Chapter 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~.
~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.
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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish LanguageChapter C: B. id. lapis arenosus
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