Hispinae 
Hispinae (his-pi'ne), H. ]>l. [NL., < Hispa + 
-inte.] A subfamily of Chrysoinelidw, typified 
by the genus Hispa, containing numerous gen- 
era and species whose larvse mine the leaves 
of various plants, and are popularly known as 
le -a) "-beetles. See cut under Hispa. 
hiss (his), r. [< ME. hissen, hyssen, rarely hisshen 
(>E.dial.//.s'7i)X AS. hysian (rare) = LG. hi.wii. 
ut-ltinsen = OD. hisschen = Dan. hysse = Sw. liys- 
sa, hiss: cf. hush, his ft, hizg, also fizz, sizzle (D. 
sissen, G. zischen, etc.), icliizz, irhixtle, etc. ; all 
ult. imitative of sibilation.] I. intrans. 1. To 
make or emit a sound like a prolonged enuncia- 
tion of s, as a serpent or a goose ; utter or send 
forth a long-drawn sibilation; hence, to emit 
any similar sound, as water thrown on hot met- 
al, or as steam rushing through a small orifice ; 
specifically (of persons), to express disappro- 
bation or contempt by uttering such a sound. 
The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee. 
Ezek. \\vii. 86. 
When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, 
Then nightly sings the staring owl. 
Shak., L. L. L., v. 2 (song). 
I do feel the brand 
Hissing already at my forehead ; now 
Mine ears are boring. B. Jonson, Volpone, iii. 6. 
Hiss, snake I saw him there 
Let the fox bark, let the wolf yell. 
Tennyson, Pelleas and Ettarre. 
2. To whizz, as an arrow or other thing in rapid 
flight. 
Burning Balls hiss harmless by. 
Conffreve, Taking of Namure. 
The spear 
Hiss'd and went quivering down into the sand. 
Which it sent flying wide. 
M. Arnold, Sohrab and Rustum. 
II, trans. To condemn or express disapproval 
of by hissing. 
Mai What's the newest grief? 
Rosse. That of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker ; 
Each minute teems a new one. Shak., Macbeth, iv. 8. 
You'll utterly spoil our play, and make it to be hissed. 
Beau, and El., Knight of Burning Pestle, iii. 8. 
Such Work by Hireling Actors shou'd be done, 
Whom you may Clap or Hiss for half a C'rown. 
Prior, Prol. to the Orphan. 
hiss (his), n. [< hiss, v.} A continued sound 
like that of s; a prolonged sibilation produced 
by the organs of utterance, or any similar 
sound: as, a serpent's hiss. It is a common 
expression of disapprobation or contempt. 
He would have spoke, 
But hiss for hiss return'd with forked tongue 
To forked tongue. Milton, P. L, x. 518. 
Thus was the applause they meant 
Turn'd to exploding hiss, triumph to shame 
Cast on themselves from their own mouths. 
Milton, f. L, x. 546. 
The hot hiss 
And bustling whistle of the youth who scour'd 
His master's armour. Tennyson, Geraint. 
hisser (his'er), re. One who orthat which hisses. 
Begone, then, take flight, thou venomous hisser, thou 
lying worm. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXXIV. 442. 
hissing (his'ing), n. [< ME. hissinge, hyssinge, 
rarely hisshing; verbal n. of hiss, v.~\ 1 . A hiss. 
Therfore the! speke not, but thei maken a maner of hiss- 
ynge, as a Neddre dothe. Mandevttle, Travels, p. 205. 
I heard a hissing : there are serpents here ! 
Goldsmith, Prol. to Zobeide. 
2. An occasion of contempt ; an object of scorn 
and derision. 
I will make this city desolate, and an hissing. 
Jer. xix. 8. 
Has he all that the world loves and admires and covets? 
he must cast behind him their admiration . . . and be- 
come a byword and a hissing. Emerson, Compensation. 
hist 1 (hist), interj. [Formerly also ist; a more 
substantial form of 'st, as hish, hush, of 'sh : see 
'st, 'sh, and hish, hush, whist, etc.] A sibilant 
utterance used to attract attention and com- 
mand or suggest silence. 
Hist ! 'st, 'st, hark ! Why, there's a cadence able to rav- 
ish the dullest stoic. A.. Brewer (1), Lingua, iii. 7. 
Houische (an interjection whereby silence is imposed), 
husht, whist, ist, not a word for your life. Cotgrave. 
The knight whispered me, " Hist, these are lovers." 
Steele, Spectator, No. 118. 
hist 1 (hist), v. t. [< hisft, interj. Cf. hish, v.] 
To incite, as a dog, by making a sibilant sound. 
Lest they should be out, or faint, or cold, 
Their innocent clients hist them on with gold. 
Muidleton, Father Hubbard's Tales. 
[In the following passage hist is apparently the imperative 
of the verb, but it is peculiarly used, perhaps like whist 
as used also by Milton as an apparent past participle 
(" the winds with wonder whist "). 
But first and chiefest with thee bring . . . 
The Cherub Contemplation, 
And the mute Silence hist along. 
Milton, II Peuseroso, 1. 55.) 
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hist- (liist), r. and n. A common dialectal form 
of hoist. 
hist. An abbreviation of hixiory, historical. 
Hister (his'ter), n. [NL., < hister, orig. (Etrus- 
can) form of L. hixtrio, a stage-player: see Itis- 
trioit.'] The typical genus of the family His- 
teridtv. H. helluo is an example. 
Histeridae (his-ter'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Hister 
+ -idin.] A family of clavieorn Coleoptera, 
typified by the genus Bister, having geniculate 
antennae. The larvae are long, with horny head and pro- 
thorax, and no ocelli. They are small beetles, for the most 
part round, hard, and seed-like in appearance. They gen- 
erally live upon decaying animal or vegetable matter. 
The same or similar groups are known as Histerida, His- 
terini, Histeritex, and Histeroides. 
histie (his'ti), a. [Origin obscure.] Dry; bar- 
ren. [Scotch.] 
Adorns the histie stibble-fleld. 
Burns, Mountain Daisy. 
histioid (his'ti-oid), a. [< Gr. 'urriav, dim. of 
iorof, a web, tissue, + fMof, form.] Resem- 
bling tissue ; having a superficial resemblance 
to tissue. 
histiology (his-ti-ol'o-ji), n. [< Or. iariov, dim. 
of larof, a web, tissue (see histioid), + -hoyia, < 
Myciv, speak : see -ology.] Same as histology. 
Histiophoridae (his'ti-o-for'i-de), n. pi. [NL., 
< Histiophorus + -id&.] A family of scombroid 
acanthopterygian fishes, the sail-fishes, spear- 
fishes, or bill-fishes, near relatives of the true 
sword-fishes, Xiplmdas. The body is elongated and 
more or less compressed ; the snout is prolonged into an 
ensiform weapon ; there is a long and sometimes very 
large spinous dorsal fin, or " sail"; and the ventral fins are 
modified into long slender spines, with at least one soft 
ray. The leading genera are Histiophorus and Tetraptu- 
rus. The species inhabit warm seas and are of large size, 
though smaller than the sword-fish. See cuts under sail- 
fish and spear-fish. 
Histiophorus (his-ti-of'o-rus), n. [NL., < Gr. 
loriav, a sail, a sheet, a' web (see histioid), + 
fopeiv = Ij.ferre = E. tear 1 .'] 1. The typical 
genus of Histio2>horidce. H. gladius is the com- 
mon sail-fish, spear-fish, or bill-fish. See cut 
under sail-fish. 2. A genus of mammals. J. 
E. Gray, 1838. [In senses 1 and 2 also written 
Istiophorus.] 3. A genus of mollusks. Pease, 
I860. 
Histiums (his-ti-u'rus), n. [NL., < Gr. lariov, 
a sail (see histioid), + ovpd, tail.] 1. A nota- 
Sail-lizard (Histturus amboinensis}. 
ble genus of lizards, with a dorsal and a cau- 
dal crest, the latter highly developed. The sail- 
lizard of Amboyna, H. amboinensis, is an enormous tree- 
lizard about 4 feet long. Also written Istiurus. Q. 
Cuvier, 1829. 
2. A genus of fishes. Costa, 1850. 
histochemical (his-to-kem'i-kal), a. [< Gr. 
lards, a web, tissue (see histoid), -f E. chemical.] 
Of or pertaining to histochemistry. 
Turning now to the chemical constitution of the animal 
cell, we find ourselves entering upon a field of histochein- 
ical inquiry of which little is known. 
Frey, II istol. and Histochem. (trans.), p. 72. 
histochemistry (his-to-kem'is-tri), . [< Gr. 
(o-rof, a web, tissue, + E. chemistry.] That 
branch of chemistry which treats of the chemi- 
cal ingredients and constitution of the struc- 
tural elements or tissues of the animal body, as 
well as of their decomposition products. 
histodialysis (his"to-dl-ari-sis), n. [< Gr. 
urr6f, a web, tissue, + iid^vatf, dissolution: see 
dialysis.] A morbid dissolution of the tissues. 
Ditiiglison. 
histogenesis (his-to-jen'e-sis), n. [< Gr. iorof, 
a web, tissue, + yevcaic, generation.] Same as 
histogeny. 
The development of the spinal cord in Mammals differs 
in no important respects from that of the chick, and we 
have nothing to add to the account we have already given 
of its general development and histogenesis in that animal. 
foster, Embryology, II. xii. 867. 
histomorphology 
histogenetic (his^to-je-uefik), a. [< histogeny : 
see genetic.] Pertaining to histogeny or histo- 
genesis ; relating to the formation of tissue : as, 
a histogenetic process or result; a histogenetic 
cell. 
In certain of the lower animals, the substance of the 
body is not differentiated into histogenetic elements : that 
is, into cells which, by their metamorphoses, give rise to 
tissues. Huxley, Eucyc. Brit., II. 50. 
histogenetically (his'tp-je-net'i-kal-i), adv. 
From a histogenetic point of view. 
They [connective tissues] are, as Kindfleisch points out, 
intimately bound up with the plasmatic circulation or the 
ultimate diffusion of the juices ; they are in closest rela- 
tion with the terminal nerve-plexuses . and, histogeneti- 
cally, they are the remains of that " parablastic " embry- 
onic tissue from which the blood channels themselves were 
made. Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 400. 
histogenic (his-to-jen'ik), a. [< histogeny + 
-ic.] Productive of tissue; specifically, of or 
pertaining to histogeny; histogenetic. 
histogeny (his-toj'e-ni), n. [< Gr. iorof, a web, 
tissue, + -yeveia, < -yev^c, producing: see -gen.] 
The origination and development or formation 
of organic tissues or textures ; the fabrication 
by cells of cells and cell-products ; the integra- 
tion, differentiation, and specialization of struc- 
tural form-elements. Also histogenesis. 
histographic (his-to-graf'ik), a. [< histography 
+ -ic. ] Pertaining to histography. 
histography (his-tog'ra-fi) ; n. [< Gr. Ior6f, a 
web, tissue, + -ypcupia, <! ypafytiv, write.] A de- 
scription of organic tissues ; also, an account of 
histogenetic processes. 
histohematin, histohaematin (his- to-hem 'si- 
tin), n. [< Gr. laruf, a web, tissue, + ai/z(r-), 
blood, + -ire 2 . Cf. hematin.] One of a series 
of animal coloring matters or pigmentary sub- 
stances found in invertebrates. See myohema- 
tin. 
This paper contains an account of observations made 
on the spectra of the organs and tissues of invertebrates 
and vertebrates, which have brought to light the presence 
of a series of animal colouring matters which had not 
previously been discovered. The name histoh&matins is 
proposed for all these colouring matters, and that of myo- 
hrematin for the intrinsic pigment occurring in striped 
muscle which belongs to the same series. 
Dr. C. A. MacMunn, Proc. Roy. Soc., XXXIX. 248. 
histoid (his'toid), a. [< Gr. iorof, a web (in mod. 
physiol. a tissue), prop, the (upright) beam of 
a loom, hence the warp fixed to the beam, the 
web, etc. (< "laraadat, stand, = E. stand), + eidof, 
form.] Like or involving organic tissue; par- 
ticularly, of the connective-tissue group. Hls- 
tpld tumor, a tumor composed of tissue of the connec- 
tive-tissue group, such as a sarcoma, fibroma, myxoma, or 
lipoma. 
histologic (his-to-loj'ik), a. [< histology + -ic.] 
Of or pertaining to histology: as, histologic in- 
vestigations. 
Nerve-tubes with their contained protein-threads, and 
nerve-cells with their contained and surrounding masses 
of changing protein-substance, are the histologic elements 
of which the nervous system is built up. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Psychol., 10. 
histological (his-to-loj'i-kal), a. [< histologic 
+ -al.] Same as histologic. 
histolpgically (his-to-loj'i-kal-i), adv. In a his- 
tological way, mode, ormanner; with reference 
to histology. 
histologist (his-tol'o-jist), n. [< histology + 
-ist.] One who is versed in histology; a micro- 
scopic anatomist. 
histology (his-tol'o-ji), n. [< Gr. ioroc, a web, tis- 
sue, + -Aoyia, < "Xkytiv, speak: see -ology.] That 
branch of anatomy which is concerned with the 
structure, especially the microscopic structure, 
of the various tissues of the body ; histomor- 
phology. Vegetable histology is that branch of histol- 
ogy which is concerned with the microscopic structure of 
the tissues of plants. Sometimes written histiology. 
histolysis (his-tol'i-sis), n. [NL., < Gr. lorof, a 
web, tissue, + Mate, solution, < hvetv, loose, dis- 
solve.] Degeneration, disintegration, or dis- 
solution of organic tissue ; destruction of his- 
tologic continuity by the decay or death of 
cells and cell-products. 
histolytic (his-to-lit'ik), a. [< histolysis (-lyt-) 
+ -ic.] Of or pertaining to histolysis; charac- 
terized by decay or dissolution of tissue : as, 
histolytic changes in the tissues. 
histomorphological (his-to-mor-fo-loj'i-kal), a. 
[< histomorphology + -ic-al.] Pertaining to the 
morphology of organic tissues. 
But there are to be noted other histomorphological par- 
ticulars which are presented, of clear significance. 
Mien, and Neural., IV. 387. 
histomorphology (his'to-mdr-fol'o-ji), n. [< 
Gr. iarof, a web, tissue, + E. morphology, q. v.] 
The morphology of organic tissues ; histology, 
