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Rh HIS-ZEN.—His.

HITCH.—To fasten loosely. "Hitch yer herse to the gaayte po-ast an' come an' help I get this nitch o' straa upon my back."

HIT.—Cast, throw. "Hit it away, tent vit to yet" (throw it away, 'tis not fit to eat).

HIT IT.—To be in accord. Them two dwoant zim to hit it now as um did avoor Kersmas (those two do not seem on such good terms now as they were before Christmas).

HO.—To long for, to care greatly for.

HOBBLE DE HOYE.— "A chap be called a "hobble de hoye," As be shart of a man but moor'n a bwoy."

HOBBLES.—Shackles; to prevent a horse or donkey straying far when turned into a lane or roadside to feed; by these a fore leg is often fastened to a hind leg.

HOCKERD.—Awkward, clumsy, obstinate, contrary. "A was maain hockered an I cood'nt persuaayde un to do 't" (he was very obstinate and I could'nt persuade him to do it).

HOCKLY.—Awkwardly helpless, having no notion how to do a thing properly.

HOCKSEY.—Deep with mud.

HOCKSIN'.—Walking clumsily, or making a noise impertinently in walking. "When I scawlded un a went hoksin' awaay wi'out a-stoppin' to year what I was a-zaayin'."

HODMEDOD.—A scarecrow; usually a figure with a hat on, holding a stick to represent a gun.

HO-GO.—A game played by children, each having a number of marbles. The first holds up a number in closed hand and says, "Ho-go;" the second says "Hand full;" the first then says "How many?" The other guesses. If he should guess correctly he is entitled to take them all; but otherwise he must give the difference between the number he guessed and the number actually held up to "make it so."