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a man in his work; to help one to remember; -- the following infinitive is commonly used without to; as, "Help me scale yon balcony." Longfellow.

In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly. [Colloq.] Helter-skelter have I rode to thee. Shak. A wistaria vine running helter-skelter across the roof. J. C. Harris.

A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight.

religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to the rest. [R.]

each several opinion was called a heresy; which signified no more than a private opinion, without reference to truth or falsehood. Hobbes.

thin the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths.

A term applied by Kant to those laws which are imposed on us from without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, or desires. Krauth-Fleming.

Without a hinge or joint.

A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive. Our hint of woe Is common. Shak. The hint malevolent, the look oblique. Hannah M

Without hire. Davenant.

A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing.

A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.

heck; to halt; as, hold up your horses. -- To hold water. (a) Literally, to retain water without leaking; hence (Fig.), to be whole, sound, consistent, without gaps or holes; -- commonly used in a negative sense; as, his statements will not hold water. [Collog.] (b) (Naut.) To hold the oars steady in the water, thus c…

Causing no loss of light; -- applied to reflectors which throw back the rays of light without perceptible loss.

Meteoric iron; a meteorite consisting of metallic iron without stony matter.

a barometer constructed of solid materials to show the variations of atmospheric pressure without the use of liquids, as the aneroid.

, especially of the domestic affections. He entered in his house -- his home no more, For without hearts there is no home. Byron.

Of the same tenor or tone; equable; without variation.

ideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence. A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country. Matt. xiii. 57.

Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without emolument; as, an honorary degree. "Honorary arches." Addison.