hatcheck girl
         n 1: a female checker [syn: {check girl}, {hatcheck girl}]

English Dictionary: hit the sack	by the DICT Development Group
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haute cuisine n (French) an elaborate and skillful manner of preparing food
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head gasket n a gasket to seal a cylinder head
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headcheese n sausage or jellied loaf made of chopped parts of the head meat and sometimes feet and tongue of a calf or pig
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headshake n the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement; "I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me" Synonym(s): headshake, headshaking
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headshaking n the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement; "I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me" Synonym(s): headshake, headshaking
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heat exhaustion n a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes Synonym(s): heat exhaustion, heat prostration
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heat-seeking missile n a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine)
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hedge garlic n European herb that smells like garlic [syn: {garlic mustard}, hedge garlic, sauce-alone, jack-by-the- hedge, Alliaria officinalis]
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hedge sparrow n small brownish European songbird [syn: hedge sparrow, sparrow, dunnock, Prunella modularis]
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hedgehog n relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur Synonym(s): porcupine, hedgehog small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines Synonym(s): hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus, Erinaceus europeaeus
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hedgehog cactus n cactus of the genus Echinocactus having stout sharp spines
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hedgehog cereus n cactus of the genus Echinocereus
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Hedjaz n a coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea; includes both Mecca and Medina; formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Synonym(s): Hejaz, Hedjaz, Hijaz
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Hideki Yukawa n Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981) Synonym(s): Yukawa, Hideki Yukawa
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hit the jackpot v succeed by luck; "I lucked out and found the last parking spot in the lot" Synonym(s): luck out, hit the jackpot
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hit the sack v prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn" Synonym(s): go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire Antonym(s): arise, get up, rise, turn out, uprise
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Hitchcock n English film director noted for his skill in creating suspense (1899-1980) Synonym(s): Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
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hitchhike v travel by getting free rides from motorists [syn: hitchhike, hitch, thumb]
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hitchhiker n a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles
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hot cake n a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle Synonym(s): pancake, battercake, flannel cake, flannel- cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, hot cake
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hot chocolate n a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot Synonym(s): cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate
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hot jazz n jazz that is emotionally charged and intense and marked by strong rhythms and improvisation
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hot sauce n a pungent peppery sauce
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hotcake n a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle Synonym(s): pancake, battercake, flannel cake, flannel- cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, hot cake
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hotei-chiku n small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young Synonym(s): fishpole bamboo, gosan-chiku, hotei-chiku, Phyllostachys aurea
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Bloodflower \Blood"flow`er\, n. [From the color of the flower.]       (Bot.)       A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named       {H[91]manthus}, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of {H.       toxicarius} is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows.
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Head-cheese \Head"-cheese\, n.       A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of       swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pressed into a cheeselike       mass.
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Headshake \Head`shake`\, n.       A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of       denial. --Shak.
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Heath \Heath\, n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS.       h[?][?]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei[?]r waste land,       Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi field, L. bucetum a cow       pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh[?]tra field. [root]20.]       1. (Bot.)             (a) A low shrub ({Erica, [or] Calluna, vulgaris}), with                   minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink                   flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,                   thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It                   is also called {heather}, and {ling}.             (b) Also, any species of the genus {Erica}, of which                   several are European, and many more are South African,                   some of great beauty. See Illust. of {Heather}.          2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of             country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.                         Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the                      blasted heath.                                    --Milton          {Heath cock} (Zo[94]l.), the blackcock. See {Heath grouse}             (below).          {Heath grass} (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus             {Triodia} ({T. decumbens}), growing on dry heaths.          {Heath grouse}, [or] {Heath game} (Zo[94]l.), a European             grouse ({Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heats; -- called             also {black game}, {black grouse}, {heath poult}, {heath             fowl}, {moor fowl}. The male is called, {heath cock}, and             {blackcock}; the female, {heath hen}, and {gray hen}.          {Heath hen}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heath grouse} (above).          {Heath pea} (bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyris             macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in             Scotland are used to flavor whisky.          {Heath throstle} (Zo[94]l.), a European thrush which             frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.
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Heath \Heath\, n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS.       h[?][?]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei[?]r waste land,       Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi field, L. bucetum a cow       pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh[?]tra field. [root]20.]       1. (Bot.)             (a) A low shrub ({Erica, [or] Calluna, vulgaris}), with                   minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink                   flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,                   thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It                   is also called {heather}, and {ling}.             (b) Also, any species of the genus {Erica}, of which                   several are European, and many more are South African,                   some of great beauty. See Illust. of {Heather}.          2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of             country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.                         Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the                      blasted heath.                                    --Milton          {Heath cock} (Zo[94]l.), the blackcock. See {Heath grouse}             (below).          {Heath grass} (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus             {Triodia} ({T. decumbens}), growing on dry heaths.          {Heath grouse}, [or] {Heath game} (Zo[94]l.), a European             grouse ({Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heats; -- called             also {black game}, {black grouse}, {heath poult}, {heath             fowl}, {moor fowl}. The male is called, {heath cock}, and             {blackcock}; the female, {heath hen}, and {gray hen}.          {Heath hen}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heath grouse} (above).          {Heath pea} (bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyris             macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in             Scotland are used to flavor whisky.          {Heath throstle} (Zo[94]l.), a European thrush which             frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.
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Hedge \Hedge\, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an       inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG.       hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See {Haw} a hedge.]       A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a       thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land;       and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a       line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted       round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts       of a garden.                   The roughest berry on the rudest hedge.   --Shak.                   Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue                my walk.                                                --Thomson.          Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often                means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean;                as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc.          {Hedge bells}, {Hedge bindweed} (Bot.), a climbing plant             related to the morning-glory ({Convolvulus sepium}).          {Hedge bill}, a long-handled billhook.          {Hedge garlic} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Alliaria}. See             {Garlic mustard}, under {Garlic}.          {Hedge hyssop} (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus {Gratiola},             the leaves of which are emetic and purgative.          {Hedge marriage}, a secret or clandestine marriage,             especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.]          {Hedge mustard} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Sisymbrium},             belonging to the Mustard family.          {Hedge nettle} (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus             {Stachys}, belonging to the Mint family. It has a             nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless.          {Hedge note}.       (a) The note of a hedge bird.       (b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] --Dryden.          {Hedge priest}, a poor, illiterate priest. --Shak.          {Hedge school}, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge,             in Ireland; a school for rustics.          {Hedge sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a European warbler ({Accentor             modularis}) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish             brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white.             Called also {chanter}, {hedge warbler}, {dunnock}, and             {doney}.          {Hedge writer}, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low,             scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] --Swift.          {To breast up a hedge}. See under {Breast}.          {To hang in the hedge}, to be at a standstill. [bd]While the             business of money hangs in the hedge.[b8] --Pepys.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hedge \Hedge\, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an       inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG.       hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See {Haw} a hedge.]       A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a       thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land;       and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a       line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted       round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts       of a garden.                   The roughest berry on the rudest hedge.   --Shak.                   Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue                my walk.                                                --Thomson.          Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often                means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean;                as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc.          {Hedge bells}, {Hedge bindweed} (Bot.), a climbing plant             related to the morning-glory ({Convolvulus sepium}).          {Hedge bill}, a long-handled billhook.          {Hedge garlic} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Alliaria}. See             {Garlic mustard}, under {Garlic}.          {Hedge hyssop} (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus {Gratiola},             the leaves of which are emetic and purgative.          {Hedge marriage}, a secret or clandestine marriage,             especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.]          {Hedge mustard} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Sisymbrium},             belonging to the Mustard family.          {Hedge nettle} (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus             {Stachys}, belonging to the Mint family. It has a             nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless.          {Hedge note}.       (a) The note of a hedge bird.       (b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] --Dryden.          {Hedge priest}, a poor, illiterate priest. --Shak.          {Hedge school}, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge,             in Ireland; a school for rustics.          {Hedge sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a European warbler ({Accentor             modularis}) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish             brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white.             Called also {chanter}, {hedge warbler}, {dunnock}, and             {doney}.          {Hedge writer}, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low,             scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] --Swift.          {To breast up a hedge}. See under {Breast}.          {To hang in the hedge}, to be at a standstill. [bd]While the             business of money hangs in the hedge.[b8] --Pepys.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hedge \Hedge\, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an       inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG.       hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See {Haw} a hedge.]       A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a       thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land;       and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a       line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted       round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts       of a garden.                   The roughest berry on the rudest hedge.   --Shak.                   Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue                my walk.                                                --Thomson.          Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often                means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean;                as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc.          {Hedge bells}, {Hedge bindweed} (Bot.), a climbing plant             related to the morning-glory ({Convolvulus sepium}).          {Hedge bill}, a long-handled billhook.          {Hedge garlic} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Alliaria}. See             {Garlic mustard}, under {Garlic}.          {Hedge hyssop} (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus {Gratiola},             the leaves of which are emetic and purgative.          {Hedge marriage}, a secret or clandestine marriage,             especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.]          {Hedge mustard} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Sisymbrium},             belonging to the Mustard family.          {Hedge nettle} (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus             {Stachys}, belonging to the Mint family. It has a             nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless.          {Hedge note}.       (a) The note of a hedge bird.       (b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] --Dryden.          {Hedge priest}, a poor, illiterate priest. --Shak.          {Hedge school}, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge,             in Ireland; a school for rustics.          {Hedge sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a European warbler ({Accentor             modularis}) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish             brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white.             Called also {chanter}, {hedge warbler}, {dunnock}, and             {doney}.          {Hedge writer}, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low,             scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] --Swift.          {To breast up a hedge}. See under {Breast}.          {To hang in the hedge}, to be at a standstill. [bd]While the             business of money hangs in the hedge.[b8] --Pepys.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hedge \Hedge\, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an       inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG.       hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See {Haw} a hedge.]       A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a       thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land;       and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a       line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted       round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts       of a garden.                   The roughest berry on the rudest hedge.   --Shak.                   Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue                my walk.                                                --Thomson.          Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often                means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean;                as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc.          {Hedge bells}, {Hedge bindweed} (Bot.), a climbing plant             related to the morning-glory ({Convolvulus sepium}).          {Hedge bill}, a long-handled billhook.          {Hedge garlic} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Alliaria}. See             {Garlic mustard}, under {Garlic}.          {Hedge hyssop} (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus {Gratiola},             the leaves of which are emetic and purgative.          {Hedge marriage}, a secret or clandestine marriage,             especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.]          {Hedge mustard} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Sisymbrium},             belonging to the Mustard family.          {Hedge nettle} (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus             {Stachys}, belonging to the Mint family. It has a             nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless.          {Hedge note}.       (a) The note of a hedge bird.       (b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] --Dryden.          {Hedge priest}, a poor, illiterate priest. --Shak.          {Hedge school}, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge,             in Ireland; a school for rustics.          {Hedge sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a European warbler ({Accentor             modularis}) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish             brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white.             Called also {chanter}, {hedge warbler}, {dunnock}, and             {doney}.          {Hedge writer}, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low,             scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] --Swift.          {To breast up a hedge}. See under {Breast}.          {To hang in the hedge}, to be at a standstill. [bd]While the             business of money hangs in the hedge.[b8] --Pepys.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hedgehog \Hedge"hog`\, n. (Elec.)       A variety of transformer with open magnetic circuit, the ends       of the iron wire core being turned outward and presenting a       bristling appearance, whence the name.
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Hedgehog \Hedge"hog`\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) A small European insectivore ({Erinaceus             Europ[91]us}), and other allied species of Asia and             Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body             mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself             into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every             direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly             upon insects.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The Canadian porcupine.[U.S]          3. (Bot.) A species of {Medicago} ({M. intertexta}), the pods             of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so             called. --Loudon.          4. A form of dredging machine. --Knight.          {Hedgehog caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the hairy larv[91] of             several species of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella             moth. It curls up like a hedgehog when disturbed. See             {Woolly bear}, and {Isabella moth}.          {Hedgehog fish} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose plectognath fish,             esp. of the genus {Diodon}; the porcupine fish.          {Hedgehog grass} (Bot.), a grass with spiny involucres,             growing on sandy shores; burgrass ({Cenchrus             tribuloides}).          {Hedgehog rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of several West Indian             rodents, allied to the porcupines, but with ratlike tails,             and few quills, or only stiff bristles. The hedgehog rats             belong to {Capromys}, {Plagiodon}, and allied genera.          {Hedgehog shell} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose, marine, univalve             shell of the genus {Murex}.          {Hedgehog thistle} (Bot.), a plant of the Cactus family,             globular in form, and covered with spines             ({Echinocactus}).          {Sea hedgehog}. See {Diodon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hedgehog \Hedge"hog`\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) A small European insectivore ({Erinaceus             Europ[91]us}), and other allied species of Asia and             Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body             mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself             into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every             direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly             upon insects.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The Canadian porcupine.[U.S]          3. (Bot.) A species of {Medicago} ({M. intertexta}), the pods             of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so             called. --Loudon.          4. A form of dredging machine. --Knight.          {Hedgehog caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the hairy larv[91] of             several species of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella             moth. It curls up like a hedgehog when disturbed. See             {Woolly bear}, and {Isabella moth}.          {Hedgehog fish} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose plectognath fish,             esp. of the genus {Diodon}; the porcupine fish.          {Hedgehog grass} (Bot.), a grass with spiny involucres,             growing on sandy shores; burgrass ({Cenchrus             tribuloides}).          {Hedgehog rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of several West Indian             rodents, allied to the porcupines, but with ratlike tails,             and few quills, or only stiff bristles. The hedgehog rats             belong to {Capromys}, {Plagiodon}, and allied genera.          {Hedgehog shell} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose, marine, univalve             shell of the genus {Murex}.          {Hedgehog thistle} (Bot.), a plant of the Cactus family,             globular in form, and covered with spines             ({Echinocactus}).          {Sea hedgehog}. See {Diodon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hedgehog \Hedge"hog`\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) A small European insectivore ({Erinaceus             Europ[91]us}), and other allied species of Asia and             Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body             mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself             into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every             direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly             upon insects.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The Canadian porcupine.[U.S]          3. (Bot.) A species of {Medicago} ({M. intertexta}), the pods             of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so             called. --Loudon.          4. A form of dredging machine. --Knight.          {Hedgehog caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the hairy larv[91] of             several species of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella             moth. It curls up like a hedgehog when disturbed. See             {Woolly bear}, and {Isabella moth}.          {Hedgehog fish} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose plectognath fish,             esp. of the genus {Diodon}; the porcupine fish.          {Hedgehog grass} (Bot.), a grass with spiny involucres,             growing on sandy shores; burgrass ({Cenchrus             tribuloides}).          {Hedgehog rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of several West Indian             rodents, allied to the porcupines, but with ratlike tails,             and few quills, or only stiff bristles. The hedgehog rats             belong to {Capromys}, {Plagiodon}, and allied genera.          {Hedgehog shell} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose, marine, univalve             shell of the genus {Murex}.          {Hedgehog thistle} (Bot.), a plant of the Cactus family,             globular in form, and covered with spines             ({Echinocactus}).          {Sea hedgehog}. See {Diodon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hedgehog \Hedge"hog`\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) A small European insectivore ({Erinaceus             Europ[91]us}), and other allied species of Asia and             Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body             mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself             into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every             direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly             upon insects.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The Canadian porcupine.[U.S]          3. (Bot.) A species of {Medicago} ({M. intertexta}), the pods             of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so             called. --Loudon.          4. A form of dredging machine. --Knight.          {Hedgehog caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the hairy larv[91] of             several species of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella             moth. It curls up like a hedgehog when disturbed. See             {Woolly bear}, and {Isabella moth}.          {Hedgehog fish} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose plectognath fish,             esp. of the genus {Diodon}; the porcupine fish.          {Hedgehog grass} (Bot.), a grass with spiny involucres,             growing on sandy shores; burgrass ({Cenchrus             tribuloides}).          {Hedgehog rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of several West Indian             rodents, allied to the porcupines, but with ratlike tails,             and few quills, or only stiff bristles. The hedgehog rats             belong to {Capromys}, {Plagiodon}, and allied genera.          {Hedgehog shell} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose, marine, univalve             shell of the genus {Murex}.          {Hedgehog thistle} (Bot.), a plant of the Cactus family,             globular in form, and covered with spines             ({Echinocactus}).          {Sea hedgehog}. See {Diodon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rat \Rat\, n. [AS. r[91]t; akin to D. rat, OHG. rato, ratta, G.       ratte, ratze, OLG. ratta, LG. & Dan. rotte, Sw. r[86]tta, F.       rat, Ir. & Gael radan, Armor. raz, of unknown origin. Cf.       {Raccoon}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the several species of small rodents of             the genus {Mus} and allied genera, larger than mice, that             infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway,             or brown, rat ({M. Alexandrinus}). These were introduced             into Anerica from the Old World.          2. A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material,             used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their             natural hair. [Local, U.S.]          3. One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the             trades, one who works for lower wages than those             prescribed by a trades union. [Cant]          Note: [bd]It so chanced that, not long after the accession of                the house of Hanover, some of the brown, that is the                German or Norway, rats, were first brought over to this                country (in some timber as is said); and being much                stronger than the black, or, till then, the common,                rats, they in many places quite extirpated the latter.                The word (both the noun and the verb to rat) was first,                as we have seen, leveled at the converts to the                government of George the First, but has by degrees                obtained a wide meaning, and come to be applied to any                sudden and mercenary change in politics.[b8] --Lord                Mahon.          {Bamboo rat} (Zo[94]l.), any Indian rodent of the genus             {Rhizomys}.          {Beaver rat}, {Coast rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Beaver} and             {Coast}.          {Blind rat} (Zo[94]l.), the mole rat.          {Cotton rat} (Zo[94]l.), a long-haired rat ({Sigmodon             hispidus}), native of the Southern United States and             Mexico. It makes its nest of cotton and is often injurious             to the crop.          {Ground rat}. See {Ground Pig}, under {Ground}.          {Hedgehog rat}. See under {Hedgehog}.          {Kangaroo rat} (Zo[94]l.), the potoroo.          {Norway rat} (Zo[94]l.), the common brown rat. See {Rat}.          {Pouched rat}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) See {Pocket Gopher}, under {Pocket}.             (b) Any African rodent of the genus {Cricetomys}.          {Rat Indians} (Ethnol.), a tribe of Indians dwelling near             Fort Ukon, Alaska. They belong to Athabascan stock.          {Rat mole}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Mole rat}, under {Mole}.          {Rat pit}, an inclosed space into which rats are put to be             killed by a dog for sport.          {Rat snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large colubrine snake ({Ptyas             mucosus}) very common in India and Ceylon. It enters             dwellings, and destroys rats, chickens, etc.          {Spiny rat} (Zo[94]l.), any South America rodent of the genus             {Echinomys}.          {To smell a rat}. See under {Smell}.          {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any American rat of the genus             {Neotoma}, especially {N. Floridana}, common in the             Southern United States. Its feet and belly are white.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hedgehog \Hedge"hog`\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) A small European insectivore ({Erinaceus             Europ[91]us}), and other allied species of Asia and             Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body             mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself             into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every             direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly             upon insects.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The Canadian porcupine.[U.S]          3. (Bot.) A species of {Medicago} ({M. intertexta}), the pods             of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so             called. --Loudon.          4. A form of dredging machine. --Knight.          {Hedgehog caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the hairy larv[91] of             several species of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella             moth. It curls up like a hedgehog when disturbed. See             {Woolly bear}, and {Isabella moth}.          {Hedgehog fish} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose plectognath fish,             esp. of the genus {Diodon}; the porcupine fish.          {Hedgehog grass} (Bot.), a grass with spiny involucres,             growing on sandy shores; burgrass ({Cenchrus             tribuloides}).          {Hedgehog rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of several West Indian             rodents, allied to the porcupines, but with ratlike tails,             and few quills, or only stiff bristles. The hedgehog rats             belong to {Capromys}, {Plagiodon}, and allied genera.          {Hedgehog shell} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose, marine, univalve             shell of the genus {Murex}.          {Hedgehog thistle} (Bot.), a plant of the Cactus family,             globular in form, and covered with spines             ({Echinocactus}).          {Sea hedgehog}. See {Diodon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hedgehog \Hedge"hog`\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) A small European insectivore ({Erinaceus             Europ[91]us}), and other allied species of Asia and             Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body             mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself             into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every             direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly             upon insects.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The Canadian porcupine.[U.S]          3. (Bot.) A species of {Medicago} ({M. intertexta}), the pods             of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so             called. --Loudon.          4. A form of dredging machine. --Knight.          {Hedgehog caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the hairy larv[91] of             several species of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella             moth. It curls up like a hedgehog when disturbed. See             {Woolly bear}, and {Isabella moth}.          {Hedgehog fish} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose plectognath fish,             esp. of the genus {Diodon}; the porcupine fish.          {Hedgehog grass} (Bot.), a grass with spiny involucres,             growing on sandy shores; burgrass ({Cenchrus             tribuloides}).          {Hedgehog rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of several West Indian             rodents, allied to the porcupines, but with ratlike tails,             and few quills, or only stiff bristles. The hedgehog rats             belong to {Capromys}, {Plagiodon}, and allied genera.          {Hedgehog shell} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose, marine, univalve             shell of the genus {Murex}.          {Hedgehog thistle} (Bot.), a plant of the Cactus family,             globular in form, and covered with spines             ({Echinocactus}).          {Sea hedgehog}. See {Diodon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hedgehog \Hedge"hog`\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) A small European insectivore ({Erinaceus             Europ[91]us}), and other allied species of Asia and             Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body             mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself             into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every             direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly             upon insects.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The Canadian porcupine.[U.S]          3. (Bot.) A species of {Medicago} ({M. intertexta}), the pods             of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so             called. --Loudon.          4. A form of dredging machine. --Knight.          {Hedgehog caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the hairy larv[91] of             several species of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella             moth. It curls up like a hedgehog when disturbed. See             {Woolly bear}, and {Isabella moth}.          {Hedgehog fish} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose plectognath fish,             esp. of the genus {Diodon}; the porcupine fish.          {Hedgehog grass} (Bot.), a grass with spiny involucres,             growing on sandy shores; burgrass ({Cenchrus             tribuloides}).          {Hedgehog rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of several West Indian             rodents, allied to the porcupines, but with ratlike tails,             and few quills, or only stiff bristles. The hedgehog rats             belong to {Capromys}, {Plagiodon}, and allied genera.          {Hedgehog shell} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose, marine, univalve             shell of the genus {Murex}.          {Hedgehog thistle} (Bot.), a plant of the Cactus family,             globular in form, and covered with spines             ({Echinocactus}).          {Sea hedgehog}. See {Diodon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hiatus \Hi*a"tus\, n.; pl. L. {Hiatus}, E. {Hiatuses}. [L., fr.       hiare, hiatum, to gape; akin to E. yawn. See {Yawn}.]       1. An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in             a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space             where something is wanting; a break.          2. (Gram.) The concurrence of two vowels in two successive             words or syllables. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hotchkiss gun \Hotch"kiss gun\[After Benjamin B. Hotchkiss       (1826-85), American inventor.]       A built-up, rifled, rapid-fire gun of oil-tempered steel,       having a rectangular breechblock which moves horizontally or       vertically in a mortise cut completely through the jacket. It       is made in France.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gun \Gun\, n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir.,       {Gael}.) A LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L.       canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E.       mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]       1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance;             any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the             explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel             closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with             an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various             means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are             smaller guns, for hand use, and are called {small arms}.             Larger guns are called {cannon}, {ordnance},             {fieldpieces}, {carronades}, {howitzers}, etc. See these             terms in the Vocabulary.                         As swift as a pellet out of a gunne When fire is in                      the powder runne.                              --Chaucer.                         The word gun was in use in England for an engine to                      cast a thing from a man long before there was any                      gunpowder found out.                           --Selden.          2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a             cannon.          3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind.          Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or                manner of loading as {rifled} or {smoothbore},                {breech-loading} or {muzzle-loading}, {cast} or                {built-up guns}; or according to their use, as {field},                {mountain}, {prairie}, {seacoast}, and {siege guns}.          {Armstrong gun}, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named             after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong.          {Great gun}, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence (Fig.), a             person superior in any way.          {Gun barrel}, the barrel or tube of a gun.          {Gun carriage}, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or             moved.          {Gun cotton} (Chem.), a general name for a series of             explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping             cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are             formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the             results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It             burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly             and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity.             Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are             insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the             highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See {Pyroxylin}, and             cf. {Xyloidin}. The gun cottons are used for blasting and             somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded             with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for             making collodion. See {Celluloid}, and {Collodion}. Gun             cotton is frequenty but improperly called nitrocellulose.             It is not a nitro compound, but an ethereal salt of nitric             acid.          {Gun deck}. See under {Deck}.          {Gun fire}, the time at which the morning or the evening gun             is fired.          {Gun metal}, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of             copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is             also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron.          {Gun port} (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a             cannon's muzzle is run out for firing.          {Gun tackle} (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the             side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from             the gun port.          {Gun tackle purchase} (Naut.), a tackle composed of two             single blocks and a fall. --Totten.          {Krupp gun}, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named             after its German inventor, Herr Krupp.          {Machine gun}, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns,             mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a             reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the             gun or guns and fired in rapid succession, sometimes in             volleys, by machinery operated by turning a crank. Several             hundred shots can be fired in a minute with accurate aim.             The {Gatling gun}, {Gardner gun}, {Hotchkiss gun}, and             {Nordenfelt gun}, named for their inventors, and the             French {mitrailleuse}, are machine guns.          {To blow great guns} (Naut.), to blow a gale. See {Gun}, n.,             3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hotcockles \Hot"coc`kles\, n. [Hot + cockle, cockle being perh.       corrupt. fr. knuckle. Cf. F. main chaude (lit., hot hand)       hotcockles.]       A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses       who strikes him or his hand placed behind him.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hatchechubbee, AL       Zip code(s): 36858
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hedgesville, WV (town, FIPS 36220)       Location: 39.55467 N, 77.99439 W       Population (1990): 227 (93 housing units)       Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hitchcock, OK (town, FIPS 34850)       Location: 35.96845 N, 98.34891 W       Population (1990): 139 (63 housing units)       Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 73744    Hitchcock, SD (town, FIPS 29500)       Location: 44.62931 N, 98.40780 W       Population (1990): 95 (55 housing units)       Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 57348    Hitchcock, TX (city, FIPS 34220)       Location: 29.31571 N, 95.01729 W       Population (1990): 5868 (2333 housing units)       Area: 86.8 sq km (land), 5.4 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 77563
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hitchcock County, NE (county, FIPS 87)       Location: 40.17623 N, 101.04042 W       Population (1990): 3750 (1873 housing units)       Area: 1839.1 sq km (land), 22.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hodges, AL (town, FIPS 35200)       Location: 34.32739 N, 87.92653 W       Population (1990): 272 (129 housing units)       Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 35571    Hodges, SC (town, FIPS 34225)       Location: 34.28764 N, 82.24797 W       Population (1990): 125 (63 housing units)       Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 29653
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hotchkiss, CO (town, FIPS 37545)       Location: 38.80103 N, 107.71791 W       Population (1990): 744 (402 housing units)       Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 81419
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
heatseeker n.   [IBM] A customer who can be relied upon to buy,    without fail, the latest version of an existing product (not quite    the same as a member of the {lunatic fringe}).   A 1993 example of a    heatseeker was someone who, owning a 286 PC and Windows 3.0, went    out and bought Windows 3.1 (which offers no worthwhile benefits    unless you have a 386).   If all customers were heatseekers, vast    amounts of money could be made by just fixing some of the bugs in    each release (n) and selling it to them as release (n+1).   Microsoft    in fact eems to have matered this technique.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Head Disk Assembly          (HDA) A sealed, high capacity {mainframe}       {hard disk} with integral heads, as opposed to a {removable       disk}.          (1999-01-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
heatseeker          (IBM) A customer who can be relied upon to       buy, without fail, the latest version of an existing product       (not quite the same as a member of the {lunatic fringe}).   A       1993 example of a heatseeker is someone who, owning a 286 PC       and Windows 3.0, goes out and buys {Windows 3.1} (which offers       no worthwhile benefits unless you have a 386).   If all       customers were heatseekers, vast amounts of money could be       made by just fixing the bugs in each release (n) and selling       it to them as release (n+1).          [{Jargon File}]          (1996-03-12)