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A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt. B. Jonson.

rcumstances or that state of being which is attended enjoyment; the state of being happy; contentment; joyful satisfaction; felicity; blessedness.

f well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous; as, happy hours, happy thoughts. Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord. Ps. cxliv. 15. The learned is happy Nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more. Pope.

ially to the Roltböllia incurvata, and to the species of Ægilops, from one of which it is contended that wheat has been derived.

contested; as, a hard-fought battle.

Clash or collision of heads in contest. Dryden.

Of hardiness is mother. Shak. They who were not yet grown to the hardiness of avowing the contempt of the king. Clarendon.

Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing. A woman of a haughty and imperious nature. Clarendon.

Causing discontent.

ght, in wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the heaviest of the classes into which contestants are divided. Cf. Feather weight (c), under Feather.

most heinous and accursed sacrilege. Hooker. How heinous had the fact been, how deserving Contempt! Milton.

or organic compound containing iron, which when ingested tends to increase the hemoglobin contents of the blood.

Having different names or designations; standing in opposite relations. J. Le Conte. -- Het"er*on"y*mous*ly, adv.

Contempt; scorn. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The human skin; -- so called in contempt. O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide! Shak.

Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literary character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism.

To condemn or express contempt for by hissing. If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them. Shak. Malcolm. What is the newest grief Ros. That of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker. Shak.

The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision. [Archaic] I will make this city desolate, and a hissing. Jer. xix. 8.

A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents; esp. one containing from 100 to 140 gallons. [U. S.]

rs; used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt. Hoity-toity! What have I to do with dreams Congreve.