"For oh! for oh! the Hobby-horse is forgot."
Hoodman-blind (Ham. iii. 4). The game now called Blindman's-buff.
Holla (As Y. L. iii. 2). See [Soft].
Hope. This word is frequently used in the sense of mere expectation of either good or evil, a sense it still retains in America. The corresponding verbs in Greek, Latin, and some modern languages have the same sense.
Hot-house (M. for M. ii. 1), a bagnio, so named from the hot baths which it contained.
Humour. This word, signifying moisture (humor), came by the physiology of the time to mean character, idiosyncrasy. See Jonson's Every Man out of his Humour, The Stage. In the character of Nym, Shakespeare shows us how it was abused. It frequently occurs in the sense of state of mind, inclination, but never in its present sense; we still say good and ill humour. The adj. humorous occurs once (R. and J. ii. 1) in the primitive sense moist; but its usual meaning is, capricious. See Wit.
Humour of Forty Fancies (T. of Sh. iii. 2), supposed to be a collection of poems or tales. There is no copy of it remaining.
'Hundred Merry Tales' (M. Ado, ii. 1), name of a common jest-book at that time.
Hunts-up (R. and J. iii. 5), the name of an air used to rouse up sportsmen in the morning. It began with "The hunt is up, the hunt is up." Puttenham says it was composed by one Gray in the time of Henry VIII., with whom it was a favourite.
Hurricano (Lear, iii. 2, Tr. and Cr. v. 2), what is now called a water-spout.