Halwe
(Hal"we) n. [OE., fr. AS. halga. See Holy.] A saint. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Halyard
(Hal"yard) n. [Hale, v. t. + yard.] (Naut.) A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards,
sails, flags, etc. [Written also halliard, haulyard.]
Halysites
(||Hal`y*si"tes) n. [NL., fr. Gr. "a`lysis a chain.] (Paleon.) A genus of Silurian fossil corals; the
chain corals. See Chain coral, under Chain.
Ham
(Ham) n. Home. [North of Eng.] Chaucer.
Ham
(Ham) n. [AS. ham; akin to D. ham, dial. G. hamme, OHG. hamma. Perh. named from the
bend at the ham, and akin to E. chamber. Cf. Gammon ham.]
1. (Anat.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
2. The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking.
A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams.
Shak. Hamadryad
(Ham"a*dry`ad) n.; pl. E. Hamadryads (- adz), L. Hamadryades (- dri"a*dez). [L. Hamadryas, -
adis, Gr. "Amadrya`s; "a`ma together + dry^s oak, tree: cf. F. hamadryade. See Same, and Tree.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which
had been her abode.
2. (Zoöl.) A large venomous East Indian snake allied to the cobras.
Hamadryas
(||Ha*ma"dry*as) n. [L., a hamadryad. See Hamadryad.] (Zoöl.) The sacred baboon of
Egypt (Cynocephalus Hamadryas).
Hamamelis
(Ham`a*me"lis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. "amamhli`s a kind of medlar or service tree; "a`ma at the
same time + mh^lon an apple, any tree fruit.] (Bot.) A genus of plants which includes the witch-hazel
(Hamamelis Virginica), a preparation of which is used medicinally.
Hamate
(Ha"mate) a. [L. hamatus, fr. hamus hook.] Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.
Hamated
(Ha"ma*ted) a. Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate. Swift.
Hamatum
(||Ha*ma"tum) n. [NL., fr. L. hamatus hooked.] (Anat.) See Unciform.
Hamble
(Ham"ble) v. t. [OE. hamelen to mutilate, AS. hamelian; akin to OHG. hamalon to mutilate,
hamal mutilated, ham mutilated, Icel. hamla to mutilate. Cf.Hamper to fetter.] To hamstring. [Obs.]
Hamburg
(Ham"burg) n. A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe.
Black Hamburg grape. See under Black. — Hamburg edging, a kind of embroidered work done
by machinery on cambric or muslin; — used for trimming. — Hamburg lake, a purplish crimson pigment
resembling cochineal.
Hame
(Hame) n. Home. [Scot. & O. Eng.]
Hame
(Hame), n. [Scot. haims, hammys, hems, OE. ham; cf. D. haam.] One of the two curved
pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are
fitted upon the collar, or have pads fitting the horse's neck attached to them.
Hamel
(Ham"el) v. t. [Obs.] Same as Hamble.
