Part 27
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.
I, J, Y.
J corresponds to Germ. Belg. _sch_, Su. G. Isl. _sk_. Y, as prefixed to verbs, participles and verbal nouns, is merely the vestige of A. S. _ge_, corresponding to Moes. G. _ga_. _Ie_ is a termination used for forming diminutives.
JA, _s._ The jay.
_Bannatyne Poems._
JABB, _s._ A net for catching the fry of coal-fish.
_Stat. Acc._
JABBIT, _adj._ Fatigued, jaded.
_Gl. Shirr._
JABBLE, _s._ Soup, Aberd.
_Shirrefs._
JACINCTYNE, _s._ Hyacinth.
_Douglas._
Fr. _jacynthe_, id.
JACKSTIO, _s._ Jack-pudding.
_Polwart._
Su. G. _stoja_, tumultuari; Isl. _stygg-r_, insolens.
_To_ JAG, _v. a._
1. To job, S.
_Watson._
2. To pierce.
_Douglas._
Germ. _zack_, cuspis; _zeichnen_, to prick.
JAG, _s. Jack_, or hunter, fashion of boots.
Teut. _jagh-en_, agitare feras.
_Ritson._
JAGGET, _s._ A full sack dangling at every motion.
_To_ JAIP, JAPE, _v. a._ To mock.
_Doug._
A. S. _gabb-an_, Su. G. _gabb-a_, irridere.
~Jaip~, ~Jape~, _s._
1. A mock.
_Douglas._
2. A deception.
_Douglas._
~Jaiper~, ~Japer~, _s._ A buffoon.
_Gl. Sibb._
JAY-PYET, _s._ A jay, Ang. Perths.
_To_ JAK, _v. n._ To spend time idly, S. _jauk_, q. v.
_Priests Peblis._
~Jaukin~, _s._ Dallying, S.
_Burns._
JAKMEN, _s. pl._ Retainers kept by a landholder, for fighting in his quarrels.
_Maitland Poems._
Fr. _jaque_, a short coat of mail worn by them.
JAM, _s._ A projection, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Fr. _jambe_, a corbel.
_To_ JAMPH, _v. a._
1. To mock, S.
_Ross._
2. To shuffle, S.
_Ross._
3. To act the part of a male jilt.
_Id._
4. To trifle, S.
Su. G. _skymf-a_, to scoff, _schimpf-en_, id. Su. G. _skaemta tiden_, tempus fallere.
~Jampher~, _s._ A scoffer, S.
_Ross._
Teut. _schamper_, derisor.
JANGEALAR, _s._ A juggler.
_Dunbar._
_To_ JANGIL, JANGLE, _v. n._ To prattle.
Fr. _jangl-er_, id.
_Complaynt S._
~Janglour~, _s._ A prater.
_Bannatyne P._
Fr. _jangleur_, id.
_To_ JANK, _v. n._
1. To trifle, Loth.
_Cleland._
Isl. _kiaenk-a_, arridere, might seem allied.
2. _To jank off_, to run off, Loth.
JANKIT, _part. adj._ Fatigued, jaded, Loth.
JANTY, _adj._ Cheerful, Fife.
_A. Douglas._
Su. G. _gant-as_, to sport like children.
_To_ JAPE, _v. a._ To mock.
V. ~Jaip~.
_To_ JARG, _v. n._ To make a sharp shrill noise, to creak, Bord.
_Douglas._
2. To flinch.
_Mellvill's MS._
Su. G. _jerg-a_, eadem oberrare chorda.
_To_ ~Jargle~, _v. n._ To produce reiterated shrill sounds, Bord.
A dimin. from _Jarg_, or from O. Fr. _jergouill-er_, to mumble, to mutter.
~Jargolyne~, _s._ Chattering.
_Complaynt S._
_To_ JARR, _v. n._ To make a harsh and grating noise; E. _jar_.
_Douglas._
_To_ JARR, _v. n._ To stir with a staff in water.
Alem. _girr-en_, turbare.
_Douglas._
JASP, _s._ Jasper.
Fr. id.
_Henrysone._
JAUDIE, _s._
1. The stomach of a hog, Roxb.
2. A pudding of oat-meal and hogs' lard, with onions and pepper, inclosed in a sow's stomach, Loth. S. A.
_Gl. Sibb._
C. B. _gwaedogen_, omasum, a fat tripe; Arm. _guadec_, a pudding; _guadegen kig minset_, a haggis.
JAVEL.
V. ~Jevel~.
JAUELLOUR, JEVELLOUR, _s._ A jailor.
_Bellenden._
_To_ JAUK, _v. n._ To trifle, S.
_Burns._
Isl. _jack-a_, continuo agitare; or Teut. _gack-en_, ludere.
JAW, JAWE, _s._
1. A wave, S.
_Douglas._
2. A flash of water, S.
3. Coarse raillery, petulant language, S.
_Burns._
4. Loquacity, S.
_To_ ~Jaw~, _v. n._
1. To dash, S.
_Minst. Bord._
2. _v. a._ To spirt, S.
_Ramsay._
3. To assault with coarse raillery, S.
_A. Douglas._
_To_ JAWNER, _v. n._ To talk foolishly, Clydes.
_Falls of Clyde._
JAWP, JAUP, JALP, _s._
1. A flash, a dash of water.
_Douglas._
2. A spot of mud or dirty water, S.
3. Dregs, S. A.
_J. Nicol._
Pron. _jalp_, both in the North and South of S.; in the West _jawpe_.
Isl. _gialf-ur_, a hissing or roaring wave; _gialfr-a_, _gialp-a_, obstrepere, allidere, applied to the dashing of waves; Belg. _zwalp_, a flash of water.
_To_ ~Jawp~, _v. n._ To dash and rebound as water, S.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Jawp~, ~Jalp~, _v. a._ To bespatter with mud, S.
_Kelly._
JAWTHERS, _s. pl._ Idle, frivolous discourse, S.
Isl. _gialfra_, incondita loqui.
YBET, _part. pa._ Supplied.
_Pal. Hon._
A. S. _gebette_, emendatus.
ICHONE, YCHONE, Each one.
_Doug._
YCORN, _part. pa._ Selected.
_Sir Trist._
A. S. _gecoren_, selectus; _ge-cur-an_, Su. G. _kora_, eligere.
ICKER, _s._ An ear of corn.
V. ~Echer~.
ICTERICK, _adj._ Of or belonging to jaundice.
Fr. _icterique_.
_Mellvill's MS._
YDANT, _adj._ Diligent.
V. ~Ithand~.
YDY, _s._ An eddy, a pool.
_Houlate._
Isl. _ida_, vortex aquae, _id-a_, more fluentis aquae circumcursito.
IDLESET, _s._ The state of being idle, S.
Q. _set_ or placed _idle_.
_R. Bruce._
YDILTETH, _s._ Idleness.