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To usher in; to be a harbinger of. "Thus did the star of religious freedom harbinger the day." Bancroft.

Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance. Spenser. Plenty and peace breeds cowards; Hardness ever Of hardiness is mother. Shak. They who were not yet grown to the hardiness of avowing the contempt of the king. Clarendon.

nd instrument of music, in which the notes are produced by the vibration of free metallic reeds.

oduced by forcing air by means of a bellows so as to cause the vibration of free metallic reeds. It is now made with one or two keyboards, and has pedals and stops.

One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares. [Written also harier.]

One who contrives or originates; a plotter. A great hatcher and breeder of business. Swift.

A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly called oboe. See Illust. of Oboe.

The state of being healthy or healthful; freedom from disease.

A kite of infernal breed. Shak.

A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herd register.

One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent.

A place where herons breed.

Contrary to, or differing from, some acknowledged standard, as the Bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like; not orthodox; heretical; -- said of opinions, doctrines, books, etc., esp. upon theological subjects. Raw and indigested, heterodox, preaching. Strype.

tem of doctrines, contrary to some established standard of faith, as the Scriptures, the creed or standards of a church, etc.; heresy. Bp. Bull.

ilization, of which numerous monuments and inscriptions are extant. Authorities are not agreed as to their race. While several attempts have been made to decipher the Hittite characters, little progress has yet been made.

To lay up a store or hoard, as of money. To hoard for those whom he did breed. Spenser.

A woman's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom of movement after the fashion of a hobble. -- Hob"ble-skirt`ed, a.

Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness. Crime and shame And all their hoggery. Mrs. Browning.

The state or quality of being holy; perfect moral integrity or purity; freedom from sin; sanctity; innocence. Who is like thee, glorious in holiness! Ex. xv. 11.

l, esp. one from three to six years old; -- called also bachelor, because prevented from breeding by the older full-grown males.