Webster's Dictionary 1913

3646

Huzz

Huzz (?), v. i. [An onomatopœa. √43. Cf. Buzz.] To buzz; to murmur.Huzzing and burring in the preacher's ear. Latimer.

3647

Huzza

Huz‐za″ (?), interj. [Cf. G. hussa, husa, interj., hurrah, huzza. √43. Cf. Hurrah.] A word used as a shout of joy, exultation, approbation, or encouragement.

3648

Huzza (2)

Huz″za, n. A shout of huzza; a cheer; a hurrah.They made a great huzza or shout. Evelyn.

3649

Huzza (3)

Huz‐za″, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Huzzaed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Huzzaing.] To shout huzza; to cheer.

3650

Huzza (4)

Huz‐za″, v. t. To receive or attend with huzzas.He was huzzaed into the court. Addison.

3651

Hy

Hy (?), a. High. Chaucer.

3652

Hyacine

Hy″a‐cine (?), n. A hyacinth. Spenser.

3653

Hyacinth

Hy″a‐cinth (?), n. [L. hyacinthus a kind of flower, prob. the iris, gladiolus, or larkspur, also a kind of gem, perh. the sapphire; as, a proper name, Hyacinthus, a beautiful La...

3654

Hyacinthian

Hy′a‐cin″thi‐an (?), a. Hyacinthine.

3655

Hyacinthine

Hy′a‐cin″thine (?), a. [L. hyacinthinus, Gr. �.] Belonging to the hyacinth; resembling the hyacinth; in color like the hyacinth. Milton.His curling locks like hyacinthine flower...

3656

Hyades

{ Hy″a‐des (?), Hy″ads (?), } n. pl. [L. Hyades, Gr. �.] (Astron.) A cluster of five stars in the face of the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the comi...

3657

Hyæna

Hy‐æ″na (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Hyena.

3658

Hyalea

‖Hy‐a″le‐a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � glassy, fr. ὕαλοσ glass.] (Zoöl.) A pteropod of the genus Cavolina. See Pteropoda, and Illustration in Appendix.

3659

Hyalescence

Hy′a‐les″cence (?), n. [See Hyaline.] The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparent like glass.

3660

Hyaline

Hy″a‐line (?), a. [L. hyalinus, Gr. �, fr. ὕαλοσ glass: cf. F. hyalin.] Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal. “Hyaline spaces.” Carpenter.

3661

Hyaline (2)

Hy″a‐line, n. 1. A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere. “The clear hyaline, the glassy sea.” Milton.Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline. Mrs. Browning.2. (Biol.)...

3662

Hyalite

Hy″a‐lite (?), n. [Gr. ὕαλοσ glass: cf. F. hyalite.] (Min.) A pellucid variety of opal in globules looking like colorless gum or resin; — called also Müller's glass.

3663

Hyalograph

Hy‐al″o‐graph (?), n. [Gr. ὕαλοσ glass + graph.] An instrument for tracing designs on glass.

3664

Hyalography

Hy′a‐log″ra‐phy (?), n. Art of writing or engraving on glass.

3665

Hyaloid

Hy″a‐loid (?), a. [Gr. � glassy, transparent; ὕαλοσ glass + � appearance: cf. F. hyaloïde.] (Anat.) Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, ...

3666

Hyalonema

‖Hy′a‐lo‐ne″ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ὕαλοσ glass + � a thread.] (Zoöl.) A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, silice...

3667

Hyalophane

Hy‐al″o‐phane (?), n. [Gr. ὕαλοσ glass + � to appear.] (Min.) A species of the feldspar group containing barium. See Feldspar.

3668

Hyalospongia

‖Hy′a‐lo‐spon″gi‐a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ὕαλοσ glass + � a sponge.] (Zoöl.) An order of vitreous sponges, having glassy six-rayed, siliceous spicules; — called also Hexactin...

3669

Hyalotype

Hy‐al″o‐type (?), n. [Gr. ὕαλοσ glass + -type.] A photographic picture copied from the negative on glass; a photographic transparency. R. Hunt.

3670

Hybernacle

{ Hy‐ber″na‐cle (?), Hy″ber‐nate (?), Hy′ber‐na″tion (?). } See Hibernacle, Hibernate, Hibernation.

3671

Hyblæan

Hy‐blæ″an (?), a. [L. Hyblaeus.] Pertaining to Hybla, an ancient town of Sicily, famous for its bees.

3672

Hybodont

Hyb″o‐dont (?), a.(Paleon.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an extinct genus of sharks (Hybodus), especially in the form of the teeth, which consist of a principal median cone...