Hippeastrum 
star. B. retiadatum is purplish-red, veined with deeper 
red, and with a white central star. 
, . 
hipped 1 (hipt),j>. a. [Pp. of /iipi, .,!.] Having 
the hip sprained or dislocated. 
hipped' 2 , hypped (hipt), p. a. [Pp. of a verb 
liipi, hyp, scarcely used except in this form; < 
f>4, hyp, n. : see hip*.] Rendered melancholy ; 
melancholy; mopish. Also spelled hipt and 
liypt. 
It is observable that among the University men (at Cam- 
bridge], that allmost half of them are Hy/tt, as they call 
it : that is, disordered in their brains, sometimes mopish, 
sometimes wild, the two different effects of the laziness 
and debauchery. 
Dr. J. Edwards [died 1716], in Rep. of Camb. Anttu. 
[Soc., 1878, p. 130. (Skeat.) 
I have been to the last degree hypped since I saw you. 
Spectator, No. 284. 
And from the hipp'd discourses gather 
That politics go by the weather. 
M. Qreen, The Spleen. 
' NL. Tiippelaphus, 
, n. [NL., < Or. fcr- 
Y, lit. ' horse-deer,' < Imrof, horse, + ifaujaf, 
a stag, deer.] The stag of India; the rusa 
deer : a large animal, supposed to be that de- 
scribed by Aristotle, and now known as Rusa 
aristotelis or Cervus hippelaplius. See Rusa. 
hippety-hoppety (hip'e-ti-hop'e-ti), adv. [A 
dactylic variation of hip-hop.] " Hopping and 
skipping: used by children: often abbreviated 
hippety-hop, and in that form used substan- 
tively. 
Hippia(hip'i-a),H. [NL.,<Gr/nrof, ahorse (f).] 
A small genus of branching shrubs, belonging 
to the natural order Composite and tribe An- 
themidece, the type of Lessing's division Hip- 
pie<e. They have heterogamous heads, with the outer 
flowers pistillate, the inner staminate, sterile, and com- 
pressed, and slightly winged achenia ; heads corymbose at 
the ends of the branches ; flowers all yellow ; and leaves 
alternate, pinnatifld or pinnatisected, rarely entire. The 
whole plant is odorous. Only 4 species are known, natives 
of South Africa. 
hippian (hip'i-an), a. and n. [< Hippo, + -Jan.] 
I. a. Pertaining to the Hippidce. 
II. n. One of the Hippidce; a burrowing 
crab or sand-bug. 
hippiater (hip-i-a'ter), n. [< Gr. in-jrmrpof, a 
farrier, veterinary surgeon, < "mirof, a horse, 
+ iorpdf, a physician, surgeon, < iaaOat, heal, 
cure: teehippiatry,] A farrier; a horse-doctor. 
Thomas, Med. Diet. 
hippiatric (hip-i-at'rik), a. [< Gr. ixmaTpirif, 
pertaining to farriery, < itrniaTpof, a farrier: 
see hippiatry.] Pertaining or relating to far- 
riery or veterinary surgery ; veterinary. 
hippiatry (hip-i-a'tri), n. [Formerly also hip- 
piatrie; < Gr. ivirof, a horse, + larpeta, healing, 
medical treatment ; cf. hippiater.] The art of 
curing diseases of the horse; veterinary sur- 
gery. 
The horse pulled out his foot ; and, which is a wonder- 
ful thing in hippiatrir, the said horse was thoroughly 
cured of a ringbone which lie had in that foot 
Urquhart, tr. of Rabelais, i. 30. 
I mean to go myself to-morrow 
Just to divert myself a little space, 
Because I'm rather hippiih. 
Byron, Beppo, St. 64. 
hippius (hi-pi'us), n. ; pi. hippii (-i). [LL., < Gr. 
OTTTfjof, of a horse, equestrian (applied in LGr. 
to a meter regarded as suited to cavalry move- 
ments), < tn-Trof, a horse : see hippus.] In anc. 
pros. : (a) An epitrite ; a metrical foot consist- 
ing of four times or syllables, one of which is 
short, the other three being long, it is called first 
(" X tecond (- ~ - -), third (- - w _), or fourth 
( ") hipptus or epitrite, according as the short is in 
the first, second, third, or fourth place respectively See 
epitrite. (b) A Molossus ( ); a metrical 
foot consisting of three long times or syllables. 
See Molossus. 
hippot, n. Same as hypo*. 
When he's neither in a Passion, nor in the Hippo, nor in 
Liquor. Bailey, tr. of Erasmus's Colloquies, I. 248. 
Hippobosca (hip-o-bos'ka), n. [NL., < Gr. imro- 
/Joo-Kiif, feeding horses (NL. taken as 'feeding 
on horses'), < (TTTTOC, horse, + ftoanciv, feed.] The 
typical genus of Hippoboscidce. H. equina is a 
winged tick-fly of the horse: also forest- fiv. 
Hippoboscidae (hip-6-bos'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Hippobosca + -idee.] A family of pupiparous 
dipterous insects, founded by Leach in 1817, 
containing both winged and wingless forms, 
which are parasitic upon various birds and 
quadrupeds, infesting the plumage or pelage; 
the forest -flies. The species are also known as 
bird-ticks, sheep-ticks, etc., and one of them is a 
tick-fly of the horse. 
Hippobroma (hip-o-bro'ma), n. [NL., < Gr. 
<!r;rof , horse, + flpufia, food!] A genus of plants, 
of the natural order Lobeliacece, the only species 
of which is H. longiflora, an herbaceous plant, 
a native of Jamaica and other West Indian is- 
lands. It is one of the most poisonous of plants ; 
horses are said to be violently purged after 
eating it. 
hippocamp (hip'o-kamp), n. [< L. hippocampus : 
see hippocampus.] Same as hippocampus, 1. 
Fair silver-footed Thetis that time threw 
Along the ocean with a beauteous crew 
Of her attending sea-nymphes (Jove's bright lamps) 
Guiding from rockes her chariot's hyppucamps. 
W. Browne, Britannia's Pastorals, ii. 1. 
hippocampal (hip-o-kam'pal), a. [< liippocam- 
pus + -alT] Of or pertaining to the hippocam- 
pus of the brain Hippocampal fissure or sulcus, 
one of the largest and most constant of the Assures or 
sulci upon the surface of the brain, and corresponding to 
the elevation known as the hippocampus. Hippocam- 
pal gyrus. See yyrus. 
hippocampi, n. Plural of hippocamj)us. 
Hippocampldae (lup-o-kam'pi-de), n. pi. [NL., 
< Hippocampus + -idee.] A family of syngna- 
thous fishes, of the order Lophobranchii, typified 
by the genus Hippocampus; the sea-horses. 
They have a more or less pre- 
hensile flnless tail, the head in 
Hippidae (hip'i-de), . pi. [NL., < Hippo, + 
-idee.] A family of anomurous decapod crus- 
taceans, typified by the genus Hippa, contain- 
ing burrowing crabs of an elongate form, with 
the abdomen fitted for digging and the feet for 
swimming, and long plumose antennules. The 
species inhabit shallow water and burrow in sand, rapidly 
disappearing in it when uncovered. See cut under Hippa. 
Hippidea (hi-pid'e-a), re. pi. [NL., < Hippa + 
-idea."] A group of anomurous crustaceans 
constituted for the families Hippidce and Albu- 
neidce. They have an ovate carapace and the abdomen 
composed of six segments (the fifth and sixth fusedX the 
penultimate with a prominent pair of biramous lamellar 
appendages, and the terminal large. 
Hippieae (M-pi'e-e), n. pi. [NL., < Hippia + 
-ece.] A tribe or subtribe of plants of the nat- 
ural order Composite, established by Lessing in 
1832, and employed by Grisebach in 1839 as a 
tribe of Gentianacece. 
hippii, re. Plural of hippius. 
hipping-hold, . [E. dial., also hipping-hawd ; 
< hipping, verbal n. of liipZ, + hold\ n. ; lit. a 
' hopping-place,' i. e. 'stepping-place.'] A place 
where people stay to chat when they are sent on 
an errand; a loitering-place. Bailey; Grose. 
hippings (hip'ingz), n. pi. [< Aipl + -4ngl.] 
Cloths for infants; clouts. Carlyle. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
hippish, hyppish (hip'ish), a. [< Up*, hyp, + 
-is/! 1 .] Hypochondriac; moping. 
By cares depress'd, in pensive hippuh mood, 
With slowest pace the tedious minutes roll. 
Gay, Wine. 
the typical species set at an an- 
gle with the trunk, the snout 
tubular, and the body mailed as 
in the pipe-fishes. They are re- 
lated to the pipe-fishes or Syn- 
gnathidte. The general aspect 
is strikingly suggestive of the 
common form given to the 
knight in chessmen ; some spe- 
cies, however, differ little in 
shape from ordinary pipe-fishes. 
The general attitude in swim- 
ming is erect The males have 
a brood-pouch in which the 
eggs are developed. The sea- 
horses inhabit the ocean, and 
especiallythewarmerseas. The 
genus Hippocampus, which 
contains most species of the 
family, has a wide range, but 
the other genera are confined 
to the Pacific ocean. 
Hippocampina (hip-6- 
kam'pi-na), n. pi. [NL. 
(Gunther)', < Hippocam- 
pus + -ina.] Same as 
Hippocampidce. 
Hippocampinae (hip*6- 
kam-pi'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Hippocampus + 
-ince.] One of several subfamilies of the family 
Hippocampidce, composed of the genera Hippo- 
campus and Acentrurus. 
hippocampine (hip-o-kam'pin), a. Pertaining 
to or having the characters of the Hippocampi- 
dce or Hippocampince. 
hippocampus (hip-o-kam'pus), .; pi. hippo- 
campi (-pi). [L., a sea-horse, < Gr. mirfaa/ixoc, 
a mythical sea-monster, with horse's body and 
fish's tail, also in zool. the sea-horse, < iirn-of, 
horse, + Ka/tirof, a sea-monster.] 1. In myth., 
a sea-horse with two fore feet and a body end- 
Sea-horse {Hippocampus 
of U. S. Fish Commission, 
8&l.) 
Hippocratic 
ing in the tail of a dolphin or other fish. The car 
of Neptune and those of other deities were drawn by such 
sea-horses. Representations of them are seen in Pom- 
peian paintings, etc. Also hippocamp. 
2. leap.] In zool., the typical genus of sea- 
horses of the family Hippocampida;. 3. In 
anat., a raised curved trace or track on the 
floor of the lateral ventricle of the brain. 
Hippocampus major, or curnu Ammonix, a curved elon- 
gated eminence along the whole extent of the floor of the 
middle or descending horn of the lateral ventricle of the 
brain. Hippocampus minor, a longitudinal crninuniT 
on the floor of the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle 
of the brain, expressing the projection into the ventricle 
of the calcarlne sulcus : wrongly supposed to be peculiar 
to man. Pes hippocampi, a collateral eminence at Ihe 
Junction of the two hippocampi of the" brain, expressing 
collateral sulci. 
Hippocastanaceae (hip-o-kas-ta-na'se-e), , pi. 
[NL. (De C'andolle, 1813'), < Hippoccistanum + 
-acew.] An order of dicotyledonous polypet- 
alous plants, typified by the genus ^Esculus 
(Hippocastanum). By Bentham and Hooker it was 
placed in Lae Sapindacrce, tribe Sapindeae; by many au- 
thors it is regarded as a suborder of Sapindaceai. It was 
restored ! ordinal rank by Radlekofer in 1888. It com- 
prises trees or shrubs, with opposite or alternate, exstip- 
ulate, mostly compound leaves, and showy flowers. The 
flowers have 5 sepals, usually united into a 5-toothed cam- 
panulate or tubular calyx; 6 or 4 unequal, irregular, un- 
guiculate, hypogynous petals ; commonly 7 unequal sta- 
mens; 1 or more ovules in each cell : and thick and fleshy 
cotyledons. According to Durand this order includes the 
genera Msmlw and JUleia, the well known horse-chest- 
nuts. 
Hippocastanum (hip-o-kas'ta-num), n. [NL., 
< trr. (Trffof, a horse, +' Kdarava, chestnuts.] A 
genus of dicotyledonous trees, founded by 
Tournefort in 1700, and the type of the Hippo- 
castanacea: This name, however, is antedated 
by Linuams's name jEscultis, by which the genus 
is now known. See ^Esculus. 
hippocephaloid (hip-o-sef 'a-loid), n. [< Gr. 
'-irof, a horse, + Kf(fa\f/, head, + ei6of, form.] 
A cast of certain fossil equivalve bivalves, es- 
pecially Trigonia. 
hippocras (hip'o-kras), re. [Formerly also hyp- 
ocrass, hipocrax, ipocras; < F. hippocras, hypo- 
eras, a corrupt form repr. NL. hippocraticum 
(so. vinum), an artificial name given m allusion 
to Hippocrates, a famous physician: see Hip- 
pocratic.] An old medicinal drink composed 
of wine with an infusion of spices and other 
ingredients, used as a cordial. Also hippocrass. 
And plaine water hath he preferred before the sweta 
hipocras of the riche men, J. Udatt, On Luke vii. 
P. Stay, what's best to drink a mornings? 
R. Ipocras, sir, for my mistress, if I fetch it, is most 
dear to her. Dekker and Middleton, Honest Whore. 
Hippocratea (hip-o-kra'te-a), n. [NL., < Hip- 
pocrates, a famous physician: see Hippocratic.] 
A large genus of polypetalous dicotyledonous 
climbing shrubs, of the natural order Celastri- 
necc, and type of the tribe Hippocratece. They 
have a small 5-parted calyx ; 5 narrow petals; usually 3 
stamens, and a 3-celled ovary which is free or confluent 
with the disk, ripening into compressed, coriaceous 2- 
valved or indehiscent carpels, which are slightly connate 
at the base. The leaves are opposite, petioled, and entire 
or serrate ; the flowers are greenish or white, and arranged 
in axillary panicles or cymes. About 60 species are known 
natives of tropical Asia, Africa, Australia, America, and 
the Pacific islands. H. cotnosa of the West Indies pro- 
duces oily seeds which are used like almonds. Well-pre- 
served leaves of two species of Hippocratea have been 
found in the Miocene deposits of Styria and Bohemia, 
hippocratead (hip-o-kra'te-ad), n. [< Hippo- 
cratea.] A plant of the' tribe Hippocrates. 
Lindley. 
Hippocrateae (hip-6-kra'te-e), re. pi. [NL., < 
Hippocratea (< L. Hippocrates: see Hippocrat- 
ic) + -ea.] A tribe of plants belonging to the 
natural order Celastrineai and typified by the 
genus Hippocratea. This tribe differs from the others 
of the Celattrinea by having 3, rarely 2, 4, or 5, stamens 
inserted on the disk, and with complanate filaments ; the 
anthers extrorsely dehiscent; the seeds exalbuminous 
and the leaves often opposite. It is the same as the Hip- 
pocrateacea! of Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kuuth, and the 
HippoeraticetK of Jussieu. 
Hippocrates's sleeve. See sleeve. 
Hippocratic (hip-o-krat'ik), a. [< LL. Hippo- 
craticus, < L. Hipocrates, < Gr. 'ITTTTOK/JOTW (see 
def.); the name means 'strong over horses,' or 
'strong in horse' (cf. l-rnroKpaTdv, be superior in 
cavalry), < 'nrirof, horse, + spdrof, strength.] Of 
or pertaining to Hippocrates, a Greek physi- 
cian, born about 460 B. c. and died in the fourth 
century B. c., called the " father of medicine." 
Hippocratic face (Jaciex Bippocratica), the expression 
which the features assume immediately before death, or 
in one exhausted by long sickness, great evacuations 
or excessive hunger, threatening dissolution : so called 
from its being vividly described by Hippocrates. The 
nose is pinched, the eyes are sunken, the temples are hol- 
low, the ears are cold and retracted, the skin of the fore 
head is tense and dry, the complexion is livid, and the lips 
are pendent, relaxed, and cold. 
