_Hack_, _or hatch_--(Icelandic, _hiaka_, or Suio-Gothic, _hacka_, a chop, cut, or crack), a cut in the ice, in which the player places his foot to prevent it from slipping as he delivers his stone. _Head_--See "End." _Hindhand_--He who plays the last stone on his side. _Hog Score_--The line drawn across the rink, about seven yards from the tee; stones which do not pass this are thrown aside. _How ice_--The ice in the middle of the rink, _hollowed_ by the friction of the stones; also called _white ice_. _Inring_, _inwick_--See "_Wicking_." _Keen_--The opposite of dour. _Leader_--He who plays first in order in his party. _Lie in the bosom of_--To play a stone so as gently to touch and lie before another. _Outwick_--See "_Wicking_." _Pat lid_--A Curling stone lying on the tee. _Port_--An opening between two stones, wide enough to admit another to be played through. _Rack_--A word used in some districts instead of rink. _Redd the ice_--(Icelandic, _rada_ ORDINARE, to put in order; also, to warn, to advise,) to clear the ice, or to break the guards with a stone strongly played, so as to expose the tee or the winner; to "ride" successfully. _Rest_--To draw to any object or point so as not to pass it. _Ride_--To throw a stone with great force towards one or more other stones, in order to remove them from their position. _Rink_--The ice on which the game is played. _Shot_--A stone played; in another sense, a stone which counts. _Skip_, _or skipper_--(Probably from Suio-Gothic, _skeppare_, a master), a director. _Tee_--(Icelandic, _tia_, to point out the place; or, Teutonic, _tygh-en_, to point to), the winning point to which the stones are played. _Twist_--To give to a stone, on its being delivered, a rotary motion, so that it revolves on its sole as it slides along the rink, and bends from the straight line, when the force with which it has been thrown is nearly exhausted. _Wicking_, _wick_, _inwick_--(Suio-Gothic, _wick_, a corner; or Teutonic, _wyck_, a turning), to make a stone take an oblique direction by striking another on the side. PART II. HISTORY OF CURLING