An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 418
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 418
HIDDIRTYL, HIDDIRTILLIS, _adv._ Hitherto.
_Douglas._
HIDWISE, _adj._ Hideous.
Fr. _hideux_, id.
_Gawan and Gol._
HIEGATIS, _s. pl._ High ways, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
HIE HOW, _interj._ Bravo.
_Douglas._
_To_ HYGHT, _v. a._ To promise.
V. ~Hicht~.
HY-JINKS, HIGH-JINKS, _s._ A very absurd game, in which it was determined by the dice who should for some time sustain a fict.i.tious character, or repeat a certain number of loose verses, under the penalty of either swallowing an additional b.u.mper, or paying a small sum to the reckoning. This appears to be nearly the same with the drunken game called _Whigmaleerie_.
_Ramsay._
_Mannering._
_To_ HILCH, _v. n._ To halt, S.
_Burns._
HILLIEGELEERIE, _adv._ Topsy-turvy, S. B.
_Hilliegulair_, Perths.
Gael. _uile go leir_, altogether.
HILT ~and~ HAIR, the whole of any thing, S.
_Ross._
Su. G. _hull_, anc. _hold_, flesh; the carcase and hide; _med hull och haar_, hide and hair, _the whole_; Germ. _haut und har_.
HILTED RUNG, a crutch.
_Shirrefs._
Q. a stick with a _hilt_ or handle.
HILTER-SKILTER, _adv._ In rapid succession, S.
A. S. _heolstr sceado_, a confused heap.
HIMEST, Leg. HUMEST, _adj._ Uppermost.
V. ~Umast~.
_Wallace._
HIMSELL, corr. of _himself_.
_Philotus._
_At him_ or _her sell_, in full possession of ones mental powers, S. B.
_Ross._
_Weill at himsell_, plump, Clydes.
_By himsell_, beside himself, S.
_Burns._
HYNDER, _s._ Hinderance; S. B. _hender_.
_Crosraguell._
HINDER, _adj._ Last, Loth.
_Ferguson._
HINDER-END, _s._