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   hard hat
         n 1: a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc.
               [syn: {construction worker}, {hard hat}]
         2: a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by
            construction workers [syn: {hard hat}, {tin hat}, {safety
            hat}]

English Dictionary: hereditary by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hard water
n
  1. water that contains mineral salts (as calcium and magnesium ions) that limit the formation of lather with soap
    Antonym(s): soft water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hard wheat
n
  1. wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America
    Synonym(s): durum, durum wheat, hard wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, macaroni wheat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hard-hitting
adj
  1. characterized by or full of force and vigor; "a hard- hitting expose"; "a trenchant argument"
    Synonym(s): hard- hitting, trenchant
  2. aggressively and persistently persuasive; "a hard-hitting advertising campaign"; "a high-pressure salesman"
    Synonym(s): hard-hitting, high-pressure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hardheaded
adj
  1. unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack
    Synonym(s): hardheaded, mulish
  2. 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]:
hardheads
n
  1. a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized
    Synonym(s): lesser knapweed, black knapweed, hardheads, Centaurea nigra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hardihood
n
  1. 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]:
hardwood
n
  1. the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heart attack
n
  1. a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heartwood
n
  1. the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood
    Synonym(s): heartwood, duramen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
herediatry spinal ataxia
n
  1. sclerosis of the posterior and lateral columns of the spinal cord; characterized by muscular weakness and abnormal gait; occurs in children
    Synonym(s): Friedreich's ataxia, herediatry spinal ataxia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hereditament
n
  1. any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hereditarianism
n
  1. the philosophical doctrine that heredity is more important than environment in determining intellectual growth
    Antonym(s): environmentalism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hereditary
adj
  1. occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
    Synonym(s): familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible
  2. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"
    Synonym(s): ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hereditary cerebellar ataxia
n
  1. nervous disorder of late childhood and early adulthood; characterized by ataxic gait and hesitating or explosive speech and nystagmus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hereditary condition
n
  1. a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically [syn: genetic disease, genetic disorder, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, congenital disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder, hereditary disease, hereditary condition]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hereditary disease
n
  1. a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically [syn: genetic disease, genetic disorder, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, congenital disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder, hereditary disease, hereditary condition]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy
n
  1. a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs; progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span; inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant
    Synonym(s): Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hereditary pattern
n
  1. (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
    Synonym(s): inheritance, hereditary pattern
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heredity
n
  1. the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
  2. the total of inherited attributes
    Synonym(s): heredity, genetic endowment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Herodotus
n
  1. the ancient Greek known as the father of history; his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples of historical writing (485-425 BC)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hoarded wealth
n
  1. accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.; "the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies"
    Synonym(s): treasure, hoarded wealth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hortative
adj
  1. giving strong encouragement [syn: exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hortatory
adj
  1. giving strong encouragement [syn: exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Water \Wa"ter\ (w[add]"t[etil]r), n. [AS. w[91]ter; akin to OS.
      watar, OFries. wetir, weter, LG. & D. water, G. wasser, OHG.
      wazzar, Icel. vatn, Sw. vatten, Dan. vand, Goth. wat[omac],
      O. Slav. & Russ. voda, Gr. 'y`dwr, Skr. udan water, ud to
      wet, and perhaps to L. unda wave. [root]137. Cf. {Dropsy},
      {Hydra}, {Otter}, {Wet}, {Whisky}.]
      1. The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and
            which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. [bd]We will drink
            water.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Powers of fire, air, water, and
            earth.[b8] --Milton.
  
      Note: Pure water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, {H2O}, and
               is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, transparent
               liquid, which is very slightly compressible. At its
               maximum density, 39[deg] Fahr. or 4[deg] C., it is the
               standard for specific gravities, one cubic centimeter
               weighing one gram. It freezes at 32[deg] Fahr. or
               0[deg] C. and boils at 212[deg] Fahr. or 100[deg] C.
               (see {Ice}, {Steam}). It is the most important natural
               solvent, and is frequently impregnated with foreign
               matter which is mostly removed by distillation; hence,
               rain water is nearly pure. It is an important
               ingredient in the tissue of animals and plants, the
               human body containing about two thirds its weight of
               water.
  
      2. A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or
            other collection of water.
  
                     Remembering he had passed over a small water a poor
                     scholar when first coming to the university, he
                     kneeled.                                             --Fuller.
  
      3. Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling
            water; esp., the urine.
  
      4. (Pharm.) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily
            volatile substance; as, ammonia water. --U. S. Pharm.
  
      5. The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a
            diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is,
            perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water,
            that is, of the first excellence.
  
      6. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted
            to linen, silk, metals, etc. See {Water}, v. t., 3,
            {Damask}, v. t., and {Damaskeen}.
  
      7. An addition to the shares representing the capital of a
            stock company so that the aggregate par value of the
            shares is increased while their value for investment is
            diminished, or [bd]diluted.[b8] [Brokers' Cant]
  
      Note: Water is often used adjectively and in the formation of
               many self-explaining compounds; as, water drainage;
               water gauge, or water-gauge; waterfowl, water-fowl, or
               water fowl; water-beaten; water-borne, water-circled,
               water-girdled, water-rocked, etc.
  
      {Hard water}. See under {Hard}.
  
      {Inch of water}, a unit of measure of quantity of water,
            being the quantity which will flow through an orifice one
            inch square, or a circular orifice one inch in diameter,
            in a vertical surface, under a stated constant head; also
            called {miner's inch}, and {water inch}. The shape of the
            orifice and the head vary in different localities. In the
            Western United States, for hydraulic mining, the standard
            aperture is square and the head from 4 to 9 inches above
            its center. In Europe, for experimental hydraulics, the
            orifice is usually round and the head from [frac1x12] of
            an inch to 1 inch above its top.
  
      {Mineral water}, waters which are so impregnated with foreign
            ingredients, such as gaseous, sulphureous, and saline
            substances, as to give them medicinal properties, or a
            particular flavor or temperature.
  
      {Soft water}, water not impregnated with lime or mineral
            salts.
  
      {To hold water}. See under {Hold}, v. t.
  
      {To keep one's head above water}, to keep afloat; fig., to
            avoid failure or sinking in the struggles of life.
            [Colloq.]
  
      {To make water}.
            (a) To pass urine. --Swift.
            (b) (Naut.) To admit water; to leak.
  
      {Water of crystallization} (Chem.), the water combined with
            many salts in their crystalline form. This water is
            loosely, but, nevertheless, chemically, combined, for it
            is held in fixed and definite amount for each substance
            containing it. Thus, while pure copper sulphate, {CuSO4},
            is a white amorphous substance, blue vitriol, the
            crystallized form, {CuSO4.5H2O}, contains five molecules
            of water of crystallization.
  
      {Water on the brain} (Med.), hydrocephalus.
  
      {Water on the chest} (Med.), hydrothorax.
  
      Note: Other phrases, in which water occurs as the first
               element, will be found in alphabetical order in the
               Vocabulary.

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]:
   Harddihead \Hard"di*head\, n.
      Hardihood. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harddihood \Hard"di*hood\, n. [Hardy + -hood.]
      Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind;
      bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence.
  
               A bound of graceful hardihood.               --Wordsworth.
  
               It is the society of numbers which gives hardihood to
               iniquity.                                                --Buckminster.
  
      Syn: Intrepidity; courage; pluck; resolution; stoutness;
               audacity; effrontery; impudence.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Menhaden \Men*ha"den\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      An American marine fish of the Herring familt ({Brevoortia
      tyrannus}), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component
      of fertilizers; -- called also {mossbunker}, {bony fish},
      {chebog}, {pogy}, {hardhead}, {whitefish}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruddy \Rud"dy\, a. [Compar. {Ruddier}; superl. {Ruddiest}.] [AS.
      rudig. See {Rud}, n.]
      1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy
            flame. --Milton.
  
                     They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv.
                                                                              7.
  
      2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in
            high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden.
  
      {Ruddy duck} (Zo[94]l.), an American duck ({Erismatura
            rubida}) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail
            composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich
            brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the
            top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the
            cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed
            with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also
            {dunbird}, {dundiver}, {ruddy diver}, {stifftail},
            {spinetail}, {hardhead}, {sleepy duck}, {fool duck},
            {spoonbill}, etc.
  
      {Ruddy plover} (Zo[94]l.) the sanderling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Steelhead \Steel"head`\, n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A North Pacific salmon ({Salmo Gairdneri})
            found from Northern California to Siberia; -- called also
            {hardhead}, and {preesil}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The ruddy duck.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gray \Gray\, a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.] [OE.
      gray, grey, AS. gr[aemac]g, gr[emac]g; akin to D. graauw,
      OHG. gr[amac]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[aring], Icel.
      gr[amac]r.] [Written also {grey}.]
      1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt,
            or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark
            mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
  
                     These gray and dun colors may be also produced by
                     mixing whites and blacks.                  --Sir I.
                                                                              Newton.
  
      2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
  
      3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames.
  
      {Gray antimony} (Min.), stibnite.
  
      {Gray buck} (Zo[94]l.), the chickara.
  
      {Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite.
  
      {Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite.
  
      {Gray duck} (Zo[94]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the
            female mallard.
  
      {Gray falcon} (Zo[94]l.) the peregrine falcon.
  
      {Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}.
  
      {Gray hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the blackcock or black
            grouse. See {Heath grouse}.
  
      {Gray mill or millet} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the
            genus {Lithospermum}; gromwell.
  
      {Gray mullet} (Zo[94]l.) any one of the numerous species of
            the genus {Mugil}, or family {Mugilid[ae]}, found both in
            the Old World and America; as the European species ({M.
            capito}, and {M. auratus}), the American striped mullet
            ({M. albula}), and the white or silver mullet ({M.
            Braziliensis}). See {Mullet}.
  
      {Gray owl} (Zo[94]l.), the European tawny or brown owl
            ({Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea})
            inhabits arctic America.
  
      {Gray parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}),
            very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in
            learning to talk.
  
      {Gray pike}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sauger}.
  
      {Gray snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer.
            See {Snapper}.
  
      {Gray snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
  
      {Gray whale} (Zo[94]l.), a rather large and swift California
            whale ({Rhachianectes glaucus}), formerly taken in large
            numbers in the bays; -- called also {grayback},
            {devilfish}, and {hardhead}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hardhead \Hard"head`\, n.
      1. Clash or collision of heads in contest. --Dryden.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The menhaden. See {Menhaden}. [Local, U.S.]
            (b) Block's gurnard ({Trigla gurnardus}) of Europe.
            (c) A California salmon; the steelhead.
            (d) The gray whale. See {Gray whale}, under {Gray}.
            (e) A coarse American commercial sponge ({Spongia dura}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Menhaden \Men*ha"den\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      An American marine fish of the Herring familt ({Brevoortia
      tyrannus}), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component
      of fertilizers; -- called also {mossbunker}, {bony fish},
      {chebog}, {pogy}, {hardhead}, {whitefish}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruddy \Rud"dy\, a. [Compar. {Ruddier}; superl. {Ruddiest}.] [AS.
      rudig. See {Rud}, n.]
      1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy
            flame. --Milton.
  
                     They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv.
                                                                              7.
  
      2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in
            high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden.
  
      {Ruddy duck} (Zo[94]l.), an American duck ({Erismatura
            rubida}) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail
            composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich
            brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the
            top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the
            cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed
            with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also
            {dunbird}, {dundiver}, {ruddy diver}, {stifftail},
            {spinetail}, {hardhead}, {sleepy duck}, {fool duck},
            {spoonbill}, etc.
  
      {Ruddy plover} (Zo[94]l.) the sanderling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Steelhead \Steel"head`\, n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A North Pacific salmon ({Salmo Gairdneri})
            found from Northern California to Siberia; -- called also
            {hardhead}, and {preesil}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The ruddy duck.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gray \Gray\, a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.] [OE.
      gray, grey, AS. gr[aemac]g, gr[emac]g; akin to D. graauw,
      OHG. gr[amac]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[aring], Icel.
      gr[amac]r.] [Written also {grey}.]
      1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt,
            or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark
            mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
  
                     These gray and dun colors may be also produced by
                     mixing whites and blacks.                  --Sir I.
                                                                              Newton.
  
      2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
  
      3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames.
  
      {Gray antimony} (Min.), stibnite.
  
      {Gray buck} (Zo[94]l.), the chickara.
  
      {Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite.
  
      {Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite.
  
      {Gray duck} (Zo[94]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the
            female mallard.
  
      {Gray falcon} (Zo[94]l.) the peregrine falcon.
  
      {Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}.
  
      {Gray hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the blackcock or black
            grouse. See {Heath grouse}.
  
      {Gray mill or millet} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the
            genus {Lithospermum}; gromwell.
  
      {Gray mullet} (Zo[94]l.) any one of the numerous species of
            the genus {Mugil}, or family {Mugilid[ae]}, found both in
            the Old World and America; as the European species ({M.
            capito}, and {M. auratus}), the American striped mullet
            ({M. albula}), and the white or silver mullet ({M.
            Braziliensis}). See {Mullet}.
  
      {Gray owl} (Zo[94]l.), the European tawny or brown owl
            ({Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea})
            inhabits arctic America.
  
      {Gray parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}),
            very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in
            learning to talk.
  
      {Gray pike}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sauger}.
  
      {Gray snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer.
            See {Snapper}.
  
      {Gray snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
  
      {Gray whale} (Zo[94]l.), a rather large and swift California
            whale ({Rhachianectes glaucus}), formerly taken in large
            numbers in the bays; -- called also {grayback},
            {devilfish}, and {hardhead}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hardhead \Hard"head`\, n.
      1. Clash or collision of heads in contest. --Dryden.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The menhaden. See {Menhaden}. [Local, U.S.]
            (b) Block's gurnard ({Trigla gurnardus}) of Europe.
            (c) A California salmon; the steelhead.
            (d) The gray whale. See {Gray whale}, under {Gray}.
            (e) A coarse American commercial sponge ({Spongia dura}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hard-headed \Hard"-head`ed\, a.
      Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd. --
      {Hard"-head`ed*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hard-headed \Hard"-head`ed\, a.
      Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd. --
      {Hard"-head`ed*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heart-eating \Heart"-eat`ing\, a.
      Preying on the heart.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hearted \Heart"ed\, a.
      1. Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the
            seat of the affections, disposition, or character).
  
      2. Shaped like a heart; cordate. [R.] --Landor.
  
      3. Seated or laid up in the heart.
  
                     I hate the Moor: my cause is hearted. --Shak.
  
      Note: This word is chiefly used in composition; as,
               hard-hearted, faint-hearted, kind-hearted,
               lion-hearted, stout-hearted, etc. Hence the nouns
               hard-heartedness, faint-heartedness, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heartedness \Heart"ed*ness\, n.
      Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness. [R.] --Clarendon.
  
      Note: See also the Note under {Hearted}. The analysis of the
               compounds gives hard-hearted + -ness, rather than hard
               + heartedness, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heartwood \Heart"wood`\, n.
      The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of
      the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from
      the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and
      distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hereditability \He*red`i*ta*bil"i*ty\, n.
      State of being hereditable. --Brydges.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hereditable \He*red"i*ta*ble\, a. [LL. hereditabilis, fr.
      hereditare to inherit, fr. L. hereditas heirship inheritance,
      heres heir: cf. OF. hereditable. See {Heir}, and cf.
      {Heritable}.]
      1. Capable of being inherited. See {Inheritable}. --Locke.
  
      2. Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hereditably \He*red"i*ta*bly\, adv.
      By inheritance. --W. Tooke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hereditament \Her`e*dit"a*ment\, n. [LL. hereditamentum. See
      {Hereditable}.] (Law)
      Any species of property that may be inherited; lands,
      tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal,
      or mixed, that may descend to an heir. --Blackstone.
  
      Note: A corporeal hereditament is visible and tangible; an
               incorporeal hereditament is not in itself visible or
               tangible, being an hereditary right, interest, or
               obligation, as duty to pay rent, or a right of way.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hereditarily \He*red"i*ta*ri*ly\, adv.
      By inheritance; in an hereditary manner. --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hereditary \He*red"i*ta*ry\, a. [L. hereditarius, fr. hereditas
      heirship, inheritance, fr. heres heir: cf. F.
      h[82]r[82]ditaire. See {Heir}.]
      1. Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to
            an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or
            that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or
            crown.
  
      2. Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a
            constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a
            child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.
  
      Syn: Ancestral; patrimonial; inheritable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heredity \He*red"i*ty\, n. [L. hereditas heirship.] (Biol.)
      Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical
      qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law
      by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics
      in their descendants. See {Pangenesis}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hortation \Hor*ta"tion\, n. [L. hortatio, fr. hortari to incite,
      exhort, fr. hori to urge.]
      The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice;
      exhortation. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hortative \Hor"ta*tive\, a. [L. hortativus.]
      Giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative. --Bullokar.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hortative \Hor"ta*tive\, n.
      An exhortation. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hortatory \Hor"ta*to*ry\, a. [L. hortatorius.]
      Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory;
      inciting; as, a hortatory speech. --Holland.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hardwood, MI
      Zip code(s): 49807

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Harodite
      an epithet applied to two of David's heroes (2 Sam. 23:25).
      (Comp. 1 Chr. 11:27.)
     
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