Hutch Hutch transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Hutted ; present participle & verbal noun Hutting .] To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters.

The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown.

W. Irving.

Hutch Hutch noun [ Middle English hucche , huche , hoche , French huche , Late Latin hutica .] 1. A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch ; a rabbit hutch .

2. A measure of two Winchester bushels.

3. (Mining) The case of a flour bolt.

4. (Mining) (a) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit. (b) A jig for washing ore.

Bolting hutch , Booby hutch , etc. See under Bolting , etc.

Hutch Hutch transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hutched ; present participle & verbal noun Hutching .] 1. To hoard or lay up, in a chest. [ R.] "She hutched the . . . ore." Milton.

2. (Mining) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.

Hutchunsonian Hutch`un·so"ni·an noun A follower of John Hutchinson of Yorkshire, England, who believed that the Hebrew Scriptures contained a complete system of natural science and of theology.

Huttonian Hut·to"ni·an adjective Relating to what is now called the Plutonic theory of the earth, first advanced by Dr. James Hutton . Lyell.

Huttoning Hut"ton·ing noun [ So named after two English bonesetters, Richard and Robert Hutton , who made it a part of their method.] (Medicine) Forcible manipulation of a dislocated, stiff, or painful joint.

Huxter Hux"ter noun & intransitive verb See Huckster .

Huyghenian Huy·ghe"ni·an adjective Pertaining to, or invented by, Christian Huyghens , a Dutch astronomer of the seventeenth century; as, the Huyghenian telescope.

Huyghenian eyepiece See under Eyepiece .

Huzz Huzz intransitive verb [ An onomatopœa. √43. Confer Buzz .] To buzz; to murmur. [ Obsolete]

Huzzing and burring in the preacher's ear.

Latimer.

Huzza Huz·za" interj. [ Confer German hussa , husa , interj., hurrah, huzza. √43. Confer Hurrah .] A word used as a shout of joy, exultation, approbation, or encouragement.

Huzza Huz"za noun A shout of huzza ; a cheer; a hurrah.

They made a great huzza or shout.

Evelyn.

Huzza Huz·za" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Huzzaed ; present participle & verbal noun Huzzaing .] To shout huzza; to cheer.

Huzza Huz·za" transitive verb To receive or attend with huzzas.

He was huzzaed into the court.

Addison.

Hy Hy adjective High. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Hyacine Hy"a·cine noun A hyacinth. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Hyacinth Hy"a·cinth noun [ Latin hyacinthus a kind of flower, probably the iris, gladiolus, or larkspur, also a kind of gem, perhaps the sapphire; as, a proper name, Hyacinthus , a beautiful Laconian youth, beloved by Apollo, from Greek ..., ...: confer French hyacinthe . Confer Jacinth . The hyacinth was fabled to have sprung from the blood of Hyacinthus , who was accidentally slain by Apollo.] 1. (Botany) (a) A bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus , bearing beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. H. orientalis is a common variety. (b) A plant of the genus Camassia ( C. Farseri ), called also Eastern camass ; wild hyacinth. (c) The name also given to Scilla Peruviana , a Mediterranean plant, one variety of which produces white, and another blue, flowers; -- called also, from a mistake as to its origin, Hyacinth of Peru .

2. (Min.) A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem. See Zircon .

Hyacinth bean (Botany) , a climbing leguminous plant ( Dolichos Lablab ), related to the true bean. It has dark purple flowers and fruit.

Hyacinthian Hy`a·cin"thi·an adjective Hyacinthine. [ R.]

Hyacinthine Hy`a·cin"thine adjective [ Latin hyacinthinus , Greek ....] Belonging to the hyacinth; resembling the hyacinth; in color like the hyacinth. Milton.

His curling locks like hyacinthine flowers.

Cowper.

The hyacinthine boy, for whom
Morn well might break and April bloom.

Emerson.

Hyades, Hyads Hy"a·des, Hy"ads noun plural [ Latin Hyades , Greek ....] (Astron.) A cluster of five stars in the face of the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the coming of rainy weather when they rose with the sun.

Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades
Vext the dim sea.

Tennyson.

Hyalea Hy·a"le·a noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... glassy, from "y`alos glass.] (Zoology) A pteropod of the genus Cavolina . See Pteropoda , and Illustration in Appendix.

Hyalescence Hy`a·les"cence noun [ See Hyaline .] The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparent like glass.

Hyaline Hy"a·line adjective [ Latin hyalinus , Greek ..., from "y`alos glass: confer French hyalin .] Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal. " Hyaline spaces." Carpenter.

Hyaline Hy"a·line noun 1. A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere. "The clear hyaline , the glassy sea." Milton.

Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline .

Mrs. Browning.

2. (Biol.) The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleus originates.

3. (Physiol. Chem.) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation. Gamgee.

Hyalite Hy"a·lite noun [ Greek "y`alos glass: confer French hyalite .] (Min.) A pellucid variety of opal in globules looking like colorless gum or resin; -- called also Müller's glass .

Hyalograph Hy·al"o·graph noun [ Greek "y`alos glass + graph .] An instrument for tracing designs on glass.

Hyalography Hy`a·log"ra·phy noun Art of writing or engraving on glass.

Hyaloid Hy"a·loid adjective [ Greek ... glassy, transparent; "y`alos glass + ... appearance: confer French hyaloïde .] (Anat.) Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.

Hyalonema Hy`a·lo·ne"ma noun [ New Latin , from Greek "y`alos glass + ... a thread.] (Zoology) A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species ( H. Sieboldii ), called glass-rope , has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope .

Hyalophane Hy·al"o·phane noun [ Greek "y`alos glass + ... to appear.] (Min.) A species of the feldspar group containing barium. See Feldspar .

Hyalospongia Hy`a·lo·spon"gi·a noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek "y`alos glass + ... a sponge.] (Zoology) An order of vitreous sponges, having glassy six-rayed, siliceous spicules; -- called also Hexactinellinĉ .

Hyalotype Hy·al"o·type noun [ Greek "y`alos glass + -type .] A photographic picture copied from the negative on glass; a photographic transparency. R. Hunt.

Hybernacle, Hybernate Hy·ber"na·cle, Hy"ber·nate Hy`ber*na"tion See Hibernacle , Hibernate , Hibernation .

Hyblĉan Hy·blĉ"an adjective [ Latin Hyblaeus .] Pertaining to Hybla, an ancient town of Sicily, famous for its bees.

Hübner Hüb"ner noun [ After Hübner , who analyzed it.] (Min.) A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate.

Hybodont Hyb"o·dont adjective [ Greek ... hump + ..., ..., a tooth.] (Paleon.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an extinct genus of sharks ( Hybodus ), especially in the form of the teeth, which consist of a principal median cone with smaller lateral ones.

Hybodus Hyb"o·dus noun [ New Latin See Hybodont .] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of sharks having conical, compressed teeth.

Hybrid Hy"brid noun [ Latin hybrida , hibrida , probably allied to Greek ... wantonness (as if unbridled, lawless, unnatural), perhaps akin to Greek "ype`r over, English over : confer French hybride .] (Biol.) The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel .

Hybrid Hy"brid adjective Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of hybrid nature.

Hybrid Hy"brid noun (Philol.) A word composed of elements which belong to different languages.

Hybridism Hy"brid·ism noun The state or quality of being hybrid.

Hybridist Hy"brid·ist noun One who hybridizes.

Hybridity Hy·brid"i·ty noun Hybridism.

Hybridizable Hy"brid·i`za·ble adjective Capable of forming a hybrid, or of being subjected to a hybridizing process; capable of producing a hybrid by union with another species or stock.

Hybridizable genera are rarer than is generally supposed, even in gardens where they are so often operated upon, under circumstances most favorable to the production of hybrids.

J. D. Hooker.

Hybridization Hy`brid·i·za"tion noun The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized.

Hybridize Hy"brid·i`ze transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hybridized ; present participle & verbal noun Hybridizing .] To render hybrid; to produce by mixture of stocks.

Hybridize Hy"brid·ize intransitive verb (Biol.) To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed; to cross.

Hybridizer Hy"brid·i`zer noun One who hybridizes.

Hybridous Hy"brid·ous adjective Same as Hybrid .

Hydage Hyd"age noun (Law) A land tax. See Hidage .

Hydantoic Hy`dan·to"ic adjective (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, hydantoin. See Glycoluric .

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