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HONORARY

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' Honour.

' Honourable.

' Honourary.

RONORIACI, in Antiquity, a Species or Order of Sol- diery, under the Eafiern Empire. — It was the Hcnoriaci that introdue'd the Goths, Vmidals, Alani, Suc-vi, &c. into Spain.

tDidymus and Verinianus, two Brothers, had, with great Vigilance and Valour, defended the PafTages of the 'Fyrene- ans againft the Barbarians for feme time, at their own Ex- pence ; but being at length kill'd, the Emperor Ccnftans ap- pointed the Hvmriaci to defend thofe PafTages, who, not contented to lay them open to all the Nations of the North then ravaging the Gauls? join'd thcmfclves to 'em.

HONOUR, Honor.--- Beiidc its literal Sen '"e, wherein tt denotes a Telihr.ony or Token of Eileem and Submiffion, Honour is particularly apply'd in our Cuftoms to the more noble Kinds of Scignorics or Lordihips $ whereof other in- ferior Lord/hips or Manors hold, or depend. See Seignorv.

As a Manor coniuts of feveral Tenements, Services, Cu- ftoms, &c. (See Manor, Service, {£<;.) So an Honour contains divers Manors, Knights-Fees, ££e.

It was alfo formerly call d Pdcueficium or Royal Fee •-, be- ing always held of the King in Capite. Spelman. Ancient- ly, Honor fignify'd the fame as liaronia. Sec Barony.

By Stat, 37. Hen.%. cap. 18. The King is imy.ower'd by Letters Patent to creel four feveral Honours, viz-. Wefnrinfier, Kwgfton upon Hull, St. Ofythe, and c Jjonnwgton ; anci as many other Honours as he will. — The Manner of creating thefe Honours, may be gather 'd from the Stat. 33 Hen.^. cap. 37, &c.

Maids of Honour, are young Ladies, in the Queen's or Princefs's Houfhold, whofe Office is to attend the Queen, &c. when fhe goes abroad, &C. They are fix in Number, and their Salary 300/. per Annum each.

The French call Chevaliers de Honneur, Knights, or Gentlemen of Honour, the Gentlemen TJifiers or Queens and Princcfles, who attend them, give them their Hand, &c. See Usher.

Counsellors of Honour, or honorary Counfellcrs, are fuch as have a BJght to enter or fit in Aflcmblics, Courts, &c. to deliberate or give Judgment in the fame, tho' they do not properly and ordinarily belong thereto.

The Honours of the Louvre, are certain Privileges affected to divers Dignities or Offices, particularly thofe of Duke, Peer, Chancellor, i$c. as, to enter the Lcuvre in a Coach , to have the Tabouret or Stool in the Queen's Prefence, ££?c.

The Honours of the Houfe, are certain Ceremonies obferv'd in" receiving Vifits, making Entertainments, &c. perform'd either by the Matter himfelf, or by fome Pcrfon appointed for that Purpole 5 as, to go and receive the Guefis, to conduct them out again, to fee. they be well feated, help them to the choice Bits, Z$c. And all this in a polite agreeable -Manner.

The Honours of the City, are the publick Offices or Em- ployments thereof. — He has been Conffable, Overfeer of the Poor, and Church-warden, of his Parifh ; Common-Council- man, Alderman, and laflly Mayor : He has pafs'd all the Honours o£ the City.

The Honours of the Church, are the Rights bejonging to the Patron, &c. As a Seat and Sepulchre in the Chancel, to be fii-ft ferv'd with the confecrated Bread and Wine, &c.

The Honours is alfo us'd for the principal Parts of the Apparatus of areat Ceremonies, as Coronations, Confecra- tions, Chriflenings, tfc. Such are the Oil, Tapers, £&.-- Such Lords or Ladies bore the Honours at fuch a Ceremony. In Obfequies, they anciently prefented the Honours, that is, the Shield, Creft, Sword, Gantlets, Spurs, Banner, Horfe, &c.

Funeral Honours, are the Ceremonies perform'd at the In- terments of great Men ; as Hangings, Hearfes, Funeral Ha- rangues, $£c.

Honour Courts, are Courts held within the Honours, or Seignories above mention'd. See Court.

Honour 'Feint, in Heraldry, is that next above the Centre of the Efcutchecn 5 dividing the upper Part into two equal Portions. See Escutcheon.

HONOURABLE Amends, Amende Honorable, an infamous Kind of Punifhmenr, us'd in France, &c. on Traytors, Parricides, Sacrilegious Perfons, and other heinous

Criminals. ,,.,-,.

It confifrs in this, that the Offender is deliver d up to the common Hangman, who having flript him to his Shirt, and put a Rope about his Neck, and a Wax Taper in his Hand, lc?.ds him to the Court, where he is to beg Pardon of God, the King, the Court, and his Country.

Sometimes the Punifhmcnt ends here; and fometimes Death or the Galleys are added.

Honourable, or Honorable Ordinaries, in Heral- dry, are the principal Ordinaries or Bearings, which, when in their full Extent, may poffefs one Third of the Field. See Ordinary.

Some only allow of nine, viz, the Crofs, Chief, Tale", Send, Fejp:, Chevron, Salteer, Giron, and Bjcilich-.m s Others add more, viz-, the Bar, Bordure, &c. See each, under its proper Article, Cross, Chief, Pale, l£c.

HONOURARY, or Honorary, is ur.de'rftood of a Perfon who bears or poffefles feme Quality or Title, only for the Name's Sake, without doing any of the Functions there- to belonging, or receiving any or the Advantages thereof

Thus we fay, honourary Counfellors. See" Counfehcrs of Honour.

In the College of Phyficians, London, are font Honourary Fellows. Sec College.

The Royal Academy of Sciences at I'sris, confifls of four Claries of Members, w». Honourary, Pcnfionary, Ailociates, and Adjuncts. See Academy.

The Honourary are to be twelve in Number, and all In- habitants of the Kingdom.

Honourary Services, are fuch as relate to the Tenure of grand Sergeanty, and are commonly join'd with fbme Honour. See Service.

Honourary is alfo us'd for a Lawyer's Fee $ or a Salary given to publick Profcffors of any Art or Science.

Honourary Tutor, is a Perlbn of Quality appointed to have an Eye over the Adminiitration of the Affairs of a Minor ; while the Onerary Tutors have the real effective Ma- nagement thereof. See Tutor, ?$c.

HONTEFONGENTHEF, a Thief taken bond- habend, i.e. having the Thing fiolen in his Hand. See Hond- hal end.

HOOD. See Cnaperoon and Cucullus. Hood, in Falconry, is a Piece of Leather, wherewith the Head of a Hawk, Falcon, or the like, is cover'd. See Hawk, Falcon, &c.

After feeling a young Hawk, fhe is to be fitted with a large eafy Hood, which is to be taken off and put on very often, watching her two Nights ; and handling her frequently and gently about the Head. When you perceive me has no Averfion to the Hoed, unftel her in an Evening by Candle- light, continuing to handle, hood and unhooi her, as before ; till at laft Hie takes no Offence, but will patiently endure handling. See Hawking.

After unfeeling, anoint with the Finger and Spittle the Place where the feeling Thread was drawn through ; then hood her, and hold her on your Fill all Night.

As foon as fhe is well reclaim'd, let her fit upon a Perch ; but every Night keep her on the Fill: three or four Hours, flroaking, hooding, and unheeding, &c. And thus you may do in the Day-time, when fhe hath learn'd to feed eagerly, and without Fear.

HOOF, Unguis-, the horny Part which covers the Feet of divers Animals, as Horfes, Bullocks, &c. See Horn.

The Hoof ferves much the fame Purpofes as the Nails of fome Animals, and the Claws of others. See Nail.

The Hoof of a Horfe {unrounds the Sole and the Cofrlni* Bone. — To be good, it fhould be of a dark Colour, forae- what filming, high, fmooth, of a round Shape, but a little larger below than above $ Ihoit, that the Horfe may tread more on the Toe than on the Heel j fomewhat hollow within, having a narrow Frufh, and broad Heels. See Horse.

The Hoof fhould not have Circles, which are a Sign of* its being brittle, and that thatFIorfe, having been often /hod, has had his Feet fpoil'd by the many Pieces broke out of it. — A white Hoof is commonly brittle.

To judge whether the Hoof be good and ftanch., lift up- the Foot, and confider if it have a Shoe forg'd purpofely for it. and be very much piere'd, and the Holes'made in unufunl Farts, as wanting Horn enough to take hold by in thole Places where the Nails are commonly driven.

Sometimes they are fore'd to pierce the Shoes nigh the Heels, becaufe the fore-part is bad ; it being otherwife im- ufual to drive the Nails near the Heels, except the Toe be fi> much fpl t and broke as not to bear Nails.

If the Hoof be not round, but broad, and fpreadin" out at the Sides and Quarters, the Horfe commonly has narrow Heels, and, in Time, will be flat-footed 5 which Sort of Foot is weak, and will not long carry a Shoe, nor travel far, but furbatc : And that treading' more on his Heels than Toes, will caufe him to go low on his Patterns.

If the Hoof be long, it will make him tread altogether on his Heels. — If crooked, <uiz. broad without and narrow within, fb that the Horfe is fplay-footed, it will caufe him to tread too much inward, and cut or interfere. — If rhe Frufh be broad, the Heels will be weak and fofr. — If the Heels be narrow and tender, the Horfe will in time grow Hcof bound.

The Infirmities to which ffoofi are liable, are, the caflinff, of the Ho(f, Hoof-hound, Hoof -hard, Hotf-hmt, loofe Hoof falfe Quarters, &c.

Cafing of the Hoof. — A Horfe is faid to caf his Hcof,

when the whole Coffin of the Hoof becomes loofen'd, and


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