Hartwort Hart"wort` (härt"wûrt`) noun (Botany) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ( Tordylium maximum ).

» The name is often vaguely given to other plants of the same order, as species of Seseli and Bupleurum .

Harum-scarum Har"um-scar"um (hâr"ŭm*skâr"ŭm) adjective [ Confer hare , transitive verb , and scare , transitive verb ] Wild; giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless. [ Colloq.]

They had a quarrel with Sir Thomas Newcome's own son, a harum-scarum lad.

Thackeray.

Haruspication Ha·rus`pi·ca"tion (hȧ*rŭs`pĭ*kā"shŭn) noun See Haruspicy . Tylor.

Haruspice Ha·rus"pice (hȧ*rŭs"pĭs) noun [ French, from Latin haruspex .] A diviner of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspice .

Haruspicy Ha·rus"pi·cy (-pĭ*sȳ) noun The art or practices of haruspices. See Aruspicy .

Harvest Har"vest (här"vĕst) noun [ Middle English harvest , hervest , Anglo-Saxon hærfest autumn; akin to LG. harfst , Dutch herfst , Old High German herbist , German herbst , and probably to Latin carpere to pluck, Greek karpo`s fruit. Confer Carpet .] 1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.

Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease.

Gen. viii. 22.

At harvest , when corn is ripe.

Tyndale.

2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gathered; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit.

Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.

Joel iii. 13.

To glean the broken ears after the man
That the main harvest reaps.

Shak.

3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.

The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.

Fuller.

The harvest of a quiet eye.

Wordsworth.

Harvest fish (Zoology) , a marine fish of the Southern United States ( Stromateus alepidotus ); -- called whiting in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish. -- Harvest fly (Zoology) , an hemipterous insect of the genus Cicada , often called locust . See Cicada . -- Harvest lord , the head reaper at a harvest. [ Obsolete] Tusser. -- Harvest mite (Zoology) , a minute European mite ( Leptus autumnalis ), of a bright crimson color, which is troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and domestic animals; -- called also harvest louse , and harvest bug . -- Harvest moon , the moon near the full at the time of harvest in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several days. -- Harvest mouse (Zoology) , a very small European field mouse ( Mus minutus ). It builds a globular nest on the stems of wheat and other plants. -- Harvest queen , an image representing Ceres, formerly carried about on the last day of harvest. Milton. -- Harvest spider . (Zoology) See Daddy longlegs .

Harvest Har"vest transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Harvested ; present participle & verbal noun Harvesting .] To reap or gather, as any crop.

Harvest-home Har"vest-home" (-hōm) noun 1. The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of harvest.

Showed like a stubble land at harvest- home .

Shak.

2. The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself. Dryden.

3. A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.

4. The opportunity of gathering treasure. Shak.

Harvester Har"vest·er (-ẽr) noun 1. One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper.

2. (Zoology) A harvesting ant.

Harvesting Har"vest·ing adjective & noun , from Harvest , transitive verb

Harvesting ant (Zoology) , any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.

» The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are Aphenogaster structor and A. barbara ; that of Texas, called agricultural ant , is Pogonomyrmex barbatus or Myrmica molifaciens ; that of Florida is P. crudelis . See Agricultural ant , under Agricultural .

Harvestless Har"vest·less adjective Without harvest; lacking in crops; barren. " Harvestless autumns." Tennyson.

Harvestman Har"vest·man (-m a n) noun ; plural Harvestmen (-m e n). 1. A man engaged in harvesting. Shak.

2. (Zoology) See Daddy longlegs , 1.

Harvestry Har"vest·ry (-rȳ) noun The act of harvesting; also, that which is harvested. Swinburne.

Harvey process Har"vey proc"ess (Metal.) A process of hardening the face of steel, as armor plates, invented by Hayward A. Harvey of New Jersey, consisting in the additional carburizing of the face of a piece of low carbon steel by subjecting it to the action of carbon under long-continued pressure at a very high heat, and then to a violent chilling, as by a spray of cold water. This process gives an armor plate a thick surface of extreme hardness supported by material gradually decreasing in hardness to the unaltered soft steel at the back.

Hary Har"y (hăr"ȳ) transitive verb [ Confer Old French harier to harass, or English harry , transitive verb ] To draw; to drag; to carry off by violence. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Has Has (hăz), 3d pers. sing. present of Have .

Hasard Has"ard (-ẽrd) noun Hazard. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Hase Hase (hāz) transitive verb [ Obsolete] See Haze , transitive verb

Hash Hash (hăsh) noun [ Formerly hachey , hachee , French hachis , from hacher to hash; of German origin; confer German hippe sickle, Old High German hippa , for happia . Confer Hatchet .] 1. That which is hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables, especially such as have been already cooked, chopped into small pieces and mixed.

2. A new mixture of old matter; a second preparation or exhibition.

I can not bear elections, and still less the hash of them over again in a first session.

Walpole.

Hash Hash transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hashed (hăsht); present participle & verbal noun Hashing .] [ From Hash , noun : confer French hacher to hash.] To chop into small pieces; to mince and mix; as, to hash meat. Hudibras.

Hasheesh, Hashish Hash"eesh, Hash"ish (hăsh"ēsh) noun [ Arabic hashīsh .] A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp ( Cannabis sativa ), of the variety Indica , when cultivated in a warm climate; also, the tops of the plant, from which the resinous product is obtained. It is narcotic, and has long been used in the East for its intoxicating effect. See Bhang , and Ganja .

Hask Hask (hăsk) noun [ See Hassock .] A basket made of rushes or flags, as for carrying fish. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Haslet Has"let (hăs"lĕt) noun [ French hâtelettes broil, for hastelettes , from French haste spit; confer Latin hasta spear, and also Old High German harst gridiron.] The edible viscera, as the heart, liver, etc., of a beast, esp. of a hog. [ Written also harslet .]

Hasp Hasp (hȧsp) noun [ Middle English hasp , hesp , Anglo-Saxon hæpse ; akin to German haspe , häspe , Swedish & Danish haspe , Icelandic hespa .]

1. A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door.

2. A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.

3. An instrument for cutting the surface of grass land; a scarifier.

Hasp Hasp transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hasped (hȧspt); present participle & verbal noun Hasping .] [ Anglo-Saxon hæpsian .] To shut or fasten with a hasp.

Hassock Has"sock (hăs"sŭk) noun [ Scot. hassock , hassik , a besom, anything bushy, a large, round turf used as a seat, Middle English hassok sedgy ground, W. hesgog sedgy, hesg sedge, rushes; confer Ir. seisg , and English sedge .] 1. A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock. Forby.

2. A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use.

And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced.

Cowper.

Hast Hast (hăst), 2d pers. sing. present of Have , contr. of havest . [ Archaic]

Hastate Has"tate (hăs"tat), Has"ta*ted (- ta*tĕd) adjective [ Latin hastatus , from hasta spear. Confer Gad , noun ] Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf.

Haste Haste (hāst) noun [ Middle English hast ; akin to Dutch haast , G., Dan., Swedish , & OFries. hast , confer Old French haste , French hâte (of German origin); all perhaps from the root of English hate in a earlier sense of, to pursue. See Hate .] 1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.

The king's business required haste .

1 Sam. xxi. 8.

2. The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.

I said in my haste , All men are liars.

Ps. cxvi. 11.

To make haste , to hasten.

Syn. -- Speed; quickness; nimbleness; swiftness; expedition; dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence; precipitation. -- Haste , Hurry , Speed , Dispatch . Haste denotes quickness of action and a strong desire for getting on; hurry includes a confusion and want of collected thought not implied in haste ; speed denotes the actual progress which is made; dispatch , the promptitude and rapidity with which things are done. A man may properly be in haste , but never in a hurry . Speed usually secures dispatch .

Haste Haste transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Hasted ; present participle & verbal noun Hasting .] [ Middle English hasten ; akin to German hasten , Dutch haasten , Danish haste , Swedish hasta , Old French haster , French hâter . See Haste , noun ] To hasten; to hurry. [ Archaic]

I 'll haste the writer.

Shak.

They were troubled and hasted away.

Ps. xlviii. 5.

Hasten Has"ten (hās"'n) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hastened (-'nd); present participle & verbal noun Hastening (-'n*ĭng).] To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.

Ps. lv. 8.

Hasten Has"ten intransitive verb To move with celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly.

I hastened to the spot whence the noise came.

De Foe.

Hastener Has"ten·er (-ẽr) noun 1. One who hastens.

2. That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it.

Hastif Has"tif (hās"tĭf) adjective [ Old French See Hastive .] Hasty. [ Obsolete] Chaucer. -- Has"tif*ly , adverb [ Obsolete]

Hastile Has"tile (hăs"tīl or -tĭl) adjective [ Latin hasta a spear.] (Botany) Same as Hastate . Gray.

Hastily Has"ti·ly (hās"tĭ*lȳ) adverb [ From Hasty .] 1. In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.

2. Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.

We hastily engaged in the war.

Swift.

3. Passionately; impatiently. Shak.

Hastiness Has"ti·ness noun The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.

Hastings Has"tings (-tĭngz) noun plural [ From Haste , v. ] Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease. Mortimer.

Hastings sands Has"tings sands` (săndz`). (Geol.) The lower group of the Wealden formation; -- so called from its development around Hastings , in Sussex, England.

Hastive Has"tive (-tĭv) adjective [ Old French hastif . See Haste , noun , and confer Hastif .] Forward; early; -- said of fruits. [ Obsolete]

Hasty Has"ty (hās"tȳ) adjective [ Compar. Hastier (-tĭ*ẽr); superl. Hastiest .] [ Akin to Dutch haastig , G., Swedish , & Danish hastig . See Haste , noun ] 1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty retreat; a hasty sketch.

2. Demanding haste or immediate action. [ R.] Chaucer. " Hasty employment." Shak.

3. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Prov. xxix. 20.

The hasty multitude
Admiring entered.

Milton.

Be not hasty to go out of his sight.

Eccl. viii. 3.

4. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.

5. Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.

Take no unkindness of his hasty words.

Shak.

6. Forward; early; first ripe. [ Obsolete] "As the hasty fruit before the summer." Is. xxviii. 4.

Hasty pudding Has"ty pud"ding (hās"tȳ pud"dĭng). 1. A thick batter pudding made of Indian meal stirred into boiling water; mush. [ U. S.]

2. A batter or pudding made of flour or oatmeal, stirred into boiling water or milk. [ Eng.]

Hat Hat (hät) adjective Hot. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Hat Hat sing. present of Hote to be called. Confer Hatte . [ Obsolete] "That one hat abstinence." Piers Plowman.

Hat Hat (hăt) noun [ Anglo-Saxon hæt , hætt ; akin to Danish hat , Swedish hatt , Icelandic hattr a hat, höttr hood, Dutch hoed hat, German hut , Old High German huot , and probably to Latin cassis helmet. √13. Confer Hood .] A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim, made of various materials, and worn by men or women for protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament.

Hat block , a block on which hats are formed or dressed. -- To pass around the hat , to take up a collection of voluntary contributions, which are often received in a hat. [ Colloq.] Lowell.

Hatable Hat"a·ble (hāt"ȧ*b'l) adjective [ From Hate .] Capable of being, or deserving to be, hated; odious; detestable.

Hatband Hat"band` (hăt"bănd`) noun A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of black cloth, crape, etc., worn as a badge of mourning.

Hatbox Hat"box` (-bŏks`) noun A box for a hat.

Hatch Hatch (hăch) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hatched (hăcht); present participle & verbal noun Hatching .] [ French hacher to chop, hack. See Hash .] 1. To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching .

Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched .

Chapman.

Those hatching strokes of the pencil.

Dryden.

2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [ Obsolete]

His weapon hatched in blood.

Beau. & Fl.

Hatch Hatch transitive verb [ Middle English hacchen , hetchen ; akin to German hecken , Danish hekke ; confer Middle High German hagen bull; perhaps akin to English hatch a half door, and orig. meaning, to produce under a hatch. √12.] 1. To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatched . Paley.

As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not.

Jer. xvii. 11.

For the hens do not sit upon the eggs; but by keeping them in a certain equal heat they [ the husbandmen] bring life into them and hatch them.

Robynson (More's Utopia).

2. To contrive or plot; to form by meditation, and bring into being; to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch heresy. Hooker.

Fancies hatched
In silken-folded idleness.

Tennyson.

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