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 60 THE DIALECT OF Hand, ah. a workman, especially in a milL * The old Jiand ' is the mafifter, or head of the establiciiment. Handsel, sh. the first act of sale, or payment for the same, or the first usage of an article. A hawker, or pedler, who had sold nothing would say he had not taken handsel to-day. So a man might say, ' I have not handselled my new plough,' i. e, not used it : in which case the word is taken as an active yerb. On receiving a handsel the recipient sometimes turns it oyer and spits on it ' for luck.' Eangby, ab, a hanger-on. Hangman, or Hangment, ah a word used in oaths, and generally in the form of * hangman tak' it' Halliwell says the word is hangment, but gives no (quotation. Many persons think this the correct form, but the meaning appears to be somewhat obscure. When a certain woman of Almond bury for the first time wore a pair of right and left shoes, she by mistake placed them on the wrong feet. She habitually turned in her toes, and being therefore surprised at the appearance of her feet as she walked, she was heard to say — ' Why, what the hangman do I ail ? I used to txvangy but now I shale ! ' See TwaxLg and Shale. Hank, ah. thread, &c. in course of preparation wound upon a large cylinder. A hank of wool or cotton consists of 840 yards, and of worsted, 560. Six hanks make one hunch in cotton and worsted, four in woollen. Hank, vh, to associate witL ' Au wonder haa he could hank wi' sich folk.' Hap, vh, to wrap up in bed-clothes, &c. ; but now lap is more used« Bay spells the word happe. Perhaps it is Occurs in The Wife of Usher's Well, ver. 12 : She has happed round our feet' Happen, adv, very common for perhapa. Harden, vh, a word used of the weather, which is said to harden as it becomes drier. Hardhe&d, ah. same as Crozzle, which see. Hardly, in very common use for acarcely. Harescaled, adj. hare-lipped. Har'est (pronounced harrest), ah. harvest, l^oto the elision of v. See Letter V. Harrish, perhaps arriah, vh. to starve with cold. 'He harriahed his colts,' X. e. left them out in the cold weather.
 * The mantle that W£M on herself