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3. From this reason; therefore; -- as an inference or deduction.
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Hence, perhaps, it is, that Solomon calls the fear of the Lord the beginning of wisdom. Tillotson.
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4. From this source or origin.
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All other faces borrowed hence
Their light and grace. Suckling.
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Whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even of your lusts? James. iv. 1.
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☞ Hence is used, elliptically and imperatively, for go hence; depart hence; away; be gone. “Hence with your little ones.” Shak. -- From hence, though a pleonasm, is fully authorized by the usage of good writers.
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An ancient author prophesied from hence. Dryden.
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Expelled from hence into a world
Of woe and sorrow. Milton.
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Hence (?), v. t. To send away. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
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Henceforth (?), adv. From this time forward; henceforward.
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I never from thy side henceforth to stray. Milton.
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Henceforward (?), adv. From this time forward; from now into the indefinite future; henceforth.
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Henchboy (hĕnchboi), n. A page; a servant. [Obs.]
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Henchman (hĕnchm�n), n.; pl. -men (-m�n). [OE. hencheman, henxman; prob. fr. OE. & AS. hengest horse + E. man, and meaning, a groom. AS. hengest is akin to D. & G. hengst stallion, OHG. hengist horse, gelding.] An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.
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Hencoop (?), n. A coop or cage for hens.
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Hende (?), a. [OE., near, handy, kind, fr. AS. gehende near, fr. hand hand. See .] 1. Skillful; dexterous; clever. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. Friendly; civil; gentle; kind. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Hendecagon (?), n. [Gr. � eleven + � angle: cf. F. hendécagone.] (Geom.) A plane figure of eleven sides and eleven angles. [Written also endecagon.]
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Hendecane (?), n. [Gr. endeka eleven.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the paraffin series; -- so called because it has eleven atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called also endecane, undecane.
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Hendecasyllabic (?), a. Pertaining to a line of eleven syllables.
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Hendecasyllable (?), n. [L. hendecasyllabus, Gr. � eleven-syllabled; � eleven + � syllable: cf. F. hendécasyllabe.] A metrical line of eleven syllables. J. Warton.
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Hendecatoic (?), a. [See .] (Chem.) Undecylic; pertaining to, or derived from, hendecane; as, hendecatoic acid.
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Hendiadys (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � � � one by two.] (Gram.) A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns connected by and, instead of by a noun and limiting adjective; as, we drink from cups and gold, for golden cups.
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Hendy (?), a. [Obs.] See .
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Henen (?), adv. Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Henfish (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) A marine fish; the sea bream. (b) A young bib. See , n., 2.
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Heng (?), obs. imp. of . Hung. Chaucer.
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Hen-hearted (?), a. Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted. Udall.
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Henhouse (?), n.; pl. Henhouses. A house or shelter for fowls.
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Henhussy (?), n. A cotquean; a man who intermeddles with women's concerns.
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Heniquen (?), n. See .
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Henna (?), n. [Ar. hinnā alcanna (Lawsonia inermis syn. Lawsonia alba). Cf. , , .]
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1. (Bot.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (Lawsonia alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the nails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc.
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2. (Com.) The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or dyestuff made from them.
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Hennery (?), n. An inclosed place for keeping hens. [U. S.]
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Hennes (?), adv. Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Hennotannic (?), a. [Henna + tannic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid.

{ Henoge ny (?), Henogenesis (?), } n. [Gr. eis, masc., en, neut., one + root of � to be born.] (Biol.) Same as .
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Henotheism (?), n. [Gr. eis, enos, one + E. theism.] Primitive religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to the rest. [R.]
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Henotic (?), a. [Gr. �, fr. � to unite, fr. eis one.] Harmonizing; irenic. Gladstone.
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v. 1. ; -- said of a bothering her husband or .
Syn. -- hiccough, make a hiccup.
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henpeck, hen-peck (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Henpecked (?); p. pr. & vb. Henpecking.] To bother persistently with trivial complaints; to subject to petty authority; -- said of a woman who thus treats her male companion, especially of wives who thus dominate their husbands. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively); as, henpecked for years, he finally left her.
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hen-of-the-woods n. A large grayish-brown edible fungus (Polyporus frondosus) forming a mass of overlapping caps at the base of trees that somewhat resembles a hen.
Syn. -- hen of the woods, Polyporus frondosus.
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Henrietta cloth (?). A fine wide wooled fabric much used for women's dresses.
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Henroost (?), n. A place where hens roost.
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Henry (?), n.; pl. Henrys. [From Joseph Henry, an American physicist.] The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one ampère a second.
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Hen's-foot (�), n. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Caucalis daucoides).
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Hent (hĕnt), v. t. [imp. Hente; p. p. Hent.] [OE. hente, henten, fr. AS. hentan, gehentan, to pursue, take, seize; cf. Icel. henda, Goth. hinpan (in compos.), and E. hunt.] To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Spenser.
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This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast. Chaucer.
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But all that he might of his friendes hente
On bookes and on learning he it spente. Chaucer.
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Henware (?), n. (Bot.) A coarse, blackish seaweed. See .
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Henxman (?), n. Henchman. [Obs.]
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henyard n. an enclosed yard for keeping poultry.
Syn. -- chicken yard, chicken run, fowl run.
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hep (hĕp), n. See , the fruit of the dog-rose.
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hep (hĕp), a. Same as , a., but older and now less frequently used.
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hep (hĕp), interj. A call used by drill instructors to count cadence during marching; used identically to hut and hup.
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hepcat (hĕpkăt), n. 1. One who performs jazz music. [slang]
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2. A person who is hep or hip; same as ; -- an older term becoming dated and less used. [slang]
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Hepar (?), n. [L. hepar, hepatis, the liver, Gr. �.] 1. (Old Chem.) Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris (�).
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2. Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also hepar sulphuris calcareum (�).
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Coloq. Hepar antimonii (�) (Old Chem.), a substance, of a liver-brown color, obtained by fusing together antimony sulphide with alkaline sulphides, and consisting of sulphantimonites of the alkalies; -- called also liver of antimony.
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Hepatic (?), a. [L. hepaticus, Gr. �, fr. � the liver; akin to L. jecur, Skr. yak�t: cf. F. hépatique.] 1. Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases.
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2. Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar.
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3. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticæ, or scale mosses and liverworts.
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Coloq. Hepatic duct (Anat.), any biliary duct; esp., the duct, or one of the ducts, which carries the bile from the liver to the cystic and common bile ducts. See Illust., under . -- Coloq. Hepatic gas (Old Chem.), sulphureted hydrogen gas. -- Coloq. Hepatic mercurial ore , or Coloq. Hepatic cinnabar . See under .
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Hepatica (?), n.; pl. Hepaticæ (#). [NL. See . So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed leaves or fronds.]
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1. (Bot.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.
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2. (bot.) Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticæ; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See , in the Supplement.
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Hepatical, a. Hepatic. [R.]
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Hepatite (?; 277), n. [L. hepatitis an unknown precious stone, Gr. �, fr. �, �, the liver: cf. F. hépatite.] (Min.) A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated.
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Hepatitis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, �, liver + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the liver.
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Hepatization (?), n. 1. (Chem.) Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas. [Obs.]
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2. [Cf. F. hépatisation.] (Med.) Conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no longer pervious to the air.
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Hepatize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hepatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hepatizing (?).] [Gr. � to be like the liver, to be liver-colored, fr. �, �, the liver: cf. E. hepatite, and (for sense 2) F. hépatiser.] 1. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas.
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On the right . . . were two wells of hepatized water. Barrow.
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2. To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.
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Hepatocele (?), n. [Gr. �, �, the liver + � tumor.] (Med.) Hernia of the liver.
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Hepatocystic (?), a. [Hepatic + cystic.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; as, the hepatocystic ducts.
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Hepatogastric (?), a. [Hepatic + gastric.] (Anat.) See .

{ Hepatogenic (?), Hepatogenous (?), } a. [Gr. h^par, hpatos, the liver + root of gignesthai to be born] (Med.) Arising from the liver; due to a condition of the liver; as, hepatogenic jaundice.
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Hepatology (?), n. [Gr. h^par, hpatos, the liver + -logy.] The science which treats of the liver; a treatise on the liver.
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Hepato-pancreas (?), n. [Gr. h^par, hpatos, the liver + E. pancreas.] (Zoöl.) A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates.
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Hepatorenal (?), a. [Hepatic + renal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament.
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Hepatoscopy (?), n. [Gr. �; fr. h^par, hpatos, the liver + � to view: cf. F. hépatoscopie.] Divination by inspecting the liver of animals.
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Heppen (?), a. [Cf. AS. gehæp fit, Icel. heppinn lucky, E. happy.] Neat; fit; comfortable. [Obs.]
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Hepper (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.) A young salmon; a parr.
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Heppelwhite (?), a. (Furniture) Designating a light and elegant style developed in England under George III., chiefly by Messrs. A. Heppelwhite & Co.
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Hepta (?). [See .] A combining form from Gr. epta, seven.
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Heptachord (?), n. [Gr. eptachordos seven-stringed; epta seven + chordh chord: cf. F. heptacorde. See , and .] 1. (Anc. Mus.) (a) A system of seven sounds. (b) A lyre with seven chords.
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2. (Anc. Poet.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones. Moore (Encyc. of Music).
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Heptad (?), n. [L. heptas the number seven. Gr. �, �, fr. epta seven.] (Chem.) An atom which has a valence of seven, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, seven monad atoms or radicals; as, iodine is a heptad in iodic acid. Also used as an adjective.
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Heptade (?), n. [Cf. F. heptade. See .] The sum or number of seven.
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Heptaglot (?), n. [Gr. �; epta seven + 3, �, tongue, language.] A book in seven languages.
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Heptagon (?), n. [Gr. � sevencornered; epta seven + � angle: cf. F. heptagone.] (Geom.) A plane figure consisting of seven sides and having seven angles.
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Heptagonal (?), a. [Cf. F. heptagonal.] Having seven angles or sides.
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Coloq. Heptagonal numbers (Arith.), the numbers of the series 1, 7, 18, 34, 55, etc., being figurate numbers formed by adding successively the terms of the arithmetical series 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, etc.
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Heptagynia (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. epta seven + � woman, female: cf. F. heptagunie.] (Bot.) A Linnæan order of plants having seven pistils.

{ Heptagynian (?), Heptagynous (?), } a. [Cf. F. heptagyne.] (Bot.) Having seven pistils.
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Heptahedron (?), n. [Hepta- + Gr. � seat, base, fr. � to sit: cf. F. heptaèdre.] (Geom.) A solid figure with seven sides.
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Heptamerous (?), a. [Hepta- + Gr. � part.] (Bot.) Consisting of seven parts, or having the parts in sets of sevens. Gray.
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Heptandria (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. epta seven + �, �, man, male: cf. F. heptandrie.] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants having seven stamens.

{ Heptandrian (?), Heptandrous (?), } a. [Cf. F. heptandre.] (Bot.) Having seven stamens.
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Heptane (?), n. [Gr. epta seven.] (Chem.) Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of the paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); -- so called because the molecule has seven carbon atoms. Specifically, a colorless liquid, found as a constituent of petroleum, in the tar oil of cannel coal, etc.
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Heptangular (?), a. [Hepta- + angular: cf. F. heptangulaire. Cf. .] Having seven angles.
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Heptaphyllous (?), a. [Hepta- + Gr. � leaf: cf. F. heptaphylle.] (Bot.) Having seven leaves.
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Heptarch (?), n. Same as .
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Heptarchic (?), a. [Cf. F. heptarchique.] Of or pertaining to a heptarchy; constituting or consisting of a heptarchy. T. Warton.
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Heptarchist (?), n. A ruler of one division of a heptarchy. [Written also heptarch.]
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Heptarchy (?), n. [Hepta- + -archy: cf. F. heptarchie.] A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers.
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☞ The word is most commonly applied to England, when it was divided into seven kingdoms; as, the Saxon heptachy, which consisted of Kent, the South Saxons (Sussex), West Saxons (Wessex), East Saxons (Essex), the East Angles, Mercia, and Northumberland.
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Heptaspermous (?), a. [Hepta- + Gr. � a seed.] (Bot.) Having seven seeds.
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Heptastich (?), n. [Hepta- + Gr. stichos line, verse.] (Pros.) A composition consisting of seven lines or verses.
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Heptateuch (?), n. [L. heptateuchos, Gr. epta seven + � tool, book; � to prepare, make, work: cf. F. heptateuque.] The first seven books of the Testament.
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Heptavalent (?), a. [Hepta- + L. valens, p. pr. See .] (Chem.) Having seven units of attractive force or affinity; -- said of heptad elements or radicals.
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Heptene (?), n. [Gr. epta seven.] (Chem.) Same as .
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Heptine (?), n. [Heptane + -ine.] (Chem.) Any one of a series of unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons, C7H12, of the acetylene series.
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Heptoic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, heptane; as, heptoic acid.
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Heptone (?), n. [Gr. epta seven.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C7H10, of the valylene series.
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Hep tree (?). [See .] The wild dog-rose.
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Heptyl (?), n. [Hepta- + -yl.] (Chem.) A compound radical, C7H15, regarded as the essential radical of heptane and a related series of compounds.
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Heptylene (?), n. (Chem.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, C7H14, of the ethylene series; also, any one of its isomers. Called also heptene.
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Heptylic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, heptyl or heptane; as, heptylic alcohol. Cf. .
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Her (?), pron. & a. [OE. hire, here, hir, hure, gen. and dat. sing., AS. hire, gen. and dat. sing. of héo she. from the same root as E. he. See .] The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out.
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☞ The possessive her takes the form hers when the noun with which in agrees is not given, but implied. “And what his fortune wanted, hers could mend.” Dryden.

Her, Here (�), pron. pl. [OE. here, hire, AS. heora, hyra, gen. pl. of hē. See .] Of them; their. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
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On here bare knees adown they fall. Chaucer.
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Heracleonite (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.
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Herakline (?), n. [Gr. � Hercules.] A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting.
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Herald (?), n. [OE. herald, heraud, OF. heralt, heraut, herault, F. héraut, LL. heraldus, haraldus, fr. (assumed) OHG. heriwalto, hariwaldo, a (civil) officer who serves the army; hari, heri, army + waltan to manage, govern, G. walten; akin to E. wield. See , .] 1. (Antiq.) An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.
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