1. (Chem & Crystallog.)
Defn: Unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: With the parts not corresponding in number.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) Having the femoral artery developed as the principal artery of the leg; — said of certain birds, as the cotingas and pipras. (b) Having five tarsal joints in the anterior and middle legs, but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil beetles.
HETEROMORPHICHet`er*o*mor"phic, a. Etym: [Hetero- + Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: Deviating from the normal, perfect, or mature form; having different forms at different stages of existence, or in different individuals of the same species; — applied especially to insects in which there is a wide difference of form between the larva and the adult, and to plants having more than one form of flower.
HETEROMORPHISM; HETEROMORPHYHet`er*o*mor"phism, Het`er*o*mor"phy, n. (Biol.)
Defn: The state or quality of being heteromorphic.
HETEROMORPHOUSHet`er*o*mor"phous, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Heteromorphic.
HETEROMYARIAHet`e*ro*my*a"ri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two adductor muscles are very unequal. See Dreissena, and Illust. under Byssus.
HETERONEREISHet`e*ro*ne*re"is, n. Etym: [NL. See Hetero-, and Nereis.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species ofNereis.
Note: In this state the head and its appendages are changed in form, the eyes become very large; more or less of the parapodia are highly modified by the development of finlike lobes, and branchial lamellæ, and their setæ become longer and bladelike.
HETERONOMOUSHet`er*on"o*mous, a. Etym: [Hetero- + Gr. no`mos law.]
Defn: Subject to the law of another. Krauth-Fleming.
HETERONOMYHet`er*on"o*my, n.
1. Subordination or subjection to the law of another; political subjection of a community or state; — opposed to autonomy.
2. (Metaph.)
Defn: A term applied by Kant to those laws which are imposed on us from without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, or desires. Krauth-Fleming.
HETERONYMHet"er*o*nym, n.
Defn: That which is heteronymous; a thing having a different name or designation from some other thing; — opposed to homonym.
HETERONYMOUS Het`er*on"y*mous, a. Etym: [Hetero- + Gr. "o`nyma, for "o`noma a name.]
Defn: Having different names or designations; standing in opposite relations. J. Le Conte. — Het"er*on"y*mous*ly, adv.
HETEROOUSIANHet`er*o*ou`si*an, a. Etym: [Hetero- + Gr.
Defn: Having different essential qualities; of a different nature.
HETEROOUSIANHet`er*o*ou"si*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of those Arians who held that the Son was of a different substance from the Father.
HETEROOUSIOUSHet`er*o*ou"si*ous, a.
Defn: See Heteroousian.
HETEROPATHICHet`er*o*path"ic, a. Etym: [Hetero- + Gr.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the method of heteropathy; allopathic.
HETEROPATHYHet`er*op"a*thy, n. Etym: [See Heteropathic.] (Med.)
Defn: That mode of treating diseases, by which a morbid condition is removed by inducing an opposite morbid condition to supplant it; allopathy.
HETEROPELMOUSHet`er*o*pel"mous, a. Etym: [Hetero- + Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: Having each of the two flexor tendons of the toes bifid, the branches of one going to the first and second toes; those of the other, to the third and fourth toes. See Illust. in Append.
HETEROPHAGIHet`e*roph"a*gi, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Altrices.
HETEROPHEMISTHet`er*oph"e*mist, n.
Defn: One liable to the fault of heterophemy.
HETEROPHEMYHet`er*oph"e*my, n. Etym: [Hetero- + Gr.
Defn: The unconscious saying, in speech or in writing, of that which one does not intend to say; — frequently the very reverse of the thought which is present to consciousness. R. G. White.
HETEROPHONYHet`er*oph"o*ny, n. Etym: [Hetero- + Gr. (Med.)
Defn: An abnormal state of the voice. Mayne.
HETEROPHYLLOUSHet`er*oph"yl*lous, a. Etym: [Gr. hétérophylle.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having leaves of more than one shape on the same plant.
HETEROPLASMHet"er*o*plasm, n. Etym: [Hetero- + Gr.
Defn: An abnormal formation foreign to the economy, and composed of elements different from those are found in it in its normal condition. Dunglison.
HETEROPLASTICHet`er*o*plas"tic, a. Etym: [Hetero- + -plastic.] (Biol.)
Defn: Producing a different type of organism; developing into a different form of tissue, as cartilage which develops into bone. Haeckel.
HETEROPODHet`er*o*pod, n. Etym: [Cf. F. hétéropode.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Heteropoda.— a.
Defn: Heteropodous.
HETEROPODAHet`e*rop"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -poda.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of pelagic Gastropoda, having the foot developed into a median fin. Some of the species are naked; others, as Carinaria and Atlanta, have thin glassy shells.
HETEROPODOUSHet`er*op"o*dous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda.
HETEROPTERHet`er*op"ter, n.
Defn: One of the Heteroptera.
HETEROPTERAHet`e*rop"te*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera.
HETEROPTICSHet`er*op"tics, n. Etym: [Hetero- + optics.]
Defn: False optics. Spectator.
HETEROSCIANHet`er*os"cian, n. Etym: [Gr. hétéroscien.]
Defn: One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; — so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).
HETEROSISHet`e*ro"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: "What is life to such as me" Aytoun.
HETEROSOMATIHet`e*ro*so"ma*ti, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of fishes, comprising the flounders, halibut, sole, etc., having the body and head asymmetrical, with both eyes on one side. Called also Heterosomata, Heterosomi.
HETEROSPORIC; HETEROSPOROUSHet`er*o*spor"ic, Het`er*o*spor"ous, a. Etym: [Hetero- + spore.](Bot.)
Defn: Producing two kinds of spores unlike each other.
HETEROSTYLEDHet"er*o*styled, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having styles of two or more distinct forms or lengths. Darwin.
HETEROSTYLISMHet`er*o*sty"lism, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The condition of being heterostyled.
HETEROTACTOUSHet`er*o*tac"tous, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Relating to, or characterized by, heterotaxy.
HETEROTAXYHet"er*o*tax`y, n. Etym: [Hetero- + Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: Variation in arrangement from that existing in a normal form; heterogenous arrangement or structure, as, in botany, the deviation in position of the organs of a plant, from the ordinary or typical arrangement.
HETEROTOPISM; HETEROTOPY Het`er*ot"o*pism, Het`er*ot"o*py, n. Etym: [Hetero- + Gr. hétérotopie.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: A deviation from the natural position; — a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells.
HETEROTRICHAHet`e*rot"ri*cha, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of ciliated Infusoria, having fine cilia all over the body, and a circle of larger ones around the anterior end.
HETEROTROPAL; HETEROTROPOUS Het`er*ot"ro*pal, Het`er*ot"ro*pous (, a. Etym: [Gr. "etero`tropos turning another way; hétérotrope.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous. Gray.
HETHINGHe"thing, n.
Defn: Contempt; scorn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HETMANHet"man, n.; pl. Hetmans. Etym: [Pol. hetman. Cf. Ataman.]
Defn: A Cossack headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the throne of Russia.
HEUGHHeugh, n. Etym: [Cf. Hogh.]
1. A crag; a cliff; a glen with overhanging sides. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
2. A shaft in a coal pit; a hollow in a quarry. [Scot.]
HEUKHeuk, n.
Defn: Variant of Huke. [Obs.]
HEULANDITEHeu"land*ite, n. Etym: [After Heuland, an English mineralogist.](Min.)
Defn: A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster on the cleavage face. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.
HEURISTICHeu*ris"tic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Serving to discover or find out.
HEVEDHev"ed, n.
Defn: The head. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HEWHew, v. t. [imp. Hewed; p. p. Hewed or Hewn (; p. pr. & vb. n.Hewing.] Etym: [AS. heáwan; akin to D. houwen, OHG. houwan, G. hauen,Icel. höggva, Sw. hugga, Dan. hugge, Lith. kova battle, Russ. kovateto hammer, forge. Cf. Hay cut grass, Hoe.]
1. To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; — often with down, or off. Shak.
2. To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; — often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher. Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn. Is. li. 1. Rather polishing old works than hewing out new. Pope.
3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack. Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder. Shak.
HEWHew, n.
Defn: Destruction by cutting down. [Obs.]Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew. Spenser.
HEWHew, n.
1. Hue; color. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Shape; form. [Obs.] Spenser.
HEWEHewe, n. Etym: [Cf. Hind a peasant.]
Defn: A domestic servant; a retainer. [Obs.] "False homely hewe."Chaucer.
HEWERHew"er, n.
Defn: One who hews.
HEWHOLEHew"hole`, n. Etym: [Cf. Hickwall.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European green woodpecker. See Yaffle.
HEWNHewn, a.
1. Felled, cut, or shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as, a house built of hewn logs.
2. Roughly dressed as with a hammer; as, hewn stone.
HEX-; HEXAHex-, Hex"a. Etym: [Gr. Six.]
Defn: A prefix or combining form, used to denote six, sixth, etc.; as, hexatomic, hexabasic.
HEXABASICHex`a*ba"sic, a. Etym: [Hexa- + basic.] (Chem.)
Defn: Having six hydrogen atoms or six radicals capable of being replaced or saturated by bases; — said of acids; as, mellitic acid is hexabasic.
HEXACAPSULARHex`a*cap"su*lar, a. Etym: [Hexa- + capsular.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having six capsules or seed vessels.
HEXACHORDHex"a*chord, n. Etym: [Hexa- + Gr. hexacorde.] (Mus.)
Defn: A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones.
HEXACIDHex`ac"id, a. Etym: [Hex- + acid.] (Chem.)
Defn: Having six atoms or radicals capable of being replaced by acids; hexatomic; hexavalent; — said of bases; as, mannite is a hexacid base.
HEXACTINELLIDHex*ac`ti*nel"lid, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having six-rayed spicules; belonging to the Hexactinellinæ.
HEXACTINELLINEHex*ac`ti*nel"line, a. Etym: [From NL. Hexactinellinæ, fr. Gr.(Zoöl.)
Defn: Belonging to the Hexactinellinæ, a group of sponges, having six-rayed siliceous spicules.
HEXACTINIAHex`ac*tin"i*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Hex-, and Actinia.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The Anthozoa.
HEXADHex"ad, n. Etym: [L. hexas, hexadis, the number six, Gr. (chem.)
Defn: An atom whose valence is six, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, six monad atoms or radicals; as, sulphur is a hexad in sulphuric acid. Also used as an adjective.
HEXADACTYLOUSHex`a*dac"tyl*ous, a. Etym: [Gr. hexadactyle.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having six fingers or toes.
HEXADEHex"ade, n. Etym: [See Hexad.]
Defn: A series of six numbers.
HEXADECANEHex"a*dec`ane, n. (Chem.)
Defn: See Hecdecane.
HEXAGONHex"a*gon, n. Etym: [L. hexagonum, Gr. six) + (Geom.)
Defn: A plane figure of six angles. Regular hexagon, a hexagon in which the angles are all equal, and the sides are also all equal.
HEXAGONALHex*ag"o*nal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hexagonal.]
Defn: Having six sides and six angles; six-sided. Hexagonal system.(Crystal.) See under Crystallization.
HEXAGONALLYHex*ag"o*nal*ly, adv.
Defn: In an hexagonal manner.
HEXAGONYHex*ag"o*ny, n.
Defn: A hexagon. [Obs.] Bramhall.
HEXAGRAM Hex"a*gram, n. [Hexa- + -gram.] A figure of six lines; specif.: (a) A figure composed of two equal triangles intersecting so that each side of one triangle is parallel to a side of the other, and the six points coincide with those of a hexagon. (b) In Chinese literature, one of the sixty-four figures formed of six parallel lines (continuous or broken), forming the basis of the Yih King, or "Book of Changes." S. W. Williams.
HEXAGYNIAHex`a*gyn"i*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. hexagynie.] (Bot.)
Defn: A Linnæan order of plants having six pistils.
HEXAGYNIAN; HEXAGYNOUSHex`a*gyn"i*an, Hex*ag"y*nous (, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hexagyne.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having six pistils.
HEXAHEDRALHex`a*he"dral, a.
Defn: In the form of a hexahedron; having six sides or faces.
HEXAHEDRONHex`a*he"dron, n.; pl. E. Hexahedrons, L. Hexahedra. Etym: [Hexa- +Gr. hexaèdre.] (Geom.)
Defn: A solid body of six sides or faces. Regular hexahedron, a hexagon having six equal squares for its sides; a cube.
HEXAHEMERONHex`a*hem"er*on, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. hexaëmeron, Gr.
1. A term of six days. Good.
2. The history of the six day's work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of Genesis.
HEXAMEROUSHex*am"er*ous, a. Etym: [Hexa- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: In six parts; in sixes.
HEXAMETERHex*am"e*ter, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. hexamètre. See Six, and Meter.](Gr. & Lat. Pros.)
Defn: A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Æneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity. Leaped like the | roe when he | hears in the | woodland the | voice of the | huntsman. Longfellow. Strongly it | bears us a- | long on | swelling and | limitless | billows, Nothing be- | fore and | nothing be- | hind but the | sky and the | ocean. Coleridge.
HEXAMETERHex*am"e*ter, a.
Defn: Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.Holland.
HEXAMETRIC; HEXAMETRICALHex`a*met"ric, Hex`a*met"ric*al, a.
Defn: Consisting of six metrical feet.
HEXAMETRISTHex*am"e*trist, n.
Defn: One who writes in hexameters. "The Christian hexametrists."Milman.
HEXANDRIAHex*an"dri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. hexandrie.] (Bot.)
Defn: A Linnæan class of plants having six stamens.
HEXANDRIAN; HEX-ANDROUSHex*an"dri*an, Hex-an"drous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hexandre.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having six stamens.
HEXANEHex"ane, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: Any one of five hydrocarbons, C6H14, of the paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, and are so called because the molecule has six carbon atoms.
HEXANGULARHex*an"gu*lar, a. Etym: [Hex- + angular. Cf. Sexangular.]
Defn: Having six angles or corners.
HEXAPETALOUSHex`a*pet"al*ous, a. Etym: [Hexa- + petal: cf. F. hexapétale.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having six petals.
HEXAPHYLLOUSHex*aph"yl*lous, a. Etym: [Hexa- + Gr. hexaphylle.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having six leaves or leaflets.
HEXAPLAHex"a*pla, n. Etym. pl., but syntactically sing. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Defn: A collection of the Holy Scriptures in six languages or six versions in parallel columns; particularly, the edition of the Old Testament published by Origen, in the 3d century.
HEXAPODHex"a*pod, a. Etym: [Gr. hexapode.]
Defn: Having six feet.— n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An animal having six feet; one of the Hexapoda.
HEXAPODAHex*ap"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -poda.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids.
Note: The Hexapoda have the head, thorax, and abdomen differentiated, and are mostly winged. They have three pairs of mouth organs, viz., mandibles, maxillæ, and the second maxillæ or labial palpi; three pairs of thoracic legs; and abdominal legs, which are present only in some of the lowest forms, and in the larval state of some of the higher ones. Many (the Metabola) undergo a complete metamorphosis, having larvæ (known as maggots, grubs, caterpillars) very unlike the adult, and pass through a quiescent pupa state in which no food is taken; others (the Hemimetabola) have larvæ much like the adult, expert in lacking wings, and an active pupa, in which rudimentary wings appear. See Insecta. The Hexapoda are divided into several orders.
HEXAPODOUSHex*ap"o*dous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
HEXAPTEROUSHex*ap"ter*ous, a. Etym: [Hexa- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having six processes. Gray.
HEXASTICH; HEXASTICHON Hex"a*stich, Hex*as"ti*chon, n. Etym: [L. hexastichus of six rows, lines, or verses, Gr. "e`x six + sti`chos row, line, verse.]
Defn: A poem consisting of six verses or lines.
HEXASTYLEHex"a*style, a. Etym: [Gr. hexastyle.] (Arch.)
Defn: Having six columns in front; — said of a portico or temple.— n.
Defn: A hexastyle portico or temple.
HEXATEUCHHex"a*teuch`, n. Etym: [Hexa- +
Defn: The first six books of the Old Testament.
HEXATOMIC Hex`a*tom"ic, a. Etym: [Hex- + atomic.] (Chem.) (a) Having six atoms in the molecule. [R.] (b) Having six replaceable radicals.
HEXAVALENTHex*av"a*lent, a. Etym: [Hexa- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr. SeeValence.] (Chem.)
Defn: Having a valence of six; — said of hexads.
HEXDECYLHex"de*cyl, n. Etym: [Hex- + decyl.] (Chem.)
Defn: The essential radical, C16H33, of hecdecane.
HEXDECYLICHex`de*cyl"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, hexdecyl or hecdecane; as, hexdecylic alcohol.
HEXEIKOSANEHex*ei"ko*sane, n. Etym: [Hex- + eikosane.] (chem.)
Defn: A hydrocarbon, C26H54, resembling paraffine; — so called because each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon. [Written also hexacosane.]
HEXENEHex"ene, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: Same as Hexylene.
HEXICOLOGYHex`i*col"ogy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
Defn: The science which treats of the complex relations of living creatures to other organisms, and to their surrounding conditions generally. St. George Mivart.
HEXINEHex"ine, n. Etym: [Gr. "e`x six.] (Chem.)
Defn: A hydrocarbon, C6H10, of the acetylene series, obtained artificially as a colorless, volatile, pungent liquid; — called also hexoylene.
HEXOCTAHEDRONHex*oc`ta*he"dron, n. Etym: [Hex- + octahedron.] (Geom.)
Defn: A solid having forty-eight equal triangular faces.
HEXOICHex*o"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, hexane; as, hexoic acid.
HEXONEHex"one, n. Etym: [Hex- + -one.] (Chem.)
Defn: A liquid hydrocarbon, C6H8, of the valylene series, obtained from distillation products of certain fats and gums.
HEXOSEHex"ose, n. [Hexa- + -ose.] (Chem.)
Defn: Any member of a group of sugars containing six carbon atoms in the molecule. Some are widely distributed in nature, esp. in ripe fruits.
HEXYLHex"yl, n. Etym: [Hex- + -yl.] (chem.)
Defn: A compound radical, C6H13, regarded as the essential residue of hexane, and a related series of compounds.
HEXYLENEHex"yl*ene, n. Etym: [Hex- + -yl + ethlene.] (Chem.)
Defn: A colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H12, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals; also, any one several isomers of hexylene proper. Called also hexene.
HEXYLICHex*yl"ic, a. (chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, hexyl or hexane; as, hexylic alcohol.
HEYHey, a. Etym: [See High.]
Defn: High. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HEYHey, interj. Etym: [OE. hei; cf. D. & G. hei.]
1. An exclamation of joy, surprise, or encouragement. Shak.
2. A cry to set dogs on. Shak.
HEYDAYHey"day`, interj. Etym: [Cf. G. heida, or hei da, D. hei daar. Cf.Hey, and There.]
Defn: An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder. B. Jonson.
HEYDAYHey"day`, n. Etym: [Prob. for. high day. See High, and Day.]
Defn: The time of triumph and exultation; hence, joy, high spirits,frolicsomeness; wildness.The heyday in the blood is tame. Shak.In the heyday of their victories. J. H. Newman.
HEYDEGUYHey"de*guy, n. Etym: [Perh. fr. heyday + guise.]
Defn: A kind of country-dance or round. [Obs.] Spenser.
HEYH; HEYGHHeyh, Heygh (, a.
Defn: High. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HEYNEHeyne, n. Etym: [AS. heán low, mean.]
Defn: A wretch; a rascal. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HEYTENHey"ten, adv. Etym: [Icel. h.]
Defn: Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HIATIONHi*a"tion, n. Etym: [See Hiatus.]
Defn: Act of gaping. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
HIATUS Hi*a"tus, n.; pl. L. Hiatus, E. Hiatuses. Etym: [L., fr. hiare, hiatum, to gape; akin to E. yawn. See Yawn.]
1. An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break.
2. (Gram.)
Defn: The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables. Pope.
HIBERNACLE Hi*ber"na*cle, n. Etym: [L. hibernaculum a winter residence, pl. hibernacula winter quarters: cf. F. hibernacle. See Hibernate.]
Defn: That which serves for protection or shelter in winter; winter quarters; as, the hibernacle of an animal or a plant. Martyn.
HIBERNACULUMHi`ber*nac"u*lum, n. Etym: [See Hibernacle.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A winter bud, in which the rudimentary foliage or flower, as of most trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected by closely overlapping scales.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A little case in which certain insects pass the winter.
3. Winter home or abiding place. J. Burroughs.
HIBERNAL Hi*ber"nal, a. Etym: [L. hibernalis, from the root of hiems winter; akin to Gr. hima cold, winter, snow: cf. F. hibernal.]
Defn: Belonging or relating to winter; wintry; winterish. Sir T.Browne.
HIBERNATEHi"ber*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hibernated; p. pr. & vb. n.Hibernating.] Etym: [L. hibernare, hibernatum, fr. hibernu wintry.See Hibernal.]
Defn: To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects. Inclination would lead me to hibernate, during half the year, in this uncomfortable climate of Great Britain. Southey.
HIBERNATIONHi`ber*na"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. hibernation.]
Defn: The act or state of hibernating. Evelyn.
HIBERNIANHi*ber"ni*an, a. Etym: [L. Hibernia, Ireland.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish.— n.
Defn: A native or an inhabitant of Ireland.
HIBERNICISM; HIBERNIANISMHi*ber"ni*cism, Hi*ber"ni*an*ism, n.
Defn: An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish. Todd.
HIBERNO-CELTICHi*ber"no-Celt"ic, n.
Defn: The native language of the Irish; that branch of the Celtic languages spoken by the natives of Ireland. Also adj.
HIBISCUSHi*bis"cus, n. Etym: [L., marsh mallow; cf. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees), some species of which have large, showy flowers. Some species are cultivated in India for their fiber, which is used as a substitute for hemp. See Althea, Hollyhock, and Manoe.
HICCIUS DOCTIUS Hic"ci*us doc"ti*us. Etym: [Corrupted fr. L. hic est doctus this is a learned man.]
Defn: A juggler. [Cant] hocus pocus Hudibras.
HICCOUGH Hic"cough, n. Etym: [OE. hickup, hicket, hickock; prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. & Dan. hik, Sw. hicka, Armor. hak, hik, W. ig, F. hoquet.] (Physiol.)
Defn: A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough. [Written also hickup or hiccup.]
HICCOUGHHic"cough, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hiccoughed; p. pr. & vb. n.Hiccoughing.]
Defn: To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.
HICKORY Hick"o*ry, n. Etym: [North American Indian pawcohiccora (Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from pounded hickory nuts. "Pohickory" is named in a list of Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to "hickory." J. H. Trumbull.] (Bot.)
Defn: An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter. Hickory shad. (Zoöl.) (a) The mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The gizzard shad.
HICKSITEHicks"ite, n.
Defn: A member or follower of the "liberal" party, headed by EliasHicks, which, because of a change of views respecting the divinity ofChrist and the Atonement, seceded from the conservative portion ofthe Society of Friends in the United States, in 1827.
HICKUPHick"up, n. & v. i.
Defn: See Hiccough.
HICKWALL; HICKWAYHick"wall`, Hick"way`, n. Etym: [OE., also hyghwhele, highawe.]
Defn: The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe.[Prov. Eng.]
HIDHid,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Hide. See Hidden.
HIDAGEHid"age, n. Etym: [From hide a quantity of land.] (O. Eng. Law.)
Defn: A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land. [Written also hydage.]
HIDALGO Hi*dal"go, n. Etym: [Sp., contr. fr. hijo de algo, i. e., son of something; hijo son (fr. LL. filius) + algo something, fr. L. aliquod. Cf. Fidalgo.]
Defn: A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class.
HIDDENHid"den, p. p. & a.
Defn: from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious. Hidden fifths or octaves (Mus.), consecutive fifths or octaves, not sounded, but suggested or implied in the parallel motion of two parts towards a fifth or an octave.
Syn. — Hidden, Secret, Covert. Hidden may denote either known to on one; as, a hidden disease; or intentionally concealed; as, a hidden purpose of revenge. Secret denotes that the thing is known only to the party or parties concerned; as, a secret conspiracy. Covert literally denotes what is not open or avowed; as, a covert plan; but is often applied to what we mean shall be understood, without openly expressing it; as, a covert allusion. Secret is opposed to known, and hidden to revealed. Bring to light the hidden things of darkness. 1 Cor. iv. 5. My heart, which by a secret harmony Still moves with thine, joined in connection sweet. Milton. By what best way, Whether of open war, or covert guile, We now debate. Milton.
HIDDENITEHid"den*ite, n. Etym: [After W. E. Hidden.] (Min.)
Defn: An emerald-green variety of spodumene found in North Carolina; lithia emerald, — used as a gem.
HIDDENLYHid"den*ly, adv.
Defn: In a hidden manner.
HIDEHide, v. t. [imp. Hid; p. p. Hidden, Hid; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding.]Etym: [OE. hiden, huden, AS. h; akin to Gr. house, hut, and perh. toE. hide of an animal, and to hoard. Cf. Hoard.]
1. To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; tosecrete.A city that is set on an hill can not be hid. Matt. v. 15.If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid. Shak.
2. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate. Pope.
3. To remove from danger; to shelter. In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion. Ps. xxvi. 5. To hide one's self, to put one's self in a condition to be safe; to secure protection. "A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself." Prov. xxii. 3. — To hide the face, to withdraw favor. "Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled." Ps. xxx. 7. — To hide the face from. (a) To overlook; to pardon. "Hide thy face from my sins." Ps. li. 9. (b) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with.
Syn. — To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See Conceal.
HIDEHide, v. i.
Defn: To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation. Bred to disguise, in public 'tis you hide. Pope. Hide and seek, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them. Swift.
HIDE Hide, n. Etym: [AS. hid, earlier higed; prob. orig., land enough to support a family; cf. AS. hiwan, higan, members of a household, and E. hind a peasant.] (O. Eng. Law.) (a) An abode or dwelling. (b) A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres. [Written also hyde.]
HIDE Hide, n. Etym: [OE.hide, hude, AS. h; akin to D. huid, OHG, h, G. haut, Icel. h, Dan. & Sw. hud, L. cutis, Gr. scutum shield, and E. sky. .]
1. The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; — generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.
2. The human skin; — so called in contempt. O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide! Shak.
HIDEHide, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hided; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding.]
Defn: To flog; to whip. [Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.]
HIDEBOUNDHide"bound`, a.
1. Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; — said of an animal.
2. (Hort.)
Defn: Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; — said of trees. Bacon.
3. Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative. Milton. Carlyle.
4. Niggardly; penurious. [Obs.] Quarles.
HIDEOUS Hid"e*ous, a. Etym: [OE. hidous, OF. hidous, hidos, hidus, hisdos, hisdous, F. hideux: cf. OF. hide, hisde, fright; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. egidi horror, or L. hispidosus, for hispidus rough, bristly, E. hispid.]
1. Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks. "A piteous and hideous spectacle." Macaulay.
2. Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise. "Hideous cries." Shak.
3. Hateful; shocking. "Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver." Shak.
Syn.— Frightful; ghastly; grim; grisly; horrid; dreadful; terrible.— Hid"e*ous*ly, adv.— Hid"e*ous*ness, n.
HIDERHid"er, n.
Defn: One who hides or conceals.
HIDINGHid"ing, n.
Defn: The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment. There was the hiding of his power. Hab. iii. 4.
HIDINGHid"ing, n.
Defn: A flogging. [Colloq.] Charles Reade.
HIDROSISHi*dro"sis, n. [Written also, but incorrectly, idrosis.] [NL., fr.Gr. to sweat, sweat.]
1. (Physiol.)
Defn: Excretion of sweat; perspiration.
2. (Med.) Excessive perspiration; also, any skin disease characterized by abnormal perspiration.
HIDROTICHi*drot"ic, a. [Gr. sudorific.] (Med.)
Defn: Causing perspiration; diaphoretic or sudorific.
HIDROTICHi*drot"ic, n.
Defn: A medicine that causes perspiration; a diaphoretic or a sudorific.
HIE Hie, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hied; p. pr. & vb. n. Hying.] Etym: [OE. hien, hihen, highen, AS. higian to hasten, strive; cf. L. ciere to put in motion, call upon, rouse, Gr. cite.]
Defn: To hasten; to go in haste; — also often with the reciprocal pronoun. [Rare, except in poetry] "My husband hies him home." Shak. The youth, returning to his mistress, hies. Dryden.
HIEHie, n.
Defn: Haste; diligence. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HIEMSHi"ems, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: Winter. Shak.
HIERAPICRAHi"e*ra*pi"cra, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (med.)
Defn: A warming cathartic medicine, made of aloes and canella bark.Dunglison.
HIERARCH Hi"er*arch, n. Etym: [LL. hierarcha, Gr. ishiras vigorous, fresh, blooming) + hiérarque.]
Defn: One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs. Milton.
HIERARCHAL; HIERARCHICHi"er*arch`al, Hi`er*arch"ic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to a hierarch. "The great hierarchal standard."Milton.
HIERARCHICALHi`er*arch"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hiérarchique.]
Defn: Pertaining to a hierarchy.— Hi`er*arch`ic*al*ly, adv.
HIERARCHISMHi"er*arch`ism, n.
Defn: The principles or authority of a hierarchy.The more dominant hierarchism of the West. Milman.
HIERARCHYHi"er*arch`y, n.; pl. Hierarchies. Etym: [Gr. hiérarchie.]
1. Dominion or authority in sacred things.
2. A body of officials disposed organically in ranks and orders each subordinate to the one above it; a body of ecclesiastical rulers.
3. A form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests. Shipley.
4. A rank or order of holy beings. Standards and gonfalons . . . for distinction serve Of hierarchies, of orders, and degrees. Milton.
HIERATICHi`er*at"ic, a. Etym: [L. hieraticus, Gr. hiératique.]
Defn: Consecrated to sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to priests. Hieratic character, a mode of ancient Egyptian writing; a modified form of hieroglyphics, tending toward a cursive hand and formerly supposed to be the sacerdotal character, as the demotic was supposed to be that of the people. It was a false notion of the Greeks that of the three kinds of writing used by the Egyptians, two — for that reason called hieroglyphic and hieratic — were employed only for sacred, while the third, the demotic, was employed for secular, purposes. No such distinction is discoverable on the more ancient Egyptian monuments; bur we retain the old names founded on misapprehension. W. H. Ward (Johnson's Cyc.).
HIEROCRACYHi`er*oc"ra*cy, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Government by ecclesiastics; a hierarchy. Jefferson.
HIEROGLYPH; HIEROGLYPHICHi"er*o*glyph, Hi`er*o*glyph"ic, n. Etym: [Cf. F. hiéroglyphe. SeeHieroglyphic, a.]
1. A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a symbol of truth; third, the phonetic, consisting of symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a.
2. Any character or figure which has, or is supposed to have, a hidden or mysterious significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible character or mark. [Colloq.]
HIEROGLYPHIC; HIEROGLYPHICALHi`er*o*glyph"ic, Hi`er*o*glyph"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. hieroglyphicus,Gr. hiéroglyphique.]
1. Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk. Pages no better than blanks to common minds, to his, hieroglyphical of wisest secrets. Prof. Wilson.
2. Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable. "An hieroglyphical scrawl." Sir W. Scott.
HIEROGLYPHICALLYHi`er*o*glyph`ic*ally, adv.
Defn: In hieroglyphics.
HIEROGLYPHISTHi`er*og"ly*phist, n.
Defn: One versed in hieroglyphics. Gliddon.
HIEROGRAMHi"er*o*gram, n. Etym: [Gr. -gram.]
Defn: A form of sacred or hieratic writing.
HIEROGRAMMATICHi`er*o*gram"mat"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hiérogrammatique.]
Defn: Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing. Bp. Warburton.
HIEROGRAMMATISTHi`er*o*gram"ma*tist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. hiérogrammatiste.]
Defn: A writer of hierograms; also, one skilled in hieroglyphics.Greenhill.
HIEROGRAPHIC; HIEROGRAPHICALHi`er*o*graph"ic, Hi`er*o*graph"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. hierographicus,Gr. hiérographique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to sacred writing.
HIEROGRAPHYHi`er*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. hiérographie.]
Defn: Sacred writing. [R.] Bailey.
HIEROLATRYHi`er*ol"a*try, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: The worship of saints or sacred things. [R.] Coleridge.
HIEROLOGIC; HIEROLOGICALHi`er*o*log"ic, Hi`er*o*log"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hiérologique.]
Defn: Pertaining to hierology.
HIEROLOGISTHi`er*ol"o*gist, n.
Defn: One versed in, or whostudies, hierology.
HIEROLOGYHi`er*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. hiérologie.]
Defn: A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a treatise on that science.
HIEROMANCYHi"er*o*man`cy, n. Etym: [Gr. hiéromantie.]
Defn: Divination by observing the objects offered in sacrifice.
HIEROMARTYRHi"er*o*mar`tyr, n. Etym: [Gr. martyr.]
Defn: A priest who becomes a martyr.
HIEROMNEMONHi`e*rom*ne"mon, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (gr. Antiq.)
1. The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister. Liddel & Scott.
2. A magistrate who had charge of religious matters, as at Byzantium. Liddel & Scott.
HIERONHi"er*on, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A consecrateo place; esp., a temple.
HIERONYMITEHi`er*on"y*mite, n. Etym: [From St. Hieronymus, or Jerome.] (Eccl.)
Defn: See Jeronymite.
HIEROPHANT Hi*er"o*phant, n. Etym: [L. hierophanta, hierophantes, Gr. hiérophante.]
Defn: The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion. Abp Potter.
HIEROPHANTICHi`er*o*phan"tic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Of or relating to hierophants or their teachings.
HIEROSCOPYHi`er*os"co*py, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Divination by inspection of entrails of victims offered in sacrifice.
HIEROTHECAHi`er*o*the"ca, n.; pl. -cæ. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Defn: A receptacle for sacred objects.
HIEROURGYHi"er*our`gy, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A sacred or holy work or worship. [Obs.] Waterland.
HIFALUTINHi`fa*lu"tin, n.
Defn: See Highfaluting.
HIGGLEHig"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Higgled; p. pr. & vb. n. Higgling.]Etym: [Cf. Haggle, or Huckster.]
1. To hawk or peddle provisions.
2. To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling;to haggle.A person accustomed to higgle about taps. Jeffry.To truck and higgle for a private good. Emerson.
HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDYHig`gle*dy-pig"gle*dy, adv.
Defn: In confusion; topsy-turvy. [Colloq.] Johnson.
HIGGLERHig"gler, n.
Defn: One who higgles.
HIGHHigh, v. i. Etym: [See Hie.]
Defn: To hie. [Obs.]Men must high them apace, and make haste. Holland.
HIGHHigh, a. [Compar. Higher; superl. Highest.] Etym: [OE. high, hegh,hey, heh, AS. heáh, h; akin to OS. hh, OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog,OHG. hh, G. hoch, Icel. hr, Sw. hög, Dan. höi, Goth. hauhs, and toIcel. haugr mound, G. hügel hill, Lith. kaukaras.]
1. Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.
2. Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; — used indefinitely or relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are understood from the connection; as - (a) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preëminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives. "The highest faculty of the soul." Baxter. (b) Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified; as, she was welcomed in the highest circles. He was a wight of high renown. Shak.
(c) Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family. (d) Of great strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions. "With rather a high manner." Thackeray. Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. Ps. lxxxix. 13. Can heavenly minds such high resentment show Dryden.
(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble. Both meet to hear and answer such high things. Shak. Plain living and high thinking are no more. Wordsworth.
(f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price. If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper. South.
(g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; — used in a bad sense. An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin. Prov. xxi. 4. His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot. Clarendon.
3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc. High time it is this war now ended were. Spenser. High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies. Baker.
4. (Cookery)
Defn: Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high.
5. (Mus.)
Defn: Acute or sharp; — opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.
6. (Phon.)
Defn: Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as e (eve), oo (food). See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 10, 11. High admiral, the chief admiral. — High altar, the principal altar in a church. — High and dry, out of water; out of reach of the current or tide; — said of a vessel, aground or beached. — High and mighty arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.] — High art, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all meretricious display. — High bailiff, the chief bailiff. — High Church, and Low Church, two ecclesiastical parties in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. The high- churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See Broad Church. — High constable (Law), a chief of constabulary. See Constable, n., 2. — High commission court,a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse of its powers it was abolished in 1641. — High day (Script.), a holy or feast day. John xix. 31. — High festival (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full ceremonial. — High German, or High Dutch. See under German. — High jinks, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry; wild sport. [Colloq.] "All the high jinks of the county, when the lad comes of age." F. Harrison. — High latitude (Geog.), one designated by the higher figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator. — High life, life among the aristocracy or the rich. — High liver, one who indulges in a rich diet. — High living, a feeding upon rich, pampering food. — High Mass. (R. C. Ch.) See under Mass. — High milling, a process of making flour from grain by several successive grindings and intermediate sorting, instead of by a single grinding. — High noon, the time when the sun is in the meridian. — High place (Script.), an eminence or mound on which sacrifices were offered. — High priest. See in the Vocabulary. — High relief. (Fine Arts) See Alto-rilievo. — High school. See under School. High seas (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty, usually distant three miles or more from the coast line. Wharton. — High steam, steam having a high pressure. — High steward, the chief steward. — High tea, tea with meats and extra relishes. — High tide, the greatest flow of the tide; high water. — High time. (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion. (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal. [Slang] — High treason, treason against the sovereign or the state, the highest civil offense. See Treason.
Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a distinct offense, has been abolished. Mozley & W. — High water, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the tide; also, the time of such elevation. — High-water mark. (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters ordinarily reach at high water. (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a river or other body of fresh water, as in time of freshet. — High-water shrub (Bot.), a composite shrub (Iva frutescens), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. — High wine, distilled spirits containing a high percentage of alcohol; — usually in the plural. — To be on a high horse, to be on one's dignity; to bear one's self loftily. [Colloq.] — With a high hand. (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. "The children of Israel went out with a high hand." Ex. xiv. 8.(b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. "They governed the city with a high hand." Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Syn. — Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious; proud; violent; full; dear. See Tall.
HIGHHigh, adv.
Defn: In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully. "And reasoned high." Milton. "I can not reach so high." Shak.
Note: High is extensively used in the formation of compound words, most of which are of very obvious signification; as, high-aimed, high-arched, high-aspiring, high-bearing, high-boasting, high-browed, high-crested, high-crowned, high-designing, high-engendered, high- feeding, high-flaming, high-flavored, high-gazing, high-heaped, high- heeled, high-priced, high-reared, high-resolved, high-rigged, high- seated, high-shouldered, high-soaring, high-towering, high-voiced, and the like. High and low, everywhere; in all supposable places; as, I hunted high and low. [Colloq.]
HIGHHigh, n.
1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low.
3. (Card Playing)
Defn: The highest card dealt or drawn. High, low, jack, and the game,a game at cards; — also called all fours, old sledge, and seven up.— In high and low, utterly; completely; in every respect. [Obs.]Chaucer.— On high, aloft; above.The dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke i. 78.— The Most High, the Supreme Being; God.
HIGHHigh, v. i.
Defn: To rise; as, the sun higheth. [Obs.]
HIGHBINDERHigh"bind`er, n.
Defn: A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese. [U. S.]
HIGH-BLOWNHigh"-blown`, a.
Defn: Inflated, as with conceit.
HIGHBORNHigh"born`, a.
Defn: Of noble birth. Shak.
HIGHBOYHigh"boy`, n.
1. One who lives high; also, in politics, a highflyer.
2. A kind of set of drawers. [U. S.] "Mahogany highboys glittering with brass handles." K. L. Bates.
HIGH-BREDHigh"-bred`, a.
Defn: Bred in high life; of pure blood. Byron.
HIGH-BUILTHigh"-built`, a.
Defn: Of lofty structure; tall. "High-built organs." Tennyson.The high-built elephant his castle rears. Creech.
HIGH-CHURCHHigh"-church`, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the HighChurch, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a.
HIGH-CHURCHISMHigh"-church`ism, n.
Defn: The principles of the high-church party.
HIGH-CHURCHMANHigh"-church`man, n.; pl. -men (.
Defn: One who holds high-church principles.
HIGH-CHURCHMAN-SHIPHigh"-church`man-ship, n.
Defn: The state of being a high-churchman. J. H. Newman.
HIGH-COLOREDHigh"-col`ored, a.
1. Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed. Shak.
2. Vivid; strong or forcible in representation; hence, exaggerated; as, high-colored description.
HIGH-EMBOWEDHigh"-em*bowed `, a.
Defn: Having lofty arches. "The high-embowed roof." Milton.
HIGHER CRITICISMHigh"er crit"i*cism.
Defn: Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literary character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism.
The comparison of the Hebrew and Greek texts . . . introduces us to a series of questions affecting the composition, the editing, and the collection of the sacred books. This class of questions forms the special subject of the branch of critical science which is usually distinguished from the verbal criticism of the text by the name of higher, or historical, criticism. W. Robertson Smith.
HIGHERINGHigh"er*ing, a.
Defn: Rising higher; ascending.In ever highering eagle circles. Tennyson.
HIGHER THOUGHTHigher thought.
Defn: See New thought, below.
HIGHER-UPHigh"er-up", n.
Defn: A superior officer or official; — used chiefly in pl. [Slang]
HIGHFALUTINGHigh`fa*lu"ting, n. Etym: [Perh. a corruption of highflighting.]
Defn: High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also hifalutin.][Jocular, U. S.] Lowell.
HIGH-FEDHigh"-fed`, a.
Defn: Pampered; fed luxuriously.
HIGH-FINISHEDHigh"-fin`ished, a.
Defn: Finished with great care; polished.
HIGH FIVEHigh five.
Defn: See Cinch (the game).
HIGHFLIERHigh"fli`er, n.
Defn: One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners.Swift.
HIGH-FLOWNHigh"-flown`, a.
1. Elevated; proud. "High-flown hopes." Denham.
2. Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language. M. Arnold.
HIGH-FLUSHEDHigh"-flushed`, a.
Defn: Elated. Young.