| New English | Common English |
| Hab phr. | Get or lose, hit or miss, anyhow have or have not; Phr: hab or nab |
| Hack vb. | Cut with heavy blows irregularly or at random, 2.Chop into pieces. 3. Of frost, to chafe or crack the skin. 4. In football, kick the shins of an opponent. 5.To hoe or plough the soil into ridges. 5.To mangle words in utterance |
| Hackle n. | Cloak. 2 Covering of any kinds: feathers, serpent’s skin |
| Haft vb. | To use shifts and dodges, Deceit, Haggle, Cavil, Hold off |
| Haft n. | Handle of piercing instrument |
| Hag n. | Enclosure |
| Hag n | Witch, Female demon, Ugly old-woman: A white mist usu. accompanying frost |
| Hagship n. | Personality of a hag |
| Hail n. | Ice (frozen raindrops) in pellets or masses in a shower or hailstorm |
| Hail n. | Health, Safety, Welfare. Cf:Hale |
| Hail vb. | To pour down, send down with force |
| Hail n. | Exclamation of greeting or salutation, usu of reverence and respect |
| Hail-fellow n. | On a most intimate footing; over-familiar; the state of most intimate friends |
| Hailstone n. | A pellet of hail |
| Haily adj. | Consisting of or characterised by hail |
| Hair n. | Thread-like filaments growing from the skin. 2. Aggregate of the hairs growing on skin. 3. A jot or tittle; a iota, slightest thing, or least degree. |
| Hairstone n. | Sagenite. |
| Hair-weed n. | Conferva |
| Haired adj. | Having hair, also Hairy, Hairiness |
| Hairen adj. | Consisting of hair |
| Hair’s breadth n. | The tiniest amount |
| Hale adj. | Free from injury, Safe, Sound, Free from disease, well, vigorous, NB: used mostly of the elderly. Cf:Hail |
| Hale vb. | To make well or whole, to heal |
| Half adj. | One of two equal parts or sides. Phr: to go halves: share; better half: wife; by half: by a great deal. In combination: Half-knowledge, Half-whisper. In phrases: half-heartedly |
| Half n. | Moiety, A partial, Imperfection. |
| Half-and-half adj. | Two equal parts, Half intoxicated. Something that’s half one thing and half another. |
| Half-baked adj. | Raw, Underdone, Incomplete, Silly, Half-witted. |
| Half-blood n. | The relation between persons having onlyone parent in common. 2. a group of persons related in this way. 3. A half-breed. |
| Half-bred n. | Of mixed bredd, Mongrel, Underbred |
| Halfendeal n. | Moiety, Half, A half, By half |
| Half-horse n. | Centaur |
| Half-island n. | Peninsula |
| Half-sea-over n. | halfthrough with a matter, Halfway between one state and another. |
| Half-tide n. | The state of the tide halfway between flood and ebb. 2, Left dry or accesible at half-tide |
| Halfway-house n. | A house situated halfway in distance between start and destination of journey. 2. A house set up to provide accomodation for vulnerable folk. 3. A convenient stopping place. |
| Half-wit n. | Simpleton, Imbecile, One who is only half a wit |
| Half-word n | A word or speech which insinuates something, instead of fully asserting it; A hint or suggestion |
| Hall n. | A large place covered by a roof , a Temple, Palace, Court, Royal resident |
| Hallmark n. | Official stamp or mark of the Goldsmiths’ Company; Any mark of genuineness or excellence; An official stamp of approval |
| Hallow adj. | Holy, To make holy |
| Hallow-tide n. | The season of All Saints, the first week of November. |
| Halse n. | Weal, Well-being, Heal |
| Halse vb. | To call upon in the name of something divine or holy, To augur, divine, soothsay, To exorcise, beseech |
| Halt n. | Temporary stoppage or march in a journey. 2. A temporary stopping place along a railway line – but, not a station |
| Halt adj. | Lame, Crippled, Limping. |
| Halt vb. | To cease haltingly from, To walk unsteady or hesitatingly, to waver, to remain in doubt. To procede lamely |
| Halter n. | Primarily that by which anything is held; A rope, strap, cord with a strap or a headstaff by which cattle are led or fastened. A noose for hanging and execution. |
| Halter vb. | To fasten or entrap with a noose, To hang with a noose. |
| Halve vb. | To divide into two equal parts, to reduce to halves |
| Halver n. | A half share. 2. Someone who has a halfshare |
| Halving vb. | Action of halving |
| Ham n. | The part of the leg at the back of the knee; the back of the hough, The thigh of the animal slaugthered and used for food. |
| Ham n. | Town, village, manor found in place names, such as Wickham |
| Hamble vb | To mutilate, maim, dock(esp. balls of a dog’s feet) 2. To walk lamely |
| Hamesucken n. | (Ham: home & socn: seeking) Crime of assaulting a person in his own home; home-invasion. Penalty for offenders committing offence of. |
| Hamfare n. | Hamesucken |
| Hammer n. | A tool having a hard solid head, used for beating, breaking, driving nails. “The Hammer” The fylfot: Prehistoric instrument remembling a hammer |
| Hammer vb. | to strike beat or drive with a hammer |
| Hammerstone n. | A prehistoric stone instrument resembling and used as a hammer. |
| Hammertoe n. | Persistent angular flexion of a toe |
| Hand n. | Terminal part of the arm, below the wrist, Style of writing, A manual worker. Symbol of authority or power. Trunk of an elephant or the elephant. Share or part in doing something. Pledge in marriage. A person’s skill or ability. Turn, innings, performance. |
| Hand-bill n. | Small printed notice for distribution by hand, a leaflet |
| Handbook n. | A treatise, manual, book containing concise information for tourist |
| Handbreadth n. | A unit of lineal measurement, a palm; formerly taken as three inches, now as four. |
| Handcuff n. | Fetter for the wrist, usu joined in a pair |
| Handfast vb. | To make a contrct of marriage by joining hands in bethrothal. To bargain or contract |
| Handfast adj. | Bound, manacled, tight-fisted. Handfasting, Handfastly |
| Handful n. | A small quantity |
| Handglass n. | Lens, mirror with handle. |
| Handgrip n. | Grasp, seizure by the hand. |
| Hand-habend n. | Of a thief; having (the thing stolen) in hand. Applied as sb. to the office, and to the franchise of holding plea thereof. |
| Hand-hold n. | Hold for the hand: that by which one hold on to, an instrument. The instrument itself, such as a remote control |
| Handicap n. | Disability, Barrier, Hindrance, disadvantage, Impediment, Impairment, Condition so imposed, Penalty |
| Handicraft n. | Manual skill; skilled with the hands. 2. Manual, art or occupation |
| Handicuff n. | Blows with the hands .2 Fighting hand to hands |
| Handiness n. | The quality of being handy or expert. 2.Manageableness and covenience\ |
| Handiwork n. | A thing or collection of things made by the of any one. 2. work done by direct personal agency; sometimes the work of man’s hands,as opp. to nature. 3. doing, performance. 4.Manual employment, practical work. |
| Handle n. | Part of a thing made to hold it by. 2. A fact that may be taken advantage of. |
| Handle vb. | Touch, feel, with the hands, manage, deal with, deal in. |
| Handlist n. | A list of books in form ready for easy reference |
| Hand-me-down phr. | Used or second- hand items, such as clothes |
| Hand over head phr. | Precipitately, recklessly, without deliberation, indiscrimately, rash, reck. |
| Handsome adj. | Easy to use or handle in any way. 2. Handy, ready at hand, suitable, Of speech, apt, dextrous, clever, happy. 3. Proper, seemly, decent. 4 Beautiful 5. Generous, magnaminous. Handsomely, Handsomeness, |
| Hand-to-hand phr. | With close approach of hand; at close quarters, man-to-man, hand-to-hand fighting. |
| Hand to mouth phr. | Consuming food as soon as it is obtained; improvidently, thriftlessness. 2. Lack of provision for the future |
| Handwork n. | Work done with the hands. 2. Manual operation or labour, distinct from work done by machinery. |
| Hand-wrist n. | The joint of the hand. |
| Handwriting n. | Writing with the hand. 2. That which is written by the hand. 3. Written document or note. 4. Manuscript. 5. Written document. |
| Handy adj. | Done by handy. 2.Able to turn te hand to anything. |
| Hang vb. | Fasten to an object above. 2. Suspend 3. Kill by suspending from gallows. 4. Attach or set up. 5. Cling to. Combination: Hang back: resist advance. Hang off: to hang back: demur. Hang on: continue to adhere or survive. Hang out: protrude; associate with. Hang together: to be coherent or consistent; (of a person): to keep body and soul together. |
| Hang n. | The action of hanging. 2.The mode in which something is hanged or poised. 3.Crop of fruit. |
| Hang-by n. | Term for a hanger-on, a dependant. |
| Hang-dog n. | Despicable fellow |
| Hang-over n. | Something remaining or left over. 2. After effects of over-drinking |
| Hanse n. | Fellowship, guild, Company, Miltary troop, League, band. Hanseatic League |
| Hap n. | Chance or an event exemplifying chance. Good luck. |
| Harbinger n. | Protection or shelter. Passenger or messenger. One precedes a host and secure lodgings and shelter. an advanced company of an army sent to prepare a camping ground; a pioneer. A forerunner |
| Harbour n. | Shelter. Lodgings. Entertainment. Sojourn. A place or shelter or sojourn. Lodgings, inn, asylum. The ‘house’ of the sun or a planet in the zodiac. A place of shelter for ships. |
| Harbour vb. | To provide a lodging for. 2. To quarter soldiers. To billet. To encamp. To give shelter. To shelter in a haven. To trace a stag to its lair. |
| Hark vb. | To give ear or listen, hearken. Used in hunting, as a call to attention and incitement. In Combination: Hark-away: to go away. Hark back: to recall. Hark forward: Go forward or urge to go forward with encouraging cries. |
| Harman n. | Soldier. Constable. |
| Hithe n. | A port or haven, a small landing place on a river, often found in place names |
| Hoar-stone n. | A hoar: a grey or ancient stone. 2. an ancient boundary |