helotry

[ Eng.helot; -ry.] Helots collectively; slaves, serfs; persons in the condition of helots or slaves. help, *help-en (pa. t. * halp , * holp , helped , pa. par. * holpen , helped ), v . t . & i. [A. S. help an (pa. t. healp , pa. par. holpen ); cogn. with Dut. helpen ; Icel. hjálpa ; Dan, hielpe ; Swed. hjelpa ; Gothic Lilpan ; Cer. helfen ; O. H. Ger. helfan .] A. Transitive : 1. To a ist, to aid; to lend, give, or afford aid or a istance to in effecting any purpose. "Not long the avenger was withstood Earth helped him with the cry of blood." Words worth: Song, at the Feast of Brougham Castle . 2. To afford succor or relief to in time of distre ; to relieve, to succor. "God help poor souls." --Shakesp.: Comedy of Errors, iv. 4. 5. A person, male or female, hired as a servant or a istant. 6. A share or portion of food given at table; a helping. *help-fellow, *helpe-fellowe, s. A helper, a colleague, a helpmate. "Tymothe our brother, a tryed minister of God, and an helpe - fellowe of our office."- Udall : 1 The . iii. *help-giver, s. A helper, a supporter, an aider. "O my God, my sole help - giver ." Sidney: Psalm 1xxi. help-er, s. [Eng. help; -er.] 1. One who or that which gives or lends help, aid or a istance; an aider, an a ister, a supporter; an a istance, a help. "The Lord is my helper ." -Bible (1551), Heb . xiii. 2. One who or that which administers or affords remedy or relief. "Compa ion, the mother of tears, is not always a mere idle spectator, but an helper oftentimes of evils."-More. 3. An a istant, a servant, a help. 4. One who a ists in obtaining. (With to .) "And helper to a husband." Shakesp.: All's Well that Ends Well , iv. 4. help-ful, a . [Eng. help; -ful (1).] 1. Furnishing help; aiding, a isting. "Till time lend friends, and friends their helpful swords." Shakesp.: Richard 11. , iii. 8. 2. Wholesome, salutary. "A skilful chymist can as well, by separation of visible elements, draw helpful medicines out of poison." Raleigh . IMG:content-1106.png:[blocks in formation]