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<hw>Hilt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>hilt</ets>, <ets>hilte</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>helza</ets>, Prov. G. <ets>hilze</ets>, Icel. <ets>hjalt</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.</def>

<h1>Hilted</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hilt"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a hilt; -- used in composition; <as>as, basket-<ex>hilted</ex>, cross-<ex>hilted</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Hilum</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hi"lum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a little thing, trifle.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called also <altname>hile</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; <as>as, the <ex>hilum</ex> of the kidney</as>.</def>

<h1>Hilus</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hi"lus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Hilum</er>, 2.</def>

<h1>Him</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Him</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>pron.</tt> <def>Them. See <er>Hem</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Him</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Him</hw>, <tt>pron.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>him</ets>, dat. of <ets>h&emac;</ets>. &root;183. See <er>He</er>.]</ety> <def>The objective case of <i>he</i>. See <er>He</er>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Him</b> that is weak in the faith receive. <i>Rom. xiv. 1.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Friends who have given <b>him</b> the most sympathy. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; In old English <i>his</i> and <i>him</i> were respectively the genitive and dative forms of <i>it</i> as well as of <i>he</i>. <i>This use is now obsolete</i>. <i>Poetically</i>, <i>him</i> is sometimes used with the reflexive sense of <i>himself</i>.</note>

<blockquote>I never saw but Humphrey, duke of Gloster, Did bear <b>him</b> like a noble gentleman. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Himalayan</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hi*ma"la*yan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Skr. <ets>him\'belaya</ets>, prop., the abode of snow.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain in Hindostan.</def>

<h1>Himpne</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Himp"ne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A hymn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Himself</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Him*self"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>pron.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with <i>he</i>; <as>as, he <ex>himself</ex> will bear the blame</as>; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; <as>as, it is <ex>himself</ex> who saved <ex>himself</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>But he <b>himself</b> returned from the quarries. <i>Judges iii. 19.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>David hid <b>himself</b> in the field. <i>1 Sam. xx. 24.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The Lord <b>himself</b> shall give you a sign. <i>Is. vii. 14.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Who gave <b>himself</b> for us, that he might . . . purify unto <b>himself</b> a peculiar people. <i>Titus ii. 14.</i></blockquote>