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A DICTIONARY OF 
Hasel. See Hazel. 
Haselrys. ‘A hazle-bush (A.S.),’ Hal. Corylus Avellana^ L. 
Hasill-tree. Corylus Avellana, L. — Scotl. (Lowlands), E. D. S. 
Gloss. B. 13. 
Haskwort. Campanula Traclielium, L. (Great Haskewurte), and 
C. glomerata, L. (Lesse Haskewurte). — Lyte, wbo appears to have 
adapted the name from the German halscruyt. He says they are 
‘ soveraigne to cure the payne and inflammation of the necke, and 
inside of the throte.’ — p. 172. In Mid-Yks. the throat when parched 
is said to he hashed. E. D. S. Gloss. 0. 5. Prior, p. 103. 
Haspen. Populus tremula, L. — Glou. (Cotswolds), Cotswold Gloss. 
Hassock, or Hassocks. A name sometimes assigned (as in With, 
ed. vii.) to Aira ccBspitosa, L., hut more accurately regarded as a term 
indicating the large coarse tufts formed in meadows by this grass and 
some sedges, such as Carex ccespitosa, L. , and 0. paniculata, L. The 
word will be found in most glossaries with this general signification : 
Eorby has a good note on it. In Cleveland Gloss, we have Hussocks ; 
Bullpates (which see) has a similar meaning. Pratt calls A. ccespitosa 
Hassock-grass. Hal. Wr. Prior, p. 103. 
Hassocks, Bull. See Bull-hassocks. 
Hastie Roger. Scrophularia nodosa^Y. — Westm. ‘ In many places 
in Westmoreland, where the common people call it Eastie Loger.'* T. 
Lawson, in Bay’s Letters, 1688. 
Hastings. An early variety of pea {Pisum sativum^ L.). 
‘ Sow hustings now 
If land it allow.’ 
Tusser (October’s Abstract), E. D. S., Series D., p. 45. 
The name appears to be still occasionally in use. A writer in 
Science Gossip, Aug., 1878, p. 190, says, ‘A day or two since I heard 
the cry “ Green Hastings.” . . . When a boy, fifty years ago, it was 
the usual cry for green peas.’ ‘ A variety of peas. SujfJ Hal. Wr. 
Hastybere. ‘ A kind of corn, explained by trimensis in Pr. Parv. 
p. 228.’ Hal. ‘ A kind of barley (A.S. here) termed hasty from its 
being early, and coming to maturity in the third month after it is 
sown.’ Prompt. Parv. p. 228, whioh see. 
Hatch-horn. Fruit of Quercus Rohur, L. — Lane. 
Hather. Calluna vulgaris^ Salisb,, Erica Tetralix, L., Erica cinerea^ 
L. — Turner, Lyte, Hal. Wr. Prior, p. 104. 
Hauels. Hordeum vulgarCy L. — Suff. In Dors. Gloss. ‘ hoils ’ and 
‘ ails ’ are given as moaning ‘ the beard or awn of barleJ^’ 
Haul. Corylus Avellana^ L. — Som. Hal. Wr. 
Haup. Fruit of Rosa canina^ L. — N. Scotl. Jamieson. 
Hautbois. A common, but not an old, book-name for Fragaria 
elatior, Ehr. — Mart. 1^11. 
