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- English Word Hibernianism Definition An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.
- English Word Hibernicism Definition Alt. of Hibernianism
- English Word Hiberno-Celtic Definition The native language of the Irish; that branch of the Celtic languages spoken by the natives of Ireland. Also adj.
- English Word Hibiscus Definition A genus of plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees), some species of which have large, showy flowers. Some species are cultivated in India for their fiber, which is used as a substitute for hemp. See Althea, Hollyhock, and Manoe.
- English Word Hiccius doctius Definition A juggler.
- English Word Hiccough Definition A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough.
- English Word Hiccough Definition To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.
- English Word Hiccoughed Definition of Hiccough
- English Word Hiccoughing Definition of Hiccough
- English Word Hickory Definition An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter.
- English Word Hicksite Definition A member or follower of the "liberal" party, headed by Elias Hicks, which, because of a change of views respecting the divinity of Christ and the Atonement, seceded from the conservative portion of the Society of Friends in the United States, in 1827.
- English Word Hickup Definition See Hiccough.
- English Word Hickwall Definition Alt. of Hickway
- English Word Hickway Definition The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe.
- English Word Hid Definition imp. & p. p. of Hide. See Hidden.
- English Word Hid Definition of Hide
- English Word Hid Definition of Hide
- English Word Hidage Definition A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land.
- English Word Hidalgo Definition A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class.
- English Word Hidden Definition from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious.
- English Word Hidden Definition of Hide
- English Word Hiddenite Definition An emerald-green variety of spodumene found in North Carolina; lithia emerald, -- used as a gem.
- English Word Hiddenly Definition In a hidden manner.
- English Word Hide Definition To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
- English Word Hide Definition To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
- English Word Hide Definition To remove from danger; to shelter.
- English Word Hide Definition To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.
- English Word Hide Definition An abode or dwelling.
- English Word Hide Definition A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres.
- English Word Hide Definition The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.