Chapter Ha-ha to Halberjects or Haubergots of H by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

when his eyes were out, he then
Jumped into the bramble-bush
And scratched them in again."

Hair stand on End Indicative of intense mental distress and astonishment. Dr. Andrews, of Beresford chapel, Walworth, who attended Probert under sentence of death, says: "When the executioner put the cords on his wrists, his hair, though long and lanky, of a weak iron-grey, rose gradually and stood perfectly upright, and so remained for some time, and then fell gradually down again."

"Fear came upon me and trembling, ... [and] the hair of my flesh stood up." - Job iv. 14, 15.

Hake We lose in hake, but gain in herring. Lose one way, but gain in another. Herrings are persecuted by the hakes, which are therefore driven away from a herring fishery.

Hal A familiar contraction of Harry (for Henry). Similarly, Dol is a contraction of Dorothy; Mol, of Mary, etc.
    The substitution of P for M as the initial letter of proper names is seen in such examples as Polly for Molly, Patty for Martha, Peggy for Margy (i.e. Margaret), etc. (See Elizabeth.)

Halacha [rule ]. The Jewish oral law. (See Gemara, Mishna .)

"The halachah ... had even greater authority than the Scriptures of the Old Testament, since it explained and applied them."- Edersheim: Life of Jesus the Messiah, vol. i. book i. chap.i.

Halberjects or Haubergets A coarse thick cloth used for the habits of monks. Thomson says it is the German al-bergen (cover-all) or Hals-bergen (neck-cover). (Essay on Magna Charta.)