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SUPPLEMENT. 



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GCLF WEED, the Sargatsum bacciferum 

 a mass of seaweed which floats in the At 

 iantic, and extends over about 250,000 

 square miles. 



GUKGOVLE or GARGOYLE, the spouts ii 



Gothic architecture, generally passing through of a regiment of Cossacks. 



the 



uths of 



inals projecting from the 



side walls, by which the rain, from the roj 

 is carried free of the walls. 



GUTTUR, the entire under surface of the 

 neck of mammals. 



GYN, a machine used for mounting and 

 dismounting ordnance from the gun car- 

 riages. 



GYRATE, curled inwards like a crozier, in 

 botany. The young fronds of ferns develop 

 from this form. 



GYHODUS, a family of fossil Pycnodont 

 ashes found iu the Baden oolite. 



GYBOSE, bent backward and forward, li'ce 

 the anthers of the gourd. 



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HADDOCK, the JUorrhua *glf&nus of the 



rubbing the wound on the plant Ophiorhixu 

 Munyos, is well known. 



HETEPOSITE, a native phosphate of iron 

 and manganese. 



HETMAN, the head man. The commander 



Hi EHOMANCY, divination from the appear- 

 ances of sacrificed victims. 



KirpAiuoN, a foHsil genus of Miocene 

 K'imdas, ditfering slightly Irom the existing 



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HIPPURIS, the common mare's-tail of 

 botany. 



HISINGERITE, a hydrated silicate of per- 

 oxide of iron. 



HOMINY, a meal of maizeor Indian corn. 



HOMCEOZOIC BELTS, the climatic lines <!e- 

 ining the geographical distribution of marine 

 animals. 



HORNBEAM, the Carpinut Betulus, a 

 white, hard, and heavy timber wood liable 

 to become shaky, and therefore not of much 

 value. It is most valued as a hedging plant, 

 and bears pruning well. 



HLMAX/TARIANS, those who deny the 

 Divinity of Christ. 



HYALOID, the transparent membrane in- 

 vesting the vitreous humour of the eye ; 



Northern Ocean : a well-knowu fish of the ( also applied generally to transparent mem- 

 British coasts, but not found in the Baltic. braneg. 



HiMATiNE, the colouring principle of| HYBEKNATIOJT, the state of sleep into 

 logwood. which certain animals fall during the more 



H^RESIARCH, or HERESIARCH, the | inclement part of winter. 

 founder of a heretical sect. HYDRIDES, the compounds of hydrogen 



HAIR SALT, efflorescent sulphate of 'with other elementary bodies or with 

 magnesia. (radicals. 



HALCYONID.E, the family of Fissirostral I HYDKOCARDIA, dropsy of the peri- 

 iirds, of which the kingfisher is the type. |cardium. 



HAITI- SCIIEIUKF, the Turkish name for 

 an edict under the hand of the Sultan. 



HELIOGRAPH, an instrument for obtain- 

 ing photographs of the sun, invented by Mr. 

 "Warren de la Rue, consisting of a modifica- 

 tion of the equatorial telescope. 



HELLADOTHERIDM, a fossil mammal re- 

 sembling the giraffe, found in Greece. It grometer, with the same object. 



forms a separate genus from the Camelo- 

 pardalit. 



HELLANODICJE, the name given to the 

 judges who presided in courts martial of the 



HYDROCELE, watery or serous fluid accu- 

 mulated in the tunica vaginalis tettis. 



HYDROMEL, water sweetened with honey. 

 Mead is formed from it by fermentation. 



HYGROLOGY, the doctrine of the fluids or 

 humours of the body. 



HYGROSCOPE, a modification of the by- 



HYPER.EMIA, congestion of blood in any 

 portion of the body. 

 HYPEECATHARSIS, excessive purging. 

 HYPNOTICS, medicines which tend to pro- 



iacedemonian soldiers ; also the judges in duce sleep. 



the Olympic Games. I HYPOGLOSSAL NERVES, the lingua 



HELVINE, a compound of the silicates of nerves, 

 glucina, manganese, and iron. HYPONITRIC ACID, a name now replaced 



HEMELYTRA, the wing sheaths of tetrap- by peroxide of nitrogen. It is a compound 

 terous insects like those of the Hemiptera. iof one atom of nitrogen and four of 



HEMIDESMUS, a genus of Asclrpiadacece. oxygen. 



The roots of H. Indlcus are used as a sub- 

 stitute for sarsaparilla. 



HYPOPHTLLOUS BODIES, bodies which 

 grow on the inner side of a leaf. 



HENOCTICON, the Edict of Union of the HYPSOMETRT, the mensuration of heights. 

 Emperor Zeno, in A.D. 482, for terminating relative or absolute, by trigonometry, or by 



the Monophysite controversy. 

 HERPESTKS, the generic name of the 



barometric appliances. 



HYSTEKANTHUS, the appearance of the 



Tarious species of Ichneumon. Their in- flowers before the leaves in botany, chu- 

 tiuct to destroy serpents, and cure them- racteristic of many plants, tuch as Ui 

 jelTcs of any bite received in the conflict by almond, 



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