1622. Bacon, Henry VII. That same haire-braine wild fellow, my subject.
1751. Smollett, Peregrine Pickle, ch. xliii. When the government of a nation depends upon the caprice of the ignorant, hair-brained vulgar.
1870. Chambers’ Miscellany, No. 53, p. 28. The Slater girls are as hare-brained as herself.
Hared, adj. (old).—Hurried.
Hare-sleep, subs. (old).—Sham slumber; foxes’ sleep (q.v.).
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Hare-sleep, with Eies a’most open.
Harking, subs. (old).—See quots.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Harking, whispering on one side to borrow Money.
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Hark-ye-ing, whispering on one side to borrow money.