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  • English Word Haggling Definition of Haggle
  • English Word Hagiarchy Definition A sacred government; by holy orders of men.
  • English Word Hagiocracy Definition Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.
  • English Word Hagiographa Definition The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets. It comprises Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
  • English Word Hagiographa Definition The lives of the saints.
  • English Word Hagiographal Definition Pertaining to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings.
  • English Word Hagiographer Definition One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints.
  • English Word Hagiography Definition Same Hagiographa.
  • English Word Hagiolatry Definition The invocation or worship of saints.
  • English Word Hagiologist Definition One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
  • English Word Hagiology Definition The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints.
  • English Word Hagioscope Definition An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint.
  • English Word Hagseed Definition The offspring of a hag.
  • English Word Hagship Definition The state or title of a hag.
  • English Word Haguebut Definition See Hagbut.
  • English Word Hah Definition Same as Ha.
  • English Word Haidingerite Definition A mineral consisting of the arseniate of lime; -- so named in honor of W. Haidinger, of Vienna.
  • English Word Haiduck Definition Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts.
  • English Word Haik Definition A large piece of woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment.
  • English Word Haikal Definition The central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary of a Coptic church. It contains the high altar, and is usually closed by an embroidered curtain.
  • English Word Hail Definition To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York.
  • English Word Hail Definition A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call.
  • English Word Hail Definition An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.
  • English Word Hail Definition To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from.
  • English Word Hail Definition To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.
  • English Word Hail Definition To name; to designate; to call.
  • English Word Hail Definition Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones.
  • English Word Hail Definition To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.
  • English Word Hail Definition Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).
  • English Word Hail Definition To pour forcibly down, as hail.