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HERE, used in the composition of several names of places in S. p.r.o.n.
like E. _hair_.
A. S. _here_, Su. G. _haer_, an army.
HEREAWAY, _adv._
1. In this quarter, S.
2. In the present state, S.
_Rutherford._
HEREFT, _adv._ Hereafter.
_Wallace._
_To_ HERE TELL, _v. n._ To learn by report, S.
_Wallace._
Isl. _heyrdi tala_; audivit.
HEREYESTERDAY, _s._ the day before yesterday, S. _air-yesterday_, Banffs.
A. S. _aer-gystran daeg_, id.
_Baillie._
HEREYESTREEN, _s._ The night before yesternight. S.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
HERIE, HEARY, _s._ A compellation still used by some old women, in addressing their husbands, and sometimes _vice versa_, S.
_Ross._
A. S. _hera_, Su. G. Teut. _herre_, dominus.
HERIS, _imperat. v._ Hear ye.
_Douglas._
HERISON, _s._ Hedgehog, Fr. _herisson_.
_Burel._
HERITOUR, _s._
1. An heir.
Fr. _heritier_, id.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
2. A landholder in a parish, S.
_Stat. Acc._
HERLE, HURIL, _s._ A heron, Ang.
_Maitland Poems._
HERLING, _s._ A trout.
V. ~Hirling~.
HERNIT, _pret._ Perhaps for _herknit_, hearkened.
_King Hart._
HERON-BLUTER, _s._ The snipe, S. B.
V. ~Yern-bluter~.
HERREYELDE, HERE-GEILD, HYRALD, _s._ The fine payable to a superior, on the death of his tenant.
_Quon. Att._
A. S. _here-gyld_, a military tribute.
_To_ HERRY, HERY, HIRRIE, HARRIE, _v. a._
1. To rob, to pillage, S.
