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.
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.
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.
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.