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Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ice force; the place from which orders or instructions are issued; hence, the center of authority or order. The brain, which is the headquarters, or office, of intelligence. Collier.

Authority or dignity; chief place.

Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear. In many an hour of danger and heartquake. Hawthorne.

Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author. "The heathen philosopher." "All in gold, like heathen gods." Shak.

A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden. The rou…

The ethical theory which finds the explanation and authority of duty in its tendency to give pleasure.

Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a government or state to its neighbors or confederates. Lieber.

nfusion." Addison. An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to the miraculous. Hawthorne.

To forbear; to avoid. I can not help remarking the resemblance betwixt him and our author. Pope.

A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc.

To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively).

Religious opinion opposed to the authorized doctrinal standards of any particular church, especially when tending to promote schism or separation; lack of orthodox or sound belief; rejection of, or erroneous belief in regard to, some fundamental religious doctrine or truth; heterodoxy. Doubts 'mongst divines, and diffe…

rtinaciously refuses to believe one or more of the articles of faith "determined by the authority of the universal church." Addis & Arnold.

One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs. Milton.

The principles or authority of a hierarchy. The more dominant hierarchism of the West. Milman.

Dominion or authority in sacred things.

gh (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc. High time it is this war now ended were. Spenser. High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies. Baker.

Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literary character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism.

A road or way open to the use of the public; a main road or thoroughfare.