An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 412
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 412
_Porteous of n.o.bilness._
Teut. _helpelick_, auxiliaris.
HEM, _s._ Edge; applied to stones, S. B.
HEM, _p.r.o.n. pl._ Them.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _heom_, dat. pl. illis.
HEM, _s._ A horse-collar.
V. ~Haims~.
HEMMIL, _s._ A heap, a crowd, S. B.
_To_ ~Hemmil~, _v. a._ To surround any beast in order to lay hold of it, Ang.
Isl. _hemil-a_, custodire, coercere.
HEMMYNYS, _s. pl._ Shoes of untanned leather.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _hemming_, pero, Isl. _heming-r_, the skin pulled off from the legs of cattle.
HEMPY, _s._
1. A rogue; one for whom the _hemp_ grows, S.
_J. Nicol._
2. A tricky wag, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ HENCH, _v. a._ To throw stones by bringing the hand alongst the _haunch_, S.
HENDRE, HENDER, _adj._ Past, bygone.
Moes. G. _hindar_, retro.
_Barbour._
HEN-PEN, _s._ The dung of fowls, Ang.
HENSEMAN, HEINSMAN, _s._ A page, E. _henchman_.
_Houlate._
HENSEIS, _s. pl._ Uncertain.
_Dunbar._
HENSOUR, HENSURE, _s._ A giddy young fellow.
_Chr. Kirk._
Sw. _hensker_, a fool.
HENS-WARE, HENWARE, _s._ Eatable fucus, S.
HENT, _pret._ Laid hold of.
V. ~Hint~.
HEN-WYFE, _s._
1. A woman who takes care of the poultry. S.
_Tales Landlord._
2. A bawd.
_Douglas._
HENWILE, _s._ A stratagem.
_Baillie._
A _wile_, used by a _hen_ for gathering her chickens.