Hermitical
(Her*mit"i*cal) a. Pertaining to, or suited for, a hermit. Coventry.
Hermodactyl
(Her`mo*dac"tyl) n. [NL. hermodactylus, lit., Hermes' finger; fr. Gr. Hermes + finger.] (med.)
A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic.
Hermogenian
(Her`mo*ge"ni*an) n. (Eccl. Hist.) A disciple of Hermogenes, an heretical teacher who
lived in Africa near the close of the second century. He held matter to be the fountain of all evil, and
that souls and spirits are formed of corrupt matter.
Hern
(Hern) n. (Zoöl.) A heron; esp., the common European heron. "A stately hern." Trench.
Hernani
(Her*na"ni) n. A thin silk or woolen goods, for women's dresses, woven in various styles and
colors.
Herne
(Herne) n. [AS. hyrne.] A corner. [Obs.]
Lurking in hernes and in lanes blind.
Chaucer. Hernia
(Her"ni*a) n.; pl. E. Hernias L. Herniæ [L.] (Med.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part
which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in
the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal
viscera in most common. Called also rupture.
Strangulated hernia, a hernia so tightly compressed in some part of the channel through which it has
been protruded as to arrest its circulation, and produce swelling of the protruded part. It may occur in
recent or chronic hernia, but is more common in the latter.
Hernial
(Her"ni*al) a. Of, or connected with, hernia.
Herniotomy
(Her`ni*ot"o*my) n. [Hernia + Gr. to cut.] (Med.) A cutting for the cure or relief of hernia; celotomy.
Hernshaw
(Hern"shaw) n. Heronshaw. [Obs.] Spenser.
Hero
(He"ro) n.; pl. Heroes [F. héros, L. heros, Gr. .]
1. (Myth.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod,
as Hercules.
2. A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central
personage in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or illustrious person.
Each man is a hero and oracle to somebody.
Emerson. 3. The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or the person who has the principal share in
the transactions related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and Æneas in the Æneid.
The shining quality of an epic hero.
Dryden. Hero worship, extravagant admiration for great men, likened to the ancient worship of heroes.
Hero worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally among mankind.
Carlyle. Herodian
(He*ro"di*an) n. (Jewish Hist.) One of a party among the Jews, composed of partisans of
Herod of Galilee. They joined with the Pharisees against Christ.
Herodiones
(||He*ro`di*o"nes) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a heron.] (Zoöl.) A division of wading birds, including
the herons, storks, and allied forms. Called also Herodii. — He*ro`di*o"nine a.
