English Dictionary: Hochgericht | by the DICT Development Group |
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Hagiocracy \Ha`gi*oc"ra*cy\, n. [Gr. [?] holy, and [?] to govern.] Government by a priesthood; hierarchy. | |
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Hagiographal \Ha`gi*og"ra*phal\, Pertaining to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings. | |
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Hagiographer \Ha`gi*og"ra*pher\, n. One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints. --Shipley. | |
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Hagiography \Ha`gi*og"ra*phy\ (?, 277), n. Same {Hagiographa}. | |
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Hexachord \Hex"a*chord\, n. [Hexa- + Gr. [?] string, chord: cf. F. hexacorde.] (Mus.) A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones. | |
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Hexagram \Hex"a*gram\, n. [Hexa- + -gram.] A figure of six lines; specif.: (a) A figure composed of two equal triangles intersecting so that each side of one triangle is parallel to a side of the other, and the six points coincide with those of a hexagon. (b) In Chinese literature, one of the sixty-four figures formed of six parallel lines (continuous or broken), forming the basis of the Yih King, or [bd]Book of Changes.[b8] | |
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Sea trout \Sea" trout`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout. (b) The common squeteague, and the spotted squeteague. (c) A California fish of the family {Chirid[91]}, especially {Hexagrammus decagrammus}; -- called also {spotted rock trout}. See {Rock trout}, under {Rock}. (d) A California sci[91]noid fish ({Cynoscion nobilis}); -- called also {white sea bass}. | |
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(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble. Both meet to hear and answer such high things. --Shak. Plain living and high thinking are no more. --Wordsworth. (f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price. If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South. (g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense. An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin. --Prov. xxi. 4. His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot. --Clarendon. 3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc. High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser. High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies. --Baker. 4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high. 5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to {grave} or {low}; as, a high note. 6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as [emac] ([emac]ve), [oomac] (f[oomac]d). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 10, 11. {High admiral}, the chief admiral. {High altar}, the principal altar in a church. {High and dry}, out of water; out of reach of the current or tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached. {High and mighty} arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.] {High art}, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all meretricious display. {High bailiff}, the chief bailiff. {High Church}, [and] {Low Church}, two ecclesiastical parties in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See {Broad Church}. {High constable} (Law), a chief of constabulary. See {Constable}, n., 2. {High commission court},a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse of its powers it was abolished in 1641. {High day} (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31. {High festival} (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full ceremonial. {High German}, [or] {High Dutch}. See under {German}. {High jinks}, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry; wild sport. [Colloq.] [bd]All the high jinks of the county, when the lad comes of age.[b8] --F. Harrison. {High latitude} (Geog.), one designated by the higher figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator. {High life}, life among the aristocracy or the rich. {High liver}, one who indulges in a rich diet. {High living}, a feeding upon rich, pampering food. {High Mass}. (R. C. Ch.) See under {Mass}. {High milling}, a process of making flour from grain by several successive grindings and intermediate sorting, instead of by a single grinding. {High noon}, the time when the sun is in the meridian. {High place} (Script.), an eminence or mound on which sacrifices were offered. {High priest}. See in the Vocabulary. {High relief}. (Fine Arts) See {Alto-rilievo}. {High school}. See under {School}. {High seas} (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty, usually distant three miles or more from the coast line. --Wharton. {High steam}, steam having a high pressure. {High steward}, the chief steward. {High tea}, tea with meats and extra relishes. {High tide}, the greatest flow of the tide; high water. {High time}. (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion. (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal. [Slang] {High treason}, treason against the sovereign or the state, the highest civil offense. See {Treason}. Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W. {High water}, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the tide; also, the time of such elevation. {High-water mark}. (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters ordinarily reach at high water. (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a river or other body of fresh water, as in time of freshet. {High-water shrub} (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. {High wine}, distilled spirits containing a high percentage of alcohol; -- usually in the plural. {To be on a high horse}, to be on one's dignity; to bear one's self loftily. [Colloq.] {With a high hand}. (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. [bd]The children of Israel went out with a high hand.[b8] --Ex. xiv. 8. (b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. [bd]They governed the city with a high hand.[b8] --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious; proud; violent; full; dear. See {Tall}. | |
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Cranberry \Cran"ber*ry\ (kr[acr]n"b[ecr]r*r[ycr]), n.; pl. {Cranberries} (-r[icr]z). [So named from its fruit being ripe in the spring when the cranes return. --Dr. Prior.] (Bot.) A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also, the plant producing it (several species of {Vaccinum} or {Oxycoccus}.) The {high cranberry} or {cranberry tree} is a species of {Viburnum} ({V. Opulus}), and the other is sometimes called {low cranberry} or {marsh cranberry} to distinguish it. | |
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German \Ger"man\, n.; pl. {Germans}[L. Germanus, prob. of Celtis origin.] 1. A native or one of the people of Germany. 2. The German language. 3. (a) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures. (b) A social party at which the german is danced. {High German}, the Teutonic dialect of Upper or Southern Germany, -- comprising Old High German, used from the 8th to the 11th century; Middle H. G., from the 12th to the 15th century; and Modern or New H. G., the language of Luther's Bible version and of modern German literature. The dialects of Central Germany, the basis of the modern literary language, are often called Middle German, and the Southern German dialects Upper German; but High German is also used to cover both groups. {Low German}, the language of Northern Germany and the Netherlands, -- including {Friesic}; {Anglo-Saxon} or {Saxon}; {Old Saxon}; {Dutch} or {Low Dutch}, with its dialect, {Flemish}; and {Plattdeutsch} (called also {Low German}), spoken in many dialects. | |
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(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble. Both meet to hear and answer such high things. --Shak. Plain living and high thinking are no more. --Wordsworth. (f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price. If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South. (g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense. An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin. --Prov. xxi. 4. His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot. --Clarendon. 3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc. High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser. High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies. --Baker. 4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high. 5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to {grave} or {low}; as, a high note. 6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as [emac] ([emac]ve), [oomac] (f[oomac]d). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 10, 11. {High admiral}, the chief admiral. {High altar}, the principal altar in a church. {High and dry}, out of water; out of reach of the current or tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached. {High and mighty} arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.] {High art}, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all meretricious display. {High bailiff}, the chief bailiff. {High Church}, [and] {Low Church}, two ecclesiastical parties in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See {Broad Church}. {High constable} (Law), a chief of constabulary. See {Constable}, n., 2. {High commission court},a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse of its powers it was abolished in 1641. {High day} (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31. {High festival} (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full ceremonial. {High German}, [or] {High Dutch}. See under {German}. {High jinks}, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry; wild sport. [Colloq.] [bd]All the high jinks of the county, when the lad comes of age.[b8] --F. Harrison. {High latitude} (Geog.), one designated by the higher figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator. {High life}, life among the aristocracy or the rich. {High liver}, one who indulges in a rich diet. {High living}, a feeding upon rich, pampering food. {High Mass}. (R. C. Ch.) See under {Mass}. {High milling}, a process of making flour from grain by several successive grindings and intermediate sorting, instead of by a single grinding. {High noon}, the time when the sun is in the meridian. {High place} (Script.), an eminence or mound on which sacrifices were offered. {High priest}. See in the Vocabulary. {High relief}. (Fine Arts) See {Alto-rilievo}. {High school}. See under {School}. {High seas} (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty, usually distant three miles or more from the coast line. --Wharton. {High steam}, steam having a high pressure. {High steward}, the chief steward. {High tea}, tea with meats and extra relishes. {High tide}, the greatest flow of the tide; high water. {High time}. (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion. (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal. [Slang] {High treason}, treason against the sovereign or the state, the highest civil offense. See {Treason}. Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W. {High water}, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the tide; also, the time of such elevation. {High-water mark}. (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters ordinarily reach at high water. (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a river or other body of fresh water, as in time of freshet. {High-water shrub} (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. {High wine}, distilled spirits containing a high percentage of alcohol; -- usually in the plural. {To be on a high horse}, to be on one's dignity; to bear one's self loftily. [Colloq.] {With a high hand}. (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. [bd]The children of Israel went out with a high hand.[b8] --Ex. xiv. 8. (b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. [bd]They governed the city with a high hand.[b8] --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious; proud; violent; full; dear. See {Tall}. | |
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High-church \High"-church`\, a. Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See {High Church}, under {High}, a. | |
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High-churchism \High"-church`ism\, n. The principles of the high-church party. | |
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High-churchman \High"-church`man\, n.; pl. {-men}. One who holds high-church principles. | |
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High-churchman-ship \High"-church`man-ship\, n. The state of being a high-churchman. --J. H. Newman. | |
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Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[be]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[c7]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. [?], [?], a pebble. [fb]167. Cf. {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. [bd]Dumb as a stone.[b8] --Chaucer. They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3. Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone is much and widely used in the construction of buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers, abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like. 2. A precious stone; a gem. [bd]Many a rich stone.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.[b8] --Shak. 3. Something made of stone. Specifically: (a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.] Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives. --Shak. (b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray. Should some relenting eye Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope. 4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus. 5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak. 6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of {Endocarp}. 7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed. [Eng.] Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8 lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5 lbs. 8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope. 9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also {imposing stone}. Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone; as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still, etc. {Atlantic stone}, ivory. [Obs.] [bd]Citron tables, or Atlantic stone.[b8] --Milton. {Bowing stone}. Same as {Cromlech}. --Encyc. Brit. {Meteoric stones}, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as after the explosion of a meteor. {Philosopher's stone}. See under {Philosopher}. {Rocking stone}. See {Rocking-stone}. {Stone age}, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for weapons and tools; -- called also {flint age}. The {bronze age} succeeded to this. {Stone bass} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Serranus} and allied genera, as {Serranus Couchii}, and {Polyprion cernium} of Europe; -- called also {sea perch}. {Stone biter} (Zo[94]l.), the wolf fish. {Stone boiling}, a method of boiling water or milk by dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages. --Tylor. {Stone borer} (Zo[94]l.), any animal that bores stones; especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow in limestone. See {Lithodomus}, and {Saxicava}. {Stone bramble} (Bot.), a European trailing species of bramble ({Rubus saxatilis}). {Stone-break}. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Saxifraga}; saxifrage. {Stone bruise}, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a bruise by a stone. {Stone canal}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand canal}, under {Sand}. {Stone cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus {Noturus}. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they inflict painful wounds. {Stone coal}, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal. {Stone coral} (Zo[94]l.), any hard calcareous coral. {Stone crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large crab ({Menippe mercenaria}) found on the southern coast of the United States and much used as food. (b) A European spider crab ({Lithodes maia}). {Stone crawfish} (Zo[94]l.), a European crawfish ({Astacus torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of the common species ({A. fluviatilis}). {Stone curlew}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also {thick-kneed plover} or {bustard}, and {thick-knee}. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.] {Stone crush}. Same as {Stone bruise}, above. {Stone eater}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stone borer}, above. {Stone falcon} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin. {Stone fern} (Bot.), a European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach}) which grows on rocks and walls. {Stone fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Perla} and allied genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait. The larv[91] are aquatic. {Stone fruit} (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry. {Stone grig} (Zo[94]l.), the mud lamprey, or pride. {Stone hammer}, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other, -- used for breaking stone. {Stone hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit of sitting on bare stones. {Stone jar}, a jar made of stoneware. {Stone lily} (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid. {Stone lugger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stone roller}, below. {Stone marten} (Zo[94]l.), a European marten ({Mustela foina}) allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; -- called also {beech marten}. {Stone mason}, a mason who works or builds in stone. {Stone-mortar} (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short distances. {Stone oil}, rock oil, petroleum. {Stone parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli Labanotis}). See under {Parsley}. {Stone pine}. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under {Pine}, and {Pi[a4]on}. {Stone pit}, a quarry where stones are dug. {Stone pitch}, hard, inspissated pitch. {Stone plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European stone curlew. (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the genus {Esacus}; as, the large stone plover ({E. recurvirostris}). (c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] (d) The ringed plover. (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to other species of limicoline birds. {Stone roller}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Catostomus nigricans}) of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive, often with dark blotches. Called also {stone lugger}, {stone toter}, {hog sucker}, {hog mullet}. (b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma anomalum}); -- called also {stone lugger}. {Stone's cast}, [or] {Stone's throw}, the distance to which a stone may be thrown by the hand. {Stone snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler. [Local, U.S.] {Stone toter}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) See {Stone roller} (a), above. (b) A cyprinoid fish ({Exoglossum maxillingua}) found in the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a three-lobed lower lip; -- called also {cutlips}. {To leave no stone unturned}, to do everything that can be done; to use all practicable means to effect an object. | |
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Hogchoker \Hog"chok`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American sole ({Achirus lineatus}, {or A. achirus}), related to the European sole, but of no market value. | |
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Hooke's gearing \Hooke's" gear"ing\ [So called from the inventor.] (Mach.) Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle. | |
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Hose \Hose\ (h[omac]z), n.; pl. {Hose}, formerly {Hosen} (h[omac]"z'n). [AS. hose; akin to D. hoos, G. hose breeches, OHG. hosa, Icel. hosa stocking, gather, Dan. hose stocking; cf. Russ. koshulia a fur jacket.] 1. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee. These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments. --Dan. iii. 21. His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank. --Shak. 2. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings. 3. A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine. {Hose carriage}, {cart}, [or] {truck}, a wheeled vehicle fitted for conveying hose for extinguishing fires. {Hose company}, a company of men appointed to bring and manage hose in the extinguishing of fires. [U.S.] {Hose coupling}, coupling with interlocking parts for uniting hose, end to end. {Hose wrench}, a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite or disconnect them. | |
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--Simonds. {House car} (Railroad), a freight car with inclosing sides and a roof; a box car. {House of correction}. See {Correction}. {House cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a European cricket ({Gryllus domesticus}), which frequently lives in houses, between the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is noted for the loud chirping or stridulation of the males. {House dog}, a dog kept in or about a dwelling house. {House finch} (Zo[94]l.), the burion. {House flag}, a flag denoting the commercial house to which a merchant vessel belongs. {House fly} (Zo[94]l.), a common fly (esp. {Musca domestica}), which infests houses both in Europe and America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying substances or excrement, about sink drains, etc. {House of God}, a temple or church. {House of ill fame}. See {Ill fame} under {Ill}, a. {House martin} (Zo[94]l.), a common European swallow ({Hirundo urbica}). It has feathered feet, and builds its nests of mud against the walls of buildings. Called also {house swallow}, and {window martin}. {House mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the common mouse ({Mus musculus}). {House physician}, the resident medical adviser of a hospital or other public institution. {House snake} (Zo[94]l.), the milk snake. {House sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European sparrow ({Passer domesticus}). It has recently been introduced into America, where it has become very abundant, esp. in cities. Called also {thatch sparrow}. {House spider} (Zo[94]l.), any spider which habitually lives in houses. Among the most common species are {Theridium tepidariorum} and {Tegenaria domestica}. {House surgeon}, the resident surgeon of a hospital. {House wren} (Zo[94]l.), the common wren of the Eastern United States ({Troglodytes a[89]don}). It is common about houses and in gardens, and is noted for its vivacity, and loud musical notes. See {Wren}. {Religious house}, a monastery or convent. {The White House}, the official residence of the President of the United States; -- hence, colloquially, the office of President. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
--Simonds. {House car} (Railroad), a freight car with inclosing sides and a roof; a box car. {House of correction}. See {Correction}. {House cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a European cricket ({Gryllus domesticus}), which frequently lives in houses, between the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is noted for the loud chirping or stridulation of the males. {House dog}, a dog kept in or about a dwelling house. {House finch} (Zo[94]l.), the burion. {House flag}, a flag denoting the commercial house to which a merchant vessel belongs. {House fly} (Zo[94]l.), a common fly (esp. {Musca domestica}), which infests houses both in Europe and America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying substances or excrement, about sink drains, etc. {House of God}, a temple or church. {House of ill fame}. See {Ill fame} under {Ill}, a. {House martin} (Zo[94]l.), a common European swallow ({Hirundo urbica}). It has feathered feet, and builds its nests of mud against the walls of buildings. Called also {house swallow}, and {window martin}. {House mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the common mouse ({Mus musculus}). {House physician}, the resident medical adviser of a hospital or other public institution. {House snake} (Zo[94]l.), the milk snake. {House sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European sparrow ({Passer domesticus}). It has recently been introduced into America, where it has become very abundant, esp. in cities. Called also {thatch sparrow}. {House spider} (Zo[94]l.), any spider which habitually lives in houses. Among the most common species are {Theridium tepidariorum} and {Tegenaria domestica}. {House surgeon}, the resident surgeon of a hospital. {House wren} (Zo[94]l.), the common wren of the Eastern United States ({Troglodytes a[89]don}). It is common about houses and in gardens, and is noted for its vivacity, and loud musical notes. See {Wren}. {Religious house}, a monastery or convent. {The White House}, the official residence of the President of the United States; -- hence, colloquially, the office of President. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
--Simonds. {House car} (Railroad), a freight car with inclosing sides and a roof; a box car. {House of correction}. See {Correction}. {House cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a European cricket ({Gryllus domesticus}), which frequently lives in houses, between the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is noted for the loud chirping or stridulation of the males. {House dog}, a dog kept in or about a dwelling house. {House finch} (Zo[94]l.), the burion. {House flag}, a flag denoting the commercial house to which a merchant vessel belongs. {House fly} (Zo[94]l.), a common fly (esp. {Musca domestica}), which infests houses both in Europe and America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying substances or excrement, about sink drains, etc. {House of God}, a temple or church. {House of ill fame}. See {Ill fame} under {Ill}, a. {House martin} (Zo[94]l.), a common European swallow ({Hirundo urbica}). It has feathered feet, and builds its nests of mud against the walls of buildings. Called also {house swallow}, and {window martin}. {House mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the common mouse ({Mus musculus}). {House physician}, the resident medical adviser of a hospital or other public institution. {House snake} (Zo[94]l.), the milk snake. {House sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European sparrow ({Passer domesticus}). It has recently been introduced into America, where it has become very abundant, esp. in cities. Called also {thatch sparrow}. {House spider} (Zo[94]l.), any spider which habitually lives in houses. Among the most common species are {Theridium tepidariorum} and {Tegenaria domestica}. {House surgeon}, the resident surgeon of a hospital. {House wren} (Zo[94]l.), the common wren of the Eastern United States ({Troglodytes a[89]don}). It is common about houses and in gardens, and is noted for its vivacity, and loud musical notes. See {Wren}. {Religious house}, a monastery or convent. {The White House}, the official residence of the President of the United States; -- hence, colloquially, the office of President. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Housecarl \House"carl`\, n. [OE. huscarle. See {House}, and {Carl}.] (Eng. Arch[91]ol.) A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Highgrove, CA (CDP, FIPS 33574) Location: 34.01455 N, 117.32803 W Population (1990): 3175 (1086 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
house wizard n. [prob. from ad-agency tradetalk, `house freak'] A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used esp. of Unix wizards. The term `house guru' is equivalent. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
hash character Common names: number sign; pound; pound sign; hash; sharp; {crunch}; hex; {INTERCAL}: mesh. Rare: grid; crosshatch; octothorpe; flash; {ITU-T}: square, pig-pen; tictactoe; scratchmark; thud; thump; {splat}. The pronunciation of "#" as "pound" is common in the US but a bad idea; {Commonwealth Hackish} has its own, rather more apposite use of "pound sign" (confusingly, on British keyboards the pound graphic happens to replace "#"; thus Britishers sometimes call "#" on a US-ASCII keyboard "pound", compounding the American error). The US usage derives from an old-fashioned commercial practice of using a "#" suffix to tag pound weights on bills of lading. The character is usually pronounced "hash" outside the US. The name "octothorpe" was made up by a {Bell Labs} supervisor, Don Macpherson. {Octothorpe story (http://www.sigtel.com/tel_tech_octothorpe.html)}. (2003-07-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
house wizard (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of {Unix} {wizard}s. The term "house guru" is equivalent. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-16) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Hagiographa the holy writings, a term which came early into use in the Christian church to denote the third division of the Old Testament scriptures, called by the Jews Kethubim, i.e., "Writings." It consisted of five books, viz., Job, Proverbs, and Psalms, and the two books of Chronicles. The ancient Jews classified their sacred books as the Law, the Prophets, and the Kethubim, or Writings. (See {BIBLE}.) In the New Testament (Luke 24:44) we find three corresponding divisions, viz., the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms. |