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A species of fern (Lomaria borealis), growing in Europe and Northwestern America.

The second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib. Owen. -- Hem`a*po*phys"i*al, a.

Western; being in the west; occidental. [Poetic] Milton.

of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides.

Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa.

[Usually under the form hobby.] Not one of them has any hobbyhorse, to use the phrase of Sterne. Macaulay.

Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical.[Colloq.] Sterne.

nce, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for. Broken cisterns that can hold no water. Jer. ii. 13. One sees more devils than vast hell can hold. Shak.

before church doors on saints' days; whence the name. It is common in the northern and western parts of the United States. Called also vanilla, or Seneca, grass. -- Holy Innocents' day, Childermas day. -- Holy Land, Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity. -- Holy office, the Inquisition. -- Holy of holies (Scri…

A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. Sterne.

The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.

ed tufts of feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different regions; -- called also great horned owl, horn owl, eagle owl, and cat owl. Sometimes also applied to the long-eared owl. See Eared owl, under Ear…

uses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty- four hours.…

nectar of flowers and upon small insects. The common humming bird or ruby-throat of the Eastern United States is Trochilus culubris. Several other species are found in the Western United States. See Calliope, and Ruby-throat. -- Humming-bird moth (Zoöl.), a hawk moth. See Hawk moth, under Hawk, the bird.…

A plant of the genus Camassia (C. Farseri), called also Eastern camass; wild hyacinth.

The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyosternum.

n process on the furculum, or merrythought, of many birds, where it is connected with the sternum.

The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyposternum.

pecies are H. arboreus and H. Sylvestris, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman.

Of or pertaining to ancient Idumea, or Edom, in Western Asia. -- n.