hectostere

[Fr., from Gr. hekaton a hundred, and stereos =solid.] A French measure of solidity, containing 100 cubic meters, equivalent to 3531-66 cubic feet. hěd-dle, s. [Etym. doubtful.] Weav.: One of the sets of parallel knotted cords forming loops for the warp-threads; and by whose vertical reciprocation the warp-threads are shifted so as to make the shed for the pa age of the shuttle. Heddles are a nece ary integral feature 1. A constitutional fever. [HECTIC-FEVER.] 2. The flush usually seen in hectic fever and con of all looms, having sets of strings for separating sumption. ( Byron : Manfred , ii. 4.) hectic-fever, s. Path.: A fever attended by frequency and weak ne of pulse, alternations of cold with heat and flushing, followed by perspiration; the strength daily decreases, and the body wastes away. Hectic fever is often produced when an absce goes on to suppuration; it is also an attendant on phthisis, dysentery, . *hectic-al, a. [Eng. hectic ; al.] The same as HECTIC (q. v.). "I will keep it [sickne ] from being hectical."-Wotton: Reliquiæ, p. 433. hěc-tically, adv . [Eng. hectical ; -ly .] In a hectic manner; constitutionally, consumptively. "He was for some years hectically feverish." -Johnson: IMG:content-1080.png:[blocks in formation] Zoology and Biology : 1. Of the form hectocotylus: What was originally supposed to be a male animal, and made a genus; but is now known to be the argonaut cuttle-fish arm described under 2. 2. Of both forms : One of the eight arms of a cuttle-fish, particularly an argonaut, so specialized as to be used for reproductive purposes. After its development is complete, it is detached from its original situation and affixed to the female. "The hectocotyle of the argonaut was discovered by Chiaje, who considered it a parasitic worm, and described it under the name of Tricocephalus acetabular is. It was again described by Costa, who regarded it as a 'sperm at ophore of a singular shape,' and, lastly, by Dr. Külliker." -S. P. Woodward: Man of the Mollusca (3d ed.), p. 159. hěc-to-cot-ý-lized, a . [Mod. Lat. hectocotyl(us); Eng. suff. - ized .] So specialized and developed as to constitute a hectocotyle. "The metamorphosed or hectocotyli zed arm of cuttlefishes." S. P. Woodward: Mollusca (3d ed.), p. 159. hěc-to-cot-ỹ-lus, s. [НЕСTO COTYLE.]