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Jennings, James

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


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-plAcs _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.


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