Gull, simpleton, dupe.

Gust, taste.

HAB Nab, by, on, chance.

HABERGEON, coat of mail.

Haggard, wild female hawk; hence coy, wild.

Halberd, combination of lance and battle-axe.

Hall, “a—!” a cry to clear the room for the dancers.

HANDSEL, first money taken.

Hanger, loop or strap on a sword-belt from which the
sword was suspended.

Hap, fortune, luck.

Happily, haply.

Happiness, appropriateness, fitness.

Happy, rich.

Harbour, track, trace (an animal) to its shelter.

Hard-favoured, harsh-featured.

HARPOCRATES, Horus the child, son of Osiris, figured with a finger pointing to his mouth, indicative of silence.

Harrington, a patent was granted to Lord H. for the
coinage of tokens (q.v.).

HARROT, herald.

Harry Nicholas, founder of a community called the
“Family of Love.”

Hay, net for catching rabbits, etc.

Hay! (Ital. hai!), you have it (a fencing term).

Hay in his horn, ill-tempered person.

Hazard, game at dice; that which is staked.

Head, “first—­,” young deer with antlers first
sprouting; fig. a newly-ennobled man.

HEADBOROUGH, constable.

Hearken after, inquire; “hearken out,” find, search out.

Hearten, encourage.

Heaven and hell ("Alchemist"), names of taverns.

Hectic, fever.

Hedge in, include.

Helm, upper part of a retort.

HER’NSEW, hernshaw, heron.

Hieronimo (Jeronimo), hero of Kyd’s “Spanish Tragedy.”

Hobby, nag.

Hobby-horse, imitation horse of some light material, fastened round the waist of the morrice-dancer, who imitated the movements of a skittish horse.

HODDY-DODDY, fool.

Hoiden, hoyden, formerly applied to both sexes (ancient term for leveret?  Gifford).

Holland, name of two famous chemists.

Hone and HONERO, wailing expressions of lament or discontent.

Hood-WINK’D, blindfolded.

Horary, hourly.

Horn-mad, stark mad (quibble).

Horn-thumb, cut-purses were in the habit of wearing a horn shield on the thumb.

Horse-bread-eating, horses were often fed on coarse bread.

Horse-Courser, horse-dealer.

Hospital, Christ’s Hospital.

Howleglas, Eulenspiegel, the hero of a popular German
tale which relates his buffooneries and knavish tricks.