=Hastings=, the friend of young Marlow, who entered with him the house of Squire Hardcastle, which they mistook for an inn. Here the two young men met Miss Hardcastle and Miss Neville. Marlow became the husband of the former, and Hastings, by the aid of Tony Lumpkins, won the latter.—Goldsmith, _She Stoops to Conquer_ (1773). _Hastings_, one of the court of King Edward IV.—Sir W. Scott, _Anne of Geierstein_ (time, Edward IV.). =Haswell=, the benevolent physician who visited the Indian prisons, and for his moderation, benevolence, and judgment, received the sultan’s signet, which gave him unlimited power.—Mrs. Inchbald, _Such Things Are_ (1786). =Hat= (_Gessler’s_). The governor of the Swiss cantons in the reign of Albert I. set up his hat at Altorf, requiring the Swiss to salute it in passing. William Tell refused, and was sentenced to shoot an apple from the head of his son. Tell from this became prominent in achieving the liberties of Switzerland. _Hat_ (_A White_), used to be a mark of radical proclivities, because orator Hunt, the great demagogue, used to wear a white hat during the Wellington and Peel administration. =Hat worn in the Royal Presence.= Lord Kingsdale acquired the right of wearing his hat in the presence of royalty by a grant from King John. Lord Forester is possessed of the same right, from a grant confirmed by Henry VIII. =Hats and Caps=, two political factions of Sweden in the eighteenth century. The “Hats” were partisans in the French interest, and were so called because they wore French _chapeaux_. The “Caps” were partisans in the Russian interest, and were so called because they wore the Russian caps as a badge of their party. =Hatchway= (_Lieutenant Jack_), a retired naval officer on half pay, living with Commodore Trunnion as a companion.—Smollett, _The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle_ (1751). Who can read the calamities of Trunnion and Hatchway, when run away with by their mettled steed ... without a good hearty burst of honest laughter.—Sir W. Scott. =Hatef= (_i.e. the deadly_), one of Mahomet’s swords, confiscated from the Jews when they were exiled from Medi´na. =Hatim= (_Generous as_), an Arabian expression. Hatim was a Bedouin chief, famous for his warlike deeds and boundless generosity. His son was contemporary with Mahomet the prophet. =Hathaway= (_Richard_). Young farmer whose “silent side” is imperfectly understood by his wife, Anstis Dolbeare, until a mutual sorrow brings them into sympathy each with the other.—A. D. T. Whitney, _Hitherto_ (1869). =Hatteraick= (_Dirk_), _alias_ JANS JANSON, a Dutch smuggler-captain, and accomplice of lawyer Glossin in kidnapping Henry Bertrand. Meg Merrilies conducts young Hazelwood and others to the smuggler’s cave, when Hatteraick shoots her, is seized, and imprisoned. Lawyer Glossin visits the villain in prison, when a quarrel ensues, in which Hatteraick strangles the lawyer, and then hangs himself.—Sir W. Scott, _Guy Mannering_ (time, George II.).