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d8Hyrax \[d8]Hy"rax\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] shrew mouse.] (Zo[94]l.) Any animal of the genus {Hyrax}, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman ({H. Syriacus}) of Palestine, and the klipdas ({H. capensis}) of South Africa. Other species are {H. arboreus} and {H. Sylvestris}, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See {Daman}. | |
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Hair \Hair\, n. [OE. her, heer, h[91]r, AS. h[aemac]r; akin to OFries, h[emac]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[amac]r, Dan. haar, Sw. h[86]r; cf. Lith. kasa.] 1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body. 2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin. Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs. --Chaucer. And draweth new delights with hoary hairs. --Spenser. 3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth. 5. An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily ({Nuphar}). 6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm. 7. A haircloth. [Obc.] --Chaucer. 8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth. Note: Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as, hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin, hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair. {Against the hair}, in a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain. [Obs.] [bd]You go against the hair of your professions.[b8] --Shak. {Hair bracket} (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead. {Hair cells} (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear. {Hair compass}, {Hair divider}, a compass or divider capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw. {Hair glove}, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin. {Hair lace}, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the head. --Swift. {Hair line}, a line made of hair; a very slender line. {Hair moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth which destroys goods made of hair, esp. {Tinea biselliella}. {Hair pencil}, a brush or fine hair, for painting; -- generally called by the name of the hair used; as, a camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc. {Hair plate}, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of a bloomery fire. {Hair powder}, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of the head, or on wigs. {Hair seal} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of eared seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion. {Hair seating}, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc. {Hair shirt}, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of horsehair, and worn as a penance. {Hair sieve}, a strainer with a haircloth bottom. {Hair snake}. See {Gordius}. {Hair space} (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in lines of type. {Hair stroke}, a delicate stroke in writing. {Hair trigger}, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a hair. --Farrow. {Not worth a hair}, of no value. {To a hair}, with the nicest distinction. {To split hairs}, to make distinctions of useless nicety. | |
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Millerite \Mil"ler*ite\, n. [From W. H. Miller, of Cambridge, Eng.] (Min.) A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; -- sometimes called {hair pyrites}. | |
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Pyrites \Py*ri"tes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] fire. See {Pyre}.] (Min.) A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color. Note: The term was originally applied to the mineral pyrite, or iron pyrites, in allusion to its giving sparks when struck with steel. {Arsenical pyrites}, arsenopyrite. {Auriferous pyrites}. See under {Auriferous}. {Capillary pyrites}, millerite. {Common pyrites}, isometric iron disulphide; pyrite. {Hair pyrites}, millerite. {Iron pyrites}. See {Pyrite}. {Magnetic pyrites}, pyrrhotite. {Tin pyrites}, stannite. {White iron pyrites}, orthorhombic iron disulphide; marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of marcasite, named in allusion to its form), spear pyrites, etc. {Yellow}, [or] {Copper}, {pyrites}, the sulphide of copper and iron; chalcopyrite. | |
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Millerite \Mil"ler*ite\, n. [From W. H. Miller, of Cambridge, Eng.] (Min.) A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; -- sometimes called {hair pyrites}. | |
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Pyrites \Py*ri"tes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] fire. See {Pyre}.] (Min.) A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color. Note: The term was originally applied to the mineral pyrite, or iron pyrites, in allusion to its giving sparks when struck with steel. {Arsenical pyrites}, arsenopyrite. {Auriferous pyrites}. See under {Auriferous}. {Capillary pyrites}, millerite. {Common pyrites}, isometric iron disulphide; pyrite. {Hair pyrites}, millerite. {Iron pyrites}. See {Pyrite}. {Magnetic pyrites}, pyrrhotite. {Tin pyrites}, stannite. {White iron pyrites}, orthorhombic iron disulphide; marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of marcasite, named in allusion to its form), spear pyrites, etc. {Yellow}, [or] {Copper}, {pyrites}, the sulphide of copper and iron; chalcopyrite. | |
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Hairbird \Hair"bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The chipping sparrow. | |
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Hairbrained \Hair"brained`\, a. See {Harebrained}. | |
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Hare'brained' \Hare"'brained`'\, a. Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. [bd]A mad hare-brained fellow.[b8] --North (Plutarch). [Written also {hairbrained}.] | |
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Hairbrained \Hair"brained`\, a. See {Harebrained}. | |
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Hare'brained' \Hare"'brained`'\, a. Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. [bd]A mad hare-brained fellow.[b8] --North (Plutarch). [Written also {hairbrained}.] | |
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Hairbreadth \Hair"breadth`\, Hair'sbreadth \Hair's"breadth`\ The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch. Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not miss. --Judg. xx. 16 | |
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Hairbreadth \Hair"breadth`\, a. Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape. | |
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Hair-brown \Hair"-brown`\, a. Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green. | |
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Hairbrush \Hair"brush`\, n. A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair. | |
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Harberous \Har"ber*ous\, a. Harborous. [Obs.] A bishop must be faultless, the husband of one wife, honestly appareled, harberous. --Tyndale (1 Tim. iii. 2) | |
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Harbor \Har"bor\, v. i. To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor. For this night let's harbor here in York. --Shak. | |
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Harbor \Har"bor\, v. t. [Written also {harbour}.] [imp. & p. p. {Harbored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harboring}.] [OE. herberen, herberwen, herbergen; cf. Icel. herbergja. See {Harbor}, n.] To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought). Any place that harbors men. --Shak. The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person suspected. --Bp. Burnet. Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of outrage. --Rowe. | |
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Harbor \Har"bor\, n. [Written also {harbour}.] [OE herbor, herberwe, herberge, Icel. herbergi (cf. OHG. heriberga), orig., a shelter for soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save, help, defend; akin to AS. here army, G. heer, OHG. heri, Goth. harjis, and AS. beorgan to save, shelter, defend, G. bergen. See {Harry}, {2d Bury}, and cf. {Harbinger}.] 1. A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter. [A grove] fair harbour that them seems. --Spenser. For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. --Dryden. 2. Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. (Astrol.) The mansion of a heavenly body. [Obs.] 4. A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven. | |
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5. (Glass Works) A mixing box materials. {Harbor dues} (Naut.), fees paid for the use of a harbor. {Harbor seal} (Zo[94]l.), the common seal. {Harbor watch}, a watch set when a vessel is in port; an anchor watch. | |
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Gasket \Gas"ket\, n. [Cf. F. garcette, It. gaschetta, Sp. cajeta caburn, garceta reef point.] 1. (Naut.) A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. {Sea gaskets} are common lines; {harbor gaskets} are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also {casket}. 2. (Mech.) (a) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps. (b) Any ring or washer of packing. | |
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Harbor master \Har"bor mas`ter\ An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor. | |
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Porpoise \Por"poise\, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally, hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See {Pork}, and {Fish}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any small cetacean of the genus {Phoc[91]na}, especially {P. communis}, or {P. phoc[91]na}, of Europe, and the closely allied American species ({P. Americana}). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also {harbor porpoise}, {herring hag}, {puffing pig}, and {snuffer}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A true dolphin ({Delphinus}); -- often so called by sailors. {Skunk porpoise}, [or] {Bay porpoise} (Zo[94]l.), a North American porpoise ({Lagenorhynchus acutus}), larger than the common species, and with broad stripes of white and yellow on the sides. See Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Seal \Seal\ (s[emac]l), n. [OE. sele, AS. seolh; akin to OHG. selah, Dan. s[91]l, Sw. sj[84]l, Icel. selr.] (Zo[94]l.) Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families {Phocid[91]} and {Otariid[91]}. Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are numerous species, bearing such popular names as {sea lion}, {sea leopard}, {sea bear}, or {ursine seal}, {fur seal}, and {sea elephant}. The bearded seal ({Erignathus barbatus}), the hooded seal ({Cystophora crustata}), and the ringed seal ({Phoca f[d2]tida}), are northern species. See also {Eared seal}, {Harp seal}, and {Fur seal}, under {Eared}, {Harp}, {Monk}, and {Fur}. Seals are much hunted for their skins and fur, and also for their oil, which in some species is very abundant. {Harbor seal} (Zo[94]l.), the common seal ({Phoca vitulina}). It inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also {marbled seal}, {native seal}, {river seal}, {bay seal}, {land seal}, {sea calf}, {sea cat}, {sea dog}, {dotard}, {ranger}, {selchie}, {tangfish}. | |
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5. (Glass Works) A mixing box materials. {Harbor dues} (Naut.), fees paid for the use of a harbor. {Harbor seal} (Zo[94]l.), the common seal. {Harbor watch}, a watch set when a vessel is in port; an anchor watch. | |
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5. (Glass Works) A mixing box materials. {Harbor dues} (Naut.), fees paid for the use of a harbor. {Harbor seal} (Zo[94]l.), the common seal. {Harbor watch}, a watch set when a vessel is in port; an anchor watch. | |
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Harborage \Har"bor*age\, n. Shelter; entertainment.[R.] Where can I get me harborage for the night? --Tennyson. | |
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Harbor \Har"bor\, v. t. [Written also {harbour}.] [imp. & p. p. {Harbored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harboring}.] [OE. herberen, herberwen, herbergen; cf. Icel. herbergja. See {Harbor}, n.] To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought). Any place that harbors men. --Shak. The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person suspected. --Bp. Burnet. Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of outrage. --Rowe. | |
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Harborer \Har"bor*er\, n. One who, or that which, harbors. Geneva was . . . a harborer of exiles for religion. --Strype. | |
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Harbor \Har"bor\, v. t. [Written also {harbour}.] [imp. & p. p. {Harbored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harboring}.] [OE. herberen, herberwen, herbergen; cf. Icel. herbergja. See {Harbor}, n.] To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought). Any place that harbors men. --Shak. The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person suspected. --Bp. Burnet. Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of outrage. --Rowe. | |
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Harborless \Har"bor*less\, a. Without a harbor; shelterless. | |
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Harborough \Har"bor*ough\, Harbrough \Har"brough\, [See {Harbor}.] A shelter. [Obs]. --Spenser. | |
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Harborous \Har"bor*ous\, a. Hospitable. [Obs.] | |
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Harbor \Har"bor\, v. t. [Written also {harbour}.] [imp. & p. p. {Harbored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harboring}.] [OE. herberen, herberwen, herbergen; cf. Icel. herbergja. See {Harbor}, n.] To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought). Any place that harbors men. --Shak. The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person suspected. --Bp. Burnet. Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of outrage. --Rowe. | |
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Harbor \Har"bor\, n. [Written also {harbour}.] [OE herbor, herberwe, herberge, Icel. herbergi (cf. OHG. heriberga), orig., a shelter for soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save, help, defend; akin to AS. here army, G. heer, OHG. heri, Goth. harjis, and AS. beorgan to save, shelter, defend, G. bergen. See {Harry}, {2d Bury}, and cf. {Harbinger}.] 1. A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter. [A grove] fair harbour that them seems. --Spenser. For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. --Dryden. 2. Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. (Astrol.) The mansion of a heavenly body. [Obs.] 4. A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven. | |
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Harborough \Har"bor*ough\, Harbrough \Har"brough\, [See {Harbor}.] A shelter. [Obs]. --Spenser. | |
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Hare'brained' \Hare"'brained`'\, a. Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. [bd]A mad hare-brained fellow.[b8] --North (Plutarch). [Written also {hairbrained}.] | |
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Ladyfish \La"dy*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large, handsome oceanic fish ({Albula vulpes}), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also {bonefish}, {grubber}, {French mullet}, and {macab[82]}. (b) A labroid fish ({Harpe rufa}) of Florida and the West Indies. | |
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d8Doncella \[d8]Don*cel"la\, n. [Sp., lit., a maid. Cf. {Damsel}.] (Zo[94]l.) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies ({Platyglossus radiatus}). The name is applied also to the ladyfish ({Harpe rufa}) of the same region. | |
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Harper \Harp"er\, n. [AS. hearpere.] 1. A player on the harp; a minstrel. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks . . . Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. --Longfellow. 2. A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland. --B. Jonson. | |
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Brown thrush \Brown" thrush"\ (Zo[94]l.) A common American singing bird ({Harporhynchus rufus}), allied to the mocking bird; -- also called brown thrasher. | |
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Harpress \Harp`ress\, n. A female harper. [R.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p. pr. of apparere. See {Appear}.] 1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon . . . apparent queen. --Milton. 2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. It is apparent foul play. --Shak. 3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun. To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship. --Macaulay. What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid. {Apparent horizon}, the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational horizon. {Apparent time}. See {Time}. {Heir apparent} (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from presumptive heir. See {Presumptive}. Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain; evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious. | |
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Heir \Heir\, n. [OE. heir, eir, hair, OF. heir, eir, F. hoir, L. heres; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Hereditary}, {Heritage}.] 1. One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter. I am my father's heir and only son. --Shak. 2. One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues. And I his heir in misery alone. --Pope. {Heir apparent}. (Law.) See under {Apparent}. {Heir at law}, one who, after his ancector's death, has a right to inherit all his intestate estate. --Wharton (Law Dict.). {Heir presumptive}, one who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would be his heir, but whose right to the inheritance may be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative, or by some other contingency. | |
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Heir \Heir\, n. [OE. heir, eir, hair, OF. heir, eir, F. hoir, L. heres; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Hereditary}, {Heritage}.] 1. One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter. I am my father's heir and only son. --Shak. 2. One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues. And I his heir in misery alone. --Pope. {Heir apparent}. (Law.) See under {Apparent}. {Heir at law}, one who, after his ancector's death, has a right to inherit all his intestate estate. --Wharton (Law Dict.). {Heir presumptive}, one who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would be his heir, but whose right to the inheritance may be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative, or by some other contingency. | |
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Herb \Herb\ (?; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh` food, pasture, fe`rbein to feed.] 1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering. Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower the second season, and then die; perennial herbs produce new stems year after year. 2. Grass; herbage. And flocks Grazing the tender herb. --Milton. {Herb bennet}. (Bot.) See {Bennet}. {Herb Christopher} (Bot.), an herb ({Act[91]a spicata}), whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal fern, the wood betony, etc. {Herb Gerard} (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. --Dr. Prior. {Herb grace}, [or] {Herb of grace}. (Bot.) See {Rue}. {Herb Margaret} (Bot.), the daisy. See {Marguerite}. {Herb Paris} (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the trillium ({Paris quadrifolia}), commonly reputed poisonous. {Herb Robert} (Bot.), a species of {Geranium} ({G. Robertianum}.) | |
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Herb \Herb\ (?; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh` food, pasture, fe`rbein to feed.] 1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering. Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower the second season, and then die; perennial herbs produce new stems year after year. 2. Grass; herbage. And flocks Grazing the tender herb. --Milton. {Herb bennet}. (Bot.) See {Bennet}. {Herb Christopher} (Bot.), an herb ({Act[91]a spicata}), whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal fern, the wood betony, etc. {Herb Gerard} (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. --Dr. Prior. {Herb grace}, [or] {Herb of grace}. (Bot.) See {Rue}. {Herb Margaret} (Bot.), the daisy. See {Marguerite}. {Herb Paris} (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the trillium ({Paris quadrifolia}), commonly reputed poisonous. {Herb Robert} (Bot.), a species of {Geranium} ({G. Robertianum}.) | |
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Herbar \Herb"ar\, n. An herb. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Herbarium \Her*ba"ri*um\, n.; pl. E. {Herbariums}, L. {Herbaria}. [LL., fr. L. herba. See {Herb}, and cf. {Arbor}, {Herbary}.] 1. A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged. --Gray. 2. A book or case for preserving dried plants. | |
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Herbarian \Her*ba"ri*an\, n. A herbalist. | |
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Herbarist \Herb"a*rist\, n. A herbalist. [Obs.] | |
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Herbarium \Her*ba"ri*um\, n.; pl. E. {Herbariums}, L. {Herbaria}. [LL., fr. L. herba. See {Herb}, and cf. {Arbor}, {Herbary}.] 1. A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged. --Gray. 2. A book or case for preserving dried plants. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Herbarium \Her*ba"ri*um\, n.; pl. E. {Herbariums}, L. {Herbaria}. [LL., fr. L. herba. See {Herb}, and cf. {Arbor}, {Herbary}.] 1. A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged. --Gray. 2. A book or case for preserving dried plants. | |
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Herbarize \Herb"a*rize\, v. t. See {Herborize}. | |
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Herbary \Herb"a*ry\, n. [See {Herbarium}.] A garden of herbs; a cottage garden. --T. Warton. | |
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Herber \Herb"er\, n. [OF. herbier, LL. herbarium. See {Herbarium}.] A garden; a pleasure garden. [Obs.] [bd]Into an herber green.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Herbergage \Her"berg*age\, n. [See {Harborage}.] Harborage; lodging; shelter; harbor. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Herbergeour \Her"ber*geour\, n. [See {Harbinger}.] A harbinger. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Herbergh \Her"bergh\, Herberwe \Her"ber*we\, n. [See {Harbor}.] A harbor. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Herbergh \Her"bergh\, Herberwe \Her"ber*we\, n. [See {Harbor}.] A harbor. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Herborist \Her"bo*rist\, n. [F. herboriste.] A herbalist. --Ray. | |
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Herborization \Her`bo*ri*za"tion\, n. [F. herborisation.] 1. The act of herborizing. 2. The figure of plants in minerals or fossils. | |
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Herborize \Her"bo*rize\, v. t. To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See {Arborized}. Herborized stones contain fine mosses. --Fourcroy (Trans.) | |
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Herborize \Her"bo*rize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Herborized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Herborizing}.] [F. herboriser, for herbariser, fr. L. herbarium. See {Hebrarium}.] To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them. He herborized as he traveled. --W. Tooke. | |
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Herborize \Her"bo*rize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Herborized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Herborizing}.] [F. herboriser, for herbariser, fr. L. herbarium. See {Hebrarium}.] To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them. He herborized as he traveled. --W. Tooke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Herborize \Her"bo*rize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Herborized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Herborizing}.] [F. herboriser, for herbariser, fr. L. herbarium. See {Hebrarium}.] To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them. He herborized as he traveled. --W. Tooke. | |
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Herborough \Her"bor*ough\, n. [See {Harborough}, and {Harbor}.] A harbor. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Hereford \Her"e*ford\, n. One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent. | |
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Hire purchase \Hire purchase\, or, more fully, Hire purchase agreement \Hire purchase agreement\, or Hire and purchase agreement \Hire and purchase agreement\ (Law) A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option of purchase) in which a person hires goods for a specified period and at a fixed rent, with the added condition that if he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay all the installments of rent as they become due the contract shall determine and the title vest absolutely in him, and that if he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the goods and be quit of any liability for future installments upon the contract. In the United States such a contract is generally treated as a conditional sale, and the term hire purchase is also sometimes applied to a contract in which the hirer is not free to avoid future liability by surrender of the goods. In England, however, if the hirer does not have this right the contract is a sale. | |
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Hire purchase \Hire purchase\, or, more fully, Hire purchase agreement \Hire purchase agreement\, or Hire and purchase agreement \Hire and purchase agreement\ (Law) A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option of purchase) in which a person hires goods for a specified period and at a fixed rent, with the added condition that if he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay all the installments of rent as they become due the contract shall determine and the title vest absolutely in him, and that if he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the goods and be quit of any liability for future installments upon the contract. In the United States such a contract is generally treated as a conditional sale, and the term hire purchase is also sometimes applied to a contract in which the hirer is not free to avoid future liability by surrender of the goods. In England, however, if the hirer does not have this right the contract is a sale. | |
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Frost \Frost\, n. [OE. frost, forst, AS. forst, frost. fr. fre[a2]san to freeze; akin to D. varst, G., OHG., Icel., Dan., & Sw. frost. [fb]18. See {Freeze}, v. i.] 1. The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids. 2. The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather. The third bay comes a frost, a killing frost. --Shak. 3. Frozen dew; -- called also {hoarfrost} or {white frost}. He scattereth the frost like ashes. --Ps. cxlvii. 16. 4. Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character. [R.] It was of those moments of intense feeling when the frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow wreath. --Sir W. Scott. {Black frost}, cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and cause it to turn black, without the formation of hoarfrost. {Frost bearer} (Physics), a philosophical instrument illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a cryophous. {Frost grape} (Bot.), an American grape, with very small, acid berries. {Frost lamp}, a lamp placed below the oil tube of an Argand lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; -- used especially in lighthouses. --Knight. {Frost nail}, a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse's shoe to keen him from slipping. {Frost smoke}, an appearance resembling smoke, caused by congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe cold. The brig and the ice round her are covered by a strange black obscurity: it is the frost smoke of arctic winters. --Kane. {Frost valve}, a valve to drain the portion of a pipe, hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to freeze. {Jack Frost}, a popular personification of frost. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hoarfrost \Hoar"frost`\, n. The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost. [Written also {horefrost}. See {Hoar}, a.] He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. --Ps. cxlvii. 16. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Frost \Frost\, n. [OE. frost, forst, AS. forst, frost. fr. fre[a2]san to freeze; akin to D. varst, G., OHG., Icel., Dan., & Sw. frost. [fb]18. See {Freeze}, v. i.] 1. The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids. 2. The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather. The third bay comes a frost, a killing frost. --Shak. 3. Frozen dew; -- called also {hoarfrost} or {white frost}. He scattereth the frost like ashes. --Ps. cxlvii. 16. 4. Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character. [R.] It was of those moments of intense feeling when the frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow wreath. --Sir W. Scott. {Black frost}, cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and cause it to turn black, without the formation of hoarfrost. {Frost bearer} (Physics), a philosophical instrument illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a cryophous. {Frost grape} (Bot.), an American grape, with very small, acid berries. {Frost lamp}, a lamp placed below the oil tube of an Argand lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; -- used especially in lighthouses. --Knight. {Frost nail}, a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse's shoe to keen him from slipping. {Frost smoke}, an appearance resembling smoke, caused by congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe cold. The brig and the ice round her are covered by a strange black obscurity: it is the frost smoke of arctic winters. --Kane. {Frost valve}, a valve to drain the portion of a pipe, hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to freeze. {Jack Frost}, a popular personification of frost. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hoarfrost \Hoar"frost`\, n. The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost. [Written also {horefrost}. See {Hoar}, a.] He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. --Ps. cxlvii. 16. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hoarfrost \Hoar"frost`\, n. The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost. [Written also {horefrost}. See {Hoar}, a.] He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. --Ps. cxlvii. 16. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
H. Rivera Colo]n, PR (comunidad, FIPS 35403) Location: 18.34966 N, 66.27409 W Population (1990): 2024 (584 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Harbor, OR (CDP, FIPS 32100) Location: 42.03914 N, 124.25467 W Population (1990): 2143 (1292 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97415 | |
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Harbor Beach, MI (city, FIPS 36460) Location: 43.84659 N, 82.65489 W Population (1990): 2089 (987 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48441 | |
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Harbor Bluffs, FL (CDP, FIPS 28650) Location: 27.90910 N, 82.82785 W Population (1990): 2659 (1260 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) | |
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Harbor City, CA Zip code(s): 90710 | |
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Harbor Hills, OH (CDP, FIPS 33362) Location: 39.93675 N, 82.43524 W Population (1990): 1372 (708 housing units) Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water) | |
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Harbor Point, MI Zip code(s): 49740 | |
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Harbor Springs, MI (city, FIPS 36560) Location: 45.43199 N, 84.98964 W Population (1990): 1540 (941 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Harbor View, OH (village, FIPS 33376) Location: 41.69263 N, 83.44460 W Population (1990): 122 (53 housing units) Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Harborcreek, PA Zip code(s): 16421 | |
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Harborside, ME Zip code(s): 04642 | |
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Harbour Heights, FL (CDP, FIPS 28800) Location: 26.99251 N, 82.00789 W Population (1990): 2523 (1164 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Harbour Pointe, WA (CDP, FIPS 29585) Location: 47.88597 N, 122.30398 W Population (1990): 9107 (3069 housing units) Area: 15.0 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) | |
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Harford, PA Zip code(s): 18823 | |
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Harford County, MD (county, FIPS 25) Location: 39.53735 N, 76.30001 W Population (1990): 182132 (66446 housing units) Area: 1140.6 sq km (land), 223.7 sq km (water) | |
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Harper, IA (city, FIPS 34545) Location: 41.36334 N, 92.05120 W Population (1990): 147 (62 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52231 Harper, KS (city, FIPS 30175) Location: 37.28523 N, 98.02628 W Population (1990): 1735 (821 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67058 Harper, OR Zip code(s): 97906 Harper, TX Zip code(s): 78631 | |
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Harper County, KS (county, FIPS 77) Location: 37.19770 N, 98.07800 W Population (1990): 7124 (3481 housing units) Area: 2075.8 sq km (land), 3.9 sq km (water) Harper County, OK (county, FIPS 59) Location: 36.78267 N, 99.65231 W Population (1990): 4063 (2077 housing units) Area: 2691.2 sq km (land), 5.1 sq km (water) | |
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Harper Woods, MI (city, FIPS 36700) Location: 42.43815 N, 82.92839 W Population (1990): 14903 (6744 housing units) Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48225 | |
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Harpers Ferry, IA (city, FIPS 34590) Location: 43.20097 N, 91.15125 W Population (1990): 284 (527 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52146 Harpers Ferry, WV (town, FIPS 35284) Location: 39.32513 N, 77.74223 W Population (1990): 308 (170 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 25425 | |
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Harpersfield, NY Zip code(s): 13786 | |
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Harpersville, AL (town, FIPS 33256) Location: 33.34180 N, 86.43269 W Population (1990): 772 (317 housing units) Area: 8.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35078 | |
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Harpursville, NY Zip code(s): 13787 | |
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Harvard, ID Zip code(s): 83834 Harvard, IL (city, FIPS 33331) Location: 42.42116 N, 88.61528 W Population (1990): 5975 (2243 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60033 Harvard, MA Zip code(s): 01451 Harvard, NE (city, FIPS 21345) Location: 40.61932 N, 98.09623 W Population (1990): 976 (466 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68944 | |
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Haw River, NC (town, FIPS 30260) Location: 36.09242 N, 79.36008 W Population (1990): 1855 (837 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27258 | |
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Hereford, AZ Zip code(s): 85615 Hereford, MD Zip code(s): 21111 Hereford, OR Zip code(s): 97837 Hereford, PA Zip code(s): 18056 Hereford, SD Zip code(s): 57785 Hereford, TX (city, FIPS 33320) Location: 34.82337 N, 102.39840 W Population (1990): 14745 (5404 housing units) Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79045 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Harvard Graphics Publishing Corporation} (SPC) for creating presentations, speeches, slides, etc.. (1998-07-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Harvard Mark II Machine built by {Howard Aiken}, with support from {IBM}, for the United States Navy's Naval Proving Ground, between 1942 - 1947. The Harvard Mark II was the second in a series of four {electro-mechanical} computers that were forerunners of the {ENIAC}. {Harvard machines (http://hoc.co.umist.ac.uk/storylines/compdev/electromechanical/harvardmarkmachines.html)}. (2003-09-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Hoare powerdomain {powerdomain} |