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<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder or the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion.</def>

<blockquote><b>Hallucinations</b> are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity. <i>W. A. Hammond.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hallucinator</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hal*lu"ci*na`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.</def>

<i>N. Brit. Rev.</i>

<h1>Hallucinatory</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hal*lu"ci*na*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.</def>

<h1>Hallux</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hal"lux</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>hallex</ets>, <ets>allex</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The first, or preaxial, digit of the hind limb, corresponding to the pollux in the fore limb; the great toe; the hind toe of birds.</def>

<h1>Halm</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Halm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Haulm</er>.</def>

<h1>Halma</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hal"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to leap.]</ety> <fld>(Greek Antiq.)</fld> <def>The long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most important of the exercises of the Pentathlon.</def>

<h1>Halo</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ha"lo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Halos</plw>(<?/)</plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>halos</ets>, acc. <ets>halo</ets>, Gr. <?/ a thrashing floor, also (from its round shape) the disk of the sun or moon, and later a halo round it; cf. Gr. <?/ to enfold, <?/ to roll round, L. <ets>volvere</ets>, and E. <ets>voluble</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.</def>

<h1>Halo</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ha"lo</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Haloed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Haloing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo.</def>

<blockquote>The fire That <b>haloed</b> round his saintly brow. <i>Sothey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Haloed</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ha"loed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Surrounded with a halo; invested with an ideal glory; glorified.</def>

<blockquote>Some <b>haloed</b> face bending over me. <i>C. Bront\'82.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Halogen</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hal"o*gen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>"a`ls</grk>, <grk>"alo`s</grk>, salt + <ets>-gen</ets>: cf. F. <ets>halog\'8ane</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An electro-negative element or radical, which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; sometimes, also, fluorine and cyanogen. See <cref>Chlorine family</cref>, under <er>Chlorine</er>.</def>

<h1>Halogenous</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ha*log"e*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the nature of a halogen.</def>