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   haddock
         n 1: lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod;
               usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried
         2: important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to
            cod but usually smaller [syn: {haddock}, {Melanogrammus
            aeglefinus}]

English Dictionary: hotdog by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hades
n
  1. (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
    Synonym(s): Pluto, Hades, Aides, Aidoneus
  2. (religion) the world of the dead; "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis
    Synonym(s): Hell, Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hadj
n
  1. the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba; "for a Muslim the hajj is the ultimate act of worship"
    Synonym(s): hajj, haj, hadj
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hadji
n
  1. an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca
    Synonym(s): hajji, hadji, haji
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hatch
n
  1. the production of young from an egg [syn: hatch, hatching]
  2. shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
    Synonym(s): hatch, hatching, crosshatch, hachure
  3. a movable barrier covering a hatchway
v
  1. emerge from the eggs; "young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch"
  2. devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
    Synonym(s): think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct
  3. inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
  4. draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper; "hatch the sheet"
  5. sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
    Synonym(s): brood, hatch, cover, incubate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hatchway
n
  1. an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
    Synonym(s): hatchway, opening, scuttle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hatha yoga
n
  1. yogic exercises (popular in the West) that combine difficult postures (which force the mind to withdraw from the outside world) with controlled breathing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
head ache
n
  1. pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs
    Synonym(s): headache, head ache, cephalalgia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
head sea
n
  1. a sea in which the waves are running directly against the course of the ship
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
headache
n
  1. something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"
    Synonym(s): concern, worry, headache, vexation
  2. pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs
    Synonym(s): headache, head ache, cephalalgia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hedge
n
  1. a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
    Synonym(s): hedge, hedgerow
  2. any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
    Synonym(s): hedge, hedging
  3. an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"
    Synonym(s): hedge, hedging
v
  1. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
    Synonym(s): hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
  2. hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in"
  3. enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property"
    Synonym(s): hedge, hedge in
  4. minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hi-tech
adj
  1. resembling or making use of highly advanced technology or devices
    Synonym(s): high-tech, hi-tech
    Antonym(s): low-tech
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hiatus
n
  1. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
    Synonym(s): suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
  2. a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
  3. a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
    Synonym(s): foramen, hiatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hideous
adj
  1. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
    Synonym(s): hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous
  2. so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask"
    Synonym(s): hideous, repulsive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hitch
n
  1. a period of time spent in military service [syn: enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tour]
  2. the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
    Synonym(s): arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
  3. an unforeseen obstacle
    Synonym(s): hang-up, hitch, rub, snag
  4. a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls
  5. a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot
  6. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
    Synonym(s): hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference
  7. the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
    Synonym(s): hitch, hobble, limp
v
  1. to hook or entangle; "One foot caught in the stirrup" [syn: hitch, catch]
    Antonym(s): unhitch
  2. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"
    Synonym(s): limp, gimp, hobble, hitch
  3. jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"
    Synonym(s): buck, jerk, hitch
  4. travel by getting free rides from motorists
    Synonym(s): hitchhike, hitch, thumb
  5. connect to a vehicle: "hitch the trailer to the car"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hootch
n
  1. an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor
    Synonym(s): hooch, hootch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot dog
n
  1. someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself
    Synonym(s): hotdog, hot dog
  2. a frankfurter served hot on a bun
    Synonym(s): hotdog, hot dog, red hot
  3. a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
    Synonym(s): frank, frankfurter, hotdog, hot dog, dog, wiener, wienerwurst, weenie
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot issue
n
  1. newly issued stock that is in great public demand [syn: hot stock, hot issue]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hot-dog
v
  1. perform intricate maneuvers while skiing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hotdog
n
  1. someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself
    Synonym(s): hotdog, hot dog
  2. a frankfurter served hot on a bun
    Synonym(s): hotdog, hot dog, red hot
  3. a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
    Synonym(s): frank, frankfurter, hotdog, hot dog, dog, wiener, wienerwurst, weenie
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hothouse
n
  1. a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
    Synonym(s): conservatory, hothouse, indoor garden
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hottish
adj
  1. somewhat hot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hutch
n
  1. a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals
  2. small crude shelter used as a dwelling
    Synonym(s): hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hyades
n
  1. (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Haggada \Hag*ga"da\, n.; pl. {Haggadoth}. [Rabbinic
      hagg[be]dh[be], fr. Heb. higg[c6]dh to relate.]
      A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or
      illustrate the text of the Old Testament. [Written also
      {hadaga}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Haddock \Had"dock\, n. [OE. hadoc, haddok, of unknown origin;
      cf. Ir. codog, Gael. adag, F. hadot.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A marine food fish ({Melanogrammus [91]glefinus}), allied to
      the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and
      America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each
      side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also
      {haddie}, and {dickie}.
  
      {Norway haddock}, a marine edible fish ({Sebastes marinus})
            of Northern Europe and America. See {Rose fish}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hades \Ha"des\, n. [Gr.[?] + [?] to see. Cf. {Un-}, {Wit}.]
      The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode
      of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible
      world; the grave.
  
               And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in
               them.                                                      --Rev. xx. 13
                                                                              (Rev. Ver. ).
  
               Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see
               corruption.                                             --Acts ii. 31
                                                                              (Rev. Ver.).
  
               And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments.
                                                                              --Luke xvi.23
                                                                              (Rev. Ver.).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hadji \Hadj"i\, n. [Ar. h[be]j[imac]. See {Hadj}.]
      1. A Mohammedan pilgrim to Mecca; -- used among Orientals as
            a respectful salutation or a title of honor. --G. W.
            Curtis.
  
      2. A Greek or Armenian who has visited the holy sepulcher at
            Jerusalem. --Heyse.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Haiduck \Hai"duck\, n. [G. haiduck, heiduck, fr. Hung. hajdu.]
      Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a
      halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or
      Hungarian courts. [Written also {hayduck}, {heiduc},
      {heiduck}, and {heyduk}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Haitic \Ha*it"ic\, a.
      Pertaining to Ham or his descendants.
  
      {Hamitic languages}, the group of languages spoken mainly in
            the Sahara, Egypt, Galla, and Som[acir]li Land, and
            supposed to be allied to the Semitic. --Keith Johnson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hatch \Hatch\, v. t. [OE. hacchen, hetchen; akin to G. hecken,
      Dan. hekke; cf. MHG. hagen bull; perh. akin to E. hatch a
      half door, and orig. meaning, to produce under a hatch.
      [?][?][?].]
      1. To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation,
            or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as,
            the young when hatched. --Paley.
  
                     As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them
                     not.                                                   --Jer. xvii.
                                                                              11.
  
                     For the hens do not sit upon the eggs; but by
                     keeping them in a certain equal heat they [the
                     husbandmen] bring life into them and hatch them.
                                                                              --Robynson
                                                                              (More's
                                                                              Utopia).
  
      2. To contrive or plot; to form by meditation, and bring into
            being; to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch
            mischief; to hatch heresy. --Hooker.
  
                     Fancies hatched In silken-folded idleness.
                                                                              --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hatch \Hatch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hatched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Hatching}.] [F. hacher to chop, hack. See {Hash}.]
      1. To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and
            engraving. See {Hatching}.
  
                     Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched.
                                                                              --Chapman.
  
                     Those hatching strokes of the pencil. --Dryden.
  
      2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.]
  
                     His weapon hatched in blood.               --Beau. & Fl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hatch \Hatch\, v. t.
      To close with a hatch or hatches.
  
               'T were not amiss to keep our door hatched. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hatch \Hatch\, v. i.
      To produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the
      egg; -- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hatch \Hatch\, n.
      1. The act of hatching.
  
      2. Development; disclosure; discovery. --Shak.
  
      3. The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a
            brood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hatch \Hatch\, n. [OE. hacche, AS. h[91]c, cf. haca the bar of a
      door, D. hek gate, Sw. h[84]ck coop, rack, Dan. hekke manger,
      rack. Prob. akin to E. hook, and first used of something made
      of pieces fastened together. Cf. {Heck}, {Hack} a frame.]
      1. A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set
            with spikes on the upper edge.
  
                     In at the window, or else o'er the hatch. --Shak.
  
      2. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
  
      3. A flood gate; a a sluice gate. --Ainsworth.
  
      4. A bedstead. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
  
      5. An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse
            which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway;
            also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in
            closing such an opening.
  
      6. (Mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
  
      {Booby hatch}, {Buttery hatch}, {Companion hatch}, etc. See
            under {Booby}, {Buttery}, etc.
  
      {To batten down the hatches} (Naut.), to lay tarpaulins over
            them, and secure them with battens.
  
      {To be under hatches}, to be confined below in a vessel; to
            be under arrest, or in slavery, distress, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hatchway \Hatch"way`\, n.
      A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording
      passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a
      cellar.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Haiduck \Hai"duck\, n. [G. haiduck, heiduck, fr. Hung. hajdu.]
      Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a
      halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or
      Hungarian courts. [Written also {hayduck}, {heiduc},
      {heiduck}, and {heyduk}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Head \Head\, n. [OE. hed, heved, heaved, AS. he[a0]fod; akin to
      D. hoofd, OHG. houbit, G. haupt, Icel. h[94]fu[?], Sw.
      hufvud, Dan. hoved, Goth. haubip. The word does not
      corresponds regularly to L. caput head (cf. E. {Chief},
      {Cadet}, {Capital}), and its origin is unknown.]
      1. The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the
            brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth,
            and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll;
            cephalon.
  
      2. The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an
            inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to
            resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger,
            thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from
            the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge;
            as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a
            sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the
            end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam
            boiler.
  
      3. The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed,
            of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the
            hood which covers the head.
  
      4. The most prominent or important member of any organized
            body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a
            school, a church, a state, and the like. [bd]Their princes
            and heads.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia).
  
                     The heads of the chief sects of philosophy.
                                                                              --Tillotson.
  
                     Your head I him appoint.                     --Milton.
  
      5. The place or honor, or of command; the most important or
            foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table;
            the head of a column of soldiers.
  
                     An army of fourscore thousand troops, with the duke
                     Marlborough at the head of them.         --Addison.
  
      6. Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a
            plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle.
  
                     It there be six millions of people, there are about
                     four acres for every head.                  --Graunt.
  
      7. The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding;
            the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good
            mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him;
            of his own head, of his own thought or will.
  
                     Men who had lost both head and heart. --Macaulay.
  
      8. The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream
            or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of
            the source, or the height of the surface, as of water,
            above a given place, as above an orifice at which it
            issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from
            motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a
            mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet
            head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from
            the outlet or the sea.
  
      9. A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head. --Shak.
  
      10. A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be
            expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon.
  
      11. Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force;
            height.
  
                     Ere foul sin, gathering head, shall break into
                     corruption.                                       --Shak.
  
                     The indisposition which has long hung upon me, is
                     at last grown to such a head, that it must quickly
                     make an end of me or of itself.         --Addison.
  
      12. Power; armed force.
  
                     My lord, my lord, the French have gathered head.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      13. A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a
            head of hair. --Swift.
  
      14. An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small
            cereals.
  
      15. (Bot.)
            (a) A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies,
                  thistles; a capitulum.
            (b) A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a
                  lettuce plant.
  
      16. The antlers of a deer.
  
      17. A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or
            other effervescing liquor. --Mortimer.
  
      18. pl. Tiles laid at the eaves of a house. --Knight.
  
      Note: Head is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
               combinations; as, head gear or headgear, head rest. Cf.
               {Head}, a.
  
      {A buck of the first head}, a male fallow deer in its fifth
            year, when it attains its complete set of antlers. --Shak.
  
      {By the head}. (Naut.) See under {By}.
  
      {Elevator head}, {Feed head}, etc. See under {Elevator},
            {Feed}, etc.
  
      {From head to foot}, through the whole length of a man;
            completely; throughout. [bd]Arm me, audacity, from head to
            foot.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Head and ears}, with the whole person; deeply; completely;
            as, he was head and ears in debt or in trouble. [Colloq.]
           
  
      {Head fast}. (Naut.) See 5th {Fast}.
  
      {Head kidney} (Anat.), the most anterior of the three pairs
            of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates;
            the pronephros.
  
      {Head money}, a capitation tax; a poll tax. --Milton.
  
      {Head pence}, a poll tax. [Obs.]
  
      {Head sea}, a sea that meets the head of a vessel or rolls
            against her course.
  
      {Head and shoulders}.
            (a) By force; violently; as, to drag one, head and
                  shoulders. [bd]They bring in every figure of speech,
                  head and shoulders.[b8] --Felton.
            (b) By the height of the head and shoulders; hence, by a
                  great degree or space; by far; much; as, he is head
                  and shoulders above them.
  
      {Head or tail}, this side or that side; this thing or that;
            -- a phrase used in throwing a coin to decide a choice,
            guestion, or stake, head being the side of the coin
            bearing the effigy or principal figure (or, in case there
            is no head or face on either side, that side which has the
            date on it), and tail the other side.
  
      {Neither head nor tail}, neither beginning nor end; neither
            this thing nor that; nothing distinct or definite; -- a
            phrase used in speaking of what is indefinite or confused;
            as, they made neither head nor tail of the matter.
            [Colloq.]
  
      {Head wind}, a wind that blows in a direction opposite the
            vessel's course.
  
      {Out one's own head}, according to one's own idea; without
            advice or co[94]peration of another.
  
      {Over the head of}, beyond the comprehension of. --M. Arnold.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Headache \Head"ache`\, n.
      Pain in the head; cephalalgia. [bd]Headaches and shivering
      fits.[b8] --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Headachy \Head"ach`y\, a.
      Afflicted with headache. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hedge \Hedge\, v. i.
      1. To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty,
            responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a
            hedge; to skulk; to slink; to shirk obligations.
  
                     I myself sometimes, leaving the fear of God on the
                     left hand and hiding mine honor in my necessity, am
                     fain to shuffle, to hedge and to lurch. --Shak.
  
      2. (Betting) To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet
            against the side or chance one has bet on.
  
      3. To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so
            as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite.
  
                     The Heroic Stanzas read much more like an elaborate
                     attempt to hedge between the parties than . . . to
                     gain favor from the Roundheads.         --Saintsbury.

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\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hedged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Hedging}.]
      1. To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a
            thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as,
            to hedge a field or garden.
  
      2. To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from
            progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out.
  
                     I will hedge up thy way with thorns.   --Hos. ii. 6.
  
                     Lollius Urbius . . . drew another wall . . . to
                     hedge out incursions from the north.   --Milton.
  
      3. To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem
            (in). [bd]England, hedged in with the main.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4. To surround so as to prevent escape.
  
                     That is a law to hedge in the cuckoo. --Locke.
  
      {To hedge a bet}, to bet upon both sides; that is, after
            having bet on one side, to bet also on the other, thus
            guarding against loss.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Haiduck \Hai"duck\, n. [G. haiduck, heiduck, fr. Hung. hajdu.]
      Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a
      halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or
      Hungarian courts. [Written also {hayduck}, {heiduc},
      {heiduck}, and {heyduk}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Haiduck \Hai"duck\, n. [G. haiduck, heiduck, fr. Hung. hajdu.]
      Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a
      halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or
      Hungarian courts. [Written also {hayduck}, {heiduc},
      {heiduck}, and {heyduk}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heydeguy \Hey"de*guy\, n. [Perh. fr. heyday + guise.]
      A kind of country-dance or round. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Haiduck \Hai"duck\, n. [G. haiduck, heiduck, fr. Hung. hajdu.]
      Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a
      halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or
      Hungarian courts. [Written also {hayduck}, {heiduc},
      {heiduck}, and {heyduk}.]

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]:
   Hidage \Hid"age\, n. [From hide a quantity of land.] (O. Eng.
      Law.)
      A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of
      land. [Written also {hydage}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hideous \Hid"e*ous\ (?; 277), a. [OE. hidous, OF. hidous, hidos,
      hidus, hisdos, hisdous, F. hideux: cf. OF. hide, hisde,
      fright; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. egid[c6] horror, or L.
      hispidosus, for hispidus rough, bristly, E. hispid.]
      1. Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to
            behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks. [bd]A
            piteous and hideous spectacle.[b8] --Macaulay.
  
      2. Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or
            dismay; as, a hideous noise. [bd]Hideous cries.[b8]
            --Shak.
  
      3. Hateful; shocking. [bd]Sure, you have some hideous matter
            to deliver.[b8] --Shak.
  
      Syn: Frightful; ghastly; grim; grisly; horrid; dreadful;
               terrible. -- {Hid"e*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Hid"e*ous*ness},
               n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hitch \Hitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hitched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Hitching}.]
      1. To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to
            make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a
            halter.
  
      2. To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
  
      {To hitch up}.
            (a) To fasten up.
            (b) To pull or raise with a jerk; as, a sailor hitches up
                  his trousers.
            (c) To attach, as a horse, to a vehicle; as, hitch up the
                  gray mare. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hitch \Hitch\, n.
      1. A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an
            obstacle; an entanglement.
  
      2. The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
  
      3. A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a
            temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's
            progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance.
  
      4. A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave
            his trousers a hitch.
  
      5. (Naut.) A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily
            undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half
            hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc.
  
      6. (Geol.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hitch \Hitch\ (h[icr]ch), v. t. [Cf. Scot. hitch a motion by a
      jerk, and hatch, hotch, to move by jerks, also Prov. G.
      hiksen, G. hinken, to limp, hobble; or E. hiccough; or
      possibly akin to E. hook.]
      1. To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to
            unite; to cling.
  
                     Atoms . . . which at length hitched together.
                                                                              --South.
  
      2. To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; --
            said of something obstructed or impeded.
  
                     Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme. --Pope.
  
                     To ease themselves . . . by hitching into another
                     place.                                                --Fuller.
  
      3. To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to
            interfere. [Eng.] --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hothouse \Hot"house`\, n.
      1. A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from
            the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer
            climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.
  
      2. A bagnio, or bathing house. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      3. A brothel; a bagnio. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
  
      4. (Pottery) A heated room for drying green ware.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Howitz \How"itz\, n.
      A howitzer. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hudge \Hudge\, n. (Mining)
      An iron bucket for hoisting coal or ore. --Raymond.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hutch \Hutch\, n. [OE. hucche, huche, hoche, F. huche, LL.
      hutica.]
      1. A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which
            things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch;
            a rabbit hutch.
  
      2. A measure of two Winchester bushels.
  
      3. (Mining) The case of a flour bolt.
  
      4. (Mining)
            (a) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the
                  mine and hoisted out of the pit.
            (b) A jig for washing ore.
  
      {Bolting hutch}, {Booby hutch}, etc. See under {Bolting},
            etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hutch \Hutch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hutched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Hutching}.]
      1. To hoard or lay up, in a chest. [R.] [bd]She hutched the .
            . . ore.[b8] --Milton.
  
      2. (Mining) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hutch \Hutch\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Hutted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Hutting}.]
      To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in
      winter quarters.
  
               The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown. --W.
                                                                              Irving.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hyades \Hy"a*des\, Hyads \Hy"ads\, n.pl. [L. Hyades, Gr. [?].]
      (Astron.)
      A cluster of five stars in the face of the constellation
      Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the coming of
      rainy weather when they rose with the sun.
  
               Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyaned Vext the dim
               sea.                                                      --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hyades \Hy"a*des\, Hyads \Hy"ads\, n.pl. [L. Hyades, Gr. [?].]
      (Astron.)
      A cluster of five stars in the face of the constellation
      Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the coming of
      rainy weather when they rose with the sun.
  
               Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyaned Vext the dim
               sea.                                                      --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hidage \Hid"age\, n. [From hide a quantity of land.] (O. Eng.
      Law.)
      A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of
      land. [Written also {hydage}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydage \Hyd"age\, n. (Law)
      A land tax. See {Hidage}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hidage \Hid"age\, n. [From hide a quantity of land.] (O. Eng.
      Law.)
      A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of
      land. [Written also {hydage}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydage \Hyd"age\, n. (Law)
      A land tax. See {Hidage}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Haddix, KY
      Zip code(s): 41331

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Haddock, GA
      Zip code(s): 31033

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hatch, NM (village, FIPS 31820)
      Location: 32.66759 N, 107.15579 W
      Population (1990): 1136 (498 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 87937
   Hatch, UT (town, FIPS 33760)
      Location: 37.65236 N, 112.43260 W
      Population (1990): 103 (73 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hettick, IL (village, FIPS 34423)
      Location: 39.35519 N, 90.03704 W
      Population (1990): 211 (103 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62649

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hodge, LA (village, FIPS 35100)
      Location: 32.27165 N, 92.72911 W
      Population (1990): 562 (281 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Huttig, AR (town, FIPS 34090)
      Location: 33.04127 N, 92.18225 W
      Population (1990): 831 (348 housing units)
      Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 71747

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hydes, MD
      Zip code(s): 21082

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   HDC
  
      {Disk Controller}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   hdx
  
      {half-duplex}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Hitachi 6309
  
      (HD6309) {Hitachi}'s version of the {Motorola
      6809} {microprocessor}.   Compatible with the 6809, it added
      two new eight-bit {registers} that could be added to form a
      second 16-bit register, and all four eight-bit registers could
      form a 32-bit register.   It also featured division, and some
      32-bit arithmetic and was generally 30% faster in native mode.
      This information, surprisingly, was never published by
      Hitachi.
  
      {Technical reference
      (http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/People/Alan_DeKok/interests/6309.techref)}.
  
      (1997-03-21)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hadashah
      new, a city in the valley of Judah (Josh. 15:37).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hadassah
      myrtle, the Jewish name of Esther (q.v.), Esther 2:7.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hades
      that which is out of sight, a Greek word used to denote the
      state or place of the dead. All the dead alike go into this
      place. To be buried, to go down to the grave, to descend into
      hades, are equivalent expressions. In the LXX. this word is the
      usual rendering of the Hebrew sheol, the common receptacle of
      the departed (Gen. 42:38; Ps. 139:8; Hos. 13:14; Isa. 14:9).
      This term is of comparatively rare occurrence in the Greek New
      Testament. Our Lord speaks of Capernaum as being "brought down
      to hell" (hades), i.e., simply to the lowest debasement, (Matt.
      11:23). It is contemplated as a kind of kingdom which could
      never overturn the foundation of Christ's kingdom (16:18), i.e.,
      Christ's church can never die.
     
         In Luke 16:23 it is most distinctly associated with the doom
      and misery of the lost.
     
         In Acts 2:27-31 Peter quotes the LXX. version of Ps. 16:8-11,
      plainly for the purpose of proving our Lord's resurrection from
      the dead. David was left in the place of the dead, and his body
      saw corruption. Not so with Christ. According to ancient
      prophecy (Ps. 30:3) he was recalled to life.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hatach
      verity, one of the eunuchs or chamberlains in the palace of
      Ahasuerus (Esther 4:5, 6, 9, 10).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hattush
      assembled. (1.) A priest who returned with Zerubbabel (Neh.
      12:2). (2.) Ezra 8:2. (3.) Neh. 3:10. (4.) Neh. 10:4. (5.) 1
      Chr. 3:22.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hodijah
      majesty of Jehovah. (1.) One of the Levites who assisted Ezra in
      expounding the law (Neh. 8:7; 9:5). (2.) Neh. 10:18, a Levite
      who sealed the covenant.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Hadashah, news; a month
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Hadassah, a myrtle; joy
   Hadid; rejoicing; sharp
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Hatach, he that strikes
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Hattush, forsaking sin
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Hodesh, a table; news
  
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