Hamshackle
(Ham"shac`kle) v. t. [Ham + shackle.] To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head
to one of the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to bind or restrain; to curb.
Hamster
(Ham"ster) n. [G. hamster.] (Zoöl.) A small European rodent It is remarkable for having a
pouch on each side of the jaw, under the skin, and for its migrations.
Hamstring
(Ham"string`) n. (Anat.) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space
back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.
Hamstring
(Ham"string`), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hamstrung; p. pr. & vb. n. Hamstringing. See String.]
To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to
disable.
So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home.
Milton. Hamular
(Ham"u*lar) a. Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of the sphenoid bone.
Hamulate
(Ham"u*late) a. Furnished with a small hook; hook-shaped. Gray.
Hamule
(Ham"ule) n. [L. hamulus.] A little hook.
Hamulose
(Ham"u*lose`) a. [L. hamulus, dim. of hamus a hook.] Bearing a small hook at the end.
Gray.
Hamulus
(||Ham"u*lus) n.; pl. Hamuli [L., a little hook.]
1. (Anat.) A hook, or hooklike process.
2. (Zoöl.) A hooked barbicel of a feather.
Han
(Han) contr. inf. & plural pres. of Haven. To have; have. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Him thanken all, and thus they han an end.
Chaucer. Hanap
(Han"ap) n. [F. hanap. See Hanaper.] A rich goblet, esp. one used on state occasions. [Obs.]
Hanaper
(Han"a*per) n. [LL. hanaperium a large vase, fr. hanapus vase, bowl, cup (whence F. hanap); of
German origin; cf. OHG. hnapf, G. napf, akin to AS. hnæp cup, bowl. Cf. Hamper, Nappy, n.] A kind
of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper.
