Haemaria 
known species, natives of China, Cochin-China, 
and the Malay peninsula. It is specially character- 
ized by its free sepals and by the concave claw at the base 
of the labellum. One species, //. discolor, from southern 
China, is cultivated in gardens as a fuliage-plant, the leaves 
being ample, and crimson underneath. 
Haemataria (hem-a-ta'ri-ii), n. pi. [NL., < Gr. 
a'ifia(r-), blood, + Hzn'a.] " The so-called blood- 
animals; those intestinal animals which have 
blood and a cosloma, as an evolutionary series: 
contrasted with Anemaria. Haeckel. 
haematinum (he-mat'i-num), n. [L. (so. rj- 
trum, glass), neut. of hcematinus, < Gr. aiu&nvof, 
of blood, bloody, < ai/ia(T-), blood.] An ancient 
red glass used for mosaics, ornamental vases, 
etc., found in abundance in the ruins of Pom- 
peii. It contains no tin and no coloring mat- 
ter except cupric oxid. 
HaematoDranchia (hem ll 'a-t6-brang'ki-a), re. pi. 
[NL., < Gr. difta(T-), bloocf, 4- fipayx M , gills.] A 
subclass or grade of Arachnida, composed of 
three orders, Trilobita, Eurypterina, and Xiplio- 
sura,or trilobites,eurypterines, and king-crabs: 
same as Merostomata. E. B. LanJcester, 1881. 
haematobranchiate, a. See hematobranehiate. 
Haematococcus (hem*a-to-kok'us), n. [NL., 
< Gr. at[ta(T-), blood, +"it6Kitot, a berry.] A for- 
mer genus of algse, the species of which are 
now referred to Glceocapsa and related genera. 
They grow on moist rocks, on the walls of 
caverns, and in dark places. 
Haematocrya (hem'a-td-krTa), n. pi. [NL., 
< Gr. a\ua(T-), blood, + xptof, cold.] Cold- 
blooded vertebrates collectively considered, as 
fish, amphibians, and reptiles; a binary subdi- 
vision of Vertebrata : opposed to Hcematother- 
ma. B. Owen. 
hasmatocryal, a. See hematocryal. 
haematologia (hem*a-to-16'ji-ii), n. [NL. : see 
hematology.'] Same as hematology. 
Haematophilina(hem-a-tof-i-irna),.jjZ. [NL., 
< Gr. aifta(T-), blood, + ^</of, loving.] A group 
of bats, consisting of the two genera Desmodus 
and Diphylla, which have a pair of enormous 
sharp-pointed upper incisors, in Desmodus the 
cardiac division of the stomach is enormously dilated, 
being longer than the whole body of the animal, lying 
coiled up in the abdomen, and serving as a reservoir for 
the fresh blood with which this veritable vampire gorges 
itself. Tin: blood-sucking habit is more marked in these 
bats than in any other Chiroptera. See the generic words. 
Haematopis (he-mat'o-pis), n. [NL., prob. for 
*H<ematopsis, ^ Gr. al/ui, blood, + oif/tf, appear- 
ance. Ci. Hcemopsis.] A genus of geometrid 
moths, founded by Hubner (1816), having slen- 
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American Oyster-catcher {Hamatopus pallia 
of birds of prey, containing such Indian hawks 
as the bacha and cheela. N. A. Vigors, Proc. 
Zool. Soc., 1831, p. 170. 2. A genus of turdoid 
passerine birds, the bulbuls: same as Pycnono- 
ttts. JT. Swainson, 1831. 
Haematostaphis (hem-a-tos'ta-fis), n. [NL. 
(Hooker, 1860), < Gr. oiua(r-), blood, + oraff, 
a dried grape, a raisin.] The name given by 
Sir J. D. Hooker in 1860 to a monotypic genus 
of tropical African plants belonging to the nat- 
ural order Anacardiacece, tribe Spondieee, and 
characterized by the possession of 3 unequal 
imbricate petals and 6 stamens in the flower, 
an oblong drupe, and pinnate leaves. The spe- 
cies, H. Barteri, is a small tree with twisted branches and 
small white flowers in elongated axillary panicles. The 
fruit Is red, edible, has an acid flavor, and is called blood- 
plum. The tree inhabits the banks of the Niger river. 
Haematotherma (hem'a-to-ther'n4), //././. 
[NL., < Gr. OI/M(T-), blood, + 0rp/ioc, warm.] 
Warm-blooded animals, as mammals and birds, 
collectively considered : one of two divisions of 
Vertebrata : opposed to Hwmatocrya. R. Owen. 
haematothermal, a. See hematothermal. 
Haematoxylon (hem-a-tok'si-lon), n. [NL., 
< Gr. aifia(T-), blood, + fvfav, wood.] A genus 
of plants described by Linnaeus in 1753, belong- 
ing to the natural order Leguminosce, suborder 
Ccesalpiniece, of which only one species, H. Cam- 
pechianum, the logwood-tree, is known ; it is a 
native of Central America and the West Indies, 
and is important as furnishing the logwood of 
haft 
Unknown, and like esteem 'd, and the dull swain 
Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon; 
And yet more med'cinal is it than that moly 
That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave ; 
He call'd it htf-mvtiy, and gave it me, 
_And bade me keep it as of sovran use 
'Gainst all enchantments, mildew blast, or damp, 
Or ghastly furies' apparition. Milton, Comus, 1. 638. 
("Prickles" is supposed to allude to Christ's crown of 
thorns, and "bright golden flower" to the fruits of salva- 
tion.) 
Haemopsis (he-mop'sis), n. [NL., < Gr. al/ia, 
blood, + oi/vf, appearance.] A genus of leeches, 
containing the horse-leech, H. satiguisorba. 
haemoptoe (he-mop'to-e), n. [NL., an improp. 
formation: see hemoptysis.] Same as hemop- 
tysis. 
haemorrhagia (hem-o-ra'ji-8,), n. [L.: see hem- 
orrhage.] 1. In paihol., same as hemorrhage. 
2. [cop.] [NL.] A genus of clear-winged 
moths, of the family Sesiidce, containing such 
as the North American H. gracilis. Grote and 
Robinson, 1865. 
Haemulon (he-mu'lon), n. [NL., < Gr. aifia, 
blood, + ov)iov, in pi. oW.a, the gums.] A ge- 
nus of scienoid fishes, the type of the family 
H(Kniulonidce, having the lips blood-red near 
the corners of the mouth, whence the name. 
The species are known as grunts, grunters, pig- 
fish, and redmouths. See cut under grunt. 
Hseniulonidae (hem-u-lon'i-de), . pi. [NL., < 
Htemulon + -idte."\ A family of acanthoptery- 
gian fishes, named from the genus Hamilton. 
Numerous species are found in tropical and warm seas : 
those of Ilifi/ntl'in are confined to the American waters, 
while Prixtipoiiia has an extensive range. Also called 
Prirtipomidos. 
Haeser's formula. Same as formula of C'/.m- 
tison (which see, under formula). 
haet. bait (hat), n. [Also written hate, haid, 
a whit, a bit, used, as in the quotation, with 
qualifying deil, devil, as a vigorous negative.] 
The least thing; an iota; a whit. [Scotch.] 
They loiter, lounging, lank, an' lazy ; 
Tho deil haet ails them, yet uneasy. 
Burns, The Twa Dogs, 1. 205. 
hafH. An obsolete preterit of heave. Chaucer. 
haf 2 , haff, n. See haaf. 
haffet, haffit (haf'et, -it), M. [So., also half- 
fet, contr. of 'half-head, ult. < AS. healf-hedfod, 
the fore part of the head, the sinciput. Cf. 
commerce. BotanicaUy the^genus Is characterized by forehead (contr. pron. for'ed).] 1. The side 
of the head ; in the plural, the temples. 
His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside. 
His lyart haffets wearing thin and bare. 
Burns, Cottar's Saturday Night. 
d 
Hatnatopis grataria. 
a, larva ; b, pupa ; r, CKE* ; d, imago. 
(An na'ural size.} 
der palpi, plumose antennae, the fore wings nar- 
row and much pointed, and a deep ocnerous 
color, with pink extradiseal spots. H. grataria 
is found from Maine to Texas, feeding in the 
larval state on plants of the genus Polygonum. 
Haematopodidae (hem'a-to-pod'i-de), n. pi. 
[NL., < Hcematopus (-pod-) + -idee.'} A fam- 
ily of wading birds related to the plovers ; the 
oyster-catchers. They have three toes, and a bill of 
remarkable shape, somewhat like a woodpecker's. The 
bfll is much longer than the head, contracted, compressed 
and beveled, and truncated at the end. There is but one 
genus, Hcematopus. The family sometimes includes the 
turnstones (Strepsiltis\ when the oyster-catchers proper 
are termed Haematopodinae. Also Ilmnatopida. 
Hsematopodinae (hem'a-to-po-di'ne), n. pi. 
[NL., < Htematopiis (-pod-) + -inas.'] The oys- 
ter-catchers as a subfamily of Hcematopodidce 
or of Charadriidee. Also called Hcematopince. 
Haematopus (he-mat'o-pus), n. [NL., < Gr. ai- 
^a(r-), blood, + TRW? = E. foot.'] The typical 
genus of Hamatopodidat: so called from the 
red color of the legs. H. ostrilegus is the common 
oyster-catcher of Europe ; H . palliatus is that of North 
America. There are others, some of which are partly 
white, like the two named, while the rest are of somber 
blackish or fuliginous hues all over, as H. uttr. See oys- 
ter-catcher, and cut in next column. 
haematorn (hem'a-tdrn), n. [< NL. Hamator- 
is.] Blyth's name for a hawk of the genus 
Hamatornis (Vigors), the bacha, Falco bacha. 
Haematornis (hem-a-t6r'nis), n. [NL., < Gr. 
al/M(T-), blood, + 6/Jwf, a bird.] 1. A genus 
its flattened lanceolate pod, splitting through the middle 
of each valve into two false valves. See logwood. 
Hasmatozoa (hem'a-to-zd'ii), n. pi. [NL., < Gr. 
a't/ia(T-), blood, + tfyov, an animal.] A general 
name of the minute Entozoa or internal para- 
sites which are found in blood, as the Distoma 
heematobium or Bilharzia harmobia, and the Hexa- 
thyridium venarum or Polystoma sanguicola. The 
term has no classificatory significance. 
hsematozoan, haematozbic. See hematozoan, 
hematozoic. 
Haemodipsa (hem-o-dip'sa), n. [NL., < Gr. al/ja, 
blood, + diifia, thirst.] A genus of land-leeches. 
H. ceylonica is an example. See land-leech. 
Haembdoraceae (hem'o-do-ra'se-e), n.pl. [NL., 
< Htemodorum + -acece.] A natural order of 
monocotyledonous petaloid plants, established 
by Robert Brown in 1810, related to the Bro- 
meliacece and Iridece, and embracing 27 known 
genera and about 120 species, inhabiting south- 
western Australia, southern Africa, central and 
eastern Asia, and North and South America. 
The name, as well as the name Moodroot by which some 
of these plants are known, is derived from the red color 
yielded by the roots of some of the species. 
Haemodorum (hem-o-do'rum), n. [NL., < Gr. 
aijia, blood, + <5u/9ov,'gift.] The typical genus 
of the natural order Hcemodoraceas, founded by 
J. E. Smith in 1798, consisting of 17 species, 
all natives of Australia. They are erect glabrous 
herbs with equitant leaves, and cymes or heads of small 
flowers. The fibrous roots are often thickened into tubers. 
The inflorescence is always glabrous, the ovary nearly free, 
its cells containing two ovules, and the seeds are peltate. 
haemony (hem'o-ni), n. [Used only in the pas- 
sage cited, appar. in reference to Gr. al/j6vtof, 
blood-red, < al/iuv, bloody, < al/ia, blood ; or to 
Gr. 0.1/j.uv for oal/tuv, Safj^iuv, knowing, skilful (in 
allusion to its 'divine effect'). Coleridge fan- 
cies here a compound of Gr. ai/ia, blood, and 
oivoc, , wine ; alluding to the blood of Jesus 
Christ.] A supposed miraculous plant, de- 
scribed in Milton's "Comus." 
A certain shepherd lad . . . 
Would , . . show me simples of a thousand names, 
Telling their strange and vigorous faculties. 
Amongst the rest a small unsightly root, 
But of divine effect, he cull'd me out : 
The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, 
But in another country, as he said, 
Bore a bright golden flower, but not in this soil ; 
2. Among workmen, the fixed part of a lid or 
cover, to which the movable part is hinged. 
baffle (haf 1), v. i. ; pret. and pp. haffied, ppr. 
haffling. [Perhaps of imitative origin. Cf. ha 1 , 
., hawl, v., hesitate, and cf. faffle, maffle.] To 
waver or shuffle in speaking; prevaricate. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
hafflin (haf'lin), n. and a. See halfling*. 
Hafiz (ha'fiz), n. [Pers. Mfiz, < Ar. hafiz, hd- 
fuz, a guard, one who keeps (in memory) ; ap- 
plied technically to one who knows the whole 
Koran by heart, < Ar. hafaza, keep, retain, hafz, 
memory.] A title or appellative of a Moham- 
medan who knows the whole of the Koran by 
heart. 
The Dervish FaUadeen, whose prefix of Bafiz means 
"one who has committed the Koran to memory." 
J. Grant. 
haflin 1 (haf'lin), n. and a. See halflingl . 
haflln 2 , haflins (haf'lin, -linz), adv. See half- 
. 
haft 1 (haft), n. [(1) < ME. haft, heft, < AS. 
hcefft, a handle, = D. heft, hecht = MLG. hechte 
= OHG. hefti, MHG. hefte, Q. heft, a handle, 
hilt, portion of a book, = Icel. hepti (for hefti), 
a handle, = Dan. hefte = Sw. hafte, handle, 
hilt, portion of a book. (2) Cf. AS. ha-J'ft, m., 
a bond, fetter, captivity, bondage, = OHG. 
haft, m., n., MHG. haft, m., a bond, fetter, G. 
haft, m., a hold, clasp, rivet, brace; also OHG. 
haft, hafta, MHG. G. haft, f., imprisonment (cf. 
D. hechtenis), = MLG. hechte, hefte = OS. hafta, 
captivity, = Icel. hapt, haft, n., abond, a chain. 
(3) Both AS. hafft, n., a handle, and AS. katftf, 
m., a bond, etc., with their cognates, are from 
an orig. pp. which appears in AS. haftf, as a 
noun, a captive, a slave, = OS. haft, a., seized, 
captive, = OHG. MHG. haft, a., captive, = Icel. 
haftr, m., hafta, {., a captive, prisoner, = Goth. 
hafts, a., joined together, = L. captus, seized, 
taken; orig. pp. of AS. hebban, E. heave, etc., 
lift, =L. capere, take, seize (the orig. mean- 
ing): see capable, captive, etc. Less prob. from 
the root of have, q. v. Cf. hefti, hefft, etc.] A 
