Hanoverian 
Ing there, so that the Hanoverian crown passed to another 
branch of the family. 
II. n. 1. An inhabitant of Hanover. 2. In 
English politics in the first part of the eigh- 
teenth century, an adherent of the Hanoverian 
dynasty, as opposed to a Jacobite. 
hanst, n. An obsolete form of /m. '. 
Hansard (han'sard), . [< Hanse 1 + -ard.~\ A 
merchant of one of the Hanse towns. 
hanse 1 (hans), n. and a. [< OF. hanse (ML. 
Hansa), < MHO. hans, hanse (G. hanse, and, as 
in ML., hansa), an association or corporation of 
merchants, the Hanse league, < OHG. hansa = 
AS. has = Goth, hansa, a band of men.] I. it. 
1. A league; a confederacy; a society or com- 
bination of merchants in mercantile towns, for 
the protection and facility of trade and trans- 
portation. In the middle ages French gilds 
were called hanses. 
In the north of Scotland there was an association of Free 
Burghs, called the Hanse or Ansus. Eneyc. Brit., IV. 64. 
Specifically 2. [cap.] The German Hanseatic 
league. 
II. a. [cop.] Pertaining to the Hanse or 
German Hanseatic league : as, Hanse towns. 
What fauoure the citizens of Colen, of Lubek, and of all 
the Han*e-townes obtained of king Edward the first. 
Hakluyt's Voyages, To the Reader. 
Laws of the Hanse towns, the maritime ordinances of 
the Hanseatic towns, first published in German at LUbeck 
in 1597, and revised and enlarged in May, 1614. 
hanse'^t, n. See hance%. 
hanseatic (han-se-at'ik), . [< hanse 1 + -at-ic.] 
Pertaining to a 'hanse or league ; specifically 
[cop.], pertaining or relating to the league of 
the Hanse towns Hanseatic league, or the German 
Hanse, or Hansa, a medieval confederation of cities of 
northern Germany and adjacent countries, called the 
Hanse towns, at one time numbering about ninety, with 
affiliated cities in nearly all parts of Europe, for the pro- 
motion of commerce by sea and land, and for its protec- 
tion against pirates, robbers, and hostile governments. 
At the height of its prosperity it exercised sovereign pow- 
ers, made treaties, and often enforced its claims by arms 
in Scandinavia, England, Portugal, and elsewhere. Its 
origin is commonly dated from a compact between Ham- 
burg and LUbeck in 1241, although commercial unions of 
German towns had existed previously. The league held 
triennial general assemblies, usually at LUbeck, its chief 
seat ; and after a long period of decline, and attempts at 
resuscitation, the last general assembly, representing six 
cities, was held in 1669. The name was retained, however, 
by the union of the free cities of LUbeck, Hamburg, and 
Bremen, which are now members of the German empire. 
hanse-house (hans'hous), n. Formerly, in Eng- 
land, a house used by a corporation of mer- 
chants for the display and sale of goods. 
In some places in England there were hans-houses, which 
were probably used as the headquarters of these great 
sales or fairs, just as very many parishes used to have a 
so-called "Church House" for public purposes. 
English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 367, note. 
The men of York had their Hanse-house ; the men of 
Beverley should have their Hanse-house too. 
E. A. Freeman, Norman Conquest, V. 316. 
hansel, n., a., and v. See handsel. 
hanselinest, haynselynst, . pi. [ME., appar. 
< OF. hamselin, hamcellin, hainselin, a sort of 
long robe.] A sort of breeches. Also anselines. 
Thise kutted sloppes or haynselyns. 
Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
hanse-pott, A particular kind of pot. 
Six hanse pots parcel gilt. 
Inventory of Sir Thomas Ramsey, Archseologia, XL. 336. 
hanshmant, n. An obsolete variant of hench- 
man. 
hansom (han'sum), . [An abbr. of hansom-cab."] 
A low-hung two-wheeled hackney-carriage or 
cabriolet much used in the large towns of Great 
Britain, and recently introduced in some cities 
of the United States. It holds two persons besides 
the driver, who is mounted on a dicky or elevated seat 
behind the body of the carriage, the reins being brought 
over the top. It has folding half-doors in front and a 
strong high dashboard. 
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She did indeed glance somewhat nervously at the han- 
som into which Lavender put her. 
W. Black, Princess of Thule, x. 
hansom-cab (han'sum-kab), n. [An abbrevia- 
tion for "Hansom's patent safety cab": so call- 
ed from the name of the inventor. The proper 
name Hansom was originally a nickname : see 
fawdMHM.] Same as hansom. 
hant (hant), v. and . ATI obsolete or dialectal 
form of haunt. 
ha'n't (haut). [Also written lia'nt and hant; 
in the United States commonly hain't, haint 
(or even ain't, by confusion with ain't for am 
not, are not, is wot).] A vulgar contraction of 
have not or has not : as, I ha'n't, we ha'n't, he 
ha'n't. 
Then belike my Aunt han't din'd yet. 
Conyreve, Way of the World, iii. 14. 
hantle (han'tl), n. [With irreg. prefixed aspi- 
rate, < Sw. Dan. antal, number, multitude, = 
D. aantal, number, a great many, = MHG. anzal, 
G. anzahl, number, quantity, multitude, < an-, 
orig. and-, = E. and-, an-, as in answer, etc., + 
Sw. Dan. D. tal = G. zahl, number, = E. tale: 
see tote 1 .] A considerable number; a great 
many ; a great deal. [Scotch.] 
I wanted for a hantle 
A fair lady could gie. 
LammUnn (Child's Ballads, III. 311). 
He makes a hantle rout and din, 
But brings but little woo'. 
Poems in Buehan Dialect, p. 55. 
hanty (han'ti), a. See haunty. 
hanum (ha-no'm'), n. [Turk, khanum, lady.] 
A title of respect given to ladies in Turkey, 
equivalent to madam or Mrs. 
Hanuman (han'ij-man), n. [Ski. lianuman, lit. 
having a jaw (< hanu, jaw, = Gr. yevvc, jaw, 
chin, = E. chin).} 1 . In Hindu myth., the name 
of a fabulous monkey-god, the friend and ally 
of Rama in the Ramayana, a noted Sanskrit 
epic poem recounting the adventures of Rama. 
Hence 2. [l.c."\ In zool., same as entellus. 
hap 1 (hap), n. [< ME. hap, ham, nappe, heppe, 
hap, chance, luck, fortune, < Icel. happ, hap, 
chance, good luck; cf. ODan. hap, fortunate. 
The cognate AS. word appears only in derived 
adjectives, gehcep, fit, gehasplic, fit, equal, and 
in comp. mcegen-ncep, full of strength (see main 1 , 
n.), modhap, full of courage (see mood 1 ) ; these 
AS. forms are all rare ; none others found. The 
W. hap, luck, hap, chance, hapio, happen, are 
from E. Hence happen, happy, mishap, per- 
haps.'] That which happens; a fortuitous oc- 
currence; chance; fortune; luck. 
His grase and his good hap greueth me ful sore. 
Piers Plowman (A), v. 79. 
A right base nature which joys to see any hard hap hap- 
pen to them they deem happy. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii. 
Had Mary had the hap to have wedded the noble earl 
once destined to share her throne, she had experienced a 
husband of different metal. Scott, Kenilworth, xvii. 
hap 1 (hap), v. i. ', pret. and pp. happed, ppr. 
happing. [< ME. happen (pres. ind. happe, 
pret. happede, happed) (= ODan. happe), < nap, 
nappe, chance, hap: see hap 1 , n., and cf. hap- 
pen.] To happen; befall; come by chance. 
Hit shall hap you to haue in a hond while 
ffyfty thowsaund fell folke out of Troy, 
To take you with tene & tirne you to ground. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 10195. 
Ofttimes it haps that sorrowes of the mynd 
Find remedie unsought. Spenser, F. Q., VI. iv. 28. 
There haps an intervening Pause. 
Congreve, An Impossible Thing. 
hap 2 (hap), v. t. ; pret. and pp. happed, ppr. 
napping. [< ME. happen, wrap, lap, cover ; 
origin obscure. The ME. var. whappen ("hap- 
pyn or wliappyn yn clothys" Prompt. Parv.) 
appears to be due to confusion with wappen, 
wrap, wlappen, lap, wrappen, wrap: see wop, 
lap 1 , wrap.] To wrap; cover in order to de- 
fend from cold, rain, or snow ; screen. [Prov. 
Eng. and Scotch.] 
And I sail happe the, myn owne dere childe, 
With such clothes as we haue here. 
York Plays, p. 116. 
This worthi Mars, that is of knyghthode wel 
The Flour of Feyrenesse, happeth (var. lappeth] in his 
armes. Chaucer, Complaint of Mars, 1. 76. 
The surgeon happed her up carefully. 
Dr. John Brown, Kab and his Friends, p. 8. 
hap 2 (hap), n. [< hap 2 , v.~\ A cloak or plaid; 
a covering. Also called happing. [Prov. Eng. 
and Scotch.] 
hap 3 (hap), . A dialectal form of hop 1 . 
Hapale (hap'a-le), n. [NL. (Geoffroy), < Gr. 
oTraAof, soft to the touch, gentle.] A genus 
Common Marmoset (Hapale jacckus). 
haplite 
of marmosets, 
the type of the 
family ffapali- 
da;. Also called ^ 
Saguintis. ^R 
Hapalidae (ha- 
pari-de), n. pi. 
[NL., < Hapale 
+ -idee.'} A 
family of South 
American pla- 
tyrrhine mon- 
keys, named 
from the ge- 
nus Hapale, in- 
cluding all the 
marmosets, sa- 
gouins, ousti- 
tis, etc. The 
family is now more frequently called Midida;. 
See marmoset. 
Hapaloderma (hap"a-lo-der'ma), n. _ [NL. 
(Swainson, 1837, erroneously Ap-), < Gr. dira/Wf, 
soft, -t- Seppa, skin.] A genus of African tro- 
gons, of which H. narina is the type. Origi- 
nally written Apaloderma. 
HapalonotUS (nap"a-lo-n6'tus), n. Same as 
Dryoscopus. 
hapalote (hap'a-lot), n. [< NL. Hapalotis.] An 
animal of the genus Hapalotis. P. L. Sclater. 
Hapalotis (hap-a-16'tis), n. [NL., < Gr. dira?.6f, 
soft, + oif (r-) = E. ear 1 .] 1. A genus of 
noctuid moths. Hiilmer, 1816. 2. A peculiar 
Australian genus of rodents, of the family 
Muridte, having large tapering ears, a long 
tufted tail, and enlarged hind limbs somewhat 
like those of the jerboa. There are several species. 
One of the best-known is H. albipes. It is as large as 
a house-rat, and dark-colored above with white feet and 
under parts. Liehtenstein, 1829. 
hap-harlott (hap'har"lot), n. [Also hop-harlot; 
< hap 2 , v., + obj. harlot, fellow, knave, servant. 
Cf. wrap-rascal.] A coarse coverlet. 
Our fathers (yea, and we our selues also) haue lien full 
oft vpon straw pallets, or rough mats, couered onlie with 
a sheet, under couerlets made of dagswain, or hopharlots 
(I vse their owne termes), and a good round log under their 
heads instead of a bolster. 
Holinshed, Descrip. of Eng., ii. 12. 
haphazard (hap'haz"ard), n. and a. [< hap 1 + 
hazard.] I. n. Chance ; accident. 
Of discerning goodness there are but these two ways. 
. . . The former of these is the most sure and infallible 
way, but so hard that all shun it, and had rather walk as 
men do in the dark by haphazard than tread so long and 
intricate mazes for knowledge's sake. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, i. 8. 
One who knew him not so well as I do would suspect 
this was done to serve a purpose. No such matter ; 'twas 
pure hap-hazard. Warburton, Divine Legation, vi., notes. 
At or by haphazard, by chance; as may happen; with- 
out determining cause, principle, or intention. 
With these fine fancies at hap-hazard writ 
I could make verses without art or wit. 
Butler, Satire : To a Bad Poet. 
II. a. Chance; accidental; random: as, a 
haphazard statement. 
I try Rutebeuf in the same haphazard way, and chance 
brings me upon his "Pharisian." 
Loivell, Study Windows, p. 273. 
haphazardly (hap'haz"ard-li), adv. In a hap- 
hazard manner. [Rare.] 
Beyond the art of bowlines and the science of carronades, 
knowledge had to be picked up hap-hazardly, mainly by 
unguided observation. Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 165. 
haphtarah (haf-ta'ra), n. ; pi. haphtaroth 
(-roth). [Heb.] The portion from a prophet- 
ical book read after a corresponding portion 
(parashah) of the Pentateuch in the Jewish 
synagogues each sabbath. Each such portion 
is called the haphtarah of the corresponding 
parashah. . 
hapless (hap'les), a. [< hap 1 + -less.] With- 
out hap or luck ; luckless ; unfortunate ; un- 
lucky; unhappy. 
Such happes which happen in such haplesse warres 
Make me to tearme them broyles and beastly iarres. 
Gascoigne, Fruits of War. 
Ah, hapless Diedrich I born in a degenerate age, aban- 
doned to the buff etings of fortune. 
Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 146. 
= Syn. Ill-starred, ill-fated, forlorn. 
haplessly (hap'les-li), adv. In a hapless man- 
ner. 
haplessness (hap'les-nes), H. The state of be- 
ing hapless. 
haplite (hap'lit), n. [< Gr. dirAof, late form of 
off/loof, single (see haplome), + -tie 2 .] A crys- 
talline-granular mixture of quartz and ortho- 
clase. It differs from felsite in that the latter is a very 
compact and flint-like rock. It is closely analogous to the 
