Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 28
Here (pron.) Her; hers. See {Her}. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Here (adv.) In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to {there}.
He is not here, for he is risen. -- Matt. xxviii. 6.
Here (adv.) In the present life or state.
Happy here, and more happy hereafter. -- Bacon.
Here (adv.) To or into this place; hither. [Colloq.] See {Thither}.
Here comes Virgil. -- B. Jonson.
Thou led'st me here. -- Byron.
Here (adv.) At this point of time, or of an argument; now.
The prisoner here made violent efforts to rise. -- Warren.
Note: Here, in the last sense, is sometimes used before a verb without subject; as, Here goes, for Now (something or somebody) goes; -- especially occurring thus in drinking healths. "Here's [a health] to thee, Dick." -- Cowley.
{Here and there}, In one place and another; in a dispersed manner; irregularly. "Footsteps here and there." -- Longfellow.
{It is neither, here nor there}, It is neither in this place nor in that, neither in one place nor in another; hence,it is to no purpose, irrelevant, nonsense. -- Shak. Herea-bout
Here (adv.) In or at this place; where the speaker or writer is; "I work here"; "turn here"; "radio waves received here on Earth" [ant: {at that place}, {in that location}, {there}].
Here (adv.) In this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail; "what do we have here?"; "here I must disagree."
Here (adv.) To this place (especially toward the speaker); "come here, please" [syn: {here}, {hither}] [ant: {there}, {thither}].
Here (adv.) At this time; now; "we'll adjourn here for lunch and discuss the remaining issues this afternoon."
Here (a.) Being here now; "is everyone here?"
Here (n.) The present location; this place; "where do we go from here?" [ant: {there}].
Here (n.) Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno [syn: {Hera}, {Here}].
Herea-bout (adv.) Alt. of Hereabouts.
Hereabouts (adv.) About this place; in this vicinity.
Hereabouts (adv.) Concerning this. [Obs.]
Hereafter (adv.) In time to come; in some future time or state.
Hereafter he from war shall come. -- Dryden.
Hereafter (n.) A future existence or state. 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter. -- Addison.
Hereafter (adv.) In a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc.; "the landlord demises unto the tenant the premises hereinafter called the demised premises"; "the terms specified hereunder" [syn: hereinafter, hereafter, hereunder].
Hereafter (adv.) In a future life or state; "hope to win salvation hereafter."
Hereafter (adv.) Following this in time or order or place; after this; "hereafter you will no longer receive an allowance."
Hereafter (n.) Life after death [syn: afterlife, hereafter].
Hereafter (n.) The time yet to come [syn: future, hereafter, futurity, time to come] [ant: past, past times, yesteryear].
Hereafterward (adv.) Hereafter. [Obs.]
Thou shalt hereafterward . . . come. -- Chaucer.
Here-at (adv.) At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat. -- Hooker.
Hereby (adv.) By means of this.
And hereby we do know that we know him. --1 John ii. 3.
Hereby (adv.) Close by; very near. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Hereby (adv.) (Formal) By means of this; "I hereby declare you man and wife" [syn: hereby, herewith].
Hereditability (n.) State of being hereditable. -- Brydges.
Hereditable (a.) Capable of being inherited. See Inheritable. -- Locke.
Hereditable (a.) Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting.
Hereditably (adv.) By inheritance. -- W. Tooke.
Hereditament (n.) (Law) 【律】可繼承之財產；世襲財產 Any species
of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or
incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir. --
Blackstone.
Note: A corporeal hereditament is visible and tangible; an incorporeal
hereditament is not in itself visible or tangible, being an hereditary
right, interest, or obligation, as duty to pay rent, or a right
of way.
Hereditament (n.) Any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited.
Hereditarily (adv.) 世襲地；遺傳地 By inheritance; in an hereditary manner. --Pope.
Hereditary (a.) 世襲的，傳代的；遺傳的 Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.
Hereditary (a.) Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.
Syn: Ancestral; patrimonial; inheritable.
Hereditary (a.) Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features" [syn: {familial}, {genetic}, {hereditary}, {inherited}, {transmitted}, {transmissible}].
Hereditary (a.) Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition" [syn: {ancestral}, {hereditary}, {patrimonial}, {transmissible}].
Heredity (n.) (Biol.) 遺傳，形質遺傳 Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See {Pangenesis}.
Heredity (n.) The biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next.
Heredity (n.) The total of inherited attributes [syn: {heredity}, {genetic endowment}].
Hereford (n.) One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent.
Hereford (n.) Hardy English breed of dairy cattle raised extensively in United States [syn: Hereford, whiteface].
Hereford, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 14597
Housing Units (2000): 5323
Land area (2000): 5.612598 sq. miles (14.536561 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.612598 sq. miles (14.536561 sq. km)
FIPS code: 33320
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 34.821961 N, 102.398617 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 79045
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hereford, TX
Hereford
Herehence (adv.) From hence. [Obs.]
Herein (adv.) In this.
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit. -- John xv. 8.
Herein (adv.) In this place or thing or document; "I shall discuss the question herein."
Hereinafter (adv.) 在下 In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like).
Hereinafter (adv.) In a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc.; "the landlord demises unto the tenant the premises hereinafter called the demised premises"; "the terms specified hereunder" [syn: hereinafter, hereafter, hereunder].
Hereinbefore (adv.) 在上文中 In the preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.).
Hereinbefore (adv.) In the preceding part of the current text.
Hereinto (adv.) 在這件事裡；在這種情況下；在這種地方；此中 Into this. -- Hooker. Heremit
Heremit (n.) Alt. of Heremite.
Heremite (n.) A hermit. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Heremitical (a.) Of or pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society. -- Pope.
Heren (a.) Made of hair. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Hereof (adv.) Of this; concerning this; from this; hence.
Hereof comes it that Prince Harry is valiant. -- Shak.
Hereof (adv.) Of or concerning this; "the twigs hereof are physic."
Hereon (adv.) On or upon this; hereupon.
Compare: Hereupon
Hereupon (adv.) On this; hereon.
Hereupon (adv.) Immediately after this; "hereupon, the passengers stumbled aboard."
Hereout (adv.) Out of this. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Heresiarch (n.) A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics. -- Bp. Stillingfleet.
Heresiarchy (n.) A chief or great heresy. [R.]
The book itself [the Alcoran] consists of heresiarchies against our blessed Savior. -- Sir T. Herbert.
Heresiographer (n.) One who writes on heresies.
Heresiography (n.) A treatise on heresy.
Heresies (n. pl. ) of Heresy.
Heresy (n.) [C] [U] 異教；異端邪說 An opinion held in opposition to the established or commonly received doctrine, and tending to promote a division or party, as in politics, literature, philosophy, etc.; -- usually, but not necessarily, said in reproach.
New opinions Divers and dangerous, which are heresies, And, not reformed, may prove pernicious. -- Shak.
After the study of philosophy began in Greece, and the philosophers, disagreeing amongst themselves, had started many questions . . . because every man took what opinion he pleased, each several opinion was called a heresy; which signified no more than a private opinion, without reference to truth or falsehood. -- Hobbes.
Heresy (n.) (Theol.) Religious opinion opposed to the authorized doctrinal standards of any particular church, especially when tending to promote schism or separation; lack of orthodox or sound belief; rejection of, or erroneous belief in regard to, some fundamental religious doctrine or truth; heterodoxy.
Doubts 'mongst divines, and difference of texts, From whence arise diversity of sects, And hateful heresies by God abhor'd. -- Spenser.
Deluded people! that do not consider that the greatest heresy in the world is a wicked life. -- Tillotson.
Heresy (n.) (Law) An offense against Christianity, consisting in a denial of some essential doctrine, which denial is publicly avowed, and obstinately maintained.
A second offense is that of heresy, which consists not in a total denial of Christianity, but of some its essential doctrines, publicly and obstinately avowed. -- Blackstone.
Note: "When I call dueling, and similar aberrations of honor, a moral heresy, I refer to the force of the Greek ?, as signifying a principle or opinion taken up by the will for the will's sake, as a proof or pledge to itself of its own power of self-determination, independent of all other motives." -- Coleridge.
Heresy (n.) Any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position [syn: {unorthodoxy}, {heterodoxy}, {heresy}] [ant: {orthodoxy}].
Heresy (n.) A belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion [syn: {heresy}, {unorthodoxy}].
Heresy, () From a Greek word signifying (1) a choice, (2) the opinion chosen, and (3) the sect holding the opinion. In the Acts of the Apostles (5:17; 15:5; 24:5, 14; 26:5) it denotes a sect, without reference to its character. Elsewhere, however, in the New Testament it has a different meaning attached to it. Paul ranks "heresies" with crimes and seditions (Gal. 5:20). This word also denotes divisions or schisms in the church (1 Cor. 11:19). In Titus 3:10 a "heretical person" is one who follows his own self-willed "questions," and who is to be avoided. Heresies thus came to signify self-chosen doctrines not emanating from God (2 Pet. 2:1).
HERESY, () Eng. law. The adoption of any erroneous religious tenet, not warranted by the established church.
HERESY, () This is punished by the deprivation of certain civil rights, and by fine and imprisonment. 1 East, P. C. 4.
HERESY, () In other countries than England, by heresy is meant the profession, by Christians, of religious opinions contrary to the dogmas approved by the established church of the respective countries. For an account of the origin and progress of the laws against heresy, see Giannoni's Istoria di Napoli, vol. 3, pp, 250, 251, &c.
HERESY, () In the United State, happily, we have no established religion; there can, therefore, be no legal heresy. Vide Apostacy; Christianity.
Heretic (n.) [C] 異教徒；持異端邪說者 One who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion.
A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject. -- Titus iii. 10.
Heretic (n.) (R. C. Ch.) One who having made a profession of Christian belief, deliberately and pertinaciously refuses to believe one or more of the articles of faith "determined by the authority of the universal church." -- Addis & Arnold.
Syn: {Heretic}, {Schismatic}, {Sectarian}.
Usage: A heretic is one whose errors are doctrinal, and usually of a malignant character, tending to subvert the true faith. A schismatic is one who creates a schism, or division in the church, on points of faith, discipline, practice, etc., usually for the sake of personal aggrandizement. A sectarian is one who originates or is an ardent adherent and advocate of a sect, or distinct organization, which separates from the main body of believers.
Heretic (n.) A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: {heretic}, {misbeliever}, {religious outcast}].
Heretic (n.) A person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion).
Heretical (a.) 異教的；異端的 Containing heresy; of the nature of, or characterized by, heresy.
Heretical (a.) Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards [syn: {dissident}, {heretical}, {heterodox}].
Heretically (adv.) 離經叛道地 In an heretical manner.
Hereticate (v. t.) To decide to be heresy or a heretic; to denounce as a heretic or heretical. -- Bp. Hall.
And let no one be minded, on the score of my neoterism, to hereticate me. -- Fitzed. Hall.
Heretification (n.) The act of hereticating or pronouncing heretical. -- London Times.
Hereto (adv.) To this; hereunto. -- Hooker. Heretoch
Hereto (adv.) To this writing or document; "the charts hereto attached."
Heretoch (n.) Alt. of Heretog.
Heretog (n.) (AS. Antiq.) The leader or commander of an army; also, a marshal. -- Blackstone.
Heretofore (adv.) Up to this time; hitherto; before; in time past. -- Shak.
Heretofore (adv.) Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time; "So far he hasn't called"; "the sun isn't up yet" [syn: so far, thus far, up to now, hitherto, heretofore, as yet, yet, til now, until now].
Hereunto (adv.) Unto this; up to this time; hereto.
Hereupon (adv.) On this; hereon.
Hereupon (adv.) Immediately after this; "hereupon, the passengers stumbled aboard."
Herewith (adv.) With this.
Herewith (adv.) (Formal) By means of this; "I hereby declare you man and wife" [syn: hereby, herewith].
Herie (v. t.) To praise; to worship. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Heriot (n.) (Eng. Law) Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant. -- Blackstone. Bouvier.
Heriot custom, A heriot depending on usage.
Heriot service (Law), A heriot due by reservation in a grant or lease of lands. -- Spelman. Blackstone.
Heriotable (a.) Subject to the payment of a heriot. -- Burn.
Herisson (n.) (fort.) A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage.
Heritability (n.) The state of being heritable.
Heritable (a.) Capable of being inherited or of passing by inheritance; inheritable.
Heritable (a.) Capable of inheriting or receiving by inheritance.
This son shall be legitimate and heritable. -- Sir M. Hale.
Heritable rights (Scots Law), Rights of the heir; rights to land or whatever may be intimately connected with land; realty. --Jacob (Law Dict.).
Heritable (a.) Capable of being inherited; "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title" [syn: inheritable, heritable] [ant: nonheritable, noninheritable].
Heritage (a.) That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.
Part of my heritage, Which my dead father did bequeath to me. -- Shak.
Heritage (a.) (Script.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge. -- Joel iii. 2. -- 1 Peter v. 3.
Heritage (n.) Practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; "a heritage of freedom."
Heritage (n.) Any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge" [syn: inheritance, heritage].
Heritage (n.) That which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner [syn: inheritance, heritage].
Heritage (n.) Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property [syn: inheritance, heritage].
HERITAGE. () By this word is understood, among the civilians, every species of immovable which can be the subject of property, such as lands, houses, orchards, woods, marshes, ponds, &c., in whatever mode they may have been acquired, either by descent or purchase. 3 Toull. 472. It is something that can be inherited. Co. Litt. s. 731.
Heritance (n.) Heritage; inheritance. [R.]
Heritor (n.) A proprietor or
landholder in a parish. [Scot.]
Heritor (n.) A person who is entitled by law
or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another [syn:
heir, inheritor, heritor].
Compare: Harl
Harl (n.) A filamentous substance; especially, the filaments of flax or hemp.
Harl (n.) A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, -- used in dressing artificial flies. [Written also herl.]
Herl (n.) (Zool.) Same as Harl, 2. Herling
Herling (n.) Alt. of Hirling.
Hirling (n.) (Zool.) The young of the sea trout. [Prov. Eng.]
Hermae (n. pl. ) of Herma.
Herma (n.) [L.] See Hermes, 2.
Hermaphrodeity (n.) Hermaphrodism. -- B. Jonson.
Hermaphrodism (n.) (Biol.) See Hermaphroditism.
Hermaphrodism (n.) Congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics [syn: hermaphroditism, hermaphrodism].
Hermaphrodite (a.) 兩性的；雌雄同體的；雌雄同株的 Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower.
Hermaphrodite brig. (Naut.) See under Brig. -- Totten. Hermaphroditic
Hermaphrodite (n.) (Biol.) 兩性體，陰陽人；【動】雌雄同體；【植】雌雄同株；同性戀者 An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths.
Hermaphrodite (a.) Of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs [syn: hermaphroditic, hermaphrodite].
Hermaphrodite (n.) One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made [syn: hermaphrodite, intersex, gynandromorph, androgyne, epicene, epicene person].
HERMAPHRODITES. () Persons who have in the sexual organs the appearance of both sexes.
They are adjudged to belong to that which prevails in them. Co. Litt. 2, 7; Domat, Lois Civ. liv. 1, t. 2, s. 1, n.. 9.
HERMAPHRODITES. () The sexual characteristics in the human species are widely separated, and the two sexes are never, perhaps, united in the same individual. 2 Dunglison's Hum. Physiol. 304; 1 Beck's Med. Jur. 94 to 110.
HERMAPHRODITES. () Dr. William Harris, in a lecture delivered to the Philadelphia Medical Institute, gives an interesting account of a supposed hermaphrodite who came under his own observation in Chester county, Pennsylvania. The individual was called Elizabeth, and till the age of eighteen, wore the female dress, when she threw it off, and assumed the name of Rees, with the dress and habits of a man; at twenty-five, she married a woman, but had no children. Her clitoris was five or six inches long, and in coition, which she greatly enjoyed, she used this instead of the male organ. She lived till she was sixty years of age, and died in possession of a large estate, which she had acquired by her industry and enterprise. Medical Examiner, vol. ii. p, 314. Vide 1 Briand, M�d. L�g. c. 2, art. 2, Sec. 2, n. 2; Dict. des Sciences M�d. art. Hypospadias, et art. Impuissance; Guy, Med. Jur. 42, 47.
Hermaphroditic (a.) Alt. of Hermaphroditical.
Hermaphroditical (a.) (Biol.) Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; characterized by hermaphroditism. Opposite of dioecious. [WordNet sense 1] -- Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al*ly, adv.
Syn: monoecious, monecious, hermaphrodite.
Hermaphroditical (a.) Specifically:
(Botany) having pistils and stamens in the same flower. Opposite of
diclinous.
Syn: monoclinous.
Hermaphroditic (a.) Of or relating to monoclinous plants.
Hermaphroditic (a.) Of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs [syn: hermaphroditic, hermaphrodite].
Hermaphroditism (n.) (Biol.) The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual. Hermeneutic
Hermaphroditism (n.) Congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics [syn: hermaphroditism, hermaphrodism].
Hermaphroditism (n.) Showing characteristics of both sexes [syn: androgyny, hermaphroditism, bisexuality].
Hermeneutic (a.) Alt. of Hermeneutical.
Hermeneutical (a.) Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase.
Hermeneutic (a.) Interpretive or explanatory.
Hermeneutic (a.) (Literature, social sciences, specialized) 詮釋學的 Relating to the meaning of texts and the ways in which they are understand.
Hermeneutically (adv.) According to the principles of interpretation; as, a verse of Scripture was examined hermeneutically.
Hermeneutics (n.) （用作單數）解釋學；聖經註釋學 The science of interpretation and explanation; exegesis; esp., that branch of theology which defines the laws whereby the meaning of the Scriptures is to be ascertained. -- Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
Hermeneutics (n.) The branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesis.
Hermes (n.) (Myth.) See Mercury.
Note: Hermes Trismegistus [Gr. 'Ermh^s trisme`gistos, lit., Hermes thrice greatest] was a late name of Hermes, especially as identified with the Egyptian god Thoth. He was the fabled inventor of astrology and alchemy.
Hermes (n.) (Arch[ae]ology) Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under Terminal. Hermetic
Hermes (n.) (Greek mythology) Messenger and herald of the gods; god of commerce and cunning and invention and theft; identified with Roman Mercury.
HERMES, () Heuristic Emergency Response Management Expert System (XPS)
Hermes, () An experimental, very high level, integrated language and system from the IBM Watson Research Centre, produced in June 1990. It is designed for implementation of large systems and distributed applications, as well as for general-purpose programming. It is an imperative language, strongly typed and is a process-oriented successor to NIL.
Hermes hides distribution and heterogeneity from the programmer. The programmer sees a single abstract machine containing processes that communicate using calls or sends.
The compiler, not the programmer, deals with the complexity of data structure layout, local and remote communication, and interaction with the operating system. As a result, Hermes programs are portable and easy to write. Because the programming paradigm is simple and high level, there are many opportunities for optimisation which are not present in languages which give the programmer more direct control over the machine.
Hermes features threads, relational tablesHermes is, typestate checking, capability-based access and dynamic configuration. (1992-03-22)
Hermetic (a.) Alt. of Hermetical.
Hermetical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; as, hermetic philosophy. Hence: Alchemical; chemic. "Delusions
of the hermetic art." -- Burke.
The alchemists, as the people were called who tried to make gold, considered themselves followers of Hermes, and often called themselves Hermetic philosophers. -- A. B. Buckley.
Hermetical (a.) Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes of diseases and the operations of medicine on the principles of the hermetic philosophy, and which made much use, as a remedy, of an alkali and an acid; as, hermetic medicine.
Hermetical (a.) Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape; as, an hermetic seal. See Note under Hermetically.
Hermetic art, Alchemy.
Hermetic books. (a) Books of the Egyptians, which treat of astrology.
Hermetic books. (b) Books which treat of universal principles, of the nature and orders of celestial beings, of medicine, and other topics.
Hermetic (a.) Completely sealed; completely airtight.
Hermetically (adv.) In an hermetical manner; chemically. -- Boyle.
Hermetically (adv.) By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure.
Note: A vessel or tube is hermetically sealed when it is closed completely against the passage of air or other fluid by fusing the extremity; -- sometimes less properly applied to any air-tight closure.
Hermetically (adv.) In an airtight manner; "this bag is hermetically sealed."
Hermit (n.) 隱士，遁世者 [C] A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.
He had been Duke of Savoy, and after a very glorious reign, took on him the habit of a hermit, and retired into this solitary spot. -- Addison.
Hermit (n.) A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. [Obs.] "We rest your hermits." -- Shak.
Hermit (n.) (Cookery) A spiced molasses cookie, often containing chopped raisins and nuts.
Hermit crab (Zool.), A marine decapod crustacean of the family Pagurid[ae]. The species are numerous, and belong to many genera. Called also soldier crab. The hermit crabs usually occupy the dead shells of various univalve mollusks. See Illust. of Commensal.
Hermit thrush (Zool.), An American thrush ({Turdus Pallasii), with retiring habits, but having a sweet song.
Hermit warbler (Zool.), A California wood warbler ({Dendroica occidentalis), having the head yellow, the throat black, and the back gray, with black streaks.
Hermit (n.) One retired from society for religious reasons [syn: anchorite, hermit].
Hermit (n.) One who lives in solitude [syn: hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte].
Hermit, (n.) A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.
Hermitage (n.) 隱士住處；僻靜住所 [C] The habitation of a hermit; a secluded residence.
Some forlorn and naked hermitage, Remote from all the pleasures of the world. -- Shak.
Hermitage (n.) A celebrated French wine, both white and red, of the Department of Dr[^o]me.
Hermitage (n.) The abode of a hermit.
Hermitage, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 406
Housing Units (2000): 208
Land area (2000): 1.201645 sq. miles (3.112245 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.021053 sq. miles (0.054527 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.222698 sq. miles (3.166772 sq. km)
FIPS code: 31780
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 37.941816 N, 93.317901 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 65668
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hermitage, MO
Hermitage
Hermitage, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas
Population (2000): 769
Housing Units (2000): 361
Land area (2000): 1.146966 sq. miles (2.970629 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.146966 sq. miles (2.970629 sq. km)
FIPS code: 31540
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 33.448235 N, 92.172513 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Hermitage, AR
Hermitage
Hermitage, PA -- U.S. city in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 16157
Housing Units (2000): 7104
Land area (2000): 29.469236 sq. miles (76.324968 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.109747 sq. miles (0.284243 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 29.578983 sq. miles (76.609211 sq. km)
FIPS code: 34064
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 41.232456 N, 80.460464 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 16148
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Hermitage, PA
Hermitage
Hermitage (n.) [C] 隱居處；修道院 A place where a religious person lives on their own, away from the rest of society.
Hermitage (n.) The habitation of a hermit or group of hermits.
Hermitage (n.) A monastery or abbey.
Hermitage (n.) A secluded residence; a retreat; a hideaway.
Hermitage (n.) (Capitalized) A palace in St. Petersburg, now an art museum. Hermitage is from Old French hermitage, from heremite, "hermit," ultimately from Greek eremites, "dwelling in the desert," from eremia, "desert," from eremos, "solitary; desolate."
Hermitage (in British English) (n.) The abode of a hermit.
Hermitage (in British English) (n.) Any place where a person may live in seclusion; retreat.
Hermitage (in British English) (n.) See the Hermitage.
Hermitage (in British English) (n.) A full-bodied red or white wine from the Rhône valley at Tain-l'Ermitage, in SE France.
Hermitary (n.) A cell annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit. -- Howell.
Hermitess (n.) A female hermit. -- Coleridge.
Hermitical (a.) Pertaining to, or suited for, a hermit. -- Coventry.
Hermitical (a.) Characterized by ascetic solitude; "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony"; "his hermitic existence" [syn: anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical].
Compare: Eremitic
Eremitic, Eremitical (a.) Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude. "An eremitical life in the woods." -- Fuller. "The eremitic instinct." -- Lowell.
Eremitic (a.) Of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living; "eremitic austerities" [syn: eremitic, eremitical] [ant: cenobitic, cenobitical, coenobitic, coenobitical].
Eremitic (a.) Characterized by ascetic solitude; "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony"; "his hermitic existence" [syn: anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical].
Compare: Cenobitic
Cenobitic, Cenobitical (a.) Of or pertaining to a cenobite.
Cenobitic (a.) Of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living [syn: cenobitic, coenobitic, cenobitical, coenobitical] [ant: eremitic, eremitical].
Compare: Cenobite
Cenobite (n.) One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude. -- Gibbon. Cenobitic
Cenobite (n.) A member of a religious order living in common [syn: cenobite, coenobite] [ant: eremite].
Hermodactyl (n.) (med.) A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic.