hopper cock

A valve for water-closets, . hop-pěr (2), s. [Eng. hop (2); -er.] A hop-picker. hop-per-Ings, s.pl. [ Eng.hopper; -ings.] Mining: The gravel retained in the hopper of a cradle. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia "But if the horal orbit ceases, The whole stands still." Prior : Alma , iii. 268. *hör-al-ly, adv . [Eng. horal; -ly.] Hourly. *hor-är-I-ous, a. [Lat. horarius , from hora =an 2. A gang, a multitude, a crew. (Used generally in contempt.) "Oh! how I wished for spear or sword, At least to die amidst the horde." hor-de-æ, s. pl . [Lat. hord (eum) (q. v.); fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] Bot .: A tribe of gra es, type Hordeum (q. v.). hor-de-o-lum, s. [Latin hordeolus , dim in. of Phar.: Pearl barley. The husked seeds of Hor- deum distichum. It is used to prepare Decoctum horde i , decoction of barley, made by washing two ounces of barley with cold water, and then pouring thirty ounces of boiling water over it. This is used as a mild nutritive and demulcent drink. *hore, *hoor, a. [HOAR.] höre-hound, höar-hound, s. [A. S. hárahúne , hara hunig =the herb horehound; hár =hoar, hoary gray, from the short, white, woolly hairs, and hune =horehound.] 1. Bot .: Marrubium vulgare , a plant so hoary as to be almost woolly; the leaves are broadly ovate and crenate; the whorls of flowers dense; calyx oblong, with ten short spinous teeth; the corolla white, labiate, the upper lip long, bifid. Wild in continental Europe, North Africa, Western and Southern Asia, . 1. Lit. The circular line where the sky and the earth seem, to a spectator on the surface of the lat- ter, to meet. [II.] "When the morning sun shall raise his car Above the border of the horizon ." 2. Fig .: Anything bounding one's mental vision. "While the authors of all these evils were idly and stupidly gazing on this menacing meteor, which black ened all their horizon ."-Burke: On the Nabob of Arcot's Debts . more of the sky than if his eye were at the surface of the sphere. If he looks from a mountain top the error becomes of consequence. The term "sensible," "visible," or "physical" horizon is therefore often used, though not quite accurately, for a plane sup- posed to be extended from the observer's eye at right angles to a vertical line at the place and extending to the celestial vault. The horizon con- venient for astronomical purposes, and called the astronomical or rational horizon, is different from this. The spectator's eye is supposed to be, not at the surface, but at the center of the earth, with the planet transparent enough not to impede vision. The astronomical horizon of the Lick observatory would be obtained by supposing a line drawn downward from that spot to the earth's center, and a plane everywhere at right angles to that line, to It would form a great circle, both of the earth and of the heavens. Sometimes what is called an "artificial horizon" is needed, and is formed by the reflecting surface of a fluid. IMG:content-1275.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1276.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1277.png:[blocks in formation] horizontally hör-iz-on-tal-ly, adv . [Eng. horizontal; -ly.] In a horizontal position or direction; in a line parallel to the horizon; on a level. "It is occasionally requisite that the object-end of the instrument be moved up and down as well as horizon tally."- Paley : Nat . Theol ., ch. viii. hor-min-i-dæ, s. pl. [Lat. hormin (um) (q. v.); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ.] Bot.: A family of Labiates, tribe Monardese. hor-mi-năm, s . [Lat. horminum ; Gr. horminon =the plant described in the def.; hormaō =to excite; the horminum of the ancients being reputed an aphrodisiac.] Bot .: The typical genus of the family Horminide (q. v.). IMG:content-1278.png:[blocks in formation] Hor-mŭzd, s . [Zend.] In the Zoroastrian Creed, the Good Principle or Being supposed to have created light, and to be the originator and patron of all good in the universe. He is perpetually in conflict with Ahriman, the Evil Principle or Being. [AHRIMAN.] He has under him a hierarchy of angels. [ZOROASTRIANISM.]