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Hackle . pluck; “to show HACKLE,” to be willing to fight. HACKLES are the long feathers on the back of a cock’s neck, which he erects when angry,—hence the metaphor.
Hackslaver . to stammer in one’s speech, like a dunce at his lesson.
Haddock . a purse.—_See_ BEANS.
Hair of the dog . a “modest quencher,” taken the morning following a debauch. Originally a “HAIR OF THE DOG that bit you.” This is very old, and seems to show that homœopathy is by no means new, so far as topers, at all events, are concerned.
Half Jack. _See_ JACKS. .
Half-a-bean . half-a-sovereign.
Half-a-bull . two shillings and sixpence.
Half-a-couter . half-a-sovereign.
Half-a-hog . sixpence; sometimes termed HALF-A-GRUNTER.
Half-a-stretch . six months in prison.
Half-a-tusheroon . half-a-crown.
Half-and-half . a mixture of ale and porter, much affected by medical students; occasionally Latinized into “dimidium dimidiumque.” Cooper is HALF-AND-HALF, made of stout and porter. The term of HALF-AND-HALF is also applied to the issue of marriages between gipsies and “white people.”
Half-baked . soft, doughy, half-witted, silly. HALF-ROCKED has a similar meaning.
Half-foolish . ridiculous; means often wholly foolish.
Half-mourning . to have a black eye from a blow. As distinguished from “whole-mourning,” two black eyes.
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