English Dictionary: haw-haw | by the DICT Development Group |
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H \H\ (h[add]). (Mus.) The seventh degree in the diatonic scale, being used by the Germans for B natural. See {B}. | |
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H \H\ ([amac]ch), the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, [th], as in shall, thing, [th]ine (for zh see [sect]274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in charm (written also tch as in catch), with the latter, the sound of f, as in phase, phantom. In some words, mostly derived or introduced from foreign languages, h following c and g indicates that those consonants have the hard sound before e, i, and y, as in chemistry, chiromancy, chyle, Ghent, Ghibelline, etc.; in some others, ch has the sound of sh, as in chicane. See {Guide to Pronunciation}, [sect][sect] 153, 179, 181-3, 237-8. Note: The name (aitch) is from the French ache; its form is from the Latin, and this from the Greek H, which was used as the sign of the spiritus asper (rough breathing) before it came to represent the long vowel, Gr. [eta]. The Greek H is from Ph[d2]nician, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically H is most closely related to c; as in E. horn, L. cornu, Gr. ke`ras; E. hele, v. t., conceal; E. hide, L. cutis, Gr. ky`tos; E. hundred, L. centum, Gr. 'e-kat-on, Skr. [csdot]ata. {H piece} (Mining), the part of a plunger pump which contains the valve. | |
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Water \Wa"ter\ (w[add]"t[etil]r), n. [AS. w[91]ter; akin to OS. watar, OFries. wetir, weter, LG. & D. water, G. wasser, OHG. wazzar, Icel. vatn, Sw. vatten, Dan. vand, Goth. wat[omac], O. Slav. & Russ. voda, Gr. 'y`dwr, Skr. udan water, ud to wet, and perhaps to L. unda wave. [root]137. Cf. {Dropsy}, {Hydra}, {Otter}, {Wet}, {Whisky}.] 1. The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. [bd]We will drink water.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Powers of fire, air, water, and earth.[b8] --Milton. Note: Pure water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, {H2O}, and is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, transparent liquid, which is very slightly compressible. At its maximum density, 39[deg] Fahr. or 4[deg] C., it is the standard for specific gravities, one cubic centimeter weighing one gram. It freezes at 32[deg] Fahr. or 0[deg] C. and boils at 212[deg] Fahr. or 100[deg] C. (see {Ice}, {Steam}). It is the most important natural solvent, and is frequently impregnated with foreign matter which is mostly removed by distillation; hence, rain water is nearly pure. It is an important ingredient in the tissue of animals and plants, the human body containing about two thirds its weight of water. 2. A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water. Remembering he had passed over a small water a poor scholar when first coming to the university, he kneeled. --Fuller. 3. Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine. 4. (Pharm.) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water. --U. S. Pharm. 5. The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence. 6. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See {Water}, v. t., 3, {Damask}, v. t., and {Damaskeen}. 7. An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or [bd]diluted.[b8] [Brokers' Cant] Note: Water is often used adjectively and in the formation of many self-explaining compounds; as, water drainage; water gauge, or water-gauge; waterfowl, water-fowl, or water fowl; water-beaten; water-borne, water-circled, water-girdled, water-rocked, etc. {Hard water}. See under {Hard}. {Inch of water}, a unit of measure of quantity of water, being the quantity which will flow through an orifice one inch square, or a circular orifice one inch in diameter, in a vertical surface, under a stated constant head; also called {miner's inch}, and {water inch}. The shape of the orifice and the head vary in different localities. In the Western United States, for hydraulic mining, the standard aperture is square and the head from 4 to 9 inches above its center. In Europe, for experimental hydraulics, the orifice is usually round and the head from [frac1x12] of an inch to 1 inch above its top. {Mineral water}, waters which are so impregnated with foreign ingredients, such as gaseous, sulphureous, and saline substances, as to give them medicinal properties, or a particular flavor or temperature. {Soft water}, water not impregnated with lime or mineral salts. {To hold water}. See under {Hold}, v. t. {To keep one's head above water}, to keep afloat; fig., to avoid failure or sinking in the struggles of life. [Colloq.] {To make water}. (a) To pass urine. --Swift. (b) (Naut.) To admit water; to leak. {Water of crystallization} (Chem.), the water combined with many salts in their crystalline form. This water is loosely, but, nevertheless, chemically, combined, for it is held in fixed and definite amount for each substance containing it. Thus, while pure copper sulphate, {CuSO4}, is a white amorphous substance, blue vitriol, the crystallized form, {CuSO4.5H2O}, contains five molecules of water of crystallization. {Water on the brain} (Med.), hydrocephalus. {Water on the chest} (Med.), hydrothorax. Note: Other phrases, in which water occurs as the first element, will be found in alphabetical order in the Vocabulary. | |
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Molecular \Mo*lec"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. mol[82]culare. See {Molecule}.] (Phys. & Chem.) Pertaining to, connected with, produced by, or consisting of, molecules; as, molecular forces; molecular groups of atoms, etc. {Molecular attraction} (Phys.), attraction acting between the molecules of bodies, and at insensible distances. {Molecular weight} (Chem.), the weight of a molecule of any gas or vapor as compared with the hydrogen atom as a standard; the sum of the atomic weights of the constituents of a molecule; thus, the molecular weight of water ({H2O}) is 18. | |
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Type \Type\, n. [F. type; cf. It. tipo, from L. typus a figure, image, a form, type, character, Gr. [?] the mark of a blow, impression, form of character, model, from the root of [?] to beat, strike; cf. Skr. tup to hurt.] 1. The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem. The faith they have in tennis, and tall stockings, Short blistered breeches, and those types of travel. --Shak. 2. Form or character impressed; style; semblance. Thy father bears the type of king of Naples. --Shak. 3. A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype. A type is no longer a type when the thing typified comes to be actually exhibited. --South. 4. That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative. Specifically: (a) (Biol.) A general form or structure common to a number of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a species, genus, or other group, combining the essential characteristics; an animal or plant possessing or exemplifying the essential characteristics of a species, genus, or other group. Also, a group or division of animals having a certain typical or characteristic structure of body maintained within the group. Since the time of Cuvier and Baer . . . the whole animal kingdom has been universally held to be divisible into a small number of main divisions or types. --Haeckel. (b) (Fine Arts) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or a coin. (c) (Chem.) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived. Note: The fundamental types used to express the simplest and most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric acid, {HCl}; water, {H2O}; ammonia, {NH3}; and methane, {CH4}. 5. (Typog.) (a) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing. (b) Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity of them used in printing, spoken of collectively; any number or mass of such letters or characters, however disposed. Note: Type are mostly made by casting type metal in a mold, though some of the larger sizes are made from maple, mahogany, or boxwood. In the cut, a is the body; b, the face, or part from which the impression is taken; c, the shoulder, or top of the body; d, the nick (sometimes two or more are made), designed to assist the compositor in distinguishing the bottom of the face from the top; e, the groove made in the process of finishing, -- each type as cast having attached to the bottom of the body a jet, or small piece of metal (formed by the surplus metal poured into the mold), which, when broken off, leaves a roughness that requires to be removed. The fine lines at the top and bottom of a letter are technically called ceriphs, and when part of the face projects over the body, as in the letter f, the projection is called a kern. The type which compose an ordinary book font consist of Roman CAPITALS, small capitals, and lower-case letters, and Italic CAPITALS and lower-case letters, with accompanying figures, points, and reference marks, -- in all about two hundred characters. Including the various modern styles of fancy type, some three or four hundred varieties of face are made. Besides the ordinary Roman and Italic, some of the most important of the varieties are -- Old English. Black Letter. Old Style. French Elzevir. Boldface. Antique. Clarendon. Gothic. Typewriter. Script. The smallest body in common use is diamond; then follow in order of size, pearl, agate, nonpareil, minion, brevier, bourgeois (or two-line diamond), long primer (or two-line pearl), small pica (or two-line agate), pica (or two-line nonpareil), English (or two-line minion), Columbian (or two-line brevier), great primer (two-line bourgeois), paragon (or two-line long primer), double small pica (or two-line small pica), double pica (or two-line pica), double English (or two-line English), double great primer (or two-line great primer), double paragon (or two-line paragon), canon (or two-line double pica). Above this, the sizes are called five-line pica, six-line pica, seven-line pica, and so on, being made mostly of wood. The following alphabets show the different sizes up to great primer. Brilliant . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | |
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Note: Although a gas, hydrogen is chemically similar to the metals in its nature, having the properties of a weak base. It is, in all acids, the base which is replaced by metals and basic radicals to form salts. Like all other gases, it is condensed by great cold and pressure to a liquid which freezes and solidifies by its own evaporation. It is absorbed in large quantities by certain metals (esp. palladium), forming alloy-like compounds; hence, in view of quasi-metallic nature, it is sometimes called {hydrogenium}. It is the typical reducing agent, as opposed to oxidizers, as oxygen, chlorine, etc. {Bicarbureted hydrogen}, an old name for ethylene. {Carbureted hydrogen gas}. See under {Carbureted}. {Hydrogen dioxide}, a thick, colorless liquid, {H2O2}, resembling water, but having a bitter, sour taste, produced by the action of acids on barium peroxide. It decomposes into water and oxygen, and is manufactured in large quantities for an oxidizing and bleaching agent. Called also {oxygenated water}. | |
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Tungstic \Tung"stic\, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to tungsten; derived from, or resembling, tungsten; wolframic; as, tungstic oxide. {Tungstic acid}, an acid of tungsten, {H2WO4}, analogous to sulphuric and chromic acids. | |
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Ha \Ha\ (h[add]), interj. [AS.] An exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. Both as uttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of emotions, determined by the tone or the context. When repeated, ha, ha, it is an expression of laughter, satisfaction, or triumph, sometimes of derisive laughter; or sometimes it is equivalent to [bd]Well, it is so.[b8] Ha-has, and inarticulate hootings of satirical rebuke. --Carlyle. | |
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Hah \Hah\ (h[aum]), interj. Same as {Ha}. | |
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Ha-ha \Ha-ha"\, n. [See {Haw-haw}.] A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it. [Written also {haw-haw}.] | |
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Haw \Haw\, n. [Cf. ha an interjection of wonder, surprise, or hesitation.] An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made. [bd]Hums or haws.[b8] --Congreve. | |
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Haw \Haw\, v. i. To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation. Cut it short; don't prose -- don't hum and haw. --Chesterfield. | |
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Haw \Haw\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hawed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hawing}.] [Written also hoi.] [Perhaps connected with here, hither; cf., however, F. huhau, hue, interj. used in turning a horse to the right, G. hott, h[81], interj. used in calling to a horse.] To turn to the near side, or toward the driver; -- said of cattle or a team: a word used by teamsters in guiding their teams, and most frequently in the imperative. See {Gee}. {To haw and gee}, [or] {To haw and gee about}, to go from one thing to another without good reason; to have no settled purpose; to be irresolute or unstable. [Colloq.] | |
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Haw \Haw\, v. t. To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen. {To haw and gee}, [or] {To haw and gee about}, to lead this way and that at will; to lead by the nose; to master or control. [Colloq.] | |
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Haw \Haw\, n. [OE. hawe, AS. haga; akin to D. haag headge, G. hag, hecke, Icel. hagi pasture, Sw. hage, Dan. have garden. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Haggard}, {Ha-ha}, {Haugh}, {Hedge}.] 1. A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard. And eke there was a polecat in his haw. --Chaucer. 2. The fruit of the hawthorn. --Bacon. | |
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Haw \Haw\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Anat.) The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See {Nictitating membrane}, under {Nictitate}. | |
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Ha-ha \Ha-ha"\, n. [See {Haw-haw}.] A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it. [Written also {haw-haw}.] | |
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Haw-haw \Haw-haw"\, n. [Duplication of haw a hedge.] See {Ha-ha}. | |
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Hawhaw \Haw*haw"\, v. i. [Of imitative origin.] To laugh boisterously. [Colloq. U. S.] We haw-haw'd, I tell you, for more than half an hour. --Major Jack Downing. | |
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Ha-ha \Ha-ha"\, n. [See {Haw-haw}.] A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it. [Written also {haw-haw}.] | |
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Haw-haw \Haw-haw"\, n. [Duplication of haw a hedge.] See {Ha-ha}. | |
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Hawhaw \Haw*haw"\, v. i. [Of imitative origin.] To laugh boisterously. [Colloq. U. S.] We haw-haw'd, I tell you, for more than half an hour. --Major Jack Downing. | |
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Ha-ha \Ha-ha"\, n. [See {Haw-haw}.] A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it. [Written also {haw-haw}.] | |
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Haw-haw \Haw-haw"\, n. [Duplication of haw a hedge.] See {Ha-ha}. | |
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Hawhaw \Haw*haw"\, v. i. [Of imitative origin.] To laugh boisterously. [Colloq. U. S.] We haw-haw'd, I tell you, for more than half an hour. --Major Jack Downing. | |
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Hay \Hay\, n. [OE. hei, AS. h[?]g; akin to D. kooi, OHG. hewi, houwi, G. heu, Dan. & Sw. h[94], Icel. hey, ha, Goth. hawi grass, fr. the root of E. hew. See {Hew to cut}. ] Grass cut and cured for fodder. Make hay while the sun shines. --Camden. Hay may be dried too much as well as too little. --C. L. Flint. {Hay cap}, a canvas covering for a haycock. {Hay fever} (Med.), nasal catarrh accompanied with fever, and sometimes with paroxysms of dyspn[d2]a, to which some persons are subject in the spring and summer seasons. It has been attributed to the effluvium from hay, and to the pollen of certain plants. It is also called {hay asthma}, {hay cold}, and {rose fever}. {Hay knife}, a sharp instrument used in cutting hay out of a stack or mow. {Hay press}, a press for baling loose hay. {Hay tea}, the juice of hay extracted by boiling, used as food for cattle, etc. {Hay tedder}, a machine for spreading and turning newmown hay. See {Tedder}. | |
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Hay \Hay\, v. i. To lay snares for rabbits. --Huloet. | |
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Hay \Hay\, n. [AS. hege: cf. F. haie, of German origin. See {Haw} a hedge, {Hedge}.] 1. A hedge. [Obs.] 2. A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit. --Rowe. {To dance the hay}, to dance in a ring. --Shak. | |
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Hay \Hay\, v. i. To cut and cure grass for hay. | |
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Haye \Ha"ye\, n. [Ar. hayya snake.] (Zo[94]l.) The Egyptian asp or cobra ({Naja haje}.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called {Cleopatra's snake} or {asp}. See {Asp}. | |
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Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. | |
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He \He\ (h[emac]), pron. [nom. {He}; poss. {His} (h[icr]z); obj. {Him} (h[icr]m); pl. nom. {They} ([th][amac]); poss. {Their} or {Theirs} ([th][acir]rz or [th][amac]rz); obj. {Them} ([th][ecr]m).] [AS. h[?], masc., he[a2], fem., hit, neut.; pl. h[c6], or hie, hig; akin to Ofries. hi, D. hij, OS. he, hi, G. heute to-day, Goth. himma, dat. masc., this, hina, accus. masc., and hita, accus. neut., and prob. to L. his this. [root]183. Cf. {It}.] 1. The man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a specified subject already indicated. Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. --Gen. iii. 16. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve. --Deut. x. 20. 2. Any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and usually followed by a relative pronoun. He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. --Prov. xiii. 20. 3. Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used substantively. --Chaucer. I stand to answer thee, Or any he, the proudest of thy sort. --Shak. Note: When a collective noun or a class is referred to, he is of common gender. In early English, he referred to a feminine or neuter noun, or to one in the plural, as well as to noun in the masculine singular. In composition, he denotes a male animal; as, a he-goat. | |
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Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. | |
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He \He\ (h[emac]), pron. [nom. {He}; poss. {His} (h[icr]z); obj. {Him} (h[icr]m); pl. nom. {They} ([th][amac]); poss. {Their} or {Theirs} ([th][acir]rz or [th][amac]rz); obj. {Them} ([th][ecr]m).] [AS. h[?], masc., he[a2], fem., hit, neut.; pl. h[c6], or hie, hig; akin to Ofries. hi, D. hij, OS. he, hi, G. heute to-day, Goth. himma, dat. masc., this, hina, accus. masc., and hita, accus. neut., and prob. to L. his this. [root]183. Cf. {It}.] 1. The man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a specified subject already indicated. Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. --Gen. iii. 16. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve. --Deut. x. 20. 2. Any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and usually followed by a relative pronoun. He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. --Prov. xiii. 20. 3. Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used substantively. --Chaucer. I stand to answer thee, Or any he, the proudest of thy sort. --Shak. Note: When a collective noun or a class is referred to, he is of common gender. In early English, he referred to a feminine or neuter noun, or to one in the plural, as well as to noun in the masculine singular. In composition, he denotes a male animal; as, a he-goat. | |
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Hew \Hew\, v. t. [imp. {Hewed}; p. p. {Hewed} or {Hewn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hewing}.] [AS. he[a0]wan; akin to D. houwen, OHG. houwan, G. hauen, Icel. h[94]ggva, Sw. hugga, Dan. hugge, Lith. kova battle, Russ. kovate to hammer, forge. Cf. {Hay} cut grass, {Hoe}.] 1. To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off. --Shak. 2. To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher. Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn. --Is. li. 1. Rather polishing old works than hewing out new. --Pope. 3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack. Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder. --Shak. | |
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Hew \Hew\, n. Destruction by cutting down. [Obs.] Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew. --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hew \Hew\, n. 1. Hue; color. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. Shape; form. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hewe \Hewe\, n. [Cf. {Hind} a peasant.] A domestic servant; a retainer. [Obs.] [bd]False homely hewe.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hey \Hey\, a. [See {High}.] High. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Hey \Hey\, interj. [OE. hei; cf. D. & G. hei.] 1. An exclamation of joy, surprise, or encouragement. --Shak. 2. A cry to set dogs on. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Heyh \Heyh\, Heygh \Heygh\, a. High. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hydriodic \Hy`dri*od"ic\, a. [Hydr- + iodic: cf. F. hydriodique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hydrogen and iodine; -- said of an acid produced by the combination of these elements. {Hydriodic acid} (Chem.), a pungent, colorless gas, {HI}, usually prepared as a solution in water. It is strong reducing agent. Called also {hydrogen iodide}. | |
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Hie \Hie\, n. Haste; diligence. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hie \Hie\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hying}.] [OE. hien, hihen, highen, AS. higian to hasten, strive; cf. L. ciere to put in motion, call upon, rouse, Gr. [?] to go, E. cite.] To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal pronoun. [Rare, except in poetry] [bd]My husband hies him home.[b8] --Shak. The youth, returning to his mistress, hies. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ho \Ho\, pron. Who. [Obs.] Note: In some Chaucer MSS. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\, n. [See {Ho}, interj., 2.] A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace. There is no ho with them. --Decker. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\ (h[omac]), interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho.] 1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. [bd]What noise there, ho?[b8] --Shak. [bd]Ho! who's within?[b8] --Shak. 2. [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E. whoa.] Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. [Written also {whoa}, and, formerly, {hoo}.] The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried [bd]Hoo![b8] --Chaucer. An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hydroxyl \Hy*drox"yl\, n. [Hydro-, 2 + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.) A compound radical, or unsaturated group, {HO}, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ho \Ho\, pron. Who. [Obs.] Note: In some Chaucer MSS. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\, n. [See {Ho}, interj., 2.] A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace. There is no ho with them. --Decker. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\ (h[omac]), interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho.] 1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. [bd]What noise there, ho?[b8] --Shak. [bd]Ho! who's within?[b8] --Shak. 2. [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E. whoa.] Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. [Written also {whoa}, and, formerly, {hoo}.] The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried [bd]Hoo![b8] --Chaucer. An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hydroxyl \Hy*drox"yl\, n. [Hydro-, 2 + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.) A compound radical, or unsaturated group, {HO}, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\, n. [See {Ho}, interj., 2.] A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace. There is no ho with them. --Decker. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\ (h[omac]), interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho.] 1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. [bd]What noise there, ho?[b8] --Shak. [bd]Ho! who's within?[b8] --Shak. 2. [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E. whoa.] Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. [Written also {whoa}, and, formerly, {hoo}.] The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried [bd]Hoo![b8] --Chaucer. An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hoe \Hoe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hoeing}.] [Cf. F. houer.] To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn. {To hoe one's row}, to do one's share of a job. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hoe \Hoe\, v. i. To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hoe \Hoe\, n. [OF. hoe, F. houe; of German origin, cf. OHG. houwa, howa, G. haue, fr. OHG. houwan to hew. See {Hew} to cut.] 1. A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The horned or piked dogfish. See {Dogfish}. {Dutch hoe}, one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade. {Horse hoe}, a kind of cultivator. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\ (h[omac]), interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho.] 1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. [bd]What noise there, ho?[b8] --Shak. [bd]Ho! who's within?[b8] --Shak. 2. [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E. whoa.] Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. [Written also {whoa}, and, formerly, {hoo}.] The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried [bd]Hoo![b8] --Chaucer. An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hoo \Hoo\, interj. 1. See {Ho}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. Hurrah! -- an exclamation of triumphant joy. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\ (h[omac]), interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho.] 1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. [bd]What noise there, ho?[b8] --Shak. [bd]Ho! who's within?[b8] --Shak. 2. [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E. whoa.] Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. [Written also {whoa}, and, formerly, {hoo}.] The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried [bd]Hoo![b8] --Chaucer. An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hoo \Hoo\, interj. 1. See {Ho}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. Hurrah! -- an exclamation of triumphant joy. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
How \How\, adv. [OE. how, hou, hu, hwu, AS. h[?], from the same root as hw[be], hw[91]t, who, what, pron. interrog.; akin to OS. hw[d3]w, D. hoe, cf. G. wie how, Goth. hw[c7] wherewith, hwaiwa how. [root]182. See {Who}, and cf. {Why}.] 1. In what manner or way; by what means or process. How can a man be born when he is old? --John iii. 4. 2. To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by what measure or quality. O, how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. --Ps. cxix. 97. By how much they would diminish the present extent of the sea, so much they would impair the fertility, and fountains, and rivers of the earth. --Bentley. 3. For what reason; from what cause. How now, my love! why is your cheek so pale? --Shak. 4. In what state, condition, or plight. How, and with what reproach, shall I return? --Dryden. 5. By what name, designation, or title. How art thou called? --Shak. 6. At what price; how dear. [Obs.] How a score of ewes now? --Shak. Note: How is used in each sense, interrogatively, interjectionally, and relatively; it is also often employed to emphasize an interrogation or exclamation. [bd]How are the mighty fallen![b8] --2 Sam. i. 27. Sometimes, also, it is used as a noun; -- as, the how, the when, the wherefore. --Shelley. Let me beg you -- don't say [bd]How?[b8] for [bd]What?[b8] --Holmes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hoy \Hoy\, interj. [D. hui. Cf. {Ahoy}.] Ho! Halloe! Stop! | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hoy \Hoy\, n. [D. heu, or Flem. hui.] (Naut.) A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods from place to place, or as a tender to larger vessels in port. The hoy went to London every week. --Cowper. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tone \Tone\, n. 1. (Physiol.) Quality, with respect to attendant feeling; the more or less variable complex of emotion accompanying and characterizing a sensation or a conceptual state; as, feeling tone; color tone. 2. Color quality proper; -- called also {hue}. Also, a gradation of color, either a hue, or a tint or shade. She was dressed in a soft cloth of a gray tone. --Sir G. Parker. 3. (Plant Physiol.) The condition of normal balance of a healthy plant in its relations to light, heat, and moisture. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hue \Hue\, n. [OE. hew, heow, color, shape, form, AS. hiw, heow; akin to Sw. hy skin, complexion, Goth. hiwi form, appearance.] 1. Color or shade of color; tint; dye. [bd]Flowers of all hue.[b8] --Milton. Hues of the rich unfolding morn. --Keble. 2. (Painting) A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; a primary color modified by combination with others. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hue \Hue\, n. [OE. hue, huer, to hoot, shout, prob. fr. OF. hu an exclamation.] A shouting or vociferation. {Hue and cry} (Law), a loud outcry with which felons were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were obliged to take up, joining in the pursuit till the malefactor was taken; in later usage, a written proclamation issued on the escape of a felon from prison, requiring all persons to aid in retaking him. --Burrill. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tone \Tone\, n. 1. (Physiol.) Quality, with respect to attendant feeling; the more or less variable complex of emotion accompanying and characterizing a sensation or a conceptual state; as, feeling tone; color tone. 2. Color quality proper; -- called also {hue}. Also, a gradation of color, either a hue, or a tint or shade. She was dressed in a soft cloth of a gray tone. --Sir G. Parker. 3. (Plant Physiol.) The condition of normal balance of a healthy plant in its relations to light, heat, and moisture. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hue \Hue\, n. [OE. hew, heow, color, shape, form, AS. hiw, heow; akin to Sw. hy skin, complexion, Goth. hiwi form, appearance.] 1. Color or shade of color; tint; dye. [bd]Flowers of all hue.[b8] --Milton. Hues of the rich unfolding morn. --Keble. 2. (Painting) A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; a primary color modified by combination with others. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hue \Hue\, n. [OE. hue, huer, to hoot, shout, prob. fr. OF. hu an exclamation.] A shouting or vociferation. {Hue and cry} (Law), a loud outcry with which felons were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were obliged to take up, joining in the pursuit till the malefactor was taken; in later usage, a written proclamation issued on the escape of a felon from prison, requiring all persons to aid in retaking him. --Burrill. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hy \Hy\, a. High. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hye \Hye\, n. & v. See {Hie}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hyo- \Hy"o-\ [See {Hyod}.] A prexif used in anatomy, and generally denoting connection with the hyoid bone or arch; as, hyoglossal, hyomandibular, hyomental, etc. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hawi, HI (CDP, FIPS 13600) Location: 20.24284 N, 155.83418 W Population (1990): 924 (341 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 96719 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Heeia, HI (CDP, FIPS 13900) Location: 21.42800 N, 157.81718 W Population (1990): 5010 (1557 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Howe, IN Zip code(s): 46746 Howe, OK (town, FIPS 36150) Location: 34.94926 N, 94.63740 W Population (1990): 510 (203 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74940 Howe, TX (town, FIPS 35084) Location: 33.51278 N, 96.61314 W Population (1990): 2173 (959 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75459 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Huey, IL (village, FIPS 36477) Location: 38.60535 N, 89.29142 W Population (1990): 210 (88 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Huey, PA Zip code(s): 16248 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hye, TX Zip code(s): 78635 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
h [from SF fandom] A method of `marking' common words, i.e., calling attention to the fact that they are being used in a nonstandard, ironic, or humorous way. Originated in the fannish catchphrase "Bheer is the One True Ghod!" from decades ago. H-infix marking of `Ghod' and other words spread into the 1960s counterculture via underground comix, and into early hackerdom either from the counterculture or from SF fandom (the three overlapped heavily at the time). More recently, the h infix has become an expected feature of benchmark names (Dhrystone, Rhealstone, etc.); this is probably patterning on the original Whetstone (the name of a laboratory) but influenced by the fannish/counterculture h infix. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
h 1. A simple {markup} language intended for quick conversion of existing text to {hypertext}. 2. A method of marking common words to call attention to the fact that they are being used in a nonstandard, ironic, or humorous way. Originated in the fannish catchphrase "Bheer is the One True Ghod!" from decades ago. H-infix marking of "Ghod" and other words spread into the 1960s counterculture via underground comix, and into early hackerdom either from the counterculture or from SF fandom (the three overlapped heavily at the time). More recently, the h infix has become an expected feature of benchmark names (Dhrystone, Rhealstone, etc.); this follows on from the original Whetstone (the name of a laboratory) but may have been influenced by the fannish/counterculture h infix. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
H.261 developed by {ITU-T} before 1992 to work with {integrated service digital network}. Data is compressed at the rate of 64P kilobits per second, where P can range from 1 to 30 depending on the number of ISDN channels used. This standard was developed primarily to support {video phones} and {video conferencing}. See also {ivs}. {(http://www.crs4.it/~luigi/MPEG/mpeggloss-h.html#H.261)}. [Date? Details?] (1994-11-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
H.323 {voice} ({audio}) and {video} using {IP} on a {LAN} without {QoS}. H.323 includes {Q.931} for call setup, {H.225} for call signalling, {H.245} for exchanging terminal capabilities, {RTP}/{RTCP} for packet streaming, {G.711}/{G.712} for {CODEC}s, and several other {protcols}, many of which need to be negotiated to setup a simple voice call. The complexity of H.323 has lead to the {IETF} proposing the simpler alternatives {SIP} and {MGCP}/{Megaco}. (2003-11-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
hu (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
hue model} that determines the frequency of light or the position in the spectrum or the relative amounts of red, green and blue. Hue corresponds to the common definition of colour, e.g. "red", "orange", "violet" etc. The other coordinates are {saturation} and {brightness}. (1999-07-05) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Hay properly so called, was not in use among the Hebrews; straw was used instead. They cut the grass green as it was needed. The word rendered "hay" in Prov. 27:25 means the first shoots of the grass. In Isa. 15:6 the Revised Version has correctly "grass," where the Authorized Version has "hay." |