Part 27
~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.
HALOK, _adj._ Giddy.
_Dunbar._
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._
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._