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ing salt; -- said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides. -- n.

To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve. [U. S.]

Steel hardened by the addition of other elements, as manganese, phosphorus, or (usually) carbon.

An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown.

c. -- Atomic heat (Chem.), the product obtained by multiplying the atomic weight of any element by its specific heat. The atomic heat of all solid elements is nearly a constant, the mean value being 6.4. -- Dynamical theory of heat, that theory of heat which assumes it to be, not a peculiar kind of matter, but a pecu…

Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or to contain something to be heated. Feed heater. See under Feed.

A gaseous element found in the atmospheres of the sun and earth and in some rare minerals.

character of the ancient Greeks, who aimed at culture, grace, and amenity, as the chief elements in human well-being and perfection.

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.

ogamous class Hepaticæ; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticæ, in the Supplement.

Having seven units of attractive force or affinity; -- said of heptad elements or radicals.

A title of respect given to gentlemen in Germany, equivalent to the English Mister.

One of the Moravians; -- so called from the settlement of Herrnhut (the Lord's watch) made, about 1722, by the Moravians at the invitation of Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf, upon his estate in the circle of Bautzen.

Characterized by heterology; consisting of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; different; -- opposed to homologous; as, heterologous organs. Heterologous stimulus. (Physiol.) See under Stimulus. -- Heterologous tumor (Med.), a tumor differing in structure from the normal tissues of the bo…

of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposed to homology.

An abnormal formation foreign to the economy, and composed of elements different from those are found in it in its normal condition. Dunglison.

A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.

A member of an ancient people (or perhaps group of peoples) whose settlements extended from Armenia westward into Asia Minor and southward into Palestine. They are known to have been met along the Orontes as early as 1500 b. c., and were often at war with the Egyptians and Assyrians. Especially in the north they develo…

A rare element said to be contained in gadolinite. -- Hol"mic, a.

The state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or first principles; likeness or identity of parts.