Hassock

[W. hesg, sedge, rushes.] A thick mat or cushion on which persons kneel in a church. -A sandstone quarried in Kent, England, and sometimes used for the interior walls of churches. Hast, the second person singular of HAVE, q. v. Has'tate, Hastated, Has'tile, a . [Fr. hasté , from Lat. hasta , a spear.) ( Bot . ) Having the form of a spear or lance-head; as, a hastate leaf.