Hack Hack intransitive verb To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.
Hack Hack noun 1. A notch; a cut. Shak. 2. An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone. 3. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough. Dr. H. More. 4. (Football) A kick on the shins. T. Hughes. Hack saw ,
a handsaw having a narrow blade stretched in an iron frame, for cutting metal.
Hack Hack (hăk)
noun [ Shortened from
hackney . See
Hackney .]
1. A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses. 2. A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach. On horse, on foot, in hacks and gilded chariots.
Pope. 3. A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge. Here lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed,
Who long was a bookseller's hack .
Goldsmith. 4. A procuress.
Hack Hack adjective Hackneyed; hired; mercenary. Wakefield. Hack writer ,
a hack; one who writes for hire. "A vulgar
hack writer ."
Macaulay.
Hack Hack transitive verb 1. To use as a hack; to let out for hire. 2. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace. The word "remarkable" has been so hacked of late.
J. H. Newman.
Hack Hack intransitive verb 1. To be exposed or offered to common use for hire; to turn prostitute. Hanmer. 2. To live the life of a drudge or hack. Goldsmith.
Hack Hack intransitive verb To ride or drive as one does with a hack horse; to ride at an ordinary pace, or over the roads, as distinguished from riding across country or in military fashion.
Hack Hack transitive verb (Football) To kick the shins of (an opposing payer).
Hack Hack noun (Football) A kick on the shins, or a cut from a kick.
Hackamore Hack"a·more (-ȧ*mōr)
noun [ Confer Spanish
jaquima headstall of a halter.]
A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal. [ Western U. S.]
Hackberry Hack"ber`ry (hăk"bĕr`rȳ)
noun (Botany) A genus of trees ( Celtis ) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C. occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States. Gray.
Hackbolt Hack"bolt` (-bōlt`)
noun (Zoology) The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon .
Hackbuss Hack"buss (-bŭs)
noun Same as Hagbut .
Hackee Hack"ee (-ē)
noun (Zoology) The chipmunk; also, the chickaree or red squirrel. [ U. S.]
Hacker Hack"er (-ẽr)
noun One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine; a hack.
Hackery Hack"er·y (-ȳ)
noun [ Hind.
chhakrā .]
A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks. [ Bengal]
Malcom.
Hackle Hac"kle (hăk"k'l)
noun [ See
Heckle , and confer
Hatchel .]
1. A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel. 2. Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk. 3. One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used. 4. An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.
Hackle Hac"kle transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Hackled (-k'ld);
present participle & verbal noun Hackling (-klĭng).]
1. To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel. 2. To tear asunder; to break in pieces. The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces.
Burke.
Hackly Hac"kly (hăk"lȳ)
adjective [ From
Hackle .]
1. Rough or broken, as if hacked. 2. (Min.) Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic iron.
Hackman Hack"man (-m
a n)
noun ;
plural Hackmen (-m
e n).
The driver of a hack or carriage for public hire.
Hackmatack Hack"ma·tack` (-mȧ*tăk`)
noun [ Of American Indian origin.]
(Botany) The American larch ( Larix Americana ), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack .
Hackney Hack"ney (-nȳ)
noun ;
plural Hackneys (-nĭz). [ Middle English
hakeney ,
hakenay ; confer French
haquenée a pacing horse, an ambling nag, Old French also
haguenée , Spanish
hacanea , OSp.
facanea , Dutch
hakkenei , also Old French
haque horse, Spanish
haca , OSp.
faca ; perhaps akin to English
hack to cut, and
nag , and orig. meaning, a jolting horse. Confer
Hack a horse,
Nag .]
1. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. Chaucer. 2. A horse or pony kept for hire. 3. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach. 4. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
Hackney Hack"ney adjective Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors. "
Hackney tongue."
Roscommon.
Hackney Hack"ney transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Hackneyed (-nĭd);
present participle & verbal noun Hackneying .]
1. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation. Had I so lavish of my presence been,
So common- hackneyed in the eyes of men.
Shak. 2. To carry in a hackney coach. Cowper.
Hackneyman Hack"ney·man (-măn)
noun ;
plural Hackneymen (-mĕn).
A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.
Hackster Hack"ster (-stẽr)
noun [ From
Hack to cut.]
A bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an assassin. [ Obsolete]
Milton.
Hacqueton Hac"que·ton (hăk"ke*tŏn)
noun Same as Acton . [ Obsolete]
Had Had (hăd)
imperfect & past participle of
Have . [ Middle English
had ,
hafde ,
hefde , Anglo-Saxon
hæfde .]
See Have . Had as lief ,
Had rather ,
Had better ,
Had as soon , etc.,
with a nominative and followed by the infinitive without to , are well established idiomatic forms. The original construction was that of the dative with forms of be , followed by the infinitive. See Had better , under Better . And lever me is be pore and trewe.
[ And more agreeable to me it is to be poor and true.]
C. Mundi (Trans.). Him had been lever to be syke.
[ To him it had been preferable to be sick.]
Fabian. For him was lever have at his bed's head
Twenty bookes, clad in black or red, . . .
Than robes rich, or fithel, or gay sawtrie.
Chaucer. Gradually the nominative was substituted for the dative, and
had for the forms of
be . During the process of transition, the nominative with
was or
were , and the dative with
had , are found.
Poor lady, she were better love a dream.
Shak. You were best hang yourself.
Beau. & Fl. Me rather had my heart might feel your love
Than my unpleased eye see your courtesy.
Shak. I hadde levere than my scherte,
That ye hadde rad his legende, as have I.
Chaucer. I had as lief not be as live to be
In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Shak. I had rather be a dog and bay the moon,
Than such a Roman.
Shak. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Ps. lxxxiv. 10.
Hadder Had"der (hăd"dẽr)
noun Heather; heath. [ Obsolete]
Burton.
Haddie Had"die (-dĭ)
noun (Zoology) The haddock. [ Scot.]
Haddock Had"dock (-dŭk)
noun [ Middle English
hadok ,
haddok , of unknown origin; confer Ir.
codog , Gael.
adag , French
hadot .]
(Zoology) A marine food fish ( Melanogrammus æglefinus ), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie , and dickie . Norway haddock ,
a marine edible fish ( Sebastes marinus ) of Northern Europe and America. See Rose fish .
Hade Hade (hād)
noun [ Confer Anglo-Saxon
heald inclined, bowed down, German
halde declivity.]
1. The descent of a hill. [ Obsolete]
2. (Mining) The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein.
Hade Hade intransitive verb (Mining) To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
Hade Hade noun (Geol. & Mining) The deviation of a fault plane from the vertical. » The
direction of the hade is the direction toward which the fault plane descends from an intersecting vertical line.
Hades Ha"des (hā"dēz)
noun [ Greek
"a',dhs ,
"A'idhs ;
'a priv. +
'idei^n to see. Confer
Un- ,
Wit .]
The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave. And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them.
Rev. xx. 13 (Rev. Ver.). Neither was he left in Hades , nor did his flesh see corruption.
Acts ii. 31 (Rev. Ver.). And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments.
Luke xvi. 23 (Rev. Ver.).
Hadj Hadj (hăj)
noun [ Arabic
hajj , from
hajja to set out, walk, go on a pilgrimage.]
The pilgrimage to Mecca, performed by Mohammedans.
Hadji Hadj"i (-ĭ)
noun [ Arabic
hājjī . See
Hadj .]
1. A Mohammedan pilgrim to Mecca; -- used among Orientals as a respectful salutation or a title of honor. G. W. Curtis. 2. A Greek or Armenian who has visited the holy sepulcher at Jerusalem. Heyse.
Hadrosaurus Had`ro·sau"rus (hăd`ro*sa"rŭs)
noun [ New Latin , from Greek
"adro`s thick +
say^ros lizard.]
(Paleon.) An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.
Haf Haf (häf)
imperfect of
Heave .
Hove. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Haffle Haf"fle (hăf"f'l)
intransitive verb [ Confer German
haften to cling, stick to, Prov. G., to stop, stammer.]
To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate. [ Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Haft Haft (hȧft)
noun [ Anglo-Saxon
hæft ; akin to D. & German
heft , Icelandic
hepti , and to English
heave , or
have . Confer
Heft .]
1. A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt. This brandish'd dagger
I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast.
Dryden. 2. A dwelling. [ Scot.]
Jamieson.
Haft Haft transitive verb To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
Hafter Haft"er (-ẽr)
noun [ Confer German
haften to cling or stick to, and English
haffle .]
A caviler; a wrangler. [ Obsolete]
Baret.
Hag Hag (hăg)
noun [ Middle English
hagge ,
hegge , witch, hag, Anglo-Saxon
hægtesse ; akin to Old High German
hagazussa , German
hexe , Dutch
heks , Danish
hex , Swedish
häxa . The first part of the word is probably the same as English
haw ,
hedge , and the orig. meaning was perhaps , wood woman, wild woman. √12.]
1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [ Obsolete] "[ Silenus] that old
hag ."
Golding. 2. An ugly old woman. Dryden. 3. A fury; a she-monster. Crashaw. 4. (Zoology) An eel-like marine marsipobranch ( Myxine glutinosa ), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotreta. Called also hagfish , borer , slime eel , sucker , and sleepmarken . 5. (Zoology) The hagdon or shearwater. 6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair. Blount. Hag moth (Zoology) ,
a moth ( Phobetron pithecium ), the larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit trees. --
Hag's tooth (Nautical) ,
an ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing.
Hag Hag transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Hagged (hăgd);
present participle & verbal noun Hagging .]
To harass; to weary with vexation. How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with the fancy of omens.
L'Estrange.
Hag Hag noun [ Scot.
hag to cut; confer English
hack .]
1. A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled. This said, he led me over hoults and hags ;
Through thorns and bushes scant my legs I drew.
Fairfax. 2. A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut. Dugdale.
Hag-ridden Hag"-rid`den (hăg"rĭd`d'n)
adjective Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmare. Beattie. Cheyne.
Hag-taper Hag"-ta`per (-tā`pẽr)
noun [ Confer 1st
Hag , and
Hig-taper .]
(Botany) The great woolly mullein ( Verbascum Thapsus ).
Hagberry Hag"ber`ry (hăg"bĕr`rȳ)
noun (Botany) A plant of the genus Prunus ( P. Padus ); the bird cherry. [ Scot.]
Hagborn Hag"born` (-bôrn`)
adjective Born of a hag or witch. Shak.