HAMPSHIRE GLOSSARY. 41 Hard |^aad], ab, a gravelly landing-place in a harbour or creek. Ex. 'JPorteea Hard; Gosport Hard; Priddy's Hard.'—W. H. 0. Harg [haag], v, to argue. Ex. * They'd ?iarg me out o' my Christian name.' See Donnarg. — Wise. Harl [haal], sh, the hock of a sheep-^Wise, New Forest. Harl, V. to become knotted, or entangled. — Wise. *Ak. gives harl, knotted. ' All in a harlf* all in a tangle. See Haul. Hamen [haamun], adj made of horn. *Ak. If a horse's skin is coarse, it is called hamen. — Wise. Harts [haats], sb. pi, orts ; fragments of broken victuals. — Cooper. Ex. ' Who IS going to eat your harUf * — Wise. See Sairts. Harvest-lice [haar'veslrleis], «6. 2?^. fruits of Galium Aparine,&n(i Agrimonia mipatoria, — J. B. Hash [hash], adj, harsh, severe. *Ak. And also used in the sense of hard, not pliable. Ex. ' That rope's too hash.* — N. H. Haskin [haskin], ab, an inferior kind of cheese. — Wise. Haslet [haz'lit], sh the edible entrails of a pig.- Hassock [has-uk], sb. a tuft of rushes or sedges. — ^White's Nat. Hist, of Selbome ; Letter viii. See Torret. Hat [hat], sb. (1) A clump or ring of trees, e. g. the 'Dark Hats* near Lyndhurst. (2) Any small irregular mass of trees, as the ' Withy-Bed Haty in the valley, near Bolcfiewood. — Wise, New Forest, p. 183. Hatch [bach], sb. a half-door. The buttery-Aa/c7i, in old halls, was a half-door, with a ledge on the top. A.S. hasc, a grating. *Ak« Ex.
- I opened the top-Aafc^,' or, ' both hatches* — Wise.
Hatch, sb. a gate. Generally a gate dividing parishes or manors. Ex. The ^a^c^-gate ; the sign of a public-house at the place where the gate between Bramshill and Heckfield stood : TyWs Hatch, the name of the gate between Bramshill and Swallowfileld. — ^N. H. Hatched [hach'd], pp. cut, trimmed ; used of cutting and trimming bark for the market. See Kaiden-bark. — Wise. Hatch-hook [hach-hook], sb. the kind of bill-hook used for chopping oak-bark small for the tanner, termed hatching bark. Haul [haul], sb. entanglement. ' It's all in a haul ' ; spoken of en- tangled yam, cotton, &o. — ^F. M. Haulm. See Halm. Haunt [haunt], v. to haunt pigs or cattle in the N"ew Forest, is to accustom them to repair to a certain spot, by throwing down beans or fodder there when they are first turned out— F. M. Haves piaavz], sb. pi. i. e. halves. The [Winchester] College name for half -boots. — ^Adams' Wykehamica, p. 425.
