Defn: A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Æneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity. Leaped like the | roe when he | hears in the | woodland the | voice of the | huntsman. Longfellow. Strongly it | bears us a- | long on | swelling and | limitless | billows, Nothing be- | fore and | nothing be- | hind but the | sky and the | ocean. Coleridge.
HEXAMETER
Hex*am"e*ter, a.
Defn: Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.
Holland.
HEXAMETRIC; HEXAMETRICAL
Hex`a*met"ric, Hex`a*met"ric*al, a.
Defn: Consisting of six metrical feet.
HEXAMETRIST
Hex*am"e*trist, n.
Defn: One who writes in hexameters. "The Christian hexametrists."
Milman.
HEXANDRIA
Hex*an"dri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. hexandrie.] (Bot.)
Defn: A Linnæan class of plants having six stamens.
HEXANDRIAN; HEX-ANDROUS
Hex*an"dri*an, Hex-an"drous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hexandre.] (Bot.)