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3. A sharp or steep declivity or slope. [Colloq.]
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Coloq. To get the hang of , to learn the method or arrangement of; hence, to become accustomed to. [Colloq.]
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hangar n. a large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
Syn. -- airdock, repair shed.
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Hangbird (hăngbẽrd), n. (Zoöl.) The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See .
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Hang-by (-bī), n.; pl. Hang-bies (-bīz). A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt. B. Jonson.
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Hangdog (-dŏg), n. A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
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Hangdog, a. Low; sneaking; ashamed.
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The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look. Thackeray.
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Hanger (-ẽr), n. 1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
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2. That by which a thing is suspended. Especially: (a) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended. (b) (Mach.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of . (c) A bridle iron.
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3. That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
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4. A steep, wooded declivity. [Eng.] Gilbert White.
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Hanger-on (-ŏn), n.; pl. Hangers-on (-ẽrz-ŏn). One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to others' society longer than he is wanted. Goldsmith.
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Hanging, a. 1. Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter. “What a hanging face!” Dryden.
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2. Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
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3. Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
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Coloq. Hanging compass , a compass suspended so that the card may be read from beneath. -- Coloq. Hanging garden , a garden sustained at an artificial elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon. -- Coloq. Hanging indentation . See under . -- Coloq. Hanging rail (Arch.), that rail of a door or casement to which hinges are attached. -- Coloq. Hanging side (Mining), the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein. -- Coloq. Hanging sleeves . (a) Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging down the back from the shoulders. (b) Loose, flowing sleeves. -- Coloq. Hanging stile . (Arch.) (a) That stile of a door to which hinges are secured. (b) That upright of a window frame to which casements are hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are fastened. -- Coloq. Hanging wall (Mining), the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein.
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Hanging, n. 1. The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.
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2. Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
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3. That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; -- used chiefly in the plural.
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Now purple hangings clothe the palace walls. Dryden.
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Hangman (hăngm�n), n.; pl. Hangmen (-m�n). One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used as a term of reproach, without reference to office. Shak.
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Hangmanship, n. The office or character of a hangman.
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Hangnail (-nāl), n. [A corruption of agnail.] A small piece or sliver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of a finger nail. Holloway.
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Hangnest (-nĕst), n. 1. A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket.
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2. A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.
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hangover n. 1. An unpleasant feeling, such as a headache, occurring as an aftereffect from the use of drugs (especially alcohol).
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2. an official who remains in office after his term.
Syn. -- holdover.
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Hank (hăṉk), n. [Cf. Dan. hank handle, Sw. hank a band or tie, Icel. hanki hasp, clasp, hönk, hangr, hank, coil, skein, G. henkel, henk, handle; all probably akin to E. hang. See .] 1. A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.
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2. A rope or withe for fastening a gate. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. Hold; influence.
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When the devil hath got such a hank over him. Bp. Sanderson.
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4. (Naut.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.
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5. (Wrestling) A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.
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Hank, v. t. 1. [OE. hanken.] To fasten with a rope, as a gate. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
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2. To form into hanks.
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Hanker (hăṉkẽr), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hankered (-kẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hankering.] [Prob. fr. hang; cf. D. hunkeren, hengelen.] 1. To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town. Addison.
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He was hankering to join his friend. J. A. Symonds.
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2. To linger in expectation or with desire. Thackeray.
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Hankeringly, adv. In a hankering manner.
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Hankey-pankey, Hankey-pank (hăṉk�păṉk�), n. [Cf. .] [Also spelled hanky-panky.] 1. Professional cant; the chatter of conjurers to divert attention from their tricks; hence, jugglery. [Colloq.]
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2. Illegal or unethical behavior, usually surreptitious; as, the boss got suspicious when profits seemed lower than expected, and hired an investigator to see if any hankey-pankey was going on. [Informal]
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3. Extramarital sexual relations, especially adultery. [Colloq.]
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hankie n. Same as .
Syn. -- handkerchief, hanky, hankey.
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hanky n. Same as .
Syn. -- handkerchief, hankie, hankey.
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Hanover n. the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901.
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Hanoverian (hăn�vērĭ�n), a. Of or pertaining to Hanover or its people, or to the House of Hanover in England.
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Hanoverian, n. A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one of the House of Hanover.
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Hansa (hănsȧ), n. See 2d .
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Hansard (-sẽrd), n. An official report of proceedings in the British Parliament; -- so called from the name of the publishers.
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Hansard, n. A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d .
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Hanse (hăns), n. [Cf. F. anse handle, anse de panier surbased arch, flat arch, vault, and E. haunch hip.] (Arch.) That part of an elliptical or many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.
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Hanse, n. [G. hanse, or F. hanse (from German), OHG. & Goth. hansa; akin to AS. hōs band, troop.] An association; a league or confederacy.
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Coloq. Hanse towns (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany which associated themselves for the protection and enlarging of their commerce. The confederacy, called also Hansa and Hanseatic league, held its first diet in 1260, and was maintained for nearly four hundred years. At one time the league comprised eighty-five cities. Its remnants, Lübeck, Hamburg, and Bremen, are free cities, and are still frequently called Hanse towns.
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Hanseatic (hăns�ătĭk), a. Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy.
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Coloq. Hanseatic league . See under 2d .
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Hansel (hănsĕl), n. & v. See .
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Hanselines (häns�līnz), n. A sort of breeches. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hansom (hănsŭm), n., Hansom cab (kăb). [From the name of the inventor.] A light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top.
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He hailed a cruising hansom . . . “ 'Tis the gondola of London,” said Lothair. Beaconsfield.
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Han't (hānt; in England, hänt). A contraction of have not, or has not, used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is hain't.
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{ Hanukka, or Hanukkah (?) }, n. [Heb. khanukkāh.] The Jewish Feast of the Dedication, instituted by Judas Maccabæus, his brothers, and the whole congregation of Israel, in 165 b. c., to commemorate the dedication of the new altar set up at the purification of the temple of Jerusalem to replace the altar which had been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes of Syria (1 Maccabees i. 58, iv. 59). The feast, which is mentioned in John x. 22, is held for eight days (beginning with the 25th day of Kislev, corresponding to December), and is celebrated everywhere, chiefly as a festival of lights, by the Jews. [Also spelled Chanuka.]
Syn. -- Chanukah, Festival of Lights, Feast of Dedication, Feast of the Dedication.
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Hanuman (hȧnụm�n), n. See .
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haoma n. A leafless East Indian vine (Sarcostemma acidum); its sour milky juice was formerly used to make an intoxicating drink.
Syn. -- soma, Sarcostemma acidum.
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Hap (hăp), v. t. [OE. happen.] To clothe; to wrap.
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The surgeon happed her up carefully. Dr. J. Brown.
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Hap, n. [Cf. to clothe.] A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.]
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Hap, n. [Icel. happ unexpected good luck. √39.] That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot. Chaucer.
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Whether art it was or heedless hap. Spenser.
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Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build
Their hopes on haps. Sir P. Sidney.
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Loving goes by haps:
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. Shak.
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Hap, v. i. [OE. happen. See chance, and cf. .] To happen; to befall; to chance. Chaucer.
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Sends word of all that haps in Tyre. Shak.
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Ha'penny (hāpĕnn�), n. A half-penny.
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Haphazard (hăphăzẽrd or hăphăzẽrd), n. [Hap + hazard.] Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.
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We take our principles at haphazard, upon trust. Locke.
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haphazard (hăphăzẽrd or hăphăzẽrd), a. Determined by chance, whimsy, or guesswork; unplanned; aimless; random; -- used mostly of human actions.
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Haphtarah (?), n.; pl. -taroth (#). [Heb. haphtārāh, prop., valedictory, fr. pātar to depart.] One of the lessons from the Nebiim (or Prophets) read in the Jewish synagogue on Sabbaths, feast days, fasts, and the ninth of Ab, at the end of the service, after the parashoth, or lessons from the Law. Such a practice is evidenced in Luke iv.17 and Acts xiii.15.
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Hapless (hăplĕs), a. Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid. Dryden.
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Haplessly, adv. In a hapless, unlucky manner.
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Haploid (hăploid), a. [NL., fr. Gr. aploos simple.] (Biol.) having half the number of chromosomes normally present in somatic cells; having only one chromosome of each type, and therefore having only one complete set of genes; Contrasted with diploid and polyploid. See also . The germ cells of animals, the ovum and sperm cells, are haploid, whereas the somatic cells are diploid. Haploid variants of somatic cells may also be generated under certain conditions in the laboratory.
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Haplomi (hȧplōmī), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. aploos simple + 'w^mos shoulder.] (Zoöl.) An order of freshwater fishes, including the true pikes, cyprinodonts, and blindfishes.
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haplosporidian n. A parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance.
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Haplostemonous (hăpl�stĕm�nŭs), a. [Gr. aploos simple + sthmwn a thread.] (Bot.) Having but one series of stamens, and that equal in number to the proper number of petals; isostemonous.
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Haply (hăpl�), adv. By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be.
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Lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. Acts v. 39.
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Happed (hăpt), p. a. [From 1st .] Wrapped; covered; cloaked. [Scot.]
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All happed with flowers in the green wood were. Hogg.
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Happen (hăpp'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Happened (-p'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Happening.] [OE. happenen, hapnen. See to happen.] 1. To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.
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There shall no evil happen to the just. Prov. xii. 21.
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2. To take place; to occur.
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All these things which had happened. Luke xxiv. 14.
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Coloq. To happen on , to meet with; to fall or light upon. “I have happened on some other accounts.” Graunt. -- Coloq. To happen in , to make a casual call. [Colloq.]
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happening n. 1. something that happens; an occurrence; an event.
Syn. -- occurrence, natural event.
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2. Specifically: An event that is particularly interesting, noteworthy, or important.
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3. An artistic or entertainment event that is unconventional, sometimes discontinuous, designed to evoke strong emotions, and sometimes involving participation by the audience.
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Happily (hăppĭl�), adv. [From .] 1. By chance; peradventure; haply. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
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2. By good fortune; fortunately; luckily.
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Preferred by conquest, happily o'erthrown. Waller.
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3. In a happy manner or state; in happy circumstances; as, he lived happily with his wife.
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4. With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to insure success; with success.
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Formed by thy converse, happily to steer
From grave to gay, from lively to severe. Pope.

Syn. -- Fortunately; luckily; successfully; prosperously; contentedly; dexterously; felicitously.
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Happiness, n. [From .] 1. Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.
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All happiness bechance to thee in Milan! Shak.
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2. An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the possession of those circumstances or that state of being which is attended with enjoyment; the state of being happy; contentment; joyful satisfaction; felicity; blessedness.
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3. Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; -- used especially of language.
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Some beauties yet no precepts can declare,
For there's a happiness, as well as care. Pope.

Syn. -- , , , . Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every kind of enjoyment except that of the animal appetites; felicity is a more formal word, and is used more sparingly in the same general sense, but with elevated associations; blessedness is applied to the most refined enjoyment arising from the purest social, benevolent, and religious affections; bliss denotes still more exalted delight, and is applied more appropriately to the joy anticipated in heaven.
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O happiness! our being's end and aim! Pope.
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Others in virtue place felicity,
But virtue joined with riches and long life;
In corporal pleasures he, and careless ease. Milton.
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His overthrow heaped happiness upon him;
For then, and not till then, he felt himself,
And found the blessedness of being little. Shak.
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Happy (hăpp�), a. [Compar. Happier (-pĭẽr); superl. Happiest.] [From chance.] 1. Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen.
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Chymists have been more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them. Boyle.
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2. Experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous; as, happy hours, happy thoughts.
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Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord. Ps. cxliv. 15.
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The learned is happy Nature to explore,
The fool is happy that he knows no more. Pope.
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3. Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.
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One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in a in a rejoinder. Swift.
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Coloq. Happy family , a collection of animals of different and hostile propensities living peaceably together in one cage. Used ironically of conventional alliances of persons who are in fact mutually repugnant. -- Coloq. Happy-go-lucky , trusting to hap or luck; improvident; easy-going. “Happy-go-lucky carelessness.” W. Black.
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haptic adj. relating to or based on the sense of touch.
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Hapuku (hȧp�k�), n. (Zoöl.) A large and valuable food fish (Polyprion prognathus) of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or more.
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Haquebut (hăkbŭt), n. See .
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n. 1. (Japan) suicide by self-disembowlment on a sword.
Syn. -- harikari.
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harakiri, hara-kiri (h�r�kērĭ), n. [Jap., stomach cutting.] A ritual form of suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari. W. E. Griffis.
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hari-kari An incorrect but common spelling and pronunciation of .
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Harangue (hȧrăng), n. [F. harangue: cf. Sp. arenga, It. aringa; lit., a speech before a multitude or on the hustings, It. aringo arena, hustings, pulpit; all fr. OHG. hring ring, anything round, ring of people, G. ring. See .] A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address to a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting.
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Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed,
Assemble, and harangues are heard. Milton.

Syn. -- , , . Speech is generic; an oration is an elaborate and rhetorical speech; an harangue is a vehement appeal to the passions, or a noisy, disputatious address. A general makes an harangue to his troops on the eve of a battle; a demagogue harangues the populace on the subject of their wrongs.
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Harangue, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harangued (hȧrăngd); p. pr. & vb. n. Haranguing.] [Cf. F. haranguer, It. aringare.] To make an harangue; to declaim.
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Harangue, v. t. To address by an harangue.
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Harangueful (-fụl), a. Full of harangue.
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Haranguer (hȧrăngẽr), n. One who harangues, or is fond of haranguing; a declaimer.
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With them join'd all th' haranguers of the throng,
That thought to get preferment by the tongue. Dryden.
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Harass (hăr�s or hȧrăs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harassed (hăr�st or hȧrăst); p. pr. & vb. n. Harassing.] [F. harasser; cf. OF. harace a basket made of cords, harace, harasse,a very heavy and large shield; or harer to set (a dog) on.] To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out.
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[Troops] harassed with a long and wearisome march. Bacon.
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Nature oppressed and harass'd out with care. Addison.
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Vext with lawyers and harass'd with debt. Tennyson.

Syn. -- To weary; jade; tire; perplex; distress; tease; worry; disquiet; chafe; gall; annoy; irritate; plague; vex; molest; trouble; disturb; torment.
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Harass, n. 1. Devastation; waste. [Obs.] Milton.
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2. Worry; harassment. [R.] Byron.
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harassed (hăr�st or hȧrăst), adj. troubled persistently, especially with petty annoyances; as, harassed working mothers.
Syn. -- annoyed, harried, pestered.
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Harasser (-ẽr), n. One who harasses.
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Harassment (-m�nt), n. The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety.
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Little harassments which I am led to suspect do occasionally molest the most fortunate. Ld. Lytton.
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Harberous (h�rbẽrŭs), a. Harborous. [Obs.]
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A bishop must be faultless, the husband of one wife, honestly appareled, harberous. Tyndale (1 Tim. iii. 2).
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Harbinger (h�rbĭnjẽr), n. [OE. herbergeour, OF. herbergeor one who provides lodging, fr. herbergier to provide lodging, F. héberger, OF. herberge lodging, inn, F. auberge; of German origin. See .] 1. One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings. Fuller.
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2. A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger.
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I knew by these harbingers who were coming. Landor.
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Harbinger, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harbingered (h�rbĭnjẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Harbingering.] To usher in; to be a harbinger of. “Thus did the star of religious freedom harbinger the day.” Bancroft.
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Harbor (härbẽr), n. [Written also harbour.] [OE. herbor, herberwe, herberge, Icel. herbergi (cf. OHG. heriberga), orig., a shelter for soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save, help, defend; akin to AS. here army, G. heer, OHG. heri, Goth. harjis, and AS. beorgan to save, shelter, defend, G. bergen. See , , and cf. .] 1. A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.
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[A grove] fair harbour that them seems. Spenser.
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For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. Dryden.
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2. Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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3. (Astrol.) The mansion of a heavenly body. [Obs.]
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4. A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven.
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