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<h1>The Letter H</h1>
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<h2>HABERDASHER <i>of Nouns and Pronouns</i></h2>
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<p>a Schoolmaster or Usher.</p>
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<h2>HACK, <i>and Hue</i></h2>
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<p>to cut in pieces.</p>
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<h2>HACKS</h2>
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<h2>or <i>Hackneys</i></h2>
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<p>Hirelings.</p>
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<div class="entry">
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<h2>HACKUM</h2>
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<p>a fighting Fellow.</p>
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<h2>HADDUMS</h2>
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<p><i class="eg">The Shark has been at
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Haddams</i>; He is clapt or poxed.</p>
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<h2>HALFBORD</h2>
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<p>Six-Pence.</p>
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<h2>HALF <i>a Hog</i></h2>
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<p>Six-Pence.</p>
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<h2>HALF <i>an Ounce</i></h2>
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<p>Half a Crown.</p>
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<h2>HALF <i>Seas over</i></h2>
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<p>almost drunk.</p>
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<h2>HAMS</h2>
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<p>Breeches.</p>
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<h2>HAMLET</h2>
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<p>a High Constable.</p>
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<h2>HANDY-<i>Blows</i></h2>
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<p>Fisty-cuffs.</p>
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<h2>HANG <i>it up</i></h2>
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<p>speaking of the Reckoning
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at a <i>Bowsing-Ken</i> score it up.</p>
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<div class="entry">
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<h2>HANK</h2>
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<p><i class="eg">He has a Hank upon him</i>; He
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has an Advantage, or will make him do
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what he pleases.</p>
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<h2>HANKTELO</h2>
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<p>a silly Fellow, a meer
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Codshead.</p>
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<h2>HANS-<i>en-Kelder</i></h2>
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<p>Jack in the Box,
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Child in the Womb.</p>
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<h2>HARE</h2>
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<p>as <i class="eg">he has swallowd a Hare</i>,
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he is very drunk.</p>
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<h2>HARKING</h2>
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<p>whispering on one side
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to borrow Money.</p>
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<h2>HARMAN</h2>
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<p>a Constable.</p>
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<h2>HARMANS</h2>
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<p>the Stocks.</p>
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<h2>HARMANBECK</h2>
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<p>a Beadle.</p>
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<h2>HARRIDAN</h2>
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<p>one that is half a
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Whore, half a Bawd, also a notorious
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Shrew, or noisy old Woman.</p>
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<h2>HARTFORDSHIRE <i>Kindness</i></h2>
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<p>drinking
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to the same Man again.</p>
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<h2>HATCHET <i>Faced</i></h2>
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<p>hard favoured,
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homely.</p>
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<h2>HATCHES</h2>
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<p>as, <i class="eg">Under the Hatches</i>, in
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Trouble or Prison.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> HAZLE <i>Geld</i></h2>
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<p>to beat any one
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with a Hazle Stick or Plant.</p>
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<div class="entry">
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<h2>HEAD <i>Cully of the Pass</i></h2>
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<h2>or <i>Passage Bank</i></h2>
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<p>the Top Tilter of that Gang,
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throughout the whole Army, who demands
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and receives Contribution from
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all the Pass-Banks in the Camp.</p>
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<h2>HEARING-<i>Cheats</i></h2>
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<p>Ears.</p>
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<h2>HEARTS-<i>Ease</i></h2>
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<p>a Twenty Shilling
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Piece.</p>
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<h2>HEATHEN <i>Philosopher</i></h2>
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<p>a sorry poor
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tattered Fellow, whose Breech may
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be seen through his Pocket-holes.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> HEAVE</h2>
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<p>to rob.</p>
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<h2>HEAVE <i>a Cough</i></h2>
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<p>to rob a House.</p>
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<h2>HEAVER</h2>
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<p>the Breast.</p>
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<h2>HECTOR</h2>
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<p>a vapouring, swaggering
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Coward.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> HEDGE</h2>
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<p>to secure a desperate Bet,
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Wager or Debt. <i class="eg">By Hedge or by stile</i>,
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by Hook or by Crook.</p>
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<h2>HEDGE-<i>Bird</i></h2>
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<p>a scoundrel or sorry
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Fellow.</p>
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<h2>HEDGE-<i>Creeper</i></h2>
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<p>a Robber of Hedges.</p>
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<h2>HEDGE-<i>Priest</i></h2>
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<p>a sorry hackney Underling,
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an Vagabond. See <i>Patrico</i>.</p>
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<h2>HEDGE-<i>Tavern</i></h2>
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<h2>or <i>Alehouse</i></h2>
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<p>a jilting,
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sharping Tavern, or blind Ale-house.</p>
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<div class="entry">
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<h2>HELL</h2>
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<p>the Place where the Taylors
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lay up their Cabbage, or Remnants.</p>
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<h2>HELL-<i>born-babe</i></h2>
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<p>a lewd, graceless,
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notorious Youth.</p>
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<h2>HELL-<i>Cat</i></h2>
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<p>a very lewd Woman.</p>
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<h2>HELL-<i>Driver</i></h2>
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<p>a Coachman.</p>
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<h2>HELL-<i>Hound</i></h2>
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<p>a profligate, lewd
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Fellow.</p>
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<div class="entry">
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<h2>HEMPEN-<i>Widow</i></h2>
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<p>one whose Husband
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was hanged.</p>
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<div class="entry">
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<h2>HEN-<i>peckt-Frigot</i></h2>
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<p>whose Commander
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and Officers are absolutely swayed
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by their Wives.</p>
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<h2>HENPECT-<i>Husband</i></h2>
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<p>whose Wife
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wears the Breeches.</p>
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<h2>HICK</h2>
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<p>any Person from whom a
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Booty is taken, a silly Country Fellow;
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a Booby.</p>
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<div class="entry">
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<h2>HIGH-<i>Flyers</i></h2>
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<p>impudent, forward,
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loose, light Women, also bold Adventurers.</p>
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<h2>HIGHJINKS</h2>
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<p>a Play at Dice who
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Drinks.</p>
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<div class="entry">
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<h2>HIGH-PADS</h2>
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<h2><i>Hightway-men</i> or <i>Bully-Ruffians</i></h2>
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<p>an Order of Villains, and the
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boldest of all others. Before they commence,
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they furnish themselves, with
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good Horses, Swords, Pistols, &c. and
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sometimes singly, but mostly in Company,
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commit their execrable Robberies.
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They have a Vizor-Mask, and two or
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three Perukes of different Colours and
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Make, the better to conceal themselves.
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When they meet a Prize upon the
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Road, they have a Watch-Word,
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among them, which is no sooner pronounced,
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but every one falls on. It is
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usually the Rule among them, that the
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strongest and bold seize first; the
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Weaker generally bid <i>stand</i>, and fall
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in afterwards as Occasion requires. The
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Instructions given them are, to catch
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the Bridle in the Left-Hand, and to
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have the Sword or Pistol in the Right,
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and, if Opposition be made, or they
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are likely to be overpowered to kill
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as fast as they can, and then, either
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with Booty or without, to make off
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with all Expedition; and if they are
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pursued by an <i>Hue or Cry</i>, to conceal
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themselves in some By place, and let
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it pass by them.</p>
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<h2>HIGH-<i>Shoon</i></h2>
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<h2>or <i>Clouted-Shoon</i></h2>
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<p>a
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Country Clown.</p>
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<h2>A HIGHTE-TITY</h2>
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<p>a Romp or rude Girl.</p>
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<h2>HIGH <i>Tide</i></h2>
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<p>when the Pocket is full of Money.</p>
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<h2>HOB</h2>
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<p>a plain Country Fellow or Clown.</p>
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<h2>HOBINAL</h2>
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<p>the same [[as <i>Hob</i>]].</p>
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<h2>HOBBY</h2>
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<p>as Sir <i class="eg">Posthumus Hobby</i>, one
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that draws on his Breeches with a
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Shoeing-horn; a Fellow that is nice
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and whimsical in the Set of his Cloaths.</p>
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<h2>HOB <i>Nail</i></h2>
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<p>a <i>High-shoon</i> or Country
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Clown.</p>
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<h2>HOCUS</h2>
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<p>disguised in Liquor; drunk.</p>
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<h2>HODGE-<i>Podge</i></h2>
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<p>see <i>Hotch-Potch</i>.</p>
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<h2>HOG</h2>
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<p>a Shilling; <i class="eg">You Darkman
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Budge, will you Fence your Hog at the
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next Boozing Ken?</i> you House-Creeper,
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will you spend your Shilling at the
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next Ale-house.</p>
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<h2>HOG-<i>Grubber</i></h2>
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<p>a close-fisted, narrow
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soul'd sneaking Fellow.</p>
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<h2>HOLD <i>his Nose to the Grind-stone</i></h2>
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<p>to
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keep him under, or tie him Neck and
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Heels into the Bargain.</p>
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<h2>HOLIDAY-<i>Bowler</i></h2>
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<p>a very bad Bowler.
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<i class="eg">Blind Man's Holiday</i>, when it is Night.</p>
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<h2>HONEY-<i>Moon</i></h2>
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<p>the first Month of Marriage.</p>
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<h2>HOOD-<i>wink'd</i></h2>
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<p>Blind-folded or Bluffed.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> HOOF <i>it</i></h2>
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<h2>or <i>beat it on the Hoof</i></h2>
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<p>to walk on Foot.</p>
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<h2>HOOKERS</h2>
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<p>See <i>Anglers</i>.</p>
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<h2>HOOKT</h2>
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<p>over reached, snapt,
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trikt.</p>
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<h2>HOP-<i>Merchant</i></h2>
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<p>a Dancing-master.</p>
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<h2>HORN <i>mad</i></h2>
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<p>stark staring mad because
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Cuckolded.</p>
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<h2><i>It revives the</i> COCKLES <i>of my Heart</i></h2>
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<p>said of agreeable News, or a Cup of
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Comfort, Wine or Cordial Water.</p>
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<h2><i>In</i> HUCKSTER'S <i>Hands</i></h2>
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<p>at a desperate
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Pass, or Condition, or in a fair
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way to be lost.</p>
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<h2>HUED</h2>
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<p>severely lash'd or flogg'd.
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<i class="eg">The Cove was Hued in the Naskin</i>, The
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Rogue was severely lash'd in <i>Bridewell</i>.</p>
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<h2><i>A</i> HUFF</h2>
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<p>a Bullying Fellow.</p>
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<h2>HULVER <i>head</i></h2>
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<p>a silly, foolish Fellow.</p>
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<h2>HUM-<i>Box</i></h2>
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<p>a Pulpit.</p>
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<h2>HUM-<i>Cap</i></h2>
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<p>old, mellow, and very
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strong Beer.</p>
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<h2>HUM-<i>Drums</i></h2>
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<h2>or <i>Hums</i></h2>
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<p>a Society of
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Gentlemen, who meet near the <i>Charter-House</i>,
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or at the <i>King's Head</i> in St.
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<i>John's Street</i>. Less of Mystery, and
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more of Pleasantry than the <i>Free Masons</i>.</p>
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<h2>HUMMING <i>Liquor</i></h2>
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<p>Double Ale,
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Stout, Pharaoh.</p>
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<div class="entry">
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<h2>HUMMER</h2>
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<p>a great Lye, a Rapper.</p>
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<h2>HUMMUMS</h2>
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<p>a Bagnio.</p>
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<h2>HUMPTEY-<i>Dumptey</i></h2>
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<p>Ale boil'd with
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Brandy.</p>
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<h2>HUMS</h2>
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<p>Persons at Church; as, <i class="eg">There
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is a great Number of Hums in the Autem</i>;
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i. e. There is a great Congregation.</p>
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<h2>HUNTING</h2>
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<p>decoying, or drawing
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others into Play.</p>
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<h2>HUSH'D</h2>
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<p>murder'd, &c.</p>
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<h2>HUSH <i>Money</i></h2>
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<p>Money given to <i>hush
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up</i>, or conceal a Robbery or Theft, or
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to take off an Evidence from appearing
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against a Criminal, &c.</p>
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<h2>HUSKY-<i>Lour</i></h2>
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<p>a Jobs, or Guinea.</p>
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