Chapter 84

I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Ps. lxxxiv. 10.

Had"der (hd"dr), n. Heather; heath. [Obs.] Burton.

Had"die (-d), n. (Zoˆl.) The haddock. [Scot.]

Had"dock (-dk), n. [OE. hadok, haddok, of unknown origin; cf. Ir. codog, Gael. adag, F. hadot.] (Zoˆl.) A marine food fish (Melanogrammus Êglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie.

Norway haddock, a marine edible fish (Sebastes marinus) of Northern Europe and America. See Rose fish.

Hade (hd), n. [Cf. AS. heald inclined, bowed down, G. halde declivity.] 1. The descent of a hill. [Obs.]

2. (Mining) The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein.

Hade, v. i. (Mining) To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.

Ha"des (h"dz), n. [Gr. "a',dhs, "A'idhs; 'a priv. + 'idei^n to see. Cf. Un-, Wit.] The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave.

And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them.

Rev. xx. 13 (Rev. Ver.).

Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

Acts ii. 31 (Rev. Ver.).

And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments.

Luke xvi. 23 (Rev. Ver.).

||Hadj (hj), n. [Ar. hajj, fr. hajja to set out, walk, go on a ||pilgrimage.] The pilgrimage to Mecca, performed by Mohammedans.

Hadj"i (-), n. [Ar. hjj. See Hadj.] 1. A Mohammedan pilgrim to Mecca; -- used among Orientals as a respectful salutation or a title of honor. G. W. Curtis.

2. A Greek or Armenian who has visited the holy sepulcher at Jerusalem. Heyse.

||Had`ro*sau"rus (hd`r*s"rs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "adro`s thick + say^ros ||lizard.] (Paleon.) An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, ||allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.

HÊc*ce"i*ty (hk*s"*t), [L. hÊcce this.] (Logic) Literally, this-ness. A scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this book.

HÊm"a- (hm"- or h"m-), HÊm"a*to- (hm"*t- or h"m*t-), HÊm"o- (hm"- or h"m-). [Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.] Combining forms indicating relation or resemblance to blood, association with blood; as, hÊmapod, hÊmatogenesis, hÊmoscope.

Words from Gr. a"i^ma are written hema-, hemato-, hemo-, as well as hÊma-, hÊmato-, hÊmo-.

HÊm"a*chrome (hm"*krm or h"m-), n. [HÊma- + Gr. chrw^ma color.] (Physiol. Chem.) Hematin.

HÊm`a*cy"a*nin (-s"*nn), n. [HÊma- + Gr. ky`anos a dark blue substance.] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color.

When deprived of oxygen it is colorless, but becomes quickly blue in contact with oxygen, and is then generally called oxyhÊmacyanin. A similar blue coloring matter has been detected in small quantity in the blood of other animals and in the bile.

HÊm`a*cy*tom"e*ter (- s*tm"*tr), n. [HÊma + Gr. ky`tos a hollow vessel + - meter.] (Physiol.) An apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.

HÊ"mad (h"md), adv. [HÊma- + L. ad toward.] (Anat.) Toward the hÊmal side; on the hÊmal side of; -- opposed to neurad.

{ HÊm`a*drom"e*ter (hm`*drm"*tr or h`m- ), HÊm`a*dro*mom"e*ter (- dr*mm"*tr), } n. Same as Hemadrometer.

{ HÊm`a*drom"e*try (- drm"*tr),HÊm`a*dro*mom"e*try (- dr*mm"*tr), } n. Same as Hemadrometry.

HÊm`a*drom"o*graph (-drm"*grf), n. [HÊma- + Gr. dro`mos course + -graph.] (Physiol.) An instrument for registering the velocity of the blood.

HÊ`ma*dy*nam"e*ter (h`m*d*nm"*tr or hm`*d-) HÊ`ma*dy`na*mom"e*ter (h`m*d`n*mm"*tr or hm`*dn`-), Same as Hemadynamometer.

HÊma*dy*nam"ics (h`m*d*nm"ks or hm`*d-), n. Same as Hemadynamics.

HÊ"mal (h"mal), a. [Gr. a"i^ma blood.] Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels; also, ventral. See Hemal.

HÊm`a*phÊ"in (hm`*f"n or h`m-), n. [HÊma- + Gr. faio`s dusky.] (Physiol.) A brownish substance sometimes found in the blood, in cases of jaundice.

HÊm"a*pod (hm"*pd or h"m*pd), n. [HÊma + -pod.] (Zoˆl.) An hÊmapodous animal. G. Rolleston.

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HÊ*map"o*dous (h*mp"*ds), a. (Anat.) Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to neuropodous.

HÊm`a*poi*et"ic (hm`*poi*t"k or h`m-), a. [HÊma- + Gr. poihtiko`s productive.] (Physiol.) Blood-forming; as, the hÊmapoietic function of the spleen.

||HÊm`a*poph"y*sis (- pf"*ss), n. [NL.] Same as Hemapophysis. -- ||HÊm`a*po*phys"i*al (- p*fz"*al), a.

HÊm`a*stat"ics, n. Same as Hemastatics.

HÊm`a*ta*chom"e*ter (- t*km"*tr), n. [HÊma- + Gr. tachy`s swift + -meter.] (Physiol.) A form of apparatus (somewhat different from the hemadrometer) for measuring the velocity of the blood.

HÊm`a*ta*chom"e*try (-tr), n. (Physiol.) The measurement of the velocity of the blood.

HÊm`a*tem"e*sis, n. Same as Hematemesis.

HÊ*mat"ic (h*mt"k), a. [Gr. a"imatiko`s] Of or pertaining to the blood; sanguine; brownish red.

HÊmatic acid (Physiol. Chem.), a hypothetical acid, supposed to be formed from hemoglobin during its oxidation in the lungs, and to have the power of freeing carbonic acid from the sodium carbonate of the serum. Thudichum.

HÊm"a*tin, n. Same as Hematin.

HÊm`a*ti*nom"e*ter, n. Same as Hematinometer.

HÊm`a*tin`o*met"ric, a. Same as Hematinometric.

HÊm"a*tite, n. Same as Hematite.

HÊm`a*tit"ic (hm`*tt"k), a. (Zoˆl.) Of a blood-red color; crimson; (Bot.) brownish red.

HÊm"a*to- (hm"*t- or h"- ), prefix. See HÊma-.

HÊm"a*to*blast` (-blst`), n. [HÊmato- + -blast.] (Anat.) One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle, supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red corpuscles; -- called also blood plaque, and blood plate.

||HÊm`a*toc"ry*a (tk"r*), n. pl. (Zoˆl.) The cold-blooded vertebrates. ||Same as Hematocrya.

HÊm`*a*toc"ry*al (-al), a. Cold-blooded.

HÊm`a*to*crys"tal*lin, n. Same as Hematocrystallin.

HÊ`ma*to*dy`na*mom"e*ter (h`m*t*d`n*mm"*tr or hm`*t*dn`-), n. Same as Hemadynamometer.

HÊm`a*to*gen"e*sis (hm`*t*jn"*ss or h`m*t-), n. [HÊmato- + genesis.] (Physiol.) (a) The origin and development of blood. (b) The transformation of venous into arterial blood by respiration; hematosis.

HÊm`a*to*gen"ic (-jn"k), a. (Physiol.) Relating to hÊmatogenesis.

HÊm`a*tog"e*nous (-tj"*ns), a. (Physiol.) Originating in the blood.

HÊm`a*to*glob"u*lin, n. Same as Hematoglobulin.

HÊm"a*toid, a. Same as Hematoid.

HÊm`a*toid"in, n. Same as Hematoidin.

HÊ*mat"o*in (h*mt"*n), n. [HÊmato- + -in.] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. Two like bodies, called respectively hÊmatoporphyrin and hÊmatolin, are formed in a similar manner.

HÊ*mat"o*lin (-ln), n. See HÊmatoin.

HÊm`a*tol"o*gy (hm`*tl"*j or h`m-), n. The science which treats of the blood. Same as Hematology.

HÊm`a*tom"e*ter (-tm"*tr), n. [HÊmato- + -meter.] (Physiol.) (a) Same as Hemadynamometer. (b) An instrument for determining the number of blood corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.

||HÊm`a*to*phi*li"na (- t*f*l"n), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, ||a"i`matos, blood +filei^n to love.] (Zoˆl.) A division of ||Cheiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire.

HÊm"a*to*plast` (-plst`), n. [HÊmato- + Gr. pla`ssein to mold.] (Anat.) Same as HÊmatoblast.

HÊm`a*to*plas"tic (-pls"tk), a. [HÊmato- + -plastic.] (Physiol.) Blood formative; -- applied to a substance in early fetal life, which breaks up gradually into blood vessels.

HÊm`a*to*por"phy*rin (- pÙr"f*rn), n. [HÊmato- + Gr. porfy`ra purple.] (Physiol. Chem.) See HÊmatoin.

HÊm"a*to*sac` (-sk`), n. [HÊmato- + sac.] (Anat.) A vascular sac connected, beneath the brain, in many fishes, with the infundibulum.

HÊm"a*to*scope` (-skp`), n. A hÊmoscope.

HÊm`a*to"sin (hm`*t"sn or h*mt"*sn), n. (Physiol. Chem.) Hematin. [R.]

||HÊm`a*to"sis, n. Same as Hematosis.

||HÊm`a*to*ther"ma (hm`*t*thr"m or h`m-), n. pl. (Zoˆl.) Same as ||Hematotherma.

HÊm`a*to*ther"mal (-mal), a. Warm-blooded; homoiothermal.

HÊm`a*to*tho"rax, n. Same as Hemothorax.

HÊm`a*tox"y*lin (-tks"*ln), n. [See HÊmatoxylon.] (Chem.) The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance, C16H14O6, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also hematin.

||HÊm`a*tox"y*lon (-ln), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood + xy`lon wood.] ||(Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species, ||the H. Campechianum or logwood tree, native in Yucatan.

||HÊm`a*to*zo"ˆn (-t*z"n), n.; pl. HÊmatozoa (- ). [NL., fr. Gr. ||a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + zw^,on animal.] (Zoˆl.) A parasite ||inhabiting the blood; esp.: (a) Certain species of nematodes of the ||genus Filaria, sometimes found in the blood of man, the horse, the ||dog, etc. (b) The trematode, Bilharzia hÊmatobia, which infests the ||inhabitants of Egypt and other parts of Africa, often causing death.

HÊ"mic (h"mk or hm"k), a. Pertaining to the blood; hemal.

HÊ"min (h"mn), n. Same as Hemin.

HÊm"o- (hm"- or h"m-), prefix. See HÊma-.

HÊm"o*chrome (-krm), n. Same as HÊmachrome.

HÊm`o*chro"mo*gen (-kr"m*jn), n. [HÊmochrome + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.) A body obtained from hemoglobin, by the action of reducing agents in the absence of oxygen.

HÊm`o*chro*mom"e*ter (- kr*mm"*tr), n. [HÊmochrome + -meter.] (Physiol. Chem.) An apparatus for measuring the amount of hemoglobin in a fluid, by comparing it with a solution of known strength and of normal color.

HÊm`o*cy"a*nin (-s"*nn), n. Same as HÊmacyanin.

||HÊm`o*cy*tol"y*sis (- s*tl"*ss), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood + ||ky`tos hollow vessel + ly`ein to loosen, dissolve.] (Physiol.) See ||HÊmocytotrypsis.

HÊm`o*cy*tom"e*ter, n. See HÊmacytometer.

||HÊm`o*cy`to*tryp"sis (- s`t*trp"ss), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood + ||ky`tos hollow vessel + tri`bein to rub, grind.] (Physiol.) A breaking ||up of the blood corpuscles, as by pressure, in distinction from ||solution of the corpuscles, or hÊmocytolysis.

HÊm`o*drom"o*graph, n. Same as HÊmadromograph.

HÊm`o*dro*mom"e*ter(- dr*mm"*tr),n.Same as Hemadrometer.

HÊ`mo*dy*nam"e*ter (h`m*d*nm"*tr or hm`*d-), n. Same as Hemadynamometer.

HÊ`mo*dy*nam"ics,n.Same as Hemadynamics.

HÊm`o*glo"bin, n. Same as Hemoglobin.

HÊm`o*glo`bin*om"e*ter (- m"*tr), n. [HÊmoglobin + -meter.] Same as Hemochromometer.

HÊm`o*lu"te*in (-l"t*n), n. [HÊmo- + corpus luteum.] (Physiol.) See Hematoidin.

HÊm`o*ma*nom"e*ter (- m*nm"*tr), n. [HÊmo- + manometer.] Same as Hemadynamometer.

HÊ*mom"e*ter (h*mm"*tr), n. [HÊmo- + -meter.] (Physiol.) Same as Hemadynamometer.

HÊ"mo*ny (h"m*n), n. [L. HÊmonia a name of Thessaly, the land of magic.] A plant described by Milton as "of sovereign use against all enchantments."

HÊm`o*plas"tic, a. Same as HÊmatoplastic.

HÊm"or*rhoid"al, a. Same as Hemorrhoidal.

HÊm"o*scope (hm"*skp or h"m-), n. [HÊmo- + - scope.] (Physiol.) An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination.

HÊm`o*stat"ic (-stt"k), a. Same as Hemostatic.

HÊm`o*ta*chom"e*ter (- t*km"*tr), n. Same as HÊmatachometer.

HÊm`o*ta*chom"e*try (-tr), n. Same as HÊmatachometry.

Haf (h‰f), imp. of Heave. Hove. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Haf"fle (hf"f'l), v. i. [Cf. G. haften to cling, stick to, Prov. G., to stop, stammer.] To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Haft (hft), n. [AS. hÊft; akin to D. & G. heft, Icel. hepti, and to E. heave, or have. Cf. Heft.] 1. A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt.

This brandish'd dagger I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast.

Dryden.

2. A dwelling. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Haft, v. t. To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.

Haft"er (-r), n. [Cf. G. haften to cling or stick to, and E. haffle.] A caviler; a wrangler. [Obs.] Baret.

Hag (hg), n. [OE. hagge, hegge, witch, hag, AS. hÊgtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw. h‰xa. The first part of the word is prob. the same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild woman. &radic;12.] 1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.] "[Silenus] that old hag." Golding.

2. An ugly old woman.Dryden.

3. A fury; a she-monster. Crashaw.

4. (Zoˆl.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch (Myxine glutinosa), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotreta. Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken.

5. (Zoˆl.) The hagdon or shearwater.

6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair. Blount.

Hag moth (Zoˆl.), a moth (Phobetron pithecium), the larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit trees. -- Hag's tooth (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing.

Hag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hagged (hgd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hagging.] To harass; to weary with vexation.

How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with the fancy of omens.

L'Estrange.

Hag, n. [Scot. hag to cut; cf. E. hack.] 1. A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.

This said, he led me over hoults and hags; Through thorns and bushes scant my legs I drew.

Fairfax.

2. A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut. Dugdale.

Hag"ber`ry (hg"br`r), n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Prunus (P. Padus); the bird cherry. [Scot.]

Hag"born` (-bÙrn`), a. Born of a hag or witch. Shak.

Hag"but (-bt), n. [OF. haquebute, prob. a corruption of D. haakbus; haak hook + bus gun barrel. See Hook, and 2d Box, and cf. Arquebus.] A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim. [Written also haguebut and hackbuss.]

Hag"but*ter (hg"bt*tr), n. A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus. [Written also hackbutter.] Froude.

Hag"don (hg"dn), n. (Zoˆl.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P. Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater.

Hag"fish`(- fsh`),n.(Zoˆl.) See Hag, 4.

Hag*ga"da (hg*g‰"d), n.; pl. Haggadoth (- dth). [Rabbinic haggdh, fr. Heb. higgdh to relate.] A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament. [Written also hagada.]

Hag"gard (hg"grd), a. [F. hagard; of German origin, and prop. meaning, of the hegde or woods, wild, untamed. See Hedge, 1st Haw, and - ard.] 1. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk. [Obs.] Shak.

2. [For hagged, fr. hag a witch, influenced by haggard wild.] Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted by pain; wild and wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes.

Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look.

Dryden.

Hag"gard, n. [See Haggard, a.] 1. (Falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.

2. A fierce, intractable creature.

I have loved this proud disdainful haggard.

Shak.

3. [See Haggard, a., 2.] A hag. [Obs.] Garth.

Hag"gard, n. [See 1st Haw, Hedge, and Yard an inclosed space.] A stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] Swift.

Hag"gard*ly, adv. In a haggard manner. Dryden.

Hag"ged (-gd), a. Like a hag; lean; ugly. [R.]

Hag"gis (-gs), n. [Scot. hag to hack, chop, E. hack. Formed, perhaps, in imitation of the F. hachis (E. hash), fr. hacher.] A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck. [Written also haggiss, haggess, and haggies.]

Hag"gish (-gsh), a. Like a hag; ugly; wrinkled.

But on us both did haggish age steal on.

Shak.

Hag"gish*ly, adv. In the manner of a hag.

Hag"gle (hg"g'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haggled (-g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Haggling (-glng).] [Freq. of Scot. hag, E. hack. See Hack to cut.] To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood.

Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er, Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped.

Shak.

Hag"gle, v. i. To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.

Royalty and science never haggled about the value of blood.

Walpole.

Hag"gle, n. The act or process of haggling. Carlyle.

Hag"gler (hg"glr), n. 1. One who haggles or is difficult in bargaining.

2. One who forestalls a market; a middleman between producer and dealer in London vegetable markets.

Ha"gi*ar`chy (h"j*‰r`k), n. [Gr. "a`gios sacred, holy + - archy.] A sacred government; government by holy orders of men. Southey.

Ha`gi*oc"ra*cy (-k"r*s), n. [Gr. "a`gios holy, and kratei^n to govern.] Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.

||Ha`gi*og"ra*pha (-g"r*f), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. "agio`grafa (sc. ||bibli`a), fr. "agio`grafos written by inspiration; "a`gios sacred, ||holy + gra`fein to write.] 1. The last of the three Jewish divisions ||of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and ||the Prophets. It comprises Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, ||Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and ||Chronicles.

2. (R. C. Ch.) The lives of the saints. Brande & C.

Ha`gi*og"ra*phal (-fal), Pertaining to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings.

Ha`gi*og"ra*pher (-fr), n. One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints. Shipley.

Ha`gi*og"ra*phy (-f; 277), n. Same as Hagiographa.

Ha`gi*ol"a*try (-l"*tr), n. [Gr. "a`gios sacred + latrei`a worship.] The invocation or worship of saints.

Ha`gi*ol"o*gist (-*jst), n. One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer. Tylor.

Hagiologists have related it without scruple.

Southey.

Ha`gi*ol"o*gy (-j), n. [Gr. "a`gios sacred + -logy.] The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints. J. H. Newman.

Ha"gi*o*scope` (h"j**skp`), n. [Gr. "a`gios sacred + -scope.] An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint. Hook.

Hag"-rid`den (hg"rd`d'n), a. Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmare. Beattie. Cheyne.

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Hag"seed` (hg"sd), n. The offspring of a hag. Shak.

Hag"ship, n. The state or title of a hag. Middleton.

Hag"-ta`per (-t`pr), n. [Cf. 1st Hag, and Hig-taper.] (Bot.) The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).

Hague"but (hg"bt), n. See Hagbut.

Hah (h‰), interj. Same as Ha.

Ha-ha" (h‰*h‰"), n. [See Haw-haw.] A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it. [Written also haw- haw.]

Hai"ding*er*ite (h"dng*r*t), n. (Min.) A mineral consisting chiefly of the arseniate of lime; -- so named in honor of W. Haidinger, of Vienna.

Hai"duck (h"dk), n. [G. haiduck, heiduck, fr. Hung. hajdu.] Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts. [Written also hayduck, haiduk, heiduc, heyduck, and heyduk.]

||Haik (hk; Ar. h‰*k), n. [Ar. hÔk, fr. hka to weave.] A large piece of ||woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment. [Written ||also hyke.] Heyse.

||Hai"kal (h"kal), n. The central chapel of the three forming the ||sanctuary of a Coptic church. It contains the high altar, and is ||usually closed by an embroidered curtain.

Hail (hl), n. [OE. hail, hael, AS. hÊgel, hagol; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. hagel; Icel. hagl; cf. Gr. ka`chlhx pebble.] Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones.

Thunder mixed with hail, Hail mixed with fire, must rend the Egyptian sky.

Milton.

Hail, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hailed (hld); p. pr. & vb. n. Hailing.] [OE. hailen, AS. hagalian.] To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.

Hail, v. t. To pour forcibly down, as hail. Shak.

Hail, a. Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).

Hail, v. t. [OE. hailen, heilen, Icel. heill hale, sound, used in greeting. See Hale sound.] 1. To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.

2. To name; to designate; to call.

And such a son as all men hailed me happy.

Milton.

Hail, v. i. 1. To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York.

2. To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from. [Colloq.] C. G. Halpine.

Hail, interj. [See Hail, v. t.] An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting. "Hail, brave friend." Shak.

All hail. See in the Vocabulary. -- Hail Mary, a form of prayer made use of in the Roman Catholic Church in invocation of the Virgin. See Ave Maria.

Hail, n. A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call. "Their puissant hail." M. Arnold.

The angel hail bestowed.

Milton.

Hail"-fel`low (-fl`l), n. An intimate companion.

Hail-fellow well met.

Lyly.

Hailse (hls), v. t. [OE. hailsen, Icel. heilsa. Cf. Hail to call to.] To greet; to salute. [Obs.] P. Plowman.

Hail"shot` (hl"sht`), n. pl. Small shot which scatter like hailstones. [Obs.] Hayward.

Hail"stone` (-stn`), n. A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.

Hail"storm` (-stÙrm`), n. A storm accompanied with hail; a shower of hail.

Hail"y (-), a. Of hail. "Haily showers." Pope.

Hain (hn), v. t. [Cf. Sw. h‰gn hedge, inclosure, Dan. hegn hedge, fence. See Hedge.] To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass. "A ground . . . hained in." Holland.

Hain't (hnt). A contraction of have not or has not; as, I hain't, he hain't, we hain't. [Colloq. or illiterate speech.] [Written also han't.]

Hair (h‚r), n. [OE. her, heer, hÊr, AS. hr; akin to OFries. hr, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. hr, Dan. haar, Sw. hÂr; cf. Lith. kasa.] 1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.

2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in vertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin.

Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs.

Chaucer.

And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.

Spenser.

3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.

4. (Zoˆl.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.

5. (Bot.) An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).

6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.

7. A haircloth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as, hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin, hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair.