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<h1>Her</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Her</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>pron. & a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hire</ets>, <ets>here</ets>, <ets>hir</ets>, <ets>hure</ets>, gen. and dat. sing., AS. <ets>hire</ets>, gen. and dat. sing. of <ets>h\'82o</ets> she. from the same root as E. <ets>he</ets>. See <er>He</er>.]</ety> <def>The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun <i>she</i>; <as>as, I saw <ex>her</ex> with <ex>her</ex> purse out</as>.</def>

<note>&hand; The possessive <i>her</i> takes the form <i>hers</i> when the noun with which in agrees is not given, but implied. "And what his fortune wanted, <i>hers</i> could mend."</note>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<mhw><h1>Her, Here</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Her</hw>, <hw>Here</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>pron. pl.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>here</ets>, <ets>hire</ets>, AS. <ets>heora</ets>, <ets>hyra</ets>, gen. pl. of <ets>h&emac;</ets>. See <er>He</er>.]</ety> <def>Of them; their.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Piers Plowman.</i>

<blockquote>On <b>here</b> bare knees adown they fall. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Heracleonite</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>He*rac"le*on*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.</def>

<h1>Herakline</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>He*rak"line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ Hercules.]</ety> <def>A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting.</def>

<h1>Herald</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Her"ald</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>herald</ets>, <ets>heraud</ets>, OF. <ets>heralt</ets>, <ets>heraut</ets>, <ets>herault</ets>, F. <ets>h\'82raut</ets>, LL. <ets>heraldus</ets>, <ets>haraldus</ets>, fr. (assumed) OHG. <ets>heriwalto</ets>, <ets>hariwaldo</ets>, a (civil) officer who serves the army; <ets>hari</ets>, <ets>heri</ets>, army + <ets>waltan</ets> to manage, govern, G. <ets>walten</ets>; akin to E. <ets>wield</ets>. See <er>Harry</er>, <er>Wield</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Antiq.)</fld> <def>An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.</def>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See <cref>Heralds' College</cref> (below), and <er>King-at-Arms</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; <as>as, the <ex>herald</ex> of another's fame</as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.</def>

<blockquote>It was the lark, the <b>herald</b> of the morn. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Any messenger.</def> "My <i>herald</i> is returned."

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>Heralds' College</col>, <cd>in England, an ancient corporation, dependent upon the crown, instituted or perhaps recognized by Richard III. in 1483, consisting of the three Kings-at-Arms and the Chester, Lancaster, Richmond, Somerset, Windsor, and York Heralds, together with the Earl Marshal. This retains from the Middle Ages the charge of the armorial bearings of persons privileged to bear them, as well as of genealogies and kindred subjects; -- called also <altname>College of Arms</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Herald</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Her"ald</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Heralded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Heralding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>herauder</ets>, <ets>heraulder</ets>.]</ety> <def>To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Heraldic</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>He*ral"dic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>h\'82raldique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; <as>as, <ex>heraldic</ex> blazoning; <ex>heraldic</ex> language.</as></def>