Hissingly Hiss"ing·ly adverb With a hissing sound.

Hist Hist interj. [ Confer Danish hys . .... Confer Hush , Whist .] Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence. Milton.

Histiology His`ti·ol"o·gy noun [ Greek "isto`s tissue + -logy .] Same as Histology .

Histogenesis His`to·gen"e·sis noun [ Greek "isto`s tissue + English genesis .] (Biol.) (a) The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; -- the opposite of histolysis . (b) Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells. Haeckel.

Histogenetic His`to·ge·net"ic adjective [ See Histogeny .] (Biol.) Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues.

Histogeny His·tog"e·ny noun [ Greek "isto`s tissue + root of ... to be born.] (Biol.) Same as Histogenesis . Dunglison.

Histographer His·tog"ra·pher noun One who describes organic tissues; an histologist.

Histographical His"to·graph"ic·al adjective Of or pertaining to histography.

Histography His·tog"ra·phy noun [ Greek "isto`s tissue + -graphy .] A description of, or treatise on, organic tissues.

Histohæmatin His`to·hæm"a·tin noun [ Greek "isto`s tissue + English hæmatin .] (Physiol.) One of a class of respiratory pigments, widely distributed in the animal kingdom, capable of ready oxidation and reduction.

Histoid His"toid adjective [ Greek "isto`s tissue + -oid .] Resembling the normal tissues; as, histoid tumors.

Histologic, Histological His`to·log"ic, His`to·log"ic·al adjective (Biol.) Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of living organisms. -- His`to*log"ic*al*ly , adverb

Histologist His·tol"o·gist noun One versed in histology.

Histology His·tol"o·gy noun [ Greek "isto`s tissue + -logy .] That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology .

Histolysis His·tol"y·sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek "isto`s tissue + ... to loosen, dissolve.] (Biol.) The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood.

Histolytic His`to·lyt"ic adjective (Biol.) Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues.

Histonomy His·ton"o·my noun [ Greek "isto`s tissue + ... to distribute, regulate.] The science which treats of the laws relating to organic tissues, their formation, development, functions, etc.

Histophyly His·toph"y·ly noun [ Greek "isto`s tissue + Greek ... clan.] (Biol.) The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly. Haeckel.

Historial His·to"ri·al adjective [ Latin historialis : confer French historial .] Historical. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Historian His·to"ri·an noun [ French historien .] 1. A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.

Even the historian takes great liberties with facts.

Sir J. Reynolds.

2. One versed or well informed in history.

Great captains should be good historians .

South.

Historic His·tor"ic (hĭs*tŏr"ĭk), his*tor"ic*al (hĭs*tŏr"ĭ*k a l) adjective [ Latin historicus , Greek "istoriko`s : confer French historique . See History .] Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. -- His*tor"ic*al*ness , noun -- His*to*ric"i*ty noun

There warriors frowning in historic brass.

Pope.

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.

Historically His·tor"ic·al·ly adverb In the manner of, or in accordance with, history.

Historicize His·tor"i·cize transitive verb To record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle. [ R.]

Historied His"to·ried adjective Related in history.

Historier His·to"ri·er noun An historian. [ Obsolete]

Historiette His`to·ri·ette" noun [ French, dim. of histoire a history.] Historical narration on a small scale; a brief recital; a story. Emerson.

Historify His·tor"i·fy transitive verb [ History + -fy .] To record in or as history. [ R.] Lamb.

Thy conquest meet to be historified .

Sir P. Sidney.

Historiographer His·to`ri·og"ra·pher (hĭs*tō`rĭ*ŏg"rȧ*fẽr) noun [ Latin historiographus , Greek "istoriogra`fos ; "istori`a history + gra`fein to write: confer French historiographe .] 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 His·to`ri·og"ra·pher·ship noun The office of an historiographer. Saintsbury.

Historiography His·to`ri·og"ra·phy noun The art of employment of an historiographer.

Historiology His·to`ri·ol"o·gy noun [ Greek ... history + -logy .] A discourse on history. Cockeram.

Historionomer His·to`ri·on"o·mer noun [ Greek ... history + ... to distribute.] One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them.

And historionomers will have measured accurately the sidereal years of races.

Lowell.

Historize His"to·rize transitive verb To relate as history; to chronicle; to historicize. [ R.] Evelyn.

History His"to·ry noun ; plural Histories . [ Latin historia , Greek 'istori`a history, information, inquiry, from 'istwr , "istwr , knowing, learned, from the root of ... to know; akin to English wit . See Wit , and confer Story .]

1. 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.

2. 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.

Histories are as perfect as the historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul.

Carlyle.

For aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history .

Shak.

What histories of toil could I declare!

Pope.

History piece , a representation in painting, drawing, etc., of any real event, including the actors and the action. -- Natural history , a description and classification of objects in nature, as minerals, plants, animals, etc., and the phenomena which they exhibit to the senses.

Syn. -- Chronicle; annals; relation; narration. -- History , Chronicle , Annals . History is a methodical record of important events which concern a community of men, usually so arranged as to show the connection of causes and effects, to give an analysis of motive and action etc. A chronicle is a record of such events, conforming to the order of time as its distinctive feature. Annals are a chronicle divided up into separate years. By poetic license annals is sometimes used for history .

Justly Cæsar scorns the poet's lays;
It is to history he trusts for praise.

Pope.

No more yet of this;
For 't is a chronicle of day by day,
Not a relation for a breakfast.

Shak.

Many glorious examples in the annals of our religion.

Rogers.

History His"to·ry transitive verb To narrate or record. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Histotomy His·tot"o·my noun [ Greek ... tissue + ... to cut.] The dissection of organic tissues.

Histozyme His"to·zyme noun [ Greek ... tissue + ... leaven.] (Physiol. Chem.) 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 His"tri·on noun [ Latin histrio : confer French histrion .] A player. [ R.] Pope.

Histrionic, Histrionical His`tri·on"ic, His`tri·on"ic·al adjective [ Latin histrionicus : confer French histrionique . See Histrion .] Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; -- sometimes in a bad sense. -- His`tri*on"ic*al*ly , adverb

Tainted with false and histrionic feeling.

De Quincey.

Histrionicism His`tri·on"i·cism noun The histrionic art; stageplaying. W. Black.

Histrionism His"tri·o·nism noun Theatrical representation; acting; affectation. Sir T. Browne.

Histrionize His"tri·o·nize transitive verb To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically. Urquhart.

Hit Hit pron. Italian [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Hit Hit 3d pers. sing. present of Hide , contracted from hideth . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Hit Hit transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hit ; present participle & verbal noun Hitting .] [ Middle English hitten , hutten , of Scand. origin; confer Danish hitte to hit, find, Swedish & Icelandic hitta .] 1. To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).

I think you have hit the mark.

Shak.

2. 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.

Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the notes right.

Locke.

There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails with him.

Dryden.

Whose saintly visage is too bright
To hit the sense of human sight.

Milton.

He scarcely hit my humor.

Tennyson.

3. To guess; to light upon or discover. "Thou hast hit it." Shak.

4. (Backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point.

To hit off , to describe with quick characteristic strokes; as, to hit off a speaker. Sir W. Temple. -- To hit out , to perform by good luck. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Hit Hit intransitive verb 1. To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on .

If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and hit one against another?

Locke.

Corpuscles, meeting with or hitting on those bodies, become conjoined with them.

Woodward.

2. To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck.

And oft it hits
Where hope is coldest and despair most fits.

Shak.

And millions miss for one that hits .

Swift.

To hit on or upon , to light upon; to come to by chance. "None of them hit upon the art." Addison.

Hit Hit noun 1. A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.

So he the famed Cilician fencer praised,
And, at each hit , with wonder seems amazed.

Dryden.

2. A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit .

What late he called a blessing, now was wit,
And God's good providence, a lucky hit .

Pope.

3. A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit .

4. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon .

5. (Baseball) A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit ; a foul hit ; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit .

Base hit , Safe hit , Sacrifice hit . (Baseball) See under Base , Safe , etc.

Hitch Hitch (hĭch) transitive verb [ Confer Scot. hitch a motion by a jerk, and hatch , hotch , to move by jerks, also Prov. German hiksen , German hinken , to limp, hobble; or English hiccough ; or possibly akin to English hook .] 1. To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

Atoms . . . which at length hitched together.

South.

2. To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.

Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme.

Pope.

To ease themselves . . . by hitching into another place.

Fuller.

3. To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere. [ Eng.] Halliwell.

Hitch Hitch transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hitched ; present participle & verbal noun Hitching .] 1. To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter.

2. To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.

To hitch up . (a) To fasten up. (b) To pull or raise with a jerk; as, a sailor hitches up his trousers. (c) To attach, as a horse, to a vehicle; as, hitch up the gray mare. [ Colloq.]

Hitch Hitch noun 1. A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.

2. The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.

3. A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance.

4. A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch .

5. (Nautical) A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch ; a clove hitch ; a timber hitch , etc.

6. (Geol.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.

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