hip-shot 
Hip-roof. Union Theological Seminary. New York. 
H, H, l{, hips; A, A, hip-knobs. 
The field this hip-shot grammarian cannot set into right 
frame of construction. 
Mil/on, Apology for Smcctymnuus. 
hip-strap (hip'strap), . The support of the 
breeching of a carriage- or wagon-harness. See 
cut under harness. 
hipt, ^>. a. See hipped 2 . 
Hiptage (hip'ta-je), re. [NL., said to be so 
called in allusion to the shape of the lateral 
petals, which appear like wings ; being appar. 
(irreg.) < (Jr. iirraoBai, var. of viraaOai, fly.] A 
small genus of climbing shrubs, belonging to 
the natural order Malpigltiaceo!, tribe Hirteece, 
proposed by Gartner (1802), and type of the 
tribe Hiptagea; of De Caudolle. It is characterized 
by a 5-parted calyx, with one large gland ; unequal fringed 
petals ; 10 fertile stamens, one larger than the rest ; and 
a 3-lobed ovary, forming in fruit 3 carpels, each with 3 
wings. The leaves are opposite, thick, and entire ; the 
flowers are in racemes, and are white and fragrant. Only 4 
species are known, natives of tropical Africa. 
Hiptageae (hip-ta'je-e), . pi. [NL., < Hiptage 
+ -ex.] A tribe of plants belonging to the natu- 
ral order Malpighiacece, proposed by De Candolle 
(1824), and typified by the genus Hiptage. By 
Bentham and Hooker it is not retained as a 
tribe, the genera it included being referred to 
the tribe Hirceece. 
hip-tile (hip'til), n. A saddle-shaped tile used 
in covering the hips of roofs. 
hip-tree (hip'tre), n. [Also written hep-tree; 
< ME. hepetre, < hepe, hip 2 , + ire, tree.] The 
dogrose, liosa cnnina. 
hipwort (hip'wert), n. A British plant, Cotyle- 
don umbilicus. 
Hipwort, from the resemblance of the leaf to the acetab- 
ulnin or hip-socket, whence its former name of Herba cox- 
endicum, or herb of the hips. 
A. Prior, Popular Names of British Plants. 
hirt, pron. See he 1 . 
Hiraea (hl-re'ii), n. [NL., named after Jean 
Nicholas de la Hier, a French physician.] A 
large genus of dicotyledonous polypetalous 
plants, of the natural order Malpighiacece, the 
type of the tribe Hir&ea;, founded by Jacquin, 
1780. They have a 5-parted calyx with 10, 8, or no glands ; 
reflexed, clawed, denticulate, or entire petals ; 10 perfect 
stamens, monadelphous at base ; a 3-lobed ovary, form- 
ing in fruit 1 to 3 samaras ; opposite or alternate, entire, 
2-stipulate leaves ; and yellow, rose, or lilac flowers in 
axillary umbels or racemes. They are mostly climbing 
shrubs, about 50 species being known, all from tropical 
America. The genus is known in a fossil state both by its 
fruit and by its leaves, and six species are described from 
the European Tertiaries, one of them occurring in the 
Eocene deposits in the Isle of Wight. 
Hiraeeae (hl-re'e-e), n. pi. [NL.,< Hirtea + -ea.~\ 
A tribe of plants of the natural order Malpighia- 
eece, typified by the genus Hirtna. It Is character- 
ized by Bentham and Hooker as having perfect stamens ; 
3 free styles, or rarely 1 ; 1 to 3 samaras, each being 1- to 
7-winged ; stem usually climbing ; leaves often alternate ; 
and stipules inconspicuous or wanting. Nearly the same 
as the Hirteacefe of Grisebach and the Iliretx of Jussieu. 
hiragana (he-ra-ga'na), n. [Jap.,< hira, plain, 
+ kana, q. v.] The cursive form of Japanese 
writing, said to have been introduced by a 
Buddhist priest named Kuhai about the middle 
of the ninth century. It consists of abbreviated 
forms of a limited number of the more common Chinese 
characters, used phonetically, and is the style of letter 
commonly used in books and written documents. See 
kana and katatcana. 
The Japanese Hirakana Syllabary. 
Isaac Taylor, The Alphabet, I. 14. 
Iii ordinary letter-writing the cursive hand, more or less 
abbreviated, is employed, being supplemented, when re- 
quired, by the hiragana. Encyc. Brit., XIII. 585. 
hirchent, hirchount, Obsolete forms of /- 
dun, 1. 
hircic (her'sik), a. [< L. hircus, a goat, + -ic.] 
Of or pertaining to a goat : applied in chemistry 
to a liquid fatty substance which was believed 
by the discoverer to be the odorous principle of 
mutton-suet, and which appeal's to be a mix- 
ture of several homologous fatty acids. 
hircine (her'sin), a. [= F. hircine, < L. hirci 
inix, hirt/Hhiiix, of a goat, goatish, < hircus, a 
goat: see 7<>cs.] Pertaining to or having the 
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characteristics of a goat; like a goat; goatish; 
especially, having a rank smell like that of a 
goat. 
Goat-like in aspect, and very hircine in many of its hab- 
its, the Chamois is often supposed to belong to the Goats 
rather than to the Antelopes. 
J. G. Wood, Illus. Nat. Hist., p. 656. 
The landlady . . . pulled a hircine man or two hither, 
and pushed a hircine man or two thither, with the im- 
passive countenance of a housewife moving her furniture. 
C. Jleade, Cloister and Hearth, xxiv. 
hircine (her'sin), H. [< L. hircus, a goat, + -i)ie 2 . 
Cf. hircine, a.] A fossil amorphous resin, the 
composition of which has not been determined. 
Hircinia (her-sin'i-a), n. [NL., < L. hircinus: 
see hircinous.] The typical genus of Hircinii- 
dw. Nardo. 
Hirciniidas (her-si-ni'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Hir- 
cinia + -idee.] A family of ceratose sponges, 
of the order Cornacuspongia;, typified by the 
genus Hircinin, having a narrow axial canal in 
the fibers, and filaments in the ground-sub- 
stance. It is divided by Lendenfeld into the 
subfamilies Hircinina; and Hircinissinai. Also 
Hireinidas. 
hircinous (hfer-si'nus), a. [< L. hircinus, hir- 
quinus, of a goat : see hircine.] In bot. and zoo!., 
smelling like a goat ; having a hircine odor. 
hircus (her'kus), n. [L. hircus, also hircuus and 
ircus, = Sabine fircus, a goat.] 1. In 2067., a 
goat; the specific name of the domestic goat, 
Capra hircus, by some authors made a genus 
of goats. 2. [cap.] In astron., another name 
for the star Capella. 
hirdy-girdy (her'di-ger'di), adv. [Cf. hurdy- 
gurdy^ In confusion or disorder. [Scotch.] 
He ventured back into the parlour, where a' was gaun 
hirdy-girdy naebody to say " come in " or " gae out. " 
Scott, Redgauutlet, letter xi. 
hire 1 (hir), v. t. ; pret. and pp. hired, ppr. hiring. 
[< ME. hiren,hyren,huren,< AS.hyrian = OFries. 
Item = D. huren = LG. hiiren = MHG. Mren, 
G. heuern, dial, haudern (with epenthetic d) = 
Sw. hyra = Dan. hyre, hire; root unknown. 
The noun appears to be from the verb.] 1. 
To engage the use of for a consideration ; agree 
to pay a price or give an equivalent for the 
use of: as, to hire a horse and carriage; to hire 
a house for a year. 
For cariage the porter hors schalle hyre. 
Babees Book (E. E. T. 8.), p. 310. 
Hire us some fair chamber for the night, 
And stalling for the horses. Tennyson, Geraint. 
2. To engage the services of ; employ for wages, 
a salary, or other consideration: as, to hire la- 
borers, a clerk, a teacher, etc. 
A man that is an householder, which went out early in 
the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 
Mat. xx. 1. 
The nurse sleeps sweetly, hir'd to watch the sick. 
Camper, Task, i. 89. 
3. To engage the interest of; agree to pay for 
the desired action or conduct of; bribe; re- 
ward. 
I lov'd my friend, not measur'd out by time, 
Nor hir'd by circumstance of place and honour. 
Fletcher, Wife for a Month, v. 3. 
Thymretes first, 'tis doubtful whether hir'd, . . . 
Mov'd that the ramparts might be broken down. 
Dryden, MnelA, ii. 42. 
4. To borrow (money). [Prov. Eng.] 5. To 
grant the temporary use of for compensation ; 
lend the service of for a reward; let; lease: 
often with out: as, to hire out a horse or car- 
riage. 
A man plauntide a vyneyerd . . . and hiride it to til- 
ieris. Wyelif, Mark xii. 1. 
They . . . have hired out themselves for bread. 
1 Sam. ii. 5. 
She hired me to Queen Mary's bouer 
When scarce eleven years auld. 
Mary Hamilton (Child's Ballads, III. 325). 
He left his father's house, 
And hired himself to work within the fields. 
Tennyson, Dora. 
= Syn. Hire, Let, Rent, Lease, Charter. The verb hire 
applies to both persons and property, but is appropriately 
used to designate the act of an employer, tenant, or bailee 
who engages some person or thing by a promise to pay 
hire. Let applies only to property, and only to the act 
of the owner or lessor. Rent and lease apply only to prop- 
erty, but are used indifferently of the act of the owner 
or lessor and that of the tenant. Charter is used only 
of vessels (and colloquially of railroad-cars and -engines), 
but is used appropriately of the act of the hirer, not that of 
the lessor, unless so indicated by the context See employ. 
hire 1 (hir), . [< ME. hirr, hyre, hure, here, < AS. 
hyr (gon. hyre) = OFries. here = D. huur = 
LG. hiire = G. heuer = Sw. hyra = Dan. hyre, 
hirci- hire, rent, wage, service : see the verb.] 1. A 
price, reward, or compensation paid or con- 
tracted to be given for the use of something. 
hir ling 
Owners of [knitting] frames who, though they did not 
themselves exercise the trade, let frames out on hire. 
English (Jildi (E. E. T. .\ Int., p. clxxx. 
2. A reward or recompense paid for personal 
service; wages. 
The labourer is worthy of his hire. Luke x. 7. 
{The Shekh] had offered to carry me the same journey 
with all my people and baggage without hire. 
Bruce, Source of the Nile, I. 67. 
The thrifty hire I sav'd under your father. 
Shak., As you Like it, ii. 3. 
3. Compensation in general ; reward. 
For to gete of Fames hire, 
The temple [of Diana] sett* I al afire. 
Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 1857. 
Of certain turbulent wits it is said, . . . they thought 
the very disturbance of things established an hire suffi- 
cient to set them on work. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, i. 7. 
On llire, for hiring. 
To keep one's conscience, too, on hire, as that drunken 
Isham down there at the livery-stable does a horse. 
W. M. Bator, New Timothy, p. 161. 
= Syn. Wages, Pay, etc. (see salary), remuneration. 
hire 2 !, pron. See he*. 
hired 1 !, [ME., also bird; < AS. hired, house- 
hold, < *liuva, one of a family (see hewe), + -red, 
raiden, condition: see -red.] A body of re- 
tainers or courtiers ; a court. 
hired 3 (hird), p. a. Employed or engaged for 
regular or temporary use or service for rent, 
pay, or stated wages: as, a hired carriage; a 
Aired girl; a hired man. 
And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house. 
Acts xxviii. 30. 
hireless (hir'les), a. [< hire 1 + -less.] Without 
hire ; not rewarded ; gratuitous. 
This fam'd philosopher is Nature's spie, 
And hireless gives th' intelligence to Art. 
Sir W. Davenant, Gondibert, i. 6. 
hireling (hlr'ling), n. and a. [< ME. hyrling, < 
AS. hyrling (= D. huurling = LG. hurlink = G. 
heuerling), hireling, < hyr, hire, + -ling 1 .'] I. . 
1 . One who is hired or serves for wages : now 
used only in reprobation or contempt, as in 
def. 2. 
The hireling longs to see the shades descend, 
That with the tedious day his toil might end, 
And he his pay receive. Sandys, Paraphrase of Job. 
2. A mercenary ; one who acts only with a view 
to reward or material benefit. 
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth 
not for the sheep. John x. 13. 
So clomb this first grand thief into God's fold ; 
So since into his church lewd hirelings climb. 
Milton, P. L., iv. 193. 
If the patriot's pulses sleep, 
How vain the watch that hirelings keep. 
0. W. Holmes, Qui Vive. 
II. a. Serving for wages ; employed for money 
or other compensation ; venal ; mercenary. 
The fiery duke is pricking fast across Saint Andre's plain, 
With all the hireling chivalry of Guelders and Almayne. 
Macaulay, Battle of Ivry. 
The slavish priest 
Sets no great value on his hireling faith. 
Shelley, Queen Mab, v. 
= Syn, Mercenary, etc. See venal. 
hireman (hir'man), n. ; pi. hiremen (-men). [< 
hire 1 + man.] A hired servant; a retainer. 
[Obsolete or Scotch.] 
He then took off the scarlet coat, 
Bedeck'd wi' shinin' gold, 
And has put on the hire-man's coat, 
To keip him frae the cold. 
The Hireman Chiel (Child's Ballads, VIII. 234). 
Hirent (hi'ren), n . [A corruption of Irene, a fern, 
name : see Irene.] The name of a female char- 
acter in Peele's play of "The Turkish Mahomet 
and the fair Hiren." used allusively by Shak- 
spere and other old dramatists in the bombast 
put into the mouths of various characters. 
Down, down, dogs ! down, faitors ! Have we not Hiren 
here? Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 
hirer (hir'er), n. One who hires. 
hireselvet, hireselyent. pron. Middle Eng- 
lish forms of herself. Chaucer. 
hiring (hir'ing), n. [Verbal n. of hirel, r.] 1. 
In law, a name of a class of contracts of bail- 
ment for compensation, including those in 
which the bailee gains the temporary use of the 
thing for a compensation paid by him, and those 
in which he is to bestow labor on it, or trans- 
port it, for a compensation to be paid to him : 
corresponding to the locatum of the civil law. 
2. A fair or market for servants, at which bar- 
gains for their services are made. [Prov. Eng.] 
At fairs, as well as hiringe, it is customary for all the young 
people in the neighbourhood to assemble and dance at the 
inns and alehouses. Hone's Every-Day Book, II. 668. 
hirling, n. See herling. 
