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n allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or fences; hedgebote. See Bote. Blackstone.

apor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively, obscurity; dimness. O'er the sky The silvery haze of summer drawn. Tennyson. Above the world's uncertain haze. Keble.

borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder. [Eng.] Blackstone.

of learned men. Chaucer. A heap of vassals and slaves. Bacon. He had heaps of friends. W.Black.

stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. Milton Heath cock (Zoöl.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse (below). -- Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus Triodia (T. decumbens), growing on dry heaths. -- Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zoöl.), a European grouse (Tetrao tetrix), which i…

A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions.

s species of Heliconius, a genus of tropical American butterflies. The wings are usually black, marked with green, crimson, and white.

gambling house. "A convenient little gambling hell for those who had grown reckless." W. Black.

ostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities. H. niger is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring. H. officinalis was the officinal hellebore of the ancients.

A bluish black, amorphous substance containing iron and obtained from blood. It exists the red blood corpuscles united with globulin, and the form of hemoglobin or oxyhemoglobin gives to the blood its red color.

A coarse, blackish seaweed. See Badderlocks.

nything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir. Blackstone.

ndards 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 difference of texts, From whence arise diversity of sects, And…

The leader or commander of an army; also, a marshal. Blackstone.

ry tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant. Blackstone. Bouvier. Heriot custom, a heriot depending on usage. -- Heriot service (Law), a heriot due by reservation in a grant or lease of lands. Spelman. Blackstone.

, a California wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis), having the head yellow, the throat black, and the back gray, with black streaks.

Showing, or characterized by, hesitation. [He said] in his mild, hesitative way. R. D. Blackmore.

The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposed to homology.

A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of iron.

The histronic art; stageplaying. W. Black.