HANGING-SLEEVES
HANG'ING-SLEEVES, noun Strips of the same stuff with the gown, hanging down the back from the shoulders.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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HANGMAN
HANG'MAN, noun One who hangs another; a public executioner; also, a term of reproach.
HANGNEST
HANG'NEST, noun The name of certain species of birds, which build nests suspended from the branches of trees, such as the Baltimore oriole or red-bird; also, the nest so suspended.
HANK
HANK, noun1. A skein of thread; as much thread as is tied together; a tie.2. In ships. a wooden ring fixed to a stay, to confine the stay-sails; used in the place of a grommet.3...
HANKER
HANK'ER, verb intransitive1. To long for with a keen appetite and uneasiness; in a literal sense; as, to hanker for fruit, or after fruit.2. To have a vehement desire of somethi...
HANKERING
HANK'ERING, participle present tense Longing for with keen appetite or ardent desire.HANK'ERING, noun A keen appetite that causes uneasiness till it is gratified; vehement desir...
HANKLE
HANK'LE, verb transitive [See Hank.] To twist. [Not in use.]
HANSEATIC
HANSEAT'IC, adjective Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy.
HANT
HA'NT, a contraction of have not, or has not; as, I ha'nt, he ha'nt, we ha'nt.Hanse Towns. Hanse signifies a society; Goth. hansa, a multitude. The Hanse towns in Germany were c...
HAP
HAP, noun [Latin capio.]1. That which comes suddenly or unexpectedly; chance; fortune; accident; casual event. [See Chance and Casual.]Whether art it was or heedless hapCurs'd b...
HAP-HAZARD
HAP-HAZ'ARD, noun [This is tautological. See Hazard.]Chance; accident.We take our principles at hap-hazard on trust.
HAPLESS
HAP'LESS, adjective Luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as hapless youth; hapless maid.
HAPLY
HAP'LY, adverb By chance; perhaps; it may be.Lest haply ye be found to fight against God. Acts 5:39.1. By accident; casually.
HAPPEN
HAP'PEN, verb intransitive hap'n.1. To come by chance; to come without one's previous expectation; to fall out.There shall no evil happen to the just. Proverbs 12:21.2. To come;...
HAPPILY
HAP'PILY, adverb [See Happy.] By good fortune; fortunately; luckily; with success.Preferr'd by conquest, happily o'erthrown.1. In a happy state; in a state of felicity.He lived ...
HAPPINESS
HAP'PINESS, noun [from happy.] The agreeable sensations which spring from the enjoyment of good; that state of a being in which his desires are gratified, by the enjoyment of pl...
HAPPY
HAP'PYadjective [from hap.]1. Lucky; fortunate; successful.Chimists have been more happy in finding experiments, than the causes of them.So we say, a happy thought; a happy expe...
HAR
HAR, HARE, HERE, in composition, signify an army, Sax. here, G. heer, D. heir. So Harold is a general of an army; Herwin, a victorious army.
HARANGUE
HARANGUE, noun harang'. har'ang.1. A speech addressed to an assembly or an army; a popular oration; a public address. This word seems to imply loudness or declamation, and is th...
HARANGUER
HARANG'UER, noun harang'er. An orator; one who addresses an assembly or army; a noisy declaimer.
HARANGUING
HARANG'UING, participle present tense Declaiming; addressing with noisy eloquence.
HARASS
HAR'ASS, verb transitive1. To weary; to fatigue to excess; to tire with bodily labor; as, to harass an army by a long march.2. To weary with importunity, care, or perplexity; to...
HARASSED
HAR'ASSED, participle passive Wearied; tired; teased.
HARASSER
HAR'ASSER, noun One who harasses or teases; a spoiler.
HARASSING
HAR'ASSING, participle present tense Tiring; fatiguing; teasing.
HARBINGER
H'ARBINGER, noun [See Harbor. harbinger is properly a person who goes to provide harbor or lodgings for those that follow.]1. In England, an officer of the king's household who ...
HARBOR
H'ARBOR, noun1. A lodging; a place of entertainment and rest.For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked.2. A port or haven for ships; a bay or inlet of the sea, in which ships ...