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   hair tonic
         n 1: a toiletry for the hair [syn: {hairdressing}, {hair tonic},
               {hair oil}, {hair grease}]

English Dictionary: hardiness by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hairy tongue
n
  1. a benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue
    Synonym(s): hairy tongue, furry tongue, black tongue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hairy wood mint
n
  1. a variety of wood mint [syn: hairy wood mint, {Blephilia hirsuta}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hard news
n
  1. news that deals with serious topics or events
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hard time
n
  1. a difficulty that can be overcome with effort; "we had a hard time getting here"; "analysts predicted rough sledding for handset makers"
    Synonym(s): hard time, rough sledding
  2. a term served in a maximum security prison
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hard times
n
  1. a time of difficulty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hard-and-fast
adj
  1. (of rules) stringently enforced; "hard-and-fast rules"
    Synonym(s): hard-and-fast, strict
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hard-nosed
adj
  1. guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"
    Synonym(s): hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hard-on
n
  1. an erect penis
    Synonym(s): erection, hard-on
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harden
v
  1. become hard or harder; "The wax hardened" [syn: harden, indurate]
    Antonym(s): soften
  2. make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter"
    Synonym(s): harden, indurate
    Antonym(s): soften
  3. harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel"
    Synonym(s): temper, harden
  4. make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"
    Synonym(s): season, harden
  5. cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"
    Synonym(s): inure, harden, indurate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hardenbergia
n
  1. small genus of Australian woody vines with small violet flowers; closely related to genus Kennedia
    Synonym(s): Hardenbergia, genus Hardenbergia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hardenbergia comnptoniana
n
  1. vigorous climber of the forests of western Australia; grown for their dense racemes of attractive bright rose-purple flowers
    Synonym(s): Western Australia coral pea, Hardenbergia comnptoniana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hardened
adj
  1. used of persons; emotionally hardened; "faced a case- hardened judge"
    Synonym(s): case-hardened, hardened, hard- boiled
  2. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"
    Synonym(s): tempered, treated, hardened, toughened
    Antonym(s): unhardened, untempered
  3. protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons); "hardened missile silos"
    Antonym(s): soft
  4. made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett
    Synonym(s): enured, inured, hardened
  5. converted to solid form (as concrete)
    Synonym(s): hardened, set
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hardening
n
  1. abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue
  2. the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue"
    Synonym(s): hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing
  3. the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hardening of the arteries
n
  1. sclerosis of the arterial walls [syn: arteriosclerosis, arterial sclerosis, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries, coronary-artery disease]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hardiness
n
  1. the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
    Synonym(s): robustness, hardiness, lustiness, validity
  2. the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; "the proposal required great boldness"; "the plan required great hardiness of heart"
    Synonym(s): boldness, daring, hardiness, hardihood
    Antonym(s): timidity, timorousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harding
n
  1. 29th President of the United States; two of his appointees were involved in the Teapot Dome scandal (1865-1823)
    Synonym(s): Harding, Warren Harding, Warren Gamaliel Harding, President Harding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harding grass
n
  1. perennial grass of Australia and South Africa; introduced in North America as forage grass
    Synonym(s): hardinggrass, Harding grass, toowomba canary grass, Phalaris aquatica, Phalaris tuberosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hardinggrass
n
  1. perennial grass of Australia and South Africa; introduced in North America as forage grass
    Synonym(s): hardinggrass, Harding grass, toowomba canary grass, Phalaris aquatica, Phalaris tuberosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hardness
n
  1. the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
    Antonym(s): softness
  2. a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering; "the costs of reducing hardness depend on the relative amounts of calcium and magnesium compounds that are present"
  3. devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
    Synonym(s): unfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness, insensibility
  4. the quality of being difficult to do; "he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness"; "the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail"
    Synonym(s): hardness, ruggedness
  5. excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
    Synonym(s): severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harridan
n
  1. a scolding (even vicious) old woman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harry Houdini
n
  1. United States magician (born in Hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets or padlocked containers (1874-1926)
    Synonym(s): Houdini, Harry Houdini, Erik Weisz
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heart and soul
adv
  1. with complete faith; "she was with him heart and soul"
    Synonym(s): heart and soul, body and soul
n
  1. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
    Synonym(s): kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heart massage
n
  1. an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest
    Synonym(s): cardiac massage, heart massage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heart monitor
n
  1. a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart
    Synonym(s): cardiac monitor, heart monitor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heart murmur
n
  1. an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves
    Synonym(s): heart murmur, cardiac murmur, murmur
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heart muscle
n
  1. the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction
    Synonym(s): cardiac muscle, heart muscle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hearten
v
  1. give encouragement to [syn: cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden]
    Antonym(s): dishearten, put off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heartening
adj
  1. cheerfully encouraging
    Synonym(s): heartening, inspiriting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hearth money
n
  1. an annual contribution made by Roman Catholics to support the papal see
    Synonym(s): hearth money, Peter's pence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heartiness
n
  1. active strength of body or mind [syn: vigor, vigour, dynamism, heartiness]
  2. the quality of hearty sincerity
    Synonym(s): heartiness, wholeheartedness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hired hand
n
  1. a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand"
    Synonym(s): hired hand, hand, hired man
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hired man
n
  1. a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand"
    Synonym(s): hired hand, hand, hired man
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hirudinea
n
  1. hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial or parasitic annelids
    Synonym(s): Hirudinea, class Hirudinea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hirudinean
n
  1. carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
    Synonym(s): leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hirudinidae
n
  1. a family of Hirudinea [syn: Hirudinidae, {family Hirudinidae}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hirudo medicinalis
n
  1. large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting
    Synonym(s): medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hoarding
n
  1. large outdoor signboard
    Synonym(s): billboard, hoarding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Horatian ode
n
  1. an ode with several stanzas [syn: Horatian ode, {Sapphic ode}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Horatio Nelson
n
  1. English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)
    Synonym(s): Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson, Admiral Nelson, Lord Nelson
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hordeum
n
  1. annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley
    Synonym(s): Hordeum, genus Hordeum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hordeum jubatum
n
  1. barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awns; North America and northeastern Asia
    Synonym(s): squirreltail barley, foxtail barley, squirreltail grass, Hordeum jubatum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hordeum murinum
n
  1. European annual grass often found as a weed in waste ground especially along roadsides and hedgerows
    Synonym(s): barley grass, wall barley, Hordeum murinum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hordeum pusillum
n
  1. annual barley native to western North America and widespread in southern United States and tropical America
    Synonym(s): little barley, Hordeum pusillum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hordeum vulgare
n
  1. grass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beverages
    Synonym(s): common barley, Hordeum vulgare
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horridness
n
  1. a quality of extreme unpleasantness [syn: awfulness, dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hortensia
n
  1. deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue
    Synonym(s): hortensia, Hydrangea macrophylla hortensis
  2. very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads
    Synonym(s): golden glow, double gold, hortensia, Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hurriedness
n
  1. overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste"
    Synonym(s): haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hurting
n
  1. a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"
    Synonym(s): pain, hurting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrangea \Hy*dran"ge*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "y`dwr water + [?]
      vessel, capsule: cf. F. hydrang[82]e.] (Bot.)
      A genus of shrubby plants bearing opposite leaves and large
      heads of showy flowers, white, or of various colors. {H.
      hortensis}, the common garden species, is a native of China
      or Japan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fast \Fast\, a. [Compar. {Faster}; superl. {Fastest}.] [OE.,
      firm, strong, not loose, AS. f[?]st; akin to OS. fast, D.
      vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw. & Dan.
      fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the
      idea of keeping close to what is pursued; a Scandinavian use.
      Cf. {Fast}, adv., {Fast}, v., {Avast}.]
      1. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose,
            unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the
            door.
  
                     There is an order that keeps things fast. --Burke.
  
      2. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art;
            impregnable; strong.
  
                     Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and fast places.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      3. Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or
            alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.
  
      4. Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by
            washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.
  
      5. Tenacious; retentive. [Obs.]
  
                     Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their
                     smells.                                             --Bacon.
  
      6. Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.
  
                     All this while in a most fast sleep.   --Shak.
  
      7. Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast
            horse.
  
      8. Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint;
            reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a
            fast liver. --Thackeray.
  
      {Fast and loose}, now cohering, now disjoined; inconstant,
            esp. in the phrases to play at fast and loose, to play
            fast and loose, to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy
            or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do another.
            [bd]Play fast and loose with faith.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Fast and loose pulleys} (Mach.), two pulleys placed side by
            side on a revolving shaft, which is driven from another
            shaft by a band, and arranged to disengage and re[89]ngage
            the machinery driven thereby. When the machinery is to be
            stopped, the band is transferred from the pulley fixed to
            the shaft to the pulley which revolves freely upon it, and
            vice versa.
  
      {Hard and fast} (Naut.), so completely aground as to be
            immovable.
  
      {To make fast} (Naut.), to make secure; to fasten firmly, as
            a vessel, a rope, or a door.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hard \Hard\, a. [Compar. {Harder}; superl. {Hardest}.] [{OE}.
      heard, AS. heard; akin to OS. & D. heard, G. hart, OHG.
      harti, Icel. har[?]r, Dan. haard, Sw. h[86]rd, Goth. hardus,
      Gr.[?] strong, [?], [?], strength, and also to E. -ard, as in
      coward, drunkard, -crat, -cracy in autocrat, democracy; cf.
      Skr. kratu strength, [?] to do, make. Cf. {Hardy}.]
      1. Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not
            yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to
            material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard
            flesh; a hard apple.
  
      2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended,
            decided, or resolved; as a hard problem.
  
                     The hard causes they brought unto Moses. --Ex.
                                                                              xviii. 26.
  
                     In which are some things hard to be understood. --2
                                                                              Peter iii. 16.
  
      3. Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious;
            fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to
            cure.
  
      4. Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
  
                     The stag was too hard for the horse.   --L'Estrange.
  
                     A power which will be always too hard for them.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      5. Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or
            consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive;
            distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times;
            hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms.
  
                     I never could drive a hard bargain.   --Burke.
  
      6. Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding;
            obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard
            master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.
  
      7. Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid;
            ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style.
  
                     Figures harder than even the marble itself.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      8. Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider.
  
      9. (Pron.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated,
            sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the
            organs from one position to another; -- said of certain
            consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished
            from the same letters in center, general, etc.
  
      10. Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a
            hard tone.
  
      11. (Painting)
            (a) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures;
                  formal; lacking grace of composition.
            (b) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the
                  coloring or light and shade.
  
      {Hard cancer}, {Hard case}, etc. See under {Cancer}, {Case},
            etc.
  
      {Hard clam}, [or] {Hard-shelled clam} (Zo[94]l.), the guahog.
           
  
      {Hard coal}, anthracite, as distinguished from bituminous or
            soft coal.
  
      {Hard and fast}. (Naut.) See under {Fast}.
  
      {Hard finish} (Arch.), a smooth finishing coat of hard fine
            plaster applied to the surface of rough plastering.
  
      {Hard lines}, hardship; difficult conditions.
  
      {Hard money}, coin or specie, as distinguished from paper
            money.
  
      {Hard oyster} (Zo[94]l.), the northern native oyster. [Local,
            U. S.]
  
      {Hard pan}, the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil;
            hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental
            part or quality of anything; as, the hard pan of
            character, of a matter in dispute, etc. See {Pan}.
  
      {Hard rubber}. See under {Rubber}.
  
      {Hard solder}. See under {Solder}.
  
      {Hard water}, water, which contains lime or some mineral
            substance rendering it unfit for washing. See {Hardness},
            3.
  
      {Hard wood}, wood of a solid or hard texture; as walnut, oak,
            ash, box, and the like, in distinction from pine, poplar,
            hemlock, etc.
  
      {In hard condition}, in excellent condition for racing;
            having firm muscles;-said of race horses.
  
      Syn: Solid; arduous; powerful; trying; unyielding; stubborn;
               stern; flinty; unfeeling; harsh; difficult; severe;
               obdurate; rigid. See {Solid}, and {Arduous}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hard \Hard\, a. [Compar. {Harder}; superl. {Hardest}.] [{OE}.
      heard, AS. heard; akin to OS. & D. heard, G. hart, OHG.
      harti, Icel. har[?]r, Dan. haard, Sw. h[86]rd, Goth. hardus,
      Gr.[?] strong, [?], [?], strength, and also to E. -ard, as in
      coward, drunkard, -crat, -cracy in autocrat, democracy; cf.
      Skr. kratu strength, [?] to do, make. Cf. {Hardy}.]
      1. Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not
            yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to
            material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard
            flesh; a hard apple.
  
      2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended,
            decided, or resolved; as a hard problem.
  
                     The hard causes they brought unto Moses. --Ex.
                                                                              xviii. 26.
  
                     In which are some things hard to be understood. --2
                                                                              Peter iii. 16.
  
      3. Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious;
            fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to
            cure.
  
      4. Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
  
                     The stag was too hard for the horse.   --L'Estrange.
  
                     A power which will be always too hard for them.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      5. Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or
            consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive;
            distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times;
            hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms.
  
                     I never could drive a hard bargain.   --Burke.
  
      6. Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding;
            obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard
            master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.
  
      7. Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid;
            ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style.
  
                     Figures harder than even the marble itself.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      8. Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider.
  
      9. (Pron.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated,
            sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the
            organs from one position to another; -- said of certain
            consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished
            from the same letters in center, general, etc.
  
      10. Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a
            hard tone.
  
      11. (Painting)
            (a) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures;
                  formal; lacking grace of composition.
            (b) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the
                  coloring or light and shade.
  
      {Hard cancer}, {Hard case}, etc. See under {Cancer}, {Case},
            etc.
  
      {Hard clam}, [or] {Hard-shelled clam} (Zo[94]l.), the guahog.
           
  
      {Hard coal}, anthracite, as distinguished from bituminous or
            soft coal.
  
      {Hard and fast}. (Naut.) See under {Fast}.
  
      {Hard finish} (Arch.), a smooth finishing coat of hard fine
            plaster applied to the surface of rough plastering.
  
      {Hard lines}, hardship; difficult conditions.
  
      {Hard money}, coin or specie, as distinguished from paper
            money.
  
      {Hard oyster} (Zo[94]l.), the northern native oyster. [Local,
            U. S.]
  
      {Hard pan}, the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil;
            hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental
            part or quality of anything; as, the hard pan of
            character, of a matter in dispute, etc. See {Pan}.
  
      {Hard rubber}. See under {Rubber}.
  
      {Hard solder}. See under {Solder}.
  
      {Hard water}, water, which contains lime or some mineral
            substance rendering it unfit for washing. See {Hardness},
            3.
  
      {Hard wood}, wood of a solid or hard texture; as walnut, oak,
            ash, box, and the like, in distinction from pine, poplar,
            hemlock, etc.
  
      {In hard condition}, in excellent condition for racing;
            having firm muscles;-said of race horses.
  
      Syn: Solid; arduous; powerful; trying; unyielding; stubborn;
               stern; flinty; unfeeling; harsh; difficult; severe;
               obdurate; rigid. See {Solid}, and {Arduous}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Multum \Mul"tum\, n.
      An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers
      in order to economize malt and hops. --Craig.
  
      {Hard multum}, a preparation made from {Cocculus Indicus},
            etc., used to impart an intoxicating quality to beer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harden \Hard"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hardened}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Hardening}.] [OE. hardnen, hardenen.]
      1. To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to
            indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.
  
      2. To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with
            constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to
            confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable.
            [bd]Harden not your heart.[b8] --Ps. xcv. 8.
  
                     I would harden myself in sorrow.         --Job vi. 10.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harden \Hard"en\, v. i.
      1. To become hard or harder; to acquire solidity, or more
            compactness; as, mortar hardens by drying.
  
                     The deliberate judgment of those who knew him [A.
                     Lincoln] has hardened into tradition. --The Century.
  
      2. To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or a
            bad sense.
  
                     They, hardened more by what might most reclaim.
                                                                              --Milton.

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   Hurden \Hur"den\, n. [From {Hurds}.]
      A coarse kind of linen; -- called also {harden}. [Prov. Eng.]

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   Harden \Hard"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hardened}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Hardening}.] [OE. hardnen, hardenen.]
      1. To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to
            indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.
  
      2. To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with
            constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to
            confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable.
            [bd]Harden not your heart.[b8] --Ps. xcv. 8.
  
                     I would harden myself in sorrow.         --Job vi. 10.

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   Harden \Hard"en\, v. i.
      1. To become hard or harder; to acquire solidity, or more
            compactness; as, mortar hardens by drying.
  
                     The deliberate judgment of those who knew him [A.
                     Lincoln] has hardened into tradition. --The Century.
  
      2. To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or a
            bad sense.
  
                     They, hardened more by what might most reclaim.
                                                                              --Milton.

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   Hurden \Hur"den\, n. [From {Hurds}.]
      A coarse kind of linen; -- called also {harden}. [Prov. Eng.]

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   Hardened \Hard"ened\, a.
      Made hard, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made
      obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice.
  
      Syn: Impenetrable; hard; obdurate; callous; unfeeling;
               unsusceptible; insensible. See {Obdurate}.

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   Harden \Hard"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hardened}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Hardening}.] [OE. hardnen, hardenen.]
      1. To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to
            indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.
  
      2. To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with
            constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to
            confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable.
            [bd]Harden not your heart.[b8] --Ps. xcv. 8.
  
                     I would harden myself in sorrow.         --Job vi. 10.

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   Hardener \Hard"en*er\, n.
      One who, or that which, hardens; specif., one who tempers
      tools.

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   Hardening \Hard"en*ing\, n.
      1. Making hard or harder.
  
      2. That which hardens, as a material used for converting the
            surface of iron into steel.

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   Harden \Hard"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hardened}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Hardening}.] [OE. hardnen, hardenen.]
      1. To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to
            indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.
  
      2. To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with
            constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to
            confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable.
            [bd]Harden not your heart.[b8] --Ps. xcv. 8.
  
                     I would harden myself in sorrow.         --Job vi. 10.

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   Hard-handed \Hard"-hand`ed\, a.
      Having hard hands, as a manual laborer.
  
               Hard-handed men that work in Athens here. --Shak.

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   Stellion \Stel"lion\, n. [L. stellio a newt having starlike
      spots on its back, fr. stella a star.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A lizard ({Stellio vulgaris}), common about the Eastern
      Mediterranean among ruins. In color it is olive-green, shaded
      with black, with small stellate spots. Called also {hardim},
      and {star lizard}.

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   Hardiment \Har"di*ment\, n. [OF. hardement. See {Hardy}.]
      Hardihood; boldness; courage; energetic action. [Obs.]
  
               Changing hardiment with great Glendower. --Shak.

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   Hardiness \Har"di*ness\, n.
      1. Capability of endurance.
  
      2. Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance. --Spenser.
  
                     Plenty and peace breeds cowards; Hardness ever Of
                     hardiness is mother.                           --Shak.
  
                     They who were not yet grown to the hardiness of
                     avowing the contempt of the king.      --Clarendon.
  
      3. Hardship; fatigue. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Hard-mouthed \Hard"-mouthed`\, a.
      Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as, a
      hard-mouthed horse.

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   Hardness \Hard"ness\, n. [AS. heardness.]
      1. The quality or state of being hard, literally or
            figuratively.
  
                     The habit of authority also had given his manners
                     some peremptory hardness.                  --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. (Min.) The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a
            body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be
            itself scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of
            which diamond and talc form the extremes.
  
      3. (Chem.) The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has
            mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an
            insoluble compound with soap, and is hence unfit for
            washing purposes.
  
      Note: This quality is caused by the presence of calcium
               carbonate, causing temporary hardness which can be
               removed by boiling, or by calcium sulphate, causing
               permanent hardness which can not be so removed, but may
               be improved by the addition of sodium carbonate.

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   Harioiation \Har`i*o*ia"tion\, n. [See {Ariolation}.]
      Prognostication; soothsaying. [Obs.] --Cockeram.

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   Harridan \Har"ri*dan\, n. [F. haridelle a worn-out horse, jade.]
      A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.
  
               Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted
               for the pretty creature I had been used to see. --De
                                                                              Quincey.

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   Harten \Hart"en\, v. t.
      To hearten; to encourage; to incite. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Hart-tongue \Hart"-tongue`\, n. (Bot.)
            (a) A common British fern ({Scolopendrium vulgare}), rare
                  in America.
            (b) A West Indian fern, the {Polypodium Phyllitidis} of
                  Linn[91]us. It is also found in Florida.

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   Heart \Heart\, n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to
      OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel.
      hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[a1]rt[?], Lith. szirdis, Russ.
      serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. [?], [?] [?][?][?][?]. Cf.
      {Accord}, {Discord}, {Cordial}, 4th {Core}, {Courage}.]
      1. (Anat.) A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting
            rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.
  
                     Why does my blood thus muster to my heart! --Shak.
  
      Note: In adult mammals and birds, the heart is
               four-chambered, the right auricle and ventricle being
               completely separated from the left auricle and
               ventricle; and the blood flows from the systematic
               veins to the right auricle, thence to the right
               ventricle, from which it is forced to the lungs, then
               returned to the left auricle, thence passes to the left
               ventricle, from which it is driven into the systematic
               arteries. See Illust. under {Aorta}. In fishes there
               are but one auricle and one ventricle, the blood being
               pumped from the ventricle through the gills to the
               system, and thence returned to the auricle. In most
               amphibians and reptiles, the separation of the auricles
               is partial or complete, and in reptiles the ventricles
               also are separated more or less completely. The
               so-called lymph hearts, found in many amphibians,
               reptiles, and birds, are contractile sacs, which pump
               the lymph into the veins.
  
      2. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively
            or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the
            like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; --
            usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the
            better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all
            our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and
            character; the moral affections and character itself; the
            individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender,
            loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart.
  
                     Hearts are dust, hearts' loves remain. --Emerson.
  
      3. The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and
            within; the inmost or most essential part of any body or
            system; the source of life and motion in any organization;
            the chief or vital portion; the center of activity, or of
            energetic or efficient action; as, the heart of a country,
            of a tree, etc.
  
                     Exploits done in the heart of France. --Shak.
  
                     Peace subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      4. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
  
                     Eve, recovering heart, replied.         --Milton.
  
                     The expelled nations take heart, and when they fly
                     from one country invade another.         --Sir W.
                                                                              Temple.
  
      5. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile
            production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
  
                     That the spent earth may gather heart again.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      6. That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a
            roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point
            at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation,
            -- used as a symbol or representative of the heart.
  
      7. One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the
            figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps.
  
      8. Vital part; secret meaning; real intention.
  
                     And then show you the heart of my message. --Shak.
  
      9. A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
            [bd]I speak to thee, my heart.[b8] --Shak.
  
      Note: Heart is used in many compounds, the most of which need
               no special explanation; as, heart-appalling,
               heart-breaking, heart-cheering, heart-chilled,
               heart-expanding, heart-free, heart-hardened,
               heart-heavy, heart-purifying, heart-searching,
               heart-sickening, heart-sinking, heart-stirring,
               heart-touching, heart-wearing, heart-whole,
               heart-wounding, heart-wringing, etc.
  
      {After one's own heart}, conforming with one's inmost
            approval and desire; as, a friend after my own heart.
  
                     The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart.
                                                                              --1 Sam. xiii.
                                                                              14.
  
      {At heart}, in the inmost character or disposition; at
            bottom; really; as, he is at heart a good man.
  
      {By heart}, in the closest or most thorough manner; as, to
            know or learn by heart. [bd]Composing songs, for fools to
            get by heart[b8] (that is, to commit to memory, or to
            learn thoroughly). --Pope.
  
      {For my heart}, for my life; if my life were at stake. [Obs.]
            [bd]I could not get him for my heart to do it.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Heart bond} (Masonry), a bond in which no header stone
            stretches across the wall, but two headers meet in the
            middle, and their joint is covered by another stone laid
            header fashion. --Knight.
  
      {Heart and hand}, with enthusiastic co[94]peration.
  
      {Heart hardness}, hardness of heart; callousness of feeling;
            moral insensibility. --Shak.
  
      {Heart heaviness}, depression of spirits. --Shak.
  
      {Heart point} (Her.), the fess point. See {Escutcheon}.
  
      {Heart rising}, a rising of the heart, as in opposition.
  
      {Heart shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine, bivalve shell of the
            genus {Cardium} and allied genera, having a heart-shaped
            shell; esp., the European {Isocardia cor}; -- called also
            {heart cockle}.
  
      {Heart sickness}, extreme depression of spirits.
  
      {Heart and soul}, with the utmost earnestness.
  
      {Heart urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any heartshaped, spatangoid sea
            urchin. See {Spatangoid}.
  
      {Heart wheel}, a form of cam, shaped like a heart. See {Cam}.
           
  
      {In good heart}, in good courage; in good hope.
  
      {Out of heart}, discouraged.
  
      {Poor heart}, an exclamation of pity.
  
      {To break the heart of}.
            (a) To bring to despair or hopeless grief; to cause to be
                  utterly cast down by sorrow.
            (b) To bring almost to completion; to finish very nearly;
                  -- said of anything undertaken; as, he has broken the
                  heart of the task.
  
      {To find in the heart}, to be willing or disposed. [bd]I
            could find in my heart to ask your pardon.[b8] --Sir P.
            Sidney.
  
      {To have at heart}, to desire (anything) earnestly.
  
      {To have in the heart}, to purpose; to design or intend to
            do.
  
      {To have the heart in the mouth}, to be much frightened.
  
      {To lose heart}, to become discouraged.
  
      {To lose one's heart}, to fall in love.
  
      {To set the heart at rest}, to put one's self at ease.
  
      {To set the heart upon}, to fix the desires on; to long for
            earnestly; to be very fond of.
  
      {To take heart of grace}, to take courage.
  
      {To take to heart}, to grieve over.
  
      {To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve}, to expose one's
            feelings or intentions; to be frank or impulsive.
  
      {With all one's whole heart}, very earnestly; fully;
            completely; devotedly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heart \Heart\, n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to
      OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel.
      hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[a1]rt[?], Lith. szirdis, Russ.
      serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. [?], [?] [?][?][?][?]. Cf.
      {Accord}, {Discord}, {Cordial}, 4th {Core}, {Courage}.]
      1. (Anat.) A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting
            rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.
  
                     Why does my blood thus muster to my heart! --Shak.
  
      Note: In adult mammals and birds, the heart is
               four-chambered, the right auricle and ventricle being
               completely separated from the left auricle and
               ventricle; and the blood flows from the systematic
               veins to the right auricle, thence to the right
               ventricle, from which it is forced to the lungs, then
               returned to the left auricle, thence passes to the left
               ventricle, from which it is driven into the systematic
               arteries. See Illust. under {Aorta}. In fishes there
               are but one auricle and one ventricle, the blood being
               pumped from the ventricle through the gills to the
               system, and thence returned to the auricle. In most
               amphibians and reptiles, the separation of the auricles
               is partial or complete, and in reptiles the ventricles
               also are separated more or less completely. The
               so-called lymph hearts, found in many amphibians,
               reptiles, and birds, are contractile sacs, which pump
               the lymph into the veins.
  
      2. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively
            or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the
            like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; --
            usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the
            better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all
            our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and
            character; the moral affections and character itself; the
            individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender,
            loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart.
  
                     Hearts are dust, hearts' loves remain. --Emerson.
  
      3. The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and
            within; the inmost or most essential part of any body or
            system; the source of life and motion in any organization;
            the chief or vital portion; the center of activity, or of
            energetic or efficient action; as, the heart of a country,
            of a tree, etc.
  
                     Exploits done in the heart of France. --Shak.
  
                     Peace subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      4. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
  
                     Eve, recovering heart, replied.         --Milton.
  
                     The expelled nations take heart, and when they fly
                     from one country invade another.         --Sir W.
                                                                              Temple.
  
      5. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile
            production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
  
                     That the spent earth may gather heart again.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      6. That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a
            roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point
            at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation,
            -- used as a symbol or representative of the heart.
  
      7. One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the
            figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps.
  
      8. Vital part; secret meaning; real intention.
  
                     And then show you the heart of my message. --Shak.
  
      9. A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
            [bd]I speak to thee, my heart.[b8] --Shak.
  
      Note: Heart is used in many compounds, the most of which need
               no special explanation; as, heart-appalling,
               heart-breaking, heart-cheering, heart-chilled,
               heart-expanding, heart-free, heart-hardened,
               heart-heavy, heart-purifying, heart-searching,
               heart-sickening, heart-sinking, heart-stirring,
               heart-touching, heart-wearing, heart-whole,
               heart-wounding, heart-wringing, etc.
  
      {After one's own heart}, conforming with one's inmost
            approval and desire; as, a friend after my own heart.
  
                     The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart.
                                                                              --1 Sam. xiii.
                                                                              14.
  
      {At heart}, in the inmost character or disposition; at
            bottom; really; as, he is at heart a good man.
  
      {By heart}, in the closest or most thorough manner; as, to
            know or learn by heart. [bd]Composing songs, for fools to
            get by heart[b8] (that is, to commit to memory, or to
            learn thoroughly). --Pope.
  
      {For my heart}, for my life; if my life were at stake. [Obs.]
            [bd]I could not get him for my heart to do it.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Heart bond} (Masonry), a bond in which no header stone
            stretches across the wall, but two headers meet in the
            middle, and their joint is covered by another stone laid
            header fashion. --Knight.
  
      {Heart and hand}, with enthusiastic co[94]peration.
  
      {Heart hardness}, hardness of heart; callousness of feeling;
            moral insensibility. --Shak.
  
      {Heart heaviness}, depression of spirits. --Shak.
  
      {Heart point} (Her.), the fess point. See {Escutcheon}.
  
      {Heart rising}, a rising of the heart, as in opposition.
  
      {Heart shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine, bivalve shell of the
            genus {Cardium} and allied genera, having a heart-shaped
            shell; esp., the European {Isocardia cor}; -- called also
            {heart cockle}.
  
      {Heart sickness}, extreme depression of spirits.
  
      {Heart and soul}, with the utmost earnestness.
  
      {Heart urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any heartshaped, spatangoid sea
            urchin. See {Spatangoid}.
  
      {Heart wheel}, a form of cam, shaped like a heart. See {Cam}.
           
  
      {In good heart}, in good courage; in good hope.
  
      {Out of heart}, discouraged.
  
      {Poor heart}, an exclamation of pity.
  
      {To break the heart of}.
            (a) To bring to despair or hopeless grief; to cause to be
                  utterly cast down by sorrow.
            (b) To bring almost to completion; to finish very nearly;
                  -- said of anything undertaken; as, he has broken the
                  heart of the task.
  
      {To find in the heart}, to be willing or disposed. [bd]I
            could find in my heart to ask your pardon.[b8] --Sir P.
            Sidney.
  
      {To have at heart}, to desire (anything) earnestly.
  
      {To have in the heart}, to purpose; to design or intend to
            do.
  
      {To have the heart in the mouth}, to be much frightened.
  
      {To lose heart}, to become discouraged.
  
      {To lose one's heart}, to fall in love.
  
      {To set the heart at rest}, to put one's self at ease.
  
      {To set the heart upon}, to fix the desires on; to long for
            earnestly; to be very fond of.
  
      {To take heart of grace}, to take courage.
  
      {To take to heart}, to grieve over.
  
      {To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve}, to expose one's
            feelings or intentions; to be frank or impulsive.
  
      {With all one's whole heart}, very earnestly; fully;
            completely; devotedly.

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   Hearten \Heart"en\, v. t. [From {Heart}.]
      1. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the
            courage of; to embolden.
  
                     Hearten those that fight in your defense. --Shak.
  
      2. To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.

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   Heartener \Heart"en*er\, n.
      One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up. --W.
      Browne.

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   Hearth \Hearth\, n. [OE. harthe, herth, herthe, AS. heor[?];
      akin to D. haard, heerd, Sw. h[84]rd, G. herd; cf. Goth.
      ha[a3]ri a coal, Icel. hyrr embers, and L. cremare to burn.]
      1. The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a
            chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a
            fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove.
  
                     There was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
                                                                              --Jer. xxxvi.
                                                                              22.
  
                     Where fires thou find'st unraked and hearths
                     unswept. There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates
            and of hospitality to strangers; fireside.
  
      3. (Metal. & Manuf.) The floor of a furnace, on which the
            material to be heated lies, or the lowest part of a
            melting furnace, into which the melted material settles.
  
      {Hearth ends} (Metal.), fragments of lead ore ejected from
            the furnace by the blast.
  
      {Hearth money}, {Hearth penny} [AS. heor[edh]pening], a tax
            formerly laid in England on hearths, each hearth (in all
            houses paying the church and poor rates) being taxed at
            two shillings; -- called also {chimney money}, etc.
  
                     He had been importuned by the common people to
                     relieve them from the . . . burden of the hearth
                     money.                                                --Macaulay.

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   Peter \Pe"ter\, n.
      A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the
      apostles,
  
      {Peter boat}, a fishing boat, sharp at both ends, originally
            of the Baltic Sea, but now common in certain English
            rivers.
  
      {Peter Funk}, the auctioneer in a mock auction. [Cant, U.S.]
           
  
      {Peter pence}, [or] {Peter's pence}.
      (a) An annual tax or tribute, formerly paid by the English
            people to the pope, being a penny for every house,
            payable on Lammas or St.Peter's day; -- called also {Rome
            scot}, and {hearth money}.
      (b) In modern times, a voluntary contribution made by Roman
            Catholics to the private purse of the pope.
  
      {Peter's fish} (Zo[94]l.), a haddock; -- so called because
            the black spots, one on each side, behind the gills, are
            traditionally said to have been caused by the fingers of
            St. Peter, when he caught the fish to pay the tribute. The
            name is applied, also, to other fishes having similar
            spots.

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   Hearth \Hearth\, n. [OE. harthe, herth, herthe, AS. heor[?];
      akin to D. haard, heerd, Sw. h[84]rd, G. herd; cf. Goth.
      ha[a3]ri a coal, Icel. hyrr embers, and L. cremare to burn.]
      1. The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a
            chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a
            fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove.
  
                     There was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
                                                                              --Jer. xxxvi.
                                                                              22.
  
                     Where fires thou find'st unraked and hearths
                     unswept. There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates
            and of hospitality to strangers; fireside.
  
      3. (Metal. & Manuf.) The floor of a furnace, on which the
            material to be heated lies, or the lowest part of a
            melting furnace, into which the melted material settles.
  
      {Hearth ends} (Metal.), fragments of lead ore ejected from
            the furnace by the blast.
  
      {Hearth money}, {Hearth penny} [AS. heor[edh]pening], a tax
            formerly laid in England on hearths, each hearth (in all
            houses paying the church and poor rates) being taxed at
            two shillings; -- called also {chimney money}, etc.
  
                     He had been importuned by the common people to
                     relieve them from the . . . burden of the hearth
                     money.                                                --Macaulay.

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   Peter \Pe"ter\, n.
      A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the
      apostles,
  
      {Peter boat}, a fishing boat, sharp at both ends, originally
            of the Baltic Sea, but now common in certain English
            rivers.
  
      {Peter Funk}, the auctioneer in a mock auction. [Cant, U.S.]
           
  
      {Peter pence}, [or] {Peter's pence}.
      (a) An annual tax or tribute, formerly paid by the English
            people to the pope, being a penny for every house,
            payable on Lammas or St.Peter's day; -- called also {Rome
            scot}, and {hearth money}.
      (b) In modern times, a voluntary contribution made by Roman
            Catholics to the private purse of the pope.
  
      {Peter's fish} (Zo[94]l.), a haddock; -- so called because
            the black spots, one on each side, behind the gills, are
            traditionally said to have been caused by the fingers of
            St. Peter, when he caught the fish to pay the tribute. The
            name is applied, also, to other fishes having similar
            spots.

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   Hearth \Hearth\, n. [OE. harthe, herth, herthe, AS. heor[?];
      akin to D. haard, heerd, Sw. h[84]rd, G. herd; cf. Goth.
      ha[a3]ri a coal, Icel. hyrr embers, and L. cremare to burn.]
      1. The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a
            chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a
            fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove.
  
                     There was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
                                                                              --Jer. xxxvi.
                                                                              22.
  
                     Where fires thou find'st unraked and hearths
                     unswept. There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates
            and of hospitality to strangers; fireside.
  
      3. (Metal. & Manuf.) The floor of a furnace, on which the
            material to be heated lies, or the lowest part of a
            melting furnace, into which the melted material settles.
  
      {Hearth ends} (Metal.), fragments of lead ore ejected from
            the furnace by the blast.
  
      {Hearth money}, {Hearth penny} [AS. heor[edh]pening], a tax
            formerly laid in England on hearths, each hearth (in all
            houses paying the church and poor rates) being taxed at
            two shillings; -- called also {chimney money}, etc.
  
                     He had been importuned by the common people to
                     relieve them from the . . . burden of the hearth
                     money.                                                --Macaulay.

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   Heart-wounded \Heart"-wound`ed\, a.
      Wounded to the heart with love or grief. --Pope.

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   Heirdom \Heir"dom\, n.
      The state of an heir; succession by inheritance. --Burke.

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   Thank \Thank\ (th[acr][nsmac]k), n.; pl. {Thanks}. [AS. [ed]anc,
      [ed]onc, thanks, favor, thought; akin to OS. thank favor,
      pleasure, thanks, D. & G. dank thanks, Icel. [ed][94]kk, Dan.
      tak, Sw. tack, Goth. [ed]agks thanks; -- originally, a
      thought, a thinking. See {Think}.]
      A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a
      sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or
      desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural.
      [bd]This ceremonial thanks.[b8] --Massinger.
  
               If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank
               have ye? for sinners also do even the same. --Luke vi.
                                                                              33.
  
               What great thank, then, if any man, reputed wise and
               constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his
               charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in
               matter of sin?                                       --Milton.
  
               Thanks, thanks to thee, most worthy friend, For the
               lesson thou hast taught.                        --Longfellow.
  
      {His thanks}, {Her thanks}, etc., of his or her own accord;
            with his or her good will; voluntary. [Obs.]
  
                     Full sooth is said that love ne lordship, Will not,
                     his thanks, have no fellowship.         --Chaucer.
  
      {In thank}, with thanks or thankfulness. [Obs.]
  
      {Thank offering}, an offering made as an expression of
            thanks.

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   Herd \Herd\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Herded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Herding}.] [See 2d {Herd}.]
      1. To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together,
            or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
  
      2. To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self
            among, a group or company.
  
                     I'll herd among his friends, and seem One of the
                     number.                                             --Addison.
  
      3. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. [Scot.]

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   Herdman \Herd"man\, Herdsman \Herds"man\, n.; pl. {-men}.
      The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in
      tending a herd of cattle.

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   Heritance \Her"it*ance\, n. [OF. heritance.]
      Heritage; inheritance. [R.]
  
               Robbing their children of the heritance Their fathers
               handed down                                             --Southey.

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   Herodian \He*ro"di*an\, n. (Jewish Hist.)
      One of a party among the Jews, composed of partisans of Herod
      of Galilee. They joined with the Pharisees against Christ.

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   d8Herodiones \[d8]He*ro`di*o"nes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a
      heron.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, and
      allied forms. Called also {Herodii}. -- {He*ro`di*o"nine}, a.

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   Hirudine \Hi*ru"dine\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Of or pertaining to the leeches.

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   d8Annelida \[d8]An*nel"i*da\, n. pl. [NL. See {Annelid}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of
      numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs.
      The principal subdivisions are the {Ch[91]topoda}, including
      the {Oligoch[91]ta} or earthworms and {Polych[91]ta} or
      marine worms; and the {Hirudinea} or leeches. See
      {Ch[91]topoda}.

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   d8Hirudinea \[d8]Hir`u*din"e*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. hirudo,
      hirudinis, a leech.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An order of Annelida, including the leeches; -- called also
      {Hirudinei}.

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   used in medicine, as {Hirudo medicinalis} of Europe, and allied
   species.
  
      Note: In the mouth of bloodsucking leeches are three
               convergent, serrated jaws, moved by strong muscles. By
               the motion of these jaws a stellate incision is made in
               the skin, through which the leech sucks blood till it
               is gorged, and then drops off. The stomach has large
               pouches on each side to hold the blood. The common
               large bloodsucking leech of America ({Macrobdella
               decora}) is dark olive above, and red below, with black
               spots. Many kinds of leeches are parasitic on fishes;
               others feed upon worms and mollusks, and have no jaws
               for drawing blood. See {Bdelloidea}. {Hirudinea}, and
               {Clepsine}.
  
      3. (Surg.) A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for
            drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum.
  
      {Horse leech}, a less powerful European leech ({H[91]mopis
            vorax}), commonly attacking the membrane that lines the
            inside of the mouth and nostrils of animals that drink at
            pools where it lives.

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   Bloodsucker \Blood"suck`er\, n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech
            ({Hirudo medicinalis}), and related species.
  
      2. One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty
            of bloodshed; a murderer. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an
            extortioner.

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   Hoard \Hoard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoarded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Hoarding}.] [AS. hordian.]
      To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to
      store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating;
      as, to hoard grain.

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   Hoarding \Hoard"ing\, n. [From OF. hourd, hourt, barrier,
      palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle,
      fence, G. horde, h[81]rde; akin to E. hurdle. [root]16. See
      {Hurdle}.]
      1. (Arch.) A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials
            while builders are at work. [Eng.]
  
                     Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. --London
                                                                              Graphic.
  
      2. A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or
            concealing something.
  
                     The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding,
                     the space within which was divided into compartments
                     by sheets of tin.                              --Tyndall.

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   Horatian \Ho*ra"tian\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Horace, the Latin poet, or resembling his
      style.

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   Hordein \Hor"de*in\, n. [L. hordeum barley.] (Chem.)
      A peculiar starchy matter contained in barley. It is complex
      mixture. [R.]

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   Squirrel \Squir"rel\ (skw[etil]r"r[etil]l or skw[icr]r"-; 277),
      n. [OE. squirel, OF. esquirel, escurel, F. [82]cureuil, LL.
      squirelus, squirolus, scuriolus, dim. of L. sciurus, Gr.
      si`oyros; skia` shade + o'yra` tail. Cf. {Shine}, v. i.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents
            belonging to the genus {Sciurus} and several allied genera
            of the family {Sciurid[91]}. Squirrels generally have a
            bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They
            are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species
            live in burrows.
  
      Note: Among the common North American squirrels are the gray
               squirrel ({Scirius Carolinensis}) and its black
               variety; the fox, or cat, sqirrel ({S. cinereus}, or
               {S. niger}) which is a large species, and variable in
               color, the southern variety being frequently black,
               while the northern and western varieties are usually
               gray or rusty brown; the red squirrel (see
               {Chickaree}); the striped, or chipping, squirrel (see
               {Chipmunk}); and the California gray squirrel ({S.
               fossor}). Several other species inhabit Mexico and
               Central America. The common European species ({Sciurus
               vulgaris}) has a long tuft of hair on each ear. the
               so-called Australian squirrels are marsupials. See
               {Petaurist}, and {Phalanger}.
  
      2. One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work
            with the large cylinder.
  
      {Barking squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the prairie dog.
  
      {Federation squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the striped gopher. See
            {Gopher}, 2.
  
      {Flying squirrel} (Zo[94]l.). See {Flying squirrel}, in the
            Vocabulary.
  
      {Java squirrel} (Zo[94]l.). See {Jelerang}.
  
      {Squirrel corn} (Bot.), a North American herb ({Dicantra
            Canadensis}) bearing little yellow tubers.
  
      {Squirrel cup} (Bot.), the blossom of the {Hepatica triloba},
            a low perennial herb with cup-shaped flowers varying from
            purplish blue to pink or even white. It is one of the
            earliest flowers of spring.
  
      {Squirrel fish} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A sea bass ({Serranus fascicularis}) of the Southern
                  United States.
            (b) The sailor's choice ({Diplodus rhomboides}).
            (c) The redmouth, or grunt.
            (d) A market fish of Bermuda ({Holocentrum Ascensione}).
                 
  
      {Squirrel grass} (Bot.), a pestiferous grass ({Hordeum
            murinum}) related to barley. In California the stiffly
            awned spiklets work into the wool of sheep, and into the
            throat, flesh, and eyes of animals, sometimes even
            producing death.
  
      {Squirrel hake} (Zo[94]l.), a common American hake ({Phycis
            tenuis}); -- called also {white hake}.
  
      {Squirrel hawk} (Zo[94]l.), any rough-legged hawk;
            especially, the California species {Archibuteo
            ferrugineus}.
  
      {Squirrel monkey}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of several species of small, soft-haired South
                  American monkeys of the genus {Calithrix}. They are
                  noted for their graceful form and agility. See
                  {Teetee}.
            (b) A marmoset.
  
      {Squirrel petaurus} (Zo[94]l.), a flying phalanger of
            Australia. See {Phalanger}, {Petaurist}, and {Flying
            phalanger} under {Flying}.
  
      {Squirrel shrew} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            East Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the genus
            {Tupaia}. They are allied to the shrews, but have a bushy
            tail, like that of a squirrel.
  
      {Squirrel-tail grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Hordeum jubatum})
            found in salt marshes and along the Great Lakes, having a
            dense spike beset with long awns.

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   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

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   Wall \Wall\, n. [AS. weall, from L. vallum a wall, vallus a
      stake, pale, palisade; akin to Gr. [?] a nail. Cf.
      {Interval}.]
      1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials,
            raised to some height, and intended for defense or
            security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a
            field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright
            inclosing parts of a building or a room.
  
                     The plaster of the wall of the King's palace. --Dan.
                                                                              v. 5.
  
      2. A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the
            plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.
  
                     The waters were a wall unto them on their right
                     hand, and on their left.                     --Ex. xiv. 22.
  
                     In such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the
                     Troyan walls.                                    --Shak.
  
                     To rush undaunted to defend the walls. --Dryden.
  
      3. An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls
            of a steam-engine cylinder.
  
      4. (Mining)
            (a) The side of a level or drift.
            (b) The country rock bounding a vein laterally. --Raymond.
  
      Note: Wall is often used adjectively, and also in the
               formation of compounds, usually of obvious
               signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall
               fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc.
  
      {Blank wall}, Blind wall, etc. See under {Blank}, {Blind},
            etc.
  
      {To drive to the wall}, to bring to extremities; to push to
            extremes; to get the advantage of, or mastery over.
  
      {To go to the wall}, to be hard pressed or driven; to be the
            weaker party; to be pushed to extremes.
  
      {To take the wall}. to take the inner side of a walk, that
            is, the side next the wall; hence, to take the precedence.
            [bd]I will take the wall of any man or maid of
            Montague's.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Wall barley} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Hordeum murinum})
            much resembling barley; squirrel grass. See under
            {Squirrel}.
  
      {Wall box}. (Mach.) See {Wall frame}, below.
  
      {Wall creeper} (Zo[94]l.), a small bright-colored bird
            ({Tichodroma muraria}) native of Asia and Southern Europe.
            It climbs about over old walls and cliffs in search of
            insects and spiders. Its body is ash-gray above, the wing
            coverts are carmine-red, the primary quills are mostly red
            at the base and black distally, some of them with white
            spots, and the tail is blackish. Called also {spider
            catcher}.
  
      {Wall cress} (Bot.), a name given to several low cruciferous
            herbs, especially to the mouse-ear cress. See under
            {Mouse-ear}.
  
      {Wall frame} (Mach.), a frame set in a wall to receive a
            pillow block or bearing for a shaft passing through the
            wall; -- called also {wall box}.
  
      {Wall fruit}, fruit borne by trees trained against a wall.
  
      {Wall gecko} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World geckos which live in or about buildings and run over
            the vertical surfaces of walls, to which they cling by
            means of suckers on the feet.
  
      {Wall lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
            muralis}) which frequents houses, and lives in the chinks
            and crevices of walls; -- called also {wall newt}.
  
      {Wall louse}, a wood louse.
  
      {Wall moss} (Bot.), any species of moss growing on walls.
  
      {Wall newt} (Zo[94]l.), the wall lizard. --Shak.
  
      {Wall paper}, paper for covering the walls of rooms; paper
            hangings.
  
      {Wall pellitory} (Bot.), a European plant ({Parictaria
            officinalis}) growing on old walls, and formerly esteemed
            medicinal.
  
      {Wall pennywort} (Bot.), a plant ({Cotyledon Umbilicus})
            having rounded fleshy leaves. It is found on walls in
            Western Europe.
  
      {Wall pepper} (Bot.), a low mosslike plant ({Sedum acre})
            with small fleshy leaves having a pungent taste and
            bearing yellow flowers. It is common on walls and rocks in
            Europe, and is sometimes seen in America.
  
      {Wall pie} (Bot.), a kind of fern; wall rue.
  
      {Wall piece}, a gun planted on a wall. --H. L. Scott.
  
      {Wall plate} (Arch.), a piece of timber placed horizontally
            upon a wall, and supporting posts, joists, and the like.
            See Illust. of {Roof}.
  
      {Wall rock}, granular limestone used in building walls. [U.
            S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Wall rue} (Bot.), a species of small fern ({Asplenium
            Ruta-muraria}) growing on walls, rocks, and the like.
  
      {Wall spring}, a spring of water issuing from stratified
            rocks.
  
      {Wall tent}, a tent with upright cloth sides corresponding to
            the walls of a house.
  
      {Wall wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a common European solitary wasp
            ({Odynerus parietus}) which makes its nest in the crevices
            of walls.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Squirrel \Squir"rel\ (skw[etil]r"r[etil]l or skw[icr]r"-; 277),
      n. [OE. squirel, OF. esquirel, escurel, F. [82]cureuil, LL.
      squirelus, squirolus, scuriolus, dim. of L. sciurus, Gr.
      si`oyros; skia` shade + o'yra` tail. Cf. {Shine}, v. i.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents
            belonging to the genus {Sciurus} and several allied genera
            of the family {Sciurid[91]}. Squirrels generally have a
            bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They
            are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species
            live in burrows.
  
      Note: Among the common North American squirrels are the gray
               squirrel ({Scirius Carolinensis}) and its black
               variety; the fox, or cat, sqirrel ({S. cinereus}, or
               {S. niger}) which is a large species, and variable in
               color, the southern variety being frequently black,
               while the northern and western varieties are usually
               gray or rusty brown; the red squirrel (see
               {Chickaree}); the striped, or chipping, squirrel (see
               {Chipmunk}); and the California gray squirrel ({S.
               fossor}). Several other species inhabit Mexico and
               Central America. The common European species ({Sciurus
               vulgaris}) has a long tuft of hair on each ear. the
               so-called Australian squirrels are marsupials. See
               {Petaurist}, and {Phalanger}.
  
      2. One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work
            with the large cylinder.
  
      {Barking squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the prairie dog.
  
      {Federation squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the striped gopher. See
            {Gopher}, 2.
  
      {Flying squirrel} (Zo[94]l.). See {Flying squirrel}, in the
            Vocabulary.
  
      {Java squirrel} (Zo[94]l.). See {Jelerang}.
  
      {Squirrel corn} (Bot.), a North American herb ({Dicantra
            Canadensis}) bearing little yellow tubers.
  
      {Squirrel cup} (Bot.), the blossom of the {Hepatica triloba},
            a low perennial herb with cup-shaped flowers varying from
            purplish blue to pink or even white. It is one of the
            earliest flowers of spring.
  
      {Squirrel fish} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A sea bass ({Serranus fascicularis}) of the Southern
                  United States.
            (b) The sailor's choice ({Diplodus rhomboides}).
            (c) The redmouth, or grunt.
            (d) A market fish of Bermuda ({Holocentrum Ascensione}).
                 
  
      {Squirrel grass} (Bot.), a pestiferous grass ({Hordeum
            murinum}) related to barley. In California the stiffly
            awned spiklets work into the wool of sheep, and into the
            throat, flesh, and eyes of animals, sometimes even
            producing death.
  
      {Squirrel hake} (Zo[94]l.), a common American hake ({Phycis
            tenuis}); -- called also {white hake}.
  
      {Squirrel hawk} (Zo[94]l.), any rough-legged hawk;
            especially, the California species {Archibuteo
            ferrugineus}.
  
      {Squirrel monkey}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of several species of small, soft-haired South
                  American monkeys of the genus {Calithrix}. They are
                  noted for their graceful form and agility. See
                  {Teetee}.
            (b) A marmoset.
  
      {Squirrel petaurus} (Zo[94]l.), a flying phalanger of
            Australia. See {Phalanger}, {Petaurist}, and {Flying
            phalanger} under {Flying}.
  
      {Squirrel shrew} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            East Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the genus
            {Tupaia}. They are allied to the shrews, but have a bushy
            tail, like that of a squirrel.
  
      {Squirrel-tail grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Hordeum jubatum})
            found in salt marshes and along the Great Lakes, having a
            dense spike beset with long awns.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rie \Rie\, n.
      See {Rye}. [Obs.] --Holland.
  
      {Rie grass}. (Bot.)
      (a) A kind of wild barley ({Hordeum pratense}). --Dr. Prior.
      (b) Ray grass. --Dr. Prior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Horridness \Hor"rid*ness\, n.
      The quality of being horrid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hortensial \Hor*ten"sial\, a. [L. hortensius, hortensis, fr.
      hortus garden; akin to E. yard an inclosure.]
      Fit for a garden. [Obs.] --Evelyn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hurden \Hur"den\, n. [From {Hurds}.]
      A coarse kind of linen; -- called also {harden}. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hurried \Hur"ried\, a.
      1. Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a
            hurried writer; a hurried life.
  
      2. Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried
            job. [bd]A hurried meeting.[b8] --Milton. --
            {Hur"ried*ly}, adv. -- {Hur"ried*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hurt \Hurt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurt}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Hurting}.] [OE. hurten, hirten, horten, herten; prob. fr.
      OF. hurter, heurter, to knock, thrust, strike, F. heurter;
      cf. W. hyrddu to push, drive, assault, hwrdd a stroke, blow,
      push; also, a ram, the orig. sense of the verb thus perhaps
      being, to butt as a ram; cf. D. horten to push, strike, MHG.
      hurten, both prob. fr. Old French.]
      1. To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound
            or bruise painfully.
  
                     The hurt lion groans within his den.   --Dryden.
  
      2. To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to
            damage; to injure; to harm.
  
                     Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt. --Milton.
  
      3. To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to
            offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve.
            [bd]I am angry and hurt.[b8] --Thackeray.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hardeman County, TN (county, FIPS 69)
      Location: 35.20303 N, 88.99680 W
      Population (1990): 23377 (9174 housing units)
      Area: 1729.0 sq km (land), 7.4 sq km (water)
   Hardeman County, TX (county, FIPS 197)
      Location: 34.28968 N, 99.74528 W
      Population (1990): 5283 (2678 housing units)
      Area: 1801.2 sq km (land), 4.2 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harden City, OK
      Zip code(s): 74871

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hardenville, MO
      Zip code(s): 65666

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hardin, IL (village, FIPS 32850)
      Location: 39.15736 N, 90.62310 W
      Population (1990): 1071 (469 housing units)
      Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62047
   Hardin, KY (city, FIPS 34534)
      Location: 36.76427 N, 88.30150 W
      Population (1990): 595 (267 housing units)
      Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 42048
   Hardin, MO (city, FIPS 30322)
      Location: 39.26761 N, 93.83031 W
      Population (1990): 598 (283 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 64035
   Hardin, MT (city, FIPS 34225)
      Location: 45.73189 N, 107.61337 W
      Population (1990): 2940 (1303 housing units)
      Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 59034
   Hardin, TX (town, FIPS 32240)
      Location: 30.14996 N, 94.73643 W
      Population (1990): 563 (234 housing units)
      Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hardin County, IA (county, FIPS 83)
      Location: 42.37972 N, 93.24152 W
      Population (1990): 19094 (8419 housing units)
      Area: 1474.5 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water)
   Hardin County, IL (county, FIPS 69)
      Location: 37.52157 N, 88.26598 W
      Population (1990): 5189 (2403 housing units)
      Area: 461.9 sq km (land), 8.3 sq km (water)
   Hardin County, KY (county, FIPS 93)
      Location: 37.69642 N, 85.96342 W
      Population (1990): 89240 (32375 housing units)
      Area: 1626.6 sq km (land), 4.8 sq km (water)
   Hardin County, OH (county, FIPS 65)
      Location: 40.66068 N, 83.66369 W
      Population (1990): 31111 (11976 housing units)
      Area: 1218.1 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
   Hardin County, TN (county, FIPS 71)
      Location: 35.19538 N, 88.18634 W
      Population (1990): 22633 (10275 housing units)
      Area: 1496.8 sq km (land), 47.8 sq km (water)
   Hardin County, TX (county, FIPS 199)
      Location: 30.33601 N, 94.39314 W
      Population (1990): 41320 (16486 housing units)
      Area: 2316.4 sq km (land), 7.9 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harding, MN (city, FIPS 27098)
      Location: 46.12080 N, 94.04381 W
      Population (1990): 76 (42 housing units)
      Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harding County, NM (county, FIPS 21)
      Location: 35.85800 N, 103.81698 W
      Population (1990): 987 (614 housing units)
      Area: 5505.0 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water)
   Harding County, SD (county, FIPS 63)
      Location: 45.59065 N, 103.49758 W
      Population (1990): 1669 (776 housing units)
      Area: 6916.8 sq km (land), 18.3 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harding Lake, AK (CDP, FIPS 31820)
      Location: 64.42180 N, 146.85071 W
      Population (1990): 27 (301 housing units)
      Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 9.8 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hardinsburg, IN (town, FIPS 31396)
      Location: 38.46036 N, 86.27266 W
      Population (1990): 322 (130 housing units)
      Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 47125
   Hardinsburg, KY (city, FIPS 34552)
      Location: 37.77606 N, 86.45497 W
      Population (1990): 1906 (853 housing units)
      Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hardtner, KS (city, FIPS 30000)
      Location: 37.01430 N, 98.64843 W
      Population (1990): 198 (133 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67057

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hartington, NE (city, FIPS 21275)
      Location: 42.62002 N, 97.26500 W
      Population (1990): 1583 (659 housing units)
      Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68739

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hartman, AR (city, FIPS 30520)
      Location: 35.43447 N, 93.61848 W
      Population (1990): 498 (214 housing units)
      Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 72840
   Hartman, CO (town, FIPS 34520)
      Location: 38.12089 N, 102.21806 W
      Population (1990): 108 (52 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 81043

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hawarden, IA (city, FIPS 35265)
      Location: 43.00221 N, 96.48244 W
      Population (1990): 2439 (1098 housing units)
      Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 51023

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hortense, GA
      Zip code(s): 31543

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Horton, AL
      Zip code(s): 35980
   Horton, KS (city, FIPS 33200)
      Location: 39.66172 N, 95.53244 W
      Population (1990): 1885 (935 housing units)
      Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 66439
   Horton, MI
      Zip code(s): 49246
   Horton, MO
      Zip code(s): 64751

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hortonville, NY
      Zip code(s): 12745
   Hortonville, WI (village, FIPS 35850)
      Location: 44.33879 N, 88.63286 W
      Population (1990): 2029 (710 housing units)
      Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 54944

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Howertons, VA
      Zip code(s): 22454

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   hoarding n.   See {software hoarding}.
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Herod Antipas
      Herod's son by Malthace (Matt. 14:1; Luke 3:1, 19; 9:7; Acts
      13:1). (See {ANTIPAS}.)
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Herodians
      a Jewish political party who sympathized with (Mark 3:6; 12:13;
      Matt, 22:16; Luke 20:20) the Herodian rulers in their general
      policy of government, and in the social customs which they
      introduced from Rome. They were at one with the Sadducees in
      holding the duty of submission to Rome, and of supporting the
      Herods on the throne. (Comp. Mark 8:15; Matt. 16:6.)
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Herodion
      a Christian at Rome whom Paul salutes and calls his "kinsman"
      (Rom. 16:11).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Herodion, the song of Juno
  
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