Part 5207

<i>Fotherby.</i>

<h1>Hegemony</h1> <Xpage=682>

<hw>He*gem`o*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ guide, leader, fr. <?/ to go before.]</ety> <def>Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a government or state to its neighbors or confederates.</def>

<i>Lieber.</i>

<h1>Hegge</h1> <Xpage=682>

<hw>Heg"ge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A hedge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Hegira</h1> <Xpage=682>

<hw>He*gi"ra</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hejira</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Ar. <ets>hijrah</ets> flight.]</ety> <def>The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, <sc>A. D.</sc> 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed.</def>

<note>&hand; The starting point of the Era was made to begin, not from the date of the flight, but from the first day of the Arabic year, which corresponds to July 16, <sc>A. D.</sc> 622.</note>

<h1>Heifer</h1> <Xpage=682>

<hw>Heif"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hayfare</ets>, AS. <ets>he\'a0hfore</ets>, <ets>he\'a0fore</ets>; the second part of this word seems akin to AS. <ets>fearr</ets> bull, ox; akin to OHG. <ets>farro</ets>, G. <ets>farre</ets>, D. <ets>vaars</ets>, heifer, G. <ets>f\'84rse</ets>, and perh. to Gr. <?/, <?/, calf, heifer.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A young cow.</def>

<h1>Heigh-ho</h1> <Xpage=682>

<hw>Heigh"-ho</hw> <tt>(h&imac;"-h&omac;)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <def>An exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness, weariness, etc.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Height</h1> <Xpage=682>

<hw>Height</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hight</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[OE. <ets>heighte</ets>, <ets>heght</ets>, <ets>heighthe</ets>, AS. <ets>he\'a0h<?/u</ets>, fr. <ets>heah</ets> high; akin to D. <ets>hoogte</ets>, Sw. <ets>h\'94jd</ets>, Dan. <ets>h\'94ide</ets>, Icel. <ets>h\'91<?/</ets>, Goth. <ets>hauhipa</ets>. See <er>High</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The condition of being high; elevated position.</def>

<blockquote>Behold the <b>height</b> of the stars, how high they are! <i>Job xxii. 12.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<blockquote>[Goliath's] <b>height</b> was six cubits and a span. <i>1 Sam. xvii. 4.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Degree of latitude either north or south.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same <b>height</b> as Peru to the south. <i>Abp. Abbot.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; <as>as, Alpine <ex>heights</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; pre\'89minence or distinction in society; prominence.</def>

<blockquote>Measure your mind's <b>height</b> by the shade it casts. <i>R. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>All would in his power hold, all make his subjects. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>