Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Haplostemonous

Hap′lo‐stem″o‐nous (hăp′lō̍‐stĕm″ō̍‐nŭs), a. [Gr. απλὅοσ simple + στήμων a thread.] (Bot.) Having but one series of stamens, and that equal in number to the proper number of pet...

596

Haply

Hap″ly (hăp″ly̆), adv. By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be.Lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. Acts v. 39.

597

Happed

Happed (hăpt), p. a. [From 1st Hap.] Wrapped; covered; cloaked.All happed with flowers in the green wood were. Hogg.

598

Happen

Hap″pen (hăp″p'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Happened (–p'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.Happening.] [OE. happenen, hapnen. See Hap to happen.] 1. To come by chance; to come without previous expe...

599

Happily

Hap″pi‐ly (hăp″pĭ‐ly̆), adv. [From Happy.] 1. By chance; peradventure; haply. Piers Plowman.2. By good fortune; fortunately; luckily.Preferred by conquest, happily o'erthrown. W...

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Happiness

Hap″pi‐ness, n. [From Happy.] 1. Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.All happiness bechance to thee in Milan! Shak.2. An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from ...

601

Happy

Hap″py (hăp″py̆), a. [Compar.Happier (–pĭ‐ẽr); superl.Happiest.] [From Hap chance.] 1. Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying des...

602

Hapuku

‖Ha‐pu″ku (hȧ‐po͞o″ko͞o), n.(Zoöl.) A large and valuable food fish (Polyprion prognathus) of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or more.

603

Haquebut

Haque″but (hăk″bŭt), n. See Hagbut.

604

Hara-kiri

Ha″ra–ki′ri (ha̤″ra̤‐kē′rĭ), n. Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelmen...

605

Harangue

Ha‐rangue″ (hȧ‐răng″), n. [F. harangue: cf. Sp. arenga, It. aringa; lit., a speech before a multitude or on the hustings, It. aringo arena, hustings, pulpit; all fr. OHG. hring ...

606

Harangue (2)

Ha‐rangue″, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Harangued (hȧ‐răngd″); p. pr. & vb. n.Haranguing.] [Cf. F. haranguer, It. aringare.] To make an harangue; to declaim.

607

Harangue (3)

Ha‐rangue″, v. t. To address by an harangue.

608

Harangueful

Ha‐rangue″ful (–fụl), a. Full of harangue.

609

Haranguer

Ha‐rang″uer (hȧ‐răng″ẽr), n. One who harangues, or is fond of haranguing; a declaimer.With them join'd all th' haranguers of the throng,That thought to get preferment by the ton...

610

Harass

Har″ass (hăr″as), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Harassed (–ast); p. pr. & vb. n.Harassing.] [F. harasser; cf. OF. harace a basket made of cords, harace, harasse,a very heavy and large shie...

611

Harass (2)

Har″ass, n. 1. Devastation; waste. Milton.2. Worry; harassment. Byron.

612

Harasser

Har″ass‐er (–ẽr), n. One who harasses.

613

Harassment

Har″ass‐ment (–ment), n. The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety.Little harassments which I am led to suspect do occasionally molest the most...

614

Harberous

Har″ber‐ous (ha̤r″bẽr‐ŭs), a. Harborous.A bishop must be faultless, the husband of one wife, honestly appareled, harberous. Tyndale (1 Tim. iii. 2).

615

Harbinger

Har″bin‐ger (–bĭn‐jẽr), n. [OE. herbergeour, OF. herbergeor one who provides lodging, fr. herbergier to provide lodging, F. héberger, OF. herberge lodging, inn, F. auberge; of G...

616

Harbinger (2)

Har″bin‐ger, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Harbingered (–jẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n.Harbingering.] To usher in; to be a harbinger of. “Thus did the star of religious freedom harbinger the day.”...

617

Harbor

Har″bor (–bẽr), n. [Written also harbour.] [OE. herbor, herberwe, herberge, Icel. herbergi (cf. OHG. heriberga), orig., a shelter for soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save, help,...

618

Harbor (2)

Har″bor (här″bẽr), v. t. [Written also harbour.] [imp. & p. p.Harbored (–bẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n.Harboring.] [OE. herberen, herberwen, herbergen; cf. Icel. herbergja. See Harbor, ...

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Harbor (3)

Har″bor, v. i. To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor.For this night let's harbor here in York. Shak.

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Harbor master

Har″bor mas′ter (mȧs′tẽr). An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor.

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Harborage

Har″bor‐age (–ā̍j), n. Shelter; entertainment.Where can I get me harborage for the night? Tennyson.