hirmologion 
hirmologion (hir-mo-16'gi-on), n. ; pi. hirmolo- 
f/ia (-a). [< MGr. upuohoyiav, elp/ioUytov, a col- 
lection of hirmoi, < dp/i6f, hirmos, + -Xoyiov, < 
Uyuv, say.] In the Gr. Ch., an office-book con- 
taining the hirmoi, usually also the prayers at 
the elevation of the panagia (see panagia), and 
some other forms. 
hirmos, hirmus (hir'mos, her'mus), n. ; pi. hir- 
moi, hirmi (-moi, -mi). [LL. hirmos, < Gr. eip/i6f, 
a series, connection, context, in LGr., etc., used 
specifically as in def. (the exact reason being un- 
certain) ; < tlpuv = L. serere, fasten together, 
join: see series and sermon, from the L. verb.] 
In the hymnology of the Greek Church, the first 
strophe or stanza of a standard or original ode 
in a canon of odes, serving as a rhythmical and 
musical model for the other stanzas (troparia), 
both of its own ode and of others in the same 
rhythm. In the office-books it ia inclosed in inverted 
commas, and is given in full only at the head of its own 
ode, the initial words alone being prefixed to other odes. 
A hirmos is sometimes said at the end of its ode. 
hirondelle (hir-on-del' ), n. [P., a swallow, dim., 
< L. hirundo, a swallow: see hirundo.] In her., 
a swallow used as a bearing. 
The swallow, or hirondelle, forms the very early coat of 
the Aruudels. Encyc. Brit., XL 701. 
hirple (her' pi), v. i. ; pret. and pp. hirpled, ppr. 
hirpling. [Origin obscure.] To halt ; walK as 
if lame. [Scotch.] 
The hares were hirplin down the furs [furrows]. 
Burns, Holy Fair. 
His aged grandmother was wont to hirple out to the 
Lindsaylands road to meet him on his way home. 
Quoted in Dr. J. Brown's Spare Hours, 3d ser., p. 333. 
hirse (hers), . [Also written hyrse; = Dan. 
hirse = Sw. hirs, < G. hirse, hirsche, MHG. hirse, 
Mrs, OHG. hirst, hirso, millet ; origin obscure.] 
The broom-corn, Sorghum saccharattim or S. 
campanum, sometimes called millet or Indian 
millet. 
hirsel 1 (hir'sel), n. [Sc. ; also written hirsle, hir- 
sell, hirsale, hirdsell (the last appar. in simula- 
tion of hird, herd 1 ); origin uncertain.] 1. A 
multitude; a throng: applied to living creatures 
of any kind. [Scotch.] 
"Jock, man," said he, " ye're just telling a hireel o' een- 
down lees [lies]." Hogg, Brownie, I. 160. 
Specifically 2. A flock of sheep. [Scotch.] 
Come from the hills where your hirseli are grazing. 
Scott, March, March. 
hirsel 2 (her'sl), v. j. ; pret. and pp. hirseled or 
hirselled, ppr. hirseling or hirselling. [Sc. ; also 
written hirsle; origin obscure.] To slide or 
move by pushing one's self along on the back 
or haunches ; also, to move forward with a rus- 
tling noise along a rough surface. [Scotch.] 
So he sat himsell doun and hirselled doun into the glen, 
where it wad hae been ill following him wf the beast. 
Scott, Guy Mannering, rxxv. 
hirselvet, pron. A Middle English form of Tier- 
self. Chaucer. 
hirstt (herst), n. A former spelling of hurst. 
hirsute (her-suf), a. [= P. hirsute = Sp. Pg. 
hirsute = It. irsuto, < L. hirsutus, rough, shaggy, 
bristly: cf. hirtus, rough, hairy, shaggy; per- 
haps ult. akin to horrere, bristle: see horrent, 
horrid.] 1. Hairy; shaggy. 
Suppose thou saw her in a base beggar's weed, or else 
dressed in some old hirsute attires out of fashion. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 554. 
Wearing his hair and beard unshorn, according to an- 
cient Batavian custom, until the death of his relative, 
Egmont, should have been expiated, . . . this hirsute and 
savage corsair seemed an embodiment of vengeance. 
Motley, Dutch Republic, II. 350. 
2. Specifically, in zool. and bot., rough or bris- 
tling with hairs; having a thick covering of 
long and rather stiff hairs. 3f. Coarse; boor- 
ish; unmannerly. 
He looked elderly, was cynical and hirsute in his beha- 
viour. Life of A. Wood, p. 109. 
hirsuteness (her-sut'nes), n. The state of be- 
ing hirsute ; hairiness. 
Leanness, hirsuteness, broad veins, much hair on the 
brow, Ac., show melancholy. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 59. 
hirsuties (her-su'ti-ez), n. [NL., < L. hirsutus, 
hairy : see hirsute.] In entom., a thick cover- 
ing of coarse or fine hairs. 
hirsutocinereous (her-su"t6-si-ne'r-us), a. [< 
L. hirsutus, hairy, + ciiiereus, ashy.] In en- 
torn., hirsute with cinereous hairs. This and simi- 
lar compounds, as hiriuto-atrons, hirsiitocastaneous, etc., 
indicate color arising from the hairy covering, and not 
from the integument. 
hirtellous (her-tel'us), a. Minutely hirsute. 
Hirudinacea (hi-ro-di-na'se-a), n. pi. [NL. 
(Grube), < Hirudo (-din-) + -acea.] A primary 
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division or " tribe " of leeches, characterized by 
the non-protrusile proboscis, and comprising 
most of the order Hirudinea. 
Hirudinea (hir-ij-din'e-a), n. pi. [NL., < Hi- 
rudo (-din-) + -ea.] An order of annelids hav- 
ing a sucking-disk at one or both ends ; the 
leeches or suctorial annelids. They are hermaph- 
rodite and ametabolous, mostly aquatic and found in fresh 
water, but sometimes marine or terrestrial, with only su- 
perficial anuulation, and not cheetiferous. There are sev- 
eral families, as Acanthobdellidce, MalacobdeUidce, Bran- 
chiobdellidce, Gnathobdellidce. The group is also called 
Hirudina, Hirudinea, Hirudinei, as well as Discophora, 
Suctoria, and Bdelloidea. The Hirudinea are sometimes 
raised to the rank of a class, ranged with Centoidea, Tre- 
matoidea, and the turbellarians under a phylum Platy- 
helmia, and divided into two orders, Kliynchubdtlta and 
Giiatholtdella. 
hirudinid (hi-ro'di-nid), n. A leech of the fam- 
ily Hirudinidai. 
Hirudinidae (hir-ij-din'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Hirudo (-din-) + -idee.] A family of leeches, 
named from the genus Hirudo. The oral sucker is 
incomplete, continuous with the body, and formed by a 
molding of the anterior rings ; the gullet Is short, and 
the anus very small. "Cutting Into the skin, they suck 
the blood of vertebrate animals, and only fall away when 
gorged. The alimentary canal is deeply incised and lobed, 
with the hinder pair of lobes elongated In an intestinal 
manner. In these the blood will often remain for days 
and weeks undigested." (O. Johnston, 1865.) Also called 
Gnathobdellida!. 
Hirudo (hi-ro'do), n. [L., a leech, also called 
sanguisuga.] A representative genus of leech- 
es, giving name to the family Hirudinid(e and 
order Hirudinea. H. medicinalit or officinal is the 
common medical leech, now usually referred to a family 
called Gnathobdfllidce. See leech. 
hirundine (hi-run'din), a. and n. [< L. hirun- 
dineus, of the swallow, < hirundo, a swallow: see 
Hirundo.] I. a. Of or pertaining to the swal- 
low; swallow-like; specifically, pertaining to 
the Hirundinidce. 
Activity almost super-Airundin*. 
Carlylf, Sartor Resartus, ii. 2. 
H. n. A swallow ; one of the Hirundinidaj. 
Hirundinidae (hir-un-din'i-de>, n. pi. [NL., 
< Hirundo (-din-) + -idee.'] A family of fissi- 
rostral oscine passerine birds ; the swallows. 
They have 9 primaries, a short, flat, wide, deeply cleft 
bill, long pointed wings, a diversiform tail, usually forked 
or emarginate, small feet, and a lithe slender body. There 
are about 100 species of the family, divided into numer- 
ous modern genera, all insectivorous, migratory, and great 
flyers. Leading genera are Hirundo, Chelidon, Petroche- 
liiiiin, Cotile (or Clivicola), Stelgidopteryx, Atticora, and 
Progne. See swallow, martin. 
Hirundo (hi-run'do), n. [L., = Gr. jf/urfui*, a 
swallow.] A genus of swallows, typical of the 
family Hirundinida. The tail is deeply forflcate, 
with attenuated lateral feathers about as long as the 
wings ; the upper parts are glossy and dark-colored, the 
lower rufous with a pectoral collar; the sexes are similar ; 
and the eggs are colored. The barn-swallows now compose 
this genus, such as H. rustica of Europe and U. erythro- 
gastra of America ; but it was formerly more than con- 
terminous with the family Hirundinidce. See cut under 
barn-9icallow. 
his 1 (hiz), pron. The possessive (genitive) mas- 
culine (and formerly also neuter) of he 1 . 
his 2 t (hiz),^)ro. [ME. his, rare in this use.] A 
perverted form of the genitive inflection -s, -s, 
Middle English and early modern English -es, 
-is (see -es 1 and -s 1 ), which was confused with 
the genitive pronoun his, and became common 
especially after nouns whose nominatives end 
in -S. This use was very frequent in the sixteenth and 
seventeenth centuries, particularly after Greek and Latin 
names in -e or -ut, as Artaxerxes hit crown, Brutus hit 
virtue, etc. The use came to be recognized as erroneous, 
and died out in the first half of the eighteenth century. 
Inne was the vormeste mon The Petere* peni bigon. 
Layamon (A), iii. 285. 
Ine was the forste man That Peter his peny bigan. 
Layamon (B), iii. 285. 
William Hollowaye by Gode is suffer'nce Prlour. . . . 
Whan the saide pastures were in the lorde is handes, etc. 
Document (1525), quoted in Earle's Phil. Eng. Tongue, 
[p. 529. 
The Cathedral Churche of Christe in Oxford of King 
Henry theight [the Eighth] tii* fowndac'on. 
John Haryngton, Assignment (1594), quoted in Earle's 
[Phil. Eng. Tongue, p. 629. 
Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn 
The living record of your memory. Shak., Sonnets, Iv. 
The statue of Hersilia, Romulus his wife, is made in 
brasse. Coryat, Crudities, I. 36. 
My paper is the Ulysses his bow, in which every man of 
wit or learning may try his strength. 
Addition, Guardian, No. 98. 
By young Telemachus hi* blooming years. 
Pope, Odyssey. 
[The use naturally extended to the feminine gender and 
the plural number : 
Sarai her name is changed. Gen. xvii., Contents. 
By Ronix her womanish subtlety. Drayton, Polyolbion. 
About the lawfulness of the Hollanders their throwing 
off the monarchy of Spain. Welwood, Memoirs.] 
hispidulous 
hish (hish), r. i. [< ME. hisshen, var. of hissen, 
hiss; cf. hush, 'sh, etc.] To hiss; make a sibi- 
lant sound by expelling the breath forcibly 
through the closed teeth. 
The clear truth so manifestly proved that they cannot 
once hith against it. TyndaU, Works, I. 432. 
Mumps [adog] knows his company he does. I might 
hish at him by th' hour together before he'd fly at a real 
gentlewoman like you. 
George Eliot, Mill on the Floss, v. 2. 
hisingerite (his'ing-ger-it), n. [Named after 
W. Hisinger (1766-1852), a Swedish chemist 
and mineralogist.] A hydrous iron silicate, 
occurring in amorphous compact masses of a 
black to brownish-black color, and conchoidal 
fracture, in various localities of Scandinavia. 
hisn (hizn), pron. [Also written his'n; a popular 
formation, like hern, ourn, yourn, thcirn, etc., 
not, as sometimes explained, a contraction of 
his oicn, etc., but in imitation of mine, thine, 
etc., with formative -n.] Same as his 1 in its 
predicate use. [Prov. Eng. and U. S.] 
An' every feller felt ez though all Mexico wuz his'n. 
Lowell, Biglow Papers, i. 21. 
Hispa (his'pa), n. [NL., abbr. < L. hispidus, 
hairy, bristly: see hispid.] The typical genus 
of chrysomelid beetles of the sub- 
family Hispinte. The front is indexed ; 
the mouth is on the under side of the head, 
which Is not covered by the thorax ; the 
sides of the elytra and thorax are not ex- 
panded, and their upper surface is armed 
with long spines, whence the name. H. 
atra, occurring over a large part of Europe, 
is about 5 millimeters long, of a black color, 
and has the spines of the elytra disposed 
in 4 more or less regular rows. 
Hispanic (his-pan'ik), a. [< L. His- 
I in n if ax. Spanish, < Hispania, Spain : see Span- 
ish.] Pertaining to Spain or its people ; par- 
ticularly, pertaining to ancient Spain (Hispa- 
nia). 
Hispanicism (his-pan'i-sizm), n. [< Hispanis 
+ -ism.] A Spanish phrase or idiom. 
There are likewise numerous hispanicitms. Keightley. 
Temple had . . . gradually formed a style singularly 
lucid and melodious, superficially deformed indeed by gal- 
licisms and tti^panicisms picked up in travel or in negotia- 
tion, but at the bottom pure English. 
Macaulay, Sir William Temple. 
Hispanicize (his-pan'i-siz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
Hispanidzed, ppr. Hispanieizing. [< Hispanic 
+ -ize.] To render Spanish in character. 
Several [tribes] have totally disappeared as separate 
unities ; others have been in large measure Hispanidzed 
both in language and in habits. Encyc. Brit., VI. 155. 
Hispaniolate (his-pan'i-6-lat), v. t.; pret. and 
p. Hispaniolated, ppr. Hispaniolating. [After 
p. espanolado, pp. of espanolar, make Spanish, 
< Espanol, Spanish, < EspaKa, < L. Hispania, 
Spain.] Same as Hispaniolize. 
The Hispaniolated counsellors of Duke John. 
Motlfy, United Netherlands, III. 454. 
Hispaniolize (his-pan'i-6-liz), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. Hispaniolized, ppr. Hispaniolizing. [After 
Sp. espanolizar, < Espanol, Spanish : see Hispan- 
iolate.] To imbue with Spanish sentiments. 
He had . . . become Hispaniolized under the . . . treat, 
ment of the King and the Jesuits. 
Motley, United Netherlands, 1. 15. 
Hispano-Gallican (his-pan'6-gal'i-kan), a. 
S( L. Hispanicus, Hispanic, Spanish, + GaUicus, 
allic, French.] Belonging in common to His- 
pania, or Spain, and Gaul, or France Hispano- 
Gallican group or family (of liturgies). See Gallican 
liturgies, under Gallican. 
hispid (his'pid), a. [= F. hispide = Sp. hispido 
= Pg. hispido = It. ispido, < L. hispidus, rough, 
shaggy, hairy, bristly. From the same ult. 
source, E. hidous, hideous, q. v.] Hairy ; rough ; 
shaggy; bristly. 
John of the wilderness? the hairy child? 
The hispid Thesbite ? or what satyr wild ? 
More, Verses. Preface to Hall's Poems (1646). 
Specifically (a) In bot., having strong hairs or bristles ; 
beset with stiff bristles. (6) In entom., closely covered 
with small angular prominences ; rough with minute 
spines or very rigid bristles. 
Hispidae (his'pi-de), . pi. [NL., < Hispa + 
-ic&.] The leaf-beetles, Hisptnas, rated as a 
family, 
hispidating (his'pi-da-ting), a. [< hispid + 
-ate 2 + -ing 2 .] Bristling. Sollas. 
hispidity (his-pid'i-ti), n. [< hispid + -ity.] 
The state of being hispid. 
The hispidity or hairiness of his skin. 
Dr. H. More, Mystery of Godliness, III. vl. 5. 
hispidulous (his-pid'u-lus), a. [< NL. *hixj,i- 
(iiilus, dim. of L. kispidia. hairy: see hispid.] 
In bot., having short stiff hairs. 
