HENROOST
Hen"roost`, n.
Defn: A place where hens roost.
HENRY Hen"ry, n.; pl. Henrys. Etym: [From Joseph Henry, an American physicist.]
Defn: The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one ampère a second.
HEN'S-FOOT
Hen's-foot` (, n. (Bot.)
Defn: An umbelliferous plant (Caucalis daucoides).
HENT
Hent, v. t. [imp. Hente; p. p. Hent.] Etym: [OE. hente, henten, fr.
AS. hentan, gehentan, to pursue, take, seize; cf. Icel. henda, Goth.
hinpan (in compos.), and E. hunt.]
Defn: To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get. [Obs.] Piers
Plowman. Spenser.
This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast. Chaucer.
But all that he might of his friendes hente On bookes and on learning
he it spente. Chaucer.
HENWARE
Hen"ware`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A coarse, blackish seaweed. See Badderlocks.