Hag-rod. Bewitched, hag-ridden, afflicted with nightmare. *Haig-raig, bewildered (S.).—S.W.
Hail. The beard of barley. See Aile, which is the more correct form (Smythe-Palmer).—N. & S.W.
'The black knots on the delicate barley straw were beginning to be topped with the hail.'—Round about a Great Estate, ch. i. p. 8.
Hain, Hain up. v. To reserve a field of grass for mowing (A.B.D.).—N.W. Treated as a noun by Akerman.
'Three acres of grass ... to be hayned by the farmer at Candlemas and carried by the Vicar at Lammas.'—Hilmarton Parish Terrier, 1704.
Haito. A horse; used by mothers and nurses concurrently with Gee-gee. A contraction of Hait-wo, the order to a horse to go to the left. Highty is similarly used in N. of England.—N. & S.W.
Hait-wo. See above.
Hakker, Hacker. To tremble (S.), as with passion (A.), cold, or ague. Hagger. To chatter with cold (H.Wr.).—N. & S.W.
'Bless m' zoul, if I dwon't think our maester's got the ager! How a hackers an bivers, to be zhure!'—Wilts Tales, p. 55.
Half-baked, or Half-saved. Half-witted.—N. & S.W.