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HACQUETON n.
Same as Acton. [Obs.]
HAILSTONE n.
A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.
HAKETON n.
Same as Acton. [Obs.]
HALF TONE; HALF-TONE n. 3 definitions
An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.
HALF-TONE a. 2 definitions
Having, consisting of, or pertaining to, half tones; specif. (Photo-engraving),
HALF-TONGUE n.
A jury, for the trial of a fore foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.
HAMILTON PERIOD n.
A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology.
HART-TONGUE; HART'S-TONGUE n. 2 definitions
A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America.
HEADSTONE n. 2 definitions
The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone. Ps. cxviii. 22.
HEARTHSTONE n.
Stone forming the hearth; hence, the fireside; home. Chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone. A. Lincoln.
HEMIDITONE n.
The lesser third. Busby.
HEMIPEPTONE n.
A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter.
HEMITONE n.
See Semitone.
HEPTONE n.
A liquid hydrocarbon, C7H10, of the valylene series.
HIGH-TONED a. 2 definitions
High in tone or sound.
HISTONOMY n.
The science which treats of the laws relating to organic tissues, their formation, development, functions, etc.
HOARSTONE n.
A stone designating the Halliwell.
HOLYSTONE n. 2 definitions
A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships. Totten.
HOMOIOPTOTON n.
A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally.
HOMOTONOUS a.
Of the same tenor or tone; equable; without variation.
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