Part 5

_Gape-feed_, whatever the gazing Crowd idly stares and gapes after; as Puppet-shows, Rope-dancers, Monsters, and Mountebanks, any thing to feed the Eye.

_Garish_, gaudy, tawdry, bedawbed with Lace, or all bedeck’t with mismatcht, or staring Colours.

_Garnish-money_, what is customarily spent among the Prisoners at first coming in.

_Gaume_, see _Paume_.

_Gaunt_, lank, thin, hollow.

_Gears_, Rigging or Accoutrements. _Head-gear_, the Linnen or dress of the Head. _In his Gears_, ready Rigg’d or Drest. _Out of his Gears_, out of Kelter, or out of sorts.

_Gee._ _It wont Gee_, it won’t Hit, or go.

_Gelt_, c. Money. _There is no Gelt to be got_, c. Trading is very Dead.

_Gentian-wine_, Drank for a Whet before Dinner.

_Gentry-cove_, c. a Gentleman.

_Gentry-cove-ken_, c. a Nobleman’s or Gentleman’s House.

_Gentry-mort_, c. a Gentlewoman.

_George_, c. a half Crown piece. _He tipt me Forty Georges for my Earnest_; c. he paid me Five Pounds for my Share or Snack.

_Gibbrish_, the Canting Tongue, or Jargon.

_Gig_, c. a Nose; also a Woman’s Privities. _Snichel the Gig_, c. Fillip the Fellow on the Nose. _A young Gig_, a wanton Lass.

_Gigger_, c. a Door. _Dub the Gigger_, c. open the Door with the Pick-lock that we may go in and Rob the House.

_Giglers_, c. wanton Women. _Gigling_, Laughing loud and long.

_Gill_, a Quartern (of Brandy, Wine, _&c._) also a homely Woman. _Every Jack must have his Gill. There’s not so Ord’nary a Gill, but there’s at Sorry a Jack. Gill-ale_, Physic-ale.

_Gillflurt_, a proud, Minks.

_Gilt_, c. a Pick-lock; also a Slut or light Housewife.

_Gimcrack_, a spruce Wench; also a Bauble or Toy.

_Ginger-bread_, Money.

_Gingerly_, gently, softly, easily.

_Gin_, a snare or nooze, to catch Birds, as a spring is to catch Hares.

_Gingumbobs_, Toies or Baubles.

_Ginny_, c. an Instrument to lift up a Grate, the better to Steal what is in the Window.

_Gipp_, to cure or cleanse Herrings in order to Pickling.

_Girds_, Taunts, Quips, Gibes or Jeers. _Bitter Girds_, Biting sharp Reflections. _Under his Girdle_, within his Power, or at his Beck. _If you are angry, you may turn the Buckle of your Girdle be hind you_, to one Angry for a small Matter, and whose Anger is as little valued.

_Give Nature a Fillip_, to Debauch a little now and then with Women, or Wine.

_Glade_, _Shade_.

_Glance of an Eye_, a Cast of the Eye; _at the first Glance_, at a Brush or at the first Cast.

_Glanders_, filthy yellow Snot at (Horses) Noses, caught from Cold.

_Glare_, a Glister; also the weak Light of a Comet, Candle, or Glow-worm. _To Glare_, or blaze like a Comet, or Candle. Hence Glore, _as Pottage Glore_, or Shine with Fat.

_Glaive_, a Bill or Sword.

_Glaver_, to Fawn and Flatter. _A Glavering Fellow_, a False Flattering Fellow.

_Glaze_, c. the Window.

_Glazier_, c. one that creeps in at Casements, or unrips Glass-windows to Filch and Steal.

_Glaziers_, c. Eyes. _The Cove has Rum Glaziers_, c. that Rogue has excellent Eyes, or an Eye like a Cat.

_Glee_, Mirth, Pastime.

_Gleam_, a weak or waterish Light; hence a Glimmering or Twinkling of a Star.

_Glib_, Smooth, without a Rub. _Glib tongued_ Voluble, ready or Nimble tongued.

_Glim_, c. a Dark-Lanthorn used in Robbing Houses; also to burn in the Hand. _As the Cull was Glimm’d, he gangs to the Nubb_, c. if the Fellow has been Burnt in the Hand, he’ll be Hang’d now.

_Glimfenders_, c. Andirons. _Rum Glimfenders_, Silver Andirons.

_Glimflashy_, c. angry or in a Passion. _The Cull is Glimflashy_, c. the Fellow is in a Heat.

_Glimmer_, c. Fire.

_Glimjack_, c. a Link-boy.

_Glimmerer_, c. the Twenty second Rank of the Canting Tribe, begging with Sham Licences, pretending to Losses by Fire, _&c._

_Glimstick_, c. a Candlestick. _Rum Glimsticks_, c. Silver Candlesticks. _Queer Glimsticks_, c. Brass, Pewter or Iron Candlesticks.

_Glow_, either to Shine or be Warm, as _Glow-worm_ from the first, and _glowing of the Cheeks_, or _glowing of Fire_, with relation to the last.

_Goads_, c. those that Wheedle in Chaomen for Horse-coursers.

_Goalers-Coach_, a Hurdle.

_Goat_, a Lecher, or very Lascivious Person.

_Goatish_, Lecherous, Wanton, Lustful.

_Gob_, c. the Mouth; also a Bit or Morsel; hence _Gobbets_, now more in use for little Bits; as _a Chop of Meat_ is a good Cut. _Gift of the Gob_, a wide, open Mouth; also a good Songster, or Singing-master.

_God’s Penny_, Earnest Money, to bind a Bargain.

_Gold-droppers_, Sweetners, Cheats, Sharpers.

_Going upon the Dub_, c. Breaking a House with Picklocks.

_Gold-finch_, c. he that has alwaies a Purse or Cod of Gold in his Fob.

_Gold-finders_, Emptiers of Jakes or Houses of Office.

_Good Fellow_, a Pot-companion or Friend of the Bottle.

_Goose_, or _Goose-cap_, a Fool. _Find fault with a Fat Goose_, or without a Cause. _Go Shoe the Goose._ _Fie upon Pride when Geese go Bare-legg’d._ _He’ll be a Man among the Geese when the Gander is gon_, or a Man before his Mother. _A Tayler’s Goose Roasted_, a Red-hot smoothing Iron, to Close the Seams. _Hot and heavy like a Tayler’s Goose_, may be applied to a Passionate Coxcomb.

_Goree_, c. Money, but chiefly Gold.

_Gossips_, the Godfathers and Godmothers at Christnings; also those that are noted for

_Gossiping_, much Idle Prating, and Tittle Tattle.

_Graces_, or Ornaments of Speech. _With a good Grace_, what is Becoming, Agreeable. _With an ill Grace_, what is Unbecoming or Disagreeable.

_Grafted_, made a Cuckold of.

_Grannam_, c. Corn.

_Grannam gold_, old Hoarded Coin.

_Granny_, an old Woman, also a Grandmother.

_Grapple_, to close in Fisticuffs or Fighting, Oppos’d to Combating at Arms-end; also a fastning of Ships together in an Engagement with Grappling Irons, a kind of Anchors (or resembling them) with four Flooks and no Stock.

_Grasp_, to Catch and Hold fast, or press with the close Fist.

_Grating_, harsh Sounds, disagreeable, shocking and Offensive to the Ear.

_Great Buck_, the Sixth Year.

_Great Hare_, the Third Year and afterwards.

_Gratings_, the chequer’d Work clapt on the Deck of a Ship to let in the Light and Air.

_Green-bag_, a Lawyer.

_Green-gown_, a throwing of young Lasses on the Grass and Kissing them.

_Green-head_, a very raw Novice, or unexperienc’d Fellow.

_Greshamite_, a Virtuoso, or Member of the Royal Society.

_Grig_, c. a Farthing; also a very small Eel. _A merry Grig_, a merry Fellow. _Not a Grig did he tip me_, c. not a Farthing wou’d he give me.

_Grilliade_, any Broild Meats, Fish or Flesh.

_Grimaces_, Mops and Mows, or making of Faces.

_Grim_, Stern, Fierce, Surly.

_Grinders_, c. Teeth, _The Cove has Rum Grinders_, c. the Rogue has excellent Teeth.

_Gripe_ or _Griper_, an old Covetous Wretch; also a Banker, Money Scrivener, or Usurer.

_Griping_, is an Epithet commonly affixed either to the Exactions of Oppressive Governors, or to the Extortions of Usurers; Griping Usurers, and griping Usury being as ordinary in English as _Usura vorax_ in Latin.

_Griskins_, Steaks off the Rump of Beef, also Pork-bones with some tho’ not much Flesh on them, accounted very sweet Meat Broyled.

_Gropers_, c. blind Men.

_Grotesque_, a wild sort of Painting mostly us’d for Banquetting or Summer-houses.

_Grounds_, Unscented Hair Powder, made of Starch, or Rice. See Alabaster.

_Grownd-Sweat_, a Grave.

_Growse_, Heath-polts.

_Growneth_, the Noise a Buck makes at Rutting time.

_Groyne_, corruptly by the Tarrs for _Coronna_, a Seaport of _Galicia_ in _Spain_.

_Grub Street News_, false, Forg’d.

_Grum_, the same as _Grim_, Stern or Fierce.

_Grumbletonians_, Malecontents, out of Humour with the Government, for want of a Place, or having lost one.

_Grumbling of the Gizzard_, Murmuring, Muttering, Repining, Resenting.

_Grunter_, c. a Sucking Pig.

_Grunting Cheat_, c. a Pig.

_Grunting Peeck_, c. Pork.

_Guard_, of old Safe-guard, now shortned into Guard, either for State, as Princes have their Guards, or for security so Prisoners have theirs; also the Shell of a Sword, and the best Posture of Defence.

_Gugaws_, Toies. Trifles.

_Gull_, c. a Cheat.

_Gull’d_, c. Cheated, Rookt, Sharpt.

_Gullet_, a Derisory Term for the Throat, from _Gula_.

_Gull-gropers_, c. a Bystander that Lends Money to the Gamesters.

_Gundigutts_, a fat pursy Fellow. _In the Gun_, Drunk. _As sure as a gun, or Cock-sure._ _Out of Gun-shot_; aloof from Danger, or out of Harm’s way.

_Gun-powder_, an old Woman.

_Gust_ or _Gusto_, a right Relish, Savour, or true Taste of any thing. _A Delicious Gusto_, Wines, Fruits, or Meats of a curious or pleasant Taste. _A Gust of Wind_, a short, sudden, furious Blast, as we say _a Dash of Rain_, for a sudden, short, impetuous Beat of Rain.

_Guzzle_, Drink.

_Guzzling_, Drinking much.

_Gut-foundred_, exceeding Hungry.

_Gutling_, Eating much. _A Gutling Fellow_, a great Eater.

_Gutter Lane_, the Throat.

_Gutters_, the little streak in a Deer’s Beam.

_Gutting_, { _An House_, Rifling it, Clearing it. { _An Oyster_, Eating it.

_Gutts_, a very fat, gross Person.

_Gybe_, c. any Writing or Pass Sealed; also Jerk or Jeer.

_Gyb’d_, c. Jerkt or Whipt.

_Gybing_, jeering.

_Gypsies_, a Counterfeit Brood of wandering Rogues and Wenches, herding together, and Living promiscuously, or in common, under Hedges and in Barns, Disguising themselves with Blacking their Faces and Bodies, and wearing an Antick Dress, as well as Devising a particular _Cant_, Strolling up and down, and under colour of Fortune-telling, Palmestry, Physiognomy, and Cure of Diseases; impose allwaies upon the unthinking Vulgar, and often Steal from them, whatever is not too Hot for their Fingers, or too Heavy to carry off. _A Cunning Gypsy_, a sharp, sly Baggage, a Witty Wench. _As Tann’d as a Gypsy_, of a Gypsy-hue or colour.

_Gyrle_, see Roe.

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_Habberdasher of Nouns and Pronouns_, School-master or Usher.

_Hab-nab_, at Aventure, Unsight, Unseen, Hit or Miss.

_Hack_, the Place where the Hawk’s meat is laid.

_Hack and Hue_, to Cut in Pieces.

_Hacks_ or _Hackneys_, hirelings. _Hackney-whores_, Common Prostitutes. _Hackney-Horses_, to be let to any Body. _Hackney-Scriblers_, Poor Hirelings, Mercenary Writers.

_Hackum_, a Fighting Fellow, see _Captain Hackum_.

_Haddums_, _The Spark has been at Haddums_, He is Clapt, or Poxt.

_Hag_, an old Witch.

_Hagged_, Lean Witched, Half-Starved.

_Hagboat_, a huge Vessel for Bulk and Length, Built chiefly to fetch great Masts, _&._

_Hagbut_, a Hand-gun Three quarters of a Yard long.

_Haggle_, to run from Shop to Shop, to stand hard to save a Penny. _A Hagler_, one that Buys of the Country-Folks and Sells in the Market, and goes from Door to Door.

_Halfbord_, c. Six Pence.

_Half a Hog_, c. Six Pence.

_Half Seas over_, almost Drunk.

_Hamlet_, c. a High Constable.

_Hamper’d_, caught in a Nooze, entangled, or embarassed in an intricate Affair.

_Handy_, Dextrous.

_Handy Blows_, Fisty-cuffs.

_Handycrafts_, the Manual Arts or Mechanic Trades. _A great Twohanded Sword_, a swinging broad Sword. _A great Twohanded Fellow_, a huge swinging Fellow. _Such a thing fell into his Hand_, of one that improve another’s Notion, Speech, or Invention. _He will make a Hand of it_, he will make a Penny of it, or make it turn to Account. _They are Hand and Glove_, of Friends or Camerades that are Inseparable, and almost to the same purpose. _Clove and Orange._ _Change Hands, and change Luck_, or to Play your Cards in another Hand. _The same Hand and Fair Play_, when they Play on without changing Hands. _Many Hands make light Work._ _You stand with your Hands in your Pockets_, to an Idle Fellow that finds nothing to do.

_Hank_, _He has a Hank upon him_, or the Ascendant over him.

_Hanker after_, to Long or wish much for.

_Hanktelo_, a silly Fellow, a meer Cods-head.

_Hans-en kelder_, Jack in the Box, the Child in the Womb, or a Health to it.

_Hard Drink_, that is very Stale, or begining so Sower. _Hard-drinking_, excessive Soking, or toping aboundance. _Hard Bargain_, a severe one. _Hard-favor’d_, Ugly, Homely. _Hard Frost_, a Keen or Sharp one. _Hard Case_, a severe or deep Misfortune, or ill Treatment. _Hard Master_ or _Dealer_, a very near one or close.

_Hare_, the second Year. _A great Hare_, the third Year, _Leveret_ the first Year. _To hold with the Hare and run with the Hound_, or to keep fair with both Parties at once. _Hare-lipp’d_, Notcht or turn’d up in the middle. _Hare-sleep_, with Eies a’most open. _Hared_, Hurried. _Hare Seateth_ or _Formeth_, the proper term for the Place where she Setts or Lies. _A Hare Beateth or Tappeth_, makes a noise at Rutting time. _He has swallow’d a Hare_, he is very Drunk.

_Harking_, Whispering on one side to borrow Money.

_Harman_, c. a Constable.

_Harmans_, c. the Stocks.

_Harman-beck_, c. a Beadle.

_Harp-upon_, a business to insist on it.

_Harridan_, c. one that is half Whore, half Bawd.

_Hart_, the Sixth Year, _A Stag_, the fifth Year. _A Staggard_, the fourth. _A Brock_, the third. _A Knobber_, the second. _Hind Calf_, or Calf, the First.

_Hart Harboureth_, Lodgeth.

_Hart Royal_, having been Hunted by a King or Queen. _Unharbour the Hart_, Dislodge him. _A Hart Belleth_, maketh a Noise at Rutting time. _A Hart goeth to Rut_, the Term for Copulation.

_Hartfordshire-kindness_, Drinking to the same Man again.

_Hartbold or prety Hearty_, of good Courage, or pert Spirit.

_Hasty_, very Hot on a sudden. _The most Haste the worst speed_, or _Haste makes Waste_, of him that loses a Business by hurrying of it. _You are none of the Hastings_, of him that loses an Opportunity or a Business for want of Dispatch.

_Hatchet-fac’d_, Hard-favor’d, Homely. _Under the Hatches_, in Trouble, or Prison.

_Haut-bois_, Oaks, Beaches, Ashes, Poplars, _&c._ Also well known and pleasant Martial Music.

_Havock_, Waste, Spoil. _They made sad Havock_, they Destroy’d all before ’em.

_Hawk_, c. a Sharper.

_Hawkers_, Retail News-Sellers.

_Hawking_, going about Town and Country with Scotch-Cloth, _&c._ or News-Papers; also Spitting difficultly.

_Hay_, a separate Enclosure of Wood Land, within a Forrest or Park, Fenced with a Rail or Hedge, or both. _To Dance the Hay._ _To make Hay while the Sun Shines_, or make good use of one’s Time.

_Hazy Weather_, when it is Thick, Misty, Foggy.

_Hazle-geld_, to Beat any one with a Hazle-Stick or Plant.

_Heady_, strong Liquors that immediately fly up into the Noddle, and so quickly make Drunk.

_Headstrong_, Stubborn, Ungovernable. _A Scald Head is soon Broke._

_Head Bully of the Pass or Passage Bank_, c. the Top Tilter of that Gang, throughout the whole Army, who Demands and receives Contribution from all the Pass Banks in the Camp.

_Hearing Cheats_, c. Ears.

_Hearts-ease_, c. a Twenty shilling piece; also an ordinary sort of Strong Water; and an Herb called by some the Trinity, by others, Three Faces in a Hood, Live in Idleness, Call me to you, or Pansies, an excellent Antivenerean _&c._

_Heathen Philosopher_, a sorry poor tatter’d Fellow, whose Breech may be seen through his Pocket-holes.

_Heave_, c. to Rob.

_Heave a Bough_, c. to Rob a House.

_Heaver_, c. a Breast.

_Heavy_, is either gross in Quantity or slow in Motion, because ordinarily the one is not without the other, and therefore we say, _heavy Bodies move slowly_. _A heavy Fellow_, a dull Blockish Slug.

_Hector_, a Vaporing Swaggering Coward.

_Hedge_, to secure a desperate Bet, Wager or Debt. _By Hedge or by Style_, by Hook or by Crook.

_Hedge-bird_, a Scoundrel or sorry Fellow.

_Hedge-creeper_, c. a Robber of Hedges.

_Hedge-grapes_, very Crabbed, wholly unfit to make Wine.

_Hedge-priest_, a sorry Hackney, Underling, Illiterate, Vagabond, see _Patrico_.

_Hedge-Tavern_, or _Ale house_, a Jilting, Sharping Tavern, or Blind _Ale house_. _It hangs in the Hedge_, of a Law-suit or any thing else Depending, Undetermined. _As common as the Hedge, or High-way_, said of a Prostitute or Strumpet.

_Hell_, the Place where the Taylers lay up their Cabbage, or Remnants, which are sometimes very Large.

_Hell-born-babe_, a Lewd, Graceless, Notorious Youth.

_Hell-cat_, a very Lewd Rakehelly Fellow.

_Hell-driver_, a Coach-man.

_Hell-hound_, a Profligate, Lewd Fellow.

_Helter-skelter_, Pell-mell.

_Hempen-widdow_, one whose Husband was Hang’d.

_Hem_, to call after one with an inarticulate Noise.

_Hemuse_, see Roe.

_Hen-hearted_, Cowardly, Fearful.

_Hen-peckt Friggat_, whose Commander and Officers are absolutely sway’d by their Wives.

_Henpeckt Husband_, whose Wife wears the Breeches.

_Herd of Dear or Hares_, a Company.

_Hick_, c. any Person of whom any Prey can be made, or Booty taken from; also a silly Country Fellow.

_Hide-bound-horse_, whose Skin sticks very close, and tite like a Pudding Bag, usually when very Fat.

_Hide-bound-muse_, Stiff, hard of Delivery, Sir _J. Suckling_ call’d _Ben. Johnson’s_ so.

_Higglede-piggledy_, all together, as Hoggs and Piggs lie Nose in Arse.

_High Flyers_, Impudent, Forward, Loose, Light Women; also bold Adventurers.

_High shoon_, or _Clouted-shoon_, a Country Clown.

_High Pad_, c. a Highway Robber well Mounted and Armed.

_Highjinks_, a Play at Dice who Drinks.

_Hightetity_, a Ramp or Rude Girl.

_High Tide_, c. when the Pocket is full of Money.

_Hind_, the Plough-boy or Ploughman’s Servant at Plough and Cart.

_Hinde_, the third Year; _Hearse or Brockets Sister_, the second Year; Calf the first Year.

_Hip_, _upon the Hip_, at an Advantage in Wrestling or Business.

_Hissing_, the Note of the Snake and the Goose, the Quenching of Metals in the Forge; also upon any dislike at the Play-house, and sometimes tho’ seldom in the Courts of Judicature, upon any foul Proceedings. The like is done also in other larger Assemblies.

_Hob_, a plain Country Fellow; or Clown, also the Back of a Chimney.

_Hobinal_, the same.

_Hobbist_, a Disciple, and fond Admirer of _Thomas Hobbs_, the fam’d Philosopher of _Malmsbury_. Sir _Posthumus Hobby_, one that Draws on his Breeches with a Shoeing-horn; also a Fellow that is Nice and Whimsical in the set of his Cloaths.

_Hob-nail_, a Horse Shoe-nail; also a High-shoon or Country Clown.

_Hobsons-choice_, that or None.

_Hocus-pocus_, a Juggler that shews Tricks by Slight of Hand.

_Hodge_, a. Country Clown, also Roger.

_Hodmenduds_, Snails in their Shells.

_Hodge podge_, see Hotch-potch.

_Hog_, c. a Shilling; also see _Wild Boar_. _You Darkman Budge, will you Fence your Hog at the next Boozing-ken_ c. do ye hear you House Creeper, will you Spend your Shilling at the next Ale-house. _A meer Hog or Hoggish Fellow_, a greedy, covetous, morose Churl. _A Hog-grubber_, a close-fisted, narrow-soul’d sneaking Fellow. _He has brought his Hoggs to a fair Market, or he has Spun a fair Thread. Great Cry and little Wooll, as the Man said, when he Shear’d his Hoggs_, Labour in Vain which the Latines express by _Goats-wooll_, as the English by the shearing of Hoggs. _Hogg steer_, see _Wild Boar_.

_Hogen-mogen_, a Dutch Man; also High and Mighty, the Sovereign States of _Holland_.

_Hogo_, for _Haut Goust_, a strong Scent; also a high Taste or Relish in Sauce.

_Hold his Nose to the Grind-stone_, to Keep him Under or Tie him Neck and Heels in a Bargain.

_Hollow hearted_, False, Base, Perfidious, Treacherous.

_Holyday-bowler_, a very bad Bowler, _Holyday Cloths_, the Best. _Blind Men’s Holyday_, when it is Night.

_Hop-merchant_, a Dancing-master. _To Hop_, denotes the Progressive Motion of Reptiles on the Ground, whence Grashopper, and Answers to the Fluttring or low Flight of Insects in the Air; or Else the Transits or Leaps of a Bird from one Perch to another in a Cage, or the Skips of a Squirrel from Tree to Tree and Bough to Bough in the Wood.

_Homine_, Indian Corn. _To beat Homine_, to pound that in a Mortar.

_Honey-moon_, the first Month of Marriage.

_Hood_, the ancient Cover for Men’s Heads, (before the Age of Bonnets and Hatts) being of Cloath Button’d under the Chin, not unlike a Monk’s Cowl. _Two Faces under one Hood_, a Double Dealer.

_Hood wink’d_, Blindfolded or Bluffed.

_Hoof it, or Beat it on the Hoof_, to walk on Foot.

_Hookt_, over-reached, Snapt, Trickt. _Off the Hooks_, in an ill Mood, or out of Humor, _By Hook or by Crook_, by Fair Means or Foul.

_Hookers_, c. the third Rank of Canters; also Sharpers.

_Hopper-arst_, when the Breech sticks out.

_Horn-mad_, stark staring Mad because Cuckolded.

_Horse-play_, any rude Boisterous sort of Sport. _You must not look a Given Horse in the Mouth_, or _what is freer than Gift?_ _One Man may better Steal a Horse than another look on. The Master’s Eye makes the Horse Fat. An ill Horse that can’t carry his own Provender. Set the Saddle on the Right Horse_, lay the Blame where the Fault is. _The Cart before the Horse._ _A short Horse is soon Curried_, a little Business is soon Dispatched. _The Gray Mare is the better Horse_, said of one, whose Wife wears the Breeches. _Fallen away from a Horse-load to a Cart-load_, spoken Ironically of one considerably improved in Flesh on a sudden.

_Host_, an Inn-keeper or Victualler; also an Army. _Hostess_, a Land-lady. _To reckon without your Host: Or count your Chickens before they are Hatcht._

_Hot_, exceeding Passionate. _Hot Work_, much Mischief done, or a great Slaughter.

_Hot-cockles_, a Play among Children. _It revives the Cockles of my Heart_, said, of agreeable News, or a Cup of Comfort, Wine or Cordial Water.

_Hot Pot_, Ale and Brandy boyled together.

_Hot Spur_, a fiery furious passionate Fellow; also early or forward Peas.

_Hotch potch_, an Oglio or Medly of several Meats in one Dish.

_House of Call_, the usual lodging Place of Journey-men Tailers.

_House Tailers_, Upholsterers.

_How_, to a Deer.

_Howleth_, the Noise a Wolf maketh at Rutting time.

_Hubbub_, a Noise in the Streets made by the Rabble.

_Huckster_, a sharp Fellow. _Hucksters_, the Retailers of the Market, who Sell in the Market at second Hand. _In Huckster’s Hands_, at a desperate Pass, or Condition, or in a fair way to be Lost.

_Hue_, c. to Lash; also the Complexion or Colour. _Hued_, c. Lasht or Flogg’d. _The Cove was Hued in the Naskin_, c. the Rogue was severe-Lasht in Bridewell. _Hue and Cry_, the Country rais’d after a Thief.

_Huff_, a Bullying Fellow. _Captain Huff_, any noted Bully, or Huffing Blade. _To Huff and Ding_, to Bounce and Swagger.

_Hugger-mugger_, Closely or by Stealth, Under board: _To Eat so_, that is, to Eat by one’s self.

_Hulver-head_, a silly foolish Fellow.

_Hum-cap_, old, mellow and very strong Beer.

_Hum and haw_, to Hesitate in Speech; also to delay, or difficultly to be brought to Consent.

_Hummer_, a loud Lie, a Rapper.

_Hum_, or _Humming Liquor_, Double Ale, Stout, Pharoah.

_Hummums_, a Bagnio.

_Humorist_, a Whimsical Fantastical Fellow.

_Hump-backt_, Crook-backt. _Hump-shoulder’d_, or Crook-shoulder’d.

_Humptey-dumptey_, Ale boild with Brandy.

_Hunch_, to justle, or thrust.

_Hunks_, a covetous Creature, a miserable Wretch.

_Hunting_, c. decoying, or drawing others into Play.

_Hunteth for his Kind_, see Otter.

_Hurly-burly_, Rout, Riot, Bustle, Confusion.

_Hurrican_, a violent Storm or Tempest; also a disorder or confusion in Business.

_Hurridun_, see Harridan.

_Hush_, very still, quiet. _All was Hush_, a great or profound Silence. _Husht up_, concealed, or clapt up without Noise.

_Husky-lour_, c. a Guinea, or Job.

_Hussy_, an abbreviation of Housewife, and sometimes a Term of Reproch, as, _how now Hussy_, or _she is a Light Hussy_, or Housewife.

_Hut_, from; a Term much us’d by Carters, _&c._ Also, a little House or slight Abode for Soldiers, Peasants, _&c._

_Huzza_, Originally the Cry of the _Huzzars_, or Hungarian Horsemen; but now the Shouts and Acclamations, of any Soldiers, or of the Mob.

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_Jabber_, to Talk thick and fast, as great Praters do, or to Chatter like a Magpye.

_Jack_, c. a Farthing, a small Bowl (the mark) to throw at, an Instrument to draw on Boots, hence Jack-boots; also a Leathern Vessel to Drink out of, and an Engine to set the Spit a going. _Jack in an Office_, of one that behaves himself Imperiously in it. _Every Jack will have a Gill_, or the Coursest He, will have as Coarse a She. _He wou’dn’t tip me Jack_, c. not a Farthing wou’d he give me.

_Jack-adams_, a Fool.

_Jack-a dandy_, a little impertinent insignificant Fellow.