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Moving in a hobbling manner, owing to ten der feet; -- said of a horse. Youatt.

e of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair. Blount. Hag moth (Zoöl.), a moth (Phobetron pithecium), the larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit trees. -- Hag's tooth (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing.

which signified no more than a private opinion, without reference to truth or falsehood. Hobbes.

A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called also sea horse.

impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse.

Same as Hobblebush.

Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby.

One who navigates a hoy. A common hoyman to carry goods by water for hire. Hobart.

A screw hob. See Hob,

dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is made honorable by the Common wealth. Hobbes.

ommanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle. "Large and imposing edifices." Bp. Hobart.

A lout; a clown. [Obs.] The country knuffs, Hob, Dick, and Hick, With clubs and clouted shoon. Hayward.

Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. "A lame endeavor." Barrow. O, most lame and impotent conclusion! Shak. Lame duck (stock Exchange), a person who can not fulfill his contracts. [Cant]

ians; the Liberal party. I confess I see nothing liberal in this " order of thoughts," as Hobbes elsewhere expresses it. Hazlitt.

Hydrophobia.

age, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.

atch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked the floor.

Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses.

, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob.

A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks, having no shell except while very young. The gills are naked and situated upon the back or sides. See Ceratobranchia.