Highway, s. Great road, public path.
Hill, s. An elevation of ground less than a mountain.
Hillock, s. A little hill.
Hilly, a. Full of hills, unequal in the surface.
Hind, s. The she to a stag; a servant; a peasant, a boor.
Hip, s. The joint of the thigh; the fleshy part of the thigh; the fruit of the briar.
Hip, v. To sprain or shoot the hips.
Hipshot, a. Sprained or dislocated in the hip.
Hirundo, s. Swallow, a genus thus characterised:—
Bill short, much depressed, and wide at the base; the upper mandible being keeled and bent at the tip; gape extending as far backwards as the eyes; nostrils at the base of the bill, oblong, and partly covered by a membrane; legs with the shank short; the toes slender, three before and one behind; the outer toe united to the middle one as far as the first joint; tail of twelve feathers, generally forked; wings long and acuminated, the first quill being the longest.—Montagu.