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Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.

e goddess of youth, daughter of Jupiter and Juno. She was believed to have the power of restoring youth and beauty to those who had lost them.

One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues. And I his heir in misery alone. Pope. Heir apparent. (Law.) See under Apparent. -- Heir at law, one who, after his ancector's death, has a right to inherit all his intestate estate. Wharton (Law Dict.). -- Heir p…

veral generations. Woe to him whose daring hand profanes The honored heirlooms of his ancestors. Moir.

The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.

A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.

Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.

A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge. Joel iii. 2. 1 Peter v. 3.

The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or the person who has the principal share in the transactions related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and Æneas in the Æneid. The shining quality of an epic hero. Dryden. Hero worship, extravagant admiration for great men, likened to the ancient…

A division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, and allied forms. Called also Herodii. -- He*ro`di*o"nine, a.

rincipal female person who figures in a remarkable action, or as the subject of a poem or story.

One versed in herpetology, or the natural history of reptiles.

The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoölogy which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits.

Passing through the different stages in its life history on an alternation of hosts, as the common wheat-rust fungus (Puccinia graminis), and certain other parasitic fungi; -- contrasted with autocious. -- Het`er*o"cism (#), n.

The history of the six day's work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of Genesis.

thorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism.

, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward. Story.

Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells. Haeckel.

The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly. Haeckel.

To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store. Hiving wisdom with each studious year. Byron.