HAMSCHOCH, s. A sprain or contusion in the leg, Fife.
A. S. ham, the hip, and shach, v. to distort.
To HAMSH, v. n. To eat voraciously
with noise, Ang.
V. Hansh.
HAMSTRAM, s. Difficulty, S. B.
Ross.
Teut. ham, poples, stremm-en, cohibere.
HAN, pret. Have.
Sir Tristrem.
HANCLETH, s. Ancle.
Lyndsay.
A. S. ancleow, id.
HAND. By hand, adv. Over, past, S.
To put by hand, to put aside, S.
Rutherford.
Weill at hand, Active.
Barbour.
To put hand in, To put to death.
Godscroft.
Fra hand, adv. Forthwith.
Lyndsay.
Out of hand, id. S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
Spede hand, Make haste, S.
Douglas.
Handcuffs, s. pl. Manacles, S. q. sleeves of iron.
To Handcuff, v. a. To manacle, S.
To Hand-fast, v. a.
1. To betrothe by
joining hands, in order to cohabitation
before marriage.
Pitscottie.
2. To contract in order to marriage.
Ferguson.
A. S. hand-faest-en, fidem dare.
Hand-fasting, Hand-fastnyng, s. Marriage with the incumbrance of some canonical impediment, not yet bought off.
Su. G. handfaestning, id.
Wyntown.
Hand-hauand, part. pr. Having in possession,
applied to stolen goods.
Skene.
Teut. hand-haven, to possess.
Handy-grips, s. pl. Close grappling, S.
Rutherford.
Handsel, s.
1. The first money received
for goods, S.
2. A gift conferred at a particular season,
S.
3. A piece of bread given before breakfast,
Galloway.
Su. G. handsoel, mercimonii divenditi primitiae.
Handsel monday, The first Monday of
the New Year, O. S.; when children
and servants receive handsel, S.
Statist. Acc.
HAND-STAFF, s.
1. The upper part of
a flail, S.
2. A constellation, supposed to be Orion's
sword.
Douglas.
HAND-WAIL'D, adj. Remarkable;
carefully selected, S.
Ramsay.
From hand, and wale to choose.
HANDWAVING, s. A mode of measuring
grain by stroaking it with the
hand, S. B.
Statist. Acc.
HANDSENYIE, s.
1. A standard, corr.
from ensenyie.
Hist. Ja. Sext.
2. A token.
R. Bruce.
HAND-WHILE, commonly Hanla-while,
adv. A short time, S. A.
Gl. Sibb.
To HANE, v. a. To spare.
V. Hain.
Haning, Haining, s. Hedges, inclosures.
Acts Ja. V.
Hanite, Haned, part. pa. Inclosed, surrounded
with a hedge.
For. Lawes.
Su. G. haegn-a, tueri circumdata sepe, from hag, sepimentum.
HANGARELL, HANGRELL, s. A
piece of wood on which bridles, halters,
&c., are hung, S. A.
Gl. Sibb.
HANGIT-LIKE, adj. Out of countenance, S.
HANYIEL SLYP, A vulgar dependant,
Aberd.
V. Slyp.
Journal Lond.
Teut. hanghel, something dangling.
To HANK, v. a.
1. To fasten, S.
Doug.
2. To tie so tight, as to leave the mark
of the cord; hankle, id. S.
Ross.
Isl. hank, a collar, a small chain.
Hank, s.
1. A coil, S.
Douglas.
2. A skain, S.
HANKERSAIDLE.
V. Anker-saidell.
To HANSH, HAUNSH, v. a. To snatch
at; applied to the action of a dog, and
apparently including the idea of the
noise made by his jaws when he lays
hold of what is thrown to him, S.
Baillie.
O. Fr. hanch-er, to snatch at with the teeth.
Hansh, s. A violent snatch or snap, S.
HANTY, adj.
1. Convenient, S.
Gl. Shirr.
2. Handsome, S.
R. Galloway.
Isl. hent-a, decere.
HANTLE, s.
1. A considerable number,
S. hankel, S. B.
Ramsay.
2. Equivalent to much, S. B.
Poems Buch. Dial.
Sw. antal, number; or q. handtal, what may be counted by the hand.
To HAP, v. a.
1. To cover, in order to
conceal, S.
Ross.
2. To cover from cold, for defence, S.
Priests Peblis.
3. To defend from rain or snow, S.
R. Galloway.
4. To screen from danger in battle.
Poems Buch. Dial.
Isl. hiup-r, indusium; hyp-ia, in-volvor.
Hap, Happin, s. A covering of whatever
kind, S. also called hap-warm.
Ramsay.
Norw. haufn, toga.
To HAP, v. n.
1. To hop, S.
Ramsay.
2. To halt, S.
V. Hop.
Hap, s. A hop, a light leap, S.
Hap-step-an'-lowp, Hop, skip, and leap,
S.
Burns.
Happity, adj. Lame, S.
Ritson.
HAP, (pron. hawp) s. The fruit of the briar, S. B.
HAPPER, s. Hopper of a mill, S.
Chalm. Air.
Happerbauk, s. The beam on which the hopper rests, S.
HAPPY, adj. Lucky, fortunate, i. e. constituting
a good omen, S.
Statist. Acc.
HAR, HARE, adj. Cold.
V. Hair.
HAR. Out of har, out of order.
Douglas.
A. S. hearre, Teut. harre, a hinge.
HARBIN, s. A young coal-fish, Orkn.
Neill.
HARD FISH, Cod, ling, &c., salted and dried, S.
HARDHEAD, HARDHEID, s. A
small coin of mixed metal or copper.
Knox.
Fr. hardie, small copper money, named from Philip le Hardi, who caused strike them.
HARDHEAD, s. A species of sea scorpion.
Sibbald.
HARDIN, HARDYN, adj. Coarse;
applied to cloth made of hards, pron.
harn, S.
Complaynt S.
A. S. heordas, stupae, tow-hards.
HARE, adj. Rough, shaggy.
Wyntown.
A. S. haer, Su. G. haar, pilus.
HAREFRA, adv. Herefrom.
Knox.
HARESHAW, s. A harelip, S., anciently
harchatt; hareskart, Renfr.
Roull.
From hare, and Isl. ska, a particle denoting separation; Germ. scharte, a gap.
HARYAGE, s. A collective word applied
to horses.
Wyntown.
O. Fr. haraz, L. B. haracium, id.
HARIE HUTCHEON, a play in which children hop round in a ring, with their bodies resting on their hams, S. B.
Belg. hurk-en, to squat, to sit stooping.
HARIGALDS, HARICLES, s. pl.
1.
The pluck of an animal, S.
Ramsay.
2. Applied to the tearing of one's hair.
Ramsay.
Fr. haricot, a dish of boiled livers.
To HARK, v. n. To whisper, S.
Cleland.
To HARLE, v. a.
1. To trail, S.
Doug.
2. To drag with force, S.
Kelly.
3. To draw to one's self by griping or
violent means, S.
Ramsay.
4. To roughcast a wall, S.
Statist. Acc.
To Harle, v. n.
1. To move onward with
difficulty, S.
2. To harle about, to go from place to
place, S.
Harlin favour, some degree of affection.
Journal Lond.
Harle, s.
1. The act of dragging, S.
2. Property obtained by means not accounted
honourable, S.
HARLE, s. The Goosander, Orkn.
Fr. harle, id.
Barry.
HARLOT, s.
1. A scoundrel.
Wallace.
2. A boor, synon. with carle.
Bellenden.
Su. G. haer, exercitus, and lude, mancipium vile, a boor or villain.
HARLEY, L. harbry, harbour.
Houlate.
HARMISAY, HARMESAY, interj. Alas.
A. S. earme, wretched.
Philotus.
HARN.
V. Hardyn.
HARNES, s. Defensive armour.
Doug.
Dan. harnisk, id.
HARNES, s.
1. The brains, S. harns.
Wyntown.
2. Metaph., understanding, S.
Sw. hiaerne, Germ. hern, id.
Harn-pan, s. The skull, S.
Wallace.
Teut. hirn-panne, id.
HARP, s. A kind of searce, S.
HARPER CRAB.
V. Tammy Harper.
HARRAGE, s. Service due to a landlord.
V. Arage.
Statist. Acc.
HARRAND, s. Snarling.
Chr. S. P.
HARRO, interj. An outcry for help; also,
an encouragement to pursuit, S.
Douglas.
Fr. haro, harou; q. Ha Roul, O Rollo, or rather from Su. G. haerop, clamor bellicus.
HARRY, adj. Stubborn, S. B.
Su. G. har, locus lapidosus.
HARSK, HARS, adj.
1. Harsh, sharp.
Douglas.
2. Bitter to the taste.
Wyntown.
Su. G. harsk, Isl. hersk-ar, austerus.
To HART, v. a. To encourage, S. heart.
Teut. hert-en, animare.
Barbour.
HARTILL, s. Heart-ill.
Watson.
HARTLY, HARTLYE, adj. Cordial.
Wallace.
Teut. hertelick, Dan. hiertelig, id.
HARTFULLIE, adv. Cordially.
Crosraguell.
HARUMSCARUM, adj. Harebrained, S.
E. hare, to fright, and scare, to startle.
HASARD, HASERT, adj. Hoary.
Douglas.
Hasard, s. An old dotard.
Douglas.
HASARTOUR, s. One who plays at games of hazard.
Fr. hazardeur.
Doug.
HASCHBALD, s. Perh. glutton.
Dunbar.
To HASH, v. a.
1. To slash, S.
Fr. hacher.
2. To abuse, to maltreat, S.
Ferguson.
Hash,
1. A sloven, S.
Ramsay.
2. A foolish fellow.
Burns.
Hashly, adv. In a slovenly manner, Loth.
Ramsay.
Hashmethram, adv. In a state of disorder, S.
Isl. thraum, solum transversum.
HASKY, adj.
1. Rank in growth, S. B.
2. Coarse to the taste, S. B.
3. Dirty, slovenly, S. B.
4. Applied to coarse work, S. B.
Isl. kask-ur, strenuus.
HASLOCK, adj. Descriptive of the finest
wool, being the lock that grows on the
hals or throat, S.
Ramsay.
HASSOCK, HASSICK, s.
1. A besom,
S. B.
2. Any thing bushy; as, a hassick of
hair, S.
Journal Lond.
3. A large round turf used as a seat,
S. A.
Sw. hwass, a rush.
HASTARD, adj. Irascible, S.
Isl. hast-r, irabundus, and art, natura.
HASTER'D, part. pa. Curried, S. A.
J. Nicol.
HASTER'D HASTERN, adj. Early; hastern aits, early oats, S. B.
Su. G. hast-a, celerare, and aer-a, metere.
HASTOW, hast thou?
K. Quair.
HAT, HATE, HAIT, part. pa. Is, or
was, called.
Barbour.
A. S. hat-an, Su. G. het-a, vocare.
To HATCH, HOTCH, v. n. To move
by jerks, S.
Watson.
Fr. hoch-er, id. Isl. hik-a, cedo.
To Hatchel, v. a. To shake in carrying, Fife.
HATE, HAIT, adj. Hot, S.
Kennedy.
A. S. hat, Su. G. het, id.
HATE, HAIT, HAID, s. A whit, an atom, S.
Isl. haete, the smallest object that can be imagined.
HATHILL, HATHELL, s. A nobleman.
V. Athill.
Sir Gawan.
HATHER, s. Heath.
Acts Ja. VI.
HATRENT, s. Hatred.
Compl. S.
HATRY, adj. Disordered; as, a hatry head,
i. e. matted, S. B.
V. Atry.
To HATTER, v. a. To batter, to shatter.
Gawan and Gol.
HATTIR, adj. Maple.
V. Haltir.
HATTIT KIT, a dish of sour or coagulated
cream, S.
Cromarty.
Teut. hott-en, to coagulate.
HATTREL, s. A collection of purulent
matter, S. B.
V. Atry.
HATTREL, s. The flint of a horn, S. O.
HATTOU. What hattou, what art thou
named.
V. Hat.
Sir Tristrem.
HAUCH, s. The forcible reiterated respiration of one who exerts all his strength in giving a stroke, S. hech.
Germ. hauch, halitus.
Douglas.
HAUCHS of a sock, the three points into which the upper part of a ploughshare is divided, and by which it clasps in the wood, Ang.
Isl. haeck, Dan. hage, uncus.
HAUGH, HAWCH, HAUCH,
HALCHE, s. Low-lying flat ground,
properly on the border of a river, and
such as is sometimes overflowed, S.
Barbour.
Gael. augh, id. Isl. hage, a place for pasture.
To HAVE, v. a.
1. To carry.
Acts Ja. I.
2. To behave.
To HAVER, v. n. To talk foolishly, S.
pron. haiver.
Ramsay.
Isl. gifr-a, loquitor, hefer, garrulus.
Havers, Haivers, s. Foolish or incoherent
talk, S.
J. Nicol.
Haveril, s. One who habitually talks in
a foolish manner, S.
Burns.
Haveril, adj. Foolish in talk, S.
HAVES, s. pl. Goods, effects.
Gl. Sibb.
HAUGULL, s. A cold and damp wind blowing from the sea, Ang.
Isl. hafgola, flatus ex oceano spirans.
HAVINGS, HAVINS, HAWING, s.
1. Carriage, behaviour.
Barbour.
2. Good manners, S.
Ross.
3. Weeds, dress, S. B.
Ross.
Isl. haef, manners, Su. G. haefv-a, decere.
HAUNTY, adj.
V. Hanty.
To HAUP, v. n. To turn to the right; applied to horses, or cattle in the yoke, S.
Isl. hop-a, retro cedere.
Meston.
HAW, HAAVE, adj.
1. Azure.
Doug.
2. Pale, wan, S. B.
Ross.
A. S. haewen, glaucus.
To HAWGH, v. n. To force up phlegm, S. to hawk, E.
C. B. hochio, id.
HAWYS, imperat. v. Have ye.
Wyntown.
HAWKIT, adj. Having a white face;
applied to cattle, S.
Dunbar.
Hawkey, s.
1. A cow with a white face, S.
Ramsay.
2. A stupid fellow.
Gl. Shirr.
HAWK, s. A dung fork.
V. Hack.
HAWSE, s. The throat.
V. Hals.
Ferguson.
HAZEL-RAW, s. Lichen pulmonarius,
S.
Lightfoot.
HE, s. A male, S. B.
Ross.
He and He.
1. Every one.
Douglas.
2. The one and the other, id.
HE, HEE, HEY, adj. High.
Wyntown.
A. S. hea, heh, id.
Hely, adv. Highly.
Wyntown.
A. S. healice, id.
To He, Hee, Hey, v. a.
1. To elevate.
A. S. he-an, id.
Dunbar.
2. To dignify.
Barbour.
HEAD-LACE, s. A narrow ribbon for binding the head, Ang.
HEADLINS, adv. Headlong, S. B.
Ross.
HEAD-MARK, s. Observation of the
features of man or any other animal.
Statist. Acc.
HEADSTALL, s. The band that forms the upper part of a horse's collar, Ang.
HEADUM and CORSUM, topsy-turvy,
Dumfr.
Head and cross, q. across.
Heads and thraws, higgledy-piggledy, S.
To HEAL, v. a. To conceal.
V. Heild.
HEARKNING, s. Encouragement, S. B.
Ross.
To HEART up, v. a. To hearten, S.
V. Hart.
Heartning, s. Encouragement, S.
Boyd.
HEART-AXES, s. The heartburn, Loth.
A. S. heort-ece, id.
HEARTY, adj.
1. Chearful, S.
Ross.
2. Liberal, S.
HEARTSCALD, HEARTSCAD, s.
1. Heartburn, S.
Ferguson.
2. A disgust, S.
3. Metaph. regret, remorse.
Z. Boyd.
HEARTSOME, adj.
1. Merry, S.
Ramsay.
2. Causing cheerfulness, S.
Ramsay.
HEATHER s. Heath, S.
V. Haddyr.
Heather-bells, s. pl. Heath blossoms, S.
Burns.
Heather-birns, s. pl. The stalks and roots
of burnt heath, S.
V. Birn.
Heather-clu, s. The ankle, Ang. q. what cleaves the heath in walking.
Isl. klofv-a, to cleave.
Heatherie, adj. Heathy, S.
J. Nicol.
HEAWE EEL, The conger.
Sibbald.
Sw. haf's-aal, i. e. sea-eel.
To HECH, HEGH, (gutt.) v. n. To breathe hard, to pant, S.
Teut. hygh-en, id.
Hech, Hegh, s. The act of panting, S.
V. Hauch.
Ruddiman.
HECHIS, s. pl. Hatches of a ship.
Doug.
To HECHT, HEYCHT, v. n.
1. To name.
Douglas.
2. To promise, to engage.
Barbour.
3. To offer, to proffer, S.
Burns.
4. To command.
Douglas.
A. S. hat-an, Su. G. het-a, vocare, promittere, jubere.
V. Hat.
Hecht, Heycht, s. A promise, Loth.
Wyntown.
HECK, s. A rack for cattle.
V. Hack.
HECKABIRNEY, s. A lean feeble creature, Orkn.
Isl. heik-ia, supprimere, deficere.
HECKAPURDES, s. A quandary, Orkn.
To HECKLE, HEKLE, v. a. To fasten
by means of a hook.
Wallace.
Teut. haeck-en, to fix with a hook.
To HECKLE, v. a.
1. To dress flax, S.
2. Metaph. to examine severely, S.
To come o'er the heckle-pins, to be severely
examined, S.
Teut. hekel-en, pectere linum.
To Heckle on, v. n. To continue in keen
disputation.
Mellvill's MS.
Heckle, Hekkil, s.
1. A hackling-comb,
S.
Teut. hekel, id.
Ruddiman.
2. The feathers on the neck of a cock,
S.
Douglas.
3. A fly, for angling, dressed merely
with a cock's feather, S.
Heckler, s. A flaxdresser, S.
Teut. hekelaer, id.
Heckleback, s. The fifteen spined Stickleback.
Sibbald.
HEDDER-BLUTER, HETHER-BLUTTER,
s. The bittern.
Burel.
HEDDLES, HEDELES, HIDDLES,
s. pl. The small cords through which the
warp is passed in a loom, after going
through the reed, S.
Douglas.
Isl. haafhalld, vulgo hofudld, id.
HEDE-STIKKIS, s. pl. A species of artillery.
Complaynt S.
Su. G. stycke, tormentum majus.
HEDE-VERK, s. A head-ache.
Complaynt S.
A. S. heafod-waerc, cephalalgia.
HEDY PERE, s. Of equal statute, S.
Ruddiman.
HEDISMAN, HEADSMAN, s. A
chief.
Douglas.
A. S. heafod-man, primas.
HEELIE, adj. Slow, Aberd.
V. Huly.
HEELIEGOLEERIE, adv. Topsy-turvy,
Ang.
V. Hilliegeleerie.
HEELS O'ER GOWDY, topsy-turvy,
S. B.
V. Gowdy.
HEELS O'ER HEAD, adv.
1. Topsy-turvy,
S.
Ross.
2. Without particular enumeration, S.
HEEPY, s. A fool, S.
Ramsay.
Su. G. haepen, attonitus.
HEER, HIER of yarn, Sixth part of a
hesp or hank, S.
Statist. Acc.
Su. G. haerf-wa, a handful of yarn.
To HEEZE.
V. Heis.
To HEFT, v. n.
1. To dwell, Aberd.
Su. G. haefda, colere, possidere.
2. To cause or accustom to live in a
place, S.
Ramsay.
To HEFT, v. a. To confine, applied to a cow's milk when not drawn off for some time, S.
Su. G. haeft-a, impedire, detinere.
HEGESKRAPER, s. An avaricious person.
Bannatyne P.
Q. one who scrapes hedges.
HEGGERBALD, s. Not understood.
Dunbar.
HEGH-HEY, HEGH-HOW,
HEIGH-HOW, interj. Expressive of
languor or fatigue, S.
Ross.
HEICH, (gutt.) adj. High, S.
Douglas.
To Heicht, v. a. To raise.
HEYCHT, s. A promise.
V. Hecht.
HEID, HED, term. denoting state or quality, as in bairnheid, &c.
Belg. heyd, status, qualitas.
HEYDIN, HEYTHING, HEITHING,
HETHYNG, s. Scorn, derision.
Wallace.
Isl. haedne, haethne, illudendi actio; haed-a, irridere.
HEIGHEING, s. A command.
Sir Tristrem.
HEIL, HEYLE, HEAL, s. Health, S.
Wallace.
A. S. hael, Su. G. hel, sanitas.
To HEILD, HEILL, HEYL, HEAL,
HELE, v. a.
1. To cover.
Barbour.
2. To conceal, to hide, S.
Ross.
3. To defend, to save.
Douglas.
A. S. hel-an, Isl. hael-a, tegere.
Heildyne. s. Covering.
Barbour.
To HEILD, HEYLD, v. n.
1. To incline.
Palice Honour.
2. To give the preference.
Barbour.
A. S. held-an, hyld-an, Su. G. haell-a, inclinare.
Heild, s. On heild, inclined to one side.
Douglas.
HEILIE, adj. Holy.
Dunbar.
Germ. heilig, id.
HEILY, HELY, HIELY, adj. Proud.
A. S. healic, heahlic, excelsus.
Doug.
HEYND, HENDE, adj.
1. Gentle.
Douglas.
2. Expert, skilful.
Chr. Kirk.
A. S. ge-hynde, humiliatus; Isl. hyggin, prudens.
Heyndnes, s. Gentleness.
K. Hart.
HEYND, s. A person.
Dunbar.
Su. G. hion, id.
HEIR, s. Army.
Gawan and Gol.
A. S. here, Su. G. Isl. haer, Germ. her, exercitus.
HEIR DOWNE, adv. Below on this
earth.
Dunbar.
HEIRIS, s. pl. Masters.
V. Her, s. 1.
K. Hart.
HEYRD, HEYRT. To gang or gae heyrd, to storm, to fume, Ang. heyte, synon.
Su. G. hyr-a, vertigine agi.
Chr. S. P.
HEIRLY, adj. Honourable.
Houlate.
Germ. herlich, illustris.
To HEIS, HEYS, HEEZE, v. a. To
lift up, S.
Douglas.
Su. G. hiss-a, Belg. hys-en, id.
Heis, Heeze, Heisie, s.
1. The act of
lifting up.
Douglas.
2. Aid, furtherance, S. B.
Shirrefs.
3. The act of swinging, Loth.
4. Denoting any thing that discomposes.
Ritson.
Heys and how, A sea cheer.
Douglas.
HEYTIE, s. A name for the game of shintie, Loth.
HEKKIL, HECKLE, s. A hackling-comb,
S.
Ruddiman.
To HELE, v. a. To conceal.
V. Heild.
HELDE, s. Age; for eld.
Wyntown.
HELY, adv. Highly.
V. He.
HELY, adv. Loudly.
Barbour.
HELYNG, s. Covering.
Barbour.
HELIE, adj. Proud.
V. Heily.
HELLIER, HALYEAR, s. Half a
year, S.
Ross.
HELLIS, HELS, s. pl. Hell.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
HELLIS-CRUK, s. A crook for holding
vessels over a fire.
S. P. Repr.
Teut. hels-en, to embrace.
HELM of WEET, a great fall of rain, Ang.
A. S. holm, water.
Helmy, adj. Rainy, Ang.
A. S. holmeg wedder, procellosum coelum.
HELME STOK, s. The handle of the helm.
Teut. helm-stock, id.
Doug.
HELPLIE, adj. Helpful, S. B.
Porteous of Nobilness.
Teut. helpelick, auxiliaris.
HEM, s. Edge; applied to stones, S. B.
HEM, pron. pl. Them.
Sir Gawan.
A. S. heom, dat. pl. illis.
HEM, s. A horse-collar.
V. Haims.
HEMMIL, s. A heap, a crowd, S. B.
To Hemmil, v. a. To surround any beast in order to lay hold of it, Ang.
Isl. hemil-a, custodire, coercere.
HEMMYNYS, s. pl. Shoes of untanned
leather.
Wyntown.
A. S. hemming, pero, Isl. heming-r, the skin pulled off from the legs of cattle.
HEMPY, s.
1. A rogue; one for whom
the hemp grows, S.
J. Nicol.
2. A tricky wag, S.
Ramsay.
To HENCH, v. a. To throw stones by bringing the hand alongst the haunch, S.
HENDRE, HENDER, adj. Past, bygone.
Moes. G. hindar, retro.
Barbour.
HEN-PEN, s. The dung of fowls, Ang.
HENSEMAN, HEINSMAN, s. A
page, E. henchman.
Houlate.
HENSEIS, s. pl. Uncertain.
Dunbar.
HENSOUR, HENSURE, s. A giddy
young fellow.
Chr. Kirk.
Sw. hensker, a fool.
HENS-WARE, HENWARE, s. Eatable fucus, S.
HENT, pret. Laid hold of.
V. Hint.
HEN-WYFE, s.
1. A woman who takes
care of the poultry. S.
Tales Landlord.
2. A bawd.
Douglas.
HENWILE, s. A stratagem.
Baillie.
A wile, used by a hen for gathering her chickens.
HEPTHORNE, s. The briar, S.
Doug.
HER, HERE, s.
1. A person of rank.
Douglas.
2. A chief, a leader.
Douglas.
3. A magistrate.
Wallace.
4. A master.
Barbour.
A. S. hera, Su. G. herre, Teut. herr, Belg. heer, Lat. her-us, dominus.
HER, HERE, s. Loss, injury.
Wallace.
Su. G. haer, vis hostilis.
HER, pron. Their, O. E. and A. S.
Sir Gawan.
HERANDIS, s. pl.
1. Errands.
Wynt.
2. Tidings, q. hearings.
Wyntown.
HERBERE, s. A garden for herbs.
Lat. herbar-ium, id.
Douglas.
HERBERY, HERBRY, HARBORY, s.
1. A military station.
Barbour.
2. A dwelling place.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
Teut. herberghe, diversorium, A. S. hereberga, the abode of an army.
To Herbery, Herbry, v. a.
1. To station.
Barbour.
2. To dwell; applied to a person.
A. S. herebeorg-an, hospitari.
Barbour.
Herbryage, s. An inn.
Wallace.
Herbriouris, s. pl. A piquet.
Barbour.
HERDIS, HERDS, s. Refuse of flax.
Barbour.
HERDOUN, adv. Here below.
Barbour.
HERE, used in the composition of several names of places in S. pron. like E. hair.
A. S. here, Su. G. haer, an army.
HEREAWAY, adv.
1. In this quarter, S.
2. In the present state, S.
Rutherford.
HEREFT, adv. Hereafter.
Wallace.
To HERE TELL, v. n. To learn by report,
S.
Wallace.
Isl. heyrdi tala; audivit.
HEREYESTERDAY, s. the day before yesterday, S. air-yesterday, Banffs.
A. S. aer-gystran daeg, id.
Baillie.
HEREYESTREEN, s. The night before
yesternight. S.
Gl. Shirr.
HERIE, HEARY, s. A compellation
still used by some old women, in addressing their husbands, and sometimes
vice versa, S.
Ross.
A. S. hera, Su. G. Teut. herre, dominus.
HERIS, imperat. v. Hear ye.
Douglas.
HERISON, s. Hedgehog, Fr. herisson.
Burel.
HERITOUR, s.
1. An heir.
Fr. heritier, id.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
2. A landholder in a parish, S.
Stat. Acc.
HERLE, HURIL, s. A heron, Ang.
Maitland Poems.
HERLING, s. A trout.
V. Hirling.
HERNIT, pret. Perhaps for herknit,
hearkened.
King Hart.
HERON-BLUTER, s. The snipe, S. B.
V. Yern-bluter.
HERREYELDE, HERE-GEILD,
HYRALD, s. The fine payable to a
superior, on the death of his tenant.
Quon. Att.
A. S. here-gyld, a military tribute.
To HERRY, HERY, HIRRIE,
HARRIE, v. a.
1. To rob, to pillage,
S.
Barbour.
2. To ruin by extortion, S.
Maitl. P.
Su. G. haer-ia, depraedari, from haer, an army.
Herryment, s.
1. Plunder, S.
2. The cause of plunder, S.
Burns.
Herrie-water, s.
1. A net so formed as
to catch or retain fish of a small size,
and thus to spoil the water of its brood;
harry-net, S. B.
Acts Ja. VI.
2. Metaph., denoting both stratagem
and violence.
Lyndsay.
HERRINBAND, s. A string by which yarn is tied before it be boiled, Ang.
Isl. haarund, coarse linen yarn, and band.
HERS, HEARSE, adj. Hoarse, S.
Belg. haersch, id.
Douglas.
HERSCHIP, HEIRSCHIP, HEIRISCHIP,
s.
1. The act of plundering,
S.
Wallace.
2. The cause of plunder.
Lyndsay.
3. Booty, plunder.
Ross.
4. Wreck of property.
Kelly.
5. Scarcity, as the effect of devastation.
Bellenden.
6. Dearness, high price.
Dunbar.
A. S. her, an army, and scipe, denoting action; q. the act of an army: or from Herry, v.
HERSKET, s. The same with Heartscald, Orkn.
HER TILL, adv. Hereunto.
Barbour.
Sw. haertil, id.
HERVY, adj. Having the appearance of great poverty, Ang.
A. S. here-feoh, a military prey.
HESP, s. A clasp or hook, S.
Su. G. haspe, Germ. hespe, id.
To Hesp, v. a. To fasten.
HESP, HASP, s. A hank of yarn, S.
Teut. hasp, fila congregata.
Stat. Acc.
To make a ravell'd hesp, to put a thing
in confusion; to redd a ravell'd hesp, to
restore order.
Gl. Shirr.
HESS, adj. Hoarse.
Lyndsay.
Su. G. haes, hes, A. S. hax, id.
HET, HAT, adj.
1. Hot, S.
Ramsay.
2. Keen, metaph.
Wallace.
Hetfull, adj. Hot, fiery.
Wallace.
Hetly, adv. Hotly, S.
Ross.
Het pint, The hot beverage, which young
people carry with them from house to
house early in the morning of the new
year; used also on the night preceding
a marriage, and at the time of child-bearing,
S.
Morison.
Het stoup, Same with Het pint, S.
J. Nicol.
HETHELICHE, Reproachful.
V. Heydin.
Sir Tristrem.
Isl. haediligt, Sw. haediligt, contumeliosus.
HETHING, s. Scorn.
V. Heydin.
HEUCH, pret. v. Hewed.
Gawan and Gol.
Su. G. hugg-a, caedere.
HEUCH, HEUGH, HEWCH,
HUWE, HWE, HEW, s.
1. A crag,
a ragged steep, S.
Wyntown.
2. A steep hill or bank.
Evergreen.
3. A glen with steep overhanging braes
or sides, Loth. Bord.
Gl. Compl.
4. The shaft of a coal-pit, S.
Skene.
5. A hollow in a quarry, Loth.
A. S. hou, mons; L. B. hogh-ia, Isl. haug-r, collis.
HEUCK, HEUGH, s. A disease of cows, inflaming the eye, Ang.
Hence,
Heuck-stane, s. Blue vitriol; as used for removing this disease, ibid.
HEUCK-BANE, s. The huckle-bone, Ang.
Belg. huck-en, to bow.
To HEVYD, v. a. To behead.
Wyntown.
HEWID, s. Head.
Barbour.
A. S. heafud, id.; q. what is heav'd or lifted up.
HEWYD, HEWYT, part. pa. Coloured.
Barbour.
HEWIS, o. p. v. Perhaps, for haves, has.
Henrysone.
HEWIS, s. pl. Forms; ghosts.
Philotus.
A. S. heawgas, simulacra.
HEWIT, pret. Tarried.
Gawan and Gol.
HEWIT, part. pa. Having hoofs.
Doug.
HEWMOND, HEUMONT, s. A helmet.
Pitscottie.
Isl. hilm-a, to cover, and mond, mouth.
HY, s. Haste.
A. S. hige.
Wyntown.
To HYCHT, HIGHT, v. n.
1. To trust,
to expect.
A. S. hihte, spero.
Barbour.
2. To promise.
V. Hecht.
Hudson.
Hycht, s. A promise.
Barbour.
To HICHT, HIGHT, HEICHT, v. a.
1. To heighten, S.
Lyndsay.
A. S. hiht-an, augere.
Hichty, adj. Lofty.
Douglas.
HIDDIE-GIDDIE, Loth., HIRDIE-GIRDIE,
adv. Topsy-turvy.
Houlate.
Q. the head in a giddy state.
HIDDIL, HIDLINS, adv. Secretly, S.
Dunbar.
Hiddils, Hiddillis, Hidlings, s. pl.
Hiding-places.
Barbour.
In the hiddils of, under the cover or
shelter of, S.
In hidlings, adv. secretly, S.
Ramsay.
A. S. hydels, latibulum.
HIDDIRTYL, HIDDIRTILLIS, adv.
Hitherto.
Douglas.
HIDWISE, adj. Hideous.
Fr. hideux, id.
Gawan and Gol.
HIEGATIS, s. pl. High ways, S.
Acts Ja. VI.
HIE HOW, interj. Bravo.
Douglas.
To HYGHT, v. a. To promise.
V. Hicht.
HY-JINKS, HIGH-JINKS, s. A very
absurd game, in which it was determined
by the dice who should for some
time sustain a fictitious character, or repeat
a certain number of loose verses,
under the penalty of either swallowing
an additional bumper, or paying a small
sum to the reckoning. This appears to
be nearly the same with the drunken
game called Whigmaleerie.
Ramsay.
Mannering.
To HILCH, v. n. To halt, S.
Burns.
HILLIEGELEERIE, adv. Topsy-turvy,
S. B.
Hilliegulair, Perths.
Gael. uile go leir, altogether.
HILT and HAIR, the whole of any
thing, S.
Ross.
Su. G. hull, anc. hold, flesh; the carcase and hide; med hull och haar, hide and hair, the whole; Germ. haut und har.