Webster's Dictionary 1828

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HIPPED

HIP, HIPPED HIPPISH. [See Hyp.]

1244

HIPPELAPH

HIP'PELAPH, noun An animal of the deer kind, in Norway, about the size of the elk, and partaking of the nature of the horse and the stag.

1245

HIPPISH

HIP, HIPPED, HIPPISH [See Hyp.]

1246

HIPPOCAMP

HIP'POCAMP, noun [Gr. a horse, and to bend.] A name given to the sea-horse.

1247

HIPPOCENTAUR

HIPPOCEN'TAUR, noun [Gr. a horse, to spur, and a bull.]In ancient fable, a supposed monster, half man and half horse. The hippocentaur differed from the centaur in this, that th...

1248

HIPPOCRAS

HIP'POCRAS, noun A medicinal drink, composed of wine with an infusion of spices and other ingredients; used as a cordial. That directed by the late London Dispensary, is to be m...

1249

HIPPOCRATISM

HIPPOC'RATISM, noun The philosophy of Hippocrates, as it regards medicine.

1250

HIPPODAME

HIP'PODAME, noun A sea-horse.

1251

HIPPODROME

HIP'PODROME, noun [Gr. a horse, and a course, to run.] Anciently, a circus, or place in which horse races and chariot races were performed, and horses exercised.

1252

HIPPOGRIFF

HIP'POGRIFF, noun [Gr. a horse, and a griffon.] A fabulous animal or monster, half horse and half griffon; a winged horse, imagined by Ariosto.

1253

HIPPOLITH

HIP'POLITH, noun [Gr. a horse, and a stone.] A stone found in the stomach or intestines of a horse.

1254

HIPPOMANE

HIP'POMANE, noun [Gr. a horse, and madness.]1. A sort of poisonous substance, used anciently as a philter or love-charm.2. In botany, the manchineel-tree, which abounds with a m...

1255

HIPPOPHAGOUS

HIPPOPH'AGOUS, adjective Feeding on horses, as the Tartars.

1256

HIPPOPHAGY

HIPPOPH'AGY, noun [Gr. a horse, and to eat.] The act or practice of feeding on horses.

1257

HIPPOPOTAMUS

HIPPOPOT'AMUS, noun [Gr. a horse, and a river.] The river-horse, an animal that inhabits the Nile and other rivers in Africa. This animal resembles a hog rather than a horse, an...

1258

HIPPOPOTAMY

HIPPOPOT'AMYHIP'ROOF, noun [hip and roof.] A roof that has an angle.

1259

HIPSHOT

HIP'SHOT, adjective [hip and shot.] Having the hip dislocated.

1260

HIPWORT

HIP'WORT, noun A plant.

1261

HIRE

HIRE, verb transitive1. To procure from another person and for temporary use, at a certain price, or for a stipulated or reasonable equivalent; as, to hire a farm for a year; to...

1262

HIRED

HI'RED, participle passive Procured or taken for use, at a stipulated or reasonable price; as a hired farm.1. Employed in service for a compensation; as a hired man; a hired ser...

1263

HIRELING

HI'RELING, noun One who is hired, or who serves for wages.1. A mercenary; a prostitute.HI'RELING, adjective Serving for wages; venal; mercenary; employed for money or other comp...

1264

HIRER

HI'RER, noun One that hires; one that procures the use of any thing for a compensation; one who employs persons for wages, or contracts with persons for service.

1265

HIRING

HI'RING, participle present tense Procuring the use of for a compensation.

1266

HIRSUTE

HIRSU'TE, adjective [Latin hirsutus.]1. Hairy; rough with hair; shaggy; set with bristles.2. In botany, it is nearly synonymous with hispid, but it denotes having more hairs or ...

1267

HIRSUTENESS

HIRSU'TENESS, noun Hairiness.

1268

HIS

HIS, pronoun possessive of he, and pronounced hiz.1. Of him. Thus in Alfred's Orosius, 'Sume for his ege ne dorstan.' Some for fear of his durst not; literally, for his awe, for...

1269

HISINGERITE

HIS'INGERITE, noun A mineral found in the cavities of calcarious spar, in Sudermanland.