Chapter 705

Country folks hallooed and hooted after me. Sir P. Sidney.

Halloo <Xpage=665>

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

Old John hallooes his hounds again. Prior.

2. To chase with shouts or outcries.

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

3. To call or shout to; to hail.

Shak.

Halloo <Xpage=665>

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

Hallow <Xpage=665>

Hal"low (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hallowed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hallowing .] [OE. halowen , halwien , halgien , AS. h\'belgian , fr. h\'belig holy. See Holy .] To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. " Hallowed be thy name."

Matt. vi. 9.

Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24.

His secret altar touched with hallowed fire. Milton.

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

Halloween <Xpage=665>

Hal`low*een" (?) , n. The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day. [Scot.] <-- October 31 -->

Burns.

Hallowmas <Xpage=665>

Hal"low*mas (?) , n. [See Mass the eucharist.] The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows.

To speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas . Shak.

Halloysite <Xpage=665>

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

Hallucal <Xpage=665>

Hal"lu*cal (?) , a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hallux.

Hallucinate <Xpage=665>

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

Byron.

Hallucination <Xpage=665>

Hal*lu`ci*na"tion (?) , n. [L. hallucinatio<?/ cf. F. hallucination .] 1. The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder.

This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber. Addison.

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2. (Med.) The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder or the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion.

Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity. W. A. Hammond.

Hallucinator <Xpage=666>

Hal*lu"ci*na`tor (?) , n. [L.] One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.

N. Brit. Rev.

Hallucinatory <Xpage=666>

Hal*lu"ci*na*to*ry (?) , a. Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.

Hallux <Xpage=666>

Hal"lux (?) , n. [NL., fr. L. hallex , allex .] (Anat.) The first, or preaxial, digit of the hind limb, corresponding to the pollux in the fore limb; the great toe; the hind toe of birds.

Halm <Xpage=666>

Halm (?) , n. (Bot.) Same as Haulm .

Halma <Xpage=666>

Hal"ma (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to leap.] (Greek Antiq.) The long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most important of the exercises of the Pentathlon.

Halo <Xpage=666>

Ha"lo (?) , n. ; pl. Halos (<?/) . [L. halos , acc. halo , Gr. <?/ a thrashing floor, also (from its round shape) the disk of the sun or moon, and later a halo round it; cf. Gr. <?/ to enfold, <?/ to roll round, L. volvere , and E. voluble .] 1. A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions.

2. A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus.

3. An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object.

4. A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.

Halo <Xpage=666>

Ha"lo , v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Haloed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Haloing .] To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo.

The fire That haloed round his saintly brow. Sothey.

Haloed <Xpage=666>

Ha"loed (?) , a. Surrounded with a halo; invested with an ideal glory; glorified.

Some haloed face bending over me. C. Bront\'82.

Halogen <Xpage=666>

Hal"o*gen (?) , n. [Gr. "a`ls , "alo`s , salt + -gen : cf. F. halog\'8ane .] (Chem.) An electro-negative element or radical, which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; sometimes, also, fluorine and cyanogen. See Chlorine family , under Chlorine .

Halogenous <Xpage=666>

Ha*log"e*nous (?) , a. Of the nature of a halogen.

Haloid <Xpage=666>

Ha"loid (? or ?) , a. [Gr. "a`ls , "alo`s salt + -oid : cf. F. cal<?/<?/de .] (Chem.) Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides. -- n. A haloid substance.

Halomancy <Xpage=666>

Hal"o*man`cy (?) , n. See Alomancy .

Halometer <Xpage=666>

Ha*lom"e*ter (?) , n. [Gr. "a`ls , "alo`s , salt + -meter .] An instrument for measuring the forms and angles of salts and crystals; a goniometer.

Halones <Xpage=666>

Ha*lo"nes (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, a halo.] (Biol.) Alternating transparent and opaque white rings which are seen outside the blastoderm, on the surface of the developing egg of the hen and other birds.

Halophyte <Xpage=666>

Hal"o*phyte (?) , n. [Gr. "a`ls , "alo`s , salt + <?/ a plant.] (Bot.) A plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea.

Haloscope <Xpage=666>

Ha"lo*scope (?) , n. [ Halo + -scope .] An instrument for exhibition or illustration of the phenomena of halos, parhelia, and the like.

Halotrichite <Xpage=666>

Hal*o*tri"chite (?) , n. [Gr. "a`ls sea + fri`x , tricho`s , hair.] (Min.) An iron alum occurring in silky fibrous aggregates of a yellowish white color.

Haloxyline <Xpage=666>

Ha*lox"y*line , n. [Gr. "a`ls , "alo`s , salt + xy`lon wood.] An explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder.

Halp <Xpage=666>

Halp (?) , imp. of Help . Helped. [Obs.]

Halpace <Xpage=666>

Hal"pace (?) , n. (Arch.) See Haut pas .

Hals <Xpage=666>

Hals (?) , n. [AS. heals ; akin to D., G., & Goth. hals . See Collar .] The neck or throat. [Obs.]

Do me hangen by the hals . Chaucer.

Halse <Xpage=666>

Halse (?) , v. t. [AS. healsian .] 1. To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. [Obs.]

Each other kissed glad And lovely halst . Spenser.

2. To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. [Obs.]

O dere child, I halse thee, In virtue of the Holy Trinity. Chaucer.

Halse <Xpage=666>

Halse , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Halsed (h?lst) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Halsing .] [Cf. Hawser .] To haul; to hoist. [Obs.]

Halsening <Xpage=666>

Hal"sen*ing (?) , a. Sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious; rough. [Obs.]

Carew.

Halser <Xpage=666>

Hals"er (?) , n. See Hawser .

Pope.

Halt <Xpage=666>

Halt (?) , 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold , contraction for holdeth . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Halt <Xpage=666>

Halt (?) , n. [Formerly alt , It. alto , G. halt , fr. halten to hold. See Hold .] A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.

Without any halt they marched. Clarendon.

[Lovers] soon in passion's war contest, Yet in their march soon make a halt . Davenant.

Halt <Xpage=666>

Halt , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Halted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Halting .] 1. To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.

2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to h<?/sitate; to be uncertain.

How long halt ye between two opinions? 1 Kings xviii. 21

Halt <Xpage=666>

Halt (?) , v. t. (Mil.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment .

Halt <Xpage=666>

Halt , a. [AS. healt ; akin to OS., Dan., & Sw. halt , Icel. haltr , halltr , Goth. halts , OHG. halz .] Halting or stopping in walking; lame.

Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt , and the blind. Luke xiv. 21.

Halt <Xpage=666>

Halt , n. The act of limping; lameness.

Halt <Xpage=666>

Halt , v. i. [OE. halten , AS. healtian . See Halt , a. ]

1. To walk lamely; to limp.

2. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.

The blank verse shall halt for it. Shak.

Halter <Xpage=666>

Halt"er (?) , n. One who halts or limps<?/ a cripple.

Halter <Xpage=666>

Hal"ter (?) , n. [OE. halter , helter , helfter , AS. h\'91lftre ; akin to G. halfter , D. halfter , halster , and also to E. helve . See Helve .] A strong strap or cord. Especially: (a) A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse. (b) A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose.

Shak.

No man e'er felt the halter draw With good opinion of the law. Trumbull.

Halter <Xpage=666>

Hal"ter , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Haltered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Haltering .] To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter. "A haltered neck."

Shak.

Halteres <Xpage=666>

Hal*te"res (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ weights used in jumping, fr. <?/ to leap.] (Zo\'94l.) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.

Halter-sack <Xpage=666>

Hal"ter-sack` (?) , n. A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Haltingly <Xpage=666>

Halt"ing*ly (?) , adv. In a halting or limping manner.

Halvans <Xpage=666>

Hal"vans (?) , n. pl. (Mining) Impure ore; dirty ore.

Halve <Xpage=666>

Hal"ve (?) , n. A half. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Halve <Xpage=666>

Halve (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Halved (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Halving .] [From Half .] 1. To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple ; to be or form half of.

So far apart their lives are thrown From the twin soul that halves their own. M. Arnold.

2. (Arch.) To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.

Halved <Xpage=666>

Halved (?) , a. Appearing as if one side, or one half, were cut away; dimidiate.

Halves <Xpage=666>

Halves (?) , n. , pl. of Half .

By halves , by one half at once; halfway; fragmentarily; partially; incompletely.

I can not believe by halves ; either I have faith, or I have it not. J. H. Newman.

To go halves . See under Go .

Halwe <Xpage=666>

Hal"we (?) , n. [OE., fr. AS. h\'belga . See Holy .] A saint. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Hal'yard <Xpage=666>

Hal'yard (?) , n. [ Hale , v. t. + yard .] (Naut.) A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc. [Written also halliard , haulyard .]

Halysites <Xpage=666>

Hal`y*si"tes (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a chain.] (Paleon.) A genus of Silurian fossil corals; the chain corals. See Chain coral , under Chain .

Ham <Xpage=666>

Ham (?) , n. Home. [North of Eng.]

Chaucer.

Ham <Xpage=666>

Ham (?) , n. [AS. ham ; akin to D. ham , dial. G. hamme , OHG. hamma . Perh. named from the bend at the ham, and akin to E. chamber . Cf. Gammon ham.]

1. (Anat.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

2. The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking.

A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak ham . Shak.

Hamadryad <Xpage=666>

Ham"a*dry`ad (?) , n. ; pl. E. Hamadryads (#) , L. Hamadryades (#) . [L. Hamadryas , -adis , Gr. <?/; <?/ together + <?/ oak, tree: cf. F. hamadryade . See Same , and Tree .]

1. (Class. Myth.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A large venomous East Indian snake ( Orhiophagus bungarus ), allied to the cobras.

Hamadryas <Xpage=666>

Ha*ma"dry*as (?) , n. [L., a hamadryad. See Hamadryad .] (Zo\'94l.) The sacred baboon of Egypt ( Cynocephalus Hamadryas ).

Hamamelis <Xpage=666>

Ham`a*me"lis (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a kind of medlar or service tree; <?/ at the same time + <?/ an apple, any tree fruit.] (Bot.) A genus of plants which includes the witch-hazel ( Hamamelis Virginica ), a preparation of which is used medicinally.

Hamate <Xpage=666>

Ha"mate (?) , a. [L. hamatus , fr. hamus hook.] Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.

Hamated <Xpage=666>

Ha"ma*ted (?) , a. Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate.

Swift.

Hamatum <Xpage=666>

Ha*ma"tum (?) , n. [NL., fr. L. hamatus hooked.] (Anat.) See Unciform .

Hamble <Xpage=666>

Ham"ble (?) , v. t. [OE. hamelen to mutilate, AS. hamelian ; akin to OHG. hamal<?/n to mutilate, hamal mutilated, ham mutilated, Icel. hamla to mutilate. Cf. Ham<?/er to fetter.] To hamstring. [Obs.]

Hamburg <Xpage=666>

Ham"burg (?) , n. A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe.

Black Hamburg grape . See under Black . -- Hamburg <?/dging , a kind of embroidered work done by machinery on cambric or muslin; -- used for trimming. -- Hamburg lake , a purplish crimson pigment resembling cochineal.

Hame <Xpage=666>

Hame (?) , n. Home. [Scot. & O. Eng.]

Hame <Xpage=666>

Hame , n. [Scot. haims , hammys , hems , OE. ham ; cf. D. haam .] One of the two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted upon the collar, or have pads fitting the horse's neck attached to them.

Hamel <Xpage=666>

Ham"el (?) , v. t. [Obs.] Same as Hamele .

Hamesecken, Hamesucken <Xpage=666>

Hame"seck`en (?) , Hame"suck`en (?) , n. [AS. h\'bems<?/cn . See Home , and Seek .] (Scots Law) The felonious seeking and invasion of a person in his dwelling house.

Bouvier.

Hamiform <Xpage=666>

Ha"mi*form (?) , n. [L. hamus hook + -form .] Hook-shaped.

Hamilton period <Xpage=666>

Ham"il*ton pe"ri*od (?) . (Geol.) A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton , Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology .

Haminura <Xpage=666>

Ham`i*nu"ra (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A large edible river fish ( Erythrinus macrodon ) of Guiana.

Hamite <Xpage=666>

Ha"mite (?) , n. [L. hamus hook.] (Paleon.) A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites , related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form.

Hamite <Xpage=666>

Ham"ite (?) , n. A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son. See Gen. x. 6-20.

Haitic <Xpage=666>

Ha*it"ic (?) , a. Pertaining to Ham or his descendants.

Hamitic languages , the group of languages spoken mainly in the Sahara, Egypt, Galla, and Som&acir;li Land, and supposed to be allied to the Semitic.

Keith Johnson.

Hamlet <Xpage=666>

Ham"let (?) , n. [OWE. hamelet , OF. hamelet , dim. of hamel , F. hameau , LL. hamellum , a dim. of German origin; cf. G. heim home. &root;220. See Home .] A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.

The country wasted, and the hamlets burned. Dryden.

Syn. -- Village; neighborhood. See Village .

Hamleted <Xpage=666>

Ham"let*ed , p. a. Confined to a hamlet.

Feltham.

Hammer <Xpage=666>

Ham"mer (?) , n. [OE. hamer , AS. hamer , hamor ; akin to D. hamer , G. & Dan. hammer , Sw. hammare , Icel. hamarr , hammer, crag, and perh. to Gr. <?/ anvil, Skr. a<?/man stone.] 1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.

With busy hammers closing rivets up. Shak.