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HUMMER, n. One that hums; an applauder.
HUMMING, ppr. Making a low, buzzing or murmuring

sound.

HUMMING, n. The sound of bees; a low, murmuring sound.

HUM MING-ALE, n. Sprightly ale. Dryden.

HUM MUMS, n. plu. [Persian.] Sweating places, or baths

HUMOR, n [L.] 1. Moisture; but the word is chiefly used to express the moisture or fluids of animal bodies, as the humors of the eye. 2. A disease of the skin; cutaneous eruptions. 3. Turn of mind; temper; disposition, or rather a peculiarity of disposition often temporary. 4. That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas a wild or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations. Humor is less poignant and brilliant than wit; hence it is always agreeable. Wit, directed against folly, often offends by its severity; humor makes a man ashamed of his follies, without exciting his resentment. 5. Petulance; peevishness; better expressed by ill-humor. 6. A trick; a practice or habit.

*HUMOR, v. t. 1. To gratify by yielding to particular inclination, humor, wish or desire; to indulge by compliance. 2. To suit; to indulge; to favor by imposing no restraint, and rather contributing to promote by occasional aids.

* HÜ'MOR-AL, a. Pertaining to or proceeding from the humors. Harvey.

*HU-MORED, pp. Indulged; favored.

*HUMOR-ING, ppr. Indulging a particular wish or propensity; favoring; contributing to aid by falling into a design or course.

*HUMOR-IST, n. 1. One who conducts himself by his own inclination, or bent of mind; one who gratifies his own humor. 2. One that indulges humor in speaking or writing; one who has a playful fancy or genius. 3. Öne who has odd conceits; also, a wag; a droll.

* HUMOR-OUS, a. Containing humor; full of wild or fanciful images; adapted to excite laughter. 2. Having the power to speak or write in the style of humor; fanciful; playful; exciting laughter. 3. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical; [obs.] || 4. Moist; humid; [obs.]

HUMOR-OUS-LY, adv. 1. With a wild or grotesque combination of ideas; in a manner to excite laughter or mirth; pleasantly; jocosely. 2. Capriciously; whimsically; in conformity with one's humor.

HUMOR-OUS-NESS, n. 1. The state or quality of being humorous; oddness of conceit; jocularity. 2. Fickleness; capriciousness. 3. Peevishness; petulence. HUMOR-SOME, a. 1. Peevish; petulant; influenced by the humor of the moment. 2. Odd; humorous; adapted to excite laughter.

*HU MOR-SOME-LY, adv. 1. Peevishly; petulantly. 2. Oddly; humorously.

HUMP, n. [L. umbo.] The protuberance formed by a crook

ed back.

HUMP/BACK, n. A crooked back; high shoulders. HUMP'BACKED, a. Having a crooked back. HUNCH, n. 1. A hump; a protuberance. 2. A lump; a thick piece. New England. 3. A push or jerk with the fist or elbow.

HUNCH, v. t. 1. To push with the elbow; to push or thrust with a sudden jerk. 2. To push out in a protuberance; to crook the back.

HUNCH BACKED, a. Having a crooked back.

* HUND'RED, a. [Sax. hund, or hundred.] Denoting the product of ten multiplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten.

* HUND/RED, n. 1. A collection, body or sum, consisting of ten times ten individuals or units; the number 100. 2. A division or part of a county in England, supposed to have originally contained a hundred families, or a hundred warriors, or a hundred manors.

HUND RED-COURT, n. In England, a court held for all
the inhabitants of a hundred. Blackstone.
HUNDRED-ER, n. 1. In England, a man who may be of a
jury in any controversy respecting land within the hund-
red to which he belongs. 2. One having the jurisdiction
of a hundred.

HUND REDTH, a. The ordinal of a hundred.
HUNG, pret. and pp. of hang.
HUNGA-RY-WATER, n. A distilled water prepared from
the tops of flowers of rosemary; so called from a queen of
Hungary, for whose use it was first made.

HUNGER, n. [Sax., G., Dan., Sw. hunger.] 1. An uneasy sensation occasioned by the want of food'; a craving of food by the stomach; craving appetite. 2. Any strong or eager desire.

HUNGER, v. i. 1. To feel the pain or uneasiness which is occasioned by long abstinence from food; to crave food. 2. To desire with great eagerness; to long for.

↑ HUNGER. v. t. To famish.

HUNGER-BIT,

a. Pained, pinched or weakened by HUNGER-BIT-TEN, hunger.

HUNGER-ING, ppr. Feeling the uneasiness of want of food; desiring eagerly; longing for; craving.

HUN GER-LY, a. Hungry; wanting food. Shak. HUNGER-LY, ade. With keen appetite. [Little used.] Shak HUNGER-STARVED, a. Starved with hunger; pinched by want of food. Dryden.

HUNGRED, a. Hungry; pinched by want of food. HUNGRI-LY, adv. With keen appetite; voraciously. Dry

den. HUNGRY, a. 1. Having a keen appetite; feeling pain or uneasiness from want of food. 2. Having an eager desire. 3. Lean; emaciated, as if reduced by hunger. rich or fertile; poor; barren; requiring substances to enrich itself.

4. Not

HUNKS, n. A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard. HUNS, n. [L. Hunni.] The Scythians who conquered Pannonia, and gave it its present name, Hungary. HUNT, e. t. [Sax. huntian.] 1. To chase wild animals, particularly quadrupeds, for the purpose of catching them for food, or for the diversion of sportsmen; to pursue with hounds for taking, as game. 2. To go in search of, for the purpose of shooting. 3. To pursue; to follow closely. 4. To use, direct or manage hounds in the chase.—To kunt out or after, to seek; to search for. Locke.-To hunt from, to pursue and drive out or away.-To hunt down, to depress; to bear down by persecution or violence. HUNT, v. i. 1. To follow the chase. 2. To seek wild animals for game, or for killing them by shooting when noxious. 3. To seek by close pursuit; to search. HUNT, n. 1. A chase of wild animals for catching them 2. A huntsman; [obs.] 3. A pack of hounds. 4. Pursuit; chase. 5. A seeking of wild animals of any kind for game.

HUNTED, pp. Chased; pursued; sought.

HUNTER, n. 1. One who pursues wild animals with a view to take them, either for sport or for food. 2. A dog that scents game, or is employed in the chase. 3. A horse used in the chase.

HUNTING, ppr. Chasing for seizure; pursuing; seeking; searching. HUNTING, a. 1. The act or practice of pursuing wild animals, for catching or killing them. 2. A pursuit ; a seeking.

HUNTING-HORN, n. A bugle; a horn used to cheer the hounds in pursuit of game.

HUNTING-HORSE, n. A horse used in hunting. ButHUNTING-NAG, ler.

HUNTING-SEAT, n. A temporary residence for the purpose of hunting. Gray.

HUNTRESS, n. A female that follows the chase. HUNTSMAN, n. 1. One who practices hunting. 2. The servant whose office it is to manage the chase. HUNTS MAN-SHIP, n. The art or practice of hunting. HUR'DEN, n. A course kind of linen. [Local, or obs.] HURDLE, n. [Sax. hyrdel.] 1. A texture of twigs, osiers or sticks; a crate of various forms, according to its destination.-2. In fortification, a collection of twigs or sticks interwoven closely and sustained by long stakes.-3. la husbandry, a frame of split timber or sticks wattled together, serving for gates, inclosures, &c.

HUR DLE, v. t. To make up, hedge, cover, or close with hurdles. Seward.

HURDS, n. The coarse part of flax or hemp. Ser HARDS. HUR DY-GURDY, n. An instrument of music, said to be used in the streets of London.

HURL, v. t. [Arm, harlua.] 1. To throw with violence, to drive with great force. 2. To utter with vehemence; [not in use.] 3. To play at a kind of game.

HURL, v. i. To move rapidly; to whirl. Thomson. HURL, n. 1. The act of throwing with violence. 2. Tumult; riot; commotion. Knolles.

HURL BAT, n. A whirl-bat; an old kind of weapon. HURL BONE, n. In a horse, a bone near the middle of the buttock. Encyc.

HURLED, pp. Thrown with violence.

HURLER, n. One who hurls, or who plays at hurling.
HURLING, ppr. Throwing with force; playing at hurling.
HURLWIND, n. A whirlwind, which see. Sandys.
HURLY,
n. [Dan. hurl om burl; Fr. Al
HURLY-BURL-Y, burlu.] Tumult; bustle; confusion

Shak. HUR-RAW7, HUR-RXH', ezclam. Hoora; huzza. See HOORA. HURRI-CANE, n. [Sp. huracan, for furacan.] 1. A must violent storm of wind. 2. Any violent tempest. HURRIED, pp. Hastened; urged or impelled to rapid motion or vigorous action.

HUR RI-ER, n. One who hurries, urges or impels. HURRY, v. t. [L. carro; Fr. courir.] 1. To hasten, to impel to greater speed; to drive or press forward with more rapidity; to urge to act or proceed with more celerity. 2. To drive or finpel with violence. 3. To urge ar

drive with precipitation and confusion; for confusion is often caused by hurry.-To hurry away, to drive or carry away in haste.

HUR KY, v. i. To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation.

HURRY, a. 1. A driving or pressing forward in motion or business. 2. Pressure; urgency to haste. 3. Precipitation that occasions disorder or confusion. 4. Tumult; bustle; commotion.

HURRY-ING, ppr Driving or urging to greater speed; precipitating.

HURRY-SKUR/RY, adv. Confusedly; in a bustle. HURST, R. [Sax. hurst, or hyrst.] A wood or grove. HURT, v. t. pret. and pp. hurt. [Sax. hyrt.] 1. To bruise; to give pain by a contusion, pressure, or any violence to the body. 2. To wound; to injure or impair the sound state of the body, as by incision or fracture. 3. To harm; to damage; to injure by occasioning loss. 4. To injure by diminution; to impair. 5. To injure by reducing in quality; to impair the strength, purity or beauty of. 6. To harm; to injure; to dainage, in general. 7. To wound; to injure; to give pain to.

HURT, n. 1. A wound; a bruise; any thing that gives pain to the body. 2. Harm; mischief; injury. 3. Injury;

loss.

HURTER, n. One who hurts or does harm.

HURTERS, R. Pieces of wood at the lower end of a platform, to prevent the wheels of gun-carriages from injuring the parapet.

HURTFUL, a. Injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or destruction; tending to impair or destroy. HURT FUL-LY, adv. Injuriously; mischievously. HURT FIL-NESS, n. Injuriousness; tendency to occasion loss or destruction; mischievousness.

HURTLE, v. i. [from hurt.] To clash or run against; to jostle; to skirmish; to meet in shock and encounter; to wheel suddenly.

HURTLE, . t. 1. To move with violence or impetuosity. Spenser. 2. To push forcibly; to whirl. HUR TLE-BER-RY, n. A whortleberry, which see. HURT LESS, a. 1. Harmless; innocent; doing no injury; innoxious. 2. Receiving no injury.

HURT LESS-LY, ade. Without harm. [Little used.] HURT LESS-NESS, n. Freedom from any harmful quality. [Little used.] Johnson.

HUS BAND, n. [Sax. husbonda.] 1. A man contracted or joined to a woman by marriage. A man to whom a woinan is betrothed.-2. In seamen's language, the owner of a ship who manages its concerns in person. 3. The male of animals of a lower order. 4. An economist; a good manager; a man who knows and practices the methods of frugality and profit. 5. A farmer; a cultivator; a tiller of the ground.

HUSBAND, e. t. 1. To direct and manage with frugality in expending any thing; to use with economy. 2. To till; to cultivate with good management. 3. To supply with a husband; [little used.]

HUSBAND-A-BLE, a. Manageable with economy. HUSBAND-ED, pp. Used or managed with economy; well-managed.

HUSBAND-ING, ppr. Using or managing with frugality. HU'S BAND-LESS, a. Destitute of a husband. HUS BAND-LY, a. Frugal; thrifty. [Little used.] HUSBAND-MAN, n. 1. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground; one who labors in tillage. 2. The master of a family. Chaucer.

MUS BAND-RY, . 1. The business of a farmer. 2. Frugality; domestic economy; good management; thrift. 3. Care of domestic affairs.

HUSH, e. [G. kusch.] Silent; still; quiet; as, they are Aush as death.

HUSH, e. t. 1. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress noise. Shak. 2. To appease; to allay; to

calm.

HUSH, v. i. To be still; to be silent. Spenser.

HUSH, imperative of the verb, used as an exclamation, be

still be silent or quiet; make no noise-To hush up to suppress; to keep concealed. Pope.

HUSH MON-EY, n. A bribe to secure silence; money paid to hinder information, or disclosure of facts. HUSK, . [qu. W. geisg.] The external covering of certain fruits or seeds of plants.

HUSK, v. t. To strip off the external integument or covering of the fruits or seeds of plants.

HUSKED, pp. 1. Stripped of its husks. 2. 4. Covered with||

a husk.

HUSK I-NESS, 1x. The state of being dry and rough, like

a husk.

HUSK ING, ppr. Stripping off husks.

BUSKING, . The act of stripping off husks.

HUSKY, 4. 1. Abounding with husks; consisting of husks. 2. Resembling husks; dry; rough. 3. Rough, as sound; harsb; whizzing.

HO SO,. A fish of the genus accipenser.

HUS-SAR', n. [Tartar, uswar.] A mounted soldier, or horseman, in German cavalry.

HUSSITE, n. A follower of John Huss, the reformer. HUSSY, n. [contracted from huswife, housewife.] 1. A bad or worthless woman. 2. An economist; a thrifty woman. Tusser.

HUSTINGS, n. [Sax. hustinge.] 1. A court held in Guildhall, in London, before the lord mayor and aldermen of the city; the supreme court or council of the city. 2. The place where an election of a member of parliament is held. Burke.

HUSTLE, (hus) v. i. [D. hutselen.] To shake together in confusion; to push or crowd. To shrug up the shoulders. Grose.

*HUS WIFE, n. 1. A worthless woman. [See Hussy.] Shak. 2. A female economist; a thrifty woman. Shak. *HUS/WIFE, v. t. To manage with economy and frugality. HUS WIFE-LY, a. Thrifty; frugal; becoming a house

wife. Tusser.

HUS WIFE-LY, adv. Thriftily; like a good huswife or husband.

HUS WIFE-RY, n. The business of managing the concerns of a family by a female; female management. HUT, n. [G. hutte; D. hut.] A small house, hovel or cabin; a mean lodge or dwelling; a cottage.

HUT, v. t. To place in huts, as troops encamped in winter quarters. Smollett.

HUT, v. i. To take lodgings in huts. T. Pickering.
HUT TED, pp. Lodged in huts. Mitford.
HUTTING, ppr. Placing in huts; taking lodgings in huts.
HUTCH, n. [Fr. huche.] 1. A chest or box; a corn-chest or
bin; a case for rabbits. Mortimer. 2. A rat-trap.
HUTCH, v. t. To hoard; to lay up as in a chest. Milton.
HUTCH-IN-SONI-AN, R. A follower of the opinions of
John Hutchinson, of Yorkshire, England.

HUX, v. t. To fish for pike with hooks and lines fastened to floating bladders. Encyc.

† HUZZ, v. i. To buzz. Barret.

HUZ-ZA', n. A shout of joy; a foreign word, used in writing only, and most preposterously, as it is never used in practice. The word used is our native word hoora, or hooraw. See HOORA. HUZ-ZX', v. i. To utter a loud shout of joy, or an acclamation in foy or praise.

HUZ-ZA, v. t. To receive or attend with shouts of joy. HY'A-CINTH, n. [L. hyacinthus.] 1. In botany, a genus of plants, of several species.-2. In mineralogy, a mineral, a variety of zircon.

HY-A-CINTHINE, a. Made of hyacinth; consisting of hyacinth; resembling hyacinth. Milton.

HY ADS, n. [Gr. bades.] In astronomy, a cluster of seven stars in the Bull's head, supposed by the ancients to bring

rain.

IIVA-LINE, a. [Gr. baivos.] Glassy; resembling glass, consisting of glass. Milton.

HY'A-LITE, R. [Gr. balos.] Muller's glass.
HY BER-NA-CLË,
HIBERNACLE,
HY BER-NATE,
See HIBERNATE,
HY-BER-NATION.
HIBERNATION.

HYBRID, n. [L. hybrida.] A mongrel or mule; an animal
or plant, produced from the mixture of two species. Lee.
HYBRID, a. Mongrel; produced from the mixture
HYBRI-DOUS, of two species.

HY DAGE, n. In law, a tax on lands, at a certain rate by the hide. Blackstone.

HY DA-TID, n. [Gr. bdaris.] A little transparent vesicle HY'DA-TIS, or bladder filled with water, on any part of the body, as in dropsy.

HY DRA, n. [L. hydra.] 1. A water serpent.-In fabulous history, a serpent or monster, represented as having many heads, slain by Hercules. 2. A technical name of a genus of zoophytes, called polypus, or polypuses. 3. A southern constellation, containing 60 stars.

HY-DRACID, a. [Gr. bdwp, and acid.] An acid formed by the union of hydrogen with a substance without oxygen. HY DRA-GOGUE, (hidra-gog) n. [Gr. bdpaywyos.] A medicine that occasions a discharge of watery humors. HY-DRAN GE-A, n. [Gr. bowo and ayytov.] A plant. HYDRANT, n. [Gr. bepair.] A pipe or machine, by which water is raised and discharged. HY-DRAR GIL-LITE, n. [Gr. bdwp and apyλλos.] A mineral, called also wavelite.

HYDRATE, n. [Gr. bcwp.] In chemistry, a compound in definite proportions, of a metallic oxyd with water. a. [Fr. hydraulique ; L. hydraulicus.] HY-DRAULIC, HY DRAULI-CAL, 1. Relating to the conveyance of water through pipes. 2. Transmitting water through pipes.

HY-DRAULICS, n. The science of the motion and force of fluids, and of the construction of all kinds of instruments and machines by which the force of fluids is applied to practical purposes; a branch of hydrostatics.

HY-DRENTE-RO-CELE, n. [Gr. bdwp, evrepov and xnλn.] A dropsy of the scrotum with rupture.

HYD-RI-ŎD IЄ, a. [hydrogen and iodic.] Denoting a peculiar acid or gaseous substance.

HYD RI-O-DATE, n. A salt formed by the hydriodic acid with a base. De Claubry.

HY-DRO-CAR/BO-NATE, n. [hydrogen, and L. carbo.] Carbureted hydrogen gas.

HY-DRO-CAR BU-RET, n. Carbureted hydrogen. HYDRO-CELE, n. [Gr. bipoкnλn.] Any hernia proceeding from water; a watery tumor, particularly one in the scrotum. A dropsy of the scrotum.

HY-DRO-CEPH'A-LUS, n. [Gr. idwp and kepaλŋ.] Dropsy of the head. Coxe.

HY-DRO CHLŌ'RATE, n. A compound of hydrochloric acid and a base; a muriate. Journ. of Science. HY-DRO-CHLŌ ŔIE, a. Hydrochloric acid is muriatic acid gas. Webster's Manual.

The

HY-DRO-CY'A-NATE, n. Prussiate; cyanuret. HY-DRO-CY-ANIE, a. [hydrogen, and Gr. Kvavos.] hydrocyanic acid is the same as the prussic acid. HY-DRO-DY-NAMIC, a. [Gr. towp and durapis.] Pertaining to the force or pressure of water. HY-DRO-DY-NAMICS, n. That branch of natural philosophy which treats of the phenomena of water and other fluids.

HY-DRO-FLUATE, n. A compound of hydrofluoric acid and a base.

HY-DRO-FLU-OR'IЄ, a. [Gr. bdwp, and L. fluor.] Consisting of fluorin and hydrogen.

HYDRO-GEN, n. [Gr. bdwp and yevvaw.] In chemistry, a gas which constitutes one of the elements of water. HYDRO-GE-NATE, v. t. To combine hydrogen with any thing.

HYDRO-GE-NA-TED, pp. In combination with hydro

gen.

HYDRO-GE-NIZE, v. t. To combine with hydrogen. HYDRO-GE-NIZED, pp. Combined with hydrogen. HYDRO-GE-NIZ-ING, ppr. Combining with hydrogen. HY-DROG'RA-PHER, n. One who draws maps of the sea, lakes or other waters; one who describes the sea or other waters.

HY-DRO-GRAPHIE, a. Relating to or containing a HY-DRO-GRAPH'I-CAL, } description of the sea, sea coast, isles, shoals, depth of water, &c., or of a lake. HY-DROG/RA-PHY, n. [Gr. bowo and yoapw.] The art of measuring and describing the sea, lakes, rivers and other waters; or the art of forming charts of the sea. HY-DROG/U-KET, n. A compound of hydrogen with a

base.

HY-DROG/U-RET-ED, a. Denoting a compound of hydrogen with a base.

HYDRO-LITE, n. [Gr. bowp and Xoos.] A mineral.
HY-DRO-LOGI-CAL, a. Pertaining to hydrology.
HY-DROL/O-GY, n. [Gr. bowp and Xoyos.] The science
of water, its properties and phenomena.

HYDRO-MAN-CY, n. [Gr. towp and pavrcia.] A method of divination by water.

HY-DRO-MAN TIЄ, a. Pertaining to divination by wa

ter.

HYDRO-MEL, n. [Fr.; Gr. bowp and pedi.] A liquor consisting of honey diluted in water.

HY-DROM E-TER, n. An instrument to measure the gravity, density, velocity, force, &c. of water and other fluids, and the strength of spirituous liquors. HY-DRO-METRIC, a. 1. Pertaining to a hydrometer, HY-DRO-MET RI-CAL, or to the measurement of the gravity, &c. of fluids. 2. Made by a hydrometer. HY-DROM E-TRY, n. [Gr. bdwp and perpov.] The art of measuring the gravity, density, velocity, force, &c. of fluids, and the strength of rectified spirits." HY-DRO-OXYD, n. [Gr. bdwp, and oxyd.] A metallic oxyd combined with water; a metallic hydrate. HYDRO-PHANE, n. [Gr. bowo and pairo.] In mineralogy, a variety of opal made transparent by immersion in water. Kirwan.

HY-DROPH A-NOUS, a. Made transparent by immersion in water. Kirwan.

a

*HY-DRO-PHŌ'BI-A, ) n. [Gr. bdwp and poßeoμai.] A preHYDRO-PHO-BY, ternatural dread of water; symptom of canine madness, or the disease itself, which is thus denominated.

HY-DRO-PHO BIЄ, a. Pertaining to a dread of water, or canine madness. Med. Repos.

HY-DROPIC, a. [L. hydrops; Gr. boowy.] 1. DropHY-DROP I-CAL, } sical diseased with extravasated water. 2. Containing water; caused by extravasated water. 3. Resembling dropsy. Tillotson. HY-DRO-PNEU-MATIE, (hy-dro-nu-matik) a. (Gr. bdwp and #vevparir.os.] An epithet given to a vessel of water, with other apparatus for chemical experiments.

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HY-DROTIC, n. A medicine that purges off water. HY-DROX-AN THATE, n. [Gr. bdwp and avows.] In chemistry, a compound of hydroxanthic acid with a base.

HY-DROX-AN THIЄ, a. An acid, formed by the action of alkalies on the bisulphuret of carbon.

HYDRU-RET, n. A combination of hydrogen with sulphur, or of sulphur and sulphureted hydrogen. HYDRUS, n. [Gr. vowo.] A water snake.

HY-E MAL, a. [L. hiems.] Belonging to winter; done in

winter.

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Pertaining to hygrometry;

made by or according to the hygrometer.

HY-GROM E-TRY, n. The act or art of measuring the moisture of the air.

HY GRO-SCOPE, n. [Gr. bypos and exоw.] The same as hygrometer.

HY-GRO-SCOPIC, a. Pertaining to the hygroscope. HY-GRO-STATIES, n. [Gr. bypos and Gratin.] The science of comparing degrees of moisture.

HYKE, n. [Ai.] A blanket or loose garment.

HY-LAR CHI-CAL, a. [Gr. vàŋ and apyn.] Presiding over matter. Hallywell.

HY-LO-ZŌ1I€, n. [Gr. iλŋ and Zwn.] One who holds matter to be animated. Clarke.

HYM, n. A species of dog. Qu. Shak.

HY MEN, n. [L.] 1. In ancient mythology, a fabulous deity supposed to preside over marriages.-2. In anatomy, the virginal membrane.-3. In botany, the fine pellicle which incloses a flower in the bud. *HY-ME-NË AL, *HY-ME-NEAN, *HY-ME-NE/AL, { *HY-ME-NEAN, }

a. Pertaining to marriage. Pope.

n. A marriage song. Milton.

HY ME-NOP-TER, } π. [Gr. μην and πτερον.] In ente
HY-ME-NOPTE-RA, } mology, the hymenopters are an
order of insects.
HY-ME-NOPTE-RAL, a. Having four membranous

wings.

HYMN, (him) n. [L. hymnus.] A song or ode in honor of
God, and, among pagans, in honor of some deity.
HYMN, (him) v. t. 1. To praise in song; to worship by
singing hymns. Milton. 2. To sing; to celeb.ate in

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HYMNING, (him'ing) ppr. Praising in song; sing ing.

HYM NIE, a. Relating to hymns. Donne.
HYM-NOL/O-GIST, n. A composer of hymns.

HYM-NOL/O-GY n. [Gr. buvos and λoyos.] A collection of hymns. Mede.

HY-OS-CI-A/MA, n. A vegetable alkali. Ure.

HYP, n. [a contraction of hypochondria.] A disease; depression of spirits.

HYP, v. t. To make melancholy; to depress the spirits. Spectator.

HY-PALLA-GE, n. [Gr. braλλayn.] In grammar, a figure consisting of a mutual change of cases.

HY-PAS PIST, n. [Gr. braoniorns.] A soldier in the armies of Greece, armed in a particular manner.

HYPER, 1. Gr. bwcp, Eng. over, is used in composition to

den te excess, or something over, or beyond. 2. n. A hypercritic; not used.] Prior. HY-PE-RAS/PIST, n. [Gr. bnepaoniorns.] A defender. HY-PER BA-TON, n. [Gr. inepßarov.] In grammar, n HYPER-BATE, figurative construction, inverting

the natural and proper order of words and sentences. HY-PER/BO-LA, n. [Gr. únɛp and Baλw.] In conic sections and geometry, a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone nakes. Webber.

HY-PER BO-LE, n. [Fr. hyperbole; Gr. brepßoλn.] In rhetoric, a figure of speech which expresses much more or less than the truth, or which represents things much greater or less, better or worse, than they really

are.

HY-PER-BOLIE, n. 1. Belonging to the hyperbola; HY-PER-BOLI-CAL, having the nature of the hyperbols. 2. Relating to or containing hyperbole ; exaggerating or diminishing beyond the fact; exceeding the truth.

HY-PER-BOLI-CAL-LY, adv. 1. In the form of a hyperbola. 2. With exaggeration; in a manner to express more or less than the truth.

HY-PER-BOLI-FORM, a. Having the form or nearly the
form of a hyperbola.

HY-PER BO-LIST, я. One who uses hyperboles.
HY-PER BO-LIZE, v. i. To speak with exaggeration.
HY-PER BO-LIZE, v. t. To exaggerate or extenuate.
HY-PER BO-LOID, a. [hyperbola, and Gr. eidos.] A hy-
perbolic conoid.

HY-PER-BORE-AN, a. [L. hyperboreus.] 1. Northern;
belonging to or inhabiting a region very far north; most
northern. 2. Very cold; frigid.

HY-PER-BORE-AN, n. An inhabitant of the most northern region of the earth.

HY-PER-CAR BU-RET-ED, a. Supercarbureted; having the largest proportion of carbon. Silliman.

HY-PER-CAT-A-LE€ TI¤, a. [Gr. bпeρKataλnKTIKOS.] A hypercatalectic verse, in Greek and Latin poetry, is a verse which has a syllable or two beyond the regular and just

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HY-PER-CRITI-CISM, n. Excessive rigor of criticism.
HY-PER-DOʻLI-A, n. [Gr. bnep and dovλcia.] Super-service
in the Romish church, performed to the virgin Mary.
HY-PERI-CON, a. John's wort. Stukely.

HY-PER-ME-TER, n. [Gr. into and μETpov.] Any thing
greater than the ordinary standard of measure.
HY-PER-MET RI-CAL, a. Exceeding the common meas-
ure; having a redundant syllable.

HY-PER-OXYD, a. (Gr. bnɛp, and oxyd.] Acute to excess,
as a crystal. Cleaveland.

HY-PER-OXY-GE-NA-TED, a. Super-saturated with ox-
HY-PER-OXY-GE-NIZED,

ygen.

HY-PER-OX-Y-MO RI-ATÉ, n. The same as chlorate.
HY-PER-OX-Y-MU-RI-AT IE, 4. The hyperorymuriatic acid
is the chloric acid.

HY-PER-PHYSI-CAL, a. Supernatural.

HY-PER-SAR-CO SIS, n. [Gr. bæɛpoapswois.] The growth
of fungous or proud flesh.

HYPER-STENÊ, n. A mineral, Labrador hornblend,
HY PER STHENE, or schillerspar.

IS PHEN, n. [Gr. boev.] A mark or short line made be-
tween two words to show that they form a compound
word, or are to be connected; as in pre-occupied.
HYP-NOT IE, 4. [Gr. bnvos.] Having the quality of pro-
ducing sleep; tending to produce sleep; narcotic; sopo-

rific.

HYP-NOT IE, n. A medicine that produces, or tends to pro-
duce sleep; an opiate; a narcotic; a soporific.
HY PO, a Greek preposition, bro, under, beneath; used in
composition. Thus, huposulphuric acid is an acid contain-
ing less oxygen than sulphuric acid.

HY-POBO-LE, n. [Gr. bo and Balλw.) In rhetoric, a
figure in which several things are mentioned that seem
to make against the argument or in favor of the opposite
side, and each of them is refuted in order.
HYPO-CAUST, n. [Gr. brokavorov.] 1. Among the Greeks
and Romans, a subterraneous place where was a furnace
to beat baths. 2. Among the moderns, the place where a
fire is kept to warm a stove or a hot-house.

HYPOCHONDRES, See HYPOCHONDRIA.
HYP-O-CHON DRY.

HYP-O-CHON DRI-A, n plu. [Gr. from bre and xovepos.]

of the spurlous ribs; the spaces on each side of the epigastric region. 2. Hypochondriac complaints. *HYP-O-CHON DRI-AC, a. 1. Pertaining to the hypochondria, or the parts of the body so called. 2. Affected by a disease, attended with debility, depression of spirits or melancholy. 3. Producing melancholy or low spirits *HYP-O-CHON DRI-AC, n. A person affected with debility, lowness of spirits or melancholy.

HYP-O-CHON-DRI A-CAL, a. The same as hypochondriac. HYP-O-CHON-DRI A-CISM, n. A disease of men, characterized by languor or debility, depression of spirits or melancholy, with dyspepsy.

HYP-O-CHON-DRI'A-SIS, n. Hypochondriacism.

HYPO-CIST, n. [Gr. bпokiσris.] An inspissated juice ob-
HY-PO-CRA-TER/I-FORM, a. [Gr. bпо, κратпр, and form ]
Salver-shaped; tubular at top.

tained from the sessile asarum.

HY-POCRI-SY, n. [Fr. hypocrisie ; L. hypocrisis; Gr. únoк
piots.] 1. Simulation; a feigning to be what one is not;
or dissimulation, a concealment of one's real character
or motives; a counterfeiting of religion. 2. Simulation;
deceitful appearance; false pretense.

HYPO-CRITE, n. [Fr. hypocrite; Gr. boxpires.] 1. One
who feigns to be what he is not; one who has the
form of godliness without the power, or who assumes an
appearance of piety and virtue, when he is destitute of
true religion. 2. A dissembler; one who assumes a
false appearance.
HYP-O-CRITIЄ, a. 1. Simulating; counterfeiting a
HYP-O-CRITICAL, religious character; assuming a
false and deceitful appearance. 2. Dissembling; con-
cealing one's real character or motives. 3. Proceeding
from hypocrisy, or marking hypocrisy.
HYP-O-CRITICAL-LY, adv. With simulation; with a false
appearance of what is good; falsely; without sincerity.
HY-PO-GAS/TRIC, a. [Gr. bro and yaorno.] 1. Relating
to the hypogastrium, or middle part of the lower region of
the belly. 2. An appellation given to the internal branch
of the iliac artery.

HY-PO-GASTRO-CELE, n. [Gr. bяоуaσтpiov and knλn.]
A hernia or rupture of the lower belly. Coze.

HY-PO-GE UM, n. [Gr. inо and yata.] A name given by
ancient architects to all the parts of a building which
were under ground.

HY-POG Y-NOUS, a. [Gr. vno and yuvm.] A term applied
to plants that have their corols and stamens inserted un-
der the pistil.

HY-PO-PHOSPHO-ROUS, a. The hypophosphorous acid
contains less oxygen than the phosphorous.
HY-PO-PHOS PHITE, n. A compound of hypophosphorous
acid and a salifiable base. Ure.

HY-POS TA-SIS, n. [L. hypostasis.] Properly, subsist-
HY-POSTA-SY, ence or substance. Hence it is used
to denote distinct substance, or subsistence of the Father,
Son and Holy Spirit, in the Godhead, called by the
Greek Christians, three hypostases.
HY-PO-STATIC,

a. 1. Relating to hypostasis; con-
HY-PO-STATI-CAL, stitutive. 2. Personal, or distinct-
ly personal; or constituting a distinct substance.
HY-PO-STATI-CAL-LY, adv. Personally.

HY-PO-SULPHATE, n. A conpound of hyposulphuric acid and a base.

HY-PO-SULPHITE, n. A compound of hyposulphurous acid and a salifiable base.

HY-PO-SULPHU-RIC, or HT-PO-SUL-PHỦ RIC, a. Hyposulphuric acid is an acid combination of sulphur and

oxygen.

HY-PO-SULPHU-ROUS, a. Hyposulphurous acid is an
acid containing less oxygen than sulphurous acid.
HY-POT E-NUSE, n. [Gr. brorεivovoa.] In geometry, the
subtense or longest side of a right-angled triangle, or the
line that subtends the right angle.

HY-POTH E-CATE, v. t. [L. hypotheca.] 1. To pledge,
and, properly, to pledge the keel of a ship. 2. To pledge,
as goods.

HY-POTH E-CA-TED, pp. Pledged, as security for money
borrowed.

HY-POTH E-CA-TING, ppr. Pledging as security.
HY-POTH-E-CATION, n. The act of pledging.
HY-POTHE-CA-TOR, n. One who pledges a ship or other
property, , as security for the repayment of money borrow-
ed. Judge Johnson.

HY-POTH E-SIS, n. [L.]. 1. A supposition; something
not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument.
2. A system or theory imagined or assumed to account
for what is not understood.
HY-PO-THETIC, a. Including a supposition; con-
HY-PO-THETI-CAL, ditional; assumed without proof,
for the purpose of reasoning and deducing proof.
HY-PO-THETICAL-LY, adv. By way of supposition
HYRSE, (hurs) n. [G. hirse.] Millet.

1. In anatomy, the sides of the belly under the cartilages || HYRST, n. A wood. See HURST.

HY'SON, n. A species of green tea from China. *HYS'SOP, n. [L. hyssopus.] A plant, or genus (hi'sup) HY'SOP, of plants. HYS-TERIC, a. [Fr. hysterique.] Disordered in the HYS-TER I-CAL, region of the womb; troubled with fits or nervous affections.

HYS-TER/ICS, n. A disease of women, proceeding from the womb, and characterized by fits or spasmodic affections of the nervous system.

HYS/TER-O-CELE, n. [Gr. borepa and ́nλn.] A species of hernia, caused by a displacement of the womb. A rupture containing the uterus.

HYS/TE-RON PROTE-RON, n. [Gr. borepov and sporepov.] A rhetorical figure, when that is said last which was done first. HYS-TE-ROT/O-MY, n. [Gr. vorepa and roμn.] In surgery, the Cesarean section. HYTHE, n. A port. See HITHE.

is the ninth letter, and the third vowel, of the English Alphabet. This vowel in French, and in most European languages, has the long fine sound which we express by e in me, or ee in seen, meck. This sound we retain in some foreign words which are naturalized in our language, as in machine, intrigue. But in most English words, this long sound is shortened, as in holiness, pity, gift.-The sound of long, as in fine, kind, arise, is diphthongal.-This letter enters into several digraphs, as in fail, field, seize, feign, vein, friend; and with o in oil, join, coin, it helps to form a proper diphthong. No English word ends with i, but when the sound of the letter occurs at the end of a word, it is expressed by y. As a numeral, I signifies one, and stands for as many units as it is repeated in times; as, II, two, III, three, &c. Among the ancient Romans, I stood for 500; CI, for 1000; 10, for 5000; CCIO, for 10,000; 10, for 50,000; and CCCIO, for 100,000.

I, formerly prefixed to some English words, as in ibuilt, is a contraction of the Saxon prefix ge; and more generally this was written y.

I pron. [Sax. ic; Goth., D. ik; G. ich; Sw. jag; Dan. jeg ; Gr. Eyw; L. ego; Port. eu; Sp. yo; It. io; Fr. je.] The pronoun of the first person; the word which expresses one's self, or that by which a speaker or writer denotes himself. It is only the nominative case of the pronoun; in the other cases we use me; as, I am attached to study; study delights me. In the plural, we use ice, and us, which appear to be words radically distinct from I. I-AM BIЄ, a. [Fr. iambique; L. iambicus.] Pertaining to the ambus, a poetic foot.

I-AM BIC, or I-AM BUS, n. [L. iambus; Gr. tapos.] In poetry, a foot consisting of two syllables, the first short and the last long, as in delight.-The following line consists wholly of iambic feet."

He scorns the force that dares his fury stay. I-AM BIES, n. plu. Verses composed of short and long syllables alternately. Anciently, certain songs or satires, supposed to have given birth to ancient comedy. I-A-TRO-LEP TIE, a. [Gr. tarpos and aλɛipw.] That which cures by anointing.

IBEX, n. [L.] The wild goat of the genus capra. TBIS, n. [Gr. and L.] A fowl of the genus tantalus, and grallic order, a native of Egypt.

I-CARI-AN, d. [from Icarus.] Adventurous in flight; soaring too high for safety, like Icarus.

ICE, n. [Sax. is, isa; G. eis.] 1. Water or other fluid congealed, or in a solid state. 2. Concreted sugar.-To break the ice, is to make the first opening to any attempt. ICE, v. t. 1. To cover with ice; to convert into ice. 2. To cover with concreted sugar; to frost. 3. To chill; to freeze.

ICEBERG, n. [ice, and G. berg.] A hill or mountain of ice, or a vast body of ice accumulated in valleys in high northern latitudes; a vast mass of floating ice. ICE BLINK, n. A name given by seamen to a bright appearance near the horizon, occasioned by the ice, and observed before the ice itself is seen.

ICE BOAT, n. A boat constructed for moving on ice. ICE BOUND a. In seamen's language, totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing.

ICE BUILT, a 1. Composed of ice. 2. Loaded with ice. ICE HOUSE, n. A repository for the preservation of ice during warm weather

ICE ISLE, (ise ile) n. A vast body of floating ice.
ICELAND-ER, 2. A native of Iceland.

ICE LAND 16, a. Pertaining to Iceland; and, as a noun, the language of the Icelanders.

ICE PLANT, n. A plant with icy pimples. Encyc
ICESPAR, . A variety of feldspar.

JCH-NEU MON, n. [L.] An animal of the genus viverra, or

weasel kind. ICH-NO-GRAPHIE,

a. Pertaining to ichnography; JCH-NO-GRAPHI-CAL, describing a ground-plot." ÏƐH-NOGʻRA-PHY, n. [Gr. ‹xvos and ypaów.] In perspec

I.

tive, the view of any thing cut off by a plane parallel to the horizon, just at the base of it; a ground-plot. TCHOR, n. [Gr. xwp.] 1. A thin watery humor, like serum or whey. 2. Sanious matter flowing from an ulcer. I'CHOR-OUS, a. 1. Like ichor; thin; watery; serous. 2. Sanious.

ICH THY-O-COL, n. [Gr. ιχθυς and κολλα.] Fish ICH-THY-O-COLLA, glue; isinglass; a glue prepared

from the sounds of fish.

ICH THY-O-LITE, n. [Gr. xvs and Acos.] Fossil fish ;
or the figure or impression of a fish in rock.
ICH-THY-O-LOGI-CAL, a. Pertaining to ichthyology.
ICH-THY-OL/O-GIST, n. One versed in ichthyology.
ICH-THY-OL/O-GY, n. [Gr. exous and Moyos.] The sci-
ence of fishes, or that part of zoology which treats of fishes.
ICH-THY-OPH A-GOUS, a. [Gr. ixous and payw.] Eating
or subsisting on fish.

ICH-THY-OPH A-GY, n. The practice of eating fish.
ICH-THY-OPH-THAL MITE, n. [Gr. ¿x✪vs and op✪uλμos.]
Fish-eye-stone.

PCI-CLÉ, n. [Sax. ises-gecel; D. yskegel.] A pendent, conical mass of ice, formed by the freezing of water or other fluid as it flows down an inclined plane, or collects in drops and is suspended.-In the north of England, it is called ickle.

I'CI-NESS, n. 1. The state of being icy, or of being very cold. 2. The state of generating ice.

ICING, ppr. Covering with concreted sugar.
ICKLE, n. In the north of England, an icicle. Grose.
ICON, n. [Gr. Exwv.] An image or representation.
I-CON Ó-ELAST, n. [Fr. iconoclaste.] A breaker or de-
stroyer of images.

I-CON-O-ELASTIC, a. Breaking images.

I-CON-OG/RA-PHY, n. [Gr. sikwv and ypapw.] The description of images.

I-CON-OLA-TER, n. [Gr. εikov and Aarprus.] One that worships images; a name given to the Romanists. I-CON-OL/O-GY, n. [Gr. Eikov and Xoyos.] The doctrine of images or representations. Johnson. I-CO-SA-HEDRAL, a. [Gr. ɛikoσt and iƐpa.] Having twenty equal sides.

I-CO-SA-HEDRON, n. A solid of twenty equal sides. I-CO-SAN'DER, n. [Gr. Eikoσi and avnp.] In botany, a plant having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx. I-CO-SAN/DRI-AN, a. Pertaining to the class of plants icosandria.

IЄTER-IЄ,

a. [L. ictericus.] 1. Affected with the IC-TER I-CAL, jaundice. 2. Good in the cure of the jaundice.

IЄTER-IЄ, n. A remedy for the jaundice. Swift. IC-TE-RY TIOUS, a. (L. icterus.] Yellow; having the color of the skin when it is affected by the jaundice." ICY, a. 1. Abounding with ice. 2. Cold; frosty. 3 Made of ice. 4. Resembling ice; chilling. frigid; destitute of affection or passion. 6. Indifferent; unaffected; backward. Shak.

5. Cold

ICY-PEARLED, a. Studded with spangles of ice. I'D, contracted from I would, or I had. I-DEA, n. [L. idea.] 1. Literally, that which is seen; hence, form, image, model of any thing in the mind; that which is held or comprehended by the understanding.-2 In popular use, idea signifies notion, conception, thought, opinion, and even purpose or intention. 3. Image in the mind. 4. An opinion; a proposition.

I-DEAL, a. 1. Existing in idea; intellectual; mental. 2. Visionary; existing in fancy or imagination only. 3. That considers ideas as images, phantasms, or forms in the mind.

I-DĒ AL-ISM, n. The system or theory that makes every thing to consist in ideas, and denies the existence of material bodies. Walsh.

I-DE AL-IZE, v. i. To form ideas.

I-DE AL-LY, adv. Intellectually; mentally; in idea.
I-DE/ATE, v. t. To form in idea, to fancy. Donne.

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