Page:A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew, in its several tribes, of gypsies, beggers, thieves, cheats, &c. with an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c.djvu/92

 Base, Perfidious, Treacherous.

Holyday-bowler, a very bad Bowler, Holyday Cloths, the Best. Blind Mon'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 Bougb 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 then 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