HIRUNDO
Hi*run"do, n. Etym: [L., swallow.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.
HIS His, pron. Etym: [AS. his of him, his, gen. masc. & neut. of h, neut. hit. See He.]
1. Belonging or pertaining to him; — used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete. No comfortable star did lend his light. Shak. Who can impress the forest, bid the tree Unfix his earth-bound root Shak.
Note: Also formerly used in connection with a noun simply as a sign of the possessive. "The king his son." Shak. "By young Telemachus his blooming years." Pope. This his is probably a corruption of the old possessive ending -is or -es, which, being written as a separate word, was at length confounded with the pronoun his.
2. The possessive of he; as, the book is his. "The sea is his, and he made it." Ps. xcv. 5.
HISINGERITE His"ing*er*ite, n. Etym: [Named after W. Hisinger, a Swedish mineralogist.] (Min.)
Defn: A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of iron.
HISPANIC
His*pan"ic, a. Etym: [L. Hispanicus.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Spain or its language; as, Hispanic words.