_Hanks_, thread as it comes from the
measuring
reel, quantities, &c.
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_Hafflins_, nearly half, partly, not fully grown.
_Hag_, a gulf in mosses and moors, moss-ground.
_Haggis_, a kind of pudding, boiled in the stomach of a cow, or sheep.
_Hain_, to spare, to save, to lay out at interest.
_Hain'd_, spared; _hain'd gear_, hoarded money.
_Hairst_, harvest
_Haith_, petty oath.
_Haivers_, nonsense, speaking without thought.
_Hal'_, or _hald_, an abiding place.
_Hale_, or _haill_, whole, tight, healthy.
_Hallan_, a particular partition-wall in a cottage, or more properly a
seat of turf at the outside.
_Hallowmass_, Hallow-eve, 31st October.
_Haly_, holy; "haly-pool," holy well with healing properties.
_Hame_, home.
_Hammered_, the noise of feet like the din of hammers.
_Han's breed_, hand's breadth.
_Hanks_, thread as it comes from the measuring reel, quantities, &c.
_Hansel-throne_, throne when first occupied by a king.
_Hap_, an outer garment, mantle, plaid, &c. ; to wrap, to cover, to hap.
_Harigals_, heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
_Hap-shackled_, when a fore and hind foot of a ram are fastened together
to prevent leaping he is said to be hap-shackled. A wife
is called "the kirk's hap-shackle. "
_Happer_, a hopper, the hopper of a mill.
_Happing_, hopping.
_Hap-step-an'-loup_, hop, step, and leap.
_Harkit_, hearkened.
_Harn_, very coarse linen.
_Hash_, a fellow who knows not how to act with propriety.
_Hastit_, hastened.
_Haud_, to hold.
_Haughs_, low-lying, rich land, valleys.
