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hosteelitie, hosteelity, hostile,
hostile [ˈhɔstɪil]
adj. Hostile.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hosteelity [ˈhɔstilɪti]: Hostility.
hoat, hoated, hot, hote, hott, hotted, hud, hudded, hut, hutted, hutted, iveriehott, iveryhott,
hot [hɔt, hʌt, S. hot]
n. A basket used for carrying manure. A small stack of corn, hay or flax. A small heap, the amount contained in a hot.
v. To heap up, heap together. To stack corn etc.
pt. pp. hottit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ivery hot: Everything
hach, hachin, hatch, hatchin, hatsh, hatshin, hoach, hoachin, hoaching, hoatch, hoatchin, hoched, hodge, hodgie, hooch, hoochin, hotch, hotch, hotch$d, hotched, hotchie, hotchie, hotchin, hotcht, hotchy, houchin, hudge, hudgie, hudjan,
hotch [hɔtʃ, hotʃ, hatʃ, MN. hɔdʒ, hodʒ, hʌdʒ]
n. A pain, a pang. A rough shove, sharp push or jolt, a hitch up. MN. A big awkwardly-built person.
dim. hotchie also v. To move or walk awkwardly or jerkily, to hobble along. To bump up and down.
v. To heave, fidget, to hitch about, twitch. To shake with laughter, to shrug.
pt. hotcht
 
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hotchin [ˈhɔtʃɪn, ˈhatʃɪn]: Seething, restless, crowded. Aching.
hoaterie, hoatery, hoatter, hoatterie, hoattery, hotrel, hotril, hott$rin, hotter, hotterel, hotteril, hotterin, hottery, hottery, hottren,
hotter [ˈhɔtər, hotər]
v. To simmer, move in a jerky, unsteady manner.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gie a wrang hotter: Make a wrong move.
hotterin: Simmering.
hotterel [ˈhɔtər(ə)l, ˈhot-]: A crowd, a great number, a swarm. A mass of festering sores or chaps. See hatterel also.
hottery: S. Of a road: rough, uneven. Of a ride in a vehicle: jolting, bumpy, rickety.
hottel, hottle, huttel, huttle,
hottle [hɔtl]
n. A hotel, an inn.
foo, foo$s, fooever, fooiver, foos, fooz, fooze, fou, foubeid, foubeit, fouiver, fow, fu, fuh, fui, hoo, hooandever, hooanever, hooaniver, hooanivver, hoobeit, hooe$re, hooenever, hooever, hooiniver, hooiver, hooivir, hooivver, hoos, hoosomdever, hoosomediver, hoosomeever, hoosomeiver, hoosomever, hoosomiver, hoosumivver, hoover, hou, hou$er, hou$s, houandiver, hou-and-iver, houanevir, houaniver, houanivver, houbeit, houe$re, houeer, houever, houiver, housomeiver, housomever, housomiver, howanever, howanivver, how-an-niver, howiver, howsomever, howz, oaniehoo, oniehoo, onyhoo, onyhou, oo, ooz, somehoo, somehou, somhoo, sumhou,
hou [huː, S. hʌu, NN.a. uː]
adv. How, why. Interrogative: how, why, for what reason?
The N. and I.Ork. form [fuː] may be written fou in dialect writing.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hou-and-iver, houiver, houe're: However.
houbeit: Howbeit.
hou is contracted hou's: How is, how are, why are, why is?
hou no: How not? Why not?
housomiver: Notwithstanding, nevertheless, however.
onyhou: Anyhow.
somehou: Somehow.
hewie, hooie, hooy, houie, houy, hoy,
houie [ˈh(j)ui]
v. To exchange, barter.
 
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blind houie: Exchanging without knowing what the other has in exchange.
fair houie: A fair exchange.
hook, houk,
houk [huk, hjuk]
n. Hulk.
hoolet, hoolit, hornie_hoolet, hornie_houlet, hornie_oolet, hornie_oulet, horny_hoolet, horny_houlet, horny_oolet, horny_oulet, houlat, houlet, houlit, howlat, howlet, white_houlet, white_owl, white-hornit_oul,
houlet [ˈhulɪt]
n. An owl.
also oulet [ˈulɪt] An owl. A disgruntled, peevish, dismal person or child.
 
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hornie houlet SEC. NEC. MN. The long-eared owl Asio otus.
hornit houlet: S. The long-eared owl Asio otus.
Jennie houlet: S. The tawny owl Strix aluco.
white houlet: WC. NEC. The barn owl Tyto alba.
white-hornit oul The long-eared owl Asio otus.
hoolan, hoolin, houlan, houlanation, houlin, houlination, ulination,
houlin [I.Ork. ˈhulən]
n. A howling sound.
 
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houlination [I.Sh. ˈuləneʃən]: Uproar.
houlin o wind:: A strong gale.

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