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<hw>Herb"a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Herbarium</er>.]</ety> <def>A garden of herbs; a cottage garden.</def>

<i>T. Warton.</i>

<h1>Herber</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Herb"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>herbier</ets>, LL. <ets>herbarium</ets>. See <er>Herbarium</er>.]</ety> <def>A garden; a pleasure garden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Into an <i>herber</i> green."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Herbergage</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Her"berg*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Harborage</er>.]</ety> <def>Harborage; lodging; shelter; harbor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Herbergeour</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Her"ber*geour</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Harbinger</er>.]</ety> <def>A harbinger.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<mhw><h1>Herbergh, Herberwe</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Her"bergh</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Her"ber*we</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Harbor</er>.]</ety> <def>A harbor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Herbescent</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Her*bes"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>herbescens</ets>, <ets>p. pr.</ets> of <ets>herbescere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Growing into herbs.</def>

<h1>Herbid</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Herb"id</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>herbidus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Covered with herbs.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Herbiferous</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Her*bif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Herb</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>: cf. F. <ets>herbif\'82re</ets>.]</ety> <def>Bearing herbs or vegetation.</def>

<h1>Herbist</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Herb"ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A herbalist.</def>

<h1>Herbivora</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Her*biv"o*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>herba</ets> herb + <ets>vorare</ets> to devour.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation.</def>

<h1>Herbivore</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Her"bi*vore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>herbivore</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Herbivora.</def>

<i>P. H. Gosse.</i>

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