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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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Hĕn'bit, n. p. 621(Bot.) A plant of the genus Lamium (L. amplexicaule), an ugly weed. Loudon.Hēnçe, adv. p. 621From this place. Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 31. I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. Acts xxii. 21. 2. From this time; in the future; as, a week hence; a year hence. 3. From this…Hēnçe, v. t. p. 621To send away. [Obs.] Sidney.Hēnçe-fōrth' or Hēnçe'fōrth, adv. p. 621From this time forward. I never from thy side henceforth will stray. Milton.Hēnçe-fōr'ward, adv. p. 621From this time forward; henceforth.Hēnch’boy or Hēnch’man, n. p. 621A page; a servant. [Obs. or rare.]Hĕn'-cōop, n. p. 621A coop or cage for domestic fowls.Hĕnd, v. t. p. 621To seize; to lay hold on; to occupy. [Obs.] [Written also hent]. And those bright arms down from the rafter hent. Fairfax.Hēnd, n. p. 621See HENDY.Hen-dēe'a-gōn, n. p. 621(Geom.) A plane figure of eleven sides and as many angles.Hen-dēe'a-syl-lāb'le, a. p. 621Pertaining to a line of eleven syllables; consisting of eleven syllables.Hen-dĕc'a-syl'la-ble, n. p. 621A metrical line of eleven syllables. Warton.Hen-dī'a-dȳs, n. p. 621(Gram.) A figure in which the same idea is presented by two words or phrases.Hēn'-driv'er, n. p. 621A kind of hawk. Walton.Hēnd'y, a. p. 621Gentle. [Obs.] [Written also hend.] Chaucer.Hēn'-hārm, n. p. 621(Ornith.) A species of falcon.Hēn'-hār'ri-er, n. p. 621(Ornith.) A species of falcon or kite, of the genus Circus (C. cyaneus), found in many parts of Europe and North America.Hēn'-heārt'ed, a. p. 621Cowardly; timid; dastardly.Hēn'-house, n. p. 621A house or place of shelter for fowls.Hēn'-hŭs'sy, n. p. 621A cot-quean; a man who intermeddles with women's concerns. Wright.Hĕn'na, n. p. 621(Bot.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). 2. A paste made of the pounded leaves of the henna-tree, and much used by the Egyptians and Asiatics for dyeing their nails, &c., of an…Hĕn'ner-y, n. p. 621An inclosed place for hens. [U. S.]Hĕn'-pĕcked, a. p. 621Governed by one's wife.Hĕn'-rōost, n. p. 621A place where poultry rest at night.Hēn’s’-feet, n. p. 621A plant; hedge-fumitory. Johnson.Hēnt, v. t. p. 621See HEND.Hēns'man, n. p. 621The same as HENCHMAN. Holland.Hēp, n. p. 621The fruit of the wild dog-rose. See Hip.Hĕ'par or Hĕ'par-sŭl'phŭr-ĭs, n. p. 621(Chem.) A sulphuret obtained by fusing sulphur and carbonate of potash together;—it has a liver-brown color; whence the name. [Obs.] Graham.He-păt'ic or He-păt'ic-al, a. p. 621Pertaining to the liver: as, hepatic gall; hepatic pain; hepatic artery; hepatic flux. 2. Having the color of the liver; as, hepatic cinnabar. Hepatic gas, sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly so…Hĕp'a-tīte, n. p. 621(Min.) The fetid sulphate of baryta. By friction, or the application of heat, it exhales a fetid odor, like that of sulphureted hydrogen.Hēp'a-tī'tis, n. p. 621(Med.) Inflammation of the liver.Hēp'a-ti-zā'tion, n. p. 621(Chem.) The act of impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas. [Obs.] 2. (Med.) Conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they…Hēp'a-tize, v. t. p. 621To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas. On the right of the river were two wells of hepatized water. Barrow. 2. To gorge with effused matter; as, hepatized lungs.He-păt'o-cēle, n. p. 621(Med.) Hernia of the liver.Hēp'a-tōg'ra-phy or Hēp'a-tōl'o-gy, n. p. 621(Med.) A description or account of the liver. Dunglison.Hēp'a-tos'co-py, n. p. 621The art or practice of divination by inspecting the liver of animals.Hĕp'pen, a. p. 621Neat; fit; comfortable. Grose.Hēp'ta-chōrd, n. p. 621(Anc. Mus.) (a.) A system of seven sounds. (b.) A lyre with seven chords. 2. (Anc. Poet.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords. Moore.Hēp'tāde, n. p. 621The sum or number of seven.Hēp'ta-glōt, n. p. 621A book in seven languages.Hĕp'ta-gōn, n. p. 621(Geom.) A plane figure consisting of seven sides and as many angles.Hep-tāg'o-nal, a. p. 621Having seven angles or sides. Heptagonal numbers (Arith.), a sort of polygonal numbers, wherein the difference of the terms of the corresponding arithmetical progression is 5; e. g.— 1, 6, 11, 16…Hĕp'ta-gȳn'ĭ-ă, n. p. 621(Bot.) An order of plants having seven pistils.Hĕp'ta-gyn'i-an or Hep-tāg'y-noŭs, a. p. 621(Bot.) Having seven pistils.Hēp'ta-hē'dron, n. p. 621(Geom.) A solid figure with seven sides.Hĕp'ta-hĕx'a-hē'dral, a. p. 621Presenting seven ranges of faces one above another, each range containing six faces.Hep-tām'er-ēde, n. p. 621That which divides into seven parts. A. Smith.Hep-tām'er-ōus, a. p. 621(Bot.) Consisting of seven parts. Gray.Hep-tān'dri-ā, n. p. 621(Bot.) A class of plants having seven stamens.Hep-tān'drī-an, a. p. 621Hep-tān'droŭs p. 621Having seven stamens.Hep-tān'gu-lar, a. p. 621Having seven angles.Hep-tāph'yl-loŭs or Hēp'ta-phyl'loŭs, a. p. 621(Bot.) Having seven leaves.Hēp'tāreh, n. p. 621See HEPTARCHIST.Hep-tärch'ic, a. p. 621Pertaining or belonging to a sevenfold government; constituting or consisting of a heptarchy. Warton.Hēp'tarch-īst, n. p. 621A ruler of one division of a heptarchy. Warton. [Written also heptarch.]Hĕp'tarch-y, n. p. 621A government by seven persons, or the country governed by seven persons. The word is most commonly applied to England, when divided into seven kingdoms; as, the Saxon heptarchy, which consisted of…Hēp'ta-teŭch, n. p. 621The first seven books of the Old Testament.Hēp'-tree, n. p. 621The wild dog-rose. Her, in composition, signifies army. See HAR.