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<h1>Heliotypic</h1> <Xpage=682>

<hw>He`li*o*typ"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to, or obtained by, heliotypy.</def>

<h1>Heliotypy</h1> <Xpage=682>

<hw>He"li*o*ty`py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A method of transferring pictures from photographic negatives to hardened gelatin plates from which impressions are produced on paper as by lithography.</def>

<h1>Heliozoa</h1> <Xpage=682>

<hw>He`li*o*zo"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ the sun + <?/ an animal.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of fresh-water rhizopods having a more or less globular form, with slender radiating pseudopodia; the sun animalcule.</def>

<mhw><h1>Helispheric, Helispherical</h1> <Xpage=682>

<hw>Hel`i*spher"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hel`i*spher"ic*al</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Helix</ets> + <ets>spheric</ets>, <ets>spherical</ets>.]</ety> <def>Spiral.</def>

<cs><col>Helispherical line</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>. <cd>the rhomb line in navigation. <mark>[R.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Helium</h1> <Xpage=682>

<hw>He"li*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ the sun.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A gaseous element found in the atmospheres of the sun and earth and in some rare minerals.</def><-- Symbol He, atomic number 2. A noble (or rare) gas. -->

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<h1>Helix</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>He"lix</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Helices</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Helixes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>helix</ets>, Gr. <?/, <?/, fr. <?/ to turn round; cf. L. <ets>volvere</ets>, and E. <ets>volute</ets>, <ets>voluble</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of the ordinary screw. It is distinguished from the <i>spiral</i>, all the convolutions of which are in the plane.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The incurved margin or rim of the external ear. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Ear</er>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of land snails, including a large number of species.</def>

<note>&hand; The genus originally included nearly all shells, but is now greatly restricted. See <er>Snail</er>, <er>Pulmonifera</er>.</note>

<h1>Hell</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>Hell</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>hell</ets>; akin to D. <ets>hel</ets>, OHG. <ets>hella</ets>, G. <ets>h\'94lle</ets>, Icel. <ets>hal</ets>, Sw. <ets>helfvete</ets>, Dan. <ets>helvede</ets>, Goth. <ets>halja</ets>, and to AS. <ets>helan</ets> to conceal. <?/<?/<?/. Cf. <er>Hele</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, <er>Conceal</er>, <er>Cell</er>, <er>Helmet</er>, <er>Hole</er>, <er>Occult</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew <i>sheol</i>, and by the Greeks <i>hades</i>.</def>

<blockquote>He descended into <b>hell</b>. <i>Book of Common Prayer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thou wilt not leave my soul in <b>hell</b>. <i>Ps. xvi. 10.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish.</def> "Within him <i>hell</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>It is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to <b>hell</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A place where outcast persons or things are gathered</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A gambling house.</def> "A convenient little gambling <i>hell</i> for those who had grown reckless." <i>W. Black</i>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type.</def> <i>Hudibras</i>.

<cs><col>Gates of hell</col>. <fld>(Script.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Gate</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 4.</cd></cs>