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hee to plrtake of immortalilY; apd, after his dcalh,
pl~eed
among lhe number of lhe gods.
HEROIC
PO
HI , Ih.lwhiehdeferibes fome eXlraordinary
enltrprize; beiog lhe rame wilh epie poem. Set CoM'
'OUTI " N.
HER ole vnSE.
Ih~1
wherein heroie poems are ufually
compof~d;
or il is Ihal proper for fu eh poems. In Ihe
Gre, k and Lalin, hexameler verfes are ufually deno ·
min.ned heroie verfes, as being a10ne ufed by Homer,
Vir~il,
éle.
HERON. in o¡nilbology. See ARDU.
HERPES,
iI¡
medicine, abilious puilule, whieh breaking
out in.differeot manners upon lhe ncio, aeeordiogly re·
eeives differeol denominalioos. See MEo lel
N~ .
HERRING, in iehlhyology. See CLUPEA.
HERSILLON, io Ihe
art
of war, is a (lroog plank or
bcam, aboul lenor lwelve feel long, núek full offpikes
00 bOlh fide.! , and ufed
10
ioeommode lbe mareh
oflhe infantry or eavalry.
.
HESPER, an appellalion giveo to the planel Veous,
wheo(t¡e fm afler lhe fuo.
HESPERIDES, io aOliquilY. lhe daughlers of Hefperus,
brolher of Atlas, who kept a gardeo full of golden
apples, guarded by a dragon: bUl Hereules havioglaid
. thedragoo aOeep
no
le away tbe apples.
HESPERIS, DAME" VIOLET, in bOlany, a geous of
lhe tetradynamia filiquof.
cI~fs,
The petals are ob·
liquely beol; lhere is a gland belwixl t&e fuort nami–
na ; aod lhe lIigma is forked at lhebafe, aod eoooivent
al
10p.
There are (even fpeeies, ooly ooe of whieh,
viz,
the mamooalis, or uofavoury dame's violel, is a
native of Britain,
RESSE·CASSEL landgraviate, ineluding Weueravia,
is aeirele of lbe U¡iper Rhine, bounded by
W
dlpha–
lia and Bruofwie 00 lhe north, byFraneonia and Sax·
ooy on lhe
e~n,
by the river Maioe 00 lbe fOUlh, and
by anolher par! of Weflphalia and lhe eieélorale
of
Meoll
~nd
Trien 00 lhe wen: il is
fu~jeét
10 lhe
king of Swedeo,
HESSE'DARMSTAT, js bounded by' Ihe river Maioe,
whieh divides it from HefTe·CafTel, 00 me oortb, by lhe
(ame river 00 the can, and by tbe Palatioale on lhe
foulh and wdl
HETEROCLlTE, amooggrammarians, one oflhe Ihrce
varialions in irregular nouos, and defi ned by Mr Rud·
diman, a nouo lbat varies io deeleofion ; as,
hoe
00',
tJJjiJ:
hile uafa,
vl1(oftl1n.
HETERODOX, in polemieal Iheology, aoy thing eod·
lrary la lhefailh aod doélrines of a ehureh.
HETERODOMUS vEeTIS, iD meehanies, a lever,
whereio Ihe fulcrum, or poinl
oC
fufpenCioD, is plaeed
betwetll lhe power and lhe weight. See MECHA'
WIC l .
HETEROGENEITY, in phyfiology, lha! qualily or
property of bodies whieh denominales a lhing belero·
geneollS. Sce Ihe neXl artiele.
HETEROGENOUS, or HETEROCENEAL, fomelhing
thal confins oC p. ns
oC
diflimilar kiods, iD Oppofilion
lO homoeeneous.
HETEIWSCI!, in
gcogr~phy,
a lerm
oC
relalion, deno·
ling (ueh inh.hilanu of lhe eanh as have lheir Ihadows
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falling LUI one
w~y,
as lhofe who live bctwecn
II~
tro·
pies and reolareireles, whofeIhadows al noon in norlh
lalitude are always 10 lhe
northw~rd,
aod io foulh
lalilude
10
Ihe foulhward.
HEUCHERA, iD bOlany, ageous oC lhe pentandria di·
gynia clafs. The petals are five ; and lhe capfule has
a double beak, and lWO eells. There is bUl one fpe.
eies, analive of Virginia
HEXACHORD, in aneieOl mufie, a eODeord elllcd by
the moderns
a
fixlh.
HEXAGON, in gcometry, a figure of fix fides and
30·
eles; and if Ihefe fides and angles be equ. I, il is e.lled
a
rrgul~r
hexagon. See
GEO~IETlY.
HEXAHEDRON, ingeometry, oneof Ihe 6ve Plawnie
bndies, or regular {olids; being Ihe fame wilh a cube.
HEXAMETER,
e.rmm hrxo/l/(/ruIII,
in aneienl
poetry, a kind of 'vede <onfi lling of fix feet; lbe firn
four of whieh may be indifTerently eilher fpondees or
daélyls, the fiflh is geoeralJy a daliyl, and lhe GXlh
alway' a fpoodee. Sueh is lhe following verfe of Ho–
rsce:
I
2
3
4
S
6
Au/
pr.l"rffi
v'l/un/, o./ldrltll7are
p.I""'.
HEXANDRIA, in bOlany
See BOTAH,
p.
635'
HEXASTYLE, iD arehiteliure, a building Wilh fix
co·
lumns infront.
HEXHAM, amarkel·town ofNonhumberlaod, fixlcen
miles wen of Neweanle.
HEYDON, a borough tOIVO in Yorkfuire, Ihirty
·fe.enmiles foulh·eafi of York, Qnd fix Aliles \\'en of Hull.
11
fend, lWO members
10
parliamenl.
HEYTSBURY, a borough 10IVO of Wihlhire, fourteea
miles norlll·wcll
oC
Salilbury, fcods lWO membcrs 10
parliamenl.
HI ATICULA, in ornilhology. See CHARADRIUS.
HIATUS, properly fignifies an opening, cha(m, or gap;
bUl il is particularly applied 10 Ihofe verfes, where one
word end, Wilb a vOIVel , aod Ihe following word beeins
Wilh onc, and thereby oce,fions lhe mOUlh 10 be more
open, and lhe found to be very harlh .
The lerm hialus is alfo ufed in (peaking of manu·
feripls, 10 denole lheir defeéls, of lhe pans lbil have
heeo Ion or effaeed.
HIBISCUS, in bOlany, a genus
of
Ihe monadelphia po·
Iyandria elaf,. T he ealix is double; lhe exterior ooe
cor,fins of many leaves; lhe caprule has five eells,
aod
eonl~ins
many feeds, There are Iwenty·five
fpe~
eies, none oflhemnalives of Britain.
HICCUP, or Hl eeouCH,
iD
medicine,
a
(pafmoc,lie
afl'eltioo of lbe 1I0maeh and diaphragm, arifing from
any lhing lhat irriwes and vellieates lheir oervous coals,
See MED ICINE .
HlDE, Ihe n,io oC heafls, bUl panieularly applied to
Ihofe of larJle <altle, as buIJoeks, eolVS, horles,
éle.
Hides are eilher raw or green, jl1l1 as taken off Ihe
carcafe; (alteo or feafoned wilh fall, alum, and fall'
petre, 10 pr<vonl lheir fpoiling ; or eurried and lanned.
See TANliINC .
H
lOE
ol /ond,
IVas rueh a quanlily of land as might
be plolVcd IVilh one plough wilhin lhe compafs
01
a
year, or fo mueh
as
IVould maintain
a
f.mily;
fome
t.
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