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H91macytometer \H[91]m`a*cy*tom"e*ter\, n. [H[91]ma + Gr. [?] a hollow vessel + -meter.] (Physiol.) An apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity of blood. | |
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H91mastatics \H[91]m`a*stat"ics\, n. Same as {Hemastatics}. | |
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H91mocytometer \H[91]m`o*cy*tom"e*ter\, n. See {H[91]macytometer}. | |
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H91mostatic \H[91]m`o*stat"ic\, a. Same as {Hemostatic}. | |
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Hamster \Ham"ster\, n. [G. hamster.] (Zo[94]l.) A small European rodent ({Cricetus frumentarius}). It is remarkable for having a pouch on each side of the jaw, under the skin, and for its migrations. | |
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Hamstring \Ham"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hamstrung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hamstringing}. See {String}.] To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. --Milton. | |
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Hamstring \Ham"string`\, n. (Anat.) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh. | |
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Hamstring \Ham"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hamstrung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hamstringing}. See {String}.] To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. --Milton. | |
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Hamstring \Ham"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hamstrung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hamstringing}. See {String}.] To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. --Milton. | |
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Hangdog \Hang"dog`\, n. A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird. | |
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Hangdog \Hang"dog`\, a. Low; sneaking; ashamed. The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look. --Thackeray. | |
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Hang \Hang\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hanged} (h?ngd) [or] {Hung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hanging}. Usage: The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also more common.] [OE. hangen, hangien, v. t. & i., AS. hangian, v. i., fr. h[?]n, v. t. (imp. heng, p. p. hongen); akin to OS. hang[?]n, v. i. D. hangen, v. t. & i., G. hangen, v. i, h[84]ngen, v. t, Isel hanga, v. i., Goth. h[be]han, v. t. (imp. ha[a1]hah), h[be]han, v. i. (imp. hahaida), and perh. to L. cunctari to delay. [root]37. ] 1. To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner. 2. To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc. 3. To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve. [U. S.] 4. To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer. 5. To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures trophies, drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper hangings; -- said of a wall, a room, etc. Hung be the heavens with black. --Shak. And hung thy holy roofs with savage spoils. --Dryden. 6. To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room. 7. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame. Cowslips wan that hang the pensive head. --Milton. {To hang down}, to let fall below the proper position; to bend down; to decline; as, to hang down the head, or, elliptically, to hang the head. {To hang fire} (Mil.), to be slow in communicating fire through the vent to the charge; as, the gun hangs fire; hence, to hesitate, to hold back as if in suspense. | |
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Hanse \Hanse\, n. [G. hanse, or F. hanse (from German), OHG. & Goth. hansa; akin to AS. h[?]s band, troop.] An association; a league or confederacy. {Hanse towns} (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany which associated themselves for the protection and enlarging of their commerce. The confederacy, called also {Hansa} and {Hanseatic league}, held its first diet in 1260, and was maintained for nearly four hundred years. At one time the league comprised eighty-five cities. Its remnants, L[81]beck, Hamburg, and Bremen, are {free cities}, and are still frequently called Hanse towns. | |
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Hanseatic \Han`se*at"ic\, a. Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy. {Hanseatic league}. See under 2d {Hanse}. | |
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Hanseatic \Han`se*at"ic\, a. Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy. {Hanseatic league}. See under 2d {Hanse}. | |
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Hanse \Hanse\, n. [G. hanse, or F. hanse (from German), OHG. & Goth. hansa; akin to AS. h[?]s band, troop.] An association; a league or confederacy. {Hanse towns} (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany which associated themselves for the protection and enlarging of their commerce. The confederacy, called also {Hansa} and {Hanseatic league}, held its first diet in 1260, and was maintained for nearly four hundred years. At one time the league comprised eighty-five cities. Its remnants, L[81]beck, Hamburg, and Bremen, are {free cities}, and are still frequently called Hanse towns. | |
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Haunched \Haunched\, a. Having haunches. | |
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Hemachate \Hem"a*chate\, n. [L. haemachates; Gr. a"i^ma blood + [?] agate.] (Min.) A species of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper. | |
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Hemacite \Hem"a*cite\, n. [Gr. a"i^ma blood.] A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc. | |
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Hemastatic \Hem`a*stat"ic\, Hemastatical \Hem`a*stat"ic*al\, a. & n. Same as {Hemostatic}. | |
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Hemastatic \Hem`a*stat"ic\, Hemastatical \Hem`a*stat"ic*al\, a. & n. Same as {Hemostatic}. | |
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Hemastatics \Hem`a*stat"ics\, n. (Physiol.) Laws relating to the equilibrium of the blood in the blood vessels. | |
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Hemistich \Hem"i*stich\ (?; 277), n. [L. hemistichium, Gr. "hmisti`chion; "hmi- half + sti`chos row, line, verse: cf. F. h[82]mistiche.] Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed. | |
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Hemistichal \He*mis"ti*chal\, a. Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also, by, or according to, hemistichs; as, a hemistichal division of a verse. | |
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Hemostatic \Hem`o*stat"ic\, a. [Hemo- + Gr. statiko`s causing to stand, fr. [?] to stand.] 1. (Med.) Of or relating to stagnation of the blood. 2. Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic. | |
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Hemostatic \Hem`o*stat"ic\, n. A medicine or application to arrest hemorrhage. | |
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Hemstitch \Hem"stitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hemstitched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hemstitching}.] [Hem + stitch.] To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief. | |
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Hemstitch \Hem"stitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hemstitched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hemstitching}.] [Hem + stitch.] To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief. | |
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Hemstitched \Hem"stitched\, a. Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief. | |
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Hemstitch \Hem"stitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hemstitched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hemstitching}.] [Hem + stitch.] To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief. | |
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Hinged \Hinged\, a. Furnished with hinges. | |
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Hinge \Hinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hinged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hinging}.] 1. To attach by, or furnish with, hinges. 2. To bend. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Homage \Hom"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Homaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Homaging}.] [Cf. OF. hommager.] 1. To pay reverence to by external action. [R.] 2. To cause to pay homage. [Obs.] --Cowley. | |
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Stretch \Stretch\, n. 1. Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination. By stretch of arms the distant shore to gain. --Dryden. Those put a lawful authority upon the stretch, to the abuse of yower, under the color of prerogative. --L'Estrange. 2. A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land. A great stretch of cultivated country. --W. Black. But all of them left me a week at a stretch. --E. Eggleston. 3. The extent to which anything may be stretched. Quotations, in their utmost stretch, can signify no more than that Luther lay under severe agonies of mind. --Atterbury. This is the utmost stretch that nature can. --Granville. 4. (Naut.) The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board. 5. Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal. {To be on the stretch}, to be obliged to use one's utmost powers. {Home stretch}. See under {Home}, a. | |
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Home \Home\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts. 2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust. {Home base} (Baseball), the base at which the batsman stands and which is the last goal in making a run. {Home farm}, {grounds}, etc., the farm, grounds, etc., adjacent to the residence of the owner. {Home lot}, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home stands. [U. S.] {Home rule}, rule or government of an appendent or dependent country, as to all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country; as, home rule in Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of Parliament. {Home ruler}, one who favors or advocates home rule. {Home run} (Baseball), a complete circuit of the bases made before the batted ball is returned to the home base. {Home stretch} (Sport.), that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post. {Home thrust}, a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack. | |
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Homestall \Home"stall`\, n. [AS. h[be]msteall.] Place of a home; homestead. --Cowper. | |
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Homestead \Home"stead\, n. [AS. h[be]mstede.] 1. The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it. --Dryden. 2. The home or seat of a family; place of origin. We can trace them back to a homestead on the Rivers Volga and Ural. --W. Tooke. 3. (Law) The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family. {Homestead law}. (a) A law conferring special privileges or exemptions upon owners of homesteads; esp., a law exempting a homestead from attachment or sale under execution for general debts. Such laws, with limitations as to the extent or value of the property, exist in most of the States. Called also {homestead exemption law}. (b) Also, a designation of an Act of Congress authorizing and regulating the sale of public lands, in parcels of 160 acres each, to actual settlers. [U.S.] | |
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Homestead \Home"stead\, n. [AS. h[be]mstede.] 1. The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it. --Dryden. 2. The home or seat of a family; place of origin. We can trace them back to a homestead on the Rivers Volga and Ural. --W. Tooke. 3. (Law) The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family. {Homestead law}. (a) A law conferring special privileges or exemptions upon owners of homesteads; esp., a law exempting a homestead from attachment or sale under execution for general debts. Such laws, with limitations as to the extent or value of the property, exist in most of the States. Called also {homestead exemption law}. (b) Also, a designation of an Act of Congress authorizing and regulating the sale of public lands, in parcels of 160 acres each, to actual settlers. [U.S.] | |
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Homestead \Home"stead\, n. [AS. h[be]mstede.] 1. The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it. --Dryden. 2. The home or seat of a family; place of origin. We can trace them back to a homestead on the Rivers Volga and Ural. --W. Tooke. 3. (Law) The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family. {Homestead law}. (a) A law conferring special privileges or exemptions upon owners of homesteads; esp., a law exempting a homestead from attachment or sale under execution for general debts. Such laws, with limitations as to the extent or value of the property, exist in most of the States. Called also {homestead exemption law}. (b) Also, a designation of an Act of Congress authorizing and regulating the sale of public lands, in parcels of 160 acres each, to actual settlers. [U.S.] | |
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Homesteader \Home"stead*er\, n. One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this manner. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Homicidal \Hom"i*ci`dal\, a. Pertaining to homicide; tending to homicide; murderous. | |
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Homicide \Hom"i*cide\, n. [F., fr. L. homicidium, fr. homicida a man slayer; homo man + caedere to cut, kill. See {Homage}, and cf. {Concise}, {Shed}, v. t.] 1. The killing of one human being by another. Note: Homicide is of three kinds: justifiable, as when the killing is performed in the exercise of a right or performance of a duty; excusable, as when done, although not as duty or right, yet without culpable or criminal intent; and felonious, or involving what the law terms malice; the latter may be either manslaughter or murder. --Bouvier. 2. One who kills another; a manslayer. --Chaucer. Shak. | |
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Misadventure \Mis`ad*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. mesaventure, F. m[82]saventure.] Mischance; misfortune; ill lick; unlucky accident; ill adventure. --Chaucer. {Homicide by misadventure} (Law), homicide which occurs when a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of injury, unfortunately kills another; -- called also {excusable homicide}. See {Homicide}. --Blackstone. Syn: Mischance; mishap; misfortune; disaster; calamity. | |
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Homocategoric \Ho`mo*cat`e*gor"ic\, a. [Homo- + categoric.] (Biol.) Belonging to the same category of individuality; -- a morphological term applied to organisms so related. | |
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Homostyled \Ho"mo*styled\, a. [Homo- + style.] (Bot.) Having only one form of pistils; -- said of the flowers of some plants. --Darwin. | |
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Hone \Hone\, n. [AS. h[be]n; akin to Icel. hein, OSw. hen; cf. Skr. [87][be][nsdot]a, also [87][d3], [87]i, to sharpen, and E. cone. [root]38, 228.] A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone. --Tusser. {Hone slate}See {Polishing slate}. {Hone stone}, one of several kinds of stone used for hones. See {Novaculite}. | |
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Honest \Hon"est\, v. t. [L. honestare to clothe or adorn with honor: cf. F. honester. See {Honest}, a.] To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable. [Obs.] --Abp. Sandys. | |
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Honest \Hon"est\, a. [OE. honest, onest, OF. honeste, oneste, F. honn[88]te, L. honestus, fr. honos, honor, honor. See {Honor}.] 1. Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. --Chaucer. Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching! --Shak. 2. Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight[?]forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession. An honest man's the noblest work of God. --Pope. An honest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health. --Sir W. Temple. Look ye out among you seven men of honest report. --Acts vi. 3. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. --Rom. xii. 17. 3. Open; frank; as, an honest countenance. 4. Chaste; faithful; virtuous. Wives may be merry, and yet honest too. --Shak. Syn: Upright; ingenuous; honorable; trusty; faithful; equitable; fair; just; rightful; sincere; frank; candid; genuine. | |
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Honestation \Hon`es*ta"tion\, n. The act of honesting; grace; adornment. [Obs.] --W. Montagu. | |
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Honestetee \Ho*nes"te*tee\, n. Honesty; honorableness. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Honestly \Hon"est*ly\, adv. 1. Honorably; becomingly; decently. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. In an honest manner; as, a contract honestly made; to live honestly; to speak honestly. --Shak. {To come honestly by}. (a) To get honestly. (b) A circumlocution for to inherit; as, to come honestly by a feature, a mental trait, a peculiarity. | |
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Honesty \Hon"es*ty\, n. [OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF. honest[82], onest[82] (cf. F. honn[88]tet[82]), L. honestas. See {Honest}, a.] 1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency. [Obs.] --Chaucer. She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness. --Shak. 2. The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile. That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. --1 Tim. ii. 2. 3. Chastity; modesty. --Chaucer. To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. --Shak. 4. (Bot.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also {lunary} and {moonwort}. {Lunaria biennis} is common honesty; {L. rediva} is perennial honesty. Syn: Integrity; probity; uprightness; trustiness; faithfulness; honor; justice; equity; fairness; candor; plain-dealing; veracity; sincerity. | |
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Honey \Hon"ey\, n. [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw. h[86]ning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. [?] dust, Skr. kaa grain.] 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb. 2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey. The honey of his language. --Shak. 3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. --Chaucer. Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. --Shak. Note: Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust. {Honey ant} (Zo[94]l.), a small ant ({Myrmecocystus melliger}), found in the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico, living in subterranean formicares. There are larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others, which serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant. These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and feed the rest. {Honey badger} (Zo[94]l.), the ratel. {Honey bear}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kinkajou}. {Honey buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), a bird related to the kites, of the genus {Pernis}. The European species is {P. apivorus}; the Indian or crested honey buzzard is {P. ptilorhyncha}. They feed upon honey and the larv[91] of bees. Called also {bee hawk}, {bee kite}. {Honey creeper} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of small, bright, colored, passerine birds of the family {C[d2]rebid[91]}, abundant in Central and South America. {Honey easter} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family {Meliphagid[91]}, abundant in Australia and Oceania; -- called also {honeysucker}. {Honey flower} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub of the genus {Melianthus}, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey. {Honey guide} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of small birds of the family {Indicatorid[91]}, inhabiting Africa and the East Indies. They have the habit of leading persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also {honeybird}, and {indicator}. {Honey harvest}, the gathering of honey from hives, or the honey which is gathered. --Dryden. {Honey kite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Honey buzzard} (above). {Honey locust} (Bot.), a North American tree ({Gleditschia triacanthos}), armed with thorns, and having long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds. {Honey month}. Same as {Honeymoon}. {Honey weasel} (Zo[94]l.), the ratel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Honey \Hon"ey\, n. [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw. h[86]ning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. [?] dust, Skr. kaa grain.] 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb. 2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey. The honey of his language. --Shak. 3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. --Chaucer. Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. --Shak. Note: Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust. {Honey ant} (Zo[94]l.), a small ant ({Myrmecocystus melliger}), found in the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico, living in subterranean formicares. There are larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others, which serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant. These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and feed the rest. {Honey badger} (Zo[94]l.), the ratel. {Honey bear}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kinkajou}. {Honey buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), a bird related to the kites, of the genus {Pernis}. The European species is {P. apivorus}; the Indian or crested honey buzzard is {P. ptilorhyncha}. They feed upon honey and the larv[91] of bees. Called also {bee hawk}, {bee kite}. {Honey creeper} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of small, bright, colored, passerine birds of the family {C[d2]rebid[91]}, abundant in Central and South America. {Honey easter} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family {Meliphagid[91]}, abundant in Australia and Oceania; -- called also {honeysucker}. {Honey flower} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub of the genus {Melianthus}, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey. {Honey guide} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of small birds of the family {Indicatorid[91]}, inhabiting Africa and the East Indies. They have the habit of leading persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also {honeybird}, and {indicator}. {Honey harvest}, the gathering of honey from hives, or the honey which is gathered. --Dryden. {Honey kite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Honey buzzard} (above). {Honey locust} (Bot.), a North American tree ({Gleditschia triacanthos}), armed with thorns, and having long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds. {Honey month}. Same as {Honeymoon}. {Honey weasel} (Zo[94]l.), the ratel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Honey \Hon"ey\, n. [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw. h[86]ning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. [?] dust, Skr. kaa grain.] 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb. 2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey. The honey of his language. --Shak. 3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. --Chaucer. Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. --Shak. Note: Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust. {Honey ant} (Zo[94]l.), a small ant ({Myrmecocystus melliger}), found in the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico, living in subterranean formicares. There are larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others, which serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant. These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and feed the rest. {Honey badger} (Zo[94]l.), the ratel. {Honey bear}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kinkajou}. {Honey buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), a bird related to the kites, of the genus {Pernis}. The European species is {P. apivorus}; the Indian or crested honey buzzard is {P. ptilorhyncha}. They feed upon honey and the larv[91] of bees. Called also {bee hawk}, {bee kite}. {Honey creeper} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of small, bright, colored, passerine birds of the family {C[d2]rebid[91]}, abundant in Central and South America. {Honey easter} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family {Meliphagid[91]}, abundant in Australia and Oceania; -- called also {honeysucker}. {Honey flower} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub of the genus {Melianthus}, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey. {Honey guide} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of small birds of the family {Indicatorid[91]}, inhabiting Africa and the East Indies. They have the habit of leading persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also {honeybird}, and {indicator}. {Honey harvest}, the gathering of honey from hives, or the honey which is gathered. --Dryden. {Honey kite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Honey buzzard} (above). {Honey locust} (Bot.), a North American tree ({Gleditschia triacanthos}), armed with thorns, and having long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds. {Honey month}. Same as {Honeymoon}. {Honey weasel} (Zo[94]l.), the ratel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Honeystone \Hon"ey*stone`\, n. See {Mellite}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Honey-sweet \Hon"ey-sweet`\, a. Sweet as honey. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Humect \Hu*mect"\, Humectate \Hu*mec"tate\, v. t. [L. humectare, humectatum, fr. humectus moist, fr. humere to be moist: cf. F. humecter.] To moisten; to wet. [Obs.] --Howell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Humectant \Hu*mec"tant\, a. [L. humectans, p. pr.] Diluent. -- n. A diluent drink or medicine. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Humect \Hu*mect"\, Humectate \Hu*mec"tate\, v. t. [L. humectare, humectatum, fr. humectus moist, fr. humere to be moist: cf. F. humecter.] To moisten; to wet. [Obs.] --Howell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Humectation \Hu`mec*ta"tion\, n. [L. humectatio: cf. F. humectation.] A moistening. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Humective \Hu*mec"tive\, a. Tending to moisten. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Humstrum \Hum"strum`\, n. An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Humstrum \Hum"strum`\, n. An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hunch \Hunch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hunched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hunching}.] 1. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly. 2. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hyena \Hy*e"na\, n.; pl. {Hyenas}. [L. hyaena, Gr. [?], orig., a sow, but usually, a Libyan wild beast, prob., the hyena, fr. [?] hog: cf. F. hy[8a]ne. See {Sow} female hog.] (Zo[94]l.) Any carnivorous mammal of the family {Hy[91]nid[91]}, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits. [Written also {hy[91]na}.] Note: The striped hyena ({Hy[91]na striata}) inhabits Southern Asia and a large part of Africa. The brown hyena ({H. brunnea}), and the spotted hyena ({Crocuta maculata}), are found in Southern Africa. The extinct cave hyena ({H. spel[91]a}) inhabited England and France. {Cave hyena}. See under {Cave}. {Hyena dog} (Zo[94]l.), a South African canine animal ({Lycaon venaticus}), which hunts in packs, chiefly at night. It is smaller than the common wolf, with very large, erect ears, and a bushy tail. Its color is reddish or yellowish brown, blotched with black and white. Called also {hunting dog}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hymnist \Hym"nist\, n. A writer of hymns. | |
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Haines City, FL (city, FIPS 28400) Location: 28.10902 N, 81.62892 W Population (1990): 11683 (5101 housing units) Area: 20.8 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water) | |
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Hinsdale, IL (village, FIPS 35307) Location: 41.80055 N, 87.92827 W Population (1990): 16029 (6251 housing units) Area: 12.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Hinsdale, MT Zip code(s): 59241 Hinsdale, NH (CDP, FIPS 36580) Location: 42.78819 N, 72.48833 W Population (1990): 1718 (747 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 03451 | |
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Hinsdale County, CO (county, FIPS 53) Location: 37.82118 N, 107.27983 W Population (1990): 467 (1254 housing units) Area: 2895.0 sq km (land), 14.1 sq km (water) | |
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Homestead, FL (city, FIPS 32275) Location: 25.46189 N, 80.45421 W Population (1990): 26866 (10775 housing units) Area: 30.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33030, 33031, 33033, 33035 Homestead, IA Zip code(s): 52236 Homestead, MO (village, FIPS 32806) Location: 39.35971 N, 94.20189 W Population (1990): 177 (76 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Homestead, MT Zip code(s): 59242 Homestead, PA (borough, FIPS 35424) Location: 40.40675 N, 79.90980 W Population (1990): 4179 (2370 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
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Homestead AFB, FL (CDP, FIPS 32300) Location: 25.49565 N, 80.38770 W Population (1990): 5153 (1322 housing units) Area: 11.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Homestead Meadows, TX (CDP, FIPS 34665) Location: 31.84158 N, 106.17532 W Population (1990): 4978 (1312 housing units) Area: 51.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Homestown, MO (city, FIPS 32824) Location: 36.33170 N, 89.82460 W Population (1990): 230 (88 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63879 | |
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Honesdale, PA (borough, FIPS 35520) Location: 41.57722 N, 75.25356 W Population (1990): 4972 (2313 housing units) Area: 10.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18431 | |
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
hamster n. 1. [Fairchild] A particularly slick little piece of code that does one thing well; a small, self-contained hack. The image is of a hamster {happily} spinning its exercise wheel. 2. A tailless mouse; that is, one with an infrared link to a receiver on the machine, as opposed to the conventional cable. 3. [UK] Any item of hardware made by Amstrad, a company famous for its cheap plastic PC-almost-compatibles. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
hamster 1. little piece of code that does one thing well; a small, self-contained hack. The image is of a hamster {happily} spinning its exercise wheel. 2. link to a receiver on the machine, as opposed to the conventional cable. 3. company famous for its cheap plastic PC-almost-compatibles. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-16) |