English Dictionary: hoop ash | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hallstatt \Hall"statt\, Hallstattian \Hall*stat"ti*an\, a. Of or pert. to Hallstatt, Austria, or the Hallstatt civilization. {Hallstatt, [or] Hallstattian}, {civilization}, a prehistoric civilization of central Europe, variously dated at from 1000 to 1500 b. c. and usually associated with the Celtic or Alpine race. It was characterized by expert use of bronze, a knowledge of iron, possession of domestic animals, agriculture, and artistic skill and sentiment in manufacturing pottery, ornaments, etc. The Hallstattian civilization flourished chiefly in Carinthia, southern Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, Silesia, Bosnia, the southeast of France, and southern Italy. --J. Deniker. {H. epoch}, the first iron age, represented by the {Hallstatt civilization}. | |
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H \H\ ([amac]ch), the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, [th], as in shall, thing, [th]ine (for zh see [sect]274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in charm (written also tch as in catch), with the latter, the sound of f, as in phase, phantom. In some words, mostly derived or introduced from foreign languages, h following c and g indicates that those consonants have the hard sound before e, i, and y, as in chemistry, chiromancy, chyle, Ghent, Ghibelline, etc.; in some others, ch has the sound of sh, as in chicane. See {Guide to Pronunciation}, [sect][sect] 153, 179, 181-3, 237-8. Note: The name (aitch) is from the French ache; its form is from the Latin, and this from the Greek H, which was used as the sign of the spiritus asper (rough breathing) before it came to represent the long vowel, Gr. [eta]. The Greek H is from Ph[d2]nician, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically H is most closely related to c; as in E. horn, L. cornu, Gr. ke`ras; E. hele, v. t., conceal; E. hide, L. cutis, Gr. ky`tos; E. hundred, L. centum, Gr. 'e-kat-on, Skr. [csdot]ata. {H piece} (Mining), the part of a plunger pump which contains the valve. | |
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Hertzian \Hertz"i*an\, a. Of or pert. to the German physicist Heinrich Hertz. {Hertzian telegraphy}, telegraphy by means of the Hertzian waves; wireless telegraphy. {H. waves}, electric waves; -- so called because Hertz was the first to investigate them systematically. His apparatus consisted essentially in an oscillator for producing the waves, and a resonator for detecting them. The waves were found to have the same velocity as light, and to undergo reflection, refraction, and polarization. | |
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Fluosilicic \Flu`o*si*lic"ic\, a. [Fluo- + silicic: cf. F. fluosilicique.] (Chem.) Composed of, or derived from, silicon and fluorine. {Fluosilicic acid}, a double fluoride of hydrogen and silicon, {H2F6Si}, obtained in solution in water as a sour fuming liquid, and regarded as the type of the fluosilicates; -- called also {silicofluoric acid}, and {hydrofluosilicic acid}. | |
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Havoc \Hav"oc\, n. [W. hafog devastation, havoc; or, if this be itself fr. E. havoc, cf. OE. havot, or AS. hafoc hawk, which is a cruel or rapacious bird, or F. hai, voux! a cry to hounds.] Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. --Acts viii. 3. Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! --Addison. | |
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Havoc \Hav"oc\, v. t. To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste. To waste and havoc yonder world. --Milton. | |
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Havoc \Hav"oc\, interj. [See {Havoc}, n.] A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. --Toone. Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt With modest warrant. --Shak. Cry 'havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war! --Shak. | |
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Hawebake \Hawe"bake`\, n. Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st {Haw}, 2. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Heaves \Heaves\, n. A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind. | |
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Sea \Sea\, n. [OE. see, AS. s[aemac]; akin to D. zee, OS. & OHG. s[emac]o, G. see, OFries. se, Dan. s[94], Sw. sj[94], Icel. s[91]r, Goth. saiws, and perhaps to L. saevus firce, savage. [root] 151 a.] 1. One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea. 2. An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee. 3. The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe. I marvel how the fishes live in the sea. --Shak. Ambiguous between sea and land The river horse and scaly crocodile. --Milton. 4. The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea. 5. (Jewish Antiq.) A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called from its size. He made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof. --2 Chron. iv. 2. 6. Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory. --Shak. All the space . . . was one sea of heads. --Macaulay. Note: Sea is often used in the composition of words of obvious signification; as, sea-bathed, sea-beaten, sea-bound, sea-bred, sea-circled, sealike, sea-nursed, sea-tossed, sea-walled, sea-worn, and the like. It is also used either adjectively or in combination with substantives; as, sea bird, sea-bird, or seabird, sea acorn, or sea-acorn. {At sea}, upon the ocean; away from land; figuratively, without landmarks for guidance; lost; at the mercy of circumstances. [bd]To say the old man was at sea would be too feeble an expression.[b8] --G. W. Cable {At full sea} at the height of flood tide; hence, at the height. [bd]But now God's mercy was at full sea.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. {Beyond seas}, [or] {Beyond the sea} [or] {the seas} (Law), out of the state, territory, realm, or country. --Wharton. {Half seas over}, half drunk. [Colloq.] --Spectator. {Heavy sea}, a sea in which the waves run high. {Long sea}, a sea characterized by the uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves. {Short sea}, a sea in which the waves are short, broken, and irregular, so as to produce a tumbling or jerking motion. {To go to sea}, a adopt the calling or occupation of a sailor. | |
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Hipped \Hipped\, Hippish \Hip"pish\, a. [From 5th {Hip}.] Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See {Hyppish}. [Colloq.] When we are hipped or in high spirits. --R. L. Stevenson. | |
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Hip \Hip\, or Hipps \Hipps\, n. See {Hyp}, n. [Colloq.] | |
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Hives \Hives\, n. [Scot.; perh. akin to E. heave.] (Med.) (a) The croup. (b) An eruptive disease (Varicella globularis), allied to the chicken pox. | |
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Hobby \Hob"by\, n.; pl. {Hobbies}. [OE. hobi; cf. OF. hobe, hob[82], F. hobereau a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. hober to move, stir. Cf. {Hobby} a horse.] (Zo[94]l.) A small, strong-winged European falcon ({Falco subbuteo}), formerly trained for hawking. | |
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Hobo \Ho"bo\, n.; pl. {Hobos} or {Hoboes}. [Of uncertain origin.] A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling from place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging for a living. [U. S.] -- {Ho"bo*ism}, n. | |
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Hobo \Ho"bo\, n.; pl. {Hobos} or {Hoboes}. [Of uncertain origin.] A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling from place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging for a living. [U. S.] -- {Ho"bo*ism}, n. | |
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Hoof \Hoof\, n.; pl. {Hoofs}, very rarely {Hooves}. [OE. hof, AS. h[d3]f; akin to D. hoef, G1huf, OHG. huof, Icel. h[d3]fr, Sw. hof, Dan. hov; cf. Russ. kopuito, Skr. [87]apha. [root]225.] 1. The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc. On burnished hooves his war horse trode. --Tennyson. 2. A hoofed animal; a beast. Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind. --Ex. x. 26. 3. (Geom.) See {Ungula}. | |
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6. Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness; commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form. Grace in women gains the affections sooner, and secures them longer, than any thing else. --Hazlitt. I shall answer and thank you again For the gift and the grace of the gift. --Longfellow. 7. pl. (Myth.) Graceful and beautiful females, sister goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to wisdom, love, and social intercourse. The Graces love to weave the rose. --Moore. The Loves delighted, and the Graces played. --Prior. 8. The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England. How fares your Grace ! --Shak. 9. (Commonly pl.) Thanks. [Obs.] Yielding graces and thankings to their lord Melibeus. --Chaucer. 10. A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks rendered, before or after a meal. 11. pl. (Mus.) Ornamental notes or short passages, either introduced by the performer, or indicated by the composer, in which case the notation signs are called grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc. 12. (Eng. Universities) An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree. --Walton. 13. pl. A play designed to promote or display grace of motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of each. Called also {grace hoop} or {hoops}. {Act of grace}. See under {Act}. {Day of grace} (Theol.), the time of probation, when the offer of divine forgiveness is made and may be accepted. That day of grace fleets fast away. --I. Watts. {Days of grace} (Com.), the days immediately following the day when a bill or note becomes due, which days are allowed to the debtor or payer to make payment in. In Great Britain and the United States, the days of grace are three, but in some countries more, the usages of merchants being different. {Good graces}, favor; friendship. {Grace cup}. (a) A cup or vessel in which a health is drunk after grace. (b) A health drunk after grace has been said. The grace cup follows to his sovereign's health. --Hing. {Grace drink}, a drink taken on rising from the table; a grace cup. To [Queen Margaret, of Scotland] . . . we owe the custom of the grace drink, she having established it as a rule at her table, that whosoever staid till grace was said was rewarded with a bumper. --Encyc. Brit. {Grace hoop}, a hoop used in playing graces. See {Grace}, n., 13. {Grace note} (Mus.), an appoggiatura. See {Appoggiatura}, and def. 11 above. {Grace stroke}, a finishing stoke or touch; a coup de grace. {Means of grace}, means of securing knowledge of God, or favor with God, as the preaching of the gospel, etc. {To do grace}, to reflect credit upon. Content to do the profession some grace. --Shak. {To say grace}, to render thanks before or after a meal. {With a good grace}, in a fit and proper manner grace fully; graciously. {With a bad grace}, in a forced, reluctant, or perfunctory manner; ungraciously. What might have been done with a good grace would at least be done with a bad grace. --Macaulay. Syn: Elegance; comeliness; charm; favor; kindness; mercy. Usage: {Grace}, {Mercy}. These words, though often interchanged, have each a distinctive and peculiar meaning. Grace, in the strict sense of the term, is spontaneous favor to the guilty or undeserving; mercy is kindness or compassion to the suffering or condemned. It was the grace of God that opened a way for the exercise of mercy toward men. See {Elegance}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hoof \Hoof\, n.; pl. {Hoofs}, very rarely {Hooves}. [OE. hof, AS. h[d3]f; akin to D. hoef, G1huf, OHG. huof, Icel. h[d3]fr, Sw. hof, Dan. hov; cf. Russ. kopuito, Skr. [87]apha. [root]225.] 1. The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc. On burnished hooves his war horse trode. --Tennyson. 2. A hoofed animal; a beast. Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind. --Ex. x. 26. 3. (Geom.) See {Ungula}. | |
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Back \Back\, n. [F. bac: cf. Arm. bak tray, bowl.] 1. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc. {Hop back}, {Jack back}, the cistern which receives the infusion of malt and hops from the copper. {Wash back}, a vat in which distillers ferment the wort to form wash. {Water back}, a cistern to hold a supply of water; esp. a small cistern at the back of a stove, or a group of pipes set in the fire box of a stove or furnace, through which water circulates and is heated. 2. A ferryboat. See {Bac}, 1. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hop \Hop\, n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G. hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel. humall, SW. & Dan. humle.] 1. (Bot.) A climbing plant ({Humulus Lupulus}), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops). 2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste. 3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See {Hip}. {Hop back}. (Brewing) See under 1st {Back}. {Hop clover} (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature ({Trifolium agrarium}, and {T. procumbens}). {Hop flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small flea beetle ({Haltica concinna}), very injurious to hops. {Hop fly} (Zo[94]l.), an aphid ({Phorodon humuli}), very injurious to hop vines. {Hop froth fly} (Zo[94]l.), an hemipterous insect ({Aphrophora interrupta}), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to hop vines. {Hop hornbeam} (Bot.), an American tree of the genus {Ostrya} ({O. Virginica}) the American ironwood; also, a European species ({O. vulgaris}). {Hop moth} (Zo[94]l.), a moth ({Hypena humuli}), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines. {Hop picker}, one who picks hops. {Hop pole}, a pole used to support hop vines. {Hop tree} (Bot.), a small American tree ({Ptelia trifoliata}), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops. {Hop vine} (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop. | |
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Huffish \Huff"ish\, a. Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant. -- {Huff"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Huff"ish*ness}, n. | |
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d8Hypogeum \[d8]Hyp`o*ge"um\, n.; pl. {Hypogea}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], [?], subterranean; [?] under + [?], [?], the earth.] (Anc. Arch.) The subterraneous portion of a building, as in amphitheaters, for the service of the games; also, subterranean galleries, as the catacombs. | |
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Hyppish \Hyp"pish\, a. [From {Hyp}.] Affected with hypochondria; hypped. [Written also {hyppish}.] | |
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Hyppish \Hyp"pish\, a. [From {Hyp}.] Affected with hypochondria; hypped. [Written also {hyppish}.] | |
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Hauppauge, NY (CDP, FIPS 32732) Location: 40.81998 N, 73.21271 W Population (1990): 19750 (6597 housing units) Area: 28.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11788 | |
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Hobbs, NM (city, FIPS 32520) Location: 32.73426 N, 103.16276 W Population (1990): 29115 (12327 housing units) Area: 48.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 88240 | |
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HBOOK A histogramming package in the CERN program library. | |
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HEPiX A recently formed collaboration among various HEP institutes aiming at providing "compatible" versions of the Unix operating system at their sites. | |
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HFC 1. 2. (1999-11-02) | |
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HiPAC An active DBMS from Xerox Advanced Information Technology. | |
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Hope+C {continuation-based I/O}, {coroutines}, and {RFC}s. Hope+C was developed as part of the {Flagship} project at {Imperial College}. It has been implemented for {Sun-3}s with {Motorola} {FPU}s. See also {Massey Hope}, {Concurrent Massey Hope}. E-mail: John Darlington [What kind of RFCs?] (1999-06-23) | |
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hp2ps Alun Jones. hp2ps runs on the printer itself. Version 1.9c. (1999-11-23) | |
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H/PC {Hand-held Personal Computer} | |
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HPCC {High Performance Computing and Communications} | |
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HPFS {High Performance File System} | |
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HP-UX {Hewlett-Packard} {workstations}. HP-UX conforms to {X/Open}'s Portability Guide Issue 4 ({XPG4}), Federal Information Processing Specification (FIPS) 151.1, {POSIX} 1003.1, POSIX 1003.2, {AT&T}'s System V Interface Definition 2 ({SVID} 2). HP-UX incorporates selected features from the University of California at Berkeley Software Distribution 4.3 ({4.3BSD}). It is known by some as "{HP-SUX}". [Features?] (1997-05-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
hubs {hub} |