An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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HAP, (p.r.o.n. _hawp_) _s._ The fruit of the briar, S. B.
HAPPER, _s._ Hopper of a mill, S.
_Chalm. Air._
~Happerbauk~, _s._ The beam on which the hopper rests, S.
HAPPY, _adj._ Lucky, fortunate, i. e. const.i.tuting a good omen, S.
_Statist. Acc._
HAR, HARE, _adj._ Cold.
V. ~Hair~.
HAR. _Out of har_, out of order.
_Douglas._
A. S. _hearre_, Teut. _harre_, a hinge.
HARBIN, _s._ A young coal-fish, Orkn.
_Neill._
HARD FISH, Cod, ling, &c., salted and dried, S.
HARDHEAD, HARDHEID, _s._ A small coin of mixed metal or copper.
_Knox._
Fr. _hardie_, small copper money, named from Philip le _Hardi_, who caused strike them.
HARDHEAD, _s._ A species of sea scorpion.
_Sibbald._
HARDIN, HARDYN, _adj._ Coa.r.s.e; applied to cloth made of _hards_, p.r.o.n.
_harn_, S.
_Complaynt S._
A. S. _heordas_, stupae, tow-hards.
HARE, _adj._ Rough, s.h.a.ggy.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _haer_, Su. G. _haar_, pilus.
HAREFRA, _adv._ Herefrom.
_Knox._
HARESHAW, _s._ A harelip, S., anciently _harchatt_; _hareskart_, Renfr.
_Roull._
From _hare_, and Isl. _ska_, a particle denoting separation; Germ.
_scharte_, a gap.
HARYAGE, _s._ A collective word applied to horses.
_Wyntown._
O. Fr. _haraz_, L. B. _haracium_, id.
HARIE HUTCHEON, a play in which children hop round in a ring, with their bodies resting on their hams, S. B.
Belg. _hurk-en_, to squat, to sit stooping.
HARIGALDS, HARICLES, _s. pl._
1. The pluck of an animal, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Applied to the tearing of one's hair.
_Ramsay._
Fr. _haricot_, a dish of boiled livers.
