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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._