Part 5244

<i>T. Warton.</i>

<h1>Heraldically</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>He*ral"dic*al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.</def>

<h1>Heraldry</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Her"ald*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.</def>

<h1>Heraldship</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Her"ald*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office of a herald.</def>

<i>Selden.</i>

<h1>Herapathite</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Her"a*path*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after Dr. <ets>Herapath</ets>, the discoverer.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light.</def>

<h1>Heraud</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Her"aud</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A herald.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Herb</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Herb</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>herbe</ets>, <ets>erbe</ets>, OF. <ets>herbe</ets>, <ets>erbe</ets>, F. <ets>herbe</ets>, L. <ets>herba</ets>; perh. akin to Gr. <grk>forbh`</grk> food, pasture, <grk>fe`rbein</grk> to feed.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.</def>

<note>&hand; Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower the second season, and then die; perennial herbs produce new stems year after year.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Grass; herbage.</def>

<blockquote>And flocks Grazing the tender <b>herb</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Herb bennet</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Bennet</er>.</cd> -- <col>Herb Christopher</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an herb (<spn>Act\'91a spicata</spn>), whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal fern, the wood betony, etc.</cd> -- <col>Herb Gerard</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the goutweed; -- so called in honor of St. <i>Gerard<i>, who used to be invoked against the gout. <i>Dr. Prior</i>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Herb grace</col>, &or; <col>Herb of grace</col></mcol>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Rue</er>.</cd> -- <col>Herb Margaret</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the daisy. See <er>Marguerite</er>.</cd> -- <col>Herb Paris</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an Old World plant related to the trillium (<spn>Paris quadrifolia</spn>), commonly reputed poisonous.</cd> -- <col>Herb Robert</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a species of <spn>Geranium</spn> (<spn>G. Robertianum</spn>.)</cd></cs>

<h1>Herbaceous</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Her*ba"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>herbaceus</ets> grassy. See <er>Herb</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb; <as>as, <ex>herbaceous</ex> plants; an <ex>herbaceous</ex> stem.</as></def>

<h1>Herbage</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Herb"age</hw> <tt>(?; 48)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Herb</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Herbs collectively; green food beasts; grass; pasture.</def> "Thin <i>herbage</i> in the plaims."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law.)</fld> <def>The liberty or right of pasture in the forest or in the grounds of another man.</def>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Herbaged</h1> <Xpage=687>