HILTED RUNG, a crutch.Shirrefs.
Q. a stick with ahiltor 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. ofhimself.Philotus.At himorher 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.,hindE.
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.
ToHYNG,v. a.To hang, S.Douglas.
ToHing,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.
ToHYNK, 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.
ToHINT, HYNT,v. a.To lay hold of; pret.hent, S.Wallace.
Su. G.haent-a, id. manu prehendere, fromhand, 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.
ToHIP,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 thehipsof an infant, S.Ross.
ToHIRCH, (chhard)v. n.To shiver, S.grouesynon.
HYRCHOUNE, (chhard)s.A hedgehog; S.hurchin.Barbour.
Arm.heureuchin, id.
ToHIRD,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.
ToHIRE,v. a.To let, S.Sir J. Sinclair.
Hyregang,s.In hyregang, paying rent.Douglas.
Su. G.hyr, merces, andgang, 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.
ToHIRPLE,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, andsaell-a, to assemble.
ToHirsell,v. a.To put into different flocks, S. A.Stat. Acc.
HYRSETT,s.The payment ofburrow mailsfor 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, andsett-an, collocare.
ToHIRSILL, 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.
ToHIRSP,v. n.To jar.Calderwood.
E. torasp, 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 toshallow, 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. ofhousewife.Burns.
Hissieskip,Hussyfskap,s.Housewifery, S. B.Ritson.
HISTIE,adj.Dry, chaft, S. O.Burns.
Perhaps q.hirsty, fromHirst.
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.
HITHERandYONT, topsy-turvy, S.
ToHIVE,v. a.To swell, S.Rutherford.
ToHive, orHive 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.Hivesis used to denote both theredandyellow gum, Loth.
Su. G.haefw-a, to rise up.
ToHO,v. n.To stop.Douglas.
Radically the same withHove,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.
ToHOBBIL,v. a.To cobble.Bannatyne Poems.
ToHOBBIL,v. a.To dance.Lyndsay.
Teut.hobbel-en, saltare.
HOBBY-TOBBY,adj.Denoting thetout-ensembleof 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, forhotchit.V.Hotch.Peblis Play.
HOCUS,s.A stupid fellow, S.
Isl.aukaise, homo nihili.
ToHOD, 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.
ToHODDLE,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 thedistance score, S.Graeme.
ToHOG, 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,adjSlovenly, Loth. corr. fromhugger-mugger, E.V.Hudge-mudge.
HOG-SCORE,s.A distance-line, in curling, drawn across therinkor 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.
ToHogshouther,v. a.To justle with the shoulder.Burns.
ToHOY,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 tohue, in the phrasehueandcry.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 thehouff.
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 toHide and Seek.
O. Fr.oyez, hear, andespier, to spy; q. listen, I espy you.
ToHOIST,v. n.To cough.V.Host.
ToHOIT, 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.
ToHOLK, HOUK, HOWK,v. a.1. To dig, S.Douglas.2. Metaph. to search.R. Bruce.
Su. G.holk-a, cavare, fromhol, cavus.
HOLKIS,s. pl.A disease of the eye;heuck, S. B.Douglas.
ToHOLL,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 withhip, 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. fromwhummil, andjumble.
HOMYLL,adj.Having no horns; S.hummil,hummilt.V.Hummil.Bellenden.
Isl.hamla, membri mutilatione impedire.
ToHOMOLOGATE,v. a.To give an indirect approbation of any thing, S.Burnet.
HONE,s.Delay.Barbour.
Apparently fromHove,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.
ToHOOL,v. a.To conceal, S. B.Shirrefs.
Su. G.hoel-ja, operire; Moes. G.hul-jan.
HOOLIE,adj.Slow.V.Huly.
ToHOP, 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; alsohorra, 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 ahorn, 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 thehorn, 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.
ToHOST, 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.
ToHOSTAY,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.
ToHOTCH,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.
ToHOTTER,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.
ToHOUD,v. n.1. To wriggle, S.2. To move by succussation, Loth.
Houd,s.The act of wriggling, S. B.
ToHOVE,HOW, HUFE, HUFF,v. n.1. To lodge.Barbour.2. To stay, to tarry.Douglas.
Germ.hof-en, domo et hospitio excipere.
ToHOVE,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 calledArthur's Oon, S.Bellenden.
HOUFF,s.A haunt.V.Hoif.
ToHouff,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.
ToHOUK,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, alsohappy 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 thecouple-wingstogether 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.
ToHOWD,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. ahoudy-wife.
ToHOWDER,v. n.To move by succussation, S.Ferguson.
ToHOWDER,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.
FromHow, 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.
ToHUCK,v. n.To hesitate as in a bargain, q. to play thehuckster,Z. Boyd.
HUCKIE-BUCKIE,s.A play, in which children slide down a hill on theirhunkers, Loth.V.Hunker.
HUD,s.The trough employed by masons for carrying mortar, Loth.
ToHUD,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 withhug-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.
ToHUIK,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.
ToHUKE, 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 withshilling, Aberd. q.hulled.Stat. Acc.
HUM,s.A sham, S.
Su. G.hum, an uncertain rumour.
ToHUM, To feed, as birds do their young, by billing, Ang.
HUMANITY,s.The study of the Latin language.Hencethe Humanity Class, that in which this is taught; and the teacher, theProfessor of humanity.
Lat.Literae Humaniores.
Stat. Acc.
HUMDRUM,s.Dejection, S. B.Ross.
Isl.humm-a, admurmurare, anddrom-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.
ToHUMMEL,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 calledshintie, Loth.
HUMSTRUM,s.A pet.Gl. Shirr.
Hum, as inhum-drum, andstrum, 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.
ToHUNE,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.
ToHUNKER,v. n.To squat down.Gl. Shirr.
ToHunker,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.
HUPESof a mill,s. pl.The circular wooden frame, which surrounds the millstones, Loth. q.hoops.
ToHUR,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.
ToHURDLE,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.
ToHURKILL, 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, andhalk-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. fromhuis, a door.
HUSE, L.hufe, tarry.Houlate.
HUSH,s.The Lump, a fish, S.
ToHUSH,v. n.To rush, Loth.
HUSHEL,s.Any implement that is worn out, Ang.
HUSHION,s.Apparently the same withHoeshin.Burns.
HUSSYFSKAP,s.Housewifery.V.Hissieskip.
HUSSILLING,s.A rattling or clashing noise.Douglas.
ToHUSTLE,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.
ToHUZZH,v. a.To lull a child, S.
Isl.hoss-a, id.