Vocabulary : Hithermost to Hived

Hithermost : Nearest on this side.
Hitherto : To this place; to a prescribed limit. ;; Up to this time; as yet; until now.
Hitherward : Toward this place; hither.
Hitter : One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.
Hitting : of Hit

Hittite : A member of an ancient people (or perhaps group of peoples) whose settlements extended from Armenia westward into Asia Minor and southward into Palestine. They are known to have been met along the Orontes as early as 1500 b. c., and were often at war with the Egyptians and Assyrians. Especially in the north they developed a considerable civilization, of which numerous monuments and inscriptions are extant. Authorities are not agreed as to their race. While several attempts have been made to decipher the Hittite characters, little progress has yet been made.
Hittorf rays : Rays (chiefly cathode rays) developed by the electric discharge in Hittorf tubes.
Hittorf tube : A highly exhausted glass tube with metallic electrodes nearly in contact so as to exhibit the insulating effects of a vacuum. It was used by the German physicist W. Hittorf (b. 1824). ;; A Crookes tube.
Hive : A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees. ;; The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. ;; A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd. ;; To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees. ;; To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store. ;; To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
Hived : of Hive

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