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HELD, pret. and pp. of hold. A court was held in Westminster hall. At a council ...
HELE, v.t. [L. celo.] To hide.
HELI'ACAL, a. [L. heliacus; Gr. the sun.] Emerging from the light of the sun, or...
HELI'ACALLY, adv. A star rises heliacally, when it emerges from the sun's light,...
HEL'ICAL, a. [Gr. a scroll, or spiral body.] Spiral; winding; moving round.
HEL'ICITE, n. [See Helix .] Fossil remains of the helix, a shell.
HE'LING, n. [from hele, obs.; L. celo.] The covering of the roof of a building; ...
HELIOCENT'RIC, a. [Gr. the sun, and center.] The heliocentric place of a planet,...
HELIOL'ATER, n. [Gr. the sun, and to worship.] A worship of the sun.
HELIOL'ATRY, n. [Gr. the sun, and service, worship.] The worship of the sun, a b...
HELIOM'ETER, n. [Gr. the sun, and to measure.] An instrument for measuring with ...
HE'LIOSCOPE, n. [Gr. the sun, and to view.] A sort of telescope fitted for viewi...
HE'LIOSTATE, n. [Gr. the sun.] An instrument by which a sunbeam may be steadily ...
HE'LIOTROPE, n. [Gr. the sun, and to turn.] 1. Among the ancients, an instrument...
HELISPHER'IC HELISPHER'ICAL, a. [helix and sphere.] Spiral. The helispherical li...
HE'LIX, n. [Gr. a winding.] A spiral line; a winding; or something that is spira...