herd 
II. intraiifi. To act as a herd or shepherd; 
tend cattle or take care of a flock. [Scotch.] 
I had na use to gang 
Ross, Helenore, p. 31. 
herd'H- An obsolete spelling of heard 1 , preterit 
and past participle of hear. 
herd*t, . An obsolete form of haired. 
herd-book (herd'buk), n. A book giving the 
pedigree and record of and other information 
concerning cattle in important herds. 
In their native country none but select cattle are ad- 
mitted to the herd-books. Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 370. 
herdboy (herd'boi), . A man or boy having 
the care of a herd of cattle. [Western U. S.] 
The herd-boys men on horseback go through the 
ranges and gather the cattle into " pens." 
J. Macdunald, Food from the Far West, vi. 
herdent, a. An obsolete form of harden"*. 
herder (her'der), . [= OFries. herdere, NFries. 
herder = D. herder = MLG. herder = MHG. her- 
tare, hirtere, hertaire, herter (G. as a proper name 
Herter, Herder) = Icel. hirdhir, a herder; as 
herd 1 + -er 1 .] A herdsman; in the United 
States, one employed in the care of a herd of 
beef-cattle or a flock of sheep. 
About the first of April is the time the herds are started 
from Bed River northward. . . . Two herders to a hun- 
2801 
in the northern United States, timothy grass, 
1'hlciiiit jinitntse. In Pennsylvania and the Southern 
States the name is also given to the redtop grass, Agrustis 
See timothy and redtop. Also herd-grass. 
[< herd's, _ 
of a herd ; 
cattle. 
There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, 
Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds 
At loop-holes cut through thickest shade. 
Hilton, P. L., ix. 1108. 
There, fast-rooted in their bank, 
Stand, never overlook d, our fav'rite elms, 
That screen the herdsman's solitary hut. 
Cowper, Task, L 168. 
2t. The owner of a herd. 
A herdsman rich, of much account was he. 
Sir P. Sidney. 
3. The common skua-gull, supposed to pro- 
tect lambs from eagles. [Orkneys.] 
hereafter 
Here and there, in one place and another ; at inter- 
vals ; occasionally : as, the people were scattered here and 
there. 
Jerome. I believe you will not see a prettier girl. 
Isaac. Here and there one. 
Sheridan, The Duenna, ii. 3. 
Here and there a fragment of a column, or an inscrip 
tion built into the wall, reminds us of what Aquileia once 
was. E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 60. 
Here below, on earth ; in this life. 
Man wants hut little here below, 
Nor wants that little long. 
Goldsmith, Hermit. 
Here goes, now I am going to do it : an exclamation an- 
nouncing a particular act, especially one that seems rash 
or bold. [Colloq.j Here is or here's (so-and so), (a) 
An exclamatory phrase used to call special attention to or 
express surprise at or delight with something suddenly 
found or coming to view or notice : often used ironically : 
as, here's a pretty mess. 
This babble shall not henceforth trouble me. 
Here is a coil with protestation ! 
Shak., 1. O. of V., i. 2. 
herdswoman (herdz'wum"an), .; pi. herds- ffere ' a sweet temper now ! This is a' man, brother. 
women (-wim"en). A woman who has the care Fletcher and Rowley, Maid in the Mill, i. 1. 
herderite (her ' der-It), n. [After its discover- 
er, Baron von Herder (1776-1838). a mining en- 
gineer, son of the philosopher of that name.] 
A rare fluophosphate of beryllium and calcium, 
occurring in white or yellowish transparent 
crystals in Saxony, and at Stoneham in Maine, 
U.S. 
herdest, A Middle English form of hards. 
herdesst (her'des), . [< ME. 'herdesse, hierd- 
esse; < herd 2 + -ess.'] A shepherdess. 
An hierdesse, 
Whiche that ycleped was Oenone. 
Chaucer, Troilus, i. 663. 
As a herdesse in a summer's day, 
Heat with the glorious sun's all-purging ray, 
In the calme evening (leaving her faire flocke) 
Betakes herself unto a froth-girt rocke. 
W. Browne, Britannia's Pastorals, 11. 3. 
herdewicht, [Appar. ME. ; < herd* + -wich: 
see wick 2 .'] A grange or place for husbandry, 
or for the grazing of cattle. Man. Aug., iii. 
herd-grass (herd'gras), n. Same as hertfs-grass. 
herdgroomt (herd'grom), n. [Early mod. E. 
heardgroom; < ME. herdegrome; < herd 1 + 
groom 1 ."] A keeper of a herd ; a herdsman ; a 
shepherd. 
Pipes made of grene come, 
As han thise lytel herde-gromes, 
That kepen bestis in the bromes. 
Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 1225. 
So loytring live you little heardgroomes, 
Keeping your beastes in the budded broomes. 
Spenser, Shep. Cal., February. 
herdic (her'dik), n. [Named after the inventor, 
Peter Herdic, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 
U. S.] Alow-set two- (sometimes four-) wheeled 
cab or carriage, with the entrance in the back 
and the seats at the sides : used in many cities 
of the United States. 
Herdics, cabs, and carriages took to cover. 
Examiner, Washington letter, Feb. 11, 1886. 
herding (her'ding), n. [Verbal n. of herd 1 , .] 
1. The occupation of a herd or herdsman. 
2. In the western United States, Australia, 
etc., cattle-raising Close herding, the herding of 
cattle within fixed limits, and the keeping of an accurate 
account of them. Loose herding, the turning loose of 
cattle belonging to several owners on a range (see range), 
and the guarding of them to prevent loss by stealing or 
straying. The owners determine the probable increase 
of each herd from the number of calves branded at the 
annual rounding-up (see round-up, v.) of all the cattle on 
the range in the spring, and the rounding-up of the beef- 
cattle in the fall. 
herding-ground (her'ding-ground), n. A place 
where whales herd, 
herd-maidt (h6rd'mad), n. A shepherdess. 
I sit and watch a herd-maid gay. 
Lyrics (Arber's Eng. Garner, II. 76). 
herdmant (herd'man), . [Early mod. E. also 
heardman; < ME. herdeman, heerdman; (herdl 
+ man.'] Same as herdsman. 
There ben grete Pastures ; but fewe Coomes ; and ther- 
fore, for the most partie, thei ben alle Herdemen. 
Mamleville, Travels, p. 255. 
The name of Turkes signifleth (saith Chitrneus) Sheep- 
heards, or Heard-men: and such it seemeth was their an- 
cient profession. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 278. 
herd's-grass (herdz'gras), n. One of various 
grasses highly esteemed for hay ; particularly, 
of a herd or of cattle. 
here 1 (her), adv. [Early mod. E. also heere; < 
ME. here, heer, her, < AS. her = OS. her = OFries. 
hir = D. hier = MLG. Mr = OHG. Mar, MHG. 
hier, hie, G. hier, hie = Icel. her = Sw. har = Dan. 
her = Goth, her, here (cf . OHG. hera, MHG. here, 
her, G. her, hither; Goth, hiri, impv. adv., here! 
1. e., come hither) ; with orig. locative suffix -r 
(cf. her, of similar formation), from the pron. 
repr. by he 1 , q. v. Here is related to he as there 
to that, they, and where to who, what. Cf. the 
series hither, thither, whither, and hence, thence, 
whence. In comp. with an adv. or prep, here re- 
tains some of its orig. pronominal force : here- 
after, after this, etc.] 1 . In the place or region 
where the person speaking is ; on this spot or 
in this locality. 
I pray you hence, and leave me here alone. 
Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 882. 
Here rests his head upon the lap of earth 
A youth to fortune and to fame unknown. 
Gray, Elegy. 
Of Arthur's hall am I, but here, 
Here let me rest and die. 
Tennyson, Pelleas and Ettarre. 
2. At the point of space or of progress just 
mentioned or attained; at or in the place or 
situation now spoken of : as, here we tarried a 
month ; here the speaker paused. 
Here the anthem doth commence : 
Love and constancy is dead. 
Shak., Phoenix and Turtle, 1. 21. 
The person here mentioned is an old man. 
E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, II. 265. 
The territories of the duke of Medina si. Ionia were par- 
ticularly unguarded : here were vast plains of pasturage, 
covered with nocks and herds the very country for a 
hasty inroad. Irving, Granada, p. 75. 
3. At the place or in the situation pointed 
out, or assumed to be shown or indicated : as, 
here (in a picture) we see a cottage, and here a 
tree. 
To live in prayer and contemplation, 
Only attended by Nerissa here, 
Until her husband and my lord's return. 
Shak., M. of V., iii. 4. 
The skin is, as it were, occupied all over with separate 
feelers, that are here widely scattered, here clustered, and 
here crowded together. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Psychol., 10. 
4. At the nearer point, or at the one first in- 
dicated: opposed to there. 
Line upon line ; here a little, and there a little. 
Isa. xxviii. 10. 
There is my dagger, 
And here my naked breast. Shak., 1. C., iv. 3. 
Raphael had very prudently touched divers things that 
be amiss, some here and some there. 
Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), i. 
5. To this place ; to the situation or locality 
where the speaker is. [In this sense, in cus- 
tomary use, here has taken the place of hither. 
See hither."] 
If thou remember'st aught ere thou cam'st here, 
How thou cam'st here thou may'st. 
Shak., Tempest, i. 2. 
Here comes some intelligence ; a buzz o' the court. 
Ford, Lover's Melancholy, i. 2. 
Blest be Heaven 
That brought thee here to this poor house of ours. 
Tennyson, Holy Grail. 
6. In the present life or state ; on earth. 
Owre lorde hath hem graunted 
Here [their] penaunce and her purgatorie here on this erthe. 
Piers Plowman (B), vii. 105. 
Here in the body pent, 
Absent from Him I roam. 
Montgomery, At Home in Heaven. 
Brief life Is here our portion, 
Brief sorrow, short-lived care. 
J. U. Keale, tr. of Bernard of Cluny's Horse Novissimse. 
Meanwhile Mr. Squeers tasted the milk and water. 
"Ah!" said that gentleman, smacking his lips, "here's 
richness I" Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, v. 
(6) A phrase used in calling attention to a toast or wish : 
as, here's a health to you ; here's luck to you. 
Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen, 
Here's to the widow of fifty. . . . 
Let the toast pass ; 
Drink to the lass. 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, iii. 3 (song). 
Here you are, here is what you want. [Colloq.] 
Neither here nor there, neither in this place nor in 
that ; hence, not concerning the matter In hand ; irrele 
vant ; unimportant ; of no consequence. 
Mine eyes do itch; 
Doth that bode weeping ? 'Tis neither here nor there. 
Shak.. Othello, iv. 8. 
Yes, yes, they certainly do say but that's neither here 
nor there. Sheridan, School for Scandal, v. 2. 
This . . . here, a colloquial pleonasm intended to em- 
phasize the definitive use of (Ml before its noun, which 
in illiterate speech is often transposed after here : as, this 
man here (correlative to that man there) ; this here man. 
here 2 t, [OSc. heir ; ME. here, heere, < AS. 
here, an army, particularly the enemy, = OS. 
heri = OFries. hiri, here, = D. heer, heir = MLG. 
(in comp.) here-, her- = OHG. heri, hari, MHG. 
here, G. heer = Icel. herr = Sw. heir = Dan. Jteer 
= Goth, harjis, an army, host; = OBulg. kara, 
strife, = Lith. karas, war, = Lett, karsch, war, 
tumult, = OPruss. karjis, an army; cf. Zend 
kdra, army. Hence harry = harrow 2 , v., her- 
ring, and in comp., variously modified, heriot, 
harbor, harborough, herald, the proper name 
Harold, etc.] 1. An army; a host; a hostile 
host. 
Til his sone mouthe bere 
1 1 rim on heued and leden vt here. 
Havelok, 1. 378. 
Specifically 2. In Anglo-Saxon hist., an in- 
vading army, either that of the enemy, as the 
Danish invaders, or the national troops serving 
abroad. See fyrd. 
English troops serving out of England and not for any 
English object are not called fyrd, but here, like the Danish 
invaders of old. 
E. A. Freeman, Norman Conquest, IV. 378. 
3. An individual enemy. 
He refte hym his riches * his renke schippis, 
And wold haue honget the here vppon hegh galos. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 13116. 
here 3 t, pron. See Ae 1 . 
here 4 t, v. A Middle English form of hear. 
here 5 t,"- AMiddleEnglishformofftair 1 . Chau- 
cer. 
here 6 !, " A Middle English form of hare 1 . Chau- 
cer. 
Here 7 , . See Hera. 
hereabout (her'a-bouf), adv. [< here 1 + about.] 
1 . About this place ; in this neighborhood. 
I'll hover hereabout, to know what passes. 
Fletcher, Valentinian, iv. 2. 
My friend should meet me somewhere hereabout. 
Tennyson, Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham. 
2f. Concerning this; about this business. 
Go now thy wey, and speed thee heer aboute. 
Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 376. 
hereabouts (her'a-bouts'), atlv. [< hereabout, 
adv., + adv. gen. 'suffix -s.] Same as hereabout. 
Hereabouts her soul must hover still ; 
Let's speak to that. Shirley, The Traitor, v. 1. 
hereafter (her-af 'ter), adi: [< ME. herafter (= 
Dan. hercfter = Sw. hfircfter), < AS. hcrtvfter, 
hereafter, < her, here, + cefter, after: see here^- 
and after.'] After this time ; in time to come ; in 
some future time or state. 
But nowe hereafter thou shalt here 
What God hath wrought in this matere. 
Guitci; Conf. Amant., ii. 
