hessian

1. a. Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians. Source: opted

2. n. A native or inhabitant of Hesse. Source: opted

3. n. A mercenary or venal person. Source: opted

4. n. See Hessian boots and cloth, under Hessian, a. Source: opted

5. n. (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot Source: wordnet

6. Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.Hessian boots, or Hessians, boot of a kind worn in England, in theearly 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 (Cecidomyiadestructor). Its larvæ live between the base of the lower leaves andthe stalk of wheat, and are very destructive to young wheat; -- socalled from the erroneous idea that it was brought into America bythe Hessian troops, during the Revolution. Source: adambom

7. n:100 n (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot Source: ecdict

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