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Coloq. hatchet face , a thin, sharp face, like the edge of a hatchet; hence: Coloq. hatchet-faced , sharp-visaged. Dryden. -- Coloq. To bury the hatchet , to make peace or become reconciled. -- Coloq. To take up the hatchet , to make or declare war. The last two phrases are derived from the practice of the American Indians.

hatchet man n. 1. A person hired to murder or physically attack another; a hit man.
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2. A person who deliberately tries to ruin the reputation of another, often unscrupulously, by slander or other malicious communication, often with a political motive, and sometimes for pay.
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{ Hatchettine (hăchĕttĭn), Hatchettite (-tĭt), } n. [Named after the discoverer, Charles Hatchett.] (Min.) Mineral tallow; a waxy or spermaceti-like substance, commonly of a greenish yellow color.
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Hatching, n. [See 1st .] 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.
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Hatchment (-m�nt), n. [Corrupt. fr. achievement.]
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1. (Her.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement.
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His obscure funeral;
No trophy, sword, or hatchment o'er his bones. Shak.
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2. A sword or other mark of the profession of arms; in general, a mark of dignity.
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Let there be deducted, out of our main potation,
Five marks in hatchments to adorn this thigh. Beau. & Fl.
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Hatchure (-�r; 135), n. Same as .
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Hatchway (-wā), n. A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar.
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Hate (hāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hated; p. pr. & vb. n. Hating.] [OE. haten, hatien, AS. hatian; akin to OS. hatan, hatōn to be hostile to, D. haten to hate, OHG. hazzēn, hazzōn, G. hassen, Icel. & Sw. hata, Dan. hade, Goth. hatan, hatjan. √36. Cf. , n., .]
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1. To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy.
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Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. 1 John iii. 15.
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2. To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive clause with that; as, to hate to get into debt; to hate that anything should be wasted.
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I hate that he should linger here. Tennyson.
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3. (Script.) To love less, relatively. Luke xiv. 26.

Syn. -- To , , , , . Hate is the generic word, and implies that one is inflamed with extreme dislike. We abhor what is deeply repugnant to our sensibilities or feelings. We detest what contradicts so utterly our principles and moral sentiments that we feel bound to lift up our voice against it. What we abominate does equal violence to our moral and religious sentiments. What we loathe is offensive to our own nature, and excites unmingled disgust. Our Savior is said to have hated the deeds of the Nicolaitanes; his language shows that he loathed the lukewarmness of the Laodiceans; he detested the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees; he abhorred the suggestions of the tempter in the wilderness.
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Hate, n. [OE. hate, hete, AS. hete; akin to D. haat, G. hass, Icel. hatr, SW. hat, Dan. had, Goth. hatis. Cf. , v.] 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.
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For in a wink the false love turns to hate. Tennyson.
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Hateful (-fụl), a. 1. Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent. [Archaic or R.]
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And worse than death, to view with hateful eyes
His rival's conquest. Dryden.
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2. Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious.
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Unhappy, wretched, hateful day! Shak.

Syn. -- Odious; detestable; abominable; execrable; loathsome; abhorrent; repugnant; malevolent.

-- Hatefully, adv. -- Hatefulness, n.
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Hatel (hātĕl), a. Hateful; detestable. [Obs.]
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hatemonger n. one who arouses hatred for others by speech or writing.
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Hater (hātẽr), n. One who hates.
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An enemy to God, and a hater of all good. Sir T. Browne.
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Hath (hăth), v., 3d pers. sing. pres. of , contracted from haveth. Has. [Archaic.]
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What hath God wrought? Samuel F. B. Morse [The first message sent by telegraph, from Mr. Morse, at the chamber of the Supreme Court (then in the United States Capitol) to his assistant Albert Vail at the Mount Clair Depot in Baltimore in 1844. Mr. Morse allowed Annie Ellsworth, the daughter of a friend, to choose the words, which she took from Numbers xxiii. 23.]
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Hatiora n. A small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti.
Syn. -- genus Hatiora.
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Hatless (hătlĕs), a. Having no hat.
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hatpin n. a long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair.
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Hatrack (hătrăk), n. A hatstand; hattree.
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Hatred (hātrĕd), n. [OE. hatred, hatreden. See , and cf. .] Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.

Syn. -- Odium; ill will; enmity; hate; animosity; malevolence; rancor; malignity; detestation; loathing; abhorrence; repugnance; antipathy. See .
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Hatstand (hătstănd), n. A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc.
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Hatte (hätt�), pres. & imp. sing. & pl. of , to be called. See . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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A full perilous place, purgatory it hatte. Piers Plowman.
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Hatted (hăttĕd), a. Covered with a hat.
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Hatter (-tẽr), v. t. [Prov. E., to entangle; cf. LG. verhaddern, verheddern, verhiddern.] To tire or worry; -- with out. [Obs.] Dryden.
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Hatter, n. One who makes or sells hats.
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Hatteria (hăttērĭȧ), n. [NL.] (Zoöl.) 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.
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Hatting (hăttĭng), n. The business of making hats; also, stuff for hats.
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Hatti-sherif (hăttĭshĕrĭf or hättēsh�rēf), n. [Turk., fr. Ar. khatt a writing + sherīf noble.] A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.
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Hattree (hăttrē), n. A hatstand.
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Haubergeon (h�bẽrj�ŏn), n. See .
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Hauberk (h�bẽrk), n. [OF. hauberc, halberc, F. haubert, OHG. halsberc; hals neck + bergan to protect, G. bergen; akin to AS. healsbeorg, Icel. hālsbjörg. See , and , v. t.] 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 . [Written variously hauberg, hauberque, hawberk, etc.] Chaucer.
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Helm, nor hawberk's twisted mail. Gray.
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Hauerite (h�ẽrīt), n. [Named after Von Hauer, of Vienna.] (Min.) Native sulphide of manganese, a reddish brown or brownish black mineral.
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Haugh (h�), n. [See a hedge.] A low-lying meadow by the side of a river. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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On a haugh or level plain, near to a royal borough. Sir W. Scott.
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Haught (h�t), a. [See .] High; elevated; hence, haughty; proud. [Obs.] Shak.
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Haughtily (h�tĭl�), adv. [From .] In a haughty manner; arrogantly.
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Haughtiness, n. [For hauteinness. See .] The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.

Syn. -- Arrogance; disdain; contemptuousness; superciliousness; loftiness. -- , , . Haughtiness denotes the expression of conscious and proud superiority; arrogance is a disposition to claim for one's self more than is justly due, and enforce it to the utmost; disdain in the exact reverse of condescension toward inferiors, since it expresses and desires others to feel how far below ourselves we consider them. A person is haughty in disposition and demeanor; arrogant in his claims of homage and deference; disdainful even in accepting the deference which his haughtiness leads him arrogantly to exact.
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Haughty (h�t�), a. [Compar. Haughtier (h�tĭẽr); superl. Haughtiest.] [OE. hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See .]
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1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic]
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To measure the most haughty mountain's height. Spenser.
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Equal unto this haughty enterprise. Spenser.
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2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.
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A woman of a haughty and imperious nature. Clarendon.
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3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.
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Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced,
Came towering. Milton.
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Haul (h�l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hauled (h�ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Hauling.] [OE. halen, halien, F. haler, of German or Scand. origin; akin to AS. geholian to acquire, get, D. halen to fetch, pull, draw, OHG. holōn, halōn, G. holen, Dan. hale to haul, Sw. hala, and to L. calare to call, summon, Gr. kalei^n to call. Cf. , v. t., . , , .] 1. To pull or draw with force; to drag.
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Some dance, some haul the rope. Denham.
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Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land. Pope.
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Romp-loving miss
Is hauled about in gallantry robust. Thomson.
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2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill.
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When I was seven or eight years of age, I began hauling all the wood used in the house and shops. U. S. Grant.
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Coloq. To haul over the coals . See under . -- Coloq. To haul the wind (Naut.), to turn the head of the ship nearer to the point from which the wind blows.
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Haul, v. i. 1. (Naut.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under , v. t.
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I . . . hauled up for it, and found it to be an island. Cook.
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2. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
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Coloq. To haul around (Naut.), to shift to any point of the compass; -- said of the wind. -- Coloq. To haul off (Naut.), to sail closer to the wind, in order to get farther away from anything; hence, to withdraw; to draw back.
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Haul, n. 1. A pulling with force; a violent pull.
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2. A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.
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3. That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net.
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4. Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul.
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5. (Rope Making) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.
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Haulabout (h�lȧbout), n. A bargelike vessel with steel hull, large hatchways, and coal transporters, for coaling war vessels from its own hold or from other colliers.
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Haulage (-�j), n. Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling.
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Hauler (-ẽr), n. 1. One who hauls.
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2. A trucking company; a freight transporter using trucks.
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haulier n. a haulage contractor.
Syn. -- hauler.
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Haulm (h�m), n. [OE. halm, AS. healm; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. halm, Icel. hālmr, L. calamus reed, cane, stalk, Gr. kalamos. Cf. , , , , .] The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw.
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Haulm, n. A part of a harness; a hame.
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Hauls (h�ls), n. [Obs.] See .
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Haulse (h�ls), v. [Obs.] See .
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Hault (h�lt), a. [OF. hault, F. haut. See .] Lofty; haughty. [Obs.]
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Through support of countenance proud and hault. Spenser.
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Haum (h�m), n. See , stalk. Smart.
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Haunce (hȧns), v. t. To enhance. [Obs.] Lydgate.
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Haunch (hänch; 277), n. [F. hanche, of German origin; cf. OD. hancke, hencke, and also OHG. ancha; prob. not akin to E. ankle.] 1. The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.
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2. Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of venison.
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Coloq. Haunch bone . See Innominate bone, under . -- Coloq. Haunches of an arch (Arch.), the parts on each side of the crown of an arch. (See , n., 11.) Each haunch may be considered as from one half to two thirds of the half arch.
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Haunched (häncht), a. Having haunches.
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Haunt (hänt; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Haunting.] [F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh. from an assumed LL. ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see ); or cf. Icel. heimta to demand, regain, akin to heim home (see ). √36.] 1. To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.
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You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house. Shak.
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Those cares that haunt the court and town. Swift.
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2. To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition; -- said of spirits or ghosts, especially of dead people; as, the murdered man haunts the house where he died.
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Foul spirits haunt my resting place. Fairfax.
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3. To practice; to devote one's self to. [Obs.]
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That other merchandise that men haunt with fraud . . . is cursed. Chaucer.
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Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime. Ascham.
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4. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.]
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Haunt thyself to pity. Wyclif.
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Haunt, v. i. To persist in staying or visiting.
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I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors. Shak.
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Haunt, n. 1. A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.
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☞ In Old English the place occupied by any one as a dwelling or in his business was called a haunt.
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Often used figuratively.
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The household nook,
The haunt of all affections pure. Keble.
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The feeble soul, a haunt of fears. Tennyson.
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2. The habit of resorting to a place. [Obs.]
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The haunt you have got about the courts. Arbuthnot.
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3. Practice; skill. [Obs.]
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Of clothmaking she hadde such an haunt. Chaucer.
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Haunted, a. Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions; frequented by a ghost.
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All houses wherein men have lived and died
Are haunted houses. Longfellow.
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Haunter (-ẽr), n. One who, or that which, haunts.
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Haurient (h�rĭ�nt), a. [L. hauriens, p. pr. of haurire to breathe.] (Her.) In pale, with the head in chief; -- said of the figure of a fish, as if rising for air.
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Hausen (h�sĕn), n. [G.] (Zoöl.) 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.
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Hausse (h�s), n. [F.] (Gun.) A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm, or a cannon.
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Haustellata (h�stĕllātȧ), n. pl. [NL., fr. haustellum, fr. L. haurire, haustum, to draw water, to swallow. See .] (Zoöl.) An artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis.
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Haustellate (h�stĕll�t or h�stĕll�t), a. [See .] (Zoöl.) Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis. -- n. One of the Haustellata.
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Haustellum (h�stĕllŭm), n.; pl. Haustella (-lȧ). [NL.] (Zoöl.) The sucking proboscis of various insects. See , and .
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Haustorium (h�stōrĭŭm), n.; pl. Haustoria (h�stōrĭȧ). [LL., a well, fr. L. haurire, haustum, to drink.] (Bot.) One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy. R. Brown.
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Haut (h�t), a. [F. See .] Haughty. [Obs.] “Nations proud and haut.” Milton.
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Hautboy (hōboi), n. [F. hautbois, lit., high wood; haut high + bois wood. So called on account of its high tone. See , ; and cf. .] 1. (Mus.) 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 .
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2. (Bot.) A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior).
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Hautboyist (hōboiĭst), n. [Cf. F. hautboïste.] A player on the hautboy.
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Hautein (hōt�n), a. [See .] 1. Haughty; proud. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. High; -- said of the voice or flight of birds. [Obs.]
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Hauteur (hōtẽr), n. [F., fr. haut high. See .] Haughty manner or spirit; haughtiness; pride; arrogance.
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Hautgoût (hōg�), n. [F.] High relish or flavor; high seasoning.
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Hautpas (hōpä), n. [F. haut high + pas step.] A raised part of the floor of a large room; a platform for a raised table or throne. See .
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