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Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant. [R.] "Clouds gestant with heat." Mrs. Browning.

A Spanish gypsy.

Same as Habitant, 2. General met an emissary . . . sent . . . to ascertain the feelings of the habitans or French yeomanry. W. Irwing.

Dwelling; abode; residence. [Obs.] Spenser.

Same as Inhabitancy.

An inhabitant; a dweller. Milton. Pope.

A dry, hot wind, prevailing on the Atlantic coast of Africa, in December, January, and February, blowing from the interior or Sahara. It is usually accompanied by a haze which obscures the sun.

A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc.

Pertaining to, or designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid.

A Linnæan class of plants having seven stamens.

Having seven stamens.

Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of the paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); -- so called because the molecule has seven carbon atoms. Specifically, a colorless liquid, found as a constituent of petroleum, in the tar oil of cannel coal, etc.

Having seven angles.

Heritage; inheritance. [R.] Robbing their children of the heritance Their fathers handed down Southey.

The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates.

Not prompt in deciding or acting; hesitating.

With hesitancy or doubt.

The language of Hindostan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words.

Diluent. -- n.

Tendency to imitation. [R.] Carlyle.