Han"ker*ing*ly, adv. In a hankering manner.
Han"key-pan"key (h"k*p"k), n. [Cf. Hocus-pocus.] Professional cant; the
chatter of conjurers to divert attention from their tricks; hence,
jugglery. [Colloq.]
Han`o*ve"ri*an (hn`*v"r*an), a. Of or pertaining to Hanover or its
people, or to the House of Hanover in England.
Han`o*ve"ri*an, n. A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one
of the House of Hanover.
Han"sa (hn"s), n. See 2d Hanse.
Han"sard (-srd), n. An official report of proceedings in the British
Parliament; -- so called from the name of the publishers.
Han"sard, n. A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under
2d Hanse.
Hanse (hns), n. [Cf. F. anse handle, anse de panier surbased arch, flat
arch, vault, and E. haunch hip.] (Arch.) That part of an elliptical or
many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins
the impost.
Hanse, n. [G. hanse, or F. hanse (from German), OHG. & Goth. hansa;
akin to AS. hs band, troop.] An association; a league or confederacy.
Hanse towns (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany which
associated themselves for the protection and enlarging of their
commerce. The confederacy, called also Hansa and Hanseatic league, held
its first diet in 1260, and was maintained for nearly four hundred
years. At one time the league comprised eighty-five cities. Its
remnants, L¸beck, Hamburg, and Bremen, are free cities, and are still
frequently called Hanse towns.
Han`se*at"ic (hn`s*t"k), a. Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their
confederacy.
Hanseatic league. See under 2d Hanse.
Han"sel (hn"sl), n. & v. See Handsel.
Han"sel*ines (h‰n"sel*nz), n. A sort of breeches. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Han"som (hn"sm), n., Han"som cab` (kb`). [From the name of the
inventor.] A light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's
seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top.
He hailed a cruising hansom . . . " 'Tis the gondola of London,"
said Lothair.
Beaconsfield.
Han't (hnt; in England, h‰nt). A contraction of have not, or has not,
used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling
is hain't.
Han"u*man (hn"*man), n. See Hoonoomaun.
Hap (hp), v. t. [OE. happen.] To clothe; to wrap.
The surgeon happed her up carefully.
Dr. J. Brown.