Definition of the noun haslet
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noun - plural: haslets
- heart and liver and other edible viscera especially of hogs; usually chopped and formed into a loaf and braised
Alternative definition of the noun haslet
- the internal organs of an animal, especially the heart and liver of a pig
- a meatloaf made of that (and seasoning)
Haslet is a city in Denton and Tarrant counties within the DFW Metroplex in the U.S. state of Texas and is located 15 miles north of downtown Fort Worth and 20 miles south of Denton. Haslet borders Interstate 35W, U.S. Highway 287, and Alliance Airport.
- also known as Haslet, Texas
- part of Tarrant County, Texas, Denton County
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Haslet: In North American English Haslet refers to the heart, lungs, liver, stomach, and other edible viscera of an animal, usually a hog. In the U.S. South, these entrails are traditionally removed in one piece at hog-killing time and given to the poor.
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by Robert Hendrickson
A violent threat; haslet means intestines or guts. Given as a common expression in George Allen England, “Rural Locutions of Maine and Northern New Hampshire,” Dialect Notes, Vol. IV (1914). ill news flies fast See quote. “'Ill news flies fast, ...
Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and Austin by Yushan Chang, First Books
Haslet is a small town with a little over 1,000 residents in far north Tarrant County that serves as a bedroom community for Ft. 116 Newcomer's Handbook Neighborhood Guide: Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston & Austin Mansfield North Suburbs ...
Something for Everybody (1861)
by John Timbs
hi Haslet is the small pieces cut off in trimming the. Pork.
by Arthur Freeling
Haslet is a markettown and chapelry, in the parish of Stoke, about two miles ...
101 Sandwiches (2015)
A collection of the finest sandwich recipes from around the world by Helen Graves
Haslet Sandwich Haslet is a British meatloaf from Lincolnshire made from ground pork mince and herbs. In effect, it's like a coarse pâté and, as such, is lovely eaten in a sandwich complemented by some nose-searing English mustard, ...
The Diner's Dictionary (2012)
Word Origins of Food and Drink by John Ayto
haslet Originally, haslet was the internal organs of the pig (or occasionally other animals) used as ...
by Marion Eugene Ensminger, Audrey H. Ensminger
HASLET. • A piece of meat roasted on a spit. • The edible viscera (as the heart, liver, or kidneys) of pork. • A braised dish made of edible viscera. HAWS. ( HAWTHORNE). Crataegus. spp. The fruit of various species of hawthorne shrubs and ...
by Terry M. Mays
American Colonel Haslet launched a raid on British positions established near the village of Mamaroneck following the successful British ...
Containing Words from the English Writers Previous to the Nineteenth Century which are No Longer in Use, Or are Not Used in the Same Sense. And Words which are Now Used Only in the Provincial Dialects
A hog's haslet. Norf. (5) adj. Hoarse. Hash, (1) adj. Harsh; rough; quick ; parched, or dry. Var. d. (2) s. A sloven ; a chatterer. North. Hask, (1) s. A fish- basket. Spent. (2) adj. Coarse; rough; parched; dry. North. See Hash. Haskerde, s .
by Karel Jonáš
- osr-dec, pericardium, perikhar'dy- ;,um; -di, pluck, haslet, plak, haslet.
Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English, Containing Words from the English Writers Previous to the Ninetheenth Century which are No Longer in Use ... [etc.] (1857)
by Thomas Wright
A hog's haslet.
E - P by Hensleigh Wedgwood
Haslet, Hastener. A hog's haslet, or harslet, the liver, heart, and lights of a pig. Corrupted from hastelets. Fr. hastitte, hasterel, hastemenue, the pluck or gather of an animal. The sense is little roastings, from Fr. haste, a spit, also a piece of roast ...
by James Champlin Fernald
haslet, 1 haslet; 2 haslet, n. The heart, liver, lungs, etc., of an animal, used asfood. hasp, 1 hasp; 2 hasp. It. it. To fasten, as with a hasp. II. n. A fastening passing over a staple and secured ...
haslet (has'let), n. [Also improp. harslet; ( hastelete, hastlet, ( OF. hastelet (F. dial. hatelet), F. hdtellettes, flesh to be roasted, dim. of haste, a spit, a piece of roasted ...
A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century by James Orchard Halliwell (1855)
A hog's haslet. Norf.
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The value of this 6-letter word is 9 points. It is included in the first and second editions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.
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