Hit. (1) To bear a good crop, to succeed: as 'Th' apples hit well t' year.' Treated by Akerman as a noun instead of a verb.—N.W. (2) v. To pour out or throw out. 'You ought to het a quart o' drenk into 'ee.' 'Hit it out on the garden patch.'—N.W.
Hitchland. See Hookland.
Hitter. A cow which is ill and appears likely to die is said to be 'going off a hitter.'—N.W.
Hittery. Of cows: suffering from looseness, ill.—N.W.
Hobby. Yunx torquilla, the Wryneck.—S.W. (Bishopstone.).
*Hob-lantern. Will-o'-the-Wisp (A.B.).
Hock about. To treat a thing carelessly; drag it through the mud. 'Now dwoan't 'ee gwo a-hocken on your new vrock about.'—N.W. The usual form in S. Wilts is Hack-about.
Hocks. (1) To cut in an unworkmanlike manner (A.). (2) To trample earth into a muddy, untidy condition.—N.W.
Hocksy, Hoxy. Dirty, muddy, miry.—N.W.