‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; fawn + &unr_; mouse. ] (Zool.) See
n. [ Gr. &unr_; a wound + -plasty. ] (Med.) The act or process of repairing lesions made by ulcers, especially by a plastic operation. [ 1913 Webster ]
imp. & p. p. of Hold. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Heal, n. ] Health; welfare. [ Obs. ] “In joy and perfyt hele.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ AS. helan, akin to D. helen, OHG. helan, G. hehlen, L. celare. √17. See Hell, and cf. Conceal. ] To hide; to cover; to roof. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Hide and hele things. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L.: cf. Sp. helena. ] See
n. (Chem.) A neutral organic substance found in the root of the elecampane (Inula helenium), and extracted as a white crystalline or oily material, with a slightly bitter taste. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. A genus comprising the cactus wrens; one of several alternative classifications.
a. Heliacal. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; belonging to the sun, fr. &unr_; the sun: cf. F. héliaque. ] (Astron.) Emerging from the light of the sun, or passing into it; rising or setting at the same, or nearly the same, time as the sun. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The heliacal rising of a star is when, after being in conjunction with the sun, and invisible, it emerges from the light so as to be visible in the morning before sunrising. On the contrary, the heliacal setting of a star is when the sun approaches conjunction so near as to render the star invisible. [ 1913 Webster ]