HAIRCLOTH
HA'IRCLOTH, noun Stuff or cloth made of hair, or in part with hair. In military affairs, pieces of this cloth are used for covering the powder in wagons, or on batteries, or for...
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HAIRHUNG
HA'IRHUNG, adjective Hanging by a hair.
HAIRINESS
HA'IRINESS, noun [from hairy.] The state of abounding or being covered with hair.
HAIRLACE
HA'IRLACE, noun A fillet for tying up the hair of the head.
HAIRLESS
HA'IRLESS, adjective Destitute of hair; bald; as hairless scalps.
HAIRPIN
HA'IRPIN, noun A pin used in dressing the hair.
HAIRPOWDER
HA'IRPOWDER, noun A fine powder of flour for sprinkling the hair of the head.
HAIRWORM
HA'IRWORM, noun A genus of worms [vermes,] called Gordius; a filiform animal found in fresh water or in the earth. There are several species.
HAIRY
HA'IRY, adjective [from hair.] Overgrown with hair; covered with hair; abounding with hair.Esau, my brother, is a hairy man. Genesis 27:11.1. Consisting of hair; as hairy honors...
HAKE
HAKE, noun A kind of fish, the Gadus merlucius; called by some authors lucius marinus. It was formerly salted and dried.
HAKOT
HAK'OT, noun A fish.
HAL
HAL, in some names, signifies hall.
HALBERD
HAL'BERD, noun A military weapon, consisting of a pole or shaft of wood, with a head armed with a steel point, with a cross piece of steel, flat and pointed at both ends, or wit...
HALBERDIER
HALBERDIE'R, noun One who is armed with a halberd.
HALCYON
HAL'CYON, noun hal'shon. [Latin halcyon; Gr. a king-fisher.]The name anciently given to the king-fisher, otherwise called alcedo; a bird that was said to lay her eggs in nests, ...
HALCYONIAN
HALCYO'NIAN, adjective Halcyon; calm.
HALE
HALE, adjective Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as a hale body.HALE, noun Welfare. [Not in use.]HALE, verb transitive To pull or draw with force; to drag. This is ...
HALF
H'ALF, noun h'af. plural halves, pronoun h'avz.One equal part of a thing which is divided into two parts, either in fact or in contemplation; a moiety; as half a pound; half a t...
HALF-BLOODED
H'ALF-BLOODED, adjective Mean; degenerate. [Little used.]1. Proceeding from a male and female, each of full blood, but of different breeds; as a half-blooded sheep.
HALF-BRED
H'ALF-BRED, adjective Mixed; mongrel; mean.
HALF-CAP
H'ALF-CAP, noun A cap not wholly put on.
HALF-DEAD
H'ALF-DEAD, adjective Almost dead; nearly exhausted.
HALF-FACED
H'ALF-FACED, adjective Showing only part of the face.
HALF-HATCHED
H'ALF-HATCHED, adjective Imperfectly hatched; as half-hatched eggs.
HALF-HEARD
H'ALF-HEARD, adjective Imperfectly heard; not heard to the end.And leave half-heard the melancholy tale.
HALF-LEARNED
H'ALF-LEARNED, adjective Imperfectly learned.
HALF-LOST
H'ALF-LOST, adjective Nearly lost.