Part 5257

<cs><col>Hermaphrodite brig</col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Brig</er>.</cd></cs>

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Hermaphroditic, Hermaphroditical</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw><hw>Her*maph`ro*dit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; characterized by hermaphroditism.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Hermaphroditism</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Her*maph"ro*dit*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.</def>

<h1>Hermeneutic, Hermeneutical</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw><hw>Her`me*neu"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Her`me*neu"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to interpret: cf. F. <ets>herm\'82neutique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; <as>as, <ex>hermeneutic</ex> theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a <ex>hermeneutic</ex> phrase.</as></def>

<h1>Hermeneutically</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Her`me*neu"tic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>According to the principles of interpretation; <as>as, a verse of Scripture was examined <ex>hermeneutically</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Hermeneutics</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Her`me*neu"tics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/).]</ety> <def>The science of interpretation and explanation; exegesis; esp., that branch of theology which defines the laws whereby the meaning of the Scriptures is to be ascertained.</def>

<i>Schaff-Herzog Encyc.</i>

<h1>Hermes</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Her"mes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>See <er>Mercury</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Hermes Trismegistus</i> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'Ermh^s trisme`gistos</grk>, lit., Hermes thrice greatest]</ety> was a late name of Hermes, especially as identified with the Egyptian god Thoth. He was the fabled inventor of astrology and alchemy.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch\'91ology)</fld> <def>Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also <altname>herma</altname>. See <cref>Terminal statue</cref>, under <er>Terminal</er>.</def>

<h1>Hermetic, Hermetical</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw><hw>Her*met"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Her*met"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>herm\'82tique</ets>. See Note under <er>Hermes</er>, 1.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; <as>as, <ex>hermetic</ex> philosophy</as>. Hence: Alchemical; chemic.</def> "Delusions of the <i>hermetic</i> art."

<i>Burke.</i>

<blockquote>The alchemists, as the people were called who tried to make gold, considered themselves followers of Hermes, and often called themselves <b>Hermetic</b> philosophers. <i>A. B. Buckley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes of diseases and the operations of medicine on the principles of the hermetic philosophy, and which made much use, as a remedy, of an alkali and an acid; <as>as, <ex>hermetic</ex> medicine</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape; <as>as, an <ex>hermetic</ex> seal</as>. See Note under <er>Hermetically</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Hermetic art</col>, <cd>alchemy.</cd> -- <col>Hermetic books</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Books of the Egyptians, which treat of astrology.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Books which treat of universal principles, of the nature and orders of celestial beings, of medicine, and other topics.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hermetically</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Her*met"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In an hermetical manner; chemically.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure.</def>