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2. (Zoöl.) A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called also sea horse.
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☞ They swim slowly, in an erect position, and often cling to seaweeds by means of the incurved prehensile tail. The male has a ventral pouch, in which it carries the eggs till hatched.
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3. (Zoöl.) A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and calcar.
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Hippocentaur (?), n. [L. hippocentaurus, Gr. �; ippos horse + � centaur.] (Myth.) Same as .
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Hippocras (?), n. [F. hippocras, hypocras, NL. vinum hippocraticum, lit., wine of Hippocrates.] A cordial made of spiced wine, etc.
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Hippocrates (?), n. A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 b. c.
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Coloq. Hippocrates' sleeve , a conical strainer, made by stitching together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth, esp. flannel of linen.
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Hippocratic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his teachings.
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Coloq. Hippocratic face [L. facies Hippocratica], the change produced in the countenance by death, or long sickness, excessive evacuations, excessive hunger, and the like. The nose is pinched, the eyes are sunk, the temples hollow, the ears cold and retracted, the skin of the forehead tense and dry, the complexion livid, the lips pendent, relaxed, and cold; -- so called, as having been described by Hippocrates. Dunglison.
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Hippocratic oath, An oath said to have been dictated by Hippocrates to his disciples. Such an oath is still administered to candidates for graduation in medicine.
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☞ An English translation of the oath reads:

I swear by Apollo the physician, by Aesculapius, and Health, and All-heal, and all the gods and goddesses, that according to my ability and my judgement, I will keep this Oath and this stipulation -- to reckon him who taught me this Art equally dear to me as my parents, to share my substance with him, and relieve his necessities if required; to look upon his offspring in the same footing as my own brothers, and to teach them this Art, if they wish to learn it, without fee or stipulation; and that by precept, lecture, and every mode of instruction, I will impart a knowledge of the Art to my own sons, and of my teachers, and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath according to the law of medicine, but to none others.

I will follow that system or regimen which, according to my ability and judgement, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.

I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.

With purity and with holiness I will pass my life and practice my Art. I will not cut persons labouring under the stone, but will leave this to be done by men who are practitioners of this work. Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption; and, further, from the seduction of females or males, of freemen and slaves.

Whatever, in connection with my professional service, or not in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret.

While I continue to keep this Oath unviolated, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the Art, respected by all men, in all times. But should I trespass and violate this Oath, may the reverse be my lot.

Hippocratism (?), n. The medical philosophy or system of Hippocrates.
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Hippocrene (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �; ippos horse + � a fountain.] A fountain on Mount Helicon in Bœotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration. Keats.
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Nor maddening draughts of Hippocrene. Longfellow.
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Hippocrepian (?), n. [See .] (Zoöl.) One of an order of fresh-water Bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe. See .
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Hippocrepiform (?), a. [Gr. ippos horse + � shoe + -form.] (Bot.) Shaped like a horseshoe.
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Hippodame (?), n. [Cf. F. hippopotame.] A fabulous sea monster. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Hippodrome (?), n. [L. hippodromos, Gr. �; ippos horse + � course, fr. � to run: cf. F. hippodrome.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races.
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2. An arena for equestrian performances; a circus.
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3. (Sports) A fraudulent contest with a predetermined winner. [Slang, U. S.]
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Hippodrome, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hippodromed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hippodroming.] (Sports) To arrange contests with predetermined winners. [Slang, U. S.]
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Hippogriff (?), n. [F. hippogriffe; cf. It. ippogrifo. See , .] (Myth.) A fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin. Milton.
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Hippolith (?), n. [Gr. ippos horse + -lith.] A concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of the horse.
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Hippopathology (?), n. [Gr. ippos horse + E. pathology: cf. F. hippopathologie.] The science of veterinary medicine; the pathology of the horse.
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Hippophagi (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] Eaters of horseflesh.
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Hippophagism (?), n. Hippophagy. Lowell.
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Hippophagist (?), n. One who eats horseflesh.
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Hippophagous (?), a. [Gr. ippos horse + � to eat: cf. F. hippophage.] Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars.
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Hippophagy (?), n. [Cf. F. hippophagie.] The act or practice of feeding on horseflesh.
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Hippophile (?), n. [Gr. ippos horse + � to love.] One who loves horses. Holmes.
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Hippopotamus (?), n.; pl. E. Hippopotamuses (#), L. Hippopotami (#). [L., from Gr.�; ippos horse + � river. Cf. .] (Zoöl.) A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of tropical Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (Hippopotamus Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa.
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Hippotomy (?), n. [Gr. ippos horse + � to cut: cf. F. hippotomie.] Anatomy of the horse.
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Hippuric (?), a. [Gr. ippos horse + oyron urine: cf. F. hippurique.] (Physiol. Chem.) Obtained from the urine of horses; as, hippuric acid.
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Coloq. Hippuric acid , a white crystalline substance, containing nitrogen, present in the urine of herbivorous animals, and in small quantity in human urine. By the action of acids, it is decomposed into benzoic acid and glycocoll.
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Hippurite (?), n. [Gr. � decked with a horse's tail; ippos horse + � tail: cf. F. hippurite.] (Paleon.) A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper valve or lid. Hippurites are found only in the Cretaceous rocks.
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Hip-roofed (?), a. Having a hip roof.
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Hipshot (?), a. [Hip + shot.] Having the hip dislocated; hence, having one hip lower than the other. L'Estrange.
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hipster (?), n. [from Hip a. + -ster.] A person who is {2}, a..
Syn. -- hepcat{2}.
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Hip tree (?). (Bot.) The dog-rose.
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Hir (?), pron. [Obs.] See , pron. Chaucer.
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Hircic (?), a. [Cf. F. hircique. See .] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet; -- applied by Chevreul to an oily acid which was obtained from mutton suet, and to which he attributed the peculiar taste and smell of that substance. The substance has also been called hircin. Watts.
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Hircin (?), n. [L. hircus, he-goat, buck: cf. F. hircine.] (Chem.) Hircic acid. See . [R.]

{ Hircine (?), Hircinous (?), } a. [L. hircinus, fr. hircus hegoat: cf. F. hircin.] 1. Goatlike; of or pertaining to a goat or the goats.
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2. Of a strong goatish smell.
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Hire (hẽr), pron. [Obs.] See , pron. Chaucer.
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Hire (hīr), n. [OE. hire, hure, AS. hȳr; akin to D. huur, G. heuer, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra.] 1. The price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay.
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The laborer is worthy of his hire. Luke x. 7.
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2. (Law.) A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward. Story.

Syn. -- Wages; salary; stipend; allowance; pay.
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Hire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hired (hīrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hiring.] [OE. hiren, huren, AS. hȳrian; akin to D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra. See , n.]
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1. To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money.
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2. To engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to hire a servant, an agent, or an advocate.
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3. To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; -- now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time.
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They . . . have hired out themselves for bread. 1 Sam. ii. 5.
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hired adj. performing work for pay; as, hired hands. used in contrast with the owner or family members who work in an enterprise
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Hireless, a. Without hire. Davenant.
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Hireling (hīrlĭng), n. [AS. hȳreling. See , n., and .] One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary. “Lewd hirelings.” Milton.
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Hireling, a. Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary. “Hireling mourners.” Dryden.
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{ Hire purchase, or, more fully, Hire purchase agreement, or Hire and purchase agreement}. (Law) A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option of purchase) in which a person hires goods for a specified period and at a fixed rent, with the added condition that if he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay all the installments of rent as they become due the contract shall determine and the title vest absolutely in him, and that if he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the goods and be quit of any liability for future installments upon the contract. In the United States such a contract is generally treated as a conditional sale, and the term hire purchase is also sometimes applied to a contract in which the hirer is not free to avoid future liability by surrender of the goods. In England, however, if the hirer does not have this right the contract is a sale.
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Hirer (?), n. One who hires.

Hires (?), Hirs, pron. Hers; theirs. See , pron. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Hirsute (?), a. [L. hirsutus; prob. akin to horridus horrid. Cf. .] 1. Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
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2. Rough and coarse; boorish. [R.]
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Cynical and hirsute in his behavior. Life of A. Wood.
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3. (Bot.) Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs. Gray.
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4. (Zoöl.) Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.
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Hirsuteness, n. Hairiness. Burton.
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Hirtellous (?), a. [Dim., fr. L. hirtus hairy.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Pubescent with minute and somewhat rigid hairs.
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Hirudine (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the leeches.
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Hirudinea (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. hirudo, hirudinis, a leech.] (Zoöl.) An order of Annelida, including the leeches; -- called also Hirudinei.
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hirudinean n. Any of a number of carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
Syn. -- leech, bloodsucker.
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Hirundinidae n. A natural family of birds including the swallows and martins.
Syn. -- family Hirundinidae.
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Hirudo (?), n. [L., a leech.] (Zoöl.) A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See .
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Hirundine (?), a. (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the swallows.
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Hirundo (?), n. [L., swallow.] (Zoöl.) A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.
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His (hĭz), pron. [AS. his of him, his, gen. masc. & neut. of hē, neut. hit. See .] 1. Belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete.
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No comfortable star did lend his light. Shak.
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Who can impress the forest, bid the tree
Unfix his earth-bound root? Shak.
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☞ Also formerly used in connection with a noun simply as a sign of the possessive. “The king his son.” Shak. “By young Telemachus his blooming years.” Pope. This his is probably a corruption of the old possessive ending -is or -es, which, being written as a separate word, was at length confounded with the pronoun his.
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2. The possessive of he; as, the book is his. “The sea is his, and he made it.” Ps. xcv. 5.
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Hisingerite (?), n. [Named after W. Hisinger, a Swedish mineralogist.] (Min.) A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of iron.
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Hispanic (?), a. [L. Hispanicus.] Of or pertaining to Spain or its language; as, Hispanic words.
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Hispanicism, n. A Spanish idiom or mode of speech. Keightley.
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Hispanicize (?), v. t. To give a Spanish form or character to; as, to Hispanicize Latin words.
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Hispaniolan adj. of or pertaining to Haiti.
Syn. -- Haitian.
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Hispid (?), a. [L. hispidus: cf. F. hispide.]
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1. Rough with bristles or minute spines.
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2. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.
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Hispidulous (?), a. [Dim. of hispid.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Minutely hispid.
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Hiss (hĭs). v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hissed (hĭst); p. pr. & vb. n. Hissing.] [AS. hysian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hissen, OD. hisschen.] 1. To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval.
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The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee. Ezek. xxvii. 36.
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2. To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew.
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Shod with steel,
We hissed along the polished ice. Wordsworth.
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Hiss, v. t. 1. To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.
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If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them. Shak.
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Malcolm. What is the newest grief?
Ros. That of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker. Shak.
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2. To utter with a hissing sound.
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The long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise. Tennyson.
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Hiss, n. 1. A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt.
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“Hiss” implies audible friction of breath consonants. H. Sweet.
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A dismal, universal hiss, the sound
Of public scorn. Milton.
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2. Any sound resembling that above described; as: (a) The noise made by a serpent.
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But hiss for hiss returned with forked tongue. Milton.

(b) The note of a goose when irritated. (c) The noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove.
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Hissing, n. 1. The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
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2. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision. [Archaic]
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I will make this city desolate, and a hissing. Jer. xix. 8.
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Hissingly, adv. With a hissing sound.
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Hist (?), interj. [Cf. Dan. hys. �. Cf. , .] Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence. Milton.
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Histiology (?), n. [Gr. istos tissue + -logy.] Same as .
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Histogenesis (?), n. [Gr. istos tissue + E. genesis.] (Biol.) (a) The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; -- the opposite of histolysis. (b) Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells. Haeckel.
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Histogenetic (?), a. [See .] (Biol.) Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues.
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Histogeny (?), n. [Gr. istos tissue + root of � to be born.] (Biol.) Same as . Dunglison.
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Histographer (?), n. One who describes organic tissues; an histologist.
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Histographical (?), a. Of or pertaining to histography.
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Histography (?), n. [Gr. istos tissue + -graphy.] A description of, or treatise on, organic tissues.
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Histohæmatin (?), n. [Gr. istos tissue + E. hæmatin.] (Physiol.) One of a class of respiratory pigments, widely distributed in the animal kingdom, capable of ready oxidation and reduction.
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Histoid (?), a. [Gr. istos tissue + -oid.] Resembling the normal tissues; as, histoid tumors.

{ Histologic (?), Histological } a. (Biol.) Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of living organisms. -- Histologically, adv.
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Histologist (?), n. One versed in histology.
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Histology (?), n. [Gr. istos tissue + -logy.] That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology.
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Histolysis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. istos tissue + � to loosen, dissolve.] (Biol.) The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood.
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Histolytic (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues.
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Histonomy (?), n. [Gr. istos tissue + � to distribute, regulate.] The science which treats of the laws relating to organic tissues, their formation, development, functions, etc.
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Histophyly (?), n. [Gr. istos tissue + Gr. � clan.] (Biol.) The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly. Haeckel.
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Historial (?), a. [L. historialis: cf. F. historial.] Historical. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Historian (?), n. [F. historien.] 1. A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.
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Even the historian takes great liberties with facts. Sir J. Reynolds.
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2. One versed or well informed in history.
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Great captains should be good historians. South.
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