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English Dictionary: Henry Morgan	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hammer in v teach by drills and repetition [syn: hammer in, {drill in}, ram down, beat in]
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hammer nose n enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol Synonym(s): rhinophyma, hypertrophic rosacea, toper's nose, brandy nose, rum nose, rum-blossom, potato nose, hammer nose, copper nose
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hammering n the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway" Synonym(s): hammer, pound, hammering, pounding
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Hannah Arendt n United States historian and political philosopher (born in Germany) (1906-1975) Synonym(s): Arendt, Hannah Arendt
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Hemiramphidae n halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide Synonym(s): Hemiramphidae, family Hemiramphidae
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Henri Emile Benoit Matisse n French painter and sculptor; leading figure of fauvism (1869-1954) Synonym(s): Matisse, Henri Matisse, Henri Emile Benoit Matisse
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Henri Matisse n French painter and sculptor; leading figure of fauvism (1869-1954) Synonym(s): Matisse, Henri Matisse, Henri Emile Benoit Matisse
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Henry Engelhard Steinway n United States piano maker (born in Germany) who founded a famous piano manufacturing firm in New York (1797-1871) Synonym(s): Steinway, Henry Steinway, Henry Engelhard Steinway, Heinrich Engelhard Steinway
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Henry M. Robert n United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923) Synonym(s): Robert, Henry M. Robert, Henry Martyn Robert
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Henry M. Stanley n Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904) Synonym(s): Stanley, Henry M. Stanley, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, John Rowlands
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Henry Martyn Robert n United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923) Synonym(s): Robert, Henry M. Robert, Henry Martyn Robert
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Henry Miller n United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980) Synonym(s): Miller, Henry Miller, Henry Valentine Miller
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Henry Moore n British sculptor whose works are monumental organic forms (1898-1986) Synonym(s): Moore, Henry Moore, Henry Spencer Moore
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Henry Morgan n a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688) Synonym(s): Morgan, Henry Morgan, Sir Henry Morgan
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Henry Norris Russell n United States astronomer who developed a theory of stellar evolution (1877-1957) Synonym(s): Russell, Henry Russell, Henry Norris Russell
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home range n the area in which an animal normally ranges [syn: {home range}, home territory]
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home room n a classroom in which all students in a particular grade (or in a division of a grade) meet at certain times under the supervision of a teacher who takes attendance and does other administrative business Synonym(s): home room, homeroom
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home run n a base hit on which the batter scores a run [syn: homer, home run] something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run" Synonym(s): bell ringer, bull's eye, mark, home run
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homeroom n a classroom in which all students in a particular grade (or in a division of a grade) meet at certain times under the supervision of a teacher who takes attendance and does other administrative business Synonym(s): home room, homeroom
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honoring n conformity with law or custom or practice etc. [syn: honoring, observance] Antonym(s): nonobservance
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humoring n the act of indulging or gratifying a desire [syn: indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hammer \Ham"mer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hammered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hammering}.] 1. To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron. 2. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating. [bd]Hammered money.[b8] --Dryden. 3. To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; -- usually with out. Who was hammering out a penny dialogue. --Jeffry.
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Hammerman \Ham"mer*man\, n.; pl. {Hammermen}. A hammerer; a forgeman.
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Hammerman \Ham"mer*man\, n.; pl. {Hammermen}. A hammerer; a forgeman.
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Hen \Hen\, n. [AS. henn, hen, h[91]n; akin to D. hen, OHG. henna, G. henne, Icel. h[?]na, Dan. h[94]na; the fem. corresponding to AS. hana cock, D. haan, OHG. hano, G. hahn, Icel. hani, Dan. & Sw. hane. Prob. akin to L. canere to sing, and orig. meaning, a singer. Cf. {Chanticleer}.] (Zo[94]l.) The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen. Note: Used adjectively or in combination to indicate the female; as, hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen. {Hen clam}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A clam of the {Mactra}, and allied genera; the sea clam or surf clam. See {Surf clam}. (b) A California clam of the genus {Pachydesma}. {Hen driver}. See {Hen harrier} (below). {Hen harrier} (Zo[94]l.), a hawk ({Circus cyaneus}), found in Europe and America; -- called also {dove hawk}, {henharm}, {henharrow}, {hen driver}, and usually, in America, {marsh hawk}. See {Marsh hawk}. {Hen hawk} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of large hawks which capture hens; esp., the American red-tailed hawk ({Buteo borealis}), the red-shouldered hawk ({B. lineatus}), and the goshawk.
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See \See\, v. t. [imp. {Saw}; p. p. {Seen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seeing}.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, As. se[a2]n; akin to OFries. s[c6]a, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[be], Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. sa[a1]hwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?], Skr. sac. Cf. {Sight}, {Sun} to follow.] 1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view. I will new turn aside, and see this great sight. --Ex. iii. 3. 2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain. Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. --Gen. xxxvii. 14. Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. --Mark xii. 34. Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device? --Shak. 3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after. --Shak. I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for centradicting him. --Addison. 4. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend. And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day of his death. --1 Sam. xv. 35. 5. To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. --Ps. xc. 15. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. --John viii. 51. Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men. --Locke. 6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars. {God you} ({him, [or] me}, etc.) {see}, God keep you (him, me, etc.) in his sight; God protect you. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To see} (anything) {out}, to see (it) to the end; to be present at, or attend, to the end. {To see stars}, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.] {To see (one) through}, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the end of a course or an undertaking.
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Run \Run\, n. 1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run. 2. A small stream; a brook; a creek. 3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard. 4. A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck. They who made their arrangements in the first run of misadventure . . . put a seal on their calamities. --Burke. 5. State of being current; currency; popularity. It is impossible for detached papers to have a general run, or long continuance, if not diversified with humor. --Addison. 6. Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights. A canting, mawkish play . . . had an immense run. --Macaulay. 7. A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes. 8. A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run. --Howitt. 9. (Naut.) (a) The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter. (b) The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles. (c) A voyage; as, a run to China. 10. A pleasure excursion; a trip. [Colloq.] I think of giving her a run in London. --Dickens. 11. (Mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes. 12. (Mus.) A roulade, or series of running tones. 13. (Mil.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed. 14. The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning. 15. In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs. The [bd]runs[b8] are made from wicket to wicket, the batsmen interchanging ends at each run. --R. A. Proctor. 16. A pair or set of millstones. {At the long run}, now, commonly, {In the long run}, in or during the whole process or course of things taken together; in the final result; in the end; finally. [Man] starts the inferior of the brute animals, but he surpasses them in the long run. --J. H. Newman. {Home run}. (a) A running or returning toward home, or to the point from which the start was made. Cf. {Home stretch}. (b) (Baseball) See under {Home}. {The run}, [or] {The common run}, etc., ordinary persons; the generality or average of people or things; also, that which ordinarily occurs; ordinary current, course, or kind. I saw nothing else that is superior to the common run of parks. --Walpole. Burns never dreamed of looking down on others as beneath him, merely because he was conscious of his own vast superiority to the common run of men. --Prof. Wilson. His whole appearance was something out of the common run. --W. Irving. {To let go by the run} (Naut.), to loosen and let run freely, as lines; to let fall without restraint, as a sail.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Home \Home\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts. 2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust. {Home base} (Baseball), the base at which the batsman stands and which is the last goal in making a run. {Home farm}, {grounds}, etc., the farm, grounds, etc., adjacent to the residence of the owner. {Home lot}, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home stands. [U. S.] {Home rule}, rule or government of an appendent or dependent country, as to all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country; as, home rule in Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of Parliament. {Home ruler}, one who favors or advocates home rule. {Home run} (Baseball), a complete circuit of the bases made before the batted ball is returned to the home base. {Home stretch} (Sport.), that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post. {Home thrust}, a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack.
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Honor \Hon"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Honored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Honoring}.] [OE. honouren, onouren, OF. honorer, honourer, F. honorer, fr. L. honorare, fr. honor, n.] 1. To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used of the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship. Honor thy father and thy mother. --Ex. xx. 12. That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. --John v. 23. It is a custom More honor'd in the breach than the observance. --Shak. 2. To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to bestow honor upon; to elevate in rank or station; to ennoble; to exalt; to glorify; hence, to do something to honor; to treat in a complimentary manner or with civility. Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighten to honor. --Esther vi. 9. The name of Cassius honors this corruption. --Shak. 3. (Com.) To accept and pay when due; as, to honora bill of exchange.
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Redwood \Red"wood`\ (-w[oocr]d`), n. (Bot.) (a) A gigantic coniferous tree ({Sequoia sempervirens}) of California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See {Sequoia}. (b) An East Indian dyewood, obtained from {Pterocarpus santalinus}, {C[91]salpinia Sappan}, and several other trees. Note: The redwood of Andaman is {Pterocarpus dalbergioides}; that of some parts of tropical America, several species of {Erythoxylum}; that of Brazil, the species of {Humirium}.
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Humor \Hu"mor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Humoring}.] 1. To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt one's self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to humor the mind. It is my part to invent, and the musician's to humor that invention. --Dryden. 2. To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please. You humor me when I am sick. --Pope. Syn: To gratify; to indulge. See {Gratify}.