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diftrift of Hilderffieim. He died in 1680, about the age 
of fifty-three. He was the author of, 1. A treadle 
written in anfwer to I fane la Peyrere’s famous work, on 
the Pre-Adamites, and entitled Difquiftio dePres-Adamitis ,, 
1656, 4to. 2. Difputatio de Judaorum F/agellaridi Ritibus, 
1652, 4to. 3. De Gloria Templi Poferioris, 1653, 4to. 4. 
Explicatio Pfalmi Secundi, 1653, 4to. 
HIL'POLTSTEIN, or Hilt'pjdltstein, a town of 
Germany, in Franconia, and territory of Nuremberg : 
feventeen miles nortli-north-eaft of Nuremberg, and twen¬ 
ty-two fouth-eaft of Bamberg. 
HIL'POTSTEIN, a town bf Germany, in Bavaria, 
and principality of Neuburg : twenty-feven miles north 
of Neuberg, and nineteen fouth of Nuremberg. 
HILT, f. [Ini'S, Sax. from healban, to hold.] The 
handle of any thing, particularly of a fword : 
Now fits expectation in the air, 
: And hideS a fword from hilt unto the point. 
With crowns imperial} crowns and coronets. Shakefp. 
HIL'TERS, a town of Germany,, in Franconia, and 
biffiopric of Fulda': fourteen miles eaft of Fulda. 
HIL'TON, a county of the American States, in South 
Carolina. 
HIL'TON I-IEAD, the mod fouthern fea-land in South 
Carolina. Weft and fouth-weft of Hilton Head lie Pinck¬ 
ney’s, Bulls, Dawfulkies, and fome fmaller iflands of 
the American States ; between which and Hilton Head, 
are Calibogie river and found, which form the outle't of 
May and New rivers. 
HIL'TON’s POINT, in Pifcataqua river, in New 
Hampfhire, is the foot where the united flream of Ne- 
wichawannock and Cochecho rivers, which comes from 
Dover, meets the weftern branch, and forms the PifcatsU 
qua. From thence to the fea is feven miles, the courfe 
generally fouth to fouth-eaft } and the river is fo rapid 
that it never freezes. 
HI'LUM,/ Obx alii, Heb.] The black fpot in a bean, 
called its eye. - 
HIM, [him, Sax.] The oblique cafe of he. —Me he 
reftored unto my office, and him he hanged. Gen. xli.— 
Him was anciently ufed for it, in a natural fenfe.—The 
fubjunCfive mood hath evermore fome conjunction join¬ 
ed with him. Accidence. —Ufed by Shakefpeare for he. — 
3 am appointed him to murder you. 
HIM-TCHAN', a town of China, of the third rank, 
in the province of Pe-tche.li: fifty miles fouth-weft of 
Pao-ting. 
HIM ANTO'SIS, f. [from «//«?, a thong.] A relaxa¬ 
tion of the uvula, when it hangs down like a thong. 
HIM'BERG, a town of Germany, in the empire of 
Auftria : fix miles fouth of Vienna. 
HIMEL'LA, now Aia, in ancient geography, afmall 
river in the country of the Sabines. Virgil. 
■ ‘ HIM'ERA, in ancient geography, a city of Sicily, 
built by the people of Zancle, and deftroyed by the Car¬ 
thaginians 240 years after. Strabo. —There were alfo two 
rivers of Sicily of the fame name ; the one, now Fiunii 
de Termini, falling at the eaft of Panormus into the Tuf- 
can fea, with a town of the fame name at its mouth, ce¬ 
lebrated for its baths. 1 he other, now Fiume Sal/o, run¬ 
ning in a fouthern direction,- and dividing the iiland in 
almoft two parts. Livy. —This was alfo the ancient name 
of the Eurotas. 
HIMKRENS'ES THERMO, in ancient geography, 
a town of Sicily, on the eaft tide of that Hiniera which 
runs to the north. After the deftruCtion of the towb of 
' Himera by the Carthaginians, fuch of the.inhabitants as 
remained fettled in the fame territory, not far from the 
ancient town. Now Terlnini, Made a Roman colony 
by An gull us. 
HIMIE-'LA (La), a town of Spain, in the province 
of jaen : twelve miles eaft of Ubeda. 
HIM'MALEH, mountains of Afia, which feparate 
'the countries of Cachimere and Calhgar from Thibet. 
HIN S63 
Thefe* mountains were known to the ancients under the 
name of Imaus of Hi mails-. 
HIMMELK'RON, a town of Germany, in Franconia, 
feven miles eaft of Culmbach. 
HIMMELWITZ'ER. WAS'SER, a river of Silefia, 
in the principality of Oppelii, which runs into the MaL 
pana near its junction with the Oder. 1 
HIMS, or Hems, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Syria, 
fituated at the foot of Mount Libanus, in a plain, wa¬ 
tered by a canal which communicates with the Orontes. 
Near it are the remains of a caftle, fuppofed to have 
been built by the ancient kings of A-flyria. The inhabit 
tants carry on a confiderable traffic in filk : ninety miles . 
fouth of Aleppo, and ninety-three north of Damafcus. 
HlMSE'LF, pron. In the nominative the fame as he, 
only more emphatical, and more expfellive of indivi¬ 
dual perfonality : 
With ffiame remembers, while himfelf was one 
Of the fame herd, himfelf the fame had done. Denham. 
It is added to a perfonaf pronoun or noun, by way of 
emphatical diferimination.—He himfelf returned again. 
fudges. —God himfelf is with us for our captain. Chron ; 
—In ancient authors it is. ufed neutrally for itfelf .- 
She is advanc’d 
Above the clouds a? high.as heav’ft himfelf. Shakefp. 
I11 the oblique cafes it has a reciprocal fignification.— 
David hid himfelf in the field. Samuel. —It is fometimes 
not reciprocal.—Nothing in nature-can fo peculiarly 
gratify the noble difpofitionsof humanity, as for one man 
to fee another fo much himfelf as to figh his griefs, and 
groan his pains, to fing his joys, and do and feel every 
tiling by fympathy. South. 
RyHiMSEWF. Alone; unaccqmpanied.—Ahab went 
one way by himfelf, and Obadiah went another way by 
himfelf. Kings. ' ' ■ 
HIN, f. [:n, Heb.] A meafure of liquids among the 
Jews, containing about ten pints.—With the one lamb 
a tenth deal of flour, mingled with the fourth part of 
an kin of beaten oil. Exod. xxix. 
HIN, a town of China, of the fecond rank, in the pro¬ 
vince of Chen-fi : 200 miles fouth-weft of Peking. Lat. 
38. 27.N. Ion.130. 3. E. Ferro. 
HIN, a town of China, of the fecond rank, in the pro¬ 
vince of Kiang-nan : 480 miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Pe¬ 
king. Lat. 32.15.N. Ion. 135. 38. E. Ferro 1 . 
HIN-CHANG, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the prov.ince of Eiang-nan : Twenty-five miles weft-north- 
weft of Cheou. 
HI'NA-PARI'TI. See Hibiscus mutabilis. . 
HIN'CHE, a territory and town in St. Domingo, or 
Hifpaniola. It is fituated on the eaft fide of the mouth 
of the river Guayamuco, fixty-four miles north-weft of 
St. Domingo. Lat. 19. 3. N. 
HIN'CHINBROOK ISLAND, one of the New He¬ 
brides, in tiie. Southern Pacific Ocean, near Sandwich 
Ifland ; about two leagues in circumference. 
HINCK'LEY, a very ancient town in the county of 
Leicefter, fituated on a_rifing ground, nearly on the bor- 
ders-of Warwickfiiire, from which it is feparated by the 
Roman Watling-ftreet road. It is diftant from Cbven- 
try and Leicefter fifteen miles each, eleven from Lntter- - 
worth, and one hundred from London. It has been - 
much larger tjtan it is at prefent ; the back lanes be- - 
tween the orchards were evidently ftreets originally. 
The traces of the town-wall and ditch are in many places 
yetvifible. There are veftiges of the two Roman works, 
viz. the ihount near the river, and the ruins of a bath 
near St. Nicholas churth. Teflelated pavements have 
been dug tip, the largeft-in 1750. The Jewry' wail is 
faid to have been the temple of Janus. Thecaftle was 
inhabited by John of Gaunt, but-is now no more, the - 
place being converted to a gardener’s ground, and the . 
Caftle-iull confiderably lowered, and a gentleman's feat 
ereCfed 
