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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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Hĕrd’s-grass, n. p. 622(Bot.) One of several species of grass which are highly esteemed for hay, especially in New England the timothy (Phleum pratense), and in Pennsylvania the red-top (Agrostis vulgaris). Gray.Hērdz'-wom'an, n. p. 622A woman who has the care of a herd, or of cattle. Her juvenile exercise as a herds-woman had put “life and mettle” in her heels. W. Scott.Here, adv. p. 622In this place; in the place where the speaker is present;—opposed to there. 2. In the present life or state. Thus shall you be happy here, and more happy hereafter. Bacon. ☞ Here is sometimes used…Hēre'a-bout' or Hēre'a-bouts', adv. p. 622About this place; in this vicinity or neighborhood.Here-aft'er, adv. p. 622In time to come; in some future time or state.Hēre-āft'er, n. p. 622A future existence or state. “’Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter. Addison.Here-āt', adv. p. 622At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat.Hēre-bȳ', adv. p. 622By means of this. Hereby we became acquainted with the nature of things. Watts.He-rĕd'i-ta-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 622State of being hereditable. Brydges.He-rĕd’ĭ-ta-ble, a. p. 622Capable of being inherited. [Rare.] See INHERITABLE. Locke.He-rĕd'ĭ-ta-bly, adv. p. 622In an hereditable manner; by inheritance. The one-house-owners belong hereditably to no private persons. Tooke.Hĕr'e-dĭt'a-ment, n. p. 622(Law.) Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, any thing corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir. Blackstone. ☞ A corporeal…He-rĕd'i-ta-ri-ly, adv. p. 622By inheritance. Pope.He-rĕd'i-ta-ry, a. p. 622Descended by inheritance, or from an ancestor; as, he is in possession of a large hereditary estate. 2. Capable of descending from an ancestor to an heir; descendible to an heir at law; as, the crown…Hēre'hĕnçe, adv. p. 622From hence. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Hēre-ĭn', adv. p. 622In this. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit. John xv. 8.Hēre-ĭn'to, adv. p. 622Into this. Hooker.Hēr'e-mit or Hēr'e-mite, n. p. 622A hermit. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Hēr'e-mit'ie-al, a. p. 622Pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society. Pope.Hēre-ŏf', adv. p. 622Of this; concerning this; from this. Hereof comes it that Prince Harry is valiant. Shak.Hēre-ŏn', adv. p. 622On this; hereupon. Browne.Hēre-oŭt', adv. p. 622Out of this place. [Obs.] Spenser.Hĕr'e-si-ārch or He-rē'si-ārch, n. p. 622A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics. Stillingfleet.Hĕr'e-si-ärch'y or He-rē'si-ärch-y, n. p. 622Chief heresy.Hĕr'e-si-ŏg'ra-pher, n. p. 622One who writes on heresies.Hĕr'e-si-ŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 622A treatise on heresy.Hĕr'e-sy, n. p. 622An opinion taken upon opposition to the established or usually received doctrine, tending to promote a division or party; the belief of a sect or party; a persuasion;—usually, but not necessarily…Hĕr'e-tic, n. p. 623One who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the Christian religion. A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition, reject. Titus iii. 10. 2. (Rom. Cath.…He-rĕt'ic-al, a. p. 623Containing, or pertaining to, heresy.He-rĕt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 623In an heretical manner; with heresy.He-rĕt'ic-āte, v. t. p. 623To decide to be heresy. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Hĕr'e-tōch or Hĕr'e-tōg, n. p. 623(A-S. Antiq.) The leader or commander of an army; also, a constable; a marshal.Hēre'to-fōre', adv. p. 623In times before the present; formerly.Hēre-un-to', adv. p. 623Unto this or this time; hereto.Hēre'up-ŏn', adv. p. 623On this; hereon.Hēre-wĭth', adv. p. 623With this.Hēr'i-ot, n. p. 623(Eng. Law.) A payment or tribute of arms or military accoutrements, or the best beast; or, in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, made on the decease of a…Hĕr'i-ot-a-ble, a. p. 623Subject to the payment of a heriot. Burn.Hĕr'is-son, n. p. 623(Fort.) A beam or bar armed with iron spikes pointed outward, and turning on a pivot or rolling on wheels, used to block up a passage.Hēr'it-a-ble, a. p. 623Capable of being inherited; inheritable. 2. Capable of inheriting. By the canon law this son shall be legitimate and heritable. Hale. Heritable rights (Scots Law), rights of the heir; rights to land…Hēr'it-a-ge, n. p. 623That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance. Part of my heritage, Which my dead father did bequeath to me. Shak. 2. (Script.) The saints or people of God.Hĕr′i-tănçe, n. p. 623Heritage; inheritance. [Rare.] Robbing their children of the inheritance Their fathers handed down. Southey.Hĕr'it-or, n. p. 623A proprietor or landholder in a parish. [Scot.] Jamieson.Hēr'mā, n. p. 623The same as HERMES, 2. See HERMES.Her-māph/ro-dē'l-ty, n. p. 623State of being hermaphrodite; hermaphrodism. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Her-măph'ro-dīsm, n. p. 623The union of the two sexes in the same individual. [Written also hermaphroditism.]Her-māph'ro-dīte, n. p. 623An animal or human being having the parts of generation both of male and female. 2. (Bot.) A flower that contains both the stamen and the pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle.…Her-măph'ro-dīte, a. p. 623Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower. Hermaphrodite brig (Naut.), a brig that is square-rigged forward, and schooner-rigged aft. Totten.Her-măph/ro-dīt'ie or Her-măph/ro-dīt'ie-al, a. p. 623Partaking of both sexes. Browne.Her-māph'ro-dīt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 623After the manner of hermaphrodites.Hēr/me-neu'tie or Hēr/me-neu'tie-al, a. p. 623Unfolding the signification; pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; as, hermeneutic theology, the art of expounding the Scriptures.Hĕr′me-nēu′tie-al-ly, adv. p. 623According to the acknowledged principles of just interpretation.Hĕr/me-neu’tics, n. sing. p. 623The science of interpretation, or of finding the meaning of an author's words and phrases, and of explaining it to others; exegesis; — especially applied to the interpretation of the Scriptures. [See…Hĕr'mēs, n. p. 623(Myth.) Mercury, so called by the Greeks. ☞ The name is also applied to a very ancient philosopher, who appeared soon after the time of Moses, called Trismegistus (thrice great), by reason of his…Her-mēt'ic or Her-mēt'ic-al, a. p. 623Pertaining to chemistry; chemical. Just as the dream of the philosopher's stone induces dupes, under the more plausible delusions of the hermetic art, to neglect all rational means of improving their…Her-mĕt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 623In an hermetical manner; chemically. ☞ A vessel or tube is hermetically sealed when it is closed completely against the admission of air or other fluid by fusing the extremity.Hĕr'mit, n. p. 623A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives. He had been Duke of Savoy, and after a very glorious reign, took…Hĕr'mit-age, n. p. 623The habitation of a hermit; a retired residence. Some forlorn and naked hermitage, Remote from all the pleasures of the world. Shak. 2. A kind of wine;—so called from a district of France bearing…Hĕr'-mit-a-ry, n. p. 623A cell annexed to some abbey, and designed for the use of a hermit. Howell.Hĕr'mit-crăb, n. p. 623(Zoöl.) A crustacean of the genus Pagurus;—called also soldier-crab. The hermit-crabs occupy the shells of various mollusks.