Part 5127

<i>Dr. Prior.</i>

<h1>Hare's-foot fern</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Hare's"-foot` fern`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of fern (<spn>Davallia Canariensis</spn>) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; -- whence the name.</def>

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

<hw>Hare's"-tail`</hw> <tt>(-t&amac;l`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of grass (<spn>Eriophorum vaginatum</spn>). See <cref>Cotton grass</cref>, under <er>Cotton</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Hare's-tail grass</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a species of grass (<spn>Lagurus ovatus</spn>) whose head resembles a hare's tail.</cd></cs>

<h1>Harfang</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har"fang</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hare</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and <er>Fang</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The snowy owl.</def>

<h1>Hariali grass</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Ha`ri*a"li grass`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The East Indian name of the <spn>Cynodon Dactylon</spn>; dog's-grass.</def>

<h1>Haricot</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har"i*cot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean (<spn>Phaseolus vulgaris</spn>), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same genus furnish different kinds of haricots.</def>

<h1>Harier</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har"i*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Harrier</er>.</def>

<h1>Harikari</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Ha"ri*ka`ri</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Hara-kiri</er>.</def>

<h1>Harioiation</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har`i*o*ia"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ariolation</er>.]</ety> <def>Prognostication; soothsaying.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Harish</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a hare.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Huloet.</i>

<h1>Hark</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Hark</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>herken</ets>. See <er>Hearken</er>.]</ety> <def>To listen; to hearken.</def> <mark>[Now rare, except in the imperative form used as an interjection, Hark! listen.]</mark>

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<cs><mcol><col>Hark away!</col> <col>Hark back!</col> <col>Hark forward!</col></mcol> <fld>(Sporting)</fld>, <cd>cries used to incite and guide hounds in hunting.</cd> -- <col>To hark back</col>, <cd>to go back for a fresh start, as when one has wandered from his direct course, or made a digression.</cd>

<blockquote>He must have overshot the mark, and must <b>hark back</b>. <b>Haggard</b>. He <b>harked back</b> to the subject. <i>W. E. Norris.</i></blockquote></cs>