<blockquote>All houses wherein men have lived and died Are <b>haunted</b> houses. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Haunter</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Haunt"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, haunts.</def>
<h1>Haurient</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Hau"ri*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hauriens</ets>, <ets>p. pr.</ets> of <ets>haurire</ets> to breathe.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>In pale, with the head in chief; -- said of the figure of a fish, as if rising for air.</def>
<h1>Hausen</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Hau"sen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large sturgeon (<spn>Acipenser huso</spn>) from the region of the Black Sea. It is sometimes twelve feet long.</def><-- syn = Huso huso, and also called Beluga. Provides the highest quality caviar -->
<h1>Hausse</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Hausse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <def>A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm, or a cannon.</def>
<h1>Haustellata</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Haus`tel*la"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. <ets>haustellum</ets>, fr. L. <ets>haurire</ets>, <ets>haustum</ets>, to draw water, to swallow. See <er>Exhaust</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis.</def>
<h1>Haustellate</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Haus"tel*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Haustellata</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Haustellata.</def></def2>
<h1>Haustellum</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Haus*tel"lum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Haustella</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The sucking proboscis of various insects. See <er>Lepidoptera</er>, and <er>Diptera</er>.</def>
<h1>Haustorium</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Haus*to"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Haustoria</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[LL., a well, fr. L. <ets>haurire</ets>, <ets>haustum</ets>, to drink.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy.</def>
<i>R. Brown.</i>
<h1>Haut</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Haut</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Haughty</er>.]</ety> <def>Haughty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Nations proud and <i>haut</i>."
<i>Milton.</i>
<h1>Hautboy</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Haut"boy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>hautbois</ets>, lit., high wood; <ets>haut</ets> high + <ets>bois</ets> wood. So called on account of its high tone. See <er>Haughty</er>, <er>Bush</er>; and cf. <er>Oboe</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly called <altname>oboe</altname>. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Oboe</er>.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A sort of strawberry (<spn>Fragaria elatior</spn>).</def>
<h1>Hautboyist</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Haut"boy*ist</hw> <tt>(-&icr;st)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>hautbo\'8bste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A player on the hautboy.</def>
<h1>Hautein</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Hau"tein</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Haughty</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Haughty; proud.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
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