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<cs><col>Hare and hounds</col>, <cd>a game played by men and boys, two, called <i>hares<i>, having a few minutes' start, and scattering bits of paper to indicate their course, being chased by the others, called the <i>hounds<i>, through a wide circuit.</cd> -- <col>Hare kangaroo</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>.<cd>, a small Australian kangaroo (<spn>Lagorchestes Leporoides</spn>), resembling the hare in size and color,</cd> -- <col>Hare's lettuce</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant of the genus <spn>Sonchus</spn>, or sow thistle; -- so called because hares are said to eat it when fainting with heat. <i>Dr. Prior</i>.</cd> -- <col>Jumping hare</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Jumping</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Little chief hare</col>, &or; <col>Crying hare</col></mcol>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Chief hare</er>.</cd> -- <col>Sea hare</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Aplysia</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Harebell</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hare"bell`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small, slender, branching plant (<spn>Campanula rotundifolia</spn>), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, <spn>Scilla nutans</spn>, which has similar flowers; -- called also <altname>bluebell</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hairbell</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>E'en the light <b>harebell</b> raised its head. <i>Sir W. Scott .</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Hare'brained'</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Hare"'brained`'</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. "A mad <i>hare-brained</i> fellow." <i>North (Plutarch)</i></def>. <altsp>[Written also <asp>hairbrained</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Harefoot</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Hare"foot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward; -- said of dogs.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot)</fld> <def>A tree (<spn>Ochroma Laqopus</spn>) of the West Indies, having the stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare's foot.</def>

<cs><col>Harefoot clover</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a species of clover (<spn>Trifolium arvense</spn>) with soft and silky heads.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hare-hearted</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Hare"-heart`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Timorous; timid; easily frightened.</def>

<i>Ainsworth.</i>

<h1>Harehound</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Hare"hound`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Harrier</er>.</def>

<i>A. Chalmers.</i>

<h1>Hareld</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har"eld</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The long-tailed duck.</def> See <er>Old Squaw</er>.

<h1>Harelip</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Hare"lip`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A lip, commonly the upper one, having a fissure of perpendicular division like that of a hare.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Hare"lipped`</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Harem</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Ha"rem</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[Ar.<ets>haram</ets>, orig., anything forbidden of sacred, fr. <ets>harama</ets> to forbid, prohibit.]</ety> <ety>[Written also <ets>haram</ets> and <ets>hareem</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in Mohammedan families.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio.</def>

<h1>Harengiform</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Ha*ren"gi*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>hareng</ets> herring (LL.<ets>harengus</ets>) + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Herring-shaped.</def>

<h1>Hare's-ear</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Hare's"-ear`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An umbelliferous plant (<spn>Bupleurum rotundifolium</spn> ); -- so named from the shape of its leaves.</def>