Hæmoglobin
(Hæm`o*glo"bin), n. Same as Hemoglobin.
Hæmoglobinometer
(Hæm`o*glo`bin*om"e*ter) (- om"e*ter), n. [Hæmoglobin + -meter.] Same as Hemochromometer.
Hæmolutein
(Hæm`o*lu"te*in) n. [Hæmo- + corpus luteum.] (Physiol.) See Hematoidin.
Hæmomanometer
(Hæm`o*ma*nom"e*ter) (- ma*nom"e*ter), n. [Hæmo- + manometer.] Same as Hemadynamometer.
Hæmometer
(Hæ*mom"e*ter) n. [Hæmo- + -meter.] (Physiol.) Same as Hemadynamometer.
Hæmony
(Hæ"mo*ny) n. [L. Hæmonia a name of Thessaly, the land of magic.] A plant described by Milton
as "of sovereign use against all enchantments."
Hæmoplastic
(Hæm`o*plas"tic), a. Same as Hæmatoplastic.
Hæmorrhoidal
(Hæm"or*rhoid"al), a. Same as Hemorrhoidal.
Hæmoscope
(Hæm"o*scope) (hem"o*skop or he"mo-), n. [Hæmo- + - scope.] (Physiol.) An instrument devised
by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination.
Hæmostatic
(Hæm`o*stat"ic) a. Same as Hemostatic.
Hæmotachometer
(Hæm`o*ta*chom"e*ter) (- ta*kom"e*ter), n. Same as Hæmatachometer.
Hæmotachometry
(Hæm`o*ta*chom"e*try) n. Same as Hæmatachometry.
Haf
(Haf) imp. of Heave. Hove. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Haffle
(Haf"fle) v. i. [Cf. G. haften to cling, stick to, Prov. G., to stop, stammer.] To stammer; to speak
unintelligibly; to prevaricate. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Haft
(Haft) n. [AS. hæft; akin to D. & G. heft, Icel. hepti, and to E. heave, or have. Cf. Heft.]
1. A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; —
said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt.
This brandish'd dagger
I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast.
Dryden. 2. A dwelling. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Haft
(Haft), v. t. To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
Hafter
(Haft"er) n. [Cf. G. haften to cling or stick to, and E. haffle.] A caviler; a wrangler. [Obs.] Baret.
Hag
(Hag) n. [OE. hagge, hegge, witch, hag, AS. hægtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D.
heks, Dan. hex, Sw. häxa. The first part of the word is prob. the same as E. haw, hedge, and the
orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild woman. &radic12.]
1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.] "[Silenus] that old hag." Golding.
2. An ugly old woman.Dryden.
3. A fury; a she-monster. Crashaw.
4. (Zoöl.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial
appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotreta. Called also hagfish,
borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken.