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Hat A DICTIONARY OF<br />

(2) hastiales, sides <strong>of</strong> a gallery (costados), <strong>of</strong> a shaft (paredes), or <strong>of</strong><br />

any excavation.<br />

HATERO, carrier <strong>of</strong> provisions to mines, quarries, etc. comp. abajador (1).<br />

HAYA, beech-tree, beech.<br />

HAZ, (1) fascine ; fagot, a bundle <strong>of</strong> brushwood or straw, syn. fajina,<br />

see u. salchichon ;<br />

(2) a group <strong>of</strong> deposits, see grupo.<br />

HEBILLA, a buckle.<br />

HEBRA, (1) a thread or yarn <strong>of</strong> a hempen or other rope, syn. fibra ; a<br />

number <strong>of</strong> these grouped together, but not twisted = filastica (Molina),<br />

comp. corchado ; several twisted together form the hilo (4), comp.<br />

cordon (2) ; (2) a vein <strong>of</strong> minerals or metals, see veta (1) ; (3) layer or<br />

stratum, see estrato.<br />

HEBRUDO, Huitzuco, Guerr. Mex. barcenite, an antimoniate <strong>of</strong> lime<br />

and mercury, see u. mercuric (2), comp. antimonioso.<br />

HECTARA, hectare (Fr.) or 10,000 square metres.<br />

HEDIONDO, DA, adj. piedra hedionda, see u. piedra.<br />

HEMATITA, hematite, syn. hierro oligisto, hierro rojo, hierro rojo fibroso,<br />

see campanil, dionisia (2), granzon (2), madre (5) del oro, rubio, vena (2).<br />

HEMATITES, see dionisia (2)<br />

HEMBRA, (1) Pachuca, Hid. Mex. timb. end-piece <strong>of</strong> a shaft frame, see<br />

crucero (3) ; (2) timb. post (Dwight), see columna (1) ; (3) nut <strong>of</strong> a<br />

screw, see tuerca.<br />

HENDEDURA, HENDIDURA, fissure, crevice, crack or rent, syn. abertura<br />

(1), agrietadura, agujero (3), barranco (1), fisura, raja (2), prov.<br />

rajadura, resquebrajadura, resquebrajo, equiv. Port, aberta, fenda,<br />

greta, racha, Fr. fissure, Ger. Spalt, Kluft (<strong>of</strong> a vein), comp. abra (3),<br />

grieta, quebrada (3), quiebra (2), ventanilla (3).<br />

HENDER, to split.<br />

HENDIBLE, fissile.<br />

see hendedura.<br />

HENDIDURA,<br />

HENEQUEN, (1) the American aloe, see agave ; (2) fibre <strong>of</strong> (1), syn.<br />

jeniquen, see cabulla (2) ; fibre <strong>of</strong> Agave rigida.<br />

HERRADA, wooden pail, see balde.<br />

HERRADO, DA, adj. agua herrada, water in which red-hot iron has been<br />

cooled.<br />

HERRADURA, horse-shoe, shoe for mules, etc., see herraje (2).<br />

HERRAJE, (1) shoeing ; (2) shoes (herraduras), and nails for shoeing ;<br />

(3) mech. ironwork, syn. obs. herramienta (4).<br />

HERRAMIENTA, (1) tools, mining tools, syn. Col. utiles, see amanos,<br />

hierro (2), instrument (1) ; (2) blast, a borer or hammerman, see<br />

barretero ; (3) una herramienta, Guan. Mex. a pare, see parada (3) ;<br />

(4) obs. iron- work, see herraje (3).<br />

HERRAR, (1) to shoe horses ; (2) to brand cattle, see hierro (3) ;<br />

(3) mech. to bind, strengthen or adorn with iron.<br />

HERRERIA,(l)smith'swork or <strong>of</strong>fice; (2) ironworks; (3) forge, 5eeforja(l).<br />

HERRERO, smith, blacksmith.<br />

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