Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HEX-AM'E-TER, a.

Having six metrical feet.

HEX-AM'E-TER, n. [Gr. εξ, six, and μετρον, measure.]

In ancient poetry, a verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Æneid of Virgil. Diva so|lo fix|os ocu|los a|versa ten|ebat. Virgil.

HEX-A-MET'RIC, or HEX-A-MET'RIC-AL, a.

Consisting of six metrical feet. Warton.

HEX-AN'DER, n. [Gr. εξ, six, and ανηρ, male.]

In botany, a plant having six stamens.

HEX-AN'DRI-AN, a.

Having six stamens.

HEX-AN'GU-LAR, a. [Gr. εξ, six, and angular.]

Having six angles or corners.

HEX-A-PET'AL-OUS, a. [Gr. εξ, six, and πεταλον, a leaf.]

Having six petals or flower-leaves.

HEX-APH'YL-LOUS, a. [Gr. εξ, six, and φυλλον, a leaf, a petal.]

Having six leaves.

HEX'A-PLAR, a. [Gr. εξ, six, and απλοω, to unfold.]

Sextuple; containing six columns; from Hexapla, the work of Origen, or an edition of the Bible, containing the original Hebrew, and several Greek versions.

HEX'A-PODE, a. [Gr. εξ, six, and πους, ποδος, L. pes, pedis, the foot.]

Having six feet.

HEX'A-PODE, n. [Gr. εξ, and πους.]

1. An animal having six feet.
2. A fathom. [Not in use.]

HEX'A-STICH, n. [Gr. εξ, six, and στιχος, a verse.]

A poem consisting of six verses. Johnson. Weever.

HEX'A-STYLE, n. [Gr. εξ, six, and στυλος, a column.]

A building with six columns in front. Encyc.

HEY, exclam.

An exclamation of joy or mutual exhortation, the contrary to the L. hei. Prior.

HEY'-DAY, exclam. [Qu. high-day.]

An expression of frolick and exultation, and sometimes of wonder. Shak.

HEY'-DAY, n.

A frolick; wildness. Shak.

HI-A'TION, n. [L. hio, to gape.]

The act of gaping. [Not used.]

HI-A'TUS, n. [L. from hio, to open or gape, Gr. χαω.]

1. An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm.
2. The opening of the mouth in reading or speaking, when a word ends with a vowel, and the following word begins with a vowel. Pope.
3. A defect; a chasm in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced. Encyc.

HI'BER-NA-CLE, n. [L. hibernacula, winter-quarters.]

1. In botany, the winter-quarters of a plant, that is, a bulb or a bud, in which the embryo of a future plant is inclosed by a scaly covering and protected from injuries during winter. Barton. Martyn.
2. The winter-lodge of a wild animal.

HI-BERN'AL, a. [L. hibernus.]

Belonging or relating to winter. Brown.

HI'BERN-ATE, v.i. [L. hiberno; It. vernare.]

To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters or in seclusion, as birds or beasts. Darwin.

HI'BERN-A-TING, ppr.

Passing the winter.

HI-BERN-A'TION, n.

The passing of winter in a close lodge, as beasts and fowls that retire in cold weather. Darwin.

HI-BER'NI-AN, a.

Pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland.

HI-BER'NI-AN, n.

A native of Ireland.