English Dictionary: herumkaspern | by the DICT Development Group |
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Hairiness \Hair"i*ness\, n. The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair. --Johnson. | |
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Harangue \Ha*rangue"\, n. [F. harangue: cf. Sp. arenda, It. aringa; lit., a speech before a multitude or on the hustings, It. aringo arena, hustings, pulpit; all fr. OHG. hring ring, anything round, ring of people, G. ring. See {Ring}.] A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting. Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed, Assemble, and harangues are heard. --Milton. Syn: {Harangue}, {Speech}, {Oration}. Usage: Speech is generic; an oration is an elaborate and rhetorical speech; an harangue is a vehement appeal to the passions, or a noisy, disputatious address. A general makes an harangue to his troops on the eve of a battle; a demagogue harangues the populace on the subject of their wrongs. | |
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Harangue \Ha*rangue"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Harangued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Haranguing}.] [Cf. F. haranguer, It. aringare.] To make an harangue; to declaim. | |
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Harangue \Ha*rangue"\, v. t. To address by an harangue. | |
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Harangue \Ha*rangue"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Harangued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Haranguing}.] [Cf. F. haranguer, It. aringare.] To make an harangue; to declaim. | |
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Harangueful \Ha*rangue"ful\, a. Full of harangue. | |
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Haranguer \Ha*rang"uer\, n. One who harangues, or is fond of haranguing; a declaimer. With them join'd all th' harangues of the throng, That thought to get preferment by the tongue. --Dryden. | |
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Harangue \Ha*rangue"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Harangued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Haranguing}.] [Cf. F. haranguer, It. aringare.] To make an harangue; to declaim. | |
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Harengiform \Ha*ren"gi*form\, a. [F. hareng herring (LL. harengus) + -form.] Herring-shaped. | |
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Harmost \Har"most\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to join, arrange, command: cf. F. harmoste. See {Harmony}.] (Gr. Antiq.) A governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities subjugated by them. | |
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Harness \Har"ness\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harnessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harnessing}.] [OE. harneisen; cf. F. harnacher, OF. harneschier.] 1. To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array. Harnessed in rugged steel. --Rowe. A gay dagger, Harnessed well and sharp as point of spear. --Chaucer. 2. Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense. --Dr. H. More. 3. To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively. Harnessed to some regular profession. --J. C. Shairp. {Harnessed antelope}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Guib}. {Harnessed moth} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Arctia phalerata} of Harris), having, on the fore wings, stripes and bands of buff on a black ground. | |
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Harness \Har"ness\, n. [OE. harneis, harnes, OF. harneis, F. harnais, harnois; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. harnez old iron, armor, W. haiarn iron, Armor. houarn, Ir. iarann, Gael. iarunn. Gf. {Iron}.] 1. Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor. At least we 'll die witch harness on our back. --Shak. 2. The equipment of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear; tackling. 3. The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle. {To die in harness}, to die with armor on; hence, colloquially, to die while actively engaged in work or duty. | |
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Harness cask \Har"ness cask`\ (Naut.) A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also {harness tub}. --W. C. Russell. | |
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Harness cask \Har"ness cask`\ (Naut.) A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also {harness tub}. --W. C. Russell. | |
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Harness \Har"ness\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harnessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harnessing}.] [OE. harneisen; cf. F. harnacher, OF. harneschier.] 1. To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array. Harnessed in rugged steel. --Rowe. A gay dagger, Harnessed well and sharp as point of spear. --Chaucer. 2. Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense. --Dr. H. More. 3. To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively. Harnessed to some regular profession. --J. C. Shairp. {Harnessed antelope}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Guib}. {Harnessed moth} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Arctia phalerata} of Harris), having, on the fore wings, stripes and bands of buff on a black ground. | |
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Guib \Guib\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A West African antelope ({Tragelaphus scriptus}), curiously marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground, and hence called {harnessed antelope}; -- called also {guiba.} | |
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Harness \Har"ness\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harnessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harnessing}.] [OE. harneisen; cf. F. harnacher, OF. harneschier.] 1. To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array. Harnessed in rugged steel. --Rowe. A gay dagger, Harnessed well and sharp as point of spear. --Chaucer. 2. Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense. --Dr. H. More. 3. To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively. Harnessed to some regular profession. --J. C. Shairp. {Harnessed antelope}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Guib}. {Harnessed moth} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Arctia phalerata} of Harris), having, on the fore wings, stripes and bands of buff on a black ground. | |
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Guib \Guib\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A West African antelope ({Tragelaphus scriptus}), curiously marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground, and hence called {harnessed antelope}; -- called also {guiba.} | |
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Harness \Har"ness\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harnessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harnessing}.] [OE. harneisen; cf. F. harnacher, OF. harneschier.] 1. To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array. Harnessed in rugged steel. --Rowe. A gay dagger, Harnessed well and sharp as point of spear. --Chaucer. 2. Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense. --Dr. H. More. 3. To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively. Harnessed to some regular profession. --J. C. Shairp. {Harnessed antelope}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Guib}. {Harnessed moth} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Arctia phalerata} of Harris), having, on the fore wings, stripes and bands of buff on a black ground. | |
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Harness \Har"ness\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harnessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harnessing}.] [OE. harneisen; cf. F. harnacher, OF. harneschier.] 1. To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array. Harnessed in rugged steel. --Rowe. A gay dagger, Harnessed well and sharp as point of spear. --Chaucer. 2. Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense. --Dr. H. More. 3. To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively. Harnessed to some regular profession. --J. C. Shairp. {Harnessed antelope}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Guib}. {Harnessed moth} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Arctia phalerata} of Harris), having, on the fore wings, stripes and bands of buff on a black ground. | |
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Harnesser \Har"ness*er\, n. One who harnesses. | |
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Harness \Har"ness\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harnessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harnessing}.] [OE. harneisen; cf. F. harnacher, OF. harneschier.] 1. To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array. Harnessed in rugged steel. --Rowe. A gay dagger, Harnessed well and sharp as point of spear. --Chaucer. 2. Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense. --Dr. H. More. 3. To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively. Harnessed to some regular profession. --J. C. Shairp. {Harnessed antelope}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Guib}. {Harnessed moth} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Arctia phalerata} of Harris), having, on the fore wings, stripes and bands of buff on a black ground. | |
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Harns \Harns\, n. pl. [Akin to Icel. hjarni, Dan. hierne.] The brains. [Scot.] | |
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Heronshaw \Her"on*shaw\, n. [OF. heroncel, dim. of h[82]ron. See {Heron}.] (Zo[94]l.) A heron. [Written variously {hernshaw}, {harnsey}, etc.] | |
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Harrow \Har"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harrowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harrowing}.] [OE. harowen, harwen; cf. Dan. harve. See {Harrow}, n.] 1. To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land. Will he harrow the valleys after thee? --Job xxxix. 10. 2. To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex. My aged muscles harrowed up with whips. --Rowe. I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul. --Shak. | |
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Harry \Har"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harried}( ?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Harrying}.] [OF. harwen, herien, her[yogh]ien, AS. hergian to act as an army, to ravage, plunder, fr. here army; akin to G. here army; akin to G. heer, Icel. herr, Goth. harjis, and Lith. karas war. Gf. {Harbor}, {Herald}, {Heriot}.] 1. To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land. To harry this beautiful region. --W. Irving. A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush. --J. Burroughs. 2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. --Shak. Syn: To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease; worry; annoy; harass. | |
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Harum-scarum \Har"um-scar"um\, a. [Cf. hare,v. t., and scare, v. t.] Wild; giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless. [Colloq.] They had a quarrel with Sir Thomas Newcome's own son, a harum-scarum lad. --Thackeray. | |
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Heariness \Hear"i*ness\, n. The quality of being hearty; as, the heartiness of a greeting. | |
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Hear \Hear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heard}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hearing}.] [OE. heren, AS,. hi[82]ran, h[?]ran, h[?]ran; akin to OS. h[?]rian, OFries. hera, hora, D. hooren, OHG. h[?]ren, G. h[94]ren, Icel. heyra, Sw: h[94]ra, Dan. hore, Goth. hausjan, and perh. to Gr. [?], E. acoustic. Cf. {Hark}, {Hearken}.] 1. To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call. Lay thine ear close to the ground, and list if thou canst hear the tread of travelers. --Shak. He had been heard to utter an ominous growl. --Macaulay. 2. To give audience or attention to; to listen to; to heed; to accept the doctrines or advice of; to obey; to examine; to try in a judicial court; as, to hear a recitation; to hear a class; the case will be heard to-morrow. 3. To attend, or be present at, as hearer or worshiper; as, to hear a concert; to hear Mass. 4. To give attention to as a teacher or judge. Thy matters are good and right, but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. --2 Sam. xv. 3. I beseech your honor to hear me one single word. --Shak. 5. To accede to the demand or wishes of; to listen to and answer favorably; to favor. I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice. --Ps. cxvi. 1. They think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. --Matt. vi. 7. {Hear him}. See Remark, under {Hear}, v. i. {To hear a bird sing}, to receive private communication. [Colloq.] --Shak. {To hear say}, to hear one say; to learn by common report; to receive by rumor. [Colloq.] | |
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Hearing \Hear"ing\, n. 1. The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear. --Job xlii. 5. Note: Hearing in a special sensation, produced by stim[?][?]ation of the auditory nerve; the stimulus (waves of sound) acting not directly on the nerve, but through the medium of the endolymph on the delicate epithelium cells, constituting the peripheral terminations of the nerve. See {Ear}. 2. Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; as, I could not obtain a hearing. 3. A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a session of a court for considering proofs and determining issues. His last offenses to us Shall have judicious hearing. --Shak. Another hearing before some other court. --Dryden. Note: Hearing, as applied to equity cases, means the same thing that the word trial does at law. --Abbot. 4. Extent within which sound may be heard; sound; earshot. [bd]She's not within hearing.[b8] --Shak. They laid him by the pleasant shore, And in the hearing of the wave. --Tennyson. | |
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d8Ex parte \[d8]Ex` par"te\ [L. See {Ex-}, and {Part}.] Upon or from one side only; one-sided; partial; as, an ex parte statement. {Ex parte application}, one made without notice or opportunity to oppose. {Ex parte council}, one that assembles at the request of only one of the parties in dispute. {Ex parte} {hearing [or] evidence} (Law), that which is had or taken by one side or party in the absence of the other. Hearings before grand juries, and affidavits, are ex parte. --Wharton's Law Dict. --Burrill. | |
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Herehence \Here"hence`\, adv. From hence. [Obs.] | |
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Hermes \Her"mes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] 1. (Myth.) See {Mercury}. Note: Hermes Trismegistus [Gr. 'Ermh^s trisme`gistos, lit., Hermes thrice greatest] was a late name of Hermes, especially as identified with the Egyptian god Thoth. He was the fabled inventor of astrology and alchemy. 2. (Arch[91]ology) Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also {herma}. See {Terminal statue}, under {Terminal}. | |
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Hermogenian \Her`mo*ge"ni*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A disciple of Hermogenes, an heretical teacher who lived in Africa near the close of the second century. He held matter to be the fountain of all evil, and that souls and spirits are formed of corrupt matter. | |
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Hernia \Her"ni*a\, n.; pl. E. {Hernias}, L. {Herni[91]}. [L.] (Med.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also {rupture}. {Strangulated hernia}, a hernia so tightly compressed in some part of the channel through which it has been protruded as to arrest its circulation, and produce swelling of the protruded part. It may occur in recent or chronic hernia, but is more common in the latter. | |
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Hernshaw \Hern"shaw\, n. Heronshaw. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Heronshaw \Her"on*shaw\, n. [OF. heroncel, dim. of h[82]ron. See {Heron}.] (Zo[94]l.) A heron. [Written variously {hernshaw}, {harnsey}, etc.] | |
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Hernshaw \Hern"shaw\, n. Heronshaw. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Heronshaw \Her"on*shaw\, n. [OF. heroncel, dim. of h[82]ron. See {Heron}.] (Zo[94]l.) A heron. [Written variously {hernshaw}, {harnsey}, etc.] | |
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Heron \Her"on\, n. [OE. heiroun, heroun, heron, hern, OF. hairon, F. h[82]ron, OHG. heigir; cf. Icel. hegri, Dan. heire, Sw. h[84]ger, and also G. h[84]her jay, jackdaw, OHG. hehara, higere, woodpecker, magpie, D. reiger heron, G. reiher, AS. hr[amac]gra. Cf. {Aigret}, {Egret}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any wading bird of the genus {Ardea} and allied genera, of the family {Ardeid[91]}. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and toes, with the claw of the middle toe toothed. The common European heron ({Ardea cinerea}) is remarkable for its directly ascending flight, and was formerly hunted with the larger falcons. Note: There are several common American species; as, the great blue heron ({Ardea herodias}); the little blue ({A. c[d2]rulea}); the green ({A. virescens}); the snowy ({A. candidissima}); the night heron or qua-bird ({Nycticorax nycticorax}). The plumed herons are called {egrets}. {Heron's bill} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Erodium}; -- so called from the fancied resemblance of the fruit to the head and beak of the heron. | |
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Heronsew \Her"on*sew\, n. A heronshaw. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Heronshaw \Her"on*shaw\, n. [OF. heroncel, dim. of h[82]ron. See {Heron}.] (Zo[94]l.) A heron. [Written variously {hernshaw}, {harnsey}, etc.] | |
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Herring \Her"ring\, n. [OE. hering, AS. h[91]ring; akin to D. haring, G. h[84]ring, hering, OHG. haring, hering, and prob. to AS. here army, and so called because they commonly move in large numbers. Cf. {Harry}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of various species of fishes of the genus {Clupea}, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring ({C. harengus}) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked in great quantities. {Herring gull} (Zo[94]l.), a large gull which feeds in part upon herrings; esp., {Larus argentatus} in America, and {L. cachinnans} in England. See {Gull}. {Herring hog} (Zo[94]l.), the common porpoise. {King of the herrings}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The chim[91]ra ({C. monstrosa}) which follows the schools of herring. See {Chim[91]ra}. (b) The opah. | |
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Herring \Her"ring\, n. [OE. hering, AS. h[91]ring; akin to D. haring, G. h[84]ring, hering, OHG. haring, hering, and prob. to AS. here army, and so called because they commonly move in large numbers. Cf. {Harry}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of various species of fishes of the genus {Clupea}, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring ({C. harengus}) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked in great quantities. {Herring gull} (Zo[94]l.), a large gull which feeds in part upon herrings; esp., {Larus argentatus} in America, and {L. cachinnans} in England. See {Gull}. {Herring hog} (Zo[94]l.), the common porpoise. {King of the herrings}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The chim[91]ra ({C. monstrosa}) which follows the schools of herring. See {Chim[91]ra}. (b) The opah. | |
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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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Merluce \Mer"luce\, n. [F. merluche, merlus.] (Zo[94]l.) The European hake; -- called also {herring hake} and {sea pike}. | |
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Herring \Her"ring\, n. [OE. hering, AS. h[91]ring; akin to D. haring, G. h[84]ring, hering, OHG. haring, hering, and prob. to AS. here army, and so called because they commonly move in large numbers. Cf. {Harry}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of various species of fishes of the genus {Clupea}, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring ({C. harengus}) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked in great quantities. {Herring gull} (Zo[94]l.), a large gull which feeds in part upon herrings; esp., {Larus argentatus} in America, and {L. cachinnans} in England. See {Gull}. {Herring hog} (Zo[94]l.), the common porpoise. {King of the herrings}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The chim[91]ra ({C. monstrosa}) which follows the schools of herring. See {Chim[91]ra}. (b) The opah. | |
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Herringbone \Her"ring*bone`\ (h[ecr]r"r[icr]ng*b[omac]n`), a. Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions. {Herringbone stitch}, a kind of cross-stitch in needlework, chiefly used in flannel. --Simmonds. | |
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Herringbone \Her"ring*bone`\ (h[ecr]r"r[icr]ng*b[omac]n`), a. Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions. {Herringbone stitch}, a kind of cross-stitch in needlework, chiefly used in flannel. --Simmonds. | |
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Hire \Hire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hired} (h[imac]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hiring}.] [OE. hiren, huren, AS. h[ymac]rian; akin to D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra. See {Hire}, n.] 1. To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money. 2. To engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to hire a servant, an agent, or an advocate. 3. To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; -- now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time. They . . . have hired out themselves for bread. --1 Sam. ii. 5. | |
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Hoariness \Hoar"i*ness\, n. [From {Hoary}.] The state of being hoary. --Dryden. | |
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Horn \Horn\, n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha[a3]rn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L. cornu, Gr. [?], and perh. also to E. cheer, cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. [87]iras head. Cf. {Carat}, {Corn} on the foot, {Cornea}, {Corner}, {Cornet}, {Cornucopia}, {Hart}.] 1. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed. 2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout. 4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed ({Asclepias}). 5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as: (a) A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other metal, resembling a horn in shape. [bd]Wind his horn under the castle wall.[b8] --Spenser. See {French horn}, under {French}. (b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle. [bd]Horns of mead and ale.[b8] --Mason. (c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See {Cornucopia}. [bd]Fruits and flowers from Amalth[91]a's horn.[b8] --Milton. (d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids. [bd]Samuel took the hornof oil and anointed him [David].[b8] --1 Sam. xvi. 13. (e) The pointed beak of an anvil. (f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg. (g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute. (h) (Naut.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc. (i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane. (j) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering. [bd]Joab . . . caught hold on the horns of the altar.[b8] --1 Kings ii. 28. 6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped. The moon Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns. --Thomson. 7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form. Sharpening in mooned horns Their phalanx. --Milton. 8. The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn. 9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride. The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. --Ps. xviii. 2. 10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural. [bd]Thicker than a cuckold's horn.[b8] --Shak. {Horn block}, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car axle box slides up and down; -- also called {horn plate}. {Horn of a dilemma}. See under {Dilemma}. {Horn distemper}, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal substance of the horn. {Horn drum}, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising water. {Horn lead} (Chem.), chloride of lead. {Horn maker}, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] --Shak. {Horn mercury}. (Min.) Same as {Horn quicksilver} (below). {Horn poppy} (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy ({Glaucium luteum}), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and Virginia; -- called also {horned poppy}. --Gray. {Horn pox} (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like that of chicken pox. {Horn quicksilver} (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of mercury. {Horn shell} (Zo[94]l.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod shell, of the genus {Cerithium}, and allied genera. {Horn silver} (Min.), cerargyrite. {Horn slate}, a gray, siliceous stone. {To haul in one's horns}, to withdraw some arrogant pretension. [Colloq.] | |
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Horn \Horn\, n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha[a3]rn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L. cornu, Gr. [?], and perh. also to E. cheer, cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. [87]iras head. Cf. {Carat}, {Corn} on the foot, {Cornea}, {Corner}, {Cornet}, {Cornucopia}, {Hart}.] 1. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed. 2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout. 4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed ({Asclepias}). 5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as: (a) A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other metal, resembling a horn in shape. [bd]Wind his horn under the castle wall.[b8] --Spenser. See {French horn}, under {French}. (b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle. [bd]Horns of mead and ale.[b8] --Mason. (c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See {Cornucopia}. [bd]Fruits and flowers from Amalth[91]a's horn.[b8] --Milton. (d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids. [bd]Samuel took the hornof oil and anointed him [David].[b8] --1 Sam. xvi. 13. (e) The pointed beak of an anvil. (f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg. (g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute. (h) (Naut.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc. (i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane. (j) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering. [bd]Joab . . . caught hold on the horns of the altar.[b8] --1 Kings ii. 28. 6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped. The moon Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns. --Thomson. 7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form. Sharpening in mooned horns Their phalanx. --Milton. 8. The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn. 9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride. The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. --Ps. xviii. 2. 10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural. [bd]Thicker than a cuckold's horn.[b8] --Shak. {Horn block}, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car axle box slides up and down; -- also called {horn plate}. {Horn of a dilemma}. See under {Dilemma}. {Horn distemper}, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal substance of the horn. {Horn drum}, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising water. {Horn lead} (Chem.), chloride of lead. {Horn maker}, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] --Shak. {Horn mercury}. (Min.) Same as {Horn quicksilver} (below). {Horn poppy} (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy ({Glaucium luteum}), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and Virginia; -- called also {horned poppy}. --Gray. {Horn pox} (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like that of chicken pox. {Horn quicksilver} (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of mercury. {Horn shell} (Zo[94]l.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod shell, of the genus {Cerithium}, and allied genera. {Horn silver} (Min.), cerargyrite. {Horn slate}, a gray, siliceous stone. {To haul in one's horns}, to withdraw some arrogant pretension. [Colloq.] | |
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Horn \Horn\, n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha[a3]rn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L. cornu, Gr. [?], and perh. also to E. cheer, cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. [87]iras head. Cf. {Carat}, {Corn} on the foot, {Cornea}, {Corner}, {Cornet}, {Cornucopia}, {Hart}.] 1. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed. 2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout. 4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed ({Asclepias}). 5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as: (a) A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other metal, resembling a horn in shape. [bd]Wind his horn under the castle wall.[b8] --Spenser. See {French horn}, under {French}. (b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle. [bd]Horns of mead and ale.[b8] --Mason. (c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See {Cornucopia}. [bd]Fruits and flowers from Amalth[91]a's horn.[b8] --Milton. (d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids. [bd]Samuel took the hornof oil and anointed him [David].[b8] --1 Sam. xvi. 13. (e) The pointed beak of an anvil. (f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg. (g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute. (h) (Naut.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc. (i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane. (j) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering. [bd]Joab . . . caught hold on the horns of the altar.[b8] --1 Kings ii. 28. 6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped. The moon Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns. --Thomson. 7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form. Sharpening in mooned horns Their phalanx. --Milton. 8. The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn. 9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride. The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. --Ps. xviii. 2. 10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural. [bd]Thicker than a cuckold's horn.[b8] --Shak. {Horn block}, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car axle box slides up and down; -- also called {horn plate}. {Horn of a dilemma}. See under {Dilemma}. {Horn distemper}, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal substance of the horn. {Horn drum}, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising water. {Horn lead} (Chem.), chloride of lead. {Horn maker}, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] --Shak. {Horn mercury}. (Min.) Same as {Horn quicksilver} (below). {Horn poppy} (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy ({Glaucium luteum}), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and Virginia; -- called also {horned poppy}. --Gray. {Horn pox} (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like that of chicken pox. {Horn quicksilver} (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of mercury. {Horn shell} (Zo[94]l.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod shell, of the genus {Cerithium}, and allied genera. {Horn silver} (Min.), cerargyrite. {Horn slate}, a gray, siliceous stone. {To haul in one's horns}, to withdraw some arrogant pretension. [Colloq.] | |
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Silver \Sil"ver\, n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[94]lv, Goth. silubr, Russ. serebro, Lith. sidabras; of unknown origin.] 1. (Chem.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the [bd]noble[b8] metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5. Note: Silver was known under the name of luna to the ancients and also to the alchemists. Some of its compounds, as the halogen salts, are remarkable for the effect of light upon them, and are used in photography. 2. Coin made of silver; silver money. 3. Anything having the luster or appearance of silver. 4. The color of silver. Note: Silver is used in the formation of many compounds of obvious meaning; as, silver-armed, silver-bright, silver-buskined, silver-coated, silver-footed, silver-haired, silver-headed, silver-mantled, silver-plated, silver-slippered, silver-sounding, silver-studded, silver-tongued, silver-white. See {Silver}, a. {Black silver} (Min.), stephanite; -- called also {brittle silver ore}, or {brittle silver glance}. {Fulminating silver}. (Chem.) (a) A black crystalline substance, {Ag2O.(NH3)2}, obtained by dissolving silver oxide in aqua ammonia. When dry it explodes violently on the slightest percussion. (b) Silver fulminate, a white crystalline substance, {Ag2C2N2O2}, obtained by adding alcohol to a solution of silver nitrate. When dry it is violently explosive. {German silver}. (Chem.) See under {German}. {Gray silver}. (Min.) See {Freieslebenite}. {Horn silver}. (Min.) See {Cerargyrite}. {King's silver}. (O. Eng. Law) See {Postfine}. {Red silver}, [or] {Ruby silver}. (Min.) See {Proustite}, and {Pyrargyrite}. {Silver beater}, one who beats silver into silver leaf or silver foil. {Silver glance}, [or] {Vitreous silver}. (Min.) See {Argentine}. | |
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Horn \Horn\, n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha[a3]rn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L. cornu, Gr. [?], and perh. also to E. cheer, cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. [87]iras head. Cf. {Carat}, {Corn} on the foot, {Cornea}, {Corner}, {Cornet}, {Cornucopia}, {Hart}.] 1. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed. 2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout. 4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed ({Asclepias}). 5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as: (a) A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other metal, resembling a horn in shape. [bd]Wind his horn under the castle wall.[b8] --Spenser. See {French horn}, under {French}. (b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle. [bd]Horns of mead and ale.[b8] --Mason. (c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See {Cornucopia}. [bd]Fruits and flowers from Amalth[91]a's horn.[b8] --Milton. (d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids. [bd]Samuel took the hornof oil and anointed him [David].[b8] --1 Sam. xvi. 13. (e) The pointed beak of an anvil. (f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg. (g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute. (h) (Naut.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc. (i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane. (j) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering. [bd]Joab . . . caught hold on the horns of the altar.[b8] --1 Kings ii. 28. 6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped. The moon Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns. --Thomson. 7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form. Sharpening in mooned horns Their phalanx. --Milton. 8. The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn. 9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride. The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. --Ps. xviii. 2. 10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural. [bd]Thicker than a cuckold's horn.[b8] --Shak. {Horn block}, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car axle box slides up and down; -- also called {horn plate}. {Horn of a dilemma}. See under {Dilemma}. {Horn distemper}, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal substance of the horn. {Horn drum}, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising water. {Horn lead} (Chem.), chloride of lead. {Horn maker}, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] --Shak. {Horn mercury}. (Min.) Same as {Horn quicksilver} (below). {Horn poppy} (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy ({Glaucium luteum}), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and Virginia; -- called also {horned poppy}. --Gray. {Horn pox} (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like that of chicken pox. {Horn quicksilver} (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of mercury. {Horn shell} (Zo[94]l.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod shell, of the genus {Cerithium}, and allied genera. {Horn silver} (Min.), cerargyrite. {Horn slate}, a gray, siliceous stone. {To haul in one's horns}, to withdraw some arrogant pretension. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Horn \Horn\, n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha[a3]rn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L. cornu, Gr. [?], and perh. also to E. cheer, cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. [87]iras head. Cf. {Carat}, {Corn} on the foot, {Cornea}, {Corner}, {Cornet}, {Cornucopia}, {Hart}.] 1. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed. 2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout. 4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed ({Asclepias}). 5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as: (a) A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other metal, resembling a horn in shape. [bd]Wind his horn under the castle wall.[b8] --Spenser. See {French horn}, under {French}. (b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle. [bd]Horns of mead and ale.[b8] --Mason. (c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See {Cornucopia}. [bd]Fruits and flowers from Amalth[91]a's horn.[b8] --Milton. (d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids. [bd]Samuel took the hornof oil and anointed him [David].[b8] --1 Sam. xvi. 13. (e) The pointed beak of an anvil. (f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg. (g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute. (h) (Naut.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc. (i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane. (j) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering. [bd]Joab . . . caught hold on the horns of the altar.[b8] --1 Kings ii. 28. 6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped. The moon Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns. --Thomson. 7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form. Sharpening in mooned horns Their phalanx. --Milton. 8. The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn. 9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride. The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. --Ps. xviii. 2. 10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural. [bd]Thicker than a cuckold's horn.[b8] --Shak. {Horn block}, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car axle box slides up and down; -- also called {horn plate}. {Horn of a dilemma}. See under {Dilemma}. {Horn distemper}, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal substance of the horn. {Horn drum}, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising water. {Horn lead} (Chem.), chloride of lead. {Horn maker}, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] --Shak. {Horn mercury}. (Min.) Same as {Horn quicksilver} (below). {Horn poppy} (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy ({Glaucium luteum}), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and Virginia; -- called also {horned poppy}. --Gray. {Horn pox} (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like that of chicken pox. {Horn quicksilver} (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of mercury. {Horn shell} (Zo[94]l.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod shell, of the genus {Cerithium}, and allied genera. {Horn silver} (Min.), cerargyrite. {Horn slate}, a gray, siliceous stone. {To haul in one's horns}, to withdraw some arrogant pretension. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Horny \Horn"y\, a. [Compar. {Hornier}; superl. {Horniest}.] 1. Having horns or hornlike projections. --Gay. 2. Composed or made of horn, or of a substance resembling horn; of the nature of horn. [bd]The horny . . . coat of the eye.[b8] --Ray. 3. Hard; callous. [bd]His horny fist.[b8] --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hornish \Horn"ish\, a. Somewhat like horn; hard. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dilemma \Di*lem"ma\, n. [L. dilemma, Gr. [?]; di- = di`s- twice + [?] to take. See {Lemma}.] 1. (Logic) An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses. Note: The following are instances of the dilemma. A young rhetorician applied to an old sophist to be taught the art of pleading, and bargained for a certain reward to be paid when he should gain a cause. The master sued for his reward, and the scholar endeavored to [?]lude his claim by a dilemma. [bd]If I gain my cause, I shall withhold your pay, because the judge's award will be against you; if I lose it, I may withhold it, because I shall not yet have gained a cause.[b8] [bd]On the contrary,[b8] says the master, [bd]if you gain your cause, you must pay me, because you are to pay me when you gain a cause; if you lose it, you must pay me, because the judge will award it.[b8] --Johnson. 2. A state of things in which evils or obstacles present themselves on every side, and it is difficult to determine what course to pursue; a vexatious alternative or predicament; a difficult choice or position. A strong dilemma in a desperate case! To act with infamy, or quit the place. --Swift. {Horns of a dilemma}, alternatives, each of which is equally difficult of encountering. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Plume \Plume\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pluming}.] [Cf. F. plumer to pluck, to strip, L. plumare to cover with feathers.] 1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink. Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --W. Irving. 2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel. [Obs.] --Bacon. Dryden. 3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. [bd]Farewell the plumed troop.[b8] --Shak. 4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill. --South. {Plumed adder} (Zo[94]l.), an African viper ({Vipera, [or] Clotho cornuta}), having a plumelike structure over each eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African puff adder. Called also {horned viper} and {hornsman}. {Plumed partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the California mountain quail ({Oreortyx pictus}). See {Mountain quail}, under {Mountain}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hornsnake \Horn"snake`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A harmless snake ({Farancia abacura}), found in the Southern United States. The color is bluish black above, red below. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hornstone \Horn"stone`\, n. (Min.) A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also {chert}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hour \Hour\, n. [OE. hour, our, hore, ure, OF. hore, ore, ure, F. heure, L. hora, fr. Gr. [?], orig., a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, a season, the time of the day, an hour. See {Year}, and cf. {Horologe}, {Horoscope}.] 1. The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes. 2. The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At what hour shall we meet? 3. Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour. Woman, . . . mine hour is not yet come. --John ii. 4. This is your hour, and the power of darkness. --Luke xxii. 53. 4. pl. (R. C. Ch.) Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers. 5. A measure of distance traveled. Vilvoorden, three hours from Brussels. --J. P. Peters. {After hours}, after the time appointed for one's regular labor. {Canonical hours}. See under {Canonical}. {Hour angle} (Astron.), the angle between the hour circle passing through a given body, and the meridian of a place. {Hour circle}. (Astron.) (a) Any circle of the sphere passing through the two poles of the equator; esp., one of the circles drawn on an artificial globe through the poles, and dividing the equator into spaces of 15[deg], or one hour, each. (b) A circle upon an equatorial telescope lying parallel to the plane of the earth's equator, and graduated in hours and subdivisions of hours of right ascension. (c) A small brass circle attached to the north pole of an artificial globe, and divided into twenty-four parts or hours. It is used to mark differences of time in working problems on the globe. {Hour hand}, the hand or index which shows the hour on a timepiece. {Hour line}. (a) (Astron.) A line indicating the hour. (b) (Dialing) A line on which the shadow falls at a given hour; the intersection of an hour circle which the face of the dial. {Hour plate}, the plate of a timepiece on which the hours are marked; the dial. --Locke. {Sidereal hour}, the twenty-fourth part of a sidereal day. {Solar hour}, the twenty-fourth part of a solar day. {The small hours}, the early hours of the morning, as one o'clock, two o'clock, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hurons \Hu"rons\, n. pl. ; sing. {Huron}. (Ethnol.) A powerful and warlike tribe of North American Indians of the Algonquin stock. They formerly occupied the country between Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario, but were nearly exterminated by the Five Nations about 1650. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hurry \Hur"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurrying}.] [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round, dial. Sw. hurr great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr hurly-burly, MHG. hurren to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to hurry; all prob. of imitative origin.] 1. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. Impetuous lust hurries him on. --South. They hurried him abroad a bark. --Shak. 2. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity. And wild amazement hurries up and down The little number of your doubtful friends. --Shak. 3. To cause to be done quickly. Syn: To hasten; precipitate; expedite; quicken; accelerate; urge. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hurryingly \Hur"ry*ing*ly\, adv. In a hurrying manner. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Harney County, OR (county, FIPS 25) Location: 43.07063 N, 118.97086 W Population (1990): 7060 (3305 housing units) Area: 26249.4 sq km (land), 238.7 sq km (water) | |
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Harrington, DE (city, FIPS 33120) Location: 38.92274 N, 75.57232 W Population (1990): 2311 (977 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19952 Harrington, ME Zip code(s): 04643 Harrington, WA (city, FIPS 29745) Location: 47.48037 N, 118.25435 W Population (1990): 449 (229 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99134 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Harrington Park, NJ (borough, FIPS 30150) Location: 40.98926 N, 73.98001 W Population (1990): 4623 (1511 housing units) Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07640 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Herington, KS (city, FIPS 31400) Location: 38.67362 N, 96.94508 W Population (1990): 2685 (1360 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hermiston, OR (city, FIPS 33700) Location: 45.83281 N, 119.28351 W Population (1990): 10040 (4110 housing units) Area: 14.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97838 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hermosa, SD (town, FIPS 28300) Location: 43.84002 N, 103.19154 W Population (1990): 242 (103 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57744 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hermosa Beach, CA (city, FIPS 33364) Location: 33.85167 N, 118.42271 W Population (1990): 18219 (9689 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 11.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 90254 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hernshaw, WV Zip code(s): 25107 | |
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Herrings, NY (village, FIPS 34220) Location: 44.02354 N, 75.65774 W Population (1990): 140 (56 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hormigueros zona, PR (urbana, FIPS 35059) Location: 18.14435 N, 67.12076 W Population (1990): 13585 (4731 housing units) Area: 12.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hornick, IA (city, FIPS 37200) Location: 42.23098 N, 96.09632 W Population (1990): 222 (107 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51026 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hornsby, TN (town, FIPS 36080) Location: 35.22967 N, 88.83039 W Population (1990): 313 (128 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38044 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Huron County, MI (county, FIPS 63) Location: 43.95859 N, 82.83573 W Population (1990): 34951 (19755 housing units) Area: 2166.8 sq km (land), 3368.7 sq km (water) Huron County, OH (county, FIPS 77) Location: 41.15017 N, 82.60185 W Population (1990): 56240 (21382 housing units) Area: 1277.1 sq km (land), 4.8 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Hermes language and system from the {IBM} {Watson Research Centre}, produced in June 1990. It is designed for implementation of large systems and distributed applications, as well as for general-purpose programming. It is an {imperative}, {strongly typed} and {process-oriented} successor to {NIL}. Hermes hides distribution and heterogeneity from the programmer. The programmer sees a single {abstract machine} containing processes that communicate using calls or sends. The {compiler}, not the programmer, deals with the complexity of data structure layout, local and remote communication, and interaction with the {operating system}. As a result, Hermes programs are portable and easy to write. Because the programming paradigm is simple and high level, there are many opportunities for optimisation which are not present in languages which give the programmer more direct control over the machine. Hermes features {threads}, {relational table}sHermes is, {typestate} checking, {capability}-based access and {dynamic configuration}. Version 0.8alpha patchlevel 01 runs on {RS/6000}, {Sun-4}, {NeXT}, {IBM-RT}/{BSD4.3} and includes a {bytecode compiler}, a bytecode->C compiler and {run-time support}. {0.7alpha for Unix (ftp://software.watson.ibm.com/pub/hermes)}. E-mail: {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.lang.hermes}. ["Hermes: A Language for Distributed Computing". Strom, Bacon, Goldberg, Lowry, Yellin, Yemini. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 1991. ISBN: O-13-389537-8]. (1992-03-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Horn clause literal}. Usually written L <- L1, ..., Ln or <- L1, ..., Ln where n>=0. If L is false the clause is regarded as a goal. Horn clauses can express a subset of statements of {first order logic}. The name "Horn Clause" comes from the logician Alfred Horn, who first pointed out the significance of such clauses in 1951, in the article "On sentences which are true of direct unions of algebras", Journal of Symbolic Logic, 16, 14-21. A {definite clause} is a Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal. (2000-01-24) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Harness (1.) Heb. 'asar, "to bind;" hence the act of fastening animals to a cart (1 Sam. 6:7, 10; Jer. 46:4, etc.). (2.) An Old English word for "armour;" Heb. neshek (2 Chr. 9:24). (3.) Heb. shiryan, a coat of mail (1 Kings 22:34; 2 Chr. 18:33; rendered "breastplate" in Isa. 59:17). (4.) The children of Israel passed out of Egypt "harnessed" (Ex. 13:18), i.e., in an orderly manner, and as if to meet a foe. The word so rendered is probably a derivative from Hebrew _hamesh_ (i.e., "five"), and may denote that they went up in five divisions, viz., the van, centre, two wings, and rear-guard. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Hermas Mercury, a Roman Christian to whom Paul sends greetings (Rom. 16: 14). Some suppose him to have been the author of the celebrated religious romance called The Shepherd, but it is very probable that that work is the production of a later generation. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Hermes Mercury, a Roman Christian (Rom. 16:14). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Hermogenes Mercury-born, at one time Paul's fellow-labourer in Asia Minor, who, however, afterwards abandoned him, along with one Phygellus, probably on account of the perils by which they were beset (2 Tim. 1:15). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Hermas, Hermes, Mercury; gain; refuge | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Hermogenes, begotten of Mercury | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Horims, princes; being angry |