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i. [Lat. hibernatum, sup. of hiberno =to winter; hibernus =pertaining to winter.] To pa the season of winter in close, protected, or secluded quarters, as birds and beasts; to winter. hi-ber-nā-tion, *hy-ber-nā-tion, s. [HIBER NATE.] 1. Ord. Lang.: The act or state of hibernating. 2. Zool. & Entom .: Many animals hibernate. In the case of insects it is naturally but erroneously a umed that they pa the winter only in a chrysalis state. Some species of Lepidoptera do so in the egg, others in the caterpillar, others in the chrysalis state. ( E. Newman : British Butterflies .) Hi-bērn-i-an, a. & s. [Lat. Hibernia , Iverna , Inverna , from Gr. Ierne , from Irish Eire =Ireland, Erin.] [ARYAN.] A. As adj .: Of or pertaining to Hibernia or Irejand: Irish. B. As subst.: A native or inhabitant of Ireland. Hibernians of America, Ancient Order of, s. A fraternal benefit society founded in 1836. The returns of the order for 1898 showed a total membership of 105,383. IMG:content-1155.png:[blocks in formation] Chem.: Monatomic alcohols having the formula C6H13 (OH). Seventeen alcohols can exist, eight primary, six secondary, and three tertiary. Normal hexyl-alcohol, (CH3'(CH2)4°CH2OH. It is obtained from the e ential oil of Heracleum giganteum, where it exists as hexyl-butyrate, along with octyl acetate; the oil is saponified by alcoholic potash, and then fractionally distilled. The hexyl-alcohol boils at 157°. By oxidation it yields caproic acid. A secondary alcohol, methyl butyl carbinol, HOHC hexyl-iodide, s. Chem.: C6H131, a secondary hexyl-iodide, is obtained by treating mannite with strong hydriodic acid. C6H14O6+11HI=512+6H2O+C6H131. It boils at 167°. hěx-y-lēne, s. [Eng., ., hexyl; -ene (Chem.) (q. v.).] [HEXENE.] hey, interj. [Onomatopoetic; cf. Ger. hei; Dut. hei.] An exclamation of joy, surprise, or mutual exhortation. hey'-day, *hey'-dā, interj . [German heid a ho! hallo; Dut. hei daar =ho there!] An exclamation of cheerfulne or sometimes of wonder. hey-day, s. [For high - day; from Mid. Eng. hey =high, and day .] A frolicsome wildne . *hey'-de-guies, *hey-dě-guỹeş, s . [Prob. from heyday, s., and guise .] A kind of frolicsome dance, *hi-ā-tion, s . [Lat. hio =to gape.] The act of IMG:content-1156.png:[blocks in formation] hi-bērn-i-an-Ism, s . [Eng. hibernian ; -ism.] A phrase, idiom, or mode of speech peculiar to the hi-bērn-i-çişm, s. [Lat. Hiberni (a)=Ireland; cconnective; Eng. suff. -ism .] A phrase or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish; hibernianism.