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Relating to homodermy; originating from the same germ layer.

Homology of the germinal layers.

A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground; -- called also hoppers.

board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer. "He teaches boys the hornbook." Shak.

, and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white- faced hornet (V. maculata) is larger and has similar habits. Hornet fly (Zoöl.), any dipterous insect of the genus Asilus, and allied genera, of which there are numer…

A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing. Many a hornpipe he tuned to his Phyllis. Sir W. Raleigh.

Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers.

f and compose a family. And calls, without affecting airs, His household twice a day to prayers. Swift.

old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also ayegreen.

An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played.

A tune played on the horn very early in the morning to call out the hunters; hence, any arousing sound or call. [Obs.] Shak. Time plays the hunt's-up to thy sleepy head. Drayton.

A kind of game at ball, formerly played. Hurling taketh its denomination from throwing the ball. Carew.

on; a hurry. Leaving the king, who had hustled along the floor with his dress worfully arrayed. Sir W. Scott.

An order of vitreous sponges, having glassy six-rayed, siliceous spicules; -- called also Hexactinellinæ.

An ancient musical instrument played by the action of water; a water organ. [Written also hydraulis.]

The inner or lower layer of the blastoderm; -- called also endoderm, entoderm, and sometimes hypoderm. See Illust. of Blastoderm, Delamination, and Ectoderm.

A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma.

In our old authors, I was often used for ay (or aye), yes, which is pronounced nearly like it.

sing that; -- introducing a condition or supposition. Tisiphone, that oft hast heard my prayer, Assist, if OEdipus deserve thy care. Pope. If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. Matt. iv. 3.

l to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have. Book of Common Prayer. Invincible ignorance (Theol.), ignorance beyond the individual's control and for which, therefore, he is not responsible before God.