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That part of the world where heathenism prevails; the heathen nations, considered collectively.

Heathendom. [Obs.] Chaucer. Sir W. Scott.

Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens. "Worse than heathenish crimes." Milton.

In a heathenish manner.

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

The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism.

To render heathen or heathenish. Firmin.

State of being heathen or like the heathen.

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

From hence. [Obs.]

A large salmon (Salmo, or Salvelinus, hucho) inhabiting the Danube; -- called also huso, and bull trout.

Pertaining to, or invented by, Christian Huyghens, a Dutch astronomer of the seventeenth century; as, the Huyghenian telescope. Huyghenian eyepieceSee under Eyepiece.

An orthorhombic mineral of the pyroxene group, of a grayish or greenish black color, often with a peculiar bronzelike luster (schiller) on the cleavage surface.

Composed of, or containing, hypersthene.

To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word.

United by hyphens; hyphened; as, a hyphenated or hyphened word.

The side of a right-angled triangle that is opposite to the right angle.

of the little finger, or a corresponding part in the forefoot of an animal; as, the hypothenar eminence.

The hypothenar eminence.

Of or pertaining to hypothenuse. [R.]