_Hugger-mugger_, Closely or by Stealth, Under board: _To Eat so_, that is, to Eat by one’s self. _Hulver-head_, a silly foolish Fellow. _Hum-cap_, old, mellow and very strong Beer. _Hum and haw_, to Hesitate in Speech; also to delay, or difficultly to be brought to Consent. _Hummer_, a loud Lie, a Rapper. _Hum_, or _Humming Liquor_, Double Ale, Stout, Pharoah. _Hummums_, a Bagnio. _Humorist_, a Whimsical Fantastical Fellow. _Hump-backt_, Crook-backt. _Hump-shoulder’d_, or Crook-shoulder’d. _Humptey-dumptey_, Ale boild with Brandy. _Hunch_, to justle, or thrust. _Hunks_, a covetous Creature, a miserable Wretch. _Hunting_, c. decoying, or drawing others into Play. _Hunteth for his Kind_, see Otter. _Hurly-burly_, Rout, Riot, Bustle, Confusion. _Hurrican_, a violent Storm or Tempest; also a disorder or confusion in Business. _Hurridun_, see Harridan. _Hush_, very still, quiet. _All was Hush_, a great or profound Silence. _Husht up_, concealed, or clapt up without Noise. _Husky-lour_, c. a Guinea, or Job. _Hussy_, an abbreviation of Housewife, and sometimes a Term of Reproch, as, _how now Hussy_, or _she is a Light Hussy_, or Housewife. _Hut_, from; a Term much us’d by Carters, _&c._ Also, a little House or slight Abode for Soldiers, Peasants, _&c._ _Huzza_, Originally the Cry of the _Huzzars_, or Hungarian Horsemen; but now the Shouts and Acclamations, of any Soldiers, or of the Mob. I _Jabber_, to Talk thick and fast, as great Praters do, or to Chatter like a Magpye. _Jack_, c. a Farthing, a small Bowl (the mark) to throw at, an Instrument to draw on Boots, hence Jack-boots; also a Leathern Vessel to Drink out of, and an Engine to set the Spit a going. _Jack in an Office_, of one that behaves himself Imperiously in it. _Every Jack will have a Gill_, or the Coursest He, will have as Coarse a She. _He wou’dn’t tip me Jack_, c. not a Farthing wou’d he give me. _Jack-adams_, a Fool. _Jack-a dandy_, a little impertinent insignificant Fellow. _Jack Kitch_, c. the Hangman of that Name, but now all his Successors. _Jack in a Box_, c. a Sharper, or Cheat. _Jackanapes_, a Term of Reproach, a little sorry Whipper-snapper; also a well known waggish Beast. _As full of Tricks as a Jackanapes._ _Jack-sprat_, a Dwarf, or very little Fellow, a Hop-on-my-thumb. _Jack at a Pinch_, a poor Hackney Parson. _Jack-hawk_, the Male. _Jacobites_, Zealous Sticklers for the late King _James_, and his Interest; also sham or Collar Shirts, and Hereticks _Anno_ 530, following one _Jacobus Syrus_, who held but one Will, Nature and Operation in Christ, Circumcision of both Sexes, _&c._ _Jade_, a Terme of Reproch given to Women, as _Idle Jade_, _Lazy Jade_, _Silly Jade_, _&c._ As dull Jade, tried Jade, to a heavy or over-ridden Horse. _Jakes_, a House of Office. _Jague_, c. a Ditch.