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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hermit \Her"mit\, n. (Cookery)
A spiced molasses cooky, often containing chopped raisins and
nuts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hermit \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} (Zo["o]l.), a marine decapod crustacean of the
family {Pagurid[ae]}. 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} (Zo["o]l.), an American thrush ({Turdus
Pallasii}), with retiring habits, but having a sweet song.
{Hermit warbler} (Zo["o]l.), a California wood warbler
({Dendroica occidentalis}), having the head yellow, the
throat black, and the back gray, with black streaks.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hermit
n 1: one retired from society for religious reasons [syn: {anchorite}]
2: one who lives in solitude [syn: {recluse}, {troglodyte}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.
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