Part 5232

<hw>Hem`i*spher"ule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A half spherule.</def>

<h1>Hemistich</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem"i*stich</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hemistichium</ets>, Gr. <grk>"hmisti`chion</grk>; <grk>"hmi-</grk> half + <grk>sti`chos</grk> row, line, verse: cf. F. <ets>h\'82mistiche</ets>.]</ety> <def>Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.</def>

<h1>Hemistichal</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>He*mis"ti*chal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also, by, or according to, hemistichs; <as>as, a <ex>hemistichal</ex> division of a verse</as>.</def>

<h1>Hemisystole</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`i*sys"to*le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Contraction of only one ventricle of the heart.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Hemisystole</i> is noticed in rare cases of insufficiency of the mitral valve, in which both ventricles at times contract simultaneously, as in a normal heart, this condition alternating with contraction of the right ventricle alone; hence, <i>intermittent hemisystole</i>.</note>

<h1>Hemitone</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem"i*tone</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hemitonium</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>See <er>Semitone</er>.</def>

<h1>Hemitropal, Hemitropous</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw><hw>He*mit"ro*pal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>He*mit"ro*pous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hemitrope</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Turned half round; half inverted.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Hemitrope</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem"i*trope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hemi-</ets> + Gr. <?/ to turn: cf. F. <ets>h\'82mitrope</ets>.]</ety> <def>Half turned round; half inverted; <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> having a twinned structure.</def>

<h1>Hemitrope</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem"i*trope</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which is hemitropal in construction; <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.</def>

<h1>Hemitropy</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>He*mit"ro*py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>Twin composition in crystals.</def>

<h1>Hemlock</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem"lock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hemeluc</ets>, <ets>humloc</ets>, AS. <ets>hemlic</ets>, <ets>hymlic</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the <spn>Cicuta maculata</spn>, <spn>bulbifera</spn>, and <spn>virosa</spn>, and the <spn>Conium maculatum</spn>. See <er>Conium</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; The potion of <i>hemlock</i> administered to Socrates is by some thought to have been a decoction of <spn>Cicuta virosa</spn>, or <i>water hemlock</i>, by others, of <spn>Conium maculatum</spn>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An evergreen tree common in North America (<spn>Abies, &or; Tsuga, Canadensis</spn>); hemlock spruce.</def>

<blockquote>The murmuring pines and the <b>hemlocks</b>. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Ground hemlock</col>, &or; <col>Dwarf hemlock</col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Ground</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hemmel</h1> <Xpage=685>