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| hairline | adj | 1. thin 2. made or done with extreme care and accuracy 3. meeting the highest standard of accuracy an ultrasensitive telescope that requires hairline placement of the lenses; [CED]
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| hand is shallow but the throat is deep ("the"). | pvb | one is too lazy to work, but is a great eater.; [john heywood's collection of proverbs 1546.]
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| handsill | n | banister; [hand + sill]
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| hap | adj | convenient; [OE hæp]
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| Harvestmonþ | n | the ninth month of the year (so called because harvest begins at this time); September [Anglo-Saxon, from Hærfest-Mōnath]
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| haske | n | wicker fish-basket; [Middle English]
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| haugh | n | a piece of flat alluvial land by the side of river, forming part of the floor of the river valley; riverflat [rare geographical term, sometimes found in combination in place-names: greenhalgh; OE healh, halh: nook, corner]
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| haven | n | place of safety; [OE hæfen]
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| headborough | n | the seat of government of a nation or state, or other political entity; a chief city; capital [OE héafodburh]
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| headishaft | n | element; [Calque of Icelandic "höfuðskepna"; literally meaning "head creation"]
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| hedge, huy | vb | consider; [OE hycgan]
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| headtown | n | the seat of government of a nation or state, or other political entity; capital [neologism, from head "foremost, main" + town "city, village"]
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| Headstead | n | the seat of government of a nation or state, or other political entity; capital, headtown [from NHG hauptstadt, haupt "head" + stadt "stead, town, city"]
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| healand | n | saviour; [OE hælend]
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| Health After Sickness is Sweet Evermore" | pvb | health is not valued till sickness comes.; [OE]
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| "Health is Better than Wealth" | pvb | health and strength is better than gold.; [OE]
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| "Heart Has It's Summer and It's Summer ("A") | pvb | the heart knows happiness and disappointment.; [OE]
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| "Heart Has It's Own Ache ("Every") | pvb | the heart knows it's own bitterness and disappointment.; [OE]
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| hearthfast | adj | having a stable, settled home; [OE heorþfæst]
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| heaþwort | n | the genus Erica, of the family Ericaceae, or plants belonging to the genus Erica.; Erica [from heath "open shrubland with sandy soil" + wort "plant, herb"]
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| heave | vb | lift up; [OE hebban]
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| heed | vb | pay attention, take notice; [CED]
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| heen | vb | humiliate; [OE híenen]
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| heldly | adj | safe, secure; [OE]
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| heleþ | n | hero; [OE hæleð]
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| herder-wanderer | n | Mongolian nomad; sandfarer : nomad of the desert (dry-land): a bedouin; fourth worlder. [compound of herder & wanderer.]
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| hende | adj | 1: Gracious, Courteous 2: Handy; polite, civil, chivalrous, well mannered, mannerly, decorous [Obsolete, OE ġehende, ME]
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| hern | n | angle, corner; [OE hyrne]
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| hiddle | n | secret; [OE hydels]
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| hydesack | n | leather bag; {{{synonyms}}} [Anglo-Saxon, from hȳdesacc]
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| highþaning | n | important function; [OE héahþegnung]
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| highwithouse | n | college, university; ['high' + 'wit' (knowledge) + 'house']
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| hild | n | war, combat; [OE hild]
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| hiler | vb | to weigh, ponder; [OE heolorian]
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| hirler | n | trumpet; [see Sw. hörlur]
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| hitherto | adv | until now or until a particular time; [CED]
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| hitherward | adv | toward this place; [OED]
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| hokerspeaksome | adj | sarcastic; [from Old English hocor "derision" and Old English sprecan "to speak"]
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| holdand | n | guardian, keeper, protector; [OE healdend]
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| holisain | n | legend,; myth [from OE halig "holy" and OE Segn "story"]
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| hopelost | adj | without hope; despaired [compound:'hope'+'lost']
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| horsemanship | n | the skill of riding and controlling a horse; equestrianism, equitation [uncommon, from horseman + -SHIP]
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| hote | Vb | to be called, to be named; [OE hatan]
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| hothouse word | n | neologism, protologism, sniglet,; new word [OE hot, house & word]
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| huecouþ | vb | to make known; [OE gehiwcuðlician]
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| hueledge | vb | to form, shape, fashion; [OE gehiwlæcan]
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| Hundredyear | n | hundred years; century [from NHG jahrhundert "year" and "hundred"]
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| hure | adj, adv | certainly, especially; [OE huru]
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