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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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He-brā'ic, a. p. 616Pertaining to the Hebrews; designating the language of the Hebrews.He-brā'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 616After the manner of the Hebrew language; from right to left. Swift.Hē'bra-ism, n. p. 616A Hebrew idiom; a peculiar expression or manner of speaking in the Hebrew language.Hē'bra-ist, n. p. 616One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.Hē'bra-īst'ic, a. p. 616Pertaining to, or resembling, Hebrew.Hē'bra-īze, v. t. p. 616To convert into the Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew or Hebraistic. J. P. Smith.Hē'bra-ize, v. i. p. 616To speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to Hebrew customs, &c.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…Hē'brew, a. p. 617Pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites.Hē'brew-ess, n. p. 617An Israelitish woman.He-brĭ'cian, a. p. 617One skilled in the Hebrew language; a Hebraist. [Rare.] Raleigh.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.He-brīd'e-an or He-brīd'i-an, n. p. 617(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of the Hebrides.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.Hĕc'a-tŏm'pe-dŏn, n. p. 617(Arch.) A temple one hundred feet in length. [Rare.]Hec'a-tŏn'sty-lŏn, n. p. 617(Arch.) A temple having a hundred columns.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…Hĕck'le, n. & v. t. p. 617The same as HACKLE.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.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.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.Hēc'tic-al-ly, adv. p. 617In a hectic manner.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.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…Hĕc'to-grăm, n. p. 617A French measure of weight, containing a hundred grams, or about 3.527 ounces avoirdupois.Hectogramme, n. p. 617The same as HECTOGRAM.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…Hectolitre, n. p. 617The same as HECTOLITER.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.Hectomètre, n. p. 617The same as HECTOMETER.Hĕc'tor, n. p. 617A bully; a blustering, turbulent, noisy fellow; hence, one who teases or vexes.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.Hēc'tor, v. i. p. 617To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent. Swift.Hēc'tor-ism, n. p. 617The disposition or practice of a hector; a bullying.Hēc'tor-ly, a. p. 617Resembling a hector; blustering; insolent; teasing. “Hectorly, ruffian-like swaggering or huffing.” Barrow.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.Hĕd'dle, n. p. 617(Weaving.) One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which are arranged in sets, and, with their mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten; heald.Hĕd'dle-eȳe, n. p. 617(Weaving.) The eye or loop formed in each heddle to receive a warp thread.Hēd'dling, n. p. 617The act of drawing the warp threads through the heddle-eyes of a weaver's harness.Hĕd'e-rā'ceōus, a. p. 617Pertaining to, resembling, or producing ivy.Hēd'e-ral, a. p. 617Composed of, or pertaining to, ivy.Hēd'e-rif'er-ōūs, a. p. 617Producing ivy.Hĕd'e-rōse, a. p. 617Pertaining to ivy; full of ivy.Hĕdge, n. p. 617A thicket of bushes, usually thorn-bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens planted in a line or as a…Hĕdge, v. t. p. 617To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thicket of shrubs or small trees; as, to hedge a field or garden. 2. To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success;—…Hēd'ge, v. i. p. 617To hide, as in a hedge; to hide; to skulk. Shak. 2. To bet on both sides.Hĕdge'-bĭll or Hĕd'ging-bĭll, n. p. 617A cutting hook used in dressing hedges.Hēd'ge'-bōrn, a. p. 617Of low birth, as if born in the woods; outlandish; obscure. Shak.Hĕdge'-bōte, n. p. 617Wood for repairing hedges, allowed to a tenant. Blackstone.Hĕd'ge'-creep'er, n. p. 617One who skulks under hedges for bad purposes. Johnson.Hēd'ge'-fü'mi-to-ry, n. p. 617(Bot.) A plant belonging to the genus Fumaria. Ainsworth.Hĕd'ge'-gār'lic, n. p. 617(Bot.) A plant of the genus Alliaria, so called in allusion to the smell of its leaves. Loudon.Hĕd'ge'hŏg, n. p. 617(Zoöl.) A small animal of the genus Erinaceus, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines, and endowed with power of rolling itself into a ball so as to present the…Hĕdge'hŏg-thīs'tle, n. p. 617(Bot.) A plant; the cactus.Hĕdge'-hy'sop, n. p. 617(Bot.) A bitter herb of the genus Gratiola, the leaves of which are emetic and purgative.Hĕdge'less, a. p. 617Having no hedge.Hĕdge'-màr'rīage, n. p. 617A secret or clandestine marriage. Halliwell.Hĕdge'-müs'tard, n. p. 617(Bot.) An evergreen plant of the genus Erysimum. London.Hĕd'ge-nĕt/tle, n. p. 617(Bot.) An herb, or undershrub, of the genus Stachys, whose flowers grow in spikes, and the species of which are chiefly strong-smelling weeds. London.Hĕdge'-nōte, n. p. 617Mean, low, or contemptible writing. Dryden.