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ha'penny

A coin worth half of one old penny

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hackneys¹

hackney
1 - A horse used for general-purpose riding
2 - A horse-drawn carriage which is let out for hire
[OED]

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hack¹

A horse used for hire Also: an inferior or worn out horse, a nag [OED]

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hads¹

Goes well, reliably, unchanged [Dictionary of the Scots Language]

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hagwilletts
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Half seas over(1)

Drunk

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Half-a-crown²

Two shillings and six pence or a coin to that value.

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hall¹

Servants' Hall:  A common room for domestic workers in a great house [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servants%27_hall]

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hammer lane¹

John 'Hammer' Lane - (1815-1882) Prize fighter born near Wolverhampton. Listed as an innkeeper, in Moor Street, Birmingham in 1841

[https://www.blackcountrymuse.com/apps/forums/topics/show/6808196-bare-knuckle-boxing-]

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hanging in chains

Those who had been sentenced to death by Admiralty courts were executed at Execution Dock. In the cases of the most notorious offenders, the Admiralty would order that their bodies were to be tarred and hung in chains at either Cuckold's Point or Blackwall Point.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_Dock

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hank¹

Length of rope

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hap¹

The OED gives "To wrap a garment (also bedding, etc.) round (a person), esp. for warmth; (also) to tuck up (in bed). Also in figurative contexts. In modern use freq. with up." So probably a garment taht could be wrapped around a person.

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Harrowº

A private school for boys - charging high fees and patronised by the upper classes [CPB]

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hauve(1)

meaning not known

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hay-cock¹

A conical heap of hay in the field [OED]

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headblock

An illustration placed at the top of a broadside. Usually a woodcut.

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healds

Meaning not known Presumably part of a power loom. 

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Synonyms - heald¹
helps¹

servants [OED]

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helter skelter¹

Disorderly haste or headlong confusion [OED]

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Henry Bell

Henry Bell (1767–1830) Scottish engineer known for introducing the first successful passenger steamboat service in Europe

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