<hw>Hedge"row`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A row of shrubs, or trees, planted for inclosure or separation of fields.</def>
<blockquote>By <b>hedgerow</b> elms and hillocks green. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Hedging bill</h1> <Xpage=681>
<hw>Hedg"ing bill`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A hedge bill. See under <er>Hedge</er>.</def>
<h1>Hedonic</h1> <Xpage=681>
<hw>He*don"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ pleasure, <?/ sweet, pleasant.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to pleasure.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or relating to Hedonism or the Hedonic sect.</def>
<h1>Hedonistic</h1> <Xpage=681>
<hw>Hed`o*nis"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Hedonic</er>, 2.</def>
<h1>Heed</h1> <Xpage=681>
<hw>Heed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Heeded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Heeding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>heden</ets>, AS. <ets>h<?/dan</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>h</ets><?/<ets>dian</ets>, D. <ets>hoeden</ets>, Fries. <ets>hoda</ets>, OHG. <ets>huoten</ets>, G. <ets>h\'81ten</ets>, Dan. <ets>hytte</ets>.<?/<?/<?/. Cf. <er>Hood</er>.]</ety> <def>To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.</def>
<blockquote>With pleasure Argus the musician <b>heeds</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>
<syn>Syn. -- To notice; regard; mind. See <er>Attend</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></syn>
<h1>Heed</h1> <Xpage=681>
<hw>Heed</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To mind; to consider.</def>
<h1>Heed</h1> <Xpage=681>
<hw>Heed</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Attention; notice; observation; regard; -- often with <i>give</i> or <i>take</i>.</def>
<blockquote>With wanton <b>heed</b> and giddy cunning. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>Amasa took no <b>heed</b> to the sword that was in Joab's hand. <i>2 Sam. xx. 10.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>Birds give more <b>heed</b> and mark words more than beasts. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Careful consideration; obedient regard.</def>
<blockquote>Therefore we ought to give the more earnest <b>heed</b> to the things which we have heard. <i>Heb. ii. 1.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>A look or expression of heading.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<blockquote>He did it with a serious mind; a <b>heed</b> Was in his countenance. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Heedful</h1> <Xpage=681>
<hw>Heed"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect; attentive; vigilant.</def>
<i>Shak.</i>
-- <wordforms><wf>Heed"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Heed"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>
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