A device for catching fish in ebbing water. St. 23 Hen. VIII. c. 5.

A week’s man; the canon or prebendary in a cathedral church, whohad the peculiar care of the choir and the offices of it for his own week. Cowell.

In feudal law. Rent paid to a lord of the fee for a liberty to use the engines called “hocks.”

An engine to take fish In the river Ouse. 23 Hen. VIII. c. 18.

A small haven, wharf, or landing place.

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 andsocieties. Wharton.

An allowance of wood for repairing hedges or fences, which a tenantor lessee has a right to take off the land let or demised to him. 2 Bl. Comm. 35.

A vagabond priest in olden time.

The leadership of one among several independent confederate states.

The epoch or account of time used by the Arabians and the Turks, whobegin their computation from the day that Mahomet was compelled to escape fromMecca, which happened on Friday, July 16,

The leader of the monks in the Greek Church.

A young cow which has not had a calf. 2 East, P. C. 616. And see State v.McMinn, 34 Ark. 162; Mundell v. Hammond, 40 Vt. 645.

At common law. A person who succeeds, by the rules of law, to an estate in lands, tenements, or hereditaments, upon the death of his ancestor, by descent and right of relationship.

Such goods and chattels as, contrary to the nature of chattels, shallgo by special custom to the heir aloug with the inheritance, aud not to the executor.The termination “loom” (Sax.) signifies a

Succession by inheritance.

A word used in deeds of conveyance, (either solely, or in connection withothers,) where it Is intended to pass a fee.

The quality or condition of being heir, or the relation between the heirand his ancestor.

In Scotch law. The movables which go to the heir, and not tothe executor, that the land may not go to the heir completely dismantled, such as thebest of furniture, horses, cows,

The name formerly given to a place under the exchequer chamber, where theking’s debtors were confined. Rich. Diet

Thatch or straw; a covering for the head in war; a coat of arms bearing acrest; the tiller or handle of the rudder of a ship.