Hopperings
Hop″per‐ings (?), n.(Gold Washing) Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Hoppestere
Hop′pes‐tere″ (?), a. An unexplained epithet used by Chaucer in reference to ships. By some it is defined as “dancing (on the wave)”; by others as “opposing,” “warlike.” T. R. L...
Hoppet
Hop″pet (?), n. 1. A hand basket; also, a dish used by miners for measuring ore.2. An infant in arms. Halliwell.
Hopping
Hop″ping (?), n. The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.Hopping Dick(Zoöl.), a thrush of Jamaica (Merula leucogenys), resembling the English bl...
Hopping (2)
Hop″ping, n. [See 3rd Hop.] A gathering of hops.
Hopple
Hop″ple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hoppled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hoppling (?).] [From Hop; cf. Hobble.] 1. To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely togeth...
Hopple (2)
Hop″ple, n. A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; — chiefly used in the plural.
Hopplebush
Hop″ple‐bush′ (?), n. Same as Hobblebush.
Hoppo
Hop″po (?), n. (a) A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce. (b) A tribunal or commission having charge of the revenue derived from trade and navigation.Hop...
Hopscotch
Hop″scotch′ (?), n. A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground; — called...
Hopyard
Hop″yard′ (?), n. A field where hops are raised.
Horal
Ho″ral (?), a. [L. horalis, fr. hora hour. See Hour.] Of or pertaining to an hour, or to hours. Prior.
Horaly
Ho″ra‐ly (?), adv. Hourly.
Horary
Ho″ra‐ry (?), a. [LL. horarius, fr. L. hora hour: cf. F. horaire. See Hour.] 1. Of or pertaining to an hour; noting the hours. Spectator.2. Occurring once an hour; continuing an...
Horatian
Ho‐ra″tian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Horace, the Latin poet, or resembling his style.
Horde
Horde (hōrd), n. [F. horde (cf. G. horde), fr. Turk. ordū, ordī, camp; of Tartar origin.] A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people migrating fr...
Hordeic
Hor‐de″ic (?), a. [L. hordeum barley.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, barley; as, hordeic acid, an acid identical or isomeric with lauric acid.
Hordein
Hor″de‐in (?), n. [L. hordeum barley.] (Chem.) A peculiar starchy matter contained in barley. It is a complex mixture.
Hordeolum
‖Hor‐de″o‐lum (?), n. [NL., fr. L. hordeolus, dim. of hordeum barley.] (Med.) A small tumor upon the eyelid, resembling a grain of barley; a sty.
Hordock
Hor″dock′ (?), n. An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to burdock.
Hore
Hore (?), a. Hoar. Chaucer.
Horehound
Hore″hound′ (?), n. [OE. horehune, AS. hārhune; hār hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species of organum, Gr. �, Skr. kn�y to smell.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Marr...
Horizon
Ho‐ri″zon (?), n. [F., fr. L. horizon, fr. Gr. � (sc. �) the bounding line, horizon, fr. � to bound, fr. � boundary, limit.] 1. The circle which bounds that part of the earth's ...
Horizontal
Hor′i‐zon″tal (?), a. [Cf. F. horizontal.] 1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. “Horizontal misty air.” Milton.2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or...
Horizontality
Hor′i‐zon‐tal″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. horizontalité.] The state or quality of being horizontal. Kirwan.
Horizontally
Hor′i‐zon″tal‐ly, adv. In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally.
Hormogonium
‖Hor′mo‐go‐ni″um (?), n.(Bot.) A chain of small cells in certain algæ, by which the plant is propagated.