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One who, or that which, heightens.

Same as Heptylene.

Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer.

That which heightens.

Hairiness. Burton.

Fit for a garden. [Obs.] Evelyn.

of Hote.

The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking sounds. Hottentot cherry (Bot.), a South African plant of the genus Cassine (C. maurocenia), having handsome foliage, with generally inconspicuous white or green flowers. Loudon. -- Hottentot's bread. (Bot.) See Elephant's foot (a), under Elephant.…

A term employed to describe one of the varieties of stammering. Tylor.

Pinched or weakened by hunger. [Obs.] Milton.

The side of a right-angled triangle that is opposite to the right angle.

Power over fire. [R.]

Presiding over fire; also, fiery. Vulcan is called the powerful ignipotent. Pope.

To enlighten. [Obs.]

The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes. Bp. Hall.

The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance. Puller.

The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart. He will advance from one degree of wickedness and impenitence to another. Rogers.

Impenitence. Milton.

Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart. "They . . . died impenitent." Milton. "A careless and impenitent heart." Bp. Hall.

Without repentance.