An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 427
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 427
~Honest-like~, _adj._
1. Goodly; as regarding the person, S.
2. As respecting dress; not shabby, S.
3. Having the appearance of liberality, or of plenty, S.
~Honesty~, _s._
1. Respectability.
_Wyntown._
2. Liberality, S.
_Rutherford._
3. Decency, as becoming ones station, S.
Lat. _honest-us_, kind; decent.
_Kelly._
HOO, _s._ Delay.
V. ~Hove~.
_Wallace._
HOO, _s._ Cap.
V. ~How~.
HOODED CROW, The pewit gull, Orkn.
_Barry._
_To_ HOOL, _v. a._ To conceal, S. B.
_Shirrefs._
Su. G. _hoel-ja_, operire; Moes. G. _hul-jan_.
HOOLIE, _adj._ Slow.
V. ~Huly~.
_To_ HOP, HAP, _v. n._ To dance.
_Douglas._
Teut. _hopp-en_, salire, saltare.
HOP, HOPE, _s._ A sloping hollow between two hills, or the hollow that forms two ridges between one hill, South of S.
_Wallace._
Celt. _hope_, pet.i.te vallee entre des montagnes.
HOPE, _s._ A small bay, Orkn.
_Wyntown._
Isl. _hop_, recessus maris.
HORIE GOOSE, the Brent goose; also _horra_, Orkn.
_Statist. Acc._
HORN, _s._ A vessel for holding liquor; figuratively used for its contents, S.
Isl. _horn_, poculum.
_Ramsay._
~Horn~, _s._ An excrescence on the foot, a corn, S. B.
Sw. _lik-thorn_, id. q. a body-horn.
~Horn~, _s. To put to the horn_, to denounce as a rebel; a forensic phrase; from the formality of blowing a _horn_, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
~Horning~, _s._ Or, _Letter of Horning_, a letter issued from his Majestys Signet, and directed to a Messenger, who is required to charge a debtor to pay the debt for which he is prosecuted, or perform the obligation within a limited time, under the pain of rebellion, S.
_Erskine._
~Horne~, _s._ One of the constellations.