Hanker, to allow the mind to hang on or long for a thing. Compare hank of wool.
Harbinger, one who goes forward to provide a harbour or place of safety for an army (O. E. here, an army; beorgan, to protect).
Hatch, to produce in a heck, a northern English word, meaning a hay-rack; a frame made of cross bars of wood; a hen-coop. Compare bake and batch; wake and watch.
Hatchment, the coat of arms put up over a house, the master of which has lately died; a corruption of achievement.
Hawthorn, the hedge thorn. A.S. haga, a hedge or inclosure.
Heaven, that which is heaved, or lifted up above our heads.
Heavy, that which requires much heaving to lift.
Hinder, to put or keep behind.
Homestead, the stead or place of a home; a farm inclosure. Stead, A.S. stede, occurs in instead, steadfast, and steady. Cf. also roadstead, a place where ships ride at anchor.
Husband, the master of a house. Short for house-band. The band is present participle of a word meaning ‘to dwell.’