hyemation

[Lat. hiematio, from hiemo = to pa the winter; hiems =winter.] 1. The act or state of pa ing the winter in a particular state. "Setting it in cases in our conservatories for hyemation." Evelyn: Sylva, ch. xx. 2. The act of affording shelter during the winter. hỹ-ē-nạ, hỹ-æ-na, hyene, s. [Lat., from Gr. hyaina = a Libyan wild beast, probably the hyena, from hus =aswine, a pig, to which the hyena has no IMG:content-1392.png:[blocks in formation] adding ether, which precipitates the hydro chlorate (1) The common Striped Hyena ( Hyæna striata ) is of hydroxylamine, NH2OH HCl, in crystals. Also brownish-gray, darker above, with several irreguby the action of hydrogen, obtained from tin and lar, transverse, distinct stripes along the sides. It HCl on ammonium nitrate, or ethyl nitrate. The is the Canis hyæna of Linnæus, the only species he base is very volatile and easily decomposed: it is only known in solution. Hydroxylamine gives a potash, also by the addition of an alkaline carbon ate to the hydro chlorite. The salts of hydroxylamine are decomposed by potash with evolution of nitrogen and formation of ammonia. Central Africa, it was known to the ancients, who light green precipitate with cupric sulphate, which regarded it with superstitious awe, and invented is reduced to cuprous oxide on boiling with water. many tales as to its habits. It is nocturnal, grub Hydroxylamine is a powerful reducing agent. A bing up corpses from graveyards, hunting down base can be obtained by decomposanimals, or, in some cases, carrying children. ing the nitrate di olved in alcohol by alcoholic Moore calls its cry a "moan," but sometimes there is a sound like sardonic laughter, whence the animal is called the Laughing Hyena. Fierce as it is, it can be domesticated with ease. (2) Hyæna macu lat a , the Spotted Hyena, found at the Cape of Good Hope, and in Southern Africa generally where it is called Cape Hyena, and, on account of its ferocity, Tiger-wolf. It is yellowish-brown, with numerous spots of a deeper color. It is somewhat smaller than the Striped Hyena. (3) Hyæna villosa , the Strand Wolf of the Dutch, is also from the Cape, where it was first discriminated. It is grizzled ite.]