Ampiaw
Add to home screen for a faster, app-like experience
Updates
Your unread post, follow, and push notifications will appear here.
HERPET'IC, a. Pertaining to the herpes or cutaneous eruptions; resembling the he...
HERPETOLOG'IC HERPETOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to herpetology.
HERPETOL'OGIST, n. A person versed in herpetology, or the natural history of rep...
HERPETOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a reptile, and discourse.] A description of reptiles; the ...
HER'RING,n. A fish of the genus Clupea. Herrings, when they migrate, move in vas...
HERRING-FISHERY, n. The fishing for herrings, which constitutes an important bra...
HERS, pron. hurz, pron. fem. possessive; as, this house is hers,that is, this is...
HERSCHEL, n. her'shel. A planet discovered by Dr. Herschel, in 1781.
HERSE, n. hers. 1. In fortification, a lattice or portcullis in the form of a ha...
HERSELF', pron. [her and self.] This denotes a female,the subject of discourse b...
HERSELIKE, a. hers'like. Funereal; suitable to funerals.
HERS'ILLON, n. [from herse.] In the military art, a plank or beam, whose sides a...
HER'Y, v.t. To regard as holy.
HES'ITANCY, n. [See Hesitate .] A doubting; literally, a stopping of the mind; a...
HES'ITANT, a. Hesitating; pausing; wanting volubility of speech.
HES'ITATE, v.i. s as z. [L. haesito, haereo, to hang.] 1. To stop or pause respe...