Part 5385

<h1>Horatian</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Ho*ra"tian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Horace, the Latin poet, or resembling his style.</def>

<h1>Horde</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Horde</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>horde</ets> (cf. G. <ets>horde</ets>), fr. Turk. <ets>ord<?/</ets>, <ets>ord\'c6</ets>, camp; of Tartar origin.]</ety> <def>A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.</def>

<i>Thomson.</i>

<h1>Hordeic</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hor*de"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hordeum</ets> barley.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, barley; <as>as, <ex>hordeic</ex> acid, an acid identical or isomeric with <ex>lauric</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<h1>Hordein</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hor"de*in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hordeum</ets> barley.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A peculiar starchy matter contained in barley. It is complex mixture.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Hordeolum</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hor*de"o*lum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>hordeolus</ets>, dim. of <ets>hordeum</ets> barley.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A small tumor upon the eyelid, resembling a grain of barley; a sty.</def>

<h1>Hordock</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hor"dock`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to <i>burdock</i>.</def>

<h1>Hore</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hoar.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Horehound</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hore"hound`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>horehune</ets>, AS. <ets>h\'berhune</ets>; <ets>h\'ber</ets> hoar, gray + <ets>hune</ets> horehound; cf. L. <ets>cunila</ets> a species of organum, GR. <?/, Skr. <ets>kn<?/y</ets> to smell.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <spn>Marrubium</spn> (<spn>M. vulgare</spn>), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hoarhound</asp>.]</altsp>

<cs><mcol><col>Fetid horehound</col>, &or; <col>Black horehound</col></mcol>, <cd>a disagreeable plant resembling horehound (<spn>Ballota nigra</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Water horehound</col>, <cd>a species of the genus <spn>Lycopus</spn>, resembling mint, but not aromatic.</cd></cs>

<h1>Horizon</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Ho*ri"zon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>horizon</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/) the bounding line, horizon, fr. <?/ to bound, fr. <?/ boundary, limit.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The circle which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky.</def>

<blockquote>And when the morning sun shall raise his car Above the border of this <b>horizon</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>All the <b>horizon</b> round Invested with bright rays. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the <i>sensible horizon</i>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also <altname>rational &or; celestial horizon</altname>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.</def>

<blockquote>The strata all over the earth, which were formed at the same time, are said to belong to the same geological <b>horizon</b>. <i>Le Conte.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Painting)</fld> <def>The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line.</def>

<cs><col>Apparent horizon</col>. <cd>See under <er>Apparent</er>.</cd> -- <col>Artificial horizon</col>, <cd>a level mirror, as the surface of mercury in a shallow vessel, or a plane reflector adjusted to the true level artificially; -- used chiefly with the sextant for observing the double altitude of a celestial body.</cd> -- <col>Celestial horizon</col>. <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <cd>See def. 2, above.</cd> -- <col>Dip of the horizon</col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>the vertical angle between the sensible horizon and a line to the visible horizon, the latter always being below the former.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Rational horizon</col>, and <col>Sensible horizon</col></mcol>. <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <cd>See def. 2, above.</cd> -- <col>Visible horizon</col>. <cd>See definitions 1 and 2, above.</cd></cs>