heckle 
questions and objections with an acrid subtlety and per- 
sistence. . . . Robert bore his heckling, however, with 
great patience and adroitness. 
Mrs. H. Ward, Robert Elsmere, xli. 
heckle-cell (hek'1-sel), n. A cell having minute 
hard, horny projections of its cell-wall, by which 
it adheres to other cells. An epidermal cell is 
an example. 
heckler (hek'ler), . One who heckles or uses 
a heckle. 
he-clam (he'klam), n. A kind of sea-worm, as 
species of Nereis; a clam-worm, as N. virens, 
believed by fishermen to be the male of the 
long clam, Mya arenaria. [Maine, U. S.] 
hectare (hek'tar), w. [< F. hectare, < Gr. arov 
(contr.), a hundred, + L. area, area: see area, 
are 2 .] In the metric system, a superficial mea- 
sure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters, 
or 2.4711 acres. 
hectastyle (hek'ta-stil), a. An improper form 
of hexustyle. 
hectic (hek'tik), a. and . [Formerly hectick, 
ectick, ettick; < ME. etik, etyk, < OF. etique, F. 
hectique = Sp. hetico = Pg. hectico = It. etico (cf. 
D. Gr. htktisch = Sw. Dan. Itektisk), < ML. *hecti- 
cus, < Gr. CKTiK6f, habitual, hectic, consumptive 
(Galen), < kt;if (CK.T-), a state or habit of body or 
of mind, condition, < c^ftv (fut. e%eiv, / *ex), 
have, hold, intr. be in a certain state, = Skt. 
\/ sail, prevail, endure.] I. a. 1. Habitual; 
marking a particular habit or condition of 
body: applied to fever of the form presented 
in phthisis, characterized by marked diurnal 
remissions and exacerbations, and accompa- 
nied with flushed cheeks, hot skin, and ema- 
ciation. 
His thin cheek assumed a deadly hue, 
And all the rose to one small spot withdrew: 
They call'd it hectic; 'twas a fiery flush, 
More flx'd and deeper than the maiden blush. 
Cralibe, Works, I. 138. 
2. Pertaining to or affected with such fever; 
feverish ; consumptive : as, a hectic flush. 
The hectick heate 
Of Oswald's blood doubled their pulses' 
Sir W. Davenant, 
lses' pace. 
t, Gondibert, ii. 5. 
Bat for some years before its author's death it dwindled 
away so much, and fell into such an hectic state, that the 
few friends of it feared its decease was very near. 
/. D 'Israeli, Calam. of Authors, I. 105. 
Hectic Infantile fever. Seefeveri. 
II. n. 1. A hectic fever; a wasting away, 
attended by heightened color. 
Do it, England ; 
For like the hectic in my blood he rages, 
And thou must cure me. Shak., Hamlet, iv. 3. 
2. A hectic flush. 
The poor Franciscan made no reply ; a hectick of a mo- 
ment pass'd across his cheek, but could not tarry Nature 
seemed to have done with her resentments in him. 
Sterne, Sentimental Journey, p. 10. 
The coronal which autumn gives, 
The brief, bright sign of ruin near, 
The hectic of a dying year! 
Whitticr, Mogg Megone, ii. 
hectical (hek'ti-kal), a. [< hectic + -al."} Same 
as hectic. 
It grieved them nevertheless, nor was the less a fever 
for being hectical. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), II. 100. 
hectically (hek'ti-kal-i), adv. In a hectic man- 
ner; constitutionally; consumptively. 
He was for some years hectically feverish. 
Johnson, Ascham. 
hectocotyle (hek'to-kot-il), , Same as heeto- 
cotylus, 2. 
hectOCOtylization (hek-to-kot"i-li-za'shon), . 
[< liectocotyliz(ed) + -ation.~] The process or re- 
sult of being hectocoty lized ; the state, quality, 
or condition of a hectocotylus : applied both 
to the modification of the arm of the male 
cephalopod, which converts it into a repro- 
ductive organ, and to the fertilization of the 
female by this means. Also spelled hectocoty- 
lisation. 
hectocotylized (hek-to-kot'i-lizd), a. [< hec- 
tocotylus + -ize + -ed 2 .] 1. Changed into a 
hectocotylus, as an arm of certain cephalopods. 
The male Cephalopods are distinguished from the fe- 
males by the asymmetry of their arms, one or more of 
which, on one side, are peculiarly modified, or hectocoty- 
lized. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 464. 
2. Affected by a hectocotylus; impregnated, 
as a female cephalopod when she receives the 
detached male arm. 
Also spelled hectocotylised. 
hectocotylus (hek-to-k'ot'i-lus), n. [NL. (Cu- 
vier, def. 1), < Gr. SKarov (contr.), a hundred, + 
KOTVATI, a small cup : see cotyle.] If. [cap.] In 
zool., a spurious genus of parasitic organisms, 
the same as the Trichoeephalits of Delle Chiaje ; 
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in reality, the detached male arm of a cephalo- 
pod, attached to the female, and mistaken for a 
parasite. 2. In biol., the metamorphosed re- 
productive arm of certain of the male cephalo- 
pods, as the argonaut, which becomes detached 
and is deposited within the mantle-cavity of the 
female for the purpose of conveying the sperm- 
cells to her. Also hectocotyle. See cut under 
Argonautida:. 
hectogram, hectogramme (hek'to-gram), n. 
[< F. hectogramme, < Gr. enardv (contr.), a hun- 
dred, + ypafi^ia, repr. F. gramme, E. gram : see 
(/raw 2 .] In the metric system, a weight of 100 
grams, or 1,543.2349 grains. 
hectograph (hek'to-graf), n. [< Gr. inarm 
(contr.), a hundred, + yp&tyetv, write.] A copy- 
ing process in which the writing or drawing to 
be copied is made on smooth paper in aniline 
ink, and is then pressed upon a slab coated with 
gelatin, to which a part of the ink is thus trans- 
ferred, and from which a number of duplicate 
impressions can be made ; also, the special ap- 
pliances, collectively, by means of which this is 
done. Also spelled hektograph. [Trade-name.] 
hectograph (hek'to-graf), v. t. [< hectograph, 
11.] To copy by means of a hectograph. 
hectographic (hek-to-graf 'ik), a. [< hectograph 
+ -so.] Pertaining 'to or made with the hecto- 
graph. 
hectoid (hek'toid), . [< hect(ic) + -oid.~\ Of 
a hectic appearance ; resembling hectic fever. 
The skin was red with a hectoid flush. 
W. A. Hammond, Nervous System, I. xvi. 
hectoliter, hectolitre (hek'to-le-ter), . [< 
F. hectolitre, < Gr. eKar6v (contr.), a hundred, 
+ Mrpa, a pound, > F. litre : see liter.'} In the 
metric system, a unit of capacity equal to 100 
liters, 22.009 imperial gallons, or 26.4 United 
States gallons. 
hectometer (hek'to-me-ter), n. [< F. hectome- 
tre, < Gr. inarov (contr.), a hundred, + uerpov, 
measure, > F. metre, E. meter, a particular mea- 
sure of length: see meter 2 .'} In the metric sys- 
tem, a unit of length equal to 100 meters, or 
328 feet 1 inch. 
hector (hek'tor), n. [< L. Hector, < Gr. "E/crup, in 
Homer's Iliad a brave Trojan warrior, prop, 
adj. eKTop, holding fast, an epithet of Zeus, of an- 
chors, of a net, etc., <;', hold: seehectie."} 1. 
A bully; a blustering, turbulent, noisy fellow. 
Thus the hectare use to do, and to give the lye at ad- 
venture, when they have a mind to try a man's courage. 
Marwll, Works, II. 109. 
2. One who teases or vexes. 
hector (hek'tor), v. [< hector, .] I. trans. 
1 . To treat with insolence ; threaten ; bully. 
Our King did openly say, the other day in the Privy 
Chamber, that he would not be hectored out of his right 
and preeminencys by the King of France, as great as he 
was. Pepys, Diary, II. 98. 
2. To find fault with; fret at; chide; scold. 
An honest man, when he came home at night, found 
another fellow domineering in his family, hectoring his 
servants, and calling for supper. Arbuthnot, John Bull. 
They had hard times when they were little, . . . and 
were hectored and worried when they ought to have been 
taking some comfort. H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 246. 
= Syn. To fret, worry, annoy, beset, provoke, irritate. 
II. intrans. To play the bully; bluster; be 
turbulent or insolent. 
But when huffing and hectoring must be looked upon as 
the only badges of gallantry and courage, what can rec- 
ommend the exercise of patience against the disgrace of 
it? South, Works, X. iv. 
Don Carlos made her chief director, 
That she might o'er the servants hector. Swift. 
Hectorian, Hectorean (hek-to'ri-an, -re-an), 
a. [< .Hector (see def.) +-i-an, -e-an""] Relating 
or pertaining to or like Hector of Troy. 
In vain I charg'd him soon to quit the plain. 
And warn'd to shun Hectorean force in vain. 
Pope, Iliad, xviU. 18. 
hectorism (hek'tor-izm), n. [< hector + -ism."} 
The disposition or practice of a hector or bully. 
[Rare.] 
hectorlyt (hek'tor-li), a. [< hector + -fyi.] Re- 
sembling a hector ; blustering ; insolent. 
Those who seek glory from evil things, . . . from pre- 
sumptuous transgression of God's law (hectorly profane- 
ness and debauchery), . . . are not only vain-glorious, but 
impudent. Barrow, Works, III. xxxi. 
hectostere (hek'to-ster), n. [< F. hectosttre, < 
Gr. inarov (contr.), a hundred, + arepeos, solid, > 
F. stere, E. stere, as a measure of solidity.] In 
the metric si/stem, a measure of solidity contain- 
ing 100 cubic meters, and equivalent to 3,531 .4 
English cubic feet. 
Hecuba (hek'u-ba). n. [NL., < L. Hecuba, < Gr. 
, daughter of Dymas and wife of Priam, 
Hedera 
king of Troy.] In zool., a genus of mollusks. 
Schumacher, 1817. 
hedt, An obsolete spelling of head. 
he'd. A contraction of (a) he had, and of (6) lie 
would. 
hedage (hed'aj), H. [A var. of 'hithage, < hitlie 
+ -age.] A toll or custom formerly paid at the 
hithe or wharf for lauding goods, etc., from 
which an exemption was granted by the king 
to particular persons and societies. Cowel. 
heddle (hed'l), n. [Sc. also hiddle, pbs. hedel, E. 
also heald; appar. of Scand. origin. Cf. Icel. 
hafald, the perpendicular thrums that hold the 
weft.] In weaving, a series of leashes, twines, 
cords, or wires vertically stretched, generally 
in pairs, between two horizontal bars or laths, 
lopped about both bars, and joined in their 
middle part to form eyes for the reception of 
a warp-thread or yarn. Two heddles are used for 
plain weaving, their vertically opposite movements sep- 
arating the warp-threads to form an opening or shed for 
the passage of the shuttle. In the United States harness 
is generally used for heddle, and in English works on weav- 
ing leaf or set of heddles is frequently employed. Heddle 
is often loosely used in the singular to denote one of the 
pairs of leashes or cords. Mall of the heddle, an eyelet 
or ring of glass or metal in an eye of a heddle. 
heddle (hed'l), v. t.; pret. and pp. heddled, 
ppr. heddling. [< heddle, .] To draw (warp- 
threads) systematically through the eyes of a 
heddle. 
heddle-eye (hed'l-!), . The eye in a pair of 
leashes or cords of a heddle for receiving a 
warp-thread. 
heddle-hook (hed'1-huk), n. A hook, much re- 
sembling a crochet-hook, used in heddling. it 
is passed through the heddle-eye to engage the end of the 
warp-thread and draw the thread through the eye. 
heddle-yarn (hed'1-yarn), n. Worsted yarn 
twisted and singed preparatory to its use in 
making heddles. 
hede 1 !, and v. A Middle English form of 
head. 
hede 2 t, v. A Middle English form of heed 1 . 
hedenbergite (hed'en-ber-git), n. [After L. He- 
denberg, a Swedish chemist.] A lime-iron va- 
riety of pyroxene, occurring in crystals and in 
lamellar masses of a black or blackish-green 
color at Tunaberg in Sweden, and elsewhere. 
Hedeoma (he-de-6'ma), n. [NL. (Persopn, 
1805), said to be altered from Hedyosmum (which 
is used for another genus), < Gr. ifoip, sweet, + 
oa/ir/, smell.] A genus of chiefly low, herbace- 
ous, aromatic 
plants, belong- 
ing to the nat- 
ural order La- 
biatte, tribe Sa- 
tnreinecB, char- 
acterizedbyits 
axillary clus- 
ters of small 
bluish flowers, 
in which the 
corolla is 
scarcely ex- 
serted from the 
calyx, and only 
two of the sta- 
mens are per- 
fect. It em- 
braces about a 
dozen species, ex- 
clusively confined 
to North and 
South America. 
The best-known 
species is H. pule- 
gioides, the Amer- 
ican pennyroyal, 
which has the 
pleasantly pun- 
gent odor and 
taste of the genus 
specially devel- 
oped, and is in 
great repute as a 
remedy for colds 
and as an emmen- 
agogue. 
hedert, adv. A 
Middle Eng- 
lish variant of 
hither. 
Hedera (hed'e-ra), n. [L. (Linnseus, 1753), also 
edera, ivy: see under get 1 .'} A genus of dico- 
tyledonous polypetalous woody vines, climbing 
by rootlets, belonging to the natural order Ara- 
liacece and series Hederew. It is characterized by 
having the styles connate into a cone or short column, the 
leaves simple or pinnate, the umbels paniculate, and the 
pedicels continuous with the flowers. The genus as thus 
limited embraces only two species, one of which, H. Helix, 
the common ivy, now cultivated in all lands, is indigenous 
Pennyroyal (Httitoma pvtegioides ,. 
a, flower ; i>. leaf. 
