791 / 1042
H E B
from one anolher. Th: num',cr of aeeents to Ihis
I,ogu~ge ¡r~.
indeeo, proclig'ous: of th& the,e
~re
neH funy, Ihe Ufé of fome of IVlueh, r,ol,,'ilh/l.lo.llng
all lhe
ioq~iric'S
of Ihé learoed,
'ré
nOI yet pcrfe:lly
koolVo. \Ve koow, io geoeral, Ihal they f...e to
di/lioguifh Ihe fenlcnees like Ihe puin¡s callt:J eommos,
fernieoloos,
&0:.
ill our laoguage;
10
delermioe Ihe
quaotity of lhe fyllables, aod
10
mark the tooe IVilh
which they are
10
be fpokeo or fuog.
lt
is
00
wooder
Iheo, that there are more aeeeols io the Hebrew Ihao
in olh..
lall~uaries,
fioee they pedorm Ihe olliee of
Ihree d,fI'erenl Ihings, whieh in olber languages are
calleJ by difl'mot oames.
HE 8lE\VS, or
Epifllt
I~
Iht
HUlEws, aeaoonical book
of Ihe New Tdlament.
Thollgh St Palll dld nOI pre6x his name
10
Ihis e–
pinJe, lite cooeurrent tellimony of the bell amhor!
.ocient and mndem .ff'ord fueh evidenee of his beiog
rhe aUlhor of il, Ihat Ihe objeflioos
10
lhe cootrary
are of hule or no ",eiChl.
The liebrelVs, to whom Ihis epi(lle was wrOle,
were lhe' bdieviog Je\Vs of Paleliioe ; and il! defigo
\Ves
lO COOl'.oce Ihem, and by Iheir meaos all Ihe
Jewifh eoovertS wherefoever difperfed, of Ihe io–
fufficieney aod aboliíhmeol of lhe emmooial aod
riluallalV.
HEBRIDES, iOaods
00
Ihe well of SeotlAnd, of whieh
Sky, Mull,
lOa,
acd Arrao are fome of Ihe largel!.
HECATOMB, amoog Ihe aoeieOl pagans, was lhe fa–
eri6ce of ao huodred bulls or oxen ; or, in a lefs eon–
fined feofe, 3n hundred animals of aoy fon .
HECA
1
O~lRlEON,
io aneienl ehrooology, lhe firll
moolh of Ihe Alheoi30
ym,
eoofilling of Ihiny days,
and aoflVeriog
10
Ihe lamr parl of our June.
HECK, ao eogioe
10
lake fiíh. A falmon heek is agrale
for ettehiog lhat fon of fiíh.
HE CTlC FEVER. See MEDICINE.
HEDERA, io bOlany,
a
genus' of the pentandria mono–
gyoiaclafs. T he eortllJ conlins of fil e
oblon~
pelals,
ao1lbe berry
cO~lains
6ve feeJs.
Th~re ~re
lWO fpeeies ;
one of rhem,
viz.
thehellX, is a nalive of BlIlaio.
Hf.DEP.ATEP.lESTRIS. See GLECHOMA .
HEDGES, io agrieulture, are either plaoled
10
make
fcoces rOllod inclofures, or
10
divide the fereral parls uf
a gardeo. Wheo lhey ale defigned
1S
outward fenees,
Ihey are plaoled cíther wilh
~aw
thorn, erabs, or blaek–
Ihoro; bUI thofe hedgc5 whieh are planled in ¡¡ardens,
eilheno furrouod wildemefs-quaners, or
10
fereeo Ihe
olher pans of
a
g..
den from fight, are pl. oled aeeordiog
tothe faoeyof Ihe owoer, fome prcferriog ever g,een"
io whien cafe Ihe
1I01ly
is
ud!;
next Ihe
yelV,
theo
rhe.laurd, lauru!!inus, phillyria,
&c.
othw prtfer
lhe beech, lhe horobeam, anrllbe elm.
HEDMORA, a cily of
5\Vtd,",
in the provinee of
\Venmania, fitumd on lhe river D;¡lmrlia , lifly
miles nonh.wtll of Upfal : E.
lon~.
I
SU
SS' ,
aod
N.
I~l.
60° 16'.
HEDYOTIS, io bOlany, a geous of Ihe Iwandria
mn–
nogyoia
cl.fs. Theealix eoofins of
on~
ru ooel
!h~p.d
pml; aod Ih: capfule has
1\110
eeUs, and nMoy fceds.
'fhere are lhrte fpeeies, all
n~úves
of Ceyloo.
779
JI
E L
HEDYSARtJM, in bOlany, a genus of Ihe
diadelph~
dteandria cldls.
'1
'lIe corolla is
tt
aofverfely earinaled •
and Ihe poo 's joimed, caeh jOlOl eoolainiog one fetd:
There are
46
{pecicI, ooly one of whieh is a oalive of
Rrilain,
_iz o
Ihe SI FOlo, or eoeks-head.
HEEL, io aoatomy. See AN ATOMY, p.
18S'
HEEL, io the fea language.
Ir
a !hip leans on one fide,
whelher fhe be a-ground or a-fioal, lheo ir is faid fi,e
heels a Harboard, or a-pon; or Ihal (he heels off'–
wards, or
10
the fhore ; Ihal is, inclines More tOooe
fide Ihan
10
aoolher.
HEELER, or
BlcDd}
HEEL-rod, a figh ling eock lhat
llrikes Or wounds much wilh his fpuII.
The mallen knolV fueh a coek, eveo while
a
chieken, by
Ih~
Hriking of his I\VO heels logether iD
his going.
HEGIRA, io ehrooology, a cclebrated epoeha aatong
Ihe Mahornenns.
The evenl whieh gafe rife
10
lhis epoeha IVas Ihe
Bighl of M.homel from Meeea, wilh his new profe–
IYlel,
10
¡void lhe perfeeulion ofIhe Coraifehiles ; who,
beiog rheo mol! powerful in Ihe eity, could
001
bear
thal Mahomel íhould abolifh idolatry, and enabliíh his
new religioo . Thi5 Bighl happened in Ihe {ouneeoln
year afler Mahomel had eomoreneed prorhel : he
relired to Medina, whieh he madé Ihe place of
his
refidenee.
HEIDELBURG, a cily of Germany, io Ihe cirele of
the lower Rhioe, lhe capilal of the PalatÍoate, filoa–
¡ed on lhe river Neckar: E. loog.
8°
40',
aod N.Iat.
4\1°
20'.
HEILA, a pOII·lown of regal Pruflia, in lbe kingdom
of Poland, filumd
00
Ihe poinl of a peninfula in ¡he
Bahie fea, IIVelve miles nonh of D'OIzick: E. long.
19°,
N. 1".
54° 30'.
HEINUSE, among hUOlelS, a roe·buek of Ihe fou nb.
year.
HEIR, in Seoll law, a generie lermappEeable to thofe
who are imidcd by laIV
10
take Ihe po(J'cflion of any
fuhjeét whieh belor.ged
10
aperfon deeeafecl.-For lhe
dirTeren! lUods of hms,
&c.
(ee LAW, lit. 27 . « 28.
HEIRSH IP
7IIovtabl'J,
io SCOtS law, Ihe ben of eer.
laio kinds of moveables, whieh lhe h,'ir of line is in–
lided tO
t.ke,befides Ihe hermble eUale. See LA IV,
lit. 27.
HE'R'APPARENT, is
a
perfoo (o called inlhe li(etime
oC
his aoeenor, al whofe dmh h, is heir al law.
HEIR
ESS,
a
female heir
10
one IVho has an ellate in
land,.
&c.
Slea~og
an heirds, aod
marryi ~g
her
a–
~~inll
her will. was declared (elony by
3
Hen.
VII.
HELENA, or
SI
HBLEN'A, an ifiand iD the Adandc
oce,lO. fitumd
1200 DI
les \Ven' of the co.n of Afrita,
and
1800
ean of Ihe roall of foulh AlOerica: W,
lunz.
6° 3"'" S.
lal. 16".
HELENIUM , in bOlany, a
~eous
of Ihe fyngenefia
polygamia {"perAua clafs. The reeeptade is naked •
the edlix is filllpl e, and confin,of 013ny Icam; aod
Ihe earollul:c
01'
Ih. raJius are femilrilid. Thm is
~UI
ooe (pe,i.... nalÍve uf Allftria.
lIEL llEA,