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HARN, _s._ coa.r.s.e linen cloth made from the tow-hards.
HARNES, _s._ brains.
HASH, _s._ a sloven.
Ha.s.sOCK, Ha.s.sICK, _s._ a besom; a large round turf used as a seat. HATE, HAIT, HAID, _s._ a whit; an atom; the smallest bit of anything. _Fient a haid hae I i' the house,_ I have not a particle of anything in the house.
HATHER, HEATHER, _s._ heath.
HAUGH, HAWCH, HAUCH, _s._ low-lying flat ground.
_To_ HAUP, _v. n._ to turn to the right, applied to horses in the yoke. _He will neither haup nor wind,_ he will neither turn to the right nor left; a stubborn man.
_To_ HAVERS, _v. n._ to talk foolishly.
HAVERS, _s._. foolish, incoherent talk, or idle talk.
HAVERIL, _s._ one who habitually talks idly.
_To_ HAWGH, _v. n._ to force up phlegm; to hawk.
HAWKIT, _adj._ having a white face--applied to cattle.
HAWKEY, _s._ a cow with a white face.
HAWSE, _s._ the throat.
HEARTSOME, _adj._ merry; light-hearted.
HEARTY, _adj._ cheerful; liberal.
HEATHER-BELLS, _s._ heath-bells.
HECH, _s._ an exclamation.
HECK, _s._ a rack for cattle.
_To_ HECKLE, _v. a._ to dress flax; to examine with severity.
HEGH-HEY, HEIGH-HOW, an interjection expressive of languor or fatigue.
HEIL, HEYLE, _s._ health; in health.
HEIS, HEESE, _v. a._ to lift up.
HEMPY, _s._ a rogue.
HENDER, _adj._ past; bygone. _Henderend,_ the back end.
HEREAWAY, _adv._ in this quarter.
HERISON, _s._ a hedgehog.
HERRIE, _v. a._ to rob; to pillage.
HERRIE-WATER, _s._ a net made with meshes of a small size, such as used by poachers.
HESP, _s._ a clasp; a book.
HET, _adj._ hot.
HETFUL, _adj._ hot; fiery.
HET-PINT, _s._ a hot beverage carried by persons to the house of their friends early in the morning of New Year's Day, composed of ale, whisky, and eggs.
HEUCH, HEUGH, _s._ a crag; a rugged steep.
HEUCK-BANE, _s._ the hackle-bone.
HIDDIL, HIDLINS, _adv._ secretly.
HILLIEGELEERIE, _adv._ topsy-turvy.
HILT AND HAIR, _adj._ the whole of anything.
HILTER-SKILTER, _adv._ in rapid succession.
HIMSEL, _part. pa._ of himself.
_To_ HIRD, _v. a._ to tend cattle or sheep.
HIRD, _s._ a shepherd; one who tends cattle.
_To_ HIRE, _v. a._ to let; to engage.
_To_ HIRPLE, _v. a._ to walk in a lame or waddling manner.
HIRSELL, HIRSLE, _v. n._ to move forward resting on the hams.
HISSIE, HIZZIE, _s._ a housewife.
HISSIESKIP, HUSSYFSKAP, _s._ the business of housewifery.
HIT, _p.r.o.n_. It.
HITCH, _s._ a quick motion by a jerk.
HOAM'D, HUMPH'D, _part. adj_. fusty tasted.
