Webster's Dictionary 1913

1432

Hellkite

Hell″kite′ (?), n. A kite of infernal breed. Shak.

1433

Hello

Hel‐lo″ (?), interj. & n. See Halloo.

1434

Hellward

Hell″ward (?), adv. Toward hell. Pope.

1435

Helly

Hell″y, a. [AS. hellīc.] Hellish. Anderson (1573).

1436

Helm

Helm (?), n. See Haulm, straw.

1437

Helm (2)

Helm (?), n. [OE. helme, AS. helma rudder; akin to D. & G. helm, Icel. hjālm, and perh. to E. helve.]1. (Naut.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, till...

1438

Helm (3)

Helm, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Helmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Helming.] To steer; to guide; to direct.The business he hath helmed. Shak.A wild wave... overbears the bark,And him that helm...

1439

Helm (4)

Helm, n. [AS. See Helmet.] 1. A helmet.2. A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain. Halliwell.

1440

Helm (5)

Helm, v. t. To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet. [Perh. used only as a past part. or part. adj.]She that helmed was in starke stours. Chaucer.

1441

Helmage

Helm″age (?), n. Guidance; direction.

1442

Helmed

Helm″ed (?), a. Covered with a helmet.The helmed cherubimAre seen in glittering ranks. Milton.

1443

Helmet

Hel″met (?), n. [OF. helmet, a dim of helme, F. heaume; of Teutonic origin; cf. G. helm, akin to AS. & OS. helm, D. helm, helmet, Icel. hjālmr, Sw. hjelm, Dan. hielm, Goth. hilm...

1444

Helmet-shaped

Hel″met–shaped′ (�), a. Shaped like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of Galeate.

1445

Helmeted

Hel′met‐ed (?), a. Wearing a helmet; furnished with or having a helmet or helmet-shaped part; galeate.

1446

Helminth

Hel″minth (?), n.(Zoöl.) An intestinal worm, or wormlike intestinal parasite; one of the Helminthes.

1447

Helminthagogue

Hel‐min″tha‐gogue (?), n.(Med.) A vermifuge.

1448

Helminthes

‖Hel‐min″thes (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) One of the grand divisions or branches of the animal kingdom. It is a large group including a vast number of species, most of which are parasiti...

1449

Helminthiasis

‖Hel′min‐thi″a‐sis (?), n.(Med.) A disease in which worms are present in some part of the body.

1450

Helminthic

Hel‐min″thic (?), a. [Cf. F. helminthique.] Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms. — n. A vermifuge; an anthelmintic.

1451

Helminthite

Hel‐min″thite (?), n.(Geol.) One of the sinuous tracks on the surfaces of many stones, and popularly considered as worm trails.

1452

Helminthoid

Hel‐min″thoid (?), a. [Gr. �, �, a worm + -oid.] Wormlike; vermiform.

1453

Helminthologic

{ Hel‐min′tho‐log″ic (?), Hel‐min′tho‐log″ic‐al, } a. [Cf. F. helminthologique.] Of or pertaining to helminthology.

1454

Helminthologist

Hel′min‐thol″o‐gist (?), n. [Cf. F. helminthologiste.] One versed in helminthology.

1455

Helminthology

Hel′min‐thol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. �, �, a worm + -logy: cf. F. helminthologie.] The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.

1456

Helmless

Helm″less (?), a. 1. Destitute of a helmet.2. Without a helm or rudder. Carlyle.

1457

Helmsman

Helms″man (?), n.; pl.Helmsmen (�). The man at the helm; a steersman.

1458

Helmwind

Helm″wind′ (?), n. A wind attending or presaged by the cloud called helm.