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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'er, n.p. 616One who heaves or lifts. 2. (Naut.) A bar used as a lever. Totten.
  2. Hēaves, n. pl.p. 616A disease of horses, characterized by difficult and laborious respiration.
  3. 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…
  4. Hĕav'i-ness, n.p. 616The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness, and the like.
  5. Hēav'ing, n.p. 616A rising or swell; a panting or palpitation. Addison. Shak.
  6. Hēav'i-sōme, a.p. 616Dull; dark; drowsy.
  7. 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…
  8. Hēav'y, adv.p. 616With great weight; — sometimes used in composition.
  9. Hēav'y, v. t.p. 616To make heavy. [Obs.] Wycliffe.
  10. Hēav'y, a.p. 616Having the heaves; as, a heavy horse.
  11. Hĕavy'-hānd'ed, a.p. 616Clumsy; not active or dexterous.
  12. Hēav'y-hēad'ed, a.p. 616Having a heavy or dull head.
  13. Hēav'y-spār, n.p. 616(Min.) Sulphate of baryta, often occurring in large crystals remarkable for their great weight.
  14. Hēa'zy, a.p. 616Hoarse; wheezing. [Prov. Eng.]
  15. Hĕb'do-măd, n.p. 616A week; a period of seven days. [Obs.] Browne.
  16. Heb-dōm'a-dal or Heb-dōm'a-da-ry, a.p. 616Weekly; consisting of seven days, or occurring every seven days. Browne.
  17. 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.
  18. Hĕb'do-māt'ic-al, a.p. 616Weekly; hebdomad-al. [Obs.] Bp. Morton.
  19. Hēb'en, n.p. 616Ebony. [Obs.] Spenser.
  20. Hēb'e-tāte, v. t.p. 616To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties. Southey.
  21. Hĕb'e-tate, a.p. 616Obtuse; dull.
  22. Hēb'e-tā'tion, n.p. 616The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid. 2. The state of being blunted or dulled.
  23. He-bēte' or Hĕb'ēte, a.p. 616Dull; stupid. [Obs.]
  24. Hēb'e-tūde, n.p. 616Dullness; stupidity. [Obs.] Harvey.
  25. He-brā'ic, a.p. 616Pertaining to the Hebrews; designating the language of the Hebrews.
  26. He-brā'ie-al-ly, adv.p. 616After the manner of the Hebrew language; from right to left. Swift.
  27. Hē'bra-ism, n.p. 616A Hebrew idiom; a peculiar expression or manner of speaking in the Hebrew language.
  28. Hē'bra-ist, n.p. 616One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.
  29. Hē'bra-īst'ic, a.p. 616Pertaining to, or resembling, Hebrew.
  30. Hē'bra-īze, v. t.p. 616To convert into the Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew or Hebraistic. J. P. Smith.
  31. Hē'bra-ize, v. i.p. 616To speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to Hebrew customs, &c.
  32. 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…
  33. Hē'brew, a.p. 617Pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites.
  34. Hē'brew-ess, n.p. 617An Israelitish woman.
  35. He-brĭ'cian, a.p. 617One skilled in the Hebrew language; a Hebraist. [Rare.] Raleigh.
  36. 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.
  37. He-brīd'e-an or He-brīd'i-an, n.p. 617(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of the Hebrides.
  38. 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.
  39. Hĕc'a-tŏm'pe-dŏn, n.p. 617(Arch.) A temple one hundred feet in length. [Rare.]
  40. Hec'a-tŏn'sty-lŏn, n.p. 617(Arch.) A temple having a hundred columns.
  41. 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…
  42. Hĕck'le, n. & v. t.p. 617The same as HACKLE.
  43. 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.
  44. 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.
  45. Hēc'tic, n.p. 617(Med.) The fever of irritation and debility, occurring usually at an advanced stage of exhausting disease, as in pulmonary consumption.
  46. Hēc'tic-al-ly, adv.p. 617In a hectic manner.
  47. Hĕc'to-cŏt'y-līzed, a.p. 617Changed into a hectocotylus, as happens to one of the arms of the male of a kind of cuttle-fish.
  48. Hĕc'to-cōt'y-lŭs, n.p. 617(Physiol.) The arm of a kind of cuttle-fish, which takes on a modified form, and bears the male generative organs, and which separates from the male so as to swim free, in which state it performs its…
  49. Hĕc'to-grăm, n.p. 617A French measure of weight, containing a hundred grams, or about 3.527 ounces avoirdupois.
  50. Hectogramme, n.p. 617The same as HECTOGRAM.
  51. Hec-tŏl'i-ter or Hēc'to-lī'ter, n.p. 617A French measure of capacity for liquids, containing a hundred litres; equal to a tenth of a cubic metre, nearly 26¼ gallons of wine measure, or 22.0097 imperial gallons. As a dry measure, it is…
  52. Hectolitre, n.p. 617The same as HECTOLITER.
  53. Hec-tōm'e-ter or Hēc'to-mē'ter, n.p. 617A French measure of length, equal to a hundred metres. It is equivalent nearly to 328.09 English feet.
  54. Hectomètre, n.p. 617The same as HECTOMETER.
  55. Hĕc'tor, n.p. 617A bully; a blustering, turbulent, noisy fellow; hence, one who teases or vexes.
  56. Hĕc'tor, v. t.p. 617To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words: to tease; to irritate; to fret; to annoy; to vex. “Hectoring his servants.” Arbuthnot.
  57. Hēc'tor, v. i.p. 617To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent. Swift.
  58. Hēc'tor-ism, n.p. 617The disposition or practice of a hector; a bullying.
  59. Hēc'tor-ly, a.p. 617Resembling a hector; blustering; insolent; teasing. “Hectorly, ruffian-like swaggering or huffing.” Barrow.
  60. Hectostère, n.p. 617A French measure of solidity, containing one hundred cubic meters, and equivalent to 3531.66 English or 3531.05 United States cubic feet.