Webster's Dictionary 1913

1864

Herpetism

Her″pe‐tism (?), n. [See Herpes.] (Med.) See Dartrous diathesis, under Dartrous.

1865

Herpetologic

{ Her‐pet′o‐log″ic (?), Her‐pet′o‐log″ic‐al (?), } a. Pertaining to herpetology.

1866

Herpetologist

Her′pe‐tol″o‐gist (?), n. One versed in herpetology, or the natural history of reptiles.

1867

Herpetology

Her′pe‐tol″o‐gy (?), n. [Written also, but less properly, erpetology.] [Gr. � a creeping thing, reptile (fr. � to creep) + -logy: cf. F. herpétologie.] The natural history of re...

1868

Herpetotomist

Her′pe‐tot″o‐mist (?), n. One who dissects, or studies the anatomy of, reptiles.

1869

Herpetotomy

Her′pe‐tot″o‐my (?), n. The anatomy or dissection of reptiles.

1870

Herr

‖Herr (?), n. A title of respect given to gentlemen in Germany, equivalent to the English Mister.

1871

Herrenhaus

‖Her″ren‐haus′ (?), n. See Legislature, Austria, Prussia.

1872

Herring

Her″ring (?), n. [OE. hering, AS. hæring; akin to D. haring, G. häring, hering, OHG. haring, hering, and prob. to AS. here army, and so called because they commonly move in larg...

1873

Herringbone

Her″ring‐bone′ (hĕr″rĭng‐bōn′), a. Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the al...

1874

Herrnhuter

Herrn″hut‐er (hẽrn″hŭ‐ẽr; G. hĕrn″ho͞o‐ẽr), n.(Eccl. Hist.) One of the Moravians; — so called from the settlement of Herrnhut (the Lord's watch) made, about 1722, by the Moravia...

1875

Hers

Hers (hẽrz), pron. See the Note under Her, pron.

1876

Hersal

Her″sal (?), n. Rehearsal. Spenser.

1877

Herschel

Her″schel (?), n.(Astron.) See Uranus.

1878

Herschelian

Her‐sche″li‐an (?), a. Of or relating to Sir William Herschel; as, the Herschelian telescope.

1879

Herse

Herse (hẽrs), n. [F. herse harrow, portcullis, OF. herce, LL. hercia, L. hirpex, gen. hirpicis, and irpex, gen. irpicis, harrow. The LL. hercia signifies also a kind of candlest...

1880

Herse (2)

Herse, v. t. Same as Hearse, v. t.Chapman.

1881

Herself

Her‐self″ (?), pron. 1. An emphasized form of the third person feminine pronoun; — used as a subject with she; as, she herself will bear the blame; also used alone in the predic...

1882

Hersillon

Her″sil‐lon (?), n. [F., fr. herse a harrow. See Herse, n.] (Fort.) A beam with projecting spikes, used to make a breach impassable.

1883

Hert

Hert (?), n. A hart. Chaucer.

1884

Herte

Her″te (?), n. A heart. Chaucer.

1885

Hertely

Her″te‐ly, a. & adv. Hearty; heartily. Chaucer.

1886

Hertzian

Hertz″i‐an (?), a. Of or pert. to the German physicist Heinrich Hertz.Hertzian telegraphy, telegraphy by means of the Hertzian waves; wireless telegraphy. — H. waves, electric w...

1887

Hery

Her″y (?), v. t. [AS. herian.] To worship; to glorify; to praise. Chaucer. Spenser.

1888

Herzog

‖Her″zog (?), n. [G., akin to AS. heretoga, lit., army leader. See Harry, and Duke.] A member of the highest rank of nobility in Germany and Austria, corresponding to the Britis...

1889

Hesitancy

Hes″i‐tan‐cy (?), n. [L. haesitantia a stammering.] 1. The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates.2....

1890

Hesitant

Hes″i‐tant (?), a. [L. haesitans, p. pr. of haesitare: cf. F. hésitant. See Hesitate.] 1. Not prompt in deciding or acting; hesitating.2. Unready in speech. Baxter.