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A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus. [Written also hackbutter.] Froude.

ecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament. [Written also hadaga.]

., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck. [Written also haggiss, haggess, and haggies.]

A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it. [Written also haw-haw.]

, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts. [Written also hayduck, heiduc, heiduck, and heyduk.]

A large piece of woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment. [Written also hyke.] Heyse.

have not or has not; as, I hain't, he hain't, we hain't. [Colloq. or illiterate speech.] [Written also han't.]

aight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form. [Written also halbert.]

grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish. [Written also holibut.]

A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc. [Written also halliard, haulyard.]

A pruning hook. [Usually written hand bill.]

That which is written by hand; manuscript. The handwriting on the wall, a doom pronounced; an omen of disaster. Dan. v. 5.

commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari. W. E. Griffis.

shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell. [Written also hairbell.] E'en the light harebell raised its head. Sir W. Scott .

Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. "A mad hare-brained fellow." North (Plutarch). [Written also hairbrained.]

a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, -- used in dressing artificial flies. [Written also herl.]

e parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem. [Written also harpins.] Totten.

One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares. [Written also harier.]

e abundant than it is now. The face and legs are marked with black, the rump with white. [Written also hartebeest, and hartebest.]

The edible viscera, as the heart, liver, etc., of a beast, esp. of a hog. [Written also harslet.]