hi sInge rite

[Named from W. Hi singer, a Swedish mineralogist.] Min.: An amorphous compact mineral, black or brownish-black, without cleavage; its luster greasy; its hardne 3; its specific gravity 3.045. Composition: Silica, 33-07-40-97; alumina, 0-1-38; sesquioxide of iron, 26-04-40-28; protoxide of iron, 0-17:59; magnesia, 0-15.6; water, 15-12-22-83, . Found near Helsingfors, in Finland, . Varieties: Hi singe rite, Degerõite, and Scot iolite (q. v.). ( Dana .) hiş'-lop-ite, s . [Named in 1859 by Prof. Haught on, of Dublin, after Rev. Stephen Hislop, of Nagpore, who, with Rev. Robt. Hunter, sent it and other minerals, fo ils, ., to the Geological Society in 1854. ( Phil . Mag ., IV. xvii. 16, 1859.)] Min .: A gra -green variety of Calcite, colored by about fourteen per cent. of glauconite. From Nagpore in Central India. hişn, pro. [A vulgarism for his (q. v.).] his-pą, subst. [Lat. hispid us shaggy, hairy, bristly (?).] The typical genus of the family His pide (q. v.). It is surrounded by formidable spines. His-păn-I-çişm, s . [Lat. Hispanic us =pertaining to Hispania, or Spain.] A Spanish idiom or phrase; a phrase or mode of speech peculiar to the Spanish language. his-pid, a. [Lat. hispid us.] *1. Ord. Lang .: Rough; hairy; bristly; shaggy. "John of the wilderne ? the hairy child? The hispid Thesbite? or what satyr wild?" More: Verses, Pref. to Hall's Poems (1646). 2. Bot . ( of leaves, .): Having hairs thinly scattered and moderately stiff. The same as SETOSE (q. v.). IMG:content-1190.png:[blocks in formation] hispidæ his-pi-dæ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. hisp (a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Entom.: A family of tetramerous beetles, closely akin to the Ca idide. They are depre ed insects with short legs, and porrected moniliform antenne. The larvæ feed between the membranes of leaves upon their parenchyma. Found both in the Old and in the New World.