Halogenous Ha·log"e·nous (hȧ*lŏj"e*nŭs)
adjective Of the nature of a halogen.
Haloid Ha"loid (hā"loid or hăl"oid)
adjective [ Greek
"a`ls ,
"alo`s salt +
-oid : confer French
haloïde .]
(Chemistry) Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides. --
noun A haloid substance.
Halomancy Hal"o·man`cy (hăl"o*măn`sȳ)
noun See Alomancy .
Halometer Ha·lom"e·ter (hȧ*lŏm"e*tẽr)
noun [ Greek
"a`ls ,
"alo`s , salt +
-meter .]
An instrument for measuring the forms and angles of salts and crystals; a goniometer.
Halones Ha·lo"nes (hȧ*lō"nēz)
noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek
"a`lwn ,
"a`lwnos , a halo.]
(Biol.) Alternating transparent and opaque white rings which are seen outside the blastoderm, on the surface of the developing egg of the hen and other birds.
Halophyte Hal"o·phyte (hăl"o*fīt)
noun [ Greek
"a`ls ,
"alo`s , salt +
fyto`n a plant.]
(Botany) A plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea.
Haloscope Ha"lo·scope (hā"lo*skōp)
noun [
Halo +
-scope .]
An instrument for exhibition or illustration of the phenomena of halos, parhelia, and the like.
Halotrichite Hal·o·tri"chite (hăl*o*trī"kīt)
noun [ Greek
"a`ls sea +
qri`x ,
tricho`s , hair.]
(Min.) An iron alum occurring in silky fibrous aggregates of a yellowish white color.
Haloxyline Ha·lox"y·line noun [ Greek
"a`ls ,
"alo`s , salt +
xy`lon wood.]
An explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder.
Halp Halp (hälp)
imperfect of
Help .
Helped. [ Obsolete]
Halpace Hal"pace (hăl"pās)
noun (Architecture) See Haut pas .
Hals Hals (hals)
noun [ Anglo-Saxon
heals ; akin to D., G., & Goth.
hals . See
Collar .]
The neck or throat. [ Obsolete]
Do me hangen by the hals .
Chaucer.
Halse Halse (hals)
transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon
healsian .]
1. To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. [ Obsolete]
Each other kissed glad
And lovely halst .
Spenser. 2. To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. [ Obsolete]
O dere child, I halse thee,
In virtue of the Holy Trinity.
Chaucer.
Halse Halse transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Halsed (halst);
present participle & verbal noun Halsing .] [ Confer
Hawser .]
To haul; to hoist. [ Obsolete]
Grafton
Halsening Hal"sen·ing (hal"sĕn*ĭng)
adjective Sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious; rough. [ Obsolete]
Carew.
Halser Hals"er (has"ẽr)
noun See Hawser . Pope.
Halt Halt (halt),
3d pers. sing. present of Hold , contraction for holdeth . [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Halt Halt (halt)
noun [ Formerly
alt , Italian
alto , German
halt , from
halten to hold. See
Hold .]
A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress. Without any halt they marched.
Clarendon. [ Lovers] soon in passion's war contest,
Yet in their march soon make a halt .
Davenant.
Halt Halt intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Halted ;
present participle & verbal noun Halting .]
1. To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still. 2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain. How long halt ye between two opinions?
1 Kings xviii. 21.
Halt Halt (halt)
transitive verb (Mil.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.
Halt Halt adjective [ Anglo-Saxon
healt ; akin to Old Saxon , Dan., & Swedish
halt , Icelandic
haltr ,
halltr , Goth.
halts , Old High German
halz .]
Halting or stopping in walking; lame. Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt , and the blind.
Luke xiv. 21.
Halt Halt noun The act of limping; lameness.
Halt Halt intransitive verb [ Middle English
halten , Anglo-Saxon
healtian . See
Halt ,
adjective ]
1. To walk lamely; to limp. 2. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective. The blank verse shall halt for it.
Shak.
Halter Halt"er (-ẽr)
noun One who halts or limps; a cripple.
Halter Hal"ter (hal"tẽr)
noun [ Middle English
halter ,
helter ,
helfter , Anglo-Saxon
hælftre ; akin to German
halfter , Dutch
halfter ,
halster , and also to English
helve . See
Helve .]
A strong strap or cord. Especially: (a) A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse. (b) A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose. Shak. No man e'er felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the law.
Trumbull.
Halter Hal"ter transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Haltered (-tẽrd);
present participle & verbal noun Haltering .]
To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter. "A
haltered neck."
Shak.
Halter-sack Hal"ter-sack` (hal"tẽr*săk`)
noun A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged. [ Obsolete]
Beau. & Fl.
Halteres Hal·te"res (hăl*tē"rēz)
noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek
"alth^res weights used in jumping, from
"a`llesqai to leap.]
(Zoology) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.
Haltingly Halt"ing·ly (halt"ĭng*lȳ)
adverb In a halting or limping manner.
Halvans Hal"vans (hăl"v
a nz)
noun plural (Mining) Impure ore; dirty ore. Raymond.
Halve Hal"ve (häl"v
e )
noun A half. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Halve Halve (häv)
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Halved (hävd);
present participle & verbal noun Halving .] [ From
Half .]
1. To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to be or form half of. So far apart their lives are thrown
From the twin soul that halves their own.
M. Arnold. 2. (Architecture) To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
Halve Halve transitive verb Of a hole, match, etc., to reach or play in the same number of strokes as an opponent.
Halved Halved (hävd)
adjective Appearing as if one side, or one half, were cut away; dimidiate.
Halves Halves (hävz)
noun ,
plural of Half . By halves ,
by one half at once; halfway; fragmentarily; partially; incompletely. I can not believe by halves ; either I have faith, or I have it not.
J. H. Newman. To go halves .
See under Go .
Halwe Hal"we (häl"w
e )
noun [ Middle English , from Anglo-Saxon
hālga . See
Holy .]
A saint. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Halyard Hal"yard (hăl"yẽrd)
noun [
Hale ,
transitive verb +
yard .]
(Nautical) A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc. [ Written also
halliard ,
haulyard .]
Halysites Hal`y·si"tes (hăl`ĭ*sī"tēz)
noun [ New Latin , from Greek
"a`lysis a chain.]
(Paleon.) A genus of Silurian fossil corals; the chain corals. See Chain coral , under Chain .
Ham Ham (häm)
noun Home. [ North of Eng.]
Chaucer.
Ham Ham (hăm)
noun [ Anglo-Saxon
ham ; akin to Dutch
ham , dial. German
hamme , Old High German
hamma . Perh. named from the bend at the ham, and akin to English
chamber . Confer
Gammon ham.]
1. (Anat.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock. 2. The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking. A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams .
Shak.
Hamadryad Ham"a·dry`ad (hăm"ȧ*drī`ăd)
noun ;
plural English
Hamadryads (- ădz), Latin
Hamadryades (- drī"ȧ*dēz). [ Latin
Hamadryas ,
-adis , Greek
"Amadrya`s ;
"a`ma together +
dry^s oak, tree: confer French
hamadryade . See
Same , and
Tree .]
1. (Class. Myth.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode. 2. (Zoology) A large venomous East Indian snake ( Ophiophagus bungarus ), allied to the cobras.
Hamadryas Ha·ma"dry·as (hȧ*mā"drĭ*ăs)
noun [ Latin , a hamadryad. See
Hamadryad .]
(Zoology) The sacred baboon of Egypt ( Cynocephalus Hamadryas ).
Hamal Ha·mal" noun [ Written also
hammal ,
hummaul ,
hamaul ,
khamal , etc.] [ Turk. & Arabic
hammāl , from Arabic
hamala to carry.]
In Turkey and other Oriental countries, a porter or burden bearer; specif., in Western India, a palanquin bearer.
Hamamelis Ham`a·me"lis (hăm`ȧ*mē"lĭs)
noun [ New Latin , from Greek
"amamhli`s a kind of medlar or service tree;
"a`ma at the same time +
mh^lon an apple, any tree fruit.]
(Botany) A genus of plants which includes the witch-hazel ( Hamamelis Virginica ), a preparation of which is used medicinally.
Hamate Ha"mate (hā"mat)
adjective [ Latin
hamatus , from
hamus hook.]
Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.
Hamated Ha"ma·ted (hā"ma*tĕd)
adjective Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate. Swift.
Hamatum Ha·ma"tum (hȧ*mā"tŭm)
noun [ New Latin , from Latin
hamatus hooked.]
(Anat.) See Unciform .
Hamble Ham"ble (hăm"b'l)
transitive verb [ Middle English
hamelen to mutilate, Anglo-Saxon
hamelian ; akin to Old High German
hamalōn to mutilate,
hamal mutilated,
ham mutilated, Icelandic
hamla to mutilate. Confer
Hamper to fetter.]
To hamstring. [ Obsolete]
Hamburg Ham"burg (-bûrg)
noun A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe. Black Hamburg grape .
See under Black . --
Hamburg edging ,
a kind of embroidered work done by machinery on cambric or muslin; -- used for trimming. --
Hamburg lake ,
a purplish crimson pigment resembling cochineal.
Hame Hame (hām)
noun Home. [ Scot. & O. Eng.]
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