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See Hie. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Belonging to winter; done in winter. Sir T. Browne.

To pass the winter. [Obs. & R.]

The passing of a winter in a particular place; a wintering.

A hyena. [Obs.] Shak.

Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hyænidæ, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits. [Written also hyæna.]

Of or pertaining to rain; descriptive of the distribution of rain, or of rainy regions.

A chart or graphic representation of the average distribution of rain over the surface of the earth.

Of or pertaining to to hyetography.

The branch of physical science which treats of the geographical distribution of rain.

The science which treats of the precipitation of rain, snow, etc. -- Hy`e*to*log"ic*al, a.

An isohyetose line.

ve division of fishes which includes the elasmobranchs and ganoids. [Written also Palæichthyes.]

A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles.

om Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally. Winter aconite, a plant (Eranthis hyemalis) allied to the aconites.

A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas.

Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine.

To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. Out, out, hyena! these are thy wonted arts . . . To break all faith, all vows, deceive, betray. Milton

e dweller, a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling place was a cave. Tylor. -- Cave hyena (Zoöl.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena. -- Cave lion (Zoöl.), a fossil lion found in the caves of Europe, believed to be a large…

ing stations along the seacoast. [U. S.] -- Coast rat (Zoöl.), a South African mammal (Bathyergus suillus), about the size of a rabbit, remarkable for its extensive burrows; -- called also sand mole. -- Coast waiter, a customhouse officer who superintends the landing or shipping of goods for the coast trade. [Eng.]…