Hydropsy, personified by Thomson:
On limbs enormous, but withal unsound,
Soft, swoln and wan, here lay pale Hydropsy—
Unwieldy man; with belly monstrous round,
For ever fed with watery supply,
For still he drank, and yet was ever dry.
Castle of Indolence, i. 73 (1748).
Hymbercourt (Baron d’), one of the duke of Burgundy’s officers.—Sir W. Scott, Quentin Durward (time, Edward IV.).
Hymen, god of marriage; the personification of the bridal song; marriage.
Till Hymen brought his love-delighted hour,