3. pl.
Defn: See Hessian boots and cloth, under Hessian, a.
HESSITE
Hess"ite, n. Etym: [After H. Hess.] (Min.)
Defn: A lead-gray sectile mineral. It is a telluride of silver.
HEST
Hest, n. Etym: [AS. hs, fr. h to call, bid. See Hight, and cf.
Behest.]
Defn: Command; precept; injunction. [Archaic] See Behest. "At thy
hest." Shak.
Let him that yields obey the victor's hest. Fairfax.
Yet I thy hest will all perform, at full. Tennyson.
HESTERN; HESTERNAL Hes"tern, Hes*ter"nal, a. Etym: [L. hesternus; akin to heri yesterday.]
Defn: Pertaining to yesterday. [Obs.] See Yester, a. Ld. Lytton.
HESYCHAST
Hes"y*chast, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenth century; a quietist. Brande & C.