bals made of rushes, to kneel or rest the feet upon in churches.

Hasp and Staple, in Scots law, the symbol commonly used in burgage tenements for entering and infesting an heir, by delivering into his hands the hasp and staple of the door. See Scots Law, title 27.

Hasta, among medallists, a kind of javelin, not hooded or headed with iron; or rather an ancient sort of sceptre, longer than ordinary, occasionally given to all the gods.

Hastated leaf. See Botany, p. 639.