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HÊm`o*lu"te*in (-l"t*n), n. [HÊmo- + corpus luteum.] (Physiol.) See Hematoidin.

HÊm`o*ma*nom"e*ter (- m*nm"*tr), n. [HÊmo- + manometer.] Same as Hemadynamometer.

HÊ*mom"e*ter (h*mm"*tr), n. [HÊmo- + -meter.] (Physiol.) Same as Hemadynamometer.

HÊ"mo*ny (h"m*n), n. [L. HÊmonia a name of Thessaly, the land of magic.] A plant described by Milton as "of sovereign use against all enchantments."

HÊm`o*plas"tic, a. Same as HÊmatoplastic.

HÊm"or*rhoid"al, a. Same as Hemorrhoidal.

HÊm"o*scope (hm"*skp or h"m-), n. [HÊmo- + - scope.] (Physiol.) An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination.

HÊm`o*stat"ic (-stt"k), a. Same as Hemostatic.

HÊm`o*ta*chom"e*ter (- t*km"*tr), n. Same as HÊmatachometer.

HÊm`o*ta*chom"e*try (-tr), n. Same as HÊmatachometry.

Haf (h‰f), imp. of Heave. Hove. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Haf"fle (hf"f'l), v. i. [Cf. G. haften to cling, stick to, Prov. G., to stop, stammer.] To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Haft (hft), n. [AS. hÊft; akin to D. & G. heft, Icel. hepti, and to E. heave, or have. Cf. Heft.] 1. A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt.

This brandish'd dagger I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast.

Dryden.

2. A dwelling. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Haft, v. t. To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.

Haft"er (-r), n. [Cf. G. haften to cling or stick to, and E. haffle.] A caviler; a wrangler. [Obs.] Baret.

Hag (hg), n. [OE. hagge, hegge, witch, hag, AS. hÊgtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw. h‰xa. The first part of the word is prob. the same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild woman. √12.] 1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.] "[Silenus] that old hag." Golding.

2. An ugly old woman.Dryden.

3. A fury; a she-monster. Crashaw.

4. (Zoˆl.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch (Myxine glutinosa), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotreta. Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken.

5. (Zoˆl.) The hagdon or shearwater.

6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair. Blount.

Hag moth (Zoˆl.), a moth (Phobetron pithecium), the larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit trees. -- Hag's tooth (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing.

Hag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hagged (hgd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hagging.] To harass; to weary with vexation.

How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with the fancy of omens.

L'Estrange.