Definition of Hermet
Her"mit, n. (Cookery) A
spiced molasses cooky, often containing chopped raisins and
nuts.
Her"mit (?), n. [OE. ermite,
eremite, heremit, heremite, F. hermite,
ermite, L. eremita, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; lonely, solitary.
Cf. Eremite.] 1. A person who retires
from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret;
especially, one who so lives from religious motives.
He had been Duke of Savoy, and after a very glorious
reign, took on him the habit of a hermit, and retired into
this solitary spot. Addison.
2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for
another. [Obs.] "We rest your hermits."
Shak.
Hermit crab (Zoöl.), a marine
decapod crustacean of the family Paguridæ. The species
are numerous, and belong to many genera. Called also soldier
crab. The hermit crabs usually occupy the dead shells of various
univalve mollusks. See Illust. of Commensal. --
Hermit thrush (Zoöl.), an American
thrush (Turdus Pallasii), with retiring habits, but having a
sweet song. -- Hermit warbler
(Zoöl.), a California wood warbler (Dendroica
occidentalis), having the head yellow, the throat black, and the
back gray, with black streaks.
Her"mit, n. (Cookery) A
spiced molasses cooky, often containing chopped raisins and
nuts.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; eremite
- recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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