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<hw>Her`pe*tot"o*mist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who dissects, or studies the anatomy of, reptiles.</def>

<h1>Herpetotomy</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Her`pe*tot"o*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a reptile + <?/ to cut.]</ety> <def>The anatomy or dissection of reptiles.</def>

<h1>Herr</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Herr</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A title of respect given to gentlemen in Germany, equivalent to the English <i>Mister</i>.</def>

<h1>Herring</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Her"ring</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hering</ets>, AS. <ets>h\'91ring</ets>; akin to D. <ets>haring</ets>, G. <ets>h\'84ring</ets>, <ets>hering</ets>, OHG. <ets>haring</ets>, <ets>hering</ets>, and prob. to AS. <ets>here</ets> army, and so called because they commonly move in large numbers. Cf. <er>Harry</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of various species of fishes of the genus <spn>Clupea</spn>, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring (<spn>C. harengus</spn>) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked in great quantities.</def>

<cs><col>Herring gull</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a large gull which feeds in part upon herrings; esp., <spn>Larus argentatus</spn> in America, and <spn>L. cachinnans</spn> in England. See <er>Gull</er>.</cd> -- <col>Herring hog</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the common porpoise.</cd> -- <col>King of the herrings</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The chim\'91ra (<spn>C. monstrosa</spn>) which follows the schools of herring. See <er>Chim\'91ra</er>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The opah.</cd></cs>

<h1>Heringbone</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>He"ring*bone"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions.</def>

<cs><col>Herringbone stitch</col>, <cd>a kind of cross-stitch in needlework, chiefly used in flannel.</cd></cs>

<i>Simmonds.</i>

<h1>Herrnhuter</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Herrn"hut*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of the Moravians; -- so called from the settlement of <i>Herrnhut</i> (the Lord's watch) made, about 1722, by the Moravians at the invitation of Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf, upon his estate in the circle of Bautzen.</def>

<h1>Hers</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hers</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>pron.</tt> <def>See the Note under Her, <i>pr<?/n</i>.</def>

<h1>Hersal</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Her"sal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Rehearsal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Herschel</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Her"schel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>See <er>Uranus</er>.</def>

<h1>Herschelian</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Her*sche"li*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or relating to Sir William Herschel; <as>as, the <ex>Herschelian</ex> telescope</as>.</def>

<h1>Herse</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Herse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>herse</ets> harrow, portcullis, OF. <ets>herce</ets>, LL. <ets>hercia</ets>, L. <ets>hirpex</ets>, gen. <ets>hirpicis</ets>, and <ets>irpex</ets>, gen. <ets>irpicis</ets>, harrow. The LL. <ets>hercia</ets> signifies also a kind of candlestick in the form of a harrow, having branches filled with lights, and placed at the head of graves or cenotaphs; whence <ets>herse</ets> came to be used for the grave, coffin, or chest containing the dead. Cf. <er>Hearse</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes. It is hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered, to impede the advance of an enemy.</def>

<i>Farrow.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>See <er>Hearse</er>, a carriage for the dead.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A funeral ceremonial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>