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Oyster \Oys"ter\, n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[8c]tre, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. 'o`streon; prob. akin to 'ostre`on bone, the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous}, {Ostracize}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European oyster ({Ostrea edulis}), and the American oyster ({Ostrea Virginiana}), are the most important species. 2. A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl. {Fresh-water oyster} (Zo[94]l.), any species of the genus {Etheria}, and allied genera, found in rivers of Africa and South America. They are irregular in form, and attach themselves to rocks like oysters, but they have a pearly interior, and are allied to the fresh-water mussels. {Oyster bed}, a breeding place for oysters; a place in a tidal river or other water on or near the seashore, where oysters are deposited to grow and fatten for market. See 1st {Scalp}, n. {Oyster catcher} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wading birds of the genus {H[91]matopus}, which frequent seashores and feed upon shellfish. The European species ({H. ostralegus}), the common American species ({H. palliatus}), and the California, or black, oyster catcher ({H. Bachmani}) are the best known. {Oyster crab} (Zo[94]l.) a small crab ({Pinnotheres ostreum}) which lives as a commensal in the gill cavity of the oyster. {Oyster dredge}, a rake or small dragnet of bringing up oyster from the bottom of the sea. {Oyster fish}. ({Zo[94]l}.) (a) The tautog. (b) The toadfish. {Oyster plant}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Tragopogon} ({T. porrifolius}), the root of which, when cooked, somewhat resembles the oyster in taste; salsify; -- called also {vegetable oyster}. (b) A plant found on the seacoast of Northern Europe, America and Asia ({Mertensia maritima}), the fresh leaves of which have a strong flavor of oysters. {Oyster plover}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Oyster catcher}, above. {Oyster shell} (Zo[94]l.), the shell of an oyster. {Oyster wench}, {Oyster wife}, {Oyster women}, a women who deals in oysters. {Pearl oyster}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Pearl}. {Thorny oyster} (Zo[94]l.), any spiny marine shell of the genus {Spondylus}. | |
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{Saint Martin's summer}, a season of mild, damp weather frequently prevailing during late autumn in England and the Mediterranean countries; -- so called from St. Martin's Festival, occurring on November 11. It corresponds to the Indian summer in America. --Shak. --Whittier. {Saint Patrick's cross}. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}. {Saint Patrick's Day}, the 17th of March, anniversary of the death (about 466) of St. Patrick, the apostle and patron saint of Ireland. {Saint Peter's fish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {John Dory}, under {John}. {Saint Peter's-wort} (Bot.), a name of several plants, as {Hypericum Ascyron}, {H. quadrangulum}, {Ascyrum stans}, etc. {Saint Peter's wreath} (Bot.), a shrubby kind of Spir[91]a ({S. hypericifolia}), having long slender branches covered with clusters of small white blossoms in spring. {Saint's bell}. See {Sanctus bell}, under {Sanctus}. {Saint Vitus's dance} (Med.), chorea; -- so called from the supposed cures wrought on intercession to this saint. | |
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Hackster \Hack"ster\, n. [From {Hack} to cut.] A bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an assassin. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Hague Tribunal \Hague Tribunal\ The permanent court of arbitration created by the [bd]International Convention for the Pacific Settle of International Disputes.[b8], adopted by the International Peace Conference of 1899. It is composed of persons of known competency in questions of international law, nominated by the signatory powers. From these persons an arbitration tribunal is chosen by the parties to a difference submitted to the court. On the failure of the parties to agree directly on the arbitrators, each chooses two arbitrators, an umpire is selected by them, by a third power, or by two powers selected by the parties. | |
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Hasty \Has"ty\, a. [Compar. {Hastier}; superl. {Hastiest}.] [Akin to D. haastig, G., Sw., & Dan. hastig. See {Haste}, n.] 1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch. 2. Demanding haste or immediate action. [R.] --Chaucer. [bd]Hasty employment.[b8] --Shak. 3. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager. 4. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution. 5. Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper. Take no unkindness of his hasty words. --Shak. 6. Forward; early; first ripe. [Obs.] [bd]As the hasty fruit before the summer.[b8] --Is. xxviii. 4. | |
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Haughty \Haugh"ty\, a. [Compar. {Haughtier}; superl. {Haughtiest}.] [OE. hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See {Altitude}.] 1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic] To measure the most haughty mountain's height. --Spenser. Equal unto this haughty enterprise. --Spenser 2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing. A woman of a haughty and imperious nature. --Clarendon. 3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage. Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced, Came towering. --Milton. | |
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d8Haustorium \[d8]Haus*to"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Haustoria}. [LL., a well, fr. L. haurire, haustum, to drink.] (Bot.) One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy. --R. Brown. | |
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Hay-cutter \Hay"-cut`ter\, n. A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle. | |
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Heck \Heck\, n. [See {Hatch} a half door.] [Written also {hack}.] 1. The bolt or latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A rack for cattle to feed at. [Prov. Eng.] 3. A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also {heck door}. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish. 5. (Weaving) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine. 6. A bend or winding of a stream. [Prov. Eng.] {Half heck}, the lower half of a door. {Heck board}, the loose board at the bottom or back of a cart. {Heck} {box [or] frame}, that which carries the heck in warping. | |
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Hectare \Hec"tare`\, n. [F., fr. Gr. [?] hundred + F. are an are.] A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres. | |
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Hector \Hec"tor\, n. [From the Trojan warrior Hector, the son of Priam.] A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes. | |
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Hector \Hec"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hectored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hectoring}.] To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. --Dryden. | |
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Hector \Hec"tor\, v. i. To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent. --Swift. | |
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Hector \Hec"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hectored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hectoring}.] To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. --Dryden. | |
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Hector \Hec"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hectored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hectoring}.] To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. --Dryden. | |
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Hectorism \Hec"to*rism\, n. The disposition or the practice of a hector; a bullying. [R.] | |
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Hectorly \Hec"tor*ly\, a. Resembling a hector; blustering; insolent; taunting. [bd]Hectorly, ruffianlike swaggering or huffing.[b8] --Barrow. | |
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Hektare \Hek"tare`\, Hektogram \Hek"to*gram\, Hektoliter \Hek"to*li`ter\, [and] Hektometer \Hek"to*me`ter\, n. Same as {Hectare}, {Hectogram}, {Hectoliter}, and {Hectometer}. | |
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Hestern \Hes"tern\, Hesternal \Hes*ter"nal\, a. [L. hesternus; akin to heri yesterday.] Pertaining to yesterday. [Obs.] See {Yester}, a. --Ld. Lytton. | |
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Hestern \Hes"tern\, Hesternal \Hes*ter"nal\, a. [L. hesternus; akin to heri yesterday.] Pertaining to yesterday. [Obs.] See {Yester}, a. --Ld. Lytton. | |
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Hexahedron \Hex`a*he"dron\, n.; pl. E. {Hexahedrons}, L. {Hexahedra}. [Hexa- + Gr. [?] seat, base, fr. [?] to sit: cf. F. hexa[8a]dre.] (Geom.) A solid body of six sides or faces. {Regular hexahedron}, a hexagon having six equal squares for its sides; a cube. | |
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Hexahedral \Hex`a*he"dral\, a. In the form of a hexahedron; having six sides or faces. | |
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Hexahedron \Hex`a*he"dron\, n.; pl. E. {Hexahedrons}, L. {Hexahedra}. [Hexa- + Gr. [?] seat, base, fr. [?] to sit: cf. F. hexa[8a]dre.] (Geom.) A solid body of six sides or faces. {Regular hexahedron}, a hexagon having six equal squares for its sides; a cube. | |
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Hexahedron \Hex`a*he"dron\, n.; pl. E. {Hexahedrons}, L. {Hexahedra}. [Hexa- + Gr. [?] seat, base, fr. [?] to sit: cf. F. hexa[8a]dre.] (Geom.) A solid body of six sides or faces. {Regular hexahedron}, a hexagon having six equal squares for its sides; a cube. | |
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(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble. Both meet to hear and answer such high things. --Shak. Plain living and high thinking are no more. --Wordsworth. (f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price. If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South. (g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense. An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin. --Prov. xxi. 4. His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot. --Clarendon. 3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc. High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser. High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies. --Baker. 4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high. 5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to {grave} or {low}; as, a high note. 6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as [emac] ([emac]ve), [oomac] (f[oomac]d). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 10, 11. {High admiral}, the chief admiral. {High altar}, the principal altar in a church. {High and dry}, out of water; out of reach of the current or tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached. {High and mighty} arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.] {High art}, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all meretricious display. {High bailiff}, the chief bailiff. {High Church}, [and] {Low Church}, two ecclesiastical parties in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See {Broad Church}. {High constable} (Law), a chief of constabulary. See {Constable}, n., 2. {High commission court},a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse of its powers it was abolished in 1641. {High day} (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31. {High festival} (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full ceremonial. {High German}, [or] {High Dutch}. See under {German}. {High jinks}, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry; wild sport. [Colloq.] [bd]All the high jinks of the county, when the lad comes of age.[b8] --F. Harrison. {High latitude} (Geog.), one designated by the higher figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator. {High life}, life among the aristocracy or the rich. {High liver}, one who indulges in a rich diet. {High living}, a feeding upon rich, pampering food. {High Mass}. (R. C. Ch.) See under {Mass}. {High milling}, a process of making flour from grain by several successive grindings and intermediate sorting, instead of by a single grinding. {High noon}, the time when the sun is in the meridian. {High place} (Script.), an eminence or mound on which sacrifices were offered. {High priest}. See in the Vocabulary. {High relief}. (Fine Arts) See {Alto-rilievo}. {High school}. See under {School}. {High seas} (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty, usually distant three miles or more from the coast line. --Wharton. {High steam}, steam having a high pressure. {High steward}, the chief steward. {High tea}, tea with meats and extra relishes. {High tide}, the greatest flow of the tide; high water. {High time}. (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion. (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal. [Slang] {High treason}, treason against the sovereign or the state, the highest civil offense. See {Treason}. Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W. {High water}, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the tide; also, the time of such elevation. {High-water mark}. (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters ordinarily reach at high water. (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a river or other body of fresh water, as in time of freshet. {High-water shrub} (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. {High wine}, distilled spirits containing a high percentage of alcohol; -- usually in the plural. {To be on a high horse}, to be on one's dignity; to bear one's self loftily. [Colloq.] {With a high hand}. (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. [bd]The children of Israel went out with a high hand.[b8] --Ex. xiv. 8. (b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. [bd]They governed the city with a high hand.[b8] --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious; proud; violent; full; dear. See {Tall}. | |
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(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble. Both meet to hear and answer such high things. --Shak. Plain living and high thinking are no more. --Wordsworth. (f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price. If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South. (g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense. An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin. --Prov. xxi. 4. His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot. --Clarendon. 3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc. High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser. High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies. --Baker. 4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high. 5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to {grave} or {low}; as, a high note. 6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as [emac] ([emac]ve), [oomac] (f[oomac]d). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 10, 11. {High admiral}, the chief admiral. {High altar}, the principal altar in a church. {High and dry}, out of water; out of reach of the current or tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached. {High and mighty} arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.] {High art}, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all meretricious display. {High bailiff}, the chief bailiff. {High Church}, [and] {Low Church}, two ecclesiastical parties in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See {Broad Church}. {High constable} (Law), a chief of constabulary. See {Constable}, n., 2. {High commission court},a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse of its powers it was abolished in 1641. {High day} (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31. {High festival} (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full ceremonial. {High German}, [or] {High Dutch}. See under {German}. {High jinks}, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry; wild sport. [Colloq.] [bd]All the high jinks of the county, when the lad comes of age.[b8] --F. Harrison. {High latitude} (Geog.), one designated by the higher figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator. {High life}, life among the aristocracy or the rich. {High liver}, one who indulges in a rich diet. {High living}, a feeding upon rich, pampering food. {High Mass}. (R. C. Ch.) See under {Mass}. {High milling}, a process of making flour from grain by several successive grindings and intermediate sorting, instead of by a single grinding. {High noon}, the time when the sun is in the meridian. {High place} (Script.), an eminence or mound on which sacrifices were offered. {High priest}. See in the Vocabulary. {High relief}. (Fine Arts) See {Alto-rilievo}. {High school}. See under {School}. {High seas} (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty, usually distant three miles or more from the coast line. --Wharton. {High steam}, steam having a high pressure. {High steward}, the chief steward. {High tea}, tea with meats and extra relishes. {High tide}, the greatest flow of the tide; high water. {High time}. (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion. (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal. [Slang] {High treason}, treason against the sovereign or the state, the highest civil offense. See {Treason}. Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W. {High water}, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the tide; also, the time of such elevation. {High-water mark}. (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters ordinarily reach at high water. (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a river or other body of fresh water, as in time of freshet. {High-water shrub} (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. {High wine}, distilled spirits containing a high percentage of alcohol; -- usually in the plural. {To be on a high horse}, to be on one's dignity; to bear one's self loftily. [Colloq.] {With a high hand}. (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. [bd]The children of Israel went out with a high hand.[b8] --Ex. xiv. 8. (b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. [bd]They governed the city with a high hand.[b8] --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious; proud; violent; full; dear. See {Tall}. | |
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(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble. Both meet to hear and answer such high things. --Shak. Plain living and high thinking are no more. --Wordsworth. (f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price. If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South. (g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense. An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin. --Prov. xxi. 4. His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot. --Clarendon. 3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc. High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser. High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies. --Baker. 4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high. 5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to {grave} or {low}; as, a high note. 6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as [emac] ([emac]ve), [oomac] (f[oomac]d). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 10, 11. {High admiral}, the chief admiral. {High altar}, the principal altar in a church. {High and dry}, out of water; out of reach of the current or tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached. {High and mighty} arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.] {High art}, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all meretricious display. {High bailiff}, the chief bailiff. {High Church}, [and] {Low Church}, two ecclesiastical parties in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See {Broad Church}. {High constable} (Law), a chief of constabulary. See {Constable}, n., 2. {High commission court},a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse of its powers it was abolished in 1641. {High day} (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31. {High festival} (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full ceremonial. {High German}, [or] {High Dutch}. See under {German}. {High jinks}, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry; wild sport. [Colloq.] [bd]All the high jinks of the county, when the lad comes of age.[b8] --F. Harrison. {High latitude} (Geog.), one designated by the higher figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator. {High life}, life among the aristocracy or the rich. {High liver}, one who indulges in a rich diet. {High living}, a feeding upon rich, pampering food. {High Mass}. (R. C. Ch.) See under {Mass}. {High milling}, a process of making flour from grain by several successive grindings and intermediate sorting, instead of by a single grinding. {High noon}, the time when the sun is in the meridian. {High place} (Script.), an eminence or mound on which sacrifices were offered. {High priest}. See in the Vocabulary. {High relief}. (Fine Arts) See {Alto-rilievo}. {High school}. See under {School}. {High seas} (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty, usually distant three miles or more from the coast line. --Wharton. {High steam}, steam having a high pressure. {High steward}, the chief steward. {High tea}, tea with meats and extra relishes. {High tide}, the greatest flow of the tide; high water. {High time}. (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion. (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal. [Slang] {High treason}, treason against the sovereign or the state, the highest civil offense. See {Treason}. Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W. {High water}, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the tide; also, the time of such elevation. {High-water mark}. (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters ordinarily reach at high water. (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a river or other body of fresh water, as in time of freshet. {High-water shrub} (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. {High wine}, distilled spirits containing a high percentage of alcohol; -- usually in the plural. {To be on a high horse}, to be on one's dignity; to bear one's self loftily. [Colloq.] {With a high hand}. (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. [bd]The children of Israel went out with a high hand.[b8] --Ex. xiv. 8. (b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. [bd]They governed the city with a high hand.[b8] --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious; proud; violent; full; dear. See {Tall}. | |
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(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble. Both meet to hear and answer such high things. --Shak. Plain living and high thinking are no more. --Wordsworth. (f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price. If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South. (g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense. An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin. --Prov. xxi. 4. His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot. --Clarendon. 3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc. High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser. High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies. --Baker. 4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high. 5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to {grave} or {low}; as, a high note. 6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as [emac] ([emac]ve), [oomac] (f[oomac]d). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 10, 11. {High admiral}, the chief admiral. {High altar}, the principal altar in a church. {High and dry}, out of water; out of reach of the current or tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached. {High and mighty} arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.] {High art}, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all meretricious display. {High bailiff}, the chief bailiff. {High Church}, [and] {Low Church}, two ecclesiastical parties in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See {Broad Church}. {High constable} (Law), a chief of constabulary. See {Constable}, n., 2. {High commission court},a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse of its powers it was abolished in 1641. {High day} (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31. {High festival} (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full ceremonial. {High German}, [or] {High Dutch}. See under {German}. {High jinks}, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry; wild sport. [Colloq.] [bd]All the high jinks of the county, when the lad comes of age.[b8] --F. Harrison. {High latitude} (Geog.), one designated by the higher figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator. {High life}, life among the aristocracy or the rich. {High liver}, one who indulges in a rich diet. {High living}, a feeding upon rich, pampering food. {High Mass}. (R. C. Ch.) See under {Mass}. {High milling}, a process of making flour from grain by several successive grindings and intermediate sorting, instead of by a single grinding. {High noon}, the time when the sun is in the meridian. {High place} (Script.), an eminence or mound on which sacrifices were offered. {High priest}. See in the Vocabulary. {High relief}. (Fine Arts) See {Alto-rilievo}. {High school}. See under {School}. {High seas} (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty, usually distant three miles or more from the coast line. --Wharton. {High steam}, steam having a high pressure. {High steward}, the chief steward. {High tea}, tea with meats and extra relishes. {High tide}, the greatest flow of the tide; high water. {High time}. (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion. (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal. [Slang] {High treason}, treason against the sovereign or the state, the highest civil offense. See {Treason}. Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W. {High water}, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the tide; also, the time of such elevation. {High-water mark}. (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters ordinarily reach at high water. (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a river or other body of fresh water, as in time of freshet. {High-water shrub} (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. {High wine}, distilled spirits containing a high percentage of alcohol; -- usually in the plural. {To be on a high horse}, to be on one's dignity; to bear one's self loftily. [Colloq.] {With a high hand}. (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. [bd]The children of Israel went out with a high hand.[b8] --Ex. xiv. 8. (b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. [bd]They governed the city with a high hand.[b8] --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious; proud; violent; full; dear. See {Tall}. | |
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Mimic \Mim"ic\, Mimical \Mim"ic*al\, a. [L. mimicus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] mime: cf. F. mimique. See {Mime}.] 1. Imitative; mimetic. Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes To imitate her. --Milton. Man is, of all creatures, the most mimical. --W. Wotton. 2. Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; as, mimic gestures. [bd]Mimic hootings.[b8] --Wordsworth. 3. (Min.) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; -- applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry. Note: Mimic often implies something droll or ludicrous, and is less dignified than imitative. {Mimic beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a beetle that feigns death when disturbed, esp. the species of {Hister} and allied genera. | |
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Historial \His*to"ri*al\, a. [L. historialis: cf. F. historial.] Historical. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Historian \His*to"ri*an\, n. [F. historien.] 1. A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist. Even the historian takes great liberties with facts. --Sir J. Reynolds. 2. One versed or well informed in history. Great captains should be good historians. --South. | |
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Historic \His*tor"ic\, Historical \His*tor"ic*al\, a. [L. historicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. historique. See {History}.] Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. -- {His*tor"ic*al*ness}, n. -- {His*to*ric"i*ty}, n. There warriors frowning in historic brass. --Pope. {Historical painting}, that branch of painting which represents the events of history. {Historical sense}, that meaning of a passage which is deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under which it was written. {The historic sense}, the capacity to conceive and represent the unity and significance of a past era or age. | |
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Historic \His*tor"ic\, Historical \His*tor"ic*al\, a. [L. historicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. historique. See {History}.] Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. -- {His*tor"ic*al*ness}, n. -- {His*to*ric"i*ty}, n. There warriors frowning in historic brass. --Pope. {Historical painting}, that branch of painting which represents the events of history. {Historical sense}, that meaning of a passage which is deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under which it was written. {The historic sense}, the capacity to conceive and represent the unity and significance of a past era or age. | |
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Higher criticism \High"er crit"i*cism\ Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literary character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also {historical criticism}. The comparison of the Hebrew and Greek texts . . . introduces us to a series of questions affecting the composition, the editing, and the collection of the sacred books. This class of questions forms the special subject of the branch of critical science which is usually distinguished from the verbal criticism of the text by the name of higher, or historical, criticism. --W. Robertson Smith. | |
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Historic \His*tor"ic\, Historical \His*tor"ic*al\, a. [L. historicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. historique. See {History}.] Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. -- {His*tor"ic*al*ness}, n. -- {His*to*ric"i*ty}, n. There warriors frowning in historic brass. --Pope. {Historical painting}, that branch of painting which represents the events of history. {Historical sense}, that meaning of a passage which is deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under which it was written. {The historic sense}, the capacity to conceive and represent the unity and significance of a past era or age. | |
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Historic \His*tor"ic\, Historical \His*tor"ic*al\, a. [L. historicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. historique. See {History}.] Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. -- {His*tor"ic*al*ness}, n. -- {His*to*ric"i*ty}, n. There warriors frowning in historic brass. --Pope. {Historical painting}, that branch of painting which represents the events of history. {Historical sense}, that meaning of a passage which is deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under which it was written. {The historic sense}, the capacity to conceive and represent the unity and significance of a past era or age. | |
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Historically \His*tor"ic*al*ly\, adv. In the manner of, or in accordance with, history. | |
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Historic \His*tor"ic\, Historical \His*tor"ic*al\, a. [L. historicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. historique. See {History}.] Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. -- {His*tor"ic*al*ness}, n. -- {His*to*ric"i*ty}, n. There warriors frowning in historic brass. --Pope. {Historical painting}, that branch of painting which represents the events of history. {Historical sense}, that meaning of a passage which is deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under which it was written. {The historic sense}, the capacity to conceive and represent the unity and significance of a past era or age. | |
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Historic \His*tor"ic\, Historical \His*tor"ic*al\, a. [L. historicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. historique. See {History}.] Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. -- {His*tor"ic*al*ness}, n. -- {His*to*ric"i*ty}, n. There warriors frowning in historic brass. --Pope. {Historical painting}, that branch of painting which represents the events of history. {Historical sense}, that meaning of a passage which is deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under which it was written. {The historic sense}, the capacity to conceive and represent the unity and significance of a past era or age. | |
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Historicize \His*tor"i*cize\, v. t. To record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle. [R.] | |
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Historied \His"to*ried\, a. Related in history. | |
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Historier \His*to"ri*er\, n. An historian. [Obs.] | |
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History \His"to*ry\, n.; pl. {Histories}. [L. historia, Gr. 'istori`a history, information, inquiry, fr. 'istwr, "istwr, knowing, learned, from the root of [?] to know; akin to E. wit. See {Wit}, and cf. {Story}.] 1. A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill. 2. A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory. Histories are as perfect as the historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul. --Carlyle. For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history. --Shak. What histories of toil could I declare! --Pope. {History piece}, a representation in painting, drawing, etc., of any real event, including the actors and the action. {Natural history}, a description and classification of objects in nature, as minerals, plants, animals, etc., and the phenomena which they exhibit to the senses. Syn: Chronicle; annals; relation; narration. Usage: {History}, {Chronicle}, {Annals}. History is a methodical record of important events which concern a community of men, usually so arranged as to show the connection of causes and effects, to give an analysis of motive and action etc. A chronicle is a record of such events, conforming to the order of time as its distinctive feature. Annals are a chronicle divided up into separate years. By poetic license annals is sometimes used for history. Justly C[91]sar scorns the poet's lays; It is to history he trusts for praise. --Pope. No more yet of this; For 't is a chronicle of day by day, Not a relation for a breakfast. --Shak. Many glorious examples in the annals of our religion. --Rogers. | |
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Historiographer \His*to`ri*og"ra*pher\, n. [L. historiographus, Gr. [?]; [?] history + [?] to write: cf. F. historiographe.] An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction. | |
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Historiographership \His*to`ri*og"ra*pher*ship\, n. The office of an historiographer. --Saintsbury. | |
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Historiography \His*to`ri*og"ra*phy\, n. The art of employment of an historiographer. | |
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Historiology \His*to`ri*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?] history + -logy.] A discourse on history. --Cockeram. | |
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Historionomer \His*to`ri*on"o*mer\, n. [Gr. [?] history + [?] to distribute.] One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them. And historionomers will have measured accurately the sidereal years of races. --Lowell. | |
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Histority \His*tor"i*ty\, v. t. [History + -fy.] To record in or as history. [R.] --Lamb. Thy conquest meet to be historified. --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Historize \His"to*rize\, v. t. To relate as history; to chronicle; to historicize. [R.] --Evelyn. | |
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History \His"to*ry\, n.; pl. {Histories}. [L. historia, Gr. 'istori`a history, information, inquiry, fr. 'istwr, "istwr, knowing, learned, from the root of [?] to know; akin to E. wit. See {Wit}, and cf. {Story}.] 1. A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill. 2. A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory. Histories are as perfect as the historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul. --Carlyle. For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history. --Shak. What histories of toil could I declare! --Pope. {History piece}, a representation in painting, drawing, etc., of any real event, including the actors and the action. {Natural history}, a description and classification of objects in nature, as minerals, plants, animals, etc., and the phenomena which they exhibit to the senses. Syn: Chronicle; annals; relation; narration. Usage: {History}, {Chronicle}, {Annals}. History is a methodical record of important events which concern a community of men, usually so arranged as to show the connection of causes and effects, to give an analysis of motive and action etc. A chronicle is a record of such events, conforming to the order of time as its distinctive feature. Annals are a chronicle divided up into separate years. By poetic license annals is sometimes used for history. Justly C[91]sar scorns the poet's lays; It is to history he trusts for praise. --Pope. No more yet of this; For 't is a chronicle of day by day, Not a relation for a breakfast. --Shak. Many glorious examples in the annals of our religion. --Rogers. | |
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History \His"to*ry\, v. t. To narrate or record. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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History \His"to*ry\, n.; pl. {Histories}. [L. historia, Gr. 'istori`a history, information, inquiry, fr. 'istwr, "istwr, knowing, learned, from the root of [?] to know; akin to E. wit. See {Wit}, and cf. {Story}.] 1. A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill. 2. A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory. Histories are as perfect as the historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul. --Carlyle. For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history. --Shak. What histories of toil could I declare! --Pope. {History piece}, a representation in painting, drawing, etc., of any real event, including the actors and the action. {Natural history}, a description and classification of objects in nature, as minerals, plants, animals, etc., and the phenomena which they exhibit to the senses. Syn: Chronicle; annals; relation; narration. Usage: {History}, {Chronicle}, {Annals}. History is a methodical record of important events which concern a community of men, usually so arranged as to show the connection of causes and effects, to give an analysis of motive and action etc. A chronicle is a record of such events, conforming to the order of time as its distinctive feature. Annals are a chronicle divided up into separate years. By poetic license annals is sometimes used for history. Justly C[91]sar scorns the poet's lays; It is to history he trusts for praise. --Pope. No more yet of this; For 't is a chronicle of day by day, Not a relation for a breakfast. --Shak. Many glorious examples in the annals of our religion. --Rogers. | |
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Histrion \His"tri*on\, n. [L. histrio: cf. F. histrion.] A player. [R.] --Pope. | |
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Histrionic \His`tri*on"ic\, Histrionical \His`tri*on"ic*al\, a. [L. histrionicus: cf. F. histronique. See {Histrion}.] Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; -- sometimes in a bad sense. -- {His`tri*on"ic*al*ly}, adv. Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. --De Quincey. | |
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Histrionic \His`tri*on"ic\, Histrionical \His`tri*on"ic*al\, a. [L. histrionicus: cf. F. histronique. See {Histrion}.] Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; -- sometimes in a bad sense. -- {His`tri*on"ic*al*ly}, adv. Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. --De Quincey. | |
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Histrionic \His`tri*on"ic\, Histrionical \His`tri*on"ic*al\, a. [L. histrionicus: cf. F. histronique. See {Histrion}.] Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; -- sometimes in a bad sense. -- {His`tri*on"ic*al*ly}, adv. Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. --De Quincey. | |
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Histrionicism \His`tri*on"i*cism\, n. The histronic art; stageplaying. --W. Black. | |
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Harlequin \Har"le*quin\, n. [F. arlequin,formerly written also harlequin (cf. It, arlecchino), prob. fr. OF. hierlekin, hellequin, goblin, elf, which is prob. of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. hel hell. Cf. {Hell}, {Kin}.] A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy. --Percy Smith. As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters. --Johnson. {Harlequin bat} (Zo[94]l.), an Indian bat ({Scotophilus ornatus}), curiously variegated with white spots. {Harlequin beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a very large South American beetle ({Acrocinus longimanus}) having very long legs and antenn[91]. The elytra are curiously marked with red, black, and gray. {Harlequin cabbage bug}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Calicoback}. {Harlequin caterpillar}. (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an American bombycid moth {(Euch[91]tes egle)} which is covered with black, white, yellow, and orange tufts of hair. {Harlequin duck} (Zo[94]l.), a North American duck ({Histrionicus histrionicus}). The male is dark ash, curiously streaked with white. {Harlequin moth}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Magpie Moth}. {Harlequin opal}. See {Opal}. {Harlequin snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, poisonous snake ({Elaps fulvius}), ringed with red and black, found in the Southern United States. | |
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Histrionism \His"tri*o*nism\, n. Theatrical representation; acting; affectation. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Histrionize \His"tri*o*nize\, v. t. To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically. --Urquhart. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ribbon \Rib"bon\, n. [OE. riban, OF. riban, F. ruban, probably of German origin; cf. D. ringband collar, necklace, E. ring circle, and band.] [Written also {riband}, {ribband}.] 1. A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes. 2. A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons. 3. (Shipbuilding) Same as {Rib-band}. 4. pl. Driving reins. [Cant] --London Athen[91]um. 5. (Her.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide. 6. (Spinning) A silver. Note: The blue ribbon, and The red ribbon, are phrases often used to designate the British orders of the Garter and of the Bath, respectively, the badges of which are suspended by ribbons of these colors. See {Blue ribbon}, under {Blue}. {Ribbon fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped marine fish of the family {Trachypterid[91]}, especially the species of the genus {Trachypterus}, and the oarfish ({Regelecus Banksii}) of the North Atlantic, which is sometimes over twenty feet long. (b) The hairtail, or bladefish. (c) A small compressed marine fish of the genus {Cepola}, having a long, slender, tapering tail. The European species ({C. rubescens}) is light red throughout. Called also {band fish}. {Ribbon grass} (Bot.), a variety of reed canary grass having the leaves stripped with green and white; -- called also {Lady's garters}. See {Reed grass}, under {Reed}. {Ribbon seal} (Zo[94]l.), a North Pacific seal ({Histriophoca fasciata}). The adult male is dark brown, conspicuously banded and striped with yellowish white. {Ribbon snake} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American snake ({Eutainia saurita}). It is conspicuously striped with bright yellow and dark brown. {Ribbon Society}, a society in Ireland, founded in the early part of the 19th century in antagonism to the Orangemen. It afterwards became an organization of tennant farmers banded together to prevent eviction by landlords. It took its name from the green ribbon worn by members as a badge. {Ribborn worm}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A tapeworm. (b) A nemertean. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hog \Hog\, n. [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc'h, hoc'h. Cf. {Haggis}, {Hogget}, and {Hoggerel}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Sus}, and allied genera of {Suid[91]}; esp., the domesticated varieties of {S. scrofa}, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, {lard} and {pork}; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow. Note: The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern Europe, are thought to have been derived from {Sus Indicus}. 2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.] 3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.] 4. (Naut.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. --Totten. 5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. {Bush hog}, {Ground hog}, etc.. See under {Bush}, {Ground}, etc. {Hog caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the green grapevine sphinx; -- so called because the head and first three segments are much smaller than those behind them, so as to make a resemblance to a hog's snout. See {Hawk moth}. {Hog cholera}, an epidemic contagious fever of swine, attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance on the skin and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a scarlet, purple, or black color. It is fatal in from one to six days, or ends in a slow, uncertain recovery. --Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser.) {Hog deer} (Zo[94]l.), the axis deer. {Hog gum} (Bot.), West Indian tree ({Symphonia globulifera}), yielding an aromatic gum. {Hog of wool}, the trade name for the fleece or wool of sheep of the second year. {Hog peanut} (Bot.), a kind of earth pea. {Hog plum} (Bot.), a tropical tree, of the genus {Spondias} ({S. lutea}), with fruit somewhat resembling plums, but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies. {Hog's bean} (Bot.), the plant henbane. {Hog's bread}.(Bot.) See {Sow bread}. {Hog's fennel}. (Bot.) See under {Fennel}. {Mexican hog} (Zo[94]l.), the peccary. {Water hog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Capybara}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Axis \[d8]Ax"is\, n. [L.] (Zo[94]l.) The spotted deer ({Cervus axis} or {Axis maculata}) of India, where it is called {hog deer} and {parrah} (Moorish name). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hog \Hog\, n. [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc'h, hoc'h. Cf. {Haggis}, {Hogget}, and {Hoggerel}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Sus}, and allied genera of {Suid[91]}; esp., the domesticated varieties of {S. scrofa}, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, {lard} and {pork}; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow. Note: The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern Europe, are thought to have been derived from {Sus Indicus}. 2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.] 3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.] 4. (Naut.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. --Totten. 5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. {Bush hog}, {Ground hog}, etc.. See under {Bush}, {Ground}, etc. {Hog caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the green grapevine sphinx; -- so called because the head and first three segments are much smaller than those behind them, so as to make a resemblance to a hog's snout. See {Hawk moth}. {Hog cholera}, an epidemic contagious fever of swine, attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance on the skin and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a scarlet, purple, or black color. It is fatal in from one to six days, or ends in a slow, uncertain recovery. --Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser.) {Hog deer} (Zo[94]l.), the axis deer. {Hog gum} (Bot.), West Indian tree ({Symphonia globulifera}), yielding an aromatic gum. {Hog of wool}, the trade name for the fleece or wool of sheep of the second year. {Hog peanut} (Bot.), a kind of earth pea. {Hog plum} (Bot.), a tropical tree, of the genus {Spondias} ({S. lutea}), with fruit somewhat resembling plums, but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies. {Hog's bean} (Bot.), the plant henbane. {Hog's bread}.(Bot.) See {Sow bread}. {Hog's fennel}. (Bot.) See under {Fennel}. {Mexican hog} (Zo[94]l.), the peccary. {Water hog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Capybara}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Axis \[d8]Ax"is\, n. [L.] (Zo[94]l.) The spotted deer ({Cervus axis} or {Axis maculata}) of India, where it is called {hog deer} and {parrah} (Moorish name). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hog \Hog\, n. [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc'h, hoc'h. Cf. {Haggis}, {Hogget}, and {Hoggerel}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Sus}, and allied genera of {Suid[91]}; esp., the domesticated varieties of {S. scrofa}, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, {lard} and {pork}; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow. Note: The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern Europe, are thought to have been derived from {Sus Indicus}. 2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.] 3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.] 4. (Naut.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. --Totten. 5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. {Bush hog}, {Ground hog}, etc.. See under {Bush}, {Ground}, etc. {Hog caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the green grapevine sphinx; -- so called because the head and first three segments are much smaller than those behind them, so as to make a resemblance to a hog's snout. See {Hawk moth}. {Hog cholera}, an epidemic contagious fever of swine, attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance on the skin and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a scarlet, purple, or black color. It is fatal in from one to six days, or ends in a slow, uncertain recovery. --Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser.) {Hog deer} (Zo[94]l.), the axis deer. {Hog gum} (Bot.), West Indian tree ({Symphonia globulifera}), yielding an aromatic gum. {Hog of wool}, the trade name for the fleece or wool of sheep of the second year. {Hog peanut} (Bot.), a kind of earth pea. {Hog plum} (Bot.), a tropical tree, of the genus {Spondias} ({S. lutea}), with fruit somewhat resembling plums, but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies. {Hog's bean} (Bot.), the plant henbane. {Hog's bread}.(Bot.) See {Sow bread}. {Hog's fennel}. (Bot.) See under {Fennel}. {Mexican hog} (Zo[94]l.), the peccary. {Water hog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Capybara}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hostry \Host"ry\, n. [OE. hosterie, osterie, OF. hosterie. See {Host} a landlord.] 1. A hostelry; an inn or lodging house. [Obs.] --Marlowe. 2. A stable for horses. [Obs.] --Johnson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Huckster \Huck"ster\, n. [OE. hukstere, hukster, OD. heukster, D. heuker; akin to D. huiken to stoop, bend, OD. huycken, huken, G. hocken, to squat, Icel. h[?]ka; -- the peddler being named from his stooping under the load on his back. Cf. {Hawk} to offer for sale.] 1. A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker. --Swift. 2. A mean, trickish fellow. --Bp. Hall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Huckster \Huck"ster\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Huckstered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Huckstering}.] To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. --Swift. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hucksterage \Huck"ster*age\, n. The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling. Ignoble huckster age of piddling tithes. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Huckster \Huck"ster\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Huckstered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Huckstering}.] To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. --Swift. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hucksterer \Huck"ster*er\, n. A huckster. --Gladstone. Those hucksterers or money-jobbers. --Swift. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Huckster \Huck"ster\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Huckstered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Huckstering}.] To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. --Swift. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Huckstress \Huck"stress\, n. A female huckster. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Huxter \Hux"ter\, n. & v. i. See {Huckster}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hyosternal \Hy`o*ster"nal\, a. [Hyo- + ternal.] (Anat.) (a) Between the hyoid bone and the sternum, or pertaining to them; infrahyoid; as, the hyosternal region of the neck. (b) Pertaining to the hyosternum of turtles. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hyopastron \Hy`o*pas"tron\, n. [Hyo- + plastron.] (Zo[94]l.) The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also {hyosternum}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hysteranthous \Hys`ter*an"thous\, a. [Gr. [?] after + [?] flower.] (Bot.) Having the leaves expand after the flowers have opened. --Henslow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hysteretic \Hys`ter*et"ic\, a. (Elec.) Of or pert. to hysteresis. {Hysteretic constant}, the hysteretic loss in ergs per cubic centimeter per cycle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hysteretic \Hys`ter*et"ic\, a. (Elec.) Of or pert. to hysteresis. {Hysteretic constant}, the hysteretic loss in ergs per cubic centimeter per cycle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hysteria \Hys*te"ri*a\, n. [NL.: cf. F. hyst[82]rie. See {Hysteric}.] (Med.) A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished, so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into paroxism or fits. Note: The chief symptoms are convulsive, tossing movements of the limbs and head, uncontrollable crying and laughing, and a choking sensation as if a ball were lodged in the throat. The affection presents the most varied symptoms, often simulating those of the gravest diseases, but generally curable by mental treatment alone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hysteric \Hys*ter"ic\, Hysterical \Hys*ter"ic*al\, a. [L. hystericus, Gr. [?], fr. "yste`ra the womb; perh. akin to [?] latter, later, and E. utter, out.] Of or pertaining to hysteria; affected, or troubled, with hysterics; convulsive, fitful. With no hysteric weakness or feverish excitement, they preserved their peace and patience. --Bancroft. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hysteric \Hys*ter"ic\, Hysterical \Hys*ter"ic*al\, a. [L. hystericus, Gr. [?], fr. "yste`ra the womb; perh. akin to [?] latter, later, and E. utter, out.] Of or pertaining to hysteria; affected, or troubled, with hysterics; convulsive, fitful. With no hysteric weakness or feverish excitement, they preserved their peace and patience. --Bancroft. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hysterics \Hys*ter"ics\, n. pl. (Med.) Hysteria. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hysteroepilepsy \Hys`ter*o*ep"i*lep`sy\, n. [Hysteria + epilepsy.] (Med.) A disease resembling hysteria in its nature, and characterized by the occurrence of epileptiform convulsions, which can often be controlled or excited by pressure on the ovaries, and upon other definite points in the body. -- {Hys`ter*o*ep`i*lep"tic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hysteroepilepsy \Hys`ter*o*ep"i*lep`sy\, n. [Hysteria + epilepsy.] (Med.) A disease resembling hysteria in its nature, and characterized by the occurrence of epileptiform convulsions, which can often be controlled or excited by pressure on the ovaries, and upon other definite points in the body. -- {Hys`ter*o*ep`i*lep"tic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hysterogenic \Hys`ter*o*gen"ic\, a. [Hysteria + root of Gr. [?] to be born.] (Physiol.) Producing hysteria; as, the hysterogenicpressure points on the surface of the body, pressure upon which is said both to produce and arrest an attack of hysteria. --De Watteville. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hysterology \Hys`ter*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] the latter + [?] discourse: cf. F. hyst[82]rologie.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also {hysteron proteron}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hysterology \Hys`ter*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] the latter + [?] discourse: cf. F. hyst[82]rologie.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also {hysteron proteron}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hysterophyte \Hys*ter"o*phyte\, n. [Gr. [?] following + [?] plant.] (Bot.) A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living organic matter. -- {Hys`ter*oph"y*tal}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hysterophyte \Hys*ter"o*phyte\, n. [Gr. [?] following + [?] plant.] (Bot.) A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living organic matter. -- {Hys`ter*oph"y*tal}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hysterotomy \Hys`ter*ot"o*my\, n. [Gr. "yste`ra womb + [?] to cut: cf. F. hyst[82]rotomie.] (Med.) The C[91]sarean section. See under {C[91]sarean}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hystricine \Hys"tri*cine\, a. [See {Hystrix}.] (Zo[94]l.) Like or pertaining to the porcupines. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hystricomorphous \Hys`tri*co*mor"phous\, a. [Hystrix + Gr. [?] form.] (Zo[94]l.) Like, or allied to, the porcupines; -- said of a group ({Hystricomorpha}) of rodents. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hystrix \Hys"trix\, n. [Gr. [?] porcupine.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of rodents, including the porcupine. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Porcupine \Por"cu*pine\, n. [OE. porkepyn, porpentine, OF. porc-espi, F. porc-[82]pic (cf. It. porco spino, porco spinoso, Sp. puerco espino, puerco espin, fr. L. porcus swine + spina thorn, spine). The last part of the French word is perhaps a corruption from the It. or Sp.; cf. F. [82]pi ear, a spike of grain, L. spica. See {Pork}, {Spike} a large nail, {Spine}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus {Hystrix}, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia ({Hystrix cristata}) is the best known. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Erethizon} and related genera, native of America. They are related to the true porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in their habits. The Canada porcupine ({Erethizon dorsatus}) is a well known species. {Porcupine ant-eater} (Zo[94]l.), the echidna. {Porcupine crab} (Zo[94]l.), a large spiny Japanese crab ({Acantholithodes hystrix}). {Porcupine disease} (Med.). See {Ichthyosis}. {Porcupine fish} (Zo[94]l.), any plectognath fish having the body covered with spines which become erect when the body is inflated. See {Diodon}, and {Globefish}. {Porcupine grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Stipa spartea}) with grains bearing a stout twisted awn, which, by coiling and uncoiling through changes in moisture, propels the sharp-pointed and barbellate grain into the wool and flesh of sheep. It is found from Illinois westward. See Illustration in Appendix. {Porcupine wood} (Bot.), the hard outer wood of the cocoa palm; -- so called because, when cut horizontally, the markings of the wood resemble the quills of a porcupine. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hector, AR (town, FIPS 31150) Location: 35.46570 N, 92.97525 W Population (1990): 478 (192 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72843 Hector, MN (city, FIPS 28124) Location: 44.74143 N, 94.71269 W Population (1990): 1145 (528 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55342 Hector, NY Zip code(s): 14841 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
hysterical reasons n. (also `hysterical raisins') A variant on the stock phrase "for historical reasons", indicating specifically that something must be done in some stupid way for backwards compatibility, and moreover that the feature it must be compatible with was the result of a bad design in the first place. "All IBM PC video adapters have to support MDA text mode for hysterical reasons." Compare {bug-for-bug compatible}. = I = | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
HISTORIAN A {source code management} system sold by {OPCODE, Inc.} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
history 1. a {command interpreter}) which can be re-entered without re-typing them. The major improvement of the {C shell} (csh) over the {Bourne shell} (sh) was the addition of a command history. This was still inferior to the history mechanism on {VMS} which allowed you to recall previous commands as the current input line. You could then edit the command using cursor motion, insert and delete. These sort of history editing facilities are available under {tcsh} and {GNU Emacs}. 2. (http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/index.html)}. 3. See {Usenet} newsgroups {news:soc.history} and {news:alt.history} for discussion of the history of the world. (1995-04-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
hue, saturation, brightness terms of {hue}, {saturation}, and {brightness}. In the tables below, a hue is a "pure" colour, i.e. one with no black or white in it. A shade is a "dark" colour, i.e. one produced by mixing a hue with black. A tint is a "light" colour, i.e. one produced by mixing a hue with white. A tone is a colour produced by mixing a hue with a shade of grey. {Microsoft Windows} colour dialogs, {PagePlus}, and {Paint Shop Pro} use {HSB} but call the third dimension "luminosity" or "lightness". It ranges from 0% (black) to 100% (white). A pure hue is 50% luminosity, 100% saturation. Colour type S L Black Any 0% White Any 100% Grey 0% 1-99% Hue 100% 50% Shade 100% 1-49% Tint 100% 51-99% Tone 1-99% 1-99% {Quattro Pro}, {CorelDraw}, and {PhotoShop} use a variant (Quattro Pro calls the third parameter "brightness") in which a brightness of 100% can produce white, a pure hue, or anything in between, depending on the saturation. Colour type S B Black Any 0% White 0% 100% Grey 0% 1-99% Hue 100% 100% Shade 100% 1-99% Tint 1-99% 100% Tone 1-99% 1-99% [Same as {HSV}?] (1999-07-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
hue, saturation, value terms of {hue} (or "tint"), {saturation} (or "shade") and {value} (or "tone" or "luminance"). [Same as {HSB}?] (1999-07-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
hysterical reasons (Or "hysterical raisins") A variant on the stock phrase "for historical reasons", indicating specifically that something must be done in some stupid way for backward compatibility, and moreover that the feature it must be compatible with was the result of a bad design in the first place. "All IBM PC video adaptors have to support MDA text mode for hysterical reasons." Compare {bug-for-bug compatible}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Haahashtari, a runner |