n. [ AS. henn, hen, hæn; akin to D. hen, OHG. henna, G. henne, Icel. h&unr_;na, Dan. höna; the fem. corresponding to AS. hana cock, D. haan, OHG. hano, G. hahn, Icel. hani, Dan. & Sw. hane. Prob. akin to L. canere to sing, and orig. meaning, a singer. Cf. Chanticleer. ] (Zool.) The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds;
☞ Used adjectively or in combination to indicate the female; as, hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hen clam. (Zool.)
Hen driver.
Hen harrier (Zool.),
Hen hawk (Zool.),
n. [ Hen + bane. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus
n. (Bot.) A weed of the genus
adv. [ OE. hennes, hens (the
Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]
I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. Acts xxii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hence, perhaps, it is, that Solomon calls the fear of the Lord the beginning of wisdom. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]
All other faces borrowed hence
Their light and grace. Suckling. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even of your lusts? James. iv. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Hence is used, elliptically and imperatively, for go hence; depart hence; away; be gone. “Hence with your little ones.” Shak. -- From hence, though a pleonasm, is fully authorized by the usage of good writers. [ 1913 Webster ]
An ancient author prophesied from hence. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Expelled from hence into a world
Of woe and sorrow. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To send away. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. From this time forward; henceforward. [ 1913 Webster ]
I never from thy side henceforth to stray. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. From this time forward; from now into the indefinite future; henceforth. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
n. A page; a servant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
n. A coop or cage for hens. [ 1913 Webster ]