Part 5091

<h1>Haloid</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ha"loid</hw> <tt>(? or ?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>"a`ls</grk>, <grk>"alo`s</grk> salt + <ets>-oid</ets>: cf. F. <ets>cal<?/<?/de</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A haloid substance.</def></def2>

<h1>Halomancy</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hal"o*man`cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Alomancy</er>.</def>

<h1>Halometer</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ha*lom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>"a`ls</grk>, <grk>"alo`s</grk>, salt + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for measuring the forms and angles of salts and crystals; a goniometer.</def>

<h1>Halones</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ha*lo"nes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, a halo.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Alternating transparent and opaque white rings which are seen outside the blastoderm, on the surface of the developing egg of the hen and other birds.</def>

<h1>Halophyte</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hal"o*phyte</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>"a`ls</grk>, <grk>"alo`s</grk>, salt + <?/ a plant.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea.</def>

<h1>Haloscope</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ha"lo*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Halo</ets> + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for exhibition or illustration of the phenomena of halos, parhelia, and the like.</def>

<h1>Halotrichite</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hal*o*tri"chite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>"a`ls</grk> sea + <grk>fri`x</grk>, <grk>tricho`s</grk>, hair.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An iron alum occurring in silky fibrous aggregates of a yellowish white color.</def>

<h1>Haloxyline</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ha*lox"y*line</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>"a`ls</grk>, <grk>"alo`s</grk>, salt + <grk>xy`lon</grk> wood.]</ety> <def>An explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder.</def>

<h1>Halp</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Halp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp.</tt> <mord>of <er>Help</er></mord>. <def>Helped.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Halpace</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hal"pace</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>See <er>Haut pas</er>.</def>

<h1>Hals</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hals</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>heals</ets>; akin to D., G., & Goth. <ets>hals</ets>. See <er>Collar</er>.]</ety> <def>The neck or throat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Do me hangen by the <b>hals</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Halse</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Halse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>healsian</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Each other kissed glad And lovely <b>halst</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To adjure; to beseech; to entreat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>O dere child, I <b>halse</b> thee, In virtue of the Holy Trinity. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>