Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 2
Hackle (v. t.) To tear asunder; to break in pieces.
The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces. -- Burke.
Compare: Asunder
Asunder (adv.) Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two; separately; into or in different pieces or places.
I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder. -- Zech. xi. 10.
As wide asunder as pole and pole. -- Froude.
Asunder (adv.) Into parts or pieces; "he took his father's watch apart"; "split apart"; "torn asunder" [syn: apart, asunder].
Asunder (a.) Widely separated especially in space; "as wide asunder as pole from pole."
Compare: Hatchel
Hatchel (n.) An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle.
Hackle (n.) Long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and Pheasants.
Hackle (v.) Comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax" [syn: heckle, hackle, hatchel].
Hackles (n.) A feeling of anger and animosity; "having one's hackles or dander up" [syn: dander, hackles].
Hackles (n.) (pl.) （某些動物、鳥受驚嚇或臨戰時會豎起的）頸背部毛，頸羽 The hairs on the back of some animals, or the feathers on the back of the neck of some birds, that rise when the animal or bird is frightened or about to fight.
Idiom: Make (sb's) hackles rise
Make (sb's) hackles rise (ALSO raise (sb's) hackles) 激怒（某人） To annoy someone.
// The president's speech has raised hackles among members of the opposing party.
Hackly (a.) Rough or broken, as if hacked.
Hackly (a.) (Min.) Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic iron.
Hackmen (n. pl. ) of Hackman.
Hackman (n.) 出租馬車的車夫；出租汽車司機 The driver of a hack or carriage for public hire.
Hackmatack (n.) (Bot.) The American larch ({Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack.
Hackmatack (n.) Poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves [syn: balsam poplar, hackmatack, tacamahac, Populus balsamifera].
Hackneys (n. pl. ) of Hackney.
Hackney (n.) A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. -- Chaucer.
Hackney (n.) A horse or pony kept for hire.
Hackney (n.) A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
Hackney (n.) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
Hackney (a.) Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors. "Hackney tongue." -- Roscommon.
Hackneyed (imp. & p. p.) of Hackney.
Hackneying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hackney.
Hackney (v. t.) To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation.
Had I so lavish of my presence been, So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men. -- Shak.
Hackney (v. t.) To carry in a hackney coach. -- Cowper.
Hackney (n.) A carriage for hire [syn: hackney, hackney carriage, hackney coach].
Hackney (n.) A compact breed of harness horse.
Hackneymen (n. pl. ) of Hackneyman.
Hackneyman (n.) A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.
Hackster (n.) A bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an assassin. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Hacqueton (n.) 鎖子甲 Same as Acton. [Obs.]
Compare: Acton
Acton (n.) A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail. [Spelled also hacqueton.] [Obs.] -- Halliwell. Sir W. Scott.
Had (imp. & p. p.) See Have.
Had as lief, Had rather, Had better, Had as soon, etc., with a nominative and followed by the infinitive without to, are well established idiomatic forms. The original construction was that of the dative with forms of be, followed by the infinitive. See Had better, under Better.
And lever me is be pore and trewe. [And more agreeable to me it is to be poor and true.] -- C. Mun (Trans.).
Him had been lever to be syke. [To him it had been preferable to be sick.] -- Fabian.
For him was lever have at his bed's head Twenty bookes, clad in black or red, . . . Than robes rich, or fithel, or gay sawtrie. -- Chaucer.
Note: Gradually the nominative was substituted for the dative, and had for the forms of be. During the process of transition, the nominative with was or were, and the dative with had, are found.
Poor lady, she were better love a dream. -- Shak.
You were best hang yourself. -- Beau. & Fl.
Me rather had my heart might feel your love Than my unpleased eye see your courtesy. -- Shak.
I hadde levere than my scherte, That ye hadde rad his legende, as have I. -- Chaucer.I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself. -- Shak.
I had rather be a dog and bay the moon, Than such a Roman. -- Shak.
I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. -- Ps. lxxxiv. 10.
Hadder (n.) Heather; heath. [Obs.] -- Burton.
Haddie (n.) (Zool.) The haddock. [Scot.]
Haddock (n.) (Zool.) A marine food fish ({Melanogrammus aeglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie.
Norway haddock, A marine edible fish ({Sebastes marinus"> Norway haddock, a marine edible fish ({Sebastes marinus) of Northern Europe and America. See Rose fish.
Hade (n.) The descent of a hill. [Obs.]
Hade (n.) (Mining) The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein.
Hade (n.) (Geol. & Mining) The deviation of a fault plane from the vertical.
Note: The direction of the hade is the direction toward which the fault plane descends from an intersecting vertical line.
Hade (v. i.) (Mining) To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
Hades (n.) The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave.
And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them. -- Rev. xx. 13 (Rev. Ver.).
Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. -- Acts ii. 31 (Rev. Ver.).
And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments. -- Luke xvi. 23 (Rev. Ver.).
Compare: Tartarus
Tartarus (prop. n.) (Class. Myth.) The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general.
Hades (n.) (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone [syn: Pluto, Hades, Aides, Aidoneus].
Hades (n.) (Religion) The world of the dead; "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth" -- Theognis [syn: Hell, Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld].
Compare: Haj
Haj, Hajj (n.) A pilgrimage to Mecca; every Muslim must make this journey at least once. [Also spelled hadj.]
Syn: hadj, haj. haji.
Hadj (n.) The pilgrimage to Mecca, performed by Mohammedans. It is the duty of Moslems to make a journey to Mecca at least once ina lifetime, or if that is not possible, three journeys to one of the alternate sacred sites. [Also spelled haj and hajj.]
Hadj (n.) The fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba; "for a Muslim the hajj is the ultimate act of worship" [syn: hajj, haj, hadj].
Hadji (n.) A Mohammedan pilgrim to Mecca; -- used among Orientals as a respectful salutation or a title of honor. -- G. W. Curtis.
Hadji (n.) A Greek or Armenian who has visited the holy sepulcher at Jerusalem. -- Heyse.
Hadji (n.) An Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca [syn: hajji, hadji, haji].
Hadrosaurus (n.) (Paleon.) An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.
Hadrosaurus (n.) Any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic [syn: hadrosaur, hadrosaurus, duck-billed dinosaur].
Haecceity () (Logic) Literally, this-ness. A scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this book. Haemato Haema
Haecceity (n.) The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other [syn: quiddity, haecceity]
Haema- () Alt. of Haemo-.
Haemato- () Alt. of Haemo-.
Haemo- () Combining forms indicating relation or resemblance to blood, association with blood; as, haemapod, haematogenesis, haemoscope.
Note: Words from Gr. a"i^ma are written hema-, hemato-, hemo-, as well as h[ae]ma-, h[ae]mato-, h[ae]mo-.
Haemachrome (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) Hematin.
Haemacyanin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color.
Note: When deprived of oxygen it is colorless, but becomes quickly blue in contact with oxygen, and is then generally called oxyh[ae]macyanin. A similar blue coloring matter has been detected in small quantity in the blood of other animals and in the bile.
Haemacytometer (n.) (Physiol.) An apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.
Haemad (adv.) (Anat.) Toward the haemal side; on the haemal side of; -- opposed to neurad. Haemadrometer
Haemadrometer (n.) Alt. of Haemadremometer.
Haemadremometer (n.) Same as Hemadrometer.
Haemadrometry (n.) Alt. of Haemadromometry.
Haemadromometry (n.) Same as Hemadrometry.
Haemadromograph (n.) (Physiol.) An instrument for registering the velocity of the blood. Haemadynameter
Haemadynameter () Alt. of Haemadynamometer.
Haemadynamometer () Same as Hemadynamometer.
Haemadynamics (n.) Same as Hemadynamics.
Haemal (a.) Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels; also, ventral. See Hemal.
Haemal (a.) Relating to the blood vessels or blood [syn: hemal, haemal, hematal, haematal].
Haemaphaein (n.) A brownish substance sometimes found in the blood, in cases of jaundice.
Haemapod (n.) An haemapodous animal.
Haemapodous (a.) Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to neuropodous.
Haemapoietic (a.) Bloodforming; as, the haemapoietic function of the spleen.
Haemapophysis (n.) Same as Hemapophysis.
Haemastatics (n.) Same as Hemastatics.
Haematachometer (n.) A form of apparatus (somewhat different from the hemadrometer) for measuring the velocity of the blood.
Haematachometry (n.) The measurement of the velocity of the blood.
Haematemesis (n.) Same as Hematemesis.
Haematic (a.) Of or pertaining to the blood; sanguine; brownish red.
Haematin (n.) Same as Hematin.
Haematinometer (n.) Same as Hematinometer.
Haematinometric (a.) Same as Hematinometric.
Haematite (n.) Same as Hematite.
Haematitic (a.) Of a blood-red color; crimson; (Bot.) brownish red.
Haemato- (prefix.) See Haema-.
Haematoblast (n.) One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle, supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red corpuscles; -- called also blood plaque, and blood plate.
Haematocrya (n. pl.) The cold-blooded vertebrates. Same as Hematocrya.
Haematocryal (a.) Cold-blooded.
Haematocrystallin (n.) Same as Hematocrystallin.
Haematodynamometer (n.) Same as Hemadynamometer.
Haematogenesis (n.) The origin and development of blood.
Haematogenesis (n.) The transformation of venous arterial blood by respiration; hematosis.
Haematogenic (a.) Relating to haematogenesis.
Haematogenous (a.) (Physiol.) Originating in the blood.
Haematoglobulin (n.) Same as Hematoglobin.
Compare: Hemoglobin
Hemoglobin (n.) (Physiol.) The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called h[ae]matoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called h[ae]matocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood.
Haematoid (a.) Same as Hematoid.
Haematoidin (n.) Same as Hematoidin.
Haematoin (n.) A substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. Two like bodies, called respectively haematoporphyrin and haematolin, are formed in a similar manner.
Haematolin (n.) See Haematoin.
Compare: Haematoin
Haematoin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid.
Two like bodies, called respectively h[ae]matoporphyrin and h[ae]matolin, are formed in a similar manner.
Haematology (n.) The science which treats of the blood. Same as Hematology.
Haematology (n.) The branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs [syn: hematology, haematology].
Haematology (n.) [ U ] (UK) (Specialized) (US hematology) 血液學 The scientific study of blood and the body tissues that make it.
Haematometer (n.) (Physiol.) Same as Hemadynamometer.
Compare: Hemadynamometer
Hemadynamometer (n.) (Physiol.) An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a h[ae]momanometer.
Haematometer (n.) (Physiol.) An instrument for determining the number of blood corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.
Haematophlina (n. pl.) A division of Cheiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire.
Haematoplast (n.) (Anat.) Same as Haematoblast.
Compare: Haematoblast
Haematoblast (n.) (Anat.) One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle, supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red corpuscles; -- called also blood plaque, and blood plate.
Haematoplastic (a.) (Physiol.) Blood formative; -- applied to a substance in early fetal life, which breaks up gradually into blood vessels.
Haematoporphyrin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) See Haematoin.
Compare: Haematoin
Haematoin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid.
Two like bodies, called respectively h[ae]matoporphyrin and h[ae]matolin, are formed in a similar manner.
Haematosac (n.) (Anat.) A vascular sac connected, beneath the brain, in many fishes, with the infundibulum.
Haematoscope (n.) A haemoscope.
Haematosin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) Hematin. [R.]
Haematosis (n.) Same as Hematosis.
Compare: Hematosis
Hematosis (n.) (Physiol.) Sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood.
Hematosis (n.) (Physiol.) The arterialization of the blood in the lungs; the formation of blood in general; h[ae]matogenesis.
Compare: Arterialization
Arterialization (n.) (Physiol.) The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also a["e]ration and hematosis.
Haematotherma (n. pl.) (Zool.) Same as Hematotherma.
Haematothermal (a.) Warm-blooded; homoiothermal.
Haematothorax (n.) Same as Hemothorax.
Compare: Hemothorax
Hemothorax (n.) (Med.) An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura.
Hemothorax (n.) Accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) [syn: hemothorax, haemothorax].
Haematoxylin (n.) (Chem.) The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance, C16H14O6, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also hematin.
Haematoxylon (n.) (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species, the Haematoxylon Campechianum or logwood tree, native in Yucatan.
Haematoxylon (n.) Small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees [syn: Haematoxylum, genus Haematoxylum, Haematoxylon, genus Haematoxylon].
Haematozoa (n. pl. ) of Haematozoon.
Haematozoon (n.) (Zool.) A parasite inhabiting the blood; esp.:
Haematozoon (n.) (Zool.) Certain species of nematodes of the genus Filaria, sometimes found in the blood of man, the horse, the dog, etc.
Haematozoon (n.) (Zool.) The trematode, Bilharzia haematobia, which infests the inhabitants of Egypt and other parts of Africa, often causing death.
Haemic (a.) Pertaining to the blood; hemal.
Haemic (a.) Relating to or containing or affecting blood; "a hematic cyst"; "a hematic crisis" [syn: hemic, haemic, hematic, haematic].