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‖n. [ F., fr. cacher to hide + pot a pot. ] An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The European starling. [ Local, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + -hepatic. ] (Med.) Pertaining to the stomach and liver; hepatogastric; as, the gastrohepatic, or lesser, omentum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Hip, the fruit of the dog-rose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Hip, a., but older and now less frequently used. [ PJC ]

interj. A call used by drill instructors to count cadence during marching; used identically to hut and hup. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ L. hepar, hepatis, the liver, Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Old Chem.) Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also hepar sulphuris calcareum (&unr_;). [ 1913 Webster ]

Hepar antimonii fld>(Old Chem.), a substance, of a liver-brown color, obtained by fusing together antimony sulphide with alkaline sulphides, and consisting of sulphantimonites of the alkalies; -- called also liver of antimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. hepaticus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; the liver; akin to L. jecur, Skr. yak&unr_;t: cf. F. hépatique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticae, or scale mosses and liverworts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hepatic duct (Anat.), any biliary duct; esp., the duct, or one of the ducts, which carries the bile from the liver to the cystic and common bile ducts. See Illust., under Digestive. --
Hepatic gas (Old Chem.), sulphureted hydrogen gas. --
Hepatic mercurial ore, or
Hepatic cinnabar. See under Cinnabar. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Hepaticae [ NL. See Hepatic. So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed leaves or fronds. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Bot.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (bot.) Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hepatic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. hepatitis an unknown precious stone, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the liver: cf. F. hépatite. ] (Min.) A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, liver + -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the liver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Chem.) Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Cf. F. hépatisation. ] (Med.) Conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no longer pervious to the air. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hepatized p. pr. & vb. n. Hepatizing ] [ Gr. &unr_; to be like the liver, to be liver-colored, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the liver: cf. E. hepatite, and (for sense 2) F. hépatiser. ] 1. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas. [ 1913 Webster ]

On the right . . . were two wells of hepatized water. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the liver + &unr_; tumor. ] (Med.) Hernia of the liver. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hepatic + cystic. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; as, the hepatocystic ducts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hepatic + gastric. ] (Anat.) See Gastrohepatic.

{ } a. [ Gr. "h^par, "h`patos, the liver + root of gi`gnesqai to be born ] (Med.) Arising from the liver; due to a condition of the liver; as, hepatogenic jaundice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "h^par, "h`patos, the liver + -logy. ] The science which treats of the liver; a treatise on the liver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "h^par, "h`patos, the liver + E. pancreas. ] (Zool.) A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hepatic + renal. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; fr. "h^par, "h`patos, the liver + &unr_; to view: cf. F. hépatoscopie. ] Divination by inspecting the liver of animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who performs jazz music. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

2. A person who is hep or hip; same as hipster; -- an older term becoming dated and less used. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

a. (Furniture) Designating a light and elegant style developed in England under George III., chiefly by Messrs. A. Heppelwhite & Co. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Cf. AS. gehæp fit, Icel. heppinn lucky, E. happy. ] Neat; fit; comfortable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Zool.) A young salmon; a parr. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ See Seven. ] A combining form from Gr. "epta`, seven. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. "epta`chordos seven-stringed; "epta` seven + chordh` chord: cf. F. heptacorde. See Seven, and Chord. ] 1. (Anc. Mus.) (a) A system of seven sounds. (b) A lyre with seven chords. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anc. Poet.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones. Moore (Encyc. of Music). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. heptas the number seven. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.) An atom which has a valence of seven, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, seven monad atoms or radicals; as, iodine is a heptad in iodic acid. Also used as an adjective. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. heptade. See Heptad. ] The sum or number of seven. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; "epta` seven + 3, &unr_;, tongue, language.] A book in seven languages. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; sevencornered; "epta` seven + &unr_; angle: cf. F. heptagone.] (Geom.) A plane figure consisting of seven sides and having seven angles. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Cf. F. heptagonal. ] Having seven angles or sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heptagonal numbers (Arith.), the numbers of the series 1, 7, 18, 34, 55, etc., being figurate numbers formed by adding successively the terms of the arithmetical series 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "epta` seven + &unr_; woman, female: cf. F. heptagunie.] (Bot.) A Linnaean order of plants having seven pistils.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. heptagyne. ] (Bot.) Having seven pistils. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hepta- + Gr. &unr_; seat, base, fr. &unr_; to sit: cf. F. heptaèdre. ] (Geom.) A solid figure with seven sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hepta- + Gr. &unr_; part. ] (Bot.) Consisting of seven parts, or having the parts in sets of sevens. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "epta` seven + &unr_;, &unr_;, man, male: cf. F. heptandrie.] (Bot.) A Linnaean class of plants having seven stamens.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. heptandre. ] (Bot.) Having seven stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.) Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of the paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); -- so called because the molecule has seven carbon atoms. Specifically, a colorless liquid, found as a constituent of petroleum, in the tar oil of cannel coal, etc. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Hepta- + angular: cf. F. heptangulaire. Cf. Septangular. ] Having seven angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hepta- + Gr. &unr_; leaf: cf. F. heptaphylle. ] (Bot.) Having seven leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Heptarchist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. heptarchique. ] Of or pertaining to a heptarchy; constituting or consisting of a heptarchy. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A ruler of one division of a heptarchy. [ Written also heptarch. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hepta- + -archy: cf. F. heptarchie. ] A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word is most commonly applied to England, when it was divided into seven kingdoms; as, the Saxon heptachy, which consisted of Kent, the South Saxons (Sussex), West Saxons (Wessex), East Saxons (Essex), the East Angles, Mercia, and Northumberland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hepta- + Gr. &unr_; a seed. ] (Bot.) Having seven seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hepta- + Gr. sti`chos line, verse. ] (Pros.) A composition consisting of seven lines or verses. [ 1913 Webster ]