Part 5313

<hw>Hiss"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>I will make this city desolate, and a <b>hissing</b>. <i>Jer. xix. 8.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hissingly</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hiss"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With a hissing sound.</def>

<h1>Hist</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Dan. <ets>hys</ets>. <?/. Cf. <er>Hush</er>, <er>Whist</er>.]</ety> <def>Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Histiology</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>His`ti*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>"isto`s</grk> tissue + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Histology</er>.</def>

<h1>Histogenesis</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>His`to*gen"e*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>"isto`s</grk> tissue + E. <ets>genesis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; -- the opposite of <i>histolysis</i></def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells.</def>

<i>Haeckel.</i>

<h1>Histogenetic</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>His`to*ge*net"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Histogeny</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues.</def>

<h1>Histogeny</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>His*tog"e*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>"isto`s</grk> tissue + root of <?/ to be born.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Histogenesis</er>.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Histographer</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>His*tog"ra*pher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who describes organic tissues; an histologist.</def>

<h1>Histographical</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>His"to*graph"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to histography.</def>

<h1>Histography</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>His*tog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>"isto`s</grk> tissue + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A description of, or treatise on, organic tissues.</def>

<h1>Histoh\'91matin</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>His`to*h\'91m"a*tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>"isto`s</grk> tissue + E. <ets>h\'91matin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>One of a class of respiratory pigments, widely distributed in the animal kingdom, capable of ready oxidation and reduction.</def>

<h1>Histoid</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>His"toid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>"isto`s</grk> tissue + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling the normal tissues; <as>as, <ex>histoid</ex> tumors</as>.</def>