hear out
listen to someone's opinion or idea until they finish
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hear the end of it
to be constantly reminded or criticized for something
hear the grass grow
to be extremely quiet and still
hear things
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hear through the grapevine
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hear voices
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
heart balm
Something that soothes or comforts the mind or feelings
heart disease
Any disorder of the heart
heart of glass
Someone easily hurt or offended
heart of hearts
Deep down, in one's innermost thoughts or feelings
Heart of Midlothian
The old jail, the Tol- booth of Edinburgh, taken down in 3817. Sir Walter Scott has a novel so entitled.
heart to heart
Candid.
hearth and home
One's home and family
hearts and flowers
Excessive or insincere sentimentality
hearts on sleeves
To openly show one's emotions or feelings
hearty choak
He will have a hearty choak and caper sauce for breakfast; i.e. he will be hanged.
heat
A bout, or turn, in horse or foot racing. By means of heats the field is gradually reduced.
heat wave
A prolonged period of abnormally hot weather
heater
A handgun.
heathen philosopher
One whose breech may be seen through his pocket-hole: this saying arose from the old philosophers, many of whom depised the vanity of dress to such a point, as often to fall into the opposite extreme.
Heaven and Hell
Extreme opposite experiences or situations
heaven forbid
used to express a strong hope that something will not happen
heavers
Thieves who make it their business to steal tradesmen's shop-books. CANT.
Heaviside Layer
The name'given to an ionised region of the upper atmosphere having a high degree of electrical conductivity. It is believed to exist about 60 miles above the earth and it reflects radio waves back to the earth, thus enabling reception round the curved surface of the globe. The name is taken from Oliver Heaviside (1850-1925) who suggested its exis- tence in 1901.
heavy as a dead donkey
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
heavy dragoons
Bugs, in contradistinction from fleas, which are "light infantry."—Oxford University.
heavy equipment
Large machines used for construction or other heavy work
heavy foot
a tendency to press the accelerator pedal too hard
heavy going
Difficult or boring to do or understand
heavy hand
exercising strict control or punishment
heavy hitter
A person with great influence or power
heavy lifting
doing the most difficult or important part of a task
heavy with child
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hebe
A Jew.
hecka
very
hector
Bully, a swaggering coward. To hector; to bully, probably from such persons affecting the valour of Hector, the Trojan hero.
hedge
To make a hedge; to secure a bet, or wager, laid on one side, by taking the odds on the other, so that, let what will happen, a certain gain is secured, or hedged in, by the person who takes this precaution; who is then said to be on velvet.
hedge
To get away from any dangerous spot. "We saw the slop coming, and HEDGED at once."
hedge alehouse
A small obscure alehouse.
hedge one's bets
To reduce risk by taking multiple opposing positions
hedge priest
An illiterate unbeneficed curate, a patrico.
hedge whore
An itinerant harlot, who bilks the bagnios and bawdy-houses, by disposing of her favours on the wayside, under a hedge; a low beggarly prostitute.
hedge-popping
Shooting small birds about the hedges, as boys do; unsportsmanlike kind of shooting.
hee-haw
Nothing.
heel tap
A peg in the heel of a shoe, taken out when it is finished. A person leaving any liquor in his glass, is frequently called upon by the toast-master to take off his heel-tap.
heel-tap
The small quantity of wine or other beverage left in the bottom of a glass, considered as a sign that the liquor is not liked, and therefore unfriendly and unsocial to the host and the company. See DAY-LIGHT.
heelie
heelflip
heels
To he laid by the heels; to be confined, or put in prison. Out at heels; worn, or diminished: his estate or affairs are out at heels. To turn up his heels; to turn up the knave of trumps at the game of all-fours.
heffalump trap
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
heigh-ho!
A cant term for stolen yarn, from the expression used to apprize the dishonest shopkeeper that the speaker had stolen yarn to sell.—Norwich Cant.
Heinrich Heine
Captain Marryat's novel The Phantom Ship (1839) tells of Philip Vander- decken's successful but disastrous search for his father, the captain of the Flying Dutchman.
hel-bat
A table. } The aspirate is matter of taste.
hell
A taylor's repository for his stolen goods, called cabbage: see CABBAGE. Little hell; a small dark covered passage, leading from London-wall to Bell-alley.
hell
A fashionable gambling-house. Small places of this kind are called "silver hells." Reason obvious.
hell and half of Georgia
a large and chaotic area
hell broth
A magical mixture prepared for evil purposes. (Macbeth iv, 1.
hell cat
A termagant, a vixen, a furious scolding woman. See TERMAGANT and VIXEN.
hell fire dick
The Cambridge driver of the Telegraph. The favorite companion of the University fashionables, and the only tutor to whose precepts they attend.
hell from above
severe attack or criticism from a position of authority
Hell Gate
A dangerous passage between Great Barn Island and Long Island. The Dutch settlers of New York called it Hoellgat (whirling-gut), corrupted into Hell Gate. Flood Rock, its most dangerous reef, has been blown up.
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