English Dictionary: hyaline | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Halloween \Hal`low*een"\, n. The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day. [Scot.] | |
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Halm \Halm\, n. (Bot.) Same as {Haulm}. | |
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Halma \Hal"ma\, n. A game played on a board having 256 squares, by two persons with 19 men each, or by four with 13 men each, starting from different corners and striving to place each his own set of men in a corresponding position in the opposite corner by moving them or by jumping them over those met in progress. | |
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Haulm \Haulm\, n. [OE. halm, AS. healm; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. halm, Icel. h[be]lmr, L. calamus reed, cane, stalk, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Excel}, {Culminate}, {Culm}, {Shawm}, {Calamus}.] The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw. | |
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Haulm \Haulm\, n. A part of a harness; a hame. | |
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Saint \Saint\ (s[amac]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. {Sacred}, {Sanctity}, {Sanctum}, {Sanctus}.] 1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God. Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints. --1 Cor. i. 2. 2. One of the blessed in heaven. Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure Far separate, circling thy holy mount, Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing. --Milton. 3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.] {Saint Andrew's cross}. (a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}. (b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub ({Ascyrum Crux-Andre[91]}, the petals of which have the form of a Saint Andrew's cross. --Gray. {Saint Anthony's cross}, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6, under {Cross}. {Saint Anthony's fire}, the erysipelas; -- popularly so called because it was supposed to have been cured by the intercession of Saint Anthony. {Saint Anthony's nut} (Bot.), the groundnut ({Bunium flexuosum}); -- so called because swine feed on it, and St. Anthony was once a swineherd. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Anthony's turnip} (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a favorite food of swine. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Barnaby's thistle} (Bot.), a kind of knapweed ({Centaurea solstitialis}) flowering on St. Barnabas's Day, June 11th. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Bernard} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of large, handsome dogs celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under {Dog}. {Saint Catharine's flower} (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist. See under {Love}. {Saint Cuthbert's beads} (Paleon.), the fossil joints of crinoid stems. {Saint Dabeoc's heath} (Bot.), a heatherlike plant ({Dab[d2]cia polifolia}), named from an Irish saint. {Saint Distaff's Day}. See under {Distaff}. {Saint Elmo's fire}, a luminous, flamelike appearance, sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or pointed objects. A single flame is called a {Helena}, or a {Corposant}; a double, or twin, flame is called a {Castor and Pollux}, or a {double Corposant}. It takes its name from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors. {Saint George's cross} (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a field argent, the field being represented by a narrow fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great Britain. {Saint George's ensign}, a red cross on a white field with a union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of England; -- called also {the white ensign}. --Brande & C. {Saint George's flag}, a smaller flag resembling the ensign, but without the union jack; used as the sign of the presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {Saint Gobain glass} (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it was manufactured. {Saint Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the Philippines ({Strychnos Ignatia}), of properties similar to the nux vomica. {Saint James's shell} (Zo[94]l.), a pecten ({Vola Jacob[91]us}) worn by pilgrims to the Holy Land. See Illust. under {Scallop}. {Saint James's-wort} (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio Jacob[91]a}). {Saint John's bread}. (Bot.) See {Carob}. {Saint John's-wort} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Hypericum}, most species of which have yellow flowers; -- called also {John's-wort}. {Saint Leger}, the name of a race for three-year-old horses run annually in September at Doncaster, England; -- instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger. {Saint Martin's herb} (Bot.), a small tropical American violaceous plant ({Sauvagesia erecta}). It is very mucilaginous and is used in medicine. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Helena \Hel"e*na\, n. [L.: cf. Sp. helena.] See {St. Elmo's fire}, under {Saint}. | |
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Helium \He"li*um\ (h[emac]"l[icr]*[ucr]m), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "h`lios the sun.] (Chem.) An inert, monoatomic, gaseous element occurring in the atmosphere of the sun and stars, and in small quantities in the earth's atmosphere, in several minerals and in certain mineral waters. Symbol, He; at. wt., 4. Helium was first detected spectroscopically in the sun by Lockyer in 1868; it was first prepared by Ramsay in 1895. Helium has a density of 1.98 compared with hydrogen, and is more difficult to liquefy than the latter. Chemically, it belongs to the argon group and cannot be made to form compounds. It is a decomposition product of the radium emanation. | |
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Helium \He"li*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the sun.] (Chem.) A gaseous element found in the atmospheres of the sun and earth and in some rare minerals. | |
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Hellene \Hel"lene\, n. [Gr. [?].] A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek. --Brewer. | |
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Helm \Helm\, n. See {Haulm}, straw. | |
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Helm \Helm\, n. [OE. helme, AS. helma rudder; akin to D. & G. helm, Icel. hj[be]lm, and perh. to E. helve.] 1. (Naut.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone. 2. The place or office of direction or administration. [bd]The helm of the Commonwealth.[b8] --Melmoth. 3. One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director. The helms o' the State, who care for you like fathers. --Shak. 4. [Cf. {Helve}.] A helve. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] {Helm amidships}, when the tiller, rudder, and keel are in the same plane. {Helm aport}, when the tiller is borne over to the port side of the ship. {Helm astarboard}, when the tiller is borne to the starboard side. {Helm alee}, {Helm aweather}, when the tiller is borne over to the lee or to the weather side. {Helm hard alee} [or] {hard aport}, {hard astarboard}, etc., when the tiller is borne over to the extreme limit. {Helm port}, the round hole in a vessel's counter through which the rudderstock passes. {Helm down}, helm alee. {Helm up}, helm aweather. {To ease the helm}, to let the tiller come more amidships, so as to lessen the strain on the rudder. {To feel the helm}, to obey it. {To right the helm}, to put it amidships. {To shift the helm}, to bear the tiller over to the corresponding position on the opposite side of the vessel. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. | |
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Helm \Helm\, n. [AS. See {Helmet}.] 1. A helmet. [Poetic] 2. A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Helm \Helm\, v. t. To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet. [Perh. used only as a past part. or part. adj.] She that helmed was in starke stours. --Chaucer. | |
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Helm \Helm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Helmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Helming}.] To steer; to guide; to direct. [R.] The business he hath helmed. --Shak. A wild wave . . . overbears the bark, And him that helms it. --Tennyson. | |
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Hilum \Hi"lum\, n. [L., a little thing, trifle.] 1. (Bot.) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called also {hile}. 2. (Anat.) The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum of the kidney. | |
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Holm \Holm\, n. [OE., prob. from AS. holen holly; as the holly is also called holm. See {Holly}.] (Bot.) A common evergreen oak, of Europe ({Quercus Ilex}); -- called also {ilex}, and {holly}. | |
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Holm \Holm\, n. [AS. holm, usually meaning, sea, water; akin to Icel. h[omac]lmr, holmr, an island, Dan. holm, Sw. holme, G. holm, and prob. to E. hill. Cf. {Hill}.] 1. An islet in a river. --J. Brand. 2. Low, flat land. --Wordsworth. The soft wind blowing over meadowy holms. --Tennyson. {Holm thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the missel thrush. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Holy \Ho"ly\, a. [Compar. {Holier}; superl. {Holiest}.] [OE. holi, hali, AS. h[be]lig, fr. h[91]l health, salvation, happiness, fr. h[be]l whole, well; akin to OS. h[?]lag, D. & G. heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig, Sw. helig, Icel. heilagr. See {Whole}, and cf. {Halibut}, {Halidom}, {Hallow}, {Hollyhock}.] 1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood. [bd]Holy rites and solemn feasts.[b8] --Milton. 2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly; pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God. Now through her round of holy thought The Church our annual steps has brought. --Keble. {Holy Alliance} (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving religion, justice, and peace in Europe, but really for repressing popular tendencies toward constitutional government, entered into by Alexander I. of Russia, Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and subsequently joined by all the sovereigns of Europe, except the pope and the king of England. {Holy bark}. See {Cascara sagrada}. {Holy Communion}. See {Eucharist}. {Holy family} (Art), a picture in which the infant Christ, his parents, and others of his family are represented. {Holy Father}, a title of the pope. {Holy Ghost} (Theol.),the third person of the Trinity; the Comforter; the Paraclete. {Holy Grail}. See {Grail}. {Holy grass} (Bot.), a sweet-scented grass ({Hierochloa borealis} and {H. alpina}). In the north of Europe it was formerly strewed before church doors on saints' days; whence the name. It is common in the northern and western parts of the United States. Called also {vanilla, [or] Seneca, grass}. {Holy Innocents' day}, Childermas day. {Holy Land}, Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity. {Holy office}, the Inquisition. {Holy of holies} (Script.), the innermost apartment of the Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and where no person entered, except the high priest once a year. {Holy One}. (a) The Supreme Being; -- so called by way of emphasis. [bd] The Holy One of Israel.[b8] --Is. xliii. 14. (b) One separated to the service of God. {Holy orders}. See {Order}. {Holy rood}, the cross or crucifix, particularly one placed, in churches. over the entrance to the chancel. {Holy rope}, a plant, the hemp agrimony. {Holy Saturday} (Eccl.), the Saturday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; the vigil of Easter. {Holy Spirit}, same as {Holy Ghost} (above). {Holy Spirit plant}. See {Dove plant}. {Holy thistle} (Bot.), the blessed thistle. See under {Thistle}. {Holy Thursday}. (Eccl.) (a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy Thursday. {Holy war}, a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of the holy places. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Uhlan \Uh"lan\, n. [G. uhlan, Pol. ulan, hulan, from Turk. ogl[be]n a youth, lad; of Tartar origin.] [Written also {ulan}, and formerly {hulan}.] 1. One of a certain description of militia among the Tartars. 2. (Mil.) One of a kind of light cavalry of Tartaric origin, first introduced into European armies in Poland. They are armed with lances, pistols, and sabers, and are employed chiefly as skirmishers. | |
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Hulan \Hu"lan\, n. See {Uhlan}. | |
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Uhlan \Uh"lan\, n. [G. uhlan, Pol. ulan, hulan, from Turk. ogl[be]n a youth, lad; of Tartar origin.] [Written also {ulan}, and formerly {hulan}.] 1. One of a certain description of militia among the Tartars. 2. (Mil.) One of a kind of light cavalry of Tartaric origin, first introduced into European armies in Poland. They are armed with lances, pistols, and sabers, and are employed chiefly as skirmishers. | |
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Hulan \Hu"lan\, n. See {Uhlan}. | |
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Hyaline \Hy"a*line\, a. [L. hyalinus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] glass: cf. F. hyalin.] Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal. [bd]Hyaline spaces.[b8] --Carpenter. | |
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Hyaline \Hy"a*line\, n. 1. A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere. [bd]The clear hyaline, the glassy sea.[b8] --Milton. Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline. --Mrs. Browning. 2. (Biol.) The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleous originates. 3. (Physiol. Chem.) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation. --Gamgee. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hallam, NE (village, FIPS 20610) Location: 40.53674 N, 96.78588 W Population (1990): 309 (128 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68368 Hallam, PA (borough, FIPS 32056) Location: 40.00250 N, 76.60445 W Population (1990): 1375 (599 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Halma, MN (city, FIPS 26612) Location: 48.66080 N, 96.59763 W Population (1990): 73 (40 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56729 | |
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Helen, GA (city, FIPS 37788) Location: 34.70199 N, 83.72225 W Population (1990): 300 (256 housing units) Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30545 | |
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Helena, AL (city, FIPS 34024) Location: 33.28974 N, 86.85242 W Population (1990): 3918 (1366 housing units) Area: 35.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35080 Helena, AR (city, FIPS 31180) Location: 34.52626 N, 90.60470 W Population (1990): 7491 (2987 housing units) Area: 22.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72342 Helena, CA Zip code(s): 96048 Helena, GA (town, FIPS 37816) Location: 32.07937 N, 82.91084 W Population (1990): 1256 (582 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31037 Helena, MO Zip code(s): 64459 Helena, MT (city, FIPS 35600) Location: 46.59652 N, 112.02038 W Population (1990): 24569 (11053 housing units) Area: 35.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59601 Helena, OH (village, FIPS 34860) Location: 41.33981 N, 83.29183 W Population (1990): 267 (102 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Helena, OK (town, FIPS 33450) Location: 36.54645 N, 98.27021 W Population (1990): 1043 (265 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73741 | |
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Hellam, PA Zip code(s): 17406 | |
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Helm, CA Zip code(s): 93627 | |
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Hilham, TN Zip code(s): 38568 | |
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Hulen, KY Zip code(s): 40845 | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
helium Symbol: He Atomic number: 2 Atomic weight: 4.0026 Colourless, odourless gaseous nonmetallic element. Belongs to group 18 of the periodic table. Lowest boiling point of all elements and can only be solidified under pressure. Chemically inert, no known compounds. Discovered in the solar spectrum in 1868 by Lockyer. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Helam place of abundance, a place on the east of Jordan and west of the Euphrates where David gained a great victory over the Syrian army (2 Sam. 10:16), which was under the command of Shobach. Some would identify it with Alamatta, near Nicephorium. | |
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Helem a stroke, great-grandson of Asher (1 Chr. 7:35). | |
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Helon strong, father of Eliab, who was "captain of the children of Zebulun" (Num. 1:9; 2:7). | |
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Helam, their army; their trouble | |
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Helem, dreaming; healing | |
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Helon, window; grief | |
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Hilen, a window; grief | |
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Holon, a window; grief |