Hand-staff. The part of the 'drashell' which is held in the hand.
Hand-wrist. The wrist.—N.W.
Handy. Near to, as 'handy home,' 'handy ten o'clock' (A.B.M.S.). 'A gied un vower days' work, or handy.'—N. & S.W.
Hang. 'To hang up a field,' to take the cattle off it, and give it a long rest, so as to freshen up the pasture.—N.W.
Hang-fair. A public execution, as 'Hang-fair at 'Vize,' formerly treated as a great holiday.—N.W., obsolete. The Pleasure Fair at Warminster on August 11 is known as 'Hang-Fair,' perhaps from the hanging of two murderers there on that day in 1813. See Wilts Notes and Queries, i. 40, 139.
Hang-gallows. A gallows-bird (S.).—N. & S.W.
'"Where's the money I put in th' zack, you hang-gallus?" roared Mr. Twink.'—Wilts Tales, p. 55.
Hanging. (1) The steep wooded slope of a hill.—N. & S.W. (2) A hillside field (S.).—S.W.
Hanging Geranium. Saxifraga sarmentosa, L.; from the way in which it is usually suspended in a cottage window; also known as Strawberry Geranium, from its strawberry-like runners.—S.W.