Herb, s. Herbs are those plants whose stalks are soft, and have nothing woody in them, as grass and hemlock.

Herbaceous, a. Belonging to herbs; feeding on vegetables.

Herbage, s. Herbs collectively; grass, pasture.

Herd, s. A number of beasts together; it anciently signified a keeper of cattle, as goat-herd.

Herd, v. To run in herds or companies; to associate.

Herdsman, s. One employed in tending herds.

Hermaphrodite, s. An animal uniting two sexes.

Hernia, s. Any kind of rupture.

Heron, Common Heron, Heronsewgh, or Heronshaw, (Ardea Major, Linn.; Le Heron huppé, Buff.) s. A bird that feeds on fish.