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  • HEBBERMAN
    An unlawful fisher in the Thames below London bridge; so called because they generally fished at ebbing tide or water. 4 Hen. VII. c 15; Jacob.
  • HEBBERTHEF
    In Saxon law. The privilege of having the goods of a thief, and the trial of him, within a certain liberty. Gowell.
  • HEBBING-WEARS
    A device for catching fish in ebbing water. St. 23 Hen. VIII. c 5.
  • HEBDOMADIUS
    A week's man; the canon or prebendary in a cathedral church, who had the peculiar care of the choir and the offices of it for his own week. Cowell.
  • HECCAGIUM
    In feudal law. Rent paid to a lord of the fee for a liberty to use the engines called "hecks."
  • HECK
    An engine to take fish In the river Ouse. 23 Hen. VIII. c. 1.
  • HEDA
    A small haven, wharf, or landing place.
  • HEDAGIUM
    Toll or customary dues at the hithe or wharf, for landing goods, etc., from which exemption was granted by the crown to some particular persons and societies. Wharton.
  • HEDGE-BOTE
    An allowance of wood for repairing hedges or fences, which a tenant or lessee has a right to take off the land let or demised to him. 2 Bl. Comm. 35.
  • HEDGE-PRIEST
    A vagabond priest in olden time.
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