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{Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant. {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root. {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron. {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the Mediterranean. (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). (c) The scad. (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc. {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the {Solanum Carolinense}. {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}. {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical America ({Trianthema monogymnum}). {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses. {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a {tramway}. {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman. {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}). {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, {horse louse}, and {forest fly}. {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H. comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of its pods. {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.] {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef. {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell. {To take horse}. (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above). | |
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Hack \Hack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hacking}.] [OE. hakken; akin to D. hakken, G. hacken, Dan. hakke, Sw. hacka, and perh. to E. hew. Cf. {Hew} to cut, {Haggle}.] 1. To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post. My sword hacked like a handsaw. --Shak. 2. Fig.: To mangle in speaking. --Shak. | |
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Hackney \Hack"ney\, n.; pl. {Hackneys}. [OE. haceney, hacenay; cf. F. haquen[82]e a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haquen[82]e, Sp. hacanea, OSp. facanea, D. hakkenei, also OF. haque horse, Sp. haca, OSp. faca; perh akin to E. hack to cut, and orig. meaning, a jolting horse. Cf. {Hack} a horse, {Nag}.] 1. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. --Chaucer. 2. A horse or pony kept for hire. 3. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach. 4. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute. | |
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Hag \Hag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hagging}.] To harass; to weary with vexation. How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with the fancy of omens. --L'Estrange. | |
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Hash \Hash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hashing}.] [From {Hash}, n.: cf. F. hacher to hash.] To [?]hop into small pieces; to mince and mix; as, to hash meat. --Hudibras. | |
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Hawk \Hawk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hawked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hawking}.] 1. To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry. A falconer Henry is, when Emma hawks. --Prior. 2. To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; -- generally with at; as, to hawk at flies. --Dryden. A falcon, towering in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed. --Shak. | |
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Haziness \Ha"zi*ness\, n. The quality or state of being hazy. | |
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Haze \Haze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hazed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hazing}.] [Also {haze}.] [Cf. Sw. haza to hamstring, fr. has hough, OD. h[91]ssen ham.] 1. To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work. 2. To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman. | |
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Hessian \Hes"sian\, a. Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians. {Hessian boots}, [or] {Hessians}, boot of a kind worn in England, in the early part of the nineteenth century, tasseled in front. --Thackeray. {Hessian cloth}, [or] {Hessians}, a coarse hempen cloth for sacking. {Hessian crucible}. See under {Crucible}. {Hessian fly} (Zo[94]l.), a small dipterous fly or midge ({Cecidomyia destructor}). Its larv[91] live between the base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the Hessian troops, during the Revolution. | |
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Hessian \Hes"sian\, a. Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians. {Hessian boots}, [or] {Hessians}, boot of a kind worn in England, in the early part of the nineteenth century, tasseled in front. --Thackeray. {Hessian cloth}, [or] {Hessians}, a coarse hempen cloth for sacking. {Hessian crucible}. See under {Crucible}. {Hessian fly} (Zo[94]l.), a small dipterous fly or midge ({Cecidomyia destructor}). Its larv[91] live between the base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the Hessian troops, during the Revolution. | |
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Crucible \Cru"ci*ble\ (kr[udd]"s[icr]*b'l), n. [LL. crucibulum a hanging lamp, an earthen pot for melting metals (cf. OF. croisel, creuseul, sort of lamp, crucible, F. creuset crucible), prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. kr[umac]sul, LG. kr[uum]sel, hanging lamp, kroos, kruus, mug, jug, jar, D. kroes cup, crucible, Dan. kruus, Sw. krus, E. cruse. It was confused with derivatives of L. crux cross (cf. {Crosslet}), and crucibles were said to have been marked with a cross, to prevent the devil from marring the chemical operation. See {Cruse}, and cf. {Cresset}.] 1. A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for melting and calcining substances which require a strong degree of heat, as metals, ores, etc. 2. A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace, to receive the melted metal. 3. A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction. {Hessian crucible} (Chem.), a cheap, brittle, and fragile, but very refractory crucible, composed of the finest fire clay and sand, and commonly used for a single heating; -- named from the place of manufacture. | |
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Hessian \Hes"sian\, a. Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians. {Hessian boots}, [or] {Hessians}, boot of a kind worn in England, in the early part of the nineteenth century, tasseled in front. --Thackeray. {Hessian cloth}, [or] {Hessians}, a coarse hempen cloth for sacking. {Hessian crucible}. See under {Crucible}. {Hessian fly} (Zo[94]l.), a small dipterous fly or midge ({Cecidomyia destructor}). Its larv[91] live between the base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the Hessian troops, during the Revolution. | |
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Shovelnose \Shov"el*nose`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common sand shark. See under {Snad}. (b) A small California shark ({Heptranchias maculatus}), which is taken for its oil. (c) A Pacific Ocean shark ({Hexanchus corinus}). (d) A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family ({Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus}) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also {white sturgeon}. | |
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Hexangular \Hex*an"gu*lar\, a. [Hex- + angular. Cf. {Sexangular}.] Having six angles or corners. | |
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Mass \Mass\, n. [OE. masse, messe, AS. m[91]sse. LL. missa, from L. mittere, missum, to send, dismiss: cf. F. messe. In the ancient churches, the public services at which the catechumens were permitted to be present were called missa catechumenorum, ending with the reading of the Gospel. Then they were dismissed with these words : [bd]Ite, missa est[b8] [sc. ecclesia], the congregation is dismissed. After that the sacrifice proper began. At its close the same words were said to those who remained. So the word gave the name of Mass to the sacrifice in the Catholic Church. See {Missile}, and cf. {Christmas}, {Lammas}, {Mess} a dish, {Missal}.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host. 2. (Mus.) The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition; -- namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the Benedictus. {Canon of the Mass}. See {Canon}. {High Mass}, Mass with incense, music, the assistance of a deacon, subdeacon, etc. {Low Mass}, Mass which is said by the priest through-out, without music. {Mass bell}, the sanctus bell. See {Sanctus}. {Mass book}, the missal or Roman Catholic service book. | |
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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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Highmost \High"most`\, a. Highest. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Highness \High"ness\, n. [AS. he[a0]hnes.] 1. The state of being high; elevation; loftiness. 2. A title of honor given to kings, princes, or other persons of rank; as, His Royal Highness. --Shak. | |
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Hike \Hike\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hiked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hiking}.] [Cf. {Hitch}.] To move with a swing, toss, throw, jerk, or the like. [Dial. or Colloq.] | |
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Hisingerite \His"ing*er*ite\, n. [Named after W. Hisinger, a Swedish mineralogist.] (Min.) A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of iron. | |
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Hiss \Hiss\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hissed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hissing}.] [AS. hysian; prob. of imitative origin[?]; cf. LG. hissen, OD. hisschen.] 1. To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval. The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee. --Ezek. xxvii. 36. 2. To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew. Shod with steel, We hissed along the polished ice. --Wordsworth. | |
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Hissing \Hiss"ing\, n. 1. The act of emitting a hiss or hisses. 2. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision. [Archaic] I will make this city desolate, and a hissing. --Jer. xix. 8. | |
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Hissingly \Hiss"ing*ly\, adv. With a hissing sound. | |
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Hoax \Hoax\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoaxed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hoaxing}.] To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively. --Lamb. | |
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Hog \Hog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hogged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hogging}.] 1. To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. --Smart. 2. (Naut.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom. | |
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Hogging \Hog"ging\, n. (Naut.) Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging. {Hogging frame}. See {Hogframe}. | |
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Hogframe \Hog"frame`\, n. (Steam Vessels) A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also {hogging frame}, and {hogback}. | |
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Hogging \Hog"ging\, n. (Naut.) Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging. {Hogging frame}. See {Hogframe}. | |
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Hogframe \Hog"frame`\, n. (Steam Vessels) A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also {hogging frame}, and {hogback}. | |
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Hogging \Hog"ging\, n. (Naut.) Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging. {Hogging frame}. See {Hogframe}. | |
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Puff \Puff\ (p[ucr]f), n. [Akin to G. & Sw. puff a blow, Dan. puf, D. pof; of imitative origin. Cf. {Buffet}.] 1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff. [bd] To every puff of wind a slave.[b8] --Flatman. 2. Anything light and filled with air. Specifically: (a) A puffball. (b) a kind of light pastry. (c) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder. 3. An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal. {Puff adder}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any South African viper belonging to {Clotho} and allied genera. They are exceedingly venomous, and have the power of greatly distending their bodies when irritated. The common puff adder ({Vipera, [or] Clotho arietans}) is the largest species, becoming over four feet long. The plumed puff adder ({C. cornuta}) has a plumelike appendage over each eye. (b) A North American harmless snake ({Heterodon platyrrhinos}) which has the power of puffing up its body. Called also {hog-nose snake}, {flathead}, {spreading adder}, and {blowing adder}. {Puff bird} (Zo[94]l.), any bird of the genus {Bucco}, or family {Bucconid[91]}. They are small birds, usually with dull-colored and loose plumage, and have twelve tail feathers. See {Barbet} (b) . | |
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Hognosesnake \Hog"nose`snake"\ (Zo[94]l.) A harmless North American snake of the genus {Heterodon}, esp. {H. platyrhynos}; -- called also {puffing adder}, {blowing adder}, and {sand viper}. | |
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Hook \Hook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hooked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hooking}.] 1. To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout. Hook him, my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice. --W. Collins. 2. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore. 3. To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.] {To hook on}, to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hook-nosed \Hook"-nosed`\, a. Having a hooked or aquiline nose. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hosanna \Ho*san"na\ (h[osl]*z[acr]n"n[adot]), n.; pl. {Hosannas} (-n[adot]z). [Gr. [?], fr. Heb. h[d3]sh[c6]'[be]h nn[be]save now, save, we pray, h[d3]sh[c6]a' to save (Hiphil, a causative form, of y[be]sha') + n[be], a particle.] A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings. [bd]Hosanna to the Highest.[b8] --Milton. Hosanna to the Son of David. --Matt. xxi. 9. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hough \Hough\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Houghed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Houghing}.] Same as {Hock}, to hamstring. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
--Simonds. {House car} (Railroad), a freight car with inclosing sides and a roof; a box car. {House of correction}. See {Correction}. {House cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a European cricket ({Gryllus domesticus}), which frequently lives in houses, between the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is noted for the loud chirping or stridulation of the males. {House dog}, a dog kept in or about a dwelling house. {House finch} (Zo[94]l.), the burion. {House flag}, a flag denoting the commercial house to which a merchant vessel belongs. {House fly} (Zo[94]l.), a common fly (esp. {Musca domestica}), which infests houses both in Europe and America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying substances or excrement, about sink drains, etc. {House of God}, a temple or church. {House of ill fame}. See {Ill fame} under {Ill}, a. {House martin} (Zo[94]l.), a common European swallow ({Hirundo urbica}). It has feathered feet, and builds its nests of mud against the walls of buildings. Called also {house swallow}, and {window martin}. {House mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the common mouse ({Mus musculus}). {House physician}, the resident medical adviser of a hospital or other public institution. {House snake} (Zo[94]l.), the milk snake. {House sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European sparrow ({Passer domesticus}). It has recently been introduced into America, where it has become very abundant, esp. in cities. Called also {thatch sparrow}. {House spider} (Zo[94]l.), any spider which habitually lives in houses. Among the most common species are {Theridium tepidariorum} and {Tegenaria domestica}. {House surgeon}, the resident surgeon of a hospital. {House wren} (Zo[94]l.), the common wren of the Eastern United States ({Troglodytes a[89]don}). It is common about houses and in gardens, and is noted for its vivacity, and loud musical notes. See {Wren}. {Religious house}, a monastery or convent. {The White House}, the official residence of the President of the United States; -- hence, colloquially, the office of President. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
House \House\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Housed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Housing}.] [AS. h[?]sian.] 1. To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle. At length have housed me in a humble shed. --Young. House your choicest carnations, or rather set them under a penthouse. --Evelyn. 2. To drive to a shelter. --Shak. 3. To admit to residence; to harbor. Palladius wished him to house all the Helots. --Sir P. Sidney. 4. To deposit and cover, as in the grave. --Sandys. 5. (Naut.) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Houseline \House"line`\, n. (Naut.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also {housing}. --Totten. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Housing \Hous"ing\, n. [From {Houss}.] 1. A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings. 2. An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Housing \Hous"ing\, n. [From {House}. In some of its senses this word has been confused with the following word.] 1. The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation. 2. That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively. --Fabyan. 3. (Arch.) (a) The space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another. (b) A niche for a statue. 4. (Mach.) A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc. 5. (Naut.) (a) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel. (b) A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up. (c) A houseline. See {Houseline}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
House \House\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Housed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Housing}.] [AS. h[?]sian.] 1. To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle. At length have housed me in a humble shed. --Young. House your choicest carnations, or rather set them under a penthouse. --Evelyn. 2. To drive to a shelter. --Shak. 3. To admit to residence; to harbor. Palladius wished him to house all the Helots. --Sir P. Sidney. 4. To deposit and cover, as in the grave. --Sandys. 5. (Naut.) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Houseline \House"line`\, n. (Naut.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also {housing}. --Totten. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Housing \Hous"ing\, n. [From {Houss}.] 1. A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings. 2. An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Housing \Hous"ing\, n. [From {House}. In some of its senses this word has been confused with the following word.] 1. The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation. 2. That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively. --Fabyan. 3. (Arch.) (a) The space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another. (b) A niche for a statue. 4. (Mach.) A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc. 5. (Naut.) (a) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel. (b) A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up. (c) A houseline. See {Houseline}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
House \House\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Housed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Housing}.] [AS. h[?]sian.] 1. To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle. At length have housed me in a humble shed. --Young. House your choicest carnations, or rather set them under a penthouse. --Evelyn. 2. To drive to a shelter. --Shak. 3. To admit to residence; to harbor. Palladius wished him to house all the Helots. --Sir P. Sidney. 4. To deposit and cover, as in the grave. --Sandys. 5. (Naut.) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Houseline \House"line`\, n. (Naut.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also {housing}. --Totten. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Housing \Hous"ing\, n. [From {Houss}.] 1. A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings. 2. An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Housing \Hous"ing\, n. [From {House}. In some of its senses this word has been confused with the following word.] 1. The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation. 2. That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively. --Fabyan. 3. (Arch.) (a) The space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another. (b) A niche for a statue. 4. (Mach.) A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc. 5. (Naut.) (a) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel. (b) A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up. (c) A houseline. See {Houseline}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Huge \Huge\, a. [Compar. {Huger}; superl. {Hugest}.] [OE. huge, hoge, OF. ahuge, ahoge.] Very large; enormous; immense; excessive; -- used esp. of material bulk, but often of qualities, extent, etc.; as, a huge ox; a huge space; a huge difference. [bd]The huge confusion.[b8] --Chapman. [bd]A huge filly.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. -- {Huge"ly}, adv. -- {Huge"ness}, n. Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea. --Shak. Syn: Enormous; gigantic; colossal; immense; prodigious; vast. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hug \Hug\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hugging}.] [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. sidde paa huk to squat, Sw. huka sig to squat, Icel. h[?]ka. Cf. {Huckster}.] 1. To cower; to crouch; to curl up. [Obs.] --Palsgrave. 2. To crowd together; to cuddle. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hush \Hush\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hushed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hushing}.] [OE. huschen, hussen, prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hussen to lull to sleep, G. husch quick, make haste, be silent.] 1. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of. My tongue shall hush again this storm of war. --Shak. 2. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe. With thou, then, Hush my cares? --Otway. And hush'd my deepest grief of all. --Tennyson. {To hush up}, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. [bd]This matter is hushed up.[b8] --Pope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hushing \Hush"ing\, n. (Mining) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Huskiness \Hus"ki*ness\, n. 1. The state of being husky. 2. Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice. --G. Eliot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Husk \Husk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Husked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Husking}.] To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Husking \Husk"ing\, n. 1. The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn. 2. A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; -- called also husking bee. [U.S.] [bd]A red ear in the husking.[b8] --Longfellow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Huzza \Huz*za"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Huzzaed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Huzzaing}.] To shout huzza; to cheer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hygienic \Hy`gi*en"ic\, a. [Cf. F. hygi[82]nique.] Of or pertaining to health or hygiene; sanitary. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hygienics \Hy`gi*en"ics\, n. The science of health; hygiene. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hygienism \Hy"gi*en*ism\, n. Hygiene. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hygienist \Hy"gi*en*ist\, n. One versed in hygiene. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Hyoscyamus \[d8]Hy`os*cy"a*mus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] a sow, hog + [?] a bean.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade family; henbane. 2. (Med.) The leaves of the black henbane ({Hyoscyamus niger}), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hyoscyamine \Hy`os*cy"a*mine\, n. [See {Hyoscyamus}.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in henbane ({Hyoscyamus niger}), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also {hyoscyamia}, {duboisine}, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hyson \Hy"son\, n. [Chin. hi-tshun, lit., first crop, or blooming spring.] A fragrant kind of green tea. {Hyson skin}, the light and inferior leaves separated from the hyson by a winnowing machine. --M[bf]Culloch. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Haakon County, SD (county, FIPS 55) Location: 44.30233 N, 101.53219 W Population (1990): 2624 (1071 housing units) Area: 4696.0 sq km (land), 36.9 sq km (water) | |
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Hackensack, MN (city, FIPS 26378) Location: 46.92786 N, 94.51858 W Population (1990): 245 (169 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56452 Hackensack, NJ (city, FIPS 28680) Location: 40.88930 N, 74.04612 W Population (1990): 37049 (17705 housing units) Area: 10.7 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07601 | |
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Haskins, OH (village, FIPS 34412) Location: 41.46385 N, 83.70406 W Population (1990): 549 (210 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43525 | |
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Hasson Heights, PA (CDP, FIPS 33072) Location: 41.44883 N, 79.67713 W Population (1990): 1610 (616 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Hawkins, TX (city, FIPS 32816) Location: 32.59084 N, 95.20245 W Population (1990): 1309 (553 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75765 Hawkins, WI (village, FIPS 33275) Location: 45.51176 N, 90.71332 W Population (1990): 375 (175 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54530 | |
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Hawkins County, TN (county, FIPS 73) Location: 36.43591 N, 82.94866 W Population (1990): 44565 (18779 housing units) Area: 1260.5 sq km (land), 33.6 sq km (water) | |
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Hawkinsville, GA (city, FIPS 37396) Location: 32.28256 N, 83.47415 W Population (1990): 3527 (1564 housing units) Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31036 | |
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Hegins, PA Zip code(s): 17938 | |
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Hickam Housing, HI (CDP, FIPS 14200) Location: 21.34127 N, 157.96137 W Population (1990): 6553 (1841 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) | |
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Higgins, TX (city, FIPS 33608) Location: 36.12034 N, 100.02694 W Population (1990): 464 (271 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79046 | |
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Higginson, AR (town, FIPS 32140) Location: 35.19579 N, 91.71148 W Population (1990): 255 (112 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72068 | |
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Higginsport, OH (village, FIPS 35168) Location: 38.79067 N, 83.96844 W Population (1990): 298 (136 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Higginsville, MO (city, FIPS 31960) Location: 39.06476 N, 93.72655 W Population (1990): 4693 (1985 housing units) Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64037 | |
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Hocking County, OH (county, FIPS 73) Location: 39.49658 N, 82.47578 W Population (1990): 25533 (10481 housing units) Area: 1095.0 sq km (land), 2.2 sq km (water) | |
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Hogansburg, NY Zip code(s): 13655 | |
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Hogansville, GA (city, FIPS 39244) Location: 33.16858 N, 84.90249 W Population (1990): 2976 (1283 housing units) Area: 15.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30230 | |
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Hoisington, KS (city, FIPS 32550) Location: 38.51835 N, 98.77808 W Population (1990): 3182 (1532 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Hoskins, NE (village, FIPS 23235) Location: 42.11367 N, 97.30459 W Population (1990): 307 (113 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68740 | |
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Huggins, MO Zip code(s): 65484 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
hacking run n. [analogy with `bombing run' or `speed run'] A hack session extended long outside normal working times, especially one longer than 12 hours. May cause you to `change phase the hard way' (see {phase}). | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Hacking X for Y n. [ITS] Ritual phrasing of part of the information which ITS made publicly available about each user. This information (the INQUIR record) was a sort of form in which the user could fill out various fields. On display, two of these fields were always combined into a project description of the form "Hacking X for Y" (e.g., `"Hacking perceptrons for Minsky"'). This form of description became traditional and has since been carried over to other systems with more general facilities for self-advertisement (such as Unix {plan file}s). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
hacking run session extended long outside normal working times, especially one longer than 12 hours. May cause you to "change {phase} the hard way". [{Jargon File}] (1996-08-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Hacking X for Y [ITS] Ritual phrasing of part of the information which ITS made publicly available about each user. This information (the INQUIR record) was a sort of form in which the user could fill out various fields. On display, two of these fields were always combined into a project description of the form "Hacking X for Y" (e.g. ""Hacking perceptrons for Minsky""). This form of description became traditional and has since been carried over to other systems with more general facilities for self-advertisement (such as Unix {plan file}s). [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
hashing {hash coding} |