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Jennings, James

"The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire"


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.


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