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To guide; to govern. [Obs.] Discreet enough his country for to gye. Chaucer.

Two in a year; semiannual. -- adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.

Having a keen eye; sharpsighted; discerning.

Iowa; -- a nickname of obscure origin.

The eye or loop formed in each heddle to receive a warp thread.

Sweet, as, honeyed words. Milton.

See Hie. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Belonging to winter; done in winter. Sir T. Browne.

To pass the winter. [Obs. & R.]

The passing of a winter in a particular place; a wintering.

A hyena. [Obs.] Shak.

Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hyænidæ, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits. [Written also hyæna.]

Of or pertaining to rain; descriptive of the distribution of rain, or of rainy regions.

A chart or graphic representation of the average distribution of rain over the surface of the earth.

Of or pertaining to to hyetography.

The branch of physical science which treats of the geographical distribution of rain.

The science which treats of the precipitation of rain, snow, etc. -- Hy`e*to*log"ic*al, a.

To ingraft, as a tree or plant, by the insertion of a bud or eye; to inoculate. The arts of grafting and ineying. J. Philips.

One who inlays, or whose occupation it is to inlay.

An isohyetose line.