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<hw>He"bra*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to speak Hebrew: cf. F. <ets>h\'82bra\'8bser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To convert into the Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew or Hebraistic.</def>

<i>J. R. Smith.</i>

<h1>Hebraize</h1> <Xpage=680>

<hw>He"bra*ize</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hebraized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hebraizing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to Hebrew customs.</def>

<h1>Hebrew</h1> <Xpage=680>

<hw>He"brew</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>H\'82breu</ets>, L. <ets>Hebraeus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. Heb. <ets>'ibhr\'c6</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew.</def>

<blockquote>There came one that had escaped and told Abram the <b>Hebrew</b>. <i>Gen. xiv. 13.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The language of the Hebrews; -- one of the Semitic family of languages.</def>

<h1>Hebrew</h1> <Xpage=680>

<hw>He"brew</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the Hebrews; <as>as, the <ex>Hebrew</ex> language or rites</as>.</def>

<h1>Hebrewess</h1> <Xpage=680>

<hw>He"brew*ess</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An Israelitish woman.</def>

<h1>Hebrician</h1> <Xpage=680>

<hw>He*bri"cian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A Hebraist.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Hebridean, Hebridian</h1> <Xpage=680>

<hw><hw>He*brid"e*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>He*brid"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the islands called Hebrides, west of Scotland.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or inhabitant of the Hebrides.</def></def2>

<h1>Hecatomb</h1> <Xpage=680>

<hw>Hec"a*tomb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hecatombe</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ hundred + <?/ ox: cf. F. <ets>h\'82catombe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Antiq.)</fld> <def>A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims.</def>

<blockquote>Slaughtered <b>hecatombs</b> around them bleed. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>More than a human <b>hecatomb</b>. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hecatompedon</h1> <Xpage=680>

<hw>Hec`a*tom"pe*don</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ hundred feet long, <?/ <?/ the Parthenon; <?/ hundred + <?/ foot.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate.</def>

<h1>Hecdecane</h1> <Xpage=680>

<hw>Hec"de*cane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ six + <?/ ten.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, <chform>C16H34</chform>, of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule has sixteen atoms of carbon; -- called also <altname>hexadecane</altname>.</def>

<h1>Heck</h1> <Xpage=680>

<hw>Heck</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hatch</er> a half door.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hack</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The bolt or latch of a door.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A rack for cattle to feed at.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also <altname>heck door</altname>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>