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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Hĭt, v. t. p. 630To reach with a stroke or blow; especially, to reach or touch an object aimed at, as a mark; to strike or touch, usually with force. I think you have hit the mark. Shak. 2. To reach or attain…Hit, v. i. p. 630To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; — followed by against or on. If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and hit one against another? Locke. Corpuscles, meeting with or hitting…Hit, n. p. 630A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke or blow that touches any thing; — often with implied luck or chance. So he the famed Cilician fencer praised, And, at each…Hĭtch, v. i. p. 630To become entangled or caught by a hook, or as by a hook. South. 2. To move spasmodically or by jerks, as if caught on a hook; to jerk; to hop. Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into…Hĭtch, v. t. p. 630To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook; as, to hitch a bridle.Hĭtch, n. p. 630A catch; any thing that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle. 2. The act of catching, as on a hook, &c. 3. A stop or sudden halt in walking or moving. 4. (Naut.) A knot or noose in a rope for…Hĭtch'el, v. t. p. 630To hatchel. See HATCHEL.Hīthe, n. p. 630A port or small haven;—used in composition; as, Lamb-hithe, now Lambeth.Hith'er, adv. p. 630To this place;—used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come, proceed, or bring hither. 2. To this point, topic, end…Hith'er, a. p. 630Being on the side or direction toward the person speaking; nearer;—correlate of farther; as, on the hither side of a hill; the hither end of the building.Hĭth'er-mōst, a. p. 630Nearest on this side. Hale.Hith'er-tō, adv. p. 630To this place; to a prescribed limit. Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further. Job xxxviii. 11. 2. Up to this time; as yet; until now; in all previous time. The Lord hath blessed me hitherto. Josh.…Hith'er-ward, adv. p. 630This way; toward this place; hither. A puissant and mighty power Is marching hitherward in proud array. Shak.Hĭt'ter, n. p. 630One who hits; one who deals forth successful and effective blows.Hive, n. p. 630A box, chest, or basket for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honey-bees. 2. The bees inhabiting a single hive; a swarm of bees. Shak. 3. A place or scene swarming with busy occupants; a…Hive, v. t. p. 630To collect into a hive; to cause to enter a hive; as, to hive bees. 2. To collect and lay up in store; to deposit for use and enjoyment. “Hiving wisdom with each studious year.” Byron.Hive, v. i. p. 630To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body. Pope.Hīve'less, a. p. 630Destitute of a hive. Gascoigne.Hīv'er, n. p. 630One who collects bees into a hive.Hives, n. p. 630(Med.) (a.) A disease; the croup, or Cynanche trachealis; rattles. (b.) An eruptive disease (Varicella globularis), allied to the chicken-pox. Wilson.Hĭzz, v. i. p. 630To hiss. [Obs.] Shak.Hō, n. p. 630Stop; bound; limit; moderation. [Obs. or colloq.] There is no ho with them. Decker.Hō or Hōā, interj. p. 630Halloo! oho! oh! attend!—a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. “What noise there, ho?” Shak. “Hoa! who’s within?” Shak. 2. [Perhaps corrupted from hold. Cf., however, Fr. hau…Hōar, a. p. 630White, or grayish-white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs. “Hoar waters.” Spenser. 2. Gray or white with age; hoary; as, a matron grave and hoar. The covert of old trees, with trunks all hoar. Byron. 3.…Hōar, n. p. 630Hoariness; antiquity. Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. Burke. 2. Fog or thick mist. [Eng.] London.Hōar, v. i. p. 630To become moldy or musty. [Obs.] Shak.Hōard, n. p. 630A store, stock, or large quantity of any thing accumulated or laid up; a hidden stock; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions for winter; a hoard of money.Hōard, n. p. 630A fence inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. [Eng.] Smart.Hōard, v. t. p. 630To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly; as, to hoard grain or provisions; to hoard silver and gold.Hōard, v. i. p. 630To collect and form a hoard; to lay up a store. Nor cared to hoard for those whom he did breed. Spenser.Hōard'er, n. p. 630One who hoards.Hōared, a. p. 630Moldy; musty. [Obs.]Hōar'-frōst, n. p. 630The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost. [Written also hore-frost. See HOAR, a.]Hōar'hound, n. p. 630A plant of the genus Marrubium (M. vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic.Hōar'i-ness, n. p. 630The state of being hoary, whitish, or gray; as, the hoariness of the hair or heads of old men.Hōarse, a. p. 630Having a harsh, rough, grating voice, as when affected with a cold. 2. Rough; grating; discordant;—said of any sound; as, the hoarse raven. “The hoarse, resounding shore.” Dryden.Hōarse'ly, adv. p. 630With a rough, harsh, grating voice or sound.Hōarse'ness, n. p. 630Harshness or roughness of voice or sound; unnatural asperity of voice; raucity.Hōar'stōne, n. p. 630A stone designating the bounds of an estate; a landmark.Hōar'y, a. p. 630White or whitish. “The hoary willows.” Addison. 2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs. “Reverence the hoary head.” Dwight. 3. Moldy; mossy; musty. [Obs.] Knolles. 4. (Bot.) Covered with…Hōax, n. p. 630Something done for deception or mockery; a trick played off in sport; a practical joke.Hōax, v. t. p. 630To deceive; to play a trick upon for sport, or without malice.Hōax'er, n. p. 630One who hoaxes or deceives; a trickster. [Colloq.]Hō'a-zĭn, n. p. 630(Ornith.) A bird (Opisthocomus cristatus) found in South America, and allied to the curassows.Hŏb, n. p. 630The nave or hub of a wheel. See Hub. Washington. 2. The flat part of a grate at the side, where things are placed to be kept warm. Smart.Hŏb, n. p. 630A clown; a fairy. From elves, hobs, and fairies, . . . Defend us, good Heaven! Beau. & Fl. 2. A countryman; a rustic. Many of the country hobs, who had gotten an estate liable to a fine, took it…Hŏb'bĭsm, n. p. 630The principles of Thomas Hobbes, an English philosopher of the 17th century; especially, the doctrine which he has been ignorantly charged with holding, that a monarch's opinion is the test of true…Hŏb'bĭst, n. p. 630A follower of Hobbes. See HOBBISM.Hŏb'ble, v. i. p. 630To walk lamely, bearing chiefly on one leg; to limp; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches. The friar was hobbling the same way too. Dryden. 2. To move roughly or irregularly. “The hobbling…Hŏb'ble, v. t. p. 630To fasten loosely together the legs of; to hopple; to clog. “They hobbled their horses.” Dickens. 2. To perplex; to embarrass. [Obs.]Hŏb'ble, n. p. 630An unequal, halting gait; an incumbered, awkward step. He has a hobble in his gait. Swift. 2. Difficulty; perplexity. If thou hast got into a hobble to-day, thou shalt not suffer for it. Waterton.Hŏb'ble-bush, n. p. 631(Bot.) A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides), having long, straggling branches, and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern States. Gray.Hŏb'ble-de-hoy' or Hŏb'ble-te-hoy', n. p. 631A stripling; a boy between fourteen and twenty-one. [Colloq.] Auntie would fain become a mother, and, in order thereunto, a wife, and waylays a hobbletehoy. Prof. Wilson.Hŏb'bler, n. p. 631One who hobbles.Hōb'bler, n. p. 631One who by his tenure was to maintain a hobby for military service; or one who served as a soldier on a hobby with light armor. [Obs.] Davies.Hŏb'bling-ly, adv. p. 631With a limping or interrupted step.Hŏb'bly, a. p. 631Full of holes; rough; uneven; hubby; — said of a road.Hŏb'by, n. p. 631(Ornith.) A small, but strong-winged falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking. It migrates from England southward.Hŏb'by or Hŏb'by-hōrse, n. p. 631Hobby (Falco subbuteo). 1. A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; a nag; a pacing-horse; a garran. Johnson. 2. A stick, or figure of a horse, on which…Hŏb'by-hôrs'ie-al, a. p. 631Pertaining to, or having, a hobby-horse; eccentric. Sterne.