historiette (ēs tô rēet´), a short history; a tale.

Hollandaise sauce (ō-läN-däz´; Eng. pron. hol´lan-dāz´). See [Dutch sauce].

homard (ō-mär´).—The European lobster—larger than the American lobster, called homard américaine (ō-mär´dä-mā-rē-kān´).

homme d’affaires (ôm dȧ fer´), a man of affairs.

homme d’état (ôm dā tȧ´), a statesman.

homme de robe (ôm de rôb´), a man in civil office.

homme de lettres (ôm de letr´), a literary man.

homme d’esprit (ôm des prē´), a man of intellect.

honi soit qui mal y pense (ô nē swȧ´ kē mȧl ē päNs´), shame be to him who thinks evil of it. (The motto of the Order of the Garter.)

hors de combat (ôr de kôN ´), disabled; unfit to continue a contest.