Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 25
Hemicycle (n.) 半圓形；半圓形的鬥技場；半圓形的房間 A semicircular place, as a semicircular arena, or room, or part of a room.
The collections will be displayed in the hemicycle of the central pavilion. -- London Academy.
Hemicycle (n.) A plane figure with the shape of half a circle [syn semicircle, hemicycle].
Hemidactyl (n.) (Zool.) Any species of Old World geckoes of the genus Hemidactylus. The hemidactyls have dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath.
Compare: Hemidactylus
Hemidactylus (n.) 蜥虎屬 Hemidactylus is a genus of the common gecko family, Gekkonidae. It has 176 described species, newfound ones being described every few years. These geckos are found in all the tropical regions of the world, extending into the subtropical parts of Africa and Europe. They excel in colonizing oceanic islands by rafting on flotsam, and are for example found across most of Polynesia. In some archipelagoes, cryptic species complexes are found. [2] Geckos like to live in and out of houses. They have been introduced to Australia.
Hemi-demi-semiquaver (n.) (Mus.) A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note.
Hemiditone (n.) (Gr. Mus.) The lesser third. -- Busby.
Hemigamous (a.) (Bot.) Having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether male or female; -- said of grasses.
Hemiglyph (n.) (Arch.) The half channel or groove in the edge of the triglyph in the Doric order.
Hemihedral (a.) (Crystallog.) Having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as when a cube has planes only on half of its eight solid angles, or one plane out of a pair on each of its edges; or as in the case of a tetrahedron, which is hemihedral to an octahedron, it being contained under four of the planes of an octahedron. -- Hem`i*he"dral*ly, adv.
Hemihedrism (n.) (Crystallog.) The property of crystallizing hemihedrally.
Hemihedron (n.) (Crystallog.) A solid hemihedrally derived. The tetrahedron is a hemihedron.
Hemiholohedral (a.) (Crystallog.) Presenting hemihedral forms, in which half the sectants have the full number of planes.
Hemimellitic (a.) (Chem.) Having half as many (three) carboxyl radicals as mellitic acid; -- said of an organic acid.
Hemimetabola (n. pl.) (Zool.) Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis.
Hemimetabola (n.) Subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually incomplete metamorphosis [syn: Exopterygota, subclass Exopterygota, Hemimetabola
Hemimetabolic (a.) (Zool.) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches.
Hemimetabolic (a.) (Of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult [syn: hemimetabolous, hemimetabolic, hemimetamorphous, hemimetamorphic].
Hemimorphic (a.) (Crystallog.) Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; -- said of a crystal.
Hemin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A substance, in the form of reddish brown, microscopic, prismatic crystals, formed from dried blood by the action of strong acetic acid and common salt; -- called also Teichmann's crystals. Chemically, it is a hydrochloride of hematin.
Note: The obtaining of these small crystals, from old blood clots or suspected blood stains, constitutes one of the best evidences of the presence of blood.
Hemin (n.) A reddish-brown chloride of heme; produced from hemoglobin in laboratory tests for the presence of blood [syn: hemin, protohemin].
Heminae (n. pl. ) of Hemina
Hemina (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) A measure of half a sextary. -- Arbuthnot.
Hemina (n.) (Med.) A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces.
Hemionus (n.) (Zool.) A wild ass found in Thibet; the kiang. -- Darwin. Hemiopia
Hemiopia (n.) Alt. of Hemiopsia
Hemiopsia (n.) (Med.) A defect of vision in consequence of which a person sees but half of an object looked at.
Hemiorthotype (a.) Same as Monoclinic.
Hemipeptone (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter.
Note: Unlike antipeptone it is convertible into leucin and tyrosin, by the continued action of pancreatic juice. See Peptone. It is also formed from hemialbumose and albumin by the action of boiling dilute sulphuric acid.
Hemiplegia (n.) (Med.) A palsy that affects one side only of the body. -- Hem`i"pleg"ic, a.
Hemiplegia (n.) Paralysis of one side of the body [syn: hemiplegia, unilateral paralysis].
Hemiplegy (n.) (Med.) Hemiplegia.
Hemipode (n.) (Zool.) Any bird of the genus Turnix. Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia.
Hemipode (n.) Small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains [syn: button quail, button-quail, bustard quail, hemipode].
Hemiprotein (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) An insoluble, proteid substance, described by Schutzenberger, formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone.
Hemipter (n.) (Zool.) One of the Hemiptera.
Hemiptera (n. pl.) (Zool.) 半翅類 An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillae), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others.
Note: They are divided into the Heteroptera, including the squash bug, soldier bug, bedbug, etc.; the Homoptera, including the cicadas, cuckoo spits, plant lice, scale insects, etc.; the Thysanoptera, including the thrips, and, according to most recent writers, the Pediculina or true lice. Hemipteral
Hemiptera (n.) Plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas) [syn: Hemiptera, order Hemiptera].
Hemipteral (a.) Alt. of Hemipterous
Hemipterous (a.) (Zool.) 半翅類的 Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera.
Hemipteran (n.) (Zool.) One of the Hemiptera; an hemipter.
Hemipteran (n.) 半翅類昆蟲 Insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis [syn: hemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran, hemipteron].
Hemisected (imp. & p. p.) of Hemisect
Hemisecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hemisect
Hemisect (v. t.) (Anat.) 切成兩半 To divide along the mesial plane.
Hemisection (n.) (Anat.) 一半切除 A division along the mesial plane; also, one of the parts so divided.
Hemisphere (n.) [C] （地球的）半球；半球體；半球上的國家（或居民）；（活動、知識等的）範圍，領域 A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center.
Hemisphere (n.) Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map or picture.
Hemisphere (n.) The people who inhabit a hemisphere.
He died . . . mourned by a hemisphere. -- J. P. Peters.
{Cerebral hemispheres}. (Anat.) See {Brain}.
{Magdeburg hemispheres} (Physics), Two hemispherical cups forming, when placed together, a cavity from which the air can be withdrawn by an air pump; -- used to illustrate the pressure of the air. So called because invented by Otto von Guericke at Magdeburg. Hemispheric.
Hemisphere (n.) Half of the terrestrial globe.
Hemisphere (n.) Half of a sphere.
Hemisphere (n.) Either half of the cerebrum [syn: {hemisphere}, {cerebral hemisphere}].
Hemispheric (a.) Alt. of Hemispherical
Hemispherical (a.) 半球狀的；半球的 Containing, or pertaining to, a hemisphere; as, a hemispheric figure or form; a hemispherical body.
Hemispheric (a.) Of or relating to the cerebral hemispheres.
Hemispheroid (n.) 滴形油罐；半球體 A half of a spheroid.
Hemispheroidal (a.) Resembling, or approximating to, a hemisphere in form.
Hemispherule (n.) A half spherule.
Hemistich (n.) 【詩】不完全的詩行；（由中間停頓分開的）詩的半行，半句 Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.
Hemistichal (a.) Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also, by, or according to, hemistichs; as, a hemistichal division of a verse.
Hemisystole (n.) (Physiol.) 半減收縮；半收縮 Contraction of only one ventricle of the heart.
Note: Hemisystole is noticed in rare cases of insufficiency of the mitral valve, in which both ventricles at times contract simultaneously, as in a normal heart, this condition alternating with contraction of the right ventricle alone; hence, intermittent hemisystole.
Hemitone (n.) See Semitone. Hemitropal
Hemitropal (a.) Alt. of Hemitropous
Hemitropous (a.) 橫生的 Turned half round; half inverted.
Hemitropous (a.) (Bot.) Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule. -- Gray.
Hemitrope (a.) Half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure.
Hemitrope (n.) 半體雙晶 That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.
Compare: Crystallography
Crystallography (n.) 結晶學；晶體繞射法 The branch of science concerned with the structure and properties of crystals.
‘She threw herself into science - physics, chemistry and crystallography.’
Hemitropy (n.) (Crystallog.) Twin composition in crystals.
Hemlock (n.) (Bot.) [C]【植】毒芹屬植物；【美】鐵杉；鐵杉木 The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the {Cicuta maculate}, {Cicuta bulbifera}, and {Cicuta virosa}, and the {Conium maculatum}. See {Conium}.
Note: The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by some thought to have been a decoction of {Cicuta virosa}, or water hemlock, by others, of {Conium maculatum}.
Compare: Umbelliferous
Umbelliferous (a.)【植】繖狀花科的 (Botany) Of, relating to, or belonging to the Umbelliferae, a family of herbaceous plants and shrubs, typically having hollow stems, divided or compound leaves, and flowers in umbels: includes fennel, dill, parsley, carrot, celery, and parsnip.
Umbelliferous (a.) (Botany) Designating any other plant bearing umbels.
[C17: from New Latin umbellifer, from Latin umbella sunshade + ferre to bear] Umbellifer ( n.)
Umbelliferous (a.) Bearing an umbel or umbels, as plants of the parsley family. [1655–65; < New Latin umbellifer]
Compare: Umbellifer
Umbellifer ( n.) (pl. Umbellifers) A plant of the parsley family, having its flowers arranged in umbels.
Compare: Umbel
Umbel (n.) 【植】繖狀花序 (Botany) A flower cluster in which stalks of nearly equal length spring from a common centre and form a flat or curved surface, characteristic of the parsley family.
Compare: Parsley
Parsley (n.) [Mass noun] 【植物；植物學】歐芹，洋芫荽。A biennial plant with white flowers and aromatic leaves which are either crinkly or flat and are used as a culinary herb and for garnishing food.
Petroselinum crispum, family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae; the parsley family). Members of this family have their flowers arranged in umbels and are known as umbellifers; typical members include hogweed and hemlock as well as many food plants and herbs (carrot, parsnip, celery, fennel, anise)
Compare: Biennial
Biennial (a.) 兩年一度的Taking place every other year.
‘The first of a series of biennial exhibitions.’
Compare with Biannual.
Biennial (a.) (Of a plant) Taking two years to grow from seed to fruition and die.
Compare with A nnual, Perennial.
Biennial (n.) 二年生植物A biennial plant.
Biennial (n.) An event celebrated or taking place every two years.
‘The top antiques fairs are the Milan and Florence biennials.’
Hemlock (n.) (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America ({Abies Canadensis} or {Tsuga Canadensis}); hemlock spruce.
The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. -- Longfellow.
Hemlock (n.) The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.
{Ground hemlock}, or {Dwarf hemlock}. See under {Ground}.
Hemlock (n.) Poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock".
Hemlock (n.) Large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous [syn: {hemlock}, {poison hemlock}, {poison parsley}, {California fern}, {Nebraska fern}, {winter fern}, {Conium maculatum}].
Hemlock (n.) Soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock.
Hemlock (n.) An evergreen tree [syn: {hemlock}, {hemlock tree}].
Hemlock (n.) Heb. rosh (Hos. 10:4; rendered "gall" in Deut. 29:18; 32:32; Ps. 69:21; Jer. 9:15; 23:15; "poison," Job 20:16; "venom," Deut. 32:33). "Rosh is the name of some poisonous plant which grows quickly and luxuriantly; of a bitter taste, and therefore coupled with wormwood (Deut. 29:18; Lam. 3:19). Hence it would seem to be not the hemlock cicuta, nor the colocynth or wild gourd, nor lolium darnel, but the poppy so called from its heads" (Gesenius, Lex.).
Hemlock (n.) Heb. la'anah, generally rendered "wormwood" (q.v.), Deut. 29:18, Text 17; Prov. 5:4; Jer. 9:15; 23:15. Once it is rendered "hemlock" (Amos 6:12; R.V., "wormwood"). This Hebrew word is from a root meaning "to curse," hence the accursed.
Hemmel (n.) A shed or hovel for cattle. [Prov. Eng.] -- Wright.
Hemmer (n.) 縫邊者；縫邊器 One who, or that which, hems with a needle.
Hemmer (n.) An attachment to a sewing machine, for turning under the edge of a piece of fabric, preparatory to stitching it down.
Hemmer (n.) A tool for turning over the edge of sheet metal to make a hem.
Hemo- () Same as Haema-, Haemo-.
Hemoglobin (n.) (Physiol.) 血色素；血紅素 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}.
Compare: Corpulse
Corpulse (n.) (Biology) 【解】小體；血球；【物】微粒，光（粒）子 A minute body or cell in an organism, especially a red or white cell in the blood of vertebrates.
Corpulse (n.) (Historical) A minute particle regarded as the basic constituent of matter or light.
‘These subparticles at the centre of an antimony corpuscle are fluid and volatile.’
Hemoglobin (n.) 血色素；血紅素 A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues; "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals" [syn: {hemoglobin}, {haemoglobin}, {Hb}].
Hemoglobinometer (n.) 血紅素計 Same as {H[ae]mochromometer}. Syn: Hematinometer.
Haemochromometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring the amount of hemoglobin in a fluid, by comparing it with a solution of known strength and of normal color.
Hemophilia (n.) See Hematophilia.
Hemoprotein (n.) 血紅素蛋白 A conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin [syn: hemoprotein, haemoprotein].
Hemoptysis (n.) 咳血 The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.
Hemoptysis (n.) Coughing up blood from the respiratory tract; usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs [syn: {hemoptysis}, {haemoptysis}].
Hemorrhage (n.) (Med.) 大出血 Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.
Note: The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage.
Hemorrhage (n.) [ C or U ] (US spelling of) Haemorrhage.
Hemorrhagic (a.) 出血性的 Pertaining or tending to a flux of blood; consisting in, or accompanied by, hemorrhage.
Hemorrhagic (a.) Of or relating to a hemorrhage [syn: {hemorrhagic}, {haemorrhagic}].
Hemorrhoidal (a.) 痔的；【解】（指動脈血管）直腸及肛門的 Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, hemorrhoids.
Hemorrhoidal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the rectum; rectal; as, the hemorrhoidal arteries, veins, and nerves.
Compare: Rectum
Rectum (n.) 【解】直腸 The final section of the large intestine, terminating at the anus.
Hemorrhoids (n. pl.) (US spelling of Haemorrhoids) Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods.
Hemostatic (a.) (Med.) 止血的 Of or relating to stagnation of the blood.
Hemostatic (a.) Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic.
Hemostatic (n.) 止血藥；止血劑 A medicine or application to arrest hemorrhage.
Hemostatic (a.) Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels [syn: styptic, hemostatic].
Hemothorax (n.) (Med.) 【醫】血胸；胸腔積血 An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura.
Compare: Marijuana
Marijuana (n.) 【植】大麻；大麻煙；大麻毒品 A strong-smelling Asian plant ({Cannabis sativa), also called hemp, from which a number of euphorogenic and halucinogenic drugs are prepared. The euphoric effect is tetrahydrocannabinol+({THC">predominently due to tetrahydrocannabinol ({THC). [Also spelled marihuana.]
Syn: cannabis, ganja, pot, grass, marihuana, Cannabis sativa.
Marijuana (n.) The dried leaves or the female flowers of the hemp plant, which is smoked or chewed to obtain a euphoric effect. The flowers usually have a higher concentration of the active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol.
Syn: cannabis, ganja, pot, grass, marihuana, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, Mary Jane.
Marijuana (n.) A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared [syn: marijuana, marihuana, ganja, Cannabis sativa]
Marijuana (n.) The most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect [syn: cannabis, marijuana, marihuana, ganja].
Hemp (n.) [U] (Bot.) 【植】大麻，麻類植物；大麻纖維；（自大麻中提煉出的）麻醉藥；大麻煙捲 (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cannabis ({Cannabis sativa), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants yielding fiber.
Hemp (n.) The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for spinning. The name has also been extended to various fibers resembling the true hemp.
African hemp, Bowstring hemp. See under African, and Bowstring.
Bastard hemp, The Asiatic herb Datisca cannabina.
Canada+hemp,+A+species+of+dogbane+({Apocynum+cannabinum">Canada hemp, a species of dogbane ({Apocynum cannabinum), the fiber of which was used by the Indians.
Hemp agrimony, A coarse, composite herb of Europe ({Eupatorium cannabinum), much like the American boneset.
Hemp nettle, A plant of the genus Galeopsis ({Galeopsis Tetrahit), belonging to the Mint family.
Indian hemp. See under Indian, a.
Manila hemp, The fiber of Musa textilis.
Sisal hemp, The fiber of Agave sisalana, of Mexico and Yucatan.
Sunn hemp, A fiber obtained from a leguminous plant ({Crotalaria juncea).
Water+hemp,+An+annual+American+weed+({Acnida+cannabina">Water hemp, an annual American weed ({Acnida cannabina), related to the amaranth.
Hemp (n.) A plant fiber.
Hemp (n.) Any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs [syn: cannabis, hemp].
Hemp (n.) A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging [syn: hangman's rope, hangman's halter, halter, hemp, hempen necktie].
HEMP, (n.) A plant from whose fibrous bark is made an article of neckwear which is frequently put on after public speaking in the open air and prevents the wearer from taking cold.
Hempen (a.) （似）大麻（纖維）的 Made of hemp; as, a hempen cord.
Hempen (a.) Like hemp. "Beat into a hempen state." -- Cook.
Hempen (a.) Having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute [syn: hempen, fibrous].
Hempy (a.) Like hemp. [R.] -- Howell. Hemselve
Hemself (pron.) Alt. of Hemselven
Hemselven (pron. pl.) Themselves; -- used reflexively. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Hemstitched (imp. & p. p.) of Hemstitch
Hemstitching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hemstitch
Hemstitch (v. t.) 抽絲做花邊 To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief.
Hemstitched (a.) Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief.
Compare: Handkerchief
Handkerchief (n.) [C] 手帕；圍巾；頸巾A square of cotton or other finely woven material intended for wiping one's nose.
Hemstitch (n.) 抽絲後做成的花邊裝飾 A stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups [syn: {hemstitch}, {hemstitching}].
Hemstitch (n.) Embroidery similar to drawnwork.
Hemstitch (v.) Sew with hemstitches; "hemstitch a sleeve".
Hemstitched (a.) Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief.
Hemuse (n.) (Zool.) The roebuck in its third year. [Prov. Eng.]
Hen (n.) (Zool.) 母雞；雌禽；【俚】女人 The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen.
Note: Used adjectively or in combination to indicate the female; as, hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen.
Hen clam. (Zool.) (a) A clam of the Mactra, and allied genera; the sea clam or surf clam. See Surf clam.
Hen clam. (Zool.) (b) A California clam of the genus Pachydesma.
Hen driver. See Hen harrier (below).
Hen+harrier+(Zool.),+A+hawk+({Circus+cyaneus">Hen harrier (Zool.), a hawk ({Circus cyaneus), found in Europe and America; -- called also dove hawk, henharm, henharrow, hen driver, and usually, in America, marsh hawk. See Marsh hawk.
Hen hawk (Zool.), One of several species of large hawks which capture hens; esp., the American red-tailed hawk ({Buteo borealis), the red-shouldered hawk ({Buteo lineatus), and the goshawk.
Hen (n.) Adult female chicken [syn: hen, biddy].
Hen (n.) Adult female bird.
Hen (n.) Flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing.
Hen (n.) Female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster.
Hen, () Common in later times among the Jews in Palestine (Matt. 23:37; Luke 13:34). It is noticeable that this familiar bird is only mentioned in these passages in connection with our Lord's lamentation over the impenitence of Jerusalem.
Hen, Grace; quiet; rest.
Henbane (n.) (Bot.) 【植】莨菪；天仙子 A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (H. niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus.
Henbane (n.) Poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine [syn: henbane, black henbane, stinking nightshade, Hyoscyamus niger].
Compare: Hyoscyamus
Hyoscyamus (n.) 莨菪屬；天仙子屬（學名：Hyoscyamus）是茄科下的一個屬，為一年生或多年生草本植物。該屬共有約20種，分布於北非、歐洲和亞洲。[1] Hyoscyamus -- known as the Henbanes -- is a small genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It comprises 11 species, all of which are toxic. It, along with other genera in the same family, is a source of the drug hyoscyamine (daturine).
Henbit (n.) (Bot.) 【植】 寶蓋草（產于歐洲） A weed of the genus Lamium (L. amplexicaule) with deeply crenate leaves.
Henbit (n.) Eurasian plant having toothed leaves and small two-lipped white or purplish-red flowers [syn: henbit, Lamium amplexicaule].
Hence (adv.) 【書】因此；由此；【書】從現在；從這時起；從此；【書】從今世；從此生 From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." -- Chaucer.
Arise, let us go hence. -- John xiv. 31.
I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. -- Acts ii. 21.
Hence (adv.) From this time; in the future; as, a week hence. "Half an hour hence." -- Shak.
Hence (adv.) From this reason; as an inference or deduction.
Hence, perhaps, it is, that Solomon calls the fear of the Lord the beginning of wisdom. -- Tillotson.
Hence (adv.) From this source or origin.
All other faces borrowed hence Their light and grace. -- Suckling.
Whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even of your lusts? -- James. iv. 1.
Note: Hence is used, elliptically and imperatively, for go hence; depart hence; away; be gone. "Hence with your little ones." -- Shak. -- From hence, though a pleonasm, is fully authorized by the usage of good writers.
An ancient author prophesied from hence. -- Dryden.
Expelled from hence into a world Of woe and sorrow. -- Milton.
Hence (v. t.) To send away. [Obs.] -- Sir P. Sidney.
Hence (adv.) (Used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted" [syn: therefore, hence, thence, thus, so].
Hence (adv.) From this place; "get thee hence!"
Hence (adv.) From this time; "a year hence it will be forgotten".
Henceforth (adv.) From this time forward; henceforward.
Henceforth (adv.) (Law) (Formal or specialized) (also henceforward) 從現在開始；從此以後 Starting from this time.
// Henceforth, the said building shall be the property of Brendan Duggan.
Henceforward (adv.) 從現在開始；從此以後 From this time forward; henceforth.
Henchboy (n.) A page; a servant.
Compare: Pageboy
Pageboy (n.) [C] (Boy) 新娘的伴童；小男儐相 A young boy who is one of the people to go with the bride (= the woman who is getting married) into the church.
// The little pageboys were dressed in kilts and the bridesmaids in pink dresses.
-men (n. pl. ) of Henchman
Henchman (n.) 忠實的追隨者親信，心腹；（政治上的）支持者，仆從，捧場者；〔廢語〕待從 An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.
Henchman (n.) Someone who assists in a plot [syn: {confederate}, {collaborator}, {henchman}, {partner in crime}].
Henchman (n.) [C] (disapproving) (pl. - men) 黨羽；爪牙；幫兇 Someone who does unpleasant or illegal things for a powerful person.
// Like other dictators, he tried to distance himself from the dirty deeds carried out by his henchmen.