Part 5275

<h1>Heuk</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Heuk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Variant of <er>Huke</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Heulandite</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Heu"land*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[After <ets>Heuland</ets>, an English mineralogist.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster on the cleavage face. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.</def>

<h1>Heuristic</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Heu*ris"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to discover.]</ety> <def>Serving to discover or find out.</def>

<h1>Heved</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hev"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The head.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Hew</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hew</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Hewed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Hewed</er> or <er>Hewn</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hewing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>he\'a0wan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>houwen</ets>, OHG. <ets>houwan</ets>, G. <ets>hauen</ets>, Icel. <ets>h\'94ggva</ets>, Sw. <ets>hugga</ets>, Dan. <ets>hugge</ets>, Lith. <ets>kova</ets> battle, Russ. <ets>kovate</ets> to hammer, forge. Cf. <er>Hay</er> cut grass, <er>Hoe</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with <i>down</i>, or <i>off</i>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with <i>out</i>; <as>as, to <ex>hew</ex> out a sepulcher</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Look unto the rock whence ye are <b>hewn</b>. <i>Is. li. 1.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Rather polishing old works than <b>hewing</b> out new. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.</def>

<blockquote><b>Hew</b> them to pieces; hack their bones asunder. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hew</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hew</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Destruction by cutting down.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Of whom he makes such havoc and such <b>hew</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hew</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hew</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Hue; color.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Shape; form.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Hewe</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hewe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Hind</er> a peasant.]</ety> <def>A domestic servant; a retainer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "False homely <i>hewe</i>."

<i>Chaucer.</i>