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Of the color of the hazelnut; of a light brown. Mortimer.

One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up. W. Browne.

A week; a period of seven days. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

distinction in society; prominence. Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts. R. Browning. All would in his power hold, all make his subjects. Chapman.

ssing into it; rising or setting at the same, or nearly the same, time as the sun. Sir T. Browne.

A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A reddish brown or violet crystalline substance, C16H12O6, got from hematoxylin by partial oxidation, and regarded as analogous to the phthaleins.

cher. Called also specular iron, oligist iron, rhombohedral iron ore, and bloodstone. See Brown hematite, under Brown.

A substance, in the form of reddish brown, microscopic, prismatic crystals, formed from dried blood by the action of strong acetic acid and common salt; -- called also Teichmann's crystals. Chemically, it is a hydrochloride of hematin.

Pertaining to, or designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid.

Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris (.

An opinion opposed to some accepted standard. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Act of gaping. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Belonging or relating to winter; wintry; winterish. Sir T. Browne.

lba, 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.

Theatrical representation; acting; affectation. Sir T. Browne.

ent. Hoary bat (Zoöl.), an American bat (Atalapha cinerea), having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.

or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness. Crime and shame And all their hoggery. Mrs. Browning.

A swineherd. W. Browne.

actured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands.