hirculus

[Lat.=a little goat, dim in. of hircus (q. v.).] Bot.: A section of Saxifraga. ( Sir Joseph Hooker.) boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, çell, chorus, service or use of persons or things. "Thei asken hure huyre er the i hit have deservede." P. Plowman, ii. 91. 2. Reward or payment for illegal or dishonest services; a bribe. "Friends, attendants, armies bought with hire." Beattie: Minstrel, bk. ii.