Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 24
General
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 24
Scottish Borders (Scotland) -- Fiction
HAGBUT, _s._ a kind of firearms used soon after the
discovery of gunpowder.
HAGGIES, HAGGIS, _s._ a pudding made of a lamb's maw,
lungs, heart, and liver, mixed with suet, onions, salt, pepper,
and oatmeal, and boiled in the stomach of a sheep.
HAILSOME, _adj._ wholesome; healthful.
_To_ HAIN, HANE, _v. a._ to spare; to save.
HAIR-MOULD, _s._ the mould which appears on bread.
_Hair-ryme_, hoar-frost.
HAIRST, _s._ harvest.
HAIRUMSKARUM, _adj._ harebrained.
_To_ HALD, _v. a._ to hold; to cease.
HALE, HAILL, _adj._ whole; unbroken.
HALF-MARROW, _s._ a husband or wife.
HALLACH'D, HALLAKET, _adj._ crazy, boisterous; extremely
frolicsome.
HALLANSHAKER, _s._ a sturdy beggar; a person of shabby
appearance.
HALLAN, HALLON, HALLOND, HALLIN, _s._ a mud wall in
cottages, extending from the front backwards, to shelter the
interior of the house from the draft of the door when open.
HALLOWE'EN, _s._ the evening before Allhallows.
HALLOKIT, _adj._ giddy; harebrained.
HALLOCK, _s._ a thoughtless, giddy girl.
HALS, HAWSE, _s._ the neck.
HALY, _adj._ holy.
HAME, HAIM, _s._ home.
HAMELY, _adj._ familiar; friendly.
HANDSEL, _s._ the first money received for goods; a gift on
the first Monday after New Year's Day.
HANDSEL-MONDAY, _s._ the first Monday of the new year.
HANK, _s._ a coil.
HANTLE, _s._ a considerable number.
_To_ HAP, _v. a._ to cover; to conceal.
HAP-STEP-AN'-LOUP, _v. a._ to hop, step, and leap.
HARIGALDS, _s._ the pluck of an animal.
HARN, _s._ coarse linen cloth made from the tow-hards.
HARNES, _s._ brains.
HASH, _s._ a sloven.
HASSOCK, HASSICK, _s._ a besom; a large round turf used as
a seat. HATE, HAIT, HAID, _s._ a whit; an atom; the
smallest bit of anything. _Fient a haid hae I i' the
house,_ I have not a particle of anything in the house.
HATHER, HEATHER, _s._ heath.
HAUGH, HAWCH, HAUCH, _s._ low-lying flat ground.
_To_ HAUP, _v. n._ to turn to the right, applied to
horses in the yoke. _He will neither haup nor wind,_ he
will neither turn to the right nor left; a stubborn man.
_To_ HAVERS, _v. n._ to talk foolishly.
HAVERS, _s._. foolish, incoherent talk, or idle talk.
HAVERIL, _s._ one who habitually talks idly.
_To_ HAWGH, _v. n._ to force up phlegm; to hawk.
HAWKIT, _adj._ having a white face--applied to cattle.
HAWKEY, _s._ a cow with a white face.
HAWSE, _s._ the throat.
HEARTSOME, _adj._ merry; light-hearted.
HEARTY, _adj._ cheerful; liberal.
HEATHER-BELLS, _s._ heath-bells.
HECH, _s._ an exclamation.
HECK, _s._ a rack for cattle.
_To_ HECKLE, _v. a._ to dress flax; to examine with
severity.
HEGH-HEY, HEIGH-HOW, an interjection expressive of languor or
fatigue.
HEIL, HEYLE, _s._ health; in health.
HEIS, HEESE, _v. a._ to lift up.
HEMPY, _s._ a rogue.
HENDER, _adj._ past; bygone. _Henderend,_ the back
end.
HEREAWAY, _adv._ in this quarter.
HERISON, _s._ a hedgehog.
HERRIE, _v. a._ to rob; to pillage.
HERRIE-WATER, _s._ a net made with meshes of a small size,
such as used by poachers.
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