Chapter 727

Hep"ta*chord (?) , n. [Gr. "epta`xordos seven-stringed; "epta` seven + xordh` chord: cf. F. heptacorde . See Seven , and Chord .] 1. (Anc. Mus.) (a) A system of seven sounds. (b) A lyre with seven chords.

2. (Anc. Poet.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.

Moore (Encyc. of Music).

Heptad <Xpage=686>

Hep"tad (?) , n. [L. heptas the number seven. Gr. <?/, <?/, fr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.) An atom which has a valence of seven, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, seven monad atoms or radicals; as, iodine is a heptad in iodic acid . Also used as an adjective.

Heptade <Xpage=686>

Hep"tade (?) , n. [Cf. F. heptade . See Heptad .] The sum or number of seven.

Heptaglot <Xpage=686>

Hep"ta*glot (?) , n. [Gr. <?/; "epta` seven + 3, <?/, tongue, language.] A book in seven languages.

Heptagon <Xpage=686>

Hep"ta*gon (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ sevencornered; "epta` seven + <?/ angle: cf. F. heptagone .] (Geom.) A plane figure consisting of seven sides and having seven angles.

Heptagonal <Xpage=686>

Hep*tag"o*nal (?) , a. [Cf. F. heptagonal .] Having seven angles or sides.

Heptagonal numbers (Arith.) , the numbers of the series 1, 7, 18, 34, 55, etc., being figurate numbers formed by adding successively the terms of the arithmetical series 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, etc.

Heptagynia <Xpage=686>

Hep`ta*gyn"i*a (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "epta` seven + <?/ woman, female: cf. F. heptagunie .] (Bot.) A Linn\'91an order of plants having seven pistils.

Heptagynian, Heptagynous <Xpage=686>

Hep`ta*gyn"i*an (?) , Hep*tag"y*nous (?) , a. [Cf. F. heptagyne .] (Bot.) Having seven pistils.

Heptahedron <Xpage=686>

Hep`ta*he"dron (?) , n. [ Hepta- + Gr. <?/ seat, base, fr. <?/ to sit: cf. F. hepta\'8adre .] (Geom.) A solid figure with seven sides.

Heptamerous <Xpage=686>

Hep*tam"er*ous (?) , a. [ Hepta- + Gr. <?/ part.] (Bot.) Consisting of seven parts, or having the parts in sets of sevens.

Gray.

Heptandria <Xpage=686>

Hep*tan"dri*a (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "epta` seven + <?/, <?/, man, male: cf. F. heptandrie .] (Bot.) A Linn\'91an class of plants having seven stamens.

Heptandrian, Heptandrous <Xpage=686>

Hep*tan"dri*an (?) , Hep*tan"drous (?) , a. [Cf. F. heptandre .] (Bot.) Having seven stamens.

Heptane <Xpage=686>

Hep"tane (?) , n. [Gr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.) Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16 , of the paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); -- so called because the molecule has seven carbon atoms. Specifically, a colorless liquid, found as a constituent of petroleum, in the tar oil of cannel coal, etc.

Heptangular <Xpage=686>

Hep*tan"gu*lar (?) , a. [ Hepta- + angular : cf. F. heptangulaire . Cf. Septangular .] Having seven angles.

Heptaphyllous <Xpage=686>

Hep*taph"yl*lous (?) , a. [ Hepta- + Gr. <?/ leaf: cf. F. heptaphylle .] (Bot.) Having seven leaves.

Heptarch <Xpage=686>

Hep"tarch (?) , n. Same as Heptarchist .

Heptarchic <Xpage=686>

Hep*tar"chic (?) , a. [Cf. F. heptarchique .] Of or pertaining to a heptarchy; constituting or consisting of a heptarchy.

T. Warton.

Heptarchist <Xpage=686>

Hep"tarch*ist (?) , n. A ruler of one division of a heptarchy. [Written also heptarch .]

Heptarchy <Xpage=686>

Hep"tarch*y (?) , n. [ Hepta- + -archy : cf. F. heptarchie .] A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers.

&hand; The word is most commonly applied to England, when it was divided into seven kingdoms; as, the Saxon heptachy , which consisted of Kent, the South Saxons (Sussex), West Saxons (Wessex), East Saxons (Essex), the East Angles, Mercia, and Northumberland.

Heptaspermous <Xpage=686>

Hep`ta*sper"mous (?) , a. [ Hepta- + Gr. <?/ a seed.] (Bot.) Having seven seeds.

Heptastich <Xpage=686>

Hep"ta*stich (?) , n. [ Hepta- + Gr. sti`chos line, verse.] (Pros.) A composition consisting of seven lines or verses.

Heptateuch <Xpage=686>

Hep"ta*teuch (?) , n. [L. heptateuchos , Gr. "epta` seven + <?/ tool, book; <?/ to prepare, make, work: cf. F. heptateuque .] The first seven books of the Testament.

Heptavalent <Xpage=686>

Hep*tav"a*lent (?) , a. [ Hepta- + L. valens , p. pr. See Valence .] (Chem.) Having seven units of attractive force or affinity; -- said of heptad elements or radicals.

Heptene <Xpage=686>

Hep"tene (?) , n. [Gr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.) Same as Heptylene .

Heptine <Xpage=686>

Hep"tine (?) , n. [ Hept ane + -ine .] (Chem.) Any one of a series of unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons, C7H12 , of the acetylene series.

Heptoic <Xpage=686>

Hep*to"ic (?) , a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, heptane; as, heptoic acid .

Heptone <Xpage=686>

Hep"tone (?) , n. [Gr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C7H10 , of the valylene series.

Hep tree <Xpage=686>

Hep" tree` (?) . [See Hep .] The wild dog-rose.

Heptyl <Xpage=686>

Hep"tyl (?) , n. [ Hepta- + -yl .] (Chem.) A compound radical, C7H15 , regarded as the essential radical of heptane and a related series of compounds.

Heptylene <Xpage=686>

Hep"tyl*ene (?) , n. (Chem.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, C7H14 , of the ethylene series; also, any one of its isomers. Called also heptene .

Heptylic <Xpage=686>

Hep*tyl"ic (?) , a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, heptyl or heptane; as, heptylic alcohol . Cf. <OE/nanthylic .

Her <Xpage=686>

Her (?) , pron. & a. [OE. hire , here , hir , hure , gen. and dat. sing., AS. hire , gen. and dat. sing. of h\'82o she. from the same root as E. he . See He .] The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she ; as, I saw her with her purse out .

&hand; The possessive her takes the form hers when the noun with which in agrees is not given, but implied. "And what his fortune wanted, hers could mend."

Dryden.

Her, Here <Xpage=686>

Her , Here (<?/) , pron. pl. [OE. here , hire , AS. heora , hyra , gen. pl. of h&emac; . See He .] Of them; their. [Obs.]

Piers Plowman.

On here bare knees adown they fall. Chaucer.

Heracleonite <Xpage=686>

He*rac"le*on*ite (?) , n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.

Herakline <Xpage=686>

He*rak"line (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ Hercules.] A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting.

Herald <Xpage=686>

Her"ald (?) , n. [OE. herald , heraud , OF. heralt , heraut , herault , F. h\'82raut , LL. heraldus , haraldus , fr. (assumed) OHG. heriwalto , hariwaldo , a (civil) officer who serves the army; hari , heri , army + waltan to manage, govern, G. walten ; akin to E. wield . See Harry , Wield .] 1. (Antiq.) An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.

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2. In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms .

3. A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame .

Shak.

4. A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.

It was the lark, the herald of the morn. Shak.

5. Any messenger. "My herald is returned."

Shak.

Heralds' College , in England, an ancient corporation, dependent upon the crown, instituted or perhaps recognized by Richard III. in 1483, consisting of the three Kings-at-Arms and the Chester, Lancaster, Richmond, Somerset, Windsor, and York Heralds, together with the Earl Marshal. This retains from the Middle Ages the charge of the armorial bearings of persons privileged to bear them, as well as of genealogies and kindred subjects; -- called also College of Arms .

Herald <Xpage=687>

Her"ald (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Heralded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Heralding .] [Cf. OF. herauder , heraulder .] To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.

Shak.

Heraldic <Xpage=687>

He*ral"dic (?) , a. [Cf. F. h\'82raldique .] Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language.

T. Warton.

Heraldically <Xpage=687>

He*ral"dic*al*ly (?) , adv. In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.

Heraldry <Xpage=687>

Her"ald*ry (?) , n. The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.

Heraldship <Xpage=687>

Her"ald*ship , n. The office of a herald.

Selden.

Herapathite <Xpage=687>

Her"a*path*ite (?) , n. [Named after Dr. Herapath , the discoverer.] (Chem.) The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light.

Heraud <Xpage=687>

Her"aud (?) , n. A herald. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Herb <Xpage=687>

Herb (?; 277) , n. [OE. herbe , erbe , OF. herbe , erbe , F. herbe , L. herba ; perh. akin to Gr. forbh` food, pasture, fe`rbein to feed.] 1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

&hand; Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower the second season, and then die; perennial herbs produce new stems year after year.

2. Grass; herbage.

And flocks Grazing the tender herb . Milton.

Herb bennet . (Bot.) See Bennet . -- Herb Christopher (Bot.) , an herb ( Act\'91a spicata ), whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal fern, the wood betony, etc. -- Herb Gerard (Bot.) , the goutweed; -- so called in honor of St. Gerard , who used to be invoked against the gout. Dr. Prior . -- Herb grace , &or; Herb of grace . (Bot.) See Rue . -- Herb Margaret (Bot.) , the daisy. See Marguerite . -- Herb Paris (Bot.) , an Old World plant related to the trillium ( Paris quadrifolia ), commonly reputed poisonous. -- Herb Robert (Bot.) , a species of Geranium ( G. Robertianum .)

Herbaceous <Xpage=687>

Her*ba"ceous (?) , a. [L. herbaceus grassy. See Herb .] Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem.

Herbage <Xpage=687>

Herb"age (?; 48) , n. [F. See Herb .]

1. Herbs collectively; green food beasts; grass; pasture. "Thin herbage in the plaims."

Dryden.

2. (Law.) The liberty or right of pasture in the forest or in the grounds of another man.

Blount.

Herbaged <Xpage=687>

Herb"aged (?) , a. Covered with grass.

Thomson.

Herbal <Xpage=687>

Herb"al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to herbs.

Quarles.

Herbal <Xpage=687>

Herb"al (?) , n. 1. A book containing the names and descriptions of plants.

Bacon.

2. A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved; a hortus siccus; an herbarium.

Steele.

Herbalism <Xpage=687>

Herb"al*ism (?) , n. The knowledge of herbs.

Herbalist <Xpage=687>

Herb"al*ist , n. One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs.

Herbar <Xpage=687>

Herb"ar (?) , n. An herb. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Herbarian <Xpage=687>

Her*ba"ri*an (?) , n. A herbalist.

Herbarist <Xpage=687>

Herb"a*rist (?) , n. A herbalist. [Obs.]

Herbarium <Xpage=687>

Her*ba"ri*um (?) , n. ; pl. E. Herbariums (#) , L. Herbaria (#) . [LL., fr. L. herba . See Herb , and cf. Arbor , Herbary .] 1. A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged.

Gray.

2. A book or case for preserving dried plants.

Herbarize <Xpage=687>

Herb"a*rize (?) , v. t. See Herborize .

Herbary <Xpage=687>

Herb"a*ry (?) , n. [See Herbarium .] A garden of herbs; a cottage garden.

T. Warton.

Herber <Xpage=687>

Herb"er (?) , n. [OF. herbier , LL. herbarium . See Herbarium .] A garden; a pleasure garden. [Obs.] "Into an herber green."

Chaucer.

Herbergage <Xpage=687>

Her"berg*age (?) , n. [See Harborage .] Harborage; lodging; shelter; harbor. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Herbergeour <Xpage=687>

Her"ber*geour (?) , n. [See Harbinger .] A harbinger. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Herbergh, Herberwe <Xpage=687>

Her"bergh (?) , Her"ber*we (<?/) , n. [See Harbor .] A harbor. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Herbescent <Xpage=687>

Her*bes"cent (?) , a. [L. herbescens , p. pr. of herbescere .] Growing into herbs.

Herbid <Xpage=687>

Herb"id (?) , a. [L. herbidus .] Covered with herbs. [Obs.]

Bailey.

Herbiferous <Xpage=687>

Her*bif"er*ous (?) , a. [ Herb + -ferous : cf. F. herbif\'82re .] Bearing herbs or vegetation.

Herbist <Xpage=687>

Herb"ist (?) , n. A herbalist.

Herbivora <Xpage=687>

Her*biv"o*ra (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. L. herba herb + vorare to devour.] (Zo\'94l.) An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation.

Herbivore <Xpage=687>

Her"bi*vore (?) , n. [Cf. F. herbivore .] (Zo\'94l.) One of the Herbivora.

P. H. Gosse.

Herbivorous <Xpage=687>

Her*biv"o*rous (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora.

Herbless <Xpage=687>

Herb"less (?) , a. Destitute of herbs or of vegetation.

J. Warton.

Herblet <Xpage=687>

Herb"let (?) , n. A small herb.

Shak.

Herborist <Xpage=687>

Her"bo*rist (?) , n. [F. herboriste .] A herbalist.

Ray.

Herborization <Xpage=687>

Her`bo*ri*za"tion (?) , n. [F. herborisation .] 1. The act of herborizing.

2. The figure of plants in minerals or fossils.

Herborize <Xpage=687>

Her"bo*rize (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Herborized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Herborizing (?) .] [F. herboriser , for herbariser , fr. L. herbarium . See Hebrarium .] To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them.

He herborized as he traveled. W. Tooke.

Herborize <Xpage=687>

Her"bo*rize , v. t. To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See Arborized .

Herborized stones contain fine mosses. Fourcroy (Trans.)

Herborough <Xpage=687>

Her"bor*ough (?) , n. [See Harborough , and Harbor .] A harbor. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Herbose, Herbous <Xpage=687>

Her*bose" (?) , Herb"ous (?) , a. [L. herbosus : cf. F. herbeux .] Abounding with herbs. "Fields poetically called herbose ."

Byrom.

Herb-woman <Xpage=687>

Herb"-wom`an (?) , n. ; pl. Herb-women (<?/) . A woman that sells herbs.

Herby <Xpage=687>

Herb"y (?) , a. Having the nature of, pertaining to, or covered with, herbs or herbage. " Herby valleys."

Chapman.

Hercogamous <Xpage=687>

Her*cog"a*mous (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ a fence + <?/ marriage.] (Bot.) Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.

Herculean <Xpage=687>

Her*cu"le*an (?) , a. [L. herculeus , fr. Hercules : cf. F. hercul\'82en . See Hercules .]

1. Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task .

2. Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs . " Herculean Samson."

Milton.

Hercules <Xpage=687>

Her"cu*les (?) , n. 1. (Gr. Myth.) A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or "labors."

2. (Astron.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra.