Part 6 (1/2)

=Hearth-stone=--harth'stone, not herth'stone.

=Heather=--heth'er, not heth'er. Worcester gives heth'er as the p.r.o.nunciation.

=Heinous=--ha'nus, not he'nus, hen'yus nor han'yus.

=Herb=--erb, not herb.

=Herbaceous=--her-ba'shus, not er-ba'shus.

=Herbage=--erb'ej or herb'ej, not her'baje.

=Heroine=--her'o-in, not he'-ro-ine nor he'ro-in.

Worcester gives the first and the last of the above.

=Heroism=--her'o-izm, not he'ro-izm. Worcester sanctions both.

=Hieroglyphic=--hi-er-o-glif'ik, not hi-er-o-grif'ik.

=Hindoostanee=} =Hindustani= } hin-doo-stan'ee, not hin-doo'stan-ee. Worcester's orthography is _Hindostanee_ and _Hindostany_, but the accent is on the penult as above.

=Homage=--hom'aje, not om'-aje.

=Homeopathy=--ho-me-op'a-thy, not ho'me-o-path-y.

=Homeopathist=--ho-me-op'a-thist, not ho'me-o-path-ist.

=Hooping-cough=--hoop'ing-cough, not hoop'ing-cough.

Spelled =Whooping-cough=, also.

=Horizon=--ho-ri'zon, not hor'i-zon.

=Horse-radish=--horse-rad-ish, not horse-red-dish.

=Hough=--hok, not huff. To disable by cutting the sinews of the ham. As a noun, the word means the joint at the lower portion of the leg of a quadruped; written =hock=, also.

=Houri=--howr'y, not owr'y. A nymph of paradise.

=Hovel=--hov'el, not huv'el.

=Hundred=, as spelled, not _hun'derd_.

=Hydropathy=--hi-drop'a-thy, not hi'dro-path-y.

=Hydropathist=--hi-drop'a-thist, not hi'dro-path-ist.

=Hygiene=--hi'ji-ene, not hi-geen' nor hi'geen.

Worcester authorizes the first and last.

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