Part 5461

<blockquote>They made a great <b>huzza</b> or shout. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Huzza</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw>Huz*za"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Huzzaed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Huzzaing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To shout huzza; to cheer.</def>

<h1>Huzza</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw>Huz*za"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To receive or attend with huzzas.</def>

<blockquote>He was <b>huzzaed</b> into the court. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hy</h1> <Xpage=715>

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

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Hyacine</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw>Hy"a*cine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A hyacinth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Hyacinth</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw>Hy"a*cinth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hyacinthus</ets> a kind of flower, prob. the iris, gladiolus, or larkspur, also a kind of gem, perh. the sapphire; as, a proper name, <ets>Hyacinthus</ets>, a beautiful Laconian youth, beloved by Apollo, fr. Gr. <?/, <?/: cf. F. <ets>hyacinthe</ets>. Cf. <er>Jacinth</er>. The hyacinth was fabled to have sprung from the blood of <ets>Hyacinthus</ets>, who was accidentally slain by Apollo.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A bulbous plant of the genus <spn>Hyacinthus</spn>, bearing beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. <spn>H. orientalis</spn> is a common variety.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A plant of the genus <spn>Camassia</spn> (<spn>C. Farseri</spn>), called also <altname>Eastern camass</altname>; wild hyacinth.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The name also given to <spn>Scilla Peruviana</spn>, a Mediterranean plant, one variety of which produces white, and another blue, flowers; -- called also, from a mistake as to its origin, <altname>Hyacinth of Peru</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem. See <er>Zircon</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Hyacinth bean</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a climbing leguminous plant (<spn>Dolichos Lablab</spn>), related to the true bean. It has dark purple flowers and fruit.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hyacinthian</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw>Hy`a*cin"thi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hyacinthine.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Hyacinthine</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw>Hy`a*cin"thine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hyacinthinus</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Belonging to the hyacinth; resemblingthe hyacinth; in color like the hyacinth.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>His curling locks like <b>hyacinthine</b> flowers. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>hyacinthine</b> boy, for whom Morn well might break and April bloom. <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hyades, Hyads</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw><hw>Hy"a*des</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hy"ads</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.pl.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Hyades</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A cluster of five stars in the face of the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the coming of rainy weather when they rose with the sun.</def>

<blockquote>Thro' scudding drifts the rainy <b>Hyaned</b> Vext the dim sea. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hy\'91na</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw>Hy*\'91"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Hyena</er>.</def>