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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.
