Syn. — Chronicle; annals; relation; narration. — History, Chronicle, Annals. History is a methodical record of important events which concern a community of men, usually so arranged as to show the connection of causes and effects, to give an analysis of motive and action etc. A chronicle is a record of such events, conforming to the order of time as its distinctive feature. Annals are a chronicle divided up into separate years. By poetic license annals is sometimes used for history. Justly Cæsar scorns the poet's lays; It is to history he trusts for praise. Pope. No more yet of this; For 't is a chronicle of day by day, Not a relation for a breakfast. Shak. Many glorious examples in the annals of our religion. Rogers.
HISTORYHis"to*ry, v. t.
Defn: To narrate or record. [Obs.] Shak.
HISTOTOMYHis*tot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: The dissection of organic tissues.
HISTOZYMEHis"to*zyme, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A soluble ferment occurring in the animal body, to the presence of which many normal decompositions and synthetical processes are supposed to be due.
HISTRIONHis"tri*on, n. Etym: [L. histrio: cf. F. histrion.]
Defn: A player. [R.] Pope.
HISTRIONIC; HISTRIONICAL His`tri*on"ic, His`tri*on"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. histrionicus: cf. F. histronique. See Histrion.]
Defn: Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting atheatre; theatrical; — sometimes in a bad sense.— His`tri*on"ic*al*ly, adv.Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. De Quincey.
HISTRIONICISMHis`tri*on"i*cism, n.
Defn: The histronic art; stageplaying. W. Black.
HISTRIONISMHis"tri*o*nism, n.
Defn: Theatrical representation; acting; affectation. Sir T. Browne.
HISTRIONIZEHis"tri*o*nize, v. t.
Defn: To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically. Urquhart.
HITHit, pron.
Defn: It. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HITHit,
Defn: 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth. [Obs.]Chaucer.
HITHit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hit; p. pr. & vb. n. Hitting.] Etym: [OE.hitten, hutten, of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hitte to hit, find, Sw. &Icel. hitta.]
1. To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at). I think you have hit the mark. Shak.
2. To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; toperform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformableto; to suit.Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the notes right.Locke.There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails with him. Dryden.Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight.Milton.He scarcely hit my humor. Tennyson.
3. To guess; to light upon or discover. "Thou hast hit it." Shak.
4. (Backgammon)
Defn: To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; — said of a single unprotected piece on a point. To hit off, to describe with quick characteristic strokes; as, to hit off a speaker. Sir W. Temple. — To hit out, to perform by good luck. [Obs.] Spenser.
HITHit, v. i.
1. To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; — followed by against or on. If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and hit one against another Locke. Corpuscles, meeting with or hitting on those bodies, become conjoined with them. Woodward.
2. To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, — often with implied chance, or luck. And oft it hits Where hope is coldest and despair most fits. Shak. And millions miss for one that hits. Swift. To hit on or upon, to light upon; to come to by chance. "None of them hit upon the art." Addison.
HITHit, n.
1. A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything. So he the famed Cilician fencer praised, And, at each hit, with wonder seems amazed. Dryden.
2. A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit. What late he called a blessing, now was wit, And God's good providence, a lucky hit. Pope.
3. A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.
4. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.
5. (Baseball)
Defn: A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; — sometimes used specifically for a base hit. Base hit, Safe hit, Sacrifice hit. (Baseball) See under Base, Safe, etc.
HITHit adj.
Defn: having become very popular or acclaimed; — said of entertainment performances; as, a hit record, a hit movie.
HITCH Hitch, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Scot. hitch a motion by a jerk, and hatch, hotch, to move by jerks, also Prov. G. hiksen, G. hinken, to limp, hobble; or E. hiccough; or possibly akin to E. hook.]
1. To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling. Atoms . . . which at length hitched together. South.
2. To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; — said of something obstructed or impeded. Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme. Pope. To ease themselves . . . by hitching into another place. Fuller.
3. To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere. [Eng.] Halliwell.
HITCHHitch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hitched; p. pr. & vb. n. Hitching.]
1. To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter.
2. To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer. To hitch up. (a) To fasten up. (b) To pull or raise with a jerk; as, a sailor hitches up his trousers. (c) To attach, as a horse, to a vehicle; as, hitch up the gray mare. [Colloq.]
HITCHHitch, n.
1. A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.
2. The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
3. A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance.
4. A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.
5. (Naut.)
Defn: A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; — intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc.
6. (Geol.)
Defn: A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
HITCHELHitch"el, n. & v. t.
Defn: See Hatchel.
HITHEHithe, n. Etym: [AS. hHide to conceal.]
Defn: A port or small haven; — used in composition; as, Lambhithe, now Lambeth. Pennant.
HITHER Hith"er, adv. Etym: [OE. hider, AS. hider; akin to Icel. hra, Dan. hid, Sw. hit, Goth. hidrcitra on this side, or E. here, he. He.]
1. To this place; — used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come or bring hither.
2. To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; — in a sense not physical. Hither we refer whatsoever belongeth unto the highest perfection of man. Hooker. Hither and thither, to and fro; backward and forward; in various directions. "Victory is like a traveller, and goeth hither and thither." Knolles.
HITHERHith"er, a.
1. Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; — correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill. Milton.
2. Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than. And on the hither side, or so she looked, Of twenty summers. Tennyson. To the present generation, that is to say, the people a few years on the hither and thither side of thirty, the name of Charles Darwin stands alongside of those of Isaac Newton and Michael Faraday. Huxley.
HITHERMOSTHith"er*most`, a.
Defn: Nearest on this side. Sir M. Hale.
HITHERTOHith"er*to`, adv.
1. To this place; to a prescribed limit. Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further. Job xxxviii. 11.
2. Up to this time; as yet; until now. The Lord hath blessed me hitherto. Josh. xvii. 14.
HITHERWARDHith"er*ward, adv. Etym: [AS. hiderweard.]
Defn: Toward this place; hither.Marching hitherward in proud array. Shak.
HITTERHit"ter, n.
Defn: One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.
HITTITEHit"tite, n. [From Heb. Khittim Hittites.]
Defn: A member of an ancient people (or perhaps group of peoples) whose settlements extended from Armenia westward into Asia Minor and southward into Palestine. They are known to have been met along the Orontes as early as 1500 b. c., and were often at war with the Egyptians and Assyrians. Especially in the north they developed a considerable civilization, of which numerous monuments and inscriptions are extant. Authorities are not agreed as to their race. While several attempts have been made to decipher the Hittite characters, little progress has yet been made.
HITTORF RAYSHit"torf rays. (Elec.)
Defn: Rays (chiefly cathode rays) developed by the electric discharge in Hittorf tubes.
HITTORF TUBE Hit"torf tube. (Elec.) (a) A highly exhausted glass tube with metallic electrodes nearly in contact so as to exhibit the insulating effects of a vacuum. It was used by the German physicist W. Hittorf (b. 1824). (b) A Crookes tube.
HIVEHive, n. Etym: [OE. hive, huve, AS. h.]
1. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees. Dryden.
2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. Shak.
3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd. The hive of Roman liars. Tennyson. Hive bee (Zoöl.), the honeybee.
HIVEHive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hived; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiving.]
1. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
2. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store. Hiving wisdom with each studious year. Byron.
HIVEHive, v. i.
Defn: To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body. Pope.
HIVELESSHive"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of a hive. Gascoigne.
HIVERHiv"er, n.
Defn: One who collects bees into a hive.
HIVES Hives, n. Etym: [Scot.; perh. akin to E. heave.] (Med.) (a) The croup. (b) An eruptive disease (Varicella globularis), allied to the chicken pox.
HIZZHizz, v. i.
Defn: To hiss. [Obs.] Shak.
HOHo, pron.
Defn: Who. [Obs.] In some Chaucer MSS.
HO; HOAHo, Hoa, n. Etym: [See Ho, interj., 2.]
Defn: A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.There is no ho with them. Decker.
HO; HOAHo, Hoa, interj. Etym: [Cf. F. & G. ho.]
1. Halloo! attend! — a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. "What noise there, ho" Shak. "Ho! who's within" Shak.
2. Etym: [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E. whoa.]
Defn: Stop! stand still! hold! — a word now used by teamsters, butformerly to order the cessation of anything. [Written also whoa, and,formerly, hoo.]The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried "Hoo!" Chaucer.An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. Chaucer.
HOARHoar, a. Etym: [OE. hor, har, AS. har; akin to Icel. harr, and toOHG. her illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Heiedh brightness of thesky, Goth. hais torch, Skr. ketus light, torch. Cf. Hoary.]
1. White, or grayish white: as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs. "Hoar waters." Spenser.
2. Gray or white with age; hoary. Whose beard with age is hoar. Coleridge. Old trees with trunks all hoar. Byron.
3. Musty; moldy; stale. [Obs.] Shak.
HOARHoar, n.
Defn: Hoariness; antiquity. [R.]Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. Burke.
HOARHoar, v. t. Etym: [AS. harian to grow gray.]
Defn: To become moldy or musty. [Obs.] Shak.
HOARDHoard, n.
Defn: See Hoarding, 2. Smart.
HOARDHoard, n. Etym: [OE. hord, AS. hord; akin to OS. hord, G. hort, Icel.hodd, Goth. huzd; prob. from the root of E. hide to conceal, and ofL. custos guard, E. custody. See Hide to conceal.]
Defn: A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.
HOARDHoard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarding.] Etym:[AS. hordian.]
Defn: To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain.
HOARDHoard, v. i.
Defn: To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.To hoard for those whom he did breed. Spenser.
HOARDERHoard"er, n.
Defn: One who hoards.
HOARDINGHoard"ing, n. Etym: [From OF. hourd, hourt, barrier, palisade, ofGerman or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle, fence, G. horde, hürde;akin to E. hurdle. sq. root16. See Hurdle.]
1. (Arch.)
Defn: A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. [Eng.] Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. London Graphic.
2. A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something. The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding, the space within which was divided into compartments by sheets of tin. Tyndall.
HOAREDHoared, a.
Defn: Moldy; musty. [Obs.] Granmer.
HOARFROSTHoar"frost`, n.
Defn: The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost. [Written also horefrost. See Hoar, a.] He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. Ps. cxlvii. 16.
HOARHOUNDHoar"hound`, n.
Defn: Same as Horehound.
HOARINESSHoar"i*ness, n. Etym: [From Hoary.]
Defn: The state of being hoary. Dryden.
HOARSE Hoarse, a. [Compar. Hoarser, superl. Hoarsest.] Etym: [OE. hors, also hos, has, AS. has; akin to D. heesch, G. heiser, Icel. hass, Dan. hæs, Sw. hes. Cf. Prov. E. heazy.]
1. Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven. The hoarse resounding shore. Dryden.
2. Harsh; grating; discordant; — said of any sound.
HOARSELYHoarse"ly, adv.
Defn: With a harsh, grating sound or voice.
HOARSENHoars"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarsened; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarsening.]
Defn: To make hoarse.I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice. Richardson.
HOARSENESSHoarse"ness, n.
Defn: Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords.
HOARSTONEHoar"stone`, n.
Defn: A stone designating the Halliwell.
HOARYHoar"y, a.
1. White or whitish."The hoary willows." Addison.
2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs. Reverence the hoary head. Dr. T. Dwight.
3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.
4. Moldy; mossy; musty. [Obs.] Knolles.
5. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of a pale silvery gray.
6. (Bot.)
Defn: Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent. Hoary bat (Zoöl.), an American bat (Atalapha cinerea), having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.
HOATZINHo"at*zin, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Hoazin.
HOAXHoax, n. Etym: [Prob. contr. fr. hocus, in hocus-pocus.]
Defn: A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke. Macaulay.
HOAXHoax, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoaxed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoaxing.]
Defn: To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively. Lamb.
HOAXERHoax"er, n.
Defn: One who hoaxes.
HOAZINHoa"zin, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A remarkable South American bird (Opisthocomus cristatus); the crested touraco. By some zoölogists it is made the type of a distinct order (Opisthocomi).
HOBHob, n. Etym: [Prob. akin to hump. Cf. Hub. ]
1. The hub of a wheel. See Hub. Washington.
2. The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm. Smart.
3. (Mech.)
Defn: A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc.
HOB Hob, n Etym: [Orig. an abbrev. of Robin, Robert; Robin Goodfellow a celebrated fairy, or domestic spirit. Cf. Hobgoblin, and see Robin. ]
1. A fairy; a sprite; an elf. [Obs.] From elves, hobs, and fairies, . . . Defend us, good Heaven ! Beau. & FL.
2. A countryman; a rustic; a clown. [Obs.] Nares.
HOBANOB; HOBANDNOBHob"a*nob`, Hob"and*nob`, v. i.
Defn: Same as Hobnob. Tennyson.
HOBBISMHob"bism, n.
Defn: The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an English materialist (
HOBBISTHob"bist, n.
Defn: One who accepts the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes.
HOBBLEHob"ble, n. i. [imp. & p. p. Hobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hobbling.]Etym: [OE. hobelen, hoblen, freq. of hoppen to hop; akin to D.hobbelen, hoblen, hoppeln. See Hop to jump, and cf. Hopple ]
1. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches. The friar was hobbling the same way too. Dryden.
2. To move roughly or irregularly; — said of style in writing. Prior. The hobbling versification, the mean diction. Jeffreys.
HOBBLEHob"ble, v. t.
1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. " They hobbled their horses." Dickens
2. To perplex; to embarrass.
HOBBLEHob"ble, n.
1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait. Swift.
2. Same as Hopple.
3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. Waterton.
HOBBLEBUSHHob"ble*bush`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.
HOBBLEDEHOY; HOBBLETEHOY Hob"ble*de*hoy`, Hob"ble*te*hoy`, n. [Written also hobbetyhoy, hobbarddehoy, hobbedehoy, hobdehoy.] Etym: [ Cf. Prob. E. hobbledygee with a limping movement; also F. hobereau, a country squire, E. hobby, and OF. hoi to-day; perh. the orig. sense was, an upstart of to-day.]
Defn: A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .[Colloq.]All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. Dickens. .
HOBBLERHob"bler, n.
Defn: One who hobbles.
HOBBLERHob"bler, n. Etym: [OE. also hobeler, OF. hobelier, LL. hobellarius.See Hobby a horse.] (Eng. Hist.)
Defn: One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby. Hallam. Sir J. Davies.
HOBBLE SKIRTHob"ble skirt.
Defn: A woman's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom of movement after the fashion of a hobble. — Hob"ble-skirt`ed, a.
HOBBLINGLYHob"bling*ly, adv.
Defn: With a limping step.
HOBBLYHob"bly, a.
Defn: Rough; uneven; causing one to hobble; as a hobbly road.
HOBBYHob"by, n.; pl. Hobbies. Etym: [OE. hobi; cf. OF. hobe, hobé, F.hobereau a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. hober to move, stir. Cf.Hobby a horse.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.
HOBBY; HOBBYHORSE Hob"by, Hob"by*horse`, n. Etym: [OE. hobin a nag, OF. hobin hobby; cf. hober to stir, move; prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hoppe a mare, dial. Sw. hoppa; perh. akin to E. hop to jump.]
1. A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag. Johnson.
2. A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride. [ Usually under the form hobbyhorse.]
3. A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion. [Usually under the form hobby.] Not one of them has any hobbyhorse, to use the phrase of Sterne. Macaulay.
HOBBYHORSICALHob`by*hors"ic*al, n.
Defn: Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical.[Colloq.] Sterne.
HOBGOBLINHob"gob`lin, n. Etym: [See 2d Hob, and Goblin.]
Defn: A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. Macaulay.
HOBILERHob"i*ler, n.Etym: [See 2d Hobbler.]
Defn: A light horseman. See 2d Hobbler. [Obs.] Brande & C.
HOBITHo"bit, n. Etym: [See Howitzer.] (Mil.)
Defn: A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer.
HOBNAILHob"nail`, n. Etym: [1st hob + nail.]
1. A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, — used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.
2. A clownish person; a rustic. Milton. Hobnail liver (Med.), a disease in which the liver is shrunken, hard, and covered with projections like hobnails; one of the forms of cirrhosis of the liver.
HOBNAILHob"nail`, v. t.
Defn: To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. Tennyson.
HOBNAILEDHob"nailed`, a.
Defn: See with hobnails, as a shoe.
HOBNOB Hob"nob`, adv. Etym: [AS. habban to have + habban to have not; ne not + habban to have. See Have, and cf. Habnab.]
1. Have or have not; — a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking. Shak.
2. At random; hit or miss. (Obs.) Holinshed.
HOBNOBHob"nob`, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hornobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hornobbing.]
1. To drink familiarly (with another). [ Written also hob-a-nob.]
2. To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms.
HOBNOBHob"nob`, n.
Defn: Familiar, social intercourse. W. Black.
HOBOHo"bo, n.; pl. Hobos or Hoboes (#). [Of uncertain origin.]
Defn: A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling from place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging for a living. [U. S.] — Ho"bo*ism (#), n.
HOBORNOBHob"or*nob`, adv.
Defn: See Hobnob.
HOBOYHo"boy, n.
Defn: A hautboy or oboe. [Obs.]
HOBSON'S CHOICEHob"son's choice".
Defn: A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing.
Note: It is said to have had its origin in the name of one Hobson, at Cambridge, England, who let horses, and required every customer to take in his turn the horse which stood next the stable door.
HOCCOHoc"co, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The crested curassow; — called also royal pheasant. SeeCurassow.
HOCHEPOTHoche"pot, n.
Defn: Hotchpot. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HOCKHock, n. Etym: [So called from Hochheim, in Germany.]
Defn: A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.
HOCK; HOUGHHock, Hough (, n. Etym: [ AS. h the heel; prob. akin to Icel. hasinnhock sinew, Dan. hasc, G. hechse, hächse, LG. hacke, D.hak; also toL. coxa hip (cf. Cuisses), Skr. kaksha armpit. sq. root12. Cf. Heel.]
1. (a) The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man. (b) A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot.
2. The popliteal space; the ham.
HOCKHock, v. t.
Defn: To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
HOCKAMOREHock"a*more, n. Etym: [See 1st Hock.]
Defn: A Rhenish wine. [Obs.] See Hock. Hudibras.
HOCKDAYHock"day`, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. hocor mockery, scorn.]
Defn: A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; — called also hocktide. [Eng.] [Written also hokeday.]
HOCKEYHock"ey, n. Etym: [From Hook, n.]
1. A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.
2. The stick used by the players. [Written also hookey and hawkey.]
HOCKHERBHock"herb`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The mallow.
HOCKLEHoc"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hockled(); p. pr. & vb. n. Hockling.]Etym: [From 2d Hock.]
1. To hamstring; to hock; to hough. Hanmer.
2. To mow, as stubble. Mason.
HOCUSHo"cus, v. t. Etym: [See Hocus-pocus.]
1. To deceive or cheat. Halliwell.
2. To adulterate; to drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the purpose of stupefying the drinker. Dickens.
3. To stupefy with drugged liquor. Thackeray.
HOCUSHo"cus, n.
1. One who cheats or deceives. South.
2. Drugged liquor.
HOCUSPOCUS; HOCUS-POCUSHo"cus*po"cus, n. Etym: [Prob. invented by jugglers in imitation ofLatin. Cf. Hoax, Hocus .]
1. A term used by jugglers in pretended incantations.
2. A juggler or trickster. Sir T. Herbert.
3. A juggler's trick; a cheat; nonsense. Hudibras.
HOCUSPOCUS; HOCUS-POCUSHo"cus*po"cus, v. t.
Defn: To cheat. [Colloq.] L'Estrange.
HODHod, n. Etym: [Prov. E. for hold, i. e., that which holds. See Hold.]
1. A kind of wooden tray with a handle, borne on the shoulder, for carrying mortar, brick, etc.
2. A utensil for holding coal; a coal scuttle.
HODDENGRAYHod"den*gray`, a. Etym: [Perh. akin to E. hoiden rustic, clownish.]
Defn: Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn byScotch peasants. [Scot.]
HODDYHod"dy, n. Etym: [Prob. for hooded.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Dun crow, under Dun, a.
HODDYDODDY Hod"dy*dod`dy, n. Etym: [Prob. E. also hoddypeke, hoddypoule, hoddymandoddy.]
Defn: An awkward or foolish person. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
HODGEPODGEHodge"podge`, n.
Defn: A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot. Johnson.
HODGKIN'S DISEASEHodg`kin's dis*ease". (Med.)
Defn: A morbid condition characterized by progressive anæmia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; — first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.
HODIERN; HODIERNALHo"di*ern, Ho`di*er"nal, a. Etym: [L. hodiernus, fr. hodie today.]
Defn: Of this day; belonging to the present day. [R.] Boyle. Quart.Rev.
HODMANHod"man, n.; pl. Hodmen(
Defn: A man who carries a hod; a mason's tender.
HODMANDODHod"man*dod, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Dodman. Bacon.
HODOGRAPHHod"o*graph, n. Etym: [Gr.graph.] (Math.)
Defn: A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces.
HODOMETERHo*dom"e*ter, n.
Defn: See Odometer.
HOE Hoe, n. Etym: [OF. hoe, F. houe; of German origin, cf. OHG. houwa, howa, G. haue, fr. OHG. houwan to hew. See Hew to cut.]
1. A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish. Dutch hoe, one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade. — Horse hoe, a kind of cultivator.
HOE Hoe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoeing.] Etym: [Cf. F. houer.]
Defn: To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn. To hoe one's row, to do one's share of a job. [Colloq.]
HOEHoe, v. i.
Defn: To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.
HOECAKEHoe"cake`, n.
Defn: A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before the fire or in the ashes; — so called because often cooked on a hoe. [Southern U.S.]
HOEMOTHERHoe"moth`er, n. Etym: [A local Orkney name; cf. Icel.har.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The basking or liver shark; — called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver.
HOFULHo"ful, a. Etym: [AS.hogful, hohful, fr. hogu care, anxiety.]
Defn: Careful; wary. [Obs.] Stapleton.
HOGHog, n. Etym: [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., acastrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc'h, hoc'h.Cf. Haggis, Hogget, and Hoggerel.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidæ; esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.
Note: The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern Europe, are thought to have been derived from Sus Indicus.
2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.]
3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.]
4. (Naut.)
Defn: A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. Totten.
5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. Bush hog, Ground hog, etc. See under Bush, Ground, etc. — Hog caterpillar (Zoöl.), the larva of the green grapevine sphinx; — so called because the head and first three segments are much smaller than those behind them, so as to make a resemblance to a hog's snout. See Hawk moth. — Hog cholera, an epidemic contagious fever of swine, attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance on the skin and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a scarlet, purple, or black color. It is fatal in from one to six days, or ends in a slow, uncertain recovery. Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser. )— Hog deer (Zoöl.), the axis deer. — Hog gum (Bot.), West Indian tree (Symphonia globulifera), yielding an aromatic gum. — Hog of wool, the trade name for the fleece or wool of sheep of the second year. — Hog peanut (Bot.), a kind of earth pea. — Hog plum (Bot.), a tropical tree, of the genus Spondias (S. lutea), with fruit somewhat resembling plums, but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies. — Hog's bean (Bot.), the plant henbane. — Hog's bread.(Bot.) See Sow bread. — Hog's fennel. (Bot.) See under Fennel. — Mexican hog (Zoöl.), the peccary. — Water hog. (Zoöl.) See Capybara.
HOGHog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Hogging.]
1. To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. Smart.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
HOGHog, v. i. (Naut.)
Defn: To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; — said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form.
HOGBACKHog"back`, n.
1. (Arch.)
Defn: An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; — the opposite of camber.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: See Hogframe.
3. (Geol.)
Defn: A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides.
HOGCHAINHog"chain`, n.
Defn: A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.
HOGCHOKERHog"chok`er, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An American sole (Achirus lineatus, or A. achirus), related to the European sole, but of no market value.
HOGCOTEHog"cote`, n.
Defn: A shed for swine; a sty.
HOGFISH Hog"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A large West Indian and Florida food fish (Lachnolæmus). (b) The pigfish or sailor's choice. (c) An American fresh-water fish; the log perch. (d) A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpæna scrofa).
HOGFRAMEHog"frame`, n. (Steam Vessels)
Defn: A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback.
HOGGEDHogged, a. (Naut.)
Defn: Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends. See Hog, v. i.
HOGGERHog"ger, n.
Defn: A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.
HOGGEREL Hog"ger*el, n. Etym: [From the same source as hog; prob. orig., a sheep clipped the first year. See Hog.]
Defn: A sheep of the second year. [Written also hogrel.] Ash.
HOGGER-PIPE; HOGGERPIPEHog"ger*-pipe`, n. (Mining)
Defn: The upper terminal pipe of a mining pump. Raymond.
HOGGER-PUMPHog"ger-pump", n. (Mining)
Defn: The for pump in the pit. Raymond.
HOGGERYHog"ger*y, n.
Defn: Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness.Crime and shame And all their hoggery. Mrs. Browning.
HOGGETHog"get, n. Etym: [See Hog, and Hoggerel.]
1. A young boar of the second year.
2. A sheep or colt alter it has passed its first year.
HOGGINGHog"ging, n. (Naut.)
Defn: Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging.Hogging frame. See Hogframe.
HOGGISHHog"gish, a.
Defn: Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish.— Hog"gish*ly, adv.— Hog"gish*ness, n.Is not a hoggish life the height of some men's wishes Shaftesbury.
HOGHHogh (ho), n. Etym: [Icel. haugr hill, mound; akin to E. high. SeeHigh.]
Defn: A hill; a cliff. [Obs.] Spenser.
HOGHERDHog"herd, n.
Defn: A swineherd. W. Browne.
HOGMANAYHog`ma*nay" (, n.
Defn: The old name, in Scotland, for the last day of the year, on which children go about singing, and receive a dole of bread or cakes; also, the entertainment given on that day to a visitor, or the gift given to an applicant. [Scot.]
HOGNOSESNAKEHog"nose`snake". (Zoöl.)
Defn: A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, esp. H. platyrhynos; — called also puffing adder, blowing adder, and sand viper.
HOGNUT Hog"nut`, n. (Bot.) (a) The pignut. See Hickory. (b) In England, the Bunium flexuosum, a tuberous plant.
HOGOHo"go, n. Etym: [Corrupted from F. haut goût.]
Defn: High flavor; strong scent. [Obs.] Halliwell.
HOGPENHog"pen`, n.
Defn: A pen or sty for hogs.
HOGREEVEHog"reeve`, n. Etym: [See Reeve.]
Defn: A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large. [New Eng.] Bartlett.
HOGRINGERHog"ring`er, n.
Defn: One who puts rings into the snouts of hogs.
HOG'S-BACKHog's"-back`, n. (Geol.)
Defn: A hogback.
HOGSCOREHog"score`, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Curling)
Defn: A distance lime brawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee. [Scot.]
HOGSHEAD Hogs"head, n. Etym: [D. okshoofd; akin to Sw. oxhufvud, Dan. oxehoved, G. oxhoft; apparently meaning orig., ox head, but it is not known why this name was given. Cf. Ox, Head.]
1. An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52
Note: The London hogshead of beer was 54 beer gallons, the London hogshead of ale was 48 ale gallons. Elsewhere in England the ale and beer hogsheads held 51 gallons. These measures are no longer in use, except for cider.
2. A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents; esp. one containing from 100 to 140 gallons. [U. S.]
HOGSKINHog"skin`, n.
Defn: Leather tanned from a hog's skin. Also used adjectively.
HOGSTYHog"sty`, n.; pl. Hogsties (.
Defn: A pen, house, or inclosure, for hogs.
HOGWASHHog"wash`, n.
Defn: Swill. Arbuthnot.
HOGWEED Hog"weed`, n. (Bot.) (a) A common weed (Ambrosia artemisiæge). See Ambrosia, 3. (b) In England, the Heracleum Sphondylium.
HOIDENHoi"den, n. Etym: [OE. hoydon a lout, rustic, OD. heyden a heathen,gypsy, vagabond, D. heiden, fr. OD. heyde heath, D. heide. SeeHeathen, Heath.] [Written also hoyden.]
1. A rude, clownish youth. [Obs.] Milton.
2. A rude, bold girl; a romp. H. Kingsley.
HOIDENHoi"den, a.
Defn: Rustic; rude; bold. Younq.
HOIDENHoi"den, v. i.
Defn: To romp rudely or indecently. Swift.
HOIDENHOODHoi"den*hood, n.
Defn: State of being a hoiden.
HOIDENISHHoi"den*ish, a.
Defn: Like, or appropriate to, a hoiden.
HOISEHoise, v. t. Etym: [See Hoist.]
Defn: To hoist. [Obs.]They . . . hoised up the mainsail to the wind. Acts xxvii. 40.
HOISTHoist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoisting.] Etym:[OE. hoise, hyse, OD. hyssen, D. hijshen; akin to LG. hissen, Dan.hisse, Sw. hissa.]
Defn: To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to adesired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavypackage or weight.They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. Pope.Hoisting him into his father's throne. South.Hoisting engine, a steam engine for operating a hoist.
HOISTHoist, n.
1. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.
2. The act of hoisting; a lift. [Collog.]
3. (fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff. (b) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay. Totten. Hoist bridge, a drawbridge that is lifted instead of being swung or drawn aside.
HOISTHoist, p. p.
Defn: Hoisted. [Obs.]'Tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar. Shak.
HOISTAWAYHoist"a*way`, n.
Defn: A mechanical lift. See Elevator.
HOISTWAYHoist"way`, n.
Defn: An opening for the hoist, or
HOITHoit, v. i. Etym: [Gf. W. hoetian to dally, dandle.]
Defn: To leap; to caper; to romp noisily. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
HOITY-TOITYHoi"ty-toi`ty, a. Etym: [From Hoit.]
Defn: Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as, to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs; used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt. Hoity-toity! What have I to do with dreams Congreve.
HOKEDAYHoke"day`, n.
Defn: Same as Hockday.
HOKERHo"ker, n. Etym: [AS. h.]
Defn: Scorn; derision; abusive talk. [Obs.] — Ho"ker*ly, adv. [Obs.]Chaucer.
HOLHol, a. Etym: [See Whole.]
Defn: Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HOLARCTICHol"arc*tic, a. [Holo- + arctic.]
Defn: Of or pert. to the arctic regions collectively; specif.(Zoögeography),
Defn: designating a realm or region including the northern parts of the Old and the New World. It comprises the Palearctic and Nearctic regions or subregions.
HOLASPIDEANHol`as*pid"e*an, a. Etym: [Holo- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; — said of certain birds.
HOLCAD Hol"cad, n. Etym: [Gr. 'olka`s, -a`dos, a ship which is towed, a ship of burden, fr. 'e`lkein to draw. Gf. Hulk.]
Defn: A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece. Mitford.
HOLDHold, n. Etym: [D. hol hole, hollow. See Hole.] (Naut.)
Defn: The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
HOLD Hold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Held; p. pr. & vb. n. Holding. Holden (, p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.] Etym: [OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde, Sw. hålla, Goth. haldan to feed, tend (the cattle); of unknown origin. Gf. Avast, Halt, Hod.]
1. To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain. The loops held one curtain to another. Ex. xxxvi. 12. Thy right hand shall hold me. Ps. cxxxix. 10. They all hold swords, being expert in war. Cant. iii. In vain he seeks, that having can not hold. Spenser. France, thou mayst hold a serpent by the tongue, . . . A fasting tiger safer by the tooth, Than keep in peace that hand which thou dost hold. Shak.
2. To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend. We mean to hold what anciently we claim Of deity or empire. Milton.
3. To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office. This noble merchant held a noble house. Chaucer. Of him to hold his seigniory for a yearly tribute. Knolles. And now the strand, and now the plain, they held. Dryden.
4. To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain. We can not hold mortality's strong hand. Shak. Death! what do'st O,hold thy blow. Grashaw. He hat not sufficient judgment and self-command to hold his tongue. Macaulay.
5. To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain. Hold not thy peace, and be not still. Ps. lxxxiii. 1. Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall hold their course. Milton.
6. To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service. I would hold more talk with thee. Shak.
7. To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for. Broken cisterns that can hold no water. Jer. ii. 13. One sees more devils than vast hell can hold. Shak.
8. To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain. Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught. 2 Thes. ii.15. But still he held his purpose to depart. Dryden.
9. To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.I hold him but a fool. Shak.I shall never hold that man my friend. Shak.The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.Ex. xx. 7.
10. To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high. Let him hold his fingers thus. Shak. To hold a wager, to lay or hazard a wager. Swift. — To hold forth, to offer; to exhibit; to propose; to put forward. "The propositions which books hold forth and pretend to teach." Locke. — To held in, to restrain; to curd. — To hold in hand, to toy with; to keep in expectation; to have in one's power. [Obs.] O, fie! to receive favors, return falsehoods, And hold a lady in hand. Beaw. & Fl. —To hold in play, to keep under control; to dally with. Macaulay. — To hold off, to keep at a distance. — To hold on, to hold in being, continuance or position; as, to hold a rider on. — To hold one's day, to keep one's appointment. [Obs.] Chaucer. — To hold one's own. (a) To keep good one's present condition absolutely or relatively; not to fall off, or to lose ground; as, a ship holds her own when she does not lose ground in a race or chase; a man holds his own when he does not lose strength or weight. — To hold one's peace, to keep silence.- To hold out. (a) To extend; to offer. "Fortune holds out these to you as rewards." B. Jonson. (b) To continue to do or to suffer; to endure. "He can not long hold out these pangs." Shak. — To hold up. (a) To raise; to lift; as, hold up your head. (b) To support; to sustain. "He holds himself up in virtue."Sir P. Sidney. (c) To exhibit; to display; as, he was held up as an example. (d) To rein in; to check; to halt; as, hold up your horses. — To hold water. (a) Literally, to retain water without leaking; hence (Fig.), to be whole, sound, consistent, without gaps or holes; — commonly used in a negative sense; as, his statements will not hold water. [Collog.] (b) (Naut.) To hold the oars steady in the water, thus checking the headway of a boat.
HOLDHold, n. i.
Defn: In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:
1. Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative. And damned be him that first cries, "Hold, enough!" Shak.
2. Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued. Our force by land hath nobly held. Shak.
3. Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist. While our obedience holds. Milton. The rule holds in land as all other commodities. Locke.
4. Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for. He will hold to the one and despise the other. Matt. vi. 24
5. To restrain one's self; to refrain. His dauntless heart would fain have held From weeping, but his eyes rebelled. Dryden.
6. To derive right or title; — generally with of. My crown is absolute, and holds of none. Dryden. His imagination holds immediately from nature. Hazlitt. Hold on! Hold up! wait; stop; forbear. [Collog] — To hold forth, to speak in public; to harangue; to preach. L'Estrange. — To hold in, to restrain one's self; as, he wanted to laugh and could hardly hold in. — To hold off, to keep at a distance. — To hold on, to keep fast hold; to continue; to go on. "The trade held on for many years," Swift. — To hold out, to last; to endure; to continue; to maintain one's self; not to yield or give way. — To hold over, to remain in office, possession, etc., beyond a certain date. — To hold to or with, to take sides with, as a person or opinion. — To hold together, to be joined; not to separate; to remain in union. Dryden. Locke. — To hold up. (a) To support one's self; to remain unbent or unbroken; as, to hold up under misfortunes. (b) To cease raining; to cease to stop; as, it holds up. Hudibras. (c) To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground. Collier.
HOLDHold, n.
1. The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; — often used with the verbs take and lay. Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold. Chaucer. Thou should'st lay hold upon him. B. Jonson. My soul took hold on thee. Addison. Take fast hold of instruction. Pror. iv. 13.
2. The authority or ground to take or keep; claim. The law hath yet another hold on you. Shak.
3. Binding power and influence. Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest hold of. Tillotson.
4. Something that may be grasped; means of support. If a man be upon an high place without rails or good hold, he is ready to fall. Bacon.
5. A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard. They . . . put them in hold unto the next day. Acts. iv. 3. King Richard, he is in the mighty hold Of Bolingbroke. Shak.
6. A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; — often called a stronghold. Chaucer. New comers in an ancient hold Tennyson.
7. (Mus.)
Defn: A character [thus pause, and corona.
HOLDBACKHold"back`, n.
1. Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle. The only holdback is the affection . . . that we bear to our wealth. Hammond.
2. The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down hill, or in backing; also, the strap or part of the harness so used.
HOLDERHold"er, ( n.
Defn: One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
HOLDERHold"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, holds.
2. One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant.
3. (Com.)
Defn: The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it.
Note: Holder is much used as the second part of a compound; as, shareholder, officeholder, stockholder,etc.
HOLDER-FORTHHold"er-forth`, n.
Defn: One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher. Addison.
HOLDFASTHold"fast`, n.
1. Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support. "His holdfast was gone." Bp. Montagu.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is attached to its support, and differing from a root in that it is not specially absorbent of moisture.
HOLDINGHold"ing, n.
1. The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining.
2. A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
3. That which holds, binds, or influences. Burke.
4. The burden or chorus of a song. [Obs.] Shak. Holding note (Mus.), a note sustained in one part, while the other parts move.
HOLEHole, a.
Defn: Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HOLEHole, n. Etym: [OE. hol, hole, AS. hol, hole, cavern, from hol, a.,hollow; akin to D. hol, OHG. hol, G. hohl, Dan.huul hollow, hul hole,Sw. hål, Icel. hola; prob. from the root of AS. helan to conceal. SeeHele, Hell, and cf. Hold of a ship.]
1. A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure. The holes where eyes should be. Shak. The blind walls Were full of chinks and holes. Tennyson. The priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid. 2 Kings xii. 9.
2. An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation. Dryden. The foxes have holes, . . . but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. Luke ix. 58.
Syn. — Hollow; concavity; aperture; rent; fissure; crevice; orifice; interstice; perforation; excavation; pit; cave; den; cell. Hole and corner, clandestine, underhand. [Colloq.] "The wretched trickery of hole and corner buffery. " Dickens. — Hole board (Fancy Weaving), a board having holes through which cords pass which lift certain warp threads; — called also compass board.
HOLEHole, v. t. Etym: [AS. holian. See Hole, n.]
1. To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars. Chapman.
2. To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball.
HOLEHole, v. i.
Defn: To go or get into a hole. B. Jonson.
HOLE IN THE AIRHole in the air. (Aëronautics)
Defn: = Air hole, above.
HOLETHNICHol*eth"nic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a holethnos or parent race.The holethnic history of the Arians. London Academy.
HOLETHNOSHol*eth"nos, n. Etym: [Holo + Gr.
Defn: A parent stock or race of people, not yet divided into separate branches or tribes.
HOLIBUTHol"i*but, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Halibut.
HOLIDAMHol"i*dam, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Halidom.
HOLIDAYHol"i*day, n. Etym: [Holy + day.]
1. A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday.
2. A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day. And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday. Milton.
3. (Law)
Defn: A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.
Note: In the United States legal holidays, so called, are determined by law, commonly by the statutes of the several States. The holidays most generally observed are: the 22d day of February (Washington's birthday), the 30th day of May (Memorial day), the 4th day of July (Independence day), the 25th day of December (Christmas day). In most of the States the 1st day of January is a holiday. When any of these days falls on Sunday, usually the Monday following is observed as the holiday. In many of the States a day in the spring (as Good Friday, or the first Thursday in April), and a day in the fall (as the last Thursday in November) are now regularly appointed by Executive proclamation to be observed, the former as a day of fasting and prayer, the latter as a day of thanksgiving and are kept as holidays. In England, the days of the greater church feasts (designated in the calendar by a red letter, and commonly called red-letter days) are observed as general holidays. Bank holidays are those on which, by act of Parliament, banks may suspend business. Although Sunday is a holiday in the sense of a day when business is legally suspended, it is not usually included in the general term, the phrase "Sundays and holidays" being more common. The holidays, any fixed or usual period for relaxation or festivity; especially, Christmas and New Year's day with the intervening time.