Hippuric, hip-ū′rik, adj. denoting an acid first obtained from the urine of horses. [Gr. hippos, a horse, ouron, urine.]
Hippurid, hi-pū′rid, n. a plant of natural order Hippurideæ or Haloragaceæ, the typical genus the common mare's tail.
Hippurite, hip′ū-rīt, n. a fossil bivalve mollusc peculiar to the cretaceous strata.—adj. Hippurit′ic. [Gr. hippos, a horse, oura, a tail.]
Hippus, hip′us, n. clonic spasm of the iris.
Hircine, hėr′sīn, adj. goat-like: having a strong goatish smell.—ns. Hircocer′vus, a fabulous creature, half-goat, half-stag; Hircos′ity, goatishness. [Fr.,—L. hircinus—hircus, a he-goat.]
Hirdy-girdy, hėr′di-gėr′di, adv. (Scot.) in confusion.
Hire, hīr, n. wages for service: the price paid for the use of anything.—v.t. to procure the use or service of, at a price: to engage for wages: to grant temporary use of for compensation: to bribe.—adj. Hire′able.—ns. Hire′ling, a hired servant: a mercenary: a prostitute (also adj.); Hir′er; Hire′-sys′tem, a system by which a hired article becomes the property of the hirer after a stipulated number of payments; Hir′ing, the contract of hiring—bailment for hire (in Scotland, location): a fair or market where servants are engaged.—On hire, for hiring. [A.S. hýr, wages, hýrian, to hire; Ger. heuer, Dut. huur.]
Hirmos, hir′mos, n. in the usage of the Greek Church, a standard troparion, forming the first stanza of a canon of odes, and serving as a model for the other stanzas:—pl. Hir′moi.—n. Hirmolō′gion, an office-book containing the hirmoi. [Gr. eirmos, a series.]
Hirple, hėr′pl, v.i. (Scot.) to walk or run as if lame.—n. a limping gait.
Hirrient, hir′i-ent, n. a trilled sound.