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hissie, hissy, hissy, hizzie, hizziskip, hizzy, hussie, hussy, huzzy,
hizzie [hɪzi, hʌzi]
n. A hussy, a lively young woman. A pocket-case for holding needles and thread etc.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hizziskip: arch. Housewifery, housekeeping, household management.
hoag, hog, hoga, hoga, hoger,
hoag [hog]
n. U. An unpleasant smell.
haust, hoast, hoasted, hoastin, hoastit, hoost, hosst, host, hostan, hostin, houst, howst, hust, kinkhoast, kink-hoast, kinkhost,
hoast [host]
n. A cough.
v. To cough.
pt. pp. hoastit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hoastin: Coughing.
kink-hoast: A whooping-cough.
kirkyaird hoast: A severe cough.
hobbeldehoy, hobbeldihoy, hobbledehoi, hobbledehoy, hobbled-hoy, hobbledihoy,
hobbledehoy [ˈhɔb(ə)ldɪhoi]
n. An awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy.
hoabie, hobbie, hobbie,
hobby [ˈhɔbe]
n. The hobby Falco subbuteo.
boo-hoched, boo-hocht, bou-hocht, bou-houcht, bowe-hochit, bow-haugh$d, bow-hoched, hauch, hauchle, hauchs, haugh, haughle, haughmagandie, heuch, heuchmagandie, hoach, hoch, hoched, hochle, hochlin, hochly, hochmagandie, hochmagandy, hochs, hocht, hock, hogmagandie, hoochmagandie, houch, houchmagandie, hough, houghel, houghle, houghmagandie, hough-magandie, hough-magandie, houghmagandy, howch, huchyall, pattit-hoch, potted-hoch, pottit-hoch, shamley-hocked, shamley-houghed, shammlie-hocht, shammly-hocht, skenkhoch, skink-hoch, skink-hough,
hoch [hɔx, hox, S. hʌux]
n. Hough or hock. The joint in the hind leg of an animal between the tibia and the metatarsus, a joint of beef (shin), mutton, pork or veal cut from near that point. The hollow behind the knee-joint, the back of the thigh, the thigh itself, the upper part of the leg.
 
hochle [hoxl, S. hʌuxl, WC. U. hɔiçl]
n. A slovenly person.
v. To walk with a slow, awkward, hobbling or tottering gait, do anything awkwardly, to be untidy in dress.
pt. pp. hocht adj. Houghed.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bou-hocht: bandy-legged.
cou-hocht: SW. Knock-kneed, bowlegged.
hochlin: Walking awkwardly, hobbling or tottering,
hochmagandie [-məˈgandi]: Fornication.
pattit hoch: A dish made from the shin of a cow or pig, boiled, shredded and served.
shammlie-hocht: Wobbly-kneed.
skink-hoch: A shin of beef.
hacken, hocken, hockin, hoken, hokken,
hocken [I.Sh. ˈhɔkən]
adj. Ravenous, very eager for food, voracious.
hoakker, hocker, hoker, hucker, huker,
hocker [ˈhokər, ˈhʌ-, ˈhø-]
v. To crouch, often over or near a fire for warmth. To walk or hobble bent double.
hocus, hokus,
hocus [ˈhokəs]
n. Hocus. A stupid person, a fool, simpleton.
hod, hoddin, hoddin$,
hod [ˈhɔdɪn]
v. To jog along on horseback.

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