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seal (Phoca Groenlandica). The adult males have a light-colored body, with a harp-shaped mark of black on each side, and the face and throat black. Called also saddler, and saddleback. The immature ones are called bluesides. -- Harp shell (Zoöl.), a beautiful marine gastropod shell of the genus Harpa, of several spec…

ope (Alcelaphus caama), formerly much more abundant than it is now. The face and legs are marked with black, the rump with white. [Written also hartebeest, and hartebest.]

A sword or other mark of the profession of arms; in general, a mark of dignity. Let there be deducted, out of our main potation, Five marks in hatchments to adorn this thigh. Beau. & Fl.

A board or boarding which marks or forms the head of anything; as, the headboard of a bed; the headboard of a grave.

A climbing plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a spot like a heart. Loudon.

ook no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand. 2 Sam. xx. 10. Birds give more heed and mark words more than beasts. Bacon.

ies of Heliconius, a genus of tropical American butterflies. The wings are usually black, marked with green, crimson, and white.

The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter. Hickory shad. (Zoöl.) (a) The mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The gizzard shad.…

a hidden or mysterious significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible character or mark. [Colloq.]

The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called also hile.

nder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse. He was in the hinder part of the ship. Mark iv. 38.

with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at). I think you have hit the mark. Shak.

American sole (Achirus lineatus, or A. achirus), related to the European sole, but of no market value.

identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful.

A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on his breast; military honors; civil honors. "Their funeral honors." Dryden.

Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; an honorable burial.

recedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor.

h pole of an artificial globe, and divided into twenty-four parts or hours. It is used to mark differences of time in working problems on the globe. -- Hour hand, the hand or index which shows the hour on a timepiece. -- Hour line. (a) (Astron.) A line indicating the hour. (b) (Dialing) A line on which the shadow fal…

A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.

A hundred times as much or as many. He shall receive as hundredfold now in this time. Mark x. 30.