Defn: A sort of breeches. [Obs..] Chaucer.
HANSOM; HANSOM CAB
Han"som, n., Han"som cab` (. Etym: [From the name of the inventor.]
Defn: A light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's
seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top.
He hailed a cruising hansom . . . " 'Tis the gondola of London," said
Lothair. Beaconsfield.
HAN'T; HAIN'T
Han't.
Defn: A contraction of have not, or has not, used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is hain't.
HANUKKA; HANUKKAH
Ha"nuk*ka, or Ha"nuk*kah, n. [Heb. khanukkah.]
Defn: The Jewish Feast of the Dedication, instituted by Judas Maccabæus, his brothers, and the whole congregation of Israel, in 165 b. c., to commemorate the dedication of the new altar set up at the purification of the temple of Jerusalem to replace the altar which had been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes (1 Maccabees i. 58, iv. 59). The feast, which is mentioned in John x. 22, is held for eight days (beginning with the 25th day of Kislev, corresponding to December), and is celebrated everywhere, chiefly as a festival of lights, by the Jews.
HANUMAN
Han"u*man, n.
Defn: See Hoonoomaun.
HAP
Hap, v. t. Etym: [OE.happen.]