01 a. Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.
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Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.
Phrases & compounds
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.
Hessian crucible —
See under Crucible.
Hessian fly —
a small dipterous fly or midge (Cecidomyia destructor). Its larvae 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.