Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 36
Hire (v. t.) To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; -- now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time.
They . . . have hired out themselves for bread. -- 1 Sam. ii. 5.
Hire (n.) A newly hired employee; "the new hires need special training."
Hire (n.) The act of hiring something or someone; "he signed up for a week's car hire."
Hire (v.) Engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" [syn: hire, engage, employ] [ant: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate].
Hire (v.) Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services [syn: rent, hire, charter, lease].
Hire (v.) Engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" [syn: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take].
Hire (), Contracts. A bailment, where a compensation is to be given for the use of a thing, or for labor or services about it. 2 Kent's Com. 456; 1 Bell's Com. 451; Story on Bailm. Sec. 369; see 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 980, et seq; Pothier, Contrat de Louage, ch. 1, n. 1; Domat, B. 1, tit. 4 Sec. 1, n. 1 Code Civ. art.. 1709, 1710; Civ. Code of Lo., art. 2644, 2645. See this Dict. Hirer; Letter.
Hire () The contract of letting and hiring is usually divided into two kinds; first, Locatio, or Locatio conductio rei, the bailment of a thing to be used by the hirer, for a compensation to be paid by him.
Hire () Secondly, Locatio operis, or the hire of the labor and services of the hirer, for a compensation to be paid by the letter.
Hire () And this last kind is again subdivided into two classes: 1. Locatio operis faciendi, or the hire of labor and work to be done, or care and attention to be bestowed on the goods let by the hirer, for a compensation; or,
Hire () Locatio operis mercium vehendarum, or the hire and carriage of goods from one place to another, for a compensation. Jones' Bailm. 85, 86, 90, 103, 118; 2 Kent's Com. 456; Code Civ. art. 1709, 1710, 1711.
Hire () This contract arises from the principles of natural law; it is voluntary, and founded in consent; it involves mutual and reciprocal obligations; and it is for mutual benefit. In some respects it bears a strong resemblance to the contract of sale, the principal difference between them being, that in cases of sale, the owner, parts with the whole proprietary interest in the thing; and in cases of hire, the owner parts with it only for a temporary use and purpose. In a sale, the thing itself is the object of the contract; in hiring, the use of the thing is its object. Vinnius, lib. 3, tit. 25, in pr.; Pothier, Louage, n. 2, 3, 4; Jones Bailm. 86; Story on Bailm. Sec. 371.
Hire () Three things are of the essence of the contract: 1. That there should be a thing to be let. 2. A price for the hire. 3. A contract possessing a legal obligation. Pothier, Louage, n. 6; Civ. Code of Lo. art. 2640.
Hire () There is a species of contract in which, though no price in money be paid, and which, strictly speaking, is not the contract of hiring, yet partakes of its nature. According to Pothier, it is an agreement which must be classed with contracts do ut des. (q.v.) It frequently takes place among poor people in the country. He gives the following example: two poor neighbors, each owning a horse, and desirous to plough their respective fields, to do which two horses are required, one agrees that he will let the other have his horse for a particular time, on condition that the latter will let the former have his horse for the same length of time. Du Louage n. 458. This contract is not a hiring, strictly speaking, for want of a price; nor is it a loan for use, because there is to be a recompense. It has been supposed to be a partnership; but it is different from that contract, because there is no community of profits. This contract is, in general, ruled by, the same principles which govern the contract of hiring. 19 Toull. n. 247.
Hire () Hire also, means the price given for the use of the thing hired; as, the hirer is bound to pay the hire or recompense. Vide Domat. liv. 1, tit. 4; Poth. Contrat de Louage; Toull. tomes 18, 19, 20; Merl. Repert. mot Louage; Dalloz, Dict. mot Louage; Argou, Inst. liv. 3, c. 27.
Hireless (a.) Without hire. -- Davenant.
Hireling (n.) One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary. "Lewd hirelings." -- Milton.
Hireling (a.) Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary. "Hireling mourners." -- Dryden.
Hire purchase agreement.
Hire purchase.
Hireling (n.) A person who works only for money [syn: hireling, pensionary].
Hireling, () A labourer employed on hire for a limited time (Job 7:1; 14:6; Mark 1:20). His wages were paid as soon as his work was over (Lev. 19:13). In the time of our Lord a day's wage was a "penny" (q.v.) i.e., a Roman denarius (Matt. 20:1-14).
Hirer (n.) One who hires. Hires
Hirer (n.) A person responsible for hiring workers; "the boss hired three more men for the new job" [syn: boss, hirer].
Hirer, () contracts. Called, in the civil law, conductor, and, in the French law conducteur, procureur, locataire, is he who takes a thing from another, to use it, and pays a compensation therefor. Wood's Inst. B. 3, c. 5, p. 236; Pothier, Louage, n. 1; Domat, B. 1, tit. 4, Sec. 1, n. 2; Jones' Bailm. 70; see this Dict. Letter.
Hirer, () There is, on the part of the hirer, an implied obligation, not only to use the thing with due care and moderation but not to apply it to any other use than that for which it is hired; for example, if a horse is hired as a saddle, horse; the hirer has no right to use the horse in a cart, or to carry loads, or as a beast of burden. Pothier Louage, n. 189; Domat, B. 1, tit. 4, Sec. 2, art. 2, 3; Jones' Bailm. 68, 88; 2 Saund. 47 g, and note; 1 Bell's Com. 454; 1 Cowen's R. 322; 1 Meigs, R. 459. If a carriage and horses are hired to go from Philadelphia to New York, the hirer has no right to go with them on a journey to Boston. Jones' Bailm. 68; 2 Ld. Raym. 915. So, if they are hired for a week, he has no right to use them for a month, Jones' Bailm. 68; 2 Ld. Raym. 915; 5 Mass. 104. And if the thing be used for a different purpose from that which was intended by the parties, or in a different manner, or for a longer period, the hirer is not only responsible for all damages, but if a loss occur, although by inevitable casualty, he will be responsible therefor. 1 Rep. Const. C. So. Car. 121; Jones' Bailm. 68, 121; 2 Ld. Raym. 909, 917. In short, such a misuser is deemed a conversion of the property, for which the hirer is deemed responsible. Bac. Abr. Bailment, C; Id. Trover, C, D, E; 2 Saund. 47 g; 2 Bulst. 306, 309.
Hirer, () The above rules apply to cases where the hirer has the possession as well as the use of the thing hired when the owner or his agents retain the possession, the hirer is not in general responsible for an injury done to it. For example, when the letter of a carriage and a pair of horses sent his driver with them and an injury occurred, the hirer was held not to be responsible. 9 Watts, R. 556, 562; 5 Esp. R. 263; Poth. Louage n. 196; Jones, Bailm. 88; Story., Bailm. Sec. 403. But see 1 Bos. & P. 404, 409; 5 Esp. N. P. c 35; 10 Am. Jur. 256.
Hirer, () Another implied obligation of the hirer is to restore the thing hired, when the bailment, is determined. 4 T. R. 260; 3 Camp. 5, n.; 13 Johns. R. 211.
Hirer, () The time, the place, and the mode of restitution of the thing hired, are governed by the circumstances of each case depend and depend upon rules of presumption of the intention of the parties, like those in other cases of bailment. Story on Bailm. Sec. 415.
Hirer, () There is also an implied obligation on the part of the hirer, to pay the hire or recompense. Pothier, Louage, n. 134; Domat, B. 2, tit. 2, Sec. 2, n. 11 Code Civ; art. 1728. See, generally, Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.; Employer; Letter.
Hires (pron.) Alt. of Hirs
Hirs (pron.) Hers; theirs. See Here, pron.
Hirsute (a.) 有鬃毛的；多毛的 Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
Hirsute (a.) Rough and coarse; boorish. [R.]
Cynical and hirsute in his behavior. -- Life of A. Wood.
Hirsute (a.) (Bot.) Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs.
Hirsute (a.) (Zool.) Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.
Hirsute (a.) Having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar" [syn: hairy, haired, hirsute] [ant: hairless].
Hirsute (a.) Occasionally used humorously as a synonym for hairy.
Hirsute (a.) Occasionally used as a humorous synonym for hairy. [{Jargon File]
Hirsute (a.) Covered with hair; set with bristles; shaggy; hairy. Hirsute comes from Latin hirsutus, "covered with hair, rough, shaggy, prickly."
Hirsute (a.) Hairy; shaggy.
Hirsute (a.) Botany, Zoology. Covered with long, rather stiff hairs.
Hirsute (a.) Of, relating to, or characteristic of hair.
Hirsuteness (n.) Hairiness.
Hirtellous (a.) Pubescent with minute and somewhat rigid hairs.
Hirudine (a.) Of or pertaining to the leeches.
Hirudinea (n. pl.) An order of Annelida, including the leeches; -- called also Hirudinei.
Hirudo (n.) A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See Leech.
Hirundine (a.) Like or pertaining to the swallows.
Hirundo (n.) A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.
His (pron.) Belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete.
His (pron.) The possessive of he; as, the book is his.
Hisingerite (n.) A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of iron.
Hispanic (a.) Of or pertaining to Spain or its language; as, Hispanic words.
Hispanicism (n.) A Spanish idiom or mode of speech.
Hispanicize (v. t.) To give a Spanish form or character to; as, to Hispanicize Latin words.
Hispid (a.) Rough with bristles or minute spines.
Hispid (a.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.
Hispidulous (a.) Minutely hispid.
Hissed (imp. & p. p.) of Hiss.
Hissing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hiss.
Hiss (v. i.) To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval.
Hiss (v. i.) To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew.
Hiss (v. t.) To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.
Hiss (v. t.) To utter with a hissing sound.
Hiss (n.) A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt.
Hiss (n.) Any sound resembling that above described.
Hiss (n.) The noise made by a serpent.
Hiss (n.) The note of a goose when irritated.
Hiss (n.) The noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove.
Hissing (n.) The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
Hissing (n.) The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.
Hissingly (adv.) With a hissing sound.
Hist (interj.) Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence.
Histiology (n.) Same as Histology.
Histogenesis (n.) The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; -- the opposite of histolysis.
Histogenesis (n.) Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells.
Histogenetic (a.) Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues.
Histogeny (n.) Same as Histogenesis.
Histographer (n.) One who describes organic tissues; an histologist.
Histographical (a.) Of or pertaining to histography.
Histography (n.) A description of, or treatise on, organic tissues.
Histohaematin (n.) One of a class of respiratory pigments, widely distributed in the animal kingdom, capable of ready oxidation and reduction.
Histoid (a.) Resembling the normal tissues; as, histoid tumors.
Histologic (a.) Alt. of Histological.
Histological (a.) Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of living organisms.
Histologist (n.) One versed in histology.
Histology (n.) That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology.
Histolysis (n.) The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood.
Histolytic (a.) Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues.
Histonomy (n.) The science which treats of the laws relating to organic tissues, their formation, development, functions, etc.
Histophyly (n.) The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly.
Historial (a.) Historical.
Historian (n.) A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.
Historian (n.) One versed or well informed in history.
Historic (a.) Alt. of Historical.
Historical (a.) 歷史的，史學的；有關歷史的，基於史實的 Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. -- His*tor"ic*al*ness, n. -- His*to*ric"i*ty, n.
Historical (a.) Having once lived, existed, or taken place in the real world; -- contrasted with {legendary}; as, the historical Jesus; doubt that a historical Camelot every existed; actual historical events.
Historical (a.) Belonging to the past; as, historical (or historic) times; a historical character.
Historical (a.) Within the period of time recorded in written documents; as, within historic times. Opposite of {prehistoric}.
Syn: diachronic.
Historical (a.) (Linguistics) Same as {diachronic}. {synchronic}.
Historical painting, That branch of painting which represents the events of history.
Historical sense, That meaning of a passage which is deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under which it was written.
The historic sense, The capacity to conceive and represent the unity and significance of a past era or age.
Historical (a.) Of or relating to the study of history; "historical scholars"; "a historical perspective" [ant: {ahistorical}].
Historical (a.) Having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary; "the historical Jesus"; "doubt that a historical Camelot every existed"; "actual historical events".
Historical (a.) Belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character" [syn: {historic}, {historical}].
Historical (a.) Used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time; "diachronic linguistics" [syn: {diachronic}, {historical}] [ant: {synchronic}].
Historically (adv.) 從歷史角度，在歷史上，以歷史觀點；根據歷史事實 In the manner of, or in accordance with, history.
Historically (adv.) Throughout history; "historically they have never coexisted peacefully."
Historically (adv.) With respect to history; "this is historically interesting."
Historically (adv.) With reference to past events.
‘A historically accurate picture of the time.’
Historically (adv.) [Sentence adverb ] In the past.
‘Historically, government policy has favoured urban dwellers.’
Compare: Sentence adverb
Sentence adverb (ph.) (Grammar) 【文】修飾整句的副詞 An adverb or adverbial phrase that expresses a writer's or speaker's attitude to the content of the sentence in which it occurs (such as frankly, obviously), or places the sentence in a particular context (such as technically, politically).
Usage: The traditional definition of an adverb is that it is a word that modifies the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, as in, for example, he shook his head sadly. However, another important function of some adverbs is to comment on a whole sentence, either expressing the speaker's attitude or classifying the discourse. For example, in sadly, he is rather overbearing, sadly does not mean that he is overbearing in a sad manner: it expresses the speaker's attitude to what is being stated. Traditionalists take the view that the use of sentence adverbs is inherently suspect and that they should always be paraphrased, e.g. using such wording as it is sad that he is rather overbearing. A particular objection is raised to the sentence adverbs hopefully and thankfully, since they cannot even be paraphrased in the usual way (see hopefully and thankfully). Nevertheless, there is overwhelming evidence that such usages are well established and widely accepted in everyday speech and writing
Historicize (v. t.) To record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle.
Historied (a.) Related in history.
Historier (n.) An historian.
Historiette (n.) Historical narration on a small scale; a brief recital; a story.
Histority (v. t.) To record in or as history.
Historiographer (n.) An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction.
Historiographership (n.) The office of an historiographer.
Historiography (n.) The art of employment of an historiographer.
Historiology (n.) A discourse on history.
Historionomer (n.) One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them.
Historize (v. t.) To relate as history; to chronicle; to historicize.
Histories (n. pl. ) of History.
History (n.) A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill.
History (n.) A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory.
History (v. t.) To narrate or record.
Histotomy (n.) The dissection of organic tissues.
Histozyme (n.) A soluble ferment occurring in the animal body, to the presence of which many normal decompositions and synthetical processes are supposed to be due.
Histrion (n.) A player.
Histrionic (a.) Alt. of Histrionical.
Histrionical (a.) Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; -- sometimes in a bad sense.
Histrionically (adv.) In a theatrical manner, dramatically.
Histrionicism (n.) The histronic art; stageplaying.
Histrionism (n.) Theatrical representation; acting; affectation.
Histrionize (v. t.) To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically.
Hit (pron.) It.
Hit () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth.
Hit (imp. & p. p.) of Hit.
Hitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hit.
Hit (v. t.) To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).
Hit (v. t.) To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit.
Hit (v. t.) To guess; to light upon or discover.
Hit (v. t.) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
Hit (v. i.) To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on.
Hit (v. i.) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck.
Hit (n.) A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.