An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 428
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 428
_Doug._
~Horn-daft~, _adj._ Outrageous; perhaps in allusion to an animal that pushes with the _horn_, S.
HORRING, _s._ Abhorrence.
_Buchanan._
HORSE, _s._ A faucet, S. B.
HORSE-COUPER, _s._ A horse-dealer, S.
_Colvil._
HORSE-GANG, _s._ A certain quant.i.ty of land, S.
_Pennant._
HORSEGOUK, _s._ The green sand-piper, Shetl.
Dan. _horse gioeg_.
HORSE-KNOT, _s._ Common black knapweed, S.
_Lightfoot._
HORSE-MUSCLE, _s._ The pearl oyster, S.
_Statist. Acc._
HOSE-FISH, _s._ The cuttle-fish, S. _O-fish_, Loth.
_Sibbald._
HOSE-NET, _s._
1. A small net, affixed to a pole, resembling a stocking, S.
2. _In a hose-net_, in an entanglement, S.
_R. Bruce._
_To_ HOST, HOIST, _v. n._
1. To cough, S.
_Henrysone._
2. Metaph. to belch up; applied to the effusions of grief or displeasure.
_Doug._
3. To hem, S.
A. S. _hweost-an_, Su. G. _host-a_, id.
~Host~, ~Hoast~, ~Hoist~, _s._
1. A single act of coughing, S.
_Dunbar._
2. A settled cough, S.
_K. Hart._
3. A hem, S.
4. Denoting what is attended with no difficulty or hesitation. _It did na cost him a host_, S.
_Ross._
A. S. _hweost_, Belg. _hoest_, id.
HOSTA, _interj._ Expressing surprise, and perhaps hesitation, Ang.
_Shirrefs._
Moes. G. _haus-jan_, audire.
_To_ HOSTAY, _v. a._ To besiege.
Fr. _hostoyer_, id.
_Wyntown._
HOSTELER, HOSTELLAR, _s._ An innkeeper.