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ship of woman. The sentimental gyneolatry of chivalry, which was at best but skin- deep. Lowell.

ants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, th, as in shall, thing, thine (for zh see §274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as wh…

cause the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house. Cowell.

iced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari. W. E. Griffis.

up a collection of voluntary contributions, which are often received in a hat. [Collog.] Lowell.

In periods of seven days; weekly. Lowell.

Like hemp. [R.] Howell.

A cell annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit. Howell.

ntal opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture. Strangulated hernia, a hernia so tightly compressed in some part of the channel through which it has been protruded as to arrest its circulation, and prod…

Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms. Howell.

Not orthodox. Howell.

The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables. Pope.

a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a.

High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also hifalutin.] [Jocular, U. S.] Lowell.

Hippophagy. Lowell.

ling them. And historionomers will have measured accurately the sidereal years of races. Lowell.

Subject to homage. Howell.

A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended. Cowell.

der to ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. Lowell. -- To take horse. (a) To set out on horseback. Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above).

Hospitable. [Obs.] Howell.