HARP Harp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harped p. pr. & vb. n. Harping.] Etym: [AS. hearpian. See Harp, n.]
1. To play on the harp. I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps. Rev. xiv. 2.
2. To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; — usually with on or upon. "Harpings upon old themes." W. Irving. Harping on what I am, Not what he knew I was. Shak. To harp on one string, to dwell upon one subject with disagreeable or wearisome persistence. [Collog.]
HARPHarp, v. t.
Defn: To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to developor give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from aharp; to hit upon.Thou 'harped my fear aright. Shak.
HARPAHar"pa, n. Etym: [L., harp.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of marine univalve shells; the harp shells; — so called from the form of the shells, and their ornamental ribs.
HARPAGONHar"pa*gon, n Etym: [L. harpago, Gr.
Defn: A grappling iron. [Obs.]
HARPERHarp"er, n. Etym: [AS. hearpere.]
1. A player on the harp; a minstrel. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks . . . Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Longfellow.
2. A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, — formerly current in Ireland. B. Jonson.
HARPINGHarp"ing, a.
Defn: Pertaining to the harp; as, harping symphonies. Milton.
HARPING IRONHarp"ing i`ron. Etym: [F.harper to grasp strongly. See Harpoon.]
Defn: A harpoon. Evelyn.
HARPINGSHarp"ings, n. pl. (Naut.)
Defn: The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem. [Written also harpins.] Totten.
HARPISTHarp"ist, n. Etym: [Gf. F. harpiste.]
Defn: A player on the harp; a harper. W. Browne.
HARPOON Har*poon", n. Etym: [F. harpon, LL. harpo, perh. of Ger. origin, fr. the harp; cf. F. harper to take and grasp strongly, harpe a dog's claw, harpin boathook (the sense of hook coming from the shape of the harp); but cf. also Gr. harpy. Cf. Harp.]
Defn: A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun. Harpoon fork, a kind of hayfork, consisting of bar with hinged barbs at one end a loop for a rope at the other end, used for lifting hay from the load by horse power. — Harpoon gun, a gun used in the whale fishery for shooting the harpoon into a whale.
HARPOONHar*poon", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harpooned; p. pr. & vb. n.Harpooning.]
Defn: To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.
HARPOONEERHar`poon*eer`, n.
Defn: An harpooner. Grabb.
HARPOONERHar*poon`er, n. Etym: [Gf. F. harponneur.]
Defn: One who throws the harpoon.
HARPRESSHarp`ress, n.
Defn: A female harper. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
HARPSICHONHarp"si*chon, n.
Defn: A harpsichord. [Obs.]
HARPSICHORDHarp"si*chord, n. Etym: [OF. harpechorde, in which the harpe is ofGerman origin. See Harp, and Chord.] (Mus.)
Defn: A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano.
HARPYHar"py, n.; pl. Harpies. Etym: [F. harpie, L. harpyia, Gr.Rapacious.]
1. (Gr. Myth.)
Defn: A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three. Both table and provisions vanished guite. With sound of harpies' wings and talons heard. Milton.
2. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner. The harpies about all pocket the pool. Goldsmith.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus æruginosus). (b) A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaëtus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil. Harpy bat (Zoöl.) (a) An East Indian fruit bat of the genus Harpyia (esp. H. cerphalotes), having prominent, tubular nostrils. (b) A small, insectivorous Indian bat (Harpiocephalus harpia). Harpy fly (Zoöl.), the house fly.
HARQUEBUS; HARQUEBUSEHar"que*bus, Har"que*buse, n. Etym: [See Arquebus.]
Defn: A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock.
HARRAGEHar"rage v. t.. Etym: [See Harry.]
Defn: To harass; to plunder from. [Obs.] Fuller.
HARREHar"re, n. Etym: [OE., fr. AS. heorr, hior.]
Defn: A hinge. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HARRIDANHar"ri*dan, n. Etym: [F. haridelle a worn-out horse, jade.]
Defn: A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag. Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the pretty creature I had been used to see. De Quincey.
HARRIERHar"ri*er, n. Etym: [From Hare, n.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares.[Written also harier.]
HARRIERHar"ri*er, n. Etym: [From Harry.]
1. One who harries.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of several species of hawks or buzzards of the genus Circus which fly low and harry small animals or birds, — as the European marsh harrier (Circus ærunginosus), and the hen harrier (C. cyaneus). Harrier hawk(Micrastur.
HARROWHar"row, n. Etym: [OE. harowe, harwe, AS. hearge; cf. D. hark rake,G. harke, Icel. herfi harrow, Dan. harve, Sw. harf.
1. An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried. Bush harrow, a kind of light harrow made of bushes, for harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish the work of a toothed harrow. — Drill harrow. See under 6th Drill. — Under the harrow, subjected to actual torture with a toothed instrument, or to great affliction or oppression.
HARROWHar"row, v. t.. [imp. & p. p. Harrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Harrowing.]Etym: [OE. harowen, harwen; cf. Dan. harve. See Harrow, n.]
1. To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land. Will he harrow the valleys after thee Job xxxix. 10.
2. To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex. My aged muscles harrowed up with whips. Rowe. I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul. Shak.
HARROW Har"row, interj. Etym: [OF. harau, haro; fr. OHG. hara, hera, herot, or fr. OS. herod hither, akin to E. here.]
Defn: Help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor;- the ancient Norman hue and cry. "Harrow and well away!" Spenser. Harrow! alas! here lies my fellow slain. Chaucer.
HARROWHar"row, v. t.. Etym: [See Harry.]
Defn: To pillage; to harry; to oppress. [Obs.] Spenser.Meaning thereby to harrow his people. Bacon
HARROWERHar"row*er, n.
Defn: One who harrows.
HARROWERHar"row*er, n.
Defn: One who harries. [Obs.]
HARRY Har"ry, v. t.. [imp. & p. p. Harried( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Harrying.] Etym: [OF. harwen, herien, her, AS. hergisn to act as an army, to ravage, plunder, fr. here army; akin to G. here army; akin to G. heer, Icel. herr, Goth. harjis, and Lith. karas war. Gf. Harbor, Herald, Heriot.]
1. To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times andharried the land.To harry this beautiful region. W. Irving.A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush. J. Burroughs.
2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. Shak.
Syn. — To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease; worry; annoy; harass.
HARRYHar"ry, v. i..
Defn: To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste. [Obs.]Beau. & Fl.
HARSHHarsh, a. [Compar. Harsher; superl. Harshest.] Etym: [OE. harsk; akinto G. harsch, Dan. harsk rancid, Sw. härsk; from the same source asE. hard. See Hard, a.]
1. Rough; disagreeable; grating; esp.:(a) To the touch."Harsh sand." Boyle. (b) To the taste. "Berries harsh and crude." Milton. (c) To the ear. "Harsh din." Milton.
2. Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough. Clarence is so harsh, so blunt. Shak. Though harsh the precept, yet the charmed. Dryden.
3. (Painting, Drawing, etc.)
Defn: Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony.
HARSHLYHarsh"ly, adv.
Defn: In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.'T will sound harshly in her ears. Shak.
HARSHNESSHarsh"ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being harsh. O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father 's crabbed, And he's composed of harshness. Shak. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Pope.
Syn.— Acrimony; roughness; sternness; asperity; tartness. See Acrimony.
HARSLETHars"let, n.
Defn: See Haslet.
HART Hart, n. Etym: [OE.hart, hert, heort, AS. heort, heorot; akin to D. hert, OHG. hiruz, hirz, G. hirsch, Icel. hjörtr, Dan. & Sw. hjort, L. cervus, and prob. to Gr.Horn.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A stag; the male of the red deer. See the Note under Buck.Goodliest of all the forest, hart and hind. Milton.
HARTBEESTHart"beest`, n. Etym: [D. hertebeest. See Hart, and Beast.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large South African antelope (Alcelaphus caama), formerly much more abundant than it is now. The face and legs are marked with black, the rump with white. [Written also hartebeest, and hartebest.]
HARTENHart"en, v. t.
Defn: To hearten; to encourage; to incite. [Obs.] Spenser.
HARTFORDHart"ford, n.
Defn: The Hartford grape, a variety of grape first raised at Hartford, Connecticut, from the Northern fox grape. Its large dark- colored berries ripen earlier than those of most other kinds.
HART'S CLOVERHart's` clo`ver. (Bot.)
Defn: Melilot or sweet clover. See Melilot.
HART'S-EARHart's`-ear`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: An Asiatic species of Cacalia (C. Kleinia), used medicinally inIndia.
HARTSHORNHarts"horn`, n.
1. The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.
2. Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts. Hartshorn plantain (Bot.), an annual species of plantain (Plantago Coronopus); — called also duck's-horn. Booth. — Hartshorn shavings, originally taken from the horns of harts, are now obtained chiefly by planing down the bones of calves. They afford a kind of jelly. Hebert. — Salt of hartshorn (Chem.), an impure solid carbonate of ammonia, obtained by the destructive distillation of hartshorn, or any kind of bone; volatile salts. Brande & C.— Spirits of hartshorn (Chem.), a solution of ammonia in water; — so called because formerly obtained from hartshorn shavings by destructive distillation. Similar ammoniacal solutions from other sources have received the same name.
HART-TONGUE; HART'S-TONGUE Hart"-tongue`, Hart's"-tongue`, n. (Bot.) (a) A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America. (b) A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linnæus. It is also found in Florida.
HARTWORTHart"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Tordylium maximum).
Note: The name is often vaguely given to other plants of the same order, as species of Seseli and Bupleurum.
HARUM-SCARUMHar"um-scar"um, a. Etym: [Cf. hare,v. t., and scare, v. t.]
Defn: Wild; giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless. [Colloq.] They had a quarrel with Sir Thomas Newcome's own son, a harum-scarum lad. Thackeray.
HARUSPICATIONHa*rus`pi*ca"tion, n.
Defn: See Haruspicy. Tylor.
HARUSPICEHa*rus"pice, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. haruspex.]
Defn: A diviner of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspice.
HARUSPICYHa*rus"pi*cy, n.
Defn: The art or practices of haruspices. See Aruspicy.
HARVESTHar"vest, n. Etym: [OE. harvest, hervest, AS. hærfest autumn; akin toLG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G. herbst, and prob. to L.carpere to pluck, Gr. Carpet.]
1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn. Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease. Gen viii. 22. At harvest, when corn is ripe. Tyndale.
2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gathPut ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Joel iii. 13.To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps.Shak.
3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward. The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee. Fuller. The harvest of a quiet eye. Wordsworth. Harvest fish (Zoöl.), a marine fish of the Southern United States (Stromateus alepidotus); — called whiting in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish. — Harvest fly (Zoöl.), an hemipterous insect of the genus Cicada, often called locust. See Cicada. — Harvest lord, the head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.] Tusser. — Harvest mite (Zoöl.), a minute European mite (Leptus autumnalis), of a bright crimson color, which is troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and domestic animals; — called also harvest louse, and harvest bug. — Harvest moon, the moon near the full at the time of harvest in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several days. — Harvest mouse (Zoöl.), a very small European field mouse (Mus minutus). It builds a globular nest on the stems of wheat and other plants. — Harvest queen, an image pepresenting Ceres, formerly carried about on the last day of harvest. Milton. — Harvest spider. (Zoöl.) See Daddy longlegs.
HARVESTHar"vest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harvested; p. pr. & vb. n. Harvesting.]
Defn: To reap or gather, as any crop.
HARVESTERHar"vest*er, n.
1. One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A harvesting ant.
HARVEST-HOMEHar"vest-home", n.
1. The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of harvest. Showed like a stubble land at harvest-home. Shak.
2. The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself. Dryden.
3. A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.
4. The opportunity of gathering treasure. Shak.
HARVESTINGHar"vest*ing, a. & n.
Defn: , from Harvest, v. t. Harvesting ant (Zoöl.), any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.
Note: The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are Aphenogaster structor and A. barbara; that of Texas, called agricultural ant, is Pogonomyrmex barbatus or Myrmica molifaciens; that of Florida is P. crudelis. See Agricultural ant, under Agricultural.
HARVESTLESSHar"vest*less, a.
Defn: Without harvest; lacking in crops; barren. "Harvestless autumns." Tennyson.
HARVESTMANHar"vest*man, n.; pl. Harvestmen (.
1. A man engaged in harvesting. Shak.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Daddy longlegs, 1.
HARVESTRYHar"vest*ry, n.
Defn: The act of harvesting; also, that which is harvested.Swinburne.
HARVEY PROCESSHar"vey proc"ess. (Metal.)
Defn: A process of hardening the face of steel, as armor plates, invented by Hayward A. Harvey of New Jersey, consisting in the additional carburizing of the face of a piece of low carbon steel by subjecting it to the action of carbon under long-continued pressure at a very high heat, and then to a violent chilling, as by a spray of cold water. This process gives an armor plate a thick surface of extreme hardness supported by material gradually decreasing in hardness to the unaltered soft steel at the back.
HARYHar"y, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. harier to harass, or E. harry, v. t.]
Defn: To draw; to drag; to carry off by vio [Obs.] Chaucer.
HASHas,
Defn: 3d pers. sing. pres. of Have.
HASARDHas"ard, n.
Defn: Hazard. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HASEHase, v. t. [Obs.]
Defn: See Haze, v. t.
HASHHash, n. Etym: [Formerly hachey, hachee, F. hachis, hacher to hash;of German origin; cf. G. hippe sickle, OHG. hippa, for happia. Cf.Hatchet.]
1. That which is hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables, especially such as have been already cooked, chopped into small pieces and mixed.
2. A new mixture of old matter; a second preparation or exhibition. I can not bear elections, and still less the hash of them over again in a first session. Walpole.
HASHHash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hashing.] Etym:[From Hash, n.: cf. F. hacher to hash.]
Defn: To as, to hash meat. Hudibras.
HASHEESH; HASHISHHash"eesh, Hash"ish, n. Etym: [Ar. hashish.]
Defn: A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp (Cannabis saltiva), of the variety Indica, when cultivated in a warm climate; also, the tops of the plant, from which the resinous product is obtained. It is narcotic, and has long been used in the East for its intoxicating effect. See Bhang, and Ganja.
HASKHask, n. Etym: [See Hassock.]
Defn: A basket made of rushes or flags, as for carrying fish. [Obs.]Spenser.
HASLET Has"let, n. Etym: [F. hâtelettes broil, for hastelettes, fr. F. haste spit; cf. L. hasta spear, and also OHG. harst gridiron.]
Defn: The edible viscera, as the heart, liver, etc., of a beast, esp. of a hog. [Written also harslet.]
HASPHasp, n. Etym: [OE. hasp, hesp, AS. hæpse; akin to G. haspe, häspe,Sw. & Dan. haspe, Icel. hespa.]
1. A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door.
2. A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
3. An instrument for cutting the surface of grass land; a scarifier.
HASPHasp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hasped; p. pr. & vb. n. Hasping.] Etym:[AS. hæpsian.]
Defn: To shut or fasten with a hasp.
HASSOCK Has"sock, n. Etym: [Scot. hassock, hassik, a besom, anything bushy, a large, round turf used as a seat, OE. hassok sedgy ground, W. hesgog sedgy, hesg sedge, rushes; cf. Ir. seisg, and E. sedge.]
1. A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock. Forby.
2. A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use. And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced. Cowper.
HASTHast
Defn: , 2d pers. sing. pres. of. Fave, contr. of havest. [Archaic]
HASTATE; HASTATEDHas"tate, Has"ta*ted, a. Etym: [L. hastatus, fr. hasta spear. Cf.Gad, n.]
Defn: Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf.
HASTE Haste, n. Etym: [OE. hast; akin to D. haast, G., Dan., Sw., & OFries. hast, cf. OF. haste, F. hâte (of German origin); all perh. fr. the root of E. hate in a earlier sense of, to pursue. See Hate.]
1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; — applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals. The king's business required haste. 1 Sam. xxi. 8.
2. The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence. I said in my haste, All men are liars. Ps. cxvi. 11. To make haste, to hasten.
Syn. — Speed; quickness; nimbleness; swiftness; expedition; dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence; precipitation. — Haste, Hurry, Speed, Dispatch. Haste denotes quickness of action and a strong desire for getting on; hurry includes a confusion and want of collected thought not implied in haste; speed denotes the actual progress which is made; dispatch, the promptitude and rapidity with which things are done. A man may properly be in haste, but never in a hurry. Speed usually secures dispatch.
HASTEHaste, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Hasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hasting.]Etym: [OE. hasten; akin to G. hasten, D. haasten, Dan. haste, Sw.hasta, OF. haster, F. hâter. See Haste, n.]
Defn: To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic]I 'll haste the writer. Shak.They were troubled and hasted away. Ps. xlviii. 5.
HASTENHas"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hastened; p. pr. & vb. n. Hastening.]
Defn: To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. Ps. lv. 8.
HASTENHas"ten, v. i.
Defn: To move celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly. I hastened to the spot whence the noise came. D
HASTENERHas"ten*er, n.
1. One who hastens.
2. That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it.
HASTIFHas"tif, a. Etym: [OF. See Hastive.]
Defn: Hasty. [Obs.] Chaucer.— Has"tif*ly, adv. [Obs.]
HASTILEHas"tile, a. Etym: [L. hasta a spear.] (Bot.)
Defn: Same as Hastate. Gray.
HASTILYHas"ti*ly, adv. Etym: [From Hasty.]
1. In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.
2. Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly. We hastily engaged in the war. Swift.
3. Passionately; impatiently. Shak.
HASTINESSHas"ti*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.
HASTINGSHas"tings, n. pl. Etym: [From Haste, v.]
Defn: Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease. Mortimer.
HASTINGS SANDSHas"tings sands". (Geol.)
Defn: The lower group of the Wealden formation; — so called from its development around Hastings, in Sussex, England.
HASTIVEHas"tive, a. Etym: [OF. hastif. See Haste, n., and cf. Hastif.]
Defn: Forward; early; — said of fruits. [Obs.]
HASTY Has"ty, a. [Compar. Hastier; superl. Hastiest.] Etym: [Akin to D. haastig, G., Sw., & Dan. hastig. See Haste, n.]
1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.
2. Demanding haste or immediate action. [R.] Chaucer. "Hasty employment." Shak.
3. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.
4. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
5.
Defn: Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.Take no unkindness of his hasty words. Shak
6. Forward; early; first ripe. [Obs.] "As the hasty fruit before the summer." Is. xxviii. 4.
HASTY PUDDINGHas"ty pud"ding.
1. A thick batter pudding made of Indian meal stirred into boiling water; mush. [U. S.]
2. A batter or pudding made of flour or oatmeal, stirred into boiling water or milk. [Eng.]
HATHat, a.
Defn: Hot. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HATHat,
Defn: sing. pres. of Hote to be called. Cf. Hatte. [Obs.] "That one hat abstinence." Piers Plowman.
HAT Hat, n. Etym: [AS. hæt, hætt; akin to Dan. hat, Sw. hatt, Icel. hattr a hat, höttr hood, D. hoed hat, G. hut, OHG. huot, and prob. to L. cassis helmet. Hood.]
Defn: A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim, made of various materials, and worn by men or women for protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament. Hat block, a block on which hats are formed or dressed. — To pass around the hat, to take up a collection of voluntary contributions, which are often received in a hat. [Collog.] Lowell.
HATABLEHat"a*ble, a. Etym: [From Hate.]
Defn: Capable of being, or deserving to be, hated; odious; detestable.
HATBANDHat"band`, n.
Defn: A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of black cloth, crape, etc., worn as a badge of mourning.
HATBOXHat"box`, n.
Defn: A box for a hat.
HATCHHatch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hatched; p. pr. & vb. n. Hatching.] Etym:[F. hacher to chop, hack. See Hash.]
1. To cross with lines in a peculiar manneHatching. Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched. Chapman. Those hatching strokes of the pencil. Dryden.
2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.] His weapon hatched in blood. Beau. & Fl.
HATCH Hatch, v. t. Etym: [OE. hacchen, hetchen; akin to G. hecken, Dan. hekke; cf. MHG. hagen bull; perh. akin to E. hatch a half door, and orig. meaning, to produce under a hatch.
1. To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatched. Paley. As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not. Jer. xvii. 11. For the hens do not sit upon the eggs; but by keeping them in a certain equal heat they [the husbandmen] bring life into them and hatch them. Robynson (More's Utopia).
2. To contrive or plot; to form by meditation, and bring into being; to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch heresy. Hooker. Fancies hatched In silken-folded idleness. Tennyson.
HATCHHatch, v. i.
Defn: To produce young; — said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; — said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc.
HATCHHatch, n.
1. The act of hatching.
2. Development; disclosure; discovery. Shak.
3. The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
HATCH Hatch, n. Etym: [OE. hacche, AS. hæc, cf. haca the bar of a door, D. hek gate, Sw. häck coop, rack, Dan. hekke manger, rack. Prob. akin to E. hook, and first used of something made of pieces fastened together. Cf. Heck, Hack a frame.]
1. A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge. In at the window, or else o'er the hatch. Shak.
2. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
3. A flood gate; a a sluice gate. Ainsworth.
4. A bedstead. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
5. An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening.
6. (Mining)
Defn: An opening into, or in search of, a mine. Booby hatch, Buttery hatch, Companion hatch, etc. See under Booby, Buttery, etc. — To batten down the hatches (Naut.), to lay tarpaulins over them, and secure them with battens. — To be under hatches, to be confined below in a vessel; to be under arrest, or in slavery, distress, etc.
HATCHHatch, v. t.
Defn: To close with a hatch or hatches.'T were not amiss to keep our door hatched. Shak
HATCH-BOATHatch"-boat`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; — used mostly in the fisheries.
HATCHELHatch"el, n. Etym: [OE. hechele, hekele; akin to D. hekel, G. hechel,Dan. hegle, Sw. häkla, and prob. to E. hook. See Hook, and cf.Hackle, Heckle.]
Defn: An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; — called also hackle and heckle.
HATCHELHatch"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hatcheled or Hatchelled (; p. pr. & vb.n. Hatcheling or Hatchelling.] Etym: [OE. hechelen, hekelen; akin toD. hekelen, G. hecheln, Dan. hegle, Sw. häkla. See Hatchel, n.]
1. To draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp, so as to separate the coarse and refuse parts from the fine, fibrous parts.
2. To tease; to worry; to torment. [Colloq.]
HATCHELERHatch"el*er, n.
Defn: One who uses a hatchel.
HATCHERHatch"er, n.
1. One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator.
2. One who contrives or originates; a plotter. A great hatcher and breeder of business. Swift.
HATCHERYHatch"er*y, n.
Defn: A house for hatching fish, etc.
HATCHETHatch"et, n. Etym: [F. hachette, dim. of hache Hatch, Hash.]
1. A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.
2. Specifically, a tomahawk. Buried was the bloody hatchet. Longfellow.
Hatchet face, a thin, sharp face, like the edge of a hatchet; hence:Hatchet-faced, sharp-visaged. Dryden.— To bury the hatchet, to make peace or become reconciled.— To take up the hatchet, to make or declare war. The last twophrases are derived from the practice of the American Indians.
HATCHET MANHatchet man
Defn: 1. A person hired to murder or physically attack another; a hit man.
Defn: 2. A person who deliberately tries to ruin the reputation of another, often unscrupulously, by slander or other malicious communication, often with political motive, and sometimes for pay.
HATCHETTINE; HATCHETTITEHatch"et*tine, Hatch"et*tite, n. Etym: [Named after the discoverer,Charles Hatchett.] (Min.)
Defn: Mineral t
HATCHINGHatch"ing, n. Etym: [See 1st Hatch.]
Defn: A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; — called also crosshatching.
HATCHMENTHatch"ment, n. Etym: [Corrupt. fr. achievement.]
1. (Her.)
Defn: A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, — usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement. His obscure funeral; No trophy, sword, or hatchment o'er his bones. Shak.
2. A sword or other mark of the profession of arms; in general, a mark of dignity. Let there be deducted, out of our main potation, Five marks in hatchments to adorn this thigh. Beau. & Fl.
HATCHUREHatch"ure, n.
Defn: Same as Hachure.
HATCHWAYHatch"way`, n.
Defn: A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar.
HATEHate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hated; p. pr. & pr. & vb. n. Hating.] Etym:[OE. haten, hatien, AS. hatian; akin to OS. hatan, hat to be hostileto, D. haten to hate, OHG. hazz, hazz, G. hassen, Icel. & Sw. hata,Dan. hade, Goth. hatan, hatian. . Cf. Hate, n., Heinous.]
1. To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. 1 John iii. 15.
2. To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive clause with that; as, to hate to get into debt; to hate that anything should be wasted. I hate that he should linger here. Tennyson.
3. (Script.)
Defn: To love less, relatively. Luke xiv. 26.
Syn. — To Hate, Abhor, Detest, Abominate, Loathe. Hate is the generic word, and implies that one is inflamed with extreme dislike. We abhor what is deeply repugnant to our sensibilities or feelings. We detest what contradicts so utterly our principles and moral sentiments that we feel bound to lift up our voice against it. What we abominate does equal violence to our moral and religious sentiments. What we loathe is offensive to our own nature, and excites unmingled disgust. Our Savior is said to have hated the deeds of the Nicolaitanes; his language shows that he loathed the lukewarmness of the Laodiceans; he detested the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees; he abhorred the suggestions of the tempter in the wilderness.
HATEHate, n. Etym: [OE. hate, hete, AS. hete; akin to D. haat, G. hass,Icel. hatr, SW. hat, Dan. had, Goth. hatis. Cf. Hate, v.]
Defn: Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; — opposed to love. For in a wink the false love turns to hate. Tennyson.
HATEFULHate"ful, a.
1. Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent. [Archaic or R.] And worse than death, to view with hateful eyes His rival's conquest. Dryden.
2. Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious. Unhappy, wretched, hateful day! Shak.
Syn.— Odious; detestable; abominable; execrable; loathsome; abhorrent;repugnant; malevolent.— Hate"ful*ly, adv.— Hate"ful*ness, n.
HATELHat"el, a.
Defn: Hateful; detestable. [Obs.]
HATERHat"er, n.
Defn: One who hates.An enemy to God, and a hater of all good. Sir T. Browne.
HATHHath, 3d pers. sing. pres. of Have, contracted from haveth.
Defn: Has. [Archaic.]
HATLESSHat"less, a.
Defn: Having no hat.
HATRACKHat"rack`, n.
Defn: A hatstand; hattree.
HATREDHa"tred, n. Etym: [OE. hatred, hatreden. See Hate, and cf. Kindred.]
Defn: Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.
Syn.— Odium; ill will; enmity; hate; animosity; malevolence; rancor;malignity; detestation; loathing; abhorrence; repugnance; antipathy.See Odium.
HATSTANDHat"stand`, n.
Defn: A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc.
HATTEHat`te,
Defn: pres. & imp. sing. & pl. of Hote, to be called. See Hote.[Obs.] Chaucer.A full perilous place, purgatory it hatte. Piers Plowman.
HATTEDHat"ted, a.
Defn: Covered with a hat.
HATTER Hat"ter, v. t. Etym: [Prov. E., to entangle; cf. LG. verhaddern, verheddern, verhiddern.]
Defn: To tire or worry; — out. [Obs.] Dryden.
HATTERHat"ter, n.
Defn: One who makes or sells hats.
HATTERIAHat*te"ri*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A New Zealand lizard, which, in anatomical character, differs widely from all other existing lizards. It is the only living representative of the order Rhynchocephala, of which many Mesozoic fossil species are known; — called also Sphenodon, and Tuatera.
HATTINGHat"ting, n.
Defn: The business of making hats; also, stuff for hats.
HATTI-SHERIF Hat"ti-sher`if, n. Etym: [Turk., fr. Ar. knatt a writing + sherif noble.]
Defn: A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.
HATTREEHat"tree`, n.
Defn: A hatstand.
HAUBERGEONHau*ber"ge*on, n.
Defn: See Habergeon.
HAUBERKHau"berk, n. Etym: [OF. hauberc, halberc, F.haubert, OHG. halsberc;hals neck + bergan to protect, G. bergen; akin to AS. healsbeorg,Icel. halsbjörg. See Collar, and Bury, v. t.]
Defn: A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless. By old writers it is often used synonymously with habergeon. See Habergeon. [Written variously hauberg, hauberque, hawberk, etc.] Chaucer. Helm, nor hawberk's twisted mail. Gray.
HAUERITEHau"er*ite, n. Etym: [Named after Von Hauer, of Vienna.] (Min.)
Defn: Native sulphide of manganese a reddish brown or brownish black mineral.
HAUGHHaugh, n. Etym: [See Haw a hedge.]
Defn: A low-lying meadow by the side of a river. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]On a haugh or level plain, near to a royal borough. Sir W. Scott.
HAUGHTHaught, a. Etym: [See Haughty.]
Defn: High; elevated; hence, haughty; proud. [Obs.] Shak.
HAUGHTILYHaugh"ti*ly, adv. Etym: [From Haughty.]
Defn: In a haughty manner; arrogantly.
HAUGHTINESSHaugh"ti*ness, n. Etym: [For hauteinness. See Haughty.]
Defn: The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.
Syn. — Arrogance; disdain; contemptuousness; superciliousness; loftiness. — Haughtiness, Arrogance, Disdain. Haughtiness denotes the expression of conscious and proud superiority; arrogance is a disposition to claim for one's self more than is justly due, and enforce it to the utmost; disdain in the exact reverse of condescension toward inferiors, since it expresses and desires others to feel how far below ourselves we consider them. A person is haughty in disposition and demeanor; arrogant in his claims of homage and deference; disdainful even in accepting the deference which his haughtiness leads him arrogantly to exact.
HAUGHTYHaugh"ty, a. [Compar. Haughtier; superl. Haughtiest.] Etym: [OE.hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. SeeAltitude.]
1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic] To measure the most haughty mountain's height. Spenser. Equal unto this haughty enterprise. Spenser
2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing. A woman of a haughty and imperious nature. Clarendon.
3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage. Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced, Came towering. Milton.
HAUL Haul, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hauled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hauling.] Etym: [OE. halen, halien, F. geholian to acquire, get, D. halen to fetch, pull, draw, OHG. hol, hal, G. holen, Dan. hale to haul, Sw. hala, and to L. calare to call, summon, Gr. Hale, v. t., Claim. Class, Council, Ecclesiastic.]
1. To pull or draw with force; to drag.Some dance, some haul the rope. Denham.Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land. Pope.Romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust. Thomson.
2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill. When I was seven or eight years of age, I began hauling all the wood used in the house and shops. U. S. Grant. To haul over the coals. See under Coal. — To haul the wind (Naut.), to turn the head of the ship nearer to the point from which the wind blows.
HAULHaul, v. i.
1. (Naut.)
Defn: To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. Seeunder Haul, v. t.I . . . hauled up for it, and found it to be an island. Cook.
2. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked. To haul around (Naut.), to shift to any point of the compass; — said of the wind. — To haul off (Naut.), to sail closer to the wind, in order to get farther away from anything; hence, to withdraw; to draw back.
HAULHaul, n.
1. A pulling with force; a violent pull.
2. A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.
3. That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net.
4. Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul.
5. (Rope Making)
Defn: A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.
HAULABOUTHaul"a*bout`, n.
Defn: A bargelike vessel with steel hull, large hatchways, and coal transporters, for coaling war vessels from its own hold or from other colliers.
HAULAGEHaul"age, n.
Defn: Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling.
HAULERHaul"er, n.
Defn: One who hauls.
HAULMHaulm (, n. Etym: [OE. halm, AS. healm; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw.halm, Icel. halmr, L. calamus reed, cane, stalk, Gr. Excel,Culminate, Culm, Shawm, Calamus.]
Defn: The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw.
HAULMHaulm, n.
Defn: A part of a harness; a hame.
HAULSHauls, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Hals.
HAULSEHaulse, v. [Obs.]
Defn: See Halse.
HAULTHault, a. Etym: [OF. hault, F. haut. See Haughty.]
Defn: Lofty; haughty. [Obs.]Through support of countenance proud and hault. Spenser.
HAUMHaum, n.
Defn: See Haulm, stalk. Smart.
HAUNCEHaunce, v. t.
Defn: To enhance. [Obs.] Lydgate.
HAUNCH Haunch, n. Etym: [F. hanche, of German origin; cf. OD. hancke, hencke, and also OHG. ancha; prob. not akin to E. ankle.]
1. The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.
2. Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of venison. Haunch bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate. — Haunches of an arch (Arch.), the parts on each side of the crown of an arch. (See Crown, n., 11.) Each haunch may be considered as from one half to two thirds of the half arch.
HAUNCHEDHaunched, a.
Defn: Having haunches.
HAUNT Haunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Haunting.] Etym: [F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh. from an assumed LL. ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see Ambition); or cf. Icel. heimta to demand, regain, akin to heim home (see Home). sq. root36.]
1. To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon. You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house. Shak. Those cares that haunt the court and town. Swift.
2. To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition. Foul spirits haunt my resting place. Fairfax.
3. To practice; to devote one's self to. [Obs.]That other merchandise that men haunt with fraud . . . is cursed.Chaucer.Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime. Ascham.
4. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] Haunt thyself to pity. Wyclif.
HAUNTHaunt, v. i.
Defn: To persist in staying or visiting.I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors. Shak.
HAUNTHaunt, n.
1. A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.
Note: In Old English the place occupied by any one as a dwelling or in his business was called a haunt.
Note: Often used figuratively.The household nook, The haunt of all affections pure. Keble.The feeble soul, a haunt of fears. Tennyson.
2. The habit of resorting to a place. [Obs.] The haunt you have got about the courts. Arbuthnot.
3. Practice; skill. [Obs.] Of clothmaking she hadde such an haunt. Chaucer.
HAUNTEDHaunt"ed, a.
Defn: Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions;frequented by a ghost.All houses wherein men have lived and died Are haunted houses.Longfellow.
HAUNTERHaunt"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, haunts.
HAURIENTHau"ri*ent, a. Etym: [L. hauriens, p. pr. of haurire to breathe.](Her.)
Defn: In pale, with the head in chief; — said of the figure of a fish, as if rising for air.
HAUSENHau"sen, n. Etym: [G.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large sturgeon (Acipenser huso) from the region of the BlackSea. It is sometimes twelve feet long.
HAUSSEHausse, n. Etym: [F.] (Gun.)
Defn: A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm, or a cannon.
HAUSTELLATA Haus`tel*la"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. haustellum, fr. L. haurire, haustum, to draw water, to swallow. See Exhaust.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis.
HAUSTELLATEHaus"tel*late, a. Etym: [See Haustellata.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis.— n.
Defn: One of the Haustellata.
HAUSTELLUMHaus*tel"lum, n.; pl. Haustella. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The sucking proboscis of various insects. See Lepidoptera, andDiptera.
HAUSTORIUM Haus*to"ri*um, n.; pl. Haustoria. Etym: [LL., a well, fr. L. haurire, haustum, to drink.] (Bot.)
Defn: One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy. R. Brown.
HAUTHaut, a. Etym: [F. See Haughty.]
Defn: Haughty. [Obs.] "Nations proud and haut." Milton.
HAUTBOY Haut"boy, n. Etym: [F. hautbois, lit., high wood; haut high + bois wood. So called on account of its high tone. See Haughty, Bush; and cf. Oboe.]
1. (Mus.)
Defn: A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly called oboe. See Illust. of Oboe.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior).
HAUTBOYISTHaut"boy*ist (-îst), n. Etym: [Cf. F. hautboïste.]
Defn: A player on the hautboy.
HAUTEINHau"tein, a. Etym: [See Haughty.]
1. Haughty; proud. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. High; — said of the voice or flight of birds. [Obs.]
HAUTEURHau`teur", n. Etym: [F., fr. haut high. See Haughty.]
Defn: Haughty manner or spirit; haughtiness; pride; arrogance.
HAUTGOUTHaut`goût", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: High relish or flavor; high seasoning.
HAUTPASHaut`pas", n. Etym: [F. haut high + pas step.]
Defn: A raised part of the floor of a large room; a platform for a raised table or throne. See Dais.
HAUYNITEHa"üy*nite, n. Etym: [From the French mineralogist Haüy.] (Min.)
Defn: A blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcani
HAVANAHa*van"a, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar; — formerly sometimes written Havannah. — n.
Defn: An Havana cigar. Young Frank Clavering stole his father's Havannahs, and . . . smoked them in the stable. Thackeray.
HAVANESEHav`an*ese", a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba.— n. sing. & pl.
Defn: A native or inhabitant, or the people, of Havana.
HAVE Have, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Had; p. pr. & vb. n. Having. Indic. present, I have, thou hast, he has; we, ye, they have.] Etym: [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben (imperf. hæfde, p. p. gehæfd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. avoir. Cf. Able, Avoirdupois, Binnacle, Habit.]
1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm.
2. To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with,or affects, one.The earth hath bubbles, as the water has. Shak.He had a fever late. Keats.
3. To accept possession of; to take or accept. Break thy mind to me in broken English; wilt thou have me Shak.
4. To get possession of; to obtain; to get. Shak.
5. To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; torequire.It had the church accurately described to me. Sir W. Scott.Wouldst thou have me turn traitor also Ld. Lytton.
6. To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child.
7. To hold, regard, or esteem. Of them shall I be had in honor. 2 Sam. vi. 22.
8. To cause or force to go; to take. "The stars have us to bed." Herbert. "Have out all men from me." 2 Sam. xiii. 9.
9. To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; — used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion. Shak.
10. To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive. Science has, and will long have, to be a divider and a separatist. M. Arnold. The laws of philology have to be established by external comparison and induction. Earle.
11. To understand. You have me, have you not Shak.
12. To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him. [Slang]
Note: Have, as an auxiliary verb, is used with the past participle to form preterit tenses; as, I have loved; I shall have eaten. Originally it was used only with the participle of transitive verbs, and denoted the possession of the object in the state indicated by the participle; as, I have conquered him, I have or hold him in a conquered state; but it has long since lost this independent significance, and is used with the participles both of transitive and intransitive verbs as a device for expressing past time. Had is used, especially in poetry, for would have or should have. Myself for such a face had boldly died. Tennyson. To have a care, to take care; to be on one's guard. — To have (a man) out, to engage (one) in a duel. — To have done (with). See under Do, v. i. — To have it out, to speak freely; to bring an affair to a conclusion. — To have on, to wear. — To have to do with. See under Do, v. t.
Syn.— To possess; to own. See Possess.
HAVELESSHave"less, a.
Defn: Having little or nothing. [Obs.] Gower.
HAVELOCK Hav"e*lock, n. Etym: [From Havelock, an English general distinguished in India in the rebellion of 1857.]
Defn: A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
HAVEN Ha"ven, n. Etym: [AS. hæfene; akin to D. & LG. haven, G. hafen, MNG. habe, Dan. havn, Icel. höfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave (see Heave); or akin to AS. hæf sea, Icel. & Sw. haf, Dan. hav, which is perh. akin to E. heave.]
1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port. What shipping and what lading's in our haven. Shak. Their haven under the hill. Tennyson.
2. A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum. Shak. The haven, or the rock of love. Waller.
HAVENHa"ven, v. t.
Defn: To shelter, as in a haven. Keats.
HAVENAGEHa"ven*age, n.
Defn: Harbor dues; port dues.
HAVENEDHa"vened, p. a.
Defn: Sheltered in a haven.Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
HAVENERHa"ven*er, n.
Defn: A harbor master. [Obs.]
HAVERHa"ver, n.
Defn: A possessor; a holder. Shak.
HAVERHav"er, n. Etym: [D. haver; akin to G. haber.]
Defn: The oat; oats. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Haver bread, oaten bread.— Haver cake, oaten cake. Piers Plowman.— Haver grass, the wild oat.— Haver meal, oatmeal.
HAVERHa"ver, v. i. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Defn: To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter. [Scot.] Sir W.Scott.
HAVERSACK Hav"er*sack, n. Etym: [F. havresac, G. habersack, sack for oats. See 2d Haver, and Sack a bag.]
1. A bag for oats or oatmeal. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in which a soldier carries his rations when on a march; — distinguished from knapsack.
3. A gunner's case or bag used carry cartridges from the ammunition chest to the piece in loading.
HAVERSIANHa*ver"sian, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century. Haversian canals (Anat.), the small canals through which the blood vessels ramify in bone.
HAVIER Hav"ier, n. [Formerly haver, prob. fr. Half; cf. L. semimas emasculated, prop., half male.]
Defn: A castrated deer.
Haviers, or stags which have been gelded when young, have no horns.Encyc. of Sport.
HAVILDARHav`il*dar", n.
Defn: In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant. Havildar major, a native sergeant major in the East Indian army.
HAVINGHav"ing, n.
Defn: Possession; goods; estate.I 'll lend you something; my having is not much. Shak.
HAVIOR Hav"ior, n. Etym: [OE. havour, a corruption of OF. aveir, avoir, a having, of same origin as E. aver a work horse. The h is due to confusion with E. have.]
Defn: Behavior; demeanor. [Obs.] Shak.
HAVOC Hav"oc, n. Etym: [W. hafog devastation, havoc; or, if this be itself fr. E. havoc, cf. OE. havot, or AS. hafoc hawk, which is a cruel or rapacious bird, or F. hai, voux! a cry to hounds.]
Defn: Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. Acts viii. 3.Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! Addison.
HAVOCHav"oc, v. t.
Defn: To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.To waste and havoc yonder world. Milton.
HAVOCHav"oc, interj. Etym: [See Havoc, n.]