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n. The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of the Pentateuch, which are characterized by the use of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name of the Supreme Being; -- distinguished from Jehovist. S. Davidson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to Elohim as a name of God; -- said of passages in the Old Testament. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hemi- + holohedral. ] (Crystallog.) Presenting hemihedral forms, in which half the sectants have the full number of planes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Holo- + Gr. &unr_; seat, base, fr. &unr_; to sit. ] (Crystallog.) Having all the planes required by complete symmetry, -- in opposition to hemihedral. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Holo- + hemihedral. ] (Crystallog.) Presenting hemihedral forms, in which all the sectants have halt the whole number of planes. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hung., fr. képviselö representative + ház house. ] (Hungary) See Legislature. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Med.) See Loch, a medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch, or situated between them. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; the molar teeth + E. hyoid. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus; as, the mylohyoid nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A philhellenist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. shīlōh, literally, quiet, rest, fr. shālāh to rest. ] (Script.) A word used by Jacob on his deathbed, and interpreted variously, as “the Messiah, ” or as the city “Shiloh, ” or as “Rest.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stylo- + the Gr. letter &unr_;. ] (Anat.) A segment in the hyoidean arch between the epihyal and tympanohyal. [ 1913 Webster ]