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HERETIFICATION n.
The act of hereticating or pronouncing heretical. London Times.
HERETO adv.
To this; hereunto. Hooker.
HERETOCH; HERETOG n.
The leader or commander of an army; also, a marshal. Blackstone.
HERETOFORE adv.
Up to this time; hitherto; before; in time past. Shak.
HEREUNTO adv.
Unto this; up to this time; hereto.
HEREUPON adv.
On this; hereon.
HEREWITH adv.
With this.
HESPERETIN n.
A white, crystalline substance having a sweetish taste, obtained by the decomposition of hesperidin, and regarded as a complex derivative of caffeic acid.
HETERONEREIS n.
A free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of Nereis.
HINDERER n.
One who, or that which, hinders.
HINDEREST a.
Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HOGGEREL n.
A sheep of the second year. [Written also hogrel.] Ash.
HOLSTERED a.
Bearing holsters. Byron.
HOMOCEREBRIN n.
A body similar to, or identical with, cerebrin.
HOPPESTERE a.
An unexplained epithet used by Chaucer in reference to ships. By some it is defined as "dancing (on the wave)"; by others as "opposing," "warlike." T. R. Lounsbury.
HOT-LIVERED a.
Of an excitable or irritable temperament; irascible. Milton.
HOVERER n.
A device in an incubator for protecting the young chickens and keeping them warm.
HUCKSTERER n.
A huckster. Gladstone. Those hucksterers or money-jobbers. Swift.
HUMP-SHOULDERED a.
Having high, hunched shoulders. Hawthorne.
HUNGERED a.
Hungry; pinched for food. [Obs.] Milton.
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