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The objective case of he. See He. Him that is weak in the faith receive. Rom. xiv. 1. Friends who have given him the most sympathy. Thackeray.

Of or pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain in Hindostan.

A hymn. [Obs.] Chaucer.

form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself. But he himself returned from the quarries. Judges iii. 19. David hid himself in the field.…

Themselves. See Hemself. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See 1st Himself. [Obs.]

Pertaining to Himyar, an ancient king of Yemen, in Arabia, or to his successors or people; as, the Himjaritic characters, language, etc.; applied esp. to certain ancient inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the Arabic, still spoken in Southern Arabia. Brande & C.

A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cast. Andrews.

A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.

The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire.

A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church.

Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc. Archimedean screw, or Archimedes' screw, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinde…

An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.

An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride of lime and potash; a chlorometer. Ure.

A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point.

Related to, or like, the chimæra.

A south American carrion buzzard (Milvago chimango). See Caracara.

The edge of a cask, etc; a chine. See Chine, n., 3. [Written also hime.]

The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments. Instruments that made melodius chime. Milton.

One who chimes.