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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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Hăsp'i-cŏll, n. p. 610A harpsichord. [Obs.] Goldsmith.Hăs'sock, n. p. 610A thick mat for kneeling in church. And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced. Cowper. 2. A sandstone quarried in Kent, England, and sometimes used for the interior walls of churches.Hăst, v. p. 610The second person singular of have; I have, thou hast;—contracted from havest.Hăs'tate or Hăs'tā-ted, a. p. 610(Bot.) Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular with the base and sides concaved, and the lobes or basal angles spreading; as, a hastate leaf. Gray.Häste, n. p. 610Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition;—applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals. The king's business required haste. 1 Sam. xxi. 8. 2. The state of being urged…Hāste or Hās'ten (hās'n), v. t. p. 610To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry. “I'll haste the writer.” Shak. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. Ps.…Hāste, or Hās'ten,, v. i. p. 610To move with celerity; to be rapid in motion; to be speedy or quick. They were troubled, and hasted away. Ps. xviii. 5.Hās'ten-er, n. p. 610One who hastens or urges forward. 2. That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting. Simmonds.Hăs'tīle, a. p. 610The same as HASTATE, q. v. Gray.Hās'ti-ly, adv. p. 610In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly. “Half clothed, half naked, hastily retire.” Dryden. 2. Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly. We hastily engaged in the war. Swift. 3.…Hās'ti-ness, n. p. 610The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness, irritability.Hăs'ting-pēâr, n. p. 610An early pear;—called also green chissel.Hăs'tings, n. pl. p. 610Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early peas.Hăs'tings-sănds, n. p. 610(Geol.) The middle group of the Wealden formation;—so called from its development around Hastings, in Sussex.Hăs'tive, a. p. 610Forward; early,—said of fruits. [Obs.]Hâs'ty, a. p. 610Quick; speedy; expeditious; forward;—opposed to slow. “Hasty fruit.” Isa. xxviii. 4. Be not hasty to get out of his sight. Eccles. viii. 3. 2. Eager; precipitate; rash; easily excited;—opposed to…Hās'ty-pud'ding, n. p. 610A thick batter or pudding made of Indian meal stirred into boiling water; mush. [U. S.] 2. A batter or pudding formed of flour stirred into boiling water or milk till it becomes stiff; a minute…Hăt, n. p. 610A covering for the head, made of various materials, and worn by men or women for defending the head from rain or heat, or for ornament. 2. The dignity of a cardinal;—so used in allusion to the…Hāt'a-ble, a. p. 610Capable of being, or deserving to be, hated; odious. Sherwood.Hăt'-bănd, n. p. 610A band round the crown of a hat; especially, a band of crape, and the like, worn on the hat by persons in mourning. Thackeray.Hăt'-bŏx, n. p. 610A box for a hat;—when designed for a lady's hat, it is called a band-box.Hăt'-brŭsh, n. p. 610A brush for hats.Hătch, v. t. p. 610To produce from eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to cause to germinate. The partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not. Jer. xvii. 11. 2. To contrive or plot; to form by meditation…Hătch, v. i. p. 610To produce young; to bring the young to maturity; as, eggs will not hatch without a due degree and continuance of heat.Hătch, n. p. 610As many chickens as are produced at once, or by one incubation; a brood. 2. The act of exclusion from the egg. 3. Development; disclosure; discovery. Shak.Hătch, v. t. p. 610To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. “Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched.” Chapman. “Those hatching strokes of the pencil.” Dryden. See HATCHING. 2. To cross; to…Hătch, n. p. 610A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge. Either get thee from the door or sit down at the hatch. Shak. 2. A frame or weir in a river for catching…Hătch, v. t. p. 610To close with a hatch. ’Twere not amiss to keep our door hatched. Shak.Hătch'el, n. p. 610An instrument formed with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb. [Written also hackle and heckle.]Hătch'el, v. t. p. 610To draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp, so as to separate the coarse and refuse parts from the fine, fibrous parts. 2. To tease or vex by sarcasms or reproaches; to torment severely.Hătch'el-er, n. p. 610One who uses a hatchel.Hătch'er, n. p. 610One who hatches, or that which hatches; hatching apparatus; incubator. 2. One who contrives or originates, as a plot.Hătch'et, n. p. 610A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand. To bury the hatchet, to make peace.—To take up the hatchet, to make war;—phrases derived from the practice of the American Indians.Hătch'et-fāce, n. p. 610A sharp, prominent face, like the edge of a hatchet. Dryden.Hătch'ing, n. p. 610A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which the effect is produced by courses of lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute.Hătch'ment, n. p. 610(Her.) A frame bearing the escutcheon of a dead person, placed in front of the house, on a hearse at funerals, or in a church. It consists of canvas stretched upon a square, black frame, placed with…Hătch'wāy, n. p. 610A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording a passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar.Hāte, v. t. p. 610To have a great aversion to; to dislike; to be lacking in love toward; to turn away from. The Roman tyrant was contented to be hated, if he was but feared. Rambler. He that spareth his rod hateth his…Hāte, n. p. 610Strong or extreme dislike or aversion; hatred. Then enters hate; not that hate that sins, but that which only is natural dissatisfaction and the turning aside from a mistaken object. Milton.Hāte'ful, a. p. 610Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent. And worse than death, to view with hateful eyes His rival's conquest. Dryden. 2. Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious.…Hāte'ful-ly, adv. p. 610In a hateful manner.Hāte'ful-ness, n. p. 610The state or quality of being hateful.Hā'ter, n. p. 610One who hates. “An enemy to God, and a hater of all good.” Browne.Hāthe, v. t. p. 610To heat by stinging. [Obs.] Against the stinging of nettles the remedy is, that so soon as they be hathed, there be some nettle roots laid under their nest of straw. Holland.Hăt'less, a. p. 610Having no hat.Hā'tred, n. p. 610Very great dislike or aversion; enmity; hate;—springing from disapprobation of what is wrong, or from revenge, envy, jealousy, and the like. Syn.—Odium; ill-will; enmity; hate; animosity…Hät'ted, a. p. 610Covered with a hat.Hät'tem-ist, n. p. 610(Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious sect which arose in Holland in the latter part of the seventeenth century, who are said to have denied the expiatory sacrifice of Christ, the corruption of human…Hăt'ter, v. t. p. 610To harass. [Obs.] Dryden.Hăt'ter, n. p. 610One who makes or sells hats.Hät'ting, n. p. 610The business of making hats.Hät'ti-shĕr'iff, n. p. 610A Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan with the words, “Let it be done accordingly,”—thus being invested with the highest possible authority.Hät'tle, a. p. 610Wild; skittish. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Hăt'tock, n. p. 610A shock of corn. [Obs.] Halliwell.Hau'bergh, n. p. 611An habergeon. [Obs.] Spenser.Hau'berk, n. p. 611A shirt of mail formed of small steel rings interwoven; an habergeon. [Obs.]Hau'er-ite, n. p. 611(Min.) A reddish-brown or brownish-black mineral, consisting chiefly of sulphur and manganese.Haugh, n. p. 611A low-lying meadow. [Scot.]Haught, a. p. 611High; elevated; hence, proud; haughty. [Obs.] Shak.Haugh'ti-ly, adv. p. 611In a haughty manner; proudly; arrogantly. Her heavenly form too haughtily she prized. Dryden.