Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 21
Hederaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, ivy.
Hederal (a.) Of or pertaining to ivy.
Hederic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the ivy (Hedera); as, hederic acid, an acid of the acetylene series.
Hederiferous (a.) Producing ivy; ivy-bearing.
Hederose (a.) Pertaining to, or of, ivy; full of ivy.
Hedge (n.) A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.
The roughest berry on the rudest hedge. -- Shak.
Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk. -- Thomson.
Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean; as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc.
Hedge bells, Hedge bindweed (Bot.), A climbing plant related to the morning-glory ({Convolvulus sepium).
Hedge bill, A long-handled billhook.
Hedge garlic (Bot.), A plant of the genus Alliaria. See Garlic mustard, under Garlic.
Hedge hyssop (Bot.), A bitter herb of the genus Gratiola, the leaves of which are emetic and purgative.
Hedge marriage, A secret or clandestine marriage, especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.]
Hedge mustard (Bot.), A plant of the genus Sisymbrium, belonging to the Mustard family.
Hedge nettle (Bot.), An herb, or under shrub, of the genus Stachys, belonging to the Mint family. It has a nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless.
Hedge note. (a) The note of a hedge bird.
Hedge note. (b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Hedge priest, A poor, illiterate priest. -- Shak.
Hedge school, An open-air school in the shelter of a hedge, in Ireland; a school for rustics.
Hedge sparrow (Zool.), A European warbler ({Accentor modularis) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white. Called also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and doney.
Hedge writer, An insignificant writer, or a writer of low, scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] -- Swift.
To breast up a hedge. See under Breast.
To hang in the hedge, To be at a standstill. "While the business of money hangs in the hedge." -- Pepys.
Hedged (imp. & p. p.) of Hedge.
Hedging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hedge.
Hedge (v. t.) To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as, to hedge a field or garden.
Hedge (v. t.) To obstruct, as a
road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up
and out.
I will hedge up thy way with thorns. -- Hos. ii. 6.
Lollius Urbius . . . drew another wall . . . to hedge out incursions from the north. -- Milton.
Hedge (v. t.) To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in). "England, hedged in with the main." -- Shak.
Hedge (v. t.) To surround so as to prevent escape.
That is a law to hedge in the cuckoo. -- Locke.
Hedge (v. t.) To protect oneself against excessive loss in an activity by taking a countervailing action; as, to hedge an investment denominated in a foreign currency by buying or selling futures in that currency; to hedge a donation to one political party by also donating to the opposed political party.
To hedge a bet, To bet upon both sides; that is, after having bet on one side, to bet also on the other, thus guarding against loss. See hedge [5].
Hedge (v. i.) To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty, responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a hedge; to skulk; to slink; to shirk obligations.
I myself sometimes, leaving the fear of God on the left hand and hiding mine honor in my necessity, am fain to shuffle, to hedge and to lurch. -- Shak.
Hedge (v. i.) To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.
Hedge (v. i.) To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite.
The Heroic Stanzas read much more like an elaborate attempt to hedge between the parties than . . . to gain favor from the Roundheads. -- Saintsbury.
Hedge (n.) A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes [syn: hedge, hedgerow].
Hedge (n.) Any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change [syn: hedge, hedging].
Hedge (n.) An intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging" [syn: hedge, hedging].
Hedge (v.) Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep].
Hedge (v.) Hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in."
Hedge (v.) Enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property" [syn: hedge, hedge in].
Hedge (v.) Minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets."
Hedge (n.) [ C ] [ C ] (Bushes) (B2) （尤指花園、田地或馬路邊緣的）樹籬 A line of bushes or small trees planted very close together, especially along the edge of a garden, field, or road.
// A privet hedge.
Hedge (n.) [ C ] (Protection) 保護（或控制、限制）手段 A way of protecting, controlling, or limiting something.
// She'd made some overseas investments as a hedge against rising inflation in this country.
Hedge (v.) [ T + adv/ prep, usually passive ] 嚴格限制 To limit something severely.
// We've got permission, but it's hedged about/ around with strict conditions.
Hedge (v.) [ I ] 避免答覆；拐彎抹角；迴避 To try to avoid giving an answer or taking any action.
// Stop hedging and tell me what you really think.
Idiom:
Hedge your bets （爲避免損失）兩方下注，兩邊押寶 To protect yourself against loss by supporting more than one possible result or both sides in a competition.
// They're hedging their bets and keeping up contacts with both companies.
Hedgeborn (a.) Born under a hedge; of low birth.
Hedgebote (n.) Same as Haybote.
Hedgehog (n.) A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects.
Hedgehog (n.) The Canadian porcupine.
Hedgehog (n.) A species of Medicago (M. intertexta), the pods of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so called.
Hedgehog (n.) A form of dredging machine.
Hedgeless (a.) Having no hedge.
Hedgepig (n.) A young hedgehog.
Hedger (n.) One who makes or mends hedges; also, one who hedges, as, in betting.
Hedgerow (n.) A row of shrubs, or trees, planted for inclosure or separation of fields.
Hedging bill () A hedge bill. See under Hedge.
Hedonic (a.) Pertaining to pleasure.
Hedonic (a.) Of or relating to Hedonism or the Hedonic sect.
Hedonistic (a.) Same as Hedonic, 2.
Heeded (imp. & p. p.) of Heed.
Heeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heed.
Heed (v. t.) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
Heed (v. i.) To mind; to consider.
Heed (n.) Attention; notice; observation; regard; -- often with give or take.
Heed (n.) Careful consideration; obedient regard.
Heed (n.) A look or expression of heading.
Heedful (a.) Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect; attentive; vigilant.
Heedful (a.) (Formal) 深切注意的，深切留心的 Paying careful attention to something or someone.
// The government should be heedful of the impact of inflation on savings.
Heedless (a.) Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant.
O, negligent and heedless discipline! -- Shak.
The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him so. -- Waller. -- Heed"less*ly, adv. -- Heed"less*ness, n.
Heedless (a.) Marked by or paying little heed or attention; "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"-- Franklin D. Roosevelt; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's crying" [syn: heedless, unheeding] [ant: attentive, heedful, paying attention, thoughtful].
Heedless (a.) Characterized by careless unconcern; "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes" -- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public funds" [syn: heedless, reckless].
Heedlessness (n.) A lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people) [syn: inattentiveness, heedlessness] [ant: attentiveness, heed, paying attention, regard].
Heedlessness (n.) The trait of acting rashly and without prudence [syn: heedlessness, mindlessness, rashness].
Heedlessness (n.) The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities [syn: unmindfulness, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency] [ant: heedfulness, mindfulness].
Heedy (a.) Heedful. [Obs.] "Heedy shepherds." -- Spenser. -- Heed"i*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Heed"i*ness, n. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Heel (v. i.) To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.
Heeling error (Naut.), a deviation of the compass caused by the heeling of an iron vessel to one side or the other.
Heel (n.) The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds.
He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, His winged heels and then his armed head. -- Denham.
Heel (n.) The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe.
Heel (n.) The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part. "The heel of a hunt." -- A. Trollope. "The heel of the white loaf." -- Sir W. Scott.
Heel (n.) Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
Heel (n.) The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests; especially:
Heel (n.) (Naut.) The after end of a ship's keel.
Heel (n.) (Naut.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc.
Heel (n.) (Mil.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position.
Heel (n.) (Mil.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt.
Heel (n.) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe.
Heel (n.) (Man.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.
Heel (n.) (Arch.) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
Heel (n.) (Arch.) A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen. -- Gwilt.
Heel (n.) (Golf) The part of the face of the club head nearest the shaft.
Heel (n.) In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder.
Heel chain (Naut.), A chain passing from the bowsprit cap around the heel of the jib boom.
Heel plate, The butt plate of a gun.
Heel of a rafter. (Arch.) See Heel, n., 7.
Heel ring, A ring for fastening a scythe blade to the snath.
Neck and heels, The whole body. (Colloq.)
To be at the heels of, To pursue closely; to follow hard; as, hungry want is at my heels. -- Otway.
To be down at the heel, To be slovenly or in a poor plight.
To be out at the heels, To have on stockings that are worn out; hence, to be shabby, or in a poor plight. -- Shak.
To cool the heels. See under Cool.
To go heels over head, To turn over so as to bring the heels uppermost; hence, to move in a inconsiderate, or rash, manner.
To have the heels of, To outrun.
To lay by the heels, To fetter; to shackle; to imprison. -- Shak. -- Addison.
To show the heels, To flee; to run from.
To take to the heels, To flee; to betake to flight.
To throw up another's heels, To trip him. -- Bunyan.
To tread upon one's heels, To follow closely. -- Shak.
Heeled (imp. & p. p.) of Heel.
Heeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heel.
Heel (v. t.) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like. [R.]
I cannot sing, Nor heel the high lavolt. -- Shak.
Heel (v. t.) To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.
Heel (v. t.) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
Heel (v. t.) (Golf) To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
Heel (v. t.) (Football) To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot advanced, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
Heel (n.) The bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation.
Heel (n.) The back part of the human foot.
Heel (n.) Someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" [syn: cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel].
Heel (n.) One of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread.
Heel (n.) The lower end of a ship's mast.
Heel (n.) (Golf) The part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft.
Heel (v.) Tilt to one side; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard" [syn: list, heel].
Heel (v.) Follow at the heels of a person.
Heel (v.) Perform with the heels; "heel that dance."
Heel (v.) Strike with the heel of the club; "heel a golf ball."
Heel (v.) Put a new heel on; "heel shoes" [syn: heel, reheel].
Heelball (n.) A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions.
Heeler (n.) A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.
Heeler (n.) A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron. [Political Cant, U. S.]
The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding. -- The Century.
Heelless (a.) Without a heel.
Heelpiece (n.) A piece of armor to protect the heels.
Heelpiece (n.) A piece of leather fixed on the heel of a shoe.
Heelpiece (n.) The end. "The heelpiece of his book." -- Lloyd.
Heelpost (n.) (Naut.) The post supporting the outer end of a propeller shaft.
Heelpost (n.) (Carp.) The post to which a gate or door is hinged.
Heelpost (n.) (Engineering) The quoin post of a lock gate.
Heelspur (n.) (Zool.) A slender bony or cartilaginous process developed from the heel bone of bats. It helps to support the wing membranes. See Illust. of Cheiropter.
Heeltap (n.) One of the segments of leather in the heel of a shoe.
Heeltap (n.) A small portion of liquor left in a glass after drinking. "Bumpers around and no heeltaps." -- Sheridan.
Heeltapped (imp. & p. p.) of Heeltap.
Heeltapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heeltap.
Heeltap (v. t.) To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.)
Heeltool (n.) A tool used by turners in metal, having a bend forming a heel near the cutting end.
Heep (n.) The hip of the dog-rose. [Obs.]
Heer (n.) A yarn measure of six hundred yards or / of a spindle. See Spindle.
Heer (n.) Hair. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Heft (n.) Same as Haft, n. [Obs.] -- Waller.
Heft (n.) The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion. [Obs.]
He craks his gorge, his sides, With violent hefts. -- Shak.
Heft (n.) Weight; ponderousness. [Colloq.]
A man of his age and heft. -- T. Hughes.
Heft (n.) The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled. [Colloq. U. S.] -- J. Pickering.
Heft (n.) A number of sheets of paper fastened together, as for a notebook; also, a part of a serial publication.
The size of "hefts" will depend on the material requiring attention, and the annual volume is to cost about 15 marks. -- The Nation.
Hefted (imp. & p. p.) of Heft.
Heft () of Heft.
Hefting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heft.
Heft (v. t.) To heave up; to raise aloft.
Inflamed with wrath, his raging blade he heft. -- Spenser.
Heft (v. t.) To prove or try the weight of by raising. [Colloq.]
Heft (n.) The property of being large in mass [syn: heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness, ponderosity].
Heft (v.) Lift or elevate [syn: heave, heave up, heft, heft up].
Heft (v.) Test the weight of something by lifting it.
Hefty (a.) Moderately heavy. [Colloq. U. S.]
Hefty (a.) Strong; muscular; -- of people.
Hefty (a.) Substantial; large; as, a hefty increase in annual profits.
Hefty (a.) (Of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms" [syn: brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewy].
Hefty (a.) Of considerable weight and size; "a hefty dictionary."
Hefty (a.) Large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune" [syn: goodly, goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy].
Hegelian (a.) Pertaining to Hegelianism.
Hegelian (n.) A follower of Hegel. Hegelianism.
Hegelian (a.) Of or relating to Hegel or his dialectic philosophy.
Hegelian (n.) A follower of the thought of Hegel.
Hegelianism (n.) Alt. of Hegelism.
Hegelism (n.) The system of logic and philosophy set forth by Hegel, a German writer (1770-1831). Hegemonic
Hegemonic (a.) Alt. of Hegemonical.
Hegemonical (a.) Leading; controlling; ruling; predominant. "Princelike and hegemonical." -- Fotherby.
Hegemony (n.) Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a government or state to its neighbors or confederates. -- Lieber.
Hegemony (n.)The dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others; "the hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation"; "to say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony"; "the consolidation of the United States' hegemony over a new international economic system."
Hegge (n.) A hedge. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Hegira (n.) The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed.
Note: The starting point of the Era was made to begin, not from the date of the flight, but from the first day of the Arabic year, which corresponds to July 16, a. d. 622.
Hegira (n.) The flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year [syn: Hegira, Hejira].
Hegira (n.) A journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment [syn: exodus, hegira, hejira].
Heifer (n.) (Zool.) A young cow.
Heifer, () Heb. 'eglah, (Deut. 21:4, 6; Jer. 46:20). Untrained to the yoke (Hos. 10:11); giving milk (Isa. 7:21); ploughing (Judg. 14:18); treading out grain (Jer. 50:11); unsubdued to the yoke an emblem of Judah (Isa. 15:5; Jer. 48:34). Heb. parah (Gen. 41:2; Num. 19:2). Bearing the yoke (Hos. 4:16); "heifers of Bashan" (Amos 4:1), metaphorical for the voluptuous females of Samaria. The ordinance of sacrifice of the "red heifer" described in Num. 19:1-10; comp. Heb. 9:13.
Heifer, () A young cow, which has not had a calf. A beast of this kind two years and a half old, was held to be improperly described in the indictment as a cow. 2 East, P. C. 616; 1 Leach, 105.
Heigh-ho (interj.) An exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness, weariness, etc. -- Shak.
Height (n.) The condition of being high; elevated position.
Behold the height of the stars, how high they are! -- Job xxii. 12.