Hood (JOHN BELL an American military)
JOHN BELL, an American military officer; born in Owingsville, Ky., June 1, 1831. He was graduated at West Point in 1853, and saw some service against the Indians. He entered the Confederate army, commanded a brigade, and was severely wounded at Gaines's Mill, at Gettysburg, and at Chicka- of the preceding; born in 1835. He studied at Oxford, and during his resimauga, where he lost a leg and was ed a corps under Gen. J. E. Johnston Pictures." In in the treador Atlanta, and in July, 1864, succeeded him in command of the army. On Sept. 1 he was compelled to evacuate the city and leave the road free for Sherman's march to the sea. He yet made a bold attempt to cut Sherman's communications, and, though worsted at Franklin on Nov. 30, pushed as far N. as Nashville; but here he was again defeated by Thomas on Dec. 16, and at his own request he was relieved of command. He died in New Orleans, Aug. 30, 1879. His personal experiences were published posthumously as "Advance and Retreat" (1880).
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Hood (THOMAS an English poet)
THOMAS, an English poet and humorist; born in London in 1798. During a residence at Dundee, and while only 15 or 16 years of age, he wrote for periodicals. In 1821 he became subeditor of the "London Magazine," and in 1826 appeared his "Whims and Oddities," which was followed by "National Tales" and a volume of serious poetry. From 1829 to 1837 he conducted his "Comic ." He published "The Epping Annual Hunt," "The Dream of Eugene Aram" and "Tylney Hall," a novel. In 1837, he commenced a monthly periodical en titled "Hood's Own." His health now began to fail, and he visited the Continent for rest. In 1839 he published his "Up the Rhine," which was very popular. He undertook the editorship of the "New Monthly Magazine," and continued it till 1843. His last periodical, entitled "Hood's Magazine," was commenced in 1844. It was during his last illness that he contributed to "Punch" "The Song of a Shirt," "The Bridge of Sighs," and "The Lay of a 500 con- Laborer." The pension of $ ferred upon him on his last illness by Sir Robert Peel was transferred to his wife. He died in 1845.
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Hood (TOM an English author son made)
TOM, an English author; son made lieutenant-general. He command- dence there he wrote "Pen and Pencil 1861 appeared his "Daughters of King Daker, and Other Poems." In 1865 he became editor of similar to "Fun." His talents, though those of his father, were less brilliant. He died in 1874. HOODED SEAL (Cystophora cristăta), a species of seal, the male of , inflatable which possesses a movable muscular bag, stretching from the muzzle to about five inches behind the eyes. Its usual range extends in America S. to Newfoundland, and in Europe to southern Norway.
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Hoofs
the horny tissues which constitute the external part of the feet of certain animals, mostly herbivorous. They may be regarded as homologues of the toe-nails of other animals.
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Hooge
a village near and to the east of Ypres, that saw much fighting during the World War. During 1915 the neighborhood was held mainly by British troops, Keir's Sixth Army Corps, Allenby's Fifth Corps, and the new Fourteenth Light Division. In the summer fighting of of 1915 some of the hardest of the war occurred round the trenches Hooge. The German trenches here were taken by the British June 16, retaken by the Germans July 30, and were again carried at the point of the bayonet by the British, Aug. 9. HÚGLI (hög-lē'), a
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Hooghly
or river of Bengal proper, and commercially the most important. Taking its distinctive name near the town of Santipur, it has a S. course of 64 miles to Calcutta, and a further course of 81 miles in the same direction to the Bay of Bengal. At its mouth the Hooghly has a width of 15 miles.
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Hooghly
a city of Bengal proper, capital of a district; on the right or W. bank of the Hooghly river, 25 miles N. of Calcutta. Here is a college for English and Asiatic literature, founded by native munificence. Pop. district, about 1,200,000; city, about 25,000.
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Hook and Eye
a well known fastening for garments. The hook and eye of two pieces was known in the fourteenth century. Hook and eye machines have been invented. Wires are fed through a machine; pieces are cut off and are bent into shape complete at the rate of 200 a minute. The finishing and sewing to cardboard is done also by machinery. After the wire has once been fed, it is not necessary to touch the material with the fingers. Hooks and eyes are sent to market either stitched on cards or in small pasteboard boxes. The factories of the United States alone turn out hooks and eyes to the annual value of half a million dollars at wholesale. See Pins; Buttons
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Hook-bolt
A bolt, one end of which is threaded for a nut, the other turned as a hook, and used for various purposes in the foundry, such as binding portions of loam and dry-sand moulds together, anchoring cores in lower moulds, and suspending them in covering-plates and copes. SEE ANCHOR.
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Hookah
the water tobacco-pipe of Arabs, Turks, Persians, Hindus, and other Orientals. It consists of a bowl for the tobacco, a water-bottle, and a long flexible tube ending in the mouthpiece. A wooden tube leads from the bottom of the head or bowl down into the water in the bottle, and the flexible tube is continued downward by a stiff tube into the space above the water in the bottle. The "hubble-bubble" of India is a similar but simpler water-pipe, made of a cocoanut filled with water, and two short wooden tubes at right angles, one going into the water, the other merely passing inside the top of the shell.
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Hooker
MOUNT, a peak in the Rocky Mountains in Canada; 15,690 feet high; on the E. boundary of British Columbia.
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Hooker
ISABELLA BEECHER, an American philanthropist; born in Litchfield, Conn., Feb. 22, 1822; daughter of Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher. She made a life study of woman's rights and duties, and wrote "Womanhood," etc. She died Jan. 25, 1907.
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