HESSIANS

Noun

Hessians

plural of Hessian

Anagrams

• ashiness

Noun

hessians

plural of hessian

Anagrams

• ashiness

Source: Wiktionary

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HESSIAN

Hes"sian, a.

Definition: Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians. Hessian boots, or Hessians, boot of a kind worn in England, in the early part of the nineteenth century, tasseled in front. Thackeray.

– Hessian cloth, or Hessians, a coarse hempen cloth for sacking.

– Hessian crucible. See under Crucible.

– Hessian fly (Zoöl.), a small dipterous fly or midge (Cecidomyia destructor). Its larvæ live between the base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the Hessian troops, during the Revolution.

Hes"sian, n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Hesse.

2. A mercenary or venal person. [U. S.]

Note: This use is a relic of the patriot hatred of the Hessian mercenaries who served with the British troops in the Revolutionary War.

3. pl.

Definition: See Hessian boots and cloth, under Hessian, a.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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