Chapter 85

Against the hair, in a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain. [Obs.] "You go against the hair of your professions." Shak. -- Hair bracket (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead. -- Hair cells (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear. -- Hair compass, Hair divider, a compass or divider capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw. -- Hair glove, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin. -- Hair lace, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the head. Swift. -- Hair line, a line made of hair; a very slender line. -- Hair moth (Zoˆl.), any moth which destroys goods made of hair, esp. Tinea biselliella. -- Hair pencil, a brush or pencil made of fine hair, for painting; -- generally called by the name of the hair used; as, a camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc. - - Hair plate, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of a bloomery fire. -- Hair powder, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of the head, or on wigs. -- Hair seal (Zoˆl.), any one of several species of eared seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion. -- Hair seating, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc. -- Hair shirt, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of horsehair, and worn as a penance. -- Hair sieve, a strainer with a haircloth bottom. -- Hair snake. See Gordius. -- Hair space (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in lines of type. -- Hair stroke, a delicate stroke in writing. -- Hair trigger, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a hair. Farrow. -- Not worth a hair, of no value. -- To a hair, with the nicest distinction. -- To split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety.

Hair"bell` (h‚r"bl`), n. (Bot.) See Harebell.

Hair"bird` (-brd), n. (Zoˆl.) The chipping sparrow.

Hair"brained` (-brnd`), a. See Harebrained.

Hair"breadth` (-brdth), Hair's" breadth` (h‚rz"). The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch.

Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not miss.

Judg. xx. 16.

Hair"breadth`, a. Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.

Hair"-brown` (-broun`), a. Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green.

Hair"brush` (-brsh`), n. A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.

Hair"cloth` (-klth`), n. Stuff or cloth made wholly or in part of hair.

Hair"dress`er (-drs`r), n. One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber.

Haired (h‚rd), a. 1. Having hair. "A beast haired like a bear." Purchas.

2. In composition: Having (such) hair; as, red-haired.

Hai"ren (h‚r"en), a. [AS. hren.] Hairy. [Obs.]

His hairen shirt and his ascetic diet.

J. Taylor.

Hair" grass` (grs`). (Bot.) A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira or Deschampsia.

Hair"i*ness (-*ns), n. The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair. Johnson.

Hair"less, a. Destitute of hair. Shak.

Hair"pin` (-pn`), n. A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women.

Hair"-salt` (-slt`), n. [A translation of G. haarsalz.] (Min.) A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.

Hair"split`ter (-splt`tr), n. One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. "The caviling hairsplitter." De Quincey.

Hair"split`ting (-tng), a. Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle. -- n. The act or practice of making trivial distinctions.

The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special pleading.

Charles Sumner.

Hair"spring` (-sprng`), n. (Horology) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.

Hair"streak` (-strk`), n. A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T. rubi).

Hair"tail` (-tl`), n. (Zoˆl.) Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., T. lepturus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also bladefish.

Hair" worm` (w˚rm`). (Zoˆl.) A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. See Gordius.

Hair"y (-), a. Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; hirsute.

His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge.

Milton.

Hai"ti*an (h"t*an), a. & n. See Haytian.

Ha"je (h‰"j), n. [Ar. hayya snake.] (Zoˆl.) The Egyptian asp or cobra (Naja haje.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called Cleopatra's snake or asp. See Asp.

Hake (hk), n. [See Hatch a half door.] A drying shed, as for unburned tile.

Hake, n. [Also haak.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit., hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See Hook.] (Zoˆl.) One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is M. bilinearis. Two American species (Phycis chuss and P. tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and codling.

Hake (hk), v. i. To loiter; to sneak. [Prov. Eng.]

Hake's"-dame` (hks"dm`), n. See Forkbeard.

Hak"e*ton (hk"*tn), n. Same as Acton. [Obs.]

||Ha*kim" (h*km"), n. [Ar. hakm.] A wise man; a physician, esp. a ||Mohammedan. [India]

||Ha"kim (h‰"km), n. [Ar. hkim.] A Mohammedan title for a ruler; a ||judge. [India]

Ha*la"cha (h*l‰"k), n.; pl. Halachoth (- kth). [Heb. halchh.] The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash.

Ha*la"tion (h*l"shn), n. (Photog.) An appearance as of a halo of light, surrounding the edges of dark objects in a photographic picture.

Hal"berd (hl"brd; 277), n. [F. hallebarde; of German origin; cf. MHG. helmbarte, G. hellebarte; prob. orig., an ax to split a helmet, fr. G. barte a broad ax (orig. from the same source as E. beard; cf. Icel. bara, a kind of ax, skegg beard, skeggja a kind of halberd) + helm helmet; but cf. also MHG. helm, halm, handle, and E. helve. See Beard, Helmet.] (Mil.) An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form. [Written also halbert.]

Hal`berd*ier" (h`brd*r"), n. [F. hallebardier.] One who is armed with a halberd. Strype.

Hal"berd-shaped` (-shpt`), a. Hastate.

Hal"cy*on (hl"s*n), n. [L. halcyon, alcyon, Gr. "alkyw`n, 'alkyw`n: cf. F. halcyon.] (Zoˆl.) A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.

Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be As halcyons brooding on a winter sea.

Dryden.

Hal"cy*on, a. 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice.

2. Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy. "Deep, halcyon repose." De Quincy.

Hal`cy*o"ni*an (hl`s*"n*an), a. Halcyon; calm.

Hal"cy*o*noid (hl"s**noid), a. & n. [Halcyon + -oid.] (Zoˆl.) See Alcyonoid.

Hale (hl), a. [Written also hail.] [OE. heil, Icel. heill; akin to E. whole. See Whole.] Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.

Last year we thought him strong and hale.

Swift.

Hale, n. Welfare. [Obs.]

All heedless of his dearest hale.

Spenser.

Hale (hl or hl; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haled (hld or hld); p. pr. & vb. n. Haling.] [OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. See Haul.] To pull; to drag; to haul. See Haul. Chaucer.

Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore.

Milton.

As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim.

Shelley.

||Ha*le"si*a (h*l"zh*), n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of American shrubs ||containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell ||trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.

Half (h‰f), a. [AS. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb, Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. hlfr, Goth. halbs. Cf. Halve, Behalf.] 1. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.

The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound.

2. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.

Assumed from thence a half consent.

Tennyson.

Half ape (Zoˆl.), a lemur. -- Half back. (Football) See under 2d Back. -- Half bent, the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch. -- Half binding, a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather. -- Half boarder, one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only. -- Half-breadth plan (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of one half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines. -- Half cadence (Mus.), a cadence on the dominant. -- Half cap, a slight salute with the cap. [Obs.] Shak. -- At half cock, the position of the cock of a gun when retained by the first notch. -- Half hitch, a sailor's knot in a rope; half of a clove hitch. -- Half hose, short stockings; socks. -- Half measure, an imperfect or weak line of action. -- Half note (Mus.), a minim, one half of a semibreve. -- Half pay, half of the wages or salary; reduced pay; as, an officer on half pay. -- Half price, half the ordinary price; or a price much reduced. -- Half round. (a) (Arch.) A molding of semicircular section. (b) (Mech.) Having one side flat and the other rounded; -- said of a file. -- Half shift (Mus.), a position of the hand, between the open position and the first shift, in playing on the violin and kindred instruments. See Shift. -- Half step (Mus.), a semitone; the smallest difference of pitch or interval, used in music. -- Half tide, the time or state of the tide equally distant from ebb and flood. -- Half time, half the ordinary time for work or attendance; as, the half-time system. -- Half tint (Fine Arts), a middle or intermediate tint, as in drawing or painting. See Demitint. -- Half truth, a statement only partially true, or which gives only a part of the truth. Mrs. Browning. -- Half year, the space of six months; one term of a school when there are two terms in a year.

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Half, adv. In an equal part or degree; in some part approximating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious. "Half loth and half consenting." Dryden.

Their children spoke halfin the speech of Ashdod.

Neh. xiii. 24.

Half (h‰f), n.; pl. Halves (h‰vz). [AS. healf. See Half, a.] 1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.] Wyclif.

The four halves of the house.

Chaucer.

2. One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.

Not half his riches known, and yet despised.

Milton.

A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us.

Tennyson.

Better half. See under Better. - - In half, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly instead of in or into halves; as, to cut in half. [Colloq.] Dickens. -- In, or On, one's half, in one's behalf; on one's part. [Obs.] -- To cry halves, to claim an equal share with another. -- To go halves, to share equally between two.

Half, v. t. To halve. [Obs.] See Halve. Sir H. Wotton.

Half`-and-half", n. A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts. Dickens.

Half"beak` (h‰f"bk`), n. (Zoˆl.) Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo.

Half" blood` (bld). 1. The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood. See Blood, n., 2 and 4.

2. A person so related to another.

3. A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed.

In the 2d and 3d senses usually with a hyphen.

Half"-blood`ed, a. 1. Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep.

2. Degenerate; mean. Shak.

Half"-boot` (-bt`), n. A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker, and Congress boot, under Congress.

Half"-bound` (-bound`), n. Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.

Half"-bred` (-brd`), a. 1. Half-blooded. [Obs.]

2. Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained. Atterbury.

Half"-breed` (-brd`), a. Half-blooded.

Half"-breed`, n. A person who is half-blooded; the offspring of parents of different races, especially of the American Indian and the white race.

Half"-broth`er (-brth`r), n. A brother by one parent, but not by both.

Half"-caste` (-kst), n. One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective; as, half-caste parents.

Half"-clammed` (-klmd`), a. Half-filled. [Obs.]

Lions' half-clammed entrails roar for food.

Marston.

Half"cock` (-kk`), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halfcocked(-kkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Halfcocking.] To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.

To go off halfcocked. (a) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half cock; -- said of a firearm. (b) To do or say something without due thought or care. [Colloq. or Low]

Half"-cracked` (-krkt`), a. Half-demented; half-witted. [Colloq.]

Half"-deck` (-dk`), n. 1. (Zoˆl.) A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell.

2. See Half deck, under Deck.

Half"-decked` (-dkt), a. Partially decked.

The half-decked craft . . . used by the latter Vikings.

Elton.

Half"en (-'n), a. [From Half.] Wanting half its due qualities. [Obs.] Spenser.

Half"en*deal` (-'n*dl`), adv. [OE. halfendele. See Half, and Deal.] Half; by the half part. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- n. A half part. [Obs.] R. of Brunne.

Half"er (-r), n. 1. One who possesses or gives half only; one who shares. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu.

2. A male fallow deer gelded. Pegge (1814).

Half"-faced` (-fst`), a. Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager. Shak.

Half"-fish` (-fsh`), n. (Zoˆl.) A salmon in its fifth year of growth. [Prov. Eng.]

Half"-hatched` (-hcht`), a. Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs. Gay.

Half"-heard` (-hrd`), a. Imperfectly or partly heard; not heard to the end.

And leave half-heard the melancholy tale.

Pope.

Half"-heart`ed (-h‰rt`d), a. 1. Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind. B. Jonson.

2. Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm. H. James.

Half"-hour`ly (-our`l), a. Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.

Half"-learned` (h‰f"lrnd`), a. Imperfectly learned.

Half"-length` (-lngth`), a. Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.

Half"-mast` (-mst`), n. A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).

Half"-moon` (-mn`), n. 1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.

2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.

See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings.

Milton.

3. (Fort.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.

4. (Zoˆl.) A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (CÊsiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna.

Half"ness (h‰f"ns), n. The quality of being half; incompleteness. [R.]

As soon as there is any departure from simplicity, and attempt at halfness, or good for me that is not good for him, my neighbor feels the wrong.

Emerson.

Half"pace` (-ps`), n. (Arch.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.

This term and quarterpace are rare or unknown in the United States, platform or landing being used instead.

Half"-pen*ny(h"pn*n or h‰f"-; 277),n.;pl. Half-pence (- pens) or Half-pennies(- pn*nz). An English coin of the value of half a penny; also, the value of half a penny.

Half"-pike` (h‰f"pk`), n. (Mil.) A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon. Tatler.

Half"-port` (-prt`), n. (Naut.) One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.

Half"-ray` (-r`), n. (Geom.) A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both directions.

Half"-read` (-rd`), a. Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow. Dryden.

Half" seas` o"ver (sz` "vr). Half drunk. [Slang: used only predicatively.] Spectator.

Half"-sight`ed (-st`d), a. Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment. Bacon.

Half"-sis`ter (-ss`tr), n. A sister by one parent only.

Half"-strained` (-strnd`), a. Half-bred; imperfect. [R.] "A half-strained villain." Dryden.

Half"-sword` (-srd`), n. Half the length of a sword; close fight. "At half- sword." Shak.

Half"-tim`bered (-tm`brd), a. (Arch.) Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; -- said of buildings.

Half"-tongue` (-tng`), n. (O. Law) A jury, for the trial of a foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.

Half"way` (h‰f"w`), adv. In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded.

Temples proud to meet their gods halfway.

Young.

Half"way`, a. Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway.

Halfway covenant, a practice among the Congregational churches of New England, between 1657 and 1662, of permitting baptized persons of moral life and orthodox faith to enjoy all the privileges of church membership, save the partaking of the Lord's Supper. They were also allowed to present their children for baptism. -- Halfway house, an inn or place of call midway on a journey.

Half"-wit` (-wt`), n. A foolish person; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce. Dryden.

Half"-wit`ted (-td), a. Weak in intellect; silly.

Half"-year`ly (-yr`l), a. Two in a year; semiannual. -- adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.

Hal"i*but (hl"*bt; 277), n. [OE. hali holy + but, butte, flounder; akin to D. bot, G. butte; cf. D. heilbot, G. heilbutt. So named as being eaten on holidays. See Holy, Holiday.] (Zoˆl.) A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family PleuronectidÊ. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish. [Written also holibut.]

||Hal`i*chon"dri*Ê (hl`*kn"dr*), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, ||sea + cho`ndros cartilage.] (Zoˆl.) An order of sponges, having ||simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; -- called also ||Keratosilicoidea.

||Hal"i*core (hl"*kr; L. h*lk"*r), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls sea + ko`rh ||maiden.] Same as Dugong.

Hal"i*dom (hl"*dm), n. [AS. hligdm holiness, sacrament, sanctuary, relics; hlig holy + - dm, E. -dom. See Holy.] 1. Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; -- used chiefly in oaths. [Archaic]

So God me help and halidom.

Piers Plowman.

By my halidom, I was fast asleep.

Shak.

2. Holy doom; the Last Day. [R.] Shipley.

Hal`i*eu"tics (-"tks), n. [L. halieuticus pertaining to fishing, Gr. "alieytiko`s.] A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology.

Hal"i*mas (-ms), a. [See Hallowmas.] The feast of All Saints; Hallowmas. [Obs.]

Ha`li*og"ra*pher (h`l*g"r*fr or hl`-), n. One who writes about or describes the sea.

Ha`li*og"ra*phy (-f), n. [Gr. "a`ls the sea + -graphy.] Description of the sea; the science that treats of the sea.

||Ha`li*o"tis (h`l*"ts or hl`-), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls sea + o'y^s, ||'wto`s, ear.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of marine shells; the ear-shells. See ||Abalone.

Ha"li*o*toid` (h"l**toid` or hl"-), a. [Haliotis + - oid.] (Zoˆl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Haliotis; ear-shaped.

||Hal`i*sau"ri*a (hl`*s"r*), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, sea + ||say^ros.] (Paleon.) The Enaliosauria.

Ha"lite (h"lt or hl"t), n. [Gr. "a`ls salt.] (Min.) Native salt; sodium chloride.

Ha*lit"u*ous (h*lt"*s; 135), a. [L. halitus breath, vapor, fr. halare to breathe: cf. F. halitueux.] Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous. Boyle.

Halk (hk), n. A nook; a corner. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hall (hl), n. [OE. halle, hal, AS. heal, heall; akin to D. hal, OS. & OHG. halla, G. halle, Icel. hˆll, and prob. from a root meaning, to hide, conceal, cover. See Hell, Helmet.] 1. A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.

2. (a) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment.

Full sooty was her bower and eke her hall.

Chaucer.

Hence, as the entrance from outside was directly into the hall: (b) A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times. Hence: (c) Any corridor or passage in a building.

3. A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house. Cowell.

4. A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).

5. The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock.

6. Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation. [Obs.] "A hall! a hall!" B. Jonson.

Syn. -- Entry; court; passage. See Vestibule.

Hall"age (-j; 48), n. (O. Eng. Law) A fee or toll paid for goods sold in a hall.

{ Hal`le*lu"iah Hal`le*lu"jah } (hl`l*l"y), n. & interj. [Heb. See Alleluia.] Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration. Rev. xix. 1 (Rev. Ver.)

So sung they, and the empyrean rung With Hallelujahs.

Milton.

In those days, as St. Jerome tells us,"any one as he walked in the fields, might hear the plowman at his hallelujahs."

Sharp.

Hal`le*lu*jat"ic (-l*yt"k), a. Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs. [R.]

Hal"liard (hl"yrd), n. See Halyard.

Hal"li*dome (hl"l*dm), n. Same as Halidom.

Hal"li*er (hl"l*r or hl"yr), n. [From Hale to pull.] A kind of net for catching birds.

Hall"-mark` (hl"m‰rk`), n. The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver articles, attesting their purity. Also used figuratively; -- as, a word or phrase lacks the hall-mark of the best writers.

Hal*loa" (hl*l"). See Halloo.

Hal*loo" (hl*l"), n. [Perh. fr. ah + lo; cf. AS. eal, G. halloh, F. haler to set (a dog) on. Cf. Hollo, interj.] A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.

List! List! I hear Some far off halloo break the silent air.

Milton.

Hal*loo", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hallooed (-ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Hallooing.] To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo.

Country folks hallooed and hooted after me.

Sir P. Sidney.

Hal*loo", v. t. 1. To encourage with shouts.

Old John hallooes his hounds again.

Prior.

2. To chase with shouts or outcries.

If I fly . . . Halloo me like a hare.

Shak.

3. To call or shout to; to hail. Shak.