/hen"ree/ , n.
1. Joseph , 1797-1878, U.S. physicist.
2. O ., pen name of William Sydney Porter.
3. Patrick , 1736-99, American patriot, orator, and statesman.
4. Cape , a cape in SE Virginia at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
5. Fort . See Fort Henry .
6. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning "home" and "kingdom."
/hen"ree/ , n.
a .44 caliber lever-action repeating rifle, marketed in the U.S. in the early 1860s, using metallic cartridges and a tubular magazine capable of holding 16 rounds.
[ after Benjamin Tyler Henry (1821-98), U.S. inventor who designed it ]