That by which they are said to get the most money, is,
   when young gentlewomen of good families and reputation
   have happened to be with child before marriage, a round
   sum is often bestowed among the gypsies, for some one
   mort to take the child; and as that is never heard of
   more by the true mother and family, so the disgrace is
   kept concealed from the world; and, if the child lives, it
   never knows its parents.

Haberdasher of pronouns.  A schoolmaster, or
  usher.

Hackney writer.  One who writes for attornies or
  booksellers.

Hackum.  Captain Hackum; a bravo, a slasher.

Had’em.  He has been at Had’em, and came home by Clapham;
  said of one who has caught the venereal disease.

Hair splitter.  A man’s yard.

Halbert.  A weapon carried by a serjeant of foot.  To get
  a halbert; to be appointed a serjeant.  To be brought to
  the halberts; to be flogged a la militaire:  soldiers of the
  infantry, when flogged, being commonly tied to three halberts,
  set up in a triangle, with a fourth fastened across
  them.  He carries the halbert in his face; a saying of one
  promoted from a serjeant to a commission officer.

Half A hog.  Sixpence.

Half seas over.  Almost drunk.

Hamlet.  A high constable.  Cant.

Hams, or HAMCASES Breeches.

Hand.  A sailor.  We lost a hand; we lost a sailor.  Bear a
  hand; make haste.  Hand to fist; opposite:  the same as
  tete-a-tete, or cheek by joul.

Hand and pocket shop.  An eating house, where ready
  money is paid for what is called for.

Hand basket portion.  A woman whose husband receives
  frequent presents from her father, or family, is
  said to have a hand-basket portion.

Handle.  To know how to handle one’s fists; to be skilful
  in the art of boxing.  The cove flashes a rare handle to
  his physog; the fellow has a large nose.

Handsome.  He is a handsome-bodied man in the face; a
  jeering commendation of an ugly fellow.  Handsome is that
  handsome does:  a proverb frequently cited by ugly women.

Handsome reward.  This, in advertisements, means a
  horse-whipping.

To hang an arse.  To hang back, to hesitate.

Hang gallows look.  A thievish, or villainous appearance.

Hang in chains.  A vile, desperate fellow.  Persons
  guilty of murder, or other atrocious crimes, are frequently,
  after execution, hanged on a gibbet, to which
  they are fastened by iron bandages; the gibbet is commonly
  placed on or near the place where the crime was committed.