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- English Word Herling Definition Alt. of Hirling
- English Word Herma Definition See Hermes, 2.
- English Word Hermae Definition of Herma
- English Word Hermaphrodeity Definition Hermaphrodism.
- English Word Hermaphrodism Definition See Hermaphroditism.
- English Word Hermaphrodite Definition An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths.
- English Word Hermaphrodite Definition Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower.
- English Word Hermaphroditic Definition Alt. of Hermaphroditical
- English Word Hermaphroditical Definition Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; characterized by hermaphroditism.
- English Word Hermaphroditism Definition The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.
- English Word Hermeneutic Definition Alt. of Hermeneutical
- English Word Hermeneutical Definition Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase.
- English Word Hermeneutically Definition According to the principles of interpretation; as, a verse of Scripture was examined hermeneutically.
- English Word Hermeneutics Definition The science of interpretation and explanation; exegesis; esp., that branch of theology which defines the laws whereby the meaning of the Scriptures is to be ascertained.
- English Word Hermes Definition See Mercury.
- English Word Hermes Definition Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under Terminal.
- English Word Hermetic Definition Alt. of Hermetical
- English Word Hermetical Definition Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; as, hermetic philosophy. Hence: Alchemical; chemic.
- English Word Hermetical Definition Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes of diseases and the operations of medicine on the principles of the hermetic philosophy, and which made much use, as a remedy, of an alkali and an acid; as, hermetic medicine.
- English Word Hermetical Definition Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape; as, an hermetic seal. See Note under Hermetically.
- English Word Hermetically Definition In an hermetical manner; chemically.
- English Word Hermetically Definition By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure.
- English Word Hermit Definition A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.
- English Word Hermit Definition A beadsman; one bound to pray for another.
- English Word Hermitage Definition The habitation of a hermit; a secluded residence.
- English Word Hermitage Definition A celebrated French wine, both white and red, of the Department of Drome.
- English Word Hermitary Definition A cell annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit.
- English Word Hermitess Definition A female hermit.
- English Word Hermitical Definition Pertaining to, or suited for, a hermit.
- English Word Hermodactyl Definition A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic.