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See Here, pron. Chaucer.

ibuted the peculiar taste and smell of that substance. The substance has also been called hircin. Watts.

Hircic acid. See Hircic. [R.]

Goatlike; of or pertaining to a goat or the goats.

place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay. The laborer is worthy of his hire. Luke x. 7.

A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option of purchase) in which a person hires goods for a specified period and at a fixed rent, with the added condition that if he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay all the installments of rent as they become due the contract shall determine and the…

Without hire. Davenant.

One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary. "Lewd hirelings." Milton.

One who hires.

Hers; theirs. See Here, pron. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Rough and coarse; boorish. [R.] Cynical and hirsute in his behavior. Life of A. Wood.

Hairiness. Burton.

Pubescent with minute and somewhat rigid hairs.

Of or pertaining to the leeches.

An order of Annelida, including the leeches; -- called also Hirudinei.

A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See Leech.

Like or pertaining to the swallows.

A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.

A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double.

Wanting drink; thirsty.