ing horrour.

HORRISONOus, hôr-ris'sò-nús. a. Sounding dreadfully.

-no, move, når, nôt ;-tùbe, tüb, büll ;—öll ;-pỏůnd ;—thin, THIS. HORN, horn. s. The hard pointed bodies | HORRIFICK, hôr-rif'ik. a. (509). Causwhich grow on the heads of some quadrupeds, and serve them for weapons; an instrument of wind-musick made of horn; the extremity of the waxing or waning moon; the feelers of a snail; a drinking cup made of horn; antler of a cuckold. Horn mad; perhaps mad as a cuckold. HORNBEAK, horn'béék. S. A kind HORNFISH, horn'fish.

of fish.

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HORNBEAM, hỏrn’bème. s.

A tree.

HORNBOOK, hỏrn'bỏỏk. s. The first
book for children, covered with horn to
keep it unsoiled.
HORNED, hor'nêd. a.

horns.

Furnished with

HORNER, hornůr. s. (98). works in horn, and sells horn. HORNET, hor'nêt. s. (99). large strong stinging fly. HORNFOOT, horn füt. s. HORNOWL, hỏrn'oùl. s. horned owl.

HORNPIPE, horn'pipe. s. HORNSTONE, hòrn'stone. s. blue stone.

HORNWORK, hỏrn'wůrk. s. angular fortification. HORNY, hor'né. a.

One that

A very

HORROUR, hor'růr. s. (314). Terror
mixed with detestation; gloom, dreari-
ness in medicine, such a shuddering or
quivering as precedes an ague-fit; a sense
of shuddering or shrinking.
HORSE, horse. s. A neighing quadru-
ped, used in war, and draught, and car-
riage it is used in the plural sense, but
with a singular termination, for horses,
horsemen, or cavalry; something on which
any thing is supported; a wooden machine
which soldiers ride by way of punishment:
joined to another substantive, it signifies
something large or coarse, as, a horse-face,
a face of which the features are large and
indelicate.

To HORSE, horse. v. a. To mount upon
a horse; to carry one on the back; to
Hoofed.
ride any thing; to cover a mare.
A kind of HORSEBACK, hors'bâk. s.

A dance.
A kind of
A kind of

Made of horn; re-
sembling horn; hard as horn, callous.
HOROGRAPHY, hò-rôg'grå-fè. s. (518).
An account of the hours.
HOROLOGE, hôr'o-lôdje.
HOROLOGY, ho-rôl'ò-jé. (518).

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S.

An instrument that tells the hour, as a clock, a watch, an hour-glass. HoROMETRY, hồ-rome-trẻ. s. (518).

The art of measuring hours. HOROSCOPE, hôr'ro-skópe. s. The configuration of the planets at the hour of

birth.

HORRIBLE, hôr rẻ-bl. a. (160). Dread-
ful. terrible, shocking, hideous, enormous.
This word is often pronounced so as to
confound the i with u, as if written hor.
ruble; but this must be avoided as coarse
and vulgar.
HORRIBLENESS, hôr'rẻ-bl-nês. s. Dread-
fulness, hideousness, terribleress.
HORRIBLY, hôr'rẻ-ble. ad. Dreadful-
fully, hideously; to a dreadful degree.
HORRID, hôr'rid. a. Hideous, dread-
ful, shocking; rough, rugged.
HORRIDNESS, hôr'rid-nės. s. Hideous-
ness, enormity.

A block on

The seat of the rider, the state of being on a horse. HORSEBEAN, hors'bène. s. A small bean usually given to horses. HORSEBLOCK, hors'blok. s. which they climb to a horse. HORSEBOAT, hôrs′bòte. s. in ferrying horses. HORSEBOY, hors'bỏe. s. A boy employed in dressing horses, a stable-boy. HORSEBREAKER, hors'brå-kůr. s.

A boat used

One

whose employment is to tame horses to the saddle.

HORSECHESNUT, hors'tshês-nůt. s. A tree; the fruit of a tree.

HoRsECOURSER, horskor-sr. s.

One

that runs horses, or keeps horses for the race; a dealer in horses.

HORSECKAB, hörs'kráb. s.

fish.

A kind of

HORSECUCUMBER, hors-kòû ́kûm-bůr. s.
See CrсIMBER. A plant.
HORSEDUNG, hors'ding. s.
crement of horses.
HORSEEMMET, hors'êm-mêt. s. An ant
of a large kind.
HORSEFLESH, hors'flêsh. s. The flesh

of horses.

HORSEFLY, hors'fli. s. A fly that stings
horses, and sucks their blood.
HORSEFOOT, hors'füt, S. An herb.
The same with coltsfoot.
HORSEHAIR, hors'hare. s. The hair

of horses:

☛ (559).—Fåte, får, fåll, fât ;--mè, mêt ;-pine, pin ;—

HORSEHEEL, hôrs'héél. s. An herb.

HORSELITTER, hôrsílit-tur. s. A carriage hung upon poles between two horses, on which the person carried, lies along. HORSEMAN, hors'mân. s. (88). One skilled in riding; one that serves in wars on horseback; a rider, a man on horseback.

HORSEMANSHIP,

hors'mân-ship.

S.

HOSIER, ho'zhůr. s. (283). One who sells stockings.

HOSPITABLE, hôs'pé-ta-bl. a. Giving entertainment to strangers, kind to stran

gers.

HOSPITABLY, hôs'pè-tá-blè. ad. With kindness to strangers.

HOSPITAL, os pé-tál. s. (394). A place built for the reception of the sick, or support of the poor; a place for shelter or entertainment.

HOSPITALITY, hôs-pè-tâl'è-té. s. The practice of entertaining strangers.

The art of riding, the art of managing a HOST, host. s. One who gives enter

HORTATORY, hor'tâ-tår-é. a. (512). En-
couraging, animating, advising to any
thing. For the last o, see DOMESTICK.
HORTICULTURE, hor'tè-kül-tshire. s.
The art of cultivating gardens.
HORTULAN, hor'tshù-lân. a. (461). Be-
longing to a garden.

HOSANNA, ho-zân'ná. s. (92). An ex-
clamation of praise to God.
HOSE, hoze. s. Breeches; stockings,
covering for the legs.

tainment to another; the landlord of an inn; an army, numbers assembled for war; any great number; the sacrifice of the mass in the Roman Church.

To Host, host. v. n. To take up en

tertainment; to encounter in battle; to review a body of men, to muster. HOSTAGE, hos'taje. s. (90). One given in pledge for security of performance of conditions.

HOSTEL, ho-têl'. s. A genteel inn.

This word is now universally pronounc ed and written without the s.

Hostel.

HOSTELRY, ho'tèl-ré. The same as
A female host, a
HOSTESS-SHIP, host'ês-ship. s.
woman that gives entertainment.
character of an hostess.

HOSTESs, host'ês. s.

The

HOSTILE, hôs'til. a. (140). Adverse, op-
posite, suitable to an enemy.
HOSTILITY, hôs-til'è-tè. s.
The prac-

tices of an open enemy, open war, oppɑ-
sition in war.

HOSTLER, ôs'lûr. s. (394) (472). One

who has the care of horses at an inn. HoT, hôt. a. Having the power to excite the sense of heat, fiery; lustful, lewd; ardent, vehement, eager, keen in desire; piquant, acrid.

HOTBED, hot bed. s. A bed of earth
made hot by the fermentation of dung.
HOTBRAINED, hot'bran'd. a. (359). Vi-
olent, vehement, furious.
HOTCOCKLES, hot-kok'kiz. s. (405). A
child's play, in which one covers his eyes,
and guesses who strikes him.
HOTHEADED, hot'hed-êd. a. Vehement,
violent, passionate.

HOTHOUSE, hot'hỏùse. s. A bagnio,
a place to sweat and cup in; a house in
which tender plants are raised and pre-

—nd, move, nor, ốt ;—tube, tab, bull;—3ll;—pound;—thing THIS.

served from the inclemency of the weather, and in which fruits are matured early. HOTLY, hot'lè. ad. With heat; violently, vehemently; lustfully. HOTMOUTHED, hốtʼmoûтa'd. a. Headstrong, ungovernable.

HOTNESS, hot'nès. s. Heat, violence, fury.

HотсHРотCH, hôdje'pôdje. s. A min-
gled hash, a mixture.

HOTSPUR, hot'spår. s. A man via-
lent, passionate, precipitate, and heady;
a kind of pea of speedy growth.
HOTSPURRED, hot'spår'd. a. (359).
Vehement, rash, hed ty.
HOVE, hove. The preterit of Heave.
HOVEL, hôv'il. s. (99). A shed open

on the sides, and covered over head; a
mean habitation, a cottage.
HOVEN, ho'v'n. Part. passive. (103).
Raised, swelled, tumefied.

the plate on which the hours pointed by the hand of a clock are inscribed. House, house. S. (313). A place wherein a man lives, a place of human abode; any place of abode; places in which religious or studious persons live in common; the manner of living, the table; station of a planet in the heavens, astrologically considered; family of ancestors, descendants and kindred, race; a body of the parliament, the lords or commons collectively considered. To House, holze. v. a. (437). To harbour, to admit to residence; to shelter, to keep under a roof.

To HOUSE, hỏůze. v. n. To take shelter, to keep the abode, to reside, to put into a house; to have an astrological station in the heavens.

HOUSEBREAKER, hỏûs'brå-kůr. s. Burg-
lar, one who makes his way into houses
to steal.

To HOVER, hůvůr. v. n. (165). To HOUSEBREAKING, hous'brå-king.
hang fluttering in the air over head; to
wander about one place.

The first syllable of this word is pronounced by Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, and Mr. Perry, so as to rhyme with the first of Novel; but Dr. Kenrick, Mr. Elphinston, and W. Johnston, make it rhyme with the first of cover, lover, &c. The last is, in my opinion, the most correct. HOUGH, hok. s. (392).

part of the thigh.

The lower

To HOUGH, hôk. v. a. (392).

V.

To

hamstring, to disable by cutting the sinews of the ham; to cut up with an hough or hoe.

Burglary.

S.

HOUSEDOG, hous'dôg. s. A mastiff kept to guard the house.

HOUSEHOLD, housʼhold. s. A family living together; family life, domestick management: it is used in the manner of an adjective, to signify domestick, belonging to the family.

This word is sometimes corruptly spelt without the final e in house; and by the economy of typography, the s being joined to the h, the word is often corruptly pronounced as if written how-shold.-See FALSEHOOD and HOGSHEAD.

HOUND, hound. s. (313). A dog used HOUSEHOLDER, hous' hol-dür. s. Mas

in the chase.

To HOUND, hoůnd. v. a. To set on the chase; to hunt, to pursue. HOUNDFISH, hound'fish. s. A kind

of fish.

HOUNDSTONGUE, hỏůndz'tůng. s. A plant.

HOUR, our. s. (394) (313). The twenty-fourth part of a natural day, the space of sixty minutes; a particular time; the time as marked by the clock. HOURGLASS, oùr'glâs. s. A glass filled with sand, which, running through a narrow hole, marks the time.

ter of a family.

HOURLY, dar'lè. a. Happening or done HoUSEL, hozel. s. The Holy Eu

every hour, frequent, often repeated.

HOURLY, důrẻ. ad.

Every hour,

frequently.

HOURPLATE, our plåte. s.

The dial,

christ. Obsolete.

TO HOUSEL, hỏiʼzěl. v. a. To give or

receive the Eucharist. Obsolete.

HOUSELEEK, hous'léék. s. A plant.

(559).-Fate, får, fåll, fåt;-me, mêt ;--pine, pin ;

HOUSELESS, hóůz'lės. s. (467). With- HUCKSTER, hüks'tůr. (98). HUCKSTERER, håks'tür-år.

out abode, wanting habitation. HOUSEMAID, hỏůs'måde. s. A maid employed to keep the house clean. HOUSEROOM, hỏûs'room. S. (467).

In

what manner soever; although. Hoy, hỏe. s. (329). A large boat, sometimes with one deck.

HUBBUB, hûb’bůb. s. A tumult, a riot. HUCKABACK, hůk'kâ-bâk. s. A kind of linen on which the figures are raised. HUCKLEBACKED, huk'kl-bâkt. a. Crooked in the shoulders.

HUCKLEBONE, håk'kl-bone. s. The hip

-no, move nor, nôt ;-tube, tub, bull;-bil ;-pound;-thin, THIS.

publick assemblies by a hum, about a century ago.

"But when from thence the hen he draws, "Amaz'a spectators hum applause." Gay's Fable of the Jugglers. There is a vulgar sense of this word, which though it has not found a place in any Dictionary, has perhaps as good a title to it as Bamboozle, with which it is synoni

HUMBLEPLANT, m'bl-plant. s. A spe-
cies of sensitive plant.
HUMBLES, ůmʼblz. s. (405). Entrails of