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forehaimer, forehaimmer, haimer, haimmer, haumer, hawmer, hemmer, knappin$-hammer, knappin-haimer, knappin-haimmer,
haimer [ˈhemər]
n. A hammer.
v. To hammer.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
claw haimer: col. A swallow-tailed coat.
forehaimer: A sledge-hammer.
knappin-haimer: A hammer for breaking stones.
haen, hain, hained, hainin, haining, hainings, hainins, hainit, haint, hane, haned, hen, ill-hained, ill-haint, weel-hained, weel-hainit, weel-haint, weil-hained, weil-haint,
hain [hen]
v. To enclose or protect a field or wood by a hedge or fence. To preserve grassland from cattle for hay or winter pasture. To protect, preserve from harm. To spare trouble or exertion etc. To save up, hoard. To use sparingly, economise. To break a bargain or agreement.
pt. pp. haint [hent], hained [hend] adj. Stored, saved not wasted.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
great hainin: A great saving.
hain by: Reserve.
hainin [ˈhenɪn]: A fold, an enclosure, an enclosed piece of ground. A saving, spare, reserved for special occasions. Thrift, economy, penuriousness. Thrifty. pl. hainins Savings.
hain in: Economize.
ill-haint: Saved to no good purpose.
weel haint: Well preserved, in good shape, used sparingly or economically.
hainch, hainched, haincher, hainches, hainch-heid, hainchin, hainchle-stane, hainchs, haincht, hainsh, hainsher, heench, hench, henched, hencher, henches, hench-head, hencht, hensh, henshelstane, henshel-stane, hensher, hinch, hincher, hinchin, hinsh, hinsher,
hainch [henʃ, hɛnʃ, hɪnʃ]
n. The haunch. An underhand throw. A limp.
pl. hainches
v. To throw or cast a stone etc. by jerking the arm against the thigh. To jerk the haunches To walk with a limp, to hobble.
pt. pp. haincht
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hainch-heid: The top of the haunch.
haincher [ˈhenʃər, ˈhɛnʃər, ˈhɪnʃər]: A limp, a cripple.
hainchin: Throwing stones so they bounce off water.
hainchle-stane [ˈhenʃl-, ˈhɛnʃl-, ˈhɪnʃl-], hainchin-stane: A stone shelf or slab in front of a backer's oven.
haanyal, haingal, haingle, haingles, hange, hangil, hangle, hangyel, hangyel, haniel, hanniel, hanyiel, hanziel, hingel, hingle, hingles, hynail,
haingle [heŋl, hɪŋl, haŋɪl]
n. A lazy slovenly good-for-nothing. A greedy or lazy dog.
haingles pl. Influenza.
adj. Lazy, slovenly, careless.
v. To move about feebly, loiter.
bawhair, bawherr, gait$s_hair, goat$s_hair, hair, haircut, hairie, hair-riven, hair-rivin, hairry, hairy, harr, heer, herr, herrie, herry,
hair [heːr]
n. A hair. The most minute portion or quantity of anything, a whit, iota, trifle, trace.
 
hairy
adj. hairy. col. Unkempt, untidy, rough or slovenly. Once used to refer to young slum-dwelling Galswegian women who didn't wear hats.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bawhair: A hair on the scrotum. Humorously used as a very small unit of measurment.
deer's hair: S. The tufted bulrush Trisetum fuscum or MN. the scaly-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis caespitosa.
deevil's hair: The matgrass Nardus stricta.
gait's hair: Cirrus cloud.
haircut: Haircut.
hair-rivin: I.Sh. A fight (involving the tearing of hair).
hilt and hair: The whole, every particle.
hilt nor hair: Nothing at all, no sign.
no a hair o't: Not a bit of it.
haar-frost, hair, hair-frost, hairie, hairry, hairy, har, hare, hear, herrie, herry,
hair [heːr]
adj. Hoary, covered with mould or rime.
v. Of ploughed ground: to turn grey, to dry.
 
hairy [heːrɪ]
adj. Hoary. Old, old-fashioned.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hair-frost [heːr-]: Hoar-frost.
hairm, hairmed, hairmfu, hairmless, hairmt, hehrm, herm, hermfu, hermless, unhairmt,
hairm [heːrm, hɛrm, harm, hɪrm]
n. Harm.
v. To harm.
pt. pp. hairmt, hairmed
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hairmfu [-fə S. -fɛ, -fɪ, EC. -fe, WC. -fɑ, N. -fɛ, U. I. -fu]: Harmful.
hairmless: Harmless.
unhairmt: Unharmed.
hairp, hairper, hairpie, hairpock, harp, harpek, harper, harpey, harpi, harpie, harpo, herp,
hairp [heːrp, hɛrp]
n. A harp, sieve or riddle.
v. To play the harp.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hairper: A harp player.
hairpie, hairpock I.: A scallop Pecten maximus or Aequipecten opercularis or its shell.
Tammie Hairper: SEC. A crab that runs sideways on the tips of its claws Corystes cassivelaunus or Hyas araneus.
haerse, hairse, hearse, herse, hersh,
hairse [heːrs, heːrʃ]
adj. Hoarse.
hairss, hairsser, hairst, hairster, hairster, hairvess, hairvesser, hairvest, hairvester, hairvist, haist, haister, har$st, har$ster, hearst, herst, herster, herster, hervest, hervist, hin-hairst, hint-hairst,
hairst [heːrst, MN. heːst]
n. Harvest, autumn.
v. To harvest crops.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hairster [ˈheːrstər]: A harvester. The grim reaper.
hint-hairst: The time after harvest and before winter.
mou o hairst: The opening of harvest.

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