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2. (Carp.) The post to which a gate or door is hinged.

3. (Engineering) The quoin post of a lock gate.

Heelspur <Xpage=681>

Heel"spur` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A slender bony or cartilaginous process developed from the heel bone of bats. It helps to support the wing membranes. See Illust . of Cheiropter .

Heeltap <Xpage=681>

Heel"tap` (?) , n. 1. One of the segments of leather in the heel of a shoe.

2. A small portion of liquor left in a glass after drinking. "Bumpers around and no heeltaps ."

Sheridan.

Heeltap <Xpage=681>

Heel"tap` , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Heeltapped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Heeltapping .] To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.)

Heeltool <Xpage=681>

Heel"tool` (?) , n. A tool used by turners in metal, having a bend forming a heel near the cutting end.

Heep <Xpage=681>

Heep (?) , n. The hip of the dog-rose. [Obs.]

Heer <Xpage=681>

Heer (?) , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A yarn measure of six hundred yards or <?/\'3c-- fr. 1/24--\'3e of a spindle. See Spindle .

Heer <Xpage=681>

Heer , n. [See Hair .] Hair. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

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Heft <Xpage=682>

Heft (?) , n. Same as Haft , n. [Obs.]

Waller.

Heft <Xpage=682>

Heft , n. [From Heave : cf. hefe weight. Cf. Haft .] 1. The act or effort of heaving<?/ violent strain or exertion. [Obs.]

He craks his gorge, his sides, With violent hefts . Shak.

2. Weight; ponderousness. [Colloq.]

A man of his age and heft . T. Hughes.

3. The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled . [Colloq. U. S.]

J. Pickering.

Heft <Xpage=682>

Heft , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hefted ( Heft , obs .); p. pr. & vb. n. Hefting .] 1. To heave up; to raise aloft.

Inflamed with wrath, his raging blade he heft . Spenser.

2. To prove or try the weight of by raising. [Colloq.]

Hefty <Xpage=682>

Heft"y , a. Moderately heavy. [Colloq. U. S.]

Hegelian <Xpage=682>

He*ge"li*an (?; 106) , a. Pertaining to Hegelianism. -- n. A follower of Hegel.

Hegelianism, Hegelism <Xpage=682>

He*ge"li*an*ism (?) , He"gel*ism (?) , n. The system of logic and philosophy set forth by Hegel , a German writer (1770-1831).

Hegemonic, Hegemonical <Xpage=682>

Heg`e*mon"ic (?) , Heg`e*mon"ic*al (?) , a. [Gr. <?/. See Hegemony .] Leading; controlling; ruling; predominant. "Princelike and hegemonical ."

Fotherby.

Hegemony <Xpage=682>

He*gem`o*ny (?) , n. [Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ guide, leader, fr. <?/ to go before.] Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a government or state to its neighbors or confederates.

Lieber.

Hegge <Xpage=682>

Heg"ge (?) , n. A hedge. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Hegira <Xpage=682>

He*gi"ra (?; 277) , n. [Written also hejira .] [Ar. hijrah flight.] The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed.

&hand; The starting point of the Era was made to begin, not from the date of the flight, but from the first day of the Arabic year, which corresponds to July 16, A. D. 622.

Heifer <Xpage=682>

Heif"er (?) , n. [OE. hayfare , AS. he\'a0hfore , he\'a0fore ; the second part of this word seems akin to AS. fearr bull, ox; akin to OHG. farro , G. farre , D. vaars , heifer, G. f\'84rse , and perh. to Gr. <?/, <?/, calf, heifer.] (Zo\'94l.) A young cow.

Heigh-ho <Xpage=682>

Heigh"-ho (h&imac;"-h&omac;) , interj. An exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness, weariness, etc.

Shak.

Height <Xpage=682>

Height (?) , n. [Written also hight .] [OE. heighte , heght , heighthe , AS. he\'a0h<?/u , fr. heah high; akin to D. hoogte , Sw. h\'94jd , Dan. h\'94ide , Icel. h\'91<?/ , Goth. hauhipa . See High .] 1. The condition of being high; elevated position.

Behold the height of the stars, how high they are! Job xxii. 12.

2. The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature.

Bacon.

[Goliath's] height was six cubits and a span. 1 Sam. xvii. 4.

3. Degree of latitude either north or south. [Obs.]

Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same height as Peru to the south. Abp. Abbot.

4. That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights .

Dryden.

5. Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; pre\'89minence or distinction in society; prominence.

Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts. R. Browning.

All would in his power hold, all make his subjects. Chapman.

6. Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.

Social duties are carried to greater heights , and enforced with stronger motives by the principles of our religion. Addison.

7. Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.

My grief was at the height before thou camest. Shak.

On height , aloud. [Obs.]

[He] spake these same words, all on hight . Chaucer.

Heighten <Xpage=682>

Height"en (h&imac;t"'n) , v. t. [Written also highten .] [ imp. & p. p. Heightened (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Heightening .] 1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

2. To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint. "To heighten our confusion."

Addison.

An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to the miraculous. Hawthorne.

Heightener <Xpage=682>

Height"en*er (?) , n. [Written also hightener .] One who, or that which, heightens.

Heinous <Xpage=682>

Hei"nous (?) , a. [OF. ha\'8bnos hateful, F. haineux , fr. OF. ha\'8bne hate, F. haine , fr. ha\'8br to hate; of German origin. See Hate .] Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character.

It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege. Hooker.

How heinous had the fact been, how deserving Contempt! Milton.

Syn. -- Monstrous; flagrant; flagitious; atrocious.

-- Hei"nous*ly , adv. -- Hei"nous*ness , n.

Heir <Xpage=682>

Heir (?) , n. [OE. heir , eir , hair , OF. heir , eir , F. hoir , L. heres ; of uncertain origin. Cf. Hereditary , Heritage .] 1. One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter.

I am my father's heir and only son. Shak.

2. One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues .

And I his heir in misery alone. Pope.

Heir apparent . (Law.) See under Apparent . -- Heir at law , one who, after his ancector's death, has a right to inherit all his intestate estate. Wharton (Law Dict.) . -- Heir presumptive , one who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would be his heir, but whose right to the inheritance may be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative, or by some other contingency.

Heir <Xpage=682>

Heir (?) , v. t. To inherit; to succeed to. [R.]

One only daughter heired the royal state. Dryden.

Heirdom <Xpage=682>

Heir"dom (?) , n. The state of an heir; succession by inheritance.

Burke.

Heiress <Xpage=682>

Heir"ess , n , A female heir.

Heirless <Xpage=682>

Heir"less a. Destitute of an heir.

Shak.

Heirloom <Xpage=682>

Heir"loom` (?) , n. [ Heir + loom , in its earlier sense of implement , tool. See Loom the frame.] Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in a family for several generations.

Woe to him whose daring hand profanes The honored heirlooms of his ancestors. Moir.

Heirship <Xpage=682>

Heir"ship (?) , n. The state, character, or privileges of an heir; right of inheriting.

Heirship movables , certain kinds of movables which the heir is entitled to take, besides the heritable estate. [Scot.]

Hejira <Xpage=682>

He*ji"ra (?) , n. See Hegira .

Hektare, Hektogram, Hektoliter, &and; Hektometer <Xpage=682>

Hek"tare` , Hek"to*gram , Hek"to*li`ter , &and; Hek"to*me`ter , n. Same as Hectare , Hectogram , Hectoliter , and Hectometer .

Hektograph <Xpage=682>

Hek"to*graph (?) , n. See Hectograph .

Helamys <Xpage=682>

Hel*a*mys (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ fawn + <?/ mouse.] (Zo\'94l.) See Jumping hare , under Hare .

Helcoplasty <Xpage=682>

Hel"co*plas`ty (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ a wound + -plasty .] (Med.) The act or process of repairing lesions made by ulcers, especially by a plastic operation.

Held <Xpage=682>

Held (?) , imp. & p. p. of Hold .

Hele <Xpage=682>

Hele (?) , n. [See Heal , n. ] Health; welfare. [Obs.] "In joy and perfyt hele ."

Chaucer.

Hele <Xpage=682>

Hele , v. t. [AS. helan , akin to D. helen , OHG. helan , G. hehlen , L. celare . &root;17. See Hell , and cf. Conceal .] To hide; to cover; to roof. [Obs.]

Hide and hele things. Chaucer.

Helena <Xpage=682>

Hel"e*na (?) , n. [L.: cf. Sp. helena .] See St. Elmo's fire , under Saint .

Helenin <Xpage=682>

Hel"e*nin (?) , n. (Chem.) A neutral organic substance found in the root of the elecampane ( Inula helenium ), and extracted as a white crystalline or oily material, with a slightly bitter taste. <-- used to induce interferon -- contains RNA -->

Heliac <Xpage=682>

He"li*ac (?) , a. Heliacal.

Heliacal <Xpage=682>

He*li"a*cal (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ belonging to the sun, fr. <?/ the sun: cf. F. h\'82liaque .] (Astron.) Emerging from the light of the sun, or passing into it; rising or setting at the same, or nearly the same, time as the sun.

Sir T. Browne.

&hand; The heliacal rising of a star is when, after being in conjunction with the sun, and invisible, it emerges from the light so as to be visible in the morning before sunrising. On the contrary, the heliacal setting of a star is when the sun approaches conjunction so near as to render the star invisible.

Heliacally <Xpage=682>

He*li"a*cal*ly , adv. In a heliacal manner.

De Quincey.

Helianthin <Xpage=682>

He`li*an"thin (?) , n. [Prob. fr. L. helianthes , or NL. helianthus , sunflower, in allusion to its color.] (Chem.) An artificial, orange dyestuff, analogous to tropaolin, and like it used as an indicator in alkalimetry; -- called also methyl orange .

Helianthoid <Xpage=682>

He`li*an"thoid (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Helianthoidea.

Helianthoidea <Xpage=682>

He`li*an"thoi"de*a (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. L. helianthes sunflower + -oid .] (Zo\'94l.) An order of Anthozoa; the Actinaria.

Helical <Xpage=682>

Hel"i*cal (?) , a. [From Helix .] Of or pertaining to, or in the form of, a helix; spiral; as, a helical staircase; a helical spring. -- Hel"i*cal*ly , adv.

Helichrysum <Xpage=682>

Hel`i*chry"sum (<?/) , n. [L., the marigold, fr. Gr. <?/ a kind of plant.] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, with shining, commonly white or yellow, or sometimes reddish, radiated involucres, which are often called "everlasting flowers."

Heliciform <Xpage=682>

He*lic"i*form (?) , a. [ Helix + -form .] Having the form of a helix; spiral.

Helicin <Xpage=682>

Hel"i*cin (?) , n. (Chem.) A glucoside obtained as a white crystalline substance by partial oxidation of salicin, from a willow ( Salix Helix of Linn\'91us.)

Helicine <Xpage=682>

Hel"i*cine (?) , a. (Anat.) Curled; spiral; helicoid; -- applied esp. to certain arteries of the penis.

Hellicograph <Xpage=682>

Hel"li*co*graph` (?) , n. [ Helix + -graph .] An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane.

Helicoid <Xpage=682>

Hel"i*coid (?) , a. [Gr. <?/; <?/, <?/, spiral + <?/ shape: cf. F. h\'82lico\'8bde . See Helix .]

1. Spiral; curved, like the spire of a univalve shell.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Shaped like a snail shell; pertaining to the Helicid\'91 , or Snail family.

Helicoid parabola (Math.) , the parabolic spiral.

Helicoid <Xpage=682>

Hel"i*coid , n. (Geom.) A warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line shall have a uniform motion in the direction of another fixed straight line, and at the same time a uniform angular motion about it.

Helicoidal <Xpage=682>

Hel`i*coid"al (?) , a. Same as Helicoid . -- Hel`i*coid"al*ly , adv.

Helicon <Xpage=682>

Hel"i*con (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/.] A mountain in B\'d2otia, in Greece, supposed by the Greeks to be the residence of Apollo and the Muses.

From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take. Gray.

Heliconia <Xpage=682>

Hel`i*co"ni*a (?) , n. [NL. See Helicon .] (Zo\'94l.) One of numerous species of Heliconius , a genus of tropical American butterflies. The wings are usually black, marked with green, crimson, and white.

Heliconian <Xpage=682>

Hel`i*co"ni*an (?) , a. [L. Heliconius .] 1. Of or pertaining to Helicon. " Heliconian honey."

Tennyson.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Like or pertaining to the butterflies of the genus Heliconius .

Helicotrema <Xpage=682>

Hel`i*co"tre"ma (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, a helix + <?/ a hole.] (Anat.) The opening by which the two scal\'91 communicate at the top of the cochlea of the ear.

Helio- <Xpage=682>

He"li*o- (?) . A combining form from Gr. "h`lios the sun .

Heliocentric, Heliocentrical <Xpage=682>

He`li*o*cen"tric (?) , He`li*o*cen"tric"al (?) , a. [ Helio- + centric , centrical : cf. F. h\'82liocentrique .] (Astron.) pertaining to the sun's center, or appearing to be seen from it; having, or relating to, the sun as a center; -- opposed to geocentrical .

Heliocentric parallax . See under Parallax . -- Heliocentric place , latitude , longitude , etc. (of a heavenly body), the direction, latitude, longitude, etc., of the body as viewed from the sun.

Heliochrome <Xpage=682>

He"li*o*chrome (?) , n. [ Helio- + Gr. <?/ color.] A photograph in colors. <-- now, just color photograph -->

R. Hunt.

Heliochromic <Xpage=682>

He`li*o*chro"mic (?) , a. Pertaining to, or produced by, heliochromy.

Heliochromy <Xpage=682>

He"li*o*chro`my (?) , n. The art of producing photographs in color. <-- color photography? -->

Heliograph <Xpage=682>

He"li*o*graph (?) , n. [ Helio- + -graph .] ets>

1. A picture taken by heliography; a photograph.

2. An instrument for taking photographs of the sun.

3. An apparatus for telegraphing by means of the sun's rays. See Heliotrope , 3.

Heliographic <Xpage=682>

He`li*o*graph"ic (?) , a. Of or pertaining to heliography or a heliograph; made by heliography.

Heliographic chart . See under Chart .

Heliography <Xpage=682>

He`li*og"ra*phy (?) , n. [ Helio- + -graphy .] Photography.

R. Hunt.

Heliogravure <Xpage=682>

He`li*o*grav"ure (?) , n. [F. h\'82liogravure .] The process of photographic engraving.

Heliolater <Xpage=682>

He`li*ol"a*ter (?) , n. [ Helio- + Gr. <?/ servant, worshiper.] A worshiper of the sun.

Heliolatry <Xpage=682>

He`li*ol"a*try (?) , n. [ Helio- + Gr. <?/ service, worship.] Sun worship. See Sabianism .

Heliolite <Xpage=682>

He"li*o*lite (?) , n. [ Helio- + -lite .] (Paleon.) A fossil coral of the genus Heliolites , having twelve-rayed cells. It is found in the Silurian rocks.

Heliometer <Xpage=682>

He`li*om"e*ter (?) , n. [ Helio- + -meter : cf. F. h\'82liom\'8atre .] (Astron.) An instrument devised originally for measuring the diameter of the sun; now employed for delicate measurements of the distance and relative direction of two stars too far apart to be easily measured in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.

Heliometric, Heliometrical <Xpage=682>

He`li*o*met"ric (?) , He`li*o*met"ric*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the heliometer, or to heliometry.

Heliometry <Xpage=682>

He`li*om"e*try (?) , n. The apart or practice of measuring the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc. See Heliometer .

Heliopora <Xpage=682>