Part 718

The species of hares are numerous. The common European hare is Lepus timidus. The northern or varying hare of America (L. Americanus), and the prairie hare (L. campestris), turn white in winter. In America, the various species of hares are commonly called rabbits.

2. (Astron.) A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus.

Hare and hounds, a game played by men and boys, two, called hares, having a few minutes' start, and scattering bits of paper to indicate their course, being chased by the others, called the hounds, through a wide circuit. -- Hare kangaroo (Zoˆl.), a small Australian kangaroo (Lagorchestes Leporoides), resembling the hare in size and color, -- Hare's lettuce (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sonchus, or sow thistle; -- so called because hares are said to eat it when fainting with heat. Dr. Prior. -- Jumping hare. (Zoˆl.) See under Jumping. -- Little chief hare, or Crying hare. (Zoˆl.) See Chief hare. - - Sea hare. (Zoˆl.) See Aplysia.

Hare"bell` (h‚r"bl`), n. (Bot.) A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell. [Written also hairbell.]

E'en the light harebell raised its head.

Sir W. Scott.

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Hare"brained` (h‚r"brnd`), a. Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. "A mad hare-brained fellow." North (Plutarch). [Written also hairbrained.]

Hare"foot` (-ft`), n. 1. (Zoˆl.) A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward; -- said of dogs.

2. (Bot.) A tree (Ochroma Lagopus) of the West Indies, having the stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare's foot.

Harefoot clover (Bot.), a species of clover (Trifolium arvense) with soft and silky heads.

Hare"-heart`ed (-h‰rt`d), a. Timorous; timid; easily frightened. Ainsworth.

Hare"hound` (-hound`), n. See Harrier. A. Chalmers.

Har"eld (hr"ld), n. (Zoˆl.) The long-tailed duck. See Old Squaw.

Hare"lip` (h‚r"lp`), n. A lip, commonly the upper one, having a fissure of perpendicular division like that of a hare. -- Hare"lipped` (- lpt`), a.

Ha"rem (h"rm; 277), n.[Ar. haram, orig., anything forbidden or sacred, fr. harama to forbid, prohibit.] [Written also haram and hareem.] 1. The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in Mohammedan families.

2. The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio.

Ha*ren"gi*form (h*rn"j*fÙrm), a. [F. hareng herring (LL. harengus) + -form.] Herring-shaped.

Hare's"-ear` (h‚rz"r`), n. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium); -- so named from the shape of its leaves. Dr. Prior.

Hare's"-foot` fern` (-ft` frn`). (Bot.) A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; -- whence the name.

Hare's"-tail` (-tl`), n. (Bot.) A kind of grass (Eriophorum vaginatum). See Cotton grass, under Cotton.

Hare's-tail grass (Bot.), a species of grass (Lagurus ovatus) whose head resembles a hare's tail.

Har"fang (h‰r"fng), n. [See Hare, n., and Fang.] (Zoˆl.) The snowy owl.

Ha`ri*a"li grass` (h‰`r*‰"l grs`). (Bot.) The East Indian name of the Cynodon Dactylon; dog's-grass.

Har"i*cot (hr"*k; F. `r`k"), n. [F.] 1. A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.

2. The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same genus furnish different kinds of haricots.

Har"i*er (hr"*r), n. (Zoˆl.) See Harrier.

Ha"ri*ka`ri (h‰"r*k‰`r), n. See Hara-kiri.