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HB, Ger. haue. A gardener's imple- 

 ment for cutting up weeds and loosening 

 the earth about the roots of plants. It is 

 in shape like an addice, the head being a 

 plate of iron with an eye to receive a 

 handle, which forms an acute angle with 

 the plate. Operations with this and sim- 

 ilar instruments are termed hoeing. 



Hoo. 1. In zoology (see Srs). 2. A- 



mong seamen, a sort of scrubbing broom 

 for scraping a ship's bottom under water. 



3. In England, a castrated sheep of a 



year old. 



HOG'OINO. In ship-tndlding , the convex 

 appearance, like the back of a hog, some- 

 times assumed by ships after being 

 launched, by the dropping of the two ex- 

 tremities, on account of their being less 

 water-borne than the middle. Hogging 

 when of great amount is a serious fault, 

 as the timbers of the vessel are thereby 

 proportionally strained. Formerly, a three- 

 decker drooped at once, on being launched, 

 9 Inches at each end, and this increased 

 with her length of service. At present 

 such a ship is calculated to droop only 3J 

 inches, and this, when the timbers are 

 once set, suffers very little increase. 



HOGS'HEAD, a measure of capacity con- 

 taining 52j imperial gallons. A hogshead 

 is i a pipe. 



HOKE DVT, the Tuesday after Easter 

 week, celebrated annually in commemo- 

 ration of the expulsion of the Danes. 



HOL'CUS, the Indian Millet: a genus of 

 gramineous plants. Polygamia~Moncecia. 

 Temperate climates. 



HOLD (of a ship), the whole interior 

 cavity between the floor and the lower 

 deck 



HOLER A'CE/E, pot herbs. The twelfth 

 natural order in Linnaeus' system, com- 

 prehending trees, shrubs, perennial and 

 annual herbs, as rhubarb, beet, &c. 



HO'LING. In architecture, piercing the 

 plates to receive the nails. In mining, 

 undermining coal-beds. 



HOLLAND, a fine sort of linen, so named 

 from its having been- first manufactured 

 in Holland. 



HOI/LOW QUOIN (in lock- 

 gates), the recess made in 

 the walls of locks at each 

 end to receive the gates, 

 which are properly hol- 

 lowed out to receive the 

 quoin posts. 



HOLM (Sax.), an island or 

 marshy place surrounded 

 by water. 



HOL'OCACST, sXo?, the whole, and xctica, 

 I burn. The burnt-offering of Scripture ; 

 an ancient sacrifice where the whole of 

 the body of the victim was consumed. 



HoLocFN'TRfM, the name given, by 

 Artedi, to a beautiful genus of acantho'- 



pterygious fishes of thn porcoid famliy. 

 The species are found in the hot parts of 

 both oceans. 



HOL'OORATH, from eX?, all, and yeg&at, 

 to write. Something wholly written by 

 the person who signs it. 



HOLO'METER, from oXe?, all, and nfT, 

 measure. A mathematical instrument, 

 serving universally for taking all UK usurrs 

 both terrestrial and celestial. 



HOLOTHC'RIA, the sea-slug or sea-mcvm- 

 ber : a genus of Radiata. Class Echinoder- 

 mata, order Pedicellata, Cuv. The species 

 have an oblong coriaceous body, open at 

 each end, and complicated tehtacula, sus- 

 ceptible of being retracted. 



HOLT. Ger. holz, wood. The termination 

 of many names of places in England, be- 

 ing near a wood. 



HOLT ALLI'ANCE. In politics, an alliance 

 formed after the fall of Napoleon by the 

 European sovereigns, " in accordance 

 with the precepts of the gospel of Jesus 

 Christ, and for the happiness and religious 

 welfare of all subjects " ( ! ) It was vir- 

 tually an alliance for the better securing 

 crowned heads against the encroachments 

 of their subjects, and for mutual support, 

 should their stability be threatened by 

 any outburst of popular opinion. 



HO'LT-ROOD DAT, a festival observed by 

 Roman Catholics, in commemoration of 

 the exaltation of the Saviour's cross. 



HO'LT STONE, a stone used to scour the 

 deck of a ship by hand, with the addition 

 of sand. 



HO'LT THURSDAT, a festival in comme- 

 moration of Christ's ascension, observed 

 ten days before Whitsuntide. 



HO'LT WEEK, the week before Easter, 

 in which the passion of the Saviour is 

 commemorated. 



HOMJEOP'ATHT, from et&otos, similar, and 

 ffuOos, feeling. A particular mode of 

 curing diseases. SeeHoMtEopAXHT. 



HOM'AGE, from homo, a man. The oath, 

 of submission and loyalty, which the ten- 

 ant under the feudal system used to take 

 to his superior, when first admitted to the 

 land which he held of him in fee. 



HOM'BERG'S PHOSPHORUS, ignited chlor- 

 ide of calcium, which has the property of 

 shininz in the dark, a fact 'first noticed 

 by Homberg. 



HOM'BERG'S PTROPHORTJS, alum calcined 

 with an equal weight of brown sugar or 

 flour. It is spontaneously inflammable. 



HOM'BERG'S SALT, boracic acid, first ob- 

 tained in a separate state by Homberc. 



HOME. In natal language, applied to 

 anythiEg in its place; as the sheets of the 

 sails, and the charge of a gun. 



HOM'ICIDE, from fiomo,aman,and eeedo. 

 to kill ; the killing of one man or human 

 being by another. Homicide is.;'yfi/tnb/< 

 when it proceeds from unavoidable nece- 



