An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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HESS, _adj._ Hoa.r.s.e.
_Lyndsay._
Su. G. _haes_, _hes_, A. S. _hax_, id.
HET, HAT, _adj._
1. Hot, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Keen, metaph.
_Wallace._
~Hetfull~, _adj._ Hot, fiery.
_Wallace._
~Hetly~, _adv._ Hotly, S.
_Ross._
~Het pint~, The _hot_ beverage, which young people carry with them from house to house early in the morning of the new year; used also on the night preceding a marriage, and at the time of child-bearing, S.
_Morison._
~Het stoup~, Same with _Het pint_, S.
_J. Nicol._
HETHELICHE, Reproachful.
V. ~Heydin~.
_Sir Tristrem._
Isl. _haediligt_, Sw. _haediligt_, contumeliosus.
HETHING, _s._ Scorn.
V. ~Heydin~.
HEUCH, _pret. v._ Hewed.
_Gawan and Gol._
Su. G. _hugg-a_, caedere.
HEUCH, HEUGH, HEWCH, HUWE, HWE, HEW, _s._
1. A crag, a ragged steep, S.
_Wyntown._
2. A steep hill or bank.
_Evergreen._
3. A glen with steep overhanging _braes_ or sides, Loth. Bord.
_Gl. Compl._
4. The shaft of a coal-pit, S.
_Skene._
5. A hollow in a quarry, Loth.
A. S. _hou_, mons; L. B. _hogh-ia_, Isl. _haug-r_, collis.
HEUCK, HEUGH, _s._ A disease of cows, inflaming the eye, Ang.
Hence,
~Heuck-stane~, _s._ Blue vitriol; as used for removing this disease, ibid.
HEUCK-BANE, _s._ The huckle-bone, Ang.
Belg. _huck-en_, to bow.
_To_ HEVYD, _v. a._ To behead.
_Wyntown._
HEWID, _s._ Head.
_Barbour._
