1870. Mansfield, School Life, p. 28. Some of his principal duties were to take the boys ‘on to hills,’ call names there, etc.
2. (Cambridge Univ.).—The Gogmagog Hills; a common morning’s ride. Gradus ad Cantab.
Hilly, adj. (colloquial).—Difficult: e.g., hilly reading = hard to read; hilly going = not easy to do; etc.
Hilt. Loose in the hilt, adv. phr. (old).—Unsteady; rocky (q.v.); lax in the bowels.
1639–61. Rump Songs. ‘Bum-fodder,’ ii., 56. If they stay longer, they will us beguilt With a Government that is loose in the hilt.
Hind-boot, subs. (common).—The breech. For synonyms, see Monocular Eyeglass.
Hind-coachwheel, subs. (common).—A five shilling piece. Fr., roue de derrière, thune, or palet, = a five-franc piece. For synonyms, see Caroon.
Hinder-blast, subs. (old).—Crepitation.
1540. Lindsay, Thrie Estaitis [in Bannatyne MSS., Hunterian Club, ed., (1879–88), p. 511] line 1429–30. Scho hes sic rumling in her wame, That all the nycht my hairt ouercastis With bokking and with hinder blastis.
Hinder-end, subs. phr. (common).—The breech. Also, hinder-parts and hinder-world.