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4. To change for the better; to remedy.
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Cease to lament for what thou canst not help. Shak.
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5. To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it? Swift.
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6. To forbear; to avoid.
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I can not help remarking the resemblance betwixt him and our author. Pope.

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7. To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food.
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Coloq. To help forward , to assist in advancing. -- Coloq. To help off , to help to go or pass away, as time; to assist in removing. Locke. -- Coloq. To help on , to forward; to promote by aid. -- Coloq. To help out , to aid, as in delivering from a difficulty, or to aid in completing a design or task.
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The god of learning and of light
Would want a god himself to help him out. Swift.
-- Coloq. To help over , to enable to surmount; as, to help one over an obstacle. -- Coloq. To help to , to supply with; to furnish with; as, to help one to soup. -- Coloq. To help up , to help (one) to get up; to assist in rising, as after a fall, and the like. “A man is well holp up that trusts to you.” Shak.

Syn. -- To aid; assist; succor; relieve; serve; support; sustain; befriend. -- To , , . These words all agree in the idea of affording relief or support to a person under difficulties. Help turns attention especially to the source of relief. If I fall into a pit, I call for help; and he who helps me out does it by an act of his own. Aid turns attention to the other side, and supposes coöperation on the part of him who is relieved; as, he aided me in getting out of the pit; I got out by the aid of a ladder which he brought. Assist has a primary reference to relief afforded by a person who “stands by” in order to relieve. It denotes both help and aid. Thus, we say of a person who is weak, I assisted him upstairs, or, he mounted the stairs by my assistance. When help is used as a noun, it points less distinctively and exclusively to the source of relief, or, in other words, agrees more closely with aid. Thus we say, I got out of a pit by the help of my friend.
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Help (?), v. i. To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist.
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A generous present helps to persuade, as well as an agreeable person. Garth.
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Coloq. To help out , to lend aid; to bring a supply.
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Help, n. [AS. help; akin to D. hulp, G. hülfe, hilfe, Icel. hjālp, Sw. hjelp, Dan. hielp. See , v. t.]
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1. Strength or means furnished toward promoting an object, or deliverance from difficulty or distress; aid; ^; also, the person or thing furnishing the aid; as, he gave me a help of fifty dollars.
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Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man. Ps. lx. 11.
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God is . . . a very present help in trouble. Ps. xlvi. 1.
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Virtue is a friend and a help to nature. South.
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2. Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it.
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3. A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business.
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4. Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman. [Local, U. S.]
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Helper (?), n. One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.
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Thou art the helper of the fatherless. Ps. x. 14.
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Compassion . . . oftentimes a helper of evils. Dr. H. More.
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Helpful (?), a. Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary.
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Heavens make our presence and our practices
Pleasant and helpful to him! Shak.

-- Helpfully, adv. -- Helpfulness, n. Milton.
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helping n. 1. a quantity of food served as part of a meal.
Syn. -- portion, serving.
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2. the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.
Syn. -- aid, assistance, help.
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Helpless, a. 1. Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant.
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How shall I then your helpless fame defend? Pope.
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2. Beyond help; irremediable.
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Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body. Milton.
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3. Bringing no help; unaiding. [Obs.]
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Yet since the gods have been
Helpless foreseers of my plagues. Chapman.
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4. Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of. [R.]
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Helpless of all that human wants require. Dryden.

-- Helplessly, adv. -- Helplessness, n.
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Helpmate (?), n. [A corruption of the “help meet for him” of Genesis ii. 18.Fitzedward Hall.] A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife.
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In Minorca the ass and the hog are common helpmates, and are yoked together in order to turn up the land. Pennant.
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A waiting woman was generally considered as the most suitable helpmate for a parson. Macaulay.
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Helpmeet (?), n. [See .] A wife; a helpmate.
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The Lord God created Adam, . . . and afterwards, on his finding the want of a helpmeet, caused him to sleep, and took one of his ribs and thence made woman. J. H. Newman.
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Helter-skelter (?), adv. [An onomat�poetic word. Cf. G. holter-polter, D. holder de bolder.] In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly. [Colloq.]
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Helter-skelter have I rode to thee. Shak.
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A wistaria vine running helter-skelter across the roof. J. C. Harris.
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Helve (?), n. [OE. helve, helfe, AS. hielf, helf, hylf, cf. OHG. halb; and also E. halter, helm of a rudder.] 1. The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.
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2. (Iron Working) (a) The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer. (b) A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
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Helve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Helved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Helving.] To furnish with a helve, as an ax.
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Helvetian (?), a. Same as . -- n. A Swiss; a Switzer.
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Helvetic (?), a. [L. Helveticus, fr. Helvetii the Helvetii.] Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitant of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions; as, the Helvetic confederacy; Helvetic states.

{ Helvine (?), Helvite (?), } n. [L. helvus of a light bay color.] (Min.) A mineral of a yellowish color, consisting chiefly of silica, glucina, manganese, and iron, with a little sulphur.
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Helxine n. (Bot.) A genus of plants consisting of one species; a dwarf creeping mat-forming evergreen herb.
Syn. -- genus Helxine, Soleirolia, genus Soleirolia.
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Hem (hĕm), pron. [OE., fr. AS. him, heom, dative pl. of. hē he. See , .] Them [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Hem, interj. An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm.
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Cough or cry hem, if anybody come. Shak.
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Hem, n. An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention. “His morning hems.” Spectator.
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Hem, v. i. [√15. See , interj.] To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking. “Hem, and stroke thy beard.” Shak.
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Hem, n. [AS. hem, border, margin; cf. Fries. hämel, Prov. G. hammel hem of mire or dirt.] 1. The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen it and prevent raveling.
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2. Border; edge; margin. “Hem of the sea.” Shak.
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3. A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.
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Hem, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hemmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hemming.] 1. To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of. Wordsworth.
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2. To border; to edge
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All the skirt about
Was hemmed with golden fringe. Spenser.
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Coloq. To hem about , Coloq. To hem around , or Coloq. To hem in , to inclose and confine; to surround; to environ. “With valiant squadrons round about to hem.” Fairfax. “Hemmed in to be a spoil to tyranny.” Daniel. -- Coloq. To hem out , to shut out. “You can not hem me out of London.” J. Webster.
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Hema- (?). Same as .
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Hemachate (?), n. [L. haemachates; Gr. ai^ma blood + 'achaths agate.] (Min.) A species of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper.
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Hemachrome (?), n. Same as .
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Hemacite (?), n. [Gr. ai^ma blood.] A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc.

{ Hemadrometer (?), Hemadromometer (?), } n. [Hema- + Gr. � course + -meter.] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the velocity with which the blood moves in the arteries.

{ Hemadrometry (?), Hemadromometry (?), } n. (Physiol.) The act of measuring the velocity with which the blood circulates in the arteries; hæmotachometry.
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Hemadynamics (?), n. [Hema- + dynamics.] (Physiol.) The principles of dynamics in their application to the blood; that part of science which treats of the motion of the blood.
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Hemadynamometer (?), n. [Hema- + dynamometr.] (Physiol.) An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a hæmomanometer.
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Hemal (?), a. [Gr. ai^ma blood.] Relating to the blood or blood vessels; pertaining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the heart and great blood vessels; -- opposed to neural.
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☞ As applied to vertebrates, hemal is the same as ventral, the heart and great blood vessels being on the ventral, and the central nervous system on the dorsal, side of the vertebral column.
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Coloq. Hemal arch (Anat.), the ventral arch in a segment of the spinal skeleton, formed by vertebral processes or ribs.
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Hemaphæin (?), n. Same as .
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Hemapophysis (?), n.; pl. Hemapophyses . [NL. See , and .] (Anat.) The second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib. Owen. -- Hemapophysial (#), a.

{ Hemastatic (?), Hemastatical (?), } a. & n. Same as .
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Hemastatics (?), n. (Physiol.) Laws relating to the equilibrium of the blood in the blood vessels.
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Hematachometer (?), n. Same as .
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Hematein (?), n. [Gr. �, �, blood.] (Chem.) A reddish brown or violet crystalline substance, C16H12O6, got from hematoxylin by partial oxidation, and regarded as analogous to the phthaleins.
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Hematemesis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ai^ma, aimatos, blood + � a vomiting, fr. � to vomit.] (Med.) A vomiting of blood.
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Hematherm (?), n. [Gr. ai^ma blood + � warm.] (Zoöl.) A warm-blooded animal. [R.]
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Hemathermal (?), a. (Zoöl.) Warm-blooded; hematothermal. [R]
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Hematic (?), a. Same as .
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Hematic, n. (Med.) A medicine designed to improve the condition of the blood.
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Hematin (?), n. [Gr. ai^ma, aimatos, blood.] 1. Hematoxylin.
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2. (Physiol. Chem.) A bluish black, amorphous substance containing iron and obtained from blood. It exists the red blood corpuscles united with globulin, and the form of hemoglobin or oxyhemoglobin gives to the blood its red color.
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Hematinic (?), n. [From .] (Med.) Any substance, such as an iron salt or organic compound containing iron, which when ingested tends to increase the hemoglobin contents of the blood.
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Hematinometer (?), n. [Hematin + -meter.] (Physiol. Chem.) A form of hemoglobinometer.
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Hematinometric (?), a. (Physiol.) Relating to the measurement of the amount of hematin or hemoglobin contained in blood, or other fluids.
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Hematinon (?), n. [Gr. ai^ma, aimatos, blood.] A red consisting of silica, borax, and soda, fused with oxide of copper and iron, and used in enamels, mosaics, etc.
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Hematite (?), n. [L. haematites, Gr. � bloodlike, fr. ai^ma, aimatos, blood.] (Min.) An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; -- the last called red ocher. Called also specular iron, oligist iron, rhombohedral iron ore, and bloodstone. See Brown hematite, under .
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Hematitic (?), a. Of or pertaining to hematite, or resembling it.
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Hemato (?). See .
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Hematocele (?), n. [Hemato- + Gr. � tumor: cf. F. hématocèle.] (Med.) A tumor filled with blood.
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Hematocrya (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ai^ma, aimatos, blood + kryos cold.] (Zoöl.) The cold-blooded vertebrates, that is, all but the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to Hematotherma.
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Hematocrystallin (?), n. [Hemato + crystalline.] (Physiol.) See .
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Hematoid (?), a. [Hemato- + -oid.] (Physiol.) Resembling blood.
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Hematoidin (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline or amorphous pigment, free from iron, formed from hematin in old blood stains, and in old hemorrhages in the body. It resembles bilirubin. When present in the corpora lutea it is called hæmolutein.
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Hematology (?), n. [Hemato- + -logy.] The science which treats of the blood.
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hematolysis n. The lysis of erythrocytes in the blood with the release of hemoglobin.
Syn. -- hemolysis, haemolysis, haematolysis.
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Hematoma (hēmȧtōmȧ or hĕmȧtōmȧ), n. [NL. See , and .] (Med.) A localised leakage of blood from the blood vessels into nearby tissues, usually confined within a tissue or organ; especially, a local swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin, which may clot and discolor the affected area.
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Hematophilia (hēmȧt�fĭlĭȧ), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ai^ma, aimatos, blood + filei^n to love.] (Med.) Same as ; -- an obsolete term. [Obs.]
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Hematosin (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) The hematin of blood. [R.]
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Hematosis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. aimatwsis.] (Physiol.) (a) Sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood. (b) The arterialization of the blood in the lungs; the formation of blood in general; hæmatogenesis.
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Hematotherma (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ai^ma, aimatos, blood + thermos warm.] (Zoöl.) The warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to hematocrya.
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Hematothermal (?), a. Warm-blooded.
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Hematoxylin (?), n. Hæmatoxylin.
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Hematuria (?), n. [NL. See , and .] (Med.) Passage of urine mingled with blood; blood in the urine.
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Hemautography (?), n. (Physiol.) The obtaining of a curve similar to a pulse curve or sphygmogram by allowing the blood from a divided artery to strike against a piece of paper.

{ Hemelytron (? or ?), Hemelytrum (-trŭm cf. , 277), }, n.; pl. Hemelytra (�). [NL. See , and .] (Zoöl.) One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc.
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Hemeralopia (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, the opposite of �; � day + � of �. See .] (Med.) A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight.
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☞ Some writers (as Quain) use the word in the opposite sense, i. e., day blindness. See .
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Hemerobian (?), n. [Gr. � day + � life.] (Zoöl.) A neuropterous insect of the genus Hemerobius, and allied genera.
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Hemerobid (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of relating to the hemerobians.
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Hemerobiidae prop. n. A natural family of insects including the brown lacewings.
Syn. -- family Hemerobiidae.
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Hemerocallidaceae n. one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Lily family Liliaceae, but not widely accepted; it includes the genus Hemerocallis.
Syn. -- family Hemerocallidaceae.
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Hemerocallis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �; � day + kallos beauty.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily.
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Hemi- (?). [Gr. hmi-. See .] A prefix signifying half.
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Hemialbumin (?), n. [Hemi- + albumin.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as .
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Hemialbumose (?), n. [Hemi- + albumose.] (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertible into hemipeptone. Called also hemialbumin.
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Hemianæsthesia (?), n. [Hemi- + anæsthesia.] (Med.) Anæsthesia upon one side of the body.
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Hemibranchi (?), n. pl. [NL. See , and .] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia.
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Hemicardia (?), n. [NL. See , and .] (Anat.) A lateral half of the heart, either the right or left. B. G. Wilder.
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Hemicarp (?), n. [Hemi- + Gr. � fruit.] (Bot.) One portion of a fruit that spontaneously divides into halves.
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Hemicerebrum (?), n. [Hemi- + cerebrum.] (Anat.) A lateral half of the cerebrum. Wilder.
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Hemicollin (?), n. [Hemi- + collin.] (Physiol. Chem.) See .
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Hemicrania (?), n. [L.: cf. F. hémicrânie. See , and .] (Med.) A pain that affects only one side of the head.
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Hemicrany (?), n. (Med.) Hemicranis.
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Hemicycle (?), n. [L. hemicyclus, Gr. �; � + kyklos.] 1. A half circle; a semicircle.
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