Hides
the skins of animals, either raw or dressed; but the name is more commonly gi given to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc., the smaller being called skins. See LEATHER.
HIELMITE (hē-el'mit), a black mineral of metallic luster and granular fracture. It is a stanno-tantalate of iron, uranium, and yttria, occurring in pegmatite near Falun, in Sweden.