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, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief.

separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief.

An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.

Designating a light and elegant style developed in England under George III., chiefly by Messrs. A.Heppelwhite & Co.

A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics. Bp. Stillingfleet.

A chief or great heresy. [R.] The book itself [the Alcoran] consists of heresiarchies against our blessed Savior. Sir T. Herbert.

slope in different directions. Herringbone stitch, a kind of cross-stitch in needlework, chiefly used in flannel. Simmonds.

A Cossack headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the throne of Russia.

One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs. Milton.

e palate, as e (eve), oo (food). See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 10, 11. High admiral, the chief admiral. -- High altar, the principal altar in a church. -- High and dry, out of water; out of reach of the current or tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached. -- High and mighty arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.] --…

A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.

A superior officer or official; -- used chiefly in pl. [Slang]

The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written. Whitworth.

To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point. I. Taylor

Rays (chiefly cathode rays) developed by the electric discharge in Hittorf tubes.

A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke. Macaulay.

To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches. The friar was hobbling the same way too. Dryden.

A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.

sually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback.

Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv. [Collog.] The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence. Darwin.