HAEMICHæ"mic ( or )
Defn: ,
HAEMINHæ"min, n.
Defn: Same as Hemin.
HAEMO-Hæm"o- ( or ), prefix.
Defn: See Hæma-.
HAEMOCHROMEHæm"ochrome, n.
Defn: Same as Hæmachrome.
HAEMOCHROMOGENHæm`o*chro"mogen, n. Etym: [Hæmochrome + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A body obtained from hemoglobin, by the action of reducing agents in the absence of oxygen.
HAEMOCHROMOMETERHæm`o*chro*mom`e*ter, n. Etym: [Hæmochrome + -meter.] (Physiol.Chem.)
Defn: An apparatus for measuring the amount of hemoglobin in a fluid, by comparing it with a solution of known strength and of normal color.
HAEMOCYANINHæm`o*cy"a*nin, n.
Defn: Same as Hæmacyanin.
HAEMOCYTOLYSISHæm`o*cy*tol"y*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Physiol.)
Defn: See Hæmocytotrypsis.
HAEMOCYTOMETERHæm`o*cy*tom"e*ter, n.
Defn: See Hæmacytometer.
HAEMOCYTOTRYPSISHæm`o*cy`to*tryp"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Physiol.)
Defn: A breaking up of the blood corpuscles, as by pressure, in distinction from solution of the corpuscles, or hæmcytolysis.
HAEMODROMOGRAPHHæm`o*drom"o*graph, n.
Defn: Same as Hæmadromograph.
HAEMODROMOMETERHæm`o*dro*mom"e*ter(-dro*mom"e*ter),n.
Defn: Same as Hemadrometer.
HAEMODYNAMETERHæ`mo*dy*nam"e*ter ( or ), n.
Defn: Same as Hemadynamics.
HAEMODYNAMICSHæ`mo*dy*nam"ics,n.
Defn: Same as Hemadynamics.
HAEMOGLOBINHæm`o*glo"bin, n.
Defn: Same as Hemoglobin.
HAEMOGLOBINOMETERHæm`o*glo`bin*om"e*ter, n. Etym: [Hæmoglobin + -meter.]
Defn: Same as Hemochromometer.
HAEMOLHæ"mol, n. [Gr. blood.] (Chem.)
Defn: A dark brown powder containing iron, prepared by the action of zinc dust as a reducing agent upon the coloring matter of the blood, used medicinally as a hematinic.
HAEMOLUTEINHæm`o*lu"te*in, n. Etym: [Hæmo- + corpus luteum.] (Physiol.)
Defn: See Hematoidin.
HAEMOLYSIS; HAEMOLYTICHæ*mol"y*sis, n., Hæm`o*lyt"ic, a. (Physiol.)
Defn: Same as Hæmatolysis, Hæmatolytic.
HAEMOMANOMETERHæm`o*ma*nom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Hæmo- + manometer.]
Defn: Same as Hemadynamometer.
HAEMOMETERHæ*mom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Hæmo- + -meter.] (Physiol.)
Defn: Same as Hemadynamometer.
HAEMONY Hæ"mo*ny, n. Etym: [L. Hæmonia a name of Thessaly, the land of magic.]
Defn: A plant described by Milton as "of sovereign use against all enchantments."
HAEMOPLASTICHæmo*plas"tic, a.
Defn: Same as Hæmatoplastic.
HAEMORRHOIDALHæm"or*rhoid"al, a.
Defn: Same as Hemorrhoidal.
HAEMOSCOPEHæm"o*scope ( or ), n. Etym: [Hæmo- + -scope.] (Physiol.)
Defn: An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination.
HAEMOSTATICHæm`o*stat"ic, a.
Defn: Same Hemostatic.
HAEMOTACHOMETERHæm`o*ta*chom"e*ter, n.
Defn: Same as Hæmatachometer.
HAEMOTACHOMETRYHæm`o*ta*chom"e*try, n.
Defn: Same as Hæmatachometry.
HAFHaf, imp. of Heave.
Defn: Hove. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HAFFLE Haf"fle, v. i. Etym: [Cf. G. haften to cling, stick to, Prov. G., to stop, stammer.]
Defn: To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.[Prov.Eng.] Halliwell.
HAFTHaft, n. Etym: [AS. hæft; akin to D. & G. heft, Icel. hepti, and toE. 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'dagger I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast. Dryden.
2. A dwelling. [Scot.] Jamieson.
HAFTHaft, v. t.
Defn: To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
HAFTERHaft"er, n. [haften to cling or stick to, and E. haffle.]
Defn: A caviler; a wrangler. [Obs.] Baret.
HAG Hag, n. Etym: [OE. hagge, hegge, with, 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.
1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.] "[Silenus] that old hag." Golding.
2. An ugly old woman.
3. A fury; a she-monster. Grashaw.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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 Hyperotpeta. Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken.
5. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
HAGHag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Hagging.]
Defn: To harass; to weary with vexation. How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with the fancy of omens. L'Estrange.
HAGHag, n. Etym: [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.
HAGBERRYHag"ber"ry, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant of the genus Prunus (P. Padus); the bird cherry.[Scot.]
HAGBORNHag"born`, a.
Defn: Born of a hag or witch. Shak.
HAGBUT Hag"but, n. Etym: [OF. haquebute, prob. a corruption of D. haakbus; haak hook + bus gun barrel. See Hook, and 2d Box, and cf. Arquebus.]
Defn: A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim. [Written also haguebut and hackbuss.]
HAGBUTTERHag"but*ter, n.
Defn: A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus. [Written also hackbutter.] Froude.
HAGDONHag"don, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
HAGFISHHag"fish`(-fish`),n.(Zoöl.)
Defn: See Hag, 4.
HAGGADA Hag*ga"da, n.; pl. Haggadoth. Etym: [Rabbinic haggadha, fr. Heb. higgidh to relate.]
Defn: A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament. [Written also hadaga.]
HAGGARD Hag"gard, a. Etym: [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. Etym: [For hagged, fr. hag a witch, influenced by haggard wild.]
Defn: Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes. Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look. Dryden.
HAGGARDHag"gard, n. Etym: [See Haggard, a.]
1. (Falconry)
Defn: A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
2. A fierce, intractable creature. I have loved this proud disdainful haggard. Shak.
3. Etym: [See Haggard, a., 2.]
Defn: A hag. [Obs.] Garth.
HAGGARDHag"gard, n. Etym: [See 1st Haw, Hedge, and Yard an inclosed space.]
Defn: A stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] Swift.
HAGGARDLYHag"gard*ly, adv.
Defn: In a haggard manner. Dryden.
HAGGEDHag"ged, a.
Defn: Like a hag; lean; ugly. [R.]
HAGGIS Hag"gis, n. Etym: [Scot. hag to hack, chop, E. hack. Formed, perhaps, in imitation of the F. hachis (E. hash), fr. hacher.]
Defn: 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.]
HAGGISHHag"gish, a.
Defn: Like a hag; ugly; wrinkled.But on both did haggish age steal on. Shak.
HAGGISHLYHag"gish*ly, adv.
Defn: In the manner of a hag.
HAGGLEHag"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Haggling.]Etym: [Freq. of Scot. hag, E. hack. See Hack to cut.]
Defn: 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.
HAGGLEHag"gle, v. i.
Defn: To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; tochaffer; to higgle.Royalty and science never haggled about the value of blood. Walpole.
HAGGLEHag"gle, n.
Defn: The act or process of haggling. Carlyle.
HAGGLERHag"gler, 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.
HAGIARCHYHa"gi*ar`chy, n. Etym: [Gr. -archy.]
Defn: A sacred government; by holy orders of men. Southey.
HAGIOCRACYHa`gi*oc"ra*cy, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.
HAGIOGRAPHAHa`gi*og"ra*pha, n. pl. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
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.)
Defn: The lives of the saints. Brande & C.
HAGIOGRAPHALHa`gi*og"ra*phal
Defn: , Pertaining to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings.
HAGIOGRAPHERHa`gi*og"ra*pher, n.
Defn: One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints. Shipley.
HAGIOGRAPHYHa`gi*og"ra*phy (, 277), n.
Defn: Same Hagiographa.
HAGIOLATRYHa`gi*ol"a*try, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: The invocation or worship of saints.
HAGIOLOGISTHa`gi*ol"o*gist, n.
Defn: 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.
HAGIOLOGYHa`gi*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
Defn: 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.
HAGIOSCOPEHa"gi*o*scope`, n. Etym: [Gr. -scope.]
Defn: 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-RIDDENHag"-rid`den, a.
Defn: Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmare.Beattie. Cheyne.
HAGSEEDHag"seed`, n.
Defn: The offspring of a hag. Shak.
HAGSHIPHag"ship, n.
Defn: The state or title of a hag. Middleton.
HAG-TAPERHag"-ta`per, n. Etym: [Cf. 1st Hag, and Hig-taper.] (Bot.)
Defn: The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).
HAGUEBUTHague"but, n.
Defn: See Hagbut.
HAGUE TRIBUNALHague Tribunal.
Defn: The permanent court of arbitration created by the "International Convention for the Pacific Settle of International Disputes.", adopted by the International Peace Conference of 1899. It is composed of persons of known competency in questions of international law, nominated by the signatory powers. From these persons an arbitration tribunal is chosen by the parties to a difference submitted to the court. On the failure of the parties to agree directly on the arbitrators, each chooses two arbitrators, an umpire is selected by them, by a third power, or by two powers selected by the parties.
HAHHah, interj.
Defn: Same as Ha.
HA-HAHa-ha", n. Etym: [See Haw-haw.]
Defn: A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it. [Written also haw-haw.]
HAIDINGERITEHai"ding*er*ite, n. (Min.)
Defn: A mineral consisting of the arseniate of lime; — so named in honor of W. Haidinger, of Vienna.
HAIDUCKHai"duck, n. Etym: [G. haiduck, heiduck, fr. Hung. hajdu.]
Defn: 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, heiduc, heiduck, and heyduk.]
HAIKHaik, n. Etym: [Ar. haik, fr. haka to weave.]
Defn: A large piece of woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment. [Written also hyke.] Heyse.
HAIKALHai"kal, n.
Defn: 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.
HAIKWANHai"kwan", n. [Chin. 'hai-kuan.]
Defn: Chinese maritime customs.
HAIKWAN TAELHaikwan tael.
Defn: A Chinese weight ( 1/10 catty) equivalent to 1 1/3 oz. or 37.801 g.
HAIL Hail, n. Etym: [OE. hail, ha, AS. hægel; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. hagel; Icel. hagl; cf. Gr.
Defn: 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.
HAILHail, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Halled; p. pr. & vb. n. Halting.] Etym:[OE. hailen, AS. haqalian.]
Defn: To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.
HAILHail, v. t.
Defn: To pour forcibly down, as hail. Shak.
HAILHail, a.
Defn: Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).
HAIL Hail, v. t. Etym: [OE. hailen, heilen, Icel. heil 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.
HAILHail, 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.] G. G. Halpine.
HAILHail, interj. Etym: [See Hail, v. t.]
Defn: 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.
HAILHail, n.
Defn: A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call. "Their puissanthail." M. Arnold.The angel hail bestowed. Milton.
HAIL-FELLOWHail"-fel`low, n.
Defn: An intimate companion.Hail-fellow well met. Lyly.
HAILSEHailse, v. t. Etym: [OE. hailsen, Icel. heilsa. Cf. Hall to call to.]
Defn: To greet; to salute. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
HAILSHOTHail"shot`, n. pl.
Defn: Small shot which scatter like hailstones. [Obs.] Hayward.
HAILSTONEHail"stone`, n.
Defn: A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.
HAILSTORMHail"storm`, n.
Defn: A storm accompanied with hail; a shower of hail.
HAILYHai"ly, a.
Defn: Of hail. "Haily showers." Pope.
HAIN Hain, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Sw. hägn hedge, inclosure, Dan. hegn hedge, fence. See Hedge.]
Defn: To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass. "A ground . . . hained in." Holland.
HAIN Hain (han), v. t. [Cf. Sw. hägn hedge, inclosure, Dan. hegn hedge, fence. See Hedge.]
Defn: To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass. "A ground . . . hained in." Holland.
HAIN'THain't
Defn: . 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 Hair, n. Etym: [OE. her, heer, hær, AS. hær; akin to OFries, her, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. har, 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 invertebrate 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.)
Defn: 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. 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. [Obc.] Chaucer.
8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
Note: Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as,hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin, hair powder, abrush, a dye, etc., for the hair. Against the hair, in a rough anddisagreeable manner; against the grain. [Obs.] "You go against thehair of your professions." Shak.— Hair bracket (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the backof, or runs aft from, the figurehead.— Hair cells (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the sensoryepithelium of certain parts of the internal ear.— Hair compass, Hair divider, a compass or divider capable ofdelicate 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 fine hair, for painting; — generallycalled by the name of the hair used; as, a camel's hair pencil, asable's hair pencil, etc.— Hair plate, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of abloomery fire.— Hair powder, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or starch,formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of the head, or onwigs.— Hair seal (Zoöl.), any one of several species of eared sealswhich 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 oftype.— Hair stroke, a delicate stroke in writing.— Hair trigger, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a firearmby 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.
HAIRBELLHair"bell`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: See Harebell.
HAIRBIRDHair"bird`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The chipping sparrow.
HAIRBRAINEDHair"brained`, a.
Defn: See Harebrained.
HAIRBREADTH; HAIR'SBREADTHHair"breadth`, Hair's"breadth`, a.
Defn: 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
HAIRBREADTHHair"breadth`, a.
Defn: Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.
HAIR-BROWNHair"-brown`, a.
Defn: Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green.
HAIRBRUSHHair"brush`, n.
Defn: A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.
HAIRCLOTHHair"cloth`, n.
Defn: Stuff or cloth made wholly or in part of hair.
HAIRDRESSERHair"dress`er, n.
Defn: One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber.
HAIREDHaired, a.
1. Having hair. "A beast haired like a bear." Purchas.
2. In composition: Having (such) hair; as, red-haired.
HAIRENHai"ren, a. Etym: [AS. h.]
Defn: Hairy. [Obc.]His hairen shirt and his ascetic diet. J. Taylor.
HAIR GRASSHair" grass`. (Bot.)
Defn: A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira or Deschampsia.
HAIRINESSHair"i*ness, n.
Defn: The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair. Johnson.
HAIRLESSHair"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of hair. Shak.
HAIRPINHair"pin` (, n.
Defn: A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, — used by women.
HAIR-SALTHair"-salt`, n. Etym: [A translation of G. haarsalz.] (Min.)
Defn: A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.
HAIRSPLITTERHair"split`ter, n.
Defn: One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. "The caviling hairsplitter." De Quincey.
HAIRSPLITTINGHair"split`ting, a.
Defn: Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle. — n.
Defn: The act or practice of making trivial distinctions.The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special pleading. CharlesSumner.
HAIRSPRINGHair"spring`, n. (Horology)
Defn: The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.
HAIRSTREAKHair"streak`, n.
Defn: A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T. rubi).
HAIRTAILHair"tail`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., T. lepterus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also bladefish.
HAIRWORMHair"worm`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. SeeGordius.
HAIRYHair"y, a.
Defn: Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute. His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge. Milton.
HAITIANHai"ti*an, a. & n.
Defn: See Haytian.
HAJEHa"je, n. Etym: [Ar. hayya snake.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
HAKEHake, n. Etym: [See Hatch a half door.]
Defn: A drying shed, as for unburned tile.
HAKE Hake, n. [Also haak.] Etym: [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit., hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See Hook.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
HAKEHake, v. t.
Defn: To loiter; to sneak. [Prov. Eng.]
HAKE'S-DAMEHake's"-dame`, n.
Defn: See Forkbeard.
HAKETONHak"e*ton, n.
Defn: Same as Acton. [Obs.]
HAKIMHa*kim", n. Etym: [Ar. hakim.]
Defn: A wise man; a physician, esp. a Mohammedan. [India]
HAKIMHa"kim, n. Etym: [Ar. hakim.]
Defn: A Mohammedan title for a ruler; a judge. [India]
HALACHAHa*la"cha, n.; pl. Halachoth(Etym: [Heb. halachah.]
Defn: The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash.
HALATIONHa*la"tion, n. (Photog.)
Defn: An appearance as of a halo of light, surround the edges of dark object
HALBERD Hal"berd, n. Etym: [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. bar, a kind of ax, skegg beard, skeggia a kind of halberd) + helm helmet; but cf. also MNG. helm, halm, handle, and E. helve. See Beard, Helmet.] (Mil.)
Defn: 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.]
HALBERDIERHal`berd*ier", n. Etym: [F. hallebardier.]
Defn: One who is armed with a halberd. Strype.
HALBERD-SHAPEDHal"berd-shaped`, a.
Defn: Hastate.
HALCYONHal"cy*on, n. Etym: [L. halcyon, alcyon, Gr.halcyon.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
HALCYONHal"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.
HALCYONIANHal`cy*o"ni*an, a.
Defn: Halcyon; calm.
HALCYONOIDHal"cy*o*noid, a. & n. Etym: [Halcyon + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Alcyonoid.
HALEHale, a. Etym: [Written also heil, Icel. heill; akin to E. whole. SeeWhole.]
Defn: Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift.
HALEHale, n.
Defn: Welfare. [Obs.]All heedless of his dearest hale. Spenser.
HALE Hale (hal or hall; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haled (hald or halld); p. pr. & vb. n. Haling.]
Defn: Etym: [OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. SeeHaul.]
Defn: 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.
HALESIAHa*le"si*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)
Defn: 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 Half, a. Etym: [AS. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb, Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. halfr, 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.
Note: 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, ahalf 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 thetumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch.— Half binding, a style of bookbinding in which only the back andcorners are in leather.— Half boarder, one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar ata boarding school who takes dinner only.— Half-breadth plan (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of the half avessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines.— Half cadence (Mus.), a cadence on the dominant.— Half cap, a slight salute with the cap. [Obs.] Shak.— A half cock, the position of the cock of a gun when retained bythe 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, anofficer 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 afile.— Half shift (Mus.), a position of the hand, between the openposition and the first shift, in playing on the violin and kindredinstruments. See Shift.— Half step (Mus.), a semitone; the smallest difference of pitch orinterval, used in music.— Half tide, the time or state of the tide equally distant from ebband flood.— Half time, half the ordinary time for work or attendance; as, thehalf-time system.— Half tint (Fine Arts), a middle or intermediate tint, as indrawing or painting. See Demitint.— Half truth, a statement only partially true, or which gives onlya part of the truth. Mrs. Browning.— Half year, the space of six moths; one term of a school whenthere are two terms in a year.
HALFHalf, adv.
Defn: In an equal part or degree; in some paas, half-colored, halfdone, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious. "Half loth andhalf consenting." Dryden.Their children spoke halfin the speech of Ashdod. Neh. xiii. 24
HALFHalf, n.; pl. Halves. Etym: [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.
HALFHalf, v. t.
Defn: To halve. [Obs.] See Halve. Sir H. Wotton.
HALF-AND-HALFHalf`-and-half", n.
Defn: A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts. Dickens.
HALFBEAKHalf"beak`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; — called also balahoo.
HALF BLOODHalf" blood`.
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.
Note: In the 2d and 3d senses usually with a hyphen.
HALF-BLOODEDHalf"-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.
HALF-BOOTHalf"-boot`, n.
Defn: A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker, and Congress boot, under Congress.
HALF-BOUNDHalf"-bound`, n.
Defn: Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.
HALF-BREDHalf"-bred`, a.
1. Half-blooded. [Obs.]
2. Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained. Atterbury.
HALF-BREEDHalf"-breed`, a.
Defn: Half-blooded.
HALF-BREEDHalf"-breed`, n.
Defn: A person who is blooded; the offspring of parents of different races, especially of the American Indian and the white race.
HALF-BROTHERHalf"-broth`er, n.
Defn: A brother by one parent, but not by both.
HALF-CASTEHalf"-caste`, n.
Defn: 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-CLAMMEDHalf"-clammed`, a.
Defn: Half-filled. [Obs.]Lions' half-clammed entrails roar food. Marston.
HALFCOCKHalf"cock`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halfcocked(); p. pr. & vb. n.Halfcocking.]
Defn: 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-CRACKEDHalf"-cracked`, a.
Defn: Half-demented; half-witted. [Colloq.]
HALF-DECKHalf"-deck`, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell.
2. See Half deck, under Deck.
HALF-DECKEDHalf"-decked`, a.
Defn: Partially decked.The half-decked craft . . . used by the latter Vikings. Elton.
HALFENHalf"en, a. Etym: [From Half.]
Defn: Wanting half its due qualities. [Obs.] Spencer.
HALFENDEALHalf"en*deal`, adv. Etym: [OE. halfendele. See Half, and Deal.]
Defn: Half; by the part. [Obs.] Chaucer.— n.
Defn: A half part. [Obs.] R. of Brunne.
HALFERHalf"er, n.
1. One who possesses or gives half only; one who shares. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu.
2. A male fallow deer gelded. Pegge (1814).
HALF-FACEDHalf"-faced`, a.
Defn: Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager. Shak.
HALF-FISHHalf"-fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A salmon in its fifth year of growth. [Prov. Eng.]
HALF-HATCHEDHalf"-hatched`, a.
Defn: Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs. Gay.
HALF-HEARDHalf"-heard`, a.
Defn: Imperfectly or partly heard to the end.And leave half-heard the melancholy tale. Pope.
HALF-HEARTEDHalf"-heart`ed, a.
1. Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind. B. Jonson.
2. Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm. H. James.
HALF-HOURLYHalf"-hour`ly, a.
Defn: Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.
HALF-LEARNEDHalf"-learned`, a.
Defn: Imperfectly learned.
HALF-LENGTHHalf"-length`, a.
Defn: Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
HALF-MASTHalf"-mast`, n.
Defn: A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).
HALF-MOONHalf"-moon`, 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.)
Defn: An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; — now called a ravelin.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Cæsiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna.
HALF NELSONHalf nelson. (Wrestling)
Defn: A hold in which one arm is thrust under the corresponding arm of the opponent, generally behind, and the hand placed upon the back of his neck. In the full nelson both hands are so placed.
HALFNESSHalf"ness, n.
Defn: 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.
HALFPACEHalf"pace`, n. (Arch.)
Defn: A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.
Note: This term and quartepace are rare or unknown in the UnitedStates, platform or landing being used instead.
HALF-PENNYHalf"-pen*ny(ha"pen*ny or häf"-; 277),n.;pl. Half-pence (-pens) orHalf-pennies(-pen*niz).
Defn: An English coin of the value of half a penny; also, the value of half a penny.
HALF-PIKEHalf"-pike`, n. (Mil.)
Defn: A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon. Tatler.
HALF-PORTHalf"-port`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.
HALF-RAYHalf"-ray`, n. (Geom.)
Defn: 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-READHalf"-read`, a.
Defn: Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow. Dryden.
HALF SEAS OVERHalf" seas` o`ver.
Defn: Half drunk. [Slang: used only predicatively.] Spectator.
HALF-SIGHTEDHalf"-sight`ed, a.
Defn: Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment. Bacon.
HALF-SISTERHalf"-sis`ter, n.
Defn: A sister by one parent only.
HALF-STRAINEDHalf"-strained`, a.
Defn: Half-bred; imperfect. [R.] "A half-strained villain." Dryden.
HALF-SWORDHalf"-sword`, n.
Defn: Half the length of a sword; close fight. "At half-sword." Shak.
HALF-TIMBEREDHalf"-tim`bered, a. (Arch.)
Defn: Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; — said of buildings.
HALF TONE; HALF-TONEHalf tone, or Half"-tone`, n.
1. (Fine Arts)(a) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving,photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.(b) A half-tone photo-engraving.
2. (Music) A half step.
HALF-TONEHalf"-tone`, a.
Defn: Having, consisting of, or pertaining to, half tones; specif.(Photo-engraving),
Defn: pertaining to or designating plates, processes, or the pictures made by them, in which gradation of tone in the photograph is reproduced by a graduated system of dotted and checkered spots, usually nearly invisible to the unaided eye, produced by the interposition between the camera and the object of a screen. The name alludes to the fact that this process was the first that was practically successful in reproducing the half tones of the photograph.
HALF-TONGUEHalf"-tongue`, n. (O. Law)
Defn: A jury, for the trial of a fore foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.
HALFWAYHalf"way`, adv.
Defn: In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded. Temples proud to meet their gods halfway. Young.
HALFWAYHalf"way`, a.
Defn: 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-WITHalf"-wit`, n.
Defn: A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce. Dryden.
HALF-WITTEDHalf"-wit`ted, a.
Defn: Weak in intellect; silly.
HALF-YEARLYHalf"-year`ly, a.
Defn: Two in a year; semiannual.— adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.
HALIBUT Hal"i*but (;277), n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.]
HALICHONDRIAEHal`i*chon"dri*æ, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; — called also Keratosilicoidea.
HALICOREHal"i*core (; L.), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Defn: Same as Dugong.
HALIDOM Hal"i*dom, n. Etym: [AS. haligd holiness, sacrament, sanctuary, relics; halig holy + -d, 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.
HALIEUTICSHal`i*eu"tics, n. Etym: [L. halieuticus pertaining to fishing, Gr.
Defn: A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology.
HALIMAS; HALMASHa`li"mas, Hal"mas, a. Etym: [See Hallowmas.]
Defn: The feast of All Saints; Hallowmas. [Obs.]
HALIOGRAPHERHa`li*og"ra*pher ( or ), n.
Defn: One who writes about or describes the sea.
HALIOGRAPHYHa`li*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy.]
Defn: Description of the sea; the science that treats of the sea.
HALIOTISHa`li*o"tis ( or ), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of marine shells; the ear-shells. See Abalone.
HALIOTOIDHa"li*o*toid` ( or ), a. Etym: [Haliots + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like or pertaining to the genus Haliotis; ear-shaped.
HALISAURIAHal`i*sau"ri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: The Enaliosauria.
HALITEHa"lite ( or ), n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)
Defn: Native salt; sodium chloride.
HALITUOUS Ha*lit"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. halitus breath, vapor, fr. halare to breathe: cf. F. halitueux.]
Defn: Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous. Boyle.
HALKHalk, n.
Defn: A nook; a corner. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HALL Hall, n. Etym: [OE. halle, hal, AS. heal, heall; akin to D. hal, OS. & OHG. halla, G. halle, Icel. hölt, 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.
HALLAGEHall"age (; 48), n. (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: A fee or toll paid for goods sold in a hall.
HALLELUIAH; HALLELUJAHHal`le*lu"iah, Hal`le*lu"jah, n. & interj. Etym: [Heb. See Alleluia.]
Defn: 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.
HALLELUJATICHal`le*lu*jat"ic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs. [R.]
HALLIARDHal"liard, n.
Defn: See Halyard.
HALLIDOMEHal"li*dome, n.
Defn: Same as Halidom.
HALLIERHal"li*er ( or ), n. Etym: [From Hale to pull.]
Defn: A kind of net for catching birds.
HALL-MARKHall"-mark`, n.
Defn: 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.
HALLOAHal*loa".
Defn: See Halloo.
HALLOO Hal*loo", n. Etym: [Perh. fr. ah + lo; cf. AS. eala, G. halloh, F. haler to set (a dog) on. Cf. Hollo, interj.]
Defn: 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.
HALLOOHal*loo", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hallooed; p. pr. & vb. n. Halloing.]
Defn: 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.
HALLOOHal*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.
HALLOOHal*loo", interj. Etym: [OE. halow. See Halloo, n.]
Defn: An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.
HALLOWHal"low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hallowed(); p. pr. & vb. n. Hallowing.]Etym: [OE. halowen, halwien, halgien, AS. halgian, fr. halig holy.See Holy.]
Defn: To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; toconsecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed bethy 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.
HALLOWEENHal`low*een", n.
Defn: The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day. [Scot.]Burns.
HALLOWMASHal"low*mas, n. Etym: [See Mass the eucharist.]
Defn: The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows.To speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas. Shak.
HALLOYSITEHal*loy"site, n. Etym: [Named after Omalius d'Halloy.] (Min.)
Defn: A claylike mineral, occurring in soft, smooth, amorphous masses, of a whitish color.
HALLSTATT; HALLSTATTIANHall"statt, Hall*stat"ti*an, a.
Defn: Of or pert. to Hallstatt, Austria, or the Hallstatt civilization. — Hallstatt, or Hallstattian, civilization, a prehistoric civilization of central Europe, variously dated at from 1000 to 1500 b. c. and usually associated with the Celtic or Alpine race. It was characterized by expert use of bronze, a knowledge of iron, possession of domestic animals, agriculture, and artistic skill and sentiment in manufacturing pottery, ornaments, etc.
The Hallstattian civilization flourished chiefly in Carinthia, southern Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, Silesia, Bosnia, the southeast of France, and southern Italy. J. Deniker.
— H. epoch, the first iron age, represented by the Hallstatt civilization.
HALLUCALHal"lu*cal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the hallux.
HALLUCINATE Hal*lu"ci*nate, v. i. Etym: [L. hallucinatus, alucinatus, p. p. of hallucinari, alucinari, to wander in mind, talk idly, dream.]
Defn: To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; — used of mental processes. [R.] Byron.
HALLUCINATIONHal*lu`ci*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. hallucinatio cf. F. hallucination.]
1. The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder. This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber. Addison.
2. (Med.)
Defn: The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder or the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion. Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity. W. A. Hammond.
HALLUCINATORHal*lu"ci*na`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations. N. Brit. Rev.
HALLUCINATORYHal*lu"ci*na*to*ry, a.
Defn: Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.
HALLUXHal"lux, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. hallex, allex.] (Anat.)
Defn: The first, or preaxial, digit of the hind limb, corresponding to the pollux in the fore limb; the great toe; the hind toe of birds.
HALMHalm, n. (Bot.)
Defn: Same as Haulm.
HALMAHal"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Greek Antiq.)
Defn: The long jump, with weights in the hands, — the most important of the exercises of the Pentathlon.
HALOHa"lo, n.; pl. Halos(. Etym: [L. halos, acc. halo, Gr. volvere, andE. voluble.]
1. A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions.
2. A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus.
3. An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object.
4. A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.
HALOHa"lo, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Haloed; p. pr. & vb. n. Haloing.]