Part 5095

<hw>Ham`a*me"lis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a kind of medlar or service tree; <?/ at the same time + <?/ an apple, any tree fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants which includes the witch-hazel (<spn>Hamamelis Virginica</spn>), a preparation of which is used medicinally.</def>

<h1>Hamate</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ha"mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hamatus</ets>, fr. <ets>hamus</ets> hook.]</ety> <def>Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.</def>

<h1>Hamated</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ha"ma*ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Hamatum</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ha*ma"tum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>hamatus</ets> hooked.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <er>Unciform</er>.</def>

<h1>Hamble</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ham"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hamelen</ets> to mutilate, AS. <ets>hamelian</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>hamal<?/n</ets> to mutilate, <ets>hamal</ets> mutilated, <ets>ham</ets> mutilated, Icel. <ets>hamla</ets> to mutilate. Cf.<er>Ham<?/er</er> to fetter.]</ety> <def>To hamstring.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Hamburg</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ham"burg</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe.</def>

<cs><col>Black Hamburg grape</col>. <cd>See under <er>Black</er>.</cd> -- <col>Hamburg <?/dging</col>, <cd>a kind of embroidered work done by machinery on cambric or muslin; -- used for trimming.</cd> -- <col>Hamburg lake</col>, <cd>a purplish crimson pigment resembling cochineal.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hame</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hame</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Home.</def> <mark>[Scot. & O. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Hame</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hame</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Scot. <ets>haims</ets>, <ets>hammys</ets>, <ets>hems</ets>, OE. <ets>ham</ets>; cf. D. <ets>haam</ets>.]</ety> <def>One of the two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted upon the collar, or have pads fitting the horse's neck attached to them.</def>

<h1>Hamel</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ham"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>Same as <er>Hamele</er>.</def>

<h1>Hamesecken, Hamesucken</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw><hw>Hame"seck`en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hame"suck`en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>h\'bems<?/cn</ets>. See <er>Home</er>, and <er>Seek</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>The felonious seeking and invasion of a person in his dwelling house.</def>

<i>Bouvier.</i>

<h1>Hamiform</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ha"mi*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hamus</ets> hook + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Hook-shaped.</def>

<h1>Hamilton period</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ham"il*ton pe"ri*od</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from <i>Hamilton</i>, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of <er>Geology</er>.</def>

<h1>Haminura</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ham`i*nu"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large edible river fish (<spn>Erythrinus macrodon</spn>) of Guiana.</def>