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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Hēm'a-tīne, n. p. 620(Chem.) (a.) The coloring principle of logwood, of a red color and bitterish taste. Chevreul. (b.) The coloring matter of the blood.Hē'ma-tīte, n. p. 620(Min.) An important ore of iron, the sesqui-oxide, so called because of the red color of the powder;—also called specular iron, oligist iron, and rhombohedral iron ore. ☞ Limonite, or the hydrous…Hēm'a-tīt'ic, a. p. 620Pertaining to hematite, or resembling it; composed of, or containing, hematite.Hē-măt'ō-cēle or Hēm'a-tō-cēle, n. p. 620(Med.) A tumor filled with blood.Hēm'a-tŏl'ō-gy, n. p. 620(Med.) That branch of medical science which pertains to the blood.He-măt'/o-sine, n. p. 620(Chem.) A product of the decomposition of blood, of a dark-brown color, and forming red solutions with alkalies. It contains part of the iron of the blood. Gregory.Hēm'a-tō'sis, n. p. 620(Physiol.) (a.) Sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood. (b.) The arterialization of the blood in the lungs.Hēm'a-tū'ri-ā, n. p. 620(Med.) The passage of urine mingled with blood.Hēm'e-ra-lō'pi-ă, n. p. 620(Med.) A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can only see by daylight, and not by artificial light; night-blindness. Dunglison.Hēm'e-ro-bāp'tist, n. p. 620(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect among the Jews who bathed every day. Fuller.Hēm'e-ro-cæl'lis, n. p. 620(Bot.) A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day-lily.Hĕm'i p. 620A prefix signifying half, and equivalent to the Lat. semi and the Fr. demi.Hēm'i-cärp, n. p. 620(Bot.) One portion of a fruit that spontaneously divides into halves.Hĕm'i-crā'ni-ă or Hĕm'i-crā'ny, n. p. 620(Med.) A pain that affects only one side of the head.Hēm'i-cy'cle, n. p. 620A half circle; a semicircle.Hĕm'/i-dăc'tyl, a. p. 620Having an oval disk at the base of the toes;—said of certain saurian reptiles.Hēm'i-dī'tōne, n. p. 620(Gr. Mus.) The lesser third. Busby.Hē-mīg'a-mōūs, a. p. 620(Bot.) Having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether male or female;—said of grasses.Hĕm′i-glyph, n. p. 620(Arch.) The half-channel or groove in the edge of the triglyph in the Doric order.Hĕm'i-hē'dral, a. p. 620(Crystallog.) Having half of the similar parts in a crystal, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as when a cube has planes only on half of its eight solid…Hĕm'i-hē'dral-ly, adv. p. 620In a hemihedral manner.Hĕm'i-hē'drĭsm, n. p. 620(Crystallog.) The property of crystallizing hemihedrally.Hĕm'i-hē'dron, n. p. 620(Crystallog.) A solid hemihedrally derived. Thus, the tetrahedron is a hemihedron.Hĕm'i-mōrph'ic, a. p. 620(Crystallog.) Having the two ends modified with unlike planes;—said of a crystal.Hēm'i-nā, n. p. 620(Rom. Antiq.) A measure containing half a sextary, and, according to Arbuthnot, about half a pint English wine measure. 2. (Med.) A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces. Quincy.Hēm'/i-ŏc/ta-hē'/dron, n. p. 620A tetrahedron. Dana.Hēm'i-ō'pi-ā, n. p. 620(Med.) A defect of vision in consequence of which a person sees but half of an object looked at.Hēm'i-plē'gi-ā or Hēm'i-plē'gy, n. p. 620(Med.) A palsy that affects one side only of the body.Hēm'i-prĭs-māt'ic, a. p. 620Half prismatic. 2. (Crystallog.) Pertaining to a hemiprizm. Dana.Hēm’i-prĭsm, n. p. 620(Crystallog.) A form, in the monoclinic and triclinic systems of crystallization, that comprises but one face of a prism and its opposite. Dana.He-mip'ter or He-mip'ter-an, n. p. 620(Entom.) One of that order of insects having the anterior wings or wing-covers transparent toward the end, the true wings straight and unplaited, and feeding on vegetable or animal juices by means of…He-mĭp'te-rā, n. pl. p. 620See HEMIPTER.He-mip'ter-al or He-mip'ter-ous, a. p. 620(Entom.) Of, or pertaining to, the hemipterans.Hĕm'i-sphēre, n. p. 620A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center. 2. Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map or picture.Hēm'/i-sphér'/ie or Hēm'/i-sphér'/ie-al, a. p. 620Containing, or pertaining to, a hemisphere; as, an hemispheric figure or form; an hemispherical body.Hēm'i-sphē-roid'al, a. p. 620Having a figure resembling or approximating to that of a hemisphere.Hĕm'i-sphĕr'ule, n. p. 620A half spherule.Hēm′i-stĭch, n. p. 620Half a poetic verse, or a verse not completed.He-mis'tich-al, a. p. 620Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also, by, according to, or into, hemistichs; as, an hemistichal division of a verse.Hēm'i-tōne, n. p. 620The same as SEMI-TONE. See SEMITONE.He-mīt'ro-pal, a. p. 620He-mĭt'ro-pous p. 620Turned half round; half inverted. 2. (Bot.) Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice;—said of an ovule. Gray.Hĕm'i-trōpe, a. p. 620Turned half round; half inverted. 2. (Crystallog.) Having a compound structure, which may be imitated by bisecting a crystal and revolving one half 180° (or in some cases 120°), and then re-uniting…Hēm'i-trōpe, n. p. 620That which is hemitropal in construction. 2. (Crystallog.) A twin crystal; a crystal having an hemitropal structure. Dana.He-mĭt′ro-py, n. p. 620(Crystallog.) Twin-composition in crystals. Dana.Hēm'lock, n. p. 620(Bot.) (a.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Conium, the most common species of which is C. maculatum. It has active properties which frequently render it poisonous, but it is employed in medicine…Hĕm'mel, n. p. 620A shed or hovel for cattle. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.He-mŏp'to-e, n. p. 620See HEMOPTYSIS.He-mŏp'ty-sis, n. p. 620(Med.) Hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs, characterized by the expectoration of more or less florid and frothy blood. [Written also hemoptoë.] Dunglison.Hēm'or-rha'ge, n. p. 620(Med.) Any discharge of blood from the blood-vessels. ☞ The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage.Hēm′or-rhāg′ic, a. p. 620Pertaining to a flux of blood; consisting in hemorrhage.Hēm'or-rhoid'al, a. p. 621Pertaining to the hemorrhoids; as, the hemorrhoidal vessels.Hēm'or-rhoids, n. pl. p. 621(Med.) Livid and painful tubercles around the margin of or within the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods. Dunglison. 2. A venomous serpent. [Obs.] “The…Hĕmp, n. p. 621(Bot.) A plant of the genus Cannabis (C. sativa), whose fibrous skin or bark is used for cloth and cordage. 2. The skin or rind of the plant, prepared for spinning. Senegal hemp is obtained from a…Hēmp'-āg·ri·mo·ny, n. p. 621(Bot.) A plant; a species of Eupatorium (E. cannabinum).Hēm'pen, a. p. 621Made of hemp; as, a hempen cord.Hĕmp'-nĕt'tle, n. p. 621(Bot.) An annual plant of the genus Galeopsis (G. tetrahit), whose flower has a grotesque figure. Loudon.Hĕmp'ten, a. p. 621Hempen. [Rare.] Latimer.Hĕmp'y, a. p. 621Like hemp. [Rare.] Howell.Hēm'stitch, v. t. p. 621To ornament at the head of a hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross-threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief.