Holy
Holy Places—holy Sepulcher. Under The Head Jerusalem (q.v.) Are Enumer Ated Many Localities Which, From The Memories Associated With Them, Must Be Full Of Solemn Interest For Every Religious Mind; But The Name Holy Places Of Jerusalem More Strictly Designates The Group Of Sacred Places Of Which The Church Of ...
Holy Week
Holy Week, The Week Immediately Preceding Easter, And Specially' Consecrated To The Commemoration Of The Passion Of Our Redeemer. In English Use, It Is Also Called "passion Week" (a Name Appropriated, In Roman Use, To The Week Before Palm Sun Day). This Institution Is Of Very Early Origin, And The ...
Home
Home, Henny (lord Icames), An Eminent Scottish Lawyer And Author, Was B. In 1696 At Eames, In Berwickshire. Destined By His Friends For The Law, He Was Appren Ticed In 1712 To A Writer To The Signet; But He Afterwards Decided On Adopting The Highest Branch Of His Profession, And ...
Home Rule
Home Rule. The Title Chosen To Define Time Object Of A Political Organization In Ireland, And Of The Party In The British Parliament Representing That Organization. The Discouragement Among The Extreme Irish Agitators Which Followed The Suppression Of The Fenian Rising In 1807 Opened The Way For Those Who Favored ...
Home Rule For Ireland
Home Rule For Ireland. How To Rule Ireland Peaceably And Well Has Been A Problem Ever Since Its Annexation. Irish Agitations Have Passed Into A By-word. And As Many Schemes Have Been Propounded For The Ameliotution Of The Condition Of The Country As Would Number The Years Of British Rule. ...
Homeopathy
Homeopathy, From Two Greek Words Signifying "similar Suffering," Is A System Of Medicine Introduced Into Practice'abont The Close Of Last Century, By A German Physician Of The Name Of Hahnemann (q.v.). It Is Founded Upon The Belief That Medicines Have The Power Of Miring Morbid Conditions Similar To Those Which ...
Homicidal Mania
Homicidal Mania. This Is The Mononumie Mearbrare Of The French. There Is Developed, Under Certain Morbid Conditions, A Blind, Irresistible Tendency To Destroy Life. It Is Independent Of Hatred, Or Any Appreciable Incentive; And Even Acts In Opposi Lion To The General Disposition, The Interests, And The Affections Of The ...
Homicide
Homicide (ante), The Killing Of One Human Being By Another Either Innocently Or Feloniously. To Say That There Has Been A Homicide Does Not Necessarily Imply That A Crime Has Been Committed; For, Though Every Murder Is A Homicide, Every Homicide Is Not It Murder. The Law Permits A Man ...
Homier
Homier, The Greatest Name In The History Of Epic Poetry, And Who Stands As High In That Department As Shakespeare Does In The Drama, Has Come Down To Ns In Modern Times Unfortunately As Little Better Than A Name, And Presents Materials For Biography As Scanty As Those Which He ...
Homily
Homily (gr. Honivia, Converse) Primitively Signifies A Discourse Held With One Or More Individuals, But In Ecclesiastical Use It Means A Discourse Held In The Church, And Addressed By The Miaister To The Congregatiou. The Practice Of Explaining In A 'populas Form The Lessons Of Scripture Read In The Synagogues ...
Homus
Homus, An Egyptian Deity, Whose Name, Har, Means " The Day," Or " The Sun's Path," And Is Generally Written In Hieroglyphics By The Sparrow-hawk, Which Was Sacred To Him. The Old Derivation From The Hebrew Aur, Light, Is Now Recognized Asincorrect. Under The Name Of Horns Were Included Several ...
Hondo
Hondo. From Ion, Main, Chief, And Do, Continent Or Island, The Name Of The Chief Island Of The Empire Of Japan; Often, But Incorrectly, Called Nippon Or Nihon. Nippon Not The Name Of Any One Island, But Of The Entire Japanese Empire. In Ancient Times The Japanese Had No Need ...
Hondtras
Hondtras, A Republican State Of Central America, Extending E. And W. From The Caribbean Sea To The Pacific Ocean, And Separating Nicaragua On The S.e. Front Guate Mala On The N.w. It Stretches In N. Lat. Between 13° 10' And 16% And In W. Long. Between 83° And 89° 45', ...
Honduras
Honduras (ante). Tho Coast Was Discovered By Columbus In 1502, And In 1526 The Country Was Invaded And Possessed By Cortes, At The Head Of An Army Of Europeans And Indians Which He Brought With Hint From Mexico. He Founded The Towns Of Trujillo And Puerto Caballos (now Puerto Cortes). ...
Honey
Honey Is Secreted By The Nectariferous Glands Of Flowers, From Whence It Is Collected By The Working Or Neuter Bees, Which Extract It By Means Of The Proboscis, And Pass It Into The Dilatation Of The Esophagus, Known As The Crop Or Honey-bag. When The Animal Has Arrived At The ...
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ("fragrant Streams "), A British Island Off The S.e. Coast Of China, Is Situated In The Estuary Of The Chu-kiang, About 100 De S.e. Of Canton It Is 9 M. Long, From 2 To 6 Broad, And Has An Area Of About 29 Sq. Miles. The Capital, Victoria, ...
Honolulu
Honolulu, A Seaport In Let. 21° 18' N., And Long. 157° 55' W., On The South-western Or Leeward Coast Of ()coal], One Of The Sandwich Islands (q.v.), Is Perhaps The Only Spot In Polynesia That Can Fairly Claim To Be Reckoned As An Integral Part Of The World Of Commerce ...
Honortiis
Honortiis, The Name Of Four Popes.—itonomt:s I. Has Been The Subject Of Much Controversy, Not Alone Between Catholics And Protestants, But Also Between Tae Gallivan And Ultramontane Schools Of Catholics Themselves, He Was Born Of It Consular Family In Campania. Of His Early History Little Is Known, Except That He ...
Hoofs
Hoofs. (see Honxy Tissues.) The Healthy Soundness Of The Horse's Foot Is Mainly Preserved By Permitting It To Grow Uninjured By The Rasp And Knife (see I Ionsu Shoeing), Whilst Its Toughness Is Secured, And Undue Dryness And Evaporation Prevented, By Smearing Daily The Crust, Sole, And Frog With A ...
Hoogly
Hoog'ly, A River Of Benoit] Proper, Is Formed, In Lat.•23° 25' N., And Long. 88° 22' E.. By The Junction Of The First Two Offsets Of The Ganges, The Bliagrutti And The From The Point In Question, The Stream. Strictly So Called, Is 125 In. Long; The Estuary, As Far ...
Hooker
Hooker, Doserir, 1815-79; B. Mass., Graduated At West Point In 1837. And Served In The Florida And Mexican Wars. At The Battle Of Monterey, He Made Hiufself Eonspicu Ow; For Gallantry, Securing The Brevet Of Capt., And When !tu. Scott Assumed Hooker Was Made Assistant Adjt.gen. Lie Went Through The ...
Hooker_2
Hooker, 3oserit Dalton, A.n., E N., R. R.s., Was B. At Glasgow In 1816, And Is The Only Surviving Son Of Sir W. J. Hooker (q.v.). Lie Was Educated For The Medical Profession, Nail Graduated As If. O. At Glasgow In 1839. He Immediately Thereafter Rell Tinced The Pursuit Of ...
Hopper
Hopper, Isasc Tatmi, B. N. J., 1771; (1. N. Y., 1852. His Ancestors Were Of The Religious Society Of Friends, But His Grandfather Was Disowned For Choosing A Wife From Anotfier Sect, And So He Was Not Himself A " Birthright Member," But Joined The Society When He Was 29 ...
Hops
Hops. The Produce Of The Hop-plant (see Hor). The Fruit Is A Little Nut, Not Larger Than A Grain Of Mustard-seed, And Between Its Outer Shell And The Kernel There Is A Small Quantity Of A Peculiar Granular Substance Called Lupuline, Which Also Exists As A Sort Of Efflorescence On ...
Hopwyl
Hop'wyl, A Village Of Switzerland, In The Canton Of Bern, And Situated 6 M. N. Of The Town Of That Name. It Has Been Long Famous As The Seat Of The Educational And Agricul Tural Institution Founded Here By The Late M. Fellenberg (q.v.). Not Many Years After The Death ...
Horace Greeley
Greeley, Horace, American Journalist, Was B. At Amherst, N. H., Feb. 3. 1811. His Father Was A Farmer Of Small Means: And Horace, After Acquiring The Rudiments Of Education At A Common School, Entered A Printing•office As An Apprentice, 1825, At Poultney, Vermont. On The Completion Of His Apprenticeship, He ...
Horn
Horn, A Musical Instrument, Commonly Called In This Country The French Horn; In Italy. Corn(); In France, Con De Chasse. Its Form Is That Of A Long Tube Of Brass, With A Large Bell-shaped Ending. For Greater Convenience The Tube Is Coiled Up Into Four Con Tinuous Circles, Lying Side ...
Horn Manufactures
Horn Manufactures. The Horns Of Various Animals Are Employed For Useful And Ornamental Purposes. The Principal Are Those Of The Ox, Buffalo, And Two Or Three Species Of Deer, And Of Sheep And Goats. Horn Can Be Softened And Split Into Thin Lathinne, Or Pressed Into Molds; And As It ...
Hornbeam
Hornbeam, Carpinus, A Genus Of The Natural Order Eltindifertr; Consisting Of Trees With Compact, Touch, Hard Wood; Bark Almost Smooth And Of A Whitish Gray Color, Deciduous Leaves, A Ad Momecions Fin W E Rs. The Male Catkins Are Cylindrical And Sessile, Their Flowers Consist Merely Of A Little Scale-like ...
Horns
Horns Are Appendages To The Frontal Bones Of Many Of The Extensive Family Of Ruminants, And Are Obviously Intended As Weapons Of Defense. In The Genus Anus (deer) The Horns (known Also As Antlers) Are Solid, Uncovered By Epidermis, Bone-like In Composition, And Deciduous. In The Genus Camelopardaus (the Giraffes) ...
Horny Tissues
Horny Tissues Were Formerly Regarded As Extremely Simple In Their Structure, And As Being Only Different Forms Of A Substance To Which The Term Lmratin (from L:eras, A Horn) Was Applied. Recent Investigations, However, Show That The Parts Which Consist Of Horny Tissue—as, For Example, The Persistent Horns Of The ...
Horology
Horology (gr. Hors, A Defined Portion Of Time) Is That Branch Of Applied Science That Has For Its Object The Measurement Of Time. Although It Is Easy To Look Back On A Period When Time, According To The Modern Conception Of It, As Measured By Hours, And Minutes, And Seconds, ...
Horse
Horse, A Miner's Term, Applied To Any Intruded Material Which Is The Apparent Cause Of A Sudden Interruption In The Continuity Of A Mineral That Is Being Quarried. With Vein-miners A Detached Mass Of Rock Or Spar Which Fills The Vein Receives This Name, While Colliers Apply The Term To ...
Horse
Horse, Equus, A Genus Of Pachydermatous Quadrupeds Of The Family Equidce (q.v.), Or Sotidangula, Generally Regarded As Including All The Species Of The Family, Although Sometbnes Limited (see Ass), So As To Contain Only One Species, The Most Important To Man Of All Animals That Are Used As Beasts Of ...
Horse Racing
Horse-racing Dates From The Times Of The Early Greeks And Romans, Among Whom It Was A Favorite Sport. In England, Charles I., Cromwell, And Charles Ii. Were More Or Less Patrons Of Tire Turf; And The Last-named Monarch Was A Regular Frequenter Of Newmarket, Which, Partly From This Reason, Became ...
Horse Racing
Horse-racing (ante). The Racing Of One Horse Against Another Is Probably Coeval With Their Subjection To The Use Of Man, But Racing As Understood At The Present Time Is Of Comparatively Recent Date. Something Like Jockeyship, However, Was Prae Ticed In Very Early Times, The Greeks Having Introduced It At ...
Horse Shoeing
Horse-shoeing. The Ordinary System Of Horse-shoeing Is Rude And Irrational, And Is The Main Cause Of Most Lameuesses And Of The Majority Of Falls In Riding And Driving. Chief Amongst Its Faults Are The Attempts To Tit The Foot To The Shoe, Instead Of The Shoe To The Foot, And ...
Horse Taming
Horse-taming. The Taming Of Horses To Increase Their Value And Usefulness Has Been Attempted In All Countries Where The Equine Race Has Flourished. But The Credit Of First Reducing The Art To A System Belongs To John S. Rarey, Whose Treatise, Originally Published In America, And Republished In 1853 In ...
Horsemanship
Horsemanship. Throughout History The Art Of Managing The Horse And Riding On His Back Has Ranked High Among Useful And Graceful Accomplishments. According To Cresar And Livy, The Numidians And Mauritanians Rode Their Horses Without Either Bit Or Saddle, And Guided Them Solely By Using A Small Switch; Which Was ...
Hospitals
Hospitals For The Board And Education Of The Young Are More Varied In Character And More Numerous In Great Britain Than In Any Country In The World. Consisting For The Most Part Of Large And Handsome Buildings, Placed In Salubrious Situations In The Environs Of Cities, Some Are Specially Adapted ...
Hospitals
Hospitals Are So Called From The Medieval Hospitia, Or More Properly The Class Of Hospitals Established Very Generally For The Reception And Relief Of Lepers, Whose Malady Was One Of The Scourges Of Europe. These Leper Hospitals Were Very Commonly In Eng Land And In Scotland Called " Spitals;" Hence ...
Hospitals_2
Hospitals For Indigent Old Men And Women Are Found In Several European Countries, But Nowhere Are They So Common As In Great Britain And The Netherlands, Where Begging Is Rigorously Proscribed By The Police, And Almsgiving Assumes The Character Of Rates For Support Of The Poor. The Workhouses For The ...
Hospodar
Hospodar, A Slavonic Title Once Commonly Given To The Governors Of And Wallachia, Whereas The Prince Of Romania Is Now Known Under The Native Romanic Title Of Domnu. Another Slavonic Term, Wojetcod, Was Also Often Given To The Hospodar, The Term Wojewod Signifying The Right And Dignity Of Leading The ...
Hotel
Hotel, Originally Hostel, Or Hosteirie, A French Term Applied To An Inn, Or House For The Temporary Accommodation Of Travelers. The Term, However, Is Also Applied In France To The Town Mansion Of A Distinguished Personage, And In Like Manner The Word Inn Was At One Time Indifferently England To ...
Hottentots
Hottentots Is The Name Generally Given By Europeans To A Singular Race Of People, Supposed To Be Descended From The Aborigines Of Southern Africa, And Now Dwelling For The Most Part In And About The English Settlement Of The Cape Of Good Hope. The Origin Of The Name Hottentot Is ...
Hour
Hour, A Measure Of Time Equal To -ath Part Of A Day. The Division Of The Day Into Hours Seems To Have Been Known To The Babylonians And Egyptians, From Whom, First The Greeks, And Then The Romans Derived It. But Their Scheme Of Division Extended Only To The Natural ...
House
House, In Point Of Law, Is An Englishman's Castle, Though Not A Scotehman's. In •other Words, When A Man Shuts Himself Spin His Own House, No Bailiff Can Break Open The •door To Arrest Him, Or Seize His Goods For Debt In England Or Ireland, And No Court Can A ...
House Fly
House-fly, Mama Domestica, An Insect Too Well Known To Need Description, And Remarkable For Its Extensive Distribution Both In The Old And In The New World. It Belongs To The Vast Dipterous Family Muscides. The Maggots Live In Moist Dung, In A Rotting Vegetables, Etc. When House-flies Become Annoying, Various ...
Household Troops
Household Troops Are Those Troops Whose Especial Duty It Is To Attend The Sovereign, And Toguard The Metropolis. These Forces Comprise Three Regiments Of Cavalry—the 1st And 2d Life-guards, And The Royal Horse-guards, And Three Regiments Of Foot- Guards (which Include Seven Battalions), The Grenadier, Coldstream, And Scots Fusilier Guards. ...
Hovyrood
Hovyrood, In The Year 1128, King David I. Of Scotland Founded At Edinburgh An Abbey Of Canons Regular, Of The Order Of St. Augustine. It Was Dedicated In Honor Of The Holy Cross Or Rood, Which Was Brought To Scotland By St. Margaret About The Year 1070, And Became One ...
Howard
Howard. The Noble House Of Howard Has Stood For Many Centuries At The Head Of The English Nobility. The Howards Have Enjoyed The Dukedom Of Norfolk Since The Middle Of The 15th C., And Have Contributed To The Animals Of The Nation Several Persons Of The Most Distinguished Character Both ...
Howard University
Howard University, In Washington, D.c., Was Organized By Act Of Con Gress In 1867, And Named From Gen. 0. 0. Howard, One Of Its Most Conspicuous Found Ers, And Its First President. It Is Intended For The Higher Education Of Negro Students, But Its Laws Make No Formal Distinction, In ...
Howe
Howe, Joint, Who Has Been Called The Platonic Puritan, Was B. May 17, 1630, At Loughborough, In Leicestershire, To The Living Of Which Parish His Father Had Been Pre Sented By Laud. Lie Studied Both At Cambridge And Oxford, And After Preaching For Some Time At Winwick, In Lancashire, And ...
Howell Harris
Harris, Howell, 1714-73; B. Wales: An Open-air Preacher And Revivalist, The Principal Founder Of Calvinistic Methodism In Wales. He Was Endowed With Oratorical Powers Of, The Highest Order, And His Energy And Enthusiasm Carried His Audiences By Storm. He Founded No Fewer Than 300 Societies, Was A Friend Of Wesley ...
Howitt
Howitt, Williaa And Mary, Two English Authors That May Most Properly Be Treated Together. William Howitt Was Born In 1795 At Humor, In Derbyshire, And Was Educated At Various Schools In Connection With The Society Of Friends, To Which Persua Sion His Family Belonged. In His Youth He Was Fond ...
Huckleberry
Huckleberry, Vaccinium, A Genus Of Small Shrubs, Of The Natural Order Waccini Accce, Having A 4- To 5-toothed Calyx; A 4- To 5-cleft Bell-shaped Or Ureeolate Corolla, With The Limb Bent Back; 8 Or 10 Stamens, With Two-horned Anthers; And A 4- To 5-celled Many Seeded Berry. The Species Are ...
Huddersfield
Huddersfield, A Parliamentary Borough And Important Manufacturing And Market Town Of England, In The West Riding Of Yorkshire, Is Situated In The Midst Of A Fertile District, On An Acclivity Rising From The Left Bank Of The Colne, 16 M. S.w. Of Leeds And About 23 In. Me. Of Manchester. ...
Hudson
Hudson, A River In New York, United States, And One Of The Most Beautiful And Important In America. It Rises In The Adirondack Mountains, 4,000 Ft. Above The Level Of The Sea, And Its Head-streams Are The Outlets Of Many Mountain Lakes In The North-eastern Portion Of The State. At ...
Hudson_2
Hudson, Called Also The North River, "the Rhine Of America," One Of The Most Important And Beautiful Streams Of The United States. It Rises In The Adirondack Maintain Region, And Runs Almost Due S. From The Neighborhood Of Lake George To New York Bay, A Course Of Nearly 200 Miles. ...
Hudsons Bay
Hudson's Bay, A Spacious Gulf In The N.e. Section Of The American Continent, May Be Regarded As An Arm At Once Of The Arctic Sea And Of The Atlantic Ocean. With The Atlantic Ocean It Communicates By Means Of A Strait, Which, Besides Being Solidly Bridged For About Ten Months ...
Hudsons Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company, A Corporation Erected In 1670 By Charles Il, Primarily Consisted Of Prince Rupert, The King's Cousin, And Certain Specified Associates. It Was Invested With The Absolute Proprietorship, Subordinate Sovereignty, And Exclusive Traffic Of An Undefined Territory, Which, Under The Name Of Rupert's Land, Comprised All The Regions ...
Hufeland
Hufeland, Cnriustorirnn William, One Of The Most Distinguished Physicians Of Modern Times, Was B. On Aug. 12, 1762, At Langensalza, In Thuringia. After Having Completed A General And Medical Education At The Best Schools Hi Germany, He Was Appointed Physician In Ordinary At The Court Of Weimar, Where His Father ...
Huguenots
Huguenots (probably Corrupted From The Ger. Eidgenossen, Confederates)", The Name Formerly Given In France To The Adherents Of The Reformation Which Movement Commenced Almost Simultaneously In France And Germany. One Of The Most Eminent Names In The Early History Of French Protestantism Is That Of Fare] (q.v.), Toad One Of ...
Humbert Iv
Humbert Iv., B. 1844; King Of Italy, Eldest Son Of Victor Emmanuel. At An Early Age He Obtained An Insight Into Political And Military Life Under The Guidance Of His Tallier, Whom He Attended During The War Of Italian Independence, Although Lie Was Then Too Young To Take An Active ...
Humble Bee
Humble-bee, Bombus, A Genus Of Social Bees(see Bee), Having A Thick And Very Hairy Body, The Hairs Often Arranged In Colored Bands; And Also Differing From The Honeybees In Having The Tibim Of The Hinder-legs Terminated By Two Spines. The Species Are Numer Ous, And Arc Found In Almost All ...
Hume
Hume, Davrn, The Philosopher And Historian, Was B. At Edinburgh On April 26, (0. S.) 1711. His Father Was The Laird Or Proprietor Of The Estate Of Ninewells In Ber Wickshire, But David Being The Youngest Son Had To Make His Own Fortune With No Other Assistance Than An Education ...
Hume_2
Hume, Josern, Politician, Was B. Jan., 1777, At Montrose. His Father Was The Mas Ter Of A Small Coasting-vessel, Who, Dying While His Family Were Young, Left His Widow And Children In Narrow Circumstances. He Was Educated In The Local Schools Of Mon. Trose, And At The Age Of 13 ...
Humerus
Humerus, The Largest And Longest Bone Of The Upper Extremity. It Is The One Bone Of The Arm Proper, That Is, That Portion Between The Shoulder And Elbow. It Is Divided Anatomically Into A Shaft And Two Extremities. The Upper Extremity Is Rather The Largest, And Has A Semi-globular Bead ...
Hummeler
Hummeler, An Implement Or Machine Used For Hummeling Barley—that Is, Remov Ing The Awn From The Grain After It Has Been Thrashed. A Common Kind Of Hummeler Is A Set Of Blunt Knives Fixed In' A Frame, With A Handle, By Means Of Which They Are Used In The Manner ...
Humus
Humus Is A Generic Term Applied To A Group Of Closely Allied Substances, Which Col Lectively Form The Organic Matter Of The Soil. These Substances May Be Divided Into Three Great Classes: 1. Such As Are Soluble In Water—crenic, Apocrenic, And Uhnic Acids; 2. Such As Are Soluble In Alkaline ...
Hungarian Language And Literature
Hungarian Language And Literature (hungary, Ante). The Origin .of The Language Is Involved In Obscurity, But Its Vitality Is Remarkable. It Was No Doubt Spoken And Written By Some Of .the Tribes In Middle Asia At A Very Early Period. It Is Now Accommodated To The Latin Alphabet, And Consists ...
Hunger
Hunger. See Digestion. Hiiningen (french, Huningue), A Small T. In The A Of Alsace, Is Situated On The Left Bank Of The Rhine, .37 Us. S.s.o. Of The Town Of Colmar. Pop. '71. 1456. This Place, Still Remarkable For Its Pisciculture, Wag Formerly The Center Of The French System. A ...
Hunt
Hunt, Tuomas Sterry, Ll.d., Ph.d.; B. Conn., 1825. In 1845 He Became Assist Ant To Prof. Silliman In His Chemical Laboratory At Yale College, And In 1847 Was Appointed Chemist And Mineralogist To The Geographical Survey Of Canada. He Held This Post For More Than Twenty-five Years, Resigning In 1872 ...
Hunting
Hunting. The Manner Of Conducting Field Sports Has Varied Considerably At Dif Ferent Periods. Formerly The Term Hunting Signified The Pursuit And Destruction Of Wild Animals Whose Presence Was Dangerous, Or Whose Flesh Was Calculated For Food. Now The Word Is Often Applied To Chasing Animals With Hounds For Sport ...
Hunyady
Hunyady, Jiicos (eng. John), Governor Of Hungary, One Of The Greatest Captains Of His Age, Was Born Towards The Close Of The 14th Century. Hunvady's Origin Is Wrapped In Mystery, The Most Accredited Legend Beimg That Be Was A Son Of The Emperor Sigistnund By A Wallachian Lady. Hunyady And ...
Hurdwar
Hurdwar', Perhaps The Most Famous Spot On.the Ganges, Stands On The Right Or W. Bank Of The River At The Point Where It Emerges From The Sub-himalayas Into The Plains Of Hindustan. From Its Position On The Sacred Stream, It Attracts Immense Numbers Of Pilgrims For The Purposes Of Ablution. ...
Husband And Wife
Husband And Wife (ante).—a Little More Than Thirty Years Ago The Legal Status Of Husband And Wife In Respect To Each Other And To Society, In All Or Nearly All The States Of The American Union, Was Nearly The Same With That In England. Under The Common Law, Wives Were ...
Husband And Wife
Husband And Wife Are The Correct Legal As Well As Popular Terms To Denote Two Persons Married To Each Other. The Modes Of Contracting Marriage, With The Accom Panying Ceremonies, And The Impediments To Marriage, Will Be More Properly Described Under The Head Of Marriage (q.v.), And The Mode Of ...
Huss
Huss, Joint, The Bohemian Reformer, Whose Name Is Associated With That Of Jerome Of Prague (q.v.), Both On Account Of The Work Which They Wrought And The Death Which They Suffered, Was B. In 1373 At Hussinecz, Near Prachaticz, Iu The S. Of Bohemia. He Studied At The University Of ...
Hyacinth
Hyacinth, Hyacinthus, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Bulbous Rooted Plants With Co•olla-like, Bell-shaped, 6-cleft Perianth, Six Stamens Fixed In The Tube Of The Perianth, And Dry Capsular Fruit.—the Oriental Hyacinth (h. Orientalig), One Of The Most Favorite Of Florists' Flowers, Is A Native Of Asia Minor, Syria, ...