Part 5238

<h1>Henotheism</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hen"o*the*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, one + E. <ets>theism</ets>.]</ety> <def>Primitive religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped reference to the rest.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Henotic</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>He*not"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to unite, fr. <?/ one.]</ety> <def>Harmonizing; irenic.</def>

<i>Gladstone.</i>

<h1>Henpeck</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hen"peck`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Henpecked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb.</tt> <er>Henpecking</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively).</def>

<h1>Henroost</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hen"roost`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A place where hens roost.</def>

<h1>Henry</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hen"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Henrys</plw></plu>. <ety>[From Joseph <ets>Henry</ets>, an American physicist.]</ety> <def>The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one amp\'8are a second.</def>

<h1>Hen's-foot</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hen's-foot`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An umbelliferous plant (<spn>Caucalis daucoides</spn>).</def>

<h1>Hent</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Hente</er>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Hent</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>hente</ets>, <ets>henten</ets>, fr. AS. <ets>hentan</ets>, <ets>gehentan</ets>, to pursue, take, seize; cf. Icel. <ets>henda</ets>, Goth. <ets>hinpan</ets> (in compos.), and E. <ets>hunt</ets>.]</ety> <def>To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Piers Plowman. Spenser.</i>

<blockquote>This cursed Jew him <b>hente</b> and held him fast. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>But all that he might of his friendes <b>hente</b> On bookes and on learning he it spente. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Henware</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hen"ware`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A coarse, blackish seaweed. See <er>Badderlocks</er>.</def>

<h1>Henxman</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Henx"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Henchman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Hep</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hep</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Hip</er>, the fruit of the dog-rose.</def>

<h1>Hepar</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>He"par</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hepar</ets>, <ets>hepatis</ets>, the liver, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld> <def>Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called also <altname>hepar sulphuris</altname> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also <altname>hepar sulphuris calcareum</altname> (<?/).</def>

<cs><col>Hepar antimonii</col> <tt>(<?/)</tt> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a substance, of a liver-brown color, obtained by fusing together antimony sulphide with alkaline sulphides, and consisting of sulphantimonites of the alkalies; -- called also <altname>liver of antimony</altname>.</cd></cs>