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12. To put one's hand to a neighbour's connected by a short chain with one on the to admit of the hand being inserted for the goods, in the Bible, to steal them. Ex. xxii. other wrist.

purpose of cleaning the boiler, &c. 8.-To put the last hand or finishing hand Handcuff (hand'kuf), v. t. To manacle; to Hand-hook (hand'hök), n. An instrument to, to complete; to perfect; to make the confine the hands with, or as firmly as with used by smiths in twisting bars of iron. last corrections or give the final polish. ---To handcuffs.

Handicap (han'di-kap), n. [Probably a conset the hand to, to engage in; to undertake. If he cannot carry an ox, like Milo, he will not, like traction of hand in the cap, the allusion

That the Lord thy God may bless thee, in all thou Milo, be handcuffed in the oak by attempting to rend being to drawing a lot out of a cap, from seltest thine hand to

Deut. xxiii. 20.
it.

Нау.

the fairness of both principles. ] 1. In racing, -To shake hands, to clasp the right hand Hand director (hand'di-rekt-ér), n. An in. an allowance of a certain amount of time or mutually (with or without a shake), as a strument designed to assist a player of the distance to the inferior competitors in a greeting or in token of friendship or re

piano to acquire a good position of the hands race to bring all as nearly as possible to an conciliation. - To strike hands, to make a and arms; a hand-guide.

equality, or the extra weight imposed upon contract or to become surety for another's Hand-drop (hand'drop), n. A popular term the superior competitors with the same obdebt or good behaviour. Prov. xvii. 18. for paralysis of the hand, produced by the ject. The former mode is usually adopted - To take by the hand, to take under one's action of lead.

in races between pedestrians, the latter in protection. To take in hand, to attempt; Handed (hand'ed), a. 1. With hands joined. horse-racing. The amount of the handicap to undertake. Luke i. 1. Also, to seize and Into their inmost bower, handed they went. Milton.

is generally adjusted in accordance with the deal with.-To wash one's hands of, to have

performance of the competitors in previous nothing more to do with; to renounce all 2. Having a hand possessed of any peculiar

contests; and in horse-racing regard is had property: used especially in composition connection with or interest in.

also to the age and sex of the horses. The Hand (hand), v.t. 1. To give or transmit with qualifying words; as, right-handed,

principle is applied in other contests of left-handed, empty-handed, full-handed, &c. with the hand; as, hand me a book.-2. To

agility or skill; thus, in draughts, a superior

What false Italian, lead, guide, and lift with the hand; to con

player is handicapped if he play an inferior As poisonous tongued as handed, hath prevailed. duct.

with eleven men to his twelve.-2. A race

Shak. Angels did hand her up, who next God dwell. Hander (hand'er), One who hands or

in which the supposed superiority of certain Donne. 3. To manage with the hand or hands. transmits; a conveyer in succession. Dry

competitors is counterbalanced by addi. den,

tional penalties of weight imposed on them I bless my chain, I hand my oar, Handfastt (hand'fast), n. 1. Hold; custody;

to carry, or the inferiority of others is comNor think on all I left on shore. Prior. power of confining or keeping.

pensated by a certain amount of time or 4. To seize; to lay hands on. If that shepherd is not in hand fast, let him fly.

distance granted them in starting; as, the Let him that makes but trifles of his eyes,

Shak. Ebor handicap; the Newmarket handicap. First hand me: on mine own accord, I'm off. 2. Gripe; grasp; hold upon.

3. An old game at cards not unlike loo. Shak. Should leave the handfast that he had of grace.

Handicap (han'di-kap), v.t. pret. and pp. 5. Naut, to furl, as a sail-6. To pledge by

To fall into a woman's easy arms. Beau, & FI. handicapped; ppr. handicapping. To arthe hand; to handfast. Handfastt (hand'fast), a. Fast by contract;

range, as the competitors or the mode of If any two be but once handed in the church, and betrothed, or united as if by betrothal.

competing in a contest, by allowing some have tasted in any sort the nuptial bed. Milton.

A virgine made handfast to Christ.

advantage to an inferior competitor, or im

Bale. -- To hand down, to transmit in succession,

posing some penalty on a superior, so as to as from father to son, or from predecessor Handfast + (hand'fast), v.t. [A. Sax. hand

bring them as nearly as possible to an fæstan, to pledge one's hand. ] 1. To pledge; to successor; as, fables are handed down from

equality; as, to handicap a player; to handito betroth; to bind. age to age.

cap a race or a game. Handt (hand), v.i. To go hand in hand; to

If a damsel that is a virgin be handfasted to any | Handicap (han'di-kap), a. A term applied

man (betrothed, present version). co-operate.

Deut. xxii. 23. Coverdale's Trans.

to a contest in which the competitors are Let but my power and means hand with my will.

handicapped; as, a handicap race. 2. To join together solemnly by the hand; Handicapper (han'di-kap-ér), n. Massinger,

One who Hand (hand), a. Belonging to or used by

to complete the ceremony of marriage. handicaps. the hand: much used in composition for

“That handfasted the married couple.' B. Handicraft (hand'i-kraft), n. (A. Sax. handthat which is manageable or wrought by the Jonson.-3. To oblige by duty; to bind.

gecræft. Comp. handiroork. ] 1. Manual hand; as, hand-barrow, hand-bell, hand

We list not to handfast ourselves to God Almighty. occupation; work performed by the hand.

to make ourselves over to him by present deed of loom, hand-saw, &c. Anciently, when pre

2. A man who obtains his living by manual gift; but would fain, forsooth, bequeath ourselves to fixed to names of animals, it signified tame him a legacy in our last will and testament,

labour; one skilled in some mechanical art. or pet; as, a hand-wolf, a tame wolf.

Abp. Sancroft. [Rare.)
Though I am tame, and bred up with my wrongs,
Handfast (hand'fast), v.i. To live together

The nurseries of children of ordinary gentlemen Which are my foster-brothers, I may leap,

a year and a day in conditional marriage. and handicrafts are managed in the same manner. Like a hand-wolf, into my natural wildness,

Swift.
Handfastlyt (hand'fast-li), adv. By means
And do an outrage.

Beax & FI.
of handfasting; in a solemnly-pledged man-

Handicraft (hand’i-kraft), a. Belonging to Hand-ball (hand'bal), n. A game with a

ner.
Holinshed.

a trade that requires art and manual labour, ball.

Hand-fetter (hand'fet-tėr), n.

A fetter for Handicraftsman (hand'i-krafts-man), n. A Handbarrow (hand'ba-ro), n. A kind of the hand; a manacle.

man skilled or employed in manual occupalitter or stretcher, sometimes flat, some- Hand-fish (hand'fish), n. See CHEIRONEC

tion; an artisan; a manufacturer. times trough-shaped, with handles at each

Handicuff (hand'i-kuf), n. Same as HandyTES. end, carried between two persons. Hand-footed (hand'fyt-ed), a. Having feet

cuff Handbasket (hand'bas-ket), n. A small or formed like human hands; chiropodous.

Handily (hand'i-li), adv. In a handy manner.

The state or portable basket.

Handful (hand’ful), n. pl. Handfuls (hando- Handiness (hand'i-nes), n. Handbell (hand'bel), n. A small bell rung fylz). 1. As much as the hand will grasp

quality of being handy. by the hand, as opposed to one with bell- or contain.--2. As much as the arms will Ungraceful attitudes and actions, and a certain ropes; a table-bell.

left-handiness (if I may use that word) loudly pro

embrace.-3. A palm; four inches. Hand-bill (handbil), n. An instrument for

claim low education, and low company. Chesterfield.

Broke his thigh bone about an handful above the pruning trees.

knee,

Clarendon. Hand-in-hand (hand'in-hand), adv. With Hand-bull (handbil), n. A loose printed 4. A small quantity or number; as, a hand

hand joined in hand; hence, with concert paper or sheet to be circulated for the pur- ful of men.-5. As much as can be done; Handiwork (hand’i-werk), n. (A. Sax. hand

of action; in cordial union. pose of making some public announcement.

full employment. Handblow (hand'blo), n. A blow or stroke

geweorc, from hand, the hand, and geweorc with the hand.

Being in possession of the town, they had their landful to defend themselves from firing. Raleigh.

=weorc, work. Comp. handicraft.) Work Hand-book (handbyk), n. A small book or

done by the hands; hence, any work. treatise such as may be easily held in the The phrase now used is to have the hands

Handkerchert (hand'ker-cher), n. Handhand; a manual or compendium ; a guide- Áand-gallop (hand'gal-lup), n. A slow and full.

kerchief. 'He showed me your handkerbook for travellers.

cher.' Shak. Hand-brace (handbrās), n. A boring-tool,

easy gallop, in which the hand presses the Handkerchief (handker-chef), n. (Hand consisting of a cranked spindle, at one end bridle to hinder increase of speed.

and kerchief. See KERCHIEF.) 1. A piece of which a broad head or breastplate is

Ovid, with all his sweetness, has as little variety of

of cloth, usually silk, linen, or cotton, carattached by a swivel, so that it may remain

numbers and sound as he: he is always upon a hand-
gallop, and his verse runs upon carpet ground.

ried about the person for the purpose of stationary while the crank is turned, the

Dryden. wiping the face or hands as occasion requires. other end having a socket into which a drill | Hand-gear (hand'gēr), n. In a steam-engine,

2. À neckcloth; a neckerchief. can be fixed. Weale.

the mechanism used for working the valves Hand-languaget (hand'lang-gwaj), n. The Hand-breadth (handbredth), n. by hand; the starting-gear.

art of conversing by the hands; certain equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm. Hand-glass (hand'glas), 1.. In hort. a glass

movements of the hands or fingers by which Ex, xxv. 25. used for placing over, protecting, and for

ideas are conveyed, employed chiefly by or The Eastern people determined their hand-breadth warding plants.

in conversing with mutes. See DEAFNESS. by the breadth of barleycorns, six making a digit, Hand-grenade (hand'gren-ād), n.

Handle (han'dl), v.t. pret. & pp. handled ; and twenty-four a hand's breadth. Arbuthnot.

ade to be thrown by the hand. See GREN- ppr. handling. (A. Sax. handlian, to handle, Hand-car (handkär), n. A hand cart or ADE.

a kind of freq. from hand. Comp. manage, carriage. (United States.)

Handgripe (hand'grīp), n. A gripe or seiz- from L. manus, the hand.] 1. To touch; to Hand-cart (hand'kärt), n. A cart drawn or ure and pressure with the hand.

feel with the hand; to bring the hand or pushed by hand.

Handgritht (hand'grith), n. (A. Sax. hand- hands in frequent contact with. Hand-cloth (hand'kloth), n. A handkerchief. grith-hand, hand, and grith, peace.). In The bodies we daily handle

hinder the apHand-craft (hand'kraft), 12. Same as Han- law, peace or protection granted by the king proach of the parts of our hands that press them.

Locke. dicraft.

under his own hand. Hand-craftsman (hand'krafts-man), n. A Hand-guide (hand'gid), n. Same as Hand

The hardness of the winters (in Flanders) forces

the breeders there to house and handle their colts handicraftsman. Swift. director

six months every year.

Temple. Handcuff (hand kuf), n. [A. Sax, handcops Hand-gun (hand'gun), n. A gun wielded

2. To manage; to ply; to wield. - hand, the hand, cosp, cops, a fetter.) A by the hand.

That fellow handies a bow like a crow-keeper. manacle or fastening for the hand, consist- Hand-hole (hand'hol), n. In steam-boilers,

Shak. ing of an iron ring round the wrist, usually a small hole in the bottom of a water space,

3. To treat; to deal with, as a person or a

A space

A gren

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topic; to use well or ill; to discourse on; to motive engine, the railing along the sides 2. Naut. steadily and carefully; leisurely; discuss; as, the author handled the subject to protect persons when passing to the front. as, to lower handsomely. with address.

Hand-ruff (hand'ruf), n. The original term Handsomeness (hand'sum-nes), n. 1. The How wert thou handled! Shak. for the ruffle.

condition or quality of being handsome. You shall see how I will handle her. Srak. Hand-sail (hand'sāl), n. A sail managed Persons of the fairer sex like that handsomeness I did in the beginning separate divine testimonie by the hand.

for which they find themselves to be the most liked. from human; which method I have pursued, and so The seamen will neither stand to their hand sails,

Boyle. handled them both apart.

Басок.
nor suffer the pilot to steer.

Temple.

2. † Favour; approval. Handle (han'di), n. [A. Sax. handel, from Hand-sale (hand'sāl), n. A sale made or

He will not look with any handsomeness hand ) 1. That part of a thing which is in. confirmed by mutual shaking of hands.

Upon a woman.

Beau. & FI. tended to be grasped by the hand in using Handsaw (hand'sa), n. A saw to be used Handspike (hand'spik), n. A bar, commonly or moving the thing, as the haft of a sword, with the hand. In the proverb, not to

of wood, used with the hand as a lever for the bail of a kettle, the knob of a door, the know a hawk from a handsaw,' denoting various purposes, as in raising weights, lug on a trunk, &c.-2. That of which use is great ignorance, handsaw is a corruption of

heaving about a windlass, &c. made; the instrument of effecting a purhernshaw or heronshaw, the heron (which

Handstaff (hand'staf), n. pl. Handstaves pose: said of a person or thing. see)

(hand'stāvz). A javelin. Ezek. xxxix. 9. They overturned him in all his interests by the Hand-screen (hand'skrēn), n. A screen re

Handstroke (hand' strok), n. A blow or sure but fatal handle of his own good nature. South. sembling a fan, used by ladies for keeping

stroke given by the hand. -To give a handle, to furnish an occasion. off the heat of the fire, too glaring light, &c.

Handtight (hand' tit), a. Naut. tight as - A handle to one's name, a title. (Colloq.] Handscrew (hand'skrū), n. An engine for

may be made by the hand; moderately tight. Handle (han'dl), v.i. To use the hands; to raising heavy timbers or weights; a jack.

Handtimbert (hand'tim-ber), n. Under

wood. feel with the hands; to work or act by means Hand-seax (hand'sēks), n. (A. Sax.] The

Anglo-Saxon dagger, or short sword. of the hands.

Hand-tree (hand'trē), n. Same as Hand

plant. They have hands, but they handle not.

Ps. CXY. 7.

Handsel, Hansel (hand'sel, han'sel), n.
[From hand, and root of sell, sale. Comp.

Handvice (hand'vis), n. A small portable
Handleable (han'dl-a-bl), a. That may be
A. Sax. hand-selen, hand-syllan, to give into

vice that may be held in the hand while it handled. Sherwood.

is used. Hand-lead (handled), n.

one's hands, or to give the hand, from hand,
Naut. the lead
and selan, sellan, syllan, to give, to sell;

Hand-waled (hand' wāld), a. Waled or which is used for sounding in rivers, harIcel. handsal (from hand, and sal, sale),

picked out with the hand; carefully selected. bours, or shoal-water, and which is much

defined by Vigfusson as 'the transference (Scotch.) smaller than the deep-sea lead. See LEAD. Handler (han'dl-ér), n.

of a right, bargain, duty to another by shak- Hand-weapon (hand'we-pon), n. A weapon

One who handles. Handless (handles), a. ing hands;' Dan. handsel, hansel, earnest. ]

to be wielded by the hand. Num. xxxv. 18. 1. Without a hand

A colloquial or familiar term much used Hand-wheel (hand'whel), n. A small flyor hands. -2. [Scotch.) Awkward. Hand-line (handlin), n.

wheel, having usually a handle inserted in A small line used

both in England and Scotland to signify a
gift; a New-year's gift; an earnest, or ear-

the rim of it, to serve the purpose of a crank in fishing from boats at sea. Handling (han'dl-ing), n.

in a machine which is worked by hand. 1. A touching or

nest penny; a sale, gift, or delivery, or a
using, which is regarded as the first of a

Handwhilet (hand' whil), n. A short in using by the hand; a treating in discussion;

terval dealing; action.-2. In painting, manage

series; the first money received in the mornment of the pencil.

ing for the sale of goods; the first money Conscience every handwhile thou doste cry. that a merchant receives in a shop newly

Heywood'. Handloom (hand'lom), n. A weaver's loom

Having worked by the hand, as distinguished from

opened; the first present sent to a young Hand-winged (hand' wingd), a. a power-loom. woman on her wedding-day, &c.

hands developed into something resembling Hand-made (hand'mād), a.

wings; cheiropterous: said of bats. Manufactured

The apostles term it the pledge of our inheritance,

and the hansel or earnest of that which is to come. Handwork (hand'werk), n. Work done by by the hand and not by a machine; as, hand

Hooker. the hands. made paper.

Handsel, Hansel (hand'sel, han'sel), v.t. Handmaid, Handmaiden (hand'mād, hand

Handworked, Handwroughț(hand'werkt, To give a handsel to; to use or do for the hand'rat), a. Made with the hands. măd-n), n. A maid that waits at hand; a first time.

Hand-worm (hand'wèrm), n. A species of female servant or attendant.

In tinorous deer he hansels his young paws,

Acarus. Hand-makingt (handmāk-ing), n. The act And leaves the rugged bear for firmer claws, Handwrite (hand'rit), v.t. To express in of pilfering; theft. Latimer.

Cowley.

handwriting; to write out; to copy or exHand-mallet (handmal-let), n.

A mallet | Handsel, Hansel (hand'sel, han'sel), a. or wooden hammer with a handle. Used or enjoyed for the first time; newly

press in manuscript. (Rare.] Handmill (hand’mil), n. A mill for grinding Handsel - Monday (hand' sel-mun-dā), ?. acquired or inherited. (Scotch.)

This work ... did not enter on the question of the authorship of the Letters (of Junius), but was

devoted to proving that, whoever was their author, The first Monday of the new year, when it they were handwritten by Sir Philip Francis. was formerly usual in Scotland for servants,

Temple Bar children, and others to ask or receive pre- Ha lwrite (hand'rit), v.i. To perform the sents or handsel.

act of forming characters, letters, &c., as Handshoe (hand'sho), n. [G. handschuh, with a pen; to write.

glove--hand, a hand, and schuh, a shoe.) A Think what an accomplished man he would be, glove. Lemon. [Rare.)

who could read well, haudwrite well, talk well, Handsmootht (hand'smöTH), add. With speak well, and who should have good manners.

Sir A. Helps. dexterity; with skill or readiness; easily;

Handwriting (hand'rit-ing), n. 1. The cast readily. Handmills.

or form of writing peculiar to each hand or If we can but come off well here, we shall carry on the rest handsmooth.

Dr. H. More. person; chirography. -- 2. That which is grain, pepper, coffee, &c., moved by the

written by hand; manuscript. hand, in opposition to one driven by steam,

Handsome (hand'sum), a. (From hand, and water, &c. term, some (which see). Comp. D. hand

Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances.

Col. ii. 14. Hand-organ (hand'or-gan), n. A portable

zaam, tractable, serviceable, mild; G. hand

Handy (hand'i), a. (From hand; comp. Sw. or barrel organ, played by means of a cylinsam, convenient, favourable.] 1. Dexterous;

Goth. and D. handig, handy.) 1. f Performed der set with pins or staples, and turned by handy; ready; convenient.

by the hand. To draw up and come to the hand.

For a thief it is so handsome, as it may seem it was

handy strokes.' Milton. -- 2. Performing Hand-paper (hand'pā-per), n. A particular

first invented for him.

Spenser.

with skill and readiness; skilled to use the sort of paper well known in the Record Office,

That they (engines of war) be both easy to be car

hands with ease in performance; dexterous; ried and handsome to be moved and turned about. and so called from its water-mark (AT" *),

Sir T. Move. ready; adroit; skilful. which goes back to the fifteenth century. 2. Possessing a form agreeable to the eye or She stript the stalks of all their leaves; the best Brewer. to correct taste; endowed with a certain She cull'd, and them with handy care she drest.

Dryden. Hand-plant (hand'plant), n. (Hand and share of beauty along with dignity; having plant, from the appearance of the stamens. ] symmetry of parts; well formed; as, a hand

3. Ready to the hand; near; suited to the The Cheirostemon platanoides, a singular

use of the hand; convenient; as, my books some woman or man; she has a handsome Mexican tree of the order Sterculiaceæ, that person or face; a handsome building.

are very handy. produces a flower, the stamens of which are

The strike-block is a plane shorter than the jointer, O, what a world of vile ill-favour'd faults

and is more handy than the long jointer. Moxon. so arranged as to present an appearance Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year! somewhat like that of the human hand. See

Shak. Handy-billy (hand'i-bil-li), n. Naut. a CHEIROSTEMON.

3. Graceful in manner; marked with pro- small jigger purchase, used particularly in Hand-press (hand'pres), n. A press worked

priety and ease; becoming; appropriate; as, tops or the holds, for assisting in hoisting by the hand, in opposition to one moved by a handsome style or composition.

when weak-handed. steam-power, &c.

Easiness and handsome address in writing is Handyblow (hand'i-bló), n. A blow or Hand-pump (hand'pump), n. In locomotive

hardest to be attained by persons bred in a meaner stroke with the hand.
way.

Felton. engines, the pump placed by the side of the

Both parties now were drawn so close fire-box, worked by a hand-lever when the 4. Ample; large; as, a handsome fortune.

Buller.

Almost to come to handyblows. engine has to stand with steam up. This

He at last accumulated a handsome sum of money.

Handycuff (hand'i kuf), n. A blow or cuff

Knox. pump has now been superseded by injectors,

with the hand. Written also Handicuff. &c., driven by the machinery of the loco5. Characterized by or expressive of liber

A play motive.

ality or generosity; as, a handsome present; Handy-dandy (hand'i-dan-di), n.
a handsome action.

among children in which something is Hand-rackle (hand'rak-1), a. Rash in strikHandsomet (hand' sum), v.t. To render

shaken between two hands, and then a guess ing; hasty. [Scotch.)

is made as to which hand it is retained in. handsome; to render neat or beautiful. Handrail, Handrailing. (hand'rāl, handDonne.

See how yond justice rails upon yond simple thief! räl'ing), n. A rail or railing to hold by; as, Handsomely (hand'sum-li), adv. 1. In a

Hark in thine ear, change places, and handy-dandy, (a) in a stair a rail raised upon slender posts,

Shak.

Which is the justice, which is the thief? handsome manner. called balusters, to prevent persons falling

Handy-fight t (hand'i-fit), n. A fight with

When the kind nymph, changing her faultless shape, down the well-hole, as also to assist them Becomes unhandsome, handsomely to 'scape.

the fists; a boxing-match; a hand-to-hand in ascending and descending. (b) In a loco

Waller fight.

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Castor his horse, Pollux loves handy.fights.

How wretched

Hanging-bracket(hang'ing-brak-et), n. See B. Youson. Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours !

HANGER

Shak. Handygripe (hand'i-grip), n. A gripe or

(e) Naut. to hold fast without belaying; to

Hanging-buttress (hang'ing-but-tres), n. seizure and pressure with the hand; close

In arch. a buttress not pull forcibly. (f) To regard with passionfighting ate admiration; as, the audience hung upon

standing solid on a foundThe mastiffs, charging home, To blows and handygripes were come.

ation, but supported on Hudibras. the speaker's words.

a corbel. It is applied What though I be not so in grace as you, Handystroke (hand'i-strok), n. A blow or So hung upon with love, so fortunate. Shak.

chiefly as a decoration stroke given by the hand.

Hanging-garden (hangHandywork. Same as Handiwork. -To hang out, to lodge or reside. [Colloq.]

ing-går-dn), n. A garden Hane (hān), v. t. Same as Hain. -To hang over, to project at the top. A

formed in terraces rising Hang (hang), v.t. pret. & pp. hung or hanged wall is said to hang over when the top pro

one above the other. The (the latter is obsolete except in sense 2); jects beyond the bottom.---To hang together,

hanging-gardens of Bappr. hanging: [A. Sax, mangan, hỏn, for (a) to be closely united; to cling.

bylon were anciently hahan, pret. heng, pp. hangen, to hang up, In the common cause we are all of a piece; we

reckoned among the to suspend (the n is inserted, as in go, gang);

kang together.

Dryden.

wonders of the world. A. Sax. also hangian, to hang or be sus(6) To be self-consistent; as, the story does

They were five in nompended; 0.H. G. hahan, G. hängen, Dan. not hang together.---To hang to, to adhere

ber, and occupied each hænge, Icel. hanga, Goth. hahan, to sus- closely; to cling.-To hang in doubt, to be

an area of 4 acres, and pend, to hang 1. To suspend; to fasten to in suspense or in a state of uncertainty.

the summit was 300 feet some elevated point without support from Thy life shall hang in doubt before thee.

above the base, so that below: often used with up; as, to hang a

Deut. xxviii, 66.

the whole presented the coat on a hook; to hang up a sign. -2. To Hang (hang), n. 1. A slope or declivity:

appearance of a great put to death by suspending by the neck. amount of slope or declivity; as, the hang

pyramid. They were sup* Suppose he should have hung himself.' B. of a road; hence, general inclination, bent,

plied with water by a Jonson. • Was hung by martial law.' or tendency; as, the hang of a discourse.

reservoir at the summit, Southey. 'Hung brave Sir Hugh.' W. Morris. 2. The mode in which one thing is connected

which afforded the means 3. To fasten in a manner which will allow with another, or in which one part of a

of irrigation and supplied of free motion upon the point or points of thing is connected with another part; as,

the fountains. Groves, suspension: said of a door, a gate, and the the hang of a scythe. — 3. A bit; the least bit.

avenues, and parterres of like.-4. To cover, furnish, or decorate by [Colloq.)

flowers completed the anything suspended, as pictures, trophies, She looks as well as you by candle-light, but she

beauty of the scene, and drapery, and the like; as, to hang an apart

can't ride a hang.
Macmillan's Mag.

banquetting rooms were ment with curtains or with pictures. Hang-bird (hang berd), n. In America, a

distributed through the Hung be the heavens with black. Shak. name familiarly given to the Baltimore

terraces. And hung thy holy roofs with savage spoils. oriole, from the peculiar construction of its Hanging-buttress. Hanging-guard (hangDryden. nest.

ing-gärd), n. Milit a 5. To cause or suffer to assume a drooping Hangby (hangbi), n. A dependant: so defensive position with the broadsword. attitude; as, to hang the head. 'Cowslips called in contempt; a hanger-on.

Hanging-holder (hangʻing-hõld-ér), n. One wan that hang the pensive head.' Milton.

Enter none but the ladies and their hangbies;

employed to hold up hangings; an- usher. To hang down, to let fall below the proper Welcome beauties and your kind shadow

Beau. & FI. position; to bend down; to decline; as, to

B. Jonson.

Hanging-pear (hang'ing-pār), n. A species hang down the head. - To hang fire, to be Hang-choice (hang'chois), n. The position

of pear which ripens about the end of Sepslow in discharging or communicating fire of a person who is under the necessity of

tember. through the vent to the charge: said of a choosing one of two evils. (Scotch.]

Hanging-side (hang'ing-sid), n. In mining, gun; hence, to hesitate or be slow in acting; I hope St. Patrick sung better than Blattergowl's the overhanging side of an inclined or had to exhibit want of promptitude.--To hang precentor, or it would be hang-choice between the

ing vein. out, (a) to suspend in open view; to display;

poet and the precentor.

Sir W. Scott.

Hanging-sleeve (hang'ing-slēv), n. 1. A strip to exhibit to notice; as, to hang out false Hang-dog (hang'dog), n. A base and de- of the same stuff with the gown, hanging colours. (6) To hang abroad; to suspend in graded character, fit only to be the hang- down the back from the shoulders.-2. A the open air. -To hang up, (a) to suspend; man of dogs. Congreve.

loose sleeve. to place on something fixed on high. (b) To Hang-dog (hang'dog), a. Of or pertaining Hanging-valve (hang'ing-valv), n. A spekeep or suffer to remain undecided; as, to to a hang-dog; having a low, degraded, or cies of valve common in rotatory steamhang up a question in debate.

blackguard-like appearance; as, a hang-dog engines and pumps, so named from its posiHang (hang), v... 1. To be suspended; to look; a hang-dog countenance.

tion when open. be sustained wholly or partly by something Hanger (hang'er), n. 1. One who hangs or Hangman (hang'man), n. 1. One who hangs above; to dangle; to depend; to be sup- causes to be hanged.

another; a public executioner; hence, as ported with free motion on the point or

He (Sir Miles Fleetwood) was a very severe hanger

such persons were often low characters, points of suspension; as, his coat was hang- of highwaymen.

Aubrey. sometimes a term of reproach, without reing on a peg; the door hangs well; to hang 2. That which hangs or is suspended; speci- ference to office. -2.1 A jocular term of enon the neck of a person.

fically, (a) a short broad sword, incurvated at dearment or familiarity. Hang not on my garments. Shak. the point, which was suspended from the He hath twice or thrice cut Cupid's bowstring, and 2. To bend forward or downward; to lean girdle. (b) A hanging or sloping wood or

the little hangman dare not shoot.

Shak. or incline. grove.

Hangmanship (hang'man-ship), i.

The His neck obliquely o'er his shoulder hung. Pope.

A considerable part of

office or character of a hangman. 3. To be supported by something raised the great woody hanger at

Hangnail (hang'nāl), 12. [. Sax. angnægl, Hawkley was torn from its above the ground; as, a hanging garden on place, leaving a high free.

an agnail, a whitlow-ange, trouble, pain, the top of a house. —4. Fig. to be attached stone cliff naked and bare.

and nægl, a nail.) A small piece of the to or connected with in various ways; as,

Gilbert White.

epidermis detached so as to tear the in(a) to have origin; to proceed; to arise. 3. That from which any

tegument at the root of the finger nails. Where curt speech and soft persuasion kung. thing is hung or sus

Hangnest (hang'nest), n. 1. A nest that Prior. pended; as, (a) the

hangs from something, as the branch of a (6) To cling to or remain with one, as habits. girdle or belt from

tree, like a bag or pocket. -2. A bird that I felt the prejudices of my education

.. still
which the sword was

constructs such a nest, as the Baltimore hanging about me. Junius. suspended at the side. Hanger or Hanging.

oriole or red-bird; a hang-bird. (c) To have a basis of certain grounds or (b) In mach, a part that bracket.

Hang-net (hang'net), n. A net with a large considerations; as, this question hangs on suspends a journal-box

mesh. a single point.–5. To hover; to impend; as,

in which shafting, &c., runs. Called also Hangwite (hang'wit), n. [A. Sax. hangan, many dangers hang over the country. Hanging-bracket.

to hang, and wite, a mulct or fine.] In old Sundry blessings hang about his throne. Skak.

Hanger-on (hang'er-on), n. pl. Hangers-on English law, a liberty granted to a person 6. To be delayed; to be kept back. Her

(hang'érz-on). 1. One who hangs on or sticks whereby, on paying a certain fine, he is quit accents hung.' Dryden.

to a person, a place, society, &c.; a parasite; of a felon or thief hanged without judgment

a dependant; one who adheres to others' or trial, or escaped out of custody. A noble stroke he lifted high, Which hung not.

society longer than he is wanted.-2. In Hank (hangk), n. (Comp. Dan. hank, a

Milton. 7. To linger; to lounge; to loiter.

mining, a person employed at the bottom of handle, a hook, a clasp; Sw. hank, a band;

the shaft in fixing the skip or bucket to the Icel, hanki, a hasp or clasp, a pulley; hönd, I hung with grooms and porters on the bridge. chain.

a hank or coil, hangr, a coil, a difficulty Tennyson, 8. To incline; to have a steep declivity; as,

Hanging (hang'ing), p. and a. 1. Forebod - Probably from hang) 1. A parcel consisthanging grounds. -9. To be put to death ing death by the halter.

ing of two or more skeins of yarn or thread What a hanging face!

Dryden. by suspension from the neck.

tied together.-2. A tie; a hold.
Sir Balaam hangs.

Pope.
2. Requiring or deserving punishment by

For if you side for love or money,
the halter.

With crowns that have so oft undone ye, -To hang back, to recede; to go reluctantly

The dev'l will get a hank upon ye. forward. To hang on or upon, (a) to adhere It's a hanging matter to touch a penny's worth of

Hudioras Redivivus. them.

Sala to, often as something troublesome and

3. Naut. a ring of wood, rope, or iron fixed unwelcome; to weigh upon; to drag.

Hanging (hang'ing), n. 1. Death by suspen- to a stay to confine the stay-sails: used in A cheerful temper dissipates the apprehensions

sion. -2. What is hung up to drape a room, the place of a grommet.-4. A withy or rope which hang on the timorous.

Addison. as tapestry, paper, or the like, hung or fas- for fastening a gate. (Local.)Hank for hank Life hangs upon me and becomes a burden. tened by way of ornament against the walls: (naut.), a phrase applied to two ships which Addison. used chiefly in the plural.

tack and make a progress together; as, the (6) To adhere obstinately; to be importun- No purple hangings clothe the palace walls. Vulture and Mercury turned up the river ate. (c) To rest; to reside; to continue; as,

Dryden. hank for hank, without being able to get to sleep hung on his eyelids. Shak. (d) To be 3. Display; exhibition: with out. The hang- windward of each other. dependent on ing out of false colours.' Addison.

Hank (hangk), v.t. 1. To form into hanks.

[graphic]

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man.

2. To compress tightly by means of a rope Hap (hap), v.i. To happen; to befall; to tous elegance; unstudied grace. • Certain or cord; to draw tightly; to fasten. [Pro- come by chance.

graces and happinesses peculiar to every vincial English and Scotch.)

Oftimes it haps that sorrowes of the mynd

language.' Hanker (hang'ker), v. i. (Allied to D. hun- Find remedie unsought.

Spenser.

For there's a happiness as well as care. Pope. keren, to desire earnestly, to long after; Hap (hap), v. i. To hop. [Scotch.]

-- llappiness, Felicity, Blessedness. Happiprobably to hunger also.] 1. To long for Hap (hap), v.t. [Probably from A. Sax.

ness, the generic word, is expressive of with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to heapian, to heap up.) To cover in order to

nearly every kind of pleasure, except that have a vehement desire of something, ac- conceal; to cover in order to defend from

of our mere animal nature; felicity is not companied with uneasiness: usually followed cold or from rain or snow; to screen. [Old only a more formal word for happiness, but by after. English and Scotch.)

also involves a substantial ground for the The wife is an old coquette, that is always hanker.

Addison.

He should not be the better hapt or covered from ing after the diversions of the town.

feeling; blessedness denotes a state of the cold.

Robinson,

most refined happiness arising from the 2. To linger with expectation.

Hap, Happin (hap, hap'in), n. A cloak or purest social, benevolent, and religious It cannot but be very dangerous for you to hanker plaid; a covering. (Old English and Scotch.] affections. hereabouts.

Stokes (1659).
Hapalidæ (hap-al'i-dē), n. pl. A family of

Ah! whither now are fled Hankering (hang'kėr-ing), n.

A keen ap-
South American platyrhine monkeys, found

Those dreams of greatness ? those unsolid hopes petite that causes uneasiness till it is grati- chiefly in Brazil. The marmoset, sahoni,

Of happiness.

Thomson. fied; vehement desire to possess or enjoy. and ouistiti are the popular and native

Mind immortal is power and felicity. Is. Taylor. The republic that fell under the subjection of the names for these animals.

True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a duke of Florence, still retains many hankering s after Hap-harlot (hap'hår-lot), n. (O. E. hap, a

happy death.

Murray. its ancient liberty.

Addison.

covering, and harlot, a male servant.j' Ä | Happit (hap'pit), pp. Covered for warmth Hankeringly (hang'kér-ing-li), adv. In a coarge rough coverlet; a rug.

or security; also, hopped. [Scotch.) hankering manner; longingly.

Hap-hazard (hap-ha'zerd), n. (Hap, and Happy (hap'pi), a. [From hap (which see). ] Hankey - pankey (hang' ke-pang'ke), n.

hazard (which see).] Chance; accident. 1. Being in the enjoyment of agreeable sen[Comp. hocus pocus.) Jugglery; trickery.

We take our principles at hap.hazard on trust.

sations from the possession of good; enjoyHankie (hang kl), v.t. [Dim. and freq. from

Locke. ing good of any kind, peace, tranquillity, hank.] To twist; to entangle.

Hapless (hap'les), a. Without hap or luck; and comfort; contented in mind; delighted; Han-bin (han'lin), n (Chinese.) The na- luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; satisfied.-2. In circumstances or condition tional or imperial college of China, from as, hapless youth; hapless maid.

favourable to such enjoyment; prosperous; the members of which the emperor's minis- | Haplessly (hap'les-li), adv. In a hapless fortunate; successful; secure of good. ters are generally chosen. manner.

Happy is that people whose God is the Lord. Hanoverian (han-o-vē'ri-an), n. A native Haplessness (hapʻles-nes), n.

The state of

Ps. cxliv. 15. or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover. being hapless.

Chemists have been more happy in finding experiHanoverian (han-o-vē'ri-an), a. Pertaining Haplolæneæ (ha-plo-lē'ně-ē), 1. pl. [Gr.

ments, than the causes of them.

Boyle. to Hanover,

haploos, single, and lainos, stoned, from laas, 3. Well suited for a purpose or occasion; Hans (hanz), n. A nickname for a Dutcha stone.) A tribe of frondose liverworts

well devised; felicitous; apt; as, a happy (Hepaticæ), of the division Jungermanni- thought; a happy expedient; a happy exHans, after filling the pockets of his ... hose with

aceæ, characterized by a one-leaved in- pression; a happy reply.-4. That supplies our money by assuming the character of a native,

volucre without any true perianth, a spheri- pleasure; that furnishes enjoyment; that would, as soon as a pressgang appeared, lay claim to the privileges of an alien.

Macaulay.

cal capsule, and dichotomous ribbed fronds. brings or is attended with good fortune, Hansard (han'särd), n.

luck, or pleasure; agreeable; as, a happy [See HANSE.) A

This tribe comprises some of the finest of
the frondose liverworts.

condition; in happier times. Ports and merchant of one of the Hanse towns. Hansard (han'särd), n. The name given to Haply (hapʻli), adv. By hap, accident, or happy havens.' Shak.-5. Dexterous; ready;

chance; perhaps; it may be.

able. the British parliamentary records and debates, from their being printed and pub

Lest kaply ye be found to fight against God.

One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels Acts v. 39. in a rejoinder.

Swift. lished by the Messrs. Ilansard.

Hap'orth (hap'erth), n. (Contr. of half- 6. Living in concord; enjoying the pleasures Hanse (hans), n. [G. hanse, hansa, league.]

penny-worth.) As much as a halfpenny will of friendship; as, a happy family.—7. ProA league; a confederacy.

buy; hence, a very small quantity. (Colloq.) Hanse (hans), a. Hanseatic; as, Hanse

pitious; favourable; as, a happy omen. towns. -Hanse towns, certain commercial Happe, n. Hap; chance. Chaucer.

Therefore, for goodness' sake and as you're known cities in Germany which associated for the Happen (hap'n), v.i. Happe,tv.i. To happen. Chaucer.

The first and happiest hearers of the town, [From hap; comp. Be sad as we would make you,

Shak. protection of commerce as early as the

W. hapiaw, to happen, to have luck. See 8. Indicative or expressive of happiness. twelfth century. To this confederacy acceded certain commercial cities in Holland,

HAP.] To chance; to be or be brought about The air was full of happy sounds; overhead the

unexpectedly or by chance; to take place; skylarks sang in jocund rivalry; . the bees made England, France, Spain, and Italy, until

to occur; as, I happened to be there; this the heather and the thyme musical as they few from they amounted to seventy-two, and for cen

flower to flower.

Cornhill Mag. turies the confederacy commanded the

happens often. respect and defied the power of kings. There shall no evil happen to the just. Prov. xii. 21.

-Happy family, an assemblage of animals Lübeck, Hamburg, and Bremen, the three

They talked together of all those things which had

of diverse habits and propensities living happened

Luke xxiv. 14.

amicably, or at least quietly, together in one free cities of Germany, are still often spoken of as the Hanse towns.

- To happen in or into, to enter casually; to

cage. - Happy go lucky, taking things as they Hanseatic (han-sé-at'ik), a. Pertaining to

make a chance call at. (Colloq.)--To happen

come; easy-going. -Happy man be his dole, the Hanse towns or to their confederacy. on, to meet with; to fall or light upon.

an ancient proverbial expression implying

may his dole or lot in life be that of a happy Hansel (han'sel), n. See HANDSEL.

I have happened on some other accounts relating

Graurt.

man! to mortalities. Hansel (han'sel), v.t. See HANDSEL.

Let every man beg his own way, and happy man Hanselines, n. The loose breeches worn Happen, Happens (hap'n, hap'nz), adv.

be his dole!

Bean. Fl. during the fifteenth century.

Possibly; perhaps. [Provincial.] Hansom, Hansom-cab (han'sum, han'sum- Happer (hap'er), n. A mill-hopper. [Scotch.) Happy (hapʻpi), v.t. To make happy. Shak.

Makkab), n. A two-wheeled hackney carriage or Happert (hap'er), v.i. To skip about; to Happy-making (hap'pi-māk-ing), a.

hop. cabriolet used in the cities and large towns

ing happy. of Britain, and named after the inventor. It

Those shameless companions, which attribute unto

Hapshackle (hap'shak-I), v.t. Same as Hamthemselves the name of the company of Jesus; which

shackle (which see). holds two persons besides the driver, who

are, within these forty years, crawled out of the bol Haquebut (hak'but), n. [Fr. haquebute.) A sits on an elevated seat behind the body of tomless pit, to happer and swarm throughout the hand-gun; an arquebuse. the carriage, the reins being brought over world.

Harmar. the top

Haqueton (hak’ē-ton), n. Same as HacqueHappify (happi-fi), t.t. To make happy. ton. Ha'nt (hänt). A vulgar contraction of have [Rare. )

Har- (här). [A. Sax. here, G. heer, an not or has not; as, I ha'nt, he ha'nt, we Happily (hap'pi-li), ado. (See HAPPY.] 1. By

army.) A syllable occurring as a prefix in ha'nt. good fortune; fortunately; luckily; with

person and place names, and signifying an Hantle (han't), n. (Dan. antal, G. anzahl, success.

army; thus, Harold signifies the leader of a number, a multitude, with aspirate pre- Preferr'd by conquest, happily o'erthrown. Waller. fixed.) A considerable number; a great

an army; Harman, G. Hermann, man of an 2. In a happy manner, state, or circum- army; Hereford, ford of an army. It takes many; a great deal. (Scotch.) Hanuman (han'y-man), n. (Skr., lit. hav

stances; as, he lived happily with his wife. various forms, as hare, her, here, &c.

3. With address or dexterity; gracefully; in Haram (há'ram), n. Same as Harem, ing a jaw, because he was cast to the ground a manner to insure success.

Harangue (ha-rang'), n. (Fr.; Pr. arengua, by Indra and had his jaw broken.] The

Formed by thy converse happily to steer

It. aringa, a harangue, aringo, a place where name of a fabulous monkey, the friend of

From grave to gay, from lively to severe.

harangues are made, from 0.H.G. hring, a Vishnu, much referred to in the second or classical age of Hindu mythology. Also, 4. By chance; peradventure; haply.

circle, a ring.) 1. A speech addressed to a the name of a monkey in India to which One thing more I shall wish you to desire of them,

large public assembly; a loud address to a worship is paid, noted for its fondness for who happily may peruse these two treatises.

multitude; a popular oration; a public ad

Sir K. Dighy. dress.—2. A bombastic or pompous address rice.

Syn. Fortunately, luckily, successfully, pros- to one or a few persons; a tirade or declaHap (hap), n. [Icel. happ, good fortune,

perously, contentedly, dexterously, felicit- mation.-Speech, Harangue, Oration. See luck; comp. A. Sax. hæpp, suitable, conously, gracefully

under SPEECH. yenient; D. happen, to snatch at; W. hap, Happiness (hap'pi-nes), n. (From happy.] Harangue (ha-rang), v.i. pret. & pr. hahab, chance, fortune. Happy, mishap, per: 1. The state of being happy; the agreeable rangued; ppr. haranguing. To make an haps, and happen are derivatives.] That

sensations which spring from the enjoyment address or speech to a large assembly; to which takes place or comes suddenly or of good; that state of a being in which his make a bombastic or pretentious speech, unexpectedly; also, the manner of occur

desires are gratified by the enjoyment of Harangue (ha-rang), v. t. To address by a rence or taking place; chance; fortune; pleasure without pain; felicity. accident; casual event; vicissitude.

harangue; as, the general harangued the

Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable troops. Whether art it was or heedless hap. Spenser

Johnson. Haranguer (ha-rang'er), n. One who haOsten had she seen The tragick end of many a bloody fray;

2. Good luck; good fortune; as, I have the rangues or is fond of haranguing; a noisy Her life had full of haps and hazards been. Fairfax. happiness to find you at home.-3. Fortui- declaimer.

Pope.

consciousness.

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We are not to think every clamorous haranguer, Harbourer (hår' bér-ér), n. 1. One who surd)f, k,p, s, t, and the sound of th in thin, or every splenetic repiner against a court, is therefore

entertains or shelters. -2. One whose duty Berkeley.

which are all capable of being pronounced a patriot.

it was to trace a hart or hind to its covert. without any voice sound, as distinguished Harass (ha'ras), v.t. (Fr. harasser. Origin Harbour-gasket (har bėr-gas-ket),n. Naut. from the consonants v, g (in get), b, 2, d, and uncertain, probably connected with Fr.

one of a series of broad, but short and well- the sound of th in thine, which are incapable harier, to harry, vex, molest. Comp. hare,

blacked gaskets, placed at equal distances of being so pronounced; and (6) to the v.t.) To weary, fatigue, or tire with bodily

on the yard of a ship, for showing off a well- sound of c in corn and g in get, as distinlabour; to weary with importunity, care, or furled sail in port. perplexity; to perplex; to annoy by repeated Harbourless (härber-les ), a.

guished from the sound of the same letters

Without a in city and gin.-16. Heavy; slow. attacks; to waste or desolate; as, to harass

harbour; destitute of shelter or a lodging. If the interim be but a se'nnight, time's pace is so an army by a long march; to harass an Harbour-light (här bėr-lit), n. A light or hard that it seems the length of seven year.

Shak. enemy by constant assaults; to be harassed

lighthouse to guide ships in entering a har- 17. Possessing the characteristic of not being by continued anxieties. bour.

suitable for washing with: a term applied to Nature oppress'd and harass'd out with care. Harbour-log (härber-log), n. Naut. that certain kinds of water. Water has this cha

Addison.

part of the log-book which belongs to the racteristic from holding salts of lime or A multitude of tyrants, which have for a long while

Hammond. harassed and wasted the soul.

period during which a ship is in port. magnesia in solution, which decompose com

Harbour-master (här bér-mas-ter), n. An SYN. To weary, jade, tire, perplex, distress,

mon soap and form an insoluble stearite of officer who has charge of the mooring of lime or magnesia. - Hard cash, gold or silver tease, vex, molest, trouble, disturb.

ships, and executes the regulations respect- coin. (Colloq. )- Arduous, Dificult, Hard. Harass (ha'ras), n. Waste; disturbance; dising harbours.

See under ARDUOUS. tress; devastation. (Rare.)

Harbour-reach (här bėr-rēch), n. Naut, the Hard (hård), adv. 1. Close; near; as in the The men of Judah to prevent

reach or stretch of a winding river which phrase hard by. (In this phrase the word The harass of their land, beset me round, Milton, leads direct to a harbour.

has a sense analogous to that of It. presso, Harasser (ha'ras-ér), n. One who harasses Harbour-watch (har'bėr-woch), n. Naut. Fr. près, from L. pressus, pressed close.) or teases; à spoiler. a division or subdivision of the watch kept

Indeed, my lord, it followed hard upon. Skak. Harassment (ha'ras-ment), n. The act of on night-duty, when the ship rides at single harassing or state of being harassed; vexa- anchor, to meet any emergency.

2. With urgency; vehemently; vigorously: tion. Harbrought (härbro), n. (An older form

energetically; as, to work hard for a living; Harberoust (härbér-us), a. Same as Har- of harbour.) An inn; a lodging. Usually

to run hard; to hold hard. borous. Tyndale. written Harborough.

And pray'd so hard for mercy from the prince,

Dryden. Harbinger (här'bin-jer), n. (O.E. harbegier,

Leave me those hills where harbrough nis to see, harbesher, &c., one who provides harbourage

The wolves scampered away as hard as they could Nor holly bush, nor brere, nor winding ditch.

drive.

L'Estrange. or lodging, a harbinger; for the insertion

Spenser.

3. With difficulty. of the n compare messenger, passenger. See Hard (hård), n. 1. A ford or passage across

Solid bodies foreshow rain, as boxes and pegs of HARBOUR.) 1. One who provides lodging; a river. The term is chiefly used in the

wood when they draw and wind hard. Bacon. specifically, an officer of the king's house- fenny districts.-2. A kind of pier or landinghold who rides a day's journey before the place for boats on a river. Marryatt.

4. Uneasily; vexatiously. court when travelling, to provide lodgings Hard (härd), a. [A. Sax. heard; comp. Goth.

When a man's servant shall play the cur with him,

Shak. and other accommodations.

look you it goes hard, hardus, Icel, hardr, Dan. haard, Ñ, hard, Bishop Ken's house , .. was marked by the har. G. hart. Cog. Gr. kratos, kartos, strength.]

5. So as to raise difficulties. binger for the use of Mrs. Eleanor Gwyn. Hawkins. 1. Firm; solid; compact; not easily pene

The question is hard set. Sir T. Browne. 2. A forerunner; a precursor; that which trated or separated into parts; not yielding 6. Violently; with great force; as, the wind precedes and gives notice of the expected to pressure: applied to material bodies, and

blows hard, or it blows hard; it rains hard. arrival of something else Vice like virtue's opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; 7. Heavily; slowly. harbinger.' Shak. a hard apple. -2. Difficult to the under

He (Time) trots hard with a young maid, between I'll be myself the harbinger, and make joyful

standing; not easy to the intellect; as, a the contract of her marriage and the day it is solemThe hearing of my wife with your approach. Shak. hard problem; a hard cause.

nized.

Shak. Harbinger (här bin-jér), v.t. To precede by In which are some things hard to be understood. -To die hard, to die, as it were, reluctantly,

2 Pet. iii. 16. a harbinger; to presage or determine, as a

and after a struggle for life; to die unreharbinger.

3. Difficult of accomplishment; not easy to pentant

be done or executed; laborious; fatiguing; One majority often harbingers another.

He (Lord Ranelagh) died hard, as their terin of Remarks on State of Parties, 1809.

as, a hard way; hard work or labour; hard art is here, to express the woful state of men who disduty; hard service; a hard task; a disease cover no religion at their death.

Swift. Harborought (härbur-ro), n. A harbour or

hard to cure. lodging. Spenser.

-Hard up, hard run, colloquial expressions Harborous,t Harbouroust (här ber-us), a.

Is anything too hard for the Lord? Gen. xviii. 14. signifying in want of money; needy; without Affording harbour or shelter; hospitable. 4. Difficult to endure; oppressive; rigorous;

resources: followed by for, hard up signifies Harbour (här'bėr), n. [O.E. harborrow, har- severe; cruel; distressing; painful; as, hard ill provided with, or having difficulty in getbroughe, &c., lodging, protection; A. Sax. bondage; a hard case; it is hard to punish

ting anything; as, hard up for amusement, here-berga, a military station, a lodging- a man for speculative opinions.

at a loss how to find amusement.--Hard all, house-here, an army, and beorgan, bergan, There are none who suffer more under the griev.

a sporting expression used chiefly in boating, to shelter or protect; comp. G. herberge, ances of a hard government than the subjects of signifying that the greatest exertions are shelter, house of entertainment, which has

little principalities.

Addison. made or are to be made by all engaged. given origin to It. albergo, Fr. auberge, an 5. Unfeeling; insensible; not easily moved Pulling hard all' from Sandford to Iffley, and inn.) 1. A lodging; a place of entertainment by pity; not susceptible of kindness, mercy,

then again from Iffley over the regular course.

Maonillar's Mag. and rest; an asylum; a shelter; a refuge. or other tender affections; harsh; severe;

-In hard condition, an expression used in For harbour at a thousand doors they knocked. obdurate; exacting; as, a hard heart.

horse-racing signifying in very good condiDryden. They will take her, they will make her hard,

tion 2. A port or haven for ships. Harbours are And she will pass me by in after-life

With some cold reverence worse than were she dead. (The horses) are both in hard condition, so it can often formed artificially, either wholly or

Tennyson.
come off in ten days.

Lawrence. partially, by the building of moles, break6. Severe; harsh; abusive; unkind; unfay

-Naut, hard is often used by seamen to add waters, piers, and sometimes by large float- ourable. ing masses of timber, which rise and fall

emphasis to other words of command, and Have you given him any hard words of late? Shak. to indicate that the order is to be executed with the tide. 3. In glass-making, a techni.

As thou lov'st me, do him not that wrong.. cal name for a chest 6 or 7 feet long, which

with energy or despatch. When the order

To bear a hard opinion of his truth. Shak. holds the mixed ingredients previous to

is one for turning the helm, as in hard a-lee! being put into the pot for fusion.

7. Severe; pinching with cold; rigorous; hard a-weather! hard a-port! hard up! &c., Harbour (här'ber), v.t. 1. To shelter; to

tempestuous; as, a hard winter.-8. Power- the meaning is that the helm is to be turned protect; to secure; to secrete; as, to harbour

ful; forcible; urging; pressing close on. as much as possible in the proper direction. a thief. 'Any place that harbours men.' The stag was too hard for the horse. L'Estrange.

Hard-bake (härdbák), n. A kind of sweetShak.-2. To entertain; to cherish; to in

The disputant was too hard for his antagonist. meat of boiled brown sugar or treacle with

Anon. dulge; as, to harbour malice or revenge.

blanched almonds, and flavoured with the 9. Austere; rough; acid; sour; as, the cider is -Foster, Cherish, Harbour, Indulge. See

juice of lemons, oranges, or the like; a spehard.-10. Harsh; stiff; forced; constrained; cies of toffee. under CHERISH.

unnatural. Harbour (härbér), v.i. To lodge or abide

The commodities chiefly exposed for sale in the

Others • make the figures harder than the public streets are marine stores, hand-bake, apples, for a time; to receive entertainment; to take marble itself.

Dryden. Hat-fish, and oysters.

Dickons. shelter.

His diction is hard, his figures too bold. Dryden. | Hard-beam (härd'bēm), n. A plant; hornThis night let's harbour here in York. Shak.

In painting, a picture is said to be hard beam (Carpinus Betulus). See CARPINUS. Harbouraget (här bér-āj), n. Shelter; en- when the lights and shades are too strongly Hard-believing (härd'bê-lēv-ing), a. Diffitertainment; lodgment: both literally and marked, and too close to each other.--11. At- cult to persuade; incredulous. Shak. figuratively

tended with poverty or dearth; not pros Hard-billed (härd'bild), a. Having a hard Where can I get me harbourage for the night? perous; distressing; as, last three years have bill or beak: said of birds. Tennyson. been very hard.

Hardbound (härd'bound), a. Costive; fast How could a dream so vain find harbourage

There are bonfires decreed; and if the times had or tight; stiff and slow in action. In thy fantastic brain ?

7. Baillie.

not been hard, my billet should have burnt too. Just writes to make his barrenness appear, Harbour-dues (här bėr-dūz), n. pl. Certain

Dryden, And strains from hardbound brains eight lines a charges to which a ship or its cargo is sub12. Avaricious; difficult in making bargains; year.

Pope. jected for the use of a harbour, moorings, close; of a griping, sordid disposition. Hard-drinker (härd'dringk-ér), n. One who &c.

I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping

drinks to excess. Harboured (hårbérd), pp. Entertained;

where thou hast not sown.

Mat. XXV. 24.

Harde,+ v.t. To make hard; to harden. sheltered.-Harboured or lodged, in her, a 13. Rough; of coarse features; as, a hard Chaucer. term peculiar to the stag, hart, &c., when face or countenance.---14. Coarse; unpalat- Hard-earned (härd'érnd), a. Earned with lying down. It is sometimes termed Couch- able or scanty; as, hard fare.-15. In gram, toil and difficulty. Hard-earned bread. ant.

applied (a) to the consonants (also called Burkce.

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