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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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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.Hĕr'mit-ess, n. p. 623A female hermit. Drummond.Her-mit'ic-al, a. p. 623Pertaining or suited to a hermit, or to retired life. Coventry.Hĕr'mo-dăc'tyl, n. p. 623(Med.) A bulbous root brought from Turkey, formerly in great repute as a cathartic. [Obs.]Hĕr'mo-gē'ni-an, n. p. 623(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of ancient heretics, so called from their leader, Hermogenes, who lived near the close of the second century. He held matter to be the fountain of all evil, and that…Hĕrn, n. p. 623The same as HERON. See HERON. I stood beside the pool from whence ascended... A stately hern. Trench.Hĕrn'hill, n. p. 623A plant. Ainsworth.Hĕr'ni-ă, n. p. 623(Surg.) A tumor of some part, which has escaped from its natural cavity by some aperture, and projects externally; as, hernia of the brain, of the thorax, of the abdomen. That of the abdomen is most…Hér'ni-al, a. p. 623Pertaining to, or connected with, hernia.Hĕrn'shaw, n. p. 623A heronshaw or heron. See HANDSAW. [Obs.] Spenser.Hē'ro, n. p. 623A man of distinguished valor, intrepidity, or enterprise in danger; a prominent or central personage in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great, illustrious, or extraordinary person. 2. The…He-rō'di-an, n. p. 623(Jewish Hist.) One of a party among the Jews, taking their name from Herod, and represented by the evangelists Matthew and Mark as acting in concert with the Pharisees in endeavoring to obtain from…Hē'rō-ess, n. p. 623A heroine. [Obs.] Dryden.He-rō'ic, a. p. 623Pertaining to, or like, a hero or heroes; as, heroic valor. 2. Becoming a hero; bold; daring; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises. Heroic age, the age when the heroes, or those called…He-rō'ie-al, a. p. 623The same as HEROIC. [Rare.]He-rō'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 623In the manner of a hero; with valor; bravely; courageously; intrepidly; as, the town was heroically defended.Hĕ/ro-i-cŏm'ic or Hĕ/ro-i-cŏm'ic-al, a. p. 623Consisting of the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting the high burlesque; as, a heroi-comic poem.Hĕr'o-ine, n. p. 623A female hero; a woman of a brave spirit. 2. The principal female person who figures in a remarkable action, or as the subject of a poem or story.Hĕr'o-ism, n. p. 623The qualities of a hero; bravery; courage; intrepidity. Heroism is the self-devotion of genius manifesting itself in action. Hare. Syn.—HEROISM, COURAGE, FORTITUDE, BRAVERY, VALOR, INTREPIDITY…Hēr'on, n. p. 624(Ornith.) A wading bird of the genus Ardea (A. cinerea), with long legs and neck, and having the claw of the middle toe toothed. It is remarkable for its directly ascending flight, and was formerly…Hĕr'on-ry, n. p. 624A place where herons breed.Hēr'on's-bill, n. p. 624(Bot.) A plant of the genus Erodium;—so called from the fancied resemblance of the fruit to the head and breast of the heron.Hĕr'on-shaw, n. p. 624A heron; a hernshaw.Hē'ro-ōl'o-gist, n. p. 624One who treats of heroes. [Rare.] Warton.Hē'ro-shĭp, n. p. 624The character of a hero. Cooper.Hēr'pēs, n. p. 624(Med.) An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or…Her-pĕt'ic, a. p. 624Pertaining to the herpes or cutaneous eruptions; resembling the herpes, or partaking of its nature; as, herpetic eruptions.Her·pĕt'o-lŏg'ie or Her·pĕt'o-lŏg'ie-al, a. p. 624Pertaining to herpetology.Hēr·pe-tōl'o-ǵist, n. p. 624A person versed in herpetology, or the natural history of reptiles.Hĕr·pe-tōl'o·ǵy, n. p. 624The natural history or description of reptiles, including oviparous quadrupeds, as the crocodile, frog, and tortoise, and serpents.Hĕr'pe-tŏn, n. p. 624(Zool.) A genus of serpents allied to Eryx, and characterized by two soft prominences covered with scales, which are appended to the muzzle. Brande.Hĕr'ring, n. p. 624(Ichth.) A fish of the genus Clupea (C. harengus). Herrings move in vast shoals, coming from high northern latitudes in the spring, to the shores of Europe and America, where they are taken and…Hĕr'ring-bōne, a. p. 624Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions. Herring-bone…Herrn'hut-er, n. p. 624(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect established, about 1722, by Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf; — called also Moravians.Hērs, pron. p. 624Belonging to her; of her; — the form of the feminine possessive pronoun which is used when the word denoting the thing possessed is omitted; as, this house is hers, that is, this is the house of her.…Hĕr'sal, n. p. 624Rehearsal. [Obs.] Spenser.