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Hand

HAND, noun [Latin hendo, in prehendo.]

1. In man, the extremity of the arm, consisting of the palm and fingers, connected with the arm at the wrist; the part with which we hold and use any instrument.

2. In falconry, the foot of a hawk; and in the manege, the fore-foot of a horse.

3. A measure of four inches; a palm applied chiefly to horses; as a horse 14 hands high.

4. Side; part; right or left; as on the one hand or the other. This is admitted on all hands, that is, on all sides, or by all parties.

5. Act; deed; performance; external action; that is, the effect for the cause, the hand being the instrument of action.

Thou sawest the contradiction between my heart and hand

6. Power of performance; skill.

A friend of mine has a very fine hand on the violin.

He had a mind to try his hand at a Spectator.

7. Power of making or producing.

An intelligent being coming out of the hands of infinite perfection.

8. Manner of acting or performance; as, he changed his hand

9. Agency; part in performing or executing. Punish every man who had a hand in the mischief. We see the hand of God in this event.

10. Conveyance; agency in transmitting.

11. Possession; power. The estate is in the hands of the owner. The papers are in my hands.

12. The cards held at a game; hence, a game.

13. That which performs the office of the hand or of a finger in pointing; as the hand of a clock; the hour hand and the minute hand

14. A person; an agent; a man employed in agency or service. The mason employs twenty hands.

15. Form of writing; style of penmanship; as a good hand; a bad hand; a fine hand

16. Agency; service; ministry. Exodus 4:2. Leviticus 8:23.

17. In Scripture, the hand of God, is his eternal purpose and executive power. Acts 4:28.

18. The providential bounty of God. Psalms 104:28.

19. The power of God exerted in judgments or mercies, in punishing or defending. Judges 2:15. Psalms 32:4.

20. The spirit of God; divine influence. 1 Kings 18:9.

21. The favor of God, or his support. Nehemiah 2:8. Luke 1:1.

At hand near; either present and within reach, or not far distant.

Your husband is at hand I hear his trumpet.

1. Near in time; not distant.

The day of Christ is at hand 2 Thessalonians 2:2.

By hand with the hands, in distinction from the instrumentality of tools, engines or animals; as, to weed a garden by hand; to lift, draw or carry by hand

In hand present payment; in respect to the receiver.

Receiving in hand one year's tribute.

1. In a state of execution. I have a great work in hand

At my hand at his hand etc., denote from the person or being.

Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? Job 2:5.

Of hand in present possession; as, he has a supply of goods on hand

1. Under one's care or management.

Jupiter had a farm on his hands.

Off hand without delay, hesitation or difficulty; immediately; dexterously; without previous preparation.

Out of hand ready payment; with regard to the payer.

Let not the wages of any man tarry with thee; but give it him out of hand

To his hand to my hand etc., in readiness; already prepared; ready to be received.

The work is made to his hands.

Under his hand under her hand etc., with the proper writing or signature of the name.

This deed is executed under the hand and seal of the owner.

HAND over head, negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does. [Little used.]

HAND over hand by passing the hands alternately one before or above another, as to climb hand over hand; also, rapidly, as to come up with a chase hand over hand; ; used by seamen.

HAND to hand in close union; close fight.

But from hand to hand is from one person to another.

HAND in hand in union; conjointly; unitedly.

To join hand in hand is to unite efforts and act in concert.

HAND in hand fit; pat; suitable.

HAND to mouth. To live from hand to mouth, is to obtain food and other necessaries, as want requires, without making previous provision, or having an abundant previous supply.

To bear in hand to keep in expectation; to elude. [Not used.]

To bear a hand to hasten; a seaman's phrase.

To be hand and glove, to be intimate and familiar, as friends or associates.

To set the hand to, to engage in; to undertake.

That the Lord thy God may bless thee, in all thou

settest thine hand to. Dest.23.

To take in hand to attempt; to undertake. Luke 1:1. Also, to seize and deal with.

To have a hand in, to be concerned in; to have a part or concern in doing; to have an agency in.

To put the last hand or finishing hand to, to complete; to perfect; to make the last corrections, or give the final polish.

To change hands, to change sides; to shift.

HAND, in the sense of rate, price, terms, conditions, as used by Bacon, Taylor, etc., is obsolete; as, 'to buy at a dear hand; ' 'accept the mystery, but at no hand wrest it by pride or ignorance.' So in the sense of advantage, gain, superiority, as used by Hayward; and in that of competition, content, as used by Shakespeare.

To get hand to gain influence, is obsolete.

A heavy hand severity or oppression.

A light hand gentleness; moderation.

A strict hand severe discipline; rigorous government.

HANDs off, a vulgar phrase for keep off, forbear.

pour water on the hands, in the phraseology of the Scriptures, is to serve or minister to. 2 Kings 3:10.

To wash the hands, to profess in innocence. Matthew 27:29.

To kiss the hand imports adoration. Job 31:21.

To lean on the hand imports familiarity. 2 Kings 5:11.

To strike hands, to make a contract, or to become surety for another's debt or good behavior. Proverbs 17:16.

Putting the hand under the thigh, was an ancient ceremony used in swearing.

To give the hand is to make a covenant with one, or to unite with him in design. 2 Ki 10.

The stretching out of the hand denotes an exertion of power. But,

The stretching out of the hand to God, imports earnest prayer or solemn dedication of one's self to him. Psa 68, and 143.

The lifting of the hand was used in affirmation and swearing, and in prayer imported a solemn wishing of blessings from God. Genesis 14:15. Leviticus 1:4.

To lift the hand against a superior, to rebel. 2 Samuel 20:9.

To put forth the hand against one, to kill him. 1 Samuel 24:4.

To put one's hand to a neighbor's goods, to steal them. Exodus 22:4.

To lay hands on in anger, to assault or seize, or to smite. Exo 24. Isaiah 11:8.

To lay the hand on the mouth, imports silence. Job 40.

The laying on of hands, was also a ceremony used in consecrating one to office. Numbers 27:18. 1 Timothy 4:14.

It was also used in blessing persons. Mark 10:37.

Hiding the hand in the bosom, denotes idleness; inactivity; sluggishness. Proverbs 19:24.

The clapping of hands, denotes joy and rejoicing. But in some instances, contempt or derision, or joy at the calamities of others. Psa 47. Ezekiel 25:7.

A station at the right hand is honorable, and denotes favor, approbation or honor. A station on the left hand is less honorable. Matthew 20:21.

's standing at the right hand of men, imports his regard for them, and his readiness to defend and assist them. Psa 16.

Satan's standing at the right hand of men, imports his readiness to accuse them, or to hinder or torment them. Zechariah 3:1.

Clean hands, denotes innocence and a blameless and holy life. Psa 24.

A slack hand denotes idleness; carelessness; sloth. Prov 10.

The right hand denotes power; strength. Exo 15.

HAND, verb transitive To give or transmit with the hand

HAND me a book.

1. To lead, guide and lift with the hand; to conduct.

2. To manage; as, I hand my oar.

3. To seize; to lay hands on. [Not used.]

4. In seamanship, to furl; to wrap or roll a sail close to the yard, stay or mast, and fasten it with gaskets.

To hand down, to transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor. Fables are handed down from age to age.

Hand-Grenade

HAND-GRENA'DE, noun A grenade to be thrown by the hand.

Handball

HAND'BALL, noun An ancient game with a ball.

Handbarrow

HAND'BARROW, noun A barrow or vehicle borne by the hands of men, and without a wheel.

Handbasket

HAND'BASKET, noun A small or portable basket.

Handbell

HAND'BELL, noun A small bell rung by the hand; a table bell.

Handbreadth

HAND'BREADTH, noun A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm. Exodus 25:1.

Handcloth

HAND'CLOTH, noun A handkerchief.

Handcraft

HAND'CR'AFT, noun Work performed by the hands; usually written handicraft.

Handcuff

HAND'CUFF, noun A manacle, consisting of iron rings for the wrists, and a connecting chain to confine the hands.

HAND'CUFF, verb transitive To manacle; to confine the hands with handcuffs.

Handed

HAND'ED, participle passive Given or transmitted by the hands; conducted; furled.

HAND'ED, adjective With hands joined.

1. In composition, as right-handed, most dextrous or strong with the right hand; having the right hand most able and ready.

Left-handed, having the left hand most strong and convenient for principal use.

Hander

HAND'ER, noun One who hands or transmits; a conveyer in succession.

Handfast

HAND'F'AST, noun Hold; custody; power of confining or keeping.

HAND'F'AST, adjective Fast by contract; firm.

HAND'F'AST, verb transitive To pledge; to betroth; to bind; to join solemnly by the hand.

Handfasting

HAND'F'ASTING, noun A kind of betrothing, or marriage contract.

HAND'-FETTER, noun A fetter for the hand; a manacle.

Handful

HAND'FUL, noun As much as the hand will grasp or contain.

1. As much as the arms will embrace.

2. A palm; four inches.

3. A small quantity or number. A handful of men.

4. As much as can be done; full employment.

In America, the phrase is, he has his hands full.

Handgallop

HAND'GALLOP, noun A slow and easy gallop, in which the hand presses the bridle to hinder increase of speed.

Handglass

HAND'GL'ASS, noun In gardening, a glass used for placing over, protecting and forwarding various plants, in winter.

Handgun

HAND'GUN, noun A gun to be used by the hand.

Handicraft

HAND'ICR'AFT, noun Manual occupation; work performed by the hand.

1. A man who obtains his living by manual labor; one skilled in some mechanical art.

Handicraftsman

HAND'ICR'AFTSMAN, noun A man skilled or employed in manual occupation; a manufacturer.

Handily

HAND'ILY, adverb [See Handy.] With dexterity or skill; dexterously; adroitly.

1. With ease or convenience.

Handiness

HAND'INESS, noun The ease of performance derived from practice; dexterity; adroitness.

Handiwork

HAND'IWORK, noun [for hand-work.] Work of the hands; product of manual labor; manufacture.

1. Work performed by power and wisdom. Psalms 19:1.

Handkerchief

HAND'KERCHIEF, noun [hand and kerchief. See Kerchief.]

1. A piece of cloth, usually silk or linen, carried about the person for the purpose of cleaning the face or hands, as occasion requires.

2. A piece of cloth to be worn about the neck, and sometimes called a neckerchief.

Handlanguage

HAND'LANGUAGE, noun The art of conversing by the hands. [Not in use.]

Handle

HAND'LE, verb transitive [Latin manus.]

1. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

The bodies we daily handle--hinder the approach of the part of our hands that press them.

2. To manage; to use; to wield.

That fellow handles a bow like a crow-keeper.

3. To make familiar by frequent touching.

The breeders in Flanders--handle their colts six months every year.

4. To treat; to discourse on; to discuss; to use or manage in writing or speaking. The author handled the subject with address. The speaker handled the arguments to the best advantage.

5. To use; to deal with; to practice.

They that handle the law knew me not. Jeremiah 2:8.

6. To treat; to use well or ill.

How wert thou handled?

7. To manage; to practice on; to transact with.

You shall see how I will handle her.

HAND'LE, noun [Latin ansa.]

1. That part of a vessel or instrument which is held in the hand when used, as the haft of a sword, the bail of a kettle, etc.

2. That of which use is made; the instrument of effecting a purpose.

Handlead

HAND'LEAD, noun A lead for sounding.

Handled

HAND'LED, participle passive Touched; treated; managed.

Handless

HAND'LESS, adjective Without a hand.

Handling

HAND'LING, participle present tense Touching; feeling; treating; managing.

Handmaid

HAND'MAID

HAND'MAIDEN, noun A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.

Handmill

HAND'MILL, noun A mill moved by the hand.

Handsails

HAND'SAILS, noun Sails managed by the hand.

Handsaw

HAND'SAW, noun A saw to be used with the hand.

Handscrew

HAND'SCREW, noun An engine for raising heavy timbers or weights; a jack.

Handsel

HAND'SEL, noun

1. The first act of using any thing; the first sale.

2. An earnest; money for the first sale. [Little used.]

HAND'SEL, verb transitive To use or do any thing the first time.

Handsome

HAND'SOME, adjective

1. Properly, dexterous; ready; convenient.

For a thief it is so handsome as it may seem it was first invented for him.

This sense is either from the original meaning of hand, or from the use of the hand, or rather of the right hand. In this sense the word is still used. We say of a well fought combat and victory, it is a handsome affair, an affair well performed, done with dexterity or skill. [See Handy.]

2. Moderately beautiful, as the person or other thing; well made; having symmetry of parts; well formed. It expresses less than beautiful or elegant; as a handsome woman or man; she has a handsome person or face. So we say, a handsome house; a handsome type.

3. Graceful in manner; marked with propriety and ease; as a handsome address.

4. Ample; large; as handsome fortune.

5. Neat; correct; moderately elegant; as a handsome style or composition.

6. Liberal; generous; as a handsome present.

The applications of this word in popular language are various and somewhat indefinite. In general, when applied to things, it imports that the form is agreeable to the eye, or to just taste; and when applied to manner, it conveys the idea of suitableness or propriety with grace.

HAND'SOME, as a verb, to render neat or beautiful, is not an authorized word.

Handsomely

HAND'SOMELY, adverb Dexterously; cleverly; with skill.

1. Gracefully; with propriety and ease.

2. Neatly; with due symmetry or proportions; as, a thing is handsomely made or finished.

3. With a degree of beauty; as a room handsomely furnished or ornamented.

4. Amply; generously; liberally.

She is handsomely endowed.

Handsomeness

HAND'SOMENESS, noun A moderate degree of beauty or elegance; as the handsomeness of the person or of an edifice.

1. Grace; gracefulness; ease and propriety in manner.

Handspike

HAND'SPIKE, noun A wooden bar, used with the hand as a lever, for various purposes, as in raising weights, heaving about a windlass, etc.

Handstaff

HAND'ST'AFF, noun A javelin; plural handstaves. Ezekiel 39:1.

Handvise

HAND'VISE, noun A vise used by hand, or for small work.

Handweapon

HAND'WEAPON, noun Any weapon to be wielded by the hand. Numbers 35:1.

Handwriting

HAND'WRITING, noun The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person.

1. Any writing.

Handy

HAND'Y, adjective

1. Performed by the hand.

They came to handy blows.

2. Dexterous; ready; adroit; skilled to use the hands with ease in performance; applied to persons. He is handy with the saw or the place. Each is handy in his way.

3. Ingenious; performing with skill and readiness.

4. Ready to the hand; near. My books are very handy

5. Convenient; suited to the use of the hand.

6. Near; that may be used without difficulty or going to a distance. We have a spring or pasture that is handy

Handy-Dandy

HAND'Y-DANDY, noun A play in which children change hands and places.

Handyblow

HAND'YBLOW, noun A blow with the hand; an act of hostility.

Handygripe

HAND'YGRIPE, noun Seizure by the hand.

Handystroke

HAND'YSTROKE, noun A blow inflicted by the hand.

Hang

HANG, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive hanged or hung.

1. To suspend; to fasten to some fixed object above, in such a manner as to swing or move; as, to hang a thief. Pharaoh hanged the chief baker. Hence,

2. To put to death by suspending by the neck.

Many men would rebel, rather than be ruined; but they would rather not rebel than be hanged.

3. To place without any solid support or foundation.

He hangeth the earth upon nothing. Job 36:1.

4. To fix in such a manner as to be movable; as, to hang a door or grate on hooks or by butts.

5. To cover or furnish by any thing suspended or fastened to the walls; as, to hang an apartment with curtains or with pictures.

Hung by the heavens with black--

And hung thy holy roofs with savage spoils.

To hang out, to suspend in open view; to display; to exhibit to notice; as, to hang out false colors.

1. To hang abroad; to suspend in the open air.

HANG over, to project or cause to project above.

To hang down, to let fall below the proper situation; to bend down; to decline; as, to hand down the head, and elliptically, to hang the head.

To hang up, to suspend; to place on something fixed on high.

1. To suspend; to keep or suffer to remain undecided; as, to hang up a question in debate.

HANG, verb intransitive To be suspended; to be sustained by something above, so as to swing or be movable below.

1. To dangle; to be loose and flowing below.

2. To bend forward or downward; to lean or incline.

His neck obliquely o'er his shoulder hung.

3. To float; to play.

And fall those sayings from that gentle tongue,

Where civil speech and soft persuasion hung.

4. To be supported by something raised above the ground; as a hanging garden on the top of a house.

5. To depend; to rest on something for support. This question hangs on a single point.

6. To rest on by embracing; to cling to; as, to hang on the neck of a person.

Two infants hanging on her neck.

7. To hover; to impend; with over.

View the dangers that hang over the country.

8. To be delayed; to linger.

A noble stroke he lifted high,

Which hung not.

9. To incline; to have a steep declivity; as hanging grounds.

10. To be executed by the halter.

Sir Balaam hangs.

To hang fire, in the military art, is to be slow in communicating, as fire in the pan of a gun to the charge.

To hang on, to adhere to, often as something troublesome and unwelcome.

A cheerful temper dissipates the apprehensions which hang on the timorous.

1. To adhere obstinately; to be importunate.

2. To rest; to reside; to continue.

3. To be dependent on.

How wretched

Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors!

4. In seamen's language, to hold fast without belaying; to pull forcibly.

To hang in doubt, to be in suspense, or in a state of uncertainty.

Thy life shall hang in doubt before thee. Deuteronomy 28:66.

HANG together, to be closely united; to cling.

In the common cause we are all of a piece; we hang together.

1. To be just united, so as barely to hold together.

To hang on or upon, to drag; to be incommodiously jointed.

Life hangs upon me and becomes a burden.

To hang to, to adhere closely; to cling.

HANG, noun A sharp declivity.

Hangby

HANG'BY, noun A dependent, in contempt.

Hanged

HANG'ED, participle passive Suspended; put to death by being suspended by the neck.

Hanger

HANG'ER, noun That by which a thing is suspended.

1. A short broad sword, incurvated towards the point.

2. One that hangs, or causes to be hanged.

Hanger-On

HANG'ER-ON, noun One who besets another importunately in soliciting favors.

1. A dependant; one who eats and drinks without payment.

Hanging

HANG'ING, participle present tense Suspending to something above.

1. Being suspended; dangling; swinging.

2. Foreboding death by the halter.

What a hanging face!

3. Requiring punishment by the halter; as a hanging matter.

HANG'ING, noun Any kind of drapery hung or fastened to the walls or a room, by way of ornament.

No purple hangings clothe the palace walls.

1. Death by the halter; as hard words or hanging

2. Display; exhibition.

Hanging-Side

HANG'ING-SIDE, noun In mining, the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein.

Hanging-Sleeves

HANG'ING-SLEEVES, noun Strips of the same stuff with the gown, hanging down the back from the shoulders.

Hangman

HANG'MAN, noun One who hangs another; a public executioner; also, a term of reproach.

Hangnest

HANG'NEST, noun The name of certain species of birds, which build nests suspended from the branches of trees, such as the Baltimore oriole or red-bird; also, the nest so suspended.

Hank

HANK, noun

1. A skein of thread; as much thread as is tied together; a tie.

2. In ships. a wooden ring fixed to a stay, to confine the stay-sails; used in the place of a grommet.

3. A rope or withy for fastening a gate.

HANK, verb transitive To form into hanks.

Hanker

HANK'ER, verb intransitive

1. To long for with a keen appetite and uneasiness; in a literal sense; as, to hanker for fruit, or after fruit.

2. To have a vehement desire of something, accompanied with uneasiness; as, to hanker after the diversions of the town.

It is usually followed by after. It is a familiar, but not a low word.

Hankering

HANK'ERING, participle present tense Longing for with keen appetite or ardent desire.

HANK'ERING, noun A keen appetite that causes uneasiness till it is gratified; vehement desire to possess or enjoy.

Hankle

HANK'LE, verb transitive [See Hank.] To twist. [Not in use.]

Hanseatic

HANSEAT'IC, adjective Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy.

Hant

HA'NT, a contraction of have not, or has not; as, I ha'nt, he ha'nt, we ha'nt.

Hanse Towns. Hanse signifies a society; Goth. hansa, a multitude. The Hanse towns in Germany were certain commercial cities which associated for the protection of commerce as early as the twelfth century. To this confederacy acceded certain commercial cities in Holland, England, France, Spain and Italy, until they amounted to seventy two, and for centuries, this confederacy commanded the respect and defied the power of kings. This confederacy at present consists of the cities of Lubeck, Hamburg, and Bremen.

Hap

HAP, noun [Latin capio.]

1. That which comes suddenly or unexpectedly; chance; fortune; accident; casual event. [See Chance and Casual.]

Whether art it was or heedless hap

Curs'd by good haps, and curs'd be they that build

Their hopes on haps.

2. Misfortune. [But this word is obsolete or obsolescent, except in compounds and derivatives.]

HAP, verb intransitive To happen; to befall; to come by chance.

Hap-Hazard

HAP-HAZ'ARD, noun [This is tautological. See Hazard.]

Chance; accident.

We take our principles at hap-hazard on trust.

Hapless

HAP'LESS, adjective Luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as hapless youth; hapless maid.

Haply

HAP'LY, adverb By chance; perhaps; it may be.

Lest haply ye be found to fight against God. Acts 5:39.

1. By accident; casually.

Happen

HAP'PEN, verb intransitive hap'n.

1. To come by chance; to come without one's previous expectation; to fall out.

There shall no evil happen to the just. Proverbs 12:21.

2. To come; to befall.

They talked together of all those things which had happened. Luke 24:14.

3. To light; to fall or come unexpectedly.

I have happened on some other accounts relating to mortalities.

Happily

HAP'PILY, adverb [See Happy.] By good fortune; fortunately; luckily; with success.

Preferr'd by conquest, happily o'erthrown.

1. In a happy state; in a state of felicity.

He lived happily with his consort.

2. With address or dexterity; gracefully; in a manner to ensure success.

Formed by thy converse, happily to steer

From grave to gay, from lively to severe.

3. By chance. [See Haply.]

Happiness

HAP'PINESS, noun [from happy.] The agreeable sensations which spring from the enjoyment of good; that state of a being in which his desires are gratified, by the enjoyment of pleasure without pain; felicity; but happiness usually expresses less than felicity, and felicity less than bliss. happiness is comparative. To a person distressed with pain, relief from that pain affords happiness; in other cases we give the name happiness to positive pleasure or an excitement of agreeable sensations. happiness therefore admits of indefinite degrees of increase in enjoyment, or gratification of desires. Perfect happiness or pleasure unalloyed with pain, is not attainable in this life.

2. Good luck; good fortune.

3. Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace.

For there's a happiness as well as care.

Happy

HAP'PY adjective [from hap.]

1. Lucky; fortunate; successful.

Chimists have been more happy in finding experiments, than the causes of them.

So we say, a happy thought; a happy expedient.

2. Being in the enjoyment of agreeable sensations from the possession of good; enjoying pleasure from the gratification of appetites or desires. The pleasurable sensations derived from the gratification of sensual appetites render a person temporarily happy; but he only can be esteemed really and permanently happy who enjoys peace of mind in the favor of God. To be in any degree happy we must be free from pain both of body and of mind; to be very happy we must be in the enjoyment of lively sensations of pleasure, either of body or mind.

Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed. Genesis 30:13.

He found himself happiest, in communicating happiness to others.

3. Prosperous; having secure possession of good.

Happy is that people whose God is Jehovah. Psalms 144:15.

4. That supplies pleasure; that furnishes enjoyment; agreeable; applied to things; as a happy condition.

5. Dexterous; ready; able.

One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in a rejoinder.

6. Blessed; enjoying the presence and favor of God, in a future life.

7. Harmonious; living in concord; enjoying the pleasures of friendship; as a happy family.

8. Propitious; favorable.

Har

HAR, HARE, HERE, in composition, signify an army, Sax. here, G. heer, D. heir. So Harold is a general of an army; Herwin, a victorious army.

Harangue

HARANGUE, noun harang'. har'ang.

1. A speech addressed to an assembly or an army; a popular oration; a public address. This word seems to imply loudness or declamation, and is therefore appropriated generally to an address made to a popular assembly or to an army, and not to a sermon, or to an argument at the bar of a court, or to a speech in a deliberative council, unless in contempt.

2. Declamation; a noisy, pompous or irregular address.

HARANGUE, verb intransitive harang'. To make an address or speech to a large assembly; to make a noisy speech.

HARANGUE, verb transitive harang'. To address by oration; as, the general harangued the troops.

Haranguer

HARANG'UER, noun harang'er. An orator; one who addresses an assembly or army; a noisy declaimer.

Haranguing

HARANG'UING, participle present tense Declaiming; addressing with noisy eloquence.

Harass

HAR'ASS, verb transitive

1. To weary; to fatigue to excess; to tire with bodily labor; as, to harass an army by a long march.

2. To weary with importunity, care, or perplexity; to tease; to perplex.

Nature oppress'd and harrass'd out with care.

3. To waste or desolate.

HAR'ASS, noun Waste; disturbance; devastation. [Little used.]

Harassed

HAR'ASSED, participle passive Wearied; tired; teased.

Harasser

HAR'ASSER, noun One who harasses or teases; a spoiler.

Harassing

HAR'ASSING, participle present tense Tiring; fatiguing; teasing.

Harbinger

H'ARBINGER, noun [See Harbor. harbinger is properly a person who goes to provide harbor or lodgings for those that follow.]

1. In England, an officer of the king's household who rides a day's journey before the court when traveling, to provide lodgings and other accommodations.

2. A forerunner; a precursor; that which precedes and gives notice of the expected arrival of something else.

Harbor

H'ARBOR, noun

1. A lodging; a place of entertainment and rest.

For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked.

2. A port or haven for ships; a bay or inlet of the sea, in which ships can moor, and be sheltered from the fury of winds and a heavy sea; any navigable water where ships can ride in safety.

3. An asylum; a shelter; a place of safety from storms or danger.

H'ARBOR, verb transitive To shelter; to secure; to secrete; as, to harbor a thief.

1. To entertain; to permit to lodge, rest or reside; as, to harbor malice or revenge.

Harbor not a thought of revenge.

H'ARBOR, verb intransitive To lodge or abide for a time; to receive entertainment.

This night let's harbor here in York.

1. To take shelter.

Harbor-Master

H'ARBOR-M'ASTER, noun An officer who has charge of the mooring of ships, and executes the regulations respecting harbors.

Harborage

H'ARBORAGE, noun Shelter; entertainment. [Not used.]

Harbored

H'ARBORED, participle passive Entertained; sheltered.

Harborer

H'ARBORER, noun One who entertains or shelters another.

Harboring

H'ARBORING, participle present tense Entertaining; sheltering.

Harborless

H'ARBORLESS, adjective Without a harbor; destitute of shelter or a lodging.

Harborough

HAR'BOROUGH, noun A harbor or lodging. [Not in use.]

Harborous

HAR'BOROUS, adjective Hospitable. [Not in use.]

Hard

H'ARD, adjective

1. Firm; solid; compact; not easily penetrated, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple.

2. Difficult; not easy to the intellect.

In which are some things hard to be understood. 2 Peter 3:16.

The hard causes they brought to Moses. Exodus 18:26.

3. Difficult of accomplishment; not easy to be done or executed. A hard task; a disease hard to cure.

Is any thing too hard for the Lord? Genesis 18:14.

4. Full of difficulties or obstacles; not easy to be traveled; as a hard way.

5. Painful; difficult; distressing.

Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. Genesis 35:16.

6. Laborious; fatiguing; attended with difficulty or pain, or both; as hard work or labor; hard duty; hard service.

7. Oppressive; rigorous; severe; cruel; as hard bondage; a hard master. Exodus 1:14. Isaiah 14:3.

8. Unfeeling; insensible; not easily moved by pity; not susceptible of kindness, mercy or other tender affections; as a hard heart.

9. Severe; harsh; rough; abusive.

Have you given him any hard words of late?

10. Unfavorable; unkind; implying blame of another; as hard thoughts.

11. Severe; rigorous; oppressive. The enemy was compelled to submit to hard terms. So we say, a hard bargain; hard conditions.

12. Unreasonable; unjust. It is hard to punish a man for speculative opinions. It is a hard case.

13. Severe; pinching with cold; rigorous; tempestuous; as a hard winter; hard weather.

14. Powerful; forcible; urging; pressing close on.

The stag was too hard for the horse.

The disputant was too hard for his antagonist.

15. Austere; rough; acid; sour; as liquors.

The cider is hard

16. Harsh; stiff; forced; constrained; unnatural.

Others--make the figures harder than the marble itself.

His diction is hard his figures too bold.

17. Not plentiful; not prosperous; pressing; distressing; as hard times, when markets are bad, and money of course scarce.

18. Avaricious; difficult in making bargains; close. Matthew 25:24.

19. Rough; of coarse features; as a hard face or countenance.

20. Austere; severe; rigorous.

21. Rude; unpolished or unintelligible.

A people of hard language. Ezekiel 3:5.

22. Coarse; unpalatable or scanty; as hard fare.

H'ARD, adverb Close; near; as in the phrase, hard by. In this phrase, the word retains its original sense of pressed, or pressing.

[Latin pressus.]

1. With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; laboriously; earnestly; vehemently; importunately; as, to work hard for a living.

And pray'd so hard for mercy from the prince.

2. With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard

3. Uneasily; vexatiously.

4. Closely; so as to raise difficulties.

The question is hard set.

5. Fast; nimbly; rapidly; vehemently; as, to run hard that is, with pressure or urgency.

6. Violently; with great force; tempestuously; as, the wind blows hard or it blows hard

7. With violence; with a copious descent of water; as, it rains hard

8. With force; as, to press hard

Hard-a-lee, in seamen's language, an order to put the helm close to the lee side of the ship, to tack or keep her head to the wind; also, that situation of the helm.

Hard-a-weather, an order to put the helm close to the weather or windward side of the ship; also, that position of the helm.

Hard-a-port, an order to put the helm close to the larboard side of a ship.

Hard-a-starboard, an order to put the helm close to the starboard side of a ship.

Hard-Besetting

HARD-BESET'TING, adjective Closely besetting or besieging.

Hard-Labored

HARD-LA'BORED, adjective Wrought with severe labor; elaborate; studies; as a hard-labored poem.

Hard-Mouthed

H'ARD-MOUTHED, adjective Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as a hard-mouthed horse.

Hardbound

H'ARDBOUND, adjective Costive; fast or tight; as hardbound brains.

Hardearned

H'ARDEARNED, adjective Earned with toil and difficulty.

Harden

H'ARDEN, verb transitive h'ardn. To make hard or more hard; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden iron or steel; to harden clay.

1. To confirm in effrontery; to make impudent; as, to harden the face.

2. To make obstinate, unyielding or refractory; as, to harden the neck. Jeremiah 19:15.

3. To confirm in wickedness, opposition or enmity; to make obdurate.

Why then do ye harden your hearts, as Pharaoh and the Egyptians hardened their hearts? 1 Samuel 6:6.

So God is said to harden the heart, when he withdraws the influences of his spirit from men, and leaves them to pursue their own corrupt inclinations.

4. To make insensible or unfeeling; as, to harden one against impressions of pity or tenderness.

5. To make firm; to endure with constancy.

I would harden myself in sorrow. Job 6:10.

6. To inure; to render firm or less liable to injury, by exposure or use; as, to harden to a climate or to labor.

H'ARDEN, verb intransitive h'ardn. To become hard or more hard; to acquire solidity or more compactness. Mortar hardens by drying.

1. To become unfeeling.

2. To become inured.

3. To indurate, as flesh.

Hardened

H'ARDENED, participle passive Made hard, or more hard or compact; made unfeeling; made obstinate; confirmed in error or vice.

Hardener

H'ARDENER, noun He or that which makes hard, or more firm and compact.

Hardening

H'ARDENING, participle present tense Making hard or more compact; making obdurate or unfeeling; confirming; becoming more hard.

H'ARDENING, noun The giving a greater degree of hardness to bodies than they had before.

Hardfavored

HARDFA'VORED, adjective Having coarse features; harsh of countenance.

Hardfavoredness

HARDFA'VOREDNESS, noun Coarseness of features.

Hardfeatured

H'ARDFEATURED, adjective Having coarse features.

Hardfisted

H'ARDFISTED, adjective Close fisted; covetous.

Hardfought

H'ARDFOUGHT, adjective Vigorously contested; as a hard-fought battle.

Hardgotten

H'ARDGOTTEN, adjective Obtained with difficulty.

Hardhanded

H'ARDHANDED, adjective Having hard hands, as a laborer.

Hardhead

H'ARDHEAD, noun Clash or collision of heads in contest.

Hardhearted

HARDHE'ARTED, adjective Cruel; pitiless; merciless; unfeeling; inhuman; inexorable.

Hardheartedness

HARDHE'ARTEDNESS, noun Want of feeling or tenderness; cruelty; inhumanity.

Hardihood

H'ARDIHOOD, noun [See Hardy and Hood.] Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind; dauntless bravery; intrepidity.

It is the society of numbers which gives hardihood to

iniquity.

Hardihead and hardiment, in the sense of hardihood are obsolete.

Hardily

H'ARDILY, adverb With great boldness; stoutly.

1. With hardship; not tenderly.

Hardiness

H'ARDINESS, noun

1. Boldness; firm courage; intrepidity; stoutness; bravery; applied to the mind, it is synonymous with hardihood.

2. Firmness of body derived from laborious exercises.

3. Hardship; fatigue.

4. Excess of confidence; assurance; effrontery.

Hardly

H'ARDLY, adverb [See Hard.] With difficulty; with great labor.

Recovering hardly what he lost before.

1. Scarcely; barely; almost not.

Hardly shall you find any one so bad, but he desires the credit of being thought good.

2. Not quite or wholly. The object is so distant we can hardly see it. The veal is hardly done. The writing is hardly completed.

3. Grudgingly, as an injury.

4. Severely; unfavorably; as, to think hardly of public measures.

5. Rigorously; oppressively. The prisoners were hardly used or treated.

6. Unwelcomely; harshly.

Such information comes very hardly and harshly to a grown man.

7. Coarsely; roughly; not softly.

Heaven was her canopy, bare earth her bed;

So hardly lodged.

Hardness

H'ARDNESS, noun [See Hard.] Firmness; close union of the component parts; compactness; solidity; the quality of bodies which resists impression; opposed to softness and fluidity.

1. Difficulty to be understood.

2. Difficulty to be executed or accomplished; as the hardness of an enterprise.

3. Scarcity; penury; difficulty of obtaining money; as the hardness of the times.

4. Obduracy; impenitence; confirmed state of wickedness; as hardness of heart.

5. Coarseness of features; harshness of look; as hardness of favor.

6. Severity of cold; rigor; as the hardness of winter.

7. Cruelty of temper; savageness; harshness.

The blame

May hang upon your hardness

8. Stiffness; harshness; roughness; as the hardnesses of sculpture.

9. Closeness; niggardliness; stinginess.

10. Hardship; severe labor, trials or sufferings.

Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 2 Timothy 2:3.

Hardnibbed

H'ARDNIBBED, adjective Having a hard nib or point.

Hardock

H'ARDOCK, noun Probably hoardock, dock with whitish leaves.

Hards

H'ARDS, noun The refuse or coarse part of flax; tow.

Hardship

H'ARDSHIP, noun Toil; fatigue; severe labor or want; whatever oppresses the body.

1. Injury; oppression; injustice.

Hardvisaged

H'ARDVISAGED, adjective Having coarse features; of a harsh countenance.

Hardware

H'ARDWARE, noun Wares made of iron or other metal, as pots, kettles, saws, knives, etc.

Hardwareman

H'ARDWAREMAN, noun A maker or seller of hardwares.

Hardy

H'ARDY, adjective

1. Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolute; intrepid.

Who is hardy enough to encounter contempt?

2. Strong; firm; compact.

An unwholesome blast may shake in pieces his hardy fabric.

3. Confident; full of assurance; impudent; stubborn to excess.

4. Inured to fatigue; rendered firm by exercise, as a veteran soldier.

Hare

HARE, noun A quadruped of the genus Lepus, with long ears, a short tail, soft hair, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, often hunted for sport or for its flesh, which is excellent food. It moves by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity.

1. A constellation.

HARE, verb transitive To fright, or to excite, tease and harass, or worry. [Not used. See Harry.]

Harebell

HA'REBELL, noun A plant of the genus Hyacinthus, with campaniform or bell-shaped flowers.

Harebrained

HA'REBRAINED, adjective [hare and brain.] Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless.

Harefoot

HA'REFOOT, noun A bird; a plant.

Harehearted

HA'REHE'ARTED, adjective Timorous; easily frightened.

Harehound

HA'REHOUND, noun A hound for hunting hares.

Harehunter

HA'REHUNTER, noun One who hunts or is used to hunting hares.

Harehunting

HA'REHUNTING, noun The hunting of hares.

Harelip

HA'RELIP, noun A divided upper lip, like that of a hare.

Harelipped

HA'RELIPPED, adjective Having a harelip.

Harem

HAR'EM, noun A seraglio; a place where Eastern princes confine their women, who are prohibited from the society of others.

Haremint

HA'REMINT, noun A plant.

Harengiform

HAREN'GIFORM, adjective [See Herring.] Shaped like a herring.

Harepipe

HA'REPIPE, noun A snare for catching hares.

Hares-Ear

HA'RE'S-EAR, noun A plant of the genus Bupleurum. The Bastard Hare's Ear is of the genus Phyllis.

Hares-Lettuce

HARE'S-LETTUCE, noun A plant of the genus Sonchus.

Harewort

HA'REWORT, noun A plant.

Haricot

HAR'ICOT, noun A kind of ragout of meat and roots.

1. In French, beans.

Harier

HAR'IER

HARIOLA'TION, noun [Latin harioltio.] Sooth-saying. [Not in use.]

Hark

H'ARK, verb transitive [contracted from hearken, which see.]

To listen; to lend the ear.

This word is rarely or never used, except in the imperative mode, hark that is, listen, hear.

Harl

H'ARL

H'ARLEQUIN, noun A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, like a merry-andrew, to divert the populace. This character was first introduced into Italian comedy, but is now a standing character in English pantomime entertainments.

H'ARLEQUIN, verb intransitive To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.

Harlock

H'ARLOCK, noun A plant.

Harlot

H'ARLOT, noun

1. A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman.

2. In Scripture, one who forsakes the true God and worships idols. Isaiah 1:21.

3. A servant; a rogue; a cheat.

H'ARLOT, adjective Wanton; lewd; low; base.

H'ARLOT, verb intransitive To practice lewdness.

Harlotry

H'ARLOTRY, noun The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness.

Harm

H'ARM, noun

1. Injury; hurt; damage; detriment.

Do thyself no harm Acts 16:28.

He shall make amends for the harm he hath done in the holy thing. Leviticus 5:16.

2. Moral wrong; evil; mischief; wickedness; a popular sense of the word.

H'ARM, verb transitive To hurt; to injure; to damage; to impair soundness of body, either animal or vegetable.

Harmattan

HARMAT'TAN, noun A dry easterly wind in Africa, which destroys vegetation.