<hw>Ha*bit`u*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>habituation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.</def>
<h1>Habitude</h1> <Xpage=662>
<hw>Hab"i*tude</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>habitudo</ets> condition. See <er>Habit</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations.</def>
<i>South.</i>
<blockquote>The same ideas having immutably the same <b>habitudes</b> one to another. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else than <?/heir <b>habitudes</b> of thinking. <i>Landor.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity.</def>
<blockquote>To write well, one must have frequent <b>habitudes</b> with the best company. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>Habit of body or of action.</def>
<i>Shak.</i>
<blockquote>It is impossible to gain an exact <b>habitude</b> without an infinite <?/umber of acts and perpetual practice. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Habitue</h1> <Xpage=662>
<hw>Ha`bi`tu`e"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., p. p. of <ets>habituer</ets>. See <er>Habituate</er>.]</ety> <def>One who habitually frequents a place; <as>as, an <ex>habitu\'82</ex> of a theater</as>.</def>
<h1>Habiture</h1> <Xpage=662>
<hw>Hab"i*ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Habitude.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Habitus</h1> <Xpage=662>
<hw>Hab"i*tus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Habitude; mode of life; general appearance.</def>
<h1>Hable</h1> <Xpage=662>
<hw>Ha"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Habile</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Spenser.</i>
<h1>Habnab</h1> <Xpage=662>
<hw>Hab"nab</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <altsp>[<er>Hobnob</er>.]</altsp> <def>By chance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Hachure</h1> <Xpage=662>
<hw>Hach"ure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>hacher</ets> to hack. See <er>Hatching</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See <er>Hatching</er>.</def>
<h1>Hacienda</h1> <Xpage=662>
<hw>Ha`ci*en"da</hw> <tt>(? or ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp., fr. OSp. <ets>facienda</ets> employment, estate, fr. L. <ets>facienda</ets>, pl. of <ets>faciendum</ets> what is to be done, fr. <ets>facere</ets> to do. See <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <def>A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word used in Spanish-American regions.</def> <-- 2. The main residence of a hacienda <p><b>1.</b> -->
<h1>Hack</h1> <Xpage=662>
<hw>Hack</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hatch</er> a half door.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.</def>
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