Defn: To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. Dryden.
HECTOR
Hec"tor, v. i.
Defn: To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent.
Swift.
HECTORISM
Hec"to*rism, n.
Defn: The disposition or the practice of a hector; a bullying. [R.]
HECTORLY
Hec"tor*ly, a.
Defn: Resembling a hector; blustering; insolent; taunting. "Hectorly, ruffianlike swaggering or huffing." Barrow.
HECTOSTERE
Hec"to*stere, n. Etym: [F. hectostère; Gr. stère.]
Defn: A measure of solidity, containing one hundred cubic meters, and equivalent to 3531.66 English or 3531.05 United States cubic feet.
HEDDLE
Hed"dle, n.; pl. Heddles. Etym: [Cf. Heald.] (Weaving)