More than one of these 7 encyclopedias carries each of the following subjects — but every one of them treats it in a sentence or two and then moves on. They are gathered here so the different accounts can sit side by side.
Holinshed
Aiton's Encyclopedia: hol'inz-hed, Raphael, an English chronicler of the sixteenth century. The exact dates of his life are unknown, but he died about 1580. Early in Elizabeth's reign he began work as a translator for a London printer named Reginald Wolfe, and it was for this printer that he began his great work, an original compilation, entitled Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland. This work is mentioned frequently as the "Shakespeare Edition" of Holinshed, because Shakespeare made use of it in collecting material for his historical plays.
Collier's New Encyclopedia: RAPHAEL RALPH (hol'in-shed), an English chronicler, in the age of Queen Elizabeth. He is best known by his "Chronicles of Englande, Scotlande, and Irelande," the first edition of which, kno which, known as the "Shakespeare edition," because it is the one which the dramatist is supposed to have used in collecting material for his historical plays, published in London in 1577. He died about 1580.
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Hollyhock
Aiton's Encyclopedia: a fine old garden flower allied to the marsh mallow. A native of China. It is to be regretted that flower gardens do not keep up the old showing of brave, erect, magnificent hollyhocks. Seed planted in the spring produces plants that bloom the second season. All that hollyhocks require, once well rooted in a rich corner, is a little protection with light litter in winter. The large, rough, heart-shaped leaves have character. The large, open sessile flowers begin to appear in July and soon form a tall spike gorgeous in crimson, rose, yellow, white, or lavender. The hollyhock is the most stately plant in the flower garden. See Mallow
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a biennial plant (Althæa rosea), order Malvaceæ. It is a native of China and is a frequent ornament of gardens. There are many varieties, with single and double flowers, characterized by the tints of yellow, red, purple, and dark purple approaching to black. It reaches a height of eight feet or more.
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Holy Land
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a name generally given among modern peoples to Palestine, the scene of the Christ's birth, ministry, and death. It is first applied in Zech. ii: 12. Elis, a kingdom of ancient Greece, was also so named. Here was the temple of the Olympian Zeus, and sacred games were held every four years. Arabia is so named by Mohammedans because Mohammed was born there. The Buddhists of China call India the Holy Land, because it was the country of Sakya Muni.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Palestine
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Holyrood
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a palace and abbey in Edinburgh, at the E. extremity of the old town. The abbey church, founded in 1128 by David I., containing the royal vault, with the ashes of numerous members of the Scottish royal race, is now mostly in ruin. The palace, erected in successive parts from 1501 to 1679, contains the private royal apartments, the rooms associated with the events in the reign of Mary Queen of Scots, and a of all gallery, in which are portraits the Scottish kings, most of them imaginary.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Edinburgh
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Homeopathy
Collier's New Encyclopedia: the system of medicine which aims at curing diseases by administering medicines which produce symptoms similar to those which they are designed to remove.. The Latin dictum on the subject is "like cures like." Its founder was Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843); born in Meissen in Upper Saxony. In 1810 he published " Organon of the Healing Art, " in which he explained his system, calling it for the first time homœopathy. Hahnemann and his followers have attempted experimentally to ascertain what therapeutic agent to prescribe in each case. Experience has shown them that the doses should be exceedingly minute. It has many advocates in the United States and abroad. Homœopathy is opposed to heteropathy or allopathy.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Hahnemann
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Hone
Collier's New Encyclopedia: WILLIAM, an English antiquary; born in 1780. He began life in a law office and became imbued with freethinking opinions. In 1817 he was prosecuted by the English Government for the publication of alleged irreverent parodies and lampoons, when he defended himself and was acquitted. He gradually abandoned freethought for religious and antiquarian studies. His chief publications are the "Every-day Book" (1826); "Table-talk" (1827- 1828); and "Year Book" (1829). He died in 1842.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Whetstone
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Honey
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a product primarily of a vegetable character, in many plants existing at the base of the corolla, sometimes in a more or less elongated tube, closed at the lower end, called by Linnæus, on account of its contents, a nectary. Neuter bees collect it to store against winter, and swallowing it by means of their proboscis, transfer it to a distended portion of the esophagus, called the honey-bag. There certain chemical changes take place upon it, so that when placed, as it ultimately is, in the honeycomb, it is not, as at first, exclusively a vegetable product.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Bee
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Honey Locust
Aiton's Encyclopedia: an ornamental tree belonging to the legume family. It is known to the botanist as Gleditschia. It is called also the sweet locust, and the three-thorned acacia. It grows to a height of from 70 to 140 feet. The branches bear stout spines, three to four inches long. The leaves are twice pinnate, with from twenty to thirty leaflets. The branches spread gracefully, forming a fine shade. Greenish flowers appear early in summer. They are less conspicuous than those of the common locust, but the sickle-shaped pods are from twelve to eighteen inches long and are decidedly ornamental. When young they are filled with a sweet pulp, giving the tree its common name. The honey locust flourishes from Pennsylvania southward. When kept low and pruned closely, it makes an excellent thorny hedge. The wood is close grained, strong, and durable. See Locust
Collier's New Encyclopedia: SWEET LOCUST, or BLACK LOCUST (Gleditschia triacanthos), a forest tree belonging to the States, natural order Leguminosæ. United The foliage has a light and elegant appearance; the flowers are greenish, and are succeeded by long, often twisted pods, containing large brown seeds. The tree is especially remarkable for its formidable thorns, on which account it has been recommended for hedges. The G. monosperma, a tree resembling the last, grows in swamps in Illinois and the Southwest.
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Hook
Collier's New Encyclopedia: THEODORE EDWARD, an English journalist; born in 1788. Hook London, and beled a life of gayety in I came notorious for practical jokes and similar escapades. In 1812 he was appointed accountant-general and treasurer of the Island of Mauritius; but, owing to his gross carelessness, a large deficiency in the military chest was discovered, but no proceedings were taken against him. From 1820 to 1841 he was editor of the "John Bull," and at intervals from 1824 to 1828 he published his "Sayings and Doings," while in 1836 he became editor of the "New Monthly Magazine." His other principal works are "Life of Sir David Baird," and a series of novels, among which are "Love and Pride," "Jack Brag," "Gilbert Gurney," "Gurney Married," "Precepts and Practice," "Fathers and Sons." He died in 1841.
The Encyclopedia of Founding: A forged piece of iron bent into a suitable curve for some purpose of catching, holding, or sustaining; such as the crane-hook, sling-hook, chain-hook, changing-hook, etc. The importance of making all such hooks well and of good material will suggest itself to those who know the risks which are taken daily in the foundry and elsewhere by men who must necessarily pass under and work in close proximity to loads suspended thereon. See CHAIN; CRANES.
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