*helle*

n. [ L. helleborus, elleborus, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;; cf. F. hellébore, ellébore. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs (Helleborus) of the Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities. Helleborus niger is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring. Helleborus officinalis was the officinal hellebore of the ancients. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus Veratrum, especially Veratrum album and Veratrum viride, both called white hellebore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A poisonous glucoside accompanying helleborin in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a bittersweet taste. It has a strong action on the heart, resembling digitalin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A poisonous glucoside found in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a sharp tingling taste. It possesses the essential virtues of the plant; -- called also elleborin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The practice or theory of using hellebore as a medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek. Brewer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or Greeks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. &unr_; the Greeks. ] Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian. “The Hellenic forces.” Jowett (Thucyd. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. Hellénisme. ] 1. A phrase or form of speech in accordance with genius and construction or idioms of the Greek language; a Grecism. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The type of character of the ancient Greeks, who aimed at culture, grace, and amenity, as the chief elements in human well-being and perfection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. Helléniste. ] 1. One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his mother tongue, as did the Jews of Asia Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt; distinguished from the Hebraists, or native Jews (Acts vi. 1). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the critical Hellenist.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. Hellénistique. ] Pertaining to the Hellenists. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hellenistic language,
Hellenistic dialect, or
Hellenistic idiom, the Greek spoken or used by the Jews who lived in countries where the Greek language prevailed; the Jewish-Greek dialect or idiom of the Septuagint. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to the Hellenistic manner or dialect. J. Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] To use the Greek language; to play the Greek; to Grecize. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] To give a Greek form or character to; to Grecize; as, to Hellenize a word. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Ivorytype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Hellespontus, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; the mythological Helle, daughter of Athamas + &unr_; sea. ] A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the Aegean Sea and the sea of Marmora. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Hellespont. Mitford.

n. Same as Romaic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Hellenism as surviving or revival in modern times; the practice or pursuit of ancient Greek ideals in modern life, art, or literature, as in the Renaissance. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ See Panhellenium. ] Of or pertaining to all Greece, or to Panhellenism; including all Greece, or all the Greeks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A scheme to unite all the Greeks in one political body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An advocate of Panhellenism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. Panellh`nion; pa^s, pa^n, all + "E`llhnes the Greeks.] (Gr. Antiq.) An assembly or association of Greeks from all the states of Greece. [1913 Webster]

n. A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to philhellenism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Love of Greece. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Philo- + Gr. "E`llhn a Greek: cf. F. philhellène.] A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of the Greeks; particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for independence against the Turks; a philhellene. [1913 Webster]

n. A philhellenist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A seaport town in France. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rochelle powders. Same as Seidlitz powders. --
Rochelle salt (Chem.), the double tartrate of sodium and potassium, a white crystalline substance. It has a cooling, saline, slightly bitter taste and is employed as a mild purgative. It was discovered by Seignette, an apothecary of Rochelle, and is called also Seignete's salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, shells; as, an oyster sheller; a corn sheller. [ 1913 Webster ]