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,ivers of Mriea. T he malc aod fcroale geoerally go
together, and the female is fúd tO produce but ooe
at a bin h.
HIPPURIS. in bot~oy, a geous of the mon. ndria mo·
nogyni. ehfs. It has neither calix nor eoroll.; the
¡ltgma is fim ple; and the,e is but one feed . T here is
onl y one fpeeies, u/t. the vulgaris, a na'il'e of Bri·
taio . •
HIPPURIS, i" iehthyology, See COR YPH~NA .
HIRCANIA, in geography, the provinees of Pafia io
Afia, whieh lie 00 the fouthern !hore of the Cafpiao
fea.
HIRCHFIELD, a eity of GerOlany, in the eirde of
the upper Rhin. , and landgr.viate of Heffe Can;'l, f..
tuated on the river fulJ, in E. long. 9" 3l', N. lat.
5°° ~ ",
HIRTELLA , in botany, a genus of the tr·andri. mo·
nogyoi. dafs. The calix is divided into pans;
the petals are five, and eqnal; t~e filameots are Cpiral,
and the Hylus is lateral. There is but one fpecies, a
native of Hrnil.
HIRUDO, the LEECH, io zoology, a genus bclor.ging
to lhe order of vermes intellioa. The body is flar,
jointed, aod moves either forlVard Or backward . There
are mne Cpeeies, prineip. lly diOingui!hedby that eolour.
This wel! koown anillldl is uCed for bleeding children,
Óe. When they once fix, they feldom quit till they
are glutted with blood. Salt makes them quit their
hold, and throw up the blood. .
HIRUNDO, in ornithology, a genus of biros, of Ihe
order of pafferes . T he bill is [mall, crooked, fubu·
hted, bent a linle ioward , and depreffed at the bafeo
There are 12 Cpeeies, prineipally diflingui!hed by their
colour. This ineludes tbe coromoo fwallow, martin,
6e.
HI S'PANIOLA, 3n iOand of Ameriea, in the Atlaotic
oeean, fituated between 67° and 74° of W. long. and
between 18° and 20° N lat. being about..¡20 miles
long from eaOtO well, and 120 io breadth . !t is fre·
quently called St. Doroiogo, from the capital there·
of.
HISTORIOGRAPHER, a profeffed hi(lorian, or writer
of hi(lory.
HISTORY, a deCcription or reci tal of thingsas they are,
.or have been, in a eontinued orderly narration of the
principal falls and eircum(lances thereof.
Hillory, IVith regard to its fubjetl, is divided into
the hiOory of Nature, (See NAT. H1ST.) and the hi·
!lory of Atlions. The hiflory of Atlions is a conti·
nueo rdation of a Ceries of memorable events.
HlSTRIO, in the ancient drama, figni6ed an atlor or
comedian . but more efpeeially a pamomime, who ex·
hibited his part by geflures and dancing.
HITC(-{I NG, a mHkeH own in Han(ordfhire, (ourteen
miles nonh·wefl of J!m(ord, and thilly.tIVO nonh·
wefl of London.
H tT HE, one of the Cinque Ports in the eounty of Kent,
fituated on the Englifh chaDnel, fix miles IVefl of Do·
ver.
HIVE, in eountry afTairs, a eODvenient receptaele for
bcel. See AP¡s,
HI VfNG 01 Den. See Apl s.
HOACHE in natnral hiflory, a kind of earth approach.
tllg to the natUre of ehalk, but hardcr, and fctling like
foap ; whcnee (eme think, that it is eilher me (.nle
witl! uur ruar ruck of CornlVal. Or very ltke it. The
Chincfe dilrolve it In water, till the liquor is of the
confillellee of cream, and thcn varoilh thár chioa·ware
wlth it.
HO AR ' HO U ~D, in borany. See MARUBIUM.
HOARSENESS, in medicine, adimillUtionof the voice,
commoly attended with a preteroatural ,Cperity or
roughne(s thereof
HOBBY, in ornithology. See FALCO.
HOE incoumry· , a tOol made like aeooper's adz,
to cut upw.rds in gardens, 6dd, cre.This tool is coro·
monlycalled the hand·hoe See AClICU LTU1E.
HOG, in zoology. See Sus.
HOG SHE.~ D, in commerce, ameafure of capaeity, coa.
taining fixty·three gallons.
HOGUE, a tOIVn and cape on the north·weO point of
Norm¡ ody in France, near which admirol Rook buto!
the freoch admiral 's Iltip ealled the Rifing.fun, witb
tIVelve more large roen of war : W. Ion. 2°, and N. lat.
49° 50'.
HOHIO, a river of North Ameriea; IVhich rifHlg iD tht
Apalachian mountains, near the coofines of Carolioa
and Virginia, 'ruos fouth IVeO, and falls ioto tbe river
Mifliflipi.
HOKE'DA Y, the Tuefday after eaOer·week; IVhich was
the day on IVhich the Englifh cooquered and expelled
the Danes: this IVas therefore kept as a day of rejoi.
cing; and a duty. called hoke. tueCday money, was paid
to the landlord, for giving his tenaots and bQodtneD
leave to ~elebrate il.
HOLCUS, io botany, a geDus oC the polygamia monrecia
d afs. The calix of the hermaphrodite is a double·
Jlowered 'l:lume; t~e cQrolla is a glume with ao awn ¡
2nd there are three !lamina, two !tyli, and ooe Ceed.
The calix of the male is a double·valved glume; il
has no eorolla, but three namioa. There are ten Cpe.
cies, only tIVO of them natives of Britain, uiz. the
lanatos, or meadow foft.grafs; and the mollis, or creep'
ing Coft'gra(s
HOLDERNESS, a peninCula inthe ea(l riding ofYork·
!hire. whieh has the German oeean 00 the ea(l, aod
the til'er Humber on the Couth.
HOLDING , inScots law, the tenor or terms upon whieh
a proprietor of bnds holds or enjoy; them o( his
fuperior.-See BLENCH , BURCACE, fEu . WUD.
HOLLAND, one of the United Provinees. It is abou!
one hundred miles long from nonh tO (outh, and fearee
thiny mil" broaJ : but eojoys the greate(l trade of
anyPlovince in the world, and in point of Orength and
riehes is equal to the other fix united provinees. It
is fitu ated one hundred miles cal! of England, and II
bounded on the nonh and wel! by the German fea, 00
the ean by the Zuider (ea. and on the fouth by the pro·
vinees of Zeal, nd and Utrtcht.
HOL LAND is alfo the name of the fouth·ea!t diviúoo of
l.incolnlllire.
HOLLAND, iD eommme, a 6De aDd e10fe kiDJ of
Iioeo,