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   hairline
         n 1: a very thin line
         2: the natural margin formed by hair on the head

English Dictionary: Harlan Fiske Stone by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hairline fracture
n
  1. a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin
    Synonym(s): hairline fracture, capillary fracture
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harlan F. Stone
n
  1. United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)
    Synonym(s): Stone, Harlan Stone, Harlan F. Stone, Harlan Fisk Stone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harlan Fisk Stone
n
  1. United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)
    Synonym(s): Stone, Harlan Stone, Harlan F. Stone, Harlan Fisk Stone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harlan Fiske Stone
n
  1. United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)
    Synonym(s): Stone, Harlan Fiske Stone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harlan Stone
n
  1. United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)
    Synonym(s): Stone, Harlan Stone, Harlan F. Stone, Harlan Fisk Stone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harlean Carpenter
n
  1. United States film actress who made several films with Clark Gable (1911-1937)
    Synonym(s): Harlow, Jean Harlow, Harlean Carpenter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harlem
n
  1. a district of Manhattan; now largely a Black ghetto
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harlem Renaissance
n
  1. a period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harlem River
n
  1. a channel separating Manhattan from the Bronx
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heirloom
n
  1. (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance
  2. something that has been in a family for generations
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hireling
n
  1. a person who works only for money [syn: hireling, pensionary]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hourlong
adj
  1. lasting for an hour; "an hourlong examination"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hurling
n
  1. a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grunt \Grunt\, n.
      1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of American food
            fishes, of the genus {H[91]mulon}, allied to the snappers,
            as, the black grunt ({A. Plumieri}), and the redmouth
            grunt ({H. aurolineatus}), of the Southern United States;
            -- also applied to allied species of the genera
            {Pomadasys}, {Orthopristis}, and {Pristopoma}. Called also
            pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; -- so called from the
            noise it makes when taken.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hair \Hair\, n. [OE. her, heer, h[91]r, AS. h[aemac]r; akin to
      OFries, h[emac]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[amac]r, Dan.
      haar, Sw. h[86]r; cf. Lith. kasa.]
      1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin
            of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the
            head or for any part or the whole of the body.
  
      2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in
            invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is
            free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the
            skin.
  
                     Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair
            for stuffing cushions.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle
            of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates.
            Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in
            structure, composition, and mode of growth.
  
      5. An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of
            several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or
            stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the
            yellow frog lily ({Nuphar}).
  
      6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
  
      7. A haircloth. [Obc.] --Chaucer.
  
      8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
  
      Note: Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as,
               hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin,
               hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair.
  
      {Against the hair}, in a rough and disagreeable manner;
            against the grain. [Obs.] [bd]You go against the hair of
            your professions.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Hair bracket} (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the
            back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead.
  
      {Hair cells} (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the
            sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear.
           
  
      {Hair compass}, {Hair divider}, a compass or divider capable
            of delicate adjustment by means of a screw.
  
      {Hair glove}, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin.
  
      {Hair lace}, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the
            head. --Swift.
  
      {Hair line}, a line made of hair; a very slender line.
  
      {Hair moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth which destroys goods made of
            hair, esp. {Tinea biselliella}.
  
      {Hair pencil}, a brush or fine hair, for painting; --
            generally called by the name of the hair used; as, a
            camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc.
  
      {Hair plate}, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of
            a bloomery fire.
  
      {Hair powder}, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or
            starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of
            the head, or on wigs.
  
      {Hair seal} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of eared
            seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion.
  
      {Hair seating}, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc.
  
      {Hair shirt}, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of
            horsehair, and worn as a penance.
  
      {Hair sieve}, a strainer with a haircloth bottom.
  
      {Hair snake}. See {Gordius}.
  
      {Hair space} (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in
            lines of type.
  
      {Hair stroke}, a delicate stroke in writing.
  
      {Hair trigger}, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a
            firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a
            hair. --Farrow.
  
      {Not worth a hair}, of no value.
  
      {To a hair}, with the nicest distinction.
  
      {To split hairs}, to make distinctions of useless nicety.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heirloom \Heir"loom`\, n. [Heir + loom, in its earlier sense of
      implement, tool. See {Loom} the frame.]
      Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or
      special custom descends to the heir along with the
      inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in
      a family for several generations.
  
               Woe to him whose daring hand profanes The honored
               heirlooms of his ancestors.                     --Moir.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Herling \Her"ling\, Hirling \Hir"ling\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The young of the sea trout. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hireling \Hire"ling\, a.
      Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary. [bd]Hireling
      mourners.[b8] --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hireling \Hire"ling\ (-l[icr]ng), n. [AS. h[ymac]reling. See
      {Hire}, n., and {-ling}.]
      One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose
      motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a
      mercenary. [bd]Lewd hirelings.[b8] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Herling \Her"ling\, Hirling \Hir"ling\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The young of the sea trout. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hour \Hour\, n. [OE. hour, our, hore, ure, OF. hore, ore, ure,
      F. heure, L. hora, fr. Gr. [?], orig., a definite space of
      time, fixed by natural laws; hence, a season, the time of the
      day, an hour. See {Year}, and cf. {Horologe}, {Horoscope}.]
      1. The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.
  
      2. The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes,
            and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At
            what hour shall we meet?
  
      3. Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or
            occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the
            hour.
  
                     Woman, . . . mine hour is not yet come. --John ii.
                                                                              4.
  
                     This is your hour, and the power of darkness. --Luke
                                                                              xxii. 53.
  
      4. pl. (R. C. Ch.) Certain prayers to be repeated at stated
            times of the day, as matins and vespers.
  
      5. A measure of distance traveled.
  
                     Vilvoorden, three hours from Brussels. --J. P.
                                                                              Peters.
  
      {After hours}, after the time appointed for one's regular
            labor.
  
      {Canonical hours}. See under {Canonical}.
  
      {Hour angle} (Astron.), the angle between the hour circle
            passing through a given body, and the meridian of a place.
           
  
      {Hour circle}. (Astron.)
            (a) Any circle of the sphere passing through the two poles
                  of the equator; esp., one of the circles drawn on an
                  artificial globe through the poles, and dividing the
                  equator into spaces of 15[deg], or one hour, each.
            (b) A circle upon an equatorial telescope lying parallel
                  to the plane of the earth's equator, and graduated in
                  hours and subdivisions of hours of right ascension.
            (c) A small brass circle attached to the north pole of an
                  artificial globe, and divided into twenty-four parts
                  or hours. It is used to mark differences of time in
                  working problems on the globe.
  
      {Hour hand}, the hand or index which shows the hour on a
            timepiece.
  
      {Hour line}.
            (a) (Astron.) A line indicating the hour.
            (b) (Dialing) A line on which the shadow falls at a given
                  hour; the intersection of an hour circle which the
                  face of the dial.
  
      {Hour plate}, the plate of a timepiece on which the hours are
            marked; the dial. --Locke.
  
      {Sidereal hour}, the twenty-fourth part of a sidereal day.
  
      {Solar hour}, the twenty-fourth part of a solar day.
  
      {The small hours}, the early hours of the morning, as one
            o'clock, two o'clock, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hurl \Hurl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Hurling}.] [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE.
      hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. [root]16.
      See {Hurtle}.]
      1. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw
            with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a
            stone or lance.
  
                     And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to
            hurl charges or invective. --Spenser.
  
      3. [Cf. {Whirl}.] To twist or turn. [bd]Hurled or crooked
            feet.[b8] [Obs.] --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hurling \Hurl"ing\, n.
      1. The act of throwing with force.
  
      2. A kind of game at ball, formerly played.
  
                     Hurling taketh its denomination from throwing the
                     ball.                                                --Carew.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hurlwind \Hurl"wind`\, n.
      A whirlwind. [Obs.] --Sandys.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harlan, IA (city, FIPS 34500)
      Location: 41.64903 N, 95.32619 W
      Population (1990): 5148 (2253 housing units)
      Area: 11.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 51537
   Harlan, IN
      Zip code(s): 46743
   Harlan, KS
      Zip code(s): 67641
   Harlan, KY (city, FIPS 34732)
      Location: 36.84140 N, 83.32016 W
      Population (1990): 2686 (1277 housing units)
      Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harlan County, KY (county, FIPS 95)
      Location: 36.85619 N, 83.21501 W
      Population (1990): 36574 (14735 housing units)
      Area: 1210.0 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water)
   Harlan County, NE (county, FIPS 83)
      Location: 40.17371 N, 99.39884 W
      Population (1990): 3810 (2409 housing units)
      Area: 1431.7 sq km (land), 55.5 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harlem, FL (CDP, FIPS 28925)
      Location: 26.73511 N, 80.95168 W
      Population (1990): 2826 (904 housing units)
      Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Harlem, GA (city, FIPS 36696)
      Location: 33.41404 N, 82.31698 W
      Population (1990): 2199 (658 housing units)
      Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 30814
   Harlem, MT (city, FIPS 34375)
      Location: 48.53175 N, 108.78369 W
      Population (1990): 882 (391 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 59526

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harlingen, TX (city, FIPS 32372)
      Location: 26.19530 N, 97.68627 W
      Population (1990): 48735 (17798 housing units)
      Area: 69.7 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 78550, 78552

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Herlong, CA
      Zip code(s): 96113

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hireling
      a labourer employed on hire for a limited time (Job 7:1; 14:6;
      Mark 1:20). His wages were paid as soon as his work was over
      (Lev. 19:13). In the time of our Lord a day's wage was a "penny"
      (q.v.) i.e., a Roman denarius (Matt. 20:1-14).
     
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