Part 5266

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Evening.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<blockquote>The Sun was sunk, and after him the Star Of <b>Hesperus</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hessian</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes"sian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Hessian boots</col>, &or; <col>Hessians</col></mcol>, <cd>boot of a kind worn in England, in the early part of the nineteenth century, tasseled in front. <i>Thackeray</i>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Hessian cloth</col>, &or; <col>Hessians</col></mcol>, <cd>a coarse hempen cloth for sacking.</cd> -- <col>Hessian crucible</col>. <cd>See under <er>Crucible</er>.</cd> -- <col>Hessian fly</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a small dipterous fly or midge (<spn>Cecidomyia destructor</spn>). Its larv\'91 live between the base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the Hessian troops, during the Revolution.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hessian</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes"sian</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A native or inhabitant of Hesse.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A mercenary or venal person.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<note>&hand; This use is a relic of the patriot hatred of the Hessian mercenaries who served with the British troops in the Revolutionary War.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>See <altname>Hessian boots</altname> and <i>cloth</i>, under <er>Hessian</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Hessite</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hess"ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[After H. <ets>Hess</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A lead-gray sectile mineral. It is a telluride of silver.</def>

<h1>Hest</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hest</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>h</ets><?/<ets>s</ets>, fr. <ets>h<?/tan</ets> to call, bid. See <er>Hight</er>, and cf. <er>Behest</er>.]</ety> <def>Command; precept; injunction. <mark>[Archaic]</mark> See <er>Behest</er>.</def> "At thy <i>hest</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Let him that yields obey the victor's <b>hest</b>. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Yet I thy <b>hest</b> will all perform, at full. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hestern, Hesternal</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw><hw>Hes"tern</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hes*ter"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hesternus</ets>; akin to <ets>heri</ets> yesterday.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to yesterday. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Yester</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<i>Ld. Lytton.</i>

<h1>Hesychast</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes"y*chast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ hermit, fr. <?/ to be still or quiet, fr. <?/ still, calm.]</ety> <def>One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenth century; a quietist.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Hetairism, Hetarism</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw><hw>He*tair"ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Het"a*rism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a companion, a concubine, fem. of <?/ a comrade.]</ety> <def>A supposed primitive state of society, in which all the women of a tribe were held in common.</def> <i>H. Spencer</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Het`a*ris"tic</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Hetchel</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hetch"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Hatchel</er>.</def>

<h1>Hete</h1> <Xpage=689>