An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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HALKRIG, HALKRIK, _s._ A corselet.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
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. s.h.i.+rr._
Su. G. _haell_, the stone at the threshhold.
~Hallanshaker~,
1. A st.u.r.dy 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_, sa.n.u.s, salvus.
~Halesing~, ~Halsing~, s. Salutation.
_Doug._
HALLIER, _s. Half a year_, S. B.
V. ~h.e.l.lier~.
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 superst.i.tious 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._
