HEXAMETER
HEXAM'ETER, noun [Gr. six, and measure.] In ancient poetry, a verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl,...
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HEXAMETRIC
HEXAMET'RICHEXAMET'RICAL, adjective Consisting of six metrical feet.
HEXAMETRICAL
HEXAMET'RICAL, a. Consisting of six metrical feet.
HEXANDER
HEXAN'DER, noun [Gr. six and male.] In botany, a plant having six stamens.
HEXANDRIAN
HEXAN'DRIAN, adjective Having six stamens.
HEXANGULAR
HEXAN'GULAR, adjective [Gr. six, and angular.]Having six angles or corners.
HEXAPED
HEX'APED, adjective [Gr. six; Latin pes, pedis, the foot.]Having six feet.HEX'APED, noun An animal having six feet. [Ray, and Johnson after him write this hexapod; but it is bet...
HEXAPETALOUS
HEXAPET'ALOUS, adjective [Gr. six, and a leaf, a petal.] Having six petals or flower-leaves.
HEXAPHYLLOUS
HEXAPH'YLLOUS, adjective [Gr. six, and a leaf.]Having six leaves.
HEXAPLAR
HEX'APLAR, adjective [Gr. six, and to unfold.] Sextuple; containing six columns; from Hexapla, the work of Origen, or an edition of the Bible, containing the original Hebrew, an...
HEXASTICH
HEXAS'TICH, noun [Gr. six, and a verse.]A poem consisting of six verses.
HEXASTYLE
HEX'ASTYLE, noun [Gr. six, and a column.]A building with six columns in front.
HEY
HEY. An exclamation of joy or mutual exhortation, the contrary to the Latin hei.
HEYDAY
HEYDAY, exclamation An expression of frolick and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.HEYDAY, noun A frolick; wildness.
HIATION
HIA'TION, noun [Latin hio, to gape.] The act of gaping. [Not used.]
HIATUS
HIA'TUS, noun [Latin from hio, to open or gape.]1. An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm.2. The opening of the mouth in reading or speaking, when a word ends with a vowel, and...
HIBERNACLE
HI'BERNACLE, noun [Latin hibernacula, winter-quarters.]1. In botany, the winter-quarters of a plant, that is, a bulb or a bud, in which the embryo of a future plant is inclosed ...
HIBERNAL
HIBERN'AL, adjective [Latin hibernus.] Belonging or relating to winter.
HIBERNATE
HI'BERNATE, verb intransitive [Latin hiberno.] To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters or in seclusion, as birds or beasts.
HIBERNATION
HIBERNA'TION, noun The passing of winter in a close lodge, as beasts and fowls that retire in cold weather.
HIBERNIAN
HIBER'NIAN, adjective Pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland.HIBER'NIAN, noun A native of Ireland.
HIBERNICISM
HIBERN'ICISM, noun An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.
HIBERNO-CELTIC
HIBERNO-CELTIC, noun The native language of the Irish; the Gaelic.Hiccius Doccius. A cant word for a juggler.
HICCOUGH
HIC'COUGHHICK'ORY, noun A tree, a species of Juglans or walnut. Its nut is called hickory-nut.
HICKORY
HICK'ORY, n. A tree, a species of Juglans or walnut. Its nut is called hickory-nut.
HICKUP
HICK'UP, noun [The English is a compound of hic and cough; and hic may be allied to hitch, to catch. The word is generally pronounced hick-up.]A spasmodic affection of the stoma...
HICKWALL
HICK'WALLHICK'WAY, noun A small species of woodpecker.