2. (American).—A bribe received by Customs officers in New York for permitting imported dutiable goods to remain on the wharf when they ought to go to the general store-house.
To bury (or dig up) the hatchet.—See Bury.
To throw (or sling) the hatchet, verb. phr. (common).—1. To tell lies, to yarn; to draw the long bow (q.v.). Hence hatchet flinging (or throwing) = lying or yarning.
1789. Geo. Parker, Life's Painter, p. 94. This is a fault, which many of good understanding may fall into, who, from giving way too much to the desire of telling anecdotes, adventures, and the like, habituate themselves by degrees to a mode of the hatchet-flinging extreme.
1821. P. Egan, Life in London, p. 217. There is nothing creeping or throwing the hatchet about this description.
1893. Emerson, Signor Lippo, ch. xx. We had to call her mother, and, if anyone stopped, she'd sling the hatchet to them, and tell them she was a poor lone widow left with five children.
2. (nautical).—To sulk.
Hatchet-faced, adj. (old colloquial:
now recognised).—See
quots. For synonyms, see Ugly-mug.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Hatchet-fac'd, Hard favor'd, Homely.
1725. New. Cant. Dict., s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Hatchet Face, a long thin face.
1865. Sala, Trip to Barbary, p. 130. The man in black baize with the felt képi, and who had a hatchet face desperately scarred with the small-pox, looked from head to heel a bad egg.
1888. J. Runciman, The Chequers, p. 7. His hatchet face with its piggish eyes, his thin cruel lips, his square jaw, are all murderous.
Hatch, Match, and Dispatch
Column, subs. phr. (journalistic).—The
births, marriages, and
deaths announcements. Also
Cradle, Altar and Tomb
Column.
Hatchway, subs. (common).—1.
The mouth. For synonyms, see
Potato-trap.
2. (venery).—The female pudendum. Also Fore-hatch. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
Hate-out, verb. (American).—To
boycott; to send to Coventry.
18(?). S. Kercheval, History of Virginia. The punishment for idleness, lying, dishonesty, and ill-fame generally, was that of hating the offender out, as they expressed it. It commonly resulted in the reformation or banishment of the person against whom it was directed. If a man did not do his share of the public service, he was hated-out as a coward.
Hatfield, subs. (common).—A
drink, whose chief ingredients
are gin and ginger-beer.
1883. Daily News, 5 July, p. 5, c. 1 There are, we believe, all sorts of strong waters in the mild-looking and seductive hatfield, while the majority of 'cups' are distinctly 'mixed.'
Hatful, subs. (colloquial).—A
large quantity; a heap.
1859. Punch, lxxx., vi., 236. If they had trusted their own judgment they would have won a hatful.
1864. M. E. Braddon, Henry Dunbar, ch. xxii. He was in a very good temper however, for he had won what his companions called a hatful of money on the steeple-chase.
Hatpeg, subs. (common).—The
head. For synonyms, see Crumpet.
Hatter, subs. (Australian).—A
gold-digger working alone.
1881. A. Bathgate, Waitaruna, p. 88. He is what they call a hatter, that is he works alone.
1885. Chambers' Journal, 2 May, p. 286. Some prefer to travel, and even to work, when they can get it, alone, and these are known to the rest as hatters.
