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<hw>Hi"gre</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Eagre</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Hig-taper</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>Hig"-ta`per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Hag-taper</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <spn>Verbascum</spn> (<spn>V. Thapsus</spn>); the common mullein. [Also <altname>high-taper</altname> and <altname>hag-taper</altname>.]</def>

<mhw><h1>Hijera, Hijra</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>Hij"e*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hij"ra</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Hegira</er>.</def>

<h1>Hilal</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>Hi"lal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a hilum.</def>

<h1>Hilar</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>Hi"lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the hilum.</def>

<h1>Hilarious</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>Hi*la"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hilaris</ets>, <ets>hilarus</ets>, Gr. <?/; cf. <?/ gracious, kindly.]</ety> <def>Mirthful; noisy; merry.</def>

<h1>Hilarity</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>Hi*lar"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hilaritas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>hilarit\'82</ets>. See <er>Hilarious</er>.]</ety> <def>Boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity.</def>

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<note>&hand; <i>Hilarity</i> differs from <i>joy</i>: the latter, excited by good news or prosperity, is an affection of the mind; the former, produced by social pleasure, drinking, etc., which rouse the animal spirits, is more demonstrative.</note>

<syn>Syn. -- Glee; cheerfulness; mirth; merriment; gayety; joyousness; exhilaration; joviality; jollity.</syn>

<h1>Hilary term</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>Hil"a*ry term`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year; -- so called from the festival of St. Hilary, January 13th.</def>

<note>&hand; The Hilary term is superseded by the Hilary sittings, which commence on the eleventh of January and end on the Wednesday before Easter.</note>

<i>Mozley & W.</i>

<h1>Hilding</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>Hil"ding</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. a corruption of <ets>hindling</ets>, dim. of <ets>hind</ets>, adj. Cf. Prov. E. <ets>hilderling</ets>, <ets>hinderling</ets>. See <er>Hinderling</er>.]</ety> <def>A base, menial wretch.</def> -- <def2><tt>a.</tt> <def>Base; spiritless.</def></def2> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Hile</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>Hile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To hide. See <er>Hele</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Hile</h1> <Xpage=693>