Hair trigger

( Gun.) A trigger connected with the tumbler of a gun-lock by a contrivance called a hair, by means of which, on the very slightest pre ure, the fire-arm is discharged. - Also applied to a pistol made upon this principle. Hair-worm, n. ( Zool .) See GORDIUS. Hair'y, a . Overgrown with hair; covered with hair- Consisting of hair; resembling hair; of the nature of hair; as, a hairy mantle. Haitian, (hā'shan,) a. and n . Same as HAYTIAN. 9. v. Hake, n. [O. Eng. haak ; Ger. hecht , a pike.] ( Zool . ) See MERFUCIUS. -v.n. To go about idly; to mope; also, to sneak, or loaf. Ha'kim, n . [Arab., a physician.] A title given among the Arabs to physicians, and also to other persons as a title of respect. Hal, a town of Belgium, prov. S. Brabant, 10 m. S.S.W. of Bru els. Manuf . Cloths and linen goods. Pop . 7.160. Ha'las, a town of Hungary, 75 m. S. of Pesth, on Lake Halasto; pop . 14,300. Halberd, n . [Fr. hallebarde ; Ger. hellebarde, from hell , clear, bright, and barde , a broad-axe.] ( Mil .) An offensive weapon consisting of a shaft about five feet long, made of oak, having a steel head formed somewhat like a crescent. It was much used formerly, but is seldom or ever now seen, except in some Scottish burghs, where it is employed by the civil officers who attend the magistrates in proce ions, and on other public occasions. Halberdier, ( hal'ber -deer,) n. [Fr. hallebardier.] One armed with a halberd. Halberstadt, a city of Pru ia in Saxony, on the Holzemme, 32 m. S.W. of Magdeburg. Manuf . Cloth, wool, tobacco, leather gloves, hats, candles, and brandy. Pop. (1897) 38,765. Hal'bert, in Indiana , a township of Martin co. Hal'cott, in New York, a town- IMG:content-0500.jpg:[graphic][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed]