Part 5278

<h1>Hexamerous</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex*am"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hexa-</ets> + Gr.<?/ part.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>In six parts; in sixes.</def>

<h1>Hexameter</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex*am"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ of six meters; (sc. <?/) hexameter verse; <?/ six + <?/ measure: cf. F. <ets>hexam\'8atre</ets>. See <er>Six</er>, and <er>Meter</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. & Lat. Pros.)</fld> <def>A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the \'92neid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.</def>

<blockquote>Leaped like the | roe when he | hears in the | woodland the | voice of the | huntsman. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Strongly it | bears us a- | long on | swelling and | limitless | billows, Nothing be- | fore and | nothing be- | hind but the | sky and the | ocean. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hexameter</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex*am"e*ter</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.</def>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Hexametric, Hexametrical</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw><hw>Hex`a*met"ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hex`a*met"ric*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Consisting of six metrical feet.</def>

<h1>Hexametrist</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex*am"e*trist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who writes in hexameters.</def> "The Christian <i>hexametrists</i>."

<i>Milman.</i>

<h1>Hexandria</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex*an"dri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ six + <?/, <?/, a man, male: cf. F. <ets>hexandrie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Linn\'91an class of plants having six stamens.</def>

<h1>Hexandrian, Hex-androus</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw><hw>Hex*an"dri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hex-an"drous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>hexandre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having six stamens.</def>

<h1>Hexane</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex"ane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ six.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld><def>Any one of five hydrocarbons, <chform>C6H14</chform>, of the paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, and are so called because the molecule has <i>six</i> carbon atoms.</def>

<h1>Hexangular</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex*an"gu*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hex-</ets> + <ets>angular</ets>. Cf. <er>Sexangular</er>.]</ety> <def>Having six angles or corners.</def>

<h1>Hexapetalous</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex`a*pet"al*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hexa-</ets> + <ets>petal</ets>: cf. F. <ets>hexap\'82tale</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having six petals.</def>

<h1>Hexaphyllous</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex*aph"yl*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hexa-</ets> + Gr. <?/ a leaf: cf. F. <ets>hexaphylle</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having six leaves or leaflets.</def>

<h1>Hexapla</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex"a*pla</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>Etym. <tt>pl.</tt>, but syntactically <tt>sing.</tt></ety> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/, contr. <?/, sixfold.]</ety> <def>A collection of the Holy Scriptures in six languages or six versions in parallel columns; particularly, the edition of the Old Testament published by Origen, in the 3d century.</def>