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Clothespin :: Clothespin (n.) A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line..

Clothespress :: Clothespress (n.) A receptacle for clothes.

Hesp :: Hesp (n.) A measure of two hanks of linen thread.

Hesper :: Hesper (n.) The evening; Hesperus.

Hesperetin :: Hesperetin (n.) A white, crystalline substance having a sweetish taste, obtained by the decomposition of hesperidin, and regarded as a complex derivative of caffeic acid..

Hesperian :: Hesperian (a.) Western; being in the west; occidental.

Hesperian :: Hesperian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of a western country.

Hesperian :: Hesperian (a.) Of or pertaining to a family of butterflies called Hesperidae, or skippers..

Hesperian :: Hesperian (n.) Any one of the numerous species of Hesperidae; a skipper.

Hesperid :: Hesperid (a. & n.) Same as 3d Hesperian.

Hesperidene :: Hesperidene (n.) An isomeric variety of terpene from orange oil.

Hesperides :: Hesperides (n. pl.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides..

Hesperides :: Hesperides (n. pl.) The garden producing the golden apples.

Hesperidin :: Hesperidin (n.) A glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange), and extracted as a white crystalline substance..

Hesperidium :: Hesperidium (n.) A large berry with a thick rind, as a lemon or an orange..

Hesperornis :: Hesperornis (n.) A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches. Several species are known. See Illust. in Append..

Hesperus :: Hesperus (n.) Venus when she is the evening star; Hesper.

Hesperus :: Hesperus (n.) Evening.

Thespian :: Thespian (a.) Of or pertaining to Thespis; hence, relating to the drama; dramatic; as, the Thespian art..

Thespian :: Thespian (n.) An actor.