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HOAR-Froft, 'Pruina. See Frost and Prbina.

HOARSENESS, Raucedo, a Diminution of' the Voice. See Voice.

The Part here affefled is the Afpera Atteria, and particu- larly its Head or the Larynx. See Aspera and Larynx.

The next Caufe of Hoarfeiiefs is a too plenteous Effufion of thin Lympha upon the Part.

Hoarfenefs is a Sort of Catarrhal Indifpofition, atifing from a too great Acrimony or Saltnefs of the Lymph. See Catarrh.

Sperma Ceti, Decofl. Rapar. & Rob. Paffular, are ap-

prov'd Remedies herein Where the Diforder is inveterate,

Incidents and Expectorants are frequently of Service.

HOBBLERS, in our ancient Cuftoms, were Men, who, by their Tenure, were oblig'd to maintain a little light Nag, or Hobby, for the certifying any Invafion toward the Sea Side.

The Name was alfo ufed for certain Irifl Knights, who ufed to ferve as light Horfemen upon Hobbies.

HOBBY, a Sort of Hawk that preys upon fmall Game, as Doves, Larks, (Sc See Hawk.

HOBITS, a Sort of fmall Mortars, ufed for annoying the Enemy at a Diftance with fmall Bombs. See Mortar and Bomb.

'HOG-Tuefday Money, or HoKZ-Z)ay Money, a Tribute anciently paid the Landlord, for giving his Tenants and Bondmen Leave to celebrate Hock>day, or Hoke-day j in Memory of the Expulfion of the domineering Danes. See Hoke 'Day.

HOD, a Sort of Tray for carrying Mortar, in ufe among Bricklayers.

HODEGOS, a Term purely Greek, fignifying Guide.

The Word is chiefly ufed as the Tide of a Book com- pos'd by Anaftafius the Sinaite, toward the Clofe of the Vth Century ; being a Method of difputing againft the Hereticks, particularly the Acephali.

Mr. Toland has alfo publifh'd a Diflertation under the fame Title. Its Subjeft is the Pillar of Fire, &c. which went be- fore the Jfraelites, as a Guide in the Defart.

HODGTH podge, or Jiortn-porcb, a Difti of Meat cut to Pieces, and ftrew'd with feveral Sorts of Things toge- ther.

Hodge-^o.^, or H0TCH-/0?, in Law, is the putting to- gether of Lands, of feveral Tenures, for the more equal di- viding of them. See HoTCH-^or.

HODMAN, a young Scholar admitted from Wejlminfler School to be Student in Chrijl's Church College in Oxford. See School.

HOE, or How, a Husband-man's Tool, made like a Cooper's Adz, to cut up Weeds in Gardens, Fields, tgc.

This Inftrumenr is of great Ufe, and fhould be more employ'd than it is, in hacking and clearing rhe feveral Cor- ners, Creeks, and Patches of Land, in fpare Times of the Year, which would be no fmall Advantage thereto.

HOG-freer, among Hunters, a wild Boar of three Years old. See Hunting.

HOGGET, or Hogrel, is a young Sheep of the fecond Year.

HOGINH1NE, or rather Agenhine, q. d. [emits pro- pritts, or third Night own Servant ; is he that comes Gueft- wife to an Inn or Houfe, and lies there the third Night : After this he was accounted of that Family; and if he offended the King's Peace, his Holt was anfwerablc for him. See Third Night aim Hine.

HOGOE, properly, Haut-gout, a Mefs in Cookery, denominated from its high Savour or Relilh.

Its Preparations, Ingredients, Jjfe. are various. — Its Bafis is ufually fomc Meat, e.gr. Leg of Mutton, mine'd with Suet and favoury Herbs, as Shalot, Thyme, Spinage, £f?c. added thereto, with feafoning of Salt and Pepper, and Yolks of Eggs : The whole work'd up into a Ball, and rhusboil'd; frequently, in the Body of a Cabbage, firft fafhion'd like a Duck, or other Fowl, with a Head ftuck on. — It remains to be ferv'd up with a proper Sauce, as Butter, Yolks of Epgs, Anchovies, (ge.

"HOGSHEAD, a Meafure, or Veflel of Wine, or Oil ; containing the fourth Part of a Tun ; or 63 Gallons. See Measure, Tun, Gallon, ££c.

Two of theft Hogfieads make a Pipe or Bur. See Pipe. ■

The Diftillcrs weigh their Veffels when full, and for a Hogfiead allow 4 hundred Weight, 2 Quarters, and 22 Pound, Cask and Liquor.

MOKF.-dtty, or ~KocK-day, or Hocn-Tuefday, in our ancient Cuftoms, Dies Martis quern quindenam 'Pafchte va- cant ; the fecond Tuesday after Eafler Week. _

This Day was very remarkable in former Times, infomuch as to be ufed on the fame Footing with Michaelmas, for a general Term or Time of Account. — We find Leafes with- out Date referving fo much Rent payable ad dues Anni ter- winos, foil, ad le Hoke-day, J£? ad Feflum Sanili Mich. See Hoci<L-TueJday Money.

In Accounts of Magdalen College in Oxford, there is year- ly an Allowance, fro imilieribus Hockantibus, of ibme

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Manors of theirs in Hampp ire. where the Men, , k h w men on Mondays, J3 contra on Tuefdays. - The Meanina of it, S , that on that Day the Women in Merriment flop hf Ways with Ropes and pull Paffengers to them, delink fomething to be laid out in pious Ufes "wuuig

• H U^ DC ^ W" the ' 0Weft Pa " of the Shi PJ ink- ing all that Part lying between the Keelfon, and the lower Deck. See Ship, ££>£

In the Hold are the Steward's Room, the Powder Room the Bread Room, and the Boatfwain's Room ; divided from each other by Bulk-Heads.

The Hold is the Store Room in a Merchant Ship, or the llace wherein the Goods, at lead all the heavier and more cumberfome, are ftow'd. The reft are difpos'd between the '™° Decks i at leaft in Dutch Ships, which have their Holds very /hallow, and the Space between the Decks, high. r >

To find the Burthen of a Ship, the Hold is to be meafur'd. See Burthen.

HOLD-faJl, an Iron Hook in Shape of the Letter S, fiVd in a Wall to retain and fupport it.

HOLLAND, in the Commerce of Linnen, a fine, white, even, clofe kind of Linnen Cloth, chiefly ufed for Shirts; Sheets, gfc. See Linnen.

It is wrought in the Provinces of Holland, Frizeland, and other Parts of the United Provinces ; whence the Appella- tion. rr

The principal Mart or Staple of this Cloth is at Haerlem, whither it is fent from moft other Parts as foon as wove there to be whiten'd the enfiiing Spring.

That manufacfur'd in Frizeland is the moft efteem'd, and call'd Prize Holland. It is the ftrongeft, and the belt co- lour'd of any of that Finenefs. — It is never caHender'd, nor thicken'd with Pap, as the reft ; but is imported juft as it comes from the Whitfter. — It is diftinguifh''d by its being Yard, Quarter, and half wide ; which is half a Quarter more than thofe commonly call'd Fries Hollands, which are not right.

Gulix Holland is very white and fine, and is chiefly ufed for Shirts ; being the ftrongeft of any for its Finenefi, except true Frize. 'Tis juft Yard wide.

Alcamore Holland, is a very ftrong Cloth, and wears ex- ceeding well. 'Tis about Yard, Quarter, and half wide.

HOLLOW, in Architecture, a Concave Moulding, about a Quadrant of a Circle ; by fome call'd Cafement, by others An Abacus. See Casement, &c.

Hollow Square, is a Body of Foot drawn up with an empty Space in the Middle, for the Colours, Drums, and Baggage ; facing, and cover'd by the Pikes every Way to oppofe the Horfe. See Sojtare.

Hollow Tower, in Fortification, is a Rounding made of the Remainder of two Brifures, to join the Curtain to the Orillon ; where the fmall Shot are play'd, that they may not be fo much expos'd to the View of the Enemy. See Tower, l$c.

HOLM, Hulmus, fignifies as much as Tnfnla amnica, a River-Ifland, according to Hede ; or plain graffy Ground upon the Water-fides, or in rhe Water, according to Camb- den — Cum duobus Holmis in Campis de Wedonc, Mon.

Hence, where any Place is call'd by that Name, or where this Syllable is join'd with any other in the Names of Places, it fignifies a Place furrounded with Waters.— As the Flat- holmes, the Stepholmes, near Sriftol. — If the Situation of the Place be not near the Water, it may fignify a hilly Place; for Holm in Saxon, is in Englip an Hill, or Cliff.

HOLOCAUST, a kind of Sacrifice, wherein the whole Offering is burnt or confum'd by Fire ; call'd alfo in the Scripture, Sltrnt-ogering. See Sacrifice and Offer- ing.

The Word is Greek, oAojguifsii, Jao^u'tom, compounded of «.©-, tows, whole ; and nam, Uro, Igne Abfumo, I con- fume with Fire.

HOLOGRAPH, in the Civil Law, fomethinp written wholly in the Hand-writing of the Perfon who figns it.

The Word is chiefly ufed in fpeaking of a v feftament written wholly in the Teftator's own Hand. See Testa- ment.

The Romans did not approve of Holographic Teftaments ; and tho' Valentinian authoriz'd them by a Novel, they ate not ufed where the Civil Law is in full Force.

The Word is Greek, compos'd of Sa©-, all, and ypj.^a, I write.

HOLOMETER, a Mathematical Inftrumenr, ferving univerfally for the taking of all Softs of Meafutes, both on the Earth, and in the Heavens.

The Holometer is the fame with ^Pantometer. See Pan- tometer.

The Word is Greek, compos'd of oa©-, and fvnp*, I meafure.

HOLSOM. —A Ship is faid to be holfom at Sea, when file will hull, try, and tide well without rolling or labour, ing.


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