The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . e how I cam to this toun. Kiny Horn (E. E. T. S.), p. a yeer as it is passed heniieSyn that my tappe of life bigan to renne. Chaucer, Reeves Tale, 1. , seyde Befyse then,Speke on, and go Cantab. Ft. ii. 38, f. 102. (HalUicell.) hen^ (hen), V. t.; \>Tet. and pp. henned, ppr. hen-ning. [< hen, adv. (cf. hence, !.), or else a ((Heta Glcelioma. henbane (henban), )(. [ P. hanebane) (cf. Dan. honsebane = ); <. hen^
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . e how I cam to this toun. Kiny Horn (E. E. T. S.), p. a yeer as it is passed heniieSyn that my tappe of life bigan to renne. Chaucer, Reeves Tale, 1. , seyde Befyse then,Speke on, and go Cantab. Ft. ii. 38, f. 102. (HalUicell.) hen^ (hen), V. t.; \>Tet. and pp. henned, ppr. hen-ning. [< hen, adv. (cf. hence, !.), or else a ((Heta Glcelioma. henbane (henban), )(. [ P. hanebane) (cf. Dan. honsebane = ); <. hen^-h bane^. The AS. name washenve-belle, hmnne-belle, lit. hen-bell.] A plantof the genus Hijosci/amns, natural order iSnlana-ce(B, Common henbane is H. niyer, a native of Europeand northern Asia, and adventitious in the United Henbane {Hyatcyamui nigtt^. a, fruit ;*, capsule, cut It Is a coarse, erect hletndal herb, found in waste groundand loose dry soil, having soft, clammy, hairy foliage of adisagreeable odor, pale flowers streakedwith purple veins, anil a rtve-toothe<l calyx. The leavesare used In medicine, arul rcsenddc bclL-ulonna in their henceforward action. They yield hyoscine and hyosciamine. Whentaken in any considerable quantity, the herb acts as adeadly poison to man and most animals, and is especiallydestructive to domestic fowls (whence the name). Swineare said to eat it with impunity. .Also called stinkingnightshade and lioy s-bean. That to which old Socrates was ctu-st. Or henbane juice, to swell em till they burst. henbane or insane-root, which the Gauls used fortheir poisoned arrows. C. Elton, Origins of Eng. Hist., p. 260. henbellet,. iME.,< AS. henm-belle, hienne-bellc,< lit nil, hen, + belle, bell.] Henbane. Halliwell. henbill (henbil
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