Hack. s. The place whereon bricks newly made are arranged to dry.

To Hain. v. a. To exclude cattle from a field in order that the grass may grow, so that it may be mowed.

Hal'lantide. s. All Saints' day.

Ham. s. A pasture generally rich, and also unsheltered, applied only to level land.

Hame. sing., Hames. pl. s. Two moveable pieces of wood or iron fastened upon the collar, with suitable appendages for attaching a horse to the shafts. Called sometimes a pair of hames.

Han'dy. adv. Near, adjoining.

Hang-gallise. adj. Deserving the gallows, felonious, vile; as, a hang-gallise fellow.

Hange. s. The heart, liver, lungs, &c., of a pig, calf, or sheep.

Hang'kicher. s. Handkerchief.

Hangles. s. pl. A pair of hangles is the iron crook, &c., composed of teeth, and hung over the fire, to be moved up and down at pleasure for the purpose of cookery, &c.

To Happer. v. n. To crackle; to make repeated smart noises.

To Haps. v. a. To Hasp.

Haps. s. A hasp.

Hard. adj. Full grown. Hard people, adults.

Harm. s. Any contagious or epidemic disease not distinguished by a specific name.

Har'ras. s. Harvest.

Hart. s. A haft; a handle.

Applied to such instruments as knives, awls, etc.

Hathe. s. To be in a hathe, is to be set thick and close like the pustules of the small-pox or other eruptive disease; to be matted closely together.

To Have. v. n. To behave.

Haw. See ho.

Hay-maidens. s. pl. Ground ivy.

Hay'ty-tay'ty, Highty-tity. interj. What's here! s. [height and tite, weight]. A board or pole, balanced in the middle on some prop, so that two persons, one sitting at each end, may move up and down in turn by striking the ground with the feet. Sometimes called Tayty [See-saw].

In Hay'digees. [g soft] adv. To be in high spirits; to be frolicsome.

HeÄt s. Pronounced He-at, dissyllable, heat.

Hea'ram-skearam. adj. Wild; romantic.

To Heel, v. a. To hide; to cover. Chaucer, "hele." Hence, no doubt, the origin of to heal, to cure, as applied to wounds; to cover over.

Heeler, s. One who hides or covers. Hence the very common expression, The healer is as bad as the stealer; that is, the receiver is as bad as the thief.

Heft. s. Weight.

To Hell. v. a. To pour.

Hel'lier. s. A person who lays on the tiles of a roof; a tiler. A Devonshire word.

Helm. s. Wheat straw prepared for thatching.

To Hen. v. a. To throw.

To Hent. v. n. To wither; to become slightly dry.

Herd s. A keeper of cattle.

Hereawa, Hereaway. adv. Hereabout.

Herence. adv. From this place; hence.

Hereright. adv. Directly; in this place.

Het. pron. It. Het o'nt, it will not.

To Het. v. a. To hit, to strike; part. het and hut.

To Hick. v.n. To hop on one leg.

Hick. s. A hop on one leg.

Hick-step and jump. Hop-step and jump. A well known exercise.

To Hike of. v. n. To go away; to go off. Used generally in a bad sense.

Hine. adj. (Hind) Posterior; relating to the back part.
Used only in composition, as, a hine quarter.

To Hire tell. v. n. To hear tell; to learn by report; to be told.

Hip'pety-hoppety. adv. In a limping and hobbling manner.

Hirches. s. riches.

Hir'd. v. [i long] heard.

To Him. v. n. [hirnd, pret, and part.] To run.

To Hitch, v. n. To become entangled or hooked together; to hitch up, to hang up or be suspended. See the next word.

To Hitch up. v. a. To suspend or attach slightly or temporarily.

The following will exemplify the active meaning of this verb:

Sir Strut, for so the witling throng
Oft called him when at school,
And hitch'd him up in many a song
To sport and ridicule.

Hiz'en. Used for his when not followed by a substantive, as, whose house is that? Hiz'en. [His own].

Hi'zy Pi'zy. A corruption of Nisi Prius, a well known law assize.

To Ho for, To Haw vor. v. a. To provide for; to take care of; to desire; to wish for.

Hob'blers. s. pl. Men employed in towing vessels by a rope on the land.

Hod. s. A sheath or covering; perhaps from hood.

Hog. s. A sheep one year old.

To Hoke. v. a. To wound with horns; to gore.

Hod'medod. adj. Short; squat.

Hollar. adj. Hollow.

To Hollar. v. a. To halloo.

Hollar. s. A halloo.

Hol'lardy. s. A holiday.

Hollardy-day. s. Holy-rood day; the third of May.

Hollabeloo'. s. A noise; confusion; riot.

Hol'men. adj. Made of holm.

Holt. interj. Hold; stop. Holt-a-blow, give over fighting.

Ho'mescreech. s. A bird which builds chiefly in apple- trees; I believe it is the Turdus viscivorus, or missel.

Hon. s. hand.

Honey-suck, Honey-suckle. s. The wodbine.

Honey-suckle. s. Red Clover.

Hoo'say. See WHOSAY.

Hoop. s. A bullfinch.

Hor'nen. adj. Made of horn.

Hornen-book. s. Hornbook.

Horse-stinger. s The dragon-fly.

Hoss. s. horse.

Hoss-plÂs s. pl. Horse-plays; rough sports.

Houzen. s. pl. Houses.

Howsomiver. adv. However; howsoever.

Huck'muck. s. A strainer placed before the faucet in the mashing-tub.

Hud. s. A hull, or husk.

Huf. s A hoof.

Huf-cap s. A plant, or rather weed, found in fields, and with difficulty eradicated.

I regret that I cannot identify this plant with any known botanical name.

Graced with huff-cap terms and thundering threats,
That his poor hearers' hair quite upright sets.

Bp. Hall, Book I, Sat. iii.

Some editor of Hall has endeavoured to explain the term huff-cap by blustering, swaggering. I think it simply means difficult.

Hug. s. The itch. See SHAB (applied to brutes. )

Hug-water. s. Water to cure the hug. See SHAB.

To Hul'der. v. a. To hide; conceal.

Hul'ly. s. A peculiarly shaped long wicker trap used for catching eels.

To Hulve. v. a. To turn over; to turn upside down.

Hum'drum. s. A small low three-wheeled cart, drawn usually by one horse: used occasionally in agriculture.

From the peculiarity of its construction, it makes a kind of humming noise when it is drawn along; hence, the origin of the adjective humdrum.

Hunt-the-slipper. s. A well-known play.