62 THB DIALECT OF He&dwark, t. e. headwork, the headache : a word still often used. Heald (pronounced yeld)^ sh. a portion of the loom thioagh which the warp paases into the day. Heart. ' By t' heart ' is a very common exclamation, or oath, wherein no douht the allusion is to the Sacred Heart. A hoat's crew, nearing land, seemed suddenly to disappear in the waves, when an Almond- bury man, looking on, exdaimed, ' By t' heart they're gone.' If a man were imwiUing to believe a thing, the informant would likely enough say, * By t* heart it's true.' Sometimes the r is sunk, and the soimd is, * By f haH : * the th aaia thin. Heck, sb. a small gate, or wicket ; the rail or hurdle placed in front and behind a cart, used in housing hay ; also a rack for cattle to feed at, in which sense Bay has it. A fold now within the vicara^ grounds at Almondbury was, in my recollection, ffeck/M, There is also the town of Hechmondtoike, not far from Bradford. [^Heck =: hatch. Swedish, hdck^ a hedge, coop, rack. — W. W. S.] Mr. North, a weU-known attorney, had been to the He«k Inn, near the vicarage, one Christmas-time, and on his road home some lads, who wanted money, wavlaid him and his man in Fenay Lane, and pelted him, the man, and the lantern with snowballs. He called for assistance, and the boys ran forward, and offered to see him safely home, which they did, and each received a shilling. There were three lads, one of whom told my informant. No doubt the sign of the inn gave the name to the fold, but all traces of inn and fold are now gone. Heckles, sb. the long feathers on the neck of a cock, sometimes called hackles. Hence, no doubt, ' to set up one*s Iieekle ' = to show signs of a bad temper. Occurs in Gkivin Douglas's Prologue to the 12th .^neid of Yirgil, 1. 155 :
- Phebus red fowle hys corall creist can steir.
Oft strekyng furth hys Tiekkill, crawand deir.' Hed, vb. to hide. The past tense and past participle are the same. Hedden, also the past participle of hedy to hide. Heights, pronounced both hates and hites. It is an exclamation used when a boy wishes to shoot without the marble touching the ground before it hits the other, at which the aim is taken* Heinous cold, t. e, very, or dreadfully, cold. Holder, ado. rather : but not now generally known. It was given to me by a respected friend, who about forty years ago was watching some masons setting a flag, which continually wanted more packine to make it lie flat and steady. One kept saying, ' It's elder sladE yet,' and the others evidently understood him. I have found one person besides who knows the word. [loel. heldr; Moeso-Gothic, haldie, Oawain, 1. 376 ; Seven Sagea, ed. Wright, 1. 1835.— W. W. S.] Hole, vb, to cover up (in the bed-clothes, &c.) ; to hide.
