hirsute, adj., hirsute, hairy.

hispide, adj., (bot.) hispid, strigous.

hispidité, n.f., (bot.) hispidity, strigosity.

hisser, v.a., to hoist, to lift, to heave, to heave up, to raise, to haul up; to haul out (sails); to sway up (yards). — promptement; (nav.) to trice.

sehisser, v.r., to raise or lift one’s self up, to get up.

histiologie, n.f. V. histologie.

histoire, n.f., history, tale, story, narration; long rigmarole; idle story, untruth, falsehood, concern, trifle, small matter. — faite à plaisir; a trumped up story. Faiseur d’—s; story-teller. Peintre d’—; historical painter. Tableau d’—; historical picture, history piece. C’est une autre —; that is quite another story, or a horse of another color. Voilà bien des —s; what a fuss you make about it. — de; only to; merely for the sake of. — de rire; for the laugh or fun of the thing. Le plus beau de l’— c’était; the best of it was.

histologie, n.f., histology.

historial, -e, adj., historical.