Hedycarya 
nus of dicotyledonous apetalous plants, belong- 
ing to the natural order Monimiacece, character- 
ized by the 7 to 10 small conniveut lobes of the 
perianth and the numerous stamens with very 
short glaudless filaments. The genus embraces 
about 8 species, inhabiting Australia, New Zealand, New 
Caledonia, and the Fiji Islands. They are trees or shrubs 
with opposite entire or dentate coriaceous leaves, and axil- 
lary flowers in cymes or racemose panicles. The Austra- 
lian species, H. angustifolia, is cultivated for ornament, 
under the name of native mulberry or smooth holly. It at- 
tains a height of 10 to 20 feet. The New Zealand species, 
If. dentata, is larger, and is called by the natives puripuri- 
Iripili, kaiwhiria, or porokaiichiri. Five fossil species have 
been described from the Miocene of Italy and Bohemia, 
the Oligocene of Styria, and the Eocene of Australia and 
New Zealand. 
Hedychium (he-dik'i-um), . [NL. (Koenig, 
1785), prob. in allusion to the snow-white fra- 
grant flowers of some species, being appar. < Gr. 
?df, sweet, + xiuv, snow.] A genus of mono- 
cotyledonous petaloid plants, belonging to the 
natural order Scitaminece (Zingiberacece), tribe 
Zingiberece, characterized by a terminal spike 
or thyrse of flowers with narrow elongated fila- 
ments and unappendaged connectives to the 
anthers. The plants grow from a horizontal tuberous 
rhizome ; the stem is erect and leafy, the leaves clasping 
at the base. The flowers are generally large, showy, and 
fragrant. The fruit is a 3-celled capsule. The genus em- 
braces about 25 species, all natives of tropical Asia. Many 
of the species are cultivated in greenhouses, sometimes 
under the English name garland-flower. The common 
garland-flower is H . coronarium. II. coccinemn (the scar- 
let garland-flower), H. flavescens, H. coriaceum, etc., em- 
bracing a great variety in color and appearance, are also 
cultivated. 
Hedyle (hed'i-le), n. [NL. (Guen6e, 1857), < 
Gr. iJdi'Aof, dim. of tfdvf, sweet.] The only ge- 
nus of Hedylinw, with one species, H. heliconia- 
ria, of Guiana, specifically named from its re- 
semblance to butterflies of the genus Seliconia. 
Hedylinae (hed-i-H'ne), n. pi. [NL. (Guen6e, 
1857), < Hedyle + -incE.~\ A subfamily of Geo- 
metridce, founded on the genus Hedyle. Also 
Hedylidat, with family rank. 
Hedyoteae (hed-i-ot'e-e), n. pi. [NL., < Hedyo- 
tis + -ece.~\ A subtribe of plants, of the natu- 
ral order Itubiacece, established by A. P. de Can- 
dolle in 1830, having the genus Hedyotis as the 
type. See Hedyotidece. 
Hedyotidae (hed-i-pt'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < He- 
dyotis + -idee.] Lindley's name (1845) for the 
Hedyotidece. 
Hedyotideae (hed"i-o-tid'e-e), n. pi. [NL., < 
Hedyotis (-id-) + -ece.~\ A group of genera of 
rubiaceous plants, erected by Humboldt, Bon- 
pland, and Kuuth, about the year 1815, having 
Hedyotis as the type. It was adopted by Bentham 
and Hooker as the sixth tribe of the order, and by them 
limited to genera having valvate corolla-lobes, a 2- to 
4-celled ovary, the ovules numerous in the cells, and a dry 
capsular or indehiscent fruit with small or minute seeds. 
They are chiefly herbs with opposite stipulate leaves. 
Hedyotis (hed-i-6'tis), n. [NL. (Linnaeus, 1753), 
so called from the smooth, tough, oval leaves, 
likened to ears, < Gr. iidvf, sweet, + oif (ur-) = 
E. ear 1 .] A genus of dicotyledonous gamopet- 
alous plants, belonging to the natural order 
Rubiacece, tribe Hedyotidece, to which it gives 
its name: scarcely distinguishable botanical- 
ly from Houstonia and Oldenlandia, but chiefly 
old-world shrubs or suffrutescent plants. There 
are about 80 species, chiefly natives of tropical Asia, with 
mostly narrow opposite leaves, persistent, often dissected 
setose stipules connate with the petioles in a sheath, and 
small white flowers in terminal or axillary cymes. Some 
botanists regard this genus as a section of Oldenlandia. 
hedyphane (hed'i-fan), n. [So called in allu- 
sion to its glittering, < Gr. *jj6v<fiav?ie (equiv. to 
fflv&afa), sweetly shining, < $6i>c, sweet, + </>ai- 
vea&ai, shine, appear.] A mineral related to 
mimetite or lead arseniate, but having part of 
the lead replaced by calcium. 
Hedysareae (hed-i-sa're-e), n. pi. [NL., < Hedy- 
sarum + -ece.~] A tribe of plants, of the natu- 
ral order Leguminosce, suborder Papilionacece, 
established by A. P. de Candolle in 1825, and 
adopted by Bentham and Hooker: type Hedy- 
sarum. The plants are chiefly herbs or shrubs with odd- 
pinnate leaves, the flowers with 10 stamens, either diadel- 
phous (9 + 1) or monadelphous, uniform versatile anthers, 
and indehiscent jointed pods, the divisions 1-seeded. 
Hedysarum (he-dis'a-rum), n. [NL. (LinnKus, 
1753, orig. in T"ournefort, 1717), < Gr. rfSvaapov, 
a plant of the vetch kind, perhaps sainfoin, 
appar. < t/Siif, = E. sweet, + adpov, a broom, a 
besom. _ Sometimes erroneously explained as < 
$6vf + apu/ia, smell : see aroma.'] A genus of 
plants, of the natural order Leguminosce and sub- 
order Papilionacece, and type of the tribe Hedy- 
sarece, having many-jointed pods, the segments 
separating at maturity, and the vexillary sta- 
men free. It embraces about 60 species, natives of the 
,ower;,ftit. 
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temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. They 
are perennial herbs or suffrutescent plants, rarely true 
shrubs, with odd-pin- 
nate leaves, scarious 
stipules, and purple, 
white, or rarely yellow 
flowers in peduncled 
axillary racemes. The 
best-known species is 
//. coronarium, a na- 
tive of southern Eu- 
rope, and known in 
England as French 
honeysuckle, probably 
from its resemblance to 
the red clover, Trtfoli- 
urn pratense, which is 
often called honey- 
suckle or honeysuckle- 
clover in England. It 
is in repute as a forage- 
plant, and has been In- 
troduced into Australia 
under the name of soo- 
la-clover. H.borealels 
indigenous in the north- 
eastern United States 
and northward. 
hee 1 t (he), pron. 
An obsolete spell- 
ing of he 1 . 
hee 2 (he), a. An 
obsolete or dialec- 
tal variant of high. 
heed 1 (bed), v. [< 
ME. heden (pret. 
hedde), < AS. hedan 
(pret. hedde), need, 
take care of, take charge of, take into posses- 
sion (= OS. hddian, huodian = OFries. Jidda, 
huda = D. hoeden, heed, guard, = MLG. hoden, 
huden = OHG. huoten, MHG. hueten, G. hiiten, 
guard, protect), < *hod, f . (not found) (= OFries. 
hoda, huda, care, = D. hoede, f., = MLG. hode, 
hude, hote = OHG. huota, MHG. huote, huot, G. 
hut, f., heed, care) ; prob. connected with hod, 
m., E. hood (= D. hoed = G. hut, a hat, hood), 
and perhaps with hcet, E. hat; the orig. sense 
being appar. 'cover, protect': see hood and 
Jiaft. For the vowel-change, cf. bleed, breed, 
feed, glecd 1 ."] I. trans. To give attention to; 
regard with care ; take notice of ; observe; con- 
sider. 
Hade thou holdyn the at home, hei.it thin astate, 
And not cayret fro court there company was gedurt. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S-X 1. 2960. 
With pleasure Argus the musician heeds. 
Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph., i. 988. 
Each where his tasks or pleasures call, 
They pass, and heed each other not. 
Bryant, The Crowded Street. 
Why heed a snow-flake on the roof, 
If fire within keep Age aloof? 
Lowell, To a Friend. 
H.t intrans. To attend; observe; pay atten- 
tion. 
Thou shuld hede to my harmes, herkon my wille, 
Pursew to my purpos, present myn astate. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 2188. 
heed 1 (hed), n. [< ME. hede, a later form, from 
the verb, taking the place of the orig. AS. 
'hod, ME. as if *hode, *hood: see heed i ,v,~] 1. 
Careful attention; notice; observation; regard: 
usually with give or take. 
I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my 
tongue. Ps. xxxix. 1. 
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to 
the things which we have heard. Heb. ii. 1. 
Take heed of promises, take heed of gifts, 
Of forced, feigned sorrows, sighs, take heed. 
Fletcher, Loyal Subject, iv. S. 
With wanton heed and giddy cunning. 
Milton, L' Allegro, 1. 141. 
2. The quality or state of attentiveness ; the 
habit of serious consideration. 
He did it with a seiious mind ; a heed 
Was in his countenance. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., iii. 2. 
What good heed Nature forms in us ! She pardons no 
mistakes. Emerson. 
heed 2 t, n. An obsolete form of head. 
heedful (hed'ful), a. [< heed 1 + -ful.'] Full 
of heed; attentive; watchful; cautious; cir- 
cumspect; wary. 
Give him heedful note ; 
For I mine eyes will rivet to his face. 
Shak., Hamlet, iii. 2. 
= Syn. Observant, mindful, careful, regardful, attentive 
(to). 
heedfully (hed'ful-i), adv. In a heedful man- 
ner; carefully; attentively; watchfully. 
heedfulness (hed'ful-nes), n. The state or 
quality of being heedful ; attention ; caution ; 
wariness ; circumspection. 
heedilyt (he'di-li), adv, Heedfully. 
heel 
This part [language] in our maker or Poet must be 
heedyly looked vnto, that it be natural!, pure, and the 
most vsuall of all his countrey. 
Puttenhatn, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 120. 
heedinesst (he'di-nes), . Heedfulness; atten- 
tion; caution. 
By Gods grace, and her good heedinesse, 
She was preserved from their traytrous traine. 
Spenser, F. Q., V. vi. 34. 
heedingt (he'ding), n. Care ; attention. 
One of the Library Keepers, observing this, hath reduced 
it again by paging it a-new ; and with a little heeding 'tis 
yet very legible. The Letter is as fair a square Capital as 
any I have seen. Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 108. 
heedless (hed'les), a. [< heed 1 + -less.'] With- 
out heed; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; 
regardless ; unobserving. 
You heedless joltheads, and unmanner'd slaves. 
Shak.,1. of the S., iv. 1. 
I abruptly took my leave, and hobbling down stairs with 
heedless haste, I set my foot full in a pail of water, and 
down we came to the bottom together. 
Steele, Tatler, No. 266. 
= Syu. Remiss, etc. (see negligent") ; unmindful, inconsid- 
erate, unobservant. 
heedlesshoodt, " Heedlessness. 
Cuddle, I wote thou kenst little good, 
So vainely tadvaunce thy headlexsehood ; 
For youngth is a bubble blown up with breath. 
Spenser, Shep. Cal., February. 
heedlessly (hed'les-li), adv. In a heedless 
manner; carelessly; negligently; inattentively. 
heedlessness (hed'les-nes), . The state or 
character of being heedless; inattention; care- 
lessness; thoughtlessness. 
heedyt (he'di), a. [< heed 1 + -yl.] Heedful; 
careful; cautious. 
The Priest doth sometimes read unto them some part of 
the Alcoran, . . . which they hearken unto with heedy at- 
tention. Sandys, Travailes, p. 43. 
Heedy crow. See crowz. 
heehaw (he'ha), v. i. [Imitative of the bray of 
the ass. Cf. haw-haw 1 , ha-ha 1 ."] To bray, as an 
ass. 
Suppose thou art making an ass of thyself, young Harry 
Warrington, of Virginia ! are there not people in England 
who heehaw too? Thackeray, Virginians. 
A jackass heehaws from the rick. Tennyson, Amphion. 
heel 1 (hel), n. [< ME. heel, heele, < AS. hela, hiela 
(= OFries. hela, heila, North Fries, hael, Mile, 
hajel, ha'gel = OD. hiele, D. hiel = Icel. hiell = 
Sw. hcil = Dan. heel), the heel, prob. orig. *ho- 
hita, dim. of. hoh, the heel, the hock, > E. hock 1 , 
hough. Cf. D. hak = LG. hakke, > G. hacke 
(vulg.), the heel : see hock 1 , hack 1 , n. The gen- 
erally asserted connection with L. calx (calc-), 
the heel (see calcar 1 , calk 1 , etc.), = Gr. Aaf (for 
/cAdf f), is open to question.] 1. The part of 
the foot which is below and behind the ankle. 
Technically (a) In anat., the calcaneal part of the tar- 
sus, whatever its shape or position. In man and other 
plantigrade animals it rests upon the ground ; in digiti- 
grades, ungulates, etc., it is elevated, and is often called 
knee by a misnomer, heel being popularly applied to the 
hoofs of the hind legs. Thus, the hock of a horse is an- 
atomically the heel. See cuts under foot, Iwcki, and lion. 
Well-apparell'd April on the heel 
Of limping winter treads. Shak., K. and .1.. 1. 2. 
(6) In ornilh. : (1) Properly, the calcaueum or talus, at the 
proximal end of the tarsometatarsus. (2) The hind toe or 
hallux of a bird : incorrect, but frequent, (c) In entom. : 
(1) The terminal extremity of the tibia. Say (and others). 
(2) The base of the first tarsal joint, when it is curved to 
join the tibia. This is the calx of Kirby, by him limited 
to the heels of four posterior tarsi. (3) A name given by 
Leach to the bristles forming the strigilis. 
2. A part of a thing resembling the heel in 
shape or position, (o) The lower backmost part of 
something, or that part upon which it rests, as the after 
end of a ship's keel, the lower part of a mast, a boom, a 
stern-post, or a rafter, or the larger or principal end of a 
tool : used in a great variety of special applications. 
At the other side is a kind of heel or knob, to break clots 
with. Mortimer, Husbandry. 
(!>) In odontog., a low posterior cusp of the sectorial molar 
tooth of a carnivorous animal, (c) In arch., a cyma re- 
versa. (d) The top of the butt of a gun-stock. () That 
part of the blade of a sword which is nearest the hilt> 
usually the heaviest part of the blade, and in some swords 
not sharpened, but having two square edges. (/) The lat- 
ter or concluding part of anything ; the end ; a part left 
over ; a remainder : as, the heel of a session or a discourse ; 
the heel of a loaf. 
Oh wives, be mindfu' ance yoursel' 
How bonnie lads ye wanted, 
An' dinna, for a kebbuck-A^eZ, 
Let lasses be affronted. Burns, Holy Fair. 
3. The foot, without reference to its parts; also, 
the hind foot of some animals, as of a horse. 
Mine own familiar friend . . . hath lifted up his heel 
against me. Ps. xli. 9. 
So light were my heels, that I counted ten miles no bet- 
ter than a leap. Kemp (Arber's Eng. Garner, VII. 27). 
Laughing-stocks of Time, 
Whose brains are in their hands and in their heels. 
Tennyson, Princess, iv. 
