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The descent of a hill. [Obs.]

ction of carbon under long-continued pressure at a very high heat, and then to a violent chilling, as by a spray of cold water. This process gives an armor plate a thick surface of extreme hardness supported by material gradually decreasing in hardness to the unaltered soft steel at the back.

harbor; a port. What shipping and what lading's in our haven. Shak. Their haven under the hill. Tennyson.

hearths, each hearth (in all houses paying the church and poor rates) being taxed at two shillings; -- called also chimney money, etc. He had been importuned by the common people to relieve them from the . . . burden of the hearth money. Macaulay.

velopment of heat by chemical action; as, green hay heats in a mow, and manure in the dunghill.

Full of heath; abounding with heath; as, heathy land; heathy hills. Sir W. Scott.

y. Pope. Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap. Gray. The heaving sods of Bunker Hill. E. Everett.

n; to beatify. [R.] We are happy as the bird whose nest Is heavened in the hush of purple hills. G. Massey.

of shrubs, or trees, planted for inclosure or separation of fields. By hedgerow elms and hillocks green. Milton.

That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights. Dryden.

te or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.

and the like, or the person who has the principal share in the transactions related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and Æneas in the Æneid. The shining quality of an epic hero. Dryden. Hero worship, extravagant admiration for great men, likened to the ancient worship of heroes. Hero worship exists, h…

conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete. A city that is set on an hill can not be hid. Matt. v. 15. If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid. Shak.

A writer of hierograms; also, one skilled in hieroglyphics. Greenhill.

person speaking; nearer; -- correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill. Milton.

A hill; a cliff. [Obs.] Spenser.

The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down hill, or in backing; also, the strap or part of the harness so used.

A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill. "Every holt and heath." Chaucer. She sent her voice though all the holt Before her, and the park. Tennyson.

A small eminence of a conical form, of land or of ice; a knoll; a hillock. See Hummock. Bartram.

al or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.