bendy 
And he is curteys and hendy, 
Thi God him lete wel endy. 
US. Coll. JM. Oxon., I. (Halliwett.) 
henet, v. t. [ME. henen, < AS. liiuiiaii, stone, < 
Mn, a stone : see /tone 1 .] To stone ; throw 
stories at. 
Our Giwes [Jews] him ladde withthoute [the] toun, and 
henede him with stones, 
And to stronge [dethe] him brojte incus. 
Holy Hood (E. E. T. S.X p. 40. 
henent, adv. See lieifi. 
heneqiien, henequin (hen'e-ken, -kin), n. [Also 
heniquin; < Sp. jeniquen or geniquen.~\ A fiber 
known as Sinai hemp, obtained principally from 
Agave Ixtli of Yucatan; also, the plant itself. 
Undoubtedly several species ol Agave furnish this liber, 
but they have been so long in cultivation that it IB diffi- 
cult or impossible to identify them. These plants yield 
a return of leaves when four or five years old, and with 
proper management may last as long as fifty or sixty years. 
The liber is especially valuable for use in ship's cables, 
since it resists dampness better than hemp. 
henfaret (hen'far), n. [Appar. < ME. IH-HHI; 
hence (see Aen 2 ), + fare, fare, going. Skinner 
has hinefar or heinfar, explaining it as the flight 
or desertion of a servant (hind).'] A fine for 
flight imposed upon one accused of murder. 
hen-fish (hen'fish), n. The pomfret, Brama 
rayi, a fish of the family Bramidce. [Ireland.] 
hengt. Middle English present and preterit of 
hang. 
henget,. 1. A Middle English form of hinge. 
2rThe heart, liver, and lights of an animal. 
Ord. and Beg., p. 96. (Halliwell.) 3. Seethe 
extract. 
The present name [Stonehenge] is Saxon, though the 
work is beyond all comparison older, signifying an hang- 
Ing rod or pole, 1. e. a Uallows, from the hanging parts, 
architraves, or rather imposts; and pendulous rocks are 
still in Yorkshire called tlenyes. 
Defoe, Tour through Great Britain, I. 305. 
hengelt, henglet, Seehingle. 
hengent, [AS., prison, confinement (orig. 
in stocks or pillory), also a cross, gibbet, and 
abstractly hanging (= OS. hanginna, cross), < 
/(OH, pp. hangen, hang: see hang. Cf. hangicite.] 
Prison : au Anglo-Saxon word occurring in the 
(Latin) laws ascribed to Henry I. 
hengwitet, n. Same as hangwite. 
hen-harm (hen'harm), n. The hen-harrier. 
hen-harrier (hen'har"i-er), n. A bird of prey 
of the genus Circus, especially the European 
marsh-hawk, C. cijaneus : so named from their 
depredations in the poultry-yard. See harrier?, 
2, and cut under Cireinai. 
A hen-harrier bore in his talons a chicken to his young. 
S. Judd, Margaret, i. 16. 
hen-hawk (hen'hak), H. Any hawk that preys 
upon poultry. Also called chicken-hawk. Spe- 
cifically (a) The hen-harrier, (d) The goshawk, (c) 
Some species of Buteu or buzzard proper, as the red-tailed 
(B. borealix), the red-shouldered (B. tineatux), the broad- 
winged (/.'. penntfylvanicus), and others. See cut under 
Buleo. Blue hen-hawk, the adult American goshawk, 
Astur atricapilltts. 
hen-heartt (hen'hart), . [ME. henne-harte.] 
One who has, as it were, the heart of a hen; a 
chicken-hearted fellow ; a coward; a poltroon. 
Be the deuyllis nese, 36 ar doggydly diseasid, 
A ! henne-harte ! ill happe mot jou hente. 
York Plays, p. 326. 
hen-hearted (hen'har'ted), a. Timid ; coward- 
ly; dastardly; chicken-hearted. 
She is hen-hearted, shee dares not looke Truth in the 
face. S. Ward, Simple Cobler, p. 74. 
One puling hen-hearted rogue is sometimes the ruin of 
a set. Gayton, Notes on Don Quixote, p. 119. 
hen-house (hen'hous), . A house, coop, or shel- 
ter for fowls. 
hen-huzzy (hen'huz"i), n. A man who med- 
dles in women's affairs ; a cotquean. Halliwell. 
Henicuridae (hen-i-ku'ri-de), n. pi. [NL., < He- 
nicurus + -ida;.'] A family of passerine birds 
with booted tarsi, long, deeply forked tails, 
each feather tipped with white, and 10 prima- 
ries; the forktails. They have some superficial re- 
semblance to the wagtails of the family MotacUlidce. 
There are only three genera and less than a dozen species, 
of Asia and lands further east. Also written Enicuridce. 
Henicurus (hen-i-ku'rus), w. [NL., also im- 
Branch of Henna (Lawsffttta fatnttis), 
with cower and fruit. 
genus of the family Henicuridm. 2. In entom.: 
(a) A genus of beetles, of the family Malaco- 
dermidce, founded by Stephens in 1830. There 
are many European and a few South American 
species. H. hirtus is an example. (6) A genus 
of flies. Walker. 
henkt, n . An obsolete form of inTc. 
Henlean (hen'le-an), a. Pertaining to the Ger- 
man anatomist Henle (1809-85) Henlean mem- 
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brane, the fenestrated membrane of Henle, the third or 
outer layer of the inner coat of an artery, consisting of 
a network of elastic fiber. 
hen-mold (hen 'mold), n. A kind of black 
spongy soil. 
henna (heu'a), n. [= P. henne, hinne, < Ar. henna, 
name of the plant. Cf. alcanna, alkenna, alhen- 
na, and alkanet.] 1 . The Egyptian privet or flow- 
er of Paradise, 
Lawsonia inermis, 
of the natural or- 
der Lythrariew, a 
shrub bearing 
opposite entire 
leaves and nu- 
merous small and 
fragrant white 
flowers. It was 
called by Mohammed 
" chief of the flowers 
of this world and the 
next. " It is cultivated 
extensively in Egypt. 
The powdered leaves 
form a large article of 
export to Persia and 
the Turkish posses- 
sions, where they are 
used as a dye, and in 
the form of a paste as 
a cosmetic. (See def. 
2.) They produce a 
reddish-brown color, 
and in Europe are 
employed in dyeing 
leather. Henna is considered thebest hedge-plant in India. 
2. A paste made from the leaves of this plant 
by mixture with catechu, used in the East by 
women to stain their nails, finger-tips, and eye- 
lids, and by men to dye their beards. The red- 
dish-orange color it imparts is not permanent. It is often 
deepened to black by the addition of other ingredients. 
hennet, adv. A Middle English form of Ae 2 . 
hennery (hen'er-i), n.; pi. henneries (-iz). [< 
hen 1 + -ery.~] A place where fowls are kept; a 
poultry-yard. 
hennest, hennesfortht. Middle English forms 
of hence, henceforth. 
hennin (hen'in), n. [OF.] A head-dress worn 
by Frenchwomen from 1430 to 1465 or later, 
high and conical in form, but differing in shape 
at different times. 
henny (hen'i), <i. [< hen 1 + -y l .~\ Of or pertain- 
ing to a hen; particularly, hen-feathered, or 
feathered like a female in hackle, saddle, tail, 
and color: said of a cock. This condition is 
characteristic of the males of some breeds of 
chickens, as the Sebright bantams. 
There is a tendency towards the assumption of the fe- 
male plumage by the males, and distinct breeds of henny 
game IfowlsJ are known. Encyc. Brit., XIX. 644. 
henotheism (hen'o-the-izm), . [< Gr. tif (ev-), 
one, + feof, god, H- -ism."] A name given to an 
asserted characteristic of the oldest Hindu re- 
ligion (of the Vedas), as ascribing supreme 
power to different gods in turn: hence also 
sometimes applied to similar phases of other 
polytheistic religions. 
Henotheiim, not the henotheism of Max Miiller, or of 
Hartmann, or of Asmus, but a practical henotheism. i. e. 
the adoration of one God above others as the specific tribal 
god or as the lord over a particular people, a national or 
relative monotheism, like that of the ancient Israelites, 
the worship of an absolute sovereign who exacts passive 
obedience. Jincye. Brit., XX 367. 
henotheistic (hen"o-the-is'tik), a. [< henothe- 
ism + -ist-ic.] Pertaining to or characterized 
by henotheism. Max Miiller. 
henotic (he-not'ik), a. [< Gr. evurixof, serving 
to unite, < ivoirv, unite, < e!f (iv-), one.] Tend- 
ing to make one ; unifying ; tending to unite or 
reconcile; harmonizing: as, "henotic teaching," 
Gladstone. 
hen-paidle (hen'pa'dl), n. The lump-fish, Cy- 
clopterus lumpus. [Scotch.] 
henpeck (hen'pek), v. t. [< henpecked.'] To 
rule or keep in subjection by superior force of 
will or assaults of ill temper ; domineer over : 
said of a wife who thus rules her husband. 
But Oh ! ye lords of ladies intellectual, 
Inform us truly, have they not hen-peck'd you all ? 
Byron, Don Juan, i. 22. 
henpeck (hen'pek), n. [< henpecle, *>.] The rule 
or control of a husband by his wife ; henpeck- 
ing. [Rare.] 
Dying of heartbreak coupled with kenpeck. 
Carlyle, Misc., III. 208. 
henpecked (hen'pekt), p. a. [Formerly also 
henpeckt; < hen 1 + pecked, pp. of peck 1 . The 
epithet alludes to the not uncommon submis- 
sion of the domestic cock to the plucking by 
his hens of his hackle-, saddle-, and even breast- 
Henslowia 
feathers.] Governed or controlled entirely by 
one's wife ; domineered over. 
A step-dame too I have, a cursed she, 
Who rules my hen-peck'd sire, and orders me. 
Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Eclogues, iii. 49. 
Socrates, who is by all accounts the undoubted head of 
the sect of the hen-pecked, owned and acknowledged that 
he owed great part of his virtue to the exercise which his 
useful wife constantly gave it. Steele, Spectator, No. 479. 
He [Rip Van Winkle] was ... an obedient, hen-pecked 
husband. . . . Those men are most apt to be obsequious 
and conciliating abroad who are under the discipline of 
shrews at home. Irving, Rip Van Winkle. 
henpeckery(hen'pek''er-i),. [(henpeck + -ery.~\ 
The condition of being henpecked. [Rare.] 
He had fallen from all the height and pomp of beadle- 
ship to the lowest depth of the most snubbed henpeckery. 
Dicken, Oliver Twist, xxxvfi. 
hen-plant (hen'plant), . The rib-grass, Plan- 
tago lanceolata; also, the door-yard plantain, 
P. major. 
Henrician (hen-rish'an), n. and a. [< ML. Hen- 
ricianus, < Henrietta, Latinized form of MHG. 
Heinrih, Heimrich, OHG. Heimarih, Heimirih, G. 
Seinrich, E. Henry, a proper name.] I. . 1. 
One of a sect of religious reformers in Switzer- 
land and southern France in the twelfth cen- 
tury, followers of Henry of Lausanne. 2. A 
follower or an adherent of the Emperor Henry 
IV., who opposed Gregory VII. in favor of the 
antipope Clement III. 
IT. a. Pertaining to or effected by Henry 
VIII. of England; supporting the religious 
movement or laws of Henry VIII. 
Already had Doctor Richard Smith, reader of Divinity 
in Oxford, a versatile and unfortunate man, been compelled 
by the Archbishop to retract the chief articles of the Hen- 
rician settlement of religion. 
S. W. Dixon, Hist. Church of Eng., xv. 
Henriquezia (hen-ri-kwe'zi-a), . [NL. (Rich- 
ard Spruce, 1854), < Henriquez, a proper name.] 
A genus of dicotyledonous gamopetalous plants, 
belonging to the natural order Rvbiacea, and 
giving name to a tribe Henriqtteziece. The 4-cleft 
limb of the calyx is deciduous by a transverse section ; 
there are 5 slender stamens in the throat of the corolla; 
the capsule is large, woody, 2-celled, 2-valved, and shaped 
like a bean ; and the cells are 4-seeded. The genus in- 
cludes four species of handsome trees, natives of northern 
Brazil and Venezuela, with stout branches and verticillate, 
leathery, oblong or obovate, entire leaves. The rose-col- 
ored flowers are in dense terminal panicles. 
Henriqueziese (hen"ri-kwe-zi'e-e), n. pi. [NL., 
< Henriquezia + -cp.] A tribe of dicotyledo- 
nous gamopetalous plants, of the natural order 
Rubiacea;, distinguished by having a 2-lipped 
imbricate corolla and from 2 to 4 broadly wing- 
ed seeds in each of the two cells of the capsule. 
The tribe contains two genera, natives of tropical South 
America, trees with opposite or verticillate leaves and 
entire stipules. 
hen-roost (hen'rost), n. A place where poul- 
try rest at night. 
hen's-bill (henz'bil), n. The sainfoin, Onobry- 
chis satira, a papilionaceous plant common in 
Europe ; also, any of the species of Oiiobrychis. 
hen's-foot (henz'fut), n. [A translation of the 
Latin pes pulli, the ancient name of the plant 
given from the resemblance of its leaves to a 
hen's claw (Theophrastus, p. 812).] An umbel- 
liferous plant, Caucalis daucoides, found grow- 
ing in European corn-fields in a chalky soil. 
Also called bur-parsley and hedgehog-parsley. 
Hensloviaceae (hen-slo-vi-a'se-e), n. pi. [NL., 
< Henslowia + -aceee.] An order of plants pro- 
posed by Lindley in 1836 for the sole genus 
Henslowia of Wallich (not of Blume), subse- 
quently placed by him in the Hydrangeacece. 
The genus is now referred to Crypteronia, of 
the natural order Lythrarieee. 
Henslovian (hen-slo'vi-an), a. [< Henslow (see 
def.) + -!.] Pertaining to J. S.Henslow (1796- 
1861), an English botanist. Henslovian mem- 
brane, the cuticle of plants, of which Henslow was one of 
the discoverers. 
Henslowia (hen-slo'i-a), n. [NL., named after 
J. S. Henslow : see Henslovian.~\ 1. A genus of 
dicotyledonous apetalous plants, belonging to 
the natural order Santalaceas, tribe Osyridea, 
with monoecious or dioecious flowers, the lobes 
of the perianth 5 or 6 in number and open to 
the epigynous disk, an inferior ovary, the sta- 
mens 5 or 6 in number and inserted at the base 
of and opposite to the perianth-lobes, and dru- 
paceous 1-seeded fruit. The genus includes 12 species 
of shrubs, often parasitic on trees, with alternate petioled 
leaves and small greenish flowers : the species are natives 
of India, China, and the Malay archipelago. Blume, 1860. 
2. A genus of plants, of the natural order Ly- 
tltrariea 1 , referred by Bentham and Hooker to 
the genus Crypteronia of the same order. Wal- 
lich, 1832. 
