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hairpin
n 1: a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place

English Dictionary: hairy finger grass	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hairpin bend n a U-shaped bend in a road
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hairweaving n the act of interweaving a hairpiece with your own hair
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hairy finger grass n a European forage grass grown for hay; a naturalized weed in United States Synonym(s): large crabgrass, hairy finger grass, Digitaria sanguinalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harbinger n something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone Synonym(s): harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursor v foreshadow or presage [syn: announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harpoon n a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it v spear with a harpoon; "harpoon whales"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harpoon gun n a cannon or similar gun that fires harpoons
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harpoon line n a strong rope for making the catch fast to the harpooner's boat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harpoon log n a cylindrical log with a device that registers distance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harpooneer n someone who launches harpoons [syn: harpooner, harpooneer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harpooner n someone who launches harpoons [syn: harpooner, harpooneer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
herb bennet n hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally Synonym(s): herb bennet, cloveroot, clover-root, wood avens, Geum urbanum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
herb mercury n Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic Synonym(s): herb mercury, herbs mercury, boys-and-girls, Mercurialis annua
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
herba impia n (literally an undutiful herb) a variety of cotton rose Synonym(s): herba impia, Filago germanica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hereupon adv immediately after this; "hereupon, the passengers stumbled aboard"
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herpangia n a viral infection (usually in children) marked by sore throat and fever and papules in the mouth and throat and headache and abdominal pain; usually subsides in a short time
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horrifying adj provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound" Synonym(s): atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horrifyingly adv in a horrifying manner; "he laughed horrifyingly"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hryvnia n the basic unit of money in Ukraine
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hair \Hair\, n. [OE. her, heer, h[91]r, AS. h[aemac]r; akin to OFries, h[emac]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[amac]r, Dan. haar, Sw. h[86]r; cf. Lith. kasa.] 1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body. 2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin. Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs. --Chaucer. And draweth new delights with hoary hairs. --Spenser. 3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth. 5. An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily ({Nuphar}). 6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm. 7. A haircloth. [Obc.] --Chaucer. 8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth. Note: Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as, hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin, hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair. {Against the hair}, in a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain. [Obs.] [bd]You go against the hair of your professions.[b8] --Shak. {Hair bracket} (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead. {Hair cells} (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear. {Hair compass}, {Hair divider}, a compass or divider capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw. {Hair glove}, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin. {Hair lace}, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the head. --Swift. {Hair line}, a line made of hair; a very slender line. {Hair moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth which destroys goods made of hair, esp. {Tinea biselliella}. {Hair pencil}, a brush or fine hair, for painting; -- generally called by the name of the hair used; as, a camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc. {Hair plate}, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of a bloomery fire. {Hair powder}, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of the head, or on wigs. {Hair seal} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of eared seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion. {Hair seating}, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc. {Hair shirt}, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of horsehair, and worn as a penance. {Hair sieve}, a strainer with a haircloth bottom. {Hair snake}. See {Gordius}. {Hair space} (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in lines of type. {Hair stroke}, a delicate stroke in writing. {Hair trigger}, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a hair. --Farrow. {Not worth a hair}, of no value. {To a hair}, with the nicest distinction. {To split hairs}, to make distinctions of useless nicety.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hairpin \Hair"pin`\, n. A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\, n. [OE. herbergeour, OF. herbergeor one who provides lodging, fr. herbergier to provide lodging, F. h[82]berger, OF. herberge lodging, inn, F. auberge; of German origin. See {Harbor}.] 1. One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings. --Fuller. 2. A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger. I knew by these harbingers who were coming. --Landor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harbingered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harbingering}.] To usher in; to be a harbinger of. [bd]Thus did the star of religious freedom harbinger the day.[b8] --Bancroft.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harbingered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harbingering}.] To usher in; to be a harbinger of. [bd]Thus did the star of religious freedom harbinger the day.[b8] --Bancroft.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harbingered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harbingering}.] To usher in; to be a harbinger of. [bd]Thus did the star of religious freedom harbinger the day.[b8] --Bancroft.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harfang \Har"fang\, n. [See {Hare}, n., and {Fang}.] (Zo[94]l.) The snowy owl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harping \Harp"ing\, a. Pertaining to the harp; as, harping symphonies. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harp \Harp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Harped}p. pr. & vb. n. {Harping}.] [AS. hearpian. See {Harp}, n.] 1. To play on the harp. I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps. --Rev. xiv. 2. 2. To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or upon. [bd]Harpings upon old themes.[b8] --W. Irving. Harping on what I am, Not what he knew I was. --Shak. {To harp on one string}, to dwell upon one subject with disagreeable or wearisome persistence. [Collog.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harping iron \Harp"ing i`ron\ [F. harper to grasp strongly. See {Harpoon}.] A harpoon. --Evelyn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harpings \Harp"ings\, n. pl. (Naut.) The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem. [Written also {harpins}.] --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harpings \Harp"ings\, n. pl. (Naut.) The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem. [Written also {harpins}.] --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harpoon \Har*poon"\, n. [F. harpon, LL. harpo, perh. of Ger. origin, fr. the harp; cf. F. harper to take and grasp strongly, harpe a dog's claw, harpin boathook (the sense of hook coming from the shape of the harp); but cf. also Gr. [?] the kite, sickle, and E. harpy. Cf. {Harp}.] A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun. {Harpoon fork}, a kind of hayfork, consisting of bar with hinged barbs at one end a loop for a rope at the other end, used for lifting hay from the load by horse power. {Harpoon gun}, a gun used in the whale fishery for shooting the harpoon into a whale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harpoon \Har*poon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harpooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harpooning}.] To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harpoon \Har*poon"\, n. [F. harpon, LL. harpo, perh. of Ger. origin, fr. the harp; cf. F. harper to take and grasp strongly, harpe a dog's claw, harpin boathook (the sense of hook coming from the shape of the harp); but cf. also Gr. [?] the kite, sickle, and E. harpy. Cf. {Harp}.] A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun. {Harpoon fork}, a kind of hayfork, consisting of bar with hinged barbs at one end a loop for a rope at the other end, used for lifting hay from the load by horse power. {Harpoon gun}, a gun used in the whale fishery for shooting the harpoon into a whale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harpoon \Har*poon"\, n. [F. harpon, LL. harpo, perh. of Ger. origin, fr. the harp; cf. F. harper to take and grasp strongly, harpe a dog's claw, harpin boathook (the sense of hook coming from the shape of the harp); but cf. also Gr. [?] the kite, sickle, and E. harpy. Cf. {Harp}.] A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun. {Harpoon fork}, a kind of hayfork, consisting of bar with hinged barbs at one end a loop for a rope at the other end, used for lifting hay from the load by horse power. {Harpoon gun}, a gun used in the whale fishery for shooting the harpoon into a whale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harpoon \Har*poon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harpooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harpooning}.] To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harpooneer \Har`poon*eer`\, n. An harpooner. --Grabb.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harpooner \Har*poon`er\, n. [Gf. F. harponneur.] One who throws the harpoon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harpoon \Har*poon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harpooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harpooning}.] To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Herb \Herb\ (?; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh` food, pasture, fe`rbein to feed.] 1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering. Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower the second season, and then die; perennial herbs produce new stems year after year. 2. Grass; herbage. And flocks Grazing the tender herb. --Milton. {Herb bennet}. (Bot.) See {Bennet}. {Herb Christopher} (Bot.), an herb ({Act[91]a spicata}), whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal fern, the wood betony, etc. {Herb Gerard} (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. --Dr. Prior. {Herb grace}, [or] {Herb of grace}. (Bot.) See {Rue}. {Herb Margaret} (Bot.), the daisy. See {Marguerite}. {Herb Paris} (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the trillium ({Paris quadrifolia}), commonly reputed poisonous. {Herb Robert} (Bot.), a species of {Geranium} ({G. Robertianum}.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Herb \Herb\ (?; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh` food, pasture, fe`rbein to feed.] 1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering. Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower the second season, and then die; perennial herbs produce new stems year after year. 2. Grass; herbage. And flocks Grazing the tender herb. --Milton. {Herb bennet}. (Bot.) See {Bennet}. {Herb Christopher} (Bot.), an herb ({Act[91]a spicata}), whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal fern, the wood betony, etc. {Herb Gerard} (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. --Dr. Prior. {Herb grace}, [or] {Herb of grace}. (Bot.) See {Rue}. {Herb Margaret} (Bot.), the daisy. See {Marguerite}. {Herb Paris} (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the trillium ({Paris quadrifolia}), commonly reputed poisonous. {Herb Robert} (Bot.), a species of {Geranium} ({G. Robertianum}.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Herb-woman \Herb"-wom`an\, n.; pl. {Herb-women}. A woman that sells herbs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Herb-woman \Herb"-wom`an\, n.; pl. {Herb-women}. A woman that sells herbs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hereupon \Here`up*on"\, adv. On this; hereon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hierophant \Hier"ophant\ (h[isl][ecr]r"[osl]f[ait]nt or h[imac]"[etil]r; 277), n. [L. hierophanta, hierophantes, Gr. "ierofa`nths; "iero`s sacred + fai`nein to show, make known: cf. F. hi[82]rophante.] The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion. --Abp Potter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hierophantic \Hi`erophan"tic\, a. [Gr. [?].] Of or relating to hierophants or their teachings.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Horrify \Hor"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Horrified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Horrifying}.] [L. horrificare. See {Horrific}.] To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders. --E. Irving.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Harbine, NE (village, FIPS 20960) Location: 40.19153 N, 96.97347 W Population (1990): 66 (27 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Harbinger, NC Zip code(s): 27941
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Huerfano County, CO (county, FIPS 55) Location: 37.68684 N, 104.95858 W Population (1990): 6009 (3913 housing units) Area: 4120.7 sq km (land), 6.1 sq km (water)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Harbona (a Persian word meaning "ass-driver"), one of the seven eunuchs or chamberlains of king Ahasuerus (Esther 1:10; 7:9).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Harbonah, his destruction; his sword