married.  2.  To  agree :  also  to  hitch
horses.  To  hitch  one's  team  to  the
fence,  to  settle  down.
Hittite.  A  prize  fighter.  Eng-
lish synonyms  :  basher,  bruiser,  duke-
ster,  fistite,  knight  of  the  fist,  gem-
man  of  the  fancy,  milling-cove,  pug,


Hive.
Hodmandod.
icher,    scrapper,    slasher,    slogger,
jgger,  sparring- bloke  (1823).
Hive.     To  steal.     To  get  hived,  to
caught  in  a  scrape :   also  to   be
idden.     To  be  hived  perfectly  frigid,
i  be  caught  in  flagrante  delicto.
Hivite.        A  student  of   St.  Bees'
amberland).
Hoaky.       By  the  hoaky,  a  popular
rm  of  adjuration.
Hoax.  A  jest,  practical  joke,
te-in  :  originally  (Grose)  University
it.  As  verb,  to  play  a  practical

,  take-in,  bite  (q.v.).
Hob  (or  Hobbinol).  A  clown  (Grose).
Hob    and    Nob     (or     Hob    Nob).
To  invite  to  drink,  clink  glasses
1756).     2.   To  give  or  take,   to  hit
miss  at  random  (1577).     3.  To  be
terms   of   close  intimacy,  consort
uniliarly  together.
Hobbes's-voyage.     A  leap  in  the
rk(1697).
Hobbinol.       Countryman,     joskin
1663).
Hobble.     In  a  hobble  (or  hobbled),
trouble,  hampered,  puzzled  :    also
ieves'),  committed  for  trial :   FT.,
ber   dans  la  melasse    (to  come   a
ropper),   and    faitre  (booked,    q.v.).
lobbied  upon  the  legs,  transported  or
the  hulks  (1777).
Hobbledehoy.       A       growing
gawk  :  as  in  the  folk-rhyme,  Hobble-
dehoy, neither   man  nor  boy.     [For
derivation,  see  Notes  and  Queries,  1  S.,
v.  468,  vii.  572;    4   S.,  ii.    297,   viii.
451,  ix.  47  ;  7  S.,  iv.  523,  and  v.  58.]
(1557).     Hence    Hobbledehoyish    and
Hobbledehoyhood.
Hobbledelee.  A  pace  be-
tween a  walk  and  a  run,  a  jog-trot
(1811).
Hobble r.  A  coast-man  —  half
smuggler,  half  handyman ;  an  un-
licensed pilot :  also  a  landsman  acting
as  tow-Jack  (Smyth).  Also  (Isle  of
Man),  a  boatman.
