304 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 
(4) It is also occasionally used of a disturbance of some sort, as “ What 
a hallege!” what a row! N.W. 
Healded. This must be struck out, being a mistake for Nealded. 
See Anneal. 
Hedge-peg. The fruit of the Sloe. N.W. (Mazlborough.) 
Hidlock. dd as example :—‘‘She kep’ it in hidlock all this time.” 
Hint, Add :—From A.S. hentan, to seize on, to secure. 
Hock-about. Add :—The usual form in 8, Wilts is Hack-about. 
Ho for. * (1) To provide for. See Howed for. N.W. (Malmesbury.) 
(2) To desire, to long for. “I did hanker an’ ho a’ter ee zo.” N.W. 
(Malmesbury.) 
*Hollardy-day. The 3rd of May. Apparently a perversion of “Holy 
Rood Day.” N.W. (Malmesbury.) 
Honeysuckle. Add :—Applied to both Red and White Clover, Trifoliwm 
pratense and T. repens. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
*Howe. x. “To be in a howe,” to be ina state of anxiety about anything. 
(Cunnington MS.) See Ho for. N.W., obsolete. 
Hud. Add:—(4) <A lump or clod of earth. N.W. 
Huddy, Oddy. Of soil, full of lumps and clods. N.W. 
*Hudgy. Add :—Given in Cunnington MS. as N. Wilts. 
Hullocky. Add :—This is usually pronounced Helluchy, and is a contraction 
of “ Here look ye!”’ 
*J itch, J itchy. Such. This appears to be a Somerset word. N.W. (Mal- 
mesbury.) 
J ohnny Chider, Add :—So called “ because it scolds so.” Also Chan- 
chider. 
K. & sometimes becomes ¢, as bleat, bleak; blunt, blunk. Conversely, ¢ 
becomes &, as sleek, sleet, 
Kid. Add:—(2) v. To form pods; used of peas and beans. N.& S.W. 
King’s-cushion, See Queen’s-cushion. 
Kissing-gate. A “ Cuckoo-gate.” N. & S.W. 
Lady’s Finger. Add :—(2) Arum maculatum, L., Cuckoo-pint. N.W. 
‘ (Clyffe Pypard.) 
Lewth. 4dd:—Usually restricted to the sun’s warmth, but in Cunnington 
MS. applied to a thin coat, which “ has no lewth in it.” 
Lide. Add:—O.E. hlyda, AS. hlydmonath, the stormy month, from hlyd, 
