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Hinted. Harvested, secured in barn. (D.) ‘Never zeed a better crop o 
wheat, if so be could be hinted well.”’ N.W.. 
Hit. To bear a good crop, to succeed : as ‘Th’ apples hit well t’year.” Treated 
E by Akerman as a noun instead of a verb. N.W. 
e Hitter. A cow which is ill and appears likely to die is said to be ‘‘ going off ‘a. 
4 hitter.” N.W. 
Hittery. Of cows, suffering from looseness, ill. N.W. 
Hobby. Yunz torquilla, the Wryneek. S.W. (Bishopstone.) 
*Hob-lantern. Will-o’-the-Wisp. (A.B.) 
Hock about. To treat a thing carelessly, drag it through the mud. “Now 
 dwoan’t ’ee gwo a hocken on your new vrock about.” N.W. 
Hocks. (1) To cut in an unworkmanlike manner. (A.) 
(2) To trample earth into a muddy untidy condition. N.W. 
Hocksy, Hoxy. Dirty, muddy, miry. (Wilts Tales, p. 179.) N.W. 
*Hodmandod, Hodmedod. Short and clumsy. (B.) 
Hog. (1) x. Originally a castrated animal, asa hog pig. (D.) 
(2) Now extended to any animal of a year old, as a chilver hog sheep. (D.) 
(3) To cuta mane or hedge short (D.), so that the stumps stick up like 
bristles. (Village Miners.) N..& 5.W. 
q Honesty. Clematis Vitalba, L., Traveller's Joy, occasionally. N.W, 
q *Maiden’s Honesty (Aubrey). 
: Honey-bottle. (1) Heather. (2) Furze. It is not clear which is intended 
sin Great Estate, ch. 1. 
*Honey-plant. Some old-fashioned sweet-scented plant, perhaps the dark 
Sweet Scabious, which used to be known as ‘‘Honey-flower” in some 
counties. See Great Estate, ch. 2; also Reproach of Annesley, vol. i., 
E i p. 119, for Hants use of the name. 
= Honey-suckle. Lamium album, L., White Dead Nettle, sucked by 
children for its honey. S.W. (Salisbury.) 
-Hookland (or Hitchland) field. A portion of the best land in a 
common field, reserved for vetches, potatoes, etc., instead of lying fallow 
for two years. (Agric. of Wilts, ch. 7.) Parts of some fields are still 
¥ known as Hooklands in 8. Wilts, though the system has died out. 
Hoop. Pyrrhula vulgaris, the Bullfinch (A.B.) : also Red Hoop. N.W. 
' $ _ Hoops, or Waggon-hoops. The woodwork projecting from the sides of 
. a waggon so as to form an arch over the hind wheels. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard. ) 
a Hop- about. An apple dumpling, probably from its bobbing about in the pot. 
a Hopper. A grig. (Amateur Poacher, ch. 1.) 
