hate 
II. intrans. To feel hatred: as, one who nei- 
ther loves nor lutliv. 
hate 1 (hat), n. [< ilE. hate (with vowel of the 
verb), reg. licit; < AS. hete, m., = OS. hcti = D. 
haat = MLG. hat = OHG. liaz (hags-), m., also 
neut., MHG. liaz (hazz-), G. hass = Icel. hair 
= Sw. hat = Dan. had = Goth. Jiatis (gen. hati- 
zis, once gen. liatis), hate, anger (> Goth, hati- 
:on, be angry): see hate 1 , .] 1. An emotion 
of extreme or passionate dislike or aversion; 
inveterate ill-will ; hatred. 
Haughty Junu's unreleirihig hate. Dryden, ^Eneid, i. 2. 
What a fine definition of hate Is that which Chaucer 
rives in the Persones Tale, "Hate is old wrathe." It is, 
however, borrowed from Cicero "Odium ira inveterata." 
Tusc. Disp. iv. 9. G. P. Marsh. 
Till hate, 
The Beed of ill lies, told and hearkened to, 
The knot of luving memories shall undo. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 295. 
2f. Vengeance ; punishment. 
Thenne arged [became terrified] Abraham & alle his mod 
chaunge[dj, 
For hope I in expectation] of the harde hate that hyjt 
[threatened] hatz oure lorde. 
Alliterative Poeua (ed. MorrisX ii. 713. 
= Syn. ni-toill, Enmity, etc. See animosity. (See also 
hatred.) 
hate 2 t, . See hightf. 
hateable, a. See hatable. 
hateful (hat'ful), a. [< ME. hateful (= Sw. hat- 
full = Bail, hadefuld); < hate* + -ful. Cf. hat- 
tie, kettle.'] 1. Causing hate; exciting intense 
dislike or aversion ; odious. 
To ben a nmrdrer is an hateful name. 
Chaucer, Clerk s Tale, 1. 676. 
Still grew my bosom then, 
Still as a stagnant fen ; 
Hateful to me were men, 
The sunlight hateful. 
Longfellow, Skeleton in Armor. 
2. Full of hate ; feeling hatred ; malignant ; 
malevolent. 
Then cast a languishing regard around, 
And saw, with hateful eyes, the temples crown 'd 
With golden spires, and all the hostile ground. 
Dryden, Pal. and Arc., i. 214. 
= Syn. 1. Detestable, abominable, execrable, loathsome, 
horrid, foul, repulsive, revolting, abhorrent, repugnant, 
hatefully (hat'ful-i), adc. 1. In such a manner 
as to excite hate ; odiously. 
The ceremony was hatefully tedious. 
Drumuiond, Travels, p. 75. 
2. In a manner exhibiting hate ; malignantly; 
maliciously ; spitefully. 
And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take 
away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare. 
Ezek. xxiil. 29. 
hatefulness (hat'ful-nes), M. The character of 
being hateful, in any sense, 
hatelt, a. and n. See hattle. 
hateless(hat'les),a. [<.hate l + -tes.] Having 
no feeling of hate. 
Phalantus of Corinth, to Amphialus of Arcadia, sendeth 
the greeting of a hateletts enemy. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, Hi. 
hater 1 (ha'ter), n. [< ME. liatere (= D. hater 
= MHG. hazzwre, hezzer, G. hasser, hdsser = 
Icel. hatari = Dan. hader = Sw. luitare) ; < hate 1 
+ -er 1 .] One who hates. 
An enemy to God, and a hater of all good. 
Sir T. Browne. 
To be a good hater one needs only to be Irascible by 
nature, and to be placed in some relationship of frequent 
encounter with the authors of offence. 
A. Bain, Emotions and Will, p. 139. 
hater 2 t, hateret, [ME., also hatter, hetter, 
heater, hatreii, < AS. hater u, garments.] Cloth- 
ing. 
She dide of al hire hatere, 
& wisch hire bodi w 1 clene watere. 
King Horn(E. E. T. S.X p. 121. 
hateral, n. See liatteral. 
hateringt, n. [ME. haterynge; < hater 2 + -ing 1 .'] 
Clothing; dress, 
hatesomet, a. [ME. hatesum, haatsum (= 
Icel. hatrsamr); < hate 1 + -some.'] Hateful; 
hated. 
For thi that hatesum thei hadden disciplyne, and the 
drede of the Lord thei vndertoken not. 
Wyclif, Prov. i. 29 (Oxf.). 
hath (hath). Third person singular present in- 
dicative of have : now archaic or poetical. 
hather, n. An obsolete or dialectal variant of 
heather. 
hathock (haTH'ok), n. A Scotch form of had- 
dock. 
hat-honor (hat'hon'or), n. Respect shown by 
taking off the hat: a term used by the early 
Friends or Quakers, who refused to pay this 
token of respect. Also called hat-worship. 
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The hat-honour was an honour which in relation to the 
outward ceremony, viz., the putting off the hat, was the 
same which was given to God ; so that in the outward 
sign of reverence no distinction or difference was made 
betwixt the Creator and the creature. 
Qeorae Fox. in Sewel's History of the Quakers (1774X 
[1.22. 
hathorn (hath'orn), n. Same as hawthorn. 
hatless (hat'les), a. [< hat 1 + -less.] Having 
no hat. 
So much for shoeless, hatless Masaniello ! 
Leigh Hunt, High and Low. 
hat-measure (hafmezh''^), n. A metallic 
tape or measure used to ascertain the size of 
the head in order to fit a hat to it. 
hat-mold (hat'mold), . Same as hat-die. 
hat-money (hat'mun"i), n. Same as primage. 
hat-piece (hat'pes), n. A hat or cap of defense 
other than a heavy helmet of war ; especially, 
a secret or iron skull-cap worn under the hat. 
I saw him try on his buff coat and hat-piece covered 
with black velvet. Pepys, Diary, II. 216. 
hat-plant (hat'plant), n. A papilionaceous 
plant, jSSxchynomene aspera, growing in India, 
with odd-pinnate leaves and jointed pods: so 
called in commerce. In marshy places about Cal- 
cutta it attains a large size, and the thick stem is filled 
with a light tough pith of which are made hats, bottle- 
cases, swimming-jackets, floato, and even fishing-nets. The 
natives call this pith solah. 
hat-press (hat'pres), n. A machine for mold- 
ing hats and pressing them into form. It con- 
sists essentially of a brass mold, which is heated, and in 
which the hat is placed and submitted to pressure from a 
plunger that enters from above, forcing the hat to the 
shape of the mold. 
hat-rack (hat'rak), . A rack furnished with 
pegs on which hats, coats, etc., may be hung. 
hat-rail (hat'ral), n. A hat-rack made to be 
hung on the wall : often a frame inclosing a 
small mirror. 
hatred (ha'tred), n. [< ME. hatred, hatreden, 
< hate, hate, + -red, -reden (as in kindred,^ME. 
kindrede), < AS. -raiden (as in freAndrSden, 
friendship), a suffix signifying condition, state: 
see -red.] The emotion or feeling of hate; 
hate. See hate 1 , n., 1. 
Sir Anna, this aunswere allow I no thyng, 
I holde it but hatereden, this artlkill hale, 
And therfore, sir fiusshoppe, at my biddyng, 
Do telle me nowe trewly the texte of this tale. 
York Plays, p. 209. 
The thought of the pain which any thing present or ab- 
sent is apt to produce in us ... we call hatred. 
Locke, Human Understanding, II. xx. 5. 
Hatred is another name for malevolent emotion. We 
recognize under this title a permanent affection grounded 
on the irascible, as love is on tenderness. 
.1 . Bain, Emotions and Will, p. 139. 
= Syn. IU-irill, Enmity, etc. (see animosity); Hatred, Dis- 
like, Antipathy, etc. (see antipathy) ; Disgrace, Disfavor, 
Dishonor (see odium) ; detestation, loathing, abhorrence. 
hatrel, . See hatteral. 
hat-roller (hat'ro'ler), n. In mining, a roller 
of cast-iron or steel, shaped like a hat, and 
revolving on a vertical pin, serving to guide 
around a curve the rope used for hauling in an 
incline. 
hat-stand (hat'stand), . A hat-rack made to 
stand on the floor : often combined with a small 
table or an umbrella-stand, or both. 
The hat-stand (with a whip or two standing up in it be- 
longing to bagmen who are still snug in bed). 
T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, i. 4. 
hat-sweat (hat'swet), n. That part of the 
lining of a hat which comes in contact with the 
head ; a sweat-band. It is usually of leather. 
hattet, . BeefcWM*. 
hatted-kit, hattit-kit (hat'ed-, hat'it-kit), n. 
[Sc., < hatted, hattit, appar. curdled (cf. D. hot- 
ten, curdle, hot, curds, connected with Se. hat, 
hot, a confused heap: see hatter), + kit.'] A 
bowlful of sour cream ; also, a mixture of but- 
termilk and milk warm from the cow. 
He has spilt the hatted-kit that was for the Master's 
dinner. Scott, Bride of Lammermoor, xi. 
Hattemist (hat'em-ist), n. [< Hattem (see def.) 
+ -is*.] A member of a sect in the Nether- 
lands founded about 1683 by the deposed 
clergyman Pontianus van Hattem, a Spinozist, 
who denied the expiatory sacrifice of Christ 
and the freedom of the will, and affirmed that 
sin exists only in the imagination, and is itself 
its only punishment. The sect disappeared in 
a few years. 
hatter 1 (hat'er), n. [< ME. hattere; < hat 1 + 
-erl.] 1. A maker or seller of hats. 2. In 
mining, a miner who works alone, or "under 
his own hat." He differs from a fossicker, who rifles 
old workings, or spends his time in trying abandoned 
wash-dirt. The hatter nearly always holds a claim under 
the by-laws. B. Brough Smyth. [Australia.] 
haubergeon 
Some, however, prefer to travel, and even to work, when 
they can get it, quite alone, and these are known to the 
rest as hatters. Chambers's Journal, 5th ser., II. 28U. 
Mad as a hatter. [A humorous simile, in which hatter 
was probably originally a substitute for some other more 
appropriate term (perhaps "hatter for alter, for attercop, 
a spider, in which sense Ualliwell doubtfully cites hatter 
from Palsgrave).] (a) Violently crazy or insane. (6) Vio- 
lently angry, 
hatter- (hat'er), v. [Also hotter; a freq. form, 
< hat*, hot 2 , a heap.] I. trans. 1. To gather 
in a heap ; collect in a crowd. 2. To entangle. 
3. To expose to danger; harass; trouble; 
weary ; wear out. 
Religion shows a rosy-colour'd face, 
Not natter'd out with drudging works of grace. 
Dryden, Hind and Panther, i. 371. 
4. To shatter; batter. 
Where hattering bullets are fine sugred plums, 
No feare of roaring guns, or thundriug drums. 
John Taylor, Works (1630). 
II. intrans. To speak with thick and con- 
fused utterance. 
[Now only prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 
hatter 2 (hat'er), . [Also hotter; < hatter*, v.~] 
1. A state of confusion. 2. A confused heap. 
[Now only prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 
hatteral (hat'er-al), M. [Also /lateral, hatrel; 
< hatter 2 .] A confused heap. Gait. [Scotch.] 
Hatteria (ha-te'ri-ii), n. [NL. (J. E. Gray); 
formation not ascertained.] 1. A genus of 
** iljat'S* , 
Hatteria punctata or Sphenodon punciatus. 
rhynchocephalous reptiles containing peculiar 
lizards of New Zealand, the only living repre- 
sentatives of the order Shynchocephala, and 
the type of the family Hatteriidw. H. punctata 
is known as the tuatera. Also called Spheno- 
don. 2. [1. c.] A member of this genus. 
Hatteriidae (hat-e-ri'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Hat- 
teria + -id(e.~\ A family of reptiles, of the order 
Rhynchocephala, typified by the genus Hatteria. 
It is characterized by amphicrelous vertebrae, fixed quad- 
rate bones, maxillary and palatine teeth, and by having 
some of the ribs in three joints and with uncinate pro- 
cesses. The tail is compressed and crested, and the gen- 
eral aspect is that of an iguana Also called Spheno- 
dontidce. 
hatti-humayun (hat'i-hu-ma'yun), . [Turk. 
khatti-humdyun, < khatt (< Ar. khatt), a line, writ- 
ing, command, + humdyun, auspicious, august, 
royal, imperial.] Same as hatti-sherif. 
hatting (hat'ing), n. [Verbal n. of hat 1 , .] 
1. The trade of a hatter. 2. Material for hats, 
hatti-sherif (hat'i-she-ref), n. [Turk, khatti- 
sherif, < khatt (< Ar. khatt), a line, writing, 
command, + sherif (< Ar. sherif, sharif), lofty, 
noble.] An irrevocable order or decree of the 
Sultan of Turkey, written with special formal- 
ity and bearing his personal sign-manual or 
nourish. See extract under firman. Also called 
hatti-humayun. 
hattit-kit, . See hatted-kit. 
hattle, hettle (hat'l, het'l), a. and n. [< ME. 
hotel, hetel, < AS. hetol, hostile, malignant, hate- 
ful (= OD. hotel), < hatian, hate, hete, hate, hos- 
tility: see hate 1 . Cf. hateful] I. a. It. Hos- 
tile; malignant; hateful. 2. Irritable; fiery. 
[Scotch.] 3. Hasty; eager; skittish. 
II. . An enemy. 
Nowe schall no hatyll do vs harme, 
I haue oure helpe here in myn arme. 
York Plays, p. 145. 
hattock (hat'ok), n. [Dim. of hat 1 , q. v.] 1. 
A hat. [Scotch.] 
Away with you, sirs, get your boots and your beasts 
horse and hattock, I say and let us meet at the East 
Port. Scott, Fair Maid of Perth, vii. 
2. A shock or stack of corn. [Scotch.] 
hat-tree (hat'tre), n. A hat-rack. [U. S.] 
A people [those of Cape Cod] . . . who hang Calcutta 
hats upon their hat-trees. The Century, XXVL 644. 
hat-worship (hat'wer'ship), . Same as hat- 
honor. 
haubergeon (ha'ber-jon), . [Also haubergion, 
habergeon, early mod. E. also haberjeon, haber- 
jon; < ME. hauberjoun, hauberjon, haberjoim, 
habergeoun, etc., < OF. haubergeon, hatiberjun, 
etc., prop. dim. of hauberc, a hauberk: see 
hauberk.'] A short hauberk, reaching only to 
