A. S. georn-an, desiderare.
Ruddiman.
Grening, Greening, s.
1. Longing, S.
Forbes.
2. The object of this longing.
Montgom.
GRENE-SERENE, s. The Greenfinch.
Complaynt S.
GRESSOUME.
V. Gersome.
GRETE, s. Gravel in rivers.
Douglas.
A. S. greot, Su. G. gryt, Isl. griot, id.
GRETE, s. A stair.
Teut. graet.
Wallace.
GRETUMLY, GRYTUMLY, adv.
Greatly.
Barbour.
GREUE, s. A grove.
Sir Gawan.
GREW, s. A greyhound, gru, S.
Bellenden.
GREWE, s.
1. Greece.
Henrysone.
2. The Greek language.
Douglas.
O. Fr. griu, id.
GREWING, s. Grievance.
Barbour.
GRIECE, s. Gray griece, a fur worn by
the Lords of Parliament.
Acts Ja. II.
Germ. greis, grey.
GRIES, s. Gravel.
Palice Honour.
Germ. gries, id.
GRIESHOCH, s. Hot embers, Ayrs.
Gael. griosach.
Minstrelsy Border.
GRIEVE, s. An overseer.
V. Greif.
To Grieve, v. a. To oversee, S.
Pal. Hon.
To GRYIS, GRISE, v. a. To affright.
A. S. agris-an, horrere.
To Grise, v. n. To shudder.
Douglas.
GRYKING, s. Peep of day.
V. Greking.
To GRILLE, v. a. To pierce.
Sir Gawan.
GRYLLE, adj. Horrible.
Sir Gawan.
GRYLLES, s. pl.
Sir Gawan.
GRILSE, GILSE, s. A salmon not fully
grown, by some viewed as a distinct
species, S.
Stat. Rob. I.
Sw. graelax, id. q. a grey salmon.
GRYMING, s. A sprinkling, a thin covering,
S. A.
Minst. Bord.
Isl. gryma, nox a pruina.
GRYNTARIS, s. pl.
V. Grainter.
Lyndsay.
GRYPPIT, pret. Searched.
Douglas.
Grip, s. Possession.
Gawan and Gol.
Grippy, adj. Disposed to defraud, S.
A. S. grife, avarus.
Grippill, adj. Tenacious.
Douglas.
GRIS, GRYS, GRYCE, s. A pig, S. griskin, Ang.
Su. G. grys, id.
Doug.
To GRISE, GRYSE.
V. Gryis.
To GRISSILL, v. a. To gnash.
Doug.
GRIST, s. Thickness, S.
Stat. Acc.
GRIST, s. Fee paid at a mill for grinding,
S.
Ruddiman.
A. S. ge-ris-an, contundere.
GRIT, GRYT, adj.
1. Great, S. S. B.
grite.
Ross.
2. Large, big, S.
Burel.
3. Thick, gross, S.
Dunbar.
4. In a state of intimacy, S.
Ramsay.
A. S. grith, Isl. grid, pax.
5. Swelled with rain, S.
Spalding.
6. The heart is said to be grit, when one
is ready to cry, S.
Minst. Bord.
Grit-hearted, adj. used in the same sense,
S.
GRIT, s. The grain of stones, S.
St. Acc.
C. B. id. lapis arenosus.
GRYTH, s. Quarter in battle.
Wallace.
GROATS, s. pl. Oats with the husks taken off, S.
A. S. grut, far.
Kelly.
GROFF, adj.
1. Having harsh features, S.
2. Unpolished, S.
Watson.
Teut. grof, rudis.
3. Obscene, smutty, S.
GROME, GROYME, GRUME, s.
1. A man.
K. Hart.
2. Paramour, lover.
V. Gome.
Evergr.
GROOSIE, adj. As regarding the face; having a coarse skin, with a greasy appearance, S.
Belg. gruyzig, nasty.
GROSE, s. Style of writing.
Doug.
Fr. grosse, engrossment of a deed.
To GROSE, v. a.
1. To rub off the wiry
edge of a tool, Loth.
2. To rub off part of one's skin, ibid.
Dan. groett-er, to bruise.
GROSET, GROSER, GROSERT, s.
A gooseberry, S.
Burns.
Gael. grosaid, Su. G. krusbaer, id.
GROSSE. In grosse, At random.
Muses Thren.
To GROUE, GROWE, v. n.
1. To shudder,
to shiver, S. groose, Loth.
2. To be filled with terror.
Barbour.
3. To shrink back.
Houlate.
4. To feel horror, S.
Barbour.
Teut. grouw-en, Dan. gru-er, horrere.
Grousum, adj.
1. Frightful, S.
2. Very uncomely, S.
Burns.
Germ. grausam, dreadful, ghastly.
GROUF, GRUF, s. The disturbed sleep which one has during sickness, S.
To GROUK, v. n. To overlook with a watchful and apparently suspicious eye, Ang.
Teut. ghe and roeck-en, curare.
To GROUNCH, GRUNTSCH, v. n.
1. To grunt.
Ruddiman.
2. To grumble, S. B.
Douglas.
O. Fr. gronch-er, id.
GROUNDIE-SWALLOW, s. Groundsel, S.
GROUNDS, s. pl. Refuse of flax, Loth.
GROZLIN, part. adj. Breathing with difficulty through the nose, Fife.
GRU, s. The crane.
Fr. grue.
Burel.
GRU, s.
1. A particle, an atom, S.
2. Applied to the mind.
He has na a
gru of sense, S.
Gr. γρυ, quicquid minutum est.
To GRUB, v. a. To plant, or to prune.
Moes. G. grab-an, fodere, pret. grob.
To GRUCH, v. n. To grudge.
Wyntown.
Gruching, Growch s. Repining.
Wallace.
GRUFE, GROUFE. On groufe, flat,
with the face towards the earth.
To be
on one's grufe, to be in this manner, S.
Henrysone.
Isl. gruf-a, cernuare; a grufwa, cernué; liggia a grufu, in faciem et pectus cubare.
Grufelyngis, Grulingis, adv. In a grovelling
attitude.
Douglas.
To GRUGGLE, v. a. To put any thing
out of order by much handling, S.
V. Misgrugle.
GRUGOUS, adj. Grim.
V. Gruous.
GRUME, s. A man.
V. Grome.
GRUMMEL, s. Mud, dregs, Ang.
Godscroft.
Isl. groml, coenum, turbida aqua; Su. G. grummel, id.
Grumly, adj. Muddy, dreggy, Ang. Gumlie, S. O.
Su. G. grumlog, id.
Burns.
To GRUMPH, v. n. To grunt, S.
Su. G. grymt-a, id.
Grumph, s. A grunt, S.
Grumphie, s. A vulgar name for a sow, S.
Ramsay.
GRUNDIN, part. pa. Whetted; old part.
of grind.
Douglas.
GRUNYE, s. Promontory.
Barbour.
O. Fr. groign, promontoire, Roquef.
GRUNYIE, s.
1. The mouth, ludicrously,
S.
Ruddiman.
Fr. groin, the snout; Isl. graun, os et nasus.
2. A grunt.
Dunbar.
GRUNTILL, GRUNTLE, s.
1. The snout.
Lyndsay.
2. The face in general, S.
Burns.
To GRUNTLE, v. n. To coo, as infants, when highly pleased, S.
O. Fr. grondil-er, murmurer.
Gruntle, s.
1. The sound made by infants,
S.
2. A grunting sound of any kind, S.
Cleland.
To GRUNTSCH.
V. Grounch.
GRUOUS, GRUGOUS, s. Grisly. S. B.
V. Groue.
Journal Lond.
GRUPE, s. A hollow behind the stalls of horses or cattle, for receiving their dung and urine, S.
A. S. groepe, a small ditch.
GRUPPIT, part. Sprained, S. B.
To GRUSE, v. a. To press, Fife.
Germ. grus-en, comminuere.
GRUSHIE, Of thriving growth, Ayrs. Burns.
Teut. grootsigh, amplus, Flandr. groese, vigor.
GRUTTEN, part. pa. Cried, S.
V. Greit.
Ramsay.
To GRUZZLE, v. n. To move the lips as
if one were sucking, so as to articulate
indistinctly, Loth.
V. Gruse.
GUBERT, adj. With wreathed figures.
Fr. guipure, wreathed work.
Watson.
To GUCK, v. n. To trifle.
Montgomerie.
Teut. guygh-en, nugari.
Guckit, adj. Foolish.
V. Gowkit.
Guckrie, s. Foolishness.
Philotus.
GUD, s.
1. Substance.
Wallace.
2. Provisions.
Wallace.
GUD, GUDE, adj.
1. Good, S.
2. Brave.
Su. G. god, id.
Wyntown.
3. Well-born, S.
Wallace.
Moes. G. guds, Alem. guot, Su. G. god, nobilis.
4. In composition, denoting the various relations of blood or alliance.
Gud-brother, s. Brother-in-law, S.
Minst. Bord.
Guddame, s. Grandmother, S.
Wyntown.
Gud-dochter, s.
1. Daughter-in-law, S.
Douglas.
2. A step-daughter, S.
Gudeman, s. A husband, S.
Ross.
Gud-fader, s.
1. Father-in-law, S.
Bellenden.
2. A stepfather, S.
Gud-moder, s.
1. Mother-in-law, S.
Baillie.
2. A step-mother, S.
Bellenden.
Gud-syr, Gud-schir, Gudsher, (pron.
gutsher) s. A grandfather, S.
Wyntown.
Gudsister, s. A sister-in-law, S.
Gud-sone, s.
1. Son-in-law, S.
Douglas.
2. A step-son, S.
GUD, GUDE, s. Used for the name of God, S.
Goth. gud, id. traced to gud, bonus.
To GUDDLE, v. a. To mangle, to haggle, S.
Fr. coutelé, slaughtered.
To GUDE, GUID, GOOD, v. a. To manure;
also gudin.
Monroe.
Su. G. goed-a stercorare.
Gudin, Gooding, s. Manure, S.
Brand.
GUDELIHED, s. Beauty.
K. Quair.
A. S. godlic, pulcher, and had.
GUDGET, s.
1. A trull.
Philotus.
Fr. goujate, id.
2. A servant attending the camp.
Rollock.
GUDGIE, adj. Short and thick, S.
Fr. gouju, chuffy.
GUDLINIS, s. Base metal mixed illegally
with gold.
Lyndsay.
GUDWILLIE, GUDWILLIT, adj.
1. Liberal, S.
Watson.
Su. G. godwillig, benevolus.
2. Cordial.
Burns.
Isl. godvillie, spontaneus.
GUEED, adj. Good, S. B.
Ross.
Gueeds, s. pl. Goods, S. B.
Ross.
GUEDE, s. No guede, not a whit.
Fr. ne goute, nothing.
Sir Tristrem.
GUEST-HOUSE, s. A place of entertainment.
A. S. gest-hus, id.
Rutherford.
GUFF, s. A savour, a smell, S.
Isl. gufa, vapor.
GUFF, GOFF, s. A fool, Gl. Sibb.
Fr. goffe, id.; Isl. gufa, vappa, homo nibili.
Guffie, adj. Stupid, foolish, S.
GUFFER, s. Viviparous blenny.
Sibbald.
GUHYT. L. Gyhyt. pret. Hid.
A. S. gehyt, occultat.
Wallace.
GUIDE-THE-FIRE, a poker, Fife.
GUIDE-THE-GATE, a halter for a horse, Dumfr.
GUIDESHIP, s. Usage, S. B.
Ross.
GUIDON, s. A standard.
Fr.
Godscroft.
To GUIK.
V. Gouk.
L. Hailes.
GUILDE, GOOL, s. Corn marigold, S.
Gules, S. B.
Su. G. gul, gol, yellow.
Gool riding, s. Riding through a parish,
to observe the growth of guild, and to
fine the negligent farmer, S.
Stat. Acc.
GUKKOW, s. The cuckow.
V. Gowk.
GUKSTON GLAIKSTON, a contemptuous
designation expressive of the combination
of folly and vain-glory.
Knox.
From gowk, a fool, and glaiks, the unstable reflexion of rays of light.
GULBOW, s. Intimacy, Orkn.
Isl. gilld, sodalitium, and bo, incola.
GULE, adj. Yellow.
V. Gool.
To GULLER, v. n. To guggle, S.; buller, synon.
Sw. kolr-a, id.
GULLY, s.
1. A large knife, S.
Ramsay.
2. To guide the gully, to have the chief
management, S.
Ross.
3. A warlike weapon, S. B.
Poems Buchan Dial.
To Gulligaw, v. a. To wound with a knife in a quarrel, S. B.
From gully, and gaw to excoriate.
GULLION, s. A quagmire, Loth.
Su. G. goel, O. Germ. gulle, vorago.
GULP, s. A big unwieldy child, Ang.
GULSCHY, adj. Gross in the body, Clydes.
Teut. gulsigh, voracious.
GULSCHOCH, s. The jaundice.
Complaynt S.
Su. G. gulsot, Belg. geelzucht, id. i. e. the yellow sickness.
Gulschoch, adj. Having a jaundiced appearance.
Evergreen.
GULSOCH, s. Voracious appetite, Fife.
Teut. gulsigh, gulosus.
GUM, s.
1. A mist.
Douglas.
2. Variance, umbrage, S.
Arab. ghum, sorrow.
GUMLY, adj. Muddy.
V. Grumly.
GUMPHIE, s. A fool, Ang.
Isl. gumps, frustratio; Dan. kumse, a blockhead.
GUMPLEFACED, adj. Chopfallen, S.
O. Fr. guimple, a veil worn by nuns; q. having the aspect of a nun.
GUMPTION, s. Understanding, S.
Gawmtion, A. Bor. id.
J. Nicol.
Moes. G, gaum-jan, percipere.
GUNNER FLOOK, the Turbot.
Sibb.
GUNSTANE, s. A flint, S.
GURAN, s. A small boil, S.
Gael. Ir. guiran, a pimple.
To GURD, GOURD, v. n. To stop; applied
to running water, when stopped in
its course by earth, ice, &c. S. B.
Doug.
Fr. gourd-ir, to benumb.
To GURDE, v. a. To strike.
V. Gird.
Sir Gawan.
GURDEN, v. 3 pl. Gird.
Id.
GURL, GOURL, GURLIE, GOURLIE,
adj.
1. Bleak, stormy, S.
Doug.
2. Surly.
Evergreen.
Belg. guur, cold, bleak.
GURR, s. A knotty stick or tree, Ang.
GUSCHACH, s. The fireside, Aberd.
GUSCHET, s.
1. The armour by which
the armpit was defended.
Wallace.
Fr. gousset, id.
2. The clock of a stocking, S.
Forbes.
GUSE, s. The long gut, S.
GUSEHORN, GUISSERN, s. The gizzard, S.
Fr. gesier, id.
Watson.
GUSSIE, s. A coarse lusty woman, S.
Fr. goussé, stuffed with eating.
To GUST, v. a.
1. To taste, S.
Chalm. Air.
2. To give a relish to.
Ferguson.
To Gust, v. n.
1. To eat.
Bellenden.
2. To have a relish of.
Bellenden.
3. To smell.
Douglas.
4. To learn from experience.
G. Buchanan.
Lat. gust-are, Fr. goust-er.
Gust, s. A relish, S.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
Gusted, part. Having a savour.
Monroe.
Gusty, adj. Savoury, S.
Ramsay.
GUSTARD, s. The great bustard.
Sibb.
GUT, s. The gout, S.
Watson.
GUTSY, adj. Gluttonous, S.
From E. guts.
To GUTTER, v. n. To do any thing in a dirty way, Ang.
Gutters, s. pl. Mire, dirt.
Burns.
Su. G. gyttia, mire.
Guttery, adj. Miry, S.
GUTTY, adj. Thick, gross; applied both to persons and things, S.
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.
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.