The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section F, G and H
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3. A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
5. (Weaving) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
6. A bend or winding of a stream. [Prov. Eng.]
Half heck, the lower half of a door. -- Heck board, the loose board at the bottom or back of a cart. -- Heck box or frame, that which carries the heck in warping.
Heck"i*mal (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The European blue titmouse (Parus cúruleus). [Written also heckimel, hackeymal, hackmall, hagmall, and hickmall.]
Hec"kle (?), n. & v. t. Same as Hackle.
Hec"tare` (?), n. [F., fr. Gr. &?; hundred + F. are an are.] A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres.
Hec"tic (?), a. [F. hectique, Gr. &?; habitual, consumptive, fr. &?; habit, a habit of body or mind, fr. &?; to have; akin to Skr. sah to overpower, endure; cf. AS. sige, sigor, victory, G. sieg, Goth. sigis. Cf. Scheme.] 1. Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption; as, a hectic type in disease; a hectic flush.
2. In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive; as, a hectic patient.
Hectic fever (Med.), a fever of irritation and debility, occurring usually at a advanced stage of exhausting disease, as a in pulmonary consumption.
Hec"tic, n. 1. (Med.) Hectic fever.
2. A hectic flush.
It is no living hue, but a strange hectic.
Byron.
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Hec`to*cot"y*lized (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Changed into a hectocotylus; having a hectocotylis.
||Hec`to*cot"y*lus (?), n.; pl. Hectocotyli (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a ||hundred + &?; a hollow vessel.] (Zoˆl.) One of the arms of the male ||of most kinds of cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ||ways to effect the fertilization of the eggs. In a special sense, the ||greatly modified arm of Argonauta and allied genera, which, after ||receiving the spermatophores, becomes detached from the male, and ||attaches itself to the female for reproductive purposes.
Hec"to*gram (?), n. [F. hectogramme, fr. Gr. &?; hundred + F. gramme a gram.] A measure of weight, containing a hundred grams, or about 3.527 ounces avoirdupois.
Hec"to*gramme (?), n. [F.] The same as Hectogram.
Hec"to*graph (?), n. [Gr. &?; hundred + -graph.] A contrivance for multiple copying, by means of a surface of gelatin softened with glycerin. [Written also hectograph.]
{ Hec"to*li`ter, Hec"to*li`tre } (?), n. [F. hectolitre, fr. Gr. &?; hundred + F. litre a liter.] A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26Ω gallons of wine measure, or 22.0097 imperial gallons. As a dry measure, it contains ten decaliters, or about 2 Winchester bushels.
{ Hec"to*me`ter, Hec"to*me`tre } (?), n. [F. &?; hectomËtre, fr. Gr. &?; hundred + F. mËtre a meter.] A measure of length, equal to a hundred meters. It is equivalent to 328.09 feet.
Hec"tor (?), n. [From the Trojan warrior Hector, the son of Priam.] A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes.
Hec"tor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hectored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hectoring.] To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. Dryden.
Hec"tor, v. i. To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent. Swift.
Hec"to*rism (?), n. The disposition or the practice of a hector; a bullying. [R.]
Hec"tor*ly, a. Resembling a hector; blustering; insolent; taunting. "Hectorly, ruffianlike swaggering or huffing." Barrow.
Hec"to*stere (?), n. [F. hectostËre; Gr. &?; hundred + F. stËre.] A measure of solidity, containing one hundred cubic meters, and equivalent to 3531.66 English or 3531.05 United States cubic feet.
Hed"dle (?), n.; pl. Heddles (#). [Cf. Heald.] (Weaving) One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.
Hed"dle, v. t. To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving.
Hed"dle-eye` (?), n. (Weaving) The eye or loop formed in each heddle to receive a warp thread.
Hed"dling (?), vb. n. The act of drawing the warp threads through the heddle-eyes of a weaver's harness; the harness itself. Knight.
Hed`er*a"ceous (?), a. [L. hederaceus, fr. hedera ivy.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, ivy.
Hed"er*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to ivy.
He*der"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the ivy (Hedera); as, hederic acid, an acid of the acetylene series.
Hed`er*if"er*ous (?), a. [L. hedera ivy + -ferous.] Producing ivy; ivy- bearing.
Hed"er*ose` (?), a. [L. hederosus, fr. hedera ivy.] Pertaining to, or of, ivy; full of ivy.
Hedge (?), n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. √12. See Haw a hedge.] A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.
The roughest berry on the rudest hedge.
Shak.
Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk.
Thomson.
Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean; as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc.
Hedge bells, Hedge bindweed (Bot.), a climbing plant related to the morning-glory (Convolvulus sepium). -- Hedge bill, a long-handled billhook. -- Hedge garlic (Bot.), a plant of the genus Alliaria. See Garlic mustard, under Garlic. -- Hedge hyssop (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus Gratiola, the leaves of which are emetic and purgative. - - Hedge marriage, a secret or clandestine marriage, especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.] -- Hedge mustard (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sisymbrium, belonging to the Mustard family. -- Hedge nettle (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus Stachys, belonging to the Mint family. It has a nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless. -- Hedge note. (a) The note of a hedge bird. (b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] Dryden. -- Hedge priest, a poor, illiterate priest. Shak. -- Hedge school, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge, in Ireland; a school for rustics. -- Hedge sparrow (Zoˆl.), a European warbler (Accentor modularis) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white. Called also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and doney. -- Hedge writer, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low, scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] Swift. -- To breast up a hedge. See under Breast. -- To hang in the hedge, to be at a standstill. "While the business of money hangs in the hedge." Pepys.
Hedge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hedged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hedging.] 1. To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as, to hedge a field or garden.
2. To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out.
I will hedge up thy way with thorns.
Hos. ii. 6.
Lollius Urbius . . . drew another wall . . . to hedge out incursions from the north.
Milton.
3. To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in). "England, hedged in with the main." Shak.
4. To surround so as to prevent escape.
That is a law to hedge in the cuckoo.
Locke.
To hedge a bet, to bet upon both sides; that is, after having bet on one side, to bet also on the other, thus guarding against loss.
Hedge, v. i. 1. To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty, responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a hedge; to skulk; to slink; to shirk obligations.
I myself sometimes, leaving the fear of God on the left hand and hiding mine honor in my necessity, am fain to shuffle, to hedge and to lurch.
Shak.
2. (Betting) To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.
3. To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite.
The Heroic Stanzas read much more like an elaborate attempt to hedge between the parties than . . . to gain favor from the Roundheads.
Saintsbury.
Hedge"born` (?), a. Born under a hedge; of low birth. Shak.
Hedge"bote` (?), n. (Eng. Law) Same as Haybote.
Hedge"hog` (?), n. 1. (Zoˆl.) A small European insectivore (Erinaceus EuropÊus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects.
2. (Zoˆl.) The Canadian porcupine.[U.S]
3. (Bot.) A species of Medicago (M. intertexta), the pods of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so called. Loudon.
4. A form of dredging machine. Knight.
Hedgehog caterpillar (Zoˆl.), the hairy larvÊ of several species of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella moth. It curls up like a hedgehog when disturbed. See Woolly bear, and Isabella moth. -- Hedgehog fish (Zoˆl.), any spinose plectognath fish, esp. of the genus Diodon; the porcupine fish. -- Hedgehog grass (Bot.), a grass with spiny involucres, growing on sandy shores; burgrass (Cenchrus tribuloides). -- Hedgehog rat (Zoˆl.), one of several West Indian rodents, allied to the porcupines, but with ratlike tails, and few quills, or only stiff bristles. The hedgehog rats belong to Capromys, Plagiodon, and allied genera. -- Hedgehog shell (Zoˆl.), any spinose, marine, univalve shell of the genus Murex. -- Hedgehog thistle (Bot.), a plant of the Cactus family, globular in form, and covered with spines (Echinocactus). -- Sea hedgehog. See Diodon.
Hedge"less, a. Having no hedge.
Hedge"pig` (?), n. A young hedgehog. Shak.
Hedg"er (?), n. One who makes or mends hedges; also, one who hedges, as, in betting.
Hedge"row` (?), n. A row of shrubs, or trees, planted for inclosure or separation of fields.
By hedgerow elms and hillocks green.
Milton.
Hedg"ing bill` (?). A hedge bill. See under Hedge.
He*don"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; pleasure, &?; sweet, pleasant.] 1. Pertaining to pleasure.
2. Of or relating to Hedonism or the Hedonic sect.
Hedonic sect a sect that placed the highest good in the gratification of the senses, -- called also Cyrenaic sect, (which see), and School of Aristippus.
He*don"ics (?), n. (Philos.) That branch of moral philosophy which treats of the relation of duty to pleasure; the science of practical, positive enjoyment or pleasure. J. Grote.
Hed"on*ism (?), n. 1. The doctrine of the Hedonic sect.
2. The ethical theory which finds the explanation and authority of duty in its tendency to give pleasure.
Hed"on*ist (?), n. One who believes in hedonism.
Hed`o*nis"tic (?), a. Same as Hedonic, 2.
Heed (hd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Heeding.] [OE. heden, AS. hdan; akin to OS. hdian, D. hoeden, Fries. hoda, OHG. huoten, G. h¸ten, Dan. hytte. √13. Cf. Hood.] To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
With pleasure Argus the musician heeds.
Dryden.
Syn. -- To notice; regard; mind. See Attend, v. t.
Heed, v. i. To mind; to consider.
Heed, n. 1. Attention; notice; observation; regard; -- often with give or take.
With wanton heed and giddy cunning.
Milton.
Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand.
2 Sam. xx. 10.
Birds give more heed and mark words more than beasts.
Bacon.
2. Careful consideration; obedient regard.
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard.
Heb. ii. 1.
3. A look or expression of heading. [R.]
He did it with a serious mind; a heed Was in his countenance.
Shak.
Heed"ful (?), a. Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect; attentive; vigilant. Shak.
-- Heed"ful*ly, adv. -- Heed"ful*ness, n.
Heed"less, a. Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant.
O, negligent and heedless discipline!
Shak.
The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him so.
Waller.
-- Heed"less*ly, adv. -- Heed"less*ness, n.
Heed"y (?), a. Heedful. [Obs.] "Heedy shepherds." Spenser. -- Heed"i*ly (#), adv. [Obs.] -- Heed"i*ness, n. [Obs.] Spenser.
Heel (hl), v. i. [OE. helden to lean, incline, AS. heldan, hyldan; akin to Icel. halla, Dan. helde, Sw. h‰lla to tilt, pour, and perh. to E. hill.] (Naut.) To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.
Heeling error (Naut.), a deviation of the compass caused by the heeling of an iron vessel to one side or the other.
Heel, n. [OE. hele, heele, AS. hla, perh. for hhila, fr. AS. hh heel (cf. Hough); but cf. D. hiel, OFries. heila, hla, Icel. hÊll, Dan. hÊl, Sw. h‰l, and L. calx. √12. Cf. Inculcate.] 1. The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds.
He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, His winged heels and then his armed head.
Denham.
2. The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe.
3. The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part. "The heel of a hunt." A. Trollope. "The heel of the white loaf." Sir W. Scott.
4. Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
5. The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests; especially: (a) (Naut.) The after end of a ship's keel. (b) (Naut.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc. (c) (Mil.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position. (d) (Mil.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt. (e) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe.
6. (Man.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.
7. (Arch.) (a) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping. (b) A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen. Gwilt.
Heel chain (Naut.), a chain passing from the bowsprit cap around the heel of the jib boom. -- Heel plate, the butt plate of a gun. -- Heel of a rafter. (Arch.) See Heel, n., 7. -- Heel ring, a ring for fastening a scythe blade to the snath. -- Neck and heels, the whole body. (Colloq.) -- To be at the heels of, to pursue closely; to follow hard; as, hungry want is at my heels. Otway. -- To be down at the heel, to be slovenly or in a poor plight. -- To be out at the heels, to have on stockings that are worn out; hence, to be shabby, or in a poor plight. Shak. -- To cool the heels. See under Cool. -- To go heels over head, to turn over so as to bring the heels uppermost; hence, to move in a inconsiderate, or rash, manner. -- To have the heels of, to outrun. -- To lay by the heels, to fetter; to shackle; to imprison. Shak. Addison. -- To show the heels, to flee; to run from. -- To take to the heels, to flee; to betake to flight. -- To throw up another's heels, to trip him. Bunyan. -- To tread upon one's heels, to follow closely. Shak.
Heel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heeled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Heeling.] 1. To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like. [R.]
I cannot sing, Nor heel the high lavolt.
Shak.
2. To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.
3. To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
Heel"ball` (?), n. A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions.
Heel"er (?), n. 1. A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.
2. A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron. [Political Cant, U. S.]
The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding.
The Century.
Heel"less, a. Without a heel.
Heel"piece` (?), n. 1. A piece of armor to protect the heels. Chesterfield.
2. A piece of leather fixed on the heel of a shoe.
3. The end. "The heelpiece of his book." Lloyd.
Heel"post` (?), n. 1. (Naut.) The post supporting the outer end of a propeller shaft.
2. (Carp.) The post to which a gate or door is hinged.
3. (Engineering) The quoin post of a lock gate.
Heel"spur` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A slender bony or cartilaginous process developed from the heel bone of bats. It helps to support the wing membranes. See Illust. of Cheiropter.
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.
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.)
Heel"tool` (?), n. A tool used by turners in metal, having a bend forming a heel near the cutting end.
Heep (?), n. The hip of the dog- rose. [Obs.]
Heer (?), n.[Etymol. uncertain.] A yarn measure of six hundred yards or of a spindle. See Spindle.
Heer, n. [See Hair.] Hair. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Heft (?), n. Same as Haft, n. [Obs.] Waller.
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, 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.]
Heft"y, a. Moderately heavy. [Colloq. U. S.]
He*ge"li*an (?; 106), a. Pertaining to Hegelianism. -- n. A follower of Hegel.
{ He*ge"li*an*ism (?), He"gel*ism (?), } n. The system of logic and philosophy set forth by Hegel, a German writer (1770-1831).
{ Heg`e*mon"ic (?), Heg`e*mon"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;. See Hegemony.] Leading; controlling; ruling; predominant. "Princelike and hegemonical." Fotherby.
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.
Heg"ge (?), n. A hedge. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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.
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.
Heif"er (?), n. [OE. hayfare, AS. he·hfore, he·fore; the second part of this word seems akin to AS. fearr bull, ox; akin to OHG. farro, G. farre, D. vaars, heifer, G. f‰rse, and perh. to Gr. &?;, &?;, calf, heifer.] (Zoˆl.) A young cow.
Heigh"-ho (h"-h), interj. An exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness, weariness, etc. Shak.
Height (ht), n. [Written also hight.] [OE. heighte, heght, heighthe, AS. he·hu, hhu fr. heah high; akin to D. hoogte, Sw. hˆjd, Dan. hˆide, Icel. hÊ, Goth. hauhi˛a. 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 an 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; preÎminence 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.
Height"en (ht"'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.
Height"en*er (?), n. [Written also hightener.] One who, or that which, heightens.
Hei"nous (h"ns), a. [OF. haÔnos hateful, F. haineux, fr. OF. haÔne hate, F. haine, fr. haÔr to hate; of German origin. See Hate.] Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving 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 (?), 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 (?), v. t. To inherit; to succeed to. [R.]
One only daughter heired the royal state.
Dryden.
Heir"dom (?), n. The state of an heir; succession by inheritance. Burke.
Heir"ess, n. A female heir.
Heir"less a. Destitute of an heir. Shak.
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.
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.]
He*ji"ra (?), n. See Hegira.