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Scots Dictionary

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Hafflins
half, partly.
 

Hag
a moss, a broken bog.
 

haggis
a traditional Scottish dish made of sheep?s pluck, oatmeal, onion, suet, spices, salt and stock
 

Haggis
a special Scots pudding made of sheep's lungs, liver and heart. onions and oatmeal, boiled in a sheep's stomach.
 

haggis
pudding made from minced meat (offal) and oatmeal
 

hain
husband
 

Hain
to spare, to save.
 

hairse
hoarse
 

hairst
harvest
 

Hairst, har'st
harvest.
 

Hairy
Derogatory term for girl
 

Haith
faith (an oath).
 

haiver
to talk nonsense
 

haivers
talk nonsense
 

Haivers
v. havers.
 

Hal', hald
holding. possession.
 

hale
heal; healthy; whole; sound; completely
 

Hale
hail, the whole.
 

Hale
health.
 

hale an fier
strong and well
 

Hale, hail
whole, healthy.
 

Halesome
wholesome.
 

halewatter
torrent
 

Half shut knife
Looking depressed, annoyed or tired.
 

Halfwye
Half Way
 

Hallan
a partition wall, a porch, outer door.
 

hallirackit
a frolicking boisterous person esp girls or young women
 

Halloween
All Saints' Eve (31st of October).
 

Hallowmas
All Saints' Day (1st of November).
 

Haly
holy.
 

hame
home
 

Hame
home.
 

hame
home
 

Hame
Home
 

hame-drauchtit
home-sick; fond of, or drawn, to home
 

hamelie
domestic; simple
 

Hampden Roar
Score
 

Han', haun
hand.
 

Hand-wal'd
hand-picked (i.e. choicest).
 

Hangie
hangman (nickname of the Devil).
 

Hansel
the first gift; earnest.
 

hantle
great deal; handful; a number/ quantity/ volume of
 

hap
cover; wrap; blanket; shawl; screen
 

Hap
a wrap, a covering against cold.
 

Hap
to shelter.
 

Hap
to hop.
 

Happer
hopper (of a mill).
 

Hap-step-an'-lowp
hop-step-and-jump.
 

Harkit
hearkened.
 

Harn
coarse cloth.
 

harns
brains; intelligence
 

Hash
an oaf.
 

hashie
rough; untidy; stormy
 

Haslock woo
the wool on the neck of a sheep.
 

hather
heather seller
 

hather fesgar
a facing of heather fastened with boards around the outside of the house to correct leaks of rain water, also a strengthening the rim of straw or heather baskets
 

haud
hold
 

Haud
to hold, to keep.
 

haud
hold (?Haud yer wheesht!? = ?Shut up!?)
 

Haud / Hawd
Hold
 

haud at
persist
 

haud awa frae
go away from
 

haudin
house or home
 

hauf
half
 

Hauf
half.
 

hauf
half
 

hauf
half
 

haugh
meadow by a river
 

Haughs
low-lying rich lands by a river.
 

haun
hand
 

Haun
Hand
 

haun-clout
hand towel
 

haunle
handle
 

haunless
handless; incompetent
 

Haurl
to trail.
 

Hause
cuddle, embrace.
 

hause-bane
neck bone
 

haver
talk nonense
 

Haveril, hav'rel
one who talks nonsense.
 

Havers
nonsense.
 

Havers!
Nonsense!
 

Havins
manners, conduct.
 

Haw
Hey
 

Hawd On
Hold on
 

Hawfwit
A simple person, A moron.
 

Hawkie
a white-faced cow; a cow.
 

Heal
v. hale.
 

Healsome
v. halesome.
 

Healthy
Good looking
 

heather beetle
an insect
 

heather bill
the Dragon-Fly in Banffshire
 

heather birns
charred sticks of heather used as writing instruments
 

heather blindness
a disease of sheep
 

heather caissie
on Orkney, a basket to hold fish, fishing line and bait. Lobsters were sent from the Hebrides to London, packed in heather and heather caissies
 

heather cat
the common wild cat
 

heather claw
a dog?s dew claw, which is often cut off to prevent it?s catching in the heather
 

heather cling
a disease prevalent among sheep that have been grazing too long on heather
 

heather clout
the horny substance protecting a horse?s fetlock
 

heather cubby
woven from long straight heather stalks, a basket for carrying turnips to feed the cattle
 

heather gall midge
an insect