Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HELL'-HAT-ED, a.

Abhorred as hell. Shak.

HELL'-HAUNT-ED, a.

Haunted by the devil. Dryden.

HELL'-HOUND, n.

A dog of hell; an agent of hell. Dryden. Milton.

HEL'LI-ER, n.

A tiler or slater. [See Hele.] [Not in use.]

HELL'ISH, a.

1. Pertaining to hell. Sidney.
2. Like hell in qualities; infernal; malignant; wicked; detestable. South.

HELL'ISH-LY, adv.

Infernally; with extreme malignity; wickedly; detestably. Bp. Barlow.

HELL'ISH-NESS, n.

The qualities of hell or of its inhabitants; extreme wickedness, malignity, or impiety.

HELL'-KITE, n.

A kite of an infernal breed. Shak.

HELL'WARD, adv.

Toward hell. Pope.

HELL'Y, a.

Having the qualities of hell. Anderson.

HELM, or HEL'MET, n. [Sax. helm. See Helm.]

1. Defensive armor for the head; a head-piece; a morion. The helmet is worn by horsemen to defend the head against the broad sword.
2. The part of a coat of arms that bears the crest. Johnson.
3. The upper part of a retort. Boyle.
4. In botany, the upper lip of a ringent corol. Martyn.

HELM, n.¹

a termination, denotes defense; as, in Sighelm, victorious defense. [See Helmet.]

HELM, n.² [Sax. helma; G. helm, a helm, and a helve; D. and Dan. helm; Sw. hielm; called in some dialects helmstock, which must be the tiller only; probably from the root of hold.]

1. The instrument by which a ship is steered, consisting of a rudder, a tiller, and in large vessels, a wheel. [See Rudder.] Mar. Dict.
2. Station of government; the place of direction or management; as, to be at the helm in the administration.

HELM, v.t.

1. To steer; to guide; to direct. [Little used.] Shak.
2. To cover with a helmet. Milton.

HELM'AGE, n.

Guidance.

HELM'ED, or HELM'ET-ED, a.

Furnished with a helmet.

HEL-MIN'THIC, a. [Gr. ελμινς; a worm.]

Relating to worms; expelling worms.

HEL-MIN'THIC, n.

A medicine for expelling worms. Milton.

HEL-MIN-THO-LOG'IC, or HEL-MIN-THO-LOG'IC-AL, a. [See Helminthology.]

Pertaining to worms or vermes, or to their history.

HEL-MIN-THOL'O-GIST, n.

One who is versed in the natural history of vermes.

HEL-MIN-THOL'O-GY, n. [Gr. ελμινς, a worm, and λογος, discourse.]

The science or knowledge of venues; the description and natural history of vermes. Ed. Encyc.

HELM'LESS, a.

1. Destitute of a helmet. Barlow.
2. Without a helm.

HELMS'MAN, n.

The man at the helm.

HELM'WIND, n.

A wind in the mountainous parts of England, so called. Burn.

HE'LOT, n.

A slave in ancient Sparta.