Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Hāunt, n. p. 611A place to which one frequently resorts; as, taverns are often the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts. 2. The habit or custom of resorting to a place. [Obs.] Arbuthnot. 3. Custom…Hāunt'ed, p. a. p. 611Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions; as, a haunted house.Hāunt'er, n. p. 611One who haunts a place.Hau'ri-ent, a. p. 611(Her.) Placed upright, or in a perpendicular position;—said of the figure of a fish.Hausse, n. p. 611(Gun.) A kind of breech-sight for a cannon.Haust, n. p. 611A dry cough. [Obs.] Ray.Haus'tel-late, a. p. 611Provided with a sucker, as certain insects.Haus'tel-late, n. p. 611(Entom.) One of a great class of insects furnished with a sucker.Haut, a. p. 611Haughty. [Obs.] “Nations proud and haut.” Milton.Haut'boy, n. p. 611A wind instrument of music, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape and tone to the clarionet, only thinner. Now more commonly called by the Italian name oboe. 2. (Bot.) A sort of strawberry…Haut'boy-ist, n. p. 611A player on the hautboy.Hauteur, n. p. 611Haughty manner or spirit; haughtiness; pride.Haut'goût p. 611High relish or taste; high seasoning.Hāv'an-ēse', a. p. 611(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Havana, in Cuba.Hāv'an-ēse', n. sing. & pl. p. 611(Geog.) A native or inhabitant, or the people, of Havana.Hāve, v. t. p. 611To own; to hold in possession or control. The earth hath bubbles, as the water has. Shak. 2. To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects one. “He had a fever late.”…Hāve'less, a. p. 611Having little or nothing. [Obs.] Gower.Hăv'e-lock, n. p. 611A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sun-stroke.Hā'ven, n. p. 611A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords good anchorage and a safe station for ships; a harbor; a port. What shipping and what lading 's in our haven. Shak. 2. A…Hā'ven-age, n. p. 611Harbor dues.Hā'vened, a. p. 611Sheltered in a haven. Blissfully havened both from joy and pain. Keats.Hā'ven-er, n. p. 611The overseer of a port; a harbor-master. [Obs.] Carew.Hāv'er, n. p. 611One who has or possesses; a possessor; a holder. [Obs.] Shak.Hāv'er or Haver-bread, n. p. 611Oats. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson. Haver-bread, oaten bread.Hāv'er-säck, n. p. 611A bag for oats or oat-meal. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in which a soldier carries his rations when on a march; — distinguished from knapsack. 3. A gunner's case for…Hāv'ing, n. p. 611Possession; goods; estate. Shak.Hāv'ior, n. p. 611Behavior. [Obs.]Hăv'oe, n. p. 611Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste. Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! Addison. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. Acts viii. 3.Hāv'oe, v. t. p. 611To waste; to destroy; to lay waste. “To waste and havoc yonder world.” Milton.Hāv'oc, interj. p. 611A cry originally used in hunting, but afterward in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. Toone. Do not cry havoc when you should but hunt With modest warrant. Shak. Cry havoc, and let slip…Haw, n. p. 611A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard. There was a polecat in his haw. Chaucer. 2. The berry and seed of the hawthorn, that is, hedge-thorn. Bacon.Haw, n. p. 611(Anat.) The third eyelid, or the nictating membrane, a semi-cartilaginous membrane in the internal corner of the eye of birds and hoofed quadrupeds. It is pressed out beneath the eyelids across the…Haw, n. p. 611An hesitation or intermission of speech.Hāw, v. i. p. 611To stop, in speaking, with a haw, or to speak with interruption and hesitation. Cut it short; don't prose—don't hum and haw. Chesterfield.Haw, v. i. p. 611To turn to the near side, or toward the driver; said of cattle or a team;—most frequently in the imperative; often with here; as, haw, haw here;—words used by teamsters in guiding their teams. See…Haw, v. t. p. 611To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen. To haw and gee, or haw and gee about, to lead this way and that at will; to lead by the nose; to master…Ha-wa'ian, a. p. 611(Geog.) Belonging or pertaining to the island or kingdom of Hawaii or Owhyhee, or to the Sandwich Islands.Haw'finch, n. p. 612(Ornith.) A small bird; the Coccosthraustes vulgaris, or gross-beak.Haw-haw', n. p. 612A fence or bank that interrupts an alley or walk sunk between slopes, and not perceived till approached. See HA-HA.Hawk, n. p. 612(Ornith.) A bird resembling the falcons, except in the shortness of its wings, having a beak which curves from the base to the tip, and a head thick set with feathers. Most of the species are…Hawk, v. i. p. 612To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry. “He that hawks at larks and sparrows.” Locke. A falconer Henry is when…Hawk, v. i. p. 612To make an effort to force up phlegm with noise; as, to hawk and spit.Hawk, v. t. p. 612To raise by hawking, as phlegm.Hawk, n. p. 612An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.