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Definition: Hessian cloth
Hessian
\Hes"sian\, a.
Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.
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Hessian boots, or
Hessians, boot of a kind worn in
England, in the early 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 (Zo["o]l.), a small dipterous fly or midge
(
Cecidomyia destructor). Its larv[ae] 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.
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