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<blockquote><b>Helpless</b> of all that human wants require. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Help"less*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Help"less*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Helpmate</h1> <Xpage=684>

<hw>Help"mate`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A corruption of the "<ets>help meet</ets> for him" of <i>Genesis ii. 18.</i><i>Fitzedward Hall</i>.]</ety> <def>A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife.</def>

<blockquote>In Minorca the ass and the hog are common <b>helpmates</b>, and are yoked together in order to turn up the land. <i>Pennant.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A waiting woman was generally considered as the most suitable <b>helpmate</b> for a parson. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Helpmeet</h1> <Xpage=684>

<hw>Help"meet`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Helpmate</er>.]</ety> <def>A wife; a helpmate.</def>

<blockquote>The Lord God created Adam, . . . and afterwards, on his finding the want of a <b>helpmeet</b>, caused him to sleep, and took one of his ribs and thence made woman. <i>J. H. Newman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Helter-skelter</h1> <Xpage=684>

<hw>Hel"ter-skel"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[An onomat<?/poetic word. Cf. G. <ets>holter-polter</ets>, D. <ets>holder de bolder</ets>.]</ety> <def>In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Helter-skelter</b> have I rode to thee. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A wistaria vine running <b>helter-skelter</b> across the roof. <i>J. C. Harris.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Helve</h1> <Xpage=684>

<hw>Helve</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>helve</ets>, <ets>helfe</ets>, AS. <ets>hielf</ets>, <ets>helf</ets>, <ets>hylf</ets>, cf. OHG. <ets>halb</ets>; and also E. <ets>halter</ets>, <ets>helm</ets> of a rudder.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Iron Working)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.</def>

<h1>Helve</h1> <Xpage=684>

<hw>Helve</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Helved</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Helving</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To furnish with a helve, as an ax.</def>

<h1>Helvetian</h1> <Xpage=684>

<hw>Hel*ve"tian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Helvetic</er>.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A Swiss; a Switzer.</def></def2>

<h1>Helvetic</h1> <Xpage=684>

<hw>Hel*ve"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Helveticus</ets>, fr. <ets>Helvetii</ets> the Helvetii.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitant of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions; <as>as, the <ex>Helvetic</ex> confederacy; <ex>Helvetic</ex> states.</as></def>

<h1>Helvine, Helvite</h1> <Xpage=684>

<hw><hw>Hel"vine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hel"vite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>helvus</ets> of a light bay color.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a yellowish color, consisting chiefly of silica, glucina, manganese, and iron, with a little sulphur.</def>

<h1>Hem</h1> <Xpage=684>

<hw>Hem</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>pron.</tt> <ety>[OE., fr. AS. <ets>him</ets>, <ets>heom</ets>, dative pl. of. <ets>h<?/</ets> he. See <er>He</er>, <er>They</er>.]</ety> <def>Them</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Hem</h1> <Xpage=684>