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189 Hogget. A two year old ewe. Hog lamb. A sheep under a year old. Holidays, Parts left untouched in dusting, Don't leave any holidays. HoUibubber. One who earns his living out of the refuse of the slate quarries at Delabole. C. Holla-pot. See Tom-holla. Holm. The holly-tree. Holm-SCritch. The missel-thrush. c. Holt, or Holster. A lurking place, a place of con- cealment. A place of rendezvous. (Hulstred, Saxon, hidden). Honey-pin. A peculiar sweet apple. BottrelL Hood, or Ood. Wood. Hoop. The bullfinch. C. Hopps. Small bits, as, "Hopps of gold." Carew. Hooraa ! Wurraa ! or Wurraw ! Hurrah ! or Huzza ! A word common to many nations. Jewish, hosanna; Old French, huzzer, (to shout aloud); Dutch, husschen; Kussian, hoera and hoezee, Hurrar is a cor- ruption of Tur-aie (Thor aid), a battle cry of the Northmen. Wace, '^ Chronicled (Brewer's Dickj). Hootin. Blubbering, ^^ Stop tha hootin', dew." Hooze, or Hoozy. Hoarse. Hoz, Celtic Cornish. Hooze, or Hoost. A bronchial disease in cattle. Hoozle-pipe. See Oozle,