Part 5311

<h1>Hirsuteness</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hir*sute"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Hairiness.</def>

<i>Burton.</i>

<h1>Hirtellous</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hir*tel"lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Dim., fr. L. <ets>hirtus</ets> hairy.]</ety> <fld>(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Pubescent with minute and somewhat rigid hairs.</def>

<h1>Hirudine</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hi*ru"dine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the leeches.</def>

<h1>Hirudinea</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hir`u*din"e*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>hirudo</ets>, <ets>hirudinis</ets>, a leech.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of Annelida, including the leeches; -- called also <altname>Hirudinei</altname>.</def>

<h1>Hirudo</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hi*ru"do</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a leech.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See <er>Leech</er>.</def>

<h1>Hirundine</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hi*run"dine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the swallows.</def>

<h1>Hirundo</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hi*run"do</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., swallow.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.</def>

<h1>His</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>His</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>pron.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>his</ets> of him, his, gen. masc. & neut. of <ets>h<?/</ets>, neut. <ets>hit</ets>. See <er>He</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Belonging or pertaining to <i>him</i>; -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; <as>as, tell John <ex>his</ex> papers are ready</as>; formerly used also for <it>its</it>, but this use is now obsolete.</def>

<blockquote>No comfortable star did lend <b>his</b> light. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Who can impress the forest, bid the tree Unfix <b>his</b> earth-bound root? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; Also formerly used in connection with a noun simply as a sign of the possessive. "The king <i>his</i> son." <i>Shak</i>. "By young Telemachus <i>his</i> blooming years." <i>Pope</i>. This <i>his</i> is probably a corruption of the old possessive ending -<i>is</i> or -<i>es</i>, which, being written as a separate word, was at length confounded with the pronoun <i>his</i>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The possessive of <i>he</i>; <as>as, the book is <ex>his</ex></as>.</def> "The sea is <i>his</i>, and he made it."

<i>Ps. xcv. 5.</i>

<h1>Hisingerite</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>His"ing*er*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after W. <ets>Hisinger</ets>, a Swedish mineralogist.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of iron.</def>

<h1>Hispanic</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>His*pan"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Hispanicus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Spain or its language; <as>as, <ex>Hispanic</ex> words</as>.</def>

<h1>Hispanicism</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>His*pan"i*cism</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A Spanish idiom or mode of speech.</def>