Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HER'IS-SON
HER'IS-SON, n. [Fr. a hedgehog, from herisser, to bristle, to stand out as hair.]
In fortification, a beam or bar armed with iron spikes pointing outward, and turning on a pivot; used to block up a passage. Encyc.
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