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<h1>Hasp</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Hasp</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hasped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hasping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>h\'91psian</ets>.]</ety> <def>To shut or fasten with a hasp.</def>

<h1>Hassock</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Has"sock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Scot. <ets>hassock</ets>, <ets>hassik</ets>, a besom, anything bushy, a large, round turf used as a seat, OE. <ets>hassok</ets> sedgy ground, W. <ets>hesgog</ets> sedgy, <ets>hesg</ets> sedge, rushes; cf. Ir. <ets>seisg</ets>, and E. <ets>sedge</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock.</def>

<i>Forby.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use.</def>

<blockquote>And knees and <b>hassocks</b> are well nigh divorced.

<i>Cowper.</i>

<h1>Hast</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Hast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>, 2<i>d pers</i>. <i>sing</i>. <i>pres</i>. of. <er>Fave</er>, contr. of <i>havest</i>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<h1>Hastate, Hastated</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw><hw>Has"tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Has"ta*ted</hw>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hastatus</ets>, fr. <ets>hasta</ets> spear. Cf. <er>Gad</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; <as>as, a <ex>hastate</ex> leaf</as>.</def>

<h1>Haste</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Haste</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hast</ets>; akin to D. <ets>haast</ets>, G., Dan., Sw., & OFries. <ets>hast</ets>, cf. OF. <ets>haste</ets>, F. <ets>h\'83te</ets> (of German origin); all perh. fr. the root of E. <ets>hate</ets> in a earlier sense of, to pursue. See <er>Hate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.</def>

<blockquote>The king's business required <b>haste</b>. <i>1 Sam. xxi. 8.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.</def>

<blockquote>I said in my <b>haste</b>, All men are liars. <i>Ps. cxvi. 11.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To make haste</col>, <cd>to hasten.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Speed; quickness; nimbleness; swiftness; expedition; dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence; precipitation.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Haste</er>, <er>Hurry</er>, <er>Speed</er>, <er>Dispatch</er>. <i>Haste</i> denotes quickness of action and a strong desire for getting on; <i>hurry</i> includes a confusion and want of collected thought not implied in <i>haste</i>; <i>speed</i> denotes the actual progress which is made; <i>dispatch</i>, the promptitude and rapidity with which things are done. A man may properly be in <i>haste</i>, but never in a <i>hurry</i>. <i>Speed</i> usually secures <i>dispatch</i>.</usage>

<h1>Haste</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Haste</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hasted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hasting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>hasten</ets>; akin to G. <ets>hasten</ets>, D. <ets>haasten</ets>, Dan. <ets>haste</ets>, Sw. <ets>hasta</ets>, OF. <ets>haster</ets>, F. <ets>h\'83ter</ets>. See <er>Haste</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To hasten; to hurry.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>I 'll <b>haste</b> the writer. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They were troubled and <b>hasted</b> away. <i>Ps. xlviii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hasten</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Has"ten</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hastened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hastening</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.</def>

<blockquote>I would <b>hasten</b> my escape from the windy storm. <i>Ps. lv. 8.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hasten</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Has"ten</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To move celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly.</def>