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One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher. [Obs.] [Written also heler.] Usher.

A lateral half of the heart, either the right or left. B. G. Wilder.

A lateral half of the cerebrum. Wilder.

t formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation.

e figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under Terminal.

The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.

enus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family.

A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and calcar.

eard it were obliged to take up, joining in the pursuit till the malefactor was taken; in later usage, a written proclamation issued on the escape of a felon from prison, requiring all persons to aid in retaking him. Burrill.

specially in the form of the teeth, which consist of a principal median cone with smaller lateral ones.

The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyosternum.

A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra. -- Hy`per*ap`o*phys"i*al, a.

The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified with Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty. So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr. Shak.

The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyposternum.

The typical limb, or lateral fin, of fishes.

Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the Cretaceous period.

or faces. Regular icosahedron, one of the five regular polyhedrons, bounded by twenty equilateral triangules. Five triangules meet to form each solid angle of the polyhedron.

An idolater. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One who idolizes or loves to the point of reverence; an idolater.

e constipation, with griping pains in the abdomen, which is greatly distended, and in the later stages by vomiting of fecal matter. Called also ileac, or iliac, passion.