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<hw>Her*na"ni</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A thin silk or woolen goods, for women's dresses, woven in various styles and colors.</def>

<h1>Herne</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Herne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>hyrne</ets>.]</ety> <def>A corner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Lurking in <b>hernes</b> and in lanes blind. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hernia</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Her"ni*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Hernias</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Herni\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; <as>as, <ex>hernia</ex> of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels</as>. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also <altname>rupture</altname>.</def>

<cs><col>Strangulated hernia</col>, <cd>a hernia so tightly compressed in some part of the channel through which it has been protruded as to arrest its circulation, and produce swelling of the protruded part. It may occur in recent or chronic hernia, but is more common in the latter.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hernial</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Her"ni*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, or connected with, hernia.</def>

<h1>Herniotomy</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Her`ni*ot"o*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hernia</ets> + Gr. <?/ to cut.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A cutting for the cure or relief of hernia; celotomy.</def>

<h1>Hernshaw</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Hern"shaw</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Heronshaw.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Hero</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>He"ro</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Heroes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>h\'82ros</ets>, L. <ets>heros</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central personage in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or illustrious person.</def>

<blockquote>Each man is a <b>hero</b> and oracle to somebody. <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or the person who has the principal share in the transactions related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and \'92neas in the \'92neid.</def>

<blockquote>The shining quality of an epic <b>hero</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Hero worship</col>, <cd>extravagant admiration for great men, likened to the ancient worship of heroes.</cd></cs>

<blockquote><b>Hero worship</b> exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally among mankind. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Herodian</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>He*ro"di*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Jewish Hist.)</fld> <def>One of a party among the Jews, composed of partisans of Herod of Galilee. They joined with the Pharisees against Christ.</def>

<h1>Herodiones</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>He*ro`di*o"nes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a heron.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, and allied forms. Called also <altname>Herodii</altname>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>He*ro`di*o"nine</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Heroess</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>He"ro*ess</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A heroine.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>