High Wood. To live in high wood, verb. phr. (common).—To hide; to dissemble of purpose; to lie low and keep quiet.
Higulcion-flips, subs. (Texas).—An imaginary ailment.
Hike, verb. (old).—To move about. Also to carry off; to arrest.
1811. Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v. Hike. To hike off; to run away.
1884. Daily Telegraph, 2 Feb., p. 3, c. 1. We three, not having any regler homes nor a steady job of work to stick to, hike about for a living, and we live in the cellar of a empty house.
Hilding, subs. (old).—A jade; a wanton; a disreputable slut.
1593. Shakspeare, Taming of the Shrew, ii., 1. For shame thou hilding of a devilish spirit.
1595. Shakspeare, Romeo and Juliet, ii., 4. Hildings and harlots.
Hill. Not worth a hill of beans, phr. (American).—Absolutely worthless.
Hills, subs. (Winchester Coll.).—1. St. Catharine’s Hill.