Vocabulary : Hox to Hubble-bubble
Hox : To hock; to hamstring. See Hock.
Hoy : A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods from place to place, or as a tender to larger vessels in port. ;; Ho! Halloe! Stop!
Hoyden : Same as Hoiden.
Hoyman : One who navigates a hoy.
Hoymen : of Hoyman
Huanaco : See Guanaco.
Huaracho : A kind of sandal worn by Indians and the lower classes generally; -- usually used in pl.
Huarachos : of Huaracho
Hub : The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box. ;; The hilt of a weapon. ;; A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby. ;; A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast. ;; A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc. ;; A screw hob. See Hob, 3. ;; A block for scotching a wheel.
Hubble-bubble : A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes through water, making a bubbling noise, whence its name. In India, the bulb containing the water is often a cocoanut shell.
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