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<h1>Hamstring</h1> <Xpage=667>

<hw>Ham"string`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.</def>

<h1>Hamstring</h1> <Xpage=667>

<hw>Ham"string`</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hamstrung</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hamstringing</er>. See <er>String</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.</def>

<blockquote>So have they <b>hamstrung</b> the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hamular</h1> <Xpage=667>

<hw>Ham"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hooked; hooklike; hamate; <as>as, the <ex>hamular</ex> process of the sphenoid bone</as>.</def>

<h1>Hamulate</h1> <Xpage=667>

<hw>Ham"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with a small hook; hook-shaped.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Hamule</h1> <Xpage=667>

<hw>Ham"ule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hamulus</ets>.]</ety> <def>A little hook.</def>

<h1>Hamulose</h1> <Xpage=667>

<hw>Ham"u*lose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hamulus</ets>, dim. of <ets>hamus</ets> a hook.]</ety> <def>Bearing a small hook at the end.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Hamulus</h1> <Xpage=667>

<hw>Ham"u*lus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hamuli</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., a little hook.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A hook, or hooklike process.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A hooked barbicel of a feather.</def>

<h1>Han</h1> <Xpage=667>

<hw>Han</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <ety>contr. <tt>inf. & plural pres.</tt> of <er>Haven</er>.</ety> <def>To have; have.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Piers Plowman.</i>

<blockquote>Him thanken all, and thus they <b>han</b> an end. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hanap</h1> <Xpage=667>

<hw>Han"ap</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>hanap</ets>. See <er>Hanaper</er>.]</ety> <def>A rich goblet, esp. one used on state occasions.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Hanaper</h1> <Xpage=667>

<hw>Han"a*per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>hanaperium</ets> a large vase, fr. <ets>hanaus</ets> vase, bowl, cup (whence F. <ets>hanap</ets>); of German origin; cf. ONG. <ets>hnapf</ets>, G. <ets>napf</ets>, akin to AS. <ets>hn\'91p</ets> cup, bowl. Cf. <er>Hamper</er>, <er>Nappy</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper.</def>

<cs><col>Hanaper office</col>, <cd>an office of the English court of chancery in which writs relating to the business of the public, and the returns to them, were anciently kept in a hanaper or hamper.</cd></cs>

<i>Blackstone.</i>