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  • hice, hist, hyst, h'ist
    /hays/ [Atlantic; cf. OED hoise, now hoist to raise aloft by means of a rope or pulley and tackle, originally
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  • hey, eh
    [cf. OED eh an interjectional interrogative particle, often inviting assent to the sentiment expressed: 1859 "You are joking, Jesse, eh?";
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  • hew
    [OED, to slay with cutting blows] v. to cut down in combat; to overcome (an opponent): 1966 The tiger... began
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  • het
    v. 1. [cf. OED, heated, now dial.; US dial. idem DARE] heated: 1895 She went home an' het the hoven
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  • hesef, heself
    [cf. HE him, his, her, it; cf. Scots hersel' himself CSD] refl. pron. himself, herself, itself: 1936 Dat coat'll get
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  • hersen
    [cf. Brit. dial. Mid hersn (Orton M77)] poss. pron. hers: The boat
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  • Here I stand in the well
    n. a children's game (Albury 103). (Long, Andros)
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  • here
    See RIGHT HERE.
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  • here
    [cf. OED, adv. in this place] n. this place: 1966 I going to back here (Crowley 89). She don't like
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  • herb
    /hoyb/ [Jam. Rastafarian idem (Pollard 1980:19); also US Black (Claerbaut), drug culture
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