An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

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GRAPUS, _s._ The devil, or a hobgoblin, Ang.

GRASCHOWE-HEIDET, _adj._

Fr. _graisseux_, greasy?

_Dunbar._

_To_ GRATHE, _v. a._ To make ready. V. ~Graithe~.

GRATHING, L. _gruching_.

_Wallace._

GRATINIS, L. _gratius_, gracious.

_Houl._

GRATNIZIED, _part. pa._ Quilled.

Fr. _gratigné_, scratched.

_Watson._

_To_ GRASSIL, GRISSEL, GIRSSIL, _v. n._ To rustle.

_Douglas._

Fr. _gresill-er_, to crackle.

GRAVIN, GRAWYN, Interred. V. ~Graif~, _v._ 1.

GRAUIS, _s. pl._ Groves.

_Douglas._

A. S. _graf_, lucus.

GRAUNT. _adj._ Great.

_Barbour._

GRE, GREE, _s._

1. A step.

_Pal. Hon._

2. Degree, quality.

_Douglas._

3. The superiority.

_Houlate._

_To wyn the gree_, to be victor, S.

4. The prize.

_To bear the gre_, to carry off the prize, S.

_Douglas._

5. Vogue, celebrity.

_Gl. Shirr._

6. Humour.

_Winyet._

7. Degree in measurement.

_Bellenden._

8. Degree of affinity.

_Wyntown._

GRECHES, _v._ Perhaps, frets.

_Sir Gawan._

GREDUR, _s._ Greediness.

_Burel._

_To_ GREE, _v. n._ To agree, S.

_Ross._

Fr. _gre-er_, id.

_To_ ~Gree~, _v. a._ To reconcile those at variance, S.

GREE, _s._

1. Tinge, dye.

_Ross._

2. The _ichor_ which oozes from a sore in a brute animal, Ang.

GREEK, (of stones) _s._ The grain, S.

Su. G. _gryt_, id.

_Statist. Acc._

_To_ GREEN, _v. n._ To long. V. ~Grene~.

GREENBONE, _s._

1. Viviparous Blenny, Orkn.

_Barry._

2. The Sea-needle.

_Sibb._

GREEN BREESE, A stinking pool, Banffs.

GREEN LINTWHITE, Greenfinch, S.

GREEN SLOKE, Oyster green, S.

GREGIOUN, _s._ A Greek.

_Douglas._

GREY, _s._ A badger.

_King's Quair._

GREY, _s._ A greyhound. V. ~Grewe~.

GREYD, _part. pa._ Graduated.

_Wyntown._

GREIF, _s._

1. A fault.

_Douglas._

2. Indignation for offences.

_Id._

GREIF, GRIEVE, _s._

1. A monitor.

_Henrysone._

2. The manager of a farm, or overseer of any work, S.

_Kelly._

O. Teut. _graef_, praefectus, A. S. _ge-refa_, praeses.

_To_ GREIN, _v. n._ To long.

V. ~Grene~.

GREIS, _s. pl._ Greaves.

_Wallace._

Fr. _greves_, id.

_To_ GREIT, GRETE, GREET, _v. n._ To weep, to cry, S.

_Barbour._

Moes. G. _gret-an_, Su. G. _graet-a_, flere.

~Greit~, ~Grete~, ~Greting~, _s._ The act of weeping, S.

_Douglas._

GREKING, GRYKING, _s._ Peep of day, S.

V. ~Creek~.

_Douglas._

GRENDES. _s. pl._ Grandees.

_Sir Gawan._

_To_ GRENE, GREIN, _v. n._

1. To long for, S.

_Evergreen._

2. To long, as a woman with child, S.

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.

H

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~.