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Hah (h‰), interj. Same as Ha.

Ha-ha" (h‰*h‰"), n. [See Haw-haw.] A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it. [Written also haw- haw.]

Hai"ding*er*ite (h"dng*r*t), n. (Min.) A mineral consisting chiefly of the arseniate of lime; -- so named in honor of W. Haidinger, of Vienna.

Hai"duck (h"dk), n. [G. haiduck, heiduck, fr. Hung. hajdu.] Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts. [Written also hayduck, haiduk, heiduc, heyduck, and heyduk.]

||Haik (hk; Ar. h‰*k), n. [Ar. hÔk, fr. hka to weave.] A large piece of ||woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment. [Written ||also hyke.] Heyse.

||Hai"kal (h"kal), n. The central chapel of the three forming the ||sanctuary of a Coptic church. It contains the high altar, and is ||usually closed by an embroidered curtain.

Hail (hl), n. [OE. hail, hael, AS. hÊgel, hagol; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. hagel; Icel. hagl; cf. Gr. ka`chlhx pebble.] Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones.

Thunder mixed with hail, Hail mixed with fire, must rend the Egyptian sky.

Milton.

Hail, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hailed (hld); p. pr. & vb. n. Hailing.] [OE. hailen, AS. hagalian.] To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.

Hail, v. t. To pour forcibly down, as hail. Shak.

Hail, a. Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).

Hail, v. t. [OE. hailen, heilen, Icel. heill hale, sound, used in greeting. See Hale sound.] 1. To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.

2. To name; to designate; to call.

And such a son as all men hailed me happy.

Milton.

Hail, v. i. 1. To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York.

2. To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from. [Colloq.] C. G. Halpine.

Hail, interj. [See Hail, v. t.] An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting. "Hail, brave friend." Shak.

All hail. See in the Vocabulary. -- Hail Mary, a form of prayer made use of in the Roman Catholic Church in invocation of the Virgin. See Ave Maria.

Hail, n. A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call. "Their puissant hail." M. Arnold.

The angel hail bestowed.

Milton.

Hail"-fel`low (-fl`l), n. An intimate companion.

Hail-fellow well met.

Lyly.

Hailse (hls), v. t. [OE. hailsen, Icel. heilsa. Cf. Hail to call to.] To greet; to salute. [Obs.] P. Plowman.

Hail"shot` (hl"sht`), n. pl. Small shot which scatter like hailstones. [Obs.] Hayward.