Hundred-eyed (The).

Argus, in Greek and Latin fable. Juno appointed him guardian of Io [the cow], but Jupiter caused him to be put to death; whereupon Juno transplanted his eyes into the tail of her peacock.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Humming Ale
Hummums (in Covent Garden)
Humour
Humpback (The)
Humphrey (Master)
Humpty Dumpty
Hunchback
Hundred
Hundred
Hundred Days
Hundred-eyed (The)
Hundred-handed (The)
Hundred Miles (A)
Hundred Years War (The)
Hungarian
Hungary Water
Hunger seasons Food
Hungr (hunger)
Hungry
Hungry Dogs
Huniades, Hunniades, or Hunyady