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A. S. _heo_, id.
_Sir Gawan._
HO, _s._ A stocking, S.
HOAM, _s._ The dried grease of a cod, Ang.
HOAM'D, HUMPH'D, _part. adj._ Having a fusty taste, Clydes.
h.o.a.rSGOUK, _s._ The snipe, Orkn.
Sw. _horsgjok_, id.
_Barry._
HOAS, Not understood.
_Law Case._
HOBBY, _s._ A kind of hawk.
_Houlate._
Belg. _huybe_, Fland. _hobbye_, id.
_To_ HOBBIL, _v. a._ To cobble.
_Bannatyne Poems._
_To_ HOBBIL, _v. a._ To dance.
_Lyndsay._
Teut. _hobbel-en_, saltare.
HOBBY-TOBBY, _adj._ Denoting the _tout-ensemble_ of an awkward, tawdry woman, S.
Teut. _hobbel-tobbel_, confuse.
HOBBLE, _s._ A state of perplexity, S. _habble_, Loth.
Teut. _hobbel-en_, inglomerare.
HOBBLEDEHOY, _s._ A stripling, Loth.
HOBELERIS, _s. pl._
1. Light hors.e.m.e.n chiefly calculated for the purpose of reconnoitring, &c.
_Barbour._
Fr. _hobille_, a coat of quilted stuff.
2. Men lightly armed.
_Grose._
HOBYNYS, _s. pl._ Light horses.
_Barbour._
Fr. _hobin_, id.
HOBLESHEW, _s._
V. ~Hubbleshew~.
HOBURN SAUGH, the Laburnum, S.
HOCKERTY-c.o.c.kERTY, _adv._ To ride on one's shoulders with a leg on each, Aberd.
_Journal Lond._
HOCKIT, _pret._ Perhaps, for _hotchit_.
V. ~Hotch~.
_Peblis Play._
HOCUS, _s._ A stupid fellow, S.
