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Hymn, v. i. To sing in praise or adoration. Milton.

Hym"nal (?), n. A collection of hymns; a hymn book.

Hym"nic (?), a. [Cf. F. hymnique.] Relating to hymns, or sacred lyrics. Donne.

Hymn"ing (?), a. Praising with hymns; singing. "The hymning choir." G. West.

Hymn"ing, n. The singing of hymns. Milton.

Hym"nist (?), n. A writer of hymns.

Hym"no*dy (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; a hymn + &?; a song, a singing.] Hymns, considered collectively; hymnology.

Hym*nog"ra*pher (?), n. 1. One who writes on the subject of hymns.

2. A writer or composed of hymns.

Hym*nog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; hymn + graphy.] The art or act of composing hymns.

Hym*nol"o*gist (?), n. A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology. Busby.

Hym*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?; hymn + -logy: cf. F. hymnologie.] 1. The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular country or period; as, the hymnology of the eighteenth century; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body; as, the Anglican hymnology.

2. A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns.

Hymp"ne (?), n. A hymn. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hynd"reste (?), a. See Hinderest. [Obs.]

Hyne (?), n. A servant. See Hine. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hy"o- (?). [See Hyod.] A prexif used in anatomy, and generally denoting connection with the hyoid bone or arch; as, hyoglossal, hyomandibular, hyomental, etc.

||Hy`o*ga*noi"de*i (?), n. pl. [NL. See Hyo-, and Canoidei.] (Zoˆl.) A ||division of ganoid fishes, including the gar pikes and bowfins. -- ||Hy`o*ga"noid (#), a.

Hy`o*glos"sal (?), a. [Hyo- + Gr. &?; tongue.] (Anat.) (a) Pertaining to or connecting the tongue and hyodean arch; as, the hyoglossal membrane. (b) Of or pertaining to the hyoglossus muscle.

||Hy`o*glos"sus (?), n. [NL., fr. hyo- hyo- + Gr. glw^ssa tongue.] ||(Anat.) A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it ||with the hyoid bone.

Hy"oid (?), a. [Gr. &?; fr. the letter + &?; form: cf. F. hyoÔde.] 1. Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon [].

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself.

Hyoid arch (Anat.), the arch of cartilaginous or bony segments, which connects the base of the tongue with either side of the skull. -- Hyoid bone (Anat.), the bone in the base of the tongue, the middle part of the hyoid arch.

Hy"oid, n. The hyoid bone.

{ Hy*oid"e*al (?), Hy*oid"e*an (?), } a. Same as Hyoid, a.

Hy`o*man*dib"u*lar (?), a. [Hyo- + mandibular.] (Anat.) Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid arch which connects the lower jaw with the skull in fishes. -- n. The hyomandibular bone or cartilage.

Hy`o*men"tal (?), a. [Hyo- + mental of the chin.] (Anat.) Between the hyoid bone and the lower jaw, pertaining to them; suprahyoid; submaxillary; as, the hyomental region of the front of the neck.

Hy`o*pas"tron (?), n. [Hyo- + plastron.] (Zoˆl.) The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyosternum.