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   hamate
         n 1: the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers [syn:
               {hamate}, {hamate bone}, {unciform bone}, {os hamatum}]

English Dictionary: hand	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hammett n United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961) Synonym(s): Hammett, Dashiell Hammett, Samuel Dashiell Hammett
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hand n the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" Synonym(s): hand, manus, mitt, paw a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand" Synonym(s): hired hand, hand, hired man something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible" Synonym(s): handwriting, hand, script ability; "he wanted to try his hand at singing" a position given by its location to the side of an object; "objections were voiced on every hand" the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" Synonym(s): hand, deal one of two sides of an issue; "on the one hand..., but on the other hand..." a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece; "the big hand counts the minutes" a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses; "the horse stood 20 hands" a member of the crew of a ship; "all hands on deck" a card player in a game of bridge; "we need a 4th hand for bridge" Synonym(s): bridge player, hand a round of applause to signify approval; "give the little lady a great big hand" terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos); "the kangaroo's forearms seem undeveloped but the powerful five-fingered hands are skilled at feinting and clouting"- Springfield (Mass.) Union physical assistance; "give me a hand with the chores" Synonym(s): hand, helping hand v place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" Synonym(s): pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give guide or conduct or usher somewhere; "hand the elderly lady into the taxi"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hand-dye v dye by hand; "This fabric is hand-dyed"
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handy adj easy to reach; "found a handy spot for the can opener" Synonym(s): handy, ready to hand(p) easy to use; "a handy gadget" skillful with the hands; "handy with an axe" n United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958) Synonym(s): Handy, W. C. Handy, William Christopher Handy
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haunt n a frequently visited place [syn: haunt, hangout, resort, repair, stamping ground] v follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her" Synonym(s): haunt, stalk haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her" Synonym(s): haunt, obsess, ghost be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She haunts the ballet" Synonym(s): frequent, haunt
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hind adj located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass" Synonym(s): back(a), hind(a), hinder(a) n any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers a female deer, especially an adult female red deer
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Hindi adj of or relating to or supporting Hinduism; "the Hindu faith" Synonym(s): Hindu, Hindi, Hindoo n the most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars; spoken mostly in the north of India; along with English it is the official language of India; usually written in Devanagari script
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Hindoo adj of or relating to or supporting Hinduism; "the Hindu faith" Synonym(s): Hindu, Hindi, Hindoo n a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India [syn: Hindu, Hindoo, Hindustani] a person who adheres to Hinduism Synonym(s): Hindu, Hindoo
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Hindu adj of or relating to or supporting Hinduism; "the Hindu faith" Synonym(s): Hindu, Hindi, Hindoo n a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India [syn: Hindu, Hindoo, Hindustani] a person who adheres to Hinduism Synonym(s): Hindu, Hindoo
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hint n an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her" Synonym(s): hint, intimation, breath a slight indication Synonym(s): hint, clue a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" Synonym(s): touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent" Synonym(s): trace, hint, suggestion an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" Synonym(s): tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint v drop a hint; intimate by a hint Synonym(s): hint, suggest
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HND n a diploma given for vocational training that prepares the student for a career in a particular area; good students may progress to a course leading to a degree Synonym(s): Higher National Diploma, HND
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Hondo n the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland Synonym(s): Honshu, Hondo
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honeydew n the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh Synonym(s): honeydew, honeydew melon
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honeyed adj with honey added Synonym(s): honeyed, honied, syrupy pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" Synonym(s): dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet
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honied adj with honey added Synonym(s): honeyed, honied, syrupy
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hound n any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears Synonym(s): hound, hound dog someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" Synonym(s): cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel v pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him" Synonym(s): hound, hunt, trace
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humate n material that is high in humic acids
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humid adj containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor; "humid air"; "humid weather"
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Hunt n Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910) [syn: Hunt, Holman Hunt, William Holman Hunt] United States architect (1827-1895) Synonym(s): Hunt, Richard Morris Hunt British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859) Synonym(s): Hunt, Leigh Hunt, James Henry Leigh Hunt an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport Synonym(s): hunt, hunt club an instance of searching for something; "the hunt for submarines" the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone Synonym(s): search, hunt, hunting the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts Synonym(s): hunt, hunting the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport Synonym(s): hunt, hunting v pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" Synonym(s): hunt, run, hunt down, track down pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him" Synonym(s): hound, hunt, trace chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood" yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed" oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent; "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency" seek, search for; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them" search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hyaenidae n hyenas Synonym(s): Hyaenidae, family Hyaenidae
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hymnody n the act of singing psalms or hymns [syn: psalmody, hymnody]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
H91mad \H[91]"mad\, adv. [H[91]ma- + L. ad toward.] (Anat.) Toward the h[91]mal side; on the h[91]mal side of; -- opposed to neurad.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
H91ma- \H[91]m"a-\ ([?] or [?]), H91mato- \H[91]m"a*to-\ ([?] or [?]), H91mo- \H[91]m"o-\ ([?] or [?]). [Gr. ai^"ma, blood.] Combining forms indicating relation or resemblance to blood, association with blood; as, h[91]mapod, h[91]matogenesis, h[91]moscope. Note: Words from Gr. ([?]) are written hema-, hemato-, hemo-, as well as h[91]ma-, h[91]mato-, h[91]mo-.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
H91mato- \H[91]m"a*to-\ (? or ?), prefix. See {H[91]ma-}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ha81ynite \Ha"[81]y*nite\, n. [From the French mineralogist Ha[81]y.] (Min.) A blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcani[?] rocks. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with sulphate of lime.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hain't \Hain't\ A contraction of have not or has not; as, I hain't, he hain't, we hain't. [Colloq. or illiterate speech.] [Written also {han't}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hamate \Ha"mate\, a. [L. hamatus, fr. hamus hook.] Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Klamaths \Kla"maths\, n. pl.; sing. {Klamath} (Ethnol.) A collective name for the Indians of several tribes formerly living along the Klamath river, in California and Oregon, but now restricted to a reservation at Klamath Lake; -- called also {Clamets} and {Hamati}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hamite \Ha"mite\, n.[L. hamus hook.] (Paleon.) A fossil cephalopod of the genus {Hamites}, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hamite \Ham"ite\, n. A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son. See Gen. x. 6-20.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ammite \Am"mite\ ([acr]m"m[imac]t), n. [Gr. 'ammi`ths, 'ammi`tis, sandstone, fr. 'a`mmos or "a`mmos sand.] (Geol.) O[94]lite or roestone; -- written also {hammite}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hand \Hand\, n. A gambling game played by American Indians, consisting of guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or the like, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hand \Hand\, n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[94]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See {Manus}. 2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand; as: (a) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. (b) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock. 3. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses. 4. Side; part; direction, either right or left. On this hand and that hand, were hangings. --Ex. xxxviii. 15. The Protestants were then on the winning hand. --Milton. 5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity. He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator. --Addison. 6. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance. To change the hand in carrying on the war. --Clarendon. Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand. --Judges vi. 36. 7. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking. A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for. --Locke. I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile. --Hazlitt. 8. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature. I say she never did invent this letter; This is a man's invention and his hand. --Shak. Some writs require a judge's hand. --Burril. 9. Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural. [bd]Receiving in hand one year's tribute.[b8] --Knolles. Albinus . . . found means to keep in his hands the goverment of Britain. --Milton. 10. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new. 11. Rate; price. [Obs.] [bd]Business is bought at a dear hand, where there is small dispatch.[b8] --Bacon. 12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as: (a) (Card Playing) The quota of cards received from the dealer. (b) (Tobacco Manuf.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. 13. (Firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. Note: Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as: (a) Activity; operation; work; -- in distinction from the head, which implies thought, and the heart, which implies affection. [bd]His hand will be against every man.[b8] --Gen. xvi. 12. (b) Power; might; supremacy; -- often in the Scriptures. [bd]With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over you.[b8] --Ezek. xx. 33. (c) Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand; to give the right hand. (d) Contract; -- commonly of marriage; as, to ask the hand; to pledge the hand. Note: Hand is often used adjectively or in compounds (with or without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand; as, hand blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe: used by, or designed for, the hand; as, hand ball or handball, hand bow, hand fetter, hand grenade or hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan, handsaw or hand saw, hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the hand; as, handbreadth or hand's breadth, hand gallop or hand-gallop. Most of the words in the following paragraph are written either as two words or in combination. {Hand bag}, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books, papers, parcels, etc. {Hand basket}, a small or portable basket. {Hand bell}, a small bell rung by the hand; a table bell. --Bacon. {Hand bill}, a small pruning hook. See 4th {Bill}. {Hand car}. See under {Car}. {Hand director} (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a good position of the hands and arms when playing on the piano; a hand guide. {Hand drop}. See {Wrist drop}. {Hand gallop}. See under {Gallop}. {Hand gear} (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine, or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power, may be operated by hand. {Hand glass}. (a) A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of plants. (b) A small mirror with a handle. {Hand guide}. Same as {Hand director} (above). {Hand language}, the art of conversing by the hands, esp. as practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology. {Hand lathe}. See under {Lathe}. {Hand money}, money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest money. {Hand organ} (Mus.), a barrel organ, operated by a crank turned by hand. {Hand plant}. (Bot.) Same as {Hand tree} (below). -- {Hand rail}, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by. --Gwilt. {Hand sail}, a sail managed by the hand. --Sir W. Temple. {Hand screen}, a small screen to be held in the hand. {Hand screw}, a small jack for raising heavy timbers or weights; (Carp.) a screw clamp. {Hand staff} (pl. {Hand staves}), a javelin. --Ezek. xxxix. 9. {Hand stamp}, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or canceling papers, envelopes, etc. {Hand tree} (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico ({Cheirostemon platanoides}), having red flowers whose stamens unite in the form of a hand. {Hand vise}, a small vise held in the hand in doing small work. --Moxon. {Hand work}, [or] {Handwork}, work done with the hands, as distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork. {All hands}, everybody; all parties. {At all hands}, {On all hands}, on all sides; from every direction; generally. {At any hand}, {At no hand}, in any (or no) way or direction; on any account; on no account. [bd]And therefore at no hand consisting with the safety and interests of humility.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. {At first hand}, {At second hand}. See def. 10 (above). {At hand}. (a) Near in time or place; either present and within reach, or not far distant. [bd]Your husband is at hand; I hear his trumpet.[b8] --Shak. (b) Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] [bd]Horses hot at hand.[b8] --Shak. {At the hand of}, by the act of; as a gift from. [bd]Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil?[b8] --Job ii. 10. {Bridle hand}. See under {Bridle}. {By hand}, with the hands, in distinction from instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as, to weed a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand. {Clean hands}, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. [bd]He that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.[b8] --Job xvii. 9. {From hand to hand}, from one person to another. {Hand in hand}. (a) In union; conjointly; unitedly. --Swift. (b) Just; fair; equitable. As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand comparison. --Shak. {Hand over hand}, {Hand over fist}, by passing the hands alternately one before or above another; as, to climb hand over hand; also, rapidly; as, to come up with a chase hand over hand. {Hand over head}, negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does. [Obs.] --Bacon. {Hand running}, consecutively; as, he won ten times hand running. {Hand off!} keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling! {Hand to hand}, in close union; in close fight; as, a hand to hand contest. --Dryden. {Heavy hand}, severity or oppression. {In hand}. (a) Paid down. [bd]A considerable reward in hand, and . . . a far greater reward hereafter.[b8] --Tillotson. (b) In preparation; taking place. --Chaucer. [bd]Revels . . . in hand.[b8] --Shak. (c) Under consideration, or in the course of transaction; as, he has the business in hand. {In one's hand} [or] {hands}. (a) In one's possession or keeping. (b) At one's risk, or peril; as, I took my life in my hand. {Laying on of hands}, a form used in consecrating to office, in the rite of confirmation, and in blessing persons. {Light hand}, gentleness; moderation. {Note of hand}, a promissory note. {Off hand}, {Out of hand}, forthwith; without delay, hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. [bd]She causeth them to be hanged up out of hand.[b8] --Spenser. {Off one's hands}, out of one's possession or care. {On hand}, in present possession; as, he has a supply of goods on hand. {On one's hands}, in one's possession care, or management. {Putting the hand under the thigh}, an ancient Jewish ceremony used in swearing. {Right hand}, the place of honor, power, and strength. {Slack hand}, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency; sloth. {Strict hand}, severe discipline; rigorous government. {To bear a hand} (Naut), to give help quickly; to hasten. {To bear in hand}, to keep in expectation with false pretenses. [Obs.] --Shak. {To be} {hand and glove, [or] in glove} {with}. See under {Glove}. {To be on the mending hand}, to be convalescent or improving. {To bring up by hand}, to feed (an infant) without suckling it. {To change hand}. See {Change}. {To change hands}, to change sides, or change owners. --Hudibras. {To clap the hands}, to express joy or applause, as by striking the palms of the hands together. {To come to hand}, to be received; to be taken into possession; as, the letter came to hand yesterday. {To get hand}, to gain influence. [Obs.] Appetites have . . . got such a hand over them. --Baxter. {To got one's hand in}, to make a beginning in a certain work; to become accustomed to a particular business. {To have a hand in}, to be concerned in; to have a part or concern in doing; to have an agency or be employed in. {To have in hand}. (a) To have in one's power or control. --Chaucer. (b) To be engaged upon or occupied with. {To have one's hands full}, to have in hand al that one can do, or more than can be done conveniently; to be pressed with labor or engagements; to be surrounded with difficulties. {To} {have, [or] get}, {the (higher) upper hand}, to have, or get, the better of another person or thing. {To his hand}, {To my hand}, etc., in readiness; already prepared. [bd]The work is made to his hands.[b8] --Locke. {To hold hand}, to compete successfully or on even conditions. [Obs.] --Shak. {To lay hands on}, to seize; to assault. {To lend a hand}, to give assistance. {To} {lift, [or] put forth}, {the hand against}, to attack; to oppose; to kill. {To live from hand to mouth}, to obtain food and other necessaries as want compels, without previous provision. {To make one's hand}, to gain advantage or profit. {To put the hand unto}, to steal. --Ex. xxii. 8. {To put the} {last, [or] finishing}, {hand to}, to make the last corrections in; to complete; to perfect. {To set the hand to}, to engage in; to undertake. That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to. --Deut. xxiii. 20. {To stand one in hand}, to concern or affect one. {To strike hands}, to make a contract, or to become surety for another's debt or good behavior. {To take in hand}. (a) To attempt or undertake. (b) To seize and deal with; as, he took him in hand. {To wash the hands of}, to disclaim or renounce interest in, or responsibility for, a person or action; as, to wash one's hands of a business. --Matt. xxvii. 24. {Under the hand of}, authenticated by the handwriting or signature of; as, the deed is executed under the hand and seal of the owner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hand \Hand\, v. i. To co[94]perate. [Obs.] --Massinger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hand \Hand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Handed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Handing}.] 1. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter. 2. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage. 3. To manage; as, I hand my oar. [Obs.] --Prior. 4. To seize; to lay hands on. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. To pledge by the hand; to handfast. [R.] 6. (Naut.) To furl; -- said of a sail. --Totten. {To hand down}, to transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor; as, fables are handed down from age to age; to forward to the proper officer (the decision of a higher court); as, the Clerk of the Court of Appeals handed down its decision. {To hand over}, to yield control of; to surrender; to deliver up.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hand \Hand\, n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[94]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See {Manus}. 2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand; as: (a) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. (b) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock. 3. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses. 4. Side; part; direction, either right or left. On this hand and that hand, were hangings. --Ex. xxxviii. 15. The Protestants were then on the winning hand. --Milton. 5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity. He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator. --Addison. 6. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance. To change the hand in carrying on the war. --Clarendon. Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand. --Judges vi. 36. 7. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking. A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for. --Locke. I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile. --Hazlitt. 8. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature. I say she never did invent this letter; This is a man's invention and his hand. --Shak. Some writs require a judge's hand. --Burril. 9. Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural. [bd]Receiving in hand one year's tribute.[b8] --Knolles. Albinus . . . found means to keep in his hands the goverment of Britain. --Milton. 10. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new. 11. Rate; price. [Obs.] [bd]Business is bought at a dear hand, where there is small dispatch.[b8] --Bacon. 12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as: (a) (Card Playing) The quota of cards received from the dealer. (b) (Tobacco Manuf.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. 13. (Firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. Note: Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as: (a) Activity; operation; work; -- in distinction from the head, which implies thought, and the heart, which implies affection. [bd]His hand will be against every man.[b8] --Gen. xvi. 12. (b) Power; might; supremacy; -- often in the Scriptures. [bd]With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over you.[b8] --Ezek. xx. 33. (c) Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand; to give the right hand. (d) Contract; -- commonly of marriage; as, to ask the hand; to pledge the hand. Note: Hand is often used adjectively or in compounds (with or without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand; as, hand blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe: used by, or designed for, the hand; as, hand ball or handball, hand bow, hand fetter, hand grenade or hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan, handsaw or hand saw, hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the hand; as, handbreadth or hand's breadth, hand gallop or hand-gallop. Most of the words in the following paragraph are written either as two words or in combination. {Hand bag}, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books, papers, parcels, etc. {Hand basket}, a small or portable basket. {Hand bell}, a small bell rung by the hand; a table bell. --Bacon. {Hand bill}, a small pruning hook. See 4th {Bill}. {Hand car}. See under {Car}. {Hand director} (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a good position of the hands and arms when playing on the piano; a hand guide. {Hand drop}. See {Wrist drop}. {Hand gallop}. See under {Gallop}. {Hand gear} (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine, or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power, may be operated by hand. {Hand glass}. (a) A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of plants. (b) A small mirror with a handle. {Hand guide}. Same as {Hand director} (above). {Hand language}, the art of conversing by the hands, esp. as practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology. {Hand lathe}. See under {Lathe}. {Hand money}, money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest money. {Hand organ} (Mus.), a barrel organ, operated by a crank turned by hand. {Hand plant}. (Bot.) Same as {Hand tree} (below). -- {Hand rail}, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by. --Gwilt. {Hand sail}, a sail managed by the hand. --Sir W. Temple. {Hand screen}, a small screen to be held in the hand. {Hand screw}, a small jack for raising heavy timbers or weights; (Carp.) a screw clamp. {Hand staff} (pl. {Hand staves}), a javelin. --Ezek. xxxix. 9. {Hand stamp}, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or canceling papers, envelopes, etc. {Hand tree} (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico ({Cheirostemon platanoides}), having red flowers whose stamens unite in the form of a hand. {Hand vise}, a small vise held in the hand in doing small work. --Moxon. {Hand work}, [or] {Handwork}, work done with the hands, as distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork. {All hands}, everybody; all parties. {At all hands}, {On all hands}, on all sides; from every direction; generally. {At any hand}, {At no hand}, in any (or no) way or direction; on any account; on no account. [bd]And therefore at no hand consisting with the safety and interests of humility.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. {At first hand}, {At second hand}. See def. 10 (above). {At hand}. (a) Near in time or place; either present and within reach, or not far distant. [bd]Your husband is at hand; I hear his trumpet.[b8] --Shak. (b) Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] [bd]Horses hot at hand.[b8] --Shak. {At the hand of}, by the act of; as a gift from. [bd]Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil?[b8] --Job ii. 10. {Bridle hand}. See under {Bridle}. {By hand}, with the hands, in distinction from instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as, to weed a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand. {Clean hands}, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. [bd]He that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.[b8] --Job xvii. 9. {From hand to hand}, from one person to another. {Hand in hand}. (a) In union; conjointly; unitedly. --Swift. (b) Just; fair; equitable. As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand comparison. --Shak. {Hand over hand}, {Hand over fist}, by passing the hands alternately one before or above another; as, to climb hand over hand; also, rapidly; as, to come up with a chase hand over hand. {Hand over head}, negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does. [Obs.] --Bacon. {Hand running}, consecutively; as, he won ten times hand running. {Hand off!} keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling! {Hand to hand}, in close union; in close fight; as, a hand to hand contest. --Dryden. {Heavy hand}, severity or oppression. {In hand}. (a) Paid down. [bd]A considerable reward in hand, and . . . a far greater reward hereafter.[b8] --Tillotson. (b) In preparation; taking place. --Chaucer. [bd]Revels . . . in hand.[b8] --Shak. (c) Under consideration, or in the course of transaction; as, he has the business in hand. {In one's hand} [or] {hands}. (a) In one's possession or keeping. (b) At one's risk, or peril; as, I took my life in my hand. {Laying on of hands}, a form used in consecrating to office, in the rite of confirmation, and in blessing persons. {Light hand}, gentleness; moderation. {Note of hand}, a promissory note. {Off hand}, {Out of hand}, forthwith; without delay, hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. [bd]She causeth them to be hanged up out of hand.[b8] --Spenser. {Off one's hands}, out of one's possession or care. {On hand}, in present possession; as, he has a supply of goods on hand. {On one's hands}, in one's possession care, or management. {Putting the hand under the thigh}, an ancient Jewish ceremony used in swearing. {Right hand}, the place of honor, power, and strength. {Slack hand}, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency; sloth. {Strict hand}, severe discipline; rigorous government. {To bear a hand} (Naut), to give help quickly; to hasten. {To bear in hand}, to keep in expectation with false pretenses. [Obs.] --Shak. {To be} {hand and glove, [or] in glove} {with}. See under {Glove}. {To be on the mending hand}, to be convalescent or improving. {To bring up by hand}, to feed (an infant) without suckling it. {To change hand}. See {Change}. {To change hands}, to change sides, or change owners. --Hudibras. {To clap the hands}, to express joy or applause, as by striking the palms of the hands together. {To come to hand}, to be received; to be taken into possession; as, the letter came to hand yesterday. {To get hand}, to gain influence. [Obs.] Appetites have . . . got such a hand over them. --Baxter. {To got one's hand in}, to make a beginning in a certain work; to become accustomed to a particular business. {To have a hand in}, to be concerned in; to have a part or concern in doing; to have an agency or be employed in. {To have in hand}. (a) To have in one's power or control. --Chaucer. (b) To be engaged upon or occupied with. {To have one's hands full}, to have in hand al that one can do, or more than can be done conveniently; to be pressed with labor or engagements; to be surrounded with difficulties. {To} {have, [or] get}, {the (higher) upper hand}, to have, or get, the better of another person or thing. {To his hand}, {To my hand}, etc., in readiness; already prepared. [bd]The work is made to his hands.[b8] --Locke. {To hold hand}, to compete successfully or on even conditions. [Obs.] --Shak. {To lay hands on}, to seize; to assault. {To lend a hand}, to give assistance. {To} {lift, [or] put forth}, {the hand against}, to attack; to oppose; to kill. {To live from hand to mouth}, to obtain food and other necessaries as want compels, without previous provision. {To make one's hand}, to gain advantage or profit. {To put the hand unto}, to steal. --Ex. xxii. 8. {To put the} {last, [or] finishing}, {hand to}, to make the last corrections in; to complete; to perfect. {To set the hand to}, to engage in; to undertake. That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to. --Deut. xxiii. 20. {To stand one in hand}, to concern or affect one. {To strike hands}, to make a contract, or to become surety for another's debt or good behavior. {To take in hand}. (a) To attempt or undertake. (b) To seize and deal with; as, he took him in hand. {To wash the hands of}, to disclaim or renounce interest in, or responsibility for, a person or action; as, to wash one's hands of a business. --Matt. xxvii. 24. {Under the hand of}, authenticated by the handwriting or signature of; as, the deed is executed under the hand and seal of the owner.
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Handy \Hand"y\, a. [Compar. {Handier}; superl. {Handiest}.] [OE. hendi, AS. hendig (in comp.), fr. hand hand; akin to D. handig, Goth. handugs clever, wise.] 1. Performed by the hand. [Obs.] To draw up and come to handy strokes. --Milton. 2. Skillful in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adroit. [bd]Each is handy in his way.[b8] --Dryden. 3. Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; as, my tools are handy; a handy volume. 4. (Naut.) Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel.
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Hain't \Hain't\ A contraction of have not or has not; as, I hain't, he hain't, we hain't. [Colloq. or illiterate speech.] [Written also {han't}.]
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Han't \Han't\ A contraction of have not, or has not, used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is hain't.
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Hain't \Hain't\ A contraction of have not or has not; as, I hain't, he hain't, we hain't. [Colloq. or illiterate speech.] [Written also {han't}.]
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Han't \Han't\ A contraction of have not, or has not, used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is hain't.
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Haunt \Haunt\, v. i. To persist in staying or visiting. I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors. --Shak.
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Haunt \Haunt\, n. 1. A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts. Note: In Old English the place occupied by any one as a dwelling or in his business was called a haunt. Note: Often used figuratively. The household nook, The haunt of all affections pure. --Keble. The feeble soul, a haunt of fears. --Tennyson. 2. The habit of resorting to a place. [Obs.] The haunt you have got about the courts. --Arbuthnot. 3. Practice; skill. [Obs.] Of clothmaking she hadde such an haunt. --Chaucer.
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Haunt \Haunt\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Haunting}.] [F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh. from an assumed LL. ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see {Ambition}); or cf. Icel. heimta to demand, regain, akin to heim home (see {Home}). [root]36.] 1. To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon. You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house. --Shak. Those cares that haunt the court and town. --Swift. 2. To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition. Foul spirits haunt my resting place. --Fairfax. 3. To practice; to devote one's self to. [Obs.] That other merchandise that men haunt with fraud . . . is cursed. --Chaucer. Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime. --Ascham. 4. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] Haunt thyself to pity. --Wyclif.
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Hemato \Hem"a*to\ See {H[91]ma-}.
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Hem \Hem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hemming}.] 1. To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of. --Wordsworth. 2. To border; to edge All the skirt about Was hemmed with golden fringe. --Spenser. {To hem about}, {around}, [or] {in}, to inclose and confine; to surround; to environ. [bd]With valiant squadrons round about to hem.[b8] --Fairfax. [bd]Hemmed in to be a spoil to tyranny.[b8] --Daniel. {To hem out}, to shut out. [bd]You can not hem me out of London.[b8] --J. Webster.
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Hende \Hende\, a. [OE., near, handy, kind, fr. AS. gehende near, fr. hand hand. See {Handy}.] 1. Skillful; dexterous; clever. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. Friendly; civil; gentle; kind. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Hendy \Hen"dy\, a. [Obs.] See {Hende}.
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Hent \Hent\ (h[ecr]nt), v. t. [imp. {Hente}; p. p. {Hent}.] [OE. hente, henten, fr. AS. hentan, gehentan, to pursue, take, seize; cf. Icel. henda, Goth. hinpan (in compos.), and E. hunt.] To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. --Spenser. This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast. --Chaucer. But all that he might of his friendes hente On bookes and on learning he it spente. --Chaucer.
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Hent \Hent\ (h[ecr]nt), v. t. [imp. {Hente}; p. p. {Hent}.] [OE. hente, henten, fr. AS. hentan, gehentan, to pursue, take, seize; cf. Icel. henda, Goth. hinpan (in compos.), and E. hunt.] To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. --Spenser. This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast. --Chaucer. But all that he might of his friendes hente On bookes and on learning he it spente. --Chaucer.
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Hind \Hind\, n. [AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG. hinta, G. hinde, hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.), E. hunt, or cf. Gr. [?] a young deer.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A spotted food fish of the genus {Epinephelus}, as {E. apua} of Bermuda, and {E. Drummond-hayi} of Florida; -- called also {coney}, {John Paw}, {spotted hind}.
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Hind \Hind\, n. [OE. hine, AS. h[c6]ne, h[c6]na, orig. gen. pl. of h[c6]wan domestics; akin to Icel. hj[umac] man and wife, domestics, family, Goth. heiwafrauja master of the house, G. heirath marriage; cf. L. civis citizen, E. city or E. home. Cf. {Hide} a measure of land.] 1. A domestic; a servant. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant. [Eng.] The hind, that homeward driving the slow steer Tells how man's daily work goes forward here. --Trench.
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Hind \Hind\, a. [Compar. {Hinder}; superl. {Hindmost}, or {Hindermost}.] [OE. hind, adv., back, AS. hindan behind. See {Hinder}, a.] In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.
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Hindi \Hin"di\, n. [Prop. a Per. adj. meaning, Indian, Hindoo.] The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written. --Whitworth.
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Hindoo \Hin"doo\, [or] Hindu calendar \Hindu, calendar\ . A lunisolar calendar of India, according to which the year is divided into twelve months, with an extra month inserted after every month in which two new moons occur (once in three years). Note: The intercalary month has the name of the one which precedes it. The year usually commences about April 11. The months are follows: Baisakh . . . . . . . . . . April-May Jeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . May-June Asarh . . . . . . . . . . . . June-July Sawan (Sarawan) . . . . . . . July-Aug. Bhadon . . . . . . . . . . . Aug.-Sept. Asin (Kuar). . . . . . . . . . Sept.-Oct. Katik (Kartik) . . . . . . . . Oct.-Nov. Aghan . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov.-Dec. Pus . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec.-Jan. Magh . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan.-Feb. Phagun (Phalgun) . . . . . . . Feb.-March Chait . . . . . . . . . . . . March-April
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Hindoo \Hin"doo\, Hindu \Hin"du\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Hindoos}[or] {Hindus}. [Per. Hind[d4], fr. Hind, Hind[d4]st[be]n, India. Cf. {Indian}.] A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.
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Hindu \Hin"du\, n. Same as {Hindoo}.
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Hindoo \Hin"doo\, Hindu \Hin"du\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Hindoos}[or] {Hindus}. [Per. Hind[d4], fr. Hind, Hind[d4]st[be]n, India. Cf. {Indian}.] A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.
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Hinniate \Hin"ni*ate\, Hinny \Hin"ny\v. i. [L. hinnire.] To neigh; to whinny. [Obs.]
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Hint \Hint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hinted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hinting}.] [OE. henten, hinten, to seize, to catch, AS. hentan to pursue, take, seize; or Icel. ymta to mutter, ymtr a muttering, Dan. ymte to whisper. [root]36. Cf. {Hent}.] To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion. Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike. --Pope. Syn: To suggest; intimate; insinuate; imply.
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Hint \Hint\, v. i. To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle. --Tennyson. {To hint at}, to allude to lightly, indirectly, or cautiously. Syn: To allude; refer; glance; touch.
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Hint \Hint\, n. A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive. Our hint of woe Is common. --Shak. The hint malevolent, the look oblique. --Hannah More. Syn: Suggestion; allusion. See {Suggestion}.
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Hond \Hond\, n. Hand. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Hone \Hone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Honed} (h[omac]nd); p]. pr. & vb. n. {Honing}.] To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.
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Honeydew \Hon"ey*dew`\, n. 1. A sweet, saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and other plants in small drops, like dew. Two substances have been called by this name; one exuded from the plants, and the other secreted by certain insects, esp. aphids. 2. A kind of tobacco moistened with molasses.
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Honeyed \Hon"eyed\, a. 1. Covered with honey. 2. Sweet, as, honeyed words. --Milton.
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Honey \Hon"ey\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Honeyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Honeying}.] To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn. [bd]Honeying and making love.[b8] --Shak. Rough to common men, But honey at the whisper of a lord. --Tennyson.
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Honied \Hon"ied\, a. See {Honeyed}.
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Hont \Hont\, n. & v. See under {Hunt}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Hound \Hound\, n. [OE. hound, hund, dog, AS. hund; akin to OS. & OFries. hund, D. hond, G. hund, OHG. hunt, Icel. hundr, Dan. & Sw. hund, Goth. hunds, and prob. to Lith. sz[?], Ir. & Gael. cu, L. canis, Gr. [?], [?], Skr. [87]van. [root]229. Cf. {Canine}, {Cynic}, {Kennel}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc. Hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs. --Shak. 2. A despicable person. [bd]Boy! false hound![b8] --Shak. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A houndfish. 4. pl. (Naut.) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on. 5. A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle. {To follow the hounds}, to hunt with hounds.
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Hound \Hound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hounding}.] 1. To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers. --Abp. Bramhall. 2. To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds. --L'Estrange.
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Humate \Hu"mate\, n. [L. humus the earth, ground.] (Chem.) A salt of humic acid.
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Humid \Hu"mid\, a. [L. humidus, umidus, fr. humere, umere, to be moist; akin to uvidus moist, Gr. [?], Skr. uksh to wet, sprinkle, and Icel. v[94]kr moist, and perh. to E. ox: cf. F. humide.] Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor. Evening cloud, or humid bow. --Milton.
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Humite \Hum"ite\, n. [Named after Sir A. Hume.] (Min.) A mineral of a transparent vitreous brown color, found in the ejected masses of Vesuvius. It is a silicate of iron and magnesia, containing fluorine.
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Hum \Hum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hummed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Humming}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. G. hummen, D. hommelen. [root]15.] 1. To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums. --P. Fletcher. Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep. --Pope. 2. To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone. The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums. --Shak. 3. [Cf. {Hum}, interj.] To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem. 4. To express satisfaction by a humming noise. Here the spectators hummed. --Trial of the Regicides. Note: Formerly the habit of audiences was to express gratification by humming and displeasure by hissing. 5. To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, -- a pathological condition.
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Hunt \Hunt\, v. t. (Change Ringing) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
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Hunt \Hunt\, v. i. 1. (Mach.) To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, or the like; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel. 2. (Change Ringing) To shift up and down in order regularly.
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Hunt \Hunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hunting}.] [AS. huntian to hunt; cf. hentan to follow, pursue, Goth. hin[?]an (in comp.) to seize. [root]36. Cf. {Hent}.] 1. To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer. Like a dog, he hunts in dreams. --Tennyson. 2. To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. --Ps. cxl. 11. 3. To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish. 4. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds. He hunts a pack of dogs. --Addison. 5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.
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Hunt \Hunt\, v. i. 1. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. --Gen. xxvii. 5. 2. To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after. He after honor hunts, I after love. --Shak. {To hunt counter}, to trace the scent backward in hunting, as a hound to go back on one's steps. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hunt \Hunt\, n. 1. The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search. The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. --Shak. 2. The game secured in the hunt. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. A pack of hounds. [Obs.] 4. An association of huntsmen. 5. A district of country hunted over. Every landowner within the hunt. --London Field.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hunte \Hunt"e\, n. [AS. hunta.] A hunter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hyemate \Hy"e*mate\, v. i. [L. hiemare, hiematum. See {Hyemal}.] To pass the winter. [Obs. & R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hymn \Hymn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hymned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hymning}.] [Cf. L. hymnire, Gr. [?].] To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing. To hymn the bright of the Lord. --Keble. Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine. --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hymnody \Hym"no*dy\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] a hymn + [?] a song, a singing.] Hymns, considered collectively; hymnology.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hammett, ID Zip code(s): 83627
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hemet, CA (city, FIPS 33182) Location: 33.73160 N, 116.99776 W Population (1990): 36094 (19692 housing units) Area: 45.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 92543, 92544, 92545
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Homewood, AL (city, FIPS 35800) Location: 33.46480 N, 86.80700 W Population (1990): 22922 (10731 housing units) Area: 19.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35209 Homewood, CA Zip code(s): 96141 Homewood, IL (village, FIPS 35879) Location: 41.55840 N, 87.66112 W Population (1990): 19278 (7545 housing units) Area: 13.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60430 Homewood, PA (borough, FIPS 35488) Location: 40.81338 N, 80.32922 W Population (1990): 162 (64 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15208
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hondo, NM Zip code(s): 88336 Hondo, TX (city, FIPS 34676) Location: 29.35632 N, 99.15830 W Population (1990): 6018 (2202 housing units) Area: 23.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hunt, NY Zip code(s): 14846 Hunt, TX Zip code(s): 78024 Hunt, WV Zip code(s): 25635
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
HAND // [Usenet: very common] Abbreviation: Have A Nice Day. Typically used to close a {Usenet} posting, but also used to informally close emails; often preceded by {HTH}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
HAND Have A Nice Day. Often used sarcastically and in connection with {HTH}, as in: > Where's the point of alt.stupidity? Between the 't' and the 's'. HTH. HAND. (1998-03-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
HINT Hierarchical Information NeTs. A language for the {CDC 3600}. ["HINT: A Graph Processing Language", R.D. Hart, Michigan State U, Apr 1970]. (1994-12-07)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hamath fortress, the capital of one of the kingdoms of Upper Syria of the same name, on the Orontes, in the valley of Lebanon, at the northern boundary of Palestine (Num. 13:21; 34:8), at the foot of Hermon (Josh. 13:5) towards Damascus (Zech. 9:2; Jer. 49:23). It is called "Hamath the great" in Amos 6:2, and "Hamath-zobah" in 2 Chr. 8:3. Hamath, now Hamah, had an Aramaean population, but Hittite monuments discovered there show that it must have been at one time occupied by the Hittites. It was among the conquests of the Pharaoh Thothmes III. Its king, Tou or Toi, made alliance with David (2 Sam. 8:10), and in B.C. 740 Azariah formed a league with it against Assyria. It was, however, conquered by the Assyrians, and its nineteen districts placed under Assyrian governors. In B.C. 720 it revolted under a certain Yahu-bihdi, whose name, compounded with that of the God of Israel (Yahu), perhaps shows that he was of Jewish origin. But the revolt was suppressed, and the people of Hamath were transported to Samaria (2 Kings 17:24, 30), where they continued to worship their god Ashima. Hamah is beautifully situated on the Orontes, 32 miles north of Emesa, and 36 south of the ruins of Assamea. The kingdom of Hamath comprehended the great plain lying on both banks of the Orontes from the fountain near Riblah to Assamea on the north, and from Lebanon on the west to the desert on the east. The "entrance of Hamath" (Num. 34:8), which was the north boundary of Palestine, led from the west between the north end of Lebanon and the Nusairiyeh mountains.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hammath warm springs, one of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali (Josh. 19:35). It is identified with the warm baths (the heat of the water ranging from 136 degrees to 144 degrees) still found on the shore a little to the south of Tiberias under the name of Hummam Tabariyeh ("Bath of Tiberias").
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hand Called by Galen "the instrument of instruments." It is the symbol of human action (Ps. 9:16; Job 9:30; Isa. 1:15; 1 Tim. 2:8). Washing the hands was a symbol of innocence (Ps. 26:6; 73:13; Matt. 27:24), also of sanctification (1 Cor. 6:11; Isa. 51:16; Ps. 24:3, 4). In Ps. 77:2 the correct rendering is, as in the Revised Version, "My hand was stretched out," etc., instead of, as in the Authorized Version, "My sore ran in the night," etc. The right hand denoted the south, and the left the north (Job 23:9; 1 Sam. 23:19). To give the right hand was a pledge of fidelity (2 Kings 10:15; Ezra 10:19); also of submission to the victors (Ezek. 17:18; Jer. 50:15). The right hand was lifted up in taking an oath (Gen. 14:22, etc.). The hand is frequently mentioned, particularly the right hand, as a symbol of power and strength (Ps. 60:5; Isa. 28:2). To kiss the hand is an act of homage (1 Kings 19:18; Job 31:27), and to pour water on one's hands is to serve him (2 Kings 3:11). The hand of God is the symbol of his power: its being upon one denotes favour (Ezra 7:6, 28; Isa. 1:25; Luke 1:66, etc.) or punishment (Ex. 9:3; Judg. 2:15; Acts 13:11, etc.). A position at the right hand was regarded as the chief place of honour and power (Ps. 45:9; 80:17; 110:1; Matt. 26:64).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hemath a Kenite (1 Chr. 2:55), the father of the house of Rechab.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hind Heb. 'ayalah (2 Sam. 22:34; Ps. 18:33, etc.) and 'ayeleth (Ps. 22, title), the female of the hart or stag. It is referred to as an emblem of activity (Gen. 49:21), gentleness (Prov. 5:19), feminine modesty (Cant. 2:7; 3:5), earnest longing (Ps. 42:1), timidity (Ps. 29:9). In the title of Ps. 22, the word probably refers to some tune bearing that name.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Hamath, anger; heat; a wall
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Hamoth, indignation