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.