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<h1>Hansard</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Han"sard</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d <er>Hanse</er>.</def>

<h1>Hanse</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hanse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>anse</ets> handle, <ets>anse de panier</ets> surbased arch, flat arch, vault, and E. <ets>haunch</ets> hip.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>That part of an elliptical or many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.</def>

<h1>Hanse</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hanse</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G. <ets>hanse</ets>, or F. <ets>hanse</ets> (from German), OHG. & Goth. <ets>hansa</ets>; akin to AS. <ets>h<?/s</ets> band, troop.]</ety> <def>An association; a league or confederacy.</def>

<cs><col>Hanse towns</col> <fld>(Hist.)</fld>, <cd>certain commercial cities in Germany which associated themselves for the protection and enlarging of their commerce. The confederacy, called also <altname>Hansa</altname> and <altname>Hanseatic league</altname>, 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\'81beck, Hamburg, and Bremen, are <stype>free cities</stype>, and are still frequently called <i>Hanse towns<i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hanseatic</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Han`se*at"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy.</def>

<cs><col>Hanseatic league</col>. <cd>See under 2d <er>Hanse</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hansel</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Han"sel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & v.</tt> <def>See <er>Handsel</er>.</def>

<h1>Hanselines</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Han"sel*ines</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A sort of breeches.</def> <mark>[Obs..]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<mhw><h1>Hansom, n., Hansom cab</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Han"som</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <hw>Han"som cab`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>. <ety>[From the name of the inventor.]</ety> <def>A light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top.</def>

<blockquote>He hailed a cruising <b>hansom</b> . . . " 'Tis the gondola of London," said Lothair. <i>Beaconsfield.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Han't</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Han't</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A contraction of <i>have</i> not, or <i>has</i> not, used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is <i>hain't</i>.</def>

<h1>Hanuman</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Han"u*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Hoonoomaun</er>.</def>

<h1>Hap</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hap</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE.<ets>happen</ets>.]</ety> <def>To clothe; to wrap.</def>

<blockquote>The surgeon <b>happed</b> her up carefully. <i>Dr. J. Brown.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hap</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hap</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Hap</er> to clothe.]</ety> <def>A cloak or plaid.</def> <mark>[O. Eng. & Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Hap</h1> <Xpage=669>