An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Isl. _aukaise_, h.o.m.o nihili.
_To_ HOD, HODE, _v. a._ To hide, S. B.
_Morison._
Belg. _hoed-en_, Alem. _huod-en_, id.
HODDEN-GREY, _adj._ Applied to cloth worn by the peasantry, which has the natural colour of the wool, S.
_Ramsay._
E. _hoiden_, rustic, clownish.
HODDIE, _s._ A carrion-crow.
V. ~Huddy~.
HODDIN, _part._ Expressive of the jogging motion of one who rides a horse that moves stiffly, S. O.
V. ~Houd~.
_Burns._
_To_ HODDLE, _v. n._ To waddle, Ang.
HODLACK, _s._ A rick of bay, Etterick Forest.
HOE, HOE-FISH, _s._ The piked dogfish, Orkn.
_Barry._
Sw. _haj_, Dan. _ho_, id.
HOE-MOTHER, HOMER, _s._ The basking shark, Orkn.
_Barry._
HOEs.h.i.+NS, _s. pl._ Stockings without feet, Ayrs.
Teut. _huysken_, theca.
HOG, _s._ A young sheep, before it has lost its first fleece.
_Gl. Complaynt._
_Stat. Acc._
L. B. _hoggaeius_, a young sheep of the second year.
HOG, _s._ In the diversion of curling, the name given to a stone which does not go over the _distance score_, S.
_Graeme._
_To_ HOG, HOGG, _v. a._ To shog, Ang.
_Old Ball._
Isl. _hagg-a_, commoveo, qua.s.so.
HOGERS, HOGGERS, _s. pl._ Coa.r.s.e stockings without feet, S.
_Ross._
HOGMANAY, HOGMENAY, _s._
1. The last day of the year, S.
2. The entertainment given to a visitor on this day; or a gift conferred on those who apply for it, S.
_J. Nicol._
The origin is quite uncertain.
HOGRY-MOGRY, _adj_ Slovenly, Loth. corr. from _hugger-mugger_, E.
V. ~Hudge-mudge~.
HOG-SCORE, _s._ A distance-line, in curling, drawn across the _rink_ or course, S.
_Burns._
HOG-SHOUTHER, _s._ A game in which those who amuse themselves justle each other by the shoulders, S.
