• HALIDOM
n. 1. 971 obs. – holiness, sanctity
n. 2. c1000 arch. – a holy place, chapel, sanctuary
n. 3. c1000 obs. – a holy thing, a holy relic; anything regarded as sacred
• HALIEUTIC
adj. 1854 – belonging to fishing
• HALIEUTICAL
adj. 1851 – belonging to fishing
• HALIEUTICS
n. 1646 – the art or practice of fishing
• HALIFAX
n. 17C euphemism, chiefly Brit. – hell
• HALIMOUS
adj. 1854 – belonging to the sea; marine, maritime
• HALIOGRAPHER
n. 1727 obs. – a describer of the sea
• HALIOGRAPHY
n. 1656 obs. – a description of the sea
• HALISH
adj. 1895 Eng. dial. – pale, sickly in appearance; weak; ailing
• HALIT
n. 1657 obs. rare – exhalation, perfume
• HALKE
n. a1300 obs. – a corner, recess, hiding-place
• HALL
int. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an exclamation used by the master or mistress of a house to keep order at an entertainment
n. 1. a1175 obs. – a large place covered by a roof; in early times applied to any spacious roofed place, without or with subordinate chambers attached; a temple, a palace, a court, a royal residence
n. 2. 1712 obs. – a space in a garden or grove enclosed by trees or hedges
n. 3. 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial. – the principal room of a house, the parlour
n. 4. 1774 Sc. & Eng. dial. – the kitchen of a farm-house; the principal living-room
n. 5. 1791 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a house, a home; a farm-house or cottage
n. 6. 20C US sl. – alcohol
vb. 1880 Eng. dial. – to shout; to halloo
• HALLACHAN
n. Bk1905 Sc. – noisy, foolish conduct
• HALLACHIN
adj. Bk1905 Sc. – noisy, foolish
• HALLACKER
n. 1893 Eng. dial. – an idle fellow
• HALLACKING
adj. 1878 Eng. dial. – idle, lazy, trifling, loitering
n. 1841 Eng. dial. – a foolish person
• HALLACKS
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a tall, lazy, ungainly fellow; a rough, uncouth person
• HALLALLOO
n. 1730 obs. – shouting, loud and excited vociferation
• HALLAN
n. 1. 1490-91 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – a partition wall in a cottage; particularly, that between the door and the fireplace, which shelters the room from the draught of the door; also, the inside porch formed by this partition
n. 2. 1827 Sc. – a house, a dwelling, a cottage
• HALLAN-SHAKER
n. 1500-20 Sc. – a beggar who stands shaking the ‘hallan’; a vagabond, a sturdy beggar; a knave, a rascal
• HALLANSHAKER-LOOKING
adj. 1828 Sc. – ragged, unkempt, like a tramp
• HALL-CHAMBER
n. 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial. – the principal room of a house, the parlour
• HALLEGE
n. 1867 Eng. dial. – a disturbance; a bustle, fuss
• HALLELUJAH
n. 1950 Amer. euphemism – hell
vb. 1961 Amer. dial. – to leap or move violently about
• HALLELUJAH-LASS
n. B1900 – a female member of the Salvation Army
• HALLELUJAH-PEDDLER
n. E20 US sl. – a clergyman; an evangelist
• HALLELUJAH TIME
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a very good or enjoyable time
• HALLENS
adv. 1. 1789 Sc. – half-way; mid-way; in equals shares
adv. 2. 1808 Sc. – half, partially; nearly
• HALL-FOLK
n. 1786 Sc. – servants, kitchen-folk
• HALL-HOUSE
n. 1. 1564 obs, exc. Eng. dial. – the principal living-room in a farm-house
n. 2. 1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – the farm-house, as distinguished from the cottages on the farm
• HALLIBLASH
n. 1740 Eng. dial. – a great blaze
• HALLIE
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a romping diversion
• HALLIER
n. 1. 1587 obs. – a student in a hall at Oxford University
n. 2. 1768 Sc. obs. – a half-year
n. 3. 1789 Eng. dial. – a person whose business is to do ‘hauling’ with horse and cart for hire; a carrier, a carter
• HALLINES
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a Sunday holiday walk
• HALLION
n. 1. 1789 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a clown; a clumsy fellow; a good-for-nothing idle scamp; a sloven; a rascal; a term of contempt; a low or scurvy fellow; an idle, worthless fellow
n. 2. Bk1905 Sc. – a gentleman’s servant out of livery; an inferior servant employed to do odd jobs
n. 3. Bk1905 Sc. – an overbearing, quarrelsome woman of vulgar manners
• HALLIRACKIT
adj. Bk1905 Sc. – giddy, hare-brained
• HALLIRAKUS
n. 1803 Sc. – a giddy, hare-brained person
• HALLO!
int. 1840 – an exclamation
• HALLOA THERE!
int. 1840 – an exclamation
• HALLOCK
adj. Bk1905 Sc. – crazy
n. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a tall, lazy, ungainly fellow; a rough, uncouth person
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a tiring affair, as a lengthy journey
vb. 1. Bk1905 Sc. – to behave in a foolish, noisy way
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to tease, to worry, to bully
• HALLOCK ABOUT
vb. 1897 Eng. dial. – to idle away time; to loiter, to loaf, to play
• HALLOCKER
n. 1893 Eng. dial. – an idle fellow
• HALLOCKING
adj. 1. 1878 Eng. dial. – idle, lazy, trifling, loitering
adj. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – teasing, bullying; boisterous, rough, rude
• HALLOCKIT
adj. 1787 Sc. – wild, romping; light, giddy; crazy, half-witted
n. 1787 Sc. – a noisy, restless person; a romp, a hoyden
• HALLOO
int. a1700 – an exclamation to call attention at a distance, to express surprise, etc.
vb. 1. 1568 – to urge on or incite with shouts
vb. 2. 1602 – to shout something aloud
• HALLOP
n. 1824 Sc. – a hasty, precipitate person
vb. Bk1905 Sc. – to frisk about; to be precipitate in one’s movements
• HALLOPER
n. Bk1905 Sc. – one who is giddy or precipitate
• HALLOPIN
adj. Bk1905 Sc. – unsteady, unsettled, foolish
• HALLOW
adv. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – completely, surpassingly
int. 1674 obs. – an exclamation to arouse to action or to excite attention
n. 1. a885 – a holy personage; a saint (little used after 1500)
n. 2. c1440 – a loud shout or cry to attract attention, etc.
n. 3. c1420 obs. – the parts of the hare given to hounds as a reward or encouragement after a successful chase
vb. 1. 971 – to keep a day, festival, etc. holy; to observe solemnly
vb. 2. c1000 – to make holy; to sanctify, to purify
vb. 3. c1340 – to chase or pursue with shouts; to urge on or incite with shouts
vb. 4. c1420 – to shout to attract attention, etc.
• HALLOW-DAY
n. a1825 Eng. dial. – a saint’s day; a holy day; a holiday
• HALLUCINATE
vb. 1. 1604 obs. rare – to deceive
vb. 2. 1652 obs. or arch. – to be deceived, to suffer illusion, to entertain false notions, to blunder, to mistake
• HALLWAY
n. 1939 Amer. dial. – a space between two buildings
• HALLYBLASH
n. 1740 Eng. dial. – a great blaze
• HALO
n. M20 US sl. – the dark area around the nipples
ֽ• HALOCK
n. 1508 Sc. – a giddy thoughtless girl or young woman
• HALOK
n. Bk1905 Sc. obs. – a light, thoughtless girl; a giddy young woman
• HALOKIT
adj. 1724 Sc. – giddy, thoughtless, foolish, crazy
• HALOMANCY
n. 1864 – divination by means of salt .
• HA-LOY!
int. Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin – come down!
• HALPED
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – crippled
• HALPER
vb. 1596 obs. – to stumble; to go unsteadily; to go backward and forward
• HALSE
n. 1. a1000 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – the neck
n. 2. c1440 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – the throat, the gullet; the windpipe
n. 3. c1470 obs. – a narrow neck of land or channel of water
vb. 1. c825 obs. – to call upon in the name of something divine or holy; to implore, to entreat, to beseech
vb. 2. c1050 obs. – to augur; to divine; to soothsay
vb. 3. a1300 obs. exc. Sc. – to embrace; to hug; to take in the arms
vb. 4. 1375 obs. – to hail, to salute, to greet
vb. 5. c1500 obs. – to raise, to exalt, to hoist
• HALSED
adj. 1536 obs. – having a neck
• HALSEN
n. 1877 Eng. dial. – a guess
vb. 1. c1290 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to call upon in the name of something holy; to adjure
vb. 2. 1586 obs. – to augur, to foreshow by auspices, to prognosticate
vb. 3. 1814 Eng. dial. – to predict, to divine, to conjecture; to forebode evil, to anticipate bad news; to speak evil
• HALSENING
n. 1746 Eng. dial. – a predicting or speaking evil
• HALSH
n. 1839 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a noose, a loop, a slip-knot; a twist, turn
vb. 1. 1809 Eng. dial. – to fasten, to tie; to knot, to noose, to loop, to twist
vb. 2. 1846 Eng. dial. – to embrace
• HALS-MAN
n. a1659 obs. – an executioner; a headsman
• HALT
adj. c893 arch. & literary usage – lame; crippled; limping
n. 1. 1599 arch. – a halting or limping; a limp
n. 2. 1790 Eng. dial. – a defect
n. 3. 1865 Eng. dial. – rheumatism
vb. 1. c825 arch. – to be lame, to walk lame, to limp
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to hesitate
• HALTER
n. 1. c1440 – one who halts or limps, as a cripple
n. 2. 1533 – death by hanging; ‘the gallows’
n. 3. c1611 – one who wavers; a waverer
vb. 1. 1616 – to hang a person with a halter
vb. 2. 20C sl. – in horse racing: to claim a horse
• HALTER BROKE
adj. 1910 Amer. dial. – submissive, lacking in spirit
• HALTER-CARRIER
n. 1912 Amer. dial. – an impostor; in the early days if a horse escaped and followed a trail back, the people who lived along the way boarded the owner free of charge until he had found the horse; men who wanted to return to Kentucky or Ohio made their way easily, therefore, by carrying a bridle or halter as if they were looking for a horse
• HALTER-MAN
n. 1. 1638 obs. – a hangman
n. 2. 20C sl. – (also as ‘halterman’) in horse racing: a person who claims a horse out of a claiming race
• HALTER-SACK
n. 1598 obs. – a ‘gallows-bird’; a term of reproach or abuse
• HALTER-SICK
adj. 1820 – destined for the gallows
n. 1617 – a ‘gallows-bird’
• HALT’S MAUL!
int. 1950 Amer. dial. – be quiet! shut up!
• HALULU
adj. 1967 Hawaii – annoyed, upset; weak from fear
• HALUMLIE
adv. 1768 Sc. obs. – certainly, completely, actually, truly, undoubtedly
• HALUM-SCALUM
adj. 1966 Amer. dial. – easygoing, happy-go-lucky
• HALVE
vb. 1873 Eng. dial. – to turn over, to turn upside down
• HALVED
adj. Bk1905 Sc. – in golf: applied to a match which results in a drawn game; also applied to a hole when each party takes the same number of strokes to play it
• HALVELINGS
adv. 1846 – in half
• HALVENDEAL
adj. a1300 obs. – half
adv. 1387 obs. – half, by half
n. c1000 obs. – a half, a half part
• HALVER
n. 1. 1625 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – one who halves; one who has a half share in anything; a partner
n. 2. 1871 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a half, an equal share or portion, generally in plural
vb. 1871 Sc. – to divide into equal shares; to have; to possess in partnership with anyone
• HALVERS!
int. 1816 Sc. & Eng. dial. – an exclamation used by children to claim half the value of any treasure found by another
• HALVERT
adj. 1875 Sc. – cut in two; divided in half
• HALY-CALY
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to throw things to be scrambled for
• HALYEAR
n. 1768 Sc. obs. – a half-year
• HAM
adj. 1941 sl. – ineffectual, incompetent
n. 1. 1882 sl. – an incompetent informer, esp. an actor who overacts
n. 2. 1888 US sl. – an incompetent boxer or fighter
n. 3. 1901-9 Eng. – a plot of pasture ground; in some places esp. meadow-land
n. 4. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a slow, awkward baseball player
n. 5. 1930 Amer. dial. – a pea pod
n. 6. 1950 Amer. dial. – a hand
n. 7. 1965 Amer. dial. – a foot, esp. a big or clumsy one
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to repeat
• HAMACRATIC
adj. 1838 – pert. to government based on mutual action
• HA’-MAIDEN
n. Bk1905 Sc. – the bridesmaid at a wedding
• HAMALD
adj. 1. a1400 Sc. – belonging to home; domestic; home-grown, homemade; homely, vernacular; unpolished
adj. 2. 1678 Sc. – tame, domestic, as opposed to wild
n. 1897 Sc. – a ‘haaf-word’ for wife
vb. Bk1905 Sc. – to domesticate
• HAM AND BEEF
n. 1941 rhyming sl. for ‘chief’ – the chief warder of a prison
• HAM AND EGGER
n. 1932 Amer. dial. – an average person; a person who is below par, a second-rate person
• HAM AND EGGS
n. Bk1999 Aust. rhyming sl. – legs
• HAMARCHY
n. 1838 – government by a cooperative body of parts
• HAM-BAGS
n. 1. 19C Brit. colloq. – trousers
n. 2. 19C Brit. colloq. – women’s underpants
• HAMBEER
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – moisture in the mouth, coloured brown by snuff or chewing tobacco
• HAMBLE
vb. 1. 1050 – to mutilate, maim; to cut away; specifically, to cut off the balls of the feet of dogs, so as to render them unfit for hunting → obs.
vb. 2. 1808 – to walk feebly or awkwardly; to walk lame; to limp; to stumble → Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAMBLEMAN
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – one who lacks ability to make the most of his talents; an awkward person
• HAMBLE-SHANKED
adj. 1661 obs. – maimed or lame in the leg
• HAMBONE
n. 1. 1908 Amer. dial. – the knee or thigh
n. 2. 1927 Amer. dial. – the penis
n. 3. 1938 naval sl. – a sextant
vb. 1942 Amer. dial. – to live very frugally
• HAMBURG
n. 1. 1903 Amer. dial. – a cooked patty of ground beef
n. 2. c1970 Amer. dial. – any brown-coloured marble
• HAMBURGER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – nonsense
• HAMBURGHERS
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – arm-holes
• HAMBURG STEAK
n. 1884 Amer. dial. – a cooked patty of ground beef
• HAM-CASES
n. L18 Brit. sl. – trousers
• HAME
n. 1. c1000 obs. – a covering, esp. a natural covering, as the skin of a serpent, etc.
n. 2. 1883 Eng. dial. – a small piece
n. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – steam from boiling water; warm vapour as from heated horses, slaked lime, etc.
n. 4. 1972 Amer. dial. – a job; vocation
vb. 1. 1873 Eng. dial. – to have sexual intercourse
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to steam
• HAMED-JAWED
adj. 1968 Amer. dial. – having a lower jaw that sticks out prominently
• HAME-HEAD
n. 1984 Amer. dial. – a dunce
• HAME-HEADED
adj. 1937 Amer. dial. – stupid
• HAMEL
adj. a1400 Sc. – belonging to home; domestic; home-grown, homemade; homely, vernacular; unpolished
n. c1514 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a hamlet
• HAMELT
adj. a1400 Sc. – belonging to home; domestic; home-grown, homemade; homely, vernacular; unpolished
• HAMERT
adj. 1. 1794 Sc. & Eng. dial. – belonging to home; home-grown; home-made; home-keeping
adj. 2. 1894 Sc. – condescending in manner; not haughty
• HAMESTRINGS
n. 1949 Amer. dial. – large earthworms
• HAM-FISTED
adj. 1928 sl. – clumsy, awkward
• HAM-FATTER
n. 1. 1882 sl. – a loafer, an idler
n. 2. L19 Amer. sl. – a third-rate actor or variety performer
• HAMGAMS
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – antics, tricks
• HAM GRAVY
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – saliva coloured by chewing tobacco or snuff
• HAM-HANDED
adj. 1918 sl. – clumsy, awkward
• HAM HOCK
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a foot, esp. a big or clumsy one
• HAMIE
adj. 1798 Sc. obs. – suggestive of home; domestic
• HAMIL
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – a hamlet, a village
• HAMIL-SCONCE
n. 1795 Eng. dial. – the light of the village or hamlet
• HAM IT
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to depart hurriedly
• HAM-JAWED
adj. 1968 Amer. dial. – having a lower jaw that sticks out prominently
• HAMLEG
n. 1954 Amer. dial. – a lazy or inactive person
• HAMLIN
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a wile, a trick
• HAMMAL
adj. 1776 Sc. & Eng. dial. – homely, domestic, household
• HAMMER
n. 1. 1382 – a person or agency that beats down or crushes, as with blows of a hammer
n. 2. 1585 obs. – the knocker of a door
n. 3. a1796 Sc. – a clumsy, noisy person in work or gait
n. 4. 1866 Sc. – clumsy, noisy working or walking
n. 5. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – the fist; a blow with the fist
n. 6. 1969 African-American sl. – a girl; a beautiful girl; a woman
n. 7. 20C Aust. & Can. sl. – the penis
vb. 1. 1591 obs. – to devise plans laboriously; to ‘cudgel one’s brains; to debate or deliberate earnestly
vb. 2. 1594 obs. – to discuss; to debate
vb. 3. 1619 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to make reiterated laborious efforts to speak, to stammer; to hesitate in speaking
vb. 4. a1786 Sc. – to work or walk in a clumsy, noisy manner; to stumble
vb. 5. 1843 Eng. dial. – to practise laboriously; to labour
vb. 6. 1889 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to thrash; to beat continuously with a stick
• HAMMER-AND-SQUARE BOY
n. 1967 Amer. dial. (carpentry) – a very inexperienced person; one who is just learning how to do a new thing
• HAMMER AND TONGS
adv. US Civil War usage – violently
n. Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. – high words
• HAMMER-BATE
n. 1897 Eng. dial. – a dappled spot on a horse
• HAMMER BIRD
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a woodpecker
• HAMMERED
adj. M20 US sl. – intoxicated with alcohol
• HAMMERED-DOWN
adj. 1919 Amer. dial. – stunted; short; wretched; worthless; insignificant
• HAMMERED UP
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – at a loss for words
• HAMMERED WOODPECKER
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a woodpecker
• HAMMER-FLUSH
n. 1827 Sc. – sparks from an anvil
• HAMMERGAG
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a boisterous noise
vb. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to scold; to argue
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to stammer, to speak with difficulty
• HAMMERGAW
vb. 1826 Sc. – to argue pertinaciously
• HAMMER-GLAMMER
adj. 1929 Sc. – rash, impetuous, extremely impulsive and headstrong in behaviour
• HAMMER-HEAD
n. 1. 1532 obs. – a head likened to a hammer; a blockhead; an oaf; a dull, stupid fellow
n. 2. 1935 Amer. dial. – an annoying or unattractive person
n. 3. 1941 Amer. dial. – a horse or mule, esp. one considered inferior
n. 4. 1950 Amer. dial. – a woodpecker
n. 5. 1975 Amer. dial. – one who is stubborn, obstinate
• HAMMER-HEADED
adj. 1. 1552 – dull in intellect; stupid
adj. 2. 1905 Amer. dial. – of a horse: having a head shaped like a hammer, having a bony ridge between the ears
adj. 3. 1954 Amer. dial. – stubborn, obstinate, hard-headed
• HAMMERING
n. 1. 1589 obs. – a devising, contriving, or constructing
n. 2. 1731 – hesitation in speech; stammering
n. 3. 1842 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a thrashing
• HAMMER INTO THE FLOOR LIKE A TACK
vb. Bk2002 Aust. sl. – to punish, to reprove
• HAMMERJAWED
adj. 1966 Amer. dial. – having a lower jaw that sticks out prominently
• HAMMER-MAN
n. 1. 1776 – a blacksmith; a worker in iron, tin, or other metals
n. 2. 1934 Amer. dial. – (usually as ‘hammerman’) anyone with more authority than the speaker; a professor
• HAMMER O’ DEATH
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – the fist; a blow with the fist
• HAMMER-SCAPPLE
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs. – a niggardly person who attempts to drive a hard bargain
• HAMMER-SPOTS
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – the dappled appearance of a horse
• HAMMER-TACKING
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – dawdling; working in a half-hearted manner
• HAMMERY
n. 1890 Eng. dial. – people who live by working with the hammer
• HAMMIE
n. 1. 1870 Eng. dial. – a sheepish, cowardly person
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a cock that will not fight
• HAMMIL
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – a hamlet, a village
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to ill-treat; to abuse; to overwork
• HAMMILLED
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – ill-treated, abused
• HAMMOCK
n. 1. 1709 US – a small hill
n. 2. 1801 Sc. – a bed
n. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – the fist; a blow with the fist
• HAMMOCK-CLOTH
n. 1685 obs. – a cloth for the back of a horse
• HAMMOCK FOR TWO
n. 20C US sl. – a brassiere
• HAMMOCK IS SWINGING
phr. 20C US sl. – indicates that a woman is experiencing the menses
• HAMMY
adj. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – boorish; rustic
adj. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – mediocre
n. 1. 1870 Eng. dial. – a sheepish, cowardly person
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a cock that will not fight
• HAMP
n. 1. 1838 Sc. – a stutter
n. 2. Bk1905 Sc. – a halt or limp in walking
vb. 1. 1796 Sc. – to stammer, to speak or read hesitatingly
vb. 2. 1858 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to halt in walking; to limp
• HAMPER
n. 1. 1613-16 obs. – something that hampers, or prevents freedom of movement; a shackle
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – confusion, entanglement; perplexity
n. 3. Bk1905 Sc. – one who cannot read fluently
vb. 1. a1529 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to strike, to beat
vb. 2. 1883 Eng. dial. – to infest with vermin; to choke with dirt
vb. 3. 1892 Eng. dial. – to injure; to disarrange; to throw out of gear
• HAMPER-LOGGED
adj. 1893 Eng. dial. – persuaded; overborne
• HAMPERMENT
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – confusion, entanglement; perplexity
• HAMPER UP
vb. c1590 obs. – to fasten up, to make fast
• HAMPHIS
vb. 1768 Sc. obs. – to surround; to hem in, to confine
• HAMPOT
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a hamper
• HAMPSTEAD HEATH
n. 1887 Brit. rhyming sl. – the teeth
• HAMPSTEADS
n. 1887 Brit. rhyming sl. – the teeth
• HAMPTON
n. 19C Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘prick’ – the penis
• HAMPTON WICK
n. 19C Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘prick’ – the penis
• HAMREL
n. Bk1905 Sc. – an awkward person; one who stumbles often in walking
• HAMS
n. 1. E18 colloq. – the buttocks
n. 2. L18 Brit. sl. – trousers
• HAM-SAM
adv. 1851 Eng. dial. – irregularly, confusedly; hastily; in confusion or disorder
• HAM-SCRAM
adv. 1851 Eng. dial. – irregularly, confusedly; hastily; in confusion or disorder
n. 1948 Amer. dial. – a difficult situation
• HAM’S GRANDSON
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – a Black person
• HAMSH
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to eat noisily and hastily or in a voracious manner
• HAMSHACKLE
vb. 1802 – to fetter, to curb, to restrain
• HAMSTRAM
n. 1768 Sc. – difficulty
• HAMSTRING
vb. 1641 – to cripple, to destroy the activity or efficiency of
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