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hist, interj. Hush; be silent,— a word command- ing silence. [Peih. same as his*: cf. Dan. Ays, lence hy e, hush; and cf. E. whist.] Histology, his-tol'o-jl, u. Science of the minute structure of the ti ues of plants, animals, etc. [Gr. histos, a web, and logos, discourse.] History, his'to-rT, ». A statement of what is known: arecond; description; a narrative of events; a statement of the progre of a nation or an institution, with philosophical inquiries respecting effects and causes. [L. and Gr. hist or i a, Gr. hist or, for idtor, knowing, learned, eidenai, to know.] — Natural history. Description and cla ification of objects in nature, as minerals, plants, animals, etc., and the phenomena which they exhibit to the senses. — Hisio'rian, n. A writer or compiler of history; chronicler; annalist. — Historic,, -tor'ik, -ical, a. Containing, pert, to, contained or exhibited in, deduced from, or representing history. — Historical painting. That branch of painting which represents events of history, with regard to time, place, and acce ories, and with exercise of imaginative art. — The historic seme. Capacity to represent the unity of a past age. — Historically, adv. — Histo'riog'rapher, -fer, n. A historian; writer of history; esp. an officer employed to write the history of a prince or state. [Gr. graphcin, to write.]— Histo'riog'raphy, -IT, n. Art or employment of, etc. Histrionic, h|s-trT-on 'ik, -ical, a. Pert, to a stage player, or to playing; theatrical. (L. histrionic us, histrio, a player.] — Histrionically, adv. Hit, hit, [imi>. & p. hit; hittixg To reach with a stroke or blow; esp. to reach or touch an object aimed at, as a mark, usually with force; to reach or attain exactly, accord with, suif — v. To meet or come in contact, strike; to succeed in an attempt. — n. A collision; the stroke or blow that touches anything, — often with implied luck or chance: an apt expre ion or turn of thought. [Tc. and Sw. hxtta, Dan. hilte, to hit upon, prob. Goth. Itmitau, to catch, E. hint.]— To hit To describe with hits or characteristic strokes. — To hit on, or upon. To light upon; to come to by chance. Hitch, hich, ». [hitched (hicht), hitching.] To become entangled, caught, linked, or yoked; to move spasmodically by jerks, or with stops; to fidget, move. — To fasten, unite, yoke, harne ; fame, far, pes& cr opera, fare end, HOBNOB to raise or pull with a jerk. — n. A catch impediment; temporary obstacle or stoppage. (zVairf.) A knot or noose in a rope for fastening to a ring or other object. [ME. hicchtn; cf. Scot, hocch, to move by jerks; not hook.]