habzel1a

[From habzeli, its native name.) Bot.: A genus of Anonaceæ, tribe Xylopee. It is sometimes made a synonym of Xylopia. The dried fruits of Habzelia æthiopicum, formerly called Piper æthiopicum, constitute the Negro-pepper, Guinea pepper, or Ethiopian pepper of Western Africa. Those of H. aromatic a, a native of woods in Guyana, are used by the negroes as a condiment. H. undulata, and perhaps others of the genus, have the same pungent qualities. *hắc çë -1-tỹ, s. [Lat. hæc =this, and Eng. suff. -ity.] The quality or state of being a certain thing; the relation of individuality conceived by schoolmen as a positive attribute or e ence. hăçh-ěl, s. [Etym. doubtful.) A sloven; a dirty, untidy person. hăçhüre, s. [Fr., from hacher to hack.] Engrav., .: Short lines employed to represent half-tints and shadows, as in representing mountains on maps. Simple hachures are those in which the lines, whether curved or straight, are all parallel; double hachures are those in which the lines cro each other. hăchüre, v. t. [HACHURE, 8.] To cover or mark with hachures.