Chapter 100

Herb bennet. (Bot.) See Bennet. -- Herb Christopher (Bot.), an herb (ActÊa 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.)

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Her"bergh (?), Her"ber*we (&?;), n. [See Harbor.] A harbor. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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

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

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

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

||Her*biv"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. herba herb + vorare to devour.] ||(Zoˆl.) 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.

Her"bi*vore (?), n. [Cf. F. herbivore.] (Zoˆl.) One of the Herbivora. P. H. Gosse.

Her*biv"o*rous (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora.

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

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

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

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

2. The figure of plants in minerals or fossils.

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.

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.)

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

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

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

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

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.

Her*cu"le*an (?), a. [L. herculeus, fr. Hercules: cf. F. herculÈen. 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.

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.

Hercules' beetle (Zoˆl.), any species of Dynastes, an American genus of very large lamellicorn beetles, esp. D. hercules of South America, which grows to a length of six inches. -- Hercules' club. (Bot.) (a) An ornamental tree of the West Indies (Zanthoxylum Clava-Herculis), of the same genus with the prickly ash. (b) A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length. (c) The Angelica tree. See under Angelica. -- Hercules powder, an explosive containing nitroglycerin; -- used for blasting.

Her*cyn"i*an (?), a. [L. Hercynia silva, Hercynius saltus, the Hercynian forest; cf. Gr. &?; &?;.] Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains.

Herd (?), a. Haired. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Herd (?), n. [OE. herd, heord, AS. heord; akin to OHG. herta,G. herde, Icel. hjˆr&?;, Sw. hjord, Dan. hiord, Goth. haÌrda; cf. Skr. Áardha troop, host.]

1. A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle.

The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.

Gray.

Herd is distinguished from flock, as being chiefly applied to the larger animals. A number of cattle, when driven to market, is called a drove.

2. A crowd of low people; a rabble.

But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much.

Dryden.

You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question.

Coleridge.

Herd's grass (Bot.), one of several species of grass, highly esteemed for hay. See under Grass.

Herd, n. [OE. hirde, herde, heorde, AS. hirde, hyrde, heorde; akin to G. hirt, hirte, OHG. hirti, Icel. hir&?;ir, Sw. herde, Dan. hyrde, Goth. haÌrdeis. See 2d Herd.] One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like. Chaucer.

Herd, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Herded; p. pr. & vb. n. Herding.] [See 2d Herd.] 1. To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.

2. To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.

I'll herd among his friends, and seem One of the number.

Addison.

3. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. [Scot.]

Herd, v. t. To form or put into a herd.

Herd"book` (?), n. A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herd register.

Herd"er (?), n. A herdsman. [R.]

Her"der*ite (?), n. [Named after Baron von Herder, who discovered it.] (Min.) A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals.

Herd"ess (?), n. A shepherdess; a female herder. Sir P. Sidney. Chaucer.

Herd"groom` (?), n. A herdsman. [Obs.]

Her"dic (?), n. [Named from Peter Herdic, the inventor.] A kind of low-hung cab.

{ Herd"man (?), Herds"man (?), } n.; pl. -men (&?;). The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.

Herds"wom`an (?), n.; pl. - women (&?;). A woman who tends a herd. Sir W. Scott.

Here (?), n. Hair. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Here (?), pron. 1. See Her, their. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Her; hers. See Her. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Here (?), adv. [OE. her, AS. h&?;r; akin to OS. h&?;r, D. hier, OHG. hiar, G. hier, Icel. & Goth. h&?;r, Dan. her, Sw. h‰r; fr. root of E. he. See He.] 1. In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to there.

He is not here, for he is risen.

Matt. xxviii. 6.

2. In the present life or state.

Happy here, and more happy hereafter.

Bacon.

3. To or into this place; hither. [Colloq.] See Thither.

Here comes Virgil.

B. Jonson.

Thou led'st me here.

Byron.

4. At this point of time, or of an argument; now.

The prisoner here made violent efforts to rise.

Warren.

Here, in the last sense, is sometimes used before a verb without subject; as, Here goes, for Now (something or somebody) goes; -- especially occurring thus in drinking healths. "Here's [a health] to thee, Dick." Cowley.

Here and there, in one place and another; in a dispersed manner; irregularly. "Footsteps here and there." Longfellow. -- It is neither, here nor there, it is neither in this place nor in that, neither in one place nor in another; hence, it is to no purpose, irrelevant, nonsense. Shak.

{ Here"a-bout` (?), Here"a*bouts` (?), } adv. 1. About this place; in this vicinity.

2. Concerning this. [Obs.]

Here*aft"er (?), adv. [AS. hrÊfter.] In time to come; in some future time or state.

Hereafter he from war shall come.

Dryden.

Here*aft"er, n. A future existence or state.

'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter.

Addison.

Here*aft"er*ward (?), adv. Hereafter. [Obs.]

Thou shalt hereafterward . . . come.

Chaucer.

Here-at" (?), adv. At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat. Hooker.

Here*by" (?), adv. 1. By means of this.

And hereby we do know that we know him.

1 John ii. 3.

2. Close by; very near. [Obs.] Shak.

He*red`i*ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. State of being hereditable. Brydges.

He*red"i*ta*ble (?), a. [LL. hereditabilis, fr. hereditare to inherit, fr. L. hereditas heirship inheritance, heres heir: cf. OF. hereditable. See Heir, and cf. Heritable.] 1. Capable of being inherited. See Inheritable. Locke.

2. Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting.

He*red"i*ta*bly, adv. By inheritance. W. Tooke.

Her`e*dit"a*ment (?), n. [LL. hereditamentum. See Hereditable.] (Law) Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir. Blackstone.

A corporeal hereditament is visible and tangible; an incorporeal hereditament is not in itself visible or tangible, being an hereditary right, interest, or obligation, as duty to pay rent, or a right of way.

He*red"i*ta*ri*ly (?), adv. By inheritance; in an hereditary manner. Pope.

He*red"i*ta*ry (?), a. [L. hereditarius, fr. hereditas heirship, inheritance, fr. heres heir: cf. F. hÈrÈditaire. See Heir.] 1. Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.

2. Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.

Syn. -- Ancestral; patrimonial; inheritable.

He*red"i*ty (?), n. [L. hereditas heirship.] (Biol.) Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.

Her"e*ford (?), n. One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent.

Here"hence` (?), adv. From hence. [Obs.]

Here*in" (?), adv. [AS. h&?;rinne.] In this.

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit.

John xv. 8.

Here`in*aft"er (?), adv. In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like).

Here`in*be*fore", adv. In the preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.).

Here`in*to" (?; 277), adv. Into this. Hooker.

{ Her"e*mit (?), Her"e*mite (?), } n. [See Hermit.] A hermit. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Her`e*mit"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society. Pope.

Her"en (?), a. Made of hair. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Here*of" (?), adv. Of this; concerning this; from this; hence.

Hereof comes it that Prince Harry is valiant.

Shak.

Here*on" (?), adv. On or upon this; hereupon.

Here*out" (?), adv. Out of this. [Obs.] Spenser.

Her"e*si*arch (?; 277), n. [L. haeresiarcha, Gr. &?;; &?; heresy + &?; leader, &?; to lead: cf. F. hÈrÈsiarque.] A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Her"e*si*arch`y (?), n. A chief or great heresy. [R.]

The book itself [the Alcoran] consists of heresiarchies against our blessed Savior.

Sir T. Herbert.

Her`e*si*og"ra*pher (?), n. [See Heresiography.] One who writes on heresies.

Her`e*si*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; heresy + -graphy: cf. F. hÈrÈsiographie.] A treatise on heresy.

Her"e*sy (?), n.; pl. Heresies (#). [OE. heresie, eresie, OF. heresie, iresie, F. hÈrÈsie, L. haeresis, Gr. &?; a taking, a taking for one's self, choosing, a choice, a sect, a heresy, fr. &?; to take, choose.]

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1. An opinion held in opposition to the established or commonly received doctrine, and tending to promote a division or party, as in politics, literature, philosophy, etc.; -- usually, but not necessarily, said in reproach.

New opinions Divers and dangerous, which are heresies, And, not reformed, may prove pernicious.

Shak.

After the study of philosophy began in Greece, and the philosophers, disagreeing amongst themselves, had started many questions . . . because every man took what opinion he pleased, each several opinion was called a heresy; which signified no more than a private opinion, without reference to truth or falsehood.

Hobbes.

2. (Theol.) Religious opinion opposed to the authorized doctrinal standards of any particular church, especially when tending to promote schism or separation; lack of orthodox or sound belief; rejection of, or erroneous belief in regard to, some fundamental religious doctrine or truth; heterodoxy.

Doubts 'mongst divines, and difference of texts, From whence arise diversity of sects, And hateful heresies by God abhor'd.

Spenser.

Deluded people! that do not consider that the greatest heresy in the world is a wicked life.

Tillotson.

3. (Law) An offense against Christianity, consisting in a denial of some essential doctrine, which denial is publicly avowed, and obstinately maintained.

A second offense is that of heresy, which consists not in a total denial of Christianity, but of some its essential doctrines, publicly and obstinately avowed.

Blackstone.

"When I call dueling, and similar aberrations of honor, a moral heresy, I refer to the force of the Greek &?;, as signifying a principle or opinion taken up by the will for the will's sake, as a proof or pledge to itself of its own power of self- determination, independent of all other motives." Coleridge.

Her"e*tic (?), n. [L. haereticus, Gr. &?; able to choose, heretical, fr. &?; to take, choose: cf. F. hÈrÈtique. See Heresy.] 1. One who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion.

A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject.

Titus iii. 10.

2. (R. C. Ch.) One who having made a profession of Christian belief, deliberately and pertinaciously refuses to believe one or more of the articles of faith "determined by the authority of the universal church." Addis & Arnold.

Syn. -- Heretic, Schismatic, Sectarian. A heretic is one whose errors are doctrinal, and usually of a malignant character, tending to subvert the true faith. A schismatic is one who creates a schism, or division in the church, on points of faith, discipline, practice, etc., usually for the sake of personal aggrandizement. A sectarian is one who originates or is an ardent adherent and advocate of a sect, or distinct organization, which separates from the main body of believers.

He*ret"i*cal (?), a. Containing heresy; of the nature of, or characterized by, heresy.

He*ret"i*cal*ly, adv. In an heretical manner.

He*ret"i*cate (?), v. t. [LL. haereticatus, p. p. of haereticare.] To decide to be heresy or a heretic; to denounce as a heretic or heretical. Bp. Hall.

And let no one be minded, on the score of my neoterism, to hereticate me.

Fitzed. Hall.

He*ret`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. The act of hereticating or pronouncing heretical. London Times.

Here*to" (?), adv. To this; hereunto. Hooker.

{ Her"e*toch (?), Her"e*tog (?), } n. [AS. heretoga, heretoha; here army + teÛn to draw, lead; akin to OS. heritogo, OHG. herizogo, G. herzog duke.] (AS. Antiq.) The leader or commander of an army; also, a marshal. Blackstone.

Here`to*fore" (?), adv. Up to this time; hitherto; before; in time past. Shak.

Here`un*to" (?), adv. Unto this; up to this time; hereto.

Here`up*on" (?), adv. On this; hereon.

Here*with" (?), adv. With this.

Her"ie (?), v. t. [See Hery.] To praise; to worship. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Her"i*ot (?), n. [AS. heregeatu military equipment, heriot; here army + geatwe, pl., arms, equipments.] (Eng. Law) Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant. Blackstone. Bouvier.

Heriot custom, a heriot depending on usage. -- Heriot service (Law), a heriot due by reservation in a grant or lease of lands. Spelman. Blackstone.

Her"i*ot*a*ble (?), a. Subject to the payment of a heriot. Burn.

Her"is*son (?), n. [F. hÈrisson, prop., hedgehog.] (fort.) A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage.

Her`it*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state of being heritable.

Her"it*a*ble (?), a. [OF. hÈritable. See Heritage, Hereditable.] 1. Capable of being inherited or of passing by inheritance; inheritable.

2. Capable of inheriting or receiving by inheritance.

This son shall be legitimate and heritable.

Sir M. Hale.

Heritable rights (Scots Law), rights of the heir; rights to land or whatever may be intimately connected with land; realty. Jacob (Law Dict.).

Her"it*age (?), a. [OE. heritage, eritage, OF. heritage, eritage, F. hÈritage, fr. hÈriter to inherit, LL. heriditare. See Hereditable.] 1. That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.

Part of my heritage, Which my dead father did bequeath to me.

Shak.

2. (Script.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge. Joel iii. 2. 1 Peter v. 3.

Her"it*ance (?), n. [OF. heritance.] Heritage; inheritance. [R.]

Robbing their children of the heritance Their fathers handed down

Southey.

Her"it*or (?), n. [Cf. LL. her&?;ator, fr. L. heres an heir.] A proprietor or landholder in a parish. [Scot.]

Herl (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Same as Harl, 2.

Her"ling, Hir"ling (&?;), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoˆl.) The young of the sea trout. [Prov. Eng.]

||Her"ma (?), n.; pl. HermÊ (#). [L.] See Hermes, 2.

Her*maph`ro*de"i*ty (?), n. Hermaphrodism. B. Jonson.

Her*maph"ro*dism (?), n. [Cf. F. hermaphrodisme.] (Biol.) See Hermaphroditism.

Her*maph"ro*dite (?), n. [L. hermaphroditus, Gr. &?;, so called from the mythical story that Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes and Aphrodite, when bathing, became joined in one body with Salmacis, the nymph of a fountain in Caria: cf. F. hermaphrodite.] (Biol.) An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths.

Her*maph"ro*dite, a. Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower.

Hermaphrodite brig. (Naut.) See under Brig. Totten.

{ Her*maph`ro*dit"ic (?), Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al (?), } a. (Biol.) Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; characterized by hermaphroditism. -- Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al*ly, adv.

Her*maph"ro*dit*ism (?), n. (Biol.) The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.

{ Her`me*neu"tic (?), Her`me*neu"tic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to interpret: cf. F. hermÈneutique.] Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase.

Her`me*neu"tic*al*ly, adv. According to the principles of interpretation; as, a verse of Scripture was examined hermeneutically.

Her`me*neu"tics (?), n. [Gr. &?; (sc. &?;).] The science of interpretation and explanation; exegesis; esp., that branch of theology which defines the laws whereby the meaning of the Scriptures is to be ascertained. Schaff- Herzog Encyc.

Her"mes (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] 1. (Myth.) See Mercury.

Hermes Trismegistus [Gr. 'Ermh^s trisme`gistos, lit., Hermes thrice greatest] was a late name of Hermes, especially as identified with the Egyptian god Thoth. He was the fabled inventor of astrology and alchemy.

2. (ArchÊology) Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under Terminal.

{ Her*met"ic (?), Her*met"ic*al (?), } a. [F. hermÈtique. See Note under Hermes, 1.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; as, hermetic philosophy. Hence: Alchemical; chemic. "Delusions of the hermetic art." Burke.

The alchemists, as the people were called who tried to make gold, considered themselves followers of Hermes, and often called themselves Hermetic philosophers.

A. B. Buckley.

2. Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes of diseases and the operations of medicine on the principles of the hermetic philosophy, and which made much use, as a remedy, of an alkali and an acid; as, hermetic medicine.

3. Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape; as, an hermetic seal. See Note under Hermetically.

Hermetic art, alchemy. -- Hermetic books. (a) Books of the Egyptians, which treat of astrology. (b) Books which treat of universal principles, of the nature and orders of celestial beings, of medicine, and other topics.

Her*met"ic*al*ly, adv. 1. In an hermetical manner; chemically. Boyle.

2. By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure.

A vessel or tube is hermetically sealed when it is closed completely against the passage of air or other fluid by fusing the extremity; -- sometimes less properly applied to any air-tight closure.

Her"mit (?), n. [OE. ermite, eremite, heremit, heremite, F. hermite, ermite, L. eremita, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; lonely, solitary. Cf. Eremite.] 1. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.