Chapter 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.

_To_ HUCK, _v. n._ To hesitate as in a bargain, q. to play the _huckster_,

_Z. Boyd._

HUCKIE-BUCKIE, _s._ A play, in which children slide down a hill on their _hunkers_, Loth.

V. ~Hunker~.

HUD, _s._ The trough employed by masons for carrying mortar, Loth.

_To_ HUD, _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 with _hug-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.

_To_ HUIK, _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._

_To_ HUKE, 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 with _shilling_, Aberd. q. _hulled_.

_Stat. Acc._

HUM, _s._ A sham, S.

Su. G. _hum_, an uncertain rumour.

_To_ HUM, To feed, as birds do their young, by billing, Ang.

HUMANITY, _s._ The study of the Latin language.

Hence _the Humanity Class_, that in which this is taught; and the teacher, the _Professor of humanity_.

Lat. _Literae Humaniores_.

_Stat. Acc._

HUMDRUM, _s._ Dejection, S. B.

_Ross._

Isl. _humm-a_, admurmurare, and _drom-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.

_To_ HUMMEL, _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 called _shintie_, Loth.

HUMSTRUM, _s._ A pet.

_Gl. Shirr._

_Hum_, as in _hum-drum_, and _strum_, 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._

_To_ HUNE, _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.

_To_ HUNKER, _v. n._ To squat down.

_Gl. Shirr._

_To_ ~Hunker~, _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.

HUPES _of a mill_, _s. pl._ The circular wooden frame, which surrounds the millstones, Loth. q. _hoops_.

_To_ HUR, _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_.

_To_ HURDLE, _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.

_To_ HURKILL, 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_, and _halk-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. from _huis_, a door.

HUSE, L. _hufe_, tarry.

_Houlate._

HUSH, _s._ The Lump, a fish, S.

_To_ HUSH, _v. n._ To rush, Loth.

HUSHEL, _s._ Any implement that is worn out, Ang.

HUSHION, _s._ Apparently the same with _Hoeshin_.

_Burns._

HUSSYFSKAP, _s._ Housewifery.

V. ~Hissieskip~.

HUSSILLING, _s._ A rattling or clashing noise.

_Douglas._

_To_ HUSTLE, _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.

_To_ HUZZH, _v. a._ To lull a child, S.

Isl. _hoss-a_, id.

HWINKLE FACED, _adj._ Lantern-jawed, Orkn.

I, J, Y.

J corresponds to Germ. Belg. _sch_, Su. G. Isl. _sk_. Y, as prefixed to verbs, participles and verbal nouns, is merely the vestige of A. S. _ge_, corresponding to Moes. G. _ga_. _Ie_ is a termination used for forming diminutives.

JA, _s._ The jay.

_Bannatyne Poems._

JABB, _s._ A net for catching the fry of coal-fish.

_Stat. Acc._

JABBIT, _adj._ Fatigued, jaded.

_Gl. Shirr._

JABBLE, _s._ Soup, Aberd.

_Shirrefs._

JACINCTYNE, _s._ Hyacinth.

_Douglas._

Fr. _jacynthe_, id.

JACKSTIO, _s._ Jack-pudding.

_Polwart._

Su. G. _stoja_, tumultuari; Isl. _stygg-r_, insolens.

_To_ JAG, _v. a._

1. To job, S.

_Watson._

2. To pierce.

_Douglas._

Germ. _zack_, cuspis; _zeichnen_, to prick.

JAG, _s. Jack_, or hunter, fashion of boots.

Teut. _jagh-en_, agitare feras.

_Ritson._

JAGGET, _s._ A full sack dangling at every motion.

_To_ JAIP, JAPE, _v. a._ To mock.

_Doug._

A. S. _gabb-an_, Su. G. _gabb-a_, irridere.

~Jaip~, ~Jape~, _s._

1. A mock.

_Douglas._

2. A deception.

_Douglas._

~Jaiper~, ~Japer~, _s._ A buffoon.

_Gl. Sibb._

JAY-PYET, _s._ A jay, Ang. Perths.

_To_ JAK, _v. n._ To spend time idly, S. _jauk_, q. v.

_Priests Peblis._

~Jaukin~, _s._ Dallying, S.

_Burns._

JAKMEN, _s. pl._ Retainers kept by a landholder, for fighting in his quarrels.

_Maitland Poems._

Fr. _jaque_, a short coat of mail worn by them.

JAM, _s._ A projection, S.

_Stat. Acc._

Fr. _jambe_, a corbel.

_To_ JAMPH, _v. a._

1. To mock, S.

_Ross._

2. To shuffle, S.

_Ross._

3. To act the part of a male jilt.

_Id._

4. To trifle, S.

Su. G. _skymf-a_, to scoff, _schimpf-en_, id. Su. G. _skaemta
tiden_, tempus fallere.

~Jampher~, _s._ A scoffer, S.

_Ross._

Teut. _schamper_, derisor.

JANGEALAR, _s._ A juggler.

_Dunbar._

_To_ JANGIL, JANGLE, _v. n._ To prattle.

Fr. _jangl-er_, id.

_Complaynt S._

~Janglour~, _s._ A prater.

_Bannatyne P._

Fr. _jangleur_, id.

_To_ JANK, _v. n._

1. To trifle, Loth.

_Cleland._

Isl. _kiaenk-a_, arridere, might seem allied.

2. _To jank off_, to run off, Loth.

JANKIT, _part. adj._ Fatigued, jaded, Loth.

JANTY, _adj._ Cheerful, Fife.

_A. Douglas._

Su. G. _gant-as_, to sport like children.

_To_ JAPE, _v. a._ To mock.

V. ~Jaip~.

_To_ JARG, _v. n._ To make a sharp shrill noise, to creak, Bord.

_Douglas._

2. To flinch.

_Mellvill's MS._

Su. G. _jerg-a_, eadem oberrare chorda.

_To_ ~Jargle~, _v. n._ To produce reiterated shrill sounds, Bord.

A dimin. from _Jarg_, or from O. Fr. _jergouill-er_, to mumble, to mutter.

~Jargolyne~, _s._ Chattering.

_Complaynt S._

_To_ JARR, _v. n._ To make a harsh and grating noise; E. _jar_.

_Douglas._

_To_ JARR, _v. n._ To stir with a staff in water.

Alem. _girr-en_, turbare.

_Douglas._

JASP, _s._ Jasper.

Fr. id.

_Henrysone._

JAUDIE, _s._

1. The stomach of a hog, Roxb.

2. A pudding of oat-meal and hogs' lard, with onions and pepper, inclosed in a sow's stomach, Loth. S. A.

_Gl. Sibb._