| Word/Phrase | Definition | Useage |
|---|
| H.L.W. | Hand loom weaver- weaver of cloth on a home-based loom | Scot.Occup |
| Haberdasher | Seller of clothing and accoutrements | UK Occupation |
| Hacker | 1) Woodcutter 2) Maker and/or user of hoes or other cutting tools | UK Occupation |
| Hackle Setter | Set and maintained the pins in a Hackle | UK Occupation |
| Hacklemaker/Heckelmaker | Made the Hackles (combs) for combing flax | UK Occupation |
| Hackler / Heckler / Hackman / Hatcheler | Combed or 'carded' the coarse flax, using a Hackle - a toothed implement - in linen making. | UK Occupation |
| Hackler | Lint dresser who separated the coarse flax with a toothed hackle | Scot.Occup |
| Hackney Man | Horse drawn Cab/Taxi driver - Taxis were originally called Hackney Cabs | UK Occupation |
| Haemoptysis | Coughing up of blood | Scot.Dise 1855 |
| Haemorrhage | Excessive bleeding, often within an organ | Scot.Dise 1855 |
| Haft Presser | Employed in the Sheffield cutlery industry pressing bone/horn into knife handles (hafts). 19c. | UK Occupation |
| Hairweaver / Hairman | Weaver of horsehair cloth | UK Occupation |
| Halberd Carrier / Halberdier | Soldier who was armed with a halberd - a combined spear and axe | UK Occupation |
| Half brother/half sister | Child by another marriage of one's mother or father; the relationship of two people who have only one parent in common. | General |
| Half Timer | Child who spent half the day at school and half in the mills | UK Occupation |
| håll och styng | pneumonia | Swedish |
| halv- | half-, step- | Swedish |
| halvsyskon | half siblings | Swedish |
| hammarsmed | forging smith | Swedish |
| Hammerman | Smith, hammerman | UK Occupation |
| han | he | Swedish |
| handelsman | merchant | Swedish |
| Handseller | Street Vendor | UK Occupation |
| handskmakare | glove maker | Swedish |
| Handwoman | Midwife or female attendant | UK Occupation |
| hans | his | Swedish |
| hantverkare | artisan | Swedish |
| Happers | Usually women and children whose job was to square off the drained lumps of salt with wooden implements, ready for drying. | UK Occupation |
| här | here | Swedish |
| härad | civil district within a county | Swedish |
| häradsrätt | district court | Swedish |
| Harlot | 1) Vagabond, beggar, rogue 2) 14c male servant / attendant 3) 15c Prostitute | UK Occupation |
| Harmer Beck | Constable | UK Occupation |
| Harper | Harp player | UK Occupation |
| härstädes | here, at given location | Swedish |
| hastig | acute | Swedish |
| Hatter | Hat maker / seller More Info. | UK Occupation |
| hattmakare | hatmaker | Swedish |
| hava | to have | Swedish |
| havande | pregnant | Swedish |
| Hawker / Huckster | Peddler or street seller. Itinerant street dealer who carried his wares with him. Often used as a term of abuse. | UK Occupation |
| Hawker | Pedlar, seller of small goods from door to door | Scot.Occup |
| Hayard | 1) Inspected hedges and fences of a parish and also impounded stray animals 2) Tended fields set aside to produce hay Also Field Master | UK Occupation |
| Haymonger | Dealer in hay | UK Occupation |
| Hayrester | Worker in horsehair | UK Occupation |
| Headsman | Executioner | UK Occupation |
| Headswoman | Midwife | UK Occupation |
| Heald Knitter | Made 'healds' - lengths of cord with an eye in the middle through which the warp threads on a loom ran so that they could alternately be raised and lowered for the shuttle to pass through with the weft thread. More Info. | UK Occupation |
| Heald/Heddle or Yell Manufacturer | Manufacturer of Healds, used on looms. The warp yarns are passed through loops known as Healds, which raise and lower the yarns after the shuttle has passed the weft across the width of the loom | UK Occupation |
| Heart sickness | Condition caused by loss of salt from body | Medical |
| Heat stroke | Body temperature elevates because of surrounding environment temperature and body does not perspire to reduce temperature. Coma and death result if not reversed | Medical |
| Heatherer | Thatched roofs of houses and crofts with heather divots or stems (esp. in Highlands and Islands) | Scot.Occup |
| Heck Maker | Made spinning machine guides for guiding yarn onto reels | UK Occupation |
| Hecklemaker | Maker of flax combs for use by heckler/hackler | Scot.Occup |
| Heckler | see hackler | Scot.Occup |
| Hectical complaint | Recurrent fever | Medical |
| Heddler | Weaving loom operator in textile mill | Scot.Occup |
| hederlig | honorable, honest | Swedish |
| Hedge Looker | Oversaw maintenance of hedges and enclosures. Also see Field Master & Hayward | UK Occupation |
| Hedger | Hedge Trimmer and maker of 'grown' hedges - a skilled art. Laid and repaired hedges enclosing fields making them stock-proof | UK Occupation |
| Heelmaker | Made shoe heels | UK Occupation |
| Heiratsurkunde | Marriage record | Germany |
| Heirs | Those entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit property from another. | General |
| hektisk feber | infectious disease accompanying a fever | Swedish |
| helig | holy | Swedish |
| Hellier / Hillier | Roof tiler or Slater | UK Occupation |
| hem | home | Swedish |
| Hematemesis | Vomiting blood | Medical |
| Hematuria | Bloody urine | Medical |
| Hemiplegia | Paralysis affecting only one side of the body | Scot.Dise 1855 |
| Hemiplegy | Paralysis of one side of body | Medical |
| hemma | at home | Swedish |
| hemman | farm, homestead | Swedish |
| hemmansägare | farmer, homeowner | Swedish |
| hemmansbrukare | farmer | Swedish |
| Hemophilia | Hereditary bleeding disorder, taking a long time for blood to clot | Scot.Dise 1855 |
| hemort | residence | Swedish |
| Hempheckler | See Hackler | UK Occupation |
| hemvist | domicile | Swedish |
| Henchman / Hensman / Hinxman | 1) Squire or page of honour 2) Groom, horseman 3) Chief attendant to a Highland chief | UK Occupation |
| henne | her | Swedish |
| Henter | Thief | UK Occupation |
| Heraldic symbols | Official symbols granted to a family (coats of arms, blazons, etc.) | Genealogy |
| heraldik | heraldry | Swedish |
| Herd | Shepherd | Scot.Occup |
| Hereditary | Physical or psychological traits passed on to children by their parents. | Genealogy |
| Heritor | Landholder in a parish | Scot.Occup |
| Hermana | Sister | Spanish |
| Hermano | Brother | Spanish |
| herr | Mr. | Swedish |
| Herren | Lord | Swedish |
| herrgård | manorial estate | Swedish |
| Hetheleder | Person who cut and sold heather as a source of fuel. | Scot.Occup |
| hetsig feber | inflammatory fever | Swedish |
| Hewer | Mine face worker - hewed or cut the coal | UK Occupation |
| Higgler | Itinerant peddler. A lot of the Higgler's trade involved barter, rather than money changing hands and the name derives from the resultant haggling. | UK Occupation |
| High Sheriff | The highest ranking sheriff | UK Occupation |
| Highwayman | Robber, usually mounted, who preyed on travellers on public highways | UK Occupation |
| Hillier | Roof tiler | UK Occupation |
| Hillman / Hillsman | A man who worked at the pithead; a colliery official, late 17th-early 20th century (Scottish) | UK Occupation |
| Hind / Hynd | 1) Domestic servant 2) A skilled farm labourer (Scotland) | UK Occupation |
| Hind | Farm servant | Scot.Occup |
| hinderlös | free, unhindered (to travel, marry) | Swedish |
| hinderlöshetsbetyg | certificate of being unhindered | Swedish |
| Hip gout | Osteomylitis | Medical |
| Hirer | Arranged to provide servants, vehicles, or animals in return for money. | Scot.Occup |
| historia | history | Swedish |
| hittebarn | foundling | Swedish |
| hjärnblödning | stroke, cerebral hemorrhage | Swedish |
| hjärtslag | cardiac arrest | Swedish |
| hjärtsprång | heart disease | Swedish |
| hjon | person belonging to a group, for example tjänstehjon, inhysseshjon, fattighjon | Swedish |
| hjonelag | connubial union (union in the state of marriage) | Swedish |
| hjulmakare | wheelwright | Swedish |
| Hobbler / Hobler | 1) Towed river or canal boats 2) Casual dock labourer 3) Unlicensed pilot. More Info. | UK Occupation |
| Hodsman | Mason's assistant - carried the 'Hod' in which materials were carried | UK Occupation |
| hög | high | Swedish |
| höger | right | Swedish |
| Hoggard | Pig drover | UK Occupation |
| Holder up | 1) Rivetter's Mate - whilst the red hot rivet head was formed by the rivetter, he would hold a heavy hammer or dolly against the other end of the rivet. | UK Occupation |
| Holder-on | Assisted a skilled rivetter, usually in the ship-building industry | Scot.Occup |
| Holer | 1) Miner 2) Made the holes in sewing needles. Also called an Eyer | UK Occupation |
| Holloware Turner | Operated a lathe to shape & clean up the inside of metal utensils, teapots etc & cooking pots | UK Occupation |
| Holographic will | One written entirely in the testator's own handwriting. | General |
| Homestead act | Law passed by Congress in 1862 allowing a head of a family to obtain title to 160 acres of public land after clearing and improving it for 5 years. | General |
| hon | she | Swedish |
| honom | him | Swedish |
| Hoofer | A dancer | UK Occupation |
| Hooker | 1) 16c. Reaper 2) 19c. Textile mill worker operating machinery which laid out fabric in uniform folds to required length | UK Occupation |
| Hooper / Hoop shaver | Made hoops for casks and barrels | UK Occupation |
| Hooper | Maker of hoops for barrels | Scot.Occup |
| Horner | Made horn cutlery handles, combs | UK Occupation |
| Horrors | Delirium tremens | Medical |
| Horse Capper | Dealer in worthless horses | UK Occupation |
| Horse Courser | Owner of racing horses | UK Occupation |
| Horse Knave | Groom | UK Occupation |
| Horse Leech | Farrier, veterinarian | UK Occupation |
| Horse Marine | Towed canal barges where horses could not be used | UK Occupation |
| Horse Setter | Owned horses and hired them out | Scot.Occup |
| Horse-hair Curler | Prepared horse hair for upholstery stuffing | UK Occupation |
| Horseman | Led working horses on a farm | UK Occupation |
| Hortulanus | Gardener | Scot.Occup |
| hos | at, in, with | Swedish |
| Hosier | Retailer of hosiery - socks, stockings, gloves etc. | UK Occupation |
| höst | autumn | Swedish |
| hosta | cough | Swedish |
| Hosteller / Hostelier | Innkeeper | UK Occupation |
| Hostler | 1) Stableman, groom 2) repairer of railway engines | UK Occupation |
| Hotpresser | Worked in textile or paper mills, pressing product between hot glazing sheets to smooth and glaze it | UK Occupation |
| Houghman | A farm worker ( but doing what exactly - anyone know ?) | Scot.Occup |
| House Joiner | Made the wooden frames of houses | UK Occupation |
| House Wright | House builder | UK Occupation |
| hovrätt | circuit court of appeal | Swedish |
| Howdy Wife | Midwife | UK Occupation |
| Howdywife | Midwife | Scot.Occup |
| Hoyman | Used a 'hoy' - a small coastal vessel - to transport passengers and goods | UK Occupation |
| Huckster / Huxter | 1) Street seller of ale, often a woman 2) Retailer of small wares in shop or booth | UK Occupation |
| Huffler | Worked on the canals assisting boats and barges through the locks. | UK Occupation |
| Huguenot | A French Protestant in the 16th and 17th centuries. One of the reformed or calvinistic communion who were driven by the thousands into exile in England, Holland, Germany and America. | General |
| Huissher | Usher or door attendant | UK Occupation |
| hur | how | Swedish |
| Hurdleman / Hurdler | Made wattle fencing 'hurdles' | UK Occupation |
| Hurriers | Usually girls from the age of 5, employed hauling coal underground | UK Occupation |
| hus | house | Swedish |
| husar | light cavalryman | Swedish |
| Husband Man | Farmer that cares for animals. | Occupation |
| husband | A married man; a man in his relationship with his spouse | Colonial Diseases |
| Husband-Man / Husbandman | 1) Tenant farmer 2) Farmer dealing with animals (14th century From the Anglo-Saxon husbonda) - a shepherd | UK Occupation |
| Husbandman | A cultivator of soil, a farmer. Later including animal husbandry | Scot.Occup |
| husbonde | master of a family or of a house | Swedish |
| husfader | head of household, father | Swedish |
| husfolk | farmers, farm people | Swedish |
| husförhör, husförhörslängd | clerical survey, household examination | Swedish |
| Hush Shopkeeper | Unlicensed beer brewer and seller | UK Occupation |
| husman | farm laborer (owned house but not land) | Swedish |
| husmoder | female head of household, mother | Swedish |
| hustru | wife | Swedish |
| Hydrocephalus | Enlarged head, water on the brain | Medical |
| Hydropericardium | Heart dropsy | Medical |
| Hydrophobia | Rabies | Medical |
| Hydrothorax | Dropsy in chest | Medical |
| Hypertrophic | Enlargement of any structure, like a scar, muscle, or organ | Medical |
| Hypostatic | Setting of the blood by gravitation | Scot.Dise 1855 |
| hyresgäst | lodger | Swedish |
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