Part 26
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._