H.

H (āch), the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, &thlig;, as in shall, thing, &thlig;ine (for zh see §274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in charm (written also tch as in catch), with the latter, the sound of f, as in phase, phantom. In some words, mostly derived or introduced from foreign languages, h following c and g indicates that those consonants have the hard sound before e, i, and y, as in chemistry, chiromancy, chyle, Ghent, Ghibelline, etc.; in some others, ch has the sound of sh, as in chicane. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 153, 179, 181-3, 237-8.

The name (aitch) is from the French ache; its form is from the Latin, and this from the Greek H, which was used as the sign of the spiritus asper (rough breathing) before it came to represent the long vowel, Gr. η. The Greek H is from Phœnician, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically H is most closely related to c; as in E. horn, L. cornu, Gr. ke`ras; E. hele, v. t., conceal; E. hide, L. cutis, Gr. ky`tos; E. hundred, L. centum, Gr. "e- kat-on, Skr. &csdot;ata.

H piece (Mining), the part of a plunger pump which contains the valve.

H (hä). (Mus.) The seventh degree in the diatonic scale, being used by the Germans for B natural. See B.

Ha (hä), interj. [AS.] An exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. Both as uttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of emotions, determined by the tone or the context. When repeated, ha, ha, it is an expression of laughter, satisfaction, or triumph, sometimes of derisive laughter; or sometimes it is equivalent to "Well, it is so."

Ha-has, and inarticulate hootings of satirical rebuke.

Carlyle.

Haaf (häf), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. & Sw. haf the sea, Dan. hav, perh. akin to E. haven.] The deepsea fishing for cod, ling, and tusk, off the Shetland Isles.

Haak (hāk), n. (Zoöl.) A sea fish. See Hake. Ash.

Haar (här), n. [See Hoar.] A fog; esp., a fog or mist with a chill wind. [Scot.] T. Chalmers.

||Ha"be*as cor"pus (hā"b&esl;*ăs kôr"pŭs). [L. you may have the body.] (Law) A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect the right to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial. Bouvier.

||Ha*ben"dum (h&adot;*b&ebreve;n"dŭm), n. [L., that must be had.] (Law) That part of a deed which follows the part called the premises, and determines the extent of the interest or estate granted; -- so called because it begins with the word Habendum. Kent.

Hab"er*dash (hăb"&etilde;r*dăsh), v. i. [See Haberdasher.] To deal in small wares. [R.]

To haberdash in earth's base ware.

Quarles.

Hab"er*dash`er (-dăsh`&etilde;r), n. [Prob. fr. Icel. hapurtask trumpery, trifles, perh. through French. It is possibly akin to E. haversack, and to Icel. taska trunk, chest, pocket, G. tasche pocket, and the orig. sense was perh., peddler's wares.] 1. A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread; also, a hatter. [Obs.]

The haberdasher heapeth wealth by hats.

Gascoigne.

2. A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc.

Hab"er*dash`er*y (-&ybreve;), n. The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also (Fig.), trifles. Burke.

Hab`er*dine" (hăb`&etilde;r*dēn" or hă"b&etilde;r*d&ibreve;n), n. [D. abberdaan, labberdaan; or a French form, cf. OF. habordeau, from the name of a Basque district, cf. F. Labourd, adj. Labourdin. The l was misunderstood as the French article.] A cod salted and dried. Ainsworth.

Ha*ber"ge*on (h&adot;*b&etilde;r"j&esl;*&obreve;n or hăb"&etilde;r*jŭn), n. [F. haubergeon a small hauberk, dim. of OF. hauberc, F. haubert. See Hauberk.] Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk. Chaucer.

Hab"i*la*to*ry (hăb"&ibreve;*l&adot;*t&osl;*r&ybreve;), a. Of or pertaining to clothing; wearing clothes. Ld. Lytton.

Hab"ile (hăb"&ibreve;l), a. [F. habile, L. habilis. See Able, Habit.] Fit; qualified; also, apt. [Obs.] Spenser.

Ha*bil"i*ment (h&adot;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*ment), n. [F. habillement, fr. habiller to dress, clothe, orig., to make fit, make ready, fr. habile apt, skillful, L. habilis. See Habile.] 1. A garment; an article of clothing. Camden.

2. pl. Dress, in general. Shak.

Ha*bil"i*ment*ed, a. Clothed. Taylor (1630).

Ha*bil"i*tate (-t&asl;t), a. [LL. habilitatus, p. p. of habilitare to enable.] Qualified or entitled. [Obs.] Bacon.

Ha*bil"i*tate (-tāt), v. t. To fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle. Johnson.

Ha*bil`i*ta"tion (-tā"shŭn), n. [LL. habilitatio: cf. F. habilitation.] Equipment; qualification. [Obs.] Bacon.

Ha*bil"i*ty (h&adot;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), n. [See Ability.] Ability; aptitude. [Obs.] Robynson (More's Utopia).

Hab"it (hăb"&ibreve;t) n. [OE. habit, abit, F. habit fr. L. habitus state, appearance, dress, fr. habere to have, be in a condition; prob. akin to E. have. See Have, and cf. Able, Binnacle, Debt, Due, Exhibit, Malady.] 1. The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body.

2. (Biol.) The general appearance and manner of life of a living organism.

3. Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition; as, habit is second nature; also, peculiar ways of acting; characteristic forms of behavior.

A man of very shy, retired habits.

W. Irving.

4. Outward appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a closely fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; as, a riding habit.

Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy.

Shak.

There are, among the statues, several of Venus, in different habits.

Addison.

Syn. -- Practice; mode; manner; way; custom; fashion. -- Habit, Custom. Habit is a disposition or tendency leading us to do easily, naturally, and with growing certainty, what we do often; custom is external, being habitual use or the frequent repetition of the same act. The two operate reciprocally on each other. The custom of giving produces a habit of liberality; habits of devotion promote the custom of going to church. Custom also supposes an act of the will, selecting given modes of procedure; habit is a law of our being, a kind of "second nature" which grows up within us.

How use doth breed a habit in a man !

Shak.

He who reigns . . . upheld by old repute,
Consent, or custom.

Milton.

Hab"it (hăb"&ibreve;t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Habited; p. pr. & vb. n. Habiting.] [OE. habiten to dwell, F. habiter, fr. L. habitare to have frequently, to dwell, intens. fr. habere to have. See Habit, n.] 1. To inhabit. [Obs.]

In thilke places as they [birds] habiten.

Rom. of R.

2. To dress; to clothe; to array.

They habited themselves like those rural deities.

Dryden.

3. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] Chapman.

Hab`it*a*bil"i*ty (- &adot;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), n. Habitableness.

Hab"it*a*ble (hăb"&ibreve;t*&adot;*b'l), a. [F. habitable, L. habitabilis.] Capable of being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in; as, the habitable world. -- Hab"it*a*ble*ness, n. -- Hab"it*a*bly, adv.

Hab"it*a*cle (hăb"&ibreve;t*&adot;*k'l), n. [F. habitacle dwelling place, binnacle, L. habitaculum dwelling place. See Binnacle, Habit, v.] A dwelling place. Chaucer. Southey.

Ha`bi`tan" (&adot;`b&esl;`tä⊁"), n. Same as Habitant, 2.

General Arnold met an emissary . . . sent . . . to ascertain the feelings of the habitans or French yeomanry.

W. Irwing.

Hab"it*ance (hăb"&ibreve;t*ans), n. [OF. habitance, LL. habitantia.] Dwelling; abode; residence. [Obs.] Spenser.

Hab"it*an*cy (-an*s&ybreve;), n. Same as Inhabitancy.

Hab"it*ant (-ant), n. [F. habitant. See Habit, v. t.]

1. An inhabitant; a dweller. Milton. Pope.

2. [F. pron. &adot;`b&esl;`tä⊁"] An inhabitant or resident; -- a name applied to and denoting farmers of French descent or origin in Canada, especially in the Province of Quebec; -- usually in the plural.

The habitants or cultivators of the soil.

Parkman.

Hab"i*tat (hăb"&ibreve;*tăt), n. [L., it dwells, fr. habitare. See Habit, v. t.] 1. (Biol.) The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.

2. Place where anything is commonly found.

This word has its habitat in Oxfordshire.

Earle.

Hab`i*ta"tion (-tā"shŭn), n. [F. habitation, L. habitatio.] 1. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy. Denham.

2. Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.

The Lord . . . blesseth the habitation of the just.

Prov. iii. 33.

Hab"i*ta`tor (hăb"&ibreve;*tā`t&etilde;r), n. [L.] A dweller; an inhabitant. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Hab"it*ed (-&ibreve;t*&ebreve;d), p. p. & a. 1. Clothed; arrayed; dressed; as, he was habited like a shepherd.

2. Fixed by habit; accustomed. [Obs.]

So habited he was in sobriety.

Fuller.

3. Inhabited. [Archaic]

Another world, which is habited by the ghosts of men and women.

Addison.

Ha*bit"u*al (h&adot;*b&ibreve;t"&usl;*al; 135), a. [Cf. F. habituel, LL. habitualis. See Habit, n.] 1. Formed or acquired by habit or use.

An habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims.

South.

2. According to habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as, the habitual practice of sin.

It is the distinguishing mark of habitual piety to be grateful for the most common and ordinary blessings.

Buckminster.

Syn. -- Customary; accustomed; usual; common; wonted; ordinary; regular; familiar.

-- Ha*bit"u*al*ly, adv. -- Ha*bit"u*al*ness, n.

Ha*bit"u*ate (-āt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Habituated (- ā`t&ebreve;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Habituating (-ā`t&ibreve;ng).] [L. habituatus, p. p. of habituare to bring into a condition or habit of body: cf. F. habituer. See Habit.] 1. To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.

Our English dogs, who were habituated to a colder clime.

Sir K. Digby.

Men are first corrupted . . . and next they habituate themselves to their vicious practices.

Tillotson.

2. To settle as an inhabitant. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.

Ha*bit"u*ate (-&asl;t), a. Firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual. [R.] Hammond.

Ha*bit`u*a"tion (-ā"shŭn), n. [Cf. F. habituation.] The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.

Hab"i*tude (hăb"&ibreve;*tūd), n. [F., fr. L. habitudo condition. See Habit.] 1. Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations. South.

The same ideas having immutably the same habitudes one to another.

Locke.

The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else than their habitudes of thinking.

Landor.

2. Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity.

To write well, one must have frequent habitudes with the best company.

Dryden.

3. Habit of body or of action. Shak.

It is impossible to gain an exact habitude without an infinite number of acts and perpetual practice.

Dryden.

||Ha`bi`tu`é" (&adot;`b&esl;`t&usdot;`&asl;"), n. [F., p. p. of habituer. See Habituate.] One who habitually frequents a place; as, an habitué of a theater.

Hab"i*ture (hăb"&ibreve;*t&usl;r; 135), n. Habitude. [Obs.]

||Hab"i*tus (-tŭs), n. [L.] (Zoöl.) Habitude; mode of life; general appearance.

Ha"ble (hā"b'l), a. See Habile. [Obs.] Spenser.

Hab"nab (hăb"năb), adv. [Hobnob.] By chance. [Obs.]

Hach"ure (hăch"&usl;r), n. [F., fr. hacher to hack. See Hatching.] (Fine Arts) A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.

||Ha`ci*en"da (ä`th&esl;*&asl;n"d&adot; or hä`s&ibreve;*&ebreve;n"d&adot;), n. [Sp., fr. OSp. facienda employment, estate, fr. L. facienda, pl. of faciendum what is to be done, fr. facere to do. See Fact.] A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word used in Spanish-American regions.

Hack (hăk), n. [See Hatch a half door.] 1. A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.

2. Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.

Hack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hacked (hăkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Hacking.] [OE. hakken, AS. haccian; akin to D. hakken, G. hacken, Dan. hakke, Sw. hacka, and perh. to E. hew. Cf. Hew to cut, Haggle.] 1. To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.

My sword hacked like a handsaw.

Shak.

2. Fig.: To mangle in speaking. Shak.

Hack, v. i. To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.

Hack, n. 1. A notch; a cut. Shak.

2. An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.

3. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough. Dr. H. More.

4. (Football) A kick on the shins. T. Hughes.

Hack saw, a handsaw having a narrow blade stretched in an iron frame, for cutting metal.

Hack (hăk), n. [Shortened fr. hackney. See Hackney.]

1. A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.

2. A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.

On horse, on foot, in hacks and gilded chariots.

Pope.

3. A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.

Here lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed,
Who long was a bookseller's hack.

Goldsmith.

4. A procuress.

Hack, a. Hackneyed; hired; mercenary. Wakefield.

Hack writer, a hack; one who writes for hire. "A vulgar hack writer." Macaulay.

Hack, v. t. 1. To use as a hack; to let out for hire.

2. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.

The word "remarkable" has been so hacked of late.

J. H. Newman.

Hack, v. i. 1. To be exposed or offered to common use for hire; to turn prostitute. Hanmer.

2. To live the life of a drudge or hack. Goldsmith.

Hack"a*more (-&adot;*mōr), n. [Cf. Sp. jaquima headstall of a halter.] A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal. [Western U. S.]

Hack"ber`ry (hăk"b&ebreve;r`r&ybreve;), n. (Bot.) A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C. occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States. Gray.

Hack"bolt` (-bōlt`), n. (Zoöl.) The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon.

Hack"buss (-bŭs), n. Same as Hagbut.

Hack"ee (-ē), n. (Zoöl.) The chipmunk; also, the chickaree or red squirrel. [U. S.]

Hack"er (-&etilde;r), n. One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine; a hack.

Hack"er*y (-&ybreve;), n. [Hind. chhakrā.] A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks. [Bengal] Malcom.

Hac"kle (hăk"k'l), n. [See Heckle, and cf. Hatchel.]

1. A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.

2. Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.

3. One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used.

4. An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.

Hac"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Hackling (-kl&ibreve;ng).] 1. To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.

2. To tear asunder; to break in pieces.

The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces.

Burke.

Hac"kly (hăk"l&ybreve;), a. [From Hackle.] 1. Rough or broken, as if hacked.

2. (Min.) Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic iron.

Hack"man (-man), n.; pl. Hackmen (-men). The driver of a hack or carriage for public hire.

Hack"ma*tack` (-m&adot;*tăk`), n. [Of American Indian origin.] (Bot.) The American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack.

Hack"ney (-n&ybreve;), n.; pl. Hackneys (-n&ibreve;z). [OE. hakeney, hakenay; cf. F. haquenée a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haguenée, Sp. hacanea, OSp. facanea, D. hakkenei, also OF. haque horse, Sp. haca, OSp. faca; perh. akin to E. hack to cut, and nag, and orig. meaning, a jolting horse. Cf. Hack a horse, Nag.] 1. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. Chaucer.

2. A horse or pony kept for hire.

3. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.

4. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.

Hack"ney, a. Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors. "Hackney tongue." Roscommon.

Hack"ney, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackneyed (-n&ibreve;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Hackneying.] 1. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation.

Had I so lavish of my presence been,
So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men.

Shak.

2. To carry in a hackney coach. Cowper.

Hack"ney*man (-măn), n.; pl. Hackneymen (-m&ebreve;n). A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.

Hack"ster (-st&etilde;r), n. [From Hack to cut.] A bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an assassin. [Obs.] Milton.

Hac"que*ton (hăk"k&esl;*t&obreve;n), n. Same as Acton. [Obs.]

Had (hăd), imp. & p. p. of Have. [OE. had, hafde, hefde, AS. hæfde.] See Have.

Had as lief, Had rather, Had better, Had as soon, etc., with a nominative and followed by the infinitive without to, are well established idiomatic forms. The original construction was that of the dative with forms of be, followed by the infinitive. See Had better, under Better.

And lever me is be pore and trewe.
[And more agreeable to me it is to be poor and true.]

C. Mundi (Trans.).

Him had been lever to be syke.
[To him it had been preferable to be sick.]

Fabian.

For him was lever have at his bed's head
Twenty bookes, clad in black or red, . . .
Than robes rich, or fithel, or gay sawtrie.

Chaucer.

Gradually the nominative was substituted for the dative, and had for the forms of be. During the process of transition, the nominative with was or were, and the dative with had, are found.

Poor lady, she were better love a dream.

Shak.

You were best hang yourself.

Beau. & Fl.

Me rather had my heart might feel your love
Than my unpleased eye see your courtesy.

Shak.

I hadde levere than my scherte,
That ye hadde rad his legende, as have I.

Chaucer.

I had as lief not be as live to be
In awe of such a thing as I myself.

Shak.

I had rather be a dog and bay the moon,
Than such a Roman.

Shak.

I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Ps. lxxxiv. 10.

Had"der (hăd"d&etilde;r), n. Heather; heath. [Obs.] Burton.

Had"die (-d&ibreve;), n. (Zoöl.) The haddock. [Scot.]

Had"dock (-dŭk), n. [OE. hadok, haddok, of unknown origin; cf. Ir. codog, Gael. adag, F. hadot.] (Zoöl.) A marine food fish (Melanogrammus æglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie.

Norway haddock, a marine edible fish (Sebastes marinus) of Northern Europe and America. See Rose fish.

Hade (hād), n. [Cf. AS. heald inclined, bowed down, G. halde declivity.] 1. The descent of a hill. [Obs.]

2. (Mining) The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein.

Hade, v. i. (Mining) To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.

Ha"des (hā"dēz), n. [Gr. "a',dhs, "A'idhs; 'a priv. + 'idei^n to see. Cf. Un-, Wit.] The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave.

And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them.

Rev. xx. 13 (Rev. Ver.).

Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

Acts ii. 31 (Rev. Ver.).

And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments.

Luke xvi. 23 (Rev. Ver.).

||Hadj (hăj), n. [Ar. hajj, fr. hajja to set out, walk, go on a pilgrimage.] The pilgrimage to Mecca, performed by Mohammedans.

Hadj"i (-&ibreve;), n. [Ar. hājjī. See Hadj.] 1. A Mohammedan pilgrim to Mecca; -- used among Orientals as a respectful salutation or a title of honor. G. W. Curtis.

2. A Greek or Armenian who has visited the holy sepulcher at Jerusalem. Heyse.

||Had`ro*sau"rus (hăd`r&osl;*s&add;"rŭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "adro`s thick + say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.) An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.

Hæc*ce"i*ty (h&ebreve;k*sē"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), [L. hæcce this.] (Logic) Literally, this-ness. A scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this book.

Hæm"a- (h&ebreve;m"&adot;- or hē"m&adot;-), Hæm"a*to- (h&ebreve;m"&adot;*t&osl;- or hē"m&adot;*t&osl;-), Hæm"o- (h&ebreve;m"&osl;- or hē"m&osl;-). [Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.] Combining forms indicating relation or resemblance to blood, association with blood; as, hæmapod, hæmatogenesis, hæmoscope.

&fist; Words from Gr. a"i^ma are written hema-, hemato-, hemo-, as well as hæma-, hæmato-, hæmo-.

Hæm"a*chrome (h&ebreve;m"&adot;*krōm or hē"m&adot;-), n. [Hæma- + Gr. chrw^ma color.] (Physiol. Chem.) Hematin.

Hæm`a*cy"a*nin (-sī"&adot;*n&ibreve;n), n. [Hæma- + Gr. ky`anos a dark blue substance.] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color.

&fist; When deprived of oxygen it is colorless, but becomes quickly blue in contact with oxygen, and is then generally called oxyhæmacyanin. A similar blue coloring matter has been detected in small quantity in the blood of other animals and in the bile.

Hæm`a*cy*tom"e*ter (- s&isl;*t&obreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r), n. [Hæma + Gr. ky`tos a hollow vessel + - meter.] (Physiol.) An apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.

Hæ"mad (hē"măd), adv. [Hæma- + L. ad toward.] (Anat.) Toward the hæmal side; on the hæmal side of; -- opposed to neurad.

{ Hæm`a*drom"e*ter (h&ebreve;m`&adot;*dr&obreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r or hē`m&adot;- ), Hæm`a*dro*mom"e*ter (- dr&osl;*m&obreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r), } n. Same as Hemadrometer.

{ Hæm`a*drom"e*try (- dr&obreve;m"&esl;*tr&ybreve;),Hæm`a*dro*mom"e*try (- dr&osl;*m&obreve;m"&esl;*tr&ybreve;), } n. Same as Hemadrometry.

Hæm`a*drom"o*graph (-dr&obreve;m"&osl;*gr&adot;f), n. [Hæma- + Gr. dro`mos course + -graph.] (Physiol.) An instrument for registering the velocity of the blood.

Hæ`ma*dy*nam"e*ter (hē`m&adot;*d&isl;*năm"&esl;*t&etilde;r or h&ebreve;m`&adot;*d&ibreve;-) Hæ`ma*dy`na*mom"e*ter (hē`m&adot;*dī`n&adot;*m&obreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r or h&ebreve;m`&adot;*d&ibreve;n`&adot;-), Same as Hemadynamometer.

Hæma*dy*nam"ics (hē`m&adot;*d&isl;*năm"&ibreve;ks or h&ebreve;m`&adot;*d&ibreve;-), n. Same as Hemadynamics.

Hæ"mal (hē"mal), a. [Gr. a"i^ma blood.] Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels; also, ventral. See Hemal.

Hæm`a*phæ"in (h&ebreve;m`&adot;*fē"&ibreve;n or hē`m&adot;-), n. [Hæma- + Gr. faio`s dusky.] (Physiol.) A brownish substance sometimes found in the blood, in cases of jaundice.

Hæm"a*pod (h&ebreve;m"&adot;*p&obreve;d or hē"m&adot;*p&obreve;d), n. [Hæma + -pod.] (Zoöl.) An hæmapodous animal. G. Rolleston.

Hæ*map"o*dous (h&esl;*măp"&osl;*dŭs), a. (Anat.) Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to neuropodous.

Hæm`a*poi*et"ic (h&ebreve;m`&adot;*poi*&ebreve;t"&ibreve;k or hē`m&adot;-), a. [Hæma- + Gr. poihtiko`s productive.] (Physiol.) Blood-forming; as, the hæmapoietic function of the spleen.

||Hæm`a*poph"y*sis (- p&obreve;f"&ibreve;*s&ibreve;s), n. [NL.] Same as Hemapophysis. -- Hæm`a*po*phys"i*al (- p&osl;*f&ibreve;z"&ibreve;*al), a.

Hæm`a*stat"ics, n. Same as Hemastatics.

Hæm`a*ta*chom"e*ter (- t&adot;*k&obreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r), n. [Hæma- + Gr. tachy`s swift + -meter.] (Physiol.) A form of apparatus (somewhat different from the hemadrometer) for measuring the velocity of the blood.

Hæm`a*ta*chom"e*try (-tr&ybreve;), n. (Physiol.) The measurement of the velocity of the blood.

Hæm`a*tem"e*sis, n. Same as Hematemesis.

Hæ*mat"ic (h&esl;*măt"&ibreve;k), a. [Gr. a"imatiko`s] Of or pertaining to the blood; sanguine; brownish red.

Hæmatic acid (Physiol. Chem.), a hypothetical acid, supposed to be formed from hemoglobin during its oxidation in the lungs, and to have the power of freeing carbonic acid from the sodium carbonate of the serum. Thudichum.

Hæm"a*tin, n. Same as Hematin.

Hæm`a*ti*nom"e*ter, n. Same as Hematinometer.

Hæm`a*tin`o*met"ric, a. Same as Hematinometric.

Hæm"a*tite, n. Same as Hematite.

Hæm`a*tit"ic (h&ebreve;m`&adot;*t&ibreve;t"&ibreve;k), a. (Zoöl.) Of a blood-red color; crimson; (Bot.) brownish red.

Hæm"a*to- (h&ebreve;m"&adot;*t&osl;- or hē"- ), prefix. See Hæma-.

Hæm"a*to*blast` (-blăst`), n. [Hæmato- + -blast.] (Anat.) One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle, supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red corpuscles; -- called also blood plaque, and blood plate.

||Hæm`a*toc"ry*a (t&obreve;k"r&ibreve;*&adot;), n. pl. (Zoöl.) The cold-blooded vertebrates. Same as Hematocrya.

Hæm`*a*toc"ry*al (-al), a. Cold-blooded.

Hæm`a*to*crys"tal*lin, n. Same as Hematocrystallin.

Hæ`ma*to*dy`na*mom"e*ter (hē`m&adot;*t&osl;*dī`n&adot;*m&obreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r or h&ebreve;m`&adot;*t&osl;*d&ibreve;n`&adot;-), n. Same as Hemadynamometer.

Hæm`a*to*gen"e*sis (h&ebreve;m`&adot;*t&osl;*j&ebreve;n"&esl;*s&ibreve;s or hē`m&adot;*t&osl;-), n. [Hæmato- + genesis.] (Physiol.) (a) The origin and development of blood. (b) The transformation of venous into arterial blood by respiration; hematosis.

Hæm`a*to*gen"ic (-j&ebreve;n"&ibreve;k), a. (Physiol.) Relating to hæmatogenesis.

Hæm`a*tog"e*nous (-t&obreve;j"&esl;*nŭs), a. (Physiol.) Originating in the blood.

Hæm`a*to*glob"u*lin, n. Same as Hematoglobulin.

Hæm"a*toid, a. Same as Hematoid.

Hæm`a*toid"in, n. Same as Hematoidin.

Hæ*mat"o*in (h&esl;*măt"&osl;*&ibreve;n), n. [Hæmato- + -in.] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. Two like bodies, called respectively hæmatoporphyrin and hæmatolin, are formed in a similar manner.

Hæ*mat"o*lin (-l&ibreve;n), n. See Hæmatoin.

Hæm`a*tol"o*gy (h&ebreve;m`&adot;*t&obreve;l"&osl;*j&ybreve; or hē`m&adot;-), n. The science which treats of the blood. Same as Hematology.

Hæm`a*tom"e*ter (-t&obreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r), n. [Hæmato- + -meter.] (Physiol.) (a) Same as Hemadynamometer. (b) An instrument for determining the number of blood corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.

||Hæm`a*to*phi*li"na (- t&osl;*f&ibreve;*lī"n&adot;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood +filei^n to love.] (Zoöl.) A division of Cheiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire.

Hæm"a*to*plast` (-plăst`), n. [Hæmato- + Gr. pla`ssein to mold.] (Anat.) Same as Hæmatoblast.

Hæm`a*to*plas"tic (-plăs"t&ibreve;k), a. [Hæmato- + -plastic.] (Physiol.) Blood formative; -- applied to a substance in early fetal life, which breaks up gradually into blood vessels.

Hæm`a*to*por"phy*rin (- pôr"f&ibreve;*r&ibreve;n), n. [Hæmato- + Gr. porfy`ra purple.] (Physiol. Chem.) See Hæmatoin.

Hæm"a*to*sac` (-săk`), n. [Hæmato- + sac.] (Anat.) A vascular sac connected, beneath the brain, in many fishes, with the infundibulum.

Hæm"a*to*scope` (-skōp`), n. A hæmoscope.

Hæm`a*to"sin (h&ebreve;m`&adot;*tō"s&ibreve;n or h&esl;*măt"&osl;*s&ibreve;n), n. (Physiol. Chem.) Hematin. [R.]

||Hæm`a*to"sis, n. Same as Hematosis.

||Hæm`a*to*ther"ma (h&ebreve;m`&adot;*t&osl;*th&etilde;r"m&adot; or hē`m&adot;-), n. pl. (Zoöl.) Same as Hematotherma.

Hæm`a*to*ther"mal (-mal), a. Warm-blooded; homoiothermal.

Hæm`a*to*tho"rax, n. Same as Hemothorax.

Hæm`a*tox"y*lin (-t&obreve;ks"&ibreve;*l&ibreve;n), n. [See Hæmatoxylon.] (Chem.) The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance, C₁₆H₁₄O₆, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also hematin.

||Hæm`a*tox"y*lon (-l&obreve;n), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood + xy`lon wood.] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species, the H. Campechianum or logwood tree, native in Yucatan.

||Hæm`a*to*zo"ön (-t&osl;*zō"&obreve;n), n.; pl. Hæmatozoa (- &adot;). [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + zw^,on animal.] (Zoöl.) A parasite inhabiting the blood; esp.: (a) Certain species of nematodes of the genus Filaria, sometimes found in the blood of man, the horse, the dog, etc. (b) The trematode, Bilharzia hæmatobia, which infests the inhabitants of Egypt and other parts of Africa, often causing death.

Hæ"mic (hē"m&ibreve;k or h&ebreve;m"&ibreve;k), a. Pertaining to the blood; hemal.

Hæ"min (hā"m&ibreve;n), n. Same as Hemin.

Hæm"o- (h&ebreve;m"&osl;- or hē"m&osl;-), prefix. See Hæma-.

Hæm"o*chrome (-krōm), n. Same as Hæmachrome.

Hæm`o*chro"mo*gen (-krō"m&osl;*j&ebreve;n), n. [Hæmochrome + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.) A body obtained from hemoglobin, by the action of reducing agents in the absence of oxygen.

Hæm`o*chro*mom"e*ter (- kr&osl;*m&obreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r), n. [Hæmochrome + -meter.] (Physiol. Chem.) An apparatus for measuring the amount of hemoglobin in a fluid, by comparing it with a solution of known strength and of normal color.

Hæm`o*cy"a*nin (-sī"&adot;*n&ibreve;n), n. Same as Hæmacyanin.

||Hæm`o*cy*tol"y*sis (- s&isl;*t&obreve;l"&ibreve;*s&ibreve;s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood + ky`tos hollow vessel + ly`ein to loosen, dissolve.] (Physiol.) See Hæmocytotrypsis.

Hæm`o*cy*tom"e*ter, n. See Hæmacytometer.

||Hæm`o*cy`to*tryp"sis (- sī`t&osl;*tr&ibreve;p"s&ibreve;s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood + ky`tos hollow vessel + tri`bein to rub, grind.] (Physiol.) A breaking up of the blood corpuscles, as by pressure, in distinction from solution of the corpuscles, or hæmocytolysis.

Hæm`o*drom"o*graph, n. Same as Hæmadromograph.

Hæm`o*dro*mom"e*ter(- dr&osl;*m&obreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r),n.Same as Hemadrometer.

Hæ`mo*dy*nam"e*ter (hē`m&osl;*d&isl;*năm"&esl;*t&etilde;r or h&ebreve;m`&osl;*d&ibreve;-), n. Same as Hemadynamometer.

Hæ`mo*dy*nam"ics,n.Same as Hemadynamics.

Hæm`o*glo"bin, n. Same as Hemoglobin.

Hæm`o*glo`bin*om"e*ter (- &obreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r), n. [Hæmoglobin + -meter.] Same as Hemochromometer.

Hæm`o*lu"te*in (-lū"t&esl;*&ibreve;n), n. [Hæmo- + corpus luteum.] (Physiol.) See Hematoidin.

Hæm`o*ma*nom"e*ter (- m&adot;*n&obreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r), n. [Hæmo- + manometer.] Same as Hemadynamometer.

Hæ*mom"e*ter (h&esl;*m&obreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r), n. [Hæmo- + -meter.] (Physiol.) Same as Hemadynamometer.

Hæ"mo*ny (hē"m&osl;*n&ybreve;), n. [L. Hæmonia a name of Thessaly, the land of magic.] A plant described by Milton as "of sovereign use against all enchantments."

Hæm`o*plas"tic, a. Same as Hæmatoplastic.

Hæm"or*rhoid"al, a. Same as Hemorrhoidal.

Hæm"o*scope (h&ebreve;m"&osl;*skōp or hē"m&osl;-), n. [Hæmo- + - scope.] (Physiol.) An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination.

Hæm`o*stat"ic (-stăt"&ibreve;k), a. Same as Hemostatic.

Hæm`o*ta*chom"e*ter (- t&adot;*k&obreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r), n. Same as Hæmatachometer.

Hæm`o*ta*chom"e*try (-tr&ybreve;), n. Same as Hæmatachometry.

Haf (häf), imp. of Heave. Hove. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Haf"fle (hăf"f'l), v. i. [Cf. G. haften to cling, stick to, Prov. G., to stop, stammer.] To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Haft (h&adot;ft), n. [AS. hæft; akin to D. & G. heft, Icel. hepti, and to E. heave, or have. Cf. Heft.] 1. A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt.

This brandish'd dagger
I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast.

Dryden.

2. A dwelling. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Haft, v. t. To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.

Haft"er (-&etilde;r), n. [Cf. G. haften to cling or stick to, and E. haffle.] A caviler; a wrangler. [Obs.] Baret.

Hag (hăg), n. [OE. hagge, hegge, witch, hag, AS. hægtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw. häxa. The first part of the word is prob. the same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild woman. √12.] 1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.] "[Silenus] that old hag." Golding.

2. An ugly old woman.Dryden.

3. A fury; a she-monster. Crashaw.

4. (Zoöl.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch (Myxine glutinosa), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotreta. Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken.

5. (Zoöl.) The hagdon or shearwater.

6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair. Blount.

Hag moth (Zoöl.), a moth (Phobetron pithecium), the larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit trees. -- Hag's tooth (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing.

Hag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hagged (hăgd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hagging.] To harass; to weary with vexation.

How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with the fancy of omens.

L'Estrange.

Hag, n. [Scot. hag to cut; cf. E. hack.] 1. A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.

This said, he led me over hoults and hags;
Through thorns and bushes scant my legs I drew.

Fairfax.

2. A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut. Dugdale.

Hag"ber`ry (hăg"b&ebreve;r`r&ybreve;), n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Prunus (P. Padus); the bird cherry. [Scot.]

Hag"born` (-bôrn`), a. Born of a hag or witch. Shak.

Hag"but (-bŭt), n. [OF. haquebute, prob. a corruption of D. haakbus; haak hook + bus gun barrel. See Hook, and 2d Box, and cf. Arquebus.] A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim. [Written also haguebut and hackbuss.]

Hag"but*ter (hăg"bŭt*t&etilde;r), n. A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus. [Written also hackbutter.] Froude.

Hag"don (hăg"d&obreve;n), n. (Zoöl.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P. Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater.

Hag"fish`(- f&ibreve;sh`),n.(Zoöl.) See Hag, 4.

Hag*ga"da (hăg*gä"d&adot;), n.; pl. Haggadoth (- dōth). [Rabbinic haggādhā, fr. Heb. higgīdh to relate.] A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament. [Written also hagada.]

Hag"gard (hăg"g&etilde;rd), a. [F. hagard; of German origin, and prop. meaning, of the hegde or woods, wild, untamed. See Hedge, 1st Haw, and - ard.] 1. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk. [Obs.] Shak.

2. [For hagged, fr. hag a witch, influenced by haggard wild.] Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted by pain; wild and wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes.

Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look.

Dryden.

Hag"gard, n. [See Haggard, a.] 1. (Falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.

2. A fierce, intractable creature.

I have loved this proud disdainful haggard.

Shak.

3. [See Haggard, a., 2.] A hag. [Obs.] Garth.

Hag"gard, n. [See 1st Haw, Hedge, and Yard an inclosed space.] A stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] Swift.

Hag"gard*ly, adv. In a haggard manner. Dryden.

Hag"ged (-g&ebreve;d), a. Like a hag; lean; ugly. [R.]

Hag"gis (-g&ibreve;s), n. [Scot. hag to hack, chop, E. hack. Formed, perhaps, in imitation of the F. hachis (E. hash), fr. hacher.] A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck. [Written also haggiss, haggess, and haggies.]

Hag"gish (-g&ibreve;sh), a. Like a hag; ugly; wrinkled.

But on us both did haggish age steal on.

Shak.

Hag"gish*ly, adv. In the manner of a hag.

Hag"gle (hăg"g'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haggled (-g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Haggling (-gl&ibreve;ng).] [Freq. of Scot. hag, E. hack. See Hack to cut.] To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood.

Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er,
Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped.

Shak.

Hag"gle, v. i. To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.

Royalty and science never haggled about the value of blood.

Walpole.

Hag"gle, n. The act or process of haggling. Carlyle.

Hag"gler (hăg"gl&etilde;r), n. 1. One who haggles or is difficult in bargaining.

2. One who forestalls a market; a middleman between producer and dealer in London vegetable markets.

Ha"gi*ar`chy (hā"j&ibreve;*är`k&ybreve;), n. [Gr. "a`gios sacred, holy + - archy.] A sacred government; government by holy orders of men. Southey.

Ha`gi*oc"ra*cy (-&obreve;k"r&adot;*s&ybreve;), n. [Gr. "a`gios holy, and kratei^n to govern.] Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.

||Ha`gi*og"ra*pha (-&obreve;g"r&adot;*f&adot;), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. "agio`grafa (sc. bibli`a), fr. "agio`grafos written by inspiration; "a`gios sacred, holy + gra`fein to write.] 1. The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets. It comprises Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.

2. (R. C. Ch.) The lives of the saints. Brande & C.

Ha`gi*og"ra*phal (-fal), Pertaining to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings.

Ha`gi*og"ra*pher (-f&etilde;r), n. One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints. Shipley.

Ha`gi*og"ra*phy (-f&ybreve;; 277), n. Same as Hagiographa.

Ha`gi*ol"a*try (-&obreve;l"&adot;*tr&ybreve;), n. [Gr. "a`gios sacred + latrei`a worship.] The invocation or worship of saints.

Ha`gi*ol"o*gist (-&osl;*j&ibreve;st), n. One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer. Tylor.

Hagiologists have related it without scruple.

Southey.

Ha`gi*ol"o*gy (-j&ybreve;), n. [Gr. "a`gios sacred + -logy.] The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints. J. H. Newman.

Ha"gi*o*scope` (hā"j&ibreve;*&osl;*skōp`), n. [Gr. "a`gios sacred + -scope.] An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint. Hook.

Hag"-rid`den (hăg"r&ibreve;d`d'n), a. Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmare. Beattie. Cheyne.

Hag"seed` (hăg"sēd), n. The offspring of a hag. Shak.

Hag"ship, n. The state or title of a hag. Middleton.

Hag"-ta`per (-tā`p&etilde;r), n. [Cf. 1st Hag, and Hig-taper.] (Bot.) The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).

Hague"but (hăg"bŭt), n. See Hagbut.

Hah (hä), interj. Same as Ha.

Ha-ha" (hä*hä"), n. [See Haw-haw.] A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it. [Written also haw- haw.]

Hai"ding*er*ite (hī"d&ibreve;ng*&etilde;r*īt), n. (Min.) A mineral consisting chiefly of the arseniate of lime; -- so named in honor of W. Haidinger, of Vienna.

Hai"duck (hī"d&usdot;k), n. [G. haiduck, heiduck, fr. Hung. hajdu.] Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts. [Written also hayduck, haiduk, heiduc, heyduck, and heyduk.]

||Haik (hāk; Ar. hä*&esl;k), n. [Ar. hāïk, fr. hāka to weave.] A large piece of woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment. [Written also hyke.] Heyse.

||Hai"kal (hī"kal), n. The central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary of a Coptic church. It contains the high altar, and is usually closed by an embroidered curtain.

Hail (hāl), n. [OE. hail, ha&yogh;el, AS. hægel, hagol; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. hagel; Icel. hagl; cf. Gr. ka`chlhx pebble.] Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones.

Thunder mixed with hail,
Hail mixed with fire, must rend the Egyptian sky.

Milton.

Hail, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hailed (hāld); p. pr. & vb. n. Hailing.] [OE. hailen, AS. hagalian.] To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.

Hail, v. t. To pour forcibly down, as hail. Shak.

Hail, a. Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).

Hail, v. t. [OE. hailen, heilen, Icel. heill hale, sound, used in greeting. See Hale sound.] 1. To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.

2. To name; to designate; to call.

And such a son as all men hailed me happy.

Milton.

Hail, v. i. 1. To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York.

2. To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from. [Colloq.] C. G. Halpine.

Hail, interj. [See Hail, v. t.] An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting. "Hail, brave friend." Shak.

All hail. See in the Vocabulary. -- Hail Mary, a form of prayer made use of in the Roman Catholic Church in invocation of the Virgin. See Ave Maria.

Hail, n. A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call. "Their puissant hail." M. Arnold.

The angel hail bestowed.

Milton.

Hail"-fel`low (-f&ebreve;l`l&osl;), n. An intimate companion.

Hail-fellow well met.

Lyly.

Hailse (hāls), v. t. [OE. hailsen, Icel. heilsa. Cf. Hail to call to.] To greet; to salute. [Obs.] P. Plowman.

Hail"shot` (hāl"sh&obreve;t`), n. pl. Small shot which scatter like hailstones. [Obs.] Hayward.

Hail"stone` (-stōn`), n. A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.

Hail"storm` (-stôrm`), n. A storm accompanied with hail; a shower of hail.

Hail"y (-&ybreve;), a. Of hail. "Haily showers." Pope.

Hain (hān), v. t. [Cf. Sw. hägn hedge, inclosure, Dan. hegn hedge, fence. See Hedge.] To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass. "A ground . . . hained in." Holland.

Hain't (hānt). A contraction of have not or has not; as, I hain't, he hain't, we hain't. [Colloq. or illiterate speech.] [Written also han't.]

Hair (hâr), n. [OE. her, heer, hær, AS. h&aemacr;r; akin to OFries. hēr, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. hār, Dan. haar, Sw. hår; cf. Lith. kasa.] 1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.

2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in vertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin.

Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs.

Chaucer.

And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.

Spenser.

3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.

4. (Zoöl.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.

5. (Bot.) An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).

6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.

7. A haircloth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

&fist; Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as, hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin, hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair.

Against the hair, in a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain. [Obs.] "You go against the hair of your professions." Shak. -- Hair bracket (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead. -- Hair cells (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear. -- Hair compass, Hair divider, a compass or divider capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw. -- Hair glove, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin. -- Hair lace, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the head. Swift. -- Hair line, a line made of hair; a very slender line. -- Hair moth (Zoöl.), any moth which destroys goods made of hair, esp. Tinea biselliella. -- Hair pencil, a brush or pencil made of fine hair, for painting; -- generally called by the name of the hair used; as, a camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc. - - Hair plate, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of a bloomery fire. -- Hair powder, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of the head, or on wigs. -- Hair seal (Zoöl.), any one of several species of eared seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion. -- Hair seating, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc. -- Hair shirt, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of horsehair, and worn as a penance. -- Hair sieve, a strainer with a haircloth bottom. -- Hair snake. See Gordius. -- Hair space (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in lines of type. -- Hair stroke, a delicate stroke in writing. -- Hair trigger, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a hair. Farrow. -- Not worth a hair, of no value. -- To a hair, with the nicest distinction. -- To split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety.

Hair"bell` (hâr"b&ebreve;l`), n. (Bot.) See Harebell.

Hair"bird` (-b&etilde;rd), n. (Zoöl.) The chipping sparrow.

Hair"brained` (-brānd`), a. See Harebrained.

Hair"breadth` (-br&ebreve;dth), Hair's" breadth` (hârz"). The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch.

Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not miss.

Judg. xx. 16.

Hair"breadth`, a. Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.

Hair"-brown` (-broun`), a. Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green.

Hair"brush` (-brŭsh`), n. A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.

Hair"cloth` (-kl&obreve;th`), n. Stuff or cloth made wholly or in part of hair.

Hair"dress`er (-dr&ebreve;s`&etilde;r), n. One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber.

Haired (hârd), a. 1. Having hair. "A beast haired like a bear." Purchas.

2. In composition: Having (such) hair; as, red-haired.

Hai"ren (hâr"en), a. [AS. h&aemacr;ren.] Hairy. [Obs.]

His hairen shirt and his ascetic diet.

J. Taylor.

Hair" grass` (gr&adot;s`). (Bot.) A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira or Deschampsia.

Hair"i*ness (-&ibreve;*n&ebreve;s), n. The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair. Johnson.

Hair"less, a. Destitute of hair. Shak.

Hair"pin` (-p&ibreve;n`), n. A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women.

Hair"-salt` (-s&add;lt`), n. [A translation of G. haarsalz.] (Min.) A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.

Hair"split`ter (-spl&ibreve;t`t&etilde;r), n. One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. "The caviling hairsplitter." De Quincey.

Hair"split`ting (-t&ibreve;ng), a. Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle. -- n. The act or practice of making trivial distinctions.

The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special pleading.

Charles Sumner.

Hair"spring` (-spr&ibreve;ng`), n. (Horology) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.

Hair"streak` (-strēk`), n. A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T. rubi).

Hair"tail` (-tāl`), n. (Zoöl.) Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., T. lepturus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also bladefish.

Hair" worm` (wûrm`). (Zoöl.) A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. See Gordius.

Hair"y (-&ybreve;), a. Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; hirsute.

His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge.

Milton.

Hai"ti*an (hā"t&ibreve;*an), a. & n. See Haytian.

Ha"je (hä"j&esl;), n. [Ar. hayya snake.] (Zoöl.) The Egyptian asp or cobra (Naja haje.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called Cleopatra's snake or asp. See Asp.

Hake (hāk), n. [See Hatch a half door.] A drying shed, as for unburned tile.

Hake, n. [Also haak.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit., hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See Hook.] (Zoöl.) One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is M. bilinearis. Two American species (Phycis chuss and P. tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and codling.

Hake (hāk), v. i. To loiter; to sneak. [Prov. Eng.]

Hake's"-dame` (hāks"dām`), n. See Forkbeard.

Hak"e*ton (hăk"&esl;*t&obreve;n), n. Same as Acton. [Obs.]

||Ha*kim" (h&adot;*kēm"), n. [Ar. hakīm.] A wise man; a physician, esp. a Mohammedan. [India]

||Ha"kim (hä"kēm), n. [Ar. hākim.] A Mohammedan title for a ruler; a judge. [India]

Ha*la"cha (h&adot;*lä"k&adot;), n.; pl. Halachoth (- kōth). [Heb. halāchāh.] The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash.

Ha*la"tion (h&asl;*lā"shŭn), n. (Photog.) An appearance as of a halo of light, surrounding the edges of dark objects in a photographic picture.

Hal"berd (h&obreve;l"b&etilde;rd; 277), n. [F. hallebarde; of German origin; cf. MHG. helmbarte, G. hellebarte; prob. orig., an ax to split a helmet, fr. G. barte a broad ax (orig. from the same source as E. beard; cf. Icel. barða, a kind of ax, skegg beard, skeggja a kind of halberd) + helm helmet; but cf. also MHG. helm, halm, handle, and E. helve. See Beard, Helmet.] (Mil.) An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form. [Written also halbert.]

Hal`berd*ier" (h&obreve;`b&etilde;rd*ēr"), n. [F. hallebardier.] One who is armed with a halberd. Strype.

Hal"berd-shaped` (-shāpt`), a. Hastate.

Hal"cy*on (hăl"s&ibreve;*&obreve;n), n. [L. halcyon, alcyon, Gr. "alkyw`n, 'alkyw`n: cf. F. halcyon.] (Zoöl.) A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.

Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be
As halcyons brooding on a winter sea.

Dryden.

Hal"cy*on, a. 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice.

2. Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy. "Deep, halcyon repose." De Quincy.

Hal`cy*o"ni*an (hăl`s&ibreve;*ō"n&ibreve;*an), a. Halcyon; calm.

Hal"cy*o*noid (hăl"s&ibreve;*&osl;*noid), a. & n. [Halcyon + -oid.] (Zoöl.) See Alcyonoid.

Hale (hāl), a. [Written also hail.] [OE. heil, Icel. heill; akin to E. whole. See Whole.] Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.

Last year we thought him strong and hale.

Swift.

Hale, n. Welfare. [Obs.]

All heedless of his dearest hale.

Spenser.

Hale (hāl or h&add;l; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haled (hāld or h&add;ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Haling.] [OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. See Haul.] To pull; to drag; to haul. See Haul. Chaucer.

Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore.

Milton.

As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim.

Shelley.

||Ha*le"si*a (h&adot;*lē"zh&ibreve;*&adot;), n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.

Half (häf), a. [AS. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb, Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. hālfr, Goth. halbs. Cf. Halve, Behalf.] 1. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.

&fist; The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound.

2. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.

Assumed from thence a half consent.

Tennyson.

Half ape (Zoöl.), a lemur. -- Half back. (Football) See under 2d Back. -- Half bent, the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch. -- Half binding, a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather. -- Half boarder, one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only. -- Half-breadth plan (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of one half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines. -- Half cadence (Mus.), a cadence on the dominant. -- Half cap, a slight salute with the cap. [Obs.] Shak. -- At half cock, the position of the cock of a gun when retained by the first notch. -- Half hitch, a sailor's knot in a rope; half of a clove hitch. -- Half hose, short stockings; socks. -- Half measure, an imperfect or weak line of action. -- Half note (Mus.), a minim, one half of a semibreve. -- Half pay, half of the wages or salary; reduced pay; as, an officer on half pay. -- Half price, half the ordinary price; or a price much reduced. -- Half round. (a) (Arch.) A molding of semicircular section. (b) (Mech.) Having one side flat and the other rounded; -- said of a file. -- Half shift (Mus.), a position of the hand, between the open position and the first shift, in playing on the violin and kindred instruments. See Shift. -- Half step (Mus.), a semitone; the smallest difference of pitch or interval, used in music. -- Half tide, the time or state of the tide equally distant from ebb and flood. -- Half time, half the ordinary time for work or attendance; as, the half-time system. -- Half tint (Fine Arts), a middle or intermediate tint, as in drawing or painting. See Demitint. -- Half truth, a statement only partially true, or which gives only a part of the truth. Mrs. Browning. -- Half year, the space of six months; one term of a school when there are two terms in a year.

Half, adv. In an equal part or degree; in some part approximating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious. "Half loth and half consenting." Dryden.

Their children spoke halfin the speech of Ashdod.

Neh. xiii. 24.

Half (häf), n.; pl. Halves (hävz). [AS. healf. See Half, a.] 1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.] Wyclif.

The four halves of the house.

Chaucer.

2. One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.

Not half his riches known, and yet despised.

Milton.

A friendship so complete
Portioned in halves between us.

Tennyson.

Better half. See under Better. - - In half, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly instead of in or into halves; as, to cut in half. [Colloq.] Dickens. -- In, or On, one's half, in one's behalf; on one's part. [Obs.] -- To cry halves, to claim an equal share with another. -- To go halves, to share equally between two.

Half, v. t. To halve. [Obs.] See Halve. Sir H. Wotton.

Half`-and-half", n. A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts. Dickens.

Half"beak` (häf"bēk`), n. (Zoöl.) Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo.

Half" blood` (blŭd). 1. The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood. See Blood, n., 2 and 4.

2. A person so related to another.

3. A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed.

&fist; In the 2d and 3d senses usually with a hyphen.

Half"-blood`ed, a. 1. Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep.

2. Degenerate; mean. Shak.

Half"-boot` (-b&oomac;t`), n. A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker, and Congress boot, under Congress.

Half"-bound` (-bound`), n. Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.

Half"-bred` (-br&ebreve;d`), a. 1. Half-blooded. [Obs.]

2. Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained. Atterbury.

Half"-breed` (-brēd`), a. Half-blooded.

Half"-breed`, n. A person who is half-blooded; the offspring of parents of different races, especially of the American Indian and the white race.

Half"-broth`er (-brŭth`&etilde;r), n. A brother by one parent, but not by both.

Half"-caste` (-k&adot;st), n. One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective; as, half-caste parents.

Half"-clammed` (-klămd`), a. Half-filled. [Obs.]

Lions' half-clammed entrails roar for food.

Marston.

Half"cock` (-k&obreve;k`), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halfcocked(-k&obreve;kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Halfcocking.] To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.

To go off halfcocked. (a) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half cock; -- said of a firearm. (b) To do or say something without due thought or care. [Colloq. or Low]

Half"-cracked` (-krăkt`), a. Half-demented; half-witted. [Colloq.]

Half"-deck` (-d&ebreve;k`), n. 1. (Zoöl.) A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell.

2. See Half deck, under Deck.

Half"-decked` (-d&ebreve;kt), a. Partially decked.

The half-decked craft . . . used by the latter Vikings.

Elton.

Half"en (-'n), a. [From Half.] Wanting half its due qualities. [Obs.] Spenser.

Half"en*deal` (-'n*dēl`), adv. [OE. halfendele. See Half, and Deal.] Half; by the half part. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- n. A half part. [Obs.] R. of Brunne.

Half"er (-&etilde;r), n. 1. One who possesses or gives half only; one who shares. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu.

2. A male fallow deer gelded. Pegge (1814).

Half"-faced` (-fāst`), a. Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager. Shak.

Half"-fish` (-f&ibreve;sh`), n. (Zoöl.) A salmon in its fifth year of growth. [Prov. Eng.]

Half"-hatched` (-hăcht`), a. Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs. Gay.

Half"-heard` (-h&etilde;rd`), a. Imperfectly or partly heard; not heard to the end.

And leave half-heard the melancholy tale.

Pope.

Half"-heart`ed (-härt`&ebreve;d), a. 1. Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind. B. Jonson.

2. Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm. H. James.

Half"-hour`ly (-our`l&ybreve;), a. Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.

Half"-learned` (häf"l&etilde;rnd`), a. Imperfectly learned.

Half"-length` (-l&ebreve;ngth`), a. Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.

Half"-mast` (-m&adot;st`), n. A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).

Half"-moon` (-m&oomac;n`), n. 1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.

2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.

See how in warlike muster they appear,
In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings.

Milton.

3. (Fort.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.

4. (Zoöl.) A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Cæsiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna.

Half"ness (häf"n&ebreve;s), n. The quality of being half; incompleteness. [R.]

As soon as there is any departure from simplicity, and attempt at halfness, or good for me that is not good for him, my neighbor feels the wrong.

Emerson.

Half"pace` (-pās`), n. (Arch.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.

&fist; This term and quarterpace are rare or unknown in the United States, platform or landing being used instead.

Half"-pen*ny(hā"p&ebreve;n*n&ybreve; or häf"-; 277),n.;pl. Half-pence (- pens) or Half-pennies(- p&ebreve;n*n&ibreve;z). An English coin of the value of half a penny; also, the value of half a penny.

Half"-pike` (häf"pīk`), n. (Mil.) A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon. Tatler.

Half"-port` (-pōrt`), n. (Naut.) One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.

Half"-ray` (-rā`), n. (Geom.) A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both directions.

Half"-read` (-r&ebreve;d`), a. Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow. Dryden.

Half" seas` o"ver (sēz` ō"v&etilde;r). Half drunk. [Slang: used only predicatively.] Spectator.

Half"-sight`ed (-sīt`&ebreve;d), a. Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment. Bacon.

Half"-sis`ter (-s&ibreve;s`t&etilde;r), n. A sister by one parent only.

Half"-strained` (-strānd`), a. Half-bred; imperfect. [R.] "A half-strained villain." Dryden.

Half"-sword` (-sōrd`), n. Half the length of a sword; close fight. "At half- sword." Shak.

Half"-tim`bered (-t&ibreve;m`b&etilde;rd), a. (Arch.) Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; -- said of buildings.

Half"-tongue` (-tŭng`), n. (O. Law) A jury, for the trial of a foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.

Half"way` (häf"wā`), adv. In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded.

Temples proud to meet their gods halfway.

Young.

Half"way`, a. Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway.

Halfway covenant, a practice among the Congregational churches of New England, between 1657 and 1662, of permitting baptized persons of moral life and orthodox faith to enjoy all the privileges of church membership, save the partaking of the Lord's Supper. They were also allowed to present their children for baptism. -- Halfway house, an inn or place of call midway on a journey.

Half"-wit` (-w&ibreve;t`), n. A foolish person; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce. Dryden.

Half"-wit`ted (-t&ebreve;d), a. Weak in intellect; silly.

Half"-year`ly (-yēr`l&ybreve;), a. Two in a year; semiannual. -- adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.

Hal"i*but (h&obreve;l"&ibreve;*bŭt; 277), n. [OE. hali holy + but, butte, flounder; akin to D. bot, G. butte; cf. D. heilbot, G. heilbutt. So named as being eaten on holidays. See Holy, Holiday.] (Zoöl.) A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidæ. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish. [Written also holibut.]

||Hal`i*chon"dri*æ (hăl`&ibreve;*k&obreve;n"dr&ibreve;*ē), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, sea + cho`ndros cartilage.] (Zoöl.) An order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; -- called also Keratosilicoidea.

||Hal"i*core (hăl"&ibreve;*kōr; L. h&adot;*l&ibreve;k"&osl;*rē), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls sea + ko`rh maiden.] Same as Dugong.

Hal"i*dom (hăl"&ibreve;*dŭm), n. [AS. hāligdōm holiness, sacrament, sanctuary, relics; hālig holy + - dōm, E. -dom. See Holy.] 1. Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; -- used chiefly in oaths. [Archaic]

So God me help and halidom.

Piers Plowman.

By my halidom, I was fast asleep.

Shak.

2. Holy doom; the Last Day. [R.] Shipley.

Hal`i*eu"tics (-ū"t&ibreve;ks), n. [L. halieuticus pertaining to fishing, Gr. "alieytiko`s.] A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology.

Hal"i*mas (-măs), a. [See Hallowmas.] The feast of All Saints; Hallowmas. [Obs.]

Ha`li*og"ra*pher (hā`l&ibreve;*&obreve;g"r&adot;*f&etilde;r or hăl`&ibreve;-), n. One who writes about or describes the sea.

Ha`li*og"ra*phy (-f&ybreve;), n. [Gr. "a`ls the sea + -graphy.] Description of the sea; the science that treats of the sea.

||Ha`li*o"tis (hā`l&ibreve;*ō"t&ibreve;s or hăl`&ibreve;-), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls sea + o'y^s, 'wto`s, ear.] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine shells; the ear-shells. See Abalone.

Ha"li*o*toid` (hā"l&ibreve;*&osl;*toid` or hăl"&ibreve;-), a. [Haliotis + - oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Haliotis; ear-shaped.

||Hal`i*sau"ri*a (hăl`&ibreve;*s&add;"r&ibreve;*&adot;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, sea + say^ros.] (Paleon.) The Enaliosauria.

Ha"lite (hā"līt or hăl"īt), n. [Gr. "a`ls salt.] (Min.) Native salt; sodium chloride.

Ha*lit"u*ous (h&adot;*l&ibreve;t"&usl;*ŭs; 135), a. [L. halitus breath, vapor, fr. halare to breathe: cf. F. halitueux.] Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous. Boyle.

Halk (h&add;k), n. A nook; a corner. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hall (h&add;l), n. [OE. halle, hal, AS. heal, heall; akin to D. hal, OS. & OHG. halla, G. halle, Icel. höll, and prob. from a root meaning, to hide, conceal, cover. See Hell, Helmet.] 1. A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.

2. (a) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment.

Full sooty was her bower and eke her hall.

Chaucer.

Hence, as the entrance from outside was directly into the hall: (b) A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times. Hence: (c) Any corridor or passage in a building.

3. A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house. Cowell.

4. A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).

5. The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock.

6. Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation. [Obs.] "A hall! a hall!" B. Jonson.

Syn. -- Entry; court; passage. See Vestibule.

Hall"age (-&asl;j; 48), n. (O. Eng. Law) A fee or toll paid for goods sold in a hall.

{ Hal`le*lu"iah Hal`le*lu"jah } (hăl`l&esl;*lū"y&adot;), n. & interj. [Heb. See Alleluia.] Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration. Rev. xix. 1 (Rev. Ver.)

So sung they, and the empyrean rung
With Hallelujahs.

Milton.

In those days, as St. Jerome tells us,"any one as he walked in the fields, might hear the plowman at his hallelujahs."

Sharp.

Hal`le*lu*jat"ic (-l&usl;*yăt"&ibreve;k), a. Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs. [R.]

Hal"liard (hăl"y&etilde;rd), n. See Halyard.

Hal"li*dome (hăl"l&ibreve;*dōm), n. Same as Halidom.

Hal"li*er (hăl"l&ibreve;*&etilde;r or h&add;l"y&etilde;r), n. [From Hale to pull.] A kind of net for catching birds.

Hall"-mark` (h&add;l"märk`), n. The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver articles, attesting their purity. Also used figuratively; -- as, a word or phrase lacks the hall-mark of the best writers.

Hal*loa" (hăl*lō"). See Halloo.

Hal*loo" (hăl*l&oomac;"), n. [Perh. fr. ah + lo; cf. AS. ealā, G. halloh, F. haler to set (a dog) on. Cf. Hollo, interj.] A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.

List! List! I hear
Some far off halloo break the silent air.

Milton.

Hal*loo", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hallooed (-l&oomac;d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Hallooing.] To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo.

Country folks hallooed and hooted after me.

Sir P. Sidney.

Hal*loo", v. t. 1. To encourage with shouts.

Old John hallooes his hounds again.

Prior.

2. To chase with shouts or outcries.

If I fly . . . Halloo me like a hare.

Shak.

3. To call or shout to; to hail. Shak.

Hal*loo", interj. [OE. halow. See Halloo, n.] An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.

Hal"low (hăl"l&osl;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hallowed(-l&osl;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Hallowing.] [OE. halowen, halwien, halgien, AS. hālgian, fr. hālig holy. See Holy.] To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." Matt. vi. 9.

Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein.

Jer. xvii. 24.

His secret altar touched with hallowed fire.

Milton.

In a larger sense . . . we can not hallow this ground [Gettysburg].

A. Lincoln.

Hal`low*een" (hăl`l&osl;*ēn"), n. The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day. [Scot.] Burns.

Hal"low*mas (hăl"l&osl;*m&adot;s), n. [See Mass the eucharist.] The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows.

To speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas.

Shak.

Hal*loy"site (hăl*loi"sīt), n. [Named after Omalius d'Halloy.] (Min.) A claylike mineral, occurring in soft, smooth, amorphous masses, of a whitish color.

Hal"lu*cal (hăl"l&usl;*kal), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hallux.

Hal*lu"ci*nate (hăl*lū"s&ibreve;*nāt), v. i. [L. hallucinatus, alucinatus, p. p. of hallucinari, alucinari, to wander in mind, talk idly, dream.] To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mental processes. [R.] Byron.

Hal*lu`ci*na"tion (-nā"shŭn), n. [L. hallucinatio: cf. F. hallucination.] 1. The act of hallucinating; a wandering of th