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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Hēav'en-bôrn, a.p. 616Born in heaven; native of heaven, or of the celestial regions; as, heaven-born sisters. Pope.
  2. Hĕav'en-brĕd, a.p. 616Produced or cultivated in heaven; as, heaven-bred poesy. Shak.
  3. Hēav'en-bright, a.p. 616Bright as heaven.
  4. Hēav'en-built, a.p. 616Built by the agency or favor of the gods; as, a heaven-built wall. Pope.
  5. Hēav'en-dâr'ing, a.p. 616Offering defiance to Heaven, or to the divine will and commands.
  6. Hēav'en-dī-rēct'ed, a.p. 616Pointing to the sky; as, a heaven-directed spire. Pope. 2. Taught or directed by the celestial powers; as, heaven-directed hands. Pope.
  7. Hĕav'en-fal'len, a.p. 616Fallen from heaven; having revolted from God. Milton.
  8. Hēav'en-ize, v. t.p. 616To render like heaven. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  9. Hēav'en-kiss'ing, a.p. 616Touching, as it were, the sky. Shak.
  10. Hĕav'en-li-ness, n.p. 616Supreme excellence. Davies.
  11. Hēav'en-ly, a.p. 616Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly bliss; a heavenly lyre; a heavenly temper. The love of heaven makes one heavenly. Sidney. 2.…
  12. Hēav'en-ly, adv.p. 616In a manner resembling that of heaven. Where heavenly pensive Contemplation dwells. Pope. 2. By the influence or agency of heaven. Our heavenly guided soul shall climb. Milton.
  13. Hēav'en-ly-mind'ed, a.p. 616Having the thoughts and affections placed on heaven and heavenly objects. Milner.
  14. Hĕav'en-ly-mīnd'ed-ness, n.p. 616The state or quality of being heavenly-minded. Milner.
  15. Hĕav'en-ward, a. & adv.p. 616Toward heaven. Prior.
  16. Hēave'-ŏf'fer-ing, n.p. 616(Jewish Antiq.) An offering or oblation made to God;—so called because it was to be heaved or elevated; the same as WAVE-OFFERING.
  17. Hēav'er, n.p. 616One who heaves or lifts. 2. (Naut.) A bar used as a lever. Totten.
  18. Hēaves, n. pl.p. 616A disease of horses, characterized by difficult and laborious respiration.
  19. Hĕav'i-ly, adv.p. 616With great weight; as, to bear heavily on a thing; to be heavily loaded. 2. With great weight of grief; grievously; afflictively; sorrowfully. I came hither to transport the tidings Which I have…
  20. Hĕav'i-ness, n.p. 616The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness, and the like.
  21. Hēav'ing, n.p. 616A rising or swell; a panting or palpitation. Addison. Shak.
  22. Hēav'i-sōme, a.p. 616Dull; dark; drowsy.
  23. Hēa'vy, a.p. 616Heaved or lifted with labor, tending strongly to the center of attraction; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in size, extent, or quantity; bulky; as, a heavy…
  24. Hēav'y, adv.p. 616With great weight; — sometimes used in composition.
  25. Hēav'y, v. t.p. 616To make heavy. [Obs.] Wycliffe.
  26. Hēav'y, a.p. 616Having the heaves; as, a heavy horse.
  27. Hĕavy'-hānd'ed, a.p. 616Clumsy; not active or dexterous.
  28. Hēav'y-hēad'ed, a.p. 616Having a heavy or dull head.
  29. Hēav'y-spār, n.p. 616(Min.) Sulphate of baryta, often occurring in large crystals remarkable for their great weight.
  30. Hēa'zy, a.p. 616Hoarse; wheezing. [Prov. Eng.]
  31. Hĕb'do-măd, n.p. 616A week; a period of seven days. [Obs.] Browne.
  32. Heb-dōm'a-dal or Heb-dōm'a-da-ry, a.p. 616Weekly; consisting of seven days, or occurring every seven days. Browne.
  33. Heb-dōm'a-da-ry, n.p. 616(Rom. Cath. Church.) A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors.
  34. Hĕb'do-māt'ic-al, a.p. 616Weekly; hebdomad-al. [Obs.] Bp. Morton.
  35. Hēb'en, n.p. 616Ebony. [Obs.] Spenser.
  36. Hēb'e-tāte, v. t.p. 616To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties. Southey.
  37. Hĕb'e-tate, a.p. 616Obtuse; dull.
  38. Hēb'e-tā'tion, n.p. 616The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid. 2. The state of being blunted or dulled.
  39. He-bēte' or Hĕb'ēte, a.p. 616Dull; stupid. [Obs.]
  40. Hēb'e-tūde, n.p. 616Dullness; stupidity. [Obs.] Harvey.
  41. He-brā'ic, a.p. 616Pertaining to the Hebrews; designating the language of the Hebrews.
  42. He-brā'ie-al-ly, adv.p. 616After the manner of the Hebrew language; from right to left. Swift.
  43. Hē'bra-ism, n.p. 616A Hebrew idiom; a peculiar expression or manner of speaking in the Hebrew language.
  44. Hē'bra-ist, n.p. 616One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.
  45. Hē'bra-īst'ic, a.p. 616Pertaining to, or resembling, Hebrew.
  46. Hē'bra-īze, v. t.p. 616To convert into the Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew or Hebraistic. J. P. Smith.
  47. Hē'bra-ize, v. i.p. 616To speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to Hebrew customs, &c.
  48. Hē'brew, n.p. 616One of the descendants of Jacob; one of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine; an Israelite; a Jew. 2. The Hebrew language; one of the Semitic family of languages, allied to the Hebrew and the…
  49. Hē'brew, a.p. 617Pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites.
  50. Hē'brew-ess, n.p. 617An Israelitish woman.
  51. He-brĭ'cian, a.p. 617One skilled in the Hebrew language; a Hebraist. [Rare.] Raleigh.
  52. He-brīd'e-an or He-brīd'i-an, a.p. 617(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, the islands called Hebrides, west of Scotland. Johnson.
  53. He-brīd'e-an or He-brīd'i-an, n.p. 617(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of the Hebrides.
  54. Hĕc'a-tŏmb, n.p. 617(Antiq.) A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or beasts of the same kind; hence, any large number of victims. Slaughtered hecatombs around them bleed. Addison.
  55. Hĕc'a-tŏm'pe-dŏn, n.p. 617(Arch.) A temple one hundred feet in length. [Rare.]
  56. Hec'a-tŏn'sty-lŏn, n.p. 617(Arch.) A temple having a hundred columns.
  57. Hĕck, n.p. 617The division from the side of a fire, in the form of a passage, in old houses. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 2. A door; especially one not closely paneled, but partly of lattice-work; — called, also…
  58. Hĕck'le, n. & v. t.p. 617The same as HACKLE.
  59. Hectare, n.p. 617A French measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or ten thousand square metres, and equivalent to 2.4711 English acres.
  60. Hēc'tic or Hēc'tic-al, a.p. 617Pertaining to hectic; habitual; constant. 2. Affected with hectic fever; as, a hectic patient. No hectic student scares the gentle maid. Taylor.