HAAF, HA-AF, HAAF-FISHING, s. The fishing of ling, cod, and tusk, Shetl.
Neill.
To go to haaf or haaves, to go out to the main sea, Orkn.

Isl. Su. G. haf, mare.

Haaf-fish, s. The great seal, Shetl.

HAAFLANG, adj. Half-grown.
V. Halflin.

HAAR, s.
1. A fog, S.
2. A chill easterly wind, S.
V. Hair, adj.
Nimmo.

To HAAVE, v. a. To fish with a pock-net, Bord.
Statist. Acc.

Su. G. haaf, rete minus; Dan. haav, a bow net.

To HABBER, v. n. To stutter, S.

Belg. haper-en, id.

Habbergaw, s.
1. Hesitation, S. B.
2. An objection, S. B.

Habber v. and Isl. galle, vitium.

HABBIE, adj. Stiff in motion, Loth.; q. like a hobby-horse.

To HABBLE, v. n.
1. To snap at any thing, as a dog does, S.
2. Denoting the growling noise made by a dog when eating voraciously, S.

Teut. habb-en, captare.

Habble, s. The act of snapping, S.

To HABBLE, v. n.
1. To stutter, S.

Su. G. happl-a, id.

A. Douglas.

2. To speak or act confusedly, S.

HABBLE, HOBBLE, s. A perplexity, S.

Fland. hobbel, nodus.

HABBLIE, adj. Having big bones, S.

HABIL, HABLE, adj.
1. Qualified, S.

Lat. habil-is, Fr. habile.

Wyntown.
2. Disposed to.
Maitland P.
3. Used in the sense of able.
Lyndsay.
4. Liable, exposed.
K. Quair.

To Hable, v. a. To enable.
K. Quair.

HABIRIHONE, s. Habergeon.
Douglas.

HABITAKLE, s. Habitation.
Lyndsay.

Lat. habitacul-um.

To HABOUND, v. n.
1. To abound.
2. To increase in size.
Douglas.

HACE, HAIS, adj. Hoarse.
Douglas.

A. S. Isl. has, Su. G. haes, id.

HACHART, s. A cougher.
V. Haugh.
Maitland P.

HACHES, s. pl. Racks for hay.
V. Hack.
Sir Gawan.

HACK, HAKE, HECK, s.
1. A rack for cattle, S.
To live at hack and manger, S. to live in great fulness.
Ross.

Su. G. haeck, locus ubi foenum equis apponitur.

2. A frame suspended from the roof for drying cheeses, S.
Ross.

HACK, s. Muck-hack, a dung-fork, Ang.

Dan. hakke, a mattock.

Statist. Acc.

HACK, s. A chop in the hands or feet, S.

Isl. hiack-a, Su. G. hack-a, to chop.

To Hack, v. n. To be chopped, S.

HACKREY-LOOK'D, adj. Rough, gruff; pitted with the small-pox; Orkn.

Dan. hak, a notch.

HACKSTOCK, s. A chopping-block, S. Germ.

HACSHE, s. Ache, pain.
Dunbar.

HADDYR, HADDER, s. Heath; heather, S.
Wallace.

HADDER and PELTER, a flail, Dumf.

HADDIES COG, a measure formerly used for meting out the meal appropriated for supper to the servants, Ang.

Su. G. had, a person.

To HAE, v. a. To have, S.
Ross.

Hae, s. Property, Aberd.

HAFF-MERK MARRIAGE, a clandestine marriage, S. from the price paid.
Ramsay.
To gae to the half-mark kirk, to go to be married clandestinely, S.

HAFFIT, HAFFAT, HALFFET, s. The side of the head, S.
Pitscottie.

A. S. healf-heafod, semicranium.

HAFLES, adj. Destitute.
Houlate.

Belg. havelos, id.

HAFT, s. Dwelling, S. B.
Forbes.

Su. G. haefd, possessio.

To HAG, v. a.
1. To hew, S.

Isl. hogg-ua.

2. To mangle any business.
Walker.

Hag, s.
1. One cutting of a certain quantity of wood, S.
Statist. Acc.
2. Moss-ground formerly broken up, S.
Statist. Acc.

HAGABAG, s.
1. Coarse table-linen, S. B.
Ramsay.
2. Refuse of any kind, S. B.

HAGBERRY, HACK-BERRY, s. The Bird-cherry. S.
Lightfoot.

Sw. haeggebaer, the fruit of bird's cherry.

HAGBUT of CROCHE, or CROCHERT, a kind of fire-arms anciently used, S.
Complaynt S.

O. Fr. hacqubute a croc, from croc, crochet, the hook by which the arquebuse was fixed to a kind of tripod.

Hagbutar, s. A musqueteer.
Compl. S.

HAGE, L. Hagis, hedges.
Wallace.

HAGG, s. A hagbut; denominated from the butt being crooked.
Gl. Compl.

Su. G. hake cuspis incurva.

HAGGARBALDS, s. pl. A term of contempt.
V. Heggerbald.
Dunbar.

HAGGART, s. A stackyard, Galloway.

Su. G. hage, praedium; geard, sepes.

HAGGART, s. Old useless horse, Loth.

To HAGGER. It's haggerin, it rains gently, Ang., whence hagger, a small rain; hutherin, synon.

HAGGERDECASH, adv. Topsy-turvy, Ang.

HAGGERSNASH, s. Offals, S. B.

Su. G. hugg-a, to hack, and snask-a, to devour.

HAGGIES, s. A dish commonly made in a sheep's maw, of its lungs, heart and liver, minced with suet, onions, salt and pepper; or of oat-meal, mixed with the latter, without any animal food, S.

From hag, q. to chop.

Dunbar.

HAICHES, s. Force, S. B.
V. Hauch.
Morison.

HAGMAN, s. A feller of wood, S.

HAGMANÉ s.
V. Hogmanay.

HAID, s. Whit.
V. Hate.

To HAIFF, HAIF, v. a. To have; hae, S.
Barbour.

To HAIG, v. a. To butt, Moray.
Popular Ball.

Isl. hiack-a, feritare, from hoegg, caedere.

To HAIK, v. n. To anchor.
Maitl. P.

Teut. haeck-en, unco figere.

To HAIK, v. n. To go about idly from place to place, S.

Perhaps the same with E. hawk.

To HAIL, v. a. To hail the ba, at football.
To hail the dules, to reach the mark.

Isl. hille, tego.

Chr. Kirk.

Hail, s. The place where those who play at football, or other games, strike off, S.

To HAIL, v. a. To haul, S.
Compl. S.

To HAIL, HALE, v. n. To pour down, S.

Su. G. haella, effundere.

Ross.

HAILSOME, adj. Wholesome, S.

Germ. heilsam, id.

Hamilton.

HAILUMLY, adv. Wholly, S. B.
Ross.

To HAYLYS, HAYLS, v. a. To hail.

Su. G. hels-a, salutare.

Wyntown.

To HAIMHALD.
V. Hamhald.

HAIMS, HAMMYS, HEMS, s. pl. A collar, formed of two pieces of wood, put round the neck of a working horse or ox, S.
Palice Honour.

Teut. hamme koe-hamme, numella.

To HAIN, HANE, v. a. To spare. S.
Forbes.
2. Not to expend, S.
Kelly.

To Hain, v. n. To be penurious, S.
Rams.

Haining.
V. Haning.

To HAINGLE, v. n.
1. To go about feebly, S.
2. To dangle, S.

Sw. haengl-a, to languish.

Haingles, s. pl.
1. The influenza, Ang.
2. To hae the haingles, to be in a state of ennui, Ang.

HAIP, s. A sloven, Ang. Fife.
A. Doug.

Perhaps from E. heap, cumulus; S. B. pron. haip.

HAIR, s. A very small portion, S.

HAIR, HAR, HARE, adj.
1. Cold.
Douglas.
2. Keen, biting.
Montgomerie.
3. Moist; as in hair-mould, that kind of mouldiness which appears on bread, &c.; and hayr rym, hoar-frost.
Complaynt S.
4. Ungrateful to the ear.
Henrysone.
5. Hoary, with age.
Douglas.

Isl. har, canus; hor, mucor.

HAIRSE, s. A lustre, S. B.

Germ. kerze, a candle.

HAIRST, s. Harvest, S. haist, Moray.
Macneill.

Belg. herfst, Isl. haust, Dan. hoest, id.

HAIRT, s. Fleing Hairt.
Burel.

HAIR-TETHER, s. A tether made of hair, S.

To HAISTY, v. a. To hasten.
Bellenden.

HAIT, part. pa. Called.
V. Hat.

HAIT, s. A whit.
V. Hate.

HAITH, a minced oath, S.
A. Nicol.

HAKE, s. A frame for cheeses.
V. Hack.

To HALD, v. a. To hold, S. had.
Wynt.

Moes. G. A. S. hald-an, Isl. halld-a.

1. To hald again, to resist, S.
2. To hald by, to pass, S.
3. To hald dayis.
V. Dayis.
4. To hald gaain, to go on, S.

Belg. gaande houd-en, id.

5. To hald in, to supply, S.
6. To hald in, not to leak, S.
7. To hald in, to spare, S.
Spalding.
8. To hald in with, to curry favour, S.
9. To hald still, to stop, S.

Sw. haalla stilla, id.

10. To hald till, to persist in, S.
11. To hald to, to keep shut, S.

Sw. haalla til, id.

12. To hald out, to pretend, S.
13. To hald out, to extend to the full measure or weight, S.
14. To hald wi', to take part with, S.

To Hald, Had, v. n. To cease, S.
Cleland.

Hald, Hauld, s.
1. A hold; S. had.
2. A habitation, S.
Douglas.
3. A stronghold.
Wallace.

Isl. haald, Su. G. haall-a, tueri.

4. A possession.
Douglas.

To HALE, v. n. To pull forcibly.
Z. Boyd.

HALE, HAILL, adj. Whole, S.
Wallace.

Isl. heill, Su. G. hel, totus.

Hale-ware,
1. The whole assortment, S. from ware, merchandise.
2. The whole company, S.
Poems Buchan Dial.

HALE, HAILL, adj.
1. Sound, S.
Wallace.
2. Vigorous, S.

Su. G. hel, A. S. hal, sanus.

Hale-hide, adj. Not having even the skin injured, S. B.
Poems Buchan Dial.

Hale-skarth, adj. Entirely sound, q. without a scart or scratch, S. scartfree.
Douglas.

HALF, s.
1. Side.
Barbour.
2. Quarter, coast.
Barbour.
3. Part, side.
Barbour.

A. S. haelf, pars, ora, tractus.

Halflang, adj. Half-grown.
V. Halflin.

Halfe-hag, s. A species of artillery.
V. Hagg.

Halfer, Halver, s. One who has a moiety of any thing.
Rutherford.
To gang havers, to be partners, S.

Halfindall, adv. The half.
Barbour.

Teut. holf deel, dimidia pars.

Halflin, Halfin, Haaflang, adj. Not fully grown, S., q. half-long.
J. Nicol.

Halflying, Halflings, Hafflin, Hallins, adv. Partly, S.
King's Quair.

Teut. halvelingh, dimidiatim; fere, ferme.

Half-marrow, s. A husband or wife, S.
Rutherford.

Half-mark bridal,
V. Haff-mark.

Half-witted, adj. Foolish.
Gl. Sibb.

Isl. haalfvita, semifatuus.

HALY, adj. Holy. A. S. halig.
Wyntown.

Halynes, s. Sanctity.
Wyntown.

HALY, HALILY, adv. Wholly.
Barbour.

HALKRIG, HALKRIK, s. A corselet.
Bellenden.

Fr. halcret, id. Belg. halskraagie, a collar.

HALLACH'D, adj. Crazy.
V. Hallokit.

HALLAN, HALLON, HALLAND, s.
1. A mud wall, in cottages, extending from the forewall backwards, as far as is necessary to shelter the inner part of the house from the air of the door, when it is opened. Spirewaw, synon. S. B.
Ramsay.
2. Hallen, a screen.
Gl. Shirr.

Su. G. haell, the stone at the threshhold.

Hallanshaker,
1. A sturdy beggar, S. B. q. one who shakes the hallan.
Journal Lond.
2. A beggarly knave.
Polwart.
3. One who has a shabby appearance.
Ramsay.

Hallanshakerlike, adj. Having a suspicious appearance, shabby in dress, S.

To HALLES, HAILS, HELSE, HAILST, v. a. To salute, S. B.
Complaynt S.

Su. G. hels-a, Alem. heiliz-an, to salute, from Su. G. hel, A. S. hal, Alem. heil, sanus, salvus.

Halesing, Halsing, s. Salutation.
Doug.

HALLIER, s. Half a year, S. B.
V. Hellier.

HALLINS, adv. Partly, S. B.
V. Halflying.

HALLOKIT, S. HALLACH'D, S. B. adj.
1. Crazy, S.
Rutherford.
2. Giddy, harebrained, S.
V. Haloc.
Ross.

HALLOWEEN, s. The evening preceding Allhallows, S.

To haud halloween, To observe the childish or superstitious rites appropriated to this evening, S.
Burns.

Halloween bleeze, A fire kindled on this evening, by young people, on some rising ground, S.

HALOK, adj. Giddy.
Dunbar.

A. S. haelga, levis, inconstans.

Haloc, s. A light thoughtless girl, South of S.
Gl. Complaynt.

HALOW, s. A saint.
Wyntown.

A. S. halga, sanctus.

HALS, HAWSE, s.
1. The neck; S. hass.
Bellenden.
2. The throat, S.
Cleland.
3. Any narrow passage.
Douglas.

A. S. Su. G. hals, collum.

To Hals, Hawse, v. a. To embrace, S. B.

Su. G. Isl. hals-as, amplexari.

Doug.

Hals, s. Embrace, kiss.
Dunbar.

Halsbane, s. Collar-bone, S.
Ritson.

Halsfang, s. Pillory.
Burrow LL.

A. S. id.

HALTAND, HALTYNE, adj.
1. Haughty.

O. Fr. haltain.

Douglas.
2. Contemptuous.
Wallace.

Haltanely, adv. Proudly.
Douglas.

HALTIR. Haltir geistis, perh. beams fastened together.
Douglas.

Alem. helte, compes.

HAMALD, HAM-HALD, HAIM-ALD, adj.
1. Domestic, S. pron. haimilt, haimeil, haimeld.
Douglas.
2. What is one's own.
Quon. Att.
3. Denoting the produce of our own country, S.
4. What is made at home; as haimilt claith, S.
5. Vernacular, S.
Ramsay.

Su. G. Isl. heimil, proprius; Isl. heimild, proprietates.

6. Vulgar, S. B.
Skinner.

To Hamald, Haymhald, v. a. To prove any thing to be one's property, presently possessed or claimed by another.
Quon. Att.
2. To domesticate, Loth.

Isl. heimil-a, domo recipere.

Hamald, Ham-hald, s. Borgh of hamhald, one who becomes surety, that the goods bought from the seller shall be safely delivered to the purchaser.
Reg. Maj.

Su. G. hemull-a, evictionem praestare, ut rem acquisitam quietus possideat emtor.

HAME, HAIM, s. Home, S.
Wyntown.

A. S. ham, Su. G. hem, domus.

Hame-come, s. Return, S.
Douglas.

Isl. heimkoma, domum adventatio.

Hame-fare, s. The removal of a bride from her own or her father's house to that of her husband, S. from hame and fare, to go.

Hamelt, adj. Domestic, &c.
V. Hamald.

Hamely, Hamly, adj.
1. Familiar, friendly, S.
Barbour.
2. Without ceremony, S.
Wyntown.
3. Condescending, S.
Wallace.
4. Without refinement, S.
S. Prov.
5. Easy, not difficult.
R. Bruce.
6. Coarse, not handsome, S.
Hogg.

Su. G. heimlig, Alem. haimleich, familiaris.

Hameliness, s. Familiarity, S.
Kelly.

Hamesucken, s. The crime of beating or assaulting a person within his own house; a law term, S.
Erskine.

Su. G. hemsokn, id. from hem, and soek-a, to assail with violence; Teut. heym-soeck-en, invadere violenter alicujus domum.

Hamesucken, adj. Greatly attached to one's home, Clydes.

Hamewith, adv.
1. Homeward, S. B.
Ross.
2. adj. In the same sense, S.
Ross.
3. s. To the hamewith, having a tendency to one's own interest, S. B.

A. S. ham, Isl. heim, and A. S. with, Isl. wid, versus.

HAMELL, s. Not understood.
Colvil.

HAMES, HAMMYS, s. pl. A collar, S.
V. Haims.
Douglas.

HAMMERFLUSH, s. The sparks which fly from iron when beaten with the hammer, Ang.; also hammerflaught.

Isl. flis, a splinter.

HAMMIT, HAMMOT, adj. Plentiful, properly applied to corn which has many grains on one stalk, Ang.

A. S. hamod, tectus, q. well covered with grains.

To HAMP, v. n. To stutter, S. A.

Hamp, s. The act of stuttering, ibid.

To HAMPER, v. a. To confine by giving little room, S.
Douglas.

Sw. hamp-as, rei difficili intricatus laborare.

To HAMPHIS, v. a. To surround, S. B.
Ross.

To HAM-SCHAKEL, HABSHAIKEL, HOBSHAKLE, v. a. To fasten the head of a horse or cow to one of its fore-legs.
Gl. Sibb.

HAMSCHOCH, s. A sprain or contusion in the leg, Fife.

A. S. ham, the hip, and shach, v. to distort.

To HAMSH, v. n. To eat voraciously with noise, Ang.
V. Hansh.

HAMSTRAM, s. Difficulty, S. B.
Ross.

Teut. ham, poples, stremm-en, cohibere.

HAN, pret. Have.
Sir Tristrem.

HANCLETH, s. Ancle.
Lyndsay.

A. S. ancleow, id.

HAND. By hand, adv. Over, past, S.
To put by hand, to put aside, S.
Rutherford.
Weill at hand, Active.
Barbour.
To put hand in, To put to death.
Godscroft.
Fra hand, adv. Forthwith.
Lyndsay.
Out of hand, id. S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
Spede hand, Make haste, S.
Douglas.

Handcuffs, s. pl. Manacles, S. q. sleeves of iron.

To Handcuff, v. a. To manacle, S.

To Hand-fast, v. a.
1. To betrothe by joining hands, in order to cohabitation before marriage.
Pitscottie.
2. To contract in order to marriage.
Ferguson.

A. S. hand-faest-en, fidem dare.

Hand-fasting, Hand-fastnyng, s. Marriage with the incumbrance of some canonical impediment, not yet bought off.

Su. G. handfaestning, id.

Wyntown.

Hand-hauand, part. pr. Having in possession, applied to stolen goods.
Skene.

Teut. hand-haven, to possess.

Handy-grips, s. pl. Close grappling, S.
Rutherford.

Handsel, s.
1. The first money received for goods, S.
2. A gift conferred at a particular season, S.
3. A piece of bread given before breakfast, Galloway.

Su. G. handsoel, mercimonii divenditi primitiae.

Handsel monday, The first Monday of the New Year, O. S.; when children and servants receive handsel, S.
Statist. Acc.

HAND-STAFF, s.
1. The upper part of a flail, S.
2. A constellation, supposed to be Orion's sword.
Douglas.

HAND-WAIL'D, adj. Remarkable; carefully selected, S.
Ramsay.

From hand, and wale to choose.

HANDWAVING, s. A mode of measuring grain by stroaking it with the hand, S. B.
Statist. Acc.

HANDSENYIE, s.
1. A standard, corr. from ensenyie.
Hist. Ja. Sext.
2. A token.
R. Bruce.

HAND-WHILE, commonly Hanla-while, adv. A short time, S. A.
Gl. Sibb.

To HANE, v. a. To spare.
V. Hain.

Haning, Haining, s. Hedges, inclosures.
Acts Ja. V.

Hanite, Haned, part. pa. Inclosed, surrounded with a hedge.
For. Lawes.

Su. G. haegn-a, tueri circumdata sepe, from hag, sepimentum.

HANGARELL, HANGRELL, s. A piece of wood on which bridles, halters, &c., are hung, S. A.
Gl. Sibb.

HANGIT-LIKE, adj. Out of countenance, S.

HANYIEL SLYP, A vulgar dependant, Aberd.
V. Slyp.
Journal Lond.

Teut. hanghel, something dangling.

To HANK, v. a.
1. To fasten, S.
Doug.
2. To tie so tight, as to leave the mark of the cord; hankle, id. S.
Ross.

Isl. hank, a collar, a small chain.

Hank, s.
1. A coil, S.
Douglas.
2. A skain, S.

HANKERSAIDLE.
V. Anker-saidell.

To HANSH, HAUNSH, v. a. To snatch at; applied to the action of a dog, and apparently including the idea of the noise made by his jaws when he lays hold of what is thrown to him, S.
Baillie.

O. Fr. hanch-er, to snatch at with the teeth.

Hansh, s. A violent snatch or snap, S.

HANTY, adj.
1. Convenient, S.
Gl. Shirr.
2. Handsome, S.
R. Galloway.

Isl. hent-a, decere.

HANTLE, s.
1. A considerable number, S. hankel, S. B.
Ramsay.
2. Equivalent to much, S. B.
Poems Buch. Dial.

Sw. antal, number; or q. handtal, what may be counted by the hand.

To HAP, v. a.
1. To cover, in order to conceal, S.
Ross.
2. To cover from cold, for defence, S.
Priests Peblis.
3. To defend from rain or snow, S.
R. Galloway.
4. To screen from danger in battle.
Poems Buch. Dial.

Isl. hiup-r, indusium; hyp-ia, in-volvor.

Hap, Happin, s. A covering of whatever kind, S. also called hap-warm.
Ramsay.

Norw. haufn, toga.

To HAP, v. n.
1. To hop, S.
Ramsay.
2. To halt, S.
V. Hop.

Hap, s. A hop, a light leap, S.

Hap-step-an'-lowp, Hop, skip, and leap, S.
Burns.

Happity, adj. Lame, S.
Ritson.

HAP, (pron. hawp) s. The fruit of the briar, S. B.

HAPPER, s. Hopper of a mill, S.
Chalm. Air.

Happerbauk, s. The beam on which the hopper rests, S.

HAPPY, adj. Lucky, fortunate, i. e. constituting a good omen, S.
Statist. Acc.

HAR, HARE, adj. Cold.
V. Hair.

HAR. Out of har, out of order.
Douglas.

A. S. hearre, Teut. harre, a hinge.

HARBIN, s. A young coal-fish, Orkn.
Neill.

HARD FISH, Cod, ling, &c., salted and dried, S.

HARDHEAD, HARDHEID, s. A small coin of mixed metal or copper.
Knox.

Fr. hardie, small copper money, named from Philip le Hardi, who caused strike them.

HARDHEAD, s. A species of sea scorpion.
Sibbald.

HARDIN, HARDYN, adj. Coarse; applied to cloth made of hards, pron. harn, S.
Complaynt S.

A. S. heordas, stupae, tow-hards.

HARE, adj. Rough, shaggy.
Wyntown.

A. S. haer, Su. G. haar, pilus.

HAREFRA, adv. Herefrom.
Knox.

HARESHAW, s. A harelip, S., anciently harchatt; hareskart, Renfr.
Roull.

From hare, and Isl. ska, a particle denoting separation; Germ. scharte, a gap.

HARYAGE, s. A collective word applied to horses.
Wyntown.

O. Fr. haraz, L. B. haracium, id.

HARIE HUTCHEON, a play in which children hop round in a ring, with their bodies resting on their hams, S. B.

Belg. hurk-en, to squat, to sit stooping.

HARIGALDS, HARICLES, s. pl.
1. The pluck of an animal, S.
Ramsay.

2. Applied to the tearing of one's hair.
Ramsay.

Fr. haricot, a dish of boiled livers.

To HARK, v. n. To whisper, S.
Cleland.

To HARLE, v. a.
1. To trail, S.
Doug.
2. To drag with force, S.
Kelly.
3. To draw to one's self by griping or violent means, S.
Ramsay.
4. To roughcast a wall, S.
Statist. Acc.

To Harle, v. n.
1. To move onward with difficulty, S.
2. To harle about, to go from place to place, S.

Harlin favour, some degree of affection.
Journal Lond.

Harle, s.
1. The act of dragging, S.
2. Property obtained by means not accounted honourable, S.

HARLE, s. The Goosander, Orkn.

Fr. harle, id.

Barry.

HARLOT, s.
1. A scoundrel.
Wallace.
2. A boor, synon. with carle.
Bellenden.

Su. G. haer, exercitus, and lude, mancipium vile, a boor or villain.

HARLEY, L. harbry, harbour.
Houlate.

HARMISAY, HARMESAY, interj. Alas.

A. S. earme, wretched.

Philotus.

HARN.
V. Hardyn.

HARNES, s. Defensive armour.
Doug.

Dan. harnisk, id.

HARNES, s.
1. The brains, S. harns.
Wyntown.
2. Metaph., understanding, S.

Sw. hiaerne, Germ. hern, id.

Harn-pan, s. The skull, S.
Wallace.

Teut. hirn-panne, id.

HARP, s. A kind of searce, S.

HARPER CRAB.
V. Tammy Harper.

HARRAGE, s. Service due to a landlord.
V. Arage.
Statist. Acc.

HARRAND, s. Snarling.
Chr. S. P.

HARRO, interj. An outcry for help; also, an encouragement to pursuit, S.
Douglas.

Fr. haro, harou; q. Ha Roul, O Rollo, or rather from Su. G. haerop, clamor bellicus.

HARRY, adj. Stubborn, S. B.

Su. G. har, locus lapidosus.

HARSK, HARS, adj.
1. Harsh, sharp.
Douglas.
2. Bitter to the taste.
Wyntown.

Su. G. harsk, Isl. hersk-ar, austerus.

To HART, v. a. To encourage, S. heart.

Teut. hert-en, animare.

Barbour.

HARTILL, s. Heart-ill.
Watson.

HARTLY, HARTLYE, adj. Cordial.
Wallace.

Teut. hertelick, Dan. hiertelig, id.

HARTFULLIE, adv. Cordially.
Crosraguell.

HARUMSCARUM, adj. Harebrained, S.

E. hare, to fright, and scare, to startle.

HASARD, HASERT, adj. Hoary.
Douglas.

Hasard, s. An old dotard.
Douglas.

HASARTOUR, s. One who plays at games of hazard.

Fr. hazardeur.

Doug.

HASCHBALD, s. Perh. glutton.
Dunbar.

To HASH, v. a.
1. To slash, S.

Fr. hacher.

2. To abuse, to maltreat, S.
Ferguson.

Hash,
1. A sloven, S.
Ramsay.
2. A foolish fellow.
Burns.

Hashly, adv. In a slovenly manner, Loth.
Ramsay.

Hashmethram, adv. In a state of disorder, S.

Isl. thraum, solum transversum.

HASKY, adj.
1. Rank in growth, S. B.
2. Coarse to the taste, S. B.
3. Dirty, slovenly, S. B.
4. Applied to coarse work, S. B.

Isl. kask-ur, strenuus.

HASLOCK, adj. Descriptive of the finest wool, being the lock that grows on the hals or throat, S.
Ramsay.

HASSOCK, HASSICK, s.
1. A besom, S. B.
2. Any thing bushy; as, a hassick of hair, S.
Journal Lond.
3. A large round turf used as a seat, S. A.

Sw. hwass, a rush.

HASTARD, adj. Irascible, S.

Isl. hast-r, irabundus, and art, natura.

HASTER'D, part. pa. Curried, S. A.
J. Nicol.

HASTER'D HASTERN, adj. Early; hastern aits, early oats, S. B.

Su. G. hast-a, celerare, and aer-a, metere.

HASTOW, hast thou?
K. Quair.

HAT, HATE, HAIT, part. pa. Is, or was, called.
Barbour.

A. S. hat-an, Su. G. het-a, vocare.

To HATCH, HOTCH, v. n. To move by jerks, S.
Watson.

Fr. hoch-er, id. Isl. hik-a, cedo.

To Hatchel, v. a. To shake in carrying, Fife.

HATE, HAIT, adj. Hot, S.
Kennedy.

A. S. hat, Su. G. het, id.

HATE, HAIT, HAID, s. A whit, an atom, S.

Isl. haete, the smallest object that can be imagined.

HATHILL, HATHELL, s. A nobleman.
V. Athill.
Sir Gawan.

HATHER, s. Heath.
Acts Ja. VI.

HATRENT, s. Hatred.
Compl. S.

HATRY, adj. Disordered; as, a hatry head, i. e. matted, S. B.
V. Atry.

To HATTER, v. a. To batter, to shatter.
Gawan and Gol.

HATTIR, adj. Maple.
V. Haltir.

HATTIT KIT, a dish of sour or coagulated cream, S.
Cromarty.

Teut. hott-en, to coagulate.

HATTREL, s. A collection of purulent matter, S. B.
V. Atry.

HATTREL, s. The flint of a horn, S. O.

HATTOU. What hattou, what art thou named.
V. Hat.
Sir Tristrem.

HAUCH, s. The forcible reiterated respiration of one who exerts all his strength in giving a stroke, S. hech.

Germ. hauch, halitus.

Douglas.

HAUCHS of a sock, the three points into which the upper part of a ploughshare is divided, and by which it clasps in the wood, Ang.

Isl. haeck, Dan. hage, uncus.

HAUGH, HAWCH, HAUCH, HALCHE, s. Low-lying flat ground, properly on the border of a river, and such as is sometimes overflowed, S.
Barbour.

Gael. augh, id. Isl. hage, a place for pasture.

To HAVE, v. a.
1. To carry.
Acts Ja. I.
2. To behave.

To HAVER, v. n. To talk foolishly, S. pron. haiver.
Ramsay.

Isl. gifr-a, loquitor, hefer, garrulus.

Havers, Haivers, s. Foolish or incoherent talk, S.
J. Nicol.

Haveril, s. One who habitually talks in a foolish manner, S.
Burns.

Haveril, adj. Foolish in talk, S.

HAVES, s. pl. Goods, effects.
Gl. Sibb.

HAUGULL, s. A cold and damp wind blowing from the sea, Ang.

Isl. hafgola, flatus ex oceano spirans.

HAVINGS, HAVINS, HAWING, s.
1. Carriage, behaviour.
Barbour.
2. Good manners, S.
Ross.
3. Weeds, dress, S. B.
Ross.

Isl. haef, manners, Su. G. haefv-a, decere.

HAUNTY, adj.
V. Hanty.

To HAUP, v. n. To turn to the right; applied to horses, or cattle in the yoke, S.

Isl. hop-a, retro cedere.

Meston.

HAW, HAAVE, adj.
1. Azure.
Doug.
2. Pale, wan, S. B.
Ross.

A. S. haewen, glaucus.

To HAWGH, v. n. To force up phlegm, S. to hawk, E.

C. B. hochio, id.

HAWYS, imperat. v. Have ye.
Wyntown.

HAWKIT, adj. Having a white face; applied to cattle, S.
Dunbar.

Hawkey, s.
1. A cow with a white face, S.
Ramsay.
2. A stupid fellow.
Gl. Shirr.

HAWK, s. A dung fork.
V. Hack.

HAWSE, s. The throat.
V. Hals.
Ferguson.

HAZEL-RAW, s. Lichen pulmonarius, S.
Lightfoot.

HE, s. A male, S. B.
Ross.

He and He.
1. Every one.
Douglas.
2. The one and the other, id.

HE, HEE, HEY, adj. High.
Wyntown.

A. S. hea, heh, id.

Hely, adv. Highly.
Wyntown.

A. S. healice, id.

To He, Hee, Hey, v. a.
1. To elevate.

A. S. he-an, id.

Dunbar.

2. To dignify.
Barbour.

HEAD-LACE, s. A narrow ribbon for binding the head, Ang.

HEADLINS, adv. Headlong, S. B.
Ross.

HEAD-MARK, s. Observation of the features of man or any other animal.
Statist. Acc.

HEADSTALL, s. The band that forms the upper part of a horse's collar, Ang.

HEADUM and CORSUM, topsy-turvy, Dumfr.
Head and cross, q. across.
Heads and thraws, higgledy-piggledy, S.

To HEAL, v. a. To conceal.
V. Heild.

HEARKNING, s. Encouragement, S. B.
Ross.

To HEART up, v. a. To hearten, S.
V. Hart.

Heartning, s. Encouragement, S.
Boyd.

HEART-AXES, s. The heartburn, Loth.

A. S. heort-ece, id.

HEARTY, adj.
1. Chearful, S.
Ross.
2. Liberal, S.

HEARTSCALD, HEARTSCAD, s.
1. Heartburn, S.
Ferguson.
2. A disgust, S.
3. Metaph. regret, remorse.
Z. Boyd.

HEARTSOME, adj.
1. Merry, S.
Ramsay.
2. Causing cheerfulness, S.
Ramsay.

HEATHER s. Heath, S.
V. Haddyr.

Heather-bells, s. pl. Heath blossoms, S.
Burns.

Heather-birns, s. pl. The stalks and roots of burnt heath, S.
V. Birn.

Heather-clu, s. The ankle, Ang. q. what cleaves the heath in walking.

Isl. klofv-a, to cleave.

Heatherie, adj. Heathy, S.
J. Nicol.

HEAWE EEL, The conger.
Sibbald.

Sw. haf's-aal, i. e. sea-eel.

To HECH, HEGH, (gutt.) v. n. To breathe hard, to pant, S.

Teut. hygh-en, id.

Hech, Hegh, s. The act of panting, S.
V. Hauch.
Ruddiman.

HECHIS, s. pl. Hatches of a ship.
Doug.

To HECHT, HEYCHT, v. n.
1. To name.
Douglas.
2. To promise, to engage.
Barbour.
3. To offer, to proffer, S.
Burns.
4. To command.
Douglas.

A. S. hat-an, Su. G. het-a, vocare, promittere, jubere.

V. Hat.

Hecht, Heycht, s. A promise, Loth.
Wyntown.

HECK, s. A rack for cattle.
V. Hack.

HECKABIRNEY, s. A lean feeble creature, Orkn.

Isl. heik-ia, supprimere, deficere.

HECKAPURDES, s. A quandary, Orkn.

To HECKLE, HEKLE, v. a. To fasten by means of a hook.
Wallace.

Teut. haeck-en, to fix with a hook.

To HECKLE, v. a.
1. To dress flax, S.
2. Metaph. to examine severely, S.
To come o'er the heckle-pins, to be severely examined, S.

Teut. hekel-en, pectere linum.

To Heckle on, v. n. To continue in keen disputation.
Mellvill's MS.

Heckle, Hekkil, s.
1. A hackling-comb, S.

Teut. hekel, id.

Ruddiman.
2. The feathers on the neck of a cock, S.
Douglas.
3. A fly, for angling, dressed merely with a cock's feather, S.

Heckler, s. A flaxdresser, S.

Teut. hekelaer, id.

Heckleback, s. The fifteen spined Stickleback.
Sibbald.

HEDDER-BLUTER, HETHER-BLUTTER, s. The bittern.
Burel.

HEDDLES, HEDELES, HIDDLES, s. pl. The small cords through which the warp is passed in a loom, after going through the reed, S.
Douglas.

Isl. haafhalld, vulgo hofudld, id.

HEDE-STIKKIS, s. pl. A species of artillery.
Complaynt S.

Su. G. stycke, tormentum majus.

HEDE-VERK, s. A head-ache.
Complaynt S.

A. S. heafod-waerc, cephalalgia.

HEDY PERE, s. Of equal statute, S.
Ruddiman.

HEDISMAN, HEADSMAN, s. A chief.
Douglas.

A. S. heafod-man, primas.

HEELIE, adj. Slow, Aberd.
V. Huly.

HEELIEGOLEERIE, adv. Topsy-turvy, Ang.
V. Hilliegeleerie.

HEELS O'ER GOWDY, topsy-turvy, S. B.
V. Gowdy.

HEELS O'ER HEAD, adv.
1. Topsy-turvy, S.
Ross.
2. Without particular enumeration, S.

HEEPY, s. A fool, S.
Ramsay.

Su. G. haepen, attonitus.

HEER, HIER of yarn, Sixth part of a hesp or hank, S.
Statist. Acc.

Su. G. haerf-wa, a handful of yarn.

To HEEZE.
V. Heis.

To HEFT, v. n.
1. To dwell, Aberd.

Su. G. haefda, colere, possidere.

2. To cause or accustom to live in a place, S.
Ramsay.

To HEFT, v. a. To confine, applied to a cow's milk when not drawn off for some time, S.

Su. G. haeft-a, impedire, detinere.

HEGESKRAPER, s. An avaricious person.
Bannatyne P.

Q. one who scrapes hedges.

HEGGERBALD, s. Not understood.
Dunbar.

HEGH-HEY, HEGH-HOW, HEIGH-HOW, interj. Expressive of languor or fatigue, S.
Ross.

HEICH, (gutt.) adj. High, S.
Douglas.

To Heicht, v. a. To raise.

HEYCHT, s. A promise.
V. Hecht.

HEID, HED, term. denoting state or quality, as in bairnheid, &c.

Belg. heyd, status, qualitas.

HEYDIN, HEYTHING, HEITHING, HETHYNG, s. Scorn, derision.
Wallace.

Isl. haedne, haethne, illudendi actio; haed-a, irridere.

HEIGHEING, s. A command.
Sir Tristrem.

HEIL, HEYLE, HEAL, s. Health, S.
Wallace.

A. S. hael, Su. G. hel, sanitas.

To HEILD, HEILL, HEYL, HEAL, HELE, v. a.
1. To cover.
Barbour.
2. To conceal, to hide, S.
Ross.
3. To defend, to save.
Douglas.

A. S. hel-an, Isl. hael-a, tegere.

Heildyne. s. Covering.
Barbour.

To HEILD, HEYLD, v. n.
1. To incline.
Palice Honour.
2. To give the preference.
Barbour.

A. S. held-an, hyld-an, Su. G. haell-a, inclinare.

Heild, s. On heild, inclined to one side.
Douglas.

HEILIE, adj. Holy.
Dunbar.

Germ. heilig, id.

HEILY, HELY, HIELY, adj. Proud.

A. S. healic, heahlic, excelsus.

Doug.

HEYND, HENDE, adj.
1. Gentle.
Douglas.
2. Expert, skilful.
Chr. Kirk.

A. S. ge-hynde, humiliatus; Isl. hyggin, prudens.

Heyndnes, s. Gentleness.
K. Hart.

HEYND, s. A person.
Dunbar.

Su. G. hion, id.

HEIR, s. Army.
Gawan and Gol.

A. S. here, Su. G. Isl. haer, Germ. her, exercitus.

HEIR DOWNE, adv. Below on this earth.
Dunbar.

HEIRIS, s. pl. Masters.
V. Her, s. 1.
K. Hart.

HEYRD, HEYRT. To gang or gae heyrd, to storm, to fume, Ang. heyte, synon.

Su. G. hyr-a, vertigine agi.

Chr. S. P.

HEIRLY, adj. Honourable.
Houlate.

Germ. herlich, illustris.

To HEIS, HEYS, HEEZE, v. a. To lift up, S.
Douglas.

Su. G. hiss-a, Belg. hys-en, id.

Heis, Heeze, Heisie, s.
1. The act of lifting up.
Douglas.
2. Aid, furtherance, S. B.
Shirrefs.
3. The act of swinging, Loth.
4. Denoting any thing that discomposes.
Ritson.

Heys and how, A sea cheer.
Douglas.

HEYTIE, s. A name for the game of shintie, Loth.

HEKKIL, HECKLE, s. A hackling-comb, S.
Ruddiman.

To HELE, v. a. To conceal.
V. Heild.

HELDE, s. Age; for eld.
Wyntown.

HELY, adv. Highly.
V. He.

HELY, adv. Loudly.
Barbour.

HELYNG, s. Covering.
Barbour.

HELIE, adj. Proud.
V. Heily.

HELLIER, HALYEAR, s. Half a year, S.
Ross.

HELLIS, HELS, s. pl. Hell.
Abp. Hamiltoun.

HELLIS-CRUK, s. A crook for holding vessels over a fire.
S. P. Repr.

Teut. hels-en, to embrace.

HELM of WEET, a great fall of rain, Ang.

A. S. holm, water.

Helmy, adj. Rainy, Ang.

A. S. holmeg wedder, procellosum coelum.

HELME STOK, s. The handle of the helm.

Teut. helm-stock, id.

Doug.

HELPLIE, adj. Helpful, S. B.
Porteous of Nobilness.

Teut. helpelick, auxiliaris.

HEM, s. Edge; applied to stones, S. B.

HEM, pron. pl. Them.
Sir Gawan.

A. S. heom, dat. pl. illis.

HEM, s. A horse-collar.
V. Haims.

HEMMIL, s. A heap, a crowd, S. B.

To Hemmil, v. a. To surround any beast in order to lay hold of it, Ang.

Isl. hemil-a, custodire, coercere.

HEMMYNYS, s. pl. Shoes of untanned leather.
Wyntown.

A. S. hemming, pero, Isl. heming-r, the skin pulled off from the legs of cattle.

HEMPY, s.
1. A rogue; one for whom the hemp grows, S.
J. Nicol.
2. A tricky wag, S.
Ramsay.

To HENCH, v. a. To throw stones by bringing the hand alongst the haunch, S.

HENDRE, HENDER, adj. Past, bygone.

Moes. G. hindar, retro.

Barbour.

HEN-PEN, s. The dung of fowls, Ang.

HENSEMAN, HEINSMAN, s. A page, E. henchman.
Houlate.

HENSEIS, s. pl. Uncertain.
Dunbar.

HENSOUR, HENSURE, s. A giddy young fellow.
Chr. Kirk.

Sw. hensker, a fool.

HENS-WARE, HENWARE, s. Eatable fucus, S.

HENT, pret. Laid hold of.
V. Hint.

HEN-WYFE, s.
1. A woman who takes care of the poultry. S.
Tales Landlord.
2. A bawd.
Douglas.

HENWILE, s. A stratagem.
Baillie.
A wile, used by a hen for gathering her chickens.

HEPTHORNE, s. The briar, S.
Doug.

HER, HERE, s.
1. A person of rank.
Douglas.
2. A chief, a leader.
Douglas.
3. A magistrate.
Wallace.
4. A master.
Barbour.

A. S. hera, Su. G. herre, Teut. herr, Belg. heer, Lat. her-us, dominus.

HER, HERE, s. Loss, injury.
Wallace.

Su. G. haer, vis hostilis.

HER, pron. Their, O. E. and A. S.
Sir Gawan.

HERANDIS, s. pl.
1. Errands.
Wynt.
2. Tidings, q. hearings.
Wyntown.

HERBERE, s. A garden for herbs.

Lat. herbar-ium, id.

Douglas.

HERBERY, HERBRY, HARBORY, s.
1. A military station.
Barbour.
2. A dwelling place.
Abp. Hamiltoun.

Teut. herberghe, diversorium, A. S. hereberga, the abode of an army.

To Herbery, Herbry, v. a.
1. To station.
Barbour.
2. To dwell; applied to a person.

A. S. herebeorg-an, hospitari.

Barbour.

Herbryage, s. An inn.
Wallace.

Herbriouris, s. pl. A piquet.
Barbour.

HERDIS, HERDS, s. Refuse of flax.
Barbour.

HERDOUN, adv. Here below.
Barbour.

HERE, used in the composition of several names of places in S. pron. like E. hair.

A. S. here, Su. G. haer, an army.

HEREAWAY, adv.
1. In this quarter, S.
2. In the present state, S.
Rutherford.

HEREFT, adv. Hereafter.
Wallace.

To HERE TELL, v. n. To learn by report, S.
Wallace.

Isl. heyrdi tala; audivit.

HEREYESTERDAY, s. the day before yesterday, S. air-yesterday, Banffs.

A. S. aer-gystran daeg, id.

Baillie.

HEREYESTREEN, s. The night before yesternight. S.
Gl. Shirr.

HERIE, HEARY, s. A compellation still used by some old women, in addressing their husbands, and sometimes vice versa, S.
Ross.

A. S. hera, Su. G. Teut. herre, dominus.

HERIS, imperat. v. Hear ye.
Douglas.

HERISON, s. Hedgehog, Fr. herisson.
Burel.

HERITOUR, s.
1. An heir.

Fr. heritier, id.

Abp. Hamiltoun.

2. A landholder in a parish, S.
Stat. Acc.

HERLE, HURIL, s. A heron, Ang.
Maitland Poems.

HERLING, s. A trout.
V. Hirling.

HERNIT, pret. Perhaps for herknit, hearkened.
King Hart.

HERON-BLUTER, s. The snipe, S. B.
V. Yern-bluter.

HERREYELDE, HERE-GEILD, HYRALD, s. The fine payable to a superior, on the death of his tenant.
Quon. Att.

A. S. here-gyld, a military tribute.

To HERRY, HERY, HIRRIE, HARRIE, v. a.
1. To rob, to pillage, S.
Barbour.
2. To ruin by extortion, S.
Maitl. P.

Su. G. haer-ia, depraedari, from haer, an army.

Herryment, s.
1. Plunder, S.
2. The cause of plunder, S.
Burns.

Herrie-water, s.
1. A net so formed as to catch or retain fish of a small size, and thus to spoil the water of its brood; harry-net, S. B.
Acts Ja. VI.
2. Metaph., denoting both stratagem and violence.
Lyndsay.

HERRINBAND, s. A string by which yarn is tied before it be boiled, Ang.

Isl. haarund, coarse linen yarn, and band.

HERS, HEARSE, adj. Hoarse, S.

Belg. haersch, id.

Douglas.

HERSCHIP, HEIRSCHIP, HEIRISCHIP, s.
1. The act of plundering, S.
Wallace.
2. The cause of plunder.
Lyndsay.
3. Booty, plunder.
Ross.
4. Wreck of property.
Kelly.
5. Scarcity, as the effect of devastation.
Bellenden.
6. Dearness, high price.
Dunbar.

A. S. her, an army, and scipe, denoting action; q. the act of an army: or from Herry, v.

HERSKET, s. The same with Heartscald, Orkn.

HER TILL, adv. Hereunto.
Barbour.

Sw. haertil, id.

HERVY, adj. Having the appearance of great poverty, Ang.

A. S. here-feoh, a military prey.

HESP, s. A clasp or hook, S.

Su. G. haspe, Germ. hespe, id.

To Hesp, v. a. To fasten.

HESP, HASP, s. A hank of yarn, S.

Teut. hasp, fila congregata.

Stat. Acc.
To make a ravell'd hesp, to put a thing in confusion; to redd a ravell'd hesp, to restore order.
Gl. Shirr.

HESS, adj. Hoarse.
Lyndsay.

Su. G. haes, hes, A. S. hax, id.

HET, HAT, adj.
1. Hot, S.
Ramsay.
2. Keen, metaph.
Wallace.

Hetfull, adj. Hot, fiery.
Wallace.

Hetly, adv. Hotly, S.
Ross.

Het pint, The hot beverage, which young people carry with them from house to house early in the morning of the new year; used also on the night preceding a marriage, and at the time of child-bearing, S.
Morison.

Het stoup, Same with Het pint, S.
J. Nicol.

HETHELICHE, Reproachful.
V. Heydin.
Sir Tristrem.

Isl. haediligt, Sw. haediligt, contumeliosus.

HETHING, s. Scorn.
V. Heydin.

HEUCH, pret. v. Hewed.
Gawan and Gol.

Su. G. hugg-a, caedere.

HEUCH, HEUGH, HEWCH, HUWE, HWE, HEW, s.
1. A crag, a ragged steep, S.
Wyntown.
2. A steep hill or bank.
Evergreen.
3. A glen with steep overhanging braes or sides, Loth. Bord.
Gl. Compl.
4. The shaft of a coal-pit, S.
Skene.
5. A hollow in a quarry, Loth.

A. S. hou, mons; L. B. hogh-ia, Isl. haug-r, collis.

HEUCK, HEUGH, s. A disease of cows, inflaming the eye, Ang.

Hence,

Heuck-stane, s. Blue vitriol; as used for removing this disease, ibid.

HEUCK-BANE, s. The huckle-bone, Ang.

Belg. huck-en, to bow.

To HEVYD, v. a. To behead.
Wyntown.

HEWID, s. Head.
Barbour.

A. S. heafud, id.; q. what is heav'd or lifted up.

HEWYD, HEWYT, part. pa. Coloured.
Barbour.

HEWIS, o. p. v. Perhaps, for haves, has.
Henrysone.

HEWIS, s. pl. Forms; ghosts.
Philotus.

A. S. heawgas, simulacra.

HEWIT, pret. Tarried.
Gawan and Gol.

HEWIT, part. pa. Having hoofs.
Doug.

HEWMOND, HEUMONT, s. A helmet.
Pitscottie.

Isl. hilm-a, to cover, and mond, mouth.

HY, s. Haste.

A. S. hige.

Wyntown.

To HYCHT, HIGHT, v. n.
1. To trust, to expect.

A. S. hihte, spero.

Barbour.
2. To promise.
V. Hecht.
Hudson.

Hycht, s. A promise.
Barbour.

To HICHT, HIGHT, HEICHT, v. a.
1. To heighten, S.
Lyndsay.

A. S. hiht-an, augere.

Hichty, adj. Lofty.
Douglas.

HIDDIE-GIDDIE, Loth., HIRDIE-GIRDIE, adv. Topsy-turvy.
Houlate.

Q. the head in a giddy state.

HIDDIL, HIDLINS, adv. Secretly, S.
Dunbar.

Hiddils, Hiddillis, Hidlings, s. pl. Hiding-places.
Barbour.
In the hiddils of, under the cover or shelter of, S.
In hidlings, adv. secretly, S.
Ramsay.

A. S. hydels, latibulum.

HIDDIRTYL, HIDDIRTILLIS, adv. Hitherto.
Douglas.

HIDWISE, adj. Hideous.

Fr. hideux, id.

Gawan and Gol.

HIEGATIS, s. pl. High ways, S.
Acts Ja. VI.

HIE HOW, interj. Bravo.
Douglas.

To HYGHT, v. a. To promise.
V. Hicht.

HY-JINKS, HIGH-JINKS, s. A very absurd game, in which it was determined by the dice who should for some time sustain a fictitious character, or repeat a certain number of loose verses, under the penalty of either swallowing an additional bumper, or paying a small sum to the reckoning. This appears to be nearly the same with the drunken game called Whigmaleerie.
Ramsay.
Mannering.

To HILCH, v. n. To halt, S.
Burns.

HILLIEGELEERIE, adv. Topsy-turvy, S. B.
Hilliegulair, Perths.

Gael. uile go leir, altogether.

HILT and HAIR, the whole of any thing, S.
Ross.

Su. G. hull, anc. hold, flesh; the carcase and hide; med hull och haar, hide and hair, the whole; Germ. haut und har.

HILTED RUNG, a crutch.
Shirrefs.

Q. a stick with a hilt or handle.

HILTER-SKILTER, adv. In rapid succession, S.

A. S. heolstr sceado, a confused heap.

HIMEST, Leg. HUMEST, adj. Uppermost.
V. Umast.
Wallace.

HIMSELL, corr. of himself.
Philotus.
At him or her sell, in full possession of one's mental powers, S. B.
Ross.
Weill at himsell, plump, Clydes.
By himsell, beside himself, S.
Burns.

HYNDER, s. Hinderance; S. B. hender.
Crosraguell.

HINDER, adj. Last, Loth.
Ferguson.

HINDER-END, s.
1. Extremity, S.
2. Termination, S.
Ferguson.

HYNE, s.
1. A person.
Douglas.

Su. G. hion, individuum humanum.

2. A young man, a stripling.
Barbour.
3. A farm-servant, S., hind E.

A. S. hine, id.

Bar. Courts.

4. A peasant.

A. S. hineman.

Doug.

HYNE, adv.
1. Hence, S.
Douglas.
Hyne far awa', far hence, Ang.
2. Referring to the eternal state.
Lyndsay.

Belg. heen, away; Su. G. haen, hence. Fra hyne-furth, henceforward.

Acts Ja. III.

HINDERNYCHT, s. The last night.
Bannatyne P.

To HYNG, v. a. To hang, S.
Douglas.

To Hing, v. n.
1. To be suspended.
Ramsay.
2. To be in a state of dependance.
Acts Ja. IV.

Hingare, s.
1. A necklace.
Douglas.
2. In pl. hangings, tapestry.
Bellenden.

To HYNK, HINK, v. n. To be in a doubtful state.
Henrysone.

Germ. henk-en, to suspend; Su. G. hwink-a, vacillare.

HINK, s. Perh. hesitation.
Mellvill's MS.

HINKLINE, s. Same as E. inkling.
Mellvill's MS.

Su. G. wink-a, to beckon.

To HINT, HYNT, v. a. To lay hold of; pret. hent, S.
Wallace.

Su. G. haent-a, id. manu prehendere, from hand, manus.

Hynt, s. Act of exertion.
K. Hart.

HINT, s. An opportunity, S. B.
Ross.

Su. G. haend-a, accidere.

HINT. In a hint, in a moment, S. B.
Ross.

HINT, adv. To the hint, behind, S.

HYNTWORTHE, s. An herb.
Bp. St Androis.

To HIP, v. a. To miss, S. B.

Su. G. hopp-a, Eston. hypp-aen, to pass.

Hip, s. An omission, S.

HIPPEN, s. A towel used for wrapping about the hips of an infant, S.
Ross.

To HIRCH, (ch hard) v. n. To shiver, S. groue synon.

HYRCHOUNE, (ch hard) s. A hedgehog; S. hurchin.
Barbour.

Arm. heureuchin, id.

To HIRD, v. a.
1. To tend cattle, S.
2. To guard any person or thing, S.

Su. G. hird-a, A. S. hyrd-an, custodire.

Hird, Hyrde, s. One who tends cattle, S.

A. S. hyrd, Isl. hyrde, id.

Douglas.

HIRDIEGIRDIE.
V. Hiddie Giddie.

To HIRE, v. a. To let, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

Hyregang, s. In hyregang, paying rent.
Douglas.

Su. G. hyr, merces, and gang, mos.

Hireman, s. A male servant, S. B.

A. S. hyreman, mercenarius.

St. Acc.

Hireship, s. Service; also, the place of servants.
Gl. Shirr.

Hirewoman, s. A maid-servant, S. B.
Abp. Hamiltoun.

HIRY, HARY, a cry.
Bannatyne P.

HIRLING, HERLING, s. A small trout shaped like a salmon, its flesh reddish, Dumfr.
Statist. Acc.

HIRNE, HYRNE, s.
1. A corner.
R. Bruce.
2. A retirement, a recess.
Douglas.

A. S. hyrn, anc. Su. G. hyrn, angulus.

HYRONIUS, adj. Erroneous.
Burel.

To HIRPLE, v. n.
1. To halt, S.
Dunbar.

Su. G. hwerfla, to move circularly.

2. To move crazily, S.
Burns.

HYRSALE, HIRSELL, HIRDSELL, HIRSLE, s.
1. A multitude, a throng, S. hissel, Ayrs.
Wyntown.
2. A flock, S.
Ramsay.

Su. G. haer, an army, and saell-a, to assemble.

To Hirsell, v. a. To put into different flocks, S. A.
Stat. Acc.

HYRSETT, s. The payment of burrow mails for one year, as the condition on which a new-made burgess continued to enjoy his privilege, although his property was not built upon.
Burr. Lawes.

A. S. hyre, merces, and sett-an, collocare.

To HIRSILL, HIRSLE, v. n.
1. To move resting on the hams, S.
Ramsay.

Teut. aersel-en, culum versus ire.

2. To graze, to rub on.
Douglas.

A. S. hirstl-an, crepere.

To HIRSP, v. n. To jar.
Calderwood.

E. to rasp, Su. G. rasp-a.

HIRST, s.
1. A hinge.
Douglas.
2. Miln-hirst, the place on which the crubs ly, within which the mill-stone rubs.

A. S. kyrr, cardo.

Ruddiman.

HIRST, HURST, s.
1. The bare and hard summit of a hill, S.
Douglas.

Su. G. har, locus lapidosus.

2. A sand bank on the brink of a river, S. B.
Law Case.
3. Equivalent to shallow, in a river, S. B.
Law Case.
4. A resting place, S. B.
Shirrefs.
5. A small wood.
Gl. Sibb.

A. S. hurst, silva.

HISSIE, HIZZIE, s. Corr. of housewife.
Burns.

Hissieskip, Hussyfskap, s. Housewifery, S. B.
Ritson.

HISTIE, adj. Dry, chaft, S. O.
Burns.

Perhaps q. hirsty, from Hirst.

HIT, pron. It, S.

A. S. Dan.

Sir Gawan.

HITCH, s.
1. A motion by a jerk, S.
2. Metaph. augmentation, S.
Ross.

Isl. hik-a, cedere, hik, commotiuncula.

HITCH, s. A loop, S. O.
Burns.

HITE, HYTE. To gae hyte, to be in a rage, to act as if one were mad, S. B.
Shirrefs.

Isl. heipt-a, animo violento agere.

HITHER and YONT, topsy-turvy, S.

To HIVE, v. a. To swell, S.
Rutherford.

To Hive, or Hive up, v. n. To swell, S. B.

Hives, Hyves, s. pl. Any eruption in the skin, proceeding from an internal cause, S.
Bowel-hive, a disease in children, in which the groin is said to swell.
Hives is used to denote both the red and yellow gum, Loth.

Su. G. haefw-a, to rise up.

To HO, v. n. To stop.
Douglas.

Radically the same with Hove, How, q. v.

Hoe, s. A stop.
Z. Boyd.

HO, pron. She.

A. S. heo, id.

Sir Gawan.

HO, s. A stocking, S.

HOAM, s. The dried grease of a cod, Ang.

HOAM'D, HUMPH'D, part. adj. Having a fusty taste, Clydes.

HOARSGOUK, s. The snipe, Orkn.

Sw. horsgjok, id.

Barry.

HOAS, Not understood.
Law Case.

HOBBY, s. A kind of hawk.
Houlate.

Belg. huybe, Fland. hobbye, id.

To HOBBIL, v. a. To cobble.
Bannatyne Poems.

To HOBBIL, v. a. To dance.
Lyndsay.

Teut. hobbel-en, saltare.

HOBBY-TOBBY, adj. Denoting the tout-ensemble of an awkward, tawdry woman, S.

Teut. hobbel-tobbel, confusÈ.

HOBBLE, s. A state of perplexity, S. habble, Loth.

Teut. hobbel-en, inglomerare.

HOBBLEDEHOY, s. A stripling, Loth.

HOBELERIS, s. pl.
1. Light horsemen chiefly calculated for the purpose of reconnoitring, &c.
Barbour.

Fr. hobille, a coat of quilted stuff.

2. Men lightly armed.
Grose.

HOBYNYS, s. pl. Light horses.
Barbour.

Fr. hobin, id.

HOBLESHEW, s.
V. Hubbleshew.

HOBURN SAUGH, the Laburnum, S.

HOCKERTY-COCKERTY, adv. To ride on one's shoulders with a leg on each, Aberd.
Journal Lond.

HOCKIT, pret. Perhaps, for hotchit.
V. Hotch.
Peblis Play.

HOCUS, s. A stupid fellow, S.

Isl. aukaise, homo nihili.

To HOD, HODE, v. a. To hide, S. B.
Morison.

Belg. hoed-en, Alem. huod-en, id.

HODDEN-GREY, adj. Applied to cloth worn by the peasantry, which has the natural colour of the wool, S.
Ramsay.

E. hoiden, rustic, clownish.

HODDIE, s. A carrion-crow.
V. Huddy.

HODDIN, part. Expressive of the jogging motion of one who rides a horse that moves stiffly, S. O.
V. Houd.
Burns.

To HODDLE, v. n. To waddle, Ang.

HODLACK, s. A rick of bay, Etterick Forest.

HOE, HOE-FISH, s. The piked dogfish, Orkn.
Barry.

Sw. haj, Dan. ho, id.

HOE-MOTHER, HOMER, s. The basking shark, Orkn.
Barry.

HOESHINS, s. pl. Stockings without feet, Ayrs.

Teut. huysken, theca.

HOG, s. A young sheep, before it has lost its first fleece.
Gl. Complaynt.
Stat. Acc.

L. B. hoggaeius, a young sheep of the second year.

HOG, s. In the diversion of curling, the name given to a stone which does not go over the distance score, S.
Graeme.

To HOG, HOGG, v. a. To shog, Ang.
Old Ball.

Isl. hagg-a, commoveo, quasso.

HOGERS, HOGGERS, s. pl. Coarse stockings without feet, S.
Ross.

HOGMANAY, HOGMENAY, s.
1. The last day of the year, S.
2. The entertainment given to a visitor on this day; or a gift conferred on those who apply for it, S.
J. Nicol.

The origin is quite uncertain.

HOGRY-MOGRY, adj Slovenly, Loth. corr. from hugger-mugger, E.
V. Hudge-mudge.

HOG-SCORE, s. A distance-line, in curling, drawn across the rink or course, S.
Burns.

HOG-SHOUTHER, s. A game in which those who amuse themselves justle each other by the shoulders, S.
Burns.

Isl. hogg-a, to strike.

To Hogshouther, v. a. To justle with the shoulder.
Burns.

To HOY, v. a.
1. To incite, a term used as to dogs, S.
Burns.
2. To chase or drive away.
Lyndsay.

Isl. ho-a, greges convocare vel agere.

HOYES, s.
1. A term used in public proclamations, calling attention, S.
Skene.

O. Fr. oyez, hear ye.

2. Used as equivalent to hue, in the phrase hue and cry.
Stat. Rob. I.

HOIF, HOFF, HOVE, HOUFF, HUFE, s.
1. A hall.
Bellenden.

Su. G. hof, aula.

2. A burial-place. The principal place of interment at Dundee is called the houff.

Isl. hof, atrium, Germ. hof, area, kirchhof, area ante templum.

3. A haunt, S.
Burns.

A. S. hofe, Germ. hof, a house.

4. A place where one wishes to be concealed.
Ferguson.

A. S. hofe, spelunca, a den.

HOISPEHOY, s. A game used in Banffshire, similar to Hide and Seek.

O. Fr. oyez, hear, and espier, to spy; q. listen, I espy you.

To HOIST, v. n. To cough.
V. Host.

To HOIT, HOYTE, v. n. To move with expedition, but stiffly and clumsily, S.
Burns.

Isl. haut-a, cursitare more detentae volucris.

Hoit, s. A hobbling motion, S. B.

HOLYN, HOLENE, s. The holly, S.

A. S. holen, id.
Wallace.

To HOLK, HOUK, HOWK, v. a.
1. To dig, S.
Douglas.
2. Metaph. to search.
R. Bruce.

Su. G. holk-a, cavare, from hol, cavus.

HOLKIS, s. pl. A disease of the eye; heuck, S. B.
Douglas.

To HOLL, v. n. To excavate, S.

A. S. hol-ian, id.

Holl, Howe, adj.
1. Hollow, deep; how, S.
Palice Hon.
2. Concave.
Douglas.
3. Giving a hollow sound, S.
Burns.

Isl. hol-ur, cavus, concavus.

Holl, s. Hold of a ship.
Wallace.

HOLLIGLASS, s. A character in old Romances.
Poems 16th Cent.

Belg. Uyle-spegel, i. e. Owl-glass; the original work being written in Dutch.

HOLLION, s. Conjoined with hip, Ang.
Morison.

HOLM, HOWM, s. The level low ground on the banks of a river, S., hoam, S. B.

Isl. hwam-r, a little valley.

Wyntown.

HOLT, s. A wood; as in E.

HOLT, s.
1. High and barren ground.
Douglas.

Isl. hollt, terra aspera et sterilis.

2. A very small hay cock, or a small quantity of manure before it is spread, Dumfr.
Statist. Acc.

HOME, adj. Close, urgent, S.
Spalding.

HOMELTY-JOMELTY, adj. Clumsy and confused in manner.
Dunbar.

Perh. from whummil, and jumble.

HOMYLL, adj. Having no horns; S. hummil, hummilt.
V. Hummil.
Bellenden.

Isl. hamla, membri mutilatione impedire.

To HOMOLOGATE, v. a. To give an indirect approbation of any thing, S.
Burnet.

HONE, s. Delay.
Barbour.

Apparently from Hove, How, q. v.

HONEST, adj. Honourable.
Wyntown.

Honest-like, adj.
1. Goodly; as regarding the person, S.
2. As respecting dress; not shabby, S.
3. Having the appearance of liberality, or of plenty, S.

Honesty, s.
1. Respectability.
Wyntown.
2. Liberality, S.
Rutherford.
3. Decency, as becoming one's station, S.

Lat. honest-us, kind; decent.

Kelly.

HOO, s. Delay.
V. Hove.
Wallace.

HOO, s. Cap.
V. How.

HOODED CROW, The pewit gull, Orkn.
Barry.

To HOOL, v. a. To conceal, S. B.
Shirrefs.

Su. G. hoel-ja, operire; Moes. G. hul-jan.

HOOLIE, adj. Slow.
V. Huly.

To HOP, HAP, v. n. To dance.
Douglas.

Teut. hopp-en, salire, saltare.

HOP, HOPE, s. A sloping hollow between two hills, or the hollow that forms two ridges between one hill, South of S.
Wallace.

Celt. hope, petite vallÉe entre des montagnes.

HOPE, s. A small bay, Orkn.
Wyntown.

Isl. hop, recessus maris.

HORIE GOOSE, the Brent goose; also horra, Orkn.
Statist. Acc.

HORN, s. A vessel for holding liquor; figuratively used for its contents, S.

Isl. horn, poculum.

Ramsay.

Horn, s. An excrescence on the foot, a corn, S. B.

Sw. lik-thorn, id. q. a body-horn.

Horn, s. To put to the horn, to denounce as a rebel; a forensic phrase; from the formality of blowing a horn, S.
Bellenden.

Horning, s. Or, Letter of Horning, a letter issued from his Majesty's Signet, and directed to a Messenger, who is required to charge a debtor to pay the debt for which he is prosecuted, or perform the obligation within a limited time, under the pain of rebellion, S.
Erskine.

Horne, s. One of the constellations.
Doug.

Horn-daft, adj. Outrageous; perhaps in allusion to an animal that pushes with the horn, S.

HORRING, s. Abhorrence.
Buchanan.

HORSE, s. A faucet, S. B.

HORSE-COUPER, s. A horse-dealer, S.
Colvil.

HORSE-GANG, s. A certain quantity of land, S.
Pennant.

HORSEGOUK, s. The green sand-piper, Shetl.

Dan. horse gioeg.

HORSE-KNOT, s. Common black knapweed, S.
Lightfoot.

HORSE-MUSCLE, s. The pearl oyster, S.
Statist. Acc.

HOSE-FISH, s. The cuttle-fish, S. O-fish, Loth.
Sibbald.

HOSE-NET, s.
1. A small net, affixed to a pole, resembling a stocking, S.
2. In a hose-net, in an entanglement, S.
R. Bruce.

To HOST, HOIST, v. n.
1. To cough, S.
Henrysone.
2. Metaph. to belch up; applied to the effusions of grief or displeasure.
Doug.
3. To hem, S.

A. S. hweost-an, Su. G. host-a, id.

Host, Hoast, Hoist, s.
1. A single act of coughing, S.
Dunbar.
2. A settled cough, S.
K. Hart.
3. A hem, S.
4. Denoting what is attended with no difficulty or hesitation. It did na cost him a host, S.
Ross.

A. S. hweost, Belg. hoest, id.

HOSTA, interj. Expressing surprise, and perhaps hesitation, Ang.
Shirrefs.

Moes. G. haus-jan, audire.

To HOSTAY, v. a. To besiege.

Fr. hostoyer, id.

Wyntown.

HOSTELER, HOSTELLAR, s. An innkeeper.

Fr. hostelier, id.

Wallace.

Hostillar, Hostillarie, s. An inn.

Fr. hostelerie, id.

Acts Ja. I.

To HOTCH, v. n. To move the body by sudden jerks, S.

Teut. huts-en, Belg. hots-en, Fr. hoch-er, to jog.

HOTCH-POTCH, s. A dish of broth, made with mutton or lamb, cut into small pieces, together with green peas, carrots, turnips, and sometimes parsley or celery, served up with the meat in it, S.

Teut. huts-pot, Fr. hochepot.

To HOTTER, v. a. To crowd together; expressive of individual motion, S. O.

Teut. hott-en, coalescere.

J. Nicol.

HOU, s. A roof-tree.
V. How, s. 4.
Ramsay.

To HOUD, v. n.
1. To wriggle, S.
2. To move by succussation, Loth.

Houd, s. The act of wriggling, S. B.

To HOVE, HOW, HUFE, HUFF, v. n.
1. To lodge.
Barbour.
2. To stay, to tarry.
Douglas.

Germ. hof-en, domo et hospitio excipere.

To HOVE, v. n.
1. To swell, S.
Hogg.
2. To rise, to ascend.
Polwart.

Dan. hov-er, to swell.

HOVE. Arthur's Hove, the ancient building called Arthur's Oon, S.
Bellenden.

HOUFF, s. A haunt.
V. Hoif.

To Houff, v. n. To take shelter, S.

HOUFFIT, part. Heaved.
K. Hart.

HOUGH, adj. Having a hollow sound.
Glanville.

HOUGH, adj. (gutt.)
1. Low, mean; pron. hogh.
Ramsay.
2. In a poor state of health, S.

To HOUK, v. a. Expl. To heap.
Gl. Sibb.

HOUK, s. A large ship.
Douglas.

Su. G. holk, navis oneraria.

HOURIS, s. pl.
1. Matins.
Bellenden.
2. Metaph. the chanting of birds.
Dunbar.

Fr. heures, a book of prayers for certain hours.

HOURS. Ten hours, ten o'clock, S.
Acts Ja. I.

Fr. qu'elle heure, S. what hours?

HOUSS, s. A castle.
Wallace.

Su. G. hus, castellum, arx.

HOW, adj. Hollow.
V. Holl.

How, s.
1. Any hollow place, S.
Ross.
2. A plain, S.
Statist. Acc.
3. The hold of a ship.
Douglas.
4. Dung in the howes, overturned.
Baillie.

HOW, s. A tumulus, Orkn.
Stat. Acc.

Isl. haug, Su. G. hoeg, a sepulchral mound.

HOW, s.
1. A coif or hood. S. B. pron. hoo.
Kelly.

Belg. huyve, Dan. hue, id.

2. A chaplet.
Douglas.

A. S. hufe, tiara.

3. Sely how, also happy how, a membrane on the head, with which some children are born; pron. hoo, S. B.
Ruddiman.

HOW, HOU, HOO, s. A piece of wood, which joins the couple-wings together at the top, on which rests the roof-tree of a thatched house, S.
Ramsay.

Su. G. huf, summitas tecti.

HOW, s. A hoe, S.

Fr. houe.

Barbour.

HOW, HOU, s.
1. The sound made by the owl.

Fr. hu-er, to hoot.

Doug.
2. A sea cheer.
Complaynt S.

To HOWD, v. a. To act as a midwife, S.

Isl. iod, childbirth, iod sott, the pangs of childbirth.

Howdy, s. A midwife, S.
Ramsay.

Su. G. iodgumma, id. i. e. as frequently expressed in S. a houdy-wife.

To HOWDER, v. n. To move by succussation, S.
Ferguson.

To HOWDER, v. a. To hide, Loth.
Ramsay.

Howdrand, part. pa. Hiding.
Dunbar.

S. B. hode, to hide; or Teut. hoeder, receptaculum.

HOWE, interj. A call. S.
Douglas.

Dan. hoo, Fr. ho, id.

HOWIE, CASTLE-HOWIE, s. The name given Orkn. to such of the Picts' houses as still appear like tumuli.

From How, a tumulus, q. v.

HOWYN, part. pa. Baptised.
Wynt.

HOWLLIS HALD, a ruin; q. an owl's habitation.
Dunbar.

HOWPHYN, s. A term of endearment, equivalent to E. darling.
Evergreen.

C. B. hoffdyn, one who is beloved.

HOW SA, adv. Although.
Barbour.

HOWTOWDY, s. A hen that has never laid, S.

Fr. hustaudeau, hutaudeau, any well-grown pullet.

HUBBILSCHOW, HOBBLESHOW, s. A hubbub, a tumult, S.
Ross.

Teut. hobbel-en, inglomerare; schowe, spectaculum.

To HUCK, v. n. To hesitate as in a bargain, q. to play the huckster,
Z. Boyd.

HUCKIE-BUCKIE, s. A play, in which children slide down a hill on their hunkers, Loth.
V. Hunker.

HUD, s. The trough employed by masons for carrying mortar, Loth.

To HUD, v. n. To hide.
V. Hod.
Leg. St Androis.

HUDDERIN, HUDERON, part. adj. Flabby in person, and slovenly. Ang. pron. hutherin.
Kelly.
2. Ugly, hideous, Aberd.
Journ. Lond.
3. Empty, ill-filled, Orkn.

Teut. huyder-en, to have the udder distended.

Huddroun, s. Belly-huddroun, s. A gluttonous sloven.
Dunbar.

HUDDY CRAW, HODDIE, s. The carrion crow, S. B. hoddy craw, S. A. huddit crau.
Complaynt S.

HUDDS, s. A kind of clay hardened, used for a back to a grate, Dumfr.
Stat. Acc.

HUDDUM, HUDDONE, s. A kind of whale.
Douglas.

HUDGE-MUDGE, adj. Clandestinely, S. B.
Poems Buch. Dial.

Su. G. miugg, secretly, compounded with hug-a, to meditate, O. Teut. huggh-en, to observe.

HUD-PYKE, s. A miser.
Dunbar.

Su. G. pick-hogad, qui avide desiderat.

HUFUD, s. A stroke on the head, S. B.

HUGGRIE-MUGGRIE, adv. Hugger-mugger, Fife.
V. Hudge-mudge.

HUICK, s. A small rick of corn, Banffs.

To HUIK, v. a. To consider, to regard.
Chron. S. P.

Teut. huggh-en, observare, considerare.

HUKEBANE, s. Huckle-bone, S. B.

Su. G. Isl. huk-a, inclinare se.

Dunbar.

To HUKE, Perhaps, to tack;

Teut. huck-en, incurvare.

Maitland P.

HULGIE-BACK, s. Hump back.
Gl. Ross.

Hulgie-backed, adj. Hump-backed, S. B.
Ross.

Su. G. hulkig, convexus, E. hulch.

HULY, HOOLIE, adj. Slow, moderate, S. heelie, Aberd.
Douglas.

Hove, to stay, S., or Su. G. hoflig, moderate.

HULLION, s. A sloven, Fife.

HULLCOCK, s. The Smooth hound, a fish, Orkn.

HULTER CORN, s. The same with shilling, Aberd. q. hulled.
Stat. Acc.

HUM, s. A sham, S.

Su. G. hum, an uncertain rumour.

To HUM, To feed, as birds do their young, by billing, Ang.

HUMANITY, s. The study of the Latin language.
Hence the Humanity Class, that in which this is taught; and the teacher, the Professor of humanity.

Lat. Literae Humaniores.

Stat. Acc.

HUMDRUM, s. Dejection, S. B.
Ross.

Isl. humm-a, admurmurare, and drom-a, tarde et lente gradi.

HUMEST, adj. Uppermost.
V. Umast.
Wallace.

HUMLY, adj. Humble.
Bellenden.

HUMLOIK, s. Hemlock.
Lyndsay.

HUMMEL, s. A drone.
Dunbar.

Germ. hummel, fucus.

To HUMMEL, v. a. To hummil bear, to separate the grain of barley from the beards, S. B.

Hummel-corn, s. Grain which wants a beard, as pease, &c. S. B.
Stat. Acc.

Su. G. haml-a, to mutilate.

HUMMEL, adj. Wanting horns.
V. Homyll.

HUMMIE, s. The game otherwise called shintie, Loth.

HUMSTRUM, s. A pet.
Gl. Shirr.

Hum, as in hum-drum, and strum, q. v.

HUND, s.
1. A dog, S.
Dunbar.

Moes. G. hunds, A. S. hund, canis.

2. An avaricious person, S.

Teut. hond, homo avarus.

HUNE, s. Delay.
V. Hone.
Dunbar.

To HUNE, v. n. To emit a querulous sound, Ang.

Su. G. hwin-a, lugere.

HUNGRY GROUND, ground, by superstition, believed to be so much under the power of enchantment, that he who passes over it would infallibly faint, if he did not use something for the support of nature, West of S.

To HUNKER, v. n. To squat down.
Gl. Shirr.

To Hunker, v. a. The same.
Pop. Ball.

Hunkers, s. pl. To sit on one's hunkers, to sit with the hips hanging downwards, S.

Isl. huk-a, incurvare se modo cacantis.

HUPES of a mill, s. pl. The circular wooden frame, which surrounds the millstones, Loth. q. hoops.

To HUR, v. n. To snarl.
Muses Thren.

Lat. hirr-ire, id.

HURBLE, s. A lean or meagre object, S. B.

HURCHAM, adj. Like a hedgehog.
Dunbar.

HURCHEON, s. A hedgehog, S.

HURD, HURDE, s. A hoard, S.
Wyntown.

HURDIES, s. pl. The buttocks, S.
Lyndsay.

HURDYS, s. pl. Hurdles.
Gawan and Gol.

Germ. hurd, Belg. horde, Fr. hourde.

To HURDLE, v. n. To crouch like a cat or hare, S. B.
Gl. Shirrefs.

HURE, HORE, s. A whore, S.
Godly Sangs.

A. S. hure, Teut. hur, Belg. hoere.

Huredome, Whoredom, id.

To HURKILL, HURKLE, v. n.
1. To draw the body together, S.
Douglas.
2. To be in a rickety state.
Dunbar.
3. To be contracted into folds.
Ritson.

Hurkle-backit, adj. Crook-backed, S.
Godly Ball.

Belg. hurk-en, to squat, to sit stooping.

HURL, s. The act of scolding, S.

HURLE BEHIND, the diarrhoea.
Dunbar.

HURLEBARROW, s. A wheel-barrow, S.
Watson.

HURLY, s. Expl. the "last."
Poems Buch. Dial.

HURLIE-HACKET, s. Sliding down a precipice, S. A.
Lyndsay.

Su. G. hurr-a, whence E. hurl, and halk-a, to slide.

HURLOCH, URLOCH, adj. Cloudy, Gael. obherlach.
Popular Ball.

HURRY-SCURRY, s. An uproar, Ang.

Su. G. hurra, cum impetu circumagi; skorra, sonum stridulum edere.

HURSTIS.
V. Hirst.

HURTHY, L. hurtly, promptly.
Houlate.

Germ. hurtig, expeditus; hurt, impetus.

HUSBAND, s. A farmer.
Barbour.

A. S. husbonda, L. B. husbanda, paterfamilias agriculturam exercens.

Husband-land, s. A division of land.
Skene.

HUSCHER, s. An usher.
Sir Tristrem.

Fr. huissier, id. from huis, a door.

HUSE, L. hufe, tarry.
Houlate.

HUSH, s. The Lump, a fish, S.

To HUSH, v. n. To rush, Loth.

HUSHEL, s. Any implement that is worn out, Ang.

HUSHION, s. Apparently the same with Hoeshin.
Burns.

HUSSYFSKAP, s. Housewifery.
V. Hissieskip.

HUSSILLING, s. A rattling or clashing noise.
Douglas.

To HUSTLE, v. n. To emit such a sound as an infant does when highly pleased, Ang.

Isl. hwisl-a, in aurum susurrare.

HUT, An overgrown and indolent person, Ang.

Hut, Hand-hut, s. A small stack built in the field, S.

HUT, s. A square basket, formerly used in Galloway for carrying out dung to the field, of which the bottom opened to let the contents fall out.

HUTHER, s. A wetting mist, S. B.

It's hutherin, it rains slightly, ibid.

Isl. hiufrar, parum pluit; hiufr, pluvia tenuis.

HUTHERIN, s.
1. A young heifer, Ang. Loth.
V. Hudderin.
2. A stupid fellow, Orkney.

HUTTIS ILL, some disease.
Roull.

HUTTIT, adj. Hated, abominable.
Douglas.

Su. G. hutta, cum indignatione et contemtu ejicere.

HUTTOCK, s. Perhaps mitre.
Pal. Hon.

Fr. haute toque, high cap.

To HUZZH, v. a. To lull a child, S.

Isl. hoss-a, id.

HWINKLE FACED, adj. Lantern-jawed, Orkn.