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_.
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