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n. [Rare, except in poetry] "My husband hies him home." Shak. The youth, returning to his mistress, hies. Dryden.

scoverable on the more ancient Egyptian monuments; bur we retain the old names founded on misapprehension. W. H. Ward (Johnson's Cyc.).

or luck. And oft it hits Where hope is coldest and despair most fits. Shak. And millions miss for one that hits. Swift. To hit on or upon, to light upon; to come to by chance. "None of them hit upon the art." Addison.

A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke. Macaulay.

At random; hit or miss. (Obs.) Holinshed.

To hold up. (a) To support one's self; to remain unbent or unbroken; as, to hold up under misfortunes. (b) To cease raining; to cease to stop; as, it holds up. Hudibras. (c) To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground. Collier.

Wordsworth. The soft wind blowing over meadowy holms. Tennyson. Holm thrush (Zoöl.), the missel thrush.

Bred at home; domestic; not foreign. " Home-bred mischief." Milton. Benignity and home-bred sense. Wordsworth.

mless snake of the Southern United States (Abaster erythrogrammus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it curves itself into a hoop, taking its tail into its mouth, and rolls along with great velocity. -- Hoop tree (Bot.), a small West Indian tree (Melia sempervirens), of the Mahogany family.…

Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. "Horizontal misty air." Milton.

he state or quality of being horrible; dreadfulness; hideousness. The horribleness of the mischief. Sir P. Sidney.

That which causes horror. [R.] Miss Edgeworth.

One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family. Locke.

The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Shak. He a good husband, a good housewife she. Dryden.

The business of the mistress of a family; female management of domestic concerns.

t flights of birds are hovering about the bridge, and settling on it. Addison. A hovering mist came swimming o'er his sight. Dryden.

An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.

A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard. Pray make your bargain with all the prudence and selfishness of an old hunks. Gray.

Injury; damage; detriment; harm; mischief. Thou dost me yet but little hurt. Shak.

Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct.