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<h1>Henchboy</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hench"boy`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A page; a servant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Henchman</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hench"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>-men</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>hencheman</ets>, <ets>henxman</ets>; prob. fr. OE. & AS. <ets>hengest</ets> horse + E. <ets>man</ets>, and meaning, a groom. AS. <ets>hengest</ets> is akin to D. & G. <ets>hengst</ets> stallion, OHG. <ets>hengist</ets> horse, gelding.]</ety> <def>An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.</def>

<h1>Hencoop</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hen"coop`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A coop or cage for hens.</def>

<h1>Hende</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hende</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE., near, handy, kind, fr. AS. <ets>gehende</ets> near, fr. <ets>hand</ets> hand. See <er>Handy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Skillful; dexterous; clever.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Friendly; civil; gentle; kind.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Hendecagon</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hen*dec"a*gon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ eleven + <?/ angle: cf. F. <ets>hend\'82cagone</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A plane figure of eleven sides and eleven angles.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>endecagon</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Hendecane</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hen"de*cane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>"e`ndeka</grk> eleven.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hydrocarbon, <chform>C11H24</chform>, of the paraffin series; -- so called because it has eleven atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called also <altname>endecane</altname>, <altname>undecane</altname>.</def>

<h1>Hendecasyllabic</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hen*dec`a*syl*lab"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to a line of eleven syllables.</def>

<h1>Hendecasyllable</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hen*dec"a*syl`la*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hendecasyllabus</ets>, Gr. <?/ eleven-syllabled; <?/ eleven + <?/ syllable: cf. F. <ets>hend\'82casyllabe</ets>.]</ety> <def>A metrical line of eleven syllables.</def>

<i>J. Warton.</i>

<h1>Hendecatoic</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hen*dec`a*to"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hendecane</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Undecylic; pertaining to, or derived from, hendecane; <as>as, <ex>hendecatoic</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<h1>Hendiadys</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hen*di"a*dys</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ <?/ <?/ one by two.]</ety> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns connected by <i>and</i>, instead of by a noun and limiting adjective; <as>as, we drink from <ex>cups and gold</ex>, for <ex>golden cups</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Hendy</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hen"dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Hende</er>.</def>

<h1>Henen</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hen"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Hence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>