Definition of Hessian
Hes´sian
a.
1.
Of
or
relating
to
Hesse
,
in
Germany
,
or
to
the
Hessians
.
Hessian boots
boot
of
a
kind
worn
in
England
,
in
the
early
part
of
the
nineteenth
century
,
tasseled
in
front
.
Hessian cloth
a
coarse
hempen
cloth
for
sacking
.
- Thackeray.
Hessian crucible
See
under
Crucible
.
Hessian fly
(Zool.)
a
small
dipterous
fly
or
midge
(
Cecidomyia
destructor
).
Its
larvæ
live
between
the
base
of
the
lower
leaves
and
the
stalk
of
wheat
,
and
are
very
destructive
to
young
wheat
; -
so
called
from
the
erroneous
idea
that
it
was
brought
into
America
by
the
Hessian
troops
,
during
the
Revolution
.
n.
1.
A
native
or
inhabitant
of
Hesse
.
2.
A
mercenary
or
venal
person
.
3.
See
Hessian
boots
and
cloth
,
under
Hessian
,
a
.
Related Words
boot
,
Hessian
boot
,
jackboot
,
Wellington
,
Wellington
boot
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