Hag

[A. S. hæges; Ger. heze. In Saxon, from egesian, to terrify.] A witch; a fury; a fiend; a she-devil. - A sorcere or enchantre . - A mora or quagmire. - A term of reproach, often applied to an ugly old woman; a crone. (Zool.) See LAMPREY. -v. a. To torment; to hara with vain terrors; to tire. Ha'gam an's, or HAGERMAN'S MILLS, in New York, a post-vill. of Montgomery co., abt. 36m.W.N.W. of Albany. Ha'gar. [Heb., stranger, slender, flight.] ( Script .) An Egyptian bondmaid in the household of Sarah ( Gen. xvi. 1-3), who, being barren, gave her to Abraham for a sec on dary wife, that by her, as a substitute, she might have children, in accordance with the customs of the East in that age. H. bore Abraham a son, whom he called Ishmael (God has heard), and in whom he for a time saw the future father of the progeny promised him. But six Ha'gerstown, now called NEW HAGERSTOWN, in Ohio , a post-village of Carroll co. Hag'fish, n. (Zool.) Same as HAG, q. v. Hag'gad a, n.; pl . Hagg a does. [Heb., an account or narrative.] A story, legend, or narrative added by the legend connected with the Scriptures. ancient Rabbins to the text of Scripture, to render the pa age or text more clear and striking. - Any Jewish Haggai. ( Script . ) One of the prophetic books of the Old Testament, whose author, Haggai, flourished during the reign of Darius Hystaspes, about five hundred years before Christ. He is cla ed among what are usually termed the minor prophets. His book comprises four discourses, of which, in all probability, we have only an epitome, and which are all concerning the same sub- ject, the building of the Temple. In the first he re- proves the indifference of the people respecting the building of the Temple, a igning that as the reason work, encouraging them with the promise of divine aid why they are punished with great drought and unpro- ductive harvests; and exhorts them to undertake the tory promise, that the glory of the second temple shall (i). The second brief discourse consists of a consol a- surpa that of the first (ii. 1-9). The third censures the outward and legal righteousne prevailing among the people, by means of which they were deprived of the divine ble ing (ii. 10-19). The fourth contains a promise of the future glorification awaiting the royal offspring of David and Zerubbabel, after the downfall of all earthly thrones. The style of Haggai in reproving is indeed vehement, but by no means poetic. In gen- eral, it is flat and destitute of power, though there are pa ages, where he treats of future events, in which he becomes somewhat elevated. There is also a marked poverty of language, as may be observed in the fre- quent repetition of the same expre ions. Hag'gard, a . [Fr. hagard , wild, ferocious; Ger. hager, thin, lean, from hege , hain , an ancient poetical name for death.] Spare; harsh; rugged in features; as, a hag- gard countenance. - Having eye unk in their sockets; ugly. -Wild; untamed; intractable. "The haggard hawk." "His hands and haggard eyes to heaven he cast." -Dryden. Spenser. -n. Haggardly, adv . In a haggard or ugly manner; Any thing wild or irreclaimable. - An ugly old woman; a hag. with deformity. Hag'ged, p . a. Lean; ugly; like a hag. ery.) A favorite dish in Scotland. It is made by minc- Hag'gis, HAGGESS, HAGGISS, n. [Scot. hog , hag , to hack; and Gael. gais , a sheep, also a piece of mutton.] ( Cook- ing finely, after long boiling, a lamb or calf's pluck, heart, ., mixing this mince with scorched oatmeal, onions, a small quantity of beef suet, salt, pepper, and some good strong stock or gravy, and putting the whole into a sheep's paunch or stomach, carefully tied at both ends, and of which it fills about two-thirds, the rest of the space being left for the expansion of the steam gen- erated by the boiling, to which it is subjected for three or four hours. The H. , however savory to the nostrils when first opened for the meal, requires both young and vigorous appetites to digest without subsequent re- proach or inconvenience. Hag'gish, a . Of the nature of a hag; deformed. "Haggish age steals." -Shaks. "Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware... Gi'e her a haggis Burns. Hag'gle, v. a. [A corruption of hackle, q. v.] To notch or cut in an unskilful manner; to make rough -v. n. To be tedious in making a bargain; to be long in by cutting; to mangle. fixing a price; to hesitate; to cavil. Hag'gler, n . One who cavils, hesitates, or makes diff i- Haggling, p . a . Hacking or mangling. - Cavilling culty in bargaining. and hesitating in coming to terms on a bargain. hundred years old, Sarah herself bore Isaac; and we find it significantly repeated nine times in seven verses ( Gen. xxi. 2-9) that Abraham and Sarah were his parents in repudiation, according to rabbinical authorities, of certain rumors about Isaac's illegitimacy, spread by Hagar. At last the domestic contentions which naturally arose led Abraham, though reluctantly, to cast out H. , together with Ishmael. How the two fugitives lost their way in the desert of Beersheba; how the water in the bottle being spent, the broken-hearted mother sat her- -n. self at a distance from her child, in order that she might not see his death; how her weeping and the loud voice of the boy were answered by an angel, who pointed out a well (Temzem, in the enclosure of Mecca), - all this forms one of the most touching and well-known narratives of the Bible. In the New Testament, H. is referred to allegorically as Mount Sinai, or "the Jerusalem which now is," ( Gal . iv. 22.) Her name is much honored among the Arabs, who claim to be her descendants. Ha'gar, or HA'GER, in Michigan , a post-township of Berrien co. Pop . (1897) about 625. gaining. Act of hesitating and making difficulties in bar- Ha'giarchy, n. [Gr. hagiarche , from hagios , sacred, and arc he , government.] Government by men in holy orders; government of the priestly order. Hagiocracy, n . [Gr. hag i ok rate i a , from hagios , holy, Hagiog'rapha, n . pl. [Gr. hagiographa , i. e. biblia , and kratein , to rule.] Government by a priesthood; hie- rarchy. the books written by inspiration.] ( Theol .) A term sometimes applied to certain books of the Old Testa- ment. The Jews divided the books of the Old Coat HAHN ment into-1. the Law, comprehending the five books of Moses; 2. the Prophets; and 3. the writings termed by them Cetubim , and by the Greeks Hagwgrapha ; whence the word has been introduced into the English language. The last were held to be inspired in a lower degree than the others; but they did not always agree as to what books belonged to the second, and what to the third cla . With us, the Hagiographa comprise the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehe miah, and the Chronicles. Hagiographer, n. One of the inspired or sacred writers. Hagiog'raphal, a . Belonging to the hagiographa, or sacred writings. Hagiography, n. Same as HAGIOGRAPHA, q. V. Hagiologist, n. [Gr. hagios , holy, and logestes , one who gives an account.] One who treats, writes, or dis- courses about the sacred Scriptures. - One who writes of the lives of the saints, or the legends connected with them. Hagiology, n. A history of the lives of the eminent persons mentioned in Scripture. - An account of the lives of the saints. Ha'gioscope, n. ( Arch .) [Gr. hagios , holy, and sko- Hagley, in Illinois , a former post-office of Ca co. pein, to view. An opening made between the extreme arms of the transept, in a cruciform church, and the Hag'-ridden, a . high altar, to enable worshippers, so placed, to have a view of the officiating priest. Hag's-taper, n. ( Bot . ) See VERBASCUM. Hag's'-tooth, Hake's-tooth, n . ( Naut .) A part Afflicted with nightmare. Hague, (The,) ( haig .) [Du. Gravenhaag , "the count's of a matting, and the like, which is interwoven with the rest in a manner to break its uniformity. meadow;" Fr. La Haye .] A town of the Netherlands, of which it is the cap, and usual residence of the king and court, is situated in the prov. of S. Holland, 10 m. S.W. of Leyden, and 13 N.W. of Rotter dam. The Hague is an open town, being surrounded only by a moat cro ed by drawbridges. It presents all the character- istic features of a Dutch town; its houses and pavements are of brick, and several of its streets are intersected with canals, and bordered with rows of trees; its gen- eral appearance, however, is much superior to that of berg, a fine open space, ornamented with a lake, and the commercial cities of Holland. The N. end of the town is the fashionable quarter, and in it is the Vyver- wooded island in the centre. Around and adjacent to this square are all the chief public edifices. These com- prise the National Museum, containing a gallery of superb pictures; the Royal Museum, filled with rare curiosities; the Royal Palace; the palace of the Prince of Orange; and the Binnenhof, occupied by various government officers, and the chambers in which the States-General of Holland meet. This building served for the prison of Grotius and Barneveldt, the latter of tific, and educational institutions, a royal library with whom was executed in front of it in 1618. The Hague has also numerous churches, charitable, literary, scien- 100,000 vols., a theatre, and many noble private picture- galleries. Near the town is the Bosch , a finely wooded park belonging to the king of Holland, containing within its precincts the Huys in den Bosch ("House in the wood"), the summer palace of the royal family. The Hague has never been a place of much commercial im- portance, -printing, the manufacture of porcelain, and cannon-founding being the chief industries. - It became the residence of the feudal lords of Holland in 1250, from which period it continued the seat of government Huygens, the naturalist Ruysch, and King William III. till 1806; it again a umed the rank of a capital on the restoration of the House of Orange. The astronomer Hague ( hag ), in Florida , a post-office of Alachua co. of England were born here. Pop . with suburbs (1897) Hague, in New York , a post-town and township of estimated at 174,500. Warren co., on Lake George, about 90 m. N. of Albany. Hague, in North Dakota , a post-office of Traill co. Hague, in Virginia , a post-village of West more land co. Hague'but, n. Same as HAGBUT ( q . v.). Haguenau ( hag - no ), a fortified town of Germany, in Alsace, on the Moder, 16 miles N. of Strasburg. Manuf . Tobacco, madder, earthenware, woollen and cotton fab rics, and soap; it has also breweries and foundries for metal. Pop . 12,650. Hah, (haw,) interj . An exclamation expre ing sur- prise or sudden effort; ha! Ha-ha', or HAW-HAW, n. "She stamps, and then cries hah! at every thrust."-Dryden. Hahnemann, SAMUEL, the founder of homœopathy, a hedge.] An enclosure by a ditch, bank, or fence, so [By redupl., from haw, arranged that one does not perceive it until almost upon it. By means of these the steeple-chasers in Great Britain frequently come to grief. (See, also, HAW-HAW.) B. of poor parents at Mei en, in Saxony, 1755, and received his diploma as doctor in physic at Heidelberr, in 1781. The same year he was appointed district phys i chemistry and literature. These studies began to accian at Gomehn, near Magdeburg, and continued his studies in chemistry and mineralogy with all the ardor of an enthusiast. In 1784 he removed to Dresden, and friend, Hufeland, in an articie entitled E ay on a soon afterwards abandoned the practice of physic in dis gust, and confined himself to his private researches in quire a fixed direction in 1790, and in 1796 he commenced the record of their results in the journal of his Medicine , in which the new doctrine was reduced to a New Principle, de. In 1805 he published his Medicine of Experience, and in 1810 his Organon of Rational coating of ice, which is covered with frozen snow in the form of granular ice at a higher elevation. By a suc- ce ion of such movements alternate layers of clear and granular ice are formed, the number of layers indica- ting the number of ascents and descents. These stones may be frozen together during their fall into the large, irregular ma es often seen. Hail-storms are limited in area and brief in duration. They are usually preceded by a sudden and considerable fall of the barometer, attended by wind, and followed by heavy rain. Hail, v . n. To pour down roundish ma es of ice or frozen vapor. system, and methodically illustrated. In a second edition, published 1819, the title of his work was abbreviated, and became the Organon of Medicine. A third edition appeared in 1824, and was translated into English nine years afterwards. It was followed by a fourth edition in 1829, and a fifth in 1833 (translated by Dr. Dudgeon), each of which embodied fresh results, and enlarged the field which this indefatigable experimentalist had un- der taken to cultivate. While this and the other works of the author mentioned below were making their way silently over Europe, H. himself was experiencing the usual fate of the world's benefactors. In 1813 he had removed from Dresden to Leipsic, where he was perse- cuted by the apothecaries as an empiric, and this had risen to such a height in 1820, that he was glad to avail himself of the protection offered to him by the Duke of Anhalt-Cöthen. In the same year he published his Pure Medicine, in 6 volumes 8vo., and in 1829 his Theory -n. A salutation, or wish of health; as, a kindly hail. of Chronic Maladies, and the Proper Medicines for -v. a. To call to, especially to a person at some distance; them, in 4 volumes, which were enlarged to 6 volumes to arrest one's attention; to greet; to salute; to welcome. in a second edition, 1840. In the meantime, his do- "The man that hails you Tom or Jack."- Cowper . mestic circumstances were changed for the better by his marriage in 1835 with a French lady, in whose com- pany he removed from Cöthen to Paris, at the age of 80. H. remained in Paris till his death in 1843, and had the v. i. To report one's self at home; as, where do you hail -v. a. To pour down in the manner of hail. Hail, mterj . [A. S. hælu , hæl ; Ger. heil ; po ibly akin to Gr. holos , whole.] A salutation, meaning be well ; he in health; health to you. Hail'-shot, n. Small shot, which scatter, when dis- charged from a gun, like hail. Hail'-stone, n. A single ma of hail; a pellet of Hail'y, a. Consisting of hail; full of hail; as, haily Haimatu'ria, n. [Gr. haima , blood, and our on , urine.] ( Med .) A discharge of blood with the urine, owing gen- erally to a diseased state of the kidneys or bladder. It is usually a symptom of some other disease, upon the nature of which its treatment, in general, depends. Hai'nan, an island of China, in the prov. of Kwang- tung, E. of the Gulf of Tonquin, separated from the mainland of China by a channel of but 10 m. in width; Lat. 18° 10' to 20° N., Lon. 108° 25' to 111° E. Area , 12,000 sq. m. The E. coast is steep and rocky; the N.W. coast is unapproachable because of sand-banks; but the S. coast is indented with several commodious and safe harbors. The interior of the island is moun- tainous and barren, but the low lands near the sea are fertile and well cultivated. Prod . Sugar, pearls, coral, wax, gold, and silver. The metropolis of the whole island is Kiang-choo-foo, the port of which is open to European shipping from 1858. Though the Chinese have po e ed this island since B. c. 108, yet there are, in the interior, some wild and hitherto unsubdued tribes. of Belgium, bounded E. by Namur, N. by Brabant, E. and W. by Flanders, and on the S.W. by France. Area , 1,424 sq. m. Prod . Wheat, flax; excellent breeds of horses, horned cattle, and sheep are also reared. Exten- sive coal-fields, iron mines, marble and limestone quar- ries. Manuf . Linen, porcelain, and pens. Principal Rivers. Haine (whence the name), Sambre, Meuse, and Scheldt. Chief towns. Mons (the cap.), Tournay, Ath, Soignies, Charleroi, and Thuin. Pop . 911,841.- H . was governed by a regular succe ion of counts from the time of Regnier I., who began to reign about 860. In 1436 it pa ed into the hands of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, and by the treaties of the Pyrenees, Nov. 7, 1659, and of Nimeguen, Sept. 17, 1678, part was ceded to France, forming the prov. of French Hainault. In 1814 it was allotted to the Low Countries, and in 1830 was incorporated with Belgium. Hain'burg, a town of Austria, on the right bank of the Danube, 27 m. E.S.E. of Vienna, and 2 m. from the Hungarian frontier. Manuf . Tobacco. It is mentioned in the Nibelungen Lied , being at the date of that song a border fortre of the Huns. Pop . 5,150. Haines, in Pennsylvania , a township of Centre county. Haines'burg, in New Jersey , a post-village of Warren co., about 12 m. N. of Belvidere. Haines Creek, in New Jersey , enters Rancocas Creek Haines'port, in New Jersey , a post-village of Burling- ton co., about 7 m. S. of Burlington. Haines'ville, in Illinois , a post-village of Lake co., 15 m. S.W. of Waukegan. Also called PRETTY MAN. Haines'ville, or HAYNESVILLE, in Mi ouri , a village of Clinton co., about 40 m. S.E. of St. Joseph. Hainesville, in W. Virginia , a village of Berkeley co. Hair, n. [A.S. hær, her; Ger. haar , allied to Lat. hirtus , rough.] ( Anat .) The name applied to the small cylin- drical, transparent, insensible, and elastic filaments which arise from the skin, and are attached to it by means of small roots. II . is found to grow on all parts of the surface of the human body, except the palms of scope exhibits a centre of light pithy substance, invested with a horny sheath. This outer portion of the hair ap pears made up of ring-like scales that overlap each other like the shingles of a house. The hair is kept moist and smooth by an oil secreted by glands just beneath the epidermis. In hairs which act as tactile organs in some of the animals, as the whiskers of the cat, the hair-bulb con- tains a true papilla furnished with nerves. H. is elas- tic, and will stretch nearly one-third of its original length, and sustain a weight of 6 ounces without breaking. When dry and warm, it is easily made electri- cal, and it readily attracts moisture from the atmos- phere. It elongates by moisture, and one form of hygrom- eter indicates the condition of the air IMG:content-0497.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0498.jpg:[ocr errors] MAGNIFIED SECTION OF BULB OF A