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To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care. [R.] Burke.

at. He . . . is a good workman; a very good tailor. Shak. Those are generally good at flattering who are good for nothing else. South.

One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; -- usually in the plural.

An instrument for registering the velocity of the blood.

(Arch.), a smooth finishing coat of hard fine plaster applied to the surface of rough plastering. -- Hard lines, hardship; difficult conditions. -- Hard money, coin or specie, as distinguished from paper money. -- Hard oyster (Zoöl.), the northern native oyster. [Local, U. S.] - - Hard pan, the hard stratum of earth…

s, a game played by men and boys, two, called hares, having a few minutes' start, and scattering bits of paper to indicate their course, being chased by the others, called the hounds, through a wide circuit. -- Hare kangaroo (Zoöl.)., a small Australian kangaroo (Lagorchestes Leporoides), resembling the hare in size a…

To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom. The glittering, finny swarms That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores. Thomson. To heave a cable short (Naut.), to haul in cable till the ship is almost perpendicularly above the anchor. -- To heave a ship ahead (Naut.), to warp her ahead when not under sail,…

A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes.

Resembling a hector; blustering; insolent; taunting. "Hectorly, ruffianlike swaggering or huffing." Barrow.

Covered with a helmet. The helmed cherubim Are seen in glittering ranks. Milton.

A stammering; a faltering in speech.

A faltering in speech; stammering. Swift.

s, so that further entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough. [Written also hickup or hiccup.]

A kind of set of drawers. [U. S.] "Mahogany highboys glittering with brass handles." K. L. Bates.

he coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going. Them that were entering in ye hindered. Luke xi. 52. I hinder you too long. Shak.

The science of veterinary medicine; the pathology of the horse.

Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound. [Obs.] Bailey.

A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.

A pond for watering horses.

The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break.