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dishonour, honor, honour, oaner, onther,
honour [ˈonər]
n. Honour.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dishonour: Dishonour, disgrace, ignominy.
honourable: Honourable.
ceelihoo, celiehoo, haillie-hoo, halie-hoo, haly-hoo, happie-hoo, happie-hou, happy-hoo, happy-hou, hoe, hoo, hooick, hoos, hou, hous, how, howe, hows, seelie_hou, seeliehoo, seelie-hoo, seelie-hoo, seelyhoo, seilie-hoo, seilie-hoo,
hoo [huː, -hui]
n. A coif, a hood, a nightcap or covering.
pl. hoos Roof rafters.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
haly-hoo [ˈhele, ˈhɛli-], happy-hoo, seilie-hoo [ˈsile-]: A caul, the membrane sometimes covering the head of a newborn baby regarded as a charm or good omen.
hooick MN.: A small rick of corn or hay.
hooley, hoolie, hooly, houlie,
hooley [U. ˈhuli]
n. A social evening.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
blawin a hooley: A strong wind or gale.
hewmet, hoomach, hoomet,
hoomet [ˈhumɪt]
also hoomach [ˈhuməx]
n. A helmet. An old woman's flannel nightcap, a woman's hat of unusual shape. A fingerless glove.
grew, grewhoond, grewhoun, grewhound, grewhund, grue, hoon, hoon$, hoond, hoond, hoondit, hoonit, houn, houn$, houndit, hounit, hun, hund, hundihol, hundihole, hundit, hunn, hunnit, oothhond, oothound, oothund, outhound, outhund, sleugh-hound, sleugh-hund, sleuthan, sleuth-hoond, sleuth-hound, sleuth-hund, sleuthun, slough-hound, slough-hund, slow-hound,
hoond [hun(d)]
also hund [hʌn(d)]
n. A hound, a dog in general.
v. To chase, pursue as by a dog.
pt. pp. hoondit, hundit.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
grewhoond, also grew [gruː]: A greyhound.
hoond's tongue: MN. The marsh woundwort Stachys palustris.
hundihole: I.Sh. The widest deepest part of the stream where whelps are drowned.
oothoond, oothund: To set a dog to attack, chase or drive off animals or people. To instigate or incite.
sleuth-hoond [slu(θ]) hun(d),: A breed of bloodhound.
fause-hoose, fause-house, hoos, hoosamilla, hoosamilli, hoose, hoose-amilla, hoose-en, hoose-end, hoose-eyn, hoosefu, hoose-heid, hoosel, hoosen, hooses, hoosewifeskip, hoosie, hoosis, hoosle, hoozel, hoozen, hoozes, hoozle, hosel, hous, housebrakker, house-brakker, housel, houses, housewifeskip, houss, housse, housses, housses, houss-heid, houssie, hozle, hurley-house, hurlie-hoose, hurly-hoose, husamilla, keb-hoose, killin-hoose, lam$oose, lambiehoose, lamm-hoose, lammiehoose, lichthoose, meetinghouse, meeting-house, meetinhoose, meetin-hoose, milk-hoose, oos, oothoose, picter-hoose, picthur-hoose, pictur-hoose, pighoose, pig-hoose, playhoose, raldihoose, raldihus, stagghouse, staghoose, staghouse, staighoose, toon-hoose, toun-hoose, toun-house, warehoose, warkhoose, wash-house, washoose, wee_hoose, wirhoos, wirhoose, wiroos,
hoose [hus]
n. A house. A flat.
dim. hoosie [ˈhusɪ] A housewife.
pl. hooses [ˈhusəs]
v. To take or drive into the house, to shelter.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
big hoose: A mansion.
doun the hoose: In the house.
fause-hoose: An empty space in a stack of grain for drying.
hoose-amilla [I.Sh. -əmɪlə]: To go from house to house gathering news or gossip.
house-brakker: A burglar.
hoose-end: The end or gable of a house.
hoose-heid The roof of a house.
hoosle [ˈhuːzəl]: The socket into which the the shaft of a hammer etc. is fitted.
hoosewifeskip: MN. Housewifery.
keb-hoose: S. A small shed or shelter where a ewe that has lost her lamb is confined while being made to adopt another.
meetin-hoose: Usually a building where religious or for town council meetings took place.
toun-hoose: A town hall.
wash-hoose: A Wash house.
wee hoose: A lavatory (outside).
hoosehaad, hoosehaader, hoosehaadin, hoosehaald, hoosehadder, hoosehaddin, hoosehaud, hoosehauder, hoosehaudin, hoosehauld, hoosehold, househald, houss-hauld,
hoosehaud [ˈhushɑːd, -hɔːd, N. I. -haːd]
n. A household.
 
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hoosehauder [ˈhushɑːdər, -hɔːdər, N. I. -haːdər]: A householder.
hoosehaudin [ˈhushɑːdɪn, -hɔːdɪn, N. I. -haːdɪn]: Householding, housekeeping.
 
From hoose + haud.
het, hets, hoot, hooter, hootit, hoots, hout, houtit, howt, huit, huits, hut, tchoot, tye,
hoot [hut S. hʌut]
also huit [høt, hɪt], het(s [hɛt(s)]
int. Expressing dissent, incredulity, annoyance,
v. To remonstrate or dismiss another's opinion.
pt. pp. hootit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hoot awa wi: Down with.
hoot ay: Indeed certainly.
hoose, hooze, hose,
hooze [huːz]
n. A disease in cattle which produces a dry wheezy cough.
hoob, hop, hope, houb, howp, hup, The_Hop, The_Hope,
hope [hop, hʌp, S. xʍʌp]
n. A small bay or haven. A hollow among the hills.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
The Hope: pn. St Margaret's Hope (Orkney).

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