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A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme. Knight.

An instrument for recording, preserving, and reproducing sounds, the record being a tracing of a phonautograph etched in some solid material. Reproduction is accomplished by means of a system attached to an elastic diaphragm.

A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii.

A coarse stuff made of silk and mohair, or of coarse silk.

A measure of weight, containing a hundred grams, or about 3.527 ounces avoirdupois.

The same as Hectogram.

Same as Hectare, Hectogram, Hectoliter, and Hectometer.

A message transmitted by a heliograph.

The aquatic larva of a large American winged insect (Corydalus cornutus), much used a fish bait by anglers; the dobson. It belongs to the Neuroptera.

A figure composed of two equal triangles intersecting so that each side of one triangle is parallel to a side of the other, and the six points coincide with those of a hexagon.

A form of sacred or hieratic writing.

Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing. Bp. Warburton.

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

A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback.

One of a group of crystalline bodies produced by the action of ammonia on certain aldehydes.

One of a series of artificial, organic bases, usually produced as thick viscous liquids by the action of ammonia on ethylene oxide. They have the properties both of alcohol and amines.

A show or exhibition having a great number of scenes or views.

rial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea. Ideograms may be defined to be pictures intended to represent either things or thoughts. I. Taylor (The Alphabet). You might even have a history without language written or spoken, by means of ideograms and gesture. J. Peile.…

A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce. An ignoramus in place and power. South.

The peculiar dress worn by pilgrims to Mecca.