hleness.html - abbr.
(in the UK) House of Lords.

hleness.html - abbr.
hectolitre(s).

hleness.html - See: RAISE HACKLES or RAISE ONE'S HACKLES.

hleness.html - See: AS SOON.

hleness.html - {informal} Should; must. * /I had better leave now, or I'll be late./ * /If you want to stay out of trouble, you had best not make any mistakes. / * /Jim decided he had better do his homework instead of playing ball./

hleness.html - {v.} To choose to (do one thing instead of another thing); like better to; would prefer to. - Used with an infinitive without "to". * /My aunt invited me to the movies, but I said I had rather go on a picnic with the girls./ * /I had sooner live in the city than on a farm./