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Heddle
- - One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.
Hedera
- noun - Old World woody vines
Hedged
- verb - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
- enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property"
- evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement
- hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in"
- minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"
Hedger
- noun - a gardener who takes care of and trims hedges
- a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer
- someone who counterbalances one transaction (as a bet) against another in order to protect against loss
Hedges
- noun - a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
- an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"
- any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
- enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property"
- hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in"
- minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"
Hedjaz
- noun - a coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea; includes both Mecca and Medina; formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Heeded
- verb - listened to
- pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men"
Heehaw
- unknown - sound of donkey
Heeled
- verb - follow at the heels of a person
- perform with the heels; "heel that dance"
- put a new heel on; "heel shoes"
- strike with the heel of the club; "heel a golf ball"
- tilt to one side; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard"
Heeler
- - A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.