herring-buss 
From the commencement of the winter fishing 1771, tu 
the end of the winter fishing 1781, the tonnage bounty 
upon the herring-buns fishery has been at thirty shillings 
the ton. Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, iv. 5. 
herring-cobs (her'ing-kobz), n. Young her- 
rings; hence, anything worthless. [Prov. Eng.] 
The rubbish and outcast of your herrimjcobs invention. 
A Pit to purge Melancholie. (Halliu'ell.) 
herring-cod (her'ing-kod), n. See corf 2 . 
herring-curer (her'ing-kur"er), n. A gutter and 
salter of herrings ; a person engaged in the busi- 
ness of catching herring and preparing them for 
the market. 
herring-driver (her'ing-dri' / ver), . A fisher- 
man engaged in the capture of herring by torch- 
light. [Maine, U. 8. ; Bay of Fundy.] 
herringer (her'ing-er), n. [< herring + -er 1 .] A 
person engaged in herring-fishing. 
A lot of longshore merchant skippers and herringers 
who went about calling themselves captains. 
Kingitley, Two Years Ago, xiv. 
herring-fishery (her'ing-fish"er-i), . The busi- 
ness 01 fishing for herrings. 
herring-gull (her'ing-gul), . One of several 
gulls of large size, having the mantle pearl- 
blue, the primaries crossed with black and 
tipped with white, the bill yellow with a red 
Herring-gull (L, 
spot on the gonys, and the feet yellow or flesh- 
colored. The general plumage is white in the adult, and 
the stretch of wings is about 4 feet. Gulls of this charac- 
ter are found in most parts of the world, such as Larus 
argentatus, of Europe, Asia, and North America, a repre- 
sentative species of the group. Also called xilvery ffuu. 
herring-hake (her'ing-hak), n. The hake, 
Merlttoivs smiridus. [Scotch.] 
herring-hog (her 'ing -hog), n. The common 
porpoise, Phoctena comminiis. [Local.] 
herring-king (her'ing-king), w. A fish of the 
family Jtegalecida*, liegatecus glesne. Also called 
king of the herrings. See Kegalecida. 
herring-mountain (her'ing-moun'tan), w. A 
large closely packed mass of herrings, such 
as appears on the western coast of Norway 
during the summer in some years. It depends 
upon the occurrence in great numbers of small 
crustaceans on which the fish feed. Sars. 
herring-pike (her'ing-pik), . A fish of the 
group Clupesoces. Sir J. Richardson. 
herring-pond (her 'ing -pond), n. The ocean. 
[Humorous.] 
Begin elsewhere anew. 
Boston's a hole, the herring-pond is wide, 
V-notes are something, liberty still more. 
Browning, Mr. Sludge, the Medium. 
I believe that instances could be produced of this re- 
generation of terms, especially if we call to aid terms 
which have lived in America, and again crossed the her- 
ring-pond with modern traffic. N. and Q., 7th ser., VI. 36. 
herring-spink (her'ing-spingk), n. The golden- 
crested wren, Itegulus cristatus: so called in 
East Suffolk, England, because often taken in 
the rigging of vessels engaged in the herring- 
fishery in the North Sea. Also known as tnt- 
o'er-seas, under the same circumstances. See 
cut under goldcrest. \ 
herring- vesselt (her'ing-ves'el), . A measure 
of capacity for herrings. 
Some statutes did limit eel-vessels equal with herring- 
vessels. Jtccvrde, Grounde of Artes. 
herring-work (her'ing-werk), n. Herring-bone 
work. See herring-bone. 
Herrnhuter (hern'hut-er), n. [< G. Herrnhut 
(see def.) + -er 1 .] One of the denomination 
of Moravians or United Brethren: so called 
in Germany from the village built by them on 
the estate of Count von Zinzendorf in Saxony, 
named Herrnhut, and since serving as the head- 
quarters of the body. See Moravian. 
herry 1 (her'i), . t. Another spelling, histori- 
cally more correct, of harry. [Scotch.] 
herry-t (her'i), v. t. [< ME. heryen, herien, < 
AB.neritm = OHG. heren = Goth, hazjan, praise, 
allied to L. carmen (for "casmen), a song, Ca- 
2810 
iiii'iia, OL. casmena, amuse, Skt. j/fflwx, praise: 
see charm 1 ."] To honor; praise; celebrate. 
Heryed be thou and thy name, 
Goddesse of renoun or fame. 
Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 1405. 
And the schepardis turneden agen glorityinge and hery- 
ingeQod in alle thingis that the! hadden herd and seyen : 
as it was seyd to hem. Wyclif, Luke 11. 20. 
Now nis the time of merimake, 
Nor Pan to herye, nor with love to playe. 
Spenser, Shep. CaL, November. 
herryingt, >' [ME. heryenge; verbal n. of lier- 
///'-', r.] Praising; a matter of praise. 
herryment (her'i-ment), n. Harassment; an- 
noyance. [Scotch.] 
Staumrel, corky-headed, graceless gentry. 
The herryment and ruin of the country. 
Bum*, Brigs of Ayr. 
hers (herz), pron. See he 1 . 
hersalt, n. [Abbr. of rehersal, now rehearsal, 
q. v.] Rehearsal; relation. 
With this sad hermit of his heavy stresse 
The warlike Damzell was empassiond sore. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. xi. 18. 
Herschelt (her'shel), w. A name by which the 
planet now called Uranus was formerly known, 
from its discoverer, Sir William Herscnel. See 
I'ranus, 2. 
Herschelian (her-shel'i-an), a. Of or pertain- 
ing to the astronomer 'Sir William Herschel 
(1738-1822), or his son Sir John (1792-1871): 
as, the Herschelian telescope (named from Sir 
William Hersehel). 
The Herschelian or front view reflector. 
Encyc. Brit., XXIII. 145. 
The current Herschelian theory of the solar constitution. 
A. M. Clerke, Astron. in 19th Cent., p. 91. 
Herschelian rays of the spectrum, the Invisible (in- 
fra-red) heat-rays, whose existence was first proved by Sir 
William HerscheL See heat and spectrum. 
herschelite (her'shel-it), n. [Named after John 
Herschel, afterward Sir John Herschel, the as- 
tronomer. The mineral was discovered in a 
collection made by him in Sicily.] A mineral of 
the zeolite family, closely related to chabazite. 
Herschellic (her-shel'ik), a. Herschelian. 
Beyond the red [rays], at the other end of the spectrum, 
lie the so-called Hersctiellic rays, of least refrangibility, 
which also are not visible, but arc manifested through their 
thermal effects. J. Fitke, Cosmic Philos., I. 19. 
herse 1 (hers), . [The same as hearse 1 , the spell- 
ing lierse being either obs., as in the ordinary 
senses of hearse, or else, as in the technical 
senses, recent and directly after mod. F. herse: 
see hearse 1 .] If. An obsolete spellingof hearse 1 
in variotis senses. 2. A framework, composed 
of bars or rods, and used for any purpose ; a 
grating. 
The small manufacturers make use of hoops for this pur- 
pose [stretching the skins for parchments], but the greater 
employ a herte, or stout wooden frame. 
Ure, Diet., III. 513. 
This shallowness of the water over the bar has frequently 
been the cause of damages and expenses. To obviate this 
Inconvenience, the India Company some twelve years since 
had caused to be constructed iron harrows (hersei\ which 
were dragged over the bar, to remove the sand and mud. 
Gayarre, Hist. Louisiana, I. 501. 
3. In fort., specifically (n) A portcullis. (6) 
A frame armed with spikes, used for chevaux- 
de-frise, and laid in the way or in breaches, with 
the points up, to prevent or obstruct the ad- 
vance of an enemy. 4. In her., a charge re- 
sembling a harrow, and blazoned herse or har- 
row indifferently. 
herse 1 t, '' ' An obsolete variant of hearse 1 . 
Herse 2 (her'se),i. [NL., < Gr. "Epar/, one of the 
three Attic nymphs, "Ayfavpof, "Epar/, and lidv- 
(5po<rof, daughters of Ceerops.] If. A genus of 
sphingid moths. Oken, 1815. 2. A genus of 
birds. The common white-bellied swallow of the United 
States is sometimes known as Herse bieolor. it, P. Lesson, 
1837. 
3. A genus of crustaceans. 4. A genus of 
mollusks. 
hersed (herst), a. [< herse 1 + -erf 2 .] Arranged 
in the form of a harrow. See quotation and 
note. [Rare.] 
From his hersed bowmen how the arrows flew ! 
Southey, Joan of Arc, U. 
[This passage is accompanied by the following note : 
"This was the usual method of marshalling the bow- 
men. At Crecy 'the archers stood in the manner of an 
herse, about two hundred in front, and but forty In depth, 
which is undoubtedly the best way of embatteling archers, 
... for by the breadth of the front the extension of the 
enemies front is matched ; and by reason of the thinness 
in flank, the arrows do more certain execution, being more 
likely to reach home ' (Barnes). "] 
herself (her-self'), pron. [< her + self, q. v.] 
An emphasized or reflexive form of the third 
personal pronoun, feminine, corresponding in 
all uses to himself. 
hesitancy 
Whan the armes of kynge Arthur were brought, Gon- 
nore hym helped for to arme, . . . and Mr-self girde hym 
with his swerde. Merlin (E. E. T. s.), ii. st2->. 
As thus she did amuse hersell, 
Below a green aik tree. 
The Earl of Mar's Daughter (Child's Ballads, I. 171). 
Man, Woman, Nature, each is but a glass, 
Where the soul sees the image of herself. 
Lowell, Parting of the Ways. 
hership (her'ship), H. [< Icel. herskapr, war- 
fare, ravaging, <Cherr, = AS. here, an army, + 
-skapr = AS. -scipc, E. -ship.] 1. The crime of 
carrying off cattle by force ; foray. [Scotch.] 
And bryngand thame to pouertie, 
To hounger, hirtcheip, and rewyne ; 
Tuttand the pure in poynt to tyne. 
Louder, Dewtie of Kyngis (E. E. T. S.), 1. 109. 
It grieved him ... to see sic hership, and waste, and 
depredation to the south of the Hieland line. 
Scott, Bob Roy, xxvi. 
2. The cattle so carried off. [Scotch.] 
But wi' some hopes he travels on while he 
The way the herthip had been driven could see. 
Jtuss, Helenore, p. 46. 
hersillon (her'si-lon), n. [F., < herse, a port- 
cullis, etc.: see herse 1 , 3.] Milit., a plank or 
beam armed with spikes or nails to prevent or 
retard the advance of an enemy. 
herst-pan (herst'pan), n. [ME. not found ; < AS. 
hyi ste-panne, a frying-pan, < hurstan, fry, roast 
(= OHG. rostan (for *hrdstan), MHG. roesten, 
Gr. rosten, > ult. OF. rostir, E. roast, q. v.), + 
panne, pan.] A frying-pan. Simmonas. 
hersumt, a. [ME., < AS. hyrsum (= OFries. har- 
sum = LG. horsam, hurgam = OHG. horsam, 
MHG. horsam, G. ge-horsam), obedient, < hi/ran, 
hear, obey: see hear.] 1. Obedient. 2. De- 
vout; pious. 
Chaplayne to the chapeles chosen the gate, 
Kungen ful rychely, ryjt as thay schulden, 
To the her sum euensong of the hyje tyde. 
Sir Qawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 930. 
hert 1 t, An obsolete form of hart 1 . Chaucer. 
hert 2 t, An obsolete form of heart. 
hert 3 t, n. An obsolete variant of hurt?. 
herteH, . A Middle English form of heart. 
herte 2 t, t. A Middle English form of hurt 1 . 
hertelest, a. A Middle English form of heartless. 
hertelyt, and adv. A Middle English form of 
hearty and heartily. 
hertespont, n. See Tteart-tpoo*. 
hertlyt, a. and adv. A Middle English form of 
heartly. 
hertwortt, An obsolete form of hartwort. 
Herulian (he-ro'li-an), a. [< LL. Heruli, Eruli, 
rarely sing. 'Hcrulus.'] Of or pertaining to the 
Heruli, one of the Teutonic peoples who over- 
threw the Western Empire, A. D. 476, and made 
Odoacer (a chieftain, probably of Rugian ori- 
gin) ruler of Italy. 
The Herulian king SinduaL Encyc. Brit., XVII. 234. 
hery 1 !, v. t. An obsolete form of harry. 
hery 2 t, v. t. A variant of herry*. 
hery 3 t, a. An obsolete form of hairy. 
Heshvan, . See Hesvan. 
Hesiodic (he-si-od'ik), a. [< HesioiJ (< L. Hc- 
ttiodus, < Gr. 'Koioio;) (see def.) -I- -ic.] Of, per- 
taining to, or resembling the style of Hesiod, a 
Greek poet of about the eighth century B. c., or 
to a poetical school of which he was the founder 
or the chief. The Hesiodic poems are didactic. 
Our earliest knowledge of Zeus is derived from the 
Homeric and Hesiodic poems. Encyc. Brit., XXIV. 782. 
The Hesiodic bards come down to about the 40th Ol[ym- 
piad). C. O. Miiller, Manual of Archreol. (trans.), | 77. 
Hesione (he-si'o-ne), n. [NL., after L. Hesi- 
one, Hesiona, < Gr. 'Hai6v7i, in Greek legend a 
daughter of Laomedon, king of Troy.] 1. A 
genus of dorsibranchiate annelids with short 
stout body of few ill-defined rings, a large pro- 
boscis without jaws or tentacles, and long cirri 
on the parapodia. 2. A genus of dipterous 
insects. Desvoidy, 1863. 
HesionidiB (he-si-on'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < He- 
sione + -irfce.] A family of errant marine 
worms of the order Chaitopoda, typified by the 
genus Hesione. 
hesitancy (hez'- or hes'i-tan-si), n. [< L. ha-si- 
t/mtia, a stammering, < ti<esitan(t-)s, ppr. : see 
hesitant.'] The state or condition of hesitating ; 
indecision ; vacillation. 
Some of them reasoned without doubt or hesitancy. 
Bp. Atterbunj, Works, II. i. 
Upon these grounds, as they professed they did without 
any mincing, hesitancy, or reservation, in the most full, 
clear, downright, and peremptory manner, with firm con- 
fidence and alacrity, concurrently aver the fact. 
Barrow, Works, II. xiix. 
= Syn. See hesitation. 
