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p instrument used in cutting hay out of a stack or mow. -- Hay press, a press for baling loose hay. -- Hay tea, the juice of hay extracted by boiling, used as food for cattle, etc. -- Hay tedder, a machine for spreading and turning newmown hay. See Tedder.

inding of a stream. [Prov. Eng.] Half heck, the lower half of a door. -- Heck board, the loose board at the bottom or back of a cart. -- Heck box or frame, that which carries the heck in warping.

Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.

roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords.

or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn. To hoe one's row, to do one's share of a job. [Colloq.]

e act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay. Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold. Chaucer. Thou should'st lay hold upon him. B. Jonson. My soul took hold on thee. Addison. Tak…

A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.

To 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.

al form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language. Idiom may be employed loosely and figuratively as a synonym of language or dialect, but in its proper sense it signifies the totality of the general rules of construction which characterize the syntax of a particular language and distinguish it from ot…

t or practice. Luxury and sloth and then a great drove of heresies and immoralities broke loose among them. Milton.

Not coherent; wanting cohesion; loose; unconnected; physically disconnected; not fixed to each; -- said of material substances. Woodward.

Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; not solid; incoherent; loose; discrete. Boyle.

t characterized by logical method; illogical; arbitrary; inconsistent; of no consequence. Loose and inconsequent conjectures. Sir T. Browne.

ces of the stars,evil aspects. Bacon. Cantsthou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion Job xxxviii. 31. She said : influence bad " Spenser.

Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates.

The inside sole of a boot or shoe; also, a loose, thin strip of leather, felt, etc., placed

Not capable of being loosed or disentangled; inextricable. "Bands insolvable." Pope.

icate. [Very rare] Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain, Which are too intrinse to unloose. Shak.

Having the ironwork loose or corroded; -- said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky.

the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill is driven down by impact and is jerked loose when jammed.