heptastich 
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The power of the Ueracleian stone was well known to 
the undents as a matter of curiosity. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., XIII. 266. 
heptastich (hep'ta-stik), n. [< Gr. f~a, = E. 
Heveu, + a-i^of, a line.] In pros., a line consist- 
ing of Sfvon feet. . 
heptastichous(hep-tas'ti-kus), a. [< Gr. iirra, Heracleidan, a. and H. See Heraelidan. 
= E. seven, + ffn>f, a row.] In hot., having Heracleomte (he-rak'le-o-mt), n. [< Heraeleon 
the leaves arranged in seven spiral rows, the (see del.) + -e.J Ecclcs., a follower of Hera- 
eighth leaf of the series being over the first, oleon, a Valentinian Gnostic of the second cen- 
Tliis is a condition rarely found in nature. turv > noted as a commentator on the Gospel of 
heptastrophic (hep-ta-strof'ik), . [< Gr. In- _J olm ' 
raorpofof, < iirrd, = E. seven, + arpo^, a strophe : Heracles, n. bee Hercules. 
see strophe.] In anc. pros., consisting of or Heracleum (her-a-kle 'um), n. [NL., < Gr. 
containing seven strophes or stanzas: as, a W"^, a plant so called, fern, of "Hpto 
keptastrophic song or poem. ' 
heptasyllabic (hep"ta-si-lab'ik), a. [< LL. 
heptaxyllabus, < Gr. exTaavAZapof, < ewra, = E. 
seven, + avMafiij, syllable : see syllable.'] Con- 
taining or consisting of seven syllables. The 
second half of the elegiac pentameter is al- 
ways heptasyllabic. 
Heptateuch (hep'ta-tuk). . [< NL. heptateu- 
chus, < Gr. euro, = E. seven, + revxof, a tool, im- 
" 
plement, later also a book. Cf. Pentateuch.] 
The first seven books of the Old Testament. 
The last two (Joshua and Judges) contain the history of 
the Jews in the promised land under the theocratic gov- 
ernment historically developed in the preceding five, or 
the Pentateuch. 
heptatomic (hep-ta-tom'ik), a. [< Gr. eirrd, = 
E. seven, + drofiof, an atom.] Same as hep- 
tavalent. 
Fluorine (mon- and heptatomic). 
Amur. Jour. Sci., 3d ser., XXXII. 405. 
Heptatrema(hep-ta- 
= E. seven, + Tpi//ia, 
-ta-tre'ma),. 
'HpaKAift, Her- 
cules.] A ge- 
nus of dicoty- 
ledonous poly- 
petalous plants 
founded by 
Linnaaus, be- 
longing to the 
natural order 
Umbelliferw, 
tribe Peuce- 
danew, charac- 
terized by its 
broadly obo- 
vate, strongly 
compressed 
wing-margined 
fruit. The genus 
embraces about 80 
species of peren- 
nial or biennial 
uic uini I, II. 1 ii -U., \ VJ1 . c /I I u, . . ,^^ , A -- 
hole.f'ThJ; typical genus ^Vavl ^d 
of Heptatremidai, containing myzonts which 
have generally seven pairs of branchial aper- 
tures, but occasionally only six. Also called 
Bdellostoma. Dumeril. 
Heptatremidae (hep-ta-trem'i-de), n.pl. [NL., 
< Heptatrema + -idee.] A family of hypero- 
tretous myzonts, represented by the genus Hep- 
tatrema, with seven or six pairs of lateral 
branchial apertures. Also called Bdellosto- 
m ifhv. 
generally white 
flowers in com- 
pound umbels. 
They are chiefly 
natives of the tem- 
perate regions of 
the old world. H. 
lanatum is the 
only American spe- 
cies. It is known 
Branch with Umbel and Leaf of Cow-par- 
snip (Hcraclfiini lanatitm). a, flower; *, 
fruit ; c, fruit cut transversely. 
as the cow-parsnip or hogu'eed, and is eaten by some of the 
native tribes of North America. A Kamchatka!) species 
yields, when properly treated, a sweet exudation which 
is employed in the preparation of a distilled spirit, ff. 
. - - , Sphondyliu-tn, a European species, is used for feeding pigs 
power: see valid.] In diem., equivalent to seven and sometimes as a domestic remedy, 
atoms of hydrogen in combining or saturating Heraclid (her'a-klid), n. [< L. Heraclides, pi. 
power: applied to an atom which can be substi- Heraclidie, < Gr. 'llpaiAsiSrif. pi. 'llpditfaiStu, the 
tuted for or replaced by seven atoms of hydro- descendants, as they claimed, of Hercules, < 
gen. Also he/>tatomic. 'Hpa/t^f, 'Hpa/dt^f, > L. Hercules, in Gr. myth. 
heptene (hep'ten), . [< Gr. CTTTa, = E. seven, the most famous of the heroes: see Hercules.] 
+ -ene.] Same as hepiylene. A descendant of Heracles (Hercules) ; specifi- 
heptyl (hep'til), n. [< Gr. CTTO, = E. sei'en, + cally, one of the Heraelidan or Dorian aristoc- 
v'Kr), matter.] The hypothetical radical (C 7 H 15 ) racy of Sparta, who claimed descent from Her- 
of heptylic alcohol and its derivatives. cules through his son Hyllus. Also Heraklid. 
heptylene (hep'ti-len), n. [< heptyl + -ene.] Heraelidan, Heracleidan (her-a-kll'dan), a. 
A hydrocarbon (C 7 H 14 ), homologous and poly- and . [< Heraclid + -an.] I. a. Of or per- 
meric with ethylene, existing in three iso- taining tojfhe Heracleidse, or descendants of 
meric forms. That obtained by the distillation of Bog- 
head coal is a colorless mobile liquid having a peculiar 
alliaceous odor, and is soluble in alcohol. Also heptene. 
heptylic (hep-til'ik), n. Containing heptyl, or 
related to or derived from it Heptylic alcohol 
C 7 H 15 OH, a colorless liquid having an agreeable smell' 
boiling at 347 F. 
hepwort (hep'wert), n. [< hep + worft.] The 
dogrose, Rosa canina. 
her (her), pron. See under he 1 . 
her. An abbreviation of heraldry. 
Hera, Here 7 (he'rii, -re), n. [LL., < Gr. "llpa, 
Heracles (Hercules). 
On Suli's rock, and Farga's shore, 
Exists the remnant of a line 
Such as the Doric mothers bore ; 
And there, perhaps, some seed is sown, 
The Heracleidan blood might own. 
Byron, Don Juan, iii. 86 (song, St. 18). 
II. M. A Heraclid. 
Also Herakleidan. 
Heraclitan (her-a-kll'tan), a. and n. [< Hera- 
clitus (see Heraclitean) '+ -an.] Same &B Hera- 
clitean. 
Ionic "H>/, Hera.] In Gr. myth., the great- Heraclitanism (her-a-kli'tan-izm),i. [< Hera- 
clitan + -ism.] Same as Heracliteanim. 
Heraclitean (her"a-kli-te'an), a. and n. [< L. 
Heracliteus, Gr. 'HpaK^emtof, pertaining to Hera- 
clitus (pi. 'Hnax/Ui'raoi, the disciples of Hera- 
clitus), < 'Hpdx/lrof, L. Heraclitus.] I. a. Per- 
taining to the philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus 
(who lived about 535-475 B.C.). His work, of which 
fragments are preserved, was in a prose so sententious 
andhis opinions were so paradoxical, that the Greeks com- 
plained much of his obscurity. He placed great stress 
upon the element of mediation and continuity in things, 
especially in time, saying that nothing is or is not, but 
that all things are in a state of flux that is, are just in 
the passage between existence and non-existence, at once 
going out of being and coming into a new being. The 
physics of Heraclitus formed the basis of the correspond- 
ing part of the Stoical doctrine. Heraclitus maintained 
the relativity of knowledge in an extreme form, holding 
that we know nothing of the being of things but only their 
appearances. His morality was sober, earnest, and a little 
misanthropical. Also Heraclitic. 
II. n. A follower of Heraclitus. 
est feminine divinity of 
Olympus, queen of heaven, 
wife and sister of Zeus, 
and inferior in power to 
him alone. She was the type 
of virtuous womanhood, and of 
the wife and mother. In art she 
is represented as a majestic wo- 
man, fully clad in Bowing dra- 
peries, characteristically with the 
stephane or crown on her brow, 
and bearing a long scepter. By 
the Romans Hera was early iden- 
tified with their Juno, originally 
a distinct divinity ; and the Latin 
name is now commonly given to 
the Greek goddess. 
Here comes to-day, 
Pallas and Aphrodite, claiming 
each 
This meed of fairest. 
Tennyson, OEnone. 
Heraclean, Heracleian 
(her-a-klo 'an), a. 
Hera. Statue in Museo 
Nazionale, Naples. 
Heraclem, < Gr. 'HpaKteto 
pertaining to Heracles: see Herculex.] Per- 
taining to Heracles or Hercules; Herculean. . 
Also spelled Hera Mean.- Heraclean stone (Latin Heracllteamsm (her"a-kh-te'an-izm), w. [< 
lapis Heracleux, Greek Aiflos 'Hpa/tAeia), the magnet: so Heracntcan + -ism.] The philosophical doc- 
called from its power of attraction, trine of Heraclitus. Also Heraclitan ixm. 
The extreme Heracliteans, as Cratylus, rejected the 
proposition, or combination of words, as expressing a 
unity and permanence not to be found in things. 
Encyc. Brit., XIV. 784. 
Also Heraditan. 
herald 
Reading the Ephesian doctrine with the eyes of a Cynic, 
and the Cynic ethics in the light of BfroeUteawtrm, he 
[/uno] came to formulate his distinctive theory of the 
universe far in advance of either. Kneyc. Brit., XXII. WA. 
Heraclitic iher-a-klit'ik), .. [< Heraclitus (see 
Heraclitean) + -ic.] Same as Heraclit* mi. 
The Eleatic doctrine that only unity has real being, the 
Heraclitic counter-doctrine that only in change, in the 
many, is truth to be found. Jiacyc. lirii., .XIV. 784. 
Heraeon, Heraeum (hf-re'on, -um), . [NL., < 
Gr. 'Hpaiov (sc. iep6v), a place sacred to Hera, < 
"Rpa, Hp>], Hera: see Hera.] In Gr. antiq., a 
temple or sanctuary of Hera (Juno). 
Heraion (he-ri'on), n. Same as Herteon. 
Heraklean, Herakleidan. See Heraclean, He- 
racliflaii. 
herald (her'ald),?!. [Early mod. E. &lsolterault, 
heraut, harrot,< ME. herald, hcrauld, hcrand, har- 
aivd, herowd, herod, harrold, etc., = D. heraut = 
late MHG. heralt, Jterolt, erhalt, G. 7ieroM(>Sw. 
Mrold = Dan. herald), < OF. heralt, heraut, F. 
heraut = Sp. haraldo, heraldo, alsofaraute = Pg. 
aratito, also faraute = It. araldo, < ML. Inn-ni- 
dus, heralds, a herald; of OHG. origin. The 
word appears also as a proper name, Icel. Ha- 
raldr, late AS. Harald, Harold, E. Harold (ult. 
of G. origin : the reg. AS. form would have been 
"Hereweald; it occurs reversed in Waldhere) = 
OS. Hariolt (Diez, etc.), in ML. Charioraldus, 
answering to an OHG. "Hariwalt (or *Hari- 
walto), "Heriwalt (the alleged OHG. Heriold, 
Hariold, Arioald, Ariovald, are later reflec- 
tions) ; < OHG. hart, heri (= AS. here, Icel. herr, 
etc.), army (see harry), + -wait (= AS. -weald), 
in comp., strength (OHG. -walto = AS. -wealda, 
ruler), < waltan (= AS. wealdan, etc.), rule, have 
power : see wield. The same firstelemeut occurs 
in harbor^, harborouf/h, harbinger, heriot, etc. : 
see harbori, etc. The particular sense given to 
herald may have been influenced by OHG./or- 
haro, a herald, < forharen, proclaim, < fora, fore, 
4- haren, cry out.] 1 . An officer sent by a sover- 
eign, a general, or other person of high author- 
ity to another, or to an army or public assem- 
bly, with a formal message or proclamation, or 
employed in related duties. The specific office of 
herald has existed from early historical times ; but as still 
maintained, as in Great Britain, it is merely nominal or re- 
stricted to subsidiary functions. In the middle ages the 
herald was an important adjunct of armies and courts. His 
person was inviolable. His costume was emblazoned with 
the armorial bearings of his chief, and constituted an offi- 
cial dress which it was a high offense for another person to 
assume. As armorial bearings became a matter of careful 
record, the herald was especially charged with the proper 
depicting and blazoning of achievements, and with the su- 
pervision of the assumption of bearings by those who were 
entitled to them and their prohibition to others, and hence 
with the genealogy of noble families and the descent of 
titles. At times questions of precedence, and of the mar- 
shaling of ceremonial processions and the like, were re- 
ferred to heralds. Compare pursuivant and Iriny-at-arms. 
See Herald's College, below. 
An ham-awde hyes before, the beste of the lordes. 
Morte Arthnre (E. E. T. S.), L 3014. 
The next Day after the Battel, French Heralds came to 
ask leave to bury their Dead, and had it. 
Baiter, Chronicles, p. 171. 
As I watched the gates, 
Lodged on my post, a herald is arrived 
From Cresar's camp. Addison, Cato, ii. 1. 
The heralds then proclaimed silence until the laws of the 
tourney should be rehearsed. Scott, Ivanhoe, xii. 
2. In extended modern use, any official mes- 
senger, especially one charged with a message 
of defiance, a proposition of peace, or the like. 
3. Aproclaimer; a publisher; a crier; an an- 
nouncer of important tidings. [In this sense 
the word is now much used as the specific name 
of various newspapers.] 
Shall the loud Herald our Success relate, 
Or mitred Priest appoint the solemn Day ? 
Prior, Ode to the Queen, st. 26. 
The image of the world is the herald of the divine power 
and wisdom. Baam, Fable of Pan. 
After my death I wish no other herald, 
No other speaker of my living actions. . . . 
But such an honest chronicler as Griffith. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., iv. 2. 
4. A forerunner; a precursor; a harbinger: 
sometimes used poetically in apposition or at- 
tributively. 
It was the lark, the herald of the morn. 
Shale., R. and J., iii. 5. 
Now the herald lark 
Left his ground-nest, high towering to descry 
The morn's approach. Milton, P. R., ii. 279. 
She with a subtle smile in her mild eyes. 
The herald of her triumph, drawing nigh 
Half-whisper d in his ear. Tennyson, CEnone. 
5. The red-breasted merganser, Alrnjiisxi-n-ntitr, 
more fully called herald-duck. See earl-tl/n-l:. 
harle. liev. C. Swainson, 1885. [Shetland 
