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ivalve mollusks. See Illust. of Commensal. -- Hermit thrush (Zoöl.), an American thrush (Turdus Pallasii), with retiring habits, but having a sweet song. -- Hermit warbler (Zoöl.), a California wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis), having the head yellow, the throat black, and the back gray, with black streaks.…

A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic.

Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons.

In confusion; topsy-turvy. [Colloq.] Johnson.

Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language. M. Arnold.

Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers. [Obs] Sir J. Harrington.

The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on. The gate self-opened wide, On golden hinges turning. Milton.

A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.

To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn. To hoe one's row, to do one's share of a job. [Colloq.]

Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere. Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. Ex. xxvii. 8..

est known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.

Turned in the same direction with something else.

A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind.

ped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.

That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.

h the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines.

A Turkish standard, denoting rank.

ling with interlocking parts for uniting hose, end to end. -- Hose wrench, a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite or disconnect them.

mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone. The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums. Shak.