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A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817. The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of which it was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one s…

An alvine evacuation; also, refuse matter. [Obs. or Local] Holland.

To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass. "A ground . . . hained in." Holland.

Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.

e harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted upon the collar, or have pads fitting the horse's neck attached to them.

Confidently; hardily. [Obs.] Holland.

nited States (Stromateus alepidotus); -- called whiting in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish. -- Harvest fly (Zoöl.), an hemipterous insect of the genus Cicada, often called locust. See Cicada. -- Harvest lord, the head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.] Tusser. -- Harvest mite (Zoöl.), a minute European mite (Lept…

s own camp, but also now at Rome, he heard ill for his temporizing and slow proceedings. Holland. -- To hear well, to be praised. [Obs.]

In Holland, and, until the 19th century, also in Cape Colony, a council to assist a local magistrate in the government of rural districts; hence, also, a member of such a council.

ss; aid; ^; also, the person or thing furnishing the aid; as, he gave me a help of fifty dollars. Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man. Ps. lx. 11. God is . . . a very present help in trouble. Ps. xlvi. 1. Virtue is a friend and a help to nature. South.

A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds.

Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees. Holland.

To hie. [Obs.] Men must high them apace, and make haste. Holland.

Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations. Holland. Homonymy may be as well in place as in persons. Fuller.

A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars. S. Longfellow.

iving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech. Holland.

An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.

To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell. [Obs. or Scot.] Holland. Burns.

To higgle in trading. [Obs.] Holland.

classical and polite literature. Polished with humanity and the study of witty science. Holland.