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The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out.

Of them; their. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. On here bare knees adown they fall. Chaucer.

A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.

A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting.

earings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms.

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

In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.

The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.

The office of a herald. Selden.

The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light.

A herald. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Grass; herbage. And flocks Grazing the tender herb. Milton. Herb bennet. (Bot.) See Bennet. -- Herb Christopher (Bot.), an herb (Actæa spicata), whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal fern, the wood betony, etc. -- Herb Gerard (Bot.), the go…

A woman that sells herbs.

Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem.

Herbs collectively; green food beasts; grass; pasture. "Thin herbage in the plaims." Dryden.

Covered with grass. Thomson.

Of or pertaining to herbs. Quarles.

The knowledge of herbs.

One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs.

An herb. [Obs.] Spenser.