Webster's Dictionary 1913

2431

Hit (4)

Hit (?), v. i. 1. To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; — followed by against or on.If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and hit one against another? Locke...

2432

Hit (5)

Hit, n. 1. A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.So he the famed Cilician fencer praised,And, at each hit, with wonder ...

2433

Hitch

Hitch (hĭch), v. t. [Cf. Scot. hitch a motion by a jerk, and hatch, hotch, to move by jerks, also Prov. G. hiksen, G. hinken, to limp, hobble; or E. hiccough; or possibly akin t...

2434

Hitch (2)

Hitch, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hitched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hitching.] 1. To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a ...

2435

Hitch (3)

Hitch, n. 1. A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.2. The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.3. A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage;...

2436

Hitchel

Hitch″el (?), n. & v. t. See Hatchel.

2437

Hithe

Hithe (hīt͡h), n. [AS. hȳð. Cf. Hide to conceal.] A port or small haven; — used in composition; as, Lambhithe, now Lambeth. Pennant.

2438

Hither

Hith″er (?), adv. [OE. hider, AS. hider; akin to Icel. hēðra, Dan. hid, Sw. hit, Goth. hidrē; cf. L. citra on this side, or E. here, he. √183. Cf. He.]1. To this place; — used w...

2439

Hither (2)

Hith″er, a. 1. Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; — correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill. Milton.2. Applied to time: On ...

2440

Hithermost

Hith″er‐most′ (?), a. Nearest on this side. Sir M. Hale.

2441

Hitherto

Hith″er‐to′ (?), adv. 1. To this place; to a prescribed limit.Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further. Job xxxviii. 11.2. Up to this time; as yet; until now.The Lord hath bless...

2442

Hitherward

Hith″er‐ward (?), adv. [AS. hiderweard.] Toward this place; hither.Marching hitherward in proud array. Shak.

2443

Hitter

Hit″ter (?), n. One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.

2444

Hittite

Hit″tite (?), n. [From Heb. Khittīm Hittites.] A member of an ancient people (or perhaps group of peoples) whose settlements extended from Armenia westward into Asia Minor and s...

2445

Hittorf rays

Hit″torf rays (?). (Elec.) Rays (chiefly cathode rays) developed by the electric discharge in Hittorf tubes.

2446

Hittorf tube

Hit″torf tube. (Elec.) (a) A highly exhausted glass tube with metallic electrodes nearly in contact so as to exhibit the insulating effects of a vacuum. It was used by the Germa...

2447

Hive

Hive (?), n. [OE. hive, huve, AS. h�fe.] 1. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees. Dryden.2. The bees of one hive; a swarm ...

2448

Hive (2)

Hive, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hived (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hiving.] 1. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.2. To store up in a hi...

2449

Hive (3)

Hive, v. i. To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body. Pope.

2450

Hiveless

Hive″less, a. Destitute of a hive. Gascoigne.

2451

Hiver

Hiv″er (?), n. One who collects bees into a hive.

2452

Hives

Hives (?), n. [Scot.; perh. akin to E. heave.] (Med.) (a) The croup. (b) An eruptive disease (Varicella globularis), allied to the chicken pox.

2453

Hizz

Hizz (?), v. i. To hiss. Shak.

2454

Ho

Ho (?), pron. Who. In some Chaucer MSS.

2455

Ho (2)

{ Ho, Hoa } (?), n. [See Ho, interj., 2.] A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.There is no ho with them. Decker.

2456

Ho (3)

{ Ho, Hoa } (hō), interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho.] 1. Halloo! attend! — a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. “What noise there, ho?” Shak. “Ho! who's within?” Sha...

2457

Hoar

Hoar (?), a. [OE. hor, har, AS. hār; akin to Icel. hārr, and to OHG. hēr illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Heið brightness of the sky, Goth. hais torch, Skr. kētus light, torc...