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Su. G. _hemull-a_, evictionem praestare, ut rem acquisitam quietus possideat emtor.
HAME, HAIM, _s._ Home, S.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _ham_, Su. G. _hem_, domus.
~Hame-come~, _s._ Return, S.
_Douglas._
Isl. _heimkoma_, domum adventatio.
~Hame-fare~, _s._ The removal of a bride from her own or her father's house to that of her husband, S. from _hame_ and _fare_, to go.
~Hamelt~, _adj._ Domestic, &c.
V. ~Hamald~.
~Hamely~, ~Hamly~, _adj._
1. Familiar, friendly, S.
_Barbour._
2. Without ceremony, S.
_Wyntown._
3. Condescending, S.
_Wallace._
4. Without refinement, S.
_S. Prov._
5. Easy, not difficult.
_R. Bruce._
6. Coa.r.s.e, not handsome, S.
_Hogg._
Su. G. _heimlig_, Alem. _haimleich_, familiaris.
~Hameliness~, _s._ Familiarity, S.
_Kelly._
~Hamesucken~, _s._ The crime of beating or a.s.saulting a person within his own house; a law term, S.
_Erskine._
Su. G. _hemsokn_, id. from _hem_, and _soek-a_, to a.s.sail with violence; Teut. _heym-soeck-en_, invadere violenter alicujus domum.
~Hamesucken~, _adj._ Greatly attached to one's home, Clydes.
~Hamewith~, _adv._
1. Homeward, S. B.
_Ross._
2. _adj._ In the same sense, S.
_Ross._
3. _s. To the hamewith_, having a tendency to one's own interest, S. B.
A. S. _ham_, Isl. _heim_, and A. S. _with_, Isl. _wid_, versus.
HAMELL, _s._ Not understood.
_Colvil._
HAMES, HAMMYS, _s. pl._ A collar, S.
V. ~Haims~.
_Douglas._
HAMMERFLUSH, _s._ The sparks which fly from iron when beaten with the _hammer_, Ang.; also _hammerflaught_.
Isl. _flis_, a splinter.
HAMMIT, HAMMOT, _adj._ Plentiful, properly applied to corn which has many grains on one stalk, Ang.
A. S. _hamod_, tectus, q. well covered with grains.
_To_ HAMP, _v. n._ To stutter, S. A.
