ደ. One skilled in the Hebrew language.

brew language. HEBRAIST, heb'ray-ist, HEBREWIST, he'broo-ist, HEBRICIAN, he-brish'an, HEBRAIZE, heb'ray-ize, v. a. To convert into the Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew ;-v. n. to speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew. HEBREW, he broo, s. (Eber, Heb. either a proper name, or a name denoting passage, pilgrimage, or coming from beyond the Euphrates.) One of the descendants of Eber or Heber; but particularly a descendant of Jacob, who was a descendant of Eber; an Israelite; a Jew; the Hebrew language;-a. relating to the people or language of

HECATE, he'kate, s. In Mythology, the daughter of Perses and Asteria, or Night, an ancient symbol of the moon, appearing in the Orphic hymns as the first and oldest divinity, and there termed the Almighty Queen of Heaven. Her power was supposed to extend over heaven, earth, and hell. In heaven, she was known as Luna; in hell, as Hecate or Proserpine; and on earth, as Diana. She was commonly represented with three bodies, and was worshipped by the Greeks on the 30th of every month, when the mullet and anchovy were offered to her.

HECATESIA, he-ka-te'she-a, s. In Antiquity, a yearly festival observed by the Stratonicensians, in honour of Hecate.

HECATOMB, hek'a-toom, s. (hekatombe, Gr.) A sacrifice, consisting of a hundred oxen; a large sacrifice of any kind of animals was also so called. HECATOMBEON, he-ka-tom'be-un, s. In ancient Chronology, the first month of the Athenian year, beginning on the first new moon after the winter solstice. It was so called from the great number of hecatombs sacrificed in it.

HECATOMPEDON, hek-a-tom'pe-dun, s. (Greek.) In ancient Architecture, a temple of a hundred feet in length.

HECATONSTYLON, hek-a-ton'ste-lon, s. (hekaton, a hundred, and stylon, a column, Gr.) In ancient Architecture, having a hundred columns. HECK, hek, s. A kind of grate used in catching fish; a rack for holding fodder for cattle; a bend in a stream; a hatch or latch of a door.— Obsolete in the last three senses.

HECKLE. See Hackle.

HECTARE, hek'tare, s. A French measure, consisting of 100 ares to 10,000 square metres, or 11960.33 English square yards.

HECTIC, hek'tik, a. (hektikos, Gr.) HaHECTICAL, hek'te-kal, bitual; denoting a slow, continual fever, marked by preternatural though remitting heat, which precedes and accompanies consumption or phthisis; affected with hectic fevers; troubled with a morbid heat. HECTICALLY, hek ́te-kal-le, ad. Constitutionally. HECTICOPYRA, hek-te-kop'e-ra, s. (hexis, the constitution, and pyra, fever, Gr.) Hectic fever. HECTOCTYLE, hek-tok'te-le, s. (hekaton, a hundred, and kotyle, a cavity, Gr.) A genus of Entoza, one species of which, II. octopodis, is about five or

HETOGRAM-HEDGE.

six inches, and is furnished with a hundred and four suckers or cups. It lives on the Octopus rugosus, and penetrates into its flesh. HECTOGRAM, bek'to-gram, s. (hectogramme, HECTOGRAMME, Fr.) A French weight of 100 grammes, or of a kilogramme 3.2 ounces troy, or 3.52 avoirdupois. HECTOLITER, hek'to-li-tur, or hek'to-le-tur, s. HECTOLITRE,S (hectolitre, French.) A French measure of capacity, containing 100 litres = 22.009668 English imperial gallons. HECTOMETER, hek-tom'e-tur, s. (hectometre, Fr.) IIECTOMETRE, A French linear measure of 100 metres 328.08992 English feet.

HECTOR, hek'tur, s. (from Hector, the son of Priam.) A blustering, turbulent, noisy fellow; a bully; one who teases or vexes;-v. a. to threaten; to bully; to treat with insolence; to vex; to torment by words;-v. n. to play the bully; to bluster.

HECTORISM, hek'tur-izın, s. The disposition or practice of a hector; a bullying.

HECTORLY, hek'tur-le, a. Insolent; blustering. HEDA, he'da, s. A word used in Doomsday-book for a small haven, wharf, or landing-place.-Obsolete.

HEDAGIUM, he-da'je-um, s. An old law term for toll or customary duties, paid at the hithe or wharf for the landing of goods, &c.—Obsolete. HEDECHRUM, he'de-krum, s. (hedys, pleasant, and chroia, colour of the skin, Gr.) A genus of Hymenopterous insects of the tribe Chrysida: Family, Pupivora.

HEDENBERGITE, hed'en-ber-jite, s. (named after M. A. L. Hedenberg, who first analyzed and described it.) A mineral of a greenish-black colour, with a shining lustre. Its constituents aresilica, 49.01; lime, 20.87; magnesia, with manganese; protoxide of iron, 26.08: sp. gr. 3.154. H=3.5.

HIEDERA, hed'e-ra, s. (hedera, a cord, Fr.) Ivy, a genus of evergreen climbing or erect shrubs: Order, Araliacea.

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HEDERACEOUS, hed-er-a'shus, HEDERIFEROUS, hed-e-rif e-rus, taining to ivy; producing ivy. HEDERAL, hed'er-al, a. Composed of ivy; belinging to ivy.

HEDGE, ledj, s. (hege, Sax.) A fence formed of living woody plants, sown or planted in a right line, and cut or clipped in such a manner as to form a thicket of any degree of width or height that may be required for shelter, separation, or defence. Hedge-bedstraw, the plant Gallium molluga. Hedge-bute, or hay-bote, in Law, wood for repairing hedges or fences. Hedge-hyssop, the plant Gratiola officinalis. Hedgehog-thistle, the English name of plants of the genus Echinocatus: Order, Cactacere. Hedge-mushroom, the plant Hydnum erinaceum. Hedge-mustard, the Cruciferous plant Sisymbrium officinale. Hedge-sparrow, a bird of the genus Motacilla, which builds its nest in hedges. Its eggs are of a fine blue colour. The term hedge, prefixed to another word, sometimes denotes something mean, vile, or low-born, as in hedge-born ;—v. a. tɔ enclose with a hedge; to fence with a thicket of shrubs or small trees; to separate by a hedge; to obstruct with a hedge, or to obstruct in any manner; to surround for defence; to fortify; to en

HEDGE-CREEPER, hej'kre'pur, s. One who skulks under hedges.

HEDGEHOG.-See Erinaceus.
HEDGE-NETTLE.-See Stachys.

HEDGENOTE, hej'note, s. A word of contempt for low writing.

HEDGE-PARSLEY.-See Torilis.

HEDGEPIG, hej'pig, s. A young hedgehog.

Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd,

Thrice and once the hedgepig whin'd.—Shaks. HEDGER, hej'ur, s. One who makes hedges. HEDGEROW, hej'ro, s. The series of trees or bushes planted for enclosures.

HEDGE-WRITER, hej'ri'tur, s. A low or ephemeral author; a Grub-street writer.

HEDWIGIA, hed-wij'e-a, s. (in honour of John Hedwig, the celebrated muscologist; died 1799.) A genus of balsamiferous West Indian trees: Order, Burseriaceæ.

HEDYCHIUM, he-dik ́e-um, s. (hedychroos, of sweet complexion, Gr.) A genus of plants: Order, Zingiberaceæ.

HEDYOMA, he-de-o'ma, s. (a Greek word for mint.) A genus of herbs or subsbrubs: Order, Lamiacea. HEDYOSMUM, he-de-os'mum, s. (hedys, sweet,

the hind-part of a shoe, either for man or beast; the part of a stocking intended for the heel; something shaped like the human heel; a protuberance or knob; the latter part, as 'a bill was introduced at the heel of the session;' a spur, as 'the horse understands the heel well.' In Architecture, a term used by workmen to denote a cyma reversa. Heel of a rafter, the end or foot that rests on the wall-plate. In a ship, the name usually given to the after end of the keel, also to the lower end; of the stern-post, to which it is firmly connected heel of a mast, the lower end which fits into the step attached to the ship's keel; heel of a topmast, the lower end, which is sustained by the fid upon the trestle-trees; to be at the heels, to pursue closely; to follow hard; also, to attend closely; to show the heels, to flee; to run from; to take to the heels, to run; to betake to flight; to lay by the heels, to fetter; to shackle; to confine; to have the heels of, to outrun; neck and heels, the whole length of the body;-v. n. to dance. In Nautical language, to stoop or incline to either side, as the ship heels to starboard;'-v. a. to arm a cock; to add a heel, as 'to heel a boot.'

naces.

HEDYPNOIS, be-dip'no-is, s. (the name of a plant described by Pliny, compounded of hedys, sweet, and pneo, I breathe, Gr.) A genus of Composite plants: Suborder, Tubuliflora. HEDYSARUM, he-de-sa'rum, s. (the name of a plant of Theophrastus, said to be from hedys, sweet, and aroma, perfume: the Trigonella foenum græcum,

ointments by the Hindoos.) A genus of Leguminous plants: Suborder, Papilionaces. HEED, heed, v. a. (hedan, Sax.) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe;-8. care; attention; caution; watch for danger; notice; circumspection; observation; seriousness; a steady look;

He did it with a serious mind; a heed
Was in his countenance.-Shaks.

-e. n. to mind; to consider. HEEDFUL, heed'ful, a. Watchful; cautious; circumspect; wary; attentive; observing; giving heed. HEEDFULLY, heed'fül-le, ad. Attentively; care

fully; cautiously; watchfully. HEEDFULNESS, hecd'fül-nes, s. Attention; caution; vigilance; circumspection; care. HEEDILY, heed'e-le, ad. Cautiously; vigilantly.

-Obsolete.

HEEDINESS, becd'e-nes, s. Caution; vigilance.

Obsolete.

his heels.

HEELPIECE, heel'pese, s. A piece of leather fixed on the heel of a shoe;-v. a. to add a piece of leather to the heel of a shoe.

HEFT, heft, s. (hefe, Sax.) Heaving; effort.-Obsolete in the foregoing senses.

He cracks his gorge, his sides,
With violent hefts.-Shaks.

(Dutch,) a handle; a haft-the orthography now used.

HEFTED, heft'ed, a. Heaved; expressing agitation.
HEG.-See Hag.
HEGEMONIC, hej-mon'ik, a. (hegemonios,

ruling; predominant. HEGETER, he'je-tur, s. (Greek, a guide.) A genus of Coleopterous insects: Family, Melasoma. HEGIRA, he-ji'ra, s. (Arabic, from higirah, flight, Hebrew.) In Chronology, an epoch among the Mahomedans, from which they compute time. The event which gave rise to it was the flight of Mahomet from Mecca; from which the magistrates, fearing his impostures might raise a sedition, expelled him, July 16, A.D. 622, under the reign of the emperor Heraclius.

HEIFER, hef'fur, s. (heafre, Sax.) A young cow. HEIGHO, hi'ho, interj. An expression of slight languor and uneasiness. In the following lines by Dryden, it is, contrary to custom, used in a sense of exultation:

We'll toss off our ale till we cannot stand, And heigho for the honour of old England, HEIGHT, hite, s. (heahtho, heatho, hehthe, Sax.) Elevation above the ground; any indefinite distance

HEIGHTEN-HEIR.

above the earth; the altitude of an object; the distance which anything rises above its foot, basis, or foundation; elevation of a star or other celestial luminary above the horizon; degree of latitude, either north or south; distance of one thing above another; an eminence; a summit; any elevated ground; elevation of rank; station of dignity or office; elevation in any known excellence, as power, arts, learning, fame, or reputation; utmost degree in extent or violence; utmost exertion; advance; degree; progress towards perfection or elevation. Height of an arch, in Architecture, a line drawn from the centre of the span or arch to the entrados or interior and lower line of the curve of the arch.

HEIGHTEN, hi'tn, v. a. To raise high; to elevate; to improve; to meliorate; to increase in excellence; to aggravate; to advance towards a worse state; to augment in violence; to increase. In Painting, to make prominent by means of touches of light or brilliant colours, as contrasted with the shadows.

HEIGHTENING, hi'tn-ing, s. The act of elevating; increase of excellence; improvement; aggravation; augmentation.

HEIMIA, ha'me-a, s. (in honour of Dr. Heims of Berlin.) A genus of plants: Order, Lythraceæ. HEINOUS, ha'nus, a. (haineux, Fr.) Atrocious; wicked in a high degree; aggravated.

HEINOUSLY, ha'nus-le, ad. Hatefully; abominably; enormously.

HEINOUSNESS, ha'nus-nes, s. Odiousness; enormity.

HEINSIA, hayn'she-a, 8. (name in memory of the philologist Heinsius, the translator of the works of Theophrastus.) A genus of trees with salvershaped corollas, natives of Sierra Leone. HEIR, are, s. (hier, here, Norm.) In Law, a person who succeeds another by descent to lands, tenements, and hereditaments, being an estate of inheritance, or an estate in fee. Heir-apparent, one whose right of inheritance is indefeasible, provided he outlive the ancestor; as the eldest son or his issue, who, by the course of the common law, must be heir to the father whenever he happens to die. Heir-presumptive, one who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would, in the present circumstances of things, be his heir, but whose ght of inheritance may be defeated by some nearer heir being born; as a brother, or nephew, whose presumptive succession may be destroyed by the birth of a child; or a daughter, whose present hopes may hereafter be cut off by the birth Heir al law, or heir-general, he who, after his ancestor's death, has a right to, and is introduced into all his lands, tenements, and hereditaments. Special heir, the issue in tail, who claims per formam doni. Heir by custom, one who inherits lands, not according to the rules of the common law, but according to some particular custom which prevails in some places, as the custom of gravelkind in Kent, according to which all the sons inherit, and make but one heir to their ancestor; or the custom of Borough English, according to which the youngest son is the heir of the ancestor. Heir by devise, or hares factus, he to whom lands are devised by the will of the testator, and who has no other right or interest than that which he derives from the will. Heir-loom, such goods and personal chattels as are not inven

of a son.

HEIRDOM-HELENIUM.

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toried after the owner's decease, but necessarily come to the heir along with the house, as tables, presses, cupboards, bedsteads, wainscot, &c. cording to the Scotch law, heirs are distinguished as follow:-Пeir-active, he who is served heir, and has the right of action. Heir by conquest, the successor of the deceased in those lands and inheritable property in general to which the deceased did not succeed as heir to his predecessors; as in the case of a father leaving an estate which he had purchased to his second son. Heir of line, the lineal heir of his ancestor, and who succeeds by right of blood. Heir-male, the nearest male heir capable of succeeding. Heir-passive, he whom the law makes liable to be heir. Heirsportioners, female successors, who are entitled to equal portions. Heirs of provision, or, as they are sometimes called, heirs by destination, are those who become successors by virtue of some particular provision in a deed or instrument. Heir of tailzie, he to whom an estate is entailed. Heir- ! ship-movables, the best of certain kinds of movables which the heir is entitled to take besides the heritable estate.

HEIRDOM, are'dum, s. HEIRESS, are'es, s.

Succession by inheritance. Female heir. Where there are several female children, they all take jointly, and are called co-heirs or co-heiresses. HEIRLESS, are'les, a. Destitute of an heir. HEIRSHIP, are'ship, 8. The state, character, or privileges of an heir; right of inheriting. IIEISTERIA, hays-te'ro-a, s. (in honour of Professor Laurance Heister, of Helmstadt.) A genus of plants, consisting of trees with alternate leaves and small axillary flowers: Order, Olaces. HELEUS, he-le'us, s. (helaino, I wander, Gr.) A genus of Coleopterous insects: Family, Melosoma. HELAMYS.-See Pedetes.

HELARCTOS, he-lark'tos, 3. The Indian Bear, a

genus of Ursine quadrnpeds, belonging to the subfamily Ursine: Family, Mustellida.

HELCON, hel'kon, s. (helkoò, I wound, Gr.) A genus of Hymenopterons insects: Family, Pupi

vora.

HELOTIC, helk'tik, a. (helko, I draw, Gr.) In Materia Medica, having a drawing or derivative effect; epispastic.

HELCYDRIUM, hel-sid're-um, s. (helcydrion, Gr.) A small ulceration, especially in the cornea. HELCYSTER, hel-sis'tur, 8. (helko, I draw, Gr.) Ulceration.

HELD, held. Past and past part. of the verb To hold.

HELE, heel, v. n. (celo, Lat.) To hide; to conceal. į -Obsolete.

There may no man's privitee

Be heled halve so well as myn,-Gower. HELENA, hel'e-nn, s. In Mythology and fabulous History, the beautiful daughter of Leda and Jupiter, and the wife of Menalaus, from whom she cloped with Paris; to regain her was the cause of the Trojan war, celebrated in the Iliad of Homer. HELENA, he-le'na, s. (Helena, the daughter of Jupiter and Leda.) A genus of plants: Order, Amaryllidaceæ.

HELENINE, hel'e-nine, s. A substance obtained in white crystals from the plant Inula helenium. Formula, C14, H2, 02.

HELENIUM, he-le'ne-um, s. (helios, the sun, Gr.) The bastard sunflower.

HELEPOLIS-HELICINE.

HELEPOLIS, he-lep'o-lis, s. (a Greek word, signifying city-destroying.) In Antiquity, an immense machine, used in battering down the walls of a besieged city.

HELIA, he'le-a, s. (helos, a marsh, Gr.) A genus of marsh plants, natives of Brazil: Order, Gentia

naceæ.

HELIACAL, he-li'a-kal, a. (from helios, the sun, Gr.) Emerging from the light of the sun, or passing into it. In Astronomy, when applied to the setting of a star, it denotes the entering or immerging into the sun's rays, and thus becoming lost in the lustre of his beams. HELIACALLY, he-li'a-kal-le, ad. In Astronomy, a star arises heliacally when, after it has been in conjunction with the sun, and on that account invisible, it gets at such a distance from him, as to be seen in the morning before the rising of that luminary.

HELIADES, he-li'a-dez, s. In Mythology, the daughters of Sol and Clymene. They were three in number, according to Ovid-Lampetie, Phætusa, and Lampethusa; or seven, according to Hyginus -Merope, Helie, Egle, Phoebe, Etheria, and Dioxippe. They were so afflicted at the death of their brother Phaeton, that they were changed by the gods into poplar trees, and their tears into precious amber, on the banks of the river Po. HELIANTHEÆ, he-le-an'the-e, s. (helianthus, one of the genera.) A suborder of the Compositæ, or Asteracem, in which the species agree, in the principal particulars, with Helianthus, or Sun-flower. It is included in the Tubuliflors of Lindley. HELIANTHEMUM, he-le-an'tho-mum, s. (helios, the sun, and anthos, a flower, Gr. because the flowers open with the rising of the sun in the morning, and the petals fall off when it sets in the evening.) The Sun-rose, a genus of erect or trailing shrubs, with yellow, red, or white flowers: Order, Cystaceæ. HELIANTHUS, he-le-an'thus, 8. (helios, the sun, and anthos, a flower, Gr.) The Sun-flower, a genus of Composite plants, so named from the resemblance which its broad golden disk and rays bear to the sun, and by its presenting its flowers in the direction of that luminary: Suborder, Tubuliflora. HELICAL, hel'e-kal, a. (from helix, a scroll or spiral body, Greek.) Moving round; spiral; winding. Helical line of a handrail, the spiral line twisting round the cylinder, representing the form of the handrail before it be moulded.

HELICHRYSUM, he-lik're-sum, s. (helios, the sun, and chrysos, gold, Gr. in allusion to the brilliant yellow colour of the flowers.) A genus of Composite plants: Suborder, Tubuliflora. HELICIDE, hel-is'e-de, s. (helix, one of the genera.)

Snails, a genus of Mollusca; the animal pulmonary, breathing by a lateral opening; shell light, turbinated, or spiral; the aperture always entire, rarely closed by an operculum, and sometimes only rudimentary: Order, Phytophaga. HELICINA, hel-e-si'na, s. A genus of Mollusca, belonging to the Achatinæ, or Agate-shells: shell heliciform; outer lip thickened, reflected, and spreading over the umbilicus; aperture semilunar, or lunate: Family, Helicida.

HELICINA, hel-is'e-ne, s. (helix, one of the genera.) The common Land-snails, a subfamily of Mollusca, the shells of which are ventricose and turbinated; the aperture transversely oval; the body whorl large, and ventricose.

HELICIS-HELIOMETER.

HELICIS, hel'e-sis, s. The name of two muscles, the major and minor, connected with the cartilage of the external ear or helix.

HELICOID, hel'e-koyd, s. (helix, and eidos, likeness, Gr.) A geometrical figure.

HELICONIA, hel-e-ko'ne-a, s. (Helicon, in reference to its resemblance to Musa.) A genus of plants: Order, Musacea.

urna.

HELICONIAN, hel-e-ko'ne-an, a. Relating to Helicon, a mountain in Greece. HELICONIUS, hel-e-ko'ne-us, s. (Helicon, in Greece.) A genus of Lepidopterous insects: Family, DiHELICOSPORUM, hel-e-kos'po-rum, s. (helix, a screw, and spora, a seed, Gr. in allusion to the twisted form of the sporules.) A genus of Fungi: Suborder, Hyphomycetes. HELICOSTIGA hel-e-kos'te-ga, s. (helicon, HELICOSTIGUA, hel-e-kos-tig'u-a, thread spun from the distaff, and slego, I cover, Gr. ?) A name given by D'Orbigny to such Foraminifera as have the shells simple and arranged spirally. HELICTERES, he-lik'te-res, s. (helex, a screw, Gr. from the carpels being twisted in a spiral manner.) A genus of plants, consisting of trees or shrubs: Order, Bombaces.

HELING, he'ling, s. The covering of the roof of a building: written also hilling.

HELIOCAMINUS, he-le-o-ka-mi'nus, s. (helios, the sun, and kaminos, a furnace or oven, Gr.) In ancient Architecture, the name given to an arched apartment heated by the rays of the sun. HELIOCENTRIC, he-le-o-sen'trik, a. (helios, the sun, and kentron, a centre, Gr.) In Astronomy, an epithet applied to the place of a planet, as seen from the centre of the sun, in opposition to its geocentric place, as seen from the centre of the earth. Heliocentric longitude of a planet, the angle at the sun's centre, formed by the projection of its radius vector on the ecliptic, and the straight line drawn from the centre of the sun to the point of Aries. The heliocentric latitude of a place, the inclination of the straight line which joins its centre with that of the sun to the plane of the ecliptic. Heliocentric place of a planet, the place in the ecliptic in which the planet would appear, if viewed from the centre of the sun; and consequently, the heliocentric place coincides with the longitude of a planet viewed from the sathie centre. HELIOCOMETES, he-le-o-ko-me'tis, s. (helios, and kometes, a comet, Gr.) A name used to denote a phenomenon which sometimes attends the setting of the sun. It seems to make a comet of that luminary, having the appearance of a large tail or column of light, which follows the sun at his setting, much in the same manner as the tail of a comet. It is likewise termed comets of the sun. HELIOGRAPHIC, he-le-o-graf'fik, a. Pertaining to heliography.

HELIOGRAPHY, he-le-og'gra-fe, s. (helios, and grapho, I write, Gr.) The art of fixing images of objects by the Camera Obscura. HELIOLATER, he-le-ol'a-tur, s. (helios, and latreia, worship, Gr.) A worshipper of the sun. HELIOLATRY, he-le-ol'a-tre, s. The worship of the

sun.

HELIOMETER, he-le-om'e-tur, s. (helios, the sun, and metron, measure, Gr.) A name given by M. Bouquer to a micrometer, invented by himself about the year 1745, by means of which the dia

HELIOPHILUM-HELL.

meters of the heavenly bodies may be measured with considerable accuracy. HELIOPHILUM, he-le-of 'e-lum, 8. (helios, the sun, and phileo, I love, Gr. in reference to the plants growing in places exposed to the sun.) A genus of Cruciferous plants, consisting of herbs or subshrubs: Suborder, Spirolober.

HELIOPORA, he-le-op'o-ra, s. (helios, the sun, and poros, a pore, Gr.) A genus of stony Polyparia, so named from the cylindrical form of the animals being provided with a simple circle of thick tentacula, fifteen or sixteen in number, contained in vertical or diverging cylindrical cells. The coral is found attached to various bodies. HELIORNIS, he-le-awr'nis, s. (helios, the sun, and ornis, a bird, Gr.) A genus of aquatic birds, belonging to the order Palmapedes, and family Brachypteris of Cuvier. HELIOSCOPE, he'le-o-skope, s. (helios, and skopeo, I view, Gr.) A kind of telescope for making observations upon the sun, without the eye being injured by the intense brightness of the solar rays. HELIOSTAT, he'le-o-stat, s. (helios, the sun, and stao, I stand, Gr.) An instrument employed in optical experiments, to fix the position of the solar rays. The word is sometimes spelt heliostate. HELIOTROPE, he'le-o-trope, s. (helios, and trepo, I turn, Gr.) Bloodstone, a siliceous mineral of a deep green colour, and often variegated with bloodred spots; also, an ancient instrument used for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and the equinoctial line.

HELIOTROPIUM, he-le-o-tro'pe-um, s. (helios, the sun, and trepo, I turn, Gr.) Heliotrope, or Turnsole, a genus of annual or shrubby plants, with alternate leaves, and circinate spikes of small blue or white flowers, which turn in the direction of the sun: Order, Ehretacea. HELISPHERIC, hel-e-sfer'ik, a. Spiral; HELISPHERICAL, hel-e-sfer'e-kal, helispherical line, the rhomb line in navigation, so called because on the globe it winds round the pole spirally, coming nearer and nearer to it, but never terminating in it.

HELIX, he'liks, s. (Greek.) A spiral line; a winding, or something that is spiral; also, the name of a coil of wire, used in magnetico-galvanic experiments. In Anatomy, the reflected margin of the external ear. In Conchology, the snail-shell. Helix, or helices, in Architecture, the curling stalks or volutes under the flowers in each face of the abacus of the Corinthian column.

For a charm of oil and bubble.-Shaks.

Like a hell-broth

HELL-CAT, hel'kat, s. An old term for a witch or hag.

HELL-CONFOUNDING, hel'kon-fownd'ing, a. Vanquishing the power of hell. HELL-DOOMED, hel'doomd, a. Consigned or doomed to hell. HELLEBORASTER, hel-le-bo-ras'ter, s. (helleboros, hellebore, and aster, a star, Gr.) The plant Helleborus fœtidus, or stinking hellebore. HELLEBORE, hel'le-bore, s. (helleborus, Lat.) The English name of the plants of the genus Helleborus. Black hellebore, the plant Helleborus niger, or Christmas-rose. White hellebore, the plants Veratrum album and Veratrum veride.

HELLEBORINE, hel'le-bo-rin, s. Bastard Hellebore, the plant Serapis latifolia. HELLEBORISM, hel'le-bo-rizm, s. A medicinal preparation of hellebore. HELLEBORUS, hel-leb'o-rus, s. (helein, to cause death, and bora, food, Gr.) A genus of plants, consisting of fetid, stiff, coriaceous, nearly smooth herbs, with divided leaves, of dangerous cathartic qualities, especially the roots: Order, Ranunculaces.

HELLEN, hel'len, s. In fabulous History, the son of Deucalion, who is said to have given the name of Hellenists to the people afterwards called Greeks, about 1500 years B.C. HELLENIAN, hel-le ́ne-an, HELLENIC, hel-len'ik, tants of Greece. HELLENISM, hel'len-izm, s.

a.

Relating to the Hellenes, or inhabi

ishment for the wicked after death;

Sin is hell begun, as religion is heaven anticipated.J. Lathrop.

the place of the dead, or of souls after death; the lower regions, or the grave-termed, in Hebrew, sheol-and by the Greeks, hades; the pains of hell, the writhing felt by a troubled, guilty conscience; the gates of hell, the power and policy of Satan and his instruments; the infernal powers; the place at a running play to which are carried those who are caught; a place into which a tailor throws his shreds;

In Covent-garden did a tailor dwell,

Who might deserve a place in his own hell.-King. a dungeon or prison.

In Wood-street's hole, or Poultry's hell.

The Counter-Rat

who used the Greek language; one versed in the Greek language.

Relating to the

HELLENISTIC, hel-le-nis'tik, a. Hellenists. HELLENISTICALLY, hel-le-nis'te-kal-le, ad. According to the Hellenistic dialect. HELLENIZE, hel'len-ize, v. n. To use the Greek language.

HELLERIA, hel-le're-a, s. (in honour of George Heller, professor of botany at Wurtzburg.) A genus of plants, consisting of trees and shrubs: Order, Humiriaceæ.

HELLESPONT, hel'lis-pont, s. A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now termed the Dardanelles. HELLESPONTINE, hel-lis-pon'tine, a. the Hellespont.

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