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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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HARE'S-EAR n.
An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium ); -- so named from the shape of its leaves. Dr. Prior.
HARE'S-FOOT FERN n.
A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; -- whence the name.
HARE'S-TAIL n.
A kind of grass (Eriophorum vaginatum). See Cotton grass, under Cotton. Hare's-tail grass (Bot.), a species of grass (Lagurus ovatus) whose head resembles a hare's tail.
HARE-HEARTED a.
Timorous; timid; easily frightened. Ainsworth.
HAREBELL n.
ch has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell. [Written also hairbell.] E'en the light harebell raised its head. Sir W. Scott .
HAREBRAINED; HARE BRAINED a.
Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. "A mad hare-brained fellow." North (Plutarch). [Written also hairbrained.]
HAREFOOT n. 2 definitions
Ochroma Laqopus) of the West Indies, having the stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare's foot. Harefoot clover (Bot.), a species of clover (Trifolium arvense) with soft and silky heads.
HAREHOUND n.
See Harrier. A. Chalmers.
HARELD n.
The long-tailed duck. See Old Squaw.
HARELIP n.
A lip, commonly the upper one, having a fissure of perpendicular division like that of a hare. -- Hare"lipped`, a.
HAREM n. 2 definitions
The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in Mohammedan families.
HARENGIFORM a.
Herring-shaped.
HEARER n.
One who hears; an auditor.
HECTARE n.
A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres.
HEKTARE; HEKTOGRAM; HEKTOLITER; HEKTOMETER n.
Same as Hectare, Hectogram, Hectoliter, and Hectometer.
HENWARE n.
A coarse, blackish seaweed. See Badderlocks.
HOARED a.
Moldy; musty. [Obs.] Granmer.
HONEYWARE n.
See Badderlocks.
IMARET n.
A lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims. Moore.
INCOMPARED a.
Peerless; incomparable. [Obs.] Spenser.
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