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 46 HAHPSHIBE GLOSSARY. Housewallall [hous'wol'ar|, sh, one who inhabits a hoose, in con- tradistinction to a dweller m a tent Used commonly by the gypsy- tribes in North Hants.— W. H. 0. Eonflle [hou'zul], v, to hustle. — Wvich, Sch. 01, How [hou], Tpron, who % — Cooper. Howard [hou'urd 1], sb. a hay-ward (g. v.) or cattlekeeper. — N, and Q. 1st Ser. x. 400. Huok [huk], V. a, to push, to lift, to gore as a cow. See Hook. — Huokmuck [huk*muk], sh. a strainer used in brewing.— *Ak. Huck-muok [huk*muk], adj. comfortless, without order. Cooper spells it hugger-mugger ; on which Wise notes — hu,clcmu^ in Hants. Hud [hud], V, to hide. *Ak. Hndgy [hudj-i], adj, (1) Thick, clumsy. *Ak. (2) Short— Wise. Hndmednd [hud*midud], ah, (1) A scarecrow. See GhJlybanar. ♦Ak. (2) A stingy person. — ^Wise. Huff [huf], sh, ^ A huff of. cattle ' is a drove or herd. — ^Wise, New Forest, p. 185. Ex. ' The cattle in huffs came belloking to the lew of the boughy trees.* — Blaokmore, Cradock Nowell, ii 62. Hufi^ sh, very strong (Winchester) CoUege ale. — Winch. Sch, Gfl, Huffled Fhuf -uldl pp. as cu^'. angry, offended. To huff^ in Forby, is to scold. — F. M. Hulk [hulk], ab. a lout, a lubber. ' The huJkj Sir John.'— Shak. 2 Hen. IV. I. i. 19.— F. M. Hull [hull, ah. the husk or chaff of corn. — Cooper. Used generally in the ^L in North Hants. Hum-water [hum'wau'turl, ah. a cordial 'made from the common horse- mint, meniha aquatica. — Wise, New Forest. See Bishopwort. Hunch [hunsh], v. a. to push, or gore as a cow. — K H- Hunoh, ah. a solid piece of bread, meat, or cheese. — Cooper. Com. Hurst [hurst], ah. a wood. — Cooper. Hustle-cap [hus'1-kap], ah. a game, in which half-pence are placed in a cap and thrown up ; a sort of * pitch-and-toss. — F. ML I spy I [ei spei ei], ah. the game of * Hide and Seek.' — N. H. Ice-candles [eis-kand'lz], ab. pi. icicles ; called also dagleta and ice- lets. In the old local song of A Time to Remember the Poor, we have : ' Here's the poor Bobin-redbreast approaching our cot, And the ice-candles hanging at our door.' — Wise.