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he European blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus). [Written also heckimel, hackeymal, hackmall, hagmall, and hickmall.]

A witch; a hag. Middleton.

rphous pigment, free from iron, formed from hematin in old blood stains, and in old hemorrhages in the body. It resembles bilirubin. When present in the corpora lutea it is called hæmolutein.

A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds.

The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.

Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic.

An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter. Hickory…

A plant of the genus Verbascum (V. Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.]

To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle. A person accustomed to higgle about taps. Jeffry. To truck and higgle for a private good. Emerson.

Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.

An order of marsipobranchs, including the Myxine or hagfish and the genus Bdellostoma. They have barbels around the mouth, one tooth on the plate, and a communication between tionnasal aperture and the throat. See Hagfish. [Written also Hyperotreti.]

The morbid condition of a limited area resulting from such obstruction; as, a hemorrhagic infarct.

Within the uterus or womb; as, intrauterine hemorrhage.

A descendant of Ishmael (the son of Abraham and Hagar), of whom it was said, "His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him." Gen. xvi. 12.

er (Arch.), the composite order. See Composite. -- Italic school, a term given to the Pythagorean and Eleatic philosophers, from the country where their doctrines were first promulgated. -- Italic version. See Itala.

. Lotus. The last named is thought to have furnished the lotus of the ancient Libyan Lotophagi, or lotus eaters. Jujube paste, the dried or inspissated jelly of the jujube; also, a confection made of gum arabic sweetened.

A kind of shaggy cloth, resembling bearskin.

Rough; shaggy. [Obs.] "Kempe hairs." Chaucer.

The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted. Pythagoras joined legislation to his philosophy. Lyttelton.

thread or string for tying the blood vessels, particularly the arteries, to prevent hemorrhage.