habitual 
(pertaining to a habit or dress), < L. habitus, 
habit: see habit, n. Ct. habituate.] 1. Formed 
or acquired by, or resulting from, habit, fre- 
quent use, or custom. 
'Tis given out that you are great schollers, and are skild 
in the habit mill arts, and know their coherences. 
Marmion, Fine Companion (1633). 
Proverbs are habitual to a Nation. 
Seldeit, Table-Talk, p. 100. 
A habitual action has in its uniform undeviating char- 
acter, as well as in its want of a distinctly conscious ele- 
ment, a quasi-mechanical character, and so resembles re- 
flex and instinctive actions. Hence, . . . habitual actions 
are often said to be performed "in 
matically. 
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Many nobles and gentlemen . . . left their families Aa- 
bituated in these countries. 
Sir W. Temple, Int. to Hist. England, ii. 684. (Latham.) 
= Syn. 1. To inure, harden, familiarize (with). 
habituatet(ha-bit'u-at),a. [<L. habituatits, pp.: 
see the verb.] Inveterate by custom; formed 
by habit; habitual. 
So, for all his temporary forbearance, upon some either 
policy or necessity, the habituate sinner hath not yet given 
over his habit Hammond, Works, IV. 679. 
The pope's encroachments upon the state of England 
had been an old sore, and by its eld almost habituate. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835X II. 100. 
hack 
Habrofoma btnnetti. 
chinchilla, whence the name. //. bennetti and //. cuvieri 
are two Chilian habrocomes, somewhat resembling rats. 
Also written Abrocoma. Waterhouse, 1837. 
o A j- A .', . 11* ~" HV iw ivffvn ^ J.L. c*f/**cwK/7KT, \ AIHO wriiieii Avrooomu, n aifrnouse, last. 
2. According to or constituting a habit ; exist- LL. as if 'habituatio(n-), < habituare, habituate : habrocome (hab'ro-kom), n. An animal of the 
m as a nabit or a fixed cni * aa i,t,t\;t,,n*~ n TI.. . . i .1:.. ii ii_. TT~* * *i ~t* 
ing as a habit or a fixed condition ; customary ; 
usual; regular: as, the habitual practice of sin; 
the habitual exercise of forbearance ; habitual 
good or ill health. 
Because opinions which are gotten by education, and in 
length of time are made habitual, cannot be taken away by 
force, and upon the sudden ; they must therefore be taken 
away also by time and education. 
Hobbes, De Corpore Politico, 11. 10. 
The habitual scowl of her brow was, undeniably, too 
see habituate.] The act of habituating, or the genus Habrocoma'. Also abrocome. 
state of being habituated. habromania (hab-rp-ma'ni-a), n. [NL., < Gr. 
Every one of us would have felt, sixty years ago, that 
the general tone and colouring of a style was stiff, bookish, 
dpp6c, graceful, delicate, pretty, + uavia, mad- 
ness.] Inpathol., insanity in which the delu- 
character. Dunglison. 
* De Quincey Style i "*"""eme \uuu ro-nem). a. [< Gr. a/3/o<5f, del- 
Habituation to pain has limits; and on the other hand ica * e > + ^. thread <ww spin.] In min- 
pedantic, which, from the habituatwn of our organs, we . ion nrp n? n O-PV phnrnoinr 
now feel to be natural and within thejprlvllege of learned fc *HL2AJESK*?! 
our healthy sensations lose freshness and get feeble. 
tral., having the form of fine threads. 
Deepen the habitual mood 
Of my existence. Lowell, Fancy's Casuistry. 
In Scotland, during early times, cattle-raids were habit- 
ual causes of inter-tribal fights. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Soclol., 448. 
What we call a habitual feeling is one which is habitu- 
ally or customarily called forth in a calm form by a per- 
manent object of the environment, so as to diffuse itself 
over large tracts of life in a smooth current 
J. Sully, Outlines of Paychol., p. 490. 
3. Formed by repeated impressions ; rendered 
permanent by continued causes : as, a habitual 
color of the skinHabitual cognition. See habit- 
ual knowledge, under knowledge. Habitual criminal, 
knowledge, etc. Seethe nouns. Habitual logic. See 
the extract 
By Objective or Speculative Logic is meant that comple- 
ment of doctrines of which the science of Logic is made 
up ; by Subjective or Habitual Logic is meant the specula- 
tive knowledge of these doctrines which any individual 
(as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle) may possess, and the prac- 
tical dexterity with which he is able to apply them. 
F. H. Bradley, Mind, XIII. 9. Habrothrix (hab'rp-thriks), n. [NL., < Gr. 
L. ha- nus of South American sigmodont murine ro- 
ed, regular, ordinary, every-day. As habit goes beyond 
custom in its regularity, so habitual goes beyond usual or 
customary. Indeed, habitual would now hardly be used 
where it was not meant that the habit was uniform and 
unbroken or firmly fixed as an element of character : as, 
habitual indolence. The other words lead up to this: 
usual, that which occurs much more often than not ; cus- 
bitudo, condition, appearance, < habitus, pp. of dents, of arvicoline form and general aspect, 
habere, have, hold, keep : see habit, n.] 1 . Cus- with ungrooved upper incisors and soft pelage, 
ternary manner or mode of living, feeling, or whence the name. Also Abrothrix. Water- 
acting; habit. house, 1837. 
What virtuous act haburdepayst, n. An obsolete form of avoir- 
dupois. 
haburjont, An obsolete form of haubergeon. 
Habzelia (hab-ze'li-a), n. [NL., < habzeli, 
native Ethiopian name.] A genus of anona- 
ceous plants, founded by Alphonse de Candolle 
in 1832, who included in it species now referred 
to Xylopia, and restricted by Hooker and Thom- 
son in 1872 to two Malayan species without 
known economic importance. See Xylopia. 
hacche 1 1, n. A Middle English form of hatch 1 . 
The friend, the mistress, and the wife. Sw\ft. hacche'-'t, v. A Middle English form of hatch 2 . 
3f. Association ; intercourse ; familiarity. hachel (hach'el), n. [Cf. Sc. hash*, a sloven.] 
A sloven; a person dirtily dressed. [Scotch.] 
A gipsey's character, a hachel's slovenliness, and a wast- 
er's want are three things as far beyond a remedy as a 
blackamoor's face, a club foot, or a short temper. 
Gait, Sir Andrew Wylie, II. 149. 
Can take effect on them, that have no power 
Of equal habitude to apprehend it? 
B. Jonson, Poetaster, Iv. 3. 
Brought by long Habitude from bad to worse, 
Must hear the frequent Oath, the direful Curse. 
Prior, Henry and Emma. 
Hill-worship was a habitude of the Syrian nations. 
Isaac Taylor, The Alphabet, I. 212. 
2. Relation; respect; state with regard to 
something else. [Bare.] 
In all the habitudes of life 
Your knowledge of greatness and habitude In courts. 
Dryden, Marriage a-la-Mode, Ded. 
[F., prop. pp. of habituer, accustom: see habit- 
uate.] A habitual frequenter of any place, espe- hachure (F. pron. ha-shur'), n. [P.. < hacher, 
ciallyone of amusement, recreation, and the hack . 8ee Aadl-i, fcfti, hatch*.] ' 
lilrct* aa an li/inititv .-it rli^ 1-n 1 1 1 o /1 _-nf\f\n\ J 
like: as, an habituf of the billiard-room. 
The habitues of the clubs and of West End social circles. 
11. J. llinton, Eng. Had. Leaders, p. 33. 
Same as hatch- 
ing. 
In most maps ... an attempt Is made to show some- 
thing of the general features of the ground. ... If the 
ground is steep, the lines, or hachures, are drawn thick 
and close together, so that the hilly spots become dark ; 
if the ground is tolerably level, the lines are thinner and 
fort, and was as restless as his successors, the summer Without much do or far-fetched habiture. Marston. farther apart. Huxley, Physiography, p. 12. 
C. D. Warner, In the Wilderness, vii. habitus (hab'i-tus), n. [L. : see habit.'} 1. In hachure (F. pron. ha-shiir'), . t. ; pret. and pp. 
In 1772 Dean Nowell was appointed to preach the CM*, med., characteristic state or condition; consti- hachured, ppr. hachuring. [< hachure, n.] To 
tutional habit. 
tOTfwn/.thatwhichoccursinthelargerpartofallthecases. habituret(hab'i-tur), n. [< habit + -ure.~\ Hab- 
see cutttoin, itini 
I suppose the red Indian lived herein his usual discom- 
Without much do or far-fetched habiture. Marston. 
ternary sermon before the House on the anniversary of 
the Restoration. Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent, iU. 
In the past experiences of the race, smiles and gentle 
tones in those around have been habitual accompaniments 
of pleasurable feelings. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Psychol., 520. 
habitually (ha-bit'u-al-i), adv. In a habitual 
manner 
habit. 
Uus. 
2. In nat. hist., the general appearance or like- 
ness of an animal or a plant, irrespective of its 
. . --. ^-.--,, - structure; facies. 
by frequent practice or use; as a tablet, [< ME. hable, able: see aft/el and 
habile.] An obsolete form of able 1 . 
Bad habits must undermine good, and often repeated 
acts make us habitually evil. 
Sir T. Browne, Christ Mor., i. 30. 
A very large proportion of the population of 8t Eusta- 
tius were habitually engaged in supplying the Americans 
with munitions of war. Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent, xiv. 
habitualness (ha-bit'u-al-nes), n. The state 
or character of being habitual. 
But true perfection . . . consists, as has been shown, 
in these three things : in the uprightness, the universality, 
and habitualness of our obedience. 
Clarke, Works, II. cxliv. habnabt (hab'nab), adv. 
cover with hatchings. 
The disposition to the disease the consumptive hob- hacienda (as-i-en'da), n. [Sp., landed prop- 
Sdence, VIL 87. erty, lands, estate, OSp. facienda, employment, 
habituaryt (ha-bit'u-a-ri), a. [< L. habitus 
(habitu-), habit, + -ary.' Cf. habitual.'} Habit- 
ual. Davies. 
Too well he knew how difficult a thing it was to invert 
the course of Nature, especially being conflrm'd by con- 
tinuance of practice, and made habituary by custom 
E. Fannant (?X Hist. Edward II., p. a 
habituate (ha-bit'u-at), v. t. ; pret. and pp. ha- 
bituated, ppr.' habituating. [< LL. habituatus, 
- 'obit " - " 
For an a(n)cre fatte is hable 
Sex strike to sowe, and lesse is aboundable 
In mene lande. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.\ p. 207. 
So long as breath and hable puissaunce 
Did native corage unto him supply, 
His pace he freshly forward did advaunce. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. vii. a 
hablenesst, n. An obsolete form of ableness. 
I cannot of my self e promesse any hablenes to take suche 
a prouince in hande. J. Udall, On Luke, Pref. 
[Also hab-or-nab; a 
riming phrase : hab (AS. habban), var. of have ; 
nab, contr. of ne hab (AS. nabban), not have. 
Also hobnob, q. v.] Whether or no; anyway; 
at haphazard. 
Thus Philautus determined, hab nab, to sende his let- 
ters. Lyly, Euphues and his England, p. 354. 
Then looks 'em o'er to understand 'em. 
Although set down habnab at random. 
S. Butler, Hudibras, II. iii. 987. 
body; 
it: see habit, .] 1. To accustom; make fa- 
miliar by habit or customary experience. 
A mind long habituated to a certain set of objects in- 
sensibly becomes fond of seeing them. 
Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, Ixxiii. 
The action was more frank and fearless than any I was 
habituated to Indulge in ; somehow it pleased her. 
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, iv. 
2f. To settle as an inhabitant in a place. 
every post in 
. TS, shot habbe or 
nabbe, at random. 
Stanihurst, In Holinshed's Chron. (Ireland, F. 2, col. 2). 
Habrocoma (ha-brpk'o-mii), n. [NL., < Gr. 
dpp6f, graceful, delicate, -f- K6uq, hair.] A ge- 
nus of hystricomorphic rodents, of the family 
Octodontida, peculiar to South America, differ- 
ing from most members of this family in hav- 
ing the fore feet four-toed. The ears are large and 
rounded, and the pelage is extremely soft and fine like 
estate, < L. facienda, things to be done, neut. 
pi. of faciendus, to be done, ger. of facere, do : 
see fact.] An estate ; a manufacturing, min- 
ing, stock-raising, or other establishment in the 
country ; an isolated farm or farm-house. Also 
called fazenda. [Spanish-American.] 
Within the territory of the republic there are more 
than 5700 haciendai (landed estates) and 13,800 farms 
(ranchosX and not a few other locations of immense ex- 
tent L. Hamilton, Mex. Handbook, p. 13. 
hack 1 (hak), y. [< ME. hacken, hald-en, < AS. 
*haccian (only in comp. to-haccian = ME. tohak- 
ken = OFries. tohakia) = D. hakken = MLG. 
hake = MHG. hacken, G. hacken = Sw. hakka, 
hack, chop, = Dan. Itakke, hack, hoe ; a secon- 
dary form (also dial, hag), prob. of the verb 
which appears in AS. hedwan = Icel. hoggva = 
Sw. hugga, etc., cut, hew: see hew 1 . To the 
same root belong hoe 1 and hay 2 . From MHG. 
G. hacken, hack, comes F. hacher, hack, etc., 
> E. hatch 3 and (later) hashl : see hatch 3 and 
hash 1 .] I. trans. I. To make irregular cuts in 
or upon ; mangle by repeated strokes of a cut- 
ting instrument; cut or notch at random. 
And leet coraaunde anon to halcke and hewo 
The okes olde, and leye hem on a rewe. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 2007. 
I hacked him in pieces sma', 
For her sake that died for me. 
Fair Helen of Kirconnel (Child s Ballads, II. 212). 
Yet was his helmet hacked and hewed, 
His acton pierced and tore. 
Scott, Eve of Saint John. 
Those [grindstones] used for removing metal or taking 
the skin from metal or similar work, where the object is 
to remove the metal as quickly as possible, are what is 
termed hacked: that is, they have indentations cut in 
them with a tool similar to a carpenter's adze. 
Joshua Rose, Practical Machinist, p. 348. 
