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Hebe
1[ heeb ]
noun
, Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
- a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
Hebe
2[ hee-bee ]
noun
- Classical Mythology. a goddess of youth and spring, the daughter of Zeus and Hera, and wife of Hercules.
hebe
3[ hee-bee ]
noun
- any of various shrubs and trees belonging to the genus Hebe, of the figwort family, native mostly to New Zealand, having evergreen leaves and clusters or spikes of white, pink, or purple flowers.
Hebe
/ ˈhiːbɪ /
noun
- Greek myth the goddess of youth and spring, daughter of Zeus and Hera and wife of Hercules
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Craney was about forty years old at the time of the Hebe Maitland's loss, and Sadler about the same.
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But on the Hebe Maitland the men were running around with paint pots and hauling out canvas from below.
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He'd been the wildest of us all in the Hebe Maitland days, and always acted youthful for his years.
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I thought of Clyde and that odd talk in the cabin of the Hebe Maitland, where all my deep-sea goings began.
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As for the Hebe and the Naiad, they had vanished in the northern board, and as yet there were no signs of their return.
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