1893. Cassel's Sat. Jour., 1 Feb., p. 389, 1. One day a fashionably-dressed young man, giving an address in a high-toned suburb, called upon Messrs. Glitter.
Highty-tighty (or Hoity-toity), subs. (old).—A wanton.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Hightetity, a Ramp, or Rude Girl.
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v.
Adj. (colloquial).—Peremptory; waspish; quarrelsome.
1848. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, ch. xviii. La, William, don't be so highty-tighty with us. We're not men.
High Wood. To live in high wood, verb. phr. (common).—To hide; to dissemble of purpose; to lie low and keep quiet.
Higulcion-flips, subs. (Texas).—An imaginary ailment.
Hike, verb, (old).—To move about. Also to carry off; to arrest.
1811. Lexicon Balrtronicum, s.v. Hike. To hike off; to run away.
1884. Daily Telegraph, 2 Feb., p. 3, c. 1. We three, not having any regler homes nor a steady job of work to stick to, hike about for a living, and we live in the cellar of a empty house.
Hilding, subs, (old).—A jade; a wanton; a disreputable slut.
1593. Shakspeare, Taming of the Shrew, ii., 1. For shame thou hilding of a devilish spirit.
1595. Shakspeare, Romeo and Juliet, ii., 4. Hildings and harlots.
Hill. Not worth a hill of beans, phr. (American).—Absolutely worthless.
Hills, subs. (Winchester Coll.).—1. St. Catharine's Hill.
1870. Mansfield, School Life, p. 28. Some of his principal duties were to take the boys 'on to hills,' call names there, etc.
2. (Cambridge Univ.).—The Gogmagog Hills; a common morning's ride. Gradus ad Cantab.
Hilly, adj. (colloquial).—Difficult: e.g., hilly reading = hard to read; hilly going = not easy to do; etc.
Hilt. Loose in the hilt, adv. phr. (old).—Unsteady; rocky (q.v.); lax in the bowels.
1639-61. Rump Songs. 'Bum-fodder,' ii., 56. If they stay longer, they will us beguilt With a Government that is loose in the hilt.
Hind-boot, subs, (common).—The breech. For synonyms, see Monocular Eyeglass.
Hind-coachwheel, subs, (common).—A five shilling piece. Fr., roue de derrière, thune, or palet, = a five-franc piece. For synonyms, see Caroon.
Hinder-blast, subs. (old).—Crepitation.
1540 Lindsay, Thrie Estaitis [in Bannatyne MSS., Hunterian Club, ed., 1879-88), p. 511] line 1429-30. Scho hes sic rumling in her wame, That all the nycht my hairt ouercastis With bokking and with hinder blastis.
Hinder-end, subs. phr. (common). —The breech. Also, hinder-parts and hinder-world.
Hinder-entrance, subs. phr. (common).—The fundament.
Hind-leg. To kick out a hind leg, verb. phr. (old).—To lout; to make a rustic bow.
