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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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Hĕs'sian, a. p. 624(Geog.) Of, or relating to, Hesse, in Germany. Hessian fly (Entom.), a small, two-winged fly, or midge, nearly black, very destructive to young wheat;—so called from the opinion that it was brought…Hĕs'sian, n. p. 624(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Hesse.Hĕst, n. p. 624Command; precept; injunction; order. Let him that yields obey the victor’s hest. Fairfax. [Obsolete, but retained in the compound behest.]Hĕs'tern or Hes-tẽr'nal, a. p. 624Pertaining to yesterday. [Obs.]Hĕs'y-chăst, n. p. 624A Quietist. Bib. Repository.Hĕtch'el, v. t. p. 624Same as HATCHEL, q. v.Hĕt'er-ärch'y, n. p. 624The government of an alien. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Hĕt'er-o-cär'poŭs, a. p. 624(Bot.) Bearing fruit of two kinds or forms, as in the genus Amphicarpæa. Gray.Hĕt'er-o-çẽr'cal, a. p. 624(Compar. Anat.) Having the vertebral column continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which, on this account, is larger than the lower;—said of certain species of fish. Agassiz.Hĕt'er-ŏch'ro-moŭs, a. p. 624(Bot.) Having the central florets of a flower-head of a different color from those of the circumference.Hĕt'er-o-clīte, n. p. 624(Gram.) A word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary forms of inflection in words of a like kind; especially, a noun which is irregular…Hĕt'er-o-clīte or Hĕt'er-o-clĭt'ic or Hĕt'er-o-clĭt'ic-al, a. p. 624Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.Hĕt'er-ŏc'li-toŭs, a. p. 624Heteroclitic. [Obs.]Hĕt'er-o-dŏx, a. p. 624Contrary to some acknowledged standard, as the Bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like; not orthodox;—said of opinions, especially upon theological subjects. 2. Holding…Hĕt'er-o-dŏx, n. p. 624A peculiar opinion, or one opposed to some acknowledged standard. [Obs.] Browne.Hĕt'er-o-dŏx'ly, adv. p. 624In a heterodox manner.Hĕt'er-o-dŏx'ness, n. p. 624State of being heterodox.Hĕt'er-o-dŏx'y, n. p. 624Heresy; an opinion or doctrine contrary to some established standard of faith, as the Scriptures, &c., or contrary to those of an established church.Hĕt'er-ŏg'a-moŭs, a. p. 624(Bot.) Bearing two or more sorts of flowers, as to their stamens or pistils, as in the aster, daisy, &c. Gray.Hĕt'er-o-găn'gli-ate, a. p. 624(Physiol.) Having the ganglions of the nervous system unsymmetrically arranged;—said of certain invertebrate animals.Hĕt'er-o-ġēne, a. p. 624The same as HETEROGENEOUS.Hĕt'er-o-ġē'ne-al or Hĕt'er-o-ġē'ne-oŭs, a. p. 624Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; dissimilar;—opposed to homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass…Hĕt'er-o-gĕ'ne-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 625In a heterogeneous manner.Hĕt'er-o-gē-nē'i-ty or Hĕt'er-o-gē'ne-ous-ness, n. p. 625The state of being heterogeneous; dissimilarity. The difference, indeed the heterogeneity, of the two may be felt. Coleridge.Hĕt'er-ŏg'e-ny, n. p. 625The production of different kinds of young.Hĕt'er-o-grāph'ic, a. p. 625Employing the same letters to represent different sounds in different words; — said of methods of spelling; as, the ordinary English orthography is heterographic.Hĕt'er-ŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 625That method of spelling in which the same letters represent different sounds in different words, as in the ordinary English orthography.Hĕt'er-ŏl'o-gōüs, a. p. 625Constituted of different elements and in different proportions; different; — opposed to homologous.Hĕt'er-ŏm'er-oŭs, a. p. 625(Chem.) Unrelated as to chemical composition, as in cases of heteromerous isomorphism.Hĕt'er-o-môr'phie, a. p. 625(Entom.) Having a wide difference of form between the larvæ and the adult.Hĕt'er-o-môr'phous, a. p. 625Of an irregular or unusual form; of two or more shapes.Hĕt'er-o-ou'si-an, a. p. 625Having different essential qualities; of a different nature.Hĕt'er-o-ou'si-oŭs, a. p. 625Same as HETEROOUSIAN.Hĕt'er-o-păth'ic, a. p. 625The same as ALLOPATHIC.Hĕt'er-ŏph'yl-loŭs or Hĕt'er-o-phy̆l'loŭs, a. p. 625(Bot.) Having leaves different from the regular form; as, an heterophyllous violet is one which has leaves not analogous to the leaves of other violets.Hĕt'er-o-pōd, n. p. 625(Zoöl.) One of an order of molluscous animals whose foot is compressed into a vertical, muscular lamina, serving for a fin. [Obs.]Hĕt'er-ŏp'o-doüs, a. p. 625Of, or pertaining to, the heteropods.Hĕt'er-ŏp'ter, n. p. 625(Entom.) One of an order of insects which have four partly membranaceous wings, of which the two posterior are smaller, and overlap at the tip. See INSECT.Hĕt'er-ŏp'ter-ā, n. pl. p. 625See HETEROPTER.Hēt'er-ŏp'tics, n. sing. p. 625False optics. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.] Spectator.Hĕt'er-ŏs'cian, n. p. 625(Geog.) An inhabitant of either of the two zones lying between the tropics and the polar circles, as contrasted with an inhabitant of the other in respect to the circumstance that their shadows at…Hĕt'er-ŏs'cian, a. p. 625(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, any portion of the earth's surface considered relatively to a certain other portion, so situated that the shadows of two objects, one being in the former and the other…Hēt'e-rō'sis, n. p. 625(Rhet.) A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another. “What is life to such as me?” Prof. Aytoun.Hĕt'er-o-sīte, n. p. 625(Min.) A mineral of a greenish-gray or brownish-violet color, consisting of phosphoric acid and the oxides of iron and manganese. Dana.Hēt'er-ŏt'o-mōüs, a. p. 625Having a different cleavage; — applied to a species of the feldspar family in which the cleavage differs from that of common feldspar. Dana.Hĕt'er-ŏt'ro-pal or Hĕt'er-ŏt'ro-poūs, a. p. 625(Bot.) Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the axis of the seed; amphitropous. Gray.Hĕt'man, n. p. 625A Cossack commander-in-chief.Heü'land-ite, n. p. 625(Min.) A mineral of the zeolite family, occurring in amygdaloid, in pearly, foliated masses, and also crystallized in rhomboidal prisms, with the basal plane pearly. It consists of silica, alumina…Hew, v. t. p. 625To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; — often with down, or off. And many strokes, though with a little ax, Hew down and fell the hardest oak. Shak. 2. To form or shape with a sharp…Hew, n. p. 625Destruction by cutting down. [Obs.] “Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew.” Spenser. 2. The same as HUE. [Obs.]Hew'er, n. p. 625One who hews wood or stone.Hĕx'a-cāp'su-lar, a. p. 625(Bot.) Having six capsules or seed-vessels.Hēx'a-chōrd, n. p. 625(Mus.) A series of notes, consisting of four tones and one semitone. Moore.Hĕx'a-dăc'tyl-ōŭs, a. p. 625Having six fingers or toes.Hēx'ade, n. p. 625A series of six numbers.Hĕx'a-gŏn, n. p. 625(Geom.) A plane figure of six sides and six angles. Regular hexagon, a hexagon in which the angles are all equal, and likewise the sides all equal.Hex-ăg'o-nal, a. p. 625Having six sides and six angles.Hex-ăg'o-nal-ly, adv. p. 625In an hexagonal manner.Hex-ăg'o-ny, n. p. 625A hexagon. [Obs.] Bramhall.Hĕx'a-gÿn'ĭ-ă, n. p. 625(Bot.) An order of plants having six pistils. Linnæus.