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The aspect or countenance; assurance. To look with forehead bold and big enough Upon the power and puissance of the king. Shak.

To hear beforehand.

The forward extension of the hearth of a blast furnace under the tymp.

See Forhend. [Obs.]

To hew or cut in front. [Obs.] Sackville.

The forward part of the hold of a ship.

Ominous foreboding; superstitious prognostication. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

A piece of timber placed across the stem, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook.

A colorless, volatile liquid, H2CO, resembling acetic or ethyl aldehyde, and chemically intermediate between methyl alcohol and formic acid.

r for life; or the tenure by which such estate is held. Kent. Burrill. To abate into a freehold. See under Abate.

The possessor of a freehold.

A house connected or associated with a gate.

A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent. Sir W. Scott.

ed, by an easy metaphor, to Hell. The pleasant valley of Hinnom. Tophet thence And black Gehenna called, the type of Hell. Milton.

See Harrier. A. Chalmers.

A form of dredging machine. Knight. Hedgehog caterpillar (Zoöl.), the hairy larvæ of several species of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella moth. It curls up like a hedgehog when disturbed. See Woolly bear, and Isabella moth. -- Hedgehog fish (Zoöl.), any spinose plectognath fish, esp. of the genus Diodon; the porcupin…

From hence. [Obs.]

een boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow . [Colloq.] All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. Dickens. .

enus Marrubium (M. vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. [Written also hoarhound.] Fetid horehound, or Black horehound, a disagreeable plant resembling horehound (Ballota nigra). -- Water horehound, a species of the genus Lycopus, resembling mint,…

he hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a fabric or tuft made of such hairs. Horsehair worm (Zoöl.), the hair worm or gordius.