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{ historic (hĭstŏrĭk), historical (hĭstŏrĭk�l), } a. [L. historicus, Gr. istorikos: cf. F. historique. See .] Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. -- Historicalness, n. -- Historicity (#), n.
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There warriors frowning in historic brass. Pope.
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2. having once lived, existed, or taken place in the real world; -- contrasted with legendary; as, the historical Jesus; doubt that a historical Camelot every existed; actual historical events.
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3. Belonging to the past; as, historical (or historic) times; a historical character.
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4. Within the period of time recorded in written documents; as, within historic times. Opposite of prehistoric.
Syn. -- diachronic.
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5. (Linguistics) Same as . synchronic
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Coloq. Historical painting , that branch of painting which represents the events of history. -- Coloq. Historical sense , that meaning of a passage which is deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under which it was written. -- Coloq. The historic sense , the capacity to conceive and represent the unity and significance of a past era or age.
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Historically (?), adv. In the manner of, or in accordance with, history.
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Historicize (?), v. t. To record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle. [R.]
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Historied (?), a. Related in history.
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Historier (?), n. An historian. [Obs.]
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Historiette (?), n. [F., dim. of histoire a history.] Historical narration on a small scale; a brief recital; a story. Emerson.
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Historify (?), v. t. [History + -fy.] To record in or as history. [R.] Lamb.
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Thy conquest meet to be historified. Sir P. Sidney.
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Historiographer (hĭstōrĭŏgrȧfẽr), n. [L. historiographus, Gr. istoriografos; istoria history + grafein to write: cf. F. historiographe.] An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction.
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Historiographership, n. The office of an historiographer. Saintsbury.
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Historiography (?), n. The art of employment of an historiographer.
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Historiology (?), n. [Gr. � history + -logy.] A discourse on history. Cockeram.
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Historionomer (?), n. [Gr. � history + � to distribute.] One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them.
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And historionomers will have measured accurately the sidereal years of races. Lowell.
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Historize (?), v. t. To relate as history; to chronicle; to historicize. [R.] Evelyn.
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History (?), n.; pl. Histories (#). [L. historia, Gr. 'istoria history, information, inquiry, fr. 'istwr, istwr, knowing, learned, from the root of � to know; akin to E. wit. See , and cf. .]
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1. A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill.
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2. A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory.
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Histories are as perfect as the historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul. Carlyle.
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For aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history. Shak.
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What histories of toil could I declare! Pope.
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Coloq. History piece , a representation in painting, drawing, etc., of any real event, including the actors and the action. -- Coloq. Natural history , a description and classification of objects in nature, as minerals, plants, animals, etc., and the phenomena which they exhibit to the senses.

Syn. -- Chronicle; annals; relation; narration. -- , , . History is a methodical record of important events which concern a community of men, usually so arranged as to show the connection of causes and effects, to give an analysis of motive and action etc. A chronicle is a record of such events, conforming to the order of time as its distinctive feature. Annals are a chronicle divided up into separate years. By poetic license annals is sometimes used for history.
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Justly Cæsar scorns the poet's lays;
It is to history he trusts for praise. Pope.
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No more yet of this;
For 't is a chronicle of day by day,
Not a relation for a breakfast. Shak.
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Many glorious examples in the annals of our religion. Rogers.
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History, v. t. To narrate or record. [Obs.] Shak.
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Histotomy (?), n. [Gr. � tissue + � to cut.] The dissection of organic tissues.
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Histozyme (?), n. [Gr. � tissue + � leaven.] (Physiol. Chem.) A soluble enzyme occurring in the animal body, to the presence of which many normal decompositions and synthetical processes are supposed to be due.
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Histrion (?), n. [L. histrio: cf. F. histrion.] A player. [R.] Pope.

{ Histrionic (?), Histrionical (?) }, a. [L. histrionicus: cf. F. histrionique. See .] 1. Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical.
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2. Affectedly dramatic; insincerely emotional; -- sometimes used in a bad sense. -- Histrionically, adv.
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Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. De Quincey.
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Histrionicism (?), n. The histrionic art; stageplaying. W. Black.
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histrionics (?), n. 1. The histrionic art; stageplaying; acting.
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2. Insincere, exaggeratedly emotional or overly dramatical speech or behavior performed to create an impression rather than as an expression of true feeling; feigned emotion.
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Histrionism (?), n. Theatrical representation; acting; affectation. Sir T. Browne.
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Histrionize (?), v. t. To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically. Urquhart.
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Hit (?), pron. It. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Hit, 3d pers. sing. pres. of , contracted from hideth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Hit (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hit; p. pr. & vb. n. Hitting.] [OE. hitten, hutten, of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hitte to hit, find, Sw. & Icel. hitta.] 1. To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).
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I think you have hit the mark. Shak.
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2. To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit.
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Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the notes right. Locke.
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There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails with him. Dryden.
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Whose saintly visage is too bright
To hit the sense of human sight. Milton.
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He scarcely hit my humor. Tennyson.
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3. To guess; to light upon or discover. “Thou hast hit it.” Shak.
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4. (Backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
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Coloq. To hit off , to describe with quick characteristic strokes; as, to hit off a speaker. Sir W. Temple. -- Coloq. To hit out , to perform by good luck. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Hit (?), v. i. 1. To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on.
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If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and hit one against another? Locke.
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Corpuscles, meeting with or hitting on those bodies, become conjoined with them. Woodward.
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2. To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck.
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And oft it hits
Where hope is coldest and despair most fits. Shak.
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And millions miss for one that hits. Swift.
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Coloq. To hit on or Coloq. To hit upon , to light upon; to come to by chance; to discover unexpectedly; as, he hit on the solution after days of trying. “None of them hit upon the art.” Addison.
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Hit, n. 1. A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
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So he the famed Cilician fencer praised,
And, at each hit, with wonder seems amazed. Dryden.
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2. A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit; esp. A performance, as a musical recording, movie, or play, which achieved great popularity or acclaim; also used of books or objects of commerce which become big sellers; as, the new notebook computer was a big hit with business travellers.
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What late he called a blessing, now was wit,
And God's good providence, a lucky hit. Pope.

3. A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.
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4. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.
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5. (Baseball) A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit.
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6. An act of murder performed for hire, esp. by a professional assassin.
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Coloq. Base hit , Coloq. Safe hit , Coloq. Sacrifice hit . (Baseball) See under , , etc.

Hit. adj. Having become very popular or acclaimed; -- said of entertainment performances; as, a hit song, a hit movie.
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Hitch (hĭch), v. t. [Cf. Scot. hitch a motion by a jerk, and hatch, hotch, to move by jerks, also Prov. G. hiksen, G. hinken, to limp, hobble; or E. hiccough; or possibly akin to E. hook.] 1. To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
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Atoms . . . which at length hitched together. South.
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2. To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.
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Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme. Pope.
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To ease themselves . . . by hitching into another place. Fuller.
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3. To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere. [Eng.] Halliwell.

Hitch, v. i. To ; -- mostly used in the phrase to hitch a ride; as, he hitched his way home; he hitched a ride home.
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Hitch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hitched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hitching.] 1. To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter; hitch your wagon to a star.
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2. To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
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Coloq. To hitch up . (a) To fasten up. (b) To pull or raise with a jerk; as, a sailor hitches up his trousers. (c) To attach, as a horse, to a vehicle; as, hitch up the gray mare. [Colloq.]
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Hitch, n. 1. A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.
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2. The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
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3. A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance.
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4. A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.
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5. (Naut.) A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc.
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6. (Geol.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
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Hitchel (?), n. & v. t. See .
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hitchhike (hĭchhīk), v. i. To travel by getting free rides from passing vehicles; as, to hitchhike across the country.
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hitchhiker n. a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles; one who hitchhikes.
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Hithe (hī�), n. [AS. hȳð. Cf. to conceal.] A port or small haven; -- used in composition; as, Lambhithe, now Lambeth. Pennant.
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Hither (?), adv. [OE. hider, AS. hider; akin to Icel. hēðra, Dan. hid, Sw. hit, Goth. hidrē; cf. L. citra on this side, or E. here, he. √183. Cf. .]
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1. To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come or bring hither.
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2. To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a sense not physical.
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Hither we refer whatsoever belongeth unto the highest perfection of man. Hooker.
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Coloq. Hither and thither , to and fro; backward and forward; in various directions. “Victory is like a traveller, and goeth hither and thither.” Knolles.
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Hither, a. 1. Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; -- correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill. Milton.
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2. Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than.
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And on the hither side, or so she looked,
Of twenty summers. Tennyson.
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To the present generation, that is to say, the people a few years on the hither and thither side of thirty, the name of Charles Darwin stands alongside of those of Isaac Newton and Michael Faraday. Huxley.
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Hithermost (?), a. Nearest on this side. Sir M. Hale.
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Hitherto (?), adv. 1. To this place; to a prescribed limit.
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Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further. Job xxxviii. 11.
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2. Up to this time; as yet; until now.
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The Lord hath blessed me hitherto. Josh. xvii. 14.
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Hitherward (?), adv. [AS. hiderweard.] Toward this place; hither.
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Marching hitherward in proud array. Shak.
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hit it off v. i. To get along well together; to be compatible; to work well together; -- of people in interactive situations; as, the new chemist hit it off immediately with his supervisor. [Colloq.]
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Hitlerian adj. of or pertaining to Adolf Hitler; resembling the policies of Hitler.
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hitless adj. 1. (Baseball) Having no hits scored; -- of a baseball game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits; as, a hitless game.
Syn. -- no-hit.
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2. Having no points scored.
Syn. -- scoreless, goalless.
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hit man n. 1. A professional murderer, esp. one working for a criminal organization; also called torpedo. [Colloq.]
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2. A slanderer working for political purposes to damage the reputation of an opponent; a .
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hit on v. t. To make sexual advances toward; -- usually of men making advances to women. [Colloq.]
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hit-or-miss adj. performed without care or close attention; slipshod; careless; -- of the manner of performing a task. Opposite of careful, conscientious or methodical.
Syn. -- haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy.
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Hitter (?), n. 1. One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.
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2. (Baseball) The batter; as, there are two strikes on the hitter.
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Coloq. heavy hitter 1. A baseball player who gets many extra-base hits. 2. A person who is very important or is very effective at his profession.
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hitting n. [vb. n. from , v.] The act of striking one thing against another; as, repeated hitting raised a large bruise
Syn. -- hit, striking.
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Hittite (?), n. [From Heb. Khittīm Hittites.] A member of an ancient people (or perhaps group of peoples) whose settlements extended from Armenia westward into Asia Minor and southward into Palestine. They are known to have been met along the Orontes as early as 1500 b. c., and were often at war with the Egyptians and Assyrians. Especially in the north they developed a considerable civilization, of which numerous monuments and inscriptions are extant. Authorities are not agreed as to their race. While several attempts have been made to decipher the Hittite characters, little progress has yet been made.
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Hittorf rays (?). (Elec.) Rays (chiefly cathode rays) developed by the electric discharge in Hittorf tubes.
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Hittorf tube. (Elec.) (a) A highly exhausted glass tube with metallic electrodes nearly in contact so as to exhibit the insulating effects of a vacuum. It was used by the German physicist W. Hittorf (b. 1824). (b) A Crookes tube.
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Hive (?), n. [OE. hive, huve, AS. h�fe.] 1. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees. Dryden.
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2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. Shak.
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3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
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The hive of Roman liars. Tennyson.
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Coloq. Hive bee (Zoöl.), the honeybee.
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Hive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hiving.] 1. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
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2. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
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Hiving wisdom with each studious year. Byron.
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Hive, v. i. To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body. Pope.
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Hiveless, a. Destitute of a hive. Gascoigne.
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Hiver (?), n. One who collects bees into a hive.
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Hives (?), n. [Scot.; perh. akin to E. heave.] (Med.) (a) The croup. (b) An eruptive disease (Varicella globularis), allied to the chicken pox.
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Hizz (?), v. i. To hiss. [Obs.] Shak.
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HMO n. [acronym for Health Maintenance Organization.] A health maintenance organization; a form of group health insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians. [acronym]
Syn. -- health maintenance organization.
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H. M. S. n. A prefix used in the names of British warships, meaning His Majesty's Ship or Her Majesty's Ship; as, H. M. S. Pinafore.
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HN n. a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile, poisonous, and foul-smelling.
Syn. -- hydrazoic acid, azoimide.
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Ho (?), pron. Who. [Obs.] In some Chaucer MSS.

{ Ho, Hoa } (?), n. [See , interj., 2.] A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
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There is no ho with them. Decker.

Ho (?), prop. n. (Chem.) The chemical symbol for Holmium.
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{ Ho, Hoa } (hō), interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho.] 1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. “What noise there, ho?” Shak. “Ho! who's within?” Shak.
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2. [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E. whoa.] Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. [Written also whoa, and, formerly, hoo.]
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The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried “Hoo!” Chaucer.
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An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. Chaucer.
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hoactzin n. A crested ill-smelling South American bird (Opisthocomus hoazin) whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings.
Syn. -- hoatzin, stinkbird, Opisthocomus hoazin.
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hoagie, hoagy n. a large sandwich on a long crusty roll that is split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the U. S., such as hero, grinder, and submarine.
Syn. -- bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep.
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Hoar (?), a. [OE. hor, har, AS. hār; akin to Icel. hārr, and to OHG. hēr illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Heið brightness of the sky, Goth. hais torch, Skr. kētus light, torch. Cf. .] 1. White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs. “Hoar waters.” Spenser.
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2. Gray or white with age; hoary.
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Whose beard with age is hoar. Coleridge.
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Old trees with trunks all hoar. Byron.
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3. Musty; moldy; stale. [Obs.] Shak.
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Hoar, n. Hoariness; antiquity. [R.]
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Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. Burke.
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Hoar, v. t. [AS. hārian to grow gray.] To become moldy or musty. [Obs.] Shak.
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Hoard (?), n. See , 2. Smart.
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Hoard, n. [OE. hord, AS. hord; akin to OS. hord, G. hort, Icel. hodd, Goth. huzd; prob. from the root of E. hide to conceal, and of L. custos guard, E. custody. See to conceal.] A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.
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Hoard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarding.] [AS. hordian.] To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain.
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Hoard, v. i. To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.
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To hoard for those whom he did breed. Spenser.
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Hoarder (?), n. One who hoards.
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Hoarding (?), n. [From OF. hourd, hourt, barrier, palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle, fence, G. horde, hürde; akin to E. hurdle. √16. See .] 1. (Arch.) A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. [Eng.]
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Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. London Graphic.
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2. A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something.
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The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding, the space within which was divided into compartments by sheets of tin. Tyndall.
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Hoared (?), a. Moldy; musty. [Obs.] Granmer.
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Hoarfrost (?), n. The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost. [Written also horefrost. See , a.]
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He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. Ps. cxlvii. 16.
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Hoarhound (?), n. Same as .
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Hoariness (?), n. [From .] The state of being hoary. Dryden.
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Hoarse (?), a. [Compar. Hoarser (?), superl. Hoarsest.] [OE. hors, also hos, has, AS. hās; akin to D. heesch, G. heiser, Icel. hāss, Dan. hæs, Sw. hes. Cf. Prov. E. heazy.] 1. Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven.
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The hoarse resounding shore. Dryden.
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2. Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.
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Hoarsely, adv. With a harsh, grating sound or voice.
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Hoarsen (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarsened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarsening.] To make hoarse.
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I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice. Richardson.
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Hoarseness (?), n. Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords.
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