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The quality or state of being hazy.

The quality of being heady.

The quality of being hearty; as, the heartiness of a greeting.

The state or quality of being heathenish. "The . . . heathenishness and profaneness of most playbooks." Prynne.

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

The state or quality of being heavenly. Sir J. Davies.

The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.

Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.

Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent.

ed; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and Æneas in the Æneid. The shining quality of an epic hero. Dryden. Hero worship, extravagant admiration for great men, likened to the ancient worship of heroes. Hero worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally among mankind. Carlyle.…

The state or quality of being heteromorphic.

Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preëminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives. "The highest faculty of the soul." Baxter.

The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.

The state or quality of being holy; perfect moral integrity or purity; freedom from sin; sanctity; innocence. Who is like thee, glorious in holiness! Ex. xv. 11.

The state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or first principles; likeness or identity of parts.

The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons.

The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile. That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 1 Tim. ii. 2.

A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character, totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form - head.

The state or quality of being horizontal. Kirwan.

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