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Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolue; intrepid. Hap helpeth hardy man alway. Chaucer.

A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three. Both table and provisions vanished guite. With sound of harpies' wings and talons heard. Milton.

The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head.

hich marks or forms the head of anything; as, the headboard of a bed; the headboard of a grave.

An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.

The stone at the head of a grave.

ar one call. Lay thine ear close to the ground, and list if thou canst hear the tread of travelers. Shak. He had been heard to utter an ominous growl. Macaulay.

A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. [Archaic] "Underneath this marble hearse." B. Johnson. Beside the hearse a fruitful palm tree grows. Fairfax Who lies beneath this sculptured hearse. Longfellow.

nce, the fireside; home. Chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone. A. Lincoln.

ifficult, or suffering manner; sorrowfully. And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily. Ex. xiv. 25. Why looks your grace so heavily to-day Shak.

The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades. He descended into hell. Book of Common Prayer. Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell. Ps. xvi. 10.

The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling.

r plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them. He herborized as he traveled. W. Tooke.

as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.

Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises.

The qualities characteristic of a hero, as courage, bravery, fortitude, unselfishness, etc.; the display of such qualities. Heroism is the self-devotion of genius manifesting itself in action. Hare.

Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.

A highway; a much travele

and thither, to and fro; backward and forward; in various directions. "Victory is like a traveller, and goeth hither and thither." Knolles.

r sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven. The hoarse resounding shore. Dryden.