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 64 THE DIALECT Olf frost' is oommon enoueh. [The Anglo-Saxon for hoar-frost is Arfnt, and if the r be dropped it becomes kime. See Hush. — ^W. W. S.] ffindlift, t. 0. hindlifty sb. a joint of beef taken from the hinder part of the animal, and corresponding with the aitchbone of the south of England. Some people call it the 'inlift,' which is probably a mistake. Eingr* vb. a form of hang, but it is not applied when a person hangs himself. See illustration to Cloke. Occurs also in Sir Bichud Maitland's SaHree on the Town Ladies, A.D. 1496—1586 : Hip, same as Hipe. Hipoloths. See Hippings. (pronounced haup), vb, to strike, push, &c. A cow hipes another with her horns. Hipe, sb, a stroke, or a blow. See Naybreed. I, sb. hipcloths, or napkins for infants : no doubt connected with Hap (which see). [If allied to hip, it cannot also be allied to hap.^W. W. S.] Hissel, or Hiflse'n, both forms used for the word himself. Hitten, past participle of to hit. See Hat Hoast, or Hanst (pronounced hoste), sb, a dry cough. [A. 8. htodst; IceL h6sti.—W. W. S.] See illustration to Pay. Hob, sb. the name of a stone used in various games, such as ' cots and twys,* for placing the stakes upon, or in ' duckstone.' Also a piece of iron — ^the mark at quoitsi Hoblin, sb. In the course of hay-making, when rain is expected before the hay is made, it is customary to rake it up into small heaps to prevent it from being spoiled, with the intention of spreadlkig it out again. These heaps are hohlina, Jn sisse they are between the ricklin and the haycock. Hobling, sb. a silly fellow. Hooker, vb, to hesitate. * I hockef^d long about it.' I have heard this word elsewhere called hacker. Hod, the pronunciation of the verb hold, ' Hod thi din, wilt ta 1 ' = < Hold your noise, will you P ' See Thomas the Rhymer, ver. 14 : ' But Thomas ye sail haud your tongue, Whatever ye may hear or see,* where the au is the lengthened sound of the 9 in hod. Under this head I may venture to give an illustration of the Huddersfield street Arab as he is. A short time back from this date
 * With hingan sleeves like geil pokis.'