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hufsi, hufsie,
hufsie [I.Sh. hʌfsɪ]
n. A risen home-made bread, cake or bannock made using ingrediants at hand.
huge, shoodge, shooge, shooj,
huge [çjudʒ]
adj. Huge.
hugger, huggerie, huggerie-muggerie, huggery, huggery-muggery, huggrie-muggrie, hugrie,
hugger [ˈhʌgər]
v. To shiver, to contract oneself. To hug oneself. To be huddled up with cold or illness. To crowd or huddle together as a protection against cold.
 
huggerie [ˈhʌgərɪ]
adj. Slovenly.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
huggerie-muggerie: Furtive, disorderly, untidy, furtively. In a confused or disorderly state.
hoggi, hoggie, hoggistaf, huggi, huggie, huggiestaaves, huggie-staff, huggistaff, huggy,
huggie [I.Sh. ˈhʌgi]
n. A tap, a blow.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
huggie-staff: I.Sh. A gaff, a strong hook mounted on a stout handle used for hauling a large fish aboard a boat.
Hugh, Hughack, Hughie, Hughoc, Hughock, Hugock, Hyuck, Hyug, Shug, Shuggie,
Hugh [çjuː]
n. The personal name Hugh.
dim. Hughie, Shug(gie), Hyug, Hughock
coal_huid, coal-hood, coalie-huid, coallyhood, coaly_hood, colehood, cole-hooding, colliehood, goal-hoodie, heed, heedie, heedock, heud, hidd, hiddin, hiddock, hold, hooden, hoodet, hoodie, hoodin, hoodit, hoodock, houdie, hud, hudd, huddin, huddock, huddock, hude, huid, huiddin, huidie, huidin, huidit, huidock, huidy, huild, seelie-hood, seilie-huid, silkie_hood,
huid [S. hød, hyd, C. U. hɪd, N. hid, I.Ork. hø(l)d]
n. A hood, a covering for the head. One of a pair of sheaves of corn placed on the top of a stouk.
dim. huidock The hooded crow Corvus cornix. A grasping, avaricious person.
v. To provide with a hood.
pt. pp. huidit adj. Hooded.
 
huidie
adj. Hooded.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
coal huid: The reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, the blackcap Sylvia atricapilla, the coal tit Periparus ater and perhaps the stonechat Saxicola rubicola.
coalie-huid: WC. The Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula, the coal tit Periparus ater or S. the reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus.
collinhuid: S. SEC. The poppy Papaver rhoeas.
huidin: A point of juncture, a fastening, a hinge.
huid o the nicht: I.Ork. The dead of night.
king's huid: S. The wood cranesbill Geranium sylvaticum.
seilie-huid: A caul, the membrane sometimes covering the head of a newborn baby regarded as a charm or good omen.
hødek, hoder, høder, hoodik, hudek, huidock, hutrikin,
huidock [I.Sh. ˈhødək]
n. A fishermen's tabu-name for a gaff or fish-spear.
heef, heuf, hiv, höv, hove, höve, hövs, hufe, huif, huifs,
huif [høf, C. hɪf, N. hiːv]
n. A hoof.
pl. huifs [heːvz, N. hifs] Hooves.
heel, heul, hool, huil, hule, hull,
huil [S. SN. høl, hyl, C. hɪl, hel]
n. The husk, pod, outer rind, skin or shell of a fruit, nut etc. The hull. The skin of a person or animal. The body as the container of the soul.
v. To shell peas etc., to husk.
heely, høli, hooley, hoolie, hooly, huilie, huillie, huily, hulie,
huily [ˈhøli, N. ˈhili]
adv. Slowly, gently, without haste.
adj. Slow, cautious, careful.
v. To pause, halt, hesitate, take a breath.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
huily and fairly: Slowly and carefully but steadily, cautiously.

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