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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Hāil, n. p. 601Frozen rain, or grains and lumps of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The pieces of ice, considered separately, are called hailstones.Hāil, v. i. p. 601To pour down masses of ice or frozen vapors.Hāil, v. t. p. 601To pour down, as hail. Shak.Hāil, a. p. 601Healthy; sound. See HALE.Hāil, interj. p. 601An exclamation, usually of respectful, and sometimes of reverent, salutation; occasionally, of familiar greeting. “Hail, brave friend.” Shak.Hāil, n. p. 601A wish of health; a salutation. The angel hail bestowed. Milton.Hāil, v. t. p. 601To call after loudly; to accost; to salute. 2. To name; to designate; to call. And such a son as all men hailed me happy. Milton.Hāil, v. i. p. 602To report one's self, as when hailed from another ship at sea; especially in the phrase to hail from, to report as one's home.Hālf'-fĕl'lōw, n. p. 602An intimate companion.Hāilse, v. t. p. 602To greet; to embrace. [Obs. and rare.] Sir T. More.Hāil'shŏt, n. p. 602Small shot which scatter like hail-stones. [Obs.] Hayward.Hāil'stōne, n. p. 602A single mass of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen rain-drop. Dryden.Hāil'stôrm, n. p. 602A storm accompanied with hail.Hāil'y, a. p. 602Full of hail; consisting of hail. “Haily showers.” Pope.Hāin, v. t. p. 602To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass. [Obs.] “A ground . . . hained in.” Holland.Hāir, n. p. 602The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming an integument or covering for a part of the head or for the whole of the body. In this sense it has no plural. 2.…Hāir'bĕll, n. p. 602(Bot.) A plant; the harebell. See HAREBELL. Smart.Hâir'-brăck'et, n. p. 602(Ship Carp.) A molding at the back of, or behind, the figure-head.Hâir'-brâined, a. p. 602See HARE-BRAINED.Hâir'-brĕadth, n. p. 602The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the 48th part of an inch. Every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth and not miss. Judg. xx. 16.Hāir'-brĕadth, a. p. 602Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hair-breadth escape.Hâir'-brūsh, n. p. 602A brush for smoothing the hair.Hâir'-clōth, n. p. 602Stuff or cloth made of hair, or in part with hair. Some qualities are used for the covering of cushions; others for rough garments, &c.Hâir'-drĕss'er, n. p. 602One who dresses or cuts hair.Hâired, a. p. 602Having hair; — used in composition.Hāir'en, a. p. 602Hairy. [Obs.] “His hairen shirt and his ascetic diet.” Bp. Taylor.Hâir'-glōve, n. p. 602A glove of horse-hair used for rubbing the skin. Simmonds.Hâir'-grass, n. p. 602(Bot.) A wiry grass, not of much use for fodder, as the Agrostis scabra in America, or the Aira carpitosa.Hāir'-hŭng, a. p. 602Hanging by a hair. Young.Hāir'i-ness, n. p. 602The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair. Johnson.Hāir'-lāçe, n. p. 602A fillet for tying up the hair of the head. Swift.Hâir'less, a. p. 602Destitute of hair; wanting hair; as, hairless scalps. Shak.Hâir'-line, n. p. 602A line made of hair; a very slender line.Hâir'-nee'dle, n. p. 602A kind of hair-pin. [Obs.]Hāir'-pĕn'cil, n. p. 602A brush or pencil made of very fine hair, for painting.Hâir'-pĭn, n. p. 602A pin used in dressing the hair.Hâir'-pow'der, n. p. 602A fine powder of flour, &c., for sprinkling the hair of the head.Hâir'-salt, n. p. 602(Min.) A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers. Dana.Hāir'-sēat'ing, n. p. 602Hair-cloth for the seats of chairs, &c. Simmonds.Hâir'-spring, n. p. 602A fine wire in a watch, which gives motion to the balance-wheel.Hâir'-strēak, n. p. 602A butterfly of the genus Thecla.Hāir'-strōke, n. p. 602A delicate stroke in writing.Hāir'-trig'ger, n. p. 602A trigger so constructed as to discharge a fire-arm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a hair. It is connected with the tumbler-catch by a device called a hair. See HAIR, 4.Hâir'-weed, n. p. 602(Bot.) A kind of sea-weed of the genus Conferva.Hâir'-wōrm, n. p. 602(Zoöl.) A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. Although entozoid, it is frequently found in pools of fresh water, where it deposits its eggs.Hāir'y, a. p. 602Made of, covered with, or resembling, hair. “His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge.” Milton. “Esau, my brother, is a hairy man.” Gen. xxvii. 11.Hāi'ti-an, a. & n. p. 602(Geog.) See HAYTIAN.Hāke, n. p. 602(Ichth.) A sea-fish of the cod family (the Merluccius vulgaris), having only two dorsal fins. It is often salted and dried. Jardine.Hāke, v. i. p. 602To go about idly; to sneak. Grose.Hā'kēm, n. p. 602A wise man; hence, a physician; sometimes a ruler. Heyse.Hāk'ot, n. p. 602A kind of fish. Ainsworth.Hăl'berd, n. p. 602(Mil.) A weapon, consisting of a pole or shaft of wood, a head armed with a steel point, and a cross-piece of steel, flat and pointed at both ends, or with a cutting edge at one end, and a bent point…Hăl'berd-iēr', n. p. 602One who is armed with a halberd. Bacon.Hăl'cy-on, n. p. 602The king-fisher. See KING-FISHER.Hăl'cy-on, a. p. 602Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice, which was reckoned about seven days before and…Hăl'cy-ō'ni-an, a. p. 602Halcyon; calm. [Obs.] Sheldon.Hăl'cy-o-noid, a. p. 602See ALCYONOID.Hāle, a. p. 602Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.Hāle, n. p. 602Welfare. [Obs.] “All heedless of his dearest hale.” Spenser.Hāle or Hale, v. t. p. 602To pull or draw with force; to drag; to haul. See HAUL. “Easier both to freight and to hale ashore.” Milton.