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hailie, hailiness, haillie, hailyness, haley, haliday, halidays, halie, haliness, hally, hallyday, hallydays, haly, halyday, halydays, halyness, halysome, helli, hellie, hellisom, helly, hellysome, hoalidae, hoalidaes, hoaliday, hoalidays, holiday, holidays, holidey, holideys, holydey, holydeys, unhalie, unhaly, up_haly_day, uphaili, uphailiday, Uphailie, Uphailie_Day, uphaillie, uphali, uphaliday, uphalie, uphalie, uphalieday, uphalieday, uphallie, uphallieday, uphaly, uphaly_nicht, up-haly-aw, uphalyday, up-haly-day, uphalynicht, up-haly-nicht, uphelli, uphellia, uphelliaa, uphelliday, uphellya, uphellya, uphellyaa, uphelyaa, upphellia, upphelliaa,
haly [ˈhele, ˈhɛli]
adj. Holy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
haliday: A holiday pl. halidays.
haliness: Holiness.
halysome [-səm]: I. Pleasant in manner, amiable.
haly stane: I. The name given to small round quartz pebbels in the belief that they had fallen from the sky.
unhaly: Unholy.
up-haly-aw (I.Ork.), up-haly-day: The feast of the Epiphany on January 6 marking the end of the Christmas holidays, twelve days from Christmas.
up-haly-nicht: The evening of the Epiphany, twelfth-night.
Halieruid, Hallyrood, Hallyrude, hallyruid, Halyreed, Halyrood, Halyrude, Halyruid, Holieruid, Hollyrood,
Halyruid [ˈhelerød, C. ˈhelerɪd, N. ˈhelerid]
pn. Holyrood (Edinburgh).
 
From haly + ruid.
Halywid, Halywud, Halywuid,
Halywid [ˈhelewɪd, ˈhelewʌd]
pn. Holywood (Dumfries and Galloway, County Down).
am, ham,
ham [ham]
n. Bacon.
v. To cure meat, especially hind-quarters of beef, pork or mutton, by salting and smoking them.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Gourock ham: A salt herring.
ahame, doon_hamers, doonhamers, doun_hamers, dounhamers, eym, haem, haemaboot, haemly, haim, haimal, haimald, haimalt, haime, haimil, haimilt, haimle, haimly, haims, haimuld, hamald, hame, hame-aboot, hamecomin, hame-comin, hamefare, hame-fare, hamefarin, hame-farin, hamefer, hamefir, hamefir, hameil, hameilt, hamel, hamel, hameld, hameldaeme, hameless, hamelie, hamelldaeme, hamelt, hamely, hames, hamespun, hame-throu, hame-trod, hame-trowe, hamit, hamle, hamled, hammal, heem, heemfare, heemfer, hemelt, hemfer, hemmit, hiem, hjem, hom, homm, hyim, hyimm, hyimmalt, hyimmly, yam, yhim,
hame [hem, S. hjɛm]
n. A home, a settlement.
pl. hames
adv. At home.
 
hamely [hemli, S. hjɛmli]
adj. Homely. Plain, unaffected. Kind, courteous, friendly.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ahame [əˈ-]: adv. At home.
doun hamer: A native of Dumfries. pl. doun hamers A nickname for Queen of the South football club.
hame-aboot I.Ork.: Homely.
hame-comin: A coming or return home. The festivities on a bride's arrival in her new home. A birth.
hame-fare: I. The journey of a bride to her new home after the wedding.
hame-farin: I. A homecoming festival for expat Shetlanders.
hame-gaun: A return (journey), the act of going home. Death or to the burial of the dead.
hamit [hemət, S. hjɛmət]: adj. Home-produced, home-grown. Homely, familiar. Uncouth, untidy.
hameless: Homeless.
hamle [heməl, S. hjɛməl]: adj. Homely, belonging to home, plain, without ceremony.
hamelt [heməlt, S. hjɛməlt]: adj. Belonging to home, domestic, internal, made or grown at home or native to one's country. Of speech: vernacular, in the native tongue. Homely, familiar, plain, unaffected, simple.
hame'll dae me: Home will do (for) me.
hame-made: Home-made, rustic.
hamespun: Homespun. A native of a place.
hame-throu [-tru, -trʌu]: I.Sh. adv. Homewards.
hame-trod: I.Sh. adv. Towards home.
haudin hame: Going home.
win hame: To get home.
hameower, hame-ower, hameowre, hame-owre,
hameower [hem, S. hjɛm]
adj. Of speech: homely, everyday, simple. In the vernacular (Scots). Of habits or manners: plain, simple, natural, unaffected, without reserve. Of food: plain, homely.
adv. Homewards, towards home.
 
From hame + ower.
haimart, hamart, hameairt, hameart, hamearts, hameward, hameward, hamewart, hamewart, hame-wart, hame-wart,
hamewart [ˈhemwərt, S. ˈhjɛmwərt]
also hameart [ˈhemərt, S. ˈhjɛmərt] MN. hamewith [ˈhemwɪθ, -wʌθ]
adv. Homeward(s).
adj. Home-made, home-grown, of native manufacture. Native, homely, plain, without ornament. Of speech: homely, vernacular, Scots. Of things: plain, simple, without ornament. Of people: unpolished, unsophisticated.
 
From hame + -wart.
Hailtoun, Haimilton, Hamilton, Hamiltoun,
Hamilton [ˈheməltən]
pn. Hamilton (South Lanarkshire).
haamer, hammer, haumer,
hammer [N. ˈhamər]
n. Clumsy, noisy working or walking. A clumsy, noisy person in work or gait.
v. To work or walk in a clumsy, noisy manner.
haamar, haamer, hamaar, hamar, hammar, hammer,
hammer [I. haːmər]
n. A large mass of stone or rock projecting from the face of a hill, a terrace-like ledge.

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