Hellawes
A sorceress, Lady of the Castle Nigramous. She attempted to win the love of Lancelot, but being unable to do so, she perished.
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These 18 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Hellawes, Helle, Hellebore.
Helle
A daughter of Athamas and Nephele. She fled from her father's house to avoid the oppression of her mother-in-law Ino. According to some accounts she was carried through the air on a golden ram, when, becoming giddy, she fell into the sea, which received from her the name Hellespont. 2026 Editor's Note: The golden ram that carried Helle is identified in mythology as Chrysomallos, the son of Poseidon and Theophane. After Helle fell into the sea, her brother Phrixus reached Colchis and sacrificed the ram, whose pelt became the Golden Fleece . This artifact later served as the central object of the quest undertaken by Jason and the Argonauts. (Ed: BR 2026-06-18)
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Hellebore
hel'e-bor, a plant of the crowfoot family. There are about eight species native to Europe and western Asia. They are herbs with palmate leaves. The flowers are large, varying in color with the species from white to green, red, purple, and yellow. There are five broad, petal-like sepals. The petals are small and tubular, furnished with claws, somewhat like those of the columbine. The hellebore is related to aconite. Some species are poisonous, others medicinal. The green hellebore has been naturalized along our Atlantic coast. The white hellebore of the pharmacist, sold in the form of a powder to kill insects, is the pulverized root-stock of an entirely different plant.
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Hellebore
in phar- , the dried rhizome of Veratrum macy viride, growing in swampy districts of the United States. It is used to control the vascular system in cases of rheumatic gout. name Greeks. HELLESPONT. See DARDANELLES.
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Hellenes
the native "Scenes and Hymns of Life." She died of the ancient in 1835. HEMATITE. See HEMATITE; IRON.
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Hellespont
. See Dardanelles ; Golden Fleece
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Hellespontus
A narrow strait between Europe and Asia , which received its name from Helle , who is said to have been drowned in it. It is celebrated as being the scene of the love and death of Leander .
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Heloise
or Eloise. See Abelard
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Helots
he'lots, a class of peasant serfs among the ancient Spartans. They were owned by the state and were bound to the soil. They were alloted to the various citizens and performed the work of slaves. Ordinarily they were allowed a certain share of the produce of the fields they cultivated. In war they served as light armed troops. They were doubtless the survivors of an aboriginal people conquered by the Doric invaders. There are tales of cruel and of horrible atrocities, such as wholesale massacre, to keep down their numbers and prevent revolt. See Sparta ; Slavery
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Helps
SIR ARTHUR, an English historian; born in Streatham, Surrey, July 10, 1813 ; was graduated at Cambridge in 1835. His works comprise an early volume of essays: "Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd" (1835); "Catherine Douglas, a Tragedy" (1839); "Essays Written During the Intervals of Business " (1841); "Claims of Labor" (1844 ); the series entitled "Friends in Council" (1847-1859); "Companions of My Solitude" (1851); "Brevia" (1871); "Conversations on War" (1871); "Thoughts on "Animals and Their Masters" (1873); Government" (1872); "Social Pressure" (1875); "Spanish Conquest of America" (1855-1861); lives of "Pizarro" (1869); and "Cortes" (1871); "Realmah, a Romance" (1868); and "Ivan de Brion, a Russian Story" (1874). He died in London, March 7, 1875.
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Helvetii
hel-ve'shi-l the ancient Celtic inhabitants of Switzerland. Students of Caesar's Commentaries are familiar with his account of the Helvetians, who attempted to leave their home at Lake Geneva to occupy more fertile parts of adjacent Gaul (France). Caesar met them west of Geneva (58 B. C.), punished them severely, and sent them home again. Twenty years later they were practically exterminated by the Romans. Helvetia is still the classical name of Switzerland.
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Hemans
FELICIA DOROTHEA, an English poet; born in Liverpool in 1794. She first appeared as an author in 1808, with a volume entitled "Early Blossoms," which was followed in 1812 by her more successful volume, "The Domestic Affections." In the same year she married Captain Hemans, who, however, left her six years later, shortly before the birth of her fifth son. She then devoted herself to literature, winning public notice by her poems. In 1830 she published one of her most popular volumes, "Songs of the Affections." In 1831 she removed to Dublin, where she published her "Hymns for Childhood," "National Lyrics and Songs for Music," and
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Hematite
A valuable iron ore, consisting chiefly of peroxide of iron. It occurs in large quantities, its two chief varieties being red and brown hematite. An earthy kind, called iron-froth, consists almost entirely of iron. Brown hematite contains about 14 per cent of water. See RED HEMATITE.
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Hematology
or HEMATOLOGY. See BLOOD. HEMORRHAGE. See BLEEDING.
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Hemlock
a name of varied application. The hemlock of Europe and of history, the hemlock the juice of which Socrates in prison drank from the hand of his executioner, is a parsnip-like herb that we call poison hemlock. The hemlock of American lumbermen is a spruce, a fine evergreen tree, valued for its timber. The bark is used largely in tanning. See Spruce
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Hemorrhage
bleeding from the heart, arteries, capillaries, or veins, capillary hæmorrhage being the com- Generally, though not inmonest form. Gen variably the vessels are ruptured. In a solid organ it is called an extravasation, hæmorrhagic infraction (in embollism), or apoplexy. Hæmorrhage from the nose is known as epistaxis; from the lungs, hæmoptysis; from the stomach, hæmatemesis; from the female genitals, menorrhagia; from the urine, hæmaturia; from the bowels, melæna. The general indications for treatment are to stop the bleeding and prevent its recurrence.
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Hemp Rope
A thin hemp band is sometimes wrapped on core-barrels in place of hay or straw rope when it is desired to obtain a greater thickness of loam than would be possible if either of those materials were employed. See CORE-BARREL; HAY ROPE; ORDNANCE; ROPE.
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Henbane
a plant of the nightshade family. It is related also to tobacco and the stramonium or jimson weed. It is a poisonous plant. It proves deadly when eaten by poultry, whence the name. It is a coarse, upright, clammy herb, with hairy foliage and a disagreeable odor. It has pale yellowish flowers streaked with purple veins. The leaves are used for medicinal purposes, resembling belladonna in their effect. Overdoses are fatal to man, but swine appear to eat without injury. One of its common names is hog's bean. Henbane is a native of Europe and northern Asia. It has become established in the eastern part of the United States .
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