Webster's Dictionary 1913

1891

Hesitantly

Hes″i‐tant‐ly, adv. With hesitancy or doubt.

1892

Hesitate

Hes″i‐tate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Hesitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hesitating.] [L. haesitatus, p. p. of haesitare, intens. fr. haerere to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fa...

1893

Hesitate (2)

Hes″i‐tate, v. t. To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope.

1894

Hesitatingly

Hes″i‐ta′ting‐ly, adv. With hesitation or doubt.

1895

Hesitation

Hes′i‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. haesitatio: cf. F. hésitation.] 1. The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.2. A faltering in speech; stammering. Swift.

1896

Hesitative

Hes″i‐ta‐tive (?), a. Showing, or characterized by, hesitation.in his mild, hesitative way. R. D. Blackmore.

1897

Hesitatory

Hes″i‐ta‐to‐ry (?), a. Hesitating. R. North.

1898

Hesp

Hesp (?), n. [Cf. Icel. hespa a hasp, a wisp or skein. See Hasp.] A measure of two hanks of linen thread. [Written also hasp.] Knight.

1899

Hesper

Hes″per (?), n. [See Hesperian.] The evening; Hesperus.

1900

Hesperetin

Hes‐per″e‐tin (?), n.(Chem.) A white, crystalline substance having a sweetish taste, obtained by the decomposition of hesperidin, and regarded as a complex derivative of caffeic...

1901

Hesperian

Hes‐pe″ri‐an (?), a. [L. hesperius, fr. hesperus the evening star, Gr. � evening, � � the evening star. Cf. Vesper.] Western; being in the west; occidental. Milton.

1902

Hesperian (2)

Hes‐pe″ri‐an, n. A native or an inhabitant of a western country. J. Barlow.

1903

Hesperian (3)

Hes‐pe″ri‐an, a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a family of butterflies called Hesperidæ, or skippers. — n. Any one of the numerous species of Hesperidæ; a skipper.

1904

Hesperid

Hes″per‐id (?), a. & n.(Zoöl.) Same as 3d Hesperian.

1905

Hesperidene

Hes‐per″i‐dene (?), n. [See Hesperidium.] (Chem.) An isomeric variety of terpene from orange oil.

1906

Hesperides

‖Hes‐per″i‐des (?), n. pl.1. (Class. Myth.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the ...

1907

Hesperidin

Hes‐per″i‐din (?), n. [See Hesperidium.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

1908

Hesperidium

‖Hes′pe‐rid″i‐um (?), n. [NL. So called in allusion to the golden apples of the Hesperides. See Hesperides.] (Bot.) A large berry with a thick rind, as a lemon or an orange.

1909

Hesperornis

‖Hes′pe‐ror″nis (?), n.(Paleon.) A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and were essen...

1910

Hesperus

‖Hes″pe‐rus (?), n. [L. See Hesper.] 1. Venus when she is the evening star; Hesper.2. Evening.The Sun was sunk, and after him the StarOf Hesperus. Milton.

1911

Hessian

Hes″sian (?), a. Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.Hessian boots, orHessians, boot of a kind worn in England, in the early part of the nineteenth century, ...

1912

Hessian (2)

Hes″sian, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Hesse.2. A mercenary or venal person.☞ This use is a relic of the patriot hatred of the Hessian mercenaries who served with the British...

1913

Hessite

Hess″ite (?), n. [After H. Hess.] (Min.) A lead-gray sectile mineral. It is a telluride of silver.

1914

Hest

Hest (?), n. [AS. h�s, fr. h�tan to call, bid. See Hight, and cf. Behest.] Command; precept; injunction. See Behest. “At thy hest.” Shak.Let him that yields obey the victor's he...

1915

Hestern

{ Hes″tern (?), Hes‐ter″nal (?), } a. [L. hesternus; akin to heri yesterday.] Pertaining to yesterday. See Yester, a.Ld. Lytton.

1916

Hesychast

Hes″y‐chast (?), n. One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenth century; a quietist. Brande & C.

1917

Hetæra

{ ‖He‐tæ″ra (?), ‖He‐tai″ra (?) }, n.; pl. -ræ (#). [NL. See Hetairism.] (Gr. Antiq.) A female paramour; a mistress, concubine, or harlot. — He‐tæ″ric, He‐tai″ric (#), a.