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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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Hÿ'e-to-grāph'ic, a. p. 649Pertaining to the science of the geographical distribution of rain.Hy'e-tōg'ra-phy, n. p. 649The science of the geographical distribution of rain.Hy-gē'iā, n. p. 649(Myth.) The goddess of health, daughter of Esculapius.Hy-gē'ian, a. p. 649Relating to Hygēia, the goddess of health; pertaining to health or its preservation.Hÿ'gi-ēne, n. p. 649That department of medical science which treats of the preservation of health; a system of principles or rules designed for the promotion of health.Hȳ'gĭ-ēn'ic, a. p. 649Pertaining to health or hygiene; sanatory.Hy'gi-ēn'ics, n. sing. p. 649The science of health; hygiene. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]Hy'gi-en-ism, n. p. 649The science which treats of the laws of health; hygiene.Hȳ'gi-en-ist, n. p. 649One versed in the science of health.Hȳ'gi-ōl'o-gy, n. p. 649A treatise on, or the science of, the preservation of health. [Rare.]Hÿ'gro-grāph, n. p. 649(Physics.) An instrument for recording automatically the variations of the humidity of the atmosphere.Hȳ-grŏl'o-gy, n. p. 649The doctrine of the fluids of the body.Hȳ-grōm'e-ter, n. p. 649(Physics.) An instrument for measuring the degree of moisture of the atmosphere. Daniell's hygrometer, a form of hygrometer consisting of a bent glass tube terminating in two bulbs, the one covered…Hȳ'gro-mē'trie or Hȳ'gro-mē'trie-al, a. p. 649Pertaining to hygrometry; made by, or according to, the hygrometer. 2. Readily absorbing and retaining moisture, as potash. Brande.Hȳ-grŏm'e-try, n. p. 649That branch of physics which relates to the determination of the humidity of bodies, particularly of the atmosphere, with the theory and use of the instruments constructed for this purpose.Hŷ'gro-scope, n. p. 649(Physics.) An instrument which shows whether there is more or less moisture in the atmosphere, without indicating its amount, as by the change of weight in substances which readily imbibe moisture…Hȳ'gro-scōp'ic, a. p. 649Pertaining to the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope;—said of moisture; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture. 2.…Hy'gro-sco-pic'i-ty, n. p. 649(Bot.) The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances.Hŷ'gro-stăt'ics, n. sing. p. 649The science of comparing degrees of moisture. [Obs.] [See Note under MATHEMATICS.] Evelyn.Hŷ'ke, n. p. 649A loose Arabian garment. Parkhurst.Hȳ-lär'ehie-al, a. p. 649Presiding over matter. [Obs.] Hallywell.Hȳ'le-o-sȧur', n. p. 649(Palæon.) An extinct animal, of gigantic size, which united in its structure the osteology of the crocodile with that of the lizard, found in the Wealden formation, England.Hŷ'lo-bate, n. p. 649(Zoöl.) The gibbon, or long-armed ape. See GIBBON.Hŷ'lo-ist, n. p. 649One who believes matter to be God.Hȳ-lŏp'a-thĭsm, n. p. 649The doctrine that matter is sentient.Hȳ-lŏp'a-thist, n. p. 649One who believes in hylopathism.Hȳ'lo-thē'ism, n. p. 649The doctrine or belief that matter is God, or that there is no God except matter and the universe. See MATERIALISM.Hȳ'lo-zĭsm, n. p. 649The same as HYLOZOISM, q. v.Hy'/lo-zō'ist, n. p. 649One who holds matter to be animated.Hȳ'lo-zō'ic, a. p. 649Pertaining to hylozoism.Hȳ'lo-zō'ism, n. p. 649The doctrine that matter possesses a species of life. [Written also hylozoism.] Cudworth.Hȳ'lo-zō'ist, n. p. 649One who holds that matter and every particle of it have a species of life or sensation.Hȳ'men, n. p. 649(Myth.) A fabulous deity, the son, according to some, of Apollo and Urania, according to others, of Bacchus and Venus. He was the god of marriage, and presided over nuptial solemnities. 2. (Anat.)…Hȳ'men-ē'al or Hȳ'men-ē'an, a. p. 649Pertaining to marriage. Pope.Hŷ'men-ē'al, n. p. 649Hȳ'men-ē'an p. 649A marriage song. Milton.Hŷ'men-ŏp'ter, n. p. 649(Entom.) One of an order of insects having four membranous wings that are parallel-veined at the proximal part, and loosely reticulated distally. The females have generally either an ovipositor or a…Hŷ'men-ōp'te-rē, n. pl. p. 649See HYMENOPTER.Hȳ'men-ŏp'ter-al or Hȳ'men-ŏp'ter-oŭs, a. p. 649Belonging, or pertaining, to the hymenoptera.Hȳ'men-ōp'ter-an, n. p. 649The same as HYMENOPTER, q. v.Hymn, n. p. 649An ode or song of praise; especially, a religious ode; a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thanksgiving to a deity or to God; a psalm intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns…Hȳmn, v. t. p. 649To praise or celebrate in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing. Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine. Byron.Hȳmn, v. i. p. 649To sing in praise or adoration. Milton.Hȳm'nal, n. p. 649A sacred lyric; a hymn. [Rare.]Hȳm'nic, a. p. 649Relating to hymns, or sacred lyrics. Donne.Hȳm'ning, n. p. 649The singing of hymns.Hȳm'no-dy, n. p. 649A collection or selection of hymns; hymns considered collectively.Hym-nŏg'ra-pher, n. p. 649One who writes on the subject of hymns. 2. A writer or composer of hymns.Hym-nŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 649The science which treats of the writing of hymns.Hym-nŏl'o·gist, n. p. 649A composer of hymns. Busby.Hym-nŏl'o-gy, n. p. 649The body of hymns or sacred lyrics composed by several authors of a particular country or period, considered with respect to quantity and quality; as, the hymnology of Germany. 2. The science…Hȳ'oid or Hȳ-oid'e-an, a. p. 649Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon [υ]. Hyoid bone (Anat.), a bone at the base of the tongue, being a movable osseous arch, convex before, and suspended in the substance of…Hȳ'os-çȳ'a-mĭne, n. p. 649(Chem.) The active principle of henbane. See HENBANE.Hy̆p, n. p. 649A morbid depression of spirits; melancholy.Hy̆p, v. t. p. 649To make melancholy; to depress the spirits of. W. Irving.Hȳ-pæ'thral or Hȳ-pē'thral, a. p. 649(Arch.) Exposed to the air; wanting a roof;—applied to a building or temple. Gwilt.Hy-păl'la-ge, n. p. 649(Gram.) A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to others;—thus Virgil says, “dare classibus austros,” to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classes…Hȳ-păs′pist, n. p. 649(Gr. Antiq.) A shield-bearer or armor-bearer. Mitford.Hȳ'per p. 649A prefix used in composition to denote excess, or something over or beyond;—sometimes used in the composition of chemical terms, instead of super, to denote excess, or that the substance first…Hȳ'per, n. p. 649A hypercritic. [Obs. and rare.] Prior.