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Haruspice

A diviner of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspice.

Haruspicy

The art or practices of haruspices. See Aruspicy.

Harvest

To reap or gather, as any crop.

Harvest-home

The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of harvest.

harvest-lice

An erect perennial Old World herb (Agrimonia eupatoria) of dry grassy habitats.

Harvester

One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper.

Harvestry

The act of harvesting; also, that which is harvested.

Hary

To draw; to drag; to carry off by violence.

Has

3d pers. sing. pres. of Have.

Hash

To chop into small pieces; to mince and mix; as, to hash meat.

Hashish Hasheesh

A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp (Cannabis sativa), of the variety Indica, when cultivated in a warm climate; also, the tops of the plant, from which the resinous product is obtained. It is narcotic, and has long been used in the East for its intoxicating effect. The active psychoactive principle has been identified as tetrahydrocannabinol. See Bhang, and Ganja.

hashmark

an insignia worn on the uniform to indicate years of service.

Hask

A basket made of rushes or flags, as for carrying fish.

Haslet

The edible viscera, as the heart, liver, etc., of a beast, esp. of a hog.

Hasp

To shut or fasten with a hasp.

hassle

to repeatedly annoy; as, He is known to hassle his staff when he is overworked.

Hassock

A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock.

Hast

2d pers. sing. pres. of Have, contr. of havest.

Hastated Hastate

Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf.

Haste

To hasten; to hurry.

Hasten

To move with celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly.

Hastily

In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.

Hastiness

The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.

Hastings

Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease.

Hastive

Forward; early; -- said of fruits.

Hasty

Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty retreat; a hasty sketch.

Hat

A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim, made of various materials, and worn by men or women for protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament.

Hatable

Capable of being, or deserving to be, hated; odious; detestable.

Hatband

A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of black cloth, crape, etc., worn as a badge of mourning.

Hatch

To close with a hatch or hatches.

Hatch-boat

A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; -- used mostly in the fisheries.

Hatchel

To draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp, so as to separate the coarse and refuse parts from the fine, fibrous parts.

Hatcher

One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator.

Hatchet

A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.

hatchet man

A person hired to murder or physically attack another; a hit man.

Hatching

A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also crosshatching.

Hatchway

A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar.

Hate

Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; -- opposed to love.

Hateful

Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent.

Hatel

Hateful; detestable.

hatemonger

one who arouses hatred for others by speech or writing.

Hatiora

A small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti.

hatpin

a long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair.

Hatred

Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.

Hatstand

A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc.

Hatte

pres. imp. sing. pl. of Hote, to be called. See Hote.

Hatter

One who makes or sells hats.

Hatteria

A New Zealand lizard, which, in anatomical character, differs widely from all other existing lizards. It is the only living representative of the order Rhynchocephala, of which many Mesozoic fossil species are known; -- called also Sphenodon, tuatara, and Tuatera.

Hatti-sherif

A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.

Hatting

The business of making hats; also, stuff for hats.

Hauberk

A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless. By old writers it is often used synonymously with habergeon. See Habergeon.

Hauerite

Native sulphide of manganese, a reddish brown or brownish black mineral.

Haugh

A low-lying meadow by the side of a river.

Haught

High; elevated; hence, haughty; proud.

Haughtiness

The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.

Haul

A pulling with force; a violent pull.

Haulabout

A bargelike vessel with steel hull, large hatchways, and coal transporters, for coaling war vessels from its own hold or from other colliers.

Haulage

Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling.

Haulm

A part of a harness; a hame.

Haum

See Haulm, stalk.

Haunch

The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.

Haunt

A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.

Haunted

Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions; frequented by a ghost.

Haunter

One who, or that which, haunts.

Haurient

In pale, with the head in chief; -- said of the figure of a fish, as if rising for air.

Hausen

A large sturgeon (Acipenser huso syn. Huso huso) from the region of the Black Sea; also called Beluga. It is sometimes twelve feet long, and provides the highest quality caviar.

Hausse

A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm, or a cannon.

Haustellata

An artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis.

Haustellate

Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis. One of the Haustellata.

Haustellum

The sucking proboscis of various insects. See Lepidoptera, and Diptera.

Haustorium

One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy.

Hautboy

A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly called oboe. See Illust. of Oboe.

Hauteur

Haughty manner or spirit; haughtiness; pride; arrogance.

Hautgout

High relish or flavor; high seasoning.

Hautpas

A raised part of the floor of a large room; a platform for a raised table or throne. See Dais.

Hauynite

A blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcanic rocks. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with sulphate of lime.

Havana

Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar An Havana cigar.

Havanese

Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba. A native or inhabitant, or the people, of Havana.

Have

To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm.

Havelock

A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.

Haven

To shelter, as in a haven.

Haver

To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter.

Haversian

Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century.

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