HOIST. To rob houses by climbing into a window. It is generally done by two or three follows, one of whom stands close to the house, and the others climb up on him to the window.
HOISTER. A shop-lifter.
HOISTING. Putting a man upright on his head, and shaking him until his money and watch fall out of his pockets; they hold this to be no robbery.
HOISTLAY. See Hoist.
HOLLOW. Certain; a decided beat.
HONEY. Money.
HOODY-DOODY. A short clump of a person.
HOOF. Foot. "To beat the hoof," to travel on foot.
HOOKED. To steal.
HOOKER. A thief.