An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 423

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 423

A. S. _heo_, id.


_Sir Gawan._


HO, _s._ A stocking, S.


HOAM, _s._ The dried grease of a cod, Ang.


HOAMD, HUMPHD, _part. adj._ Having a fusty taste, Clydes.


h.o.a.rSGOUK, _s._ The snipe, Orkn.


Sw. _horsgjok_, id.


_Barry._


HOAS, Not understood.


_Law Case._


HOBBY, _s._ A kind of hawk.


_Houlate._


Belg. _huybe_, Fland. _hobbye_, id.


_To_ HOBBIL, _v. a._ To cobble.


_Bannatyne Poems._


_To_ HOBBIL, _v. a._ To dance.


_Lyndsay._


Teut. _hobbel-en_, saltare.


HOBBY-TOBBY, _adj._ Denoting the _tout-ensemble_ of an awkward, tawdry woman, S.


Teut. _hobbel-tobbel_, confuse.


HOBBLE, _s._ A state of perplexity, S. _habble_, Loth.


Teut. _hobbel-en_, inglomerare.


HOBBLEDEHOY, _s._ A stripling, Loth.


HOBELERIS, _s. pl._


1. Light hors.e.m.e.n chiefly calculated for the purpose of reconnoitring, &c.


_Barbour._


Fr. _hobille_, a coat of quilted stuff.


2. Men lightly armed.


_Grose._


HOBYNYS, _s. pl._ Light horses.


_Barbour._


Fr. _hobin_, id.


HOBLESHEW, _s._


V. ~Hubbleshew~.


HOBURN SAUGH, the Laburnum, S.


HOCKERTY-c.o.c.kERTY, _adv._ To ride on ones shoulders with a leg on each, Aberd.


_Journal Lond._


HOCKIT, _pret._ Perhaps, for _hotchit_.


V. ~Hotch~.


_Peblis Play._


HOCUS, _s._ A stupid fellow, S.