• HAP
adv. 1856 Eng. dial. – perhaps, perchance
int. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a call to cows
n. 1. c1205 arch. – chance or fortune (good or bad) that falls to anyone; luck, lot
n. 2. a1225 obs. – good fortune, good luck; success, prosperity
n. 3. 1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – a covering or wrap of any kind; a coverlet, a rug; a thick outer garment, dress, clothing
n. 4. 1891 Eng. dial. – a heavy fall of snow
n. 5. 1907 Amer. dial. – a wadded covering for a bed; a comforter, a heavy quilt
vb. 1. a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial. – to cover up or over for the sake of warmth; to tuck up in bed
vb. 2. 1340-70 arch. – to happen, to come to pass, to occur, to chance
vb. 3. 1393 arch. – to have the fortune or luck to do something
vb. 4. 1574 obs. – to seize
vb. 5. 1773 Sc. – to shelter, to shield, to protect
vb. 6. 1777 Eng. dial. – to stop; to keep back; to check, to balk
vb. 7. 1808 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to clothe, to dress
vb. 8. 1820 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to make up a fire, to stack or heap it up so as to keep it in
vb. 9. 1847 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to hide, to conceal, to cover away; to hide oneself
vb. 10. 1859 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to cover, to enwrap; to envelop, to surround
vb. 11. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to dry or mop up a wet place
• HAPE
n. 1870 Eng. dial. – a halfpenny
• HAP-GEAR
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – clothing of all sorts
• HAP-HARLOT
n. 1552 obs. – a coarse coverlet
• HAPHAZARD
vb. 1969 Amer. dial. – to do a clumsy or hurried job of repairing something
• HAPLESS
adj. 1568 – destitute of ‘hap’ or good fortune; unfortunate, unlucky, luckless, unhappy
• HAP-LUCK
adv. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – haphazard, without premeditation
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – chance
• HAPLY
adv. 1362 now arch. – by chance or accident; perhaps; maybe
• HAPMENT
n. 1842 Eng. dial. – an event, an occurrence, esp. an ill event; a misfortune, an accident
• HAPPED
adj. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. – covered or wrapped up with wrappings or clothes
• HAPPELY
adv. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. – perhaps
• HAPPEN
adj. a1300 obs. – fortunate, happy, blessed
adv. 1790 N. Eng. dial. – perhaps, possibly, maybe
conj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – in case, lest, perchance
n. 1875 Eng. dial. – an accident; an occurrence
vb. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to rattle, to make a cracking sound
vb. 2. 1942 Amer. dial. – to become
• HAPPENABLE
adj. a1659 obs. rare – capable of happening; that may possibly happen
• HAPPEN-CHANCE
n. Bk1905 Eng. & Amer. dial. – a chance or accidental occurrence; a coincidence
vb. 1962 Amer. dial. – to come by chance or accident
• HAPPEN-CLASH
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an accidental blow or fall
• HAPPENING
adj. 1895 Sc. – casual, chance, occasional
n. 1960s Amer. sl. – a good party
• HAPPENLY
adv. c1375 obs. – fortunately, happily
• HAPPENLY SO
adv. 1918 Amer. dial. – by chance
• HAPPENS
adv. 1845 Eng. dial. – perhaps, possibly, maybe
• HAPPEN-SO
n. 1908 Amer. dial. – a chance or accidental occurrence; a coincidence
vb. 1954 Amer. dial. – to come about by chance
• HAPPEN UP WITH
vb. 1884 Amer. dial. – to meet by accident
• HAPPER
vb. 1. 1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to crackle, to snap
vb. 2. 1863 Eng. dial. – to fall with a heavy sound; to rattle down, to patter; to crackle; generally used with ‘down’
• HAPPER-GALLICKS
vb. 1787 Sc. – to speak the Gaelic tongue
• HAPPERING
n. 1881 Eng. dial. – the snapping or crackling of an ember in a fire
• HAPPERY
adj. 1886 Eng. dial. – crackling; apt to snap or crackle
• HAPPIFY
vb. 1612 – to make happy
• HAPPILESS
adj. 1618 rare – void of happiness
• HAPPILY
adv. 1377 arch. – by chance; perhaps; maybe
• HAPPING
n. 1. a1400 obs. – fortune
n. 2. 1503 – a covering; a coverlet, a quilt, a rug
• HAPPINGS
n. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. – clothes, esp. bed-clothes
• HAPPING-SHEETS
n. Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. – bed-coverings
• HAPPING-UP
n. 1864 Eng. dial. – a burial
• HAPPIOUS
adj. 1387-8 obs. rare – fortuitous; chancy
• HAPPLE
vb. 1791 Sc. – to trickle, to roll down, as tears
• HAPPY
adj. 1. 1513 obs. rare – coming or happening by chance; fortuitous; chance
adj. 2. 1770 euphemism – drunk
adj. 3. 1851 Amer. dial. – overcome with religious enthusiasm
n. 1. 1924 Amer. dial. – a toy or plaything
n. 2. 1942 Amer. dial. – entertainment, enjoyment
vb. c1600 obs. – to render happy
• HAPPY AS A BASTARD ON FATHER’S DAY
adj. Bk1999 Aust. sl. – miserable, depressed
• HAPPY AS A BOXING KANGAROO IN FOG
adj. Bk1999 Aust. sl. – utterly miserable
• HAPPY AS A BOX OF BIRDS
adj. Bk1999 Aust. sl. – in high spirits
• HAPPY AS A JAYBIRD
adj. 1952 Amer. dial. – extremely happy
• HAPPY AS DUCKS IN ARIZONA
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – very unhappy
• HAPPY AS LARRY
adj. 1905 sl., orig. Aust. – extremely happy
• HAPPY-BE-LUCKY
adv. 1633 obs. – as luck will have it; haphazard
• HAPPY BY LUCKY
adv. 1854 Eng. dial. – at a chance, at all hazards, by chance
• HAPPY CABBAGE
n. 20C sl. orig. US – cash, banknotes
• HAPPY DISPATCH
n. 1856 – Englishmen’s term for hara-kiri; suicide by disembowelment, as formerly practised by the higher classes in Japan when in circumstances of disgrace, or under sentence of death;
• HAPPY DOSSER
n. 1884 sl. – a person who sleeps where he can
• HAPPY DRUNK
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – tipsy, drunk
• HAPPY DUST
n. 1922 US drug culture sl. – any of the powdered narcotics; spec., morphine or cocaine
• HAPPY FAMILY
n. 1844 – a collection of birds and animals of different natures and propensities living together in harmony in one cage
• HAPPY-GO-LONG
n. B1900 Eng. dial. – an easygoing person
• HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
adj. 1856 – taking things as they happen to come; easygoing
adv. 1672 – as luck would have it; by chance; haphazard
n. 1. 1851 – an easygoing person; one of a reckless random disposition
n. 2. 1887 Eng. dial. – chance, accident
• HAPPY HOOLIGAN
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a person who eyes stick out
• HAPPY HORSESHIT
n. 1971 US sl., esp. military usage – foolish stuff
• HAPPY HOUR
n. 1934 sl., orig. US – a period, usually in the early evening, during which drinks are sold at reduced prices
• HAPPY HUNTING-GROUNDS
n. 1. 19C US – the American Indian ‘heaven’
n. 2. 19C Brit. sl. – the female genitals
• HAPPY LITTLE VEGEMITE
n. 20C Aust. colloq. – a person who is in good humour
• HAPPY-PAPPY
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a man on welfare employed to do work on roads or just draw money; a man on the dole
• HAPPY PILL
n. 1956 sl. – a tranquillizer
• HAPPY POWDER
n. E20 US drug culture sl. – any of the powdered narcotics; spec., morphine or cocaine
• HAPPY RETURNS
n. 19C sl. – vomit
• HAPPY SHOP
n. 1960s Amer. sl. – a liquor store
• HAPPY STUFF
n. E20 US drug culture sl. – any of the powdered narcotics; spec., morphine or cocaine
• HAPPY VALLEY
n. 20C Brit. sl. – the female genitals
• HAPPY WAGON
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – the vehicle that takes arrested people to the police station or to jail
• THE HAPPY WARRIOR
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President
• HAPPY WATER
n. 1. 1950 Amer. dial. – liquor
n. 2. 1968 Amer. dial. – whisky, esp. illegally made whisky
• HAPS
adv. 1589 obs. – perhaps, maybe
n. c1205 – an event or occurrence which befalls one; a chance, accident, happening; often, an unfortunate event, mishap, mischance
• HAPSBURG (CHIN)
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a long jaw; a jaw that sticks out prominently
• HAPSBURG JAW
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a long jaw; a jaw that sticks out prominently
• HAPSHER-HAPSHER
adv. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – haphazard, at random
• HAPSHER-RAPSHA; HAPSHER-RAPSHER
adv. 1881 Eng. dial. – haphazard, at random
• HAPSHER-RAPSHY
adv. 1881 Eng. dial. – haphazard, at random
• HAP-STUMBLE
n. 1766 Sc. – a chance stumble
• HAP-WARM
n. 1875 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a warm, substantial covering or article of dress
• HAR
n. 1. c725 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – the hinge of a door or gate
n. 2. 1873 Sc. & Eng. dial. – the upright part of a gate or door to which the hinges are fastened
• HARAGEOUS
adj. ?a1400 obs. – stern, cruel, violent
• HARAGEOUSLY
adv. c1440 obs. – cruelly
• HARA-KIRI
n. 1856 – suicide by disembowelment, as formerly practised by the higher classes in Japan when in circumstances of disgrace, or under sentence of death
• HARASS
n. 1876 Eng. dial. – difficulty, great trouble
vb. 1. a1618 obs. – to lay waste, to devastate, to plunder
vb. 2. a1626 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to wear out, tire out, or exhaust with fatigue, trouble, care, etc.
• HARBERGAGE
n. 1. a1300 obs. – a place of lodging or entertainment; an inn
n. 2. c1386 obs. – lodging, entertainment
• HARBERGERY
n. 1. a1300 obs. – a place of lodging or entertainment; an inn
n. 2. 1303 obs. – lodging, entertainment
• HARBEROUS
adj. 1819 Sc. – hospitable; affording shelter
• HARBERY
n. 1. a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. obs. – shelter, lodging
n. 2. c1325 Sc. & N. Eng. obs. – a place of shelter; a lodging-place
n. 3. a1500 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – shelter for ships, a harbour
• HARBINGE
n. 1868 nonce use – to announce beforehand
vb. c1475 obs. – to lodge; to take up one’s quarters
• HARBINGER
n. 1. c1175 obs. – one who provides lodging; an entertainer, a host
n. 2. c1386 – one sent on before to purvey lodgings for an army, a royal train, etc.; a purveyor of lodgings
n. 3. c1572 – one that goes before and announces the approach of someone; a forerunner
vb. 1646 – to announce, to presage
• HARBOROUS
adj. 1. 1526 obs. – affording harbour or shelter; given to hospitality
adj. 2. 1612 obs. – furnished with harbours or havens for ships
• HARBOUR
n. 1. c1150 – shelter, lodging, entertainment; sojourn, abode
n. 2. c1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a place of shelter or sojourn; lodgings, quarters, resting-place; a place of entertainment, an inn; a place of refuge, asylum
n. 3. 1505 obs. – a grass-plot; a green
n. 4. 1563 obs. – a bower or retreat covered with climbing shrubs and plants
n. 5. 1576 – the covert or place of retreat of wild animals
vb. 1. c1150 obs. – to provide a lodging or lodging-place for; to shelter from the weather or the night; to lodge, entertain
vb. 2. 1599 – of an animal: to have its retreat or resort; esp. said of a stag
vb. 3. 1886 Eng. dial. – to dwell in a place; to haunt, to frequent
vb. 4. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to pet, to spoil, to make much of
• HARBOURAGE
n. 1. 1570 – shelter, lodging
n. 2. 1651 – a place of shelter; a lodging
• HARBOURER
n. 1548 – one who shelters or entertains; an entertainer, a host
• HARBOURESS
n. 1624 – a hostess
• HARBOURSOME
adj. 1584 obs. – given to hospitality, hospitable
• HARBOURY
n. 1. a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. obs. – shelter, lodging
n. 2. c1325 Sc. & N. Eng. obs. – a place of shelter; a lodging-place
n. 3. a1500 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – shelter for ships, a harbour
• HARBRY
n. 1. a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. obs. – shelter, lodging
n. 2. c1325 Sc. & N. Eng. obs. – a place of shelter; a lodging-place
n. 3. a1500 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – shelter for ships, a harbour
vb. 1. 1375 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – to shelter, to lodge
vb. 2. 1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – to anchor a ship in a haven or harbour
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