Huzza

[Most probably a different form of hurrah.] A shout of joy. -v. n. To utter a loud shout of joy, or an acclamation in joy or praise. -v. a. To receive or attend with shouts of joy. Huzza'ing, n. A shouting with joy; a receiving with shouts of joy. Hven, Hwen, ( when ,) a small island of Sweden, on the S.W. coast in the Sound, 15 m. N.E. of Copenhagen. It has no particular interest save having been the residence of Tycho Brahe, and the place where he built an observatory, which has since fallen into decay: pop . 2,100. Hversalt, n. ( Min .) A var. of Halo trichite in which a little of the alumina is replaced by sesquioxide of iron, and some of the protoxide of iron by magnesia. H. W. Abbreviation for high -water. Hwang-ho, a river of China. See HOANG-HO. Hyacinth, (hi'a-sinth,) n. [Lat. hyacinth us; Gr. hya kinthos .] ( Myth .) A young Lacedæmonian prince of great beauty, son of Amyclas. He was the favorite of both Apollo and Zephyr, but himself preferred the former. Zephyr is said to have killed him from jealousy; but Apollo transformed him into the flower called after him, engraving on its petals the two first letters of his name. He was worshipped as a divinity at Sparta. ( Bot .) A bulbous plant, genus HYACINTH US, q. v. (Min.) The H. of the ancients is regarded as our sapphire. The highly-colored varieties of zircon are called hyacinths. The variety of garnet called cinnamon stone, especially that from Ceylon, and sometimes a ferruginous quartz of a blood-red color, are also called by this name. In modern mineralogy a hyacinth - color is reddish-orange with a tinge of brown. Hyacinthe, FATHER CHARLES-LOYSON, a French pulpit orator, B. 1827. He studied at the Academy of Pau, and at an early age composed some remarkable poetry. In 1835 he entered Saint-Sulpice, was ordained priest after four years of theological study, taught philosophy at the great Seminary of Avignon, and theology at that of Nantes, and officiated in his ecclesiastical capacity at Saint-Sulpice. He afterwards spent two years in the convent of the Carmelites of Lyons, entered that order, and attracted much attention by his preaching at the Lycée of that city. He delivered the course of sermons in Advent at Bordeaux, a course for Lent at Périgneux in 1864, and repaired to Paris, where his preaching at the Madeleine and at Notre-Dame attracted much attention. Father H. exhibited liberal tendencies, which, though perhaps not absolutely at variance with the secret thoughts of the archbishop of Paris, Monseigneur Darbay, obliged this eminent dignitary to put an end to the discourses of the bold Carmelite. In 1869, a letter of censure from the Father-General of the barefooted Carmelites led Father H. to a breaking of his vows. He then repaired to New York, and some days after left America, and married in 1872 an American lady. In 1873 he established an Old Catholic Church in Geneva, resigning his charge in 1874. He opened an independent church in Paris, in 1878, called the Eglise Gallicane. Hyacinth us, n . [See HYACINTH.] ( Bot .) A genus of plants, ord. Liliacese. They are bulbous-rooted, with bell-shaped flower, 6-cleft perianth, and dry capsular fruit. The numerous and splendid varieties of the garden hyacinth, H. Oriental is , have always been general favorites; and the fondne for these flowers in some countries almost amounts to a mania. It is a native of Persia, Asia Minor, and Syria, and is now naturalized in some parts of the south of Europe. It has broad linear leaves, with a raceme of many flowers. The colors of the cultivated hyacinth vary greatly, and are chiefly white, purple, and blue; many of them are double. The fragrance of the hyacinth is most powerful about 11 o'clock at night. In Holland more than 2,000 varieties have received distinct names, and the price of 1,000 florins has been given for a single plant. The environs of some of the Dutch Fig. 1333. HYACINTH. towns present, through the profusion of these flowers, a gorgeous appearance. Hyacinth bulbs, planted in pots or grown in hyacinth-gla es, produce beautiful flowers. Hyacinthine, Hyacinth i an, a. [Gr. hyakinthinos.] Made of hyacinth; consisting of hyacinth; resembling hyacinth. Hyades, ( hi'a -dees.) (Myth.) The five daughters of Atlas, king of Mauri tan i a, who were so disconsolate at the death of their brother Hyas, killed by a wild boar, that they pined away and died. They became stars after death, and were placed near Taurus, one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Their names are Phaola, Ambrosia, Eudora, Coronis, and Polyxus. To these some have added Thiene and Prodice. The ancients supposed that the rising and setting of the Hyades were always attended with much rain.