Highty-tighty High"ty-tigh"ty adjective Hoity- toity.

Highway High"way` noun A road or way open to the use of the public; a main road or thoroughfare.

Syn. -- Way; road; path; course.

Highwayman High"way`man noun ; plural Highwaymen One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.

Higre Hi"gre noun See Eagre . [ Obsolete] Drayton.

Hijera, Hijra Hij"eˇra, Hij"ra noun See Hegira .

Hike Hike transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hiked ; present participle & verbal noun Hiking .] [ Confer Hitch .] To move with a swing, toss, throw, jerk, or the like. [ Dial. or Colloq.]

Hike Hike intransitive verb To hike one's self; specif., to go with exertion or effort; to tramp; to march laboriously. [ Dial. or Colloq.] "If you persist in heaving and hiking like this." Kipling.

It's hike , hike , hike (march) till you stick in the mud, and then you hike back again a little slower than you went.

Scribner's Mag.

Hike Hike noun The act of hiking; a tramp; a march. [ Dial. or Colloq.]

With every hike there's a few laid out with their hands crossed.

Scribner's Mag.

Hilal Hi"lal adjective Of or pertaining to a hilum.

Hilar Hi"lar adjective (Botany) Belonging to the hilum.

Hilarious Hiˇla"riˇous adjective [ Latin hilaris , hilarus , Greek ...; confer ... gracious, kindly.] Mirthful; noisy; merry.

Hilarity Hiˇlar"iˇty noun [ Latin hilaritas : confer French hilarité . See Hilarious .] Boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity. Goldsmith.

» Hilarity differs from joy : the latter, excited by good news or prosperity, is an affection of the mind; the former, produced by social pleasure, drinking, etc., which rouse the animal spirits, is more demonstrative.

Syn. -- Glee; cheerfulness; mirth; merriment; gayety; joyousness; exhilaration; joviality; jollity.

Hilary term Hil"aˇry term` Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year; -- so called from the festival of St. Hilary, January 13th.

» The Hilary term is superseded by the Hilary sittings, which commence on the eleventh of January and end on the Wednesday before Easter. Mozley & W.

Hilding Hil"ding noun [ Prob. a corruption of hindling , dim. of hind , adj. Confer Prov. English hilderling , hinderling . See Hinderling .] A base, menial wretch. -- adjective Base; spiritless. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Hile Hile transitive verb To hide. See Hele . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Hile Hile noun (Botany) Same as Hilum .

Hill Hill noun [ Middle English hil , hul , Anglo-Saxon hyll ; akin to OD. hille , hil , Latin collis , and probably to English haulm , holm , and column . Confer 2d Holm .] 1. A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain.

Every mountain and hill shall be made low.

Is. xl. 4.

2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [ U. S.] See Hill , transitive verb

3. A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes. [ U. S.]

Hill ant (Zoology) , a common ant ( Formica rufa ), of Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its nests. -- Hill myna (Zoology) , one of several species of birds of India, of the genus Gracula , and allied to the starlings. They are easily taught to speak many words. [ Written also hill mynah .] See Myna . -- Hill partridge (Zoology) , a partridge of the genus Aborophila , of which numerous species in habit Southern Asia and the East Indies. -- Hill tit (Zoology) , one of numerous species of small Asiatic singing birds of the family Leiotrichidć . Many are beautifully colored.

Hill Hill transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hilled ; present participle & verbal noun Hilling .] To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.

Showing them how to plant and hill it.

Palfrey.

Hilliness Hill"iˇness noun The state of being hilly.

Hilling Hill"ing noun The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.

Hillock Hill"ock noun A small hill. Shak.

Hillside Hill"side` noun The side or declivity of a hill.

Hilltop Hill"top` noun The top of a hill.

Hilly Hill"y adjective 1. Abounding with hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly country. " Hilly steep." Dryden.

2. Lofty; as, hilly empire. [ Obsolete] Beau. & Fl.

Hilt Hilt noun [ Anglo-Saxon hilt , hilte ; akin to Old High German helza , Prov. German hilze , Icelandic hjalt .] 1. A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.

Hilted Hilt"ed adjective Having a hilt; -- used in composition; as, basket- hilted , cross- hilted .

Hilum Hi"lum noun [ Latin , a little thing, trifle.] 1. (Botany) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called also hile .

2. (Anat.) The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum of the kidney.

Hilus Hi"lus noun [ New Latin ] (Anat.) Same as Hilum , 2.

Him Him pron. Them. See Hem . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Him Him pron. [ Anglo-Saxon him , dat. of hē . √183. See He .] The objective case of he . See He .

Him that is weak in the faith receive.

Rom. xiv. 1.

Friends who have given him the most sympathy.

Thackeray.

» In old English his and him were respectively the genitive and dative forms of it as well as of he . This use is now obsolete . Poetically , him is sometimes used with the reflexive sense of himself .

I never saw but Humphrey, duke of Gloster,
Did bear him like a noble gentleman.

Shak.

Himalayan Hiˇma"laˇyan adjective [ Sanskrit himālaya , prop., the abode of snow.] Of or pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain in Hindostan.

Himpne Himp"ne noun A hymn. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Himself Himˇself" pron. 1. An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he ; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself .

But he himself returned from the quarries.

Judges iii. 19.

David hid himself in the field.

1 Sam. xx. 24.

The Lord himself shall give you a sign.

Is. vii. 14.

Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people.

Titus ii. 14.

With shame remembers, while himself was one
Of the same herd, himself the same had done.

Denham.

» Himself was formerly used instead of itself . See Note under Him .

It comprehendeth in himself all good.

Chaucer.

2. One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself .

By himself , alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as, he sits or studies by himself . -- To leave one to himself , to withdraw from him; to let him take his own course.

Himself, Himselve Himˇself", Himˇselve" Him*selv"en pron. plural Themselves. See Hemself . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Himselve Himˇselve" pron. See 1st Himself . [ Obsolete]

Himyaric, Himyaritic Himˇyar"ic, Him`yaˇrit"ic adjective Pertaining to Himyar, an ancient king of Yemen, in Arabia, or to his successors or people; as, the Himjaritic characters, language, etc.; applied esp. to certain ancient inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the Arabic, still spoken in Southern Arabia. Brande & C.

Hin Hin noun [ Hebrew hīn .] A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure. W. H. Ward.

Hind Hind noun [ Anglo-Saxon hind ; akin to Dutch hinde , Old High German hinta , German hinde , hindin , Icelandic , Swedish , & Danish hind , and perhaps to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.), English hunt , or confer Greek ... a young deer.] 1. (Zoology) The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.

2. (Zoology) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus , as E. apua of Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney , John Paw , spotted hind .

Hind Hind noun [ Middle English hine , Anglo-Saxon hīne , hīna , orig. gen. plural of hīwan domestics; akin to Icelandic hjū man and wife, domestics, family, Goth. heiwa frauja master of the house, German hei rath marriage; confer Latin civis citizen, English city or English home . Confer Hide a measure of land.] 1. A domestic; a servant. [ Obsolete] Shak.

2. A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant. [ Eng.]

The hind , that homeward driving the slow steer
Tells how man's daily work goes forward here.

Trench.

Hind Hind adjective [ Compar. Hinder ; superl. Hindmost , or Hindermost ] [ Middle English hind , adverb , back, Anglo-Saxon hindan behind. See Hinder , adjective ] In the rear; -- opposed to front ; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.

Hindberry Hind"berˇry noun [ Anglo-Saxon hindberie ; akin to Old High German hintberi , German himbeere . So called because hinds or stags are fond of them. See 1st Hind , and Berry .] The raspberry. [ Prov. Eng.]

Hindbrain Hind"brain` noun [ Hind , adj. + brain .] (Anat.) The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only.

Hinder Hind"er adjective [ Middle English hindere , Anglo-Saxon hinder, adverb , behind; akin to Old High German hintar , preposition , behind, German hinter , Goth. hindar ; orig. a comparative, and akin to Anglo-Saxon hine hence. See Hence , He , and confer Hind , adjective , Hindmost .] Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

He was in the hinder part of the ship.

Mark iv. 38.

Hinder Hin"der transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hindered ; present participle & verbal noun Hindering .] [ Middle English hindren , hinderen , Anglo-Saxon hindrian , from hinder behind; akin to Dutch hinderen , German hindern , Old High German hintar...n , Icelandic & Swedish hindra , Danish hindre . See Hinder , adjective ] 1. To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from ; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going.

Them that were entering in ye hindered .

Luke xi. 52.

I hinder you too long.

Shak.

2. To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.

What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right?

Locke.

Syn. -- To check; retard; impede; delay; block; clog; prevent; stop; interrupt; counteract; thwart; oppose; obstruct; debar; embarrass.

Hinder Hin"der intransitive verb To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.

This objection hinders not but that the heroic action of some commander . . . may be written.

Dryden.

Hinderance Hin"derˇance noun Same as Hindrance .

Hinderer Hin"derˇer noun One who, or that which, hinders.

Hinderest Hind"erˇest adjective Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind , adjective [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Hinderling Hind"erˇling noun [ Anglo-Saxon hinderling one who comes behind his ancestors, from Anglo-Saxon hinder behind. See Hinder , adjective , and confer Hilding .] A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. [ Obsolete] Callander.

Hindermost, Hindmost Hind"erˇmost`, Hind"most` adjective [ The superlative of hind . See Hind , adjective ] [ Confer Anglo-Saxon hindema (akin to Goth. hindumists ), a superlative from the same source as the comparative hinder . See Hinder , adjective , and confer Aftermost .] Furthest in or toward the rear; last. "Rachel and Joseph hindermost ." Gen. xxxiii. 2.

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