Herbless Herb"less adjective Destitute of herbs or of vegetation. J. Warton.

Herblet Herb"let noun A small herb. Shak.

Herborist Her"bo·rist noun [ French herboriste .] A herbalist. Ray.

Herborization Her`bo·ri·za"tion noun [ French herborisation .] 1. The act of herborizing.

2. The figure of plants in minerals or fossils.

Herborize Her"bo·rize intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Herborized ; present participle & verbal noun Herborizing .] [ French herboriser , for herbariser , from Latin herbarium . See Hebrarium .] To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them.

He herborized as he traveled.

W. Tooke.

Herborize Her"bo·rize transitive verb To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See Arborized .

Herborized stones contain fine mosses.

Fourcroy (Trans.)

Herborough Her"bor·ough noun [ See Harborough , and Harbor .] A harbor. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.

Herbose, Herbous Her·bose", Herb"ous adjective [ Latin herbosus : confer French herbeux .] Abounding with herbs. "Fields poetically called herbose ." Byrom.

Herby Herb"y adjective Having the nature of, pertaining to, or covered with, herbs or herbage. " Herby valleys." Chapman.

Hercogamous Her·cog"a·mous adjective [ Greek ... a fence + ... marriage.] (Botany) Not capable of self- fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.

Herculean Her·cu"le·an adjective [ Latin herculeus , from Hercules : confer French herculéen . See Hercules .]

1. Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task.

2. Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs. " Herculean Samson." Milton.

Hercules Her"cu·les noun 1. (Gr. Myth.) A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or "labors."

2. (Astron.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra.

Hercules' beetle (Zoology) , any species of Dynastes , an American genus of very large lamellicorn beetles, esp. D. hercules of South America, which grows to a length of six inches. -- Hercules' club . (Botany) (a) An ornamental tree of the West Indies ( Zanthoxylum Clava-Herculis ), of the same genus with the prickly ash. (b) A variety of the common gourd ( Lagenaria vulgaris ). Its fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length. (c) The Angelica tree. See under Angelica . -- Hercules powder , an explosive containing nitroglycerin; -- used for blasting.

Hercynian Her·cyn"i·an adjective [ Latin Hercynia silva, Hercynius saltus, the Hercynian forest; confer Greek ... ....] Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains.

Herd Herd adjective Haired. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Herd Herd noun [ Middle English herd , heord , Anglo-Saxon heord ; akin to Old High German herta ,G. herde , Icelandic hjör... , Swedish hjord , Danish hiord , Goth. haírda ; confer Sanskrit çardha troop, host.]

1. A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle.

The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.

Gray.

» Herd is distinguished from flock , as being chiefly applied to the larger animals. A number of cattle, when driven to market, is called a drove .

2. A crowd of low people; a rabble.

But far more numerous was the herd of such
Who think too little and who talk too much.

Dryden.

You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question.

Coleridge.

Herd's grass (Botany) , one of several species of grass, highly esteemed for hay. See under Grass .

Herd Herd noun [ Middle English hirde , herde , heorde , Anglo-Saxon hirde , hyrde , heorde ; akin to German hirt , hirte , Old High German hirti , Icelandic hir ... ir , Swedish herde , Danish hyrde , Goth. haírdeis . See 2d Herd .] One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shep herd ; a goat herd , and the like. Chaucer.

Herd Herd intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Herded ; present participle & verbal noun Herding .] [ See 2d Herd .] 1. To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.

2. To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.

I'll herd among his friends, and seem
One of the number.

Addison.

3. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. [ Scot.]

Herd Herd transitive verb To form or put into a herd.

Herdbook Herd"book` noun A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record , or herd register .

Herder Herd"er noun A herdsman. [ R.]

Herderite Her"der·ite noun [ Named after Baron von Herder , who discovered it.] (Min.) A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals.

Herdess Herd"ess noun A shepherdess; a female herder. Sir P. Sidney. Chaucer.

Herdgroom Herd"groom` noun A herdsman. [ Obsolete]

Herdic Her"dic noun [ Named from Peter Herdic , the inventor.] A kind of low-hung cab.

Herdman, Herdsman Herd"man, Herds"man noun ; plural -men The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.

Herdswoman Herds"wom`an noun ; plural - women A woman who tends a herd. Sir W. Scott.

Here Here noun Hair. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Here Here pron. 1. See Her , their. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

2. Her; hers. See Her . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Here Here adverb [ Middle English her , Anglo-Saxon h...r ; akin to Old Saxon h...r , Dutch hier , Old High German hiar , German hier , Icelandic & Goth. h...r , Danish her , Swedish här ; from root of English he . See He .] 1. In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to there .

He is not here , for he is risen.

Matt. xxviii. 6.

2. In the present life or state.

Happy here , and more happy hereafter.

Bacon.

3. To or into this place; hither. [ Colloq.] See Thither .

Here comes Virgil.

B. Jonson.

Thou led'st me here .

Byron.

4. At this point of time, or of an argument; now.

The prisoner here made violent efforts to rise.

Warren.

» 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.

Here-at Here-at" adverb At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat . Hooker.

Herea-bout, Hereabouts Here"a-bout`, Here"a·bouts` adverb 1. About this place; in this vicinity.

2. Concerning this. [ Obsolete]

Hereafter Here·aft"er adverb [ Anglo-Saxon hēræfter .] In time to come; in some future time or state.

Hereafter he from war shall come.

Dryden.

Hereafter Here·aft"er noun A future existence or state.

'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter .

Addison.

Hereafterward Here·aft"er·ward adverb Hereafter. [ Obsolete]

Thou shalt hereafterward . . . come.

Chaucer.

Hereby Here·by" adverb 1. By means of this.

And hereby we do know that we know him.

1 John ii. 3.

2. Close by; very near. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Hereditability He·red`i·ta·bil"i·ty noun State of being hereditable. Brydges.

Hereditable He·red"i·ta·ble adjective [ Late Latin hereditabilis , from hereditare to inherit, from Latin hereditas heirship inheritance, heres heir: confer Old French hereditable . See Heir , and confer Heritable .] 1. Capable of being inherited. See Inheritable . Locke.

2. Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting.

Hereditably He·red"i·ta·bly adverb By inheritance. W. Tooke.

Hereditament Her`e·dit"a·ment noun [ Late Latin hereditamentum . See Hereditable .] (Law) 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.

» 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.

Hereditarily He·red"i·ta·ri·ly adverb By inheritance; in an hereditary manner. Pope.

Hereditary He·red"i·ta·ry adjective [ Latin hereditarius , from hereditas heirship, inheritance, from heres heir: confer French héréditaire . See Heir .] 1. 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.

2. 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.

Heredity He·red"i·ty noun [ Latin hereditas heirship.] (Biol.) 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 .

Hereford Her"e·ford noun One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent.

Herehence Here"hence` adverb From hence. [ Obsolete]

Herein Here·in" adverb [ Anglo-Saxon h...rinne .] In this.

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit.

John xv. 8.

Hereinafter Here`in·aft"er adverb In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like).

Hereinbefore Here`in·be·fore" adverb In the preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.).

Hereinto Here`in·to" adverb Into this. Hooker.

Heremit, Heremite Her"e·mit, Her"e·mite noun [ See Hermit .] A hermit. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall.

Heremitical Her`e·mit"ic·al adjective Of or pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society. Pope.

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