Webster's Dictionary 1828

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HEMITONE

HEM'ITONE, noun [Gr.] A half tone in music; now called a semitone.

866

HEMITROPE

HEM'ITROPE, adjective [Gr. half, and to turn.] Half-turned; a hemitrope crystal is one in which one segment is turned through half the circumference of a circle. The word is use...

867

HEMLOCK

HEM'LOCK, noun1. A plant of the genus Conium, whose leaves and root are poisonous. Also, the Cicuta maculata.2. A tree of the genus Pinus, an evergreen.3. A poison, an infusion ...

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HEMOPTOE

HEMOP'TOE, adjective [Gr. blood, and a spitting.] A spitting of blood.

869

HEMOPTYSIS

HEMOP'TYSISHEM'ORRHAGEHEM'ORRHAGIC, adjective Pertaining to a flux of blood; consisting in hemorrhage.

870

HEMORRHAGY

HEMORRHAGY, noun [Gr. blood, and to burst.] A flux of blood, proceeding from the rupture of a blood-vessel, or some other cause. The ancients confined the word to a discharge of...

871

HEMORRHOIDAL

HEMORRHOID'AL, adjective Pertaining to the hemorrhoids; as the hemorrhoidal vessels.1. Consisting in a flux of blood from the vessels of the anus.

872

HEMORRHOIDS

HEM'ORRHOIDS, noun [Gr. blood, and a flowing.] A discharge of blood from the vessels of the anus; the piles; in Scripture, emerods.The term is also applied to tumors formed by a...

873

HEMP

HEMP, noun [Latin cannabis.]1. A fibrous plant constituting the genus Cannabis, whose skin or bark is used for cloth and cordage. Hence canvas, the coarse strong cloth used for ...

874

HEMP-AGRIMONY

HEMP-AG'RIMONY, noun A plant, a species of Eupatorium.

875

HEMPEN

HEMP'EN, adjective hemp'n. Made of hemp; as a hempen cord.

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HEMPY

HEMP'Y, adjective Like hemp. [Unusual.]

877

HEN

HEN, noun The female of any kind of fowl; but it is particularly applied to the female of the domestic fowl of the gallinaceous kind, or as sometimes called, the barn-door fowl.

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HENBANE

HEN'BANE, noun [hen and bane.] A plant, the Hyoscyamus, of several species. The roots, leaves and seeds are poisonous.

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HENBIT

HEN'BIT, noun A plant, the ivy-leaved speedwell.HEN'-COOP, noun A coop or cage for fowls.HEN'-DRIVER, noun A kind of hawk.HEN'-HARMHEN'-HARRIER, noun A species of kite, pygargus...

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HENCE

HENCE, adverb hens.1. From this place.Arise, let us go hence John 14:31.I will send thee far hence to the Gentiles. Acts 22:21.2. From this time; in the future; as a week hence;...

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HENCEFORTH

HENCEFORTH, adverb hens'forth. From this time forward.I never from thy side henceforth will stray.

882

HENCEFORWARD

HENCEFORWARD, adverb hensfor'ward. From this time forward; henceforth.

883

HENCHBOY

HENCH'BOY, noun A page; a servant.

884

HENCHMAN

HENCH'MANHENDHENDEC'AGON, noun [Gr. eleven, and an angle.] In geometry, a figure of eleven sides, and as many angles.

885

HEND

HEND

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HENDECASYLLABLE

HENDECASYL'LABLE, noun [Gr.] A metrical line of eleven syllables.

887

HENDIADIS

HENDI'ADIS, noun [Gr.] A figure, when two nouns are used instead of a noun and an adjective.

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HENHOUSE

HEN'HOUSE, noun A house or shelter for fowls.

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HENPECKED

HEN'PECKED, adjective Governed by the wife.

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HENROOST

HEN'ROOST, noun A place where poultry rest at night.

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HENSFEET

HENS'FEET, noun A plant, hedge-fumitory.