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<hw>Heer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>A yarn measure of six hundred yards or <?/\'3c-- fr. 1/24--\'3e of a spindle. See <er>Spindle</er>.</def>

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<hw>Heer</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hair</er>.]</ety> <def>Hair.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<h1>Heft</h1> <Xpage=682>

<hw>Heft</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Haft</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Waller.</i>

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<hw>Heft</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Heave</er>: cf. <ets>hefe</ets> weight. Cf. <er>Haft</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or effort of heaving<?/ violent strain or exertion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He craks his gorge, his sides, With violent <b>hefts</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Weight; ponderousness.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>A man of his age and <b>heft</b>. <i>T. Hughes.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The greater part or bulk of anything; <as>as, the <ex>heft</ex> of the crop was spoiled</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq. U. S.]</mark>

<i>J. Pickering.</i>

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<hw>Heft</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hefted</er> (<er>Heft</er>, <mark>obs</mark>.); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hefting</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To heave up; to raise aloft.</def>

<blockquote>Inflamed with wrath, his raging blade he <b>heft</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To prove or try the weight of by raising.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Hefty</h1> <Xpage=682>

<hw>Heft"y</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Moderately heavy.</def> <mark>[Colloq. U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Hegelian</h1> <Xpage=682>

<hw>He*ge"li*an</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to Hegelianism.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A follower of Hegel.</def></def2>

<h1>Hegelianism, Hegelism</h1> <Xpage=682>

<hw><hw>He*ge"li*an*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>He"gel*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>The system of logic and philosophy set forth by <i>Hegel</i>, a German writer (1770-1831).</def>

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<hw><hw>Heg`e*mon"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Heg`e*mon"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/. See <er>Hegemony</er>.]</ety> <def>Leading; controlling; ruling; predominant.</def> "Princelike and <i>hegemonical</i>."