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Place where anything is commonly found. This word has its habitat in Oxfordshire. Earle.

The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy. Denham.

A dweller; an inhabitant. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Same as Hemastatics.

Same Hemostatic.

Of or pert. to Hallstatt, Austria, or the Hallstatt civilization. -- Hallstatt, or Hallstattian, civilization, a prehistoric civilization of central Europe, variously dated at from 1000 to 1500 b. c. and usually associated with the Celtic or Alpine race. It was characterized by expert use of bronze, a knowledge of iron…

ike the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf.

Iowa; -- a nickname of obscure origin.

To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties. Southey

The state of being blunted or dulled.

trument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, by which a sunbeam is made apparently stationary, by being steadily directed to one spot during the whole of its diurnal period; also, a geodetic heliotrope.

Same as Hemostatic.

Laws relating to the equilibrium of the blood in the blood vessels.

Of or relating to stagnation of the blood.

The first seven books of the Testament.

ng decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment. Pope.

With hesitation or doubt.

The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.

Showing, or characterized by, hesitation. [He said] in his mild, hesitative way. R. D. Blackmore.

Hesitating. R. North.