An alliance or confederation among merchants or cities, for the good ordering and protection of the commerce of its members. An imposition upon merchandise. Du Cange. Hanse towns. The collective name of certain German cities, including Lubeck, Hamburg, and Bremen, which formed an alliance for the mutual protection and furtherance of their commercial interests, in the twelfth … [Read more...] about HANSE
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HARDHAT
A solid hat, usual used on a construction site. Sometimes used as sland for a construction worker. … [Read more...] about HARDHAT
HAND MONEY
Money paid In hand to bind a bargain; earnest money. … [Read more...] about HAND MONEY
HANSGRAVE
The chief of a company; the head man of a corporation. … [Read more...] about HANSGRAVE
HARDHEIDIS
In old Scotch law. Lions; coins formerly of the value of three half-pence. 1 Pltc Crim. Tr. pt. 1, p. 64, note. … [Read more...] about HARDHEIDIS