Part 799

Hen*di"a*dys (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; &?; &?; one by two.] (Gram.) A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns connected by and, instead of by a noun and limiting adjective; as, we drink from cups and gold, for golden cups.

Hen"dy (?), a. [Obs.] See Hende.

Hen"en (?), adv. Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hen"fish` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) (a) A marine fish; the sea bream. (b) A young bib. See Bib, n., 2.

Heng (?), obs. imp. of Hang. Hung. Chaucer.

Hen"-heart`ed (?), a. Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted. Udall.

Hen"house` (?), n.; pl. Henhouses. A house or shelter for fowls.

Hen"hus`sy (?), n. A cotquean; a man who intermeddles with women's concerns.

He*ni"quen (?), n. See Jeniquen.

Hen"na (?), n. [Ar. hinn alcanna (Lawsonia inermis or alba). Cf. Alcanna, Alkanet, Orchanet.]

1. (Bot.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the nails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc.

2. (Com.) The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or dyestuff made from them.

Hen"ner*y (?), n. An inclosed place for keeping hens. [U. S.]

Hen"nes (?), adv. Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hen`no*tan"nic (?), a. [Henna + tannic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid.

{ He*nog"e* ny (?), Hen`o*gen"e*sis (?), } n. [Gr. e"i`s, masc., "e`n, neut., one + root of &?; to be born.] (Biol.) Same as Ontogeny.

Hen"o*the*ism (?), n. [Gr. e"i`s, "enos`, one + E. theism.] Primitive religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to the rest. [R.]

He*not"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to unite, fr. e"i`s one.] Harmonizing; irenic. Gladstone.

Hen"peck` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Henpecked (?); p. pr. & vb. Henpecking.] To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively).

Hen"roost` (?), n. A place where hens roost.

Hen"ry (?), n.; pl. Henrys. [From Joseph Henry, an American physicist.] The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one ampËre a second.

Hen's-foot` (&?;), n. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Caucalis daucoides).

Hent (hnt), v. t. [imp. Hente; p. p. Hent.] [OE. hente, henten, fr. AS. hentan, gehentan, to pursue, take, seize; cf. Icel. henda, Goth. hinpan (in compos.), and E. hunt.] To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Spenser.

This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast.

Chaucer.

But all that he might of his friendes hente On bookes and on learning he it spente.

Chaucer.

Hen"ware` (?), n. (Bot.) A coarse, blackish seaweed. See Badderlocks.