Part 5062

<blockquote>Had I lavish of my presence been, So common-<b>hackneyed</b> in the eyes of men. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To carry in a hackney coach.</def>

<i>Cowper.</i>

<h1>Hackneyman</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>Hack"ney*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hackneymen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.</def>

<h1>Hackster</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>Hack"ster</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Hack</er> to cut.]</ety> <def>A bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an assassin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Hacqueton</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>Hac"que*ton</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Acton</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Had</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>Had</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Have</er>. <ety>[OE.<ets>had</ets>, <ets>hafde</ets>, <ets>hefde</ets>, AS. <ets>h\'91fde</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Have</er>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Had as lief</col>, <col>Had rather</col>, <col>Had better</col>, <col>Had as soon</col></mcol>, etc., <cd>with a nominative and followed by the infinitive without <i>to<i>, are well established idiomatic forms. The original construction was that of the dative with forms of <i>be<i>, followed by the infinitive. See <cref>Had better</cref>, under <er>Better</er>.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>And <b>lever me is</b> be pore and trewe. [And more agreeable to me it is to be poor and true.] <i>C. Mundi (Trans. ).</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Him had been lever</b> to be syke. [To him it had been preferable to be sick.] <i>Fabian.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>For <b>him was lever</b> have at his bed's head Twenty bookes, clad in black or red, . . . Than robes rich, or fithel, or gay sawtrie. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<note>Gradually the nominative was substituted for the dative, and <i>had<i> for the forms of <i>be<i>. During the process of transition, the nominative with <i>was<i> or <i>were<i>, and the dative with <i>had<i>, are found.</note>

<blockquote>Poor lady, <b>she were better</b> love a dream. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>You were best</b> hang yourself. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Me rather had</b> my heart might feel your love Than my unpleased eye see your courtesy. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>I hadde levere</b> than my scherte, That ye hadde rad his legende, as have I. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>I had as lief</b> not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>I had rather</b> be a dog and bay the moon, Than such a Roman. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>I had rather</b> be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. <i>Ps. lxxxiv.10.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hadder</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>Had"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Heather; heath.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Burton</i>.

<h1>Haddie</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>Had"die</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The haddock.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>