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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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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.Hēr, pron. & a. p. 621The objective case of the personal pronoun she. See SHE. The sea That buried her I loved, should bury me. Dryden. 2. Belonging to a female, or a noun in the feminine gender; — being the possessive…He-rā'cle-on-īte, n. p. 621(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Heracleon, in the early history of the Christian church, who denied that the world was created by the Son of God, and also rejected the authority of the Old Testament.Hē-răc'le-ŭm, n. p. 622(Bot.) A genus of plants including the cow-parsnep.Hĕr'ald, n. p. 622(Antiq.) An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. 2. An officer whose business is to…Hĕr'ald, v. t. p. 622To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim. Shak.He-răl'dĭc, a. p. 622Pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic delineations.He-răl'die-al-ly, adv. p. 622In an heraldic manner.Hĕr'ald-ry, n. p. 622The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of whatever relates to the marshaling of cavalcades, processions…Hĕr'ald-shĭp, n. p. 622The office of a herald. Selden.Hĕrb, n. p. 622A plant having a soft or succulent stalk or stem, that dies to the root every year, and is thus distinguished from a tree and a shrub, which have ligneous, or hard, woody stems. And flocks grazing…Her-bā'ceoŭs, a. p. 622Pertaining to herbs; having the nature of an herb; as, herbacous plants; an herbacous stem. 2. Herbivorous. [Illegitimate.] Derham.Hĕrb'age, n. p. 622Herbs collectively; green food for beasts; grass; pasture. The influence of true religion is mild, soft, and noiseless, and constant as the descent of the evening dew on the tender herbage.…Hĕrb'āged, a. p. 622Covered with grass. Thomson.Hĕrb'al, n. p. 622A book containing the names and descriptions of plants, or the classes, genera, species, and qualities of vegetables. Bacon. 2. A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved; a hortus…