334 PROVINCIALISMS. 



HARLED ; mottled ; as cattle. 

 HASK j deficient in moifture } fpoken more particu- 

 larly of food, as bread. 

 HAUF; half. 

 HAVVER; oats. 

 HAY-SPADE ; a fharp, heart-fhaped fpade, uni- 



verfally in ufe for cutting hay with. 

 HEAF; the haunt or habitual pafture of deep, on a 



common or heath. 



HEAP ; a pottle ; a quartern j a quarter of a peck. 

 To HEAZ i to cough or hawk ; as cattle when 



they clear the windpike, or force up phlegm. 

 HEBBLE ; the rail of a wooden bridge. 

 HECK ; a rack; as a hay-heck ;" a horfe-rackj 



alfo the inner or entry-door of a cottage j formerly j 



in all probability, made like a heck. 

 HECKLE } the flax-dreflers tool. 

 HECKLER ; a flax-dreffer. 

 HEDGING-MITTENS $ hedging-gloves. 

 HEEAL; whole (probably the old Britifli word). 

 HELM 5 a hovel ; or an open flied for cattle j fome- 



times covered with faggots, and frequently with a 



ftack of beans or other corn. 

 HENYBAUKS; hen-rooft. 

 HENYCAUL j a chicken-coop; 

 HENYPENNYi rhinantbucri/lagaai} yellow rattle, 

 HEV; have. 

 HEZ j has. 

 HIND j a farm-bailiff, or headman. 



