Chapter 713

Has"sock (?) , n. [Scot. hassock , hassik , a besom, anything bushy, a large, round turf used as a seat, OE. hassok sedgy ground, W. hesgog sedgy, hesg sedge, rushes; cf. Ir. seisg , and E. sedge .] 1. A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock.

Forby.

2. A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use.

And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced.

Cowper.

Hast <Xpage=673>

Hast (?) , 2 d pers . sing . pres . of. Fave , contr. of havest . [Archaic]

Hastate, Hastated <Xpage=673>

Has"tate (?) , Has"ta*ted , a. [L. hastatus , fr. hasta spear. Cf. Gad , n. ] Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf .

Haste <Xpage=673>

Haste (?) , n. [OE. hast ; akin to D. haast , G., Dan., Sw., & OFries. hast , cf. OF. haste , F. h\'83te (of German origin); all perh. fr. the root of E. hate in a earlier sense of, to pursue. See Hate .] 1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.

The king's business required haste . 1 Sam. xxi. 8.

2. The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.

I said in my haste , All men are liars. Ps. cxvi. 11.

To make haste , to hasten.

Syn. -- Speed; quickness; nimbleness; swiftness; expedition; dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence; precipitation. -- Haste , Hurry , Speed , Dispatch . Haste denotes quickness of action and a strong desire for getting on; hurry includes a confusion and want of collected thought not implied in haste ; speed denotes the actual progress which is made; dispatch , the promptitude and rapidity with which things are done. A man may properly be in haste , but never in a hurry . Speed usually secures dispatch .

Haste <Xpage=673>

Haste , v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Hasted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hasting .] [OE. hasten ; akin to G. hasten , D. haasten , Dan. haste , Sw. hasta , OF. haster , F. h\'83ter . See Haste , n. ] To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic]

I 'll haste the writer. Shak.

They were troubled and hasted away. Ps. xlviii. 5.

Hasten <Xpage=673>

Has"ten (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hastened (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hastening (?) .] To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. Ps. lv. 8.

Hasten <Xpage=673>

Has"ten , v. i. To move celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly.

I hastened to the spot whence the noise came. D<?/ Foe.

Hastener <Xpage=673>

Has"ten*er (?) , n. 1. One who hastens.

2. That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it.

Hastif <Xpage=673>

Has"tif (?) , a. [OF. See Hastive .] Hasty. [Obs.] Chaucer . -- Has"tif*ly , adv. [Obs.]

Hastile <Xpage=673>

Has"tile (?) , a. [L. hasta a spear.] (Bot.) Same as Hastate .

Gray.

Hastily <Xpage=673>

Has"ti*ly (?) , adv. [From Hasty .] 1. In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.

2. Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.

We hastily engaged in the war. Swift.

3. Passionately; impatiently.

Shak.

Hastiness <Xpage=673>

Has"ti*ness , n. The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.

Hastings <Xpage=673>

Has"tings (?) , n. pl. [From Haste , v. ] Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease.

Mortimer.

Hastings sands <Xpage=673>

Has"tings sands" (?) . (Geol.) The lower group of the Wealden formation; -- so called from its development around Hastings , in Sussex, England.

Hastive <Xpage=673>

Has"tive (?) , a. [OF. hastif . See Haste , n. , and cf. Hastif .] Forward; early; -- said of fruits. [Obs.]

Hasty <Xpage=673>

Has"ty (?) , a. [ Compar. Hastier (?) ; superl. Hastiest .] [Akin to D. haastig , G., Sw., & Dan. hastig . See Haste , n. ] 1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch .

2. Demanding haste or immediate action. [R.] Chaucer . " Hasty employment."

Shak.

3. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.

4. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.

5. Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.

Take no unkindness of his hasty words. Shak

6. Forward; early; first ripe. [Obs.] "As the hasty fruit before the summer."

Is. xxviii. 4.

Hasty pudding <Xpage=673>

Has"ty pud"ding (?) . 1. A thick batter pudding made of Indian meal stirred into boiling water; mush. [U. S.]

2. A batter or pudding made of flour or oatmeal, stirred into boiling water or milk. [Eng.]

Hat <Xpage=673>

Hat (?) , a. Hot. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Hat <Xpage=673>

Hat , sing. pres. of Hote to be called. Cf. Hatte . [Obs.] "That one hat abstinence."

Piers Plowman.

Hat <Xpage=673>

Hat (?) , n. [AS. h\'91t , h\'91tt ; akin to Dan. hat , Sw. hatt , Icel. hattr a hat, h\'94ttr hood, D. hoed hat, G. hut , OHG. huot , and prob. to L. cassis helmet. <?/<?/<?/. Cf. Hood .] A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim, made of various materials, and worn by men or women for protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament.

Hat block , a block on which hats are formed or dressed. -- To pass around the hat , to take up a collection of voluntary contributions, which are often received in a hat. [Collog.]

Lowell.

Hatable <Xpage=673>

Hat"a*ble (?) , a. [From Hate .] Capable of being, or deserving to be, hated; odious; detestable.

Hatband <Xpage=673>

Hat"band` (?) , n. A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of black cloth, crape, etc., worn as a badge of mourning.

Hatbox <Xpage=673>

Hat"box` (?) , n. A box for a hat.

Hatch <Xpage=673>

Hatch (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hatched (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hatching .] [F. hacher to chop, hack. See Hash .] 1. To cross with lines in a peculiar manne<?/ in drawing and engraving. See Hatching .

Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched . Chapman.

Those hatching strokes of the pencil. Dryden.

2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.]

His weapon hatched in blood. Beau. & Fl.

Hatch <Xpage=673>

Hatch , v. t. [OE. hacchen , hetchen ; akin to G. hecken , Dan. hekke ; cf. MHG. hagen bull; perh. akin to E. hatch a half door, and orig. meaning, to produce under a hatch. <?/<?/<?/.] 1. To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatched .

Paley.

As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not. Jer. xvii. 11.

For the hens do not sit upon the eggs; but by keeping them in a certain equal heat they [the husbandmen] bring life into them and hatch them. Robynson (More's Utopia).

2. To contrive or plot; to form by meditation, and bring into being; to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch heresy.

Hooker.

Fancies hatched In silken-folded idleness. Tennyson.

Hatch <Xpage=673>

Hatch , v. i. To produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; -- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc.

Hatch <Xpage=673>

Hatch , n. 1. The act of hatching.

2. Development; disclosure; discovery.

Shak.

3. The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.

Hatch <Xpage=673>

Hatch , n. [OE. hacche , AS. h\'91c , cf. haca the bar of a door, D. hek gate, Sw. h\'84ck coop, rack, Dan. hekke manger, rack. Prob. akin to E. hook , and first used of something made of pieces fastened together. Cf. Heck , Hack a frame.] 1. A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge.

In at the window, or else o'er the hatch .

Shak.

2. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.

3. A flood gate; a a sluice gate.

Ainsworth.

4. A bedstead. [Scot.]

Sir W. Scott.

5. An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening.

6. (Mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.

Booby hatch , Buttery hatch , Companion hatch , etc. See under Booby , Buttery , etc. -- To batten down the hatches (Naut.) , to lay tarpaulins over them, and secure them with battens. -- To be under hatches , to be confined below in a vessel; to be under arrest, or in slavery, distress, etc.

Hatch <Xpage=673>

Hatch , v. t. To close with a hatch or hatches.

'T were not amiss to keep our door hatched . Shak

Hatch-boat <Xpage=673>

Hatch"-boat` (?) , n. (Naut.) A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; -- used mostly in the fisheries.

Hatchel <Xpage=673>

Hatch"el (?; 277) , n. [OE. hechele , hekele ; akin to D. hekel , G. hechel , Dan. hegle , Sw. h\'84kla , and prob. to E. hook . See Hook , and cf. Hackle , Heckle .] An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle .

Hatchel <Xpage=673>

Hatch"el , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hatcheled or Hatchelled (<?/) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hatcheling or Hatchelling .] [OE. hechelen , hekelen ; akin to D. hekelen , G. hecheln , Dan. hegle , Sw. h\'84kla . See Hatchel , n. ] 1. To draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp, so as to separate the coarse and refuse parts from the fine, fibrous parts.

2. To tease; to worry; to torment. [Colloq.]

Hatcheler <Xpage=673>

Hatch"el*er (?) , n. One who uses a hatchel.

Hatcher <Xpage=673>

Hatch"er (?) , n. 1. One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator.

2. One who contrives or originates; a plotter.

A great hatcher and breeder of business. Swift.

Hatchery <Xpage=673>

Hatch"er*y (?) , n. A house for hatching fish, etc.

Hatchet <Xpage=673>

Hatch"et (?) , n. [F. hachette , dim. of hache <?/. See 1st Hatch , Hash .] 1. A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.

2. Specifically, a tomahawk.

Buried was the bloody hatchet . Longfellow.

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Hatchet face , a thin, sharp face, like the edge of a hatchet ; hence: Hatchet-faced , sharp-visaged. Dryden . -- To bury the hatchet , to make peace or become reconciled. -- To take up the hatchet , to make or declare war. The last two phrases are derived from the practice of the American Indians.

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Hatchet man 1. A person hired to murder or physically attack another; a hit man. 2. A person who deliberately tries to ruin the reputation of another, often unscrupulously, by slander or other malicious communication, often with political motive, and sometimes for pay. -->

Hatchettine, Hatchettite <Xpage=674>

Hatch"et*tine (?) , Hatch"et*tite (?) , n. [Named after the discoverer, Charles Hatchett .] (Min.) Mineral t<?/ low; a waxy or spermaceti-like substance, commonly of a greenish yellow color.

Hatching <Xpage=674>

Hatch"ing , n. [See 1st Hatch .] A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also crosshatching .

Hatchment <Xpage=674>

Hatch"ment (?) , n. [Corrupt. fr. achievement .]

1. (Her.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement .

His obscure funeral; No trophy, sword, or hatchment o'er his bones. Shak.

2. A sword or other mark of the profession of arms; in general, a mark of dignity.

Let there be deducted, out of our main potation, Five marks in hatchments to adorn this thigh. Beau. & Fl.

Hatchure <Xpage=674>

Hatch"ure (?; 135) , n. Same as Hachure .

Hatchway <Xpage=674>

Hatch"way` (?) , n. A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar.

Hate <Xpage=674>

Hate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hated ; p. pr. & pr. & vb. n. Hating .] [OE. haten , hatien , AS. hatian; akin to OS. hatan , hat<?/n to be hostile to, D. haten to hate, OHG. hazz<?/n , hazz<?/n , G. hassen , Icel. & Sw. hata , Dan. hade , Goth. hatan , hatian . <?/<?/<?/ . Cf. Hate , n. , Heinous .]

1. To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy.

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. 1 John iii. 15.

2. To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive clause with that ; as, to hate to get into debt; to hate that anything should be wasted.

I hate that he should linger here. Tennyson.

3. (Script.) To love less, relatively.

Luke xiv. 26.

Syn. -- To Hate , Abhor , Detest , Abominate , Loathe . Hate is the generic word, and implies that one is inflamed with extreme dislike. We abhor what is deeply repugnant to our sensibilities or feelings. We detest what contradicts so utterly our principles and moral sentiments that we feel bound to lift up our voice against it. What we abominate does equal violence to our moral and religious sentiments. What we loathe is offensive to our own nature, and excites unmingled disgust. Our Savior is said to have hated the deeds of the Nicolaitanes; his language shows that he loathed the lukewarmness of the Laodiceans; he detested the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees; he abhorred the suggestions of the tempter in the wilderness.

Hate <Xpage=674>

Hate , n. [OE. hate , hete , AS. hete ; akin to D. haat , G. hass , Icel. hatr , SW. hat , Dan. had , Goth. hatis . Cf. Hate , v. ] Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; -- opposed to love .

For in a wink the false love turns to hate . Tennyson.

Hateful <Xpage=674>

Hate"ful (?) , a. 1. Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent. [Archaic or R.]

And worse than death, to view with hateful eyes His rival's conquest. Dryden.

2. Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious.

Unhappy, wretched, hateful day! Shak.

Syn. -- Odious; detestable; abominable; execrable; loathsome; abhorrent; repugnant; malevolent.

-- Hate"ful*ly , adv. -- Hate"ful*ness , n.

Hatel <Xpage=674>

Hat"el (?) , a. Hateful; detestable. [Obs.]

Hater <Xpage=674>

Hat"er (?) , n. One who hates.

An enemy to God, and a hater of all good. Sir T. Browne.

Hath <Xpage=674>

Hath (?) , 3d pers. sing. pres. of Have , contracted from haveth . Has. [Archaic.]

Hatless <Xpage=674>

Hat"less (?) , a. Having no hat.

Hatrack <Xpage=674>

Hat"rack` (?) , n. A hatstand; hattree.

Hatred <Xpage=674>

Ha"tred (?) , n. [OE. hatred , hatreden . See Hate , and cf. Kindred .] Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.

Syn. -- Odium; ill will; enmity; hate; animosity; malevolence; rancor; malignity; detestation; loathing; abhorrence; repugnance; antipathy. See Odium .

Hatstand <Xpage=674>

Hat"stand` (?) , n. A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc.

Hatte <Xpage=674>

Hat`te (?) , pres. & imp. sing. & pl. of Hote , to be called. See Hote . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

A full perilous place, purgatory it hatte . Piers Plowman.

Hatted <Xpage=674>

Hat"ted (?) , a. Covered with a hat.

Hatter <Xpage=674>

Hat"ter (?) , v. t. [Prov. E., to entangle; cf. LG. ver haddern , ver heddern , ver hiddern .] To tire or worry; -- out . [Obs.]

Dryden.

Hatter <Xpage=674>

Hat"ter , n. One who makes or sells hats.

Hatteria <Xpage=674>