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heather goose
a dolt or ninny
 

heather heidit
heather headed, disheveled hair, a bad hair day, indicating a country or rustic background
 

heather ill
constipation of the bowels
 

heather jennys
women who sold heather goods
 

heather jocks
men who sold heather goods
 

heather lamp
a springy step common among people accustomed to walking over heathery ground
 

heather lamping
lifting feet high when walking
 

heather legs
walking with a high and wide step, as on the heather
 

heather lowper
hill dweller, countryman
 

heather man
heather seller
 

heather piker
a contemptuous name for one living in poverty or a miserly way
 

heather range
equal lengths of heather stems bunched and firmly bound for pot scrubbers and chimney cleaning brushes
 

heather step
another name for heather lamping
 

heather stopper
a Perth term for a heather lowper, a hill dweller or countryman
 

heather taps
fresh heather clan badge
 

heather theekit
thatched with heather
 

heather wight
a Highlander
 

heather-an-dub
heather and daub, sometimes called spelt dab, a mud slurry used with sticks for wall construction
 

heatherer
a thatcher of roofs
 

heather-fish
frog tadpoles in Caithness
 

heavy
dark beer
 

Hecht
to promise; threaten.
 

Heckle
a flax-comb.
 

Heehaw
Nothing at all
 

Heels-o'er-gowdie
v. gowdie.
 

heels-owre gowdie
topsy-turvey; upside-down
 

Heeze
to hoist.
 

Heich, heigh
high.
 

heid
head
 

heid
head
 

Heid
Head
 

heid bummer
boss; manager; prominent or important person
 

Heidache
Headache
 

Heider
To head a ball or a Glasgow kiss
 

heidstane
gravestone
 

Heidy
Header, the ball
 

Hem-shin'd
crooked-shin'd.
 

hen
vocative term for a woman (e.g. ?It's aw richt, hen?), or a general term of endearment for anyone
 

Hen
Something all girls get called, substitute for sweetheart', 'doll' etc.
 

herbour
harbour ; shelter
 

Herd
a herd-boy.
 

Here awa
hereabout.
 

Here you
To demand someones attention
 

hereawa
hereabouts; hither
 

herrie
harry; plunder; rob; ruin
 

Herry
to harry.
 

Herryment
spoliation.
 

Hersel
herself.
 

hership
famine; ruin
 

hert
heart
 

hert
heart
 

hert-sair
heart sore
 

het
hot
 

Het
hot.
 

het
heated
 

Heugh
a hollow or pit; a crag, a steep bank.
 

Heuk
a hook.
 

hicht
height
 

Hid
Had
 

hidie-hole
hiding place
 

Hielan
Highland
 

high heid yin
high-up person in organisation
 

Highland Games
Highland games are festivals held throughout the year in Scotland and other countries as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture and heritage, especially that of the Scottish Highlands. While centered on competitions in piping and drumming, dancing, and Scottish heavy athletics, the games also include entertainment and exhibits related to other aspects of Scottish and Gaelic culture
 

Hilch
to hobble.
 

Hiltie-skiltie
helter-skelter.
 

Himsel
himself.
 

Hiney, hinny
honey.
 

hing
hang; knack; burden
 

Hing
to hang.
 

hing
hang (?hingin oot the windae? is street-watching from one's window)
 

hing in
persevere
 

Hingoot
Whore, woman of ill-repute
 

Hings
Hangs
 

hinmaist
final; hindmost; ultimate.
 

hinner
hinder
 

hinner-end
very end; last few
 

hinnie
honey; darling
 

hinniesickle
honeysuckle
 

hird
herd
 

hirple
hobble
 

Hirple
to move unevenly; to limp.
 

his-sel
himself
 

Hissels
so many cattle as one person can attend (R. B.).
 

Histie
bare.
 

hither an yont
backwards and forwards
 

Hizzie
a hussy, a wench.
 

Hoachie
Unusually lucky
 

Hoachin
Full of, bursting at the seems
 

Hoarses
Horses
 

hoast
cough
 

Hoast
cough.
 

Hoat
Hot
 

hochle
walk clumsily
 

Hoddin
the motion of a sage countryman riding on a cart-horse
 

Hoddin-grey
coarse gray woolen.
 

hog/hoggie
lamb; yearling sheep not yet shorn
 

Hoggie
dim. of hog; a lamb.
 

hogmanay
New Year's Eve
 

Hogmanay
New Year's Eve
 

Hog-score
a line on the curling rink.