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Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous. Handsome is as handsome does. Old Proverb.

The office or character of a hangman.

ate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.

A New Zealand lizard, which, in anatomical character, differs widely from all other existing lizards. It is the only living representative of the order Rhynchocephala, of which many Mesozoic fossil species are known; -- called also Sphenodon, and Tuatera.

A blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcani

Indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful condition. A mind . . . healthful and so well-proportioned. Macaulay.

art of our nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart. Hearts are dust, hearts' loves remain. Emerson.

g a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character).

Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens. "Worse than heathenish crimes." Milton.

The state, quality, or character of the heathen. Your heathenry and your laziness. C. Kingsley.

Appropriate to heaven in character or happiness; perfect; pure; supremely blessed; as, a heavenly race; the heavenly, throng. The love of heaven makes one heavenly. Sir P. Sidney.

A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.

The type of character of the Hebrews. The governing idea of Hebraism is strictness of conscience. M. Arnold.

omoting human aspirations after liberty and truth, and as the religion best suited to the character and institutions of the American people. (b) Improperly, certain views or principles erroneously ascribed to Father Hecker in a French translation of Elliott's Life of Hecker. They were condemned as "Americanism" by the…

y bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character. It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege. Hooker. How heinous had the fact been, how deserving Contempt! Milton.

The state, character, or privileges of an heir; right of inheriting. Heirship movables, certain kinds of movables which the heir is entitled to take, besides the heritable estate. [Scot.]

The type of character of the ancient Greeks, who aimed at culture, grace, and amenity, as the chief elements in human well-being and perfection.

To give a Greek form or character to; to Grecize; as, to Hellenize a word.

A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds.

bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.