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lequin bat (Zoöl.), an Indian bat (Scotophilus ornatus), curiously variegated with white spots. -- Harlequin beetle (Zoöl.), a very large South American beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) having very long legs and antennæ. The elytra are curiously marked with red, black, and gray. -- Harlequin cabbage bug. (Zoöl.) See Cal…

ity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly. I hastened to the spot whence the noise came. D

To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.] His weapon hatched in blood. Beau. & Fl.

profession of arms; in general, a mark of dignity. Let there be deducted, out of our main potation, Five marks in hatchments to adorn this thigh. Beau. & Fl.

The European spotted flycatcher.

A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor. Mortimer.

A climbing plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a spot like a heart. Loudon.

ork, by which a sunbeam is made apparently stationary, by being steadily directed to one spot during the whole of its diurnal period; also, a geodetic heliotrope.

A species of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper.

es 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 (.

a very glorious reign, took on him the habit of a hermit, and retired into this solitary spot. Addison.

The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe. [Prov. Eng.]

he Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion. Abp Potter.

growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes. [U. S.] Hill ant (Zoöl.), a common ant (Formica rufa), of Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its nests. -- Hill myna (Zoöl.), one of several species of birds of India, of the genus Gracula, and all…

A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as E. apua of Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.

A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot. Johnson.

A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel. Forests grew Upon the barren hollows. Prior. I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood. Tennyson.

Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.

A quart pot; -- so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops. [Obs.]

he most deadly poisons. It is made by the action of sulphuric acid on yellow prussiate of potassium (potassium ferrocyanide), and chemically resembles hydrochloric and hydrobromic acids. Called also prussic acid, hydrogen cyanide, etc.