Definition of h

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H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in ch

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Cabbage :: Cabbage (n.) The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below..
Distort :: Distort (v. t.) To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning..
Chit :: Chit (n.) A small tool used in cleaving laths.
Zenick :: Zenick (n.) A South African burrowing mammal (Suricata tetradactyla), allied to the civets. It is grayish brown, with yellowish transverse stripes on the back. Called also suricat..
Zonure :: Zonure (n.) Any one of several of South African lizards of the genus Zonura, common in rocky situations..
Hang :: Hang (n.) A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
Likeliness :: Likeliness (n.) Likelihood; probability.
Oe :: Oe () a diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in the English language, as the representative of the Greek diphthong oi. In many words in common use, e alone stands instead of /. Classicists prefer to write the diphthong oe separate in Latin words..
Tripeman :: Tripeman (n.) A man who prepares or sells tripe.
Saltpetre :: Saltpetre (n.) Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant..
Wamble-cropped :: Wamble-cropped (a.) Sick at the stomach; also, crestfallen; dejected..
Pilot :: Pilot (n.) The cowcatcher of a locomotive.
Cockatrice :: Cockatrice (n.) A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk.
Misfashion :: Misfashion (v. t.) To form wrongly.
Arsenicism :: Arsenicism (n.) A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.
Alopecist :: Alopecist (n.) A practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness.
Bridle :: Bridle (v. t.) To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle; to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to bridle a muse..
Rabble-rout :: Rabble-rout (n.) A tumultuous crowd; a rabble; a noisy throng.
Neat :: Neat (a.) With all deductions or allowances made; net. [In this sense usually written net. See Net, a., 3.].
Bewrayer :: Bewrayer (n.) One who, or that which, bewrays; a revealer..
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