An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 398

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 398


_Skene._


Teut. _hand-haven_, to possess.


~Handy-grips~, _s. pl._ Close grappling, S.


_Rutherford._


~Handsel~, _s._


1. The first money received for goods, S.


2. A gift conferred at a particular season, S.


3. A piece of bread given before breakfast, Galloway.


Su. G. _handsoel_, mercimonii divenditi primitiae.


~Handsel monday~, The first Monday of the New Year, O. S.; when children and servants receive _handsel_, S.


_Statist. Acc._


HAND-STAFF, _s._


1. The upper part of a flail, S.


2. A constellation, supposed to be Orions sword.


_Douglas._


HAND-WAILD, _adj._ Remarkable; carefully selected, S.


_Ramsay._


From _hand_, and _wale_ to choose.


HANDWAVING, _s._ A mode of measuring grain by stroaking it with the hand, S. B.


_Statist. Acc._


HANDSENYIE, _s._


1. A standard, corr. from _ensenyie_.


_Hist. Ja. s.e.xt._


2. A token.


_R. Bruce._


HAND-WHILE, commonly ~Hanla-while~, _adv._ A short time, S. A.


_Gl. Sibb._


_To_ HANE, _v. a._ To spare.


V. ~Hain~.


~Haning~, ~Haining~, _s._ Hedges, inclosures.


_Acts Ja. V._


~Hanite~, ~Haned~, _part. pa._ Inclosed, surrounded with a hedge.


_For. Lawes._


Su. G. _haegn-a_, tueri circ.u.mdata sepe, from _hag_, sepimentum.


HANGARELL, HANGRELL, _s._ A piece of wood on which bridles, halters, &c., are _hung_, S. A.


_Gl. Sibb._


HANGIT-LIKE, _adj._ Out of countenance, S.


HANYIEL SLYP, A vulgar dependant, Aberd.


V. ~Slyp~.


_Journal Lond._


Teut. _hanghel_, something dangling.


_To_ HANK, _v. a._


1. To fasten, S.


_Doug._


2. To tie so tight, as to leave the mark of the cord; _hankle_, id. S.







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