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; direction; government; a leading. His studies were without guidance and without plan. Macaulay.

nnel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water. Gutters running with ale. Macaulay.

A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of the earth's motion.

enary. Wakefield. Hack writer, a hack; one who writes for hire. "A vulgar hack writer." Macaulay.

A play or part of play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin. Macaulay.

him; of his own head, of his own thought or will. Men who had lost both head and heart. Macaulay.

Pain in the head; ceph "Headaches and shivering fits." Macaulay.

soundness; as, a healthful condition. A mind . . . healthful and so well-proportioned. Macaulay.

ase; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant. His mind was now in a firm and healthy state. Macaulay.

u canst hear the tread of travelers. Shak. He had been heard to utter an ominous growl. Macaulay.

ortuned by the common people to relieve them from the . . . burden of the hearth money. Macaulay.

A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.

The Helots, collectively; slaves; bondsmen. "The Helotry of Mammon." Macaulay.

t. A waiting woman was generally considered as the most suitable helpmate for a parson. Macaulay.

A weed of the genus Lamium (L. amplexicaule) with deeply crenate leaves.

Holding heterodox opinions, or doctrines not orthodox; heretical; -- said of persons. Macaulay. -- Het"er*o*dox`ly, adv. -- Het"er*o*dox`ness, n.

ful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks. "A piteous and hideous spectacle." Macaulay.

A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke. Macaulay.

under the form hobby.] Not one of them has any hobbyhorse, to use the phrase of Sterne. Macaulay.

imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. Macaulay.