Webster's Dictionary 1913

2080

Hey (2)

Hey (?), interj. [OE. hei; cf. D. & G. hei.] 1. An exclamation of joy, surprise, or encouragement. Shak.2. A cry to set dogs on. Shak.

2081

Heyday

Hey″day′ (?), interj. [Cf. G. heida, or hei da, D. hei daar. Cf. Hey, and There.] An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder. B. Jonson.

2082

Heyday (2)

Hey″day′ (?), n. [Prob. for. high day. See High, and Day.] The time of triumph and exultation; hence, joy, high spirits, frolicsomeness; wildness.The heyday in the blood is tame...

2083

Heydeguy

Hey″de‐guy (?), n. [Perh. fr. heyday + guise.] A kind of country-dance or round. Spenser.

2084

Heyh

Heyh, Heygh (�), a. High. Chaucer.

2085

Heyne

Heyne (?), n. [AS. heán low, mean.] A wretch; a rascal. Chaucer.

2086

Heyten

Hey″ten (?), adv. [Icel. h��an.] Hence. Chaucer.

2087

Hiation

Hi‐a″tion (?), n. [See Hiatus.] Act of gaping. Sir T. Browne.

2088

Hiatus

Hi‐a″tus (?), n.; pl. L. Hiatus, E. Hiatuses (#). [L., fr. hiare, hiatum, to gape; akin to E. yawn. See Yawn.] 1. An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a ma...

2089

Hibernacle

Hi‐ber″na‐cle (?), n. [L. hibernaculum a winter residence, pl. hibernacula winter quarters: cf. F. hibernacle. See Hibernate.] That which serves for protection or shelter in win...

2090

Hibernaculum

‖Hi′ber‐nac″u‐lum (?), n. [See Hibernacle.] 1. (Bot.) A winter bud, in which the rudimentary foliage or flower, as of most trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected b...

2091

Hibernal

Hi‐ber″nal (?), a. [L. hibernalis, from the root of hiems winter; akin to Gr. � snow, Skr. hima cold, winter, snow: cf. F. hibernal.] Belonging or relating to winter; wintry; wi...

2092

Hibernate

Hi″ber‐nate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Hibernated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hibernating (?).] [L. hibernare, hibernatum, fr. hibernus wintry. See Hibernal.] To winter; to pass the season...

2093

Hibernation

Hi′ber‐na″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. hibernation.] The act or state of hibernating. Evelyn.

2094

Hibernian

Hi‐ber″ni‐an (?), a. [L. Hibernia, Ireland.] Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish. — n. A native or an inhabitant of Ireland.

2095

Hibernicism

{ Hi‐ber″ni‐cism (?), Hi‐ber″ni‐an‐ism (?), } n. An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish. Todd.

2096

Hiberno-Celtic

Hi‐ber″no–Celt″ic (?), n. The native language of the Irish; that branch of the Celtic languages spoken by the natives of Ireland. Also adj.

2097

Hibiscus

Hi‐bis″cus (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees), some species of which have large, showy flowers. Some species are cultivated in India for their fiber, whic...

2098

Hiccius doctius

Hic″ci‐us doc″ti‐us (?). [Corrupted fr. L. hic est doctus this is a learned man.] A juggler. Hudibras.

2099

Hiccough

Hic″cough (?; 277), n. [OE. hickup, hicket, hickock; prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. & Dan. hik, Sw. hicka, Armor. hak, hik, W. ig, F. hoquet.] (Physiol.) A modified respirato...

2100

Hiccough (2)

Hic″cough (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Hiccoughed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hiccoughing.] To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.

2101

Hickory

Hick″o‐ry (?), n. [North American Indian pawcohiccora (Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from pounded hickory nuts. “Pohickory” is named in a list of Virgini...

2102

Hicksite

Hicks″ite (?), n. A member or follower of the “liberal” party, headed by Elias Hicks, which, because of a change of views respecting the divinity of Christ and the Atonement, se...

2103

Hickup

Hick″up (?), n. & v. i. See Hiccough.

2104

Hickwall

{ Hick″wall′ (?), Hick″way′ (?), } n. [OE., also hyghwhele, highawe.] The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe.

2105

Hid

Hid (?), imp. & p. p. of Hide. See Hidden.

2106

Hidage

Hid″age (?), n. [From hide a quantity of land.] (O. Eng. Law.) A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land. [Written also hydage.]