Webster's Dictionary 1828

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HENT

HENT, verb transitive To seize; to lay hold on.1. To crowd; to press on.HEND, or HENDY, adjective Gentle.

893

HEP-TREE

HEP'-TREE, noun The wild dog-rose, a species of Rosa.

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HEPAR

HE'PAR, noun [Latin hepar the liver.] A combination of sulphur with an alkali was formerly called by chimists hepar sulphuris, liver of sulphur, from its brown red color. The te...

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HEPATIC

HEPAT'ICHEPAT'ICAL, adjective [Latin hepaticus; Gr. the liver.] Pertaining to the liver; as hepatic gall; hepatic pain; hepatic artery; hepatic flux.Hepatic air or gas, is a fet...

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HEPATITE

HEP'ATITE, noun A gem or mineral that takes its name from the liver. Plin. Latin 37.11.Hepatite is a name given to the fetid sulphate of baryte. It sometimes occurs in globular ...

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HEPATIZE

HEP'ATIZE, verb transitive To impregnate with sulphurated hydrogen gas.

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HEPATIZED

HEP'ATIZED, participle passive Impregnated or combined with sulphurated hydrogen gas.On the right of the river were two wells of hepatized water.

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HEPATOSCOPY

HEPATOS'COPY, noun [Gr. the liver, and to view.] The art or practice of divination by inspecting the liver of animals.

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HEPS

HEPS, noun The berries of the hep-tree, or wild dog-rose.

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HEPTACAPSULAR

HEPTACAP'SULAR, adjective [Gr. seven, and Latin capsula, a cell.]Having seven cells or cavities for seeds; a term in botany.

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HEPTACHORD

HEP'TACHORD, noun [Gr. seven, and chord.] A system of seven sounds. In ancient poetry, verses sung or played on seven chords or different notes. In this sense the word was appli...

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HEPTAGON

HEP'TAGON, noun [Gr. seven, and an angle.]In geometry, a figure consisting of seven sides and as many angles.In fortification, a place that has seven bastions for defense.

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HEPTAGONAL

HEPTAG'ONAL, adjective Having seven angles or sides. heptagonal numbers, in arithmetic, a sort of polygonal numbers, wherein the difference of the terms of the corresponding ari...

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HEPTAGYN

HEP'TAGYN, noun [Gr. seven, and a female.] In botany, a plant that has seven pistils.

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HEPTAGYNIAN

HEPTAGYN'IAN, adjective Having seven pistils.

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HEPTAHEXAHEDRAL

HEPTAHEXAHE'DRAL, adjective [Gr. seven, and hexahedral.] Presenting seven ranges of faces one above another, each range containing six faces.

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HEPTAMEREDE

HEPTAM'EREDE, noun [Gr. seven, and part.]That which divides into seven parts.

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HEPTANDER

HEPTAND'ER, noun [Gr. seven, and a male.] In botany, a plant having seven stamens.

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HEPTANDRIAN

HEPTAN'DRIAN, adjective Having seven stamens.

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HEPTANGULAR

HEPTAN'GULAR, adjective [Gr. seven, and angular.] Having seven angles.

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HEPTAPHYLLOUS

HEPTAPH'YLLOUS, adjective [Gr. seven, and a leaf.] Having seven leaves.

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HEPTARCHIC

HEPTAR'CHIC, adjective Denoting a sevenfold government.

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HEPTARCHIST

HEP'TARCHIST, noun A ruler of one division of a heptarchy.

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HEPTARCHY

HEP'TARCHY, noun [Gr. seven and rule.] A government by seven persons, or the country governed by seven persons. But the word is usually applied to England, when under the govern...

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HEPTATEUCH

HEP'TATEUCH, noun [Gr. seven, and book.] The first seven books of the Old Testament. [Little used.]

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HER

HER, pronounced hur, an adjective, or pronominal adjective of the third person. [Latin suus.]1. Belonging to a female; as her face; her head.2. It is used before neuter nouns in...

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HERALD

HER'ALD, noun1. An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. Hence,2...