Part 28
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_.
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._
_To_ HIP, _v. a._ To miss, S. B.
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._
HONE, _s._ Delay.
_Barbour._
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.