hibernaculum 
hibernaculum(hi-ber-nak'u-lum), n. ; pi. hilx-i-- 
nacula (-la). [L.: sec hihm'iurle.] 1. Same as 
// i li<'rnacle, 1. 
As a neighbour was lately ploughing in a dry chalky 
field far removed from any water, he turned out a water- 
rat that was curiously laid up in an hybernaculum artifi- 
cially formed of grass and leaves. 
Gilbert White, Nat Hist, of Selborne, xxviii. 
There sat a frog ... in a little excavation in the sur- 
face of the leaf-mould. As it sat there, the top of its back 
was level with the surface of the ground. This, then, was 
its hibernaculum ; here it was prepared to pass the winter. 
J. Burroughs, Signs and Seasons, p. 16. 
2. In lot., any part of a plant which protects 
an embryonic organ during the winter, as a bud 
or bulb. Also hibernacle. [Now rare.] 3. In 
zool. : (a) One of the winter buds of a polyzoan ; 
an arrested and encysted polyzoon-bud capable 
of surviving the winter and germinating in the 
following spring. 
The only approach to a differentiation of the polypides 
in Paludicella is in the arrest of growth of some of the buds 
of a colony in autumn, which, instead of advancing to ma- 
turity, become conical and invested with a dark-colored 
cuticle. They are termed hybernacula. 
E. R. Lanlcetter, Encyc. Brit., XIX. 433. 
(6) The false opercule or pseudoperculum of a 
snail. 
It is no uncommon thing to find, during the warm sea- 
son, individuals [snails] to the exterior of whose shells 
there adhere one or more (often a great number) of ... 
hybernacula, cast off by their fellows on emerging from 
the dormant state. 
Huxley and Martin, Elementary Biology, p. 273. 
hibernal (hi-ber'nal), a. [= F. hibernal, hirer- 
nal = Sp. Pg. invernal, < L. hibernalis, < hiber- 
nus, of winter: see hibernate.] Belonging or 
relating to winter ; wintry. 
hibernate (hi'ber-nat), v. i. ; pret. and pp. 
hibernated, ppr. hibernating. [Formerly also 
written hybernate; < L. hibernatus,pp. of hiber- 
nare (> It. invernare, vernare = Sp. Pg. inver- 
nar = Pr. ivernar = F. hiverner). pass the win- 
ter, < hibernus, of or belonging to winter, win- 
try (> It. inverno, verno = Sp. invierno = Pg. 
inverno = Pr. ivern = F. hiver, winter), prob. 
orig. *himernus (= Gr. xeifiepivlx;, of or belong- 
ing to winter, wintry), < hiems, winter: see 
/items.] 1. To winter; pass the season of 
winter in close quarters or in seclusion, and 
generally in a torpid condition, as some ani- 
mals. 
Other causes than cold may induce an animal to hiber- 
nate; as when deprived of the supply of food gathered 
during the previous season. Science, III. 538. 
2. Figuratively, to remain in seclusion; pass 
the time torpidly or apathetically. 
1 want to hibernate for three months, and not see a soul, 
except you with my meals. T. Winthrop, Cecil Dreeme, vi. 
hibernation (hi-ber-na'shon), 11. [Formerly 
also Cybernation; = F. hibernation, hibernation, 
< L. as if *hibernatio(ti-), < hibernare, hibernate : 
see hibernate, v.] The act or period of hiber- 
nating. 
The several plants that were to pass their hybemation in 
the green-house. 
Ecelyn, Calendarium Hortense, A New Conservatory. 
Naturalists have not sufficiently discriminated between 
torpidity and hybemation. 
E. Blyth, Note on Gilbert White's Nat. Hist, of Sel- 
[borne, xxxviii. 
Hibernian (hl-ber'ni-an), a. and n. [< L. Hi- 
hernia, sometimes written Iverna, Juverna, also 
lerna, lerne, Gr. 'lovcpvia, 'Itpvr/, regarded as va- 
rious forms of the name which appears later 
as IT. Erin, gen. Erinn, Erin, Ireland.] I. a. Of 
or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland, or to its 
inhabitants; characteristic of Ireland or the 
Irish; Irish. 
Hibernian politics, Swift ! thy fate. 
Pope, Dunciad, iii. 331. 
Hibernian embroidery, an embroidery done in button- 
hole-stitch and satin-stitch with colored silk, floss, etc. 
Diet, of Needlework. 
II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Ireland ; 
a member of the Irish race. 
Hibernianism (hl-ber'ni-an-ism), . [< Hiber- 
nian + -ism.] Same as Hibernicism. 
Hibernicism (hl-ber'ni-sizm), n. [< Hibernia 
+ -ie + -ism.] An idiom or a mode of speech 
peculiar to the Irish ; especially, an Irish bull. 
Though it is not true that here "Ireland stops the way," 
a most choice Hibernicism does. 
Athenaeum, March 10, 1888, p. 811. 
Hibernicize (hl-ber'ni-slz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
Hibernicized, ppr. Hibernicizing. [< Hibernia 
+ -ic + -ize.] To make Irish; give an Irish 
character to ; render into the language or idiom 
of the Irish. 
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Many of the English nobles were Hibernicized and few 
of the Irish were Anglicized. 
Bp. Chr. Wordsworth, Church of Ireland, p. 141. 
hibernization (hl-ber-ni-za'shon), n. Same as 
hibernation. Imp, Diet. 
Hiberno-Celtic (hi-ber'no-sel'tik), a. and n. 
1. a. Of or pertaining to the Irish branch of the 
Celtic race ; native Irish : as, the Hiberno-Celtic 
language. 
II. . The native Irish language. 
Hibernologist (hi-ber-uol'o-jist), n. [< Hiber- 
nology + -ist.] A student of Hibernology. 
We may fairly contrast his Hibernology with that of the 
Hibernoloyists of the present generation. 
Lord Strangford, Letters and Papers, p. 231. 
Hibernology (hl-ber-nol'o-ji), . [< Hibernia 
+ Gr. -t-joyia, < teyeiv, speak: see -ology.] The 
study or knowledge of Irish antiquities and 
history. 
Hibisceae (hl-bis'e-e), . pi. [NL., < Hibiscus + 
-co;.] A tribe of plants of the natural order Mal- 
rin-i'ii', typified by the genus Hibiscus. Itischar- 
acterized by having the column of stamens anther-bearing 
for a considerable part of its length, naked and truncate or 
5-toothed at the apex, and a mostly 5-celled loculicidal pod. 
Hibiscus (hi-bis'kus), n. [NL., < L. hibiscus, 
also hibiscum, < Gr. ifiianof, mallow.] 1. A large 
genus of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants 
(herbs, shrubs, or trees), of the natural order 
Malraceie, and the type of the tribe Hibisceas. 
They are characterized by having a 5-cleft calyx, supple- 
mented by 3 to 5 narrow bracts ; by the long column of sta- 
mens, which is frequently anther-bearing for much of its 
length ; and by the 5-valved loculicidal pod, with numer- 
ous seeds. About 150 species are known, mostly from 
tropical countries, but a few are natives of temperate re- 
gions. The species are remarkable for abounding in mu- 
cilage and for the tenacity of the fiber of t heir bark, whence 
several are employed for many economical purposes in 
their nativecoun- 
tries. The petals 
of H. rosasinen- 
rit (a plant with 
large, handsome, 
usually red flow- 
en, frequent in 
greenhouses) are 
astringent, and 
are used in China 
as a black dye for 
the hair and eyes. 
The handsome 
fiowering shrub 
known in gar- 
dens as Althoza 
frutfx, or rose of 
Sharon, is a spe- 
cies of Hibiscus 
(U. Syriacus). 
The root of H. 
Manihot yields 
a mucilage used 
as size and to 
give a proper con- 
sistence to pa- 
per. The leaves 
of H. cannabinus 
are edible, and an 
oil is extracted 
from its seeds ; 
it is cultivated 
in India for its 
fiber, being known as Indian hemp. The plants of this 
genus are commonly known as rose-mallows. The great 
rose-mallow of the Carolina coast is H. coccineus. H. Mas- 
cheutos, of the United States, with rose-colored or white 
flowers 6 inches in diameter, is the swamp rose-mallow. 
//. Trionum, of Europe, with a sulphur-yellow corolla, 
is the bladder-ketmia or flower-of-an-nour. H. (formerly 
Abelmoschus) e.Kculentus, of the West Indies and Central 
America, furnishes the okra or gumbo. H. Manihot Is 
the Australian manioc. H. splendetis, a native of Queens- 
land and New South Wales, is the hollyhock-tree. H. 
Sobdarijf'a, of tropical Asia and Africa, yields the rosella- 
flber. H. tiliaceus is the Tahitian poeron. 
2. [1. c.] A plant of this genus. 
hie (hik), interj, [See hie, hick^, n.] A syllable 
used to express the sound of a hiccup, particu- 
larly in representing the speech of a drunken 
person as interrupted by this sound. 
hie, hick 3 (hik), n. [Cf. D. hik = LG. hick = Dan. 
hikkt = Sw. hicka = W. ig = Bret, hik, a hiccup ; 
MD. hicken, D. hikken, MD. also hicksen = G. 
hicken, hicksen, hichsen,v., = Dan. hikke = Sw. 
hicka, hiccup; cf. also the various other E. forms, 
hiccup, liickup, hiccough, hicket, hickot, hickock, 
also kink 2 , chink*, chin-cough ; F. hoquet, for- 
merly hocquet, Pers. hikuk, hukkuk, Hind, hichki, 
huchki, hukchi, a hiccup: all imitative of the 
sound of a hiccup.] A hiccup. 
hie, hick 3 (hik), . [< hie, hick*, n.] To hiccup. 
hicatee, hiccatee (hik-a-te ' ) , w. [Central Amer. ] 
A fresh- water tortoise of Central America, es- 
teemed for its liver and feet, which are gelati- 
nous when dressed. 
hiccius doctiust (hik'shius dok'shius). [A non- 
sense formula, appar. founded on L. hie est doc- 
tus, 'here is a learned man.' Cf. hocus-pocus.] 
A juggler. [Cant.] 
Flowering Branch of Hibiscus Moicheutos. 
a, flower cut longitudinally ; b, stamen ; c, 
fruit ; d, embryo. 
hick-joint 
And hiccius doctius played in all. 
S. Butler, Hudibras, III. iii. 580. 
hiccoryt, ' ^ pe hickory. 
hiccup, hiccough (hik'up), n. [The spelling 
hiccough is recent, being a forced conforma- 
tion with cough, which is not related; the pro- 
nunciation is still that of the older form hiccup, 
earlier written hickup (cf. mod. dial, hickup- 
snickup), hickhop, with equiv. forms hickock, 
hickcock, hichcock, and hicket, with quasi-dim, 
suffixes -ock, -et, <! hie (hick), a syllable imita- 
tive of the spasmodic sound concerned: see 
hie, interj.] A quick, involuntary, inspiratory 
movement of the diaphragm brought suddenly 
to a stop by an involuntary clbsing of the glot- 
tis; the affection of havingsuch spasms: in the 
latter sense generally in the plural : as, to have 
the hiccups. 
He shall be a knight, a baron ; or by some false accusa- 
tion, as they do to such as have the hickhop, to make them 
forget it. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 549. 
Some are freed from the hiccough by being told of some 
feigned ill news, or even of some other things, that but ex- 
cites a great attention of mind. ;;.,,//,, Works, I. 83. 
hiccup, hiccough (hik'up), v. [Formerly also 
liickup; < hiccup, hiccough, n. Cf. D. hikken, etc., 
hiccup ; from the noun : see hie, hick 3 , n.] I. 
intrans. To be affected with the hiccups; make 
the sound of a hiccup. 
My beard to grow, my ears to prick up, 
Or (when I'm in a fit) to hickup. 
S. Butler, Hudibras, II. i. 346. 
II. trans. To say, pronounce, or call out with 
an utterance interrupted by hiccups, as one 
who is intoxicated. 
Hiccoughing out the same strain he'd begun, 
" Jol Jolly companions every one! " 
Barham, Ingoldshy Legends, I. 172. 
They abhorred Popery . . . and idolatries in general ; 
and hiccuped Church and State with fervor. 
Thackeray, Four Georges, p. 155. 
hich (hech), a. A Scotch form of high. 
hichcock 1 1, . and v. A variant of hiccup. 
hichcock'-'t, . [< hich, var. of hick 1 , + cock, 
used as a dim. suffix.] A fool. 
Among whom this hichcocke missed his rapier; at which 
all the company were in a maze ; he besides his wits, for 
he had borrowed it of a special! friend of his, and swore 
he had rather spend 20 nobles. Jests of George Peel. 
hichelt, " See hetchel. 
hie jacet (hik ja'set). [L. : hie, adv., here, 
orig. a case (locative) of hie, this, akin to E. 
he 1 , q. v. ; jacet, 3d pers. sing. ind. pres. of ja- 
cere, lie : see jacent. J Here lies : words often 
beginning Latin (and later sometimes English) 
epitaphs on tombstones. Abbreviated H. J. 
It is sometimes used as a noun, as in the extract. 
Among the knightly brasses of the graves, 
And by the cold Hie Jacets of the dead. 
Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. 
hick 1 (hik), v. i. [Prob. a var. of hip.] To 
hop; spring. [Prov. Eng.] 
hick 2 (nik), n. [A particular use of Hick, < 
ME. Hikke, a popular variation of Rick, also 
Dick, as an abbr. of Richard (see dicky 1 , etc.), 
and partly merged with Ike, a contr. of Isaac. 
Hence hickscorner. Hick appears variously in 
the surnames Hicks, Hickes, Hickson, Hixon, 
Higgins, Higginson, Hitchins, etc., parallel with 
Dick, Dix, Dickson, Dixon, Dickens, etc.] A 
countryman: used like hodge. 
Richard Bumpkin : Ha! A perfect Country Hick how 
came you, Friend, to be a Soldier ? 
Steele, Grief A-la-Mode, iv. 1. 
hick 3 , n. and v. See hie. 
hickery (hik'er-i), a. [Origin obscure.] Ill- 
natured. [North. Eng.] 
hickery-pickery (hik'6r-i-pik'er-i), n. A pop- 
ular version of hiera-picra. 
The leddy cured me wl' some hickery '-pickery. 
Scott, Old Mortality, viii. 
Mckett (hik'et), n. [Also hickot ; imitative, like 
hiccup, hickock, F. hoquet, etc. : see hiccup.] 
Same as hiccup. 
Le hocguet ousanglot [P.], the Hickot, or yexing. 
Nomenclator. 
It is also of good signality, according to that of Hip- 
pocrates, that sneezing cureth the hicket. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iv. 9. 
hickett (hik'et), r. . [< hicket, n.] To hiccup. 
hickhallt, n. Same as hickwall. 
hickinglyt, adv. In a hicking or hacking man- 
ner : applied to a cough. 2'opsetl. 
hick-joint (hik'joint), a. In masonry, an epithet 
applied to a kind of pointing in which mortar 
is inserted between the courses and joints of a 
wall and made smooth or level with the sur- 
face. 
