Chapter 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.

2. To move by succussation, Loth.

~Houd~, _s._ The act of wriggling, S. B.

_To_ HOVE, HOW, HUFE, HUFF, _v. n._

1. To lodge.

_Barbour._

2. To stay, to tarry.

_Douglas._

Germ. _hof-en_, domo et hospitio excipere.

_To_ HOVE, _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 called _Arthur's Oon_, S.

_Bellenden._

HOUFF, _s._ A haunt.

V. ~Hoif~.

_To_ ~Houff~, _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.

_To_ HOUK, _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_, also _happy 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 the _couple-wings_ together 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._

_To_ HOWD, _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. a
_houdy-wife_.

_To_ HOWDER, _v. n._ To move by succussation, S.

_Ferguson._

_To_ HOWDER, _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.

From How, 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._