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<hw>Hyke</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Haik</er>, and <er>Huke</er>.</def>

<h1>Hyl\'91osaur, Hyl\'91osaurus</h1> <Xpage=718>

<hw><hw>Hy"l\'91*o*saur`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hy`l\'91*o*sau"rus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>hylaeosaurus</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ belonging to a forest (fr. <?/ wood) + <?/ a lizard.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A large Wealden dinosaur from the Tilgate Forest, England. It was about twenty feet long, protected by bony plates in the skin, and armed with spines.</def>

<h1>Hylarchical</h1> <Xpage=718>

<hw>Hy*lar"chi*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ wood, matter + <?/: cf. F. <ets>hylarchique</ets>. See <er>Archical</er>.]</ety> <def>Presiding over matter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hallywell.</i>

<h1>Hyleosaur</h1> <Xpage=718>

<hw>Hy"le*o*saur"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Hyl\'91osaur</er>.</def>

<h1>Hylic</h1> <Xpage=718>

<hw>Hyl"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to matter; material; corporeal; <as>as, <ex>hylic</ex> influences</as>.</def>

<h1>Hylicist</h1> <Xpage=718>

<hw>Hy"li*cist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ adj., material, fr. <?/ wood, matter.]</ety> <def>A philosopher who treats chiefly of matter; one who adopts or teaches hylism.</def>

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<h1>Hylism</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hy"lism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ wood, matter.]</ety> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld> <def>A theory which regards matter as the original principle of evil.</def>

<h1>Hylobate</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hy"lo*bate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ one that walks or inhabits the woods: <?/ a wood + <?/ to go.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any species of the genus <spn>Hylobates</spn>; a gibbon, or long-armed ape. See <er>Gibbon</er>.</def>

<h1>Hylodes</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hy*lo"des</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ woody, wooded, muddy; <?/ a wood + <?/ form.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The piping frog (<spn>Hyla Pickeringii</spn>), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes.</def>

<h1>Hyloism</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hy"lo*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Hylotheism</er>.</def>

<h1>Hyloist</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hy"lo*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ wood, matter.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Hylotheist</er>.</def>

<h1>Hylopathism</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hy*lop"a*thism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ matter + <?/, <?/, to suffer.]</ety> <def>The doctrine that matter is sentient.</def>

<i>Krauth-Fleming.</i>

<h1>Hylopathist</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hy*lop"a*thist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who believes in hylopathism.</def>

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