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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.

Havildar

In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant.

Having

Possession; goods; estate.

Havoc

A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.

Haw

To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen.

Hawaiian

Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii. A native of Hawaii.

Hawebake

Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2.

Hawfinch

The common European grosbeak (Coccothraustes vulgaris); -- called also cherry finch, and coble.

Hawk

A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar.

Hawk-eyed

Having very keen vision; sharp-sighted; discerning.

hawk's-beard

Any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; found in the Northern hemisphere.

Hawkbit

The fall dandelion (Leontodon autumnale).

Hawked

Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.

hawksbill hawkbill

A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret.

Hawkweed

A plant of the genus Hieracium; -- so called from the ancient belief that birds of prey used its juice to strengthen their vision. A plant of the genus Senecio (Senecio hieracifolius).

Hawm

To lounge; to loiter.

Hawser

A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns.

Hawser-laid

Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. Cable-laid, and see Illust. of Cordage.

Hawthorn

A thorny shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Crataegus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed.

Hay

To cut and cure grass for hay.

Hay-cutter

A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle.

Haybird

The European spotted flycatcher. The European blackcap.

Haybote

An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or fences; hedgebote. See Bote.

Haycock

A conical pile or heap of hay in the field.

Hayfield

A field where grass for hay has been cut; a meadow.

Hayfork

A fork for pitching and tedding hay.

Haymaking

The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay.

Haymow

A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.

Hayrack

A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging and hay rig.

Hayrake

A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large rake drawn by a horse or horses.

Hayrick

A heap or pile of hay, usually covered with thatch for preservation in the open air.

hayrig

a frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry.

hayseed

a rural, unsophisticated person; also used in an extended sense for one who is not very intelligent or uninterested in culture.

Haystack

A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.

Haytian

Of or pertaining to Haiti; now usually written Haitian. A native of Haiti.

Hayward

An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is to impound animals found running at large.

Hazard

To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.

Hazardable

Liable to hazard or chance; uncertain; risky.

Hazarder

A player at the game of hazard; a gamester.

Hazardize

A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard.

Hazardous

Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky.

Hazardry

Playing at hazard; gaming; gambling.

Haze

To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work.

Hazel

Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand.

Hazelly

Of the color of the hazelnut; of a light brown.

hazelwood

A reddish-brown wood and lumber from the heartwood of the sweet gum tree.

Hazily

In a hazy manner; mistily; obscurely; confusedly.

Haziness

The quality or state of being hazy.

Hazle

To make dry; to dry.

Hazy

Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze; not clear or transparent.

HDL

High density lipoprotein, a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; high levels are thought to be associated with decreased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis; sometimes called good cholesterol. Contrasted with LDL.

He

The man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a specified subject already indicated.

he-huckleberry

A deciduous much-branched shrub (Lyonia ligustrina) with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers.

Head

To originate; to spring; to have its source, as a river.

Head-cheese

A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pressed into a cheeselike mass.

Head-hunter

A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head-hunters.

head-on

characterized by direct opposition; as, a head-on confrontation.

Headboard

A board or boarding which marks or forms the head of anything; as, the headboard of a bed; the headboard of a grave.

Headborrow Headborough

The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder.

Headdress

A covering or ornament for the head; a headtire; as, chiefs among the plains Indians had elaborate long headdresses with many feathers.

Headed

Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual faculties); -- used in composition; as, clear-headed, long-headed, thick-headed; a many-headed monster.

Header

One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.

Headily

In a heady or rash manner; hastily; rashly; obstinately.

Heading

The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.

headlamp

A powerful light with a reflector, attached to the front of an automobile, locomotive, or other vehicle; called also headlight.

Headland

A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water.

Headless

Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass.

Headlight

A light, with a powerful reflector, placed at the front of a vehicle such as an automobile, truck, locomotive etc., to throw light on the road or track ahead of the vehicle at night, or in going through a dark tunnel; a headlamp.

Headline

The line at the head or top of a page.

headlinese

The abbreviated writing style of headline writers.

headlock

A wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body.

Headlong

Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.

Headman

A head or leading man, especially of a village community.

Headmost

Most advanced; most forward; as, the headmost ship in a fleet.

Headnote

A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court.

headpin

The front pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins.

Headquarters

The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force; the place from which orders or instructions are issued; hence, the center of authority or order.

Headrope

That part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail.

heads-up

a warning to be prepared for an imminent event.

Headsail

Any sail set forward of the foremast.

Headshake

A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial.

Headship

Authority or dignity; chief place.

Headsman

An executioner who cuts off heads.

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