Hamatum
‖Ha‐ma″tum (hȧ‐mā″tŭm), n. [NL., fr. L. hamatus hooked.] (Anat.) See Unciform.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Hamble
Ham″ble (hăm″b'l), v. t. [OE. hamelen to mutilate, AS. hamelian; akin to OHG. hamalōn to mutilate, hamal mutilated, ham mutilated, Icel. hamla to mutilate. Cf.Hamper to fetter.]...
Hamburg
Ham″burg (–bûrg), n. A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe.Black Hamburg grape. See under Black. — Hamburg edging, a kind of embroidered work done by machiner...
Hame
Hame (hām), n. Home.
Hame (2)
Hame, n. [Scot. haims, hammys, hems, OE. ham; cf. D. haam.] One of the two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. T...
Hamel
Ham″el (hăm″ĕl), v. t. Same as Hamble.
Hamesecken
{ Hame″seck′en (hām″sĕk′'n), Hame″suck′en (–sŭk′'n), } n. [AS. hāmsōcn. See Home, and Seek.] (Scots Law) The felonious seeking and invasion of a person in his dwelling house. Bo...
Hamfatter
Ham″fat′ter (?), n. [From a negro minstrel song called “The ham-fat man.”] A low-grade actor or performer.
Hamiform
Ha″mi‐form (hā″mĭ‐fôrm), a. [L. hamus hook + -form.] Hook-shaped.
Hamilton period
Ham″il‐ton pe″ri‐od (hăm″ĭl‐tŭn pē″rĭ‐ŭd). (Geol.) A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; — so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, H...
Haminura
‖Ham′i‐nu″ra (hăm′ĭ‐nū″rȧ), n.(Zoöl.) A large edible river fish (Erythrinus macrodon) of Guiana.
Hamite
Ha″mite (hā″mīt), n. [L. hamus hook.] (Paleon.) A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form.
Hamite (2)
Ham″ite (hăm″īt), n. A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son. See Gen. x. 6-20.
Hamitic
Ham‐it″ic (hăm‐ĭt″ĭk), a. Pertaining to Ham or his descendants.Hamitic languages, the group of languages spoken mainly in the Sahara, Egypt, Galla, and Somâli Land, and supposed...
Hamlet
Ham″let (hăm″lĕt), n. [OE. hamelet, OF. hamelet, dim. of hamel, F. hameau, LL. hamellum, a dim. of German origin; cf. G. heim home. √220. See Home.] A small village; a little cl...
Hamleted
Ham″let‐ed, p. a. Confined to a hamlet. Feltham.
Hammer
Ham″mer (–mẽr), n. [OE. hamer, AS. hamer, hamor; akin to D. hamer, G. & Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to Gr. ἄκμων anvil, Skr. açman stone.] 1....
Hammer (2)
Ham″mer, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hammered (–mẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n.Hammering.] 1. To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron.2. To form or forge with a hammer...
Hammer (3)
Ham″mer, v. i. 1. To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer.Whereon this month I have been hammering. Shak.2. To strike repeated blows, li...
Hammer (4)
Ham″mer, n.(Athletics) A spherical weight attached to a flexible handle and hurled from a mark or ring. The weight of head and handle is usually not less than 16 pounds.
Hammer break
Ham″mer break. (Elec.) An interrupter in which contact is broken by the movement of an automatically vibrating hammer between a contact piece and an electromagnet, or of a rapid...
Hammer lock
Hammer lock. (Wrestling) A hold in which an arm of one contestant is held twisted and bent behind his back by his opponent.
Hammer-beam
Ham″mer–beam′ (–bēm′), n.(Gothic Arch.) A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. ...
Hammer-dressed
Ham″mer–dressed′ (–drĕst′), a. Having the surface roughly shaped or faced with the stonecutter's hammer; — said of building stone.
Hammer-harden
Ham″mer–hard′en (–härd′'n), v. t. To harden, as a metal, by hammering it in the cold state.
Hammer-less
Ham″mer–less, a.(Firearms) Without a visible hammer; — said of a gun having a cock or striker concealed from sight, and out of the way of an accidental touch.
Hammerable
Ham″mer‐a‐ble (–ȧ‐b'l), a. Capable of being formed or shaped by a hammer. Sherwood.