Glossary
Name | Term description |
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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 |