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hairship, hareship, harship, heership, heirship, hereship, herriship, herschaw, herschip, hership,
hership [ˈhɛrʃɪp]
n. arch. Booty, plundering, devastation, violence induced loss, ruin, destitution, distress or famine.
bertbrakk, hart, heart, herd_muirhair, hert, hert_muirhair, hertbrack, hertbrak, hertbreck, hertbrek, hertbrekk, herto,
hert [hɛrt]
n. A stag. A male red deer Cervus elaphus.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hertbrak, hertbrek: Heartbreak.
hert muirhair: WC. The clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum.
herto [′hɛrto]: A pet name for a cow with a white heart-shaped patch on its face.
dishairten, disherten, doonhairtit, doonherted, doon-hertit, dounhertit, great-hertit, gryte-hertit, haert, hairt, hairten, hairtenin, hairtie, hairtilie, hairtily, hairtit, hairtlan, hairtland, hairts, hairtsair, hairt-sair, hairtsim, hairtsome, hairtwarm, hairty, he$rt, he$rten, he$rtless, herrt, herrten, hert, hert$s, herted, hertedness, herten, hertenin, hertent, hert-hail, hert-hol, hert-hole, hert-holl, hertie, hertilie, hertily, hertit, hertitness, hertlan, hertland, hertless, hertnin, herts, hertsair, hert-sair, hertsome, hertsum, hert-wairm, hert-warm, herty, hirt, ill-hertit, kail_hert, kail-hert, kale_hert, kale-hert, licht-hairtit, licht-hertit, mairtnin, parridge-hertit, parridge-hertitness, parritch-hertit, parritch-hertitness, porritch-hertit, porritch-hertitness, unhairtsim, unhairtsome, unhertsome, unhertsome, unhertsum, weel-hairtit, weel-hertit, weill-hairtit, weill-hertit,
hert [hɛrt, heːrt]
n. The heart. The central core of sheaves in a corn rick. The stomach.
pl. herts Hearts, Heart of Midlothian football team. S. The wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella.
v. To embolden, to hearten. To sicken, nauseate.
pt. pp. hertit. adj. Overwhelmed with emotion, ready for tears. Deprived of the power of respiration or sensation by a blow in the region of the heart, winded.
 
hertie [ˈhɛrtɪ, ˈheːrtɪ]
adj. Hearty, cordial. Having a good unrestrained appetite. Plump.
 
hertily [ˈhɛrtɪlɪ, ˈheːrtɪlɪ]
adv. Heartily.
 
herten [ˈhɛrtən, ˈheːrtən]
v. To hearten, encourage, embolden.
pt. pp. hertent
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
disherten: To dishearten. pt. pp. dishertent
dounhertit: Downhearted.
great-hertit: Woeful, having a full heart.
hertenin [ˈhɛrt(ə)nɪn, ˈheːrt-]: Encouragement, strengthening.
hertland [-lən(d)]: Heartland.
hertsome: Merry, cheerful, lively.
unhertsome: Misereable, unkind.
Hartwid, Hartwuid, Hertwid,
Hertwid [hɛrtwɪd, -wʌd]
pn. Hartwood (Lanarkshire).
hasp, hasple, hesp, hesple,
hesp [hɛsp]
n. A hasp, a catch or clasp. A length of yarn. I.Sh. A skein of yarn.
v. To fasten with a hasp, to fix.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hesper: SW. U. A hard thing to do. A difficult person to get on with.
hesple: SW. A useless fellow.
haet, het, het_up, hethoose, hett, het-up, hoat, hot, hothoose, ower_het, owerhet, owrehet, reed-het, reid-het, rid-het, waldin-het, wallin-het, wallin-hot,
het [hɛt, het]
adj. Hot. Warm, comfortable. Of plants: quick-growing, early-maturing. Of grain etc.: fermenting or decayed due to damp storage etc. Of land: newly turned over, fertile.
adv. Hot.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hethoose: A hothouse.
het up: Extremely annoyed, explosive.
ower het (at hame): Used ironically to describe someone who seems to have left the comforts of home for no reason.
plot het: Scaldingly hot.
reid-het: Red-hot.
waldin-het: Excessively hot.
heech, heuch, heuchin, heuchter, heuchter-teuchter, heugh, heughter, hooch, hoochin, hoochter, hoogh, hooghter, houch, houchter, hyeuch, hyouch, hyuch, yooch,
heuch [hux, çjux]
also heech [hiç]
int. Expressing excitement or exhilaration.
v. To cry, shout, whoop with mirth especially when dancing.
 
heuchter [ˈhuxtər, ˈçjuxər]
v. To express excitement or exhilaration to cry, shout, whoop with mirth.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
heuchin: Expressing excitement or exhilaration by crying, shouting, or whooping.
heogue, heuch, heugh,
heuch [hjux, çjʌx, çjɔx, S. çjux]
n. A crag or precipice, a cliff or steep bank, especailly one overhanging river or sea. A glen or ravine with steep overhanging sides. The shaft of a pit or mine, the steep face of a quarry or other excavation. The pit or quarry itself.
v. To earth up plants in drills. To trench.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
heogue: I.Sh. A hillock.
flae_heuch, flae_heugh, flae-heuch, flea_heuch, flea_heuk, flea-hyeuk, fleath_yuck, flee_heuk, flee_huik, fleeheuk, flee-heuk, heuck, heuckit, heuk, heuked, heukelt, heuken, heuker-doun, heukit, heukle, heukster, hooick, hooickit, hook, hooker-doon, hookit, hookster, huckil, huckilt, huckle, huckled, huckster, hueken, huick, huickit, huik, huikit, huikster, huk, huke, hukit, hukit, hyeuck, hyeuk, hyeukit, hyook, hyookit, hyuck, hyuckit, hyuk, hyuken, hyukit, lowrie-heuk, lowrie-hook, pallyhookit, paulie-heukit, shook, shookit,
heuk [høk, çjuk, çjʌk, hʌk]
n. A hook, a sickle. An amount, portion, piece.
v. To hook. To cut down with a sickle.
pt. pp. heukit
 
heuken
adj. I. Cold-bitten, feeling the cold.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bill-heuk: A pruning knife.
flee heuk: A fly fishing hook.
heuker-doun: A cloth cap with a peak.
heukle [C. hʌkl]: To manhandle roughly. col. Arrest. pt. pp. heukelt.
heukster: A reaper.
lowrie-heuk [I.Sh. ˈlʌuri-]: A hook by which something may be dragged.
paulie-heukit: Left-handed.
heul, hewel, hewl, hool, huil, hule, hyule,
heul [hyl, hjul]
n. A mischievous person or animal. A troublesome child.

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