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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Haugh'ti-ness, n. p. 611The quality of being haughty; high-mindedness; arrogance. “And will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.” Isa. xiii. 11. Syn.—Arrogance; disdain; contemptuousness; superciliousness…Haugh'ty, a. p. 611High; lofty; bold. “To measure the most haughty mountain’s height.” Spenser. “Equal unto this haughty enterprise.” Spenser. 2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing. A woman of…Haul, v. t. p. 611To pull or draw with force or violence; to transport by drawing; to drag; to compel to move or go. Galling his kingly hands Hauling ropes. Shak. To haul the wind (Naut.), to turn the head of the ship…Haul, v. i. p. 611(Naut.) To change the direction of a ship; to sail with changed course. I immediately hauled up for it, and found it to be an island. Cook.Haul, n. p. 611A pulling with force; a violent pull. 2. A draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul. 3. That which is taken at once, as by hauling a net, and the like. 4. A quantity of yarn, about…Haul'aġe, n. p. 611Act of hauling; charge for hauling.Haul'er, n. p. 611One who hauls.Haulm, n. p. 611The stem or stalk of grain, of all kinds, or of peas, beans, hops, &c.; straw; the dry stalks of corn, and the like. [Written also halm, hame, haum, hawm, and helm.] 2. A part of the harness of a…Haulse, n. p. 611See HALSE.Hault, a. p. 611Lofty; haught; haughty. [Obs.] “Of countenance proud and hault.” Spenser.Haum, n. p. 611The same as HAULM, q. v.Häunçe, v. t. p. 611To enhance. [Obs.]Häunch, n. p. 611The hip; that part of an animal body which lies between the last ribs and the thigh; the rear; the hind part. Haunches of an arch (Arch.), the parts between the crown and the springing. Gwilt.Häunched, p. a. p. 611Having haunches.Häunt, v. t. p. 611To frequent; to resort to frequently; to seek constantly; also, to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon contrary to the wishes or will of. Celestial Venus haunts Idalia’s groves.…Häunt, v. i. p. 611To persist in staying or visiting. I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors. Shak.