• HAS
n. M20 US drug culture sl. – marijuana
• HASARD
adj. 1513 Sc. obs. – grey-haired, hoary
n. 1513 Sc. obs. – a grey-haired man
• HASART
adj. 1513 Sc. obs. – grey-haired, hoary
n. 1513 Sc. obs. – a grey-haired man
• HAS-BEEN
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – old
n. 1. E17 colloq. – an out-of-date person or thing
n. 2. 1820 Sc. – ancient rite or custom; an antiquity
• HASE
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – the liver, heart, and lights of a pigs; these parts seasoned, wrapped up in the omentum, and roasted
vb. 1. 1830 Eng. dial. – to drizzle; to be foggy
vb. 2. 1884 Eng. dial. – to beat, to thrash
vb. 3. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to scold
• HASH
adj. 1818 Amer. dial. – harsh; sharp-tempered
n. 1. 1655 Sc. – a stupid person; a person who ‘makes a hash’ of his words, etc., one who is careless or muddled in speech or action
n. 2. 1685 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a wasteful, slovenly person; one who talks nonsense; a fool; a scamp; also, a term of endearment for a boy
n. 3. 1801 Sc. – a noise, tumult; strife, rioting; ribald talk, nonsense
n. 4. 1893 – waste paper of the lowest quality
n. 5. 1898 Sc. – a heavy fall of rain
n. 6. 19C sl. – vomit
n. 7. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a rash on the skin
n. 8. 1927 Amer. dial. – nonsense; gossip
n. 9. 1959 sl. – hashish
n. 10. M20 US drug culture sl. – any drugs, including marijuana
vb. 1. 1773 Sc. – to spoil, to damage; to destroy; to make a mess of
vb. 2. 1812 Sc. – to slash, to hack
vb. 3. 1827 Sc. – to bruise, to ill-treat
vb. 4. 19C sl. – to vomit
vb. 5. M20 colloq. – to talk over, discuss exhaustively
• HASH-A-PIE
n. B1900 Sc. – a lazy, slovenly fellow; one who pays more attention to his belly than to his work
• HASH BURNER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a cook
• HASHER
n. 1. 1916 US sl. – a waiter or waitress
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a cook
n. 3. 1967 Amer. dial. – a Chinese person
• HASHFEST
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a conversation; discussion
• HASH HEAD
n. M20 US drug culture sl. – a user of hashish or marijuana
• HASH HOUSE
n. 1865 colloq., chiefly N. Amer. – a cheap eating house
• HASHIE
adj. 1828 Sc. – ? rough, coarse
• HASHINESS
n. 1899 Sc. – carelessness in dress, slovenliness
• HASHING
adj. 1812 Sc. – wasteful, destructive; overflowing, as of a flood
• HASH-JOINT
n. 1895 US sl. – a cheap eating place, boarding house, etc.
• HASHLY
adv. 1721 Sc. – in a slovenly manner
• HASH-MARK
n. 1909 US navy sl. – a military service stripe
• HASH-MASH
adv. 1827 Sc. – slap-dash
• HASH-METRAM
adv. Bk1902 Sc. – in a state of disorder; topsy-turvy
• HASH OVER
vb. 1931-33 Amer. dial. – to reheat food
• HASH PARTY
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a conversation; discussion
• HASHRIE
n. Bk1902 Sc. – destruction form carelessness
• HASH-SLINGER
n. 1868 US sl. – a waiter or waitress
• HASHTER
n. Bk1902 Sc. – work ill-arranged or executed in a slovenly manner
vb. Bk1902 Sc. – to work in a hurried, slovenly, and wasteful manner
• HASH-UP
n. 1. 1895 sl. – something of low quality concocted afresh from existing material
n. 2. 1902 sl. – a hastily cooked meal
vb. 1969 Amer. dial. – (as ‘hash up’) to work out a plan
• HASHY
adj. 1. Bk1902 Sc. – slovenly, careless, destructive
adj. 2. Bk1902 Sc. – wet, slushy, sleety
n. 1. 1836 Sc. – an old sermon preached over again
n. 2. 1866 Sc. – a mess, a muddle, confusion; noise, riot
• HASK
adj. 1. c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – rough and hard to the touch or taste, esp. from the absence of moisture; coarse and dry
adj. 2. 1594 Sc. – harsh in sound, tone, or manner
adj. 3. a1722 Eng. dial. – of a cough: dry, husky
adj. 4. 1788 Sc. & Eng. dial. – rough to the touch; stiff, unyielding; brittle and difficult to work
adj. 5. 1790 Eng. dial. – of the weather: dry, parching, piercingly cold
adj. 6. 1881 Eng. dial. – bitter, sour, tart, harsh to the taste
adj. 7. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – foolish; not quite right in the head
n. 1. 1757 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a hoarse, dry cough
n. 2. 1897 Sc. – a haze on the horizon foreboding wind
n. 3. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – dryness, sharpness, crispness as in cotton
n. 4. Bk1902 Sc. – the throat, the soft palate
vb. Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to emit a short, dry cough; to clear the throat; to make noise as a dog does when anything sticks in its throat
• HASKARD
adj. 1519 obs. – coarse, unpolished
n. 1491 obs. – a base or vulgar fellow; a man of low degree
• HASKARDLY
adj. 1576 obs. – vulgar, low, base
• HASKARDY
n. 1575 obs. – baseness; haskards collectively
• HASKED
adj. 1876 Eng. dial. – of the throat: parched
• HASKERD
n. 1491 obs. – a man of low degree; a base or vulgar fellow
• HASKINESS
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – dryness and insipidity of food; the parched condition of land
• HASKISH
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – dry, harsh
• HASKNESS
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – dryness, harshness
• HASKY
adj. 1. 1649 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – dry and stony, as soil; gravelly
adj. 2. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. – dry, parched
adj. 3. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. – husky
adj. 4. 1808 Sc. – coarse, dirty, slovenly
adj. 5. 1808 Sc. – strong, vigorous
adj. 6. 1848 Eng. dial. – harsh, rough, coarse, unyielding
adj. 7. 1878 Eng. dial. – harsh, bitter
adj. 8. Bk1902 Sc. – coarse to the taste; unpalatable
adj. 9. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – ill-natured, harsh, severe
• HASLET
n. a1300 – a piece of meat to be roasted, esp. part of the entrails of a hog; also, the heart, liver, etc. of other animals, as sheep, calf, etc.
• HASLIG
n. 1900 Sc. – the wool on the neck of a sheep
• HASN’T GOT A CHINAMAN’S CHANCE
phr. 1840s Amer. sl. – no chance at all
• HASP
vb. 1. a1300 obs. – to clasp, to embrace
vb. 2. 1362 obs. – to fasten together; to unite firmly
vb. 3. 1680 obs. – to confine or fasten in a tight place; to lock up
• HASPAL
n. 1. 1824 Sc. – a sloven; a clownish-mannered person; a silly fellow
n. 2. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – an overgrown boy
• HASPAT
n. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. – a stripling; a youth between man and boy
• HASPED
adj. 1891 Eng. dial. – fastened up, secured
• HASPEDE
n. a1300 obs. rare – a clasp, a hook
• HASPENALD
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – a youth between man and boy; an overgrown boy
• HASPENALD-LAD
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – a youth between man and boy; an overgrown boy
• HASPERT
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a rough, uncultivated fellow
• HASPILL
n. 1824 Eng. dial. – a sloven; a clownish-mannered person; a silly fellow
• HASPIN
n. 1. 1781 Eng. dial. – a close-fisted person; a miser; a greedy and over-reaching man
n. 2. 1820 Sc. – a stripling
n. 3. 1864 Eng. dial. – an idle fellow, doing nothing but lounging about
• HASSASSIN
n. 1826 – an assassin
• HASSAYAMPA
n. 1940 Amer. dial. – orig. an Arizona gold-rusher; an old-timer, esp. one given to exaggeration; later, a liar
• HASSAYAMPER
n. 1901 Amer. dial. – orig. an Arizona gold-rusher; an old-timer, esp. one given to exaggeration; later, a liar
• HASSAYAMPING
n. 1901 Amer. dial. – telling a lie; making a preposterous claim; exaggerating
• HASSEL
vb. 1. 1878 Eng. dial. – to hack at; to cut with blunt knife and with a sawing motion
vb. 2. 1928 Amer. dial. – to pant or breathe noisily
• HASSELING
n. 1928 Amer. dial. – panting, laboured breathing
• HASSIE
n. 1866 Sc. – a mess, a muddle, confusion; noise, riot
• HASSLE
n. 1945 – trouble or annoyance caused by having to do something difficult; a problem, a difficulty; a quarrel, an argument; a fuss, a bother
vb. 1. 1878 Eng. dial. – to hack at; to cut with blunt knife and with a sawing motion
vb. 2. 1928 Amer. dial. – to pant or breathe noisily
vb. 3. 1959 – to cause trouble or harm to; to bother, to pester, to harass a person
vb. 4. M20 colloq. – to quarrel or wrangle over something
• HASSLING
n. 1928 Amer. dial. – panting, laboured breathing
• HASSLOCK
n. 1725 – the wool on the neck of a sheep
• HASSOCK
n. 1. 1742 Sc. – a ‘shock’ of hair
n. 2. 1886 Eng. dial. – anything growing in a thick, matted state; a thick, wooded shaw or little wood
n. 3. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a large pond
n. 4. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a large, coarse woman
n. 5. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – an ant-hill
• HASSOCK-HEAD
n. B1900 Eng. dial. – a bushy and entangled growth of coarse hair
• HASTA LA VISTA
phr. M20 sl. – goodbye
• HASTARD
adj. Bk1902 Sc. – irascible
• HASTARY
n. 1589 obs. rare – a spearman
• HASTE
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – the heart, liver, lungs, or lights of an animal, esp. a pig
vb. a1300 – to cause to move more quickly; to urge, drive, or press on; to quicken, to accelerate, to hurry
• HASTEFUL
adj. 1610 rare – full of haste; hurrying, hurried
• HASTELER
n. c1420 obs. – an officer of the kitchen who superintended or attended to the roasting of meat
• HASTELING
n. 1619 obs. rare – a hasty person
• HASTELINGS
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – the heart, liver, lungs, or lights of a pig
• HASTELY
adv. c1290 obs. – hastily
• HASTENESS
n. 1413 obs. – hastiness
• HASTER
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a violent storm of rain
vb. 1. 1805 Sc. – to hurry, to drive to work; to fluster
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to do anything hurriedly or in a slovenly manner; to act or speak with consideration
• HASTERED
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – having the skin roughened by contact with the weather, or disease
• HASTERY
n. c1420 obs. – the process or art of roasting meat; roast meats collectively
• HASTHER
vb. 1805 Sc. – to hurry, to drive to work; to fluster
• HASTIF
adj. 1. 1297 obs. – precipitate, rash
adj. 2. 1297 obs. – quick-tempered, passionate; in a passion, angry
adj. 3. 1382 obs. – speedy, swift
adj. 4. 1727-51 obs. – of fruit and vegetables: maturing early
• HASTIFLY
adv. a1327 obs. – hastily, quickly, speedily
• HASTIFNESSE
n. c1330 obs. – hastiness, rashness, passion
HASTIHEDE
n. 1390 obs. rare – hastiness, haste
• HASTILUDE
n. 1586 obs. – spear-play; a name for a kind of tilt or tournament
• HASTILY
adv. 1549 obs. – soon, without delay, shortly, suddenly
• HASTINESS
n. 1. c1330 obs. – quickness, swiftness, rapidity; suddenness
n. 2. c1491 obs. – a fanciful name for a ‘company’ of cooks
• HASTING
adj. 1. 1578 obs. – of fruits or vegetables: that ripens early
adj. 2. 1632 – that makes haste, speeding
n. 1. a1350 – making haste, speeding
n. 2. 1573 obs. – an early-ripening fruit or vegetable
• HASTIS
adj. 1. 1846 Eng. dial. – hasty, hurried
adj. 2. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – sudden
adv. 1842 Eng. dial. – hurriedly, hastily; impatiently
• HASTISH
adj. 1749 Eng. dial. – quickly excited to anger; quick-tempered, passionate, irritable
• HASTITY
n. c1340 obs. rare – hastiness, haste
• HASTIVE
adj. 1. 1297 obs. – precipitate, rash
adj. 2. 1297 obs. – quick-tempered, passionate; in a passion, angry
adj. 3. 1382 obs. – speedy, swift
adj. 4. 1727-51 obs. – of fruit and vegetables: maturing early
• HASTIVELY
adv. a1327 obs. – hastily, quickly, speedily
• HASTIVENESS
n. c1330 obs. – hastiness, rashness, passion
• HASTIVESS
n. c1325 obs. – hastiness, rashness, passion
• HASTIVITY
n. c1450 obs. – hastiness, rashness, passion
• HASTLER
n. c1420 obs. – an officer of the kitchen who superintended or attended to the roasting of meat
• HASTLING
n. 1619 obs. rare – a hasty person
• HASTLY
adv. c1290 obs. – hastily
• HASTREL
n. 1. 1825 Sc. – a slovenly woman, a trollop
n. 2. Bk1902 Sc. – a confused person; one who is always in haste
• HASTRIE
n. 1824 Sc. obs. – a confusion, a muddle
• HASTY
adj. 1. c1340 arch. – speedy, quick, expeditious; swift, rapid; sudden
adj. 2. c1440 obs. – that ripens or comes to maturity early in the season
adj. 3. 1882 Eng. dial. – of rain: heavy, violent
adv. c1450 obs. – hastily; quickly, rapidly, soon
• HASTY-BROSE
n. 1828 Sc. – oatmeal porridge
• HASTY CONSUMPTION
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – tuberculosis
• HASTY-DICK
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – oatmeal porridge
• HASTYFULLY
adv. c1500 obs. – corrupt form of ‘hastively’; hastily, quickly, speedily
• HASTY-PUDDING
n. 1. 1818 Eng. dial. – oatmeal porridge
n. 2. 1984 Amer. dial. – a quick or unwise decision
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