. --Dryden. Hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you. --Deut. iv. 1. 2. To inquire; to seek information. [Obs.] [bd]Hearken after their offense.[b8] --Shak. Syn: To attend; listen; hear; heed. See {Attend}, v. i. | |
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Hercynian \Her*cyn"i*an\, a. [L. Hercynia silva, Hercynius saltus, the Hercynian forest; cf. Gr. [?] [?].] Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains. | |
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Herisson \Her"is*son\, n. [F. h[82]risson, prop., hedgehog.] (fort.) A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage. | |
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Heroicness \He*ro"ic*ness\, n. Heroism. [R.] --W. Montagu. | |
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Heroicomic \He`ro*i*com"ic\, Heroicomical \He`ro*i*com"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. h[82]ro[8b]comigue. See {Heroic}, and {Comic}.] Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem. | |
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Heroicomic \He`ro*i*com"ic\, Heroicomical \He`ro*i*com"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. h[82]ro[8b]comigue. See {Heroic}, and {Comic}.] Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem. | |
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Heroism \Her"o*ism\ (?; 277), n. [F. h[82]ro[8b]sme.] The qualities characteristic of a hero, as courage, bravery, fortitude, unselfishness, etc.; the display of such qualities. Heroism is the self-devotion of genius manifesting itself in action. --Hare. Syn: {Heroism}, {Courage}, {Fortitude}, {Bravery}, {Valor}, {Intrepidity}, {Gallantry}. Usage: Courage is generic, denoting fearlessness or defiance of danger; fortitude is passive courage, the habit of bearing up nobly under trials, danger, and sufferings; bravery is courage displayed in daring acts; valor is courage in battle or other conflicts with living opponents; intrepidity is firm courage, which shrinks not amid the most appalling dangers; gallantry is adventurous courage, dashing into the thickest of the fight. Heroism may call into exercise all these modifications of courage. It is a contempt of danger, not from ignorance or inconsiderate levity, but from a noble devotion to some great cause, and a just confidence of being able to meet danger in the spirit of such a cause. Cf. {Courage}. | |
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Mouse-ear \Mouse"-ear`\, n. (Bot.) (a) The forget-me-not ({Myosotis palustris}) and other species of the same genus. (b) A European species of hawkweed ({Hieracium Pilosella}). {Mouse-ear chickweed}, a name of two common species of chickweed ({Cerastium vulgarium}, and {C. viscosum}). {Mouse-ear cress}, a low cruciferous herb ({Sisymbrium Thaliana}). All these are low herbs with soft, oval, or obovate leaves, whence the name. | |
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Hircic \Hir"cic\, a. [Cf. F. hircique. See {Hircin}.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet; -- applied by Chevreul to an oily acid which was obtained from mutton suet, and to which he attributed the peculiar taste and smell of that substance. The substance has also been called {hircin}. --Watts. | |
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Hircin \Hir"cin\, n. [L. hircus, he-goat, buck: cf. F. hircine.] (Chem.) Hircic acid. See {Hircic}. [R.] | |
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Hircic \Hir"cic\, a. [Cf. F. hircique. See {Hircin}.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet; -- applied by Chevreul to an oily acid which was obtained from mutton suet, and to which he attributed the peculiar taste and smell of that substance. The substance has also been called {hircin}. --Watts. | |
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Hircin \Hir"cin\, n. [L. hircus, he-goat, buck: cf. F. hircine.] (Chem.) Hircic acid. See {Hircic}. [R.] | |
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Hircine \Hir"cine\, Hircinous \Hir"ci*nous\, a. [L. hircinus, fr. hircus hegoat: cf. F. hircin.] 1. Goatlike; of or pertaining to a goat or the goats. 2. Of a strong goatish smell. | |
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Hircine \Hir"cine\, Hircinous \Hir"ci*nous\, a. [L. hircinus, fr. hircus hegoat: cf. F. hircin.] 1. Goatlike; of or pertaining to a goat or the goats. 2. Of a strong goatish smell. | |
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Hoarsen \Hoars"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoarsened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hoarsening}.] To make hoarse. I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice. --Richardson. | |
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Hoarsen \Hoars"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoarsened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hoarsening}.] To make hoarse. I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice. --Richardson. | |
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Hoarseness \Hoarse"ness\, n. Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords. | |
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Hoarsen \Hoars"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoarsened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hoarsening}.] To make hoarse. I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice. --Richardson. | |
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Horizon \Ho*ri"zon\, n. [F., fr. L. horizon, fr. Gr. [?] (sc. [?]) the bounding line, horizon, fr. [?] to bound, fr. [?] boundary, limit.] 1. The circle which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky. And when the morning sun shall raise his car Above the border of this horizon. --Shak. All the horizon round Invested with bright rays. --Milton. 2. (Astron.) (a) A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon. (b) A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also {rational [or] celestial horizon}. (c) (Naut.) The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible. 3. (Geol.) The epoch or time during which a deposit was made. The strata all over the earth, which were formed at the same time, are said to belong to the same geological horizon. --Le Conte. 4. (Painting) The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line. {Apparent horizon}. See under {Apparent}. {Artificial horizon}, a level mirror, as the surface of mercury in a shallow vessel, or a plane reflector adjusted to the true level artificially; -- used chiefly with the sextant for observing the double altitude of a celestial body. {Celestial horizon}. (Astron.) See def. 2, above. {Dip of the horizon} (Astron.), the vertical angle between the sensible horizon and a line to the visible horizon, the latter always being below the former. {Rational horizon}, and {Sensible horizon}. (Astron.) See def. 2, above. {Visible horizon}. See definitions 1 and 2, above. | |
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Horizontal \Hor`i*zon"tal\, a. [Cf. F. horizontal.] 1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. [bd]Horizontal misty air.[b8] --Milton. 2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface. 3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance. {Horizontal drill}, a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle. {Horizontal engine}, one the piston of which works horizontally. {Horizontal fire} (Mil.), the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation. {Horizontal force} (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force. {Horizontal line} (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing), a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found. {Horizontal parallax}. See under {Parallax}. {Horizontal plane} (Descriptive Geometry), a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See {Projection}. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn. {Horizontal projection}, a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon. {Horizontal range} (Gunnery), the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile. {Horizontal water wheel}, a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines. | |
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Horizontal \Hor`i*zon"tal\, a. [Cf. F. horizontal.] 1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. [bd]Horizontal misty air.[b8] --Milton. 2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface. 3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance. {Horizontal drill}, a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle. {Horizontal engine}, one the piston of which works horizontally. {Horizontal fire} (Mil.), the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation. {Horizontal force} (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force. {Horizontal line} (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing), a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found. {Horizontal parallax}. See under {Parallax}. {Horizontal plane} (Descriptive Geometry), a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See {Projection}. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn. {Horizontal projection}, a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon. {Horizontal range} (Gunnery), the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile. {Horizontal water wheel}, a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines. | |
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Horizontal \Hor`i*zon"tal\, a. [Cf. F. horizontal.] 1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. [bd]Horizontal misty air.[b8] --Milton. 2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface. 3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance. {Horizontal drill}, a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle. {Horizontal engine}, one the piston of which works horizontally. {Horizontal fire} (Mil.), the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation. {Horizontal force} (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force. {Horizontal line} (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing), a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found. {Horizontal parallax}. See under {Parallax}. {Horizontal plane} (Descriptive Geometry), a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See {Projection}. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn. {Horizontal projection}, a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon. {Horizontal range} (Gunnery), the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile. {Horizontal water wheel}, a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines. | |
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Fault \Fault\, n. 1. (Elec.) A defective point in an electric circuit due to a crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with another conductor or the earth, or to a break in the circuit. 2. (Geol. & Mining) A dislocation caused by a slipping of rock masses along a plane of facture; also, the dislocated structure resulting from such slipping. Note: The surface along which the dislocated masses have moved is called the {fault plane}. When this plane is vertical, the fault is a {vertical fault}; when its inclination is such that the present relative position of the two masses could have been produced by the sliding down, along the fault plane, of the mass on its upper side, the fault is a {normal}, [or] {gravity}, {fault}. When the fault plane is so inclined that the mass on its upper side has moved up relatively, the fault is then called a {reverse} (or {reversed}), {thrust}, or {overthrust}, {fault}. If no vertical displacement has resulted, the fault is then called a {horizontal fault}. The linear extent of the dislocation measured on the fault plane and in the direction of movement is the {displacement}; the vertical displacement is the {throw}; the horizontal displacement is the {heave}. The direction of the line of intersection of the fault plane with a horizontal plane is the {trend} of the fault. A fault is a {strike fault} when its trend coincides approximately with the strike of associated strata (i.e., the line of intersection of the plane of the strata with a horizontal plane); it is a {dip fault} when its trend is at right angles to the strike; an {oblique fault} when its trend is oblique to the strike. Oblique faults and dip faults are sometimes called {cross faults}. A series of closely associated parallel faults are sometimes called {step faults} and sometimes {distributive faults}. | |
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Horizontal \Hor`i*zon"tal\, a. [Cf. F. horizontal.] 1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. [bd]Horizontal misty air.[b8] --Milton. 2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface. 3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance. {Horizontal drill}, a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle. {Horizontal engine}, one the piston of which works horizontally. {Horizontal fire} (Mil.), the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation. {Horizontal force} (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force. {Horizontal line} (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing), a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found. {Horizontal parallax}. See under {Parallax}. {Horizontal plane} (Descriptive Geometry), a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See {Projection}. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn. {Horizontal projection}, a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon. {Horizontal range} (Gunnery), the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile. {Horizontal water wheel}, a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines. | |
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Horizontal \Hor`i*zon"tal\, a. [Cf. F. horizontal.] 1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. [bd]Horizontal misty air.[b8] --Milton. 2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface. 3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance. {Horizontal drill}, a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle. {Horizontal engine}, one the piston of which works horizontally. {Horizontal fire} (Mil.), the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation. {Horizontal force} (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force. {Horizontal line} (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing), a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found. {Horizontal parallax}. See under {Parallax}. {Horizontal plane} (Descriptive Geometry), a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See {Projection}. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn. {Horizontal projection}, a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon. {Horizontal range} (Gunnery), the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile. {Horizontal water wheel}, a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines. | |
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Horizontal \Hor`i*zon"tal\, a. [Cf. F. horizontal.] 1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. [bd]Horizontal misty air.[b8] --Milton. 2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface. 3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance. {Horizontal drill}, a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle. {Horizontal engine}, one the piston of which works horizontally. {Horizontal fire} (Mil.), the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation. {Horizontal force} (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force. {Horizontal line} (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing), a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found. {Horizontal parallax}. See under {Parallax}. {Horizontal plane} (Descriptive Geometry), a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See {Projection}. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn. {Horizontal projection}, a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon. {Horizontal range} (Gunnery), the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile. {Horizontal water wheel}, a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines. | |
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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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Horizontal \Hor`i*zon"tal\, a. [Cf. F. horizontal.] 1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. [bd]Horizontal misty air.[b8] --Milton. 2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface. 3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance. {Horizontal drill}, a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle. {Horizontal engine}, one the piston of which works horizontally. {Horizontal fire} (Mil.), the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation. {Horizontal force} (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force. {Horizontal line} (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing), a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found. {Horizontal parallax}. See under {Parallax}. {Horizontal plane} (Descriptive Geometry), a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See {Projection}. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn. {Horizontal projection}, a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon. {Horizontal range} (Gunnery), the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile. {Horizontal water wheel}, a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines. | |
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Horizontal \Hor`i*zon"tal\, a. [Cf. F. horizontal.] 1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. [bd]Horizontal misty air.[b8] --Milton. 2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface. 3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance. {Horizontal drill}, a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle. {Horizontal engine}, one the piston of which works horizontally. {Horizontal fire} (Mil.), the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation. {Horizontal force} (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force. {Horizontal line} (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing), a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found. {Horizontal parallax}. See under {Parallax}. {Horizontal plane} (Descriptive Geometry), a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See {Projection}. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn. {Horizontal projection}, a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon. {Horizontal range} (Gunnery), the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile. {Horizontal water wheel}, a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines. | |
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Horizontal \Hor`i*zon"tal\, a. [Cf. F. horizontal.] 1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. [bd]Horizontal misty air.[b8] --Milton. 2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface. 3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance. {Horizontal drill}, a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle. {Horizontal engine}, one the piston of which works horizontally. {Horizontal fire} (Mil.), the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation. {Horizontal force} (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force. {Horizontal line} (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing), a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found. {Horizontal parallax}. See under {Parallax}. {Horizontal plane} (Descriptive Geometry), a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See {Projection}. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn. {Horizontal projection}, a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon. {Horizontal range} (Gunnery), the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile. {Horizontal water wheel}, a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines. | |
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Horizontal \Hor`i*zon"tal\, a. [Cf. F. horizontal.] 1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. [bd]Horizontal misty air.[b8] --Milton. 2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface. 3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance. {Horizontal drill}, a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle. {Horizontal engine}, one the piston of which works horizontally. {Horizontal fire} (Mil.), the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation. {Horizontal force} (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force. {Horizontal line} (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing), a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found. {Horizontal parallax}. See under {Parallax}. {Horizontal plane} (Descriptive Geometry), a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See {Projection}. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn. {Horizontal projection}, a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon. {Horizontal range} (Gunnery), the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile. {Horizontal water wheel}, a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines. | |
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Training \Train"ing\, n. The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education. {Fan training} (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall radiate from the stem like a fan. {Horizontal training} (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall spread out laterally in a horizontal direction. {Training college}. See {Normal school}, under {Normal}, a. {Training day}, a day on which a military company assembles for drill or parade. [U. S.] {Training ship}, a vessel on board of which boys are trained as sailors. Syn: See {Education}. | |
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Horizontal \Hor`i*zon"tal\, a. [Cf. F. horizontal.] 1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. [bd]Horizontal misty air.[b8] --Milton. 2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface. 3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance. {Horizontal drill}, a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle. {Horizontal engine}, one the piston of which works horizontally. {Horizontal fire} (Mil.), the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation. {Horizontal force} (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force. {Horizontal line} (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing), a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found. {Horizontal parallax}. See under {Parallax}. {Horizontal plane} (Descriptive Geometry), a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See {Projection}. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn. {Horizontal projection}, a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon. {Horizontal range} (Gunnery), the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile. {Horizontal water wheel}, a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines. | |
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Horizontality \Hor`i*zon*tal"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. horizontalit[82].] The state or quality of being horizontal. --Kirwan. | |
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Horizontally \Hor`i*zon"tal*ly\, adv. In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally. | |
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Horrisonant \Hor*ris"o*nant\, a. Horrisonous. [Obs.] | |
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Horrisonous \Hor*ris"o*nous\, a. [L. horrisonus; horrere to be horrible + sonus a sound.] Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot. The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five thousand horse and foot. --Bacon. 4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc. 5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment. 6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby. 7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance. 8. (Naut.) (a) See {Footrope}, a. (b) A breastband for a leadsman. (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon. (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten. Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses, like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or horse[?]dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence, often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as, horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay, horse ant, etc. {Black horse}, {Blood horse}, etc. See under {Black}, etc. {Horse aloes}, caballine aloes. {Horse ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}); -- called also {horse emmet}. {Horse artillery}, that portion of the artillery in which the cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the cavalry; flying artillery. {Horse balm} (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant ({Collinsonia Canadensis}), having large leaves and yellowish flowers. {Horse bean} (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean ({Faba vulgaris}), grown for feeding horses. {Horse boat}, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a boat propelled by horses. {Horse bot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Botfly}, and {Bots}. {Horse box}, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses, as hunters. [Eng.] {Horse} {breaker [or] trainer}, one employed in subduing or training horses for use. {Horse car}. (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under {Car}. (b) A car fitted for transporting horses. {Horse cassia} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black, catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse medicine. {Horse cloth}, a cloth to cover a horse. {Horse conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of the genus Triton. See {Triton}. {Horse courser}. (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing. --Johnson. (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman. {Horse crab} (Zo[94]l.), the Limulus; -- called also {horsefoot}, {horsehoe crab}, and {king crab}. {Horse crevall[82]} (Zo[94]l.), the cavally. | |
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3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot. The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five thousand horse and foot. --Bacon. 4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc. 5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment. 6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby. 7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance. 8. (Naut.) (a) See {Footrope}, a. (b) A breastband for a leadsman. (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon. (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten. Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses, like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or horse[?]dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence, often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as, horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay, horse ant, etc. {Black horse}, {Blood horse}, etc. See under {Black}, etc. {Horse aloes}, caballine aloes. {Horse ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}); -- called also {horse emmet}. {Horse artillery}, that portion of the artillery in which the cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the cavalry; flying artillery. {Horse balm} (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant ({Collinsonia Canadensis}), having large leaves and yellowish flowers. {Horse bean} (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean ({Faba vulgaris}), grown for feeding horses. {Horse boat}, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a boat propelled by horses. {Horse bot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Botfly}, and {Bots}. {Horse box}, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses, as hunters. [Eng.] {Horse} {breaker [or] trainer}, one employed in subduing or training horses for use. {Horse car}. (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under {Car}. (b) A car fitted for transporting horses. {Horse cassia} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black, catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse medicine. {Horse cloth}, a cloth to cover a horse. {Horse conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of the genus Triton. See {Triton}. {Horse courser}. (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing. --Johnson. (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman. {Horse crab} (Zo[94]l.), the Limulus; -- called also {horsefoot}, {horsehoe crab}, and {king crab}. {Horse crevall[82]} (Zo[94]l.), the cavally. | |
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{Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant. {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root. {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron. {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the Mediterranean. (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). (c) The scad. (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc. {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the {Solanum Carolinense}. {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}. {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical America ({Trianthema monogymnum}). {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses. {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a {tramway}. {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman. {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}). {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, {horse louse}, and {forest fly}. {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H. comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of its pods. {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.] {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef. {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell. {To take horse}. (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above). | |
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3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot. The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five thousand horse and foot. --Bacon. 4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc. 5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment. 6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby. 7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance. 8. (Naut.) (a) See {Footrope}, a. (b) A breastband for a leadsman. (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon. (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten. Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses, like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or horse[?]dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence, often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as, horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay, horse ant, etc. {Black horse}, {Blood horse}, etc. See under {Black}, etc. {Horse aloes}, caballine aloes. {Horse ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}); -- called also {horse emmet}. {Horse artillery}, that portion of the artillery in which the cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the cavalry; flying artillery. {Horse balm} (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant ({Collinsonia Canadensis}), having large leaves and yellowish flowers. {Horse bean} (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean ({Faba vulgaris}), grown for feeding horses. {Horse boat}, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a boat propelled by horses. {Horse bot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Botfly}, and {Bots}. {Horse box}, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses, as hunters. [Eng.] {Horse} {breaker [or] trainer}, one employed in subduing or training horses for use. {Horse car}. (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under {Car}. (b) A car fitted for transporting horses. {Horse cassia} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black, catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse medicine. {Horse cloth}, a cloth to cover a horse. {Horse conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of the genus Triton. See {Triton}. {Horse courser}. (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing. --Johnson. (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman. {Horse crab} (Zo[94]l.), the Limulus; -- called also {horsefoot}, {horsehoe crab}, and {king crab}. {Horse crevall[82]} (Zo[94]l.), the cavally. | |
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{Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant. {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root. {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron. {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the Mediterranean. (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). (c) The scad. (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc. {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the {Solanum Carolinense}. {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}. {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical America ({Trianthema monogymnum}). {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses. {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a {tramway}. {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman. {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}). {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, {horse louse}, and {forest fly}. {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H. comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of its pods. {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.] {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef. {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell. {To take horse}. (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above). | |
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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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Mackerel \Mack`er*el\, n. [OF. maquerel, F. maquereau (LL. macarellus), prob. for maclereau, fr. L. macula a spot, in allusion to the markings on the fish. See {Mail} armor.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of the genus {Scomber}, and of several related genera. They are finely formed and very active oceanic fishes. Most of them are highly prized for food. Note: The common mackerel ({Scomber scombrus}), which inhabits both sides of the North Atlantic, is one of the most important food fishes. It is mottled with green and blue. The Spanish mackerel ({Scomberomorus maculatus}), of the American coast, is covered with bright yellow circular spots. {Bull mackerel}, {Chub mackerel}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Chub}. {Frigate mackerel}. See under {Frigate}. {Horse mackerel} . See under {Horse}. {Mackerel bird} (Zo[94]l.), the wryneck; -- so called because it arrives in England at the time when mackerel are in season. {Mackerel cock} (Zo[94]l.), the Manx shearwater; -- so called because it precedes the appearance of the mackerel on the east coast of Ireland. {Mackerel guide}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Garfish} (a) . {Mackerel gull} (Zo[94]l.) any one of several species of gull which feed upon or follow mackerel, as the kittiwake. {Mackerel midge} (Zo[94]l.), a very small oceanic gadoid fish of the North Atlantic. It is about an inch and a half long and has four barbels on the upper jaw. It is now considered the young of the genus {Onos}, or {Motella}. {Mackerel plow}, an instrument for creasing the sides of lean mackerel to improve their appearance. --Knight. {Mackerel shark} (Zo[94]l.), the porbeagle. {Mackerel sky}, [or] {Mackerel-back sky}, a sky flecked with small white clouds; a cirro-cumulus. See {Cloud}. Mackerel sky and mare's-tails Make tall ships carry low sails. --Old Rhyme. | |
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Saurel \Sau"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any carangoid fish of the genus {Trachurus}, especially {T. trachurus}, or {T. saurus}, of Europe and America, and {T. picturatus} of California. Called also {skipjack}, and {horse mackerel}. | |
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Tunny \Tun"ny\ (t[ucr]n"n[ycr]), n.; pl. {Tunnies}. [L. thunnus, thynnus, Gr. qy`nnos, qy^nos: cf. It. tonno, F. & Pr. thon.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny ({Orcynus [or] Albacora thynnus}) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called {horse mackerel}. See Illust. of {Horse mackerel}, under {Horse}. [Written also {thynny}.] Note: The little tunny ({Gymnosarda alletterata}) of the Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned tunny, or albicore (see {Albicore}), are related species of smaller size. | |
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Albicore \Al"bi*core\, n. [F. albicore (cf. Sp. albacora, Pg. albacor, albacora, albecora), fr. Ar. bakr, bekr, a young camel, young cow, heifer, and the article al: cf. Pg. bacoro a little pig.] (Zo[94]l.) A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. {Orcynus alalonga}. One species ({Orcynus thynnus}), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the {horse mackerel}; the tunny. [Written also {albacore}.] | |
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Bluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) 1. A large voracious fish ({Pomatomus saitatrix}), of the family {Carangid[91]}, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the {horse mackerel}, in Virginia {saltwater tailor}, or {skipjack}. 2. A West Indian fish ({Platyglossus radiatus}), of the family {Labrid[91]}. Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc. | |
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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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mackerel \Mack`er*el\, n. [OF. maquerel, F. maquereau (LL. macarellus), prob. for maclereau, fr. L. macula a spot, in allusion to the markings on the fish. See {Mail} armor.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of the genus {Scomber}, and of several related genera. They are finely formed and very active oceanic fishes. Most of them are highly prized for food. Note: The common mackerel ({Scomber scombrus}), which inhabits both sides of the North Atlantic, is one of the most important food fishes. It is mottled with green and blue. The Spanish mackerel ({Scomberomorus maculatus}), of the American coast, is covered with bright yellow circular spots. {Bull mackerel}, {Chub mackerel}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Chub}. {Frigate mackerel}. See under {Frigate}. {Horse mackerel} . See under {Horse}. {Mackerel bird} (Zo[94]l.), the wryneck; -- so called because it arrives in England at the time when mackerel are in season. {Mackerel cock} (Zo[94]l.), the Manx shearwater; -- so called because it precedes the appearance of the mackerel on the east coast of Ireland. {Mackerel guide}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Garfish} (a) . {Mackerel gull} (Zo[94]l.) any one of several species of gull which feed upon or follow mackerel, as the kittiwake. {Mackerel midge} (Zo[94]l.), a very small oceanic gadoid fish of the North Atlantic. It is about an inch and a half long and has four barbels on the upper jaw. It is now considered the young of the genus {Onos}, or {Motella}. {Mackerel plow}, an instrument for creasing the sides of lean mackerel to improve their appearance. --Knight. {Mackerel shark} (Zo[94]l.), the porbeagle. {Mackerel sky}, [or] {Mackerel-back sky}, a sky flecked with small white clouds; a cirro-cumulus. See {Cloud}. Mackerel sky and mare's-tails Make tall ships carry low sails. --Old Rhyme. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Saurel \Sau"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any carangoid fish of the genus {Trachurus}, especially {T. trachurus}, or {T. saurus}, of Europe and America, and {T. picturatus} of California. Called also {skipjack}, and {horse mackerel}. | |
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Tunny \Tun"ny\ (t[ucr]n"n[ycr]), n.; pl. {Tunnies}. [L. thunnus, thynnus, Gr. qy`nnos, qy^nos: cf. It. tonno, F. & Pr. thon.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny ({Orcynus [or] Albacora thynnus}) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called {horse mackerel}. See Illust. of {Horse mackerel}, under {Horse}. [Written also {thynny}.] Note: The little tunny ({Gymnosarda alletterata}) of the Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned tunny, or albicore (see {Albicore}), are related species of smaller size. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Albicore \Al"bi*core\, n. [F. albicore (cf. Sp. albacora, Pg. albacor, albacora, albecora), fr. Ar. bakr, bekr, a young camel, young cow, heifer, and the article al: cf. Pg. bacoro a little pig.] (Zo[94]l.) A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. {Orcynus alalonga}. One species ({Orcynus thynnus}), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the {horse mackerel}; the tunny. [Written also {albacore}.] | |
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Bluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) 1. A large voracious fish ({Pomatomus saitatrix}), of the family {Carangid[91]}, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the {horse mackerel}, in Virginia {saltwater tailor}, or {skipjack}. 2. A West Indian fish ({Platyglossus radiatus}), of the family {Labrid[91]}. Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc. | |
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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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mackerel \Mack`er*el\, n. [OF. maquerel, F. maquereau (LL. macarellus), prob. for maclereau, fr. L. macula a spot, in allusion to the markings on the fish. See {Mail} armor.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of the genus {Scomber}, and of several related genera. They are finely formed and very active oceanic fishes. Most of them are highly prized for food. Note: The common mackerel ({Scomber scombrus}), which inhabits both sides of the North Atlantic, is one of the most important food fishes. It is mottled with green and blue. The Spanish mackerel ({Scomberomorus maculatus}), of the American coast, is covered with bright yellow circular spots. {Bull mackerel}, {Chub mackerel}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Chub}. {Frigate mackerel}. See under {Frigate}. {Horse mackerel} . See under {Horse}. {Mackerel bird} (Zo[94]l.), the wryneck; -- so called because it arrives in England at the time when mackerel are in season. {Mackerel cock} (Zo[94]l.), the Manx shearwater; -- so called because it precedes the appearance of the mackerel on the east coast of Ireland. {Mackerel guide}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Garfish} (a) . {Mackerel gull} (Zo[94]l.) any one of several species of gull which feed upon or follow mackerel, as the kittiwake. {Mackerel midge} (Zo[94]l.), a very small oceanic gadoid fish of the North Atlantic. It is about an inch and a half long and has four barbels on the upper jaw. It is now considered the young of the genus {Onos}, or {Motella}. {Mackerel plow}, an instrument for creasing the sides of lean mackerel to improve their appearance. --Knight. {Mackerel shark} (Zo[94]l.), the porbeagle. {Mackerel sky}, [or] {Mackerel-back sky}, a sky flecked with small white clouds; a cirro-cumulus. See {Cloud}. Mackerel sky and mare's-tails Make tall ships carry low sails. --Old Rhyme. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Saurel \Sau"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any carangoid fish of the genus {Trachurus}, especially {T. trachurus}, or {T. saurus}, of Europe and America, and {T. picturatus} of California. Called also {skipjack}, and {horse mackerel}. | |
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Tunny \Tun"ny\ (t[ucr]n"n[ycr]), n.; pl. {Tunnies}. [L. thunnus, thynnus, Gr. qy`nnos, qy^nos: cf. It. tonno, F. & Pr. thon.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny ({Orcynus [or] Albacora thynnus}) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called {horse mackerel}. See Illust. of {Horse mackerel}, under {Horse}. [Written also {thynny}.] Note: The little tunny ({Gymnosarda alletterata}) of the Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned tunny, or albicore (see {Albicore}), are related species of smaller size. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Albicore \Al"bi*core\, n. [F. albicore (cf. Sp. albacora, Pg. albacor, albacora, albecora), fr. Ar. bakr, bekr, a young camel, young cow, heifer, and the article al: cf. Pg. bacoro a little pig.] (Zo[94]l.) A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. {Orcynus alalonga}. One species ({Orcynus thynnus}), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the {horse mackerel}; the tunny. [Written also {albacore}.] | |
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Bluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) 1. A large voracious fish ({Pomatomus saitatrix}), of the family {Carangid[91]}, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the {horse mackerel}, in Virginia {saltwater tailor}, or {skipjack}. 2. A West Indian fish ({Platyglossus radiatus}), of the family {Labrid[91]}. Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant. {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root. {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron. {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the Mediterranean. (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). (c) The scad. (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc. {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the {Solanum Carolinense}. {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}. {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical America ({Trianthema monogymnum}). {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses. {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a {tramway}. {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman. {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}). {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, {horse louse}, and {forest fly}. {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H. comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of its pods. {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.] {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef. {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell. {To take horse}. (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant. {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root. {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron. {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the Mediterranean. (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). (c) The scad. (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc. {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the {Solanum Carolinense}. {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}. {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical America ({Trianthema monogymnum}). {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses. {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a {tramway}. {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman. {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}). {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, {horse louse}, and {forest fly}. {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H. comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of its pods. {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.] {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef. {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell. {To take horse}. (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant. {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root. {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron. {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the Mediterranean. (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). (c) The scad. (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc. {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the {Solanum Carolinense}. {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}. {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical America ({Trianthema monogymnum}). {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses. {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a {tramway}. {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman. {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}). {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, {horse louse}, and {forest fly}. {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H. comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of its pods. {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.] {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef. {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell. {To take horse}. (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above). | |
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Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel, OHG. nezz[8b]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[84]lde, Sw. n[84]ssla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Urtica}, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. {Urtica gracitis} is common in the Northern, and {U. cham[91]dryoides} in the Southern, United States. the common European species, {U. urens} and {U. dioica}, are also found in the Eastern united States. {U. pilulifera} is the Roman nettle of England. Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as: {Australian nettle}, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus {Laportea} (as {L. gigas} and {L. moroides}); -- also called {nettle tree}. {Bee nettle}, {Hemp nettle}, a species of {Galeopsis}. See under {Hemp}. {Blind nettle}, {Dead nettle}, a harmless species of {Lamium}. {False nettle} ({B[91]hmeria cylindrica}), a plant common in the United States, and related to the true nettles. {Hedge nettle}, a species of {Stachys}. See under {Hedge}. {Horse nettle} ({Solanum Carolinense}). See under {Horse}. {nettle tree}. (a) Same as {Hackberry}. (b) See {Australian nettle} (above). {Spurge nettle}, a stinging American herb of the Spurge family ({Jatropha urens}). {Wood nettle}, a plant ({Laportea Canadensis}) which stings severely, and is related to the true nettles. {Nettle cloth}, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and used as a substitute for leather for various purposes. {Nettle rash} (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the effects of whipping with nettles. {Sea nettle} (Zo[94]l.), a medusa. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant. {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root. {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron. {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the Mediterranean. (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). (c) The scad. (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc. {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the {Solanum Carolinense}. {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}. {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical America ({Trianthema monogymnum}). {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses. {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a {tramway}. {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman. {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}). {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, {horse louse}, and {forest fly}. {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H. comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of its pods. {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.] {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef. {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell. {To take horse}. (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above). | |
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Horseshoe \Horse"shoe`\, n. 1. A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof. 2. Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The Limulus of horsehoe crab. {Horsehoe head} (Med.), an old name for the condition of the skull in children, in which the sutures are too open, the coronal suture presenting the form of a horsehoe. --Dunglison. {Horsehoe magnet}, an artificial magnet in the form of a horsehoe. {Horsehoe nail}. See {Horsenail}. {Horsehoe nose} (Zo[94]l.), a bat of the genus {Rhinolophus}, having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Horseshoe \Horse"shoe`\, n. 1. A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof. 2. Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The Limulus of horsehoe crab. {Horsehoe head} (Med.), an old name for the condition of the skull in children, in which the sutures are too open, the coronal suture presenting the form of a horsehoe. --Dunglison. {Horsehoe magnet}, an artificial magnet in the form of a horsehoe. {Horsehoe nail}. See {Horsenail}. {Horsehoe nose} (Zo[94]l.), a bat of the genus {Rhinolophus}, having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Horseshoe \Horse"shoe`\, n. 1. A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof. 2. Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The Limulus of horsehoe crab. {Horsehoe head} (Med.), an old name for the condition of the skull in children, in which the sutures are too open, the coronal suture presenting the form of a horsehoe. --Dunglison. {Horsehoe magnet}, an artificial magnet in the form of a horsehoe. {Horsehoe nail}. See {Horsenail}. {Horsehoe nose} (Zo[94]l.), a bat of the genus {Rhinolophus}, having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe. | |
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Horseman \Horse"man\, n.; pl. {Horsemen}. 1. A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man. 2. (Mil.) A mounted soldier; a cavalryman. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A land crab of the genus {Ocypoda}, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly. (b) A West Indian fish of the genus {Eques}, as the light-horseman ({E. lanceolatus}). | |
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Horsemanship \Horse"man*ship\, n. The act or art of riding, and of training and managing horses; manege. | |
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Horseman \Horse"man\, n.; pl. {Horsemen}. 1. A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man. 2. (Mil.) A mounted soldier; a cavalryman. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A land crab of the genus {Ocypoda}, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly. (b) A West Indian fish of the genus {Eques}, as the light-horseman ({E. lanceolatus}). | |
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Note: {Corn mint} is {Mentha arvensis}. {Horsemint} is {M. sylvestris}, and in the United States {Monarda punctata}, which differs from the true mints in several respects. {Mountain mint} is any species of the related genus {Pycnanthemum}, common in North America. {Peppermint} is {M. piperita}. {Spearmint} is {M. viridis}. {Water mint} is {M. aquatica}. {Mint camphor}. (Chem.) See {Menthol}. {Mint julep}. See {Julep}. {Mint sauce}, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats. | |
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Horsemint \Horse"mint`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A coarse American plant of the Mint family ({Monarda punctata}). (b) In England, the wild mint ({Mentha sylvestris}). | |
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Horsenail \Horse"nail`\, n. A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail. | |
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Horsewoman \Horse"wom`an\, n.; pl. {Horsewomen}. A woman who rides on horseback. | |
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Horsewoman \Horse"wom`an\, n.; pl. {Horsewomen}. A woman who rides on horseback. | |
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Horsiness \Hors"i*ness\, n. 1. The condition or quality of being a horse; that which pertains to a horse. --Tennyson. 2. Fondness for, or interest in, horses. | |
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Horse \Horse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Horsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Horsing}.] [AS. horsion.] 1. To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse. [bd]Being better horsed, outrode me.[b8] --Shak. 2. To sit astride of; to bestride. --Shak. 3. To cover, as a mare; -- said of the male. 4. To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer. --S. Butler. 5. To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment. | |
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Hurrah \Hur*rah"\, n. A cheer; a shout of joy, etc. {Hurrah's nest}, state of utmost confusion. [Colloq. U.S.] A perfect hurrah's nest in our kitchen. --Mrs. Stowe. | |
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Hurricane \Hur"ri*cane\, n. [Sp. hurracan; orig. a Carib word signifying, a high wind.] A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also used figuratively. Like the smoke in a hurricane whirl'd. --Tennyson. Each guilty thought to me is A dreadful hurricane. --Massinger. {Hurricane bird} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. {Hurricane deck}. (Naut.) See under {Deck}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hurricane \Hur"ri*cane\, n. [Sp. hurracan; orig. a Carib word signifying, a high wind.] A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also used figuratively. Like the smoke in a hurricane whirl'd. --Tennyson. Each guilty thought to me is A dreadful hurricane. --Massinger. {Hurricane bird} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. {Hurricane deck}. (Naut.) See under {Deck}. | |
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Deck \Deck\, n. [D. dek. See {Deck}, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. Note: The following are the more common names of the decks of vessels having more than one. {Berth deck} (Navy), a deck next below the gun deck, where the hammocks of the crew are swung. {Boiler deck} (River Steamers), the deck on which the boilers are placed. {Flush deck}, any continuous, unbroken deck from stem to stern. {Gun deck} (Navy), a deck below the spar deck, on which the ship's guns are carried. If there are two gun decks, the upper one is called the main deck, the lower, the lower gun deck; if there are three, one is called the middle gun deck. {Half-deck}, that portion of the deck next below the spar deck which is between the mainmast and the cabin. {Hurricane deck} (River Steamers, etc.), the upper deck, usually a light deck, erected above the frame of the hull. {Orlop deck}, the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. {Poop deck}, the deck forming the roof of a poop or poop cabin, built on the upper deck and extending from the mizzenmast aft. {Quarter-deck}, the part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. {Spar deck}. (a) Same as the upper deck. (b) Sometimes a light deck fitted over the upper deck. {Upper deck}, the highest deck of the hull, extending from stem to stern. 2. (arch.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat. 3. (Railroad) The roof of a passenger car. 4. A pack or set of playing cards. The king was slyly fingered from the deck. --Shak. 5. A heap or store. [Obs.] Who . . . hath such trinkets Ready in the deck. --Massinger. {Between decks}. See under {Between}. {Deck bridge} (Railroad Engineering), a bridge which carries the track upon the upper chords; -- distinguished from a through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders. {Deck curb} (Arch.), a curb supporting a deck in roof construction. {Deck floor} (Arch.), a floor which serves also as a roof, as of a belfry or balcony. {Deck hand}, a sailor hired to help on the vessel's deck, but not expected to go aloft. {Deck molding} (Arch.), the molded finish of the edge of a deck, making the junction with the lower slope of the roof. {Deck roof} (Arch.), a nearly flat roof which is not surmounted by parapet walls. {Deck transom} (Shipbuilding), the transom into which the deck is framed. {To clear the decks} (Naut.), to remove every unnecessary incumbrance in preparation for battle; to prepare for action. {To sweep the deck} (Card Playing), to clear off all the stakes on the table by winning them. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hurricane \Hur"ri*cane\, n. [Sp. hurracan; orig. a Carib word signifying, a high wind.] A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also used figuratively. Like the smoke in a hurricane whirl'd. --Tennyson. Each guilty thought to me is A dreadful hurricane. --Massinger. {Hurricane bird} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. {Hurricane deck}. (Naut.) See under {Deck}. | |
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Hurricano \Hur`ri*ca"no\, n.; pl. {Hurricanoes}. A waterspout; a hurricane. [Obs.] --Drayton. [bd]You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Hurricano \Hur`ri*ca"no\, n.; pl. {Hurricanoes}. A waterspout; a hurricane. [Obs.] --Drayton. [bd]You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Hyrcanian \Hyr*ca"ni*an\, Hyrcan \Hyr"can\, a. Of or pertaining to Hyrcania, an ancient country or province of Asia, southeast of the Caspian (which was also called the Hyrcanian) Sea. [bd]The Hyrcan tiger.[b8] [bd]Hyrcanian deserts.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Hyrcanian \Hyr*ca"ni*an\, Hyrcan \Hyr"can\, a. Of or pertaining to Hyrcania, an ancient country or province of Asia, southeast of the Caspian (which was also called the Hyrcanian) Sea. [bd]The Hyrcan tiger.[b8] [bd]Hyrcanian deserts.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Harris County, GA (county, FIPS 145) Location: 32.74074 N, 84.90607 W Population (1990): 17788 (7814 housing units) Area: 1201.1 sq km (land), 23.9 sq km (water) Harris County, TX (county, FIPS 201) Location: 29.85685 N, 95.39268 W Population (1990): 2818199 (1173808 housing units) Area: 4478.1 sq km (land), 126.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Harrison, AR (city, FIPS 30460) Location: 36.24188 N, 93.11946 W Population (1990): 9922 (4584 housing units) Area: 22.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72601 Harrison, GA (town, FIPS 36920) Location: 32.82593 N, 82.72585 W Population (1990): 414 (171 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31035 Harrison, ID (city, FIPS 35200) Location: 47.45241 N, 116.78042 W Population (1990): 226 (132 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83833 Harrison, ME Zip code(s): 04040 Harrison, MI (CDP, FIPS 36845) Location: 42.58625 N, 82.82020 W Population (1990): 24685 (10616 housing units) Area: 36.6 sq km (land), 24.9 sq km (water) Harrison, MI (city, FIPS 36800) Location: 44.01737 N, 84.80727 W Population (1990): 1835 (1127 housing units) Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48625 Harrison, MT Zip code(s): 59735 Harrison, NE (village, FIPS 21240) Location: 42.68802 N, 103.88163 W Population (1990): 291 (192 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69346 Harrison, NJ (town, FIPS 30210) Location: 40.74350 N, 74.15340 W Population (1990): 13425 (5120 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Harrison, NY (village, FIPS 32402) Location: 41.02258 N, 73.72020 W Population (1990): 23308 (7984 housing units) Area: 43.6 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 10528 Harrison, OH (city, FIPS 33838) Location: 39.24987 N, 84.79303 W Population (1990): 7518 (2662 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45030 Harrison, SD Zip code(s): 57344 Harrison, TN (CDP, FIPS 32600) Location: 35.12790 N, 85.14602 W Population (1990): 7191 (2709 housing units) Area: 19.0 sq km (land), 4.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37341 Harrison, WV Zip code(s): 25105 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Harrison City, PA Zip code(s): 15636 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Harrison County, IA (county, FIPS 85) Location: 41.68715 N, 95.80993 W Population (1990): 14730 (6175 housing units) Area: 1804.9 sq km (land), 10.7 sq km (water) Harrison County, IN (county, FIPS 61) Location: 38.19948 N, 86.11572 W Population (1990): 29890 (11456 housing units) Area: 1256.8 sq km (land), 4.3 sq km (water) Harrison County, KY (county, FIPS 97) Location: 38.44359 N, 84.33224 W Population (1990): 16248 (6488 housing units) Area: 802.2 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Harrison County, MO (county, FIPS 81) Location: 40.35395 N, 93.98179 W Population (1990): 8469 (4245 housing units) Area: 1878.2 sq km (land), 3.4 sq km (water) Harrison County, MS (county, FIPS 47) Location: 30.41905 N, 89.09007 W Population (1990): 165365 (67813 housing units) Area: 1504.8 sq km (land), 1023.5 sq km (water) Harrison County, OH (county, FIPS 67) Location: 40.29284 N, 81.09256 W Population (1990): 16085 (7301 housing units) Area: 1045.2 sq km (land), 18.8 sq km (water) Harrison County, TX (county, FIPS 203) Location: 32.54776 N, 94.37057 W Population (1990): 57483 (23481 housing units) Area: 2328.0 sq km (land), 42.3 sq km (water) Harrison County, WV (county, FIPS 33) Location: 39.28668 N, 80.38330 W Population (1990): 69371 (29988 housing units) Area: 1077.7 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Harrison Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 32868) Location: 40.63664 N, 79.71669 W Population (1990): 11763 (5300 housing units) Area: 18.8 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Harrison Valley, PA Zip code(s): 16927 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Harrisonburg, LA (village, FIPS 33210) Location: 31.76702 N, 91.82378 W Population (1990): 453 (161 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71340 Harrisonburg, VA (city, FIPS 660) Location: 38.43672 N, 78.87398 W Population (1990): 30707 (10900 housing units) Area: 45.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Harrisonburg, VA (city, FIPS 35624) Location: 38.43672 N, 78.87398 W Population (1990): 30707 (10900 housing units) Area: 45.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 22801 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Harrisonville, MO (city, FIPS 30610) Location: 38.65541 N, 94.34924 W Population (1990): 7683 (3100 housing units) Area: 17.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64701 Harrisonville, PA Zip code(s): 17228 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Harsens Island, MI Zip code(s): 48028 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Herkimer, KS Zip code(s): 66433 Herkimer, NY (village, FIPS 34121) Location: 43.02873 N, 74.99276 W Population (1990): 7945 (3499 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13350 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Herkimer County, NY (county, FIPS 43) Location: 43.41157 N, 74.95857 W Population (1990): 65797 (30799 housing units) Area: 3656.7 sq km (land), 120.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Herrick Center, PA Zip code(s): 18430 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Horicon, WI (city, FIPS 35750) Location: 43.44490 N, 88.63706 W Population (1990): 3873 (1478 housing units) Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53032 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Horizon City, TX (town, FIPS 34832) Location: 31.67008 N, 106.19130 W Population (1990): 2308 (911 housing units) Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79927 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Horry County, SC (county, FIPS 51) Location: 33.91021 N, 78.97617 W Population (1990): 144053 (89960 housing units) Area: 2936.3 sq km (land), 314.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Horsham, PA (CDP, FIPS 35800) Location: 40.18250 N, 75.13923 W Population (1990): 15051 (6045 housing units) Area: 14.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19044 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hurricane, UT (city, FIPS 37170) Location: 37.15990 N, 113.33919 W Population (1990): 3915 (1325 housing units) Area: 57.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84737 Hurricane, WV (city, FIPS 39532) Location: 38.43681 N, 82.01694 W Population (1990): 4461 (1831 housing units) Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 25526 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hurricane Mills, TN Zip code(s): 37078 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Harris Semiconductor Ltd. Address: Riverside Way, Camberley, Surrey, CU15 3YQ, UK. Telephone: +44 (1276) 686 886. Fax: +44 (1276) 682 323. (1995-11-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
hiragana Hiragana is mostly used for grammatical particles, verb-inflection, and Japanese words which are not written in {kanji} or which are too difficult for an educated person to read or write in {kanji}. Hiragana are also used for {furigana}. (2001-03-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
horizontal application An {application program} common to different business processes, e.g. {office automation}. Compare {vertical application}. (1994-12-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
horizontal encoding group of bits) in an instruction word controls some {functional unit} or {gate} directly, as opposed to {vertical encoding} where instruction fields are decoded (by {hard-wired} {logic} or {microcode}) to produce the control signals. Horizontal encoding allows all possible combinations of control signals (and therefore operations) to be expressed as instructions whereas vertical encoding uses a shorter instruction word but can only encode those combinations of operations built into the decoding logic. An {instruction set} may use a mixture of horizontal and vertical encoding within each instruction. Because an architecture using horizontal encoding typically requires more instruction word bits it is sometimes known as a {very long instruction word} (VLIW) architecture. (1995-04-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
horizontal loop combination See {tupling}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
horizontal microcode (1995-04-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
horizontal scan rate {pixels} a {monitor} can display in one second, expressed in kHz (generally somewhere between 20 and 100 kHz). The HSR is controlled by the horizontal sync signal generated by the {video controller}, but is limited by the speed with which the monitor can scan the electron beam horizontally across the screen and then return it to the beginning of the next line. (1996-02-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
horizontal tabulation when displayed or printed causes the following character to be placed at the next "tabstop" - the column whose number is a multiple of the current tab width. Commonly (especially in Unix(?)) the tab width is eight, so, counting from the left margin (column zero), the tab stops are at columns 8, 16, 24, up to the width of the screen or page. A tab width of four or two is often preferred when indenting program {source code} to conserve indentation. Represented as "\t" in {C}, {Unix}, and derivatives. (1999-07-05) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Horseman Heb. ba'al parash, "master of a horse." The "horsemen" mentioned Ex. 14:9 were "mounted men", i.e., men who rode in chariots. The army of Pharaoh consisted of a chariot and infantry force. We find that at a later period, however, the Egyptians had cavalry (2 Chr. 12:3). (See {HORSE}.) |