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Iioen, Co caBed from its beiog lidl manufaétured in
Holland.
HOLLY, [o bOlany. See ILEx.
Sta·HOLLY. See EUHCIUI!!.
HOLOCAUST, a burnt.ofFering, or racriSce, wholly
coofumed by 6re: of this kind was the daily facrince
io the Jewilh chureh. This was dooe by way of ac·
koowledgmeot, that the perCon ofFeriog aod a1/ that
belooged tO him, were the eff'ells of the divine bounly.
HOLOGRAPH, amoog civiliaos, a will who/ly writleo
by Ihe hand of the tellator.
HOLSTE[N, a dutehy of Germaoy, in the cirele of
lower Saxooy, ooe hundred miles long, aod 6fly broad.
1t is bouoded by SlefIVie or fouth Jutland 00 the north,
by Ihe Bahie fea and the duchy of Sax.Lawenburg on
the eart, by the riven E[be 00 the fOUlh, aod by the
Germ¿n fea on the wert.
HOLY·GHOST. ooeof the Perfoos oftheHolyTrinity.
O,,/(r.[¡h. HOL y CHo S T, the priocipal miliury order
in France, ioflituted by Henry IlI. io 1569. Ir coo·
firts of an huodred knighls, who are to make proof of
.Iheir nobilily for time defeeDls. The king is the
gr¡od.mafler, or forereign¡ and as fuch, takes an oalh on
bis eorooatioo·day, to maintaia!be digoity of Ihe ordet.
HOLY·DAYS. See FESTIVAL.
HOLY'HEAD, a cape and tolVa in the iOe of Angl&a,
Í1luated io the IríOl ehaand I W. long. 4° 45', aod
N. lat. 53° 26'.
HOLY' ISLAND, aa iOaad in the Germao fea, fix miles
routh ofBerwiek upon Tweed: 42', and
N. lat. HO 45'.
HOLY'WHL, a town of nonh \Vales, in Flintlhire, ten
miles e¡fI of StoMaph.
HOMAGE, io law, is the fubmillion, loyalty, and rel"
, ice whieh a tenanl promifed to his lord, wheo he was
6rn admiued to the land whieh he held of the lord in
fee: alfo that owing tOa kiog, or 10 aoy fuperior.
HOMBERG ; a town of GerOlany, io the eirele 01 th4
upper Rhinc, aad latidgraviate of Hetre, fituated ten
milcs nortb of Francfon: E. loog. 8° 24', N. lat.
JOO 20'.
HOMBElC is alfo a town of Oermany, io the palatinate
of Ihc Rhine. aod dukedomof Deuxponts: E. long. 7"
6'. and N. lal. 49° 20'.
HOMER. See OMEl.
HOM1CIDE, figniúes in general the taking away of any
perfon·slifc. SeeSco,'~ LAW, ¡it. 33.
HOM[LY, in eeclefia( writers, a [ermon, or dif·
eourfe, upon fomc poin! of religion, delivmd in a
plain manner, fo as to be eafily uoderílood by the eom·
mon people.
HOMO , MAN, is ranked by Línn:tosundertheorder of
pr:mates, and eharaélerifed by having four par.llcl
foreteeth bOlh in thc upper ano lower jaw, and tWO
m. mma' on (hc . The fpc:ics, aecording to this
aUlhor, are twO, vit . !he hamo fapicns, ann the hamo
troglodYlu. He fubdívidcs t~e homo f.píens inlo (¡ve
farielic., viz. lhe Americao, !he European, !he A·
~alie, Ihe African, and what he e.lIs the monflrous.
Í'he troglodytes, or oraog oUlang, il a native of A·.
tltinp:., Java, :II1d Amboioa, Hil body is \\ hite ¡ hc
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walks ereél ¡ and i, ¡bou! ooe half the ordinary hamlll
fize. He generally lives aboul 25 yem. Hc eoneeals
himfelf in caves during the day, aod fearches for hit
p.'ey in Ihc.night. He il fai.d to be exceediog[y faga.
CIOUS, bu! 15 no! c~dowed wllh the fatullY of fpeech.
HOMOLOGOUS, 10 geomctry, an appellation giveli lO
the eorre[ponding fides and angles of GOlilar figures aa
being proponional to eaeh other. '
HONAN, a provioee of China, bouoded by thore of
Xanfi and Pekin on the north, by Xantoog aod Nankin
on Ihe eaCl, b~ Suehueo on the foutb, and by Xtoti
on the wefl; lylOg betweeo HO .od 37' Borch latitude.
Irs capilal is CaifuOl.
HONDURAS, a provinee of Mexito, iD Nortb A.
meriea ; whieh ioeluding ¡he country of the Mofkito.
Indians; is 6tuated betweeo 8~0 aod 94~ W. loog.
and belween 12 0 aod 16° N. la!.
HONE, a fine kind of whiteflone, ufed for Cctting razots
peo·knives, and Ihe like. '
HONEY, is, in general, a !hiek, ,ircous, and more 01
lefs fluid fubnanee, of a whitiíh or ye/lolfifh colotlr,
fweel to the talle, foluble in water, beeoOling ,inau•
in fermentalion, inflarnmable, liquable by ageotle heat,
and of a fragf40t fme//. Sec APlI .
HONFLEUR, a port·towo of France, io tbe pro,inc~
of Norm. ndy, fitua!ed on the roulh lide of !he
river Seyne, oear the Engliíh ehanne!: E.long. I S',
and N. lat. 49° 2{
HON1TON, a borough.towo of Devoofhire, twelve
miles can nf Exeter. It fead! !WO members to par.
liament.
HONOUR, a lenimony of cUccm or fubmilllon, expreC.
wOlds, .Ilioos, and an exterior behaviour, b;
whleh .we Olake kno",n lhe veneratioo and rerpeél \\le
entertato for any one 00 aecount of his dignilY ot
meri!. The word honúur i$ alfo ured in geoeral for
the efleem due 10 _inue, g[ory, aod repulation. 'It
is alfo ufed for vinuc and probity themreJvel, aod for
an exaé1nefs in performing whmvcr we have proml'
fed; aod in this lan fenfe wc ufc lhe lerm, a I/Ian .¡
honour. Bul honour is more particularly applied lO
two ddfercnt kiods of virtue, bravery in men, and
ehanily in women.
Maidl if HoHOUR, are lix young ladies in Ihe houra.
hold of Ihe queen and prineefs.royal; the r.lary 'of
tho(e of a queen are 300 1, pcr aon. each, and !bofe
of the prineefs dowagtr of Wales, 2061.
HONoua· polNT, io heraldry, is lhat nex! above !he
centre o( the efeulcheoo, dividiog thc upper pan into
!WO equal POrtiOOI.
HOOF. the horny fuhnance tha! eom! the feet of divm
animals, as oxen, horfes, íheep, &c.
HOOKS .re a needrary fon of utenGls, aod ufed ror va.
rious perpofes.
HOOKER, in ~ava.1 arch~teélure, ~ "ctrd much ufed b,
the DUICh, bUllt ltke a plnk, bUt ngged aod maned like
a hoy.
Hookers will lie nmer a wiod Ihan ntrels with
erefl (ails can do. Theyare from fifly lO two huno
drcd lons burden, ar.d w:lh a fcw hands \Vill faillO tlle
Ean Indies.
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