The gods have placed labour before virtue.
Addison.
This observation we have made on man. Addis.
Evil spirits have contracted in the body habitof lust and sensuality, malice, and revenge. Addis.
Their torments have already taken root in them.
Addison.
That excellent author has shewn how every par-ticular custom and habit of virtue will, in its ownnature, produce the heaven, ora state of happiness,in him who shall hereafter practise it. Addison.
20. Have at, or with, is an expression de-noting resolution to make some attempt.They seem to be imperative expressions;have this at you; let this reach you;or take this ; have with you ; take thiswith you; but this will not explainhave at it, or have at him, which mustbe considered as more elliptical; as, wewill have a trial at it, or at him.
' He that will caper with me fur a thousandmarks, let him lend me the money, and Live athim. Shakes}).
1 can bear my part ; ’tis my occupation : haveat it with you. Shakesp.
I never was out at a mad frolick, though thisis the maddest I ever undertook : have with youlady mine; I take you at your word. Drydcn.
HAVEN, n. s. [haven, Dut. havre, Fr.]
1. A port; a harbour ; a station for ships.
Love was threatened and promised to him, andhis cousin, as both the tempest and haven of theirbest years. Sidney.
Order for sea is given :
They have put forth the haven. Shakesp.
After an hourand a half sailing, we entered intoa good haven , being the port of a fair city. Bacon .
The queen beheld, as soon as day appear’d,
The navy under sail, the haven clear’d. Denham.
We may be shipwreck’d by her breath :
Love , favour’d once with that sweet gale,
Doubles his haste, and fills his sail,
’Till he arrive, where she must prove
The haven, or the rock of love. Waller.
2. A shelter ; an asylum.
All places, that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Shak.
Ha'vener. n. s. [from haven.] Anoverseer of a port.
These earls and dukes appointed their specialofficers, as receiver, havener , and customer.
Carew.
Ha'ver. n. s. [from have.] Possessor ;holder.
Valour is the chiefest virtue , andMost dignifies the haver. Shakesp.
Ha'ver is a common word in the northerncountries for oats; as, haver bread foroaten bread; perhaps properly aven tfrom arena, Lat.
When you would anneal, take a blue stone,such as they mak ejiaver or oat cakes upon, andlay it upon the cross bars of iron. Peacham.
Haught. adj. [haul, Fr.]
1. Haughty; insolent; proud; contemp-tuous; arrogant. Obsolete.
The proud insulting queen,
With Clifford and the haught Northumberland,Have wrought the easy melting king, like wax.
Shakesp.
No lord of thine, thou haught insulting man ;Nor no man’s lord. Shakesp.
2. High ; proudly magnanimous.
His courage haught,
Desir’d of foreign foemcn to be known,
And far abroad for strange adventures sought.
Spenser.
Ha'ughtily. ado. [from haughty .]Proudly; arrogantly; contemptuously.
Her heav’nly form too haughtily she priz’d ;
His person haled, and his gifts despis’o. Drydcn.
Ha ughtiness, n. s. [from haughty.]
Pride; arrogance; the quality of beinghaughty.
By the head we make known our supplications,our ihreatnings, our mildness, our haughtiness, ourlove, and our hatred. Dryden.
HAUGHTY, adj. [haataine t Fr.]
1. Proud; lofty ; insolent; arrogant; con-temptuous.
His wife being a woman of a haughty and im-perious nature, and of a wit superior to nis, quick-ly resented the disrespect she received from him.
Clarendon.
I shall sing of battles, blood and rage,
And haughty souls, that mov’d with niutal hate,
In fighting fields pursu’d and found their fate.
Drydcti.
2. Proudly great.
Our vanquish’d wills that pleasing force obey ;Her goodness takes our liberty away ;
And haughtylintuin yields to arbitrary sway.Prior.
3. Bold; adventurous; of high hazard.Obsolete.
Who now shall give me words and soundEqual unto this haughty enterprize ?
Or who shall lend me wings, with which fromground
My lowly verse may loftily arise ? Fairy Queen.
Ha'ving. n. s. [from have.]
1. Possession; estate; fortune.
My having is not much ;
I’ll make division of my present with you : !
Hold, there’s half m3’ colter. Shakesp.
2. The act or state of possessing. •
Of the one side was alledged the having a pic-ture, which the other wanted ; of the other side,the first striking the shield. Sidney.
Thou art not for the fashion of these times,Where none will sweat but for promotion ;
And having that, do choak their service up,
Even with the having. Shakes}). As you like it.
3. Behaviour; regularity. This is stillretained in the Scottish dialect. It maypossibly be the meaning here.
The gentleman is of no having: he kept com-pany with the wild prince and Ruins : he is of toohigh a region: he knows too much. Shakesp.
Ha'viour. rt. s. [for behaviour.'] Con-duct ; manners. Not used.
Their ill haviour garres men missayBoth of their doctrines and their fay. Spenser.
To Haul. v. a. [haler, Fr. to draw.] Topull; to draw ; to drag by violence. Aword which, applied to things, impliesviolence; and, to persons, awkwardnessor rudeness. This word is liberally ex-emplified in hale ; etymology is regard-ed in hale, and pronunciation in haul.
Thy Do], ami Helen of thy noble thoughts,
Is in base durance and contagious prison,
Haul’d thither by mechanick dirty hands. Shak.
The youth with songs and rhimes,
Some dance, some haul the rope. Denham.
Some the wheels prepare,
And fasten to the horses feet; the rest
With cables haul along th’ unwieldy beast. Dryd.
In his grandeur lie naturally chuses to haul upothers after him whose accomplishments most re-semble bis own. Swift.
Thither they bent,and haul’d their ships to land ;The crooked keel divides the yellow sand. Pope.Romp-loving miss
Is haul’d about in gallantry robust. Thomson.
Haul. n. s. [from the verb.] Pull;violence in dragging.
The leap, the slap, the haul. Thomson.
Haum. n. s. [or home, or halm ; healm,Sax. halm, Dut. and l)an.] Straw .
In champion countrie a pleasure they takeTo mow up their haume for to brew and to bake :The haume is the straw of the wheat or the rie,Which once being reaped, they mow by and by.
Tusser
Having stripped off the haum or bindspoles, as you pick the hops, stack them up-*** ^
Haunch, n. &. \hancke, Dut. hanchuanca, Ital.]
1. The thigh ; the hind hip.
Hail , groom! didst thou not see a bleedingyVhose right haunch curst my stedfast arrow
To make a man able to teach his horse to ? s 0 (and turn quick, and to rest on his haunckuse to a gentleman both in peace and war.
2. The rear; the hind part.
Thou art a Summer bird,
Inch ever in the haunch of WinterThe lifting up of day.
To HAUNT, v. a. [hanter, Fr.] -y
1. To frequent; to be much aboutplace or person.
A man who for his hospitality is so muchthat no news stir but come to his ears. a fte fNow we being brought known unto . ^ **once we were acquainted, and acqu* 111 e c*> a 'were sooner than ourselves expected, 5 eftinually almost hauted us. , 1
1 do haunt thee in the battle thus,
Because some tell 111c that thou art a king-She this dangerous forest haunts, ^
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Secur’d like to hcav’n, a seat where g° fldwell,
Or wander with delight, and love to ha * 111 $ 00 'Her sacred shades,
Celestial Venus haunts Tdalia’s groves > f^t-Diana Cynthus, Ceres Ilybla loves. 0*
2. It is used frequently in an i” 3one that comes unwelcome.
V ou wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt 5A0 ’I told you, sir, my daughter is dispos d
Oli, could I see my country-seat!
There leaning near a gentle brook,
Sleep , or peruse some ancient book ; .a
And there in sweet oblivion drown Sw
Those cares that haunt the court mid to ^ pf
3. It is eminently used of a VV a1 ? *q\ 0 $'spectres that appear in a particuh 1
Foul spirits haunt my resting P^ aC< ;' niAnd ghastly visions break my sleep by jatfj
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To Haunt, v. n. To be m uC ^to appear frequently. 1 u
I’ve charged thee not to haunt ftboa ^<, 0 .In honest plainness thou hast heard ^
My daughter’s not for thee. Tin ve 0 Vibt^'
Where they most breed and haunt ‘ J w
The air is delicate. ,
Haunt, n. s. [from’the verb-jl. Place in which one is frequ^j tt“P^ s .
We set toils, nets, pins. s ", ar< ;, S ,/ sbeasts and birds in their own hau ^ £
To me pertains not, she .
To know or care where Cupid 1 %v4l y, fr*'"'What arc his haunts, or which 1 ‘ tr4J y. .Jjt,Where he would dwell, or whit 1 t liis •,
A scene where, if a god shoo . dt l’.- ta vA god might gaze and wonder ' • In -‘
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