Part 5114

<hw>Hap</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>happ</ets> unexpected good luck. <?/<?/<?/.]</ety> <def>That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>Whether art it was or heedless <b>hap</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Cursed be good <b>haps</b>, and cursed be they that build Their hopes on <b>haps</b>. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Loving goes by <b>haps</b>: Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hap</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hap</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>happen</ets>. See <er>Hap</er> chance, and cf. <er>Happen</er>.]</ety> <def>To happen; to befall; to chance.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>Sends word of all that <b>haps</b> in Tyre. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hap'penny</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hap'"pen*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A half-penny.</def>

<h1>Haphazard</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hap"haz`ard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hap</ets> + <ets>hazard</ets>.]</ety> <def>Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.</def>

<blockquote>We take our principles at <b>haphazard</b>, upon trust. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hapless</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hap"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; <as>as, <ex>hapless</ex> youth; <ex>hapless</ex> maid.</as></def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Haplessly</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hap"less*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a hapless, unlucky manner.</def>

<h1>Haplomi</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Ha*plo"mi</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ simple + <?/ shoulder.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of freshwater fishes, including the true pikes, cyprinodonts, and blindfishes.</def>

<h1>Hallostemonous</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hal`lo*stem"o*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ simple + <?/ a thread.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having but one series of stamens, and that equal in number to the proper number of petals; isostemonous.</def>

<h1>Haply</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hap"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be.</def>

<blockquote>Lest <b>haply</b> ye be found even to fight against God. <i>Acts v. 39.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Happed</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Happed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <ety>[From 1st <er>Hap</er>.]</ety> <def>Wrapped; covered; cloaked.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>