Harmost

[Gr. armostēs, from armozō, I fit.] (Anc. Hist.) A Spartan magistrate, called also, sometimes, Soph ron is tes (moderator), who was appointed to govern a conquered state. It is conjectured from Thucydides, iv. 53, that the office was annual. Other Greek States which made conquests afterwards borrowed the name. Xenophon speaks of Theban harmostæ in Achaia. Har'motome, n. [Gr. harmos, joint, and temno, to cut or cleave, from the manner in which its crystals divide.] ( Min.) A silicate of alumina and baryta occurring in white crystals, sometimes gray, red, brown, or yellow, and of a vitreous lustre. The crystals are rectangular prisms, often twins, found at Strontian, Scotland, Andreas burg in the Hartz Mts., and elsewhere. Sp. gr. 2-44-2-45. Comp. Silica 46-5, alumina 15-9, baryta 23-7. water 13.9. Har'nageville, in Georgia, a village of Pickens co. Har'nersville, in Pennsylvania, a post-village of Somerset co.