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e of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P. Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater.

d; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse.

A metrical line of eleven syllables. J. Warton.

Of or pertaining to a heptarchy; constituting or consisting of a heptarchy. T. Warton.

Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language. T. Warton.

A garden of herbs; a cottage garden. T. Warton.

Destitute of herbs or of vegetation. J. Warton.

One who treats of heroes. [R.] T. Warton.

; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.

The science of ideas. Stewart.

still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure. "Shrines of imaged saints." J. Warton.

new wholes of our creation. I shall employ the word imagination to express this power. Stewart.

a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge. Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave. J Warton. More than a mile immersed within the wood. Dryden.

for the purpose of permanent residence. The immigrations of the Arabians into Europe. T. Warton.

An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment. T. Warton.

ited. -- In*com`pre*hen"sive*ly, a. Sir W. Hamilton. -- In*com`pre*hen"sive*ness, n. T. Warton.

Not digestible in the mind; distressful; intolerable; as, an indigestible simile. T. Warton. -- In`di*gest"i*ble*ness, n. -- In`di*gest"i*bly, adv.

Indistinguishable. [Obs.] T. Warton.

Not edited; unpublished; as, an inedited manuscript. T. Warton.

t grave inflexibility of soul. Churchill. The purity and inflexibility of their faith. T. Warton.