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<hw>Hic"cough</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hiccoughed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hiccoughing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.</def>

<h1>Hickory</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hick"o*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[North American Indian <ets>pawcohiccora</ets> (Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from pounded hickory nuts. "<ets>Pohickory</ets>" is named in a list of Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to "hickory." <i>J. H. Trumbull</i>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An American tree of the genus <spn>Carya</spn>, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the <spn>C. alba</spn>, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the <spn>C. glabra</spn>. The swamp hickory is <spn>C. amara</spn>, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter.</def>

<cs><col>Hickory shad</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The mattowacca, or fall herring.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The gizzard shad.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hicksite</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hicks"ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A member or follower of the "liberal" party, headed by Elias <i>Hicks</i>, which, because of a change of views respecting the divinity of Christ and the Atonement, seceded from the conservative portion of the Society of Friends in the United States, in 1827.</def>

<h1>Hickup</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hick"up</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & v. i.</tt> <def>See <er>Hiccough</er>.</def>

<h1>Hickwall, Hickway</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw><hw>Hick"wall`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hick"way`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE., also <ets>hyghwhele</ets>, <ets>highawe</ets>.]</ety> <def>The lesser spotted woodpecker (<spn>Dendrocopus minor</spn>) of Europe.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Hid</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Hide</er>. See <er>Hidden</er>.</def>

<h1>Hidage</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hid"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>hide</ets> a quantity of land.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law.)</fld> <def>A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hydage</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Hidalgo</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hi*dal"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp., contr. fr. <ets>hijo de algo</ets>, <ets>i</ets>. <ets>e</ets>., son of something; <ets>hijo</ets> son (fr. LL. <ets>filius</ets>) + <ets>algo</ets> something, fr. L. <ets>aliquod</ets>. Cf. <er>Fidalgo</er>.]</ety> <def>A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class.</def>

<h1>Hidden</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hid"den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p. & a.</tt> <def>from <er>Hide</er>. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Hidden fifths</col> &or; <col>octaves</col></mcol> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>consecutive fifths or octaves, not sounded, but suggested or implied in the parallel motion of two parts towards a fifth or an octave.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Hidden</er>, <er>Secret</er>, <er>Covert</er>.</syn> <usage> <i>Hidden</i> may denote either known to on one; as, a <i>hidden</i> disease; or intentionally concealed; as, a <i>hidden</i> purpose of revenge. <i>Secret</i> denotes that the thing is known only to the party or parties concerned; as, a <i>secret</i> conspiracy. <i>Covert</i> literally denotes what is not <i>open</i> or avowed; as, a <i>covert</i> plan; but is often applied to what we mean shall be understood, without openly expressing it; as, a <i>covert</i> allusion. <i>Secret</i> is opposed to <i>known</i>, and <i>hidden</i> to <i>revealed</i>.</usage>

<blockquote>Bring to light the <b>hidden</b> things of darkness. <i>1 Cor. iv. 5.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>My heart, which by a <b>secret</b> harmony Still moves with thine, joined in connection sweet. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>By what best way, Whether of open war, or <b>covert</b> guile, We now debate. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hiddenite</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hid"den*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[After W. E. <ets>Hidden</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An emerald-green variety of spodumene found in North Carolina; lithia emerald, -- used as a gem.</def>

<h1>Hiddenly</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hid"den*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a hidden manner.</def>

<h1>Hide</h1> <Xpage=692>