Hominism
Hominism, A Term Applied By W. Windelband To That Form Of Pragmatism Which In England Is Usually Called Humanism. The Name Is Associated With The Dictum Of Protagoras The Sophist, Homo Mensura, Man Is The Measure Of All, Things. See Prag ...
Homoeopathy
Homoeopathy. A System Of Therapeutics Based Upon The Law Similia Similibus Curentur, Which Was Introduced In 1796 By S. C. F. Hahnemann, A Native Of Meissen In Germany. (for Merly The Accepted Form Was Similia Similibus Curantur ["like Is Cured By Like"] But Research Has Proved That Hahnemann Himself Used ...
Homology
Homology. Owen (1804-92) Introduced The Terms Homo Logy And Analogy Into Biological Literature To Imply Two Differ Ent Types Of Similarity Of Structure In Organisms. Homologous Structures Were Such As Were Capable Of Being Shown By Study Of A Series Of Forms To Be Structurally Equivalent, Though Not Necessarily Functionally ...
Homonym
Homonym, A Term For Those Words Which Differ In Sense But Are Alike In Sound Or Spelling Or Both (gr. Oµwvuµos, Having The Same Name). Words Spelt But Not Sounded Alike, E.g., "bow," Are Homographs; And Words Alike Only In Sound, E.g., "meat," "meet," Homophones. Skeat (etymol. Dict.) Gives A ...
Homophony
Homophony, A Musical Term Signifying Literally "like Voices," That Is, Voices Or Instruments In Unison, But Which In Practice Has Come To Signify Music With One Outstanding Part, To Which The Other Parts Are Subordinate, As Opposed To Polyphonic Music, Composed Of A Number Of Parts Of More Or Less ...
Homs Or Rims
Homs Or Rims, A City Of Syria, Situated In The Great Orontes Plain, On A Canal About 1 M. From The River ; Pop. Esti Mated At 50,000 (35,o00 Muslims). The Neighbourhood Is Ex Ceptionally Fertile, And The Climate Good. The Gardens And Orchards Of Homs Have Always Been Famed ...
Honan
Honan, One Of The Most Densely Peopled And Historically One Of The Most Famous Provinces Of China. Its Name Signifies "south Of The River," I.e., Of The Hwang-ho, Whose Basin Was The Scene Of Chinese Civilization In Its Formative Period, But In Fact A Part Of The Province Lies North ...
Honavar
Honavar, A Seaport Of British India, North Kanara Dis Trict Of Bombay. Pop. 7,955. It Is Mentioned As A Place Of Trade As Early As The 16th Century. In 167o, The English Factors Here Had A Bull-dog Which Killed A Sacred Bull, In Revenge For Which They Were Murdered, To ...
Honda Or San Bartolome
Honda Or San Bartolome De Honda, A Town Of The Department Of Tolima, Colombia, On The West Bank Of The Magdalena River, 58o M. Above Its Mouth. Pop. (1928) 12,622. It Is About 65o Ft. Above Sea-level And Overlooks The Rapids Of The Magdalena, Shut In Closely By Spurs Of ...
Honduras
Honduras, A Republic Occupying The Central Portion Of Central America, With A Coastline Of 400 M. On The Caribbean Sea And A Frontage Of Some 4o M. On The Gulf Of Fonseca, On The Pacific Ocean. It Is Bounded On The North By The Caribbean Sea, On The East By ...
Hone
Hone, A Variety Of Finely Siliceous Stone Employed For Whetting Or Sharpening Edge Tools, And For Abrading Steel And Other Hard Surfaces. Hones Are Generally Prepared In The Form Of Flat Slabs Or Small Pencils Or Rods, But Some Are Made With The Outline Of The Special Instrument They Are ...
Honesty
Honesty (lunaria Biennis), Hardy Biennial Of The Family Cruciferae, Suitable For Garden Cultivation. It Is An Attractive Everlasting Plant 2 Ft. To 4 Ft. High, With A Silvery Dissepiment. The Similar But Less Ornamental Perennial Honesty (l. Rediviva) Is Also Cultivated. ...
Honey Dew
Honey Dew, A Secretion Consisting Of Exudations Of Sugar From The Leaves Of Various Trees Under Certain Atmospheric Condi Tions. It Is Usually The Result Of A Superfluity Of Sap, But May Also Be Produced By The Puncture Of Certain Insects (aphides, Q.v.); The Latter Condition Constitutes A Form Of ...
Honey Guide
Honey-guide, A Bird So Called From Its Habit Of Pointing Out To Man And To The Ratel (111ellivora Capensis) Nests Of Bees, The Produce Of Which It Then Hopes To Share. Stories To This Effect Are Found In The Narratives Of Many African Travellers. But Layard Says (b. South Africa, ...
Honey Locust
Honey Locust, The Popular Name Of A North American Tree (gleditschia Triacanthos), Of The Family Leguminosae, Na Tive To Fertile Soils From Western Pennsylvania Through Ohio And Ontario To Michigan And Minnesota And Southward To Alabama And Texas, And Also Naturalized From Cultivation Eastward Of This Range. It Reaches From ...
Honey
Honey, A Sweet Viscid Liquid, Elaborated By Honey-bees From Nectar Obtained By Them Chiefly From The Nectaries Of Flowers, And After Transportation To The Hive In The Honey-stomach, Ripened Into Honey And Finally Deposited Into The Cells Of Their Combs Prepared For This Storage. The U.s. Department Of Agriculture Has ...
Honeycomb
Honeycomb, A Cloth So Called Because Of The Particular Pattern Made By The Arrangement Of The Crossing Of The Warp And Weft Threads ; These Form Cells Somewhat Similar To Those Of The Real Honeycomb. They Differ From The Latter In That They Are Rec Tangular Instead Of Hexagonal. The ...
Honeysuckle
Honeysuckle, Botanical Name Lonicera, A Genus Of Climbing, Erect Or Prostrate Shrubs, Of The Family Caprifoliaceae, So Named Of Ter The 16th-century German Botanist Adam Lonicer. The Common British Species Is L. Periclymenum, The Woodbine: L. Capri F Olium And L. X Ylosteum Are Found In A Few Counties In ...
Honfleur
Honfleur, Seaport Of France, In The Department Of Cal Vados, 57 M. N.e. Of Caen By Rail, On The Seine Estuary, Opposite Havre, With Which It Communicates By Steamboat. Pop. (1931) 8,031. Honfleur Dates From The Iith Century And Is 500 Years Older Than Havre, Which Supplanted It In The ...
Hongkong
Hongkong, An Important British Island Possession Off The South Coast Of China In 22° 9'-22° 17' N. ; 114° 5'—ii4° I8' E. The Present British Colony Of Greater Hongkong Is A Compact Group Of Islands And Peninsulas, Comprising The Island Of Hongkong Itself, The Kowloon Peninsula And The So-called New ...
Honiton
Honiton, A Market Town And Municipal Borough In Devon Shire, England, Situated On The Left Bank Of The Otter, 164 M. E.n.e. Of Exeter By The S.r. Pop. (1931) 3,008. Honiton (hone Tone, Huneton) Is Situated On The British Icknield Street, And Was Probably The Site Of An Early Settlement, ...
Honnef
Honnef, A Town And Health Resort (in The Prussian Rhine Province) Situated On The Right Bank Of The Rhine, At The Foot Of The Siebengebirge, 8 M. Above Bonn By The Cologne-linz Railway. Pop. (1925) 8,123. It Does A Considerable Trade In Wine. The Town Is Surrounded By Vineyards And ...
Honolulu
Honolulu, Capital And Principal Port Of Hawaii (q.v.), And Seat Of The City And County Of Honolulu, Is Situated In 19' N., 157° 52' W., On The South Coast Of Oahu Island 2,091 M. S.w. Of San Francisco. Pop. (1890) 22,907; (1900) 39,920; (1910) 52,183; (1920) 137,582. The City Ex ...
Honorius
Honorius, The Name Of Four Popes And One Antipope. 1. Honorivs I., Pope From 625 To 638, Was Of A Noble Roman Family. He Continued The Work Of Gregory The Great, Especially In England; Bede (hist. Eccl. Ii. I7) Gives A Letter Of His To King Edwin Of Northumbria, In ...
Honorius_2
Honorius, Son Of Theodosius I., Ascended The Throne As "emperor Of The West" In 395. During The Early Part Of His Reign The West Was Attacked On All Sides By Barbarian Hordes. Italy Was Saved By The Exertions Of Honorius' Guardian And Father-in-law, The Vandal Stilicho (q.v.), But Gaul Was ...
Honour
Honour, A Term Which May Be Defined As Respect, Esteem Or Deference Paid To, Or Received By, A Person In Consideration Of His Character, Worth Or Position ; Also The State Or Condition Of The Person Exciting The Feeling Or Expression Of Such Esteem; Particu Larly A High Personal Character ...
Honourable Artillery Company
Honourable Artillery Company. On Aug. 25, 1537, Henry Viii. Granted A Charter Of Incorporation To The Guild Of Fraternity Of Saint George, A Guild Of Archers And Handgunmen. The Wording Of The Charter, However, Implies That A Guild Existed Before The Grant Was Made And That It Was Now Re ...
Honourable
Honourable, A Style Or Title Of Honour Common To The United Kingdom, The British Colonies And The United States Of America. See Forms Of Address. In The British Colonies The Title "honourable" Is Given To Mem Bers Of The Executive And Legislative Bodies, To Judges, Etc., During Their Term Of ...
Hood Mould
Hood Mould, In Architecture, A Moulding Projecting From The Face Of The Wall, Immediately Above An Arch Or Opening Whose Curvature Or Outline It Follows. It Originated In The Romanesque Period (see Byzantine And Romanesque Architecture) As A Protection To The Mouldings Below And To Throw Water Away From The ...
Hood River
Hood River, A City Of Northern Oregon, U.s.a., On The Columbia River, At The Mouth Of Hood River; The County Seat Of Hood River County. It Is On The Columbia River Highway, And Is Served By The Mount Hood And The Union Pacific Railways. The Pop. In 1930, By U.s. ...
Hood
Hood, A Covering For The Head. Some Form Of Hood As A Loose Covering Easily Drawn On Or Off The Head Has Formed A Natural Part Of Outdoor Costume Both For Men And Women At All Times And In All Quarters Of The Globe Where Climatic Conditions Called For It. ...
Hooghly Or Hugli
Hooghly Or Hugli, A Town And District Of British India, In The Burdwan Division Of Bengal. The Town, Situated On The Right Bank Of The Hooghly River, 24 M. Above Calcutta By Rail, Forms One Municipality With Chinsura (q.v.) . Pop. The Principal Buildings Are The Hooghly College (at Chinsura) ...
Hooghly Or Hugli_2
Hooghly Or Hugli, The Most Westerly And Commer Cially The Most Important Channel By Which The Ganges Enters The Bay Of Bengal. It Takes Its Distinctive Name Near The Town Of Santipur, About 120 M. From The Sea. The Stream Now Known As The Hooghly Represents Three Western Deltaic Distributaries ...
Hookah
Hookah, A Pipe With A Long Flexible Tube Attached To A Large Bowl Containing Water, Often Scented, And Resting Upon Its Own Base. The Smoke Of The Tobacco Passes Through The Water In The Bowl, And Is Thus Cooled. The Narghile Of India Is In Principle The Same As The ...
Hooked Rug
Hooked Rug, A Rug Made By Pulling Narrow Strips Of Wool Or Cotton Cloth Or Wool Yarn, With A Tool Roughly Resembling A Button-hook, Up Through A Basic Material Of Coarse Linen Or Burlap. The Loops, Approximately A Half Inch High, And The Width Of Two, Three Or Four Mesh ...
Hookworm
Hookworm, Parasitism Caused By The Hookworms Necator Americanus, Ankylostoma Duodenale, And, More Rarely, Ankylos Toma Braziliense, Which Inhabit A Relatively Small Portion Of Man's Small Intestine. A Single Healthy Female Hookworm Passes Daily Several Hundred Eggs Which Leave Man In His Excrement. Under Favourable Conditions, Such As Its Deposit On ...
Hooligan
Hooligan, The Generally Accepted Modern British Term For A Young Street Ruffian Or Rowdy, First Applied To The Young Street Ruffians Of The South-east Of London About 189o. The Most Proba Ble Source Was A Comic Song Popular In The Late '8os Or Early '9os, Which Described The Doings Of ...
Hoopeston
Hoopeston, A City Of Vermilion County, Ill., U.s.a., Loom. S. Of Chicago. It Is Served By The Chicago And Eastern Illinois And The Nickel Plate Railways. The Population In 1920 Was 193o It Was 5,613. Grain, Hay And Live Stock Are Shipped In Large Quantities. The City Has Grain Elevators, ...
Hoopoe
Hoopoe (upupa Epops), A Bird Conspicuous By Its Varie Gated Plumage And Large Erectile Crest. It Is A Summer Visitor To Almost All Europe And To Siberia, Wintering In Africa And India. It Is Resident In North-east Africa And China. It Is About The Size Of A Thrush, With A ...
Hoorn
Hoorn, A Seaport In The Province Of North Holland, On A Bay Of The Zuider Zee Called The Hoornerhop, And A Junction Sta Tion 231 M. By Rail N. By E. Of Amsterdam. Pop. (1926) 11,806. Hoorn, Latinized As Horna Or Hornum, Is Mentioned In A Document Of 1311. In ...
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls, A Village Of Rensselaer County, New York, 3om. N.e. Of Albany, On The Hoosick River. It Is Served By The Boston And Maine Railroad. The Population In 193o Was 4,755. The Falls Of The River Furnish Abundant Water Power, And The Village Has Various Manufacturing Industries. It Was ...
Hop Scotch
Hop-scotch, An Old English Children's Game In Which A Small Object, Like A Flat Stone, Is Kicked By The Player While Hopping From One Division To Another Of An Oblong Space Marked Upon The Ground And Divided Into 10 Or 12 Numbered Divisions. The Stone Must Rest In Each Successively, ...
Hop
Hop, Humulus Lupulus, L., An Herbaceous Twining Plant, Belonging To The Family Moraceae. It Is Of Common Occurrence In Hedges And Thickets In The Southern Counties Of England, But Is Believed Not To Be Native In Scotland. On The European Conti Nent It Is Distributed From Greece To Scandinavia, And ...
Hope
Hope, A City Of Hempstead County, Arkansas, U.s.a., In The South-western Part Of The State; On Federal Highway 67, And Served By The Frisco, The Louisiana And Arkansas And The Mis Souri Pacific Railways. The Population Was 4790 In 1920; 193o Was 6,o08. It Is An Important Shipping Point For ...
Hopi
Hopi. A Division Of Nean Indians In Northern Arizona, Inhabiting Seven Small Towns And Forming Part Of The Pueblo Group. They Are Also Known As Moki Or Moqui And Their District As Tusayan. They Were Ered By Tobar Of Coronado's Pedition In 1540, Annexed In 1598 By Onate, Missionized In ...
Hopkinsville
Hopkinsville, A City Of South-western Kentucky, U.s.a., Room. S. Of Evansville, Ind.; The County Seat Of Christian County. It Is On Federal Highways 41, 241 And 68 And Is Served By The Illinois Central, The Louisville And Nashville, And The Tennessee Central Railways. The Population Was 9,696 In 1920 (38% ...
Hoquiam
Hoquiam (ho'-kwi-am), A City Of Grays Harbor County, Washington, U.s.a., On Grays Harbor, At The Mouth Of The Hoquiam River, From The Ocean, Adjoining The City Of Aber Deen On The West. It Is On The Olympic Highway ; Is Served By The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul And Pacific, Northern ...
Horace Everett Hooper
Hooper, Horace Everett Publisher Of The Encyclopedia Britannica, Was Born In Worcester (mass.), On Dec. 8, 1859. He Was Of English Descent, His Father's Family Having Settled In New England About 165o, While His Mother Was A Descendant Of John Leverett, Governor Of Massachusetts, 1672 79. Having Been Educated In ...
Horace Lambert Alexander Hood
Hood, Horace Lambert Alexander (187o 1916), British Naval Officer, Was Born In London On Oct. 2, 187o, The Third Son Of The 4th Viscount Hood And A Lineal Descendant Of The 1st Viscount, Adml. Sir Samuel Hood (q.v.). He Entered The Navy In 1883, Saw Service On The Nile (1897-98), ...
Horace
Horace (65-8 B.c.), Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Second Only In Fame To Virgil Amongst Those Roman Poets Whose Work Is Still Extant, Was Born On Dec. 8, 65 B.c., Two Years Before The Birth Of Augustus Caesar, And Ten Years Before The First Invasion Of Britain By Julius, In The Consulship ...
Horae
Horae, In Greek And Latin Mythology The Seasons. In The Iliad (v. 749) They Are The Custodians Of The Gates Of Olympus. I_i The Odyssey, They Are Represented As Bringing Round The Seasons In Regular Order. The Brief Notice In Hesiod (theog., 901), Where They Ale Called The Children Of ...
Horapollon
Horapollon, Of Phaenebythis In The Nome Of Panopolis In Egypt, Greek Grammarian, Flourished In The 4th Century A.d. According To Suidas, He Wrote Commentaries On Sophocles, Alcaeus And Homer, And A Work (t Eµeveieh) On Consecrated Places. Photius (cod. 279) Calls Him A Dramatist As Well, And Credits Him With ...
Horatii
Horatii And Curiatii, In Roman Legend, Two Sets Of Three Brothers Born At One Birth On The Same Day—the Former Roman, The Latter Alban—the Mothers Being Twin Sisters. During The War Between Rome And Alba Longa It Was Agreed That The Issue Should Depend On A Combat Between The Two ...
Horatius Cocles
Horatius Cocles, A Legendary Hero Of Ancient Rome. With Two Companions He Defended The Sublician Bridge Against Lars Porsena And The Whole Army Of The Etruscans, While The Romans Cut Down The Bridge Behind. Then Horatius Threw Him Self Into The Tiber And Swam In Safety To The Shore. A ...
Horde
Horde, A Manufacturing Town' In The Prussian Province Of Westphalia, Is 2 M. S.e. From Dortmund On The Railway To Soest. Pop 34,575. It Has An Old Castle Dating From About 1300. There Are Smelting-works, Foundries, Puddling-works, Rolling-mills And Manufactures Of Iron And Plated Wares. In The Neighbour Hood There ...
Horeb
Horeb, The Ancient Seat Of Yahweh, The Tribal God Of The Kenites, Adopted By His Covenant By Israel. This Is The Name Preferred By The Elohistic Writer (e) Whose Work Is Interwoven Into The Old Testament Narrative, And He Is Followed By The Deuteronomist School (d). The Yahwistic Writer (j), ...
Horehound
Horehound. Common Or White Horehound, Marrubium Vulgare, Of The Family Labiatae, Is A Perennial Herb With A Short Stout Rootstock, And Thick Stems, About I Ft. In Height, Which, As Well As Their Numerous Branches, Are Coated With A White Or Hoary Felt—whence The Popular Name Of The Plant. The ...
Horgen
Horgen, Town In The Swiss Canton Of . Zurich, On The Left Shore Of The Lake Of Zurich. And By Rail Ion M. S.s.e. Of The Town Of Zurich. Pop. (1930) 9,358. It Possesses Industrial Establish Ments Of Various Kinds, And Is A Centre Of The Zurich Silk Manu Facture. ...
Horizon
Horizon, The Apparent Circle Around Which The Sky And Earth Seem To Meet. At Sea This Circle Is Well Defined, The Line Being Called The Sea Horizon, Which Divides The Visible Surface Of The Ocean From The Sky. In Astronomy The Horizon Is That Great Circle Of The Sphere The ...
Hormisdas
Hormisdas (d. 523), Pope From 514 To 523, Was A Native Of Campania. He Obtained The Reunion Of The Eastern And West Ern Churches, Which Had Been Separated Since The Excommunica Tion Of Acacius In 484. After Two Unsuccessful Attempts Under The Emperor Anastasius I., Hormisdas Was Able To Come ...
Hormizd Or Hormizdas
Hormizd Or Hormizdas, The Name Of Five Kings Of The Sassanid Dynasty (see Persia: Ancient History). The Name Is Another Form Of Ahuramazda Or Ormuzd (ormazd), Which Under The Sassanids Became A Common Personal Name ; Strictly It Is An Abbreviation Of Hormuzd-dad, "given By Ormuzd." I . Hormizd I. ...
Hormones
Hormones. Certain Glands Deliver Their Secretions On To A Free Surface By Means Of A Definite Orifice Or Duct. Two Clear Examples Of This Type Are The Mammary Glands And The Sweat Glands. Others, However, Have No Duct, And The Substances Elabo Rated By The Activity Of The Gland Cells ...
Hormuz
Hormuz, An Island In Approximately 27° 4' N., 56° 28' E., In The Strait Of Ormuz, 14 M. From The Coast Of Persia, And I R M. E.s.e. Of Bandar Abbas. It Has A Perimeter Of About 16 M. With A Greatest Length Of 44 M. And Is Composed Of ...
Horn Dance
Horn-dance, A Mediaeval Dance, Still Celebrated During The September "wakes" At Abbots Bromley, A Village On The Borders Of Needwood Forest, Staffordshire. Men, Each Wearing A Deer's Skull With Antlers, Dance Through The Streets, Pursued By A Comrade Who Bestrides A Mimic Horse, And Whips The Dancers To Keep Them ...
Horn
Horn, English Hero Of Romance. King Horn Is A Heroic Poem Or Gest Of 1,546 Lines Dating From The 13th Century. Murry (or Allof), King Of Sudenne (surrey And Sussex?), Is Slain By Saracen Pirates Who Turn His Son Horn Adrift With 12 Other Children. The Boat Drifts To Westernesse ...
Hornbeam
Hornbeam (carpinus Betulus), A Member Of A Small Genus Of Trees Of The Family Betulaceae. The Common Hornbeam, Or Yoke-elm, Carpinus Betulus, Is Indigenous In The Temperate Parts Of Western Asia And Of Asia Minor, And In Europe, Where It Ranges As High As 55° And 56° N. Lat. It ...
Hornbill
Hornbill, The Name Given To A Group Of Birds, From The Horn-like Excrescence (epithema) On The Bill Of Most Species; They Form The Family Bucerotidae, Allied To The Hoopoes And King Fishers. It Is Divided Into The Bucerotinae Or True Hornbills And The Bucorvinae Or Ground Hornbills, Which Contain But ...
Hornblende
Hornblende Is A Mem Ber Of The Amphibole (q.v.) Group Of Minerals. The Name Is Now Re Stricted To The Sesquioxide-bear Ing Members Of The Monoclinic Amphiboles, Hornblende Occupying The Same Position In The Amphi Bole Group That Augite Occupies In The Pyroxene Group. The Horn Blendes Have A Complex ...
Horncastle
Horncastle, A Market-town In Lincolnshire, England, At The Foot Of The Wolds, At The Confluence Of The Bain And Waring Streams; The Terminus Of A Branch Line Of The L.n.e.r., 13o M. N. From London. Pop. Of Urban District Manor Of Horncastle (hornecastre) Belonged To Queen Edith In Saxon Times ...
Horned Owl
Horned Owl, A Name Applied To An Owl (q.v.) With Tufts Of Feathers On The Head Simulating Horns, And Especially To The European Eagle Owl (bubo Bubo), And The American Great Horned Owl (b. Virginianus). Of The Latter, Several Subspecies Are Recog Nized: The Western Horned Owl (b.v. Pallescens), The ...
Horned Toad
Horned Toad, The Common Name Of North American Lizards Of The Genus Plirynosoma. There Are 17 Species, Of Which 10 Occur In The Arid Regions Of The Western United States And The Remainder In Similar Situations In Mexico. They Are Short-legged, Flat-bodied, Harmless Creatures Of Grotesque Appearance. The Hinder Border ...
Hornell
Hornell, A City Of Steuben County, New York, 9om. S.e. Of Buffalo, On The Canisteo River; Served By The Erie And The Pittsburg, Shawmut And Northern Railways. The Population Was 15,025 In 1920 (92% Native White) And Was 16,250 In 1930 By The Federal Census. It Is The Trade Centre ...
Hornet
Hornet, A Name Given To Several Species Of Large Wasps (q.v.), Especially The European Vespa Crabro And North American V. Maculata. (see Social Insects.) ...
Hornfels
Hornfels, In Petrology, The Group Designation For A Series Of Rocks That Have Been Partially Or Wholly Recrystallized By The Heat Of Intrusive Igneous Masses. Most Hornfelses Are Fine Textured And Massive, Recrystallization Having Effaced The Struc Tures And Textures Of The Original Rocks And Replaced Original Minerals By New ...
Hornpipe
Hornpipe, Originally The Name Of An Instrument Now Obso Lete And Now The Name Of An English National Dance. The Sailors' Hornpipe, Although The Most Common, Is By No Means The Only Form Of The Dance, For There Is A Pretty Tune Known As The "col Lege Hornpipe," And Other ...
Hornsey
Hornsey, A Municipal Borough In Middlesex, England, 6 M. N. Of St. Paul's Cathedral, On The L.n.e.r. Pop. The Manor, Called In The 13th Century Haringee (a Name Which Survives As Harringay), Belonged From An Early Date To The See Of London, The Bishops Having A Seat Here. In 1387 ...
Horn_2
Horn, A Class Of Wind Instruments Primarily Derived From Natural Animal Horns, And Having The Common Characteristics Of A Conical Bore And The Absence Of Lateral Holes. Modem Horns May Be Divided Into Three Classes: (i) The Short Horns With Wide Bore, Such As The Bugles (q.v.), And The Post-horn. ...
Horn_3
Horn. The Weapons Which Project From The Heads Of Various Species Of Animals, Constituting What Are Known As Horns, Embrace Substances Which Are, In Their Anatomical Structure And Chemical Composition, Quite Distinct From Each Other; And Although In Commerce Also They Are Known Indiscriminately As Horn, Their Uses Are Altogether ...
Horreum
Horreum, The Latin Word For A Magazine For The Storage Of Grain. The Storehouses Of Rome Were Extensive, There Being No Fewer Than 290 Public Horrea At The Time Of Constantine. They Were Used For The Storage Of Food, Being Part Of The Great Roman System Of Providing Food For ...
Hors Doeuvre
Hors D'oeuvre. Hors D'oeuvre In Cookery Is The Name Given To Small Appetising Morsels Of Food Generally Served Cold, Such As Caviare, Creamed Meat Or Fish Masked With Aspic, Etc. These Dishes Are Served At The Beginning Of A Meal And May Be Either Handed Round Or Placed Ready In ...
Horse Chestnut
Horse Chestnut. The Name Of A Tree, Aesculus Hippo Castanum (family Sapindaceae Or Listed By Some Authors As Hippo Castanaceae) Thought To Be Indigenous In Greece, But Now Scattered Throughout The Temperate Regions Of The World. There Are 20 Or More Named Species And Varieties Of The Genus Aesculus. One, ...
Horse Latitudes
Horse Latitudes, The Zones Of High Atmospheric Pres Sure With Calms And Variable Breezes Along The Polar Edges Of The Belt Of The Trade Winds (q.v.). The New English Dictionary Gives Two Somewhat Contradictory Explanations Of The Origin Of The Name : One, That The Calm Kills Horses On A ...
Horse Mackerel Or Scad
Horse-mackerel Or Scad, A Genus Of Fishes (caranx) Found In Temperate And Especially In Tropical Seas. Some Go Kinds Are Known, The Majority Being Wholesome Food; Some Species At Tain A Length Of Over 3f T. The Fish To Which The Name Horse Mackerel Is Applied In Great Britain Is ...
Horse Racing And Breeding
Horse-racing And Breeding. Is Mentioned In The Iliad (xxiii. 212-650). It Was Also Known To Vari Ous Oriental Peoples At A Very Early Date. Details, However, Are Few And It Is Doubtful Whether Horse-races As The West Knows Them To-day Existed At All Among Early Peoples. It Is Not Possible ...
Horse Shoes
Horse-shoes. The Horny Casing Of The Foot Of The Horse And Other Solidungulates, While Quite Sufficient To Protect The Extremity Of The Limb Under Natural Conditions, Is Found To Wear Away And Break, Especially In Moist Climates, When The Animal Is Subjected To Hard Work Of Any Kind. This, However, ...
Horse
Horse, The Name Given To The Well Known Domestic Mammal, Equus Caballus, And Its Wild Representative, Equus Przewalskii; The Term Is Also Used To Include Various Fossil Species And Some Times, More Widely, For The Whole Family Equidae (q.v.). Despite A Great Deal Of Antiquarian Research And Much Ingeni Ous ...
Horsemanship And Riding
Horsemanship And Riding, The Art Of Managing The Horse From His Back; Controlling His Paces And The Direction And Speed Of His Movements. In The 16th Century Pignatelli At Naples Founded His Famous Academy Of Horsemanship, And The Italian School Was So Generally Recognized That Henry Viii. And Other Monarchs ...
Horsens
Horsens, Town Of Den Mark, At The Head Of Horsens Fjord, On The East Side Of Jutland, 32 M. By Rail S.w. Of Aarhus. Pop. (1925) 28,135. It Is The Junction Of Railways To Bryrup And To Torring Inland, And To Juelsminde On The Coast. There Is Also A Good ...
Horseradish
Horseradish, Known Botanically As Cochlearia Armora Cia, A Perennial Plant Of The Family Cruciferae, Having A Stout Cylindrical Rootstock From The Crown Of Which Spring Large Radical Leaves On Long Stalks, 4 To 6 In. Broad, And About A Foot In Length With A Deeply Crenate Margin, And Coarsely Veined ...
Horsetail
Horsetail (equisetum), The Sole Genus Of The Botanical Class Equisetaceae, Consisting Of A Group Of Vascular Cryptogamous Plants (see Pteridophyta) Remarkable For The Vegetative Struc Ture Which Resembles In General Appearance The Genera Of Flowering Plants Casuarina And Ephedra. They Are Herbaceous Plants Grow Ing From An Underground Much-branched Rootstock ...
Horsham
Horsham, A Town In Sussex, England, 38 M. S. By W. From London By The .s.r. Pop. (1931) 13,579. Some Early Remains Have Been Found At Horsham. The Town Is Not Mentioned In Domesday Book, But The Rape Of Bramber, In Which It Lies, Be Longed At That Time To ...
Horst
Horst, The Term Used In Geomorphology More Definitely For A Block Of The Earth's Crust That Has Remained Stationary While The Land Has Sunk On Either Side Of It, E.g., The Vosges. The Word Is Also Applied To Those Larger Areas, Such As The Deccan Of India, Where The Continent ...
Horta
Horta, The Capital Of An Administrative District Comprising The Islands Of Pico, Fayal, Flores And Corvo, In The Portuguese Archipelago Of The Azores. Pop. (193o) 7,643. Horta Is A Seaport On The South-east Coast Of Fayal. The Harbour, A Bay 2 M. Long And Nearly 1 M. Broad, Affords Good ...
Horten
Horten, A Seaport And Watering Place Of Norway, In Jarls Berg-laurvik, Amt (county), Beautifully Situated On The West Bank Of The Oslo Fjord, Opposite Moss, 38 M. By Water And 66 By Rail S. Of Oslo. Pop. (1927) 11,000. It Is Practically United With Karl-johansvaern, Which Is Defended By Strong ...
Hortense Eugenie Hortense De
Hortense (eugenie Hortense De Beau Harnais) (1783-1837), Queen Of Holland, Was Born In Paris On April 1783. She Was The Daughter Of The Empress Josephine By Her First Marriage, And In 1802 Married Louis Bonaparte, Who Was Proclaimed King Of Holland On June 6, 18o6. The Marriage Was An Unhappy ...
Horticultural And Botanical Societies
Horticultural And Botanical Societies. For Linnean And Other Societies Dealing With Both Zoology And Botany, See Learned Societies. The Congres International D'horticulture First Met At Brussels In 1864, And The Congres In Ternational De Botanique At Amsterdam In 1865. ...
Horticultural Research Stations
Horticultural Research Stations Great Britain.—many European And American Countries Have Recently Established Special Research Stations For The Study Of Some Special Horticulture Crop. In England The Following Are Important : Cambridge University Horticultural Station.—this Was Estab Lished In 1924 Under The Direction Of Sir R. H. Biffen For Special Research ...
Horticulture
Horticulture. This Term Is Derived From The Latin, Hortus-a Garden, And Cultura-cultivation; And Horticulture Originally Meant The Cultivation Of A Garden In Contrast To Agri Culture Or The Cultivation Of Fields. Field Culture Related Originally To The Production Of Cereals, Grass And Roots For Fodder, While The Garden Was Cultivated ...
Horton
Horton, A City Of Brown County, Kan., U.s.a., Near The North-east Corner Of The State, In A Rich Agricultural And Stock Raising Region. It Is On Federal Highway 73, And Is Served By The Rock Island Railroad. The Population In 193o Federal Census Was The Rock Island Has Large Repair ...
Horus
Horus, The Name Of An Egyptian God, If Not Of Several Dis Tinct Gods. To All Forms Of Horus (egyptian Heir), The Falcon Was Sacred; The Name Hor, Written With A Standing Figure Of That Bird, Is Connected With A Root Signifying "upper," And Ably Means "the High-flyer." The Tame ...