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Name	Term description
Name H.L.W.	Term description Handloom weaver
Name Haberdasher	Term description A person who sells small sewing goods, threads, buttons etc.
Name Hackler/heckler	Term description A person who carries out the early stages of preparing raw fibre (for example Jute and flax) for spinning. Hackle-pins and fluted rollers were used to comb and soften the fibre and, in the case of jute, an emulsion of oil and water (whale oil until the late 19th century) was applied to assist the process.
Name Hackney-coachman	Term description One who drives a hackney coach or coach for hire
Name Hair merchant	Term description One who deals in hair
Name Hair-dresser	Term description One who arranges hair
Name Half-timer/ht scholar	Term description A child who spends half the day in factory school and the other half working in the factory. Dundee was the last city in Scotland to abolish half-time working, in 1918.
Name Hammerman	Term description A person who operates a hammer for example In a blacksmith's, or shipyard, or a steam hammer in a foundry
Name Harnessmaker	Term description One who makes leather harness for horses, oxen, etc.
Name Hat maker	Term description One who makes hats and other headgear
Name Hat manufacturer	Term description One who makes hats and other headgear
Name Hatmaker	Term description One who makes hats and other headgear
Name Hatter	Term description One who makes hats and other headgear
Name Hawker	Term description A person who goes round houses or streets selling their wares
Name Head miller	Term description One who works at a mill
Name Heckilmaker/hecklemaker	Term description Flax-comb maker
Name Heelmaker	Term description One who makes separate heels for fitting to shoes
Name Heilmaker	Term description One who makes separate heels for fitting to shoes
Name Herald	Term description Royal messenger, later member of Lyon Court
Name Herald-painter	Term description One who paints heraldic shields, scrivener
Name Herd	Term description One who tends to herd of animals
Name Heritor	Term description Landowner/property owner with liability for financial contributions to parish burdens, for example the upkeep of the parish church, school, the poor and the wages of the schoolteacher and stipend of the minister
Name Hind	Term description A married farm servant, for example a skilled ploughman with his own cottage, who worked on the land with his wife and family
Name Hird	Term description One who tends to herd of animals
Name Hirer	Term description One who arranges the provision of servants, animals, vehicles, etc., in return for money