_Hunkers_,
kneeling
and falling back on the hams.
Robert Forst
_Housie_, diminutive of house.
_Hove, hoved_, to heave, to swell.
_Howdie_, a midwife.
_Howe_, hollow, a hollow or dell.
_Howebackit_, sunk in the back, spoken of a horse.
_Howff_, a house of resort.
_Howk_, to dig.
_Howkit_, digged.
_Howkin'_, digging deep.
_Hoy, hoy't_, to urge, urged.
_Hoyse_, a pull upwards. "Hoyse a creel," to raise a basket; hence
"hoisting creels. "
_Hoyte_, to amble crazily.
_Hughoc_, diminutive of Hughie, as Hughie is of Hugh.
_Hums and hankers_, mumbles and seeks to do what he cannot perform.
_Hunkers_, kneeling and falling back on the hams.
_Hurcheon_, a hedgehog.
_Hurdies_, the loins, the crupper.
_Hushion_, a cushion, also a stocking wanting the foot.
_Huchyalled_, to move with a hilch.
I.
_Icker_, an ear of corn.
_Ieroe_, a great grandchild.
_Ilk_, or _ilka_, each, every.
_Ill-deedie_, mischievous.
_Ill-willie_, ill-natured, malicious, niggardly.
_Ingine_, genius, ingenuity.
_Ingle_, fire, fire-place.
_Ingle-low_, light from the fire, flame from the hearth.
_I rede ye_, I advise ye, I warn ye.
_I'se_, I shall or will.
