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THE
ENGLISH DIALECT DICTIONARY
THE
ENGLISH DIALECT DICTIONARY
BEING THE
COMPLETE VOCABULARY OF ALL DIALECT WORDS STILL IN USE, OR KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN IN USE DURING THE LAST TWO HUNDRED YEARS
FOUNDED ON THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE ENGLISH DIALECT SOCIETY AND ON A LARGE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL NEVER BEFORE PRINTED
EDITED BY
JOSEPH WRIGHT, M.A., Ph.D., D.C.L.
PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Volume III. H— L
HENRY FROWDE
OXFORD, LONDON, EDINBURGH
NEW YORK, TORONTO
1905
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PRINTED BY HORACE HART AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
NOTE
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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST
REPRESENTED BY NUMBERS
N.I.i = Antrim and Down. — A Glossary of Words in use
in the Counties of Antrim and Down. By W.
Hugh Patterson. E. D. S., 1880. Bnff.^ = Banffshire. — The Dialect of Banffshire. By Rev.
W. Gregor, 1866. Brks.' — Berkshire. — A Glossary of Berl^shire Words and
Phrases. By Major B. Lowsley. E. D. S., 1888, Cai.' = Caithness.— MS. Collection of Caithness Words.
By D. Nicolson. Cmb.' = Cambridgeshire. — MS. Collection of Cambridge- shire Words. By J. W. Darwood. Chs.' = Cheshire. — Glossarj' of Words used in the County
of Chester. By R. Holland. E. D. S., 1884-6. Cbs.^ = Cheshire. — An Attempt at a Glossary of some Words
used in Cheshire. By Roger Wilbraham. 1826. Chs.^ = Cheshire. — A Glossary of Words used in the Dialect
of Cheshire. By E. Leigh. 1877. s.Chs.' = Cheshire. — The Folk-Speech of South Cheshire.
By Th. Darlington. E.D. S., 1887. Cor.' = Cornwall. — Glossary of Words in use in Cornwall,
By Miss M. A. Courtney and T. Q. Couch,
E. D.S., 1880. Cor.2 = Cornwall. — The Ancient Language and the Dialect
of Cornwall. By F. W. P. Jago, 1882. Cor.^ = Cornwall.— MS. Collection of Cornish Words. By
T. C. Peter. Ctun.' = Cumberland. — A Glossary of Words and Phrases
pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland. By
W.Dickinson. E. D. S., 1878-81. Cum.* = Cumberland. — The Dialect of Cumberland. By
R. Ferguson, 1873. Cniii.3 = Cumberland. — The Folk-Speech of Cumberland
and some Districts adjacent. ByA.C.GmsoN,i869. Cum.* = Cumberland.— A Glossary of the Words and
Phrases pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland.
ByW. Dickinson. Re-arranged, illustrated, and
augmented by quotations, by E. W. Prevost, 1899. Der.' = Derbyshire. — Pegge's Derbicisms, edited by Th.
Hallam and W. W. Skeat. E. D. S., 1894. Der.* = Derbyshire. — An Attempt at a Derbyshire Glossary.
By John Sleigh, 1865. nw.Der.' = Derbyshire. — MS. Collection of North- West Derby- shire Words. By T. Hallam. Dev.' = Devonshire. — Glossary to 'A Dialogue in the
Devonshire Dialect,' by a Lady. By J. F.
Palmer, 1837. Dev.' = Devonshire. — MS. Collection of North Devonshire
Words. By W. H. Daniels. Dev.' = Devonshire. — MS.ColIectionof Devonshire Words.
By Mrs. Sarah Hewett. Dev,* = Devonshire. — A Glossary of Devonshire Plant
Names. By Rev. Hilderic Friend. E.D.S.,1882. nw.Dev.i = Devonshire. — The Dialect of Hartland, Devon- shire. By R. Pearse Chope. E. D. S., 1891.
Dorsetshire. — Poems of Rural Life, in the Dorset = Dor.' Dialect ; with a Dissertation and Glossary-, 1848. By W. Barnes.
Durham.— A Glossary of Provincial Words used = Diir.^ in Teesdale in the County of Durham. 1849.
Durham. — A List of Words and Phrases in every- = e.Dnr.' day use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole. By Rev. F. M. T. Palgrave. E. D. S., 1896.
Durham. — Walks in Weardale. By W. H. Smith = v/.Diir.' (ed. 1885).
East Anglia. — The Vocabulary of East Anglia. = e.An.' By R. FoRBY, 1830. Second Edition, consider- ably enlarged, by W. Rye. E. D. S., 1895.
East Anglia.— The Vocabulary of East Anglia. By = e.An.^ Rev. W. T. Spurdens. E. D. S., 1879.
Essex. — A Glossary of the Essex Dialect. By = Ess.'
R. S. ClIARNOCK. i88o.
Gloucestershire. — A Glossary of Dialect and = Glo.'
Archaic Words used in the County of Gloucester.
By J. Drumhond Robertson. E. D.S., 1890. Gloucestershire. — A Glossary of the Cotswold = Glo.^
(Gloucestershire) Dialect. By Rev. R. W. Hunt- ley, 1868. Hampshire. — A Glossary of Hampshire Words = Hnip.'
and Phrases. By Rev. Sir W. H. Cope, Bart.
E. D. S., 1883. Hampshire. — Isle of Wight Words. By Major = I.W.'
H. Smith and C. Roach Smith. E. D. S., 1881. Hampshire. — A Dictionary of the Isle of Wight = I.W.*
Dialect, and of Provincialisms used in the Island.
By W. H. Long, 1886. Herefordshire. — A Glossary of Provincial Words = Hrf.'
used in Herefordshire and some of the adjoining
Counties. [By Sir G. C. Lewis], 1839. Herefordshire. — Herefordshire Glossary. By = Hrf.*
Francis T. Havergal, 1887. Kent. — A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and = Sen.'
Provincialisms in use in the County of Kent.
By W.D. PARisHandW. F.Shaw. E.D. 5,1887. Kent. — An Alphabet of Kenticisms. By Samuel ^ Ken.'
Pegge. E. D. S., 1876. Lakeland. — Lakeland and Iceland. By T.Ellwood. = Lakel.'
E.D. S., 1895. Lakeland. — Lakeland Words. By B. Kirkbv, 1898. ;=■ Iiakel.' Lancashire. — A Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect. = Iian.'
By J. H. Nodal and G. Milner. E.D. S., 1875-82. Lancashire. — A Glossary of the Words and Phrases = u.Lan.'
of Furness (North Lancasliire\ By J. P. Morris,
1869. Lancashire. — A Glossary of the Dialect of the = ue.Iian.'
Hundred of Lonsdale. By R. B. Peacock. London
Phil. Soc. Trans., 1869. Lancashire. — A Glossary of Rochdale-witli-Rossen- = e.Lan.'
dale Words and Phrases. By H. Cunliffe, 1886.
VI
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST
m.Iian.i = Lancashire. — A Blegburn Dickshonary. By J. Baron, 1891.
sXan.' — Lancashire. — The Folk-Speech of South Lan- cashire. By F. E. Tavlor, 1901.
Lei.' = Leicestershire. — Leicestershire Words. Phrases,
and Proverbs. By A. Benoni Evans. E. D. S., 1881.
Lin.' = Lincolnshire. — Provincial Words and Expressions current in Lincolnshire. By J. E. Brocden, 1866.
n.Iiiu.' = Lincolnshire. — A Glossary of Words used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham, Lincoln- shire. By Edward Peacock. E. D. S., First Edition, 1877; Second Edition, 1889.
sw.Liii.' = Lincolnshire. — Glossary of the Words in use in South-West Lincolnshire. By Rev. R. E. G. Cole. E.D.S., 1886.
Nrf.' = Norfolk. — Great Varinouth and Lowestoft. By J. G. Nall, 1866.
Nhp.i = Northamptonshire. — Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases. By A. E. Baker, 1854.
Nhp.^ = Northamptonshire. — The Dialect and Folk-Lore of Northamptonshire. By Thomas Sternberg, 1851.
N.Cy.i = North Country. — A Glossary of North Country Words. By J. T. Brockett, 1846.
N.Cy.^ ^ North Country. — A Collection of English Words, 1691. By John Ray. E.D. S., 1874.
Nht.i = Northumberland. — Northumberland Words. A Glossary of Words used in the County of North- umberland. By R. O. Heslop. E. D. S., 1893-4.
Not.' = Nottinghamshire. — MS. Collection of Nottingham- shire Words. By Thomas A. Hill.
Not.^ = Nottinghamshire. — MS. Collection of Nottingham- shire Words. By Horace Walker.
lTot.3 = Nottinghamshire.— MS. Collection of Nottingham- shire Words. By R. L. Abbott.
Oxf.' = Oxfordshire. — O.xfordshire Words. ByMrs. Parker.
E D.S., 1876, 1881.
Em.' ^ Kutlaudshire. — Rutland Words. By Rev. Christo- pher Wordsworth. E. D.S., 1891.
S.&Ork.i=^ Shetland and Orkneys. — An Etymological Glos- sary of the Shetland and Orkney Dialect. By T. Edmondston, 1866.
Shr.' = Shropshire. — Shropshire Word-Book, a Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words, &c., used in the County. By G. F. Jackson, 1879.
Shr.^ = Shropshire.— Salopia Antiqua. By C. H. Harts- HORNE. London, 1841.
w.Som.' = Somersetshire. — The West Somerset Word-Book. A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and Phrases used in the West of Somerset and East of Devon. By F. T. Elworthv. E. D. S., 1886.
Stf.' = Staffordshire. — An Attempt towards a Glossary of
the Archaic and Provincial Words of the County of Stafford. By Charles H. Poole, 1880.
Stf.2 = Staffordshire.— MS. Collection of Stafl'ordshire
Words. By T. C. Warrington and A. Pope.
Snf.' ^ Suffolk.— Suffolk Words and Phrases. By E.Moor,
1823.
S«r.' = Surrey.— Surrey Provincialisms. By Granville Leveso.n-Gower. E. D. S., 1876, 1893.
Sus.' = Sussex. — A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect. By W. D. Parish, 1875.
Sus.^ = Sussex. — AGIossary of the Provincialisms in use in the County of Sussex. By W. D. Cooper, 1853.
By T.
Warwickshire. — Warwickshire Glossary. Sharp. Ed. J. O. Halliwell, 1865.
W^arwiokshire. — A Warwickshire Word-Book. By G. F. NoRTHALL. E. D.S., 1896.
Warwickshire. — MS. Collection of Warwickshire Words. By E. S.mith.
Warwickshire. — Glossary ofWarwickshire Dialect. By G. Miller, 1898.
W^arwickshlre. — South Warwickshire Words. By Mrs. Francis. E. D. S., 1876.
Westmoreland. — MS. Collection of Westmoreland Words. By W. H. Hills and Dr. Just.
Westmoreland and Cumberland. — Dialogues, Poems, Songs, and Ballads, by various writers, in the Westmoreland and Cumberland Dialects. Published by J. R. S.mith, 1839.
Wexford. — A Glossary, with some Pieces of Verse, &c. By Jacob Poole, 1867.
Wiltshire. — A Glossary of Words used in the County of Wiltshire. By G. E. Dartnell and E. H. Goddard. E. D. S., 1893.
Wiltshire. — A Glossary of Provincial Words and Phrases in use in Wiltshire. By J. Y. Akerman, 1842.
■Worcestershire.— A Glossary of West Worcester- shire Words. By Mrs. Chamberl.mn. E.D.S.,1882.
Worcestershire. — South - East Worcestershire Words. A Glossary of Words and Phrases used in South-East Worcestershire. By Jesse Salis- BCRV. E. D. S., 1894.
Worcestershire. — Upton-on-Severn Words and Phrases. By Robert Lawson. E. D. S.. 1884.
Yorkshire. — A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect. By Rev. J. C. Atkinson. 1868. Additions to the above. E.D. S., 1876.
Yorkshire. — A Glossary of Words used in the neighbourhood of Whitby. By F. K. Robinson. EDS., 1876.
Yorkshire. — A Glossary of Words used in Swale- dale, Yorkshire. By Captain John Harland. E. D. S., 1873.
Yorkshire. — Wit, Character, Folklore, and Customs of the North Riding of Yorkshire. By R. Blake- borough, 1898.
Yorkshire.— Yorkshire Folk-Talk. By M. C. F. Morris, 1892.
Yorkshire. — A Glossary of Words used in Holder- ness in the East Riding of Yorkshire. By F. Ross, R. Stead, and Th. Holdern£;ss. E.D. S., 1877.
Yorkshire. — A Glossary of Words pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorkshire. By C. Clough Robinson. E. D. S., 1876.
Yorkshire. — The Dialect of Craven, in the West Riding of the County of York. By W. Carr, 1828.
Yorkshire. — A Glossary of Words used in the neighbourhood of Sheffield. By S. O. Addy. E. D.S., 1888-90.
Yorkshire. — A Glossary of the Dialect of Almond- bury and Hudderslield. By Alfred Easther. E.D. S., 1883.
Yorkshire. — The Hallamshire Glossary. By J. Hunter, 1829.
Yorkshire. — The Dialect of Leeds, and its Neigh- bourhood to which is added a copious
Glossary. By C. C. Robinson, 1861.
War.'
War.2
War.^
War."
s.War.'
Wm.'
Wm. b Cam.'
Wxf.'
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w.Wor.' se.Wor.'
s.Wor.' n.Yks.'
n.Yks.2
n.Yks.3
n.yks."
ne.Yks.' e.Yks.i
m.Yks.'
w.Yks.' w.Ylts.2
w.Yks.s
w.Yks." w.Yks.*
Where no authority is given for plant-itai!:es, the ift/oniialiott has been obtained /mm A Dictionary 0/ English Plant Names, by J. Britten and R. Holland. £. D. 5., 1878-86.
LIST OF WORDS FOR THE PRESENT KEPT BACK FROM THE WANT OF FURTHER INFORMATION
HAAS, V. Meaning unknown (Suf.).
HAASLIG, sb. Meaning unlcnovvn (Sh.I.)-
HACK- A-THRAW,()rfy. Meaning unknown (s.Sc).
HACKEN-CROOK, sb. Meaning unknown (Lan.i.
HACKING, vbi. sb. In phr. harking mid hefliiig. Meaning unknown (Som.).
HADYEDS, adj. or sb. (?). Meaning un- known (Ayr.).
HAIL, V. In phr. to hail a hundred, a weaving term (Edb.).
(?) HAINI or HAIM, sb. A hand (Lin.).
HAIVINGS,5i.//. Shallows in a river (Not.).
HALE, sb. A land measure (Sus.).
HALF-BAG-MAUND, sb. Meaning un- known (Som.).
HALLAN-SHACKER, sb. A hare (Dev.).
HALPER-POT, sb. Meaning unknown (Lan.).
HALT-WO, int. A wagoner's call to his team to go to the off-side of the road (Sus.).
HALVANS, sb. Inferior ore (n.Cy.).
HAMCH, sb. The hip-joint (Nhb.).
HAMIL, sb. A handle (Som.).
HAND, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
HANNA-PAGE,5A. Meaningunknown(Nrf).
HANNIE, sb. Meaning unknown (Cum.).
HAN-SPAN, adv. Obs. Very heartily (?) (Nhb.).
HATEN, adj. Meaning unknown (Wm.).
HAUM, sb. Meaning unknown (Wil.).
HAUTECKING, adj. Meaning unknown (Dev.).
HAVER, V. To toast before the fire (Bwk.).
HAWK-TREE, sb. An oak-tree (?) (Wm.).
HAY, V. Meaning unknown (Dev.).
HEADSET, sb. Meaning unknown (Abd.).
HEAL-HA'DIN or -MAKIN', sb. Salvation (So.).
HEARF, sb. Health (Som.).
HEAUVELESS, adj. Meaning unknown (Sc).
HEELIN', vbl. sb. Meaning unknown (Dev.).
HEEL-SCAT, sb. Meaning unknown (Slg.).
HEFF, sb. Meaning unknown (Dev.).
HEFTERT, adv. After (n.Cy.).
HEINT,/>-^/. Saw, observed dr.).
HELM, V. To turn, govern, guide (Edb.).
HEN, n(^'. 01d(Chs.).
HEPPER, sb. A young salmon (Wal.).
HERBRY, sb. Meaning unknown (Inv.).
HERONIOUS.ofl'y. Meaningunknown (Ayr.).
HERTA, adj Female (Sh.I.).
HETHOR-DRAYKIN, sb. Meaning un- known (Nhb.).
HEUCH, sb. Meaning unknown (Sc).
HEVER, sb. The hemlock (Hrf.).
HEVICAIRIES, int. An exclamation of
surorise, &c. (Sc.) HICE, ;■«/. 'Keep still! '(Hrf) HICKERTY-PICKERTY, Wf. A nonsense
formula used by mummers (Chs.). HIE, V. (?) Meaning unknown (Der.). HIERTIEING, vbl. sb. Meaning unknown
(Sc). HILDING, sb. Meaning unknown (Bdf ). HILLY HO! phr. A hunting or trumpet
cry (?) (Sc). HIM, V. To believe (Som.). HINN, V. Meaning unknown (Dev.). HIP-HOUSE, sf>. A lone house (Dor.). HIPS Y DIXY, //ir. Of evidence : tnimped
up, faked (Dur.). HISHER or ISHER, adJ and adv. Higher
(n.Yks., w.Yks.). HITCH, 5*. Monthly Agents [sic] (Wil.). HIVE, V. Meaning unknown (Sun). HJUD, V. (?). Meaning unknown (Sh.I.). HO, sb. (?). Cover (Sc). HO, pron. Her (Cum.). HOBLINS, adv. Meaning unknown (Cum.). HOCKEDOCK, sb. An aqueduct (Cmb.). HOCKER, V. To seek (w.Yks.). HOCKLER-OCKLER, sb. A hawking
greengrocer (w.Yks.). HOCKY-VOCKSY, sb. A head constable's
staff (Dev.). HODLE-MAKENSTER, sb. Meaning un- known (So. (?) HODYCOLVONY or HODYCOLOONY,
sb. Meaning unknown (Ir.). HOGANSTORE, sb. Meaning unknown
(w.Cy.). HOGPIPES, sb. pi. Meaning unknown
(Chs.). HOLLEN, sA. Meaning unknown (Per.). HOLLYGALONE or HOLLY -GOLONE, sb.
Eau-de-Cologne (Nrf.). HOMI-OMRIE, sb. A hotch-potch, mis- cellany (Sc). HOOF, sb. An acre (Lin.). HOO-FLOO, adj. Meaning unknown (w.Cy.). HOOT, sb. or adj. (?). Meaning unknown
(Rnf). HOPE, sb. A short street (Dev.). HORNSHOTTLE, adj. Meaning unknown
(Rnf.). HORNSTRING, v. Meaning unknown
(Oxf). HORRORSCUP, sb. A horoscope (Lan.). HORSE-CRIPPLE, sb. Meaning unknown
(Gall.). HORSE-HOOD, adv. In kind [sic] (Dev.). HOTTENPOT or HOT-INPOT, sb. A
liottentot (w.Ir., I.W.).
HOUG, sb. A hold upon, grasp of (Rnf.).
HOUNDINGS, sb. pi. The housings of harness, covering the collar (e.An.).
HOWF, sb. Meaning unknown (s.Sc).
HOWSTER, sb. The knot, Tringa caniiliis (dial, unknown).
HOX, int. In phr. hoxan'frog, an exclama- tion (Stf).
HUDDLINGS,si!>./i/.Meaningunknown(Lei.).
HULBIRT, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
HULET, sb. Meaning unknown iHmp.).
HULL, sb. Meaning unknown (Sus.).
HULLET, sb. Meaning unknown (w.Yks.).
HUMBLE, V. To humble oneself, demean oneself (dial, unknown).
HUMLY-BUSH, sb. Meaning unknown (w.Yks.).
HUMP, sb. The thigh (w.Yks.).
HUNDEN, sb. The ' hooding' of a flail (Nhb.).
HUNDER-STONE, sb. A thunderbolt (Wil. ).
HUNKEY, adj. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
HUNKIN, sb. Meaning unknown (Cor.).
HURD, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
HURMS, sA. //. Meaningunknown (Lan.).
HURST- RIGG, s/). Meaningunknown (Sc).
HUSSING, />-/>. Meaningunknown (Abd.).
HUTS, sb. pi. The loppings of trees (?) (dial, unknown).
HWOAZIN, sb. Rosin (Cum.).
HYHUMPUS,s6. Meaning unknown (Lan.).
HYPLOCK, adj. Meaning unknown (Gall.).
ICEE-WILLEE, sb. A sandling (Cor.).
ICKET, sb. Meaning unknown (w.Yks.).
IDDLINS, sb.pl. Meaning unknown (Der.).
ILILUK, sb. Meaning unknown (In).
ILL-SANTAFIED, ppl. adj. Meaning un- known (Sh.I.).
ILOAN, sb. An island (Wxf.).
IMPISITIN, sb. Meaning unknown (Sur.).
INAIRT, adJ Meaning unknown (Fif.).
INCOMING GROUND, /lAr. The downhill part of a journey (Hmp. ?).
INDE, (?). Meanmg unknown (Frf.).
INGLE-SAVE,56. Meaningunknown(Edb.).
INGLIFIED, ppl. adj. Learned (Ant.).
INISITIJITTY, sb. A little, ridiculous person (Wan).
INNERS, sb. pi. In phr. to be in one's inners, meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
INPLAY, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
INSKIN, adp Close, intimate (Mid.).
INTAKE, sb. Meaning unknown (Yks.).
INTHREATHMENTjSi. Meaningunknown (Sh.I.).
INVENTION ARY, sb. An inventory (Sus.),
INYARY, sb. Diarrhoea (Sh.I.).
ITHE-SAY, sb. Telridge hay [sic] (Den).
VIU
LIST OF WORDS KEPT BACK
JAAKE, V. or sb. {If. Meaning unknown
(Per.). JAGE, sb. A violent motion (w.Ylcs.). JAGGERS, sb. In phr. by jagj^ers, an ex- pletive (Ess.). JAKE-EASY, adj. Meaning unknown
(Lnk.). JANNOCK, sb. A buttress or support
against a wail (Nhp.). JARGE, sb. A jug (Yks.). (?) JAUK or AUK, v. Of shoes : to be too
large for the foot, not to fit closely (Abd.). JELLING, a(fj. Jovial (w.Yks.). JIB, V. To move restlessly (Dev.). JIG, sb. A measure of yarn ( ? i ( Frf.). JILLYWOW, sb. A witch (Stf ). JIMRIE-COSIE, sb. Meaning unknown
(Abd.). JINGLER, sb. Meaning unknown (w.Yks.). JISSICK, sh. A tickling cough (Suf ). JIZE, .sb. In phr.Jiie be here, an expletive
(Abd.). JOE, sb. An agricultural instrument (?)
(Bck.). JOKIM, sb. Meaning unknown (Rnf ). JOOPIE, .s7). Meaning unknown (Sh.I.). JOT, sb. Meaning unknown (Wil.i. JOWEY, ad/. Meaning unknown (Lan. or
Slang). JUGLER, sb. Meaning unknown (Lei.). JUMCTURER, sb. A great-coat (Rxb.). JUNKIT, ai/j. Meaning unknown (Ayr.). JU-UM, adj. Empty (n.Cy.).
KAAN, V. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.). KAKER, sb. Meaning unknown (Per.). KALTS, .s6. p/. The game of quoits (Shr.). KANN, sb. Fluor-spar (Cor.). KARKEN, V. Meaning unknown (Lan.). KATE, sb. A public-house (e.Yks.). KATLET, sb. Meaning unknown (So.). KAVEL, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.). KECK, sb. Success, luck (w.Yks.). KECKER, sb. An overseer at a coal-mine
(n.Cy.). KEEL, s6. Meaning unknown (Dur.). KEEL, V. Meaning unknown (Dmb.). KEEPS, sb. pi. Meaning unknown (Frf). KELD, V. To thump (Nhb.). KELSHIE, adj. Meaning unknown (Frf). KEMBING, sb. A utensil used in brewing
I Lin.). KENNEN, V. To know (In). KEOSTREL, sb. A karl (5«i (Cum., Wm.). KESTERN, adj. Cross, contentious (n.Cy.). KETT, V. Meaning unknown (Lth., Hdg.). KETTLE, sb. Meaning unknow-n (Ir.). KIAAR. si. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.). KIFT, sb. Meaning unknown (Ayr.). KILHAB, V. Meaning unknown (SIk.). KILLEMS-OUT, sb.pl. Marbles (Nrf). KILLSIMMER. sb. Meaning unknown
iSh.I.i. KINCH. .si.' Meaning unknown (Frf). KINCH, si.' Meaning unknown (Edb.). KINDER-MAKER, sb. Meaning unknown
(Sc). KING'S TAW, phr. Meaning unknown
I w.lr.). KINSH, sb. Meaning unknowMi (Sc). KIPES. sb. pi. Meaning unknown (Frf.). KISHY, adj. Thick, stiff, pasty (w.Yks.). KJAEKSIE, adj. Meaning unknown i Sh.I.). KJIMPIN'. />/>/. adj. Meaning unknown
tSh.I.i.
KJODEE, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
KLEEPIE STONES, phr. Meaning un- known (Sh.I.).
KNAKS, sb. pi. In phr. to lake the knaks, meaning unknown ( Edb.).
KNALTER, v. To know (Lan.).
KNAUM, V. Meaning unknown ( Lnk.).
KNAVE, v} To gnaw or bite (Lan.).
KNAVE, V?- Meaning unknown (Nhp.).
KNEE, sb. Meaning unknown (Nrf ).
KNERRY, V. To nay {sic\ (Stf).
KNETTER, v. Meaning unknown (n.Yks.).
KNITTAL, sb. Meaning unknown (Abd.).
KNOCKIE, adj. Meaning unknown (Sc).
KNOCK-SO, si. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
KORSIS, sb. pi. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
KRACHT, sb. Wickedness, craft (Sc).
KRAEK, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
KRIKKETY, sb. Meaning unknown (Lan.).
KROGIK EED, phr. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
KULLIE FOR BULLIE, phr. Meaning un- known (Sh.I.).
KYRST, sb. A wood (Oxf ).
LAANGER, sb. A disease of cows (.>) (Sh.I.). LA AVER, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.). LAEGA, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.). LAFT, i^. To look for (Cum.). LAG, sb. Meaning unknown (Slg.). LAIGGENS, si. />/. Meaning unknown (Slk.). LAIR, adj. Meaning unknown (Gall.). LALE, adj. Meaning unknown (Wm.). LANCROCK, (?). A word occurring in a
Shrovetide rhyme ; meaning unknown
(Dev.). LANT, si. Meaning unknown (Lan.). LAP. V. To cry ( Yks.). LAP-MESSIN, si. A term applied to a dog
(Sh.I.). LAPPERTAGE, sb. Obs. Meaning un- known (Wor.). LARCH, V. Meaning unknown (Dev.). LARE, adj. In phr. as hire do so and so, as
lief do so and so (?) (Dor.). LASAVRAN, si. Meaning unknown (Pern.). LASHIGILLAVERY, sb. A superfluity,
esp. of food (n.Cy.). LASSY, adj. Last (n.Yks.). LAUG, sb. or adj. (?). Meaning unknown
(Sh.I.). LAUGHER, sb. Meaning unknown (Yks.). LAUK URROW, phr. Meaning unknown
(w.Yks.). LAUMINGK, prp. Meaning unknown
(Chs.). LA VEER, V. To linger, procrastinate
(Sh.I.). LAYER, sb. The remainder (n.Cy.). LAX, sb. A part (Soni.). LAY ACROSS, phr. Meaning unknown
(War.). LAY IN LEAD, phr. Meaning unknown
(Sh.I.). LEACHT, sb. A large-sized kistvaen (Dev.,
Cor.). LEAD-RECORDER, sb. Meaning unknown
(w.Yks.). LEAR, V. To lean (n.Cy.). LEAREN-TUB, sb. The vessel in which
meal and water are mingled before being
baked into oatcake (w.Yks.). LECTURE, sb. A speech, cry. warning
mnt. ?). hEE, adj. Meaning unknown (Sc).
LEEVE, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LEG, sb. In phr. a leg of raaii, meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LEGIM, adv. In phr. to ride legim or on legiiii. to ride astride (Rxb.).
LENNOCKMORE, adj. Meaning unknown (Slk.).
LENTEN,//!. Allowed, let (Per.).
LENTOR, sb. Meaning unknown (Ir.).
LETCH, sb. Meaning unknown (Ayr.).
LICKFALADITY, adv. With full force (Lin.).
LICKY-HOW, int. An exclamation (Cor.).
LIDD ALES, adj. Out of anything, esp. out of provisions (Sh.I.).
LIE, V. In phr. to tie out; meaning un- known (Sh.I.).
LIFT-HAUSE, sb. The left hand (Rxb.).
LIFTING,///, adj. Applied to cattle; mean- ing unknown (Sh.I.).
LIGH, adj. Meaning unknown (Lan.).
LIGHT, si. (.?). Meaning unknown (In).
LIGS, sb. pi. ' Ley ' (Yks.).
LIN, V. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LING, sb. In phr. the ling of one's life ; meaning unknown (Wxf ).
LING, V. Meaning unknown (Lan.).
LINGER, sb. Meaning unknown (Wxf.).
LINITY, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LINKS, sb. pi. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LIP, sb. or adj. (?). In phr. to be lip, to begin lip; meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LITTER, adj. Meaning unknown (Dev.).
LO, ad/. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LOAK-HEN, sb. Meaning unknown (Nrf).
LOBBYSTHROWL, sb. Goitre (Den).
LOCK, sb. Meaning unknown (Lth.).
LOCKER STRAE, phr. Meaning unknown (Abd.).
LODGE, adj. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LOKKER, V. To curl (Sc).
LONE, adj Long (Nhb.).
LOOG, V. (?). Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LOOMENT, sb. Obscurity (Dev.t.
LOON, sb. Meaning unknown (Aj-r.).
LORNE, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LOSEN, V. To look (Won).
LOSES, sb. pi. Meaning unknown (Lan.).
LOTHER, sb. Meaning unknown (Ken.).
LOUNDSING. prp. Lingering (Cmb.).
LOVE-SPOKEN, ///. adj. Meaning un- known (Bnfi".).
LOYST, V. Meaning unknown (Lan.).
LUCKER, adj. Loose, flabby (Ken.).
LUCKING-MILL, si. A fulling-mill (Ken.).
LUCKS, si.//. Meaning unknown (w.Yks.).
LUCKY -PROACH, sb. The father-lasher, Cottiis biibalis (Fif.).
LUELY, sb. A fray (Sc).
LUFES, sb. pi. The ears of a toad (n.Cj'.).
LUMSTHROWL, adj. Goitre (Den).
LUNDGATE, sb. Meaning unknown (n.Yks.).
LURDER, sb. An awkward, lazy, worth- less person (Sc).
LURE.si. The palm ofthehand(n.Cy., Nhb.).
LUSCH, sb. A wish, desire (Som.).
LUSKEE, sb. Meaning unknown (Rxb.).
LYERON, sb. Meaning unknown (Som.).
LYINS, sb. pi. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LYLSIE-WULSIE, sb. Linsey-woolsey (Cld.).
LYMPHAD, sb. A galley (Sc).
LYTHING, vbl. sb. Softening, soothing (Abd.).
H
HA, adj. Sc. Also in form hi. fNot known to our correspondents.] In phr. ha year ohls, cattle eighteen months old. s.Sc. Morton Cyclo. Agiic. (1863).
HA, int. Dev. An exclamation of indignation and contempt. Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.)
HA, HAA, see Hay, sb}, Haw, sh}, hit}, How, si.\ adv., int.
HAABER, HAABUCK, HAACK, see Habber, Haw- buck, Hawk, v}
HAAF, si.' and v. Sc. Lakel. Also in forms haave Sc. (Jam.); haf(f Sh.I.; halve, hauve Sc. (Jam.) [haf, hav.] 1. sb. The open sea, the deep-sea fishing-ground.
Sh.I. Mony a day he made for da haaf whin aulder men shook dir heids, an' widna lave da beach, Clark Gleams (1898) 33 ; They had had a hard week at the 'haf,' Burgess 7"«h^^i898) 8; (W.A.G.); {<:oll. L.L.B.); S. &Ork.»
Hence Haafing, vhl. sb. deep-sea fishing; also usedy?§-. Sh.I. Da days o' haafin i' da saxern is by, I faer, Sh. News (Sept. 10, 1898).
2. Comp. (i) Haaf-boat, a boat suitable for deep-sea fishing; (2) -eel, the conger-eel. Conger vulgaris; (3) -fish, the great seal, Plioca barbata ; (4) -fishing, deep-sea fishing; (5) -lines, the lines used in deep-sea fishing; (6) •man, a fisherman engaged in the deep-sea fishing ; (7) ■seat, a deep-sea fishing-ground.
(i) Sh.I. The old haf boat measured from 18 to 20 feet of keel, the stems bending outwards in a graceful curve, so as to give a length of some 26 feet over all. The breadth of beam was 6 to 7 feet, and the depth of the hold 27 inches. The boat was divided into six compartments, viz. fore-head, fore-room, mid-room, cost-room, shott, hurrik or kannie, Spence Flk-Lore (1899) 127. S. & Ork.i (2) Nai. Haaf-eel, a name given to the common conger in the Moray Kirth, Day Brit. Fishes (1880-4) U- 251. (3) Sh.I. Our boat was visited by one of the large seals of the country {Phoca barbata), named by the natives a Haaf-iish, because it usually appears at that remote distance from the main coast, Hibbert Desc. Sh. I. (1822) 166, ed. 1891 ; {Coll. L.L.B.) ; S. & Ork.i (4) Sh.I. As good ... as ever rowed ... to the haaf-fishing, Scott Pirate (1&21) ii. S. & Ork.' (5) Sh.I. The haf lines were also set during aevaliss [unsettled] weather, Spence ib. 131. (6) Sh.I. Doo canna tak' hit a' rightly in, no bein' a haaf man dysel, Sli. News (July 3, 1897) ; The signs in heaven above were the special study of the hafman, Spence ib. 115. (7) Sh.I. One of these ancient sinker stones was lifted on a fish hook at a haf seat off the north part of Unst, Spence ib. 129.
3. Phr. to go to haaf or haaves, to go out to the deep-sea fishing. S. & Ork.', Or.I. (Jam.)
4. A large pock-net used in fishing. Also in comp. Haaf-net.
Abd. Lady Kigie who had a lodging in the Chanonry, and a hannet [half-net] upon Don,TuRREFF Antiq. Gleanings (1859) 64. Dmf. Agric. Surv. 603 (Jam.) ; A few nights after his marriage he was standing with a halve-net, Cromek Rtmaitts (1810) 305. Gall. A standing net placed within water-mark to prevent the fishes from returning with the tide (Jam.). Wgt. These [fish] are taken betwixt Wigton and the Ferrielon ; some in the halfe-net ; some in cups fixt on the sands, Fraser Wigtown (1877) 88. Lakel.' Cum. Two [sturgeons] were taken last week with the haaf net. . .
Mr. was lucky enough to secure another [sturgeon] in his
haaf, Carlisle Pat. (June 28, 1889) 5 ; Cum.^ It consists of a pock-net fixed to a kind of frame, which, whenever a fish strikes against it, is hauled out of the water ; Cum.'' A net used on the Solway, which consists of a pock-net fixed on a frame of wood, VOL. III.
being kept open by a cross-bar fixed at right angles to the pole held by the fisherman standing in the water.
Hence (i) Haaf-bawk, sb. the pole attached to a ' haaf- net ' whereby it is raised out of the water ; (2) Ha'netsman, sb. a fisherman who shares in a ' haaf net.'
(i) Cum.* (2) Sc. We swam owre the Dec . . . the ha'netsman. Main, Wad charge us across to the Brick Kilns again, Anderson Rhymes {iS.6-j) 78. 5. V. To fish with a ' haaf or pock-net.
s.Sc. (Jam.) Dmf. A second mode of fishing, called ' haaving" or ' hauling,' is standing in the stream, either at the flowing or ebbing of the tide, with a pock net fixed to a kind of frame, con- sisting of a beam, 12 or 14 feet long, having three small sticks or rungs fixed into it. Whenever a fish strikes against the net, they, by means of the middle rung, instantly haul up the mouth of the net above water, Statist. Ace. II. 16 (/6.I. Lakel.' So used by fishermenof the Solway, both on Scottishand Cumbrian side. Cum.*
[Sw. haf, the sea ; Dan. and Norw. dial, hav (Aasen) ; ON. /w/l
HAAF, sb? n.Yks.'^ A haven, port.
HAAF, HAAFURE, see Heaf, sb}, Haugh, Haaver.
HAAG,si. and V. Sh.I. [hag.] 1. s/!». Thrift, economy.
Du's nae hag i' dy haand Jakobsen Norsk in Sh. (1897) 36; S. & Ork.'
2. V. To use sparingly.
Skeek signifies to use sparingly, and is similar in meaning to the words hain and haag, Spence Flk-Lore ( 1899) 207.
[Norw. dial, hag, order, management (Aasen) ; ON. has^r, state, condition.]
HAAG, see Hag, sb?
HAAGLESS, adj. Sh.I. Limitless, boundless. See Hag-mark.
What's twenty year ta dee or me? Hit's no a knuckle o wir to wes Set oot upon a haagless sea Ta flot, or sink for want o bowes, JuNDA Klingralwol (1898) 51.
HAAGLET, sb. Sh.I. In phr. ifs come back to its aiild haaglet, said of an animal that has strayed, and returned to its old pasture. S. & Ork.'
[Cp. ON. hagi, a pasture, hag-lendi, pasture land (Vig- fusson).]
HAAk, see Hake, v., Hawk, sb?, v}
HAAL, sb. Cai.' [hal.] A hold, support, used esp. in connexion with children learning to walk.
' To Stan' at 'e haal.' To stand at a chair or such like. ' To gang at 'e haal, or by the haal.' To move from chair to chair, or from one support to another, but not to venture to cross an open space.
[Cp. Norw. dial, and ON. halla, to lean with the body, to swerve (Aasen).]
HAALLIGET, adj Cai.' Disreputable, violent, light- headed.
[Cp. Norw. dial, haalig, bad, also haadleg, shameful, disgraceful (Aasen) ; OI\[. haSidigr, disgraceful, contemp- tible (Vigfusson).]
HAALYAN, HAAM, see Hallion, Haulm.
HAANYAL, HAAP(E, see Hanniel, Hap, v.^
HAAP, V. Nhp.' Of cattle : to eat, to bite close to the ground.
HAAR, sb} Sc. Nhb. Dur. Yks. Lan. Lin. Also in
forms aar n.Lin. ; har N.Cy.' Nhb.' Dur. e.Yks. n.Lin.' ;
harr Frf. Fif N.Cy.' Dur. n.Yks.'^* m.Yks.' Lin.; haur
I Ayr. Lth. ; hear, here Lan. [h)ar, h)ar.] 1. A cold sea-
I fog or mist ; a drizzling rain or fog. Cf harl(e, sb?
B
HAAR
[2]
HABBLE
Sc. On the face of the water, where the haar lay, Stevenson Ca/n'oHn (iSgs) xxi. Cai.' Abd. A frosty haar filled Noran valley, M'Kenzie Sketches (1894) iii ; Not common (G.W.). Frf. Nor harr nor cluds Forebodit rain, Sands Poems (1833) 70. Per. The morn brings sleet And haar and hail together, Spence Po«;)5(i898) 18. Fif. That's a nasty haar come on, Robertson Provost (1894) 67. Ayr. When the haur hings on the hill, Ainslie Land of Burns (ed. 1892) 13. Lth. A strange — a new man — Strode beside them in the haur, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892) 316. Gall. It came upon the land suddenly as the ' haar ' that in the autumn drives up the eastern valleys from the sea, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) xxii. N.Cy.' A Northern har Brings drought from far, Prov, Nhb.', Dnr. (K.) n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ Mist with small rain. So good in a morning for vegetation. ' A northern harr Brings fine weather from far '; n.Yks." e.Yks. Marshall i?!i)-. &0J/. (1788I. m.Yks.l Lan. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) Lin. Skinner (1671) ; Ray (1691); Miller & Skertchly /V«/nHrf (1878) iv. n.Lin. Sutton Wds. (1881); Still current, but rare. It seems always to include the idea of cold (E.P.' ; n.Lin.^ se.Lin. The harr was very heavy in the marshes this niornin' (T.H.R.).
2. A cold easterly wind ; also in comb. Easterly haar. Slg. In the months of April and May, easterly winds, commonly
called Haars, usuallj' blow with great violence, Nimmo Stirlingshire (1777) 438 (Jam.). Cld. The cold damp called Easterly-hars, so prevalent on the east coast, seldom arrive here, Agric. Siirv. 4 {•!>.). Fif. Their topsails strutting with the vernal harr, Tennant Ansler (1812) 23, ed. 1871 ; This parish [St. Andrews] is well acquainted with the cold, damp easterly winds, or haar of April and May, Statist. Ace. XIII. 197.
Hence Haary or Haury, adj. of wind : cold, keen, biting.
Sc. Tho' Envy's haury blastin' breath, Wilson Poems i.iZz^') 56. Sh.l. A haary wind blaws keen an cauld Across da voe, Junda Klingrahool (1898) 22.
3. Hoar-frost, rime.
Per., Cld. (Jam.) Lan. Grose (1790) MS. add. {C^ ; Tim Bobbin Vieiv Dial. (ed. 1806) Gl.
[1. Cp. Du. dial. (Zaansche) harig, 'dampig, mistig, met scherpen damp of navel vervuld ' (Boekenoogen). 2. MDu. hare, a keen cold wind (Verdam) ; Du. haere, a keen wind (Kilian) ; WFlem. haiie, a cold wind which frequently blows in Marcli and April (De Bo) ; cp. Fr. iiH temps haireux, cold and damp weather. 3. Du. Iiacre, night frost (Kilian).]
HAAR, si.2 and v. Sc. Lin. Also in forms har n.Lin.' ; haur Sc. (Jam.) 1. sb. A cough. n.Lin.^
2. An impediment in speech ; a huskiness in the throat. Lnk. (Jam.) e.Lth., Rxb. This is gen. applied to some impedi- ment in the throat, which makes [it] necessary for a person as it were to cough up his words, before he can get them rightly articulated {ib.),
3. V. To speak thickly and hoarsely. Lnk. (Jam.) HAAS, see Halse, sb.''
HAAVE, adj. Obs. Sc. Pale, wan.
Abd. The third was an auld, wizen'd, haave coloured carlen, Forbes /«:. (1742) 14 ; The titherwasahaavecolour'dsmeerlesstapie,!'A. 17.
[OFr. have, 'pale' (Hatzfeld).]
HAAVE, see Haaf, sb.\ Hauve, v.'^. Haw, sb.^
HAAVER, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Written haafure n.Cy. (Hall.) ; haavre n.Yks.° A fisherman's line, used in the deep-sea fishing, to which the ' snoods,' each terminating in a hook, are appended. Cf. haaf, sb.^ 4.
n.Cy. (Hall.) n.Yks.i ; n. Yks.'' The fisherman's lines stretched horizontally, and furnished with suspended rows of baited hooks, for catching the larger sea-fish in deep water.
HAAVER, HAAZE, see Halver, Haw, sb.'
HAB, sb.' Obs. Nhb. A halbert.
The Scottish habs were stout and true, Bishopiiik Garl. (1834)34.
HAB, sb.^ Glo.' [asb.] The woof, yarn woven across the warp. See Abb.
When the weavers in their glory stood. The chain and hab was very good ; But when the chain was very bad, They cursed the chain, and damned the hab.
HAB, adv. and sb.^ Nhb. Yks. Lin. Also Som. Dev. Also written ab n.Yks. sw.Lin.' [h)ab, Eeb.] 1. adv. In comb. Hab-nab, anyhow, in random fashion.
Nhb. His wardrobe, got up quite habnab, Was second-hand, Wilson Tippling Dominie; Nhb.' 2. sb. Phr. (I) hab or nab, (a) get or lose, hit or miss ;
(b) by hook or by crook ; (2) habs and nabs, little by little, piecemeal ; in one way and another.
(i, a) w.Som.' In a market, a buyer pretending to walk off, says: 'Then you 'ont take no less?' {Seller) ' No, I 'ont, not one varden.' (iJjyf/-) ' Then I'll ab-m — hab or nab ! ' nw.Dev.' (6) w.Yks. He'll hev it awther bi hab or nab, Prov. in Brighoiise News (Sept. 14, 1889). (2) n.Yks. He did by abs an' nabs (I.W.). e.Yks.i Anything done in odd moments or at intervals of leisure, not continuously, is said to be done by habs-annabs. n.Lin.' 'I've scratted it together by habs an' nabs.' Said of rent. sw.Lin.' We've gotten our hay by abs and nabs — a load nows and thens. They had to finish the church by abs and nabs.
[1. Cyphers, astral characters ... set down hab-nab, at random, Butler Hud. (1664) 11. iii. 990.]
HAB-, see Hob, sb.^
HA-BA, sb. Yks. Also written aahba, a-ba, a-bay. [e-be, ea-bea.] A roar of laughter ; a shout, blatant cry ; a hullabaloo.
w.Yks. But if ide a been thear, ah sud set up a a-ba, Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (Mar. 1854) ; Tha's making a girt a-bay about nowt (F.K.) ; What ar ta makkin that gert aah-ba for ? Banks IVkfld. IVds. (1865) ; w.Yks.= Sehr up a gurt haa-baa.
HABAKER, HABBAD, see Half, Aye but.
HABBER, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Also in form haaber Ant. [ha'bsr.] 1. sb. A person who stammers in
speaking or speaks thickly ; a clumsy clown.
Bnff.i Commonly used with the notion of stupidity. Ant. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.)
Hence (i) Habbergaw, sb. (a) hesitation, suspense ; {b) an objection ; (2) Habberjock, sb. {a) a turkey-cock ; (b) a big, stupid person who speaks thickly.
(i) n.Sc. (Jam.) (2, a Bnff.' (b) ib. He's a stoopid habber-jock o' a cheel.
2. The act of snarling or growling like a dog.
n.Sc. (Jam.) Abd. Fell death had came to see them An' gi'en a habber, Wi' solemn air, Tarras Poems (1804) 12 (I'A,).
3. V. To Stutter, stammer. Sc. (Jam.) 4. To snarl, growl. n.Sc. (ib.)
HABBERDYN-FISH, sb. Obs. Sc. n.Cy. That kind of cod which is usually salted ; barrelled cod.
Sc. Dried cod fish, at that period known by the name of Habberdyn fish. Pennant Tour Sc. (ed. 1790) 138. n.Cy. Grose (1790) MS. add. ( M. )
[Habberdine fish, Aseltiis saliliis, Baret (1580) s.v. Fish. ME. habiirdenne, Accts. ( 1370), see Rogers Agric. and Prices L 616. Fr. habordean and labordcan, an haberdine (Cotgr.). MDu. haboiirdaen, also laberdaen (Verdam). Prob. fr. the Basque district le Laboitrd, Lapnrduni (the old name for Bayonne), see Franck (s.v. Labbcydaan).\
HABBERNAB, see Hobnob.
HABBIE, adj. Lth. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre- spondents.] Stifi'in motion.
HABBIEGABBIE, v. Sh.L To throw money, &c., among a crowd to be scrambled for. S. & Ork.'
HABBLE, sb. and v. Sc. [ha-bl.] 1. sb. A difficulty, perplexitjf, quandary, ' fix.' See Hobble, sb.' 9.
Sc. An' syne got into a fair babble, Hunter J. Armigers Revenge (1897) xi. Slg. You've put [him] in a babble, Taylor Po«Mi5 (1862) 17. Ayr. When whiles in a babble Be manly and clean, 'Whitz Jottings (1879) 290. Lnk. I hae gotten mysel' into a bonny babble ! Gordon I'yotshaw (1885) 74. e.Lth. Man, yon was an awfu' babble to be in, Hunter J. Inwick (1895; 28.
2. Confusion, tumult, hubbub ; a squabble, quarrel. Abd. Cripples ne'er were made for babbles, SHiRREFsSrt/f Cafal.
(17951 21. Cld. U-\"'-) Rnt. We'll aft be plung'd into a babble, "Tannahill Poc);(5 11807) 44, ed. 1817, Ayr. J.M.i, Ayr., Lth. (Jam.) Lth. Morosely b\' a glowing fire, I retrospect the babble, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892' 50. Peb. He has got into a babble with a neighbour ^A.C). Rxb. (Jam.)
Hence Habblesheuf, sb. an uproar, tumult, confusion. Ayr. (J.M.)
3. V. To confuse, reduce to a state of perplexity ; to stammer, speak or act confusedly ; to gabble, talk fast ; to wrangle, quarrel.
Sc. To babble a lesson, to say it confusedly (Jam.^i. Slk. Are we to be babbled out o' house and hadding? Hogg Tales (1838) 323, ed. 1866. Rxb. Some trump the fauts o' ither fouk. Some habblin on religion, A. Scorr Poems (ed. 1808) 145.
HABBLE
[3l
HACK
Hence (i) Habbler, sb. one who causes or delights in a squabble ; (2) Habbling, («) sb. confusion, hubbub; wrang- ling, confused speaking; (b) ppl. adj. given to petty quarrelling.
(i"i Cld. (Jam.) (2, a) Fif. Sic habblin' an' gabblin, Ye never heard nor saw, Douglas PofH/s (1806) 121. Edb. They're here Wi' habblin, a' wi' ane anither, An' a' asteer, Liddle Poems (1821) 43. (/)) Bnff.l
4. To snap at anj'thing as a dog does.
Sc. Also used to denote the growling noise made by a dog when eating voraciously (Jam.).
Hence Habble, sb. the act of snapping. Sc. (ib.)
HABBLE, see Hobble, v.'^
HABBLIE, adj. Sc. (Jam.) Of cattle: having big bones, ill-set.
HABBOCRA'WS, int. Sc. A shout used to frighten the crows from the corn-fields.
s.Sc. HiSLOp Anecdote (1874) 343. Gall. He believed himself among the rooks, and started up, roaring, with outspread arms, habbocra\vs, to the astonishment of the holy congregation, Mac- TAGGART Eiicycl. (1824) 249, ed. 1876.
HABEEK-A-HA, iitt. Sc. A cry given as a signal that a marble, bool, &c., is to be scrambled for.
Per. When a bool tirled oot o' oor pooch to the (lure. It was put in a roond penny spunk-box secure, Till it got rovin' fu, then — I min' o't sac weel — 'Twas ' habeek a-ha ' at aiild Jenny's Schule, Edwards Strathearn Lyrics (1889^1 35. [In Abd. this used to be called a 'logan.' The master pitched in succession each forfeited ' bool ' among the scholars out of doors (A.W.).]
HABER , see Haver, sb.'^
HABERDASH, sb. Sc. Small wares, miscellaneous articles.
Abd. There will be sold ... a quantity of haberdash, an' gin ony body wants to ken what that is, its piggery, Paul Abeideen- s/iire ( 1881) 46.
[Thcr liaberdashe, Ther pylde pedlarye, Papist. Exhort. (c. 1550) (Nares).]
HABERDASHER, sb. Obs. n.Cy. Yks. Fig. A schoolmaster.
n.Cy. fllAiL.) w.Yks.' A haberdasher of nouns and pronouns.
HABERSCHON, sb. Obs. Sc. A jacket of mail or scale armour, an habergeon.
Ayr. All armed for battle, full of zeal. In haberschons and caps of steel, BoswELL Poet. IVis. (1811) 82, ed. 1871.
[Helmys and havybyrschownys, Barbour Bruce (1375) XI. 130.]
HABILIMENTS, sb. pi. Sc. Outfit.
n.Sc. The form 'bulj'ments' is still used in parts of the north to mean anj' kind of ragged unshapely clothing, particularly a beggar's ; and 'habiliments.' outfit. Both words, however, are employed with a somewhat ludicrous meaning, Francisque-Michel Sc. Lang. (1882) 70.
HABIT, V. Yks. Lin. [a'bit] To accustom.
n.Yks.2, w.Yks. (C.C.R.) Lin. He's habited his sen to tekkin' doctor's stufTwhile he's clean wore oot his i'side, Lin. N.&Q. (^Oct. 1891) 251.
[O y'are a shrewd one ; and so habited In taking heed, Chapman Odjsseys (1615) v.]
HABIT, piep. Stf.' [Not known to our correspondents.] In the place of.
HABIT AND REPUTE, p/ir. Sc. Held and reputed to be so and so, repr. legal Lat. habitus et reptitatiis.
Bnff. Most of them depone that the pannels [prisoners] were habit and repute Egyptians, Gordon Cliioii. Keitli (1880) 39. Per. A general allegation of her being habiteand repute a witch. Spot- TiswooDE Miscell. (1844) II. 61. [If the person ... be habit and repute a thief — i.e. one who notoriously makes or helps his liveli- hood by thieving. Bell Diet. Law Scotl. (1861).]
HABIT-SARK, sb. Sc. A woman's riding-shirt.
Per. A habit-sark . . . O'erspread a breast, perhaps o' virtue proof, DvTT Poems. 8r (Jam.).
HABLIMENTS, sb. pi. Yks. [a'bliments.] Habili- ments, vestments.
n.Yks.^ ' Noo ye've getten yer habliments on, Ah'Il awa' an' knoll t'bell ; ' the clerk to the clergyman about to officiate at a funeral, of the surplice, scarf, &c.
HACHEE, adj. Obs. Irel. Cross, ill-tempered.
Wxf.' Fartoo zo hachce? [Why so ill-tempered ?], 84.
HACHEL,s6. Sc. [ha'xl.] A sloven, slut.
Ayr. A gipsy's character, a hachel's slovenliness, and a waster's want are three things [&c.], Galt Sir A. IVylic (1822J xlix.
HACK, s6.' and v.^ Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also in forms ack Stf= se.Wor." ; haike Cum. ; hake Fif. ; hauk Lth. (Jam.) n.Cy. (K.) ; hawk Sc. (Jam.) Nhb.» ; heekw.Yks.5; hick Nhb.' Cor.' ; hjuk Sh.I. ; hock Nrf. Hmp.' [h)ak,aek.] 1. si. A kind of pickaxe or mattock used in agricultural employments ; see below.
n.Cy. Bailey (1721); Grose (1790); (K.) ; N.Cy.'; N.Cy.^Amat- tock made only with one and that abroad end. Nhb. Shovels, hacks, spades, &c., Richardson i5o)rf«f>-'s Table-bk. ( 18461 V. 277 ; Nhb.' Dur.' An implement of two kinds : one is called a pick, having one end pointed, and the other rather broader. The other kind is called a mattock, one end of which is axe-shaped, and the other end like the broad end of the pick. Lakel.' Cum.' A pickaxe having points about an inch in width ; Cum.* s.Wm. (J.A.B.) n.Yks. Tliey [turnips] are pulled up by a peculiar drag, or ' hack ' as it is provincially called, Jrn. R. Agne. Soc. (1848) IX. ii ; n.Yks.l ; n.Yks.^ Half a mattock; a pickaxe with one arm; n.Yks.34 e.Yks. Marshall Ri<r. Econ. (1788I. m.Yks.l A kind of pickaxe, or mattock, without the blade end. w.Yks. Willan List /Fflfe. (1811) ; (J.T.) ; w.Yks.'s, Lan.i n.Lan. (W.S.) ; n.Lan.i April wi' his hack an' bill, Sets a flow'r on iv'ry hill. Local Rhyme. e.Lan.i Chs.' ; Chs.* A gorse hack. s.Chs.' A kind of mattock used to stock or pull up gorse. nw. Der.' s. Not. The turnip hack is a kind of mattock with either one or two blades (J. P. K.). w.Dev. A one ended mattock, Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796). Cor. A digging instrument, the same as the biddix or beataxe (q.v.), and used in Zennor for cutting turves (J.W.).
2. A heavy tool or pickaxe used by miners ; see below. Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849). e.Dur.' A heavy
pick, weighing about 7 lbs., with head about 18 in. in length. There are var. kinds, e.g. Tommy hack (round head and chisel point), Jack hack (round head and sharp point), Pick hack (sharp head and chisel point;. Der. Manlove Lead Mines (1653) Gl. Shr.' A small pick used in getting coal.
Hence Hack-ave, sb. the handle of a 'hack.' Shr.'
3. A large hoe.
vr.Yks. Hl/.x: Courier {May 8, 1897); (J.T.) ; w.Yks.'; w.Yks.3 A kind of hoe with a long blade.
4. A pronged instrument or mattock used for dragging dung from a cart; see below. Gen. in comb. Muck-hack.
Cai.l Ags., Rnf. They loosen all the ground completely with a hack, an instrument with a handle of about 4 or 5 feet long, and two iron prongs like a fork but turned inwards, Stnlist. Ace. XIX. 534 (Jam.). Lth. (Jam.) Nhb.' A muck fork, having 3 or 4 tines or teeth, which are bent at a right angle to the handle. It is used for drawing litter out of cattle lairs and similar places, and is some- times called a drag. The above is called a 'teeming hack,' as it is used in emptying [teeming]. There is also a 'filling hack,' which is like a four or five pronged fork bent at the neck to an ajigle o( 45 degrees with the shank. Both teeming and filling hacks are used when working among manure.
5. An axe for dressing stone.
Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 334. n.Lin.'
6. A mark, notch ; a deep cut, a fissure. Also used^g. Sc. Ye may pit a hack i' the post the day [To-day has been a
red-letter day with you], Prov. (G.W.) Elg. Ca' in the crook a liack again. Tester Poems (1865) 160. Abd. I sud set up my bonnet a hack fan I gaed owre to Clinkstyle this time, Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871) xliii. Lnk. Stamp'd in fire upon the broo. Were figures three, in unco hacks, Deil's Hallowe'en (1856) 4a.
7. A cut, wound, gash. Also usedyfg-.
Edb. Aft the hack o' honour shines In bruiser's face wi' broken lines, Fergusson Poems (1773) 206, ed. 1785; Geordy's men cou'd not withstand The hacks o' their claymores, Liddle Poems (1821) 238. n.Cy. (K.) Cum. Wi' nowther haike nor quarrel, Gilpin Sngs. (1866) 282.
8. A chap or crack in the skin of the hands or feet caused by exposure to cold and wet.
Sc. (Jam.). Cai.' Fif. Skelbs and hacks needed tender handling, Colville Vernacular (1899) 18. Ayr. Mittens on her hands after she has creeshed them weel with saim for the hacks. Service Dr. Diiguid (ed. 1887) 161. Nhb.' A surface fissure or chap in the skin produced by cold or work. A deeper fissure than a hack is called a ' keen.'
9. An indentation or hollow made in ice to keep the feet steady in ' curling.'
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Sc. A longitudinal hollow is made to support the foot, close by the tee, and at right angles with a line drawn from one end of the rink to the other. This is called a hack or hatch, Accl. of Curling;, 6 (Jam.). Ayr. Tees, hogscores, and hacks, or triggers [were] made, while busy sweepers cleared the rinks of anything that might impede the progress of the stones, Johnston Kihiinllic (1891) II. 109. Feb. He strains its wished-for road to trace The hack and tee between, Liiitoun Gicm (1685) 38, cd. 1817.
10. A ridge of earth thrown up by ploughing or hoeing. Hrt. The ground which was fallowed in April is stirred (in May)
into hacks, Ellis Mod. Utisb. (1750) III. i.
11. A row of half-made hay.
Bdf. When the grass was hagled it is disposed in hacks (J.W.B.) ; Both clover and grass is powerfully acted upon by the sun and wind when in the state of hacks, Batckelor Agric. {1813) 443. Sur.i A thin row in which hay is laid to dry after being shaken out. and before it is got into wider rows, which are called ' windrows.'
12. The heart, liver, and lights of a pig. Cf. hackamuggie. Chs.13 s.Chs.' Goa- tu Longgliz tin aas'k um fur u pigz aak
[Go to Longlcy's an' ask 'em for a pig's hack]. Shr.' ObsoL
Hence (i) Hacelet-pie.^i. a dish composed of the heart, liver, and lights of a pig baked in a pie. War.^; (2) Hack- fat, sb. the fat obtained from cleaning the intestines of a pig. nw.Der.' 13. A hard, dry cough. Cum.*, Stf.^
14. Fig. VhT.hack and sweep, a complete upturn ; a scene, commotion.
Abd. Gin the French officers begin to blab on ane anither, then we'll get hack an' sweep (G.W.).
15. V. To chop, cut up ; to cut roughly or unevenly.
Sc. If I was gaen to be an elder, we couldna get a bit stick hackit on Sabbath, /ofos, ist S. (1889) 38. Sh.I. Shu hjukid asleesh or twa aff a roond lof, Sh. News (Oct. 29, 1898). Abd. Maidens and widows . . . Made mony an errand wi' bog fir to hack, Andfr- soN Rhymes (1867) 20. Frf. Instead of . . . hacking his face, for he was shaving at the time, Barrie Thrums (1889) xvi. Cld. (Jam.), n.Cy. (J.W.) Shr.' Now, 'ack them garrits, an' get the bif an' bacon up fur the men's dinner ; Shr.2 Oxf.^ MS. add. Hmp.' w.Som.' T6 hack a joint. A good gate hacked all abroad.
Hence (i) Hack-clog, sl>. a chopping-block ; (2) Hacket, ppl. adj., /ig. cutting, biting, severe, caustic ; (3) Hacket kail, /)/;r. chopped kailorcabbage; (4) — flesh,/>/;r. a carrion charm for doing injury to a neighbours beasts ; see below ; (5) Hacking, sb. a pudding or sausage made of the chopped interiors of sheep or pigs ; (6) Hacking-block, sb. a block of wood used forcuttingmeat upon; (7)-iron, si. an inverted chisel put into an anvil when the blacksmith wishes to cut anything off; 18) -knife, sb. a chopper, cleaver; (9) -stock, (10) -trough, see (6) ; (11) Hack-meat, sb. mince- meat; (12) -pudding, sb., see (5); (13) -saw, sb. a saw used by smiths and others for cutting iron ; (14) -spyel, sb. a useless joiner or cartwright ; ( 15) Hackster, sb., fig. a butcher, cut-throat ; (16) Hack -stock, see (6) ; (17) Hackum kail, pitr., see (3).
(i) n.Yks.'^ (2) Dmb. Out on you, bawdron ! wi' your hacket tongue, Salmon Gowodenn (1868) 71. (3) Sc. To feast me wi' caddels And guid hackit kail, CwAMnERs Sugs. (1829) I. 2 ; Nogancs full of hacket kaile, Maidment j5o//rtrfs(i844) 13, ed. 1868. (4) ne.Sc. One mode of an enemy's working evil among a neigh- bour's cattle was to take a piece of carrion, cut the surface of it into small pieces, and bury it in the dunghill, or put it over the lintel of the door. Such carrion was called ' hackit-llesh,' Gregor Flk-Lore (i88i) 184. (5) N.Cy.l Nhb. A pudding made in the maw of a sheep or hog (K.). Cum.' A mincemeat and fruit pudding, used till lately for the family breakfast on Christmas day. Wm. & Cum.' Wi' sweet minch'd-pyes and hackins feyne, 171. Lan. Harland & Wilkinson Flk-Lore (1867) 216. (6) e.Yks. Nichol- son F«'-5^ (1889) 65 ; e.Yks.' (7lw.yks.2 (81 e.Yks. Nichol- son Flk-Sp. (1889) 65. Chs.' (9) Cai.' (10) e.Yks. The trough or block on which the work is performed is a hacking-trough, or hacking-block, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (iSSgl 65. (11) e.Yks. ih. ; e.Yks.' (12) Cum. On the morn of Christmas-day the people breakfast early on hack-pudding, a mess made of sheep's heart, chopped with suet and sweet fruits, Hutchinson Hist. Cum. ('794) I- 555- (13) n.Wil. An old scythe-blade, or a piece of one, with the edge jagged into teeth, set in a handle, and used for sawing through iron bars or rods, &c. (G.E.D.) w.Som.' There idn nort better vor a hack-zaw-n a old zive [scythe]. (14) Nhb.' (15) Sc. A crew of bloody Irish rebels, and desperat [sir] hacksters, Crau-
TVRDHist.Fdb.{i8oB)i55(}AM.). n.Yks.2 (i6)Sc.(Jam.) (17) Dmb. Good hackum kail twice laid, Salmon Gowodean (1868) 108.
16. Of the skin : to chap, become cracked through cold. Sc. To plout her hands through Hawkey's caff-cog, is a hateful
hardship for Mammy's Pet, and will hack a' her hands, Graham Coll. IVritiiigs (1883) II. 148. Cai.', Cld. (Jam.) Ayr. There's nae frost to hack them [the hands] in the simmer time, Service Dr. Duguid {cd. 1887) i6r.
Hence (i) Hacked or Hackit, f>pl. adj. cracked, chapped through cold ; (2) Hacking, vbL sb. the chapping of hands or feet through cold.
(i) Sc. His wee, hackit heelies are hard as the aim, Thom 7v'/;v»ifs(r844) 140. Frf. His hackit hands to heat,] amie Emigrant's Family (1853) 106. Per. For festerin' finger or sair hackit heel, Edwards Strathearn Lyrics (1889) 34. Fif. A day's durg brings nae regret, nor sair backs, nor hackit feet, Robertson Provost (1894) 188. Rnf. The lass wi' hakit hands and feet, M'Gilvray Poems (ed. 1862) 48. Ayr. Who tied up my wee hackit taes in the winter time ? Service Dr. Duguid (cd. 1887I 16. Lnk. The wee stumpy legs ance hacket an' blae, Nicholson Idylls (1870) 70. N.I.', N.Cy.' Nhb. Lassis. wi' hackt heels an' bans, Keelmatis Aim. (i86g) 25. Dnr.' Applied to the hands when frostbitten, or to the heels or instep when very rough. Cum.'* (2) Ayr. A hushion . . . worn on the legs of women and boys at country work to keep their legs frae hacking — what refinement calls chapping or gelling, Hunter Stitdies (1870) 29.
17. To work with a pickaxe.
Cum. Richardson Talk (1876) 2nd S. 43 ; Cum.*. s.Wm. (J.A.B.), w.Yks. (R.H.H.)
18. To dig with a mattock, so as to break the clods. Glo.' w.Som.' The term rather implies digging ground which
has already been turned up with a spade. ' Spit it [the ground] up rough, and after 't have a lied a bit, take and hack it back.' Dev. To break clods with a mattock, after seed has been sown, to avoid harrowing, Horae Subsccivae (1777) 197; Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863). nw.Dev.', Cor.'^
Hence (i) hack and hail, phr. digging and thatching; hard work ; (2) Hackynex, sb. a tool for digging.
(i) n.Dev. A beat'th inun all vor hack an' hail. Rock y»« ah' Ay// (1867) St. 42. (2) Cor.3
19. To hoe or loosen the earth round potatoes, prepara- tory to earthing them up ; to hoe.
se.Wor.' Wil.' This is done with a ' tater-hacker,' an old three- grained garden-fork, which b3' bending down the tines or ' grains ' at right angles to the handle has been converted into something resembling a rake, but used as a hoc. Dor. Dartnell & Goddard Wds. (1893). Dev.'' I've been hackin' tiltie voors all day. Cor.' To hack tetties.
20. To cut peas, beans, vetches, &c., with a hook ; to dress a hedge-breast or a gutter with a sickle.
Cum.*, Oxf.' Brks. I be gwain pea-'ackingncxt week (W.H.E.) ; Brks.' w.Mid. The haulm is raised with a stick or old hook held in the left hand, and severed with the hook that is wielded in the right hand. ' Vou can go and hack that pea-haulm when you have done this hoeing' (W.P.M.). Hmp. To harvest beans, the reapers using two hooks, one wherewith to cut, and the other, an old one, wherewith to pull up the halm, Wise Ne-Ji Forest (1883) 288; (W.H.E.) ; Hmp.', Wil. (W.H.E.)
Hence (i) Hacked, ppl. adj. of a path or track : cleared, made passable ; (2) Hack-hook, sb. a curved hook with a long handle, used for cutting tares or peas, or for trimming hedges.
(I) Nhp. A keeper pointed out to me a recently cleared path which he described as the 'hacked way,' N. & Q. (1878) 5th S. '-^- 575- (2) Sus.' Hmp. Holloway.
21. To uproot turnips, &c., with a turnip-hack.
s.Not. It is done after the upper part of the root has been gnawed off by the sheep, in order to make the remainder available. ' He's bruck 'is 'ack, 'ackin them tunnips' (J.P.K.). Dor. The swede-field in which she and her companion were set hacking, Hardy Tess (1891 xliii.
22. To throw up earth in ridges by ploughing or hoeing. Hrt. Combing is also called hacking and are synonymous names
for one and the same operation, Ellis Mod.Husb. (1750) VIII. 36.
23. To rake up hay into rows.
Not. Is the hay hacked in ! (J.H.B.) Lei.' Nhp.' The grass, as it falls from the mower's scythe, is called a swathe, which is tedded or spread over the \vholc surface of the meadow ; it is next hacked, or separated into small rows. War. Lewis Gl. (1839).
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s.Wor.' Bdf. (J.W.B.) ; Spread the swarths about the ground, and afterwards hack it into small rows, Batchelor Agric. (1813) 429. w.Mid. When you have done shaking out these windrows, you may go and hack in over yonder (W. P.M.). Sus.'
Hence Hack-rake, v. to rake the hay together after it has been spread out to dry. se.Wor.'
24. To win everything at games of marbles, &c.
Cum. When we'd hacked the lads aw roun us, Anderson Ballads (1805I III, ed. 1808; Gl. (1851).
25. With al: to imitate. Yks. (Hall.), w.Yks.^
26. To hesitate ; to hesitate in speech ; to stammer, stutter. Cf. hacker, v. 2.
Nhb.^ He hicked at forst, but they gat him to gan on. n.Yks.^, Shr.2, e.An.i Nrf. How that man did hack (W.R.E.) ; (E.M.I
Hence (i) Hacka, sb. a nervous hesitation in speaking. Wil.'; (2) Hocker, si!', one who stammers. Nrf (E.M.)
27. Phr. (i) /o hack and liar, (2) — and liaw or heiu, (3) — and haiiiineroT liom>ne>;io hum and haw; to hesitate or stammer in speech.
(i) Oxf.i (2) War.23 se.Wor.l Why doesn't spell the words, an' nat stond 'ackin' an' haowin' athattens ? Glo. Horae Subsecivae (1777)' (3) Shr.2 Hacks and hammers at his words. Oxf.* Dwunt Stan u akin un om'uurin dhaaT [Dwun't stan' a 'ackin' an' 'ora- merin' thar]. I.W. (J.D.R.)
28. Of the teeth : to chatter. Cf hacker, v. 4.
Lan. Meh teeth hackut imch j-ed agen, Tim Bobbin Vieiv Dial. (1740) 23 ; Lan.', e.Lan.' nw.Der.' Thy teeth hacks i' thy yead. Dev. (Hall.)
29. To snap at with the mouth.
s.Chs.' Dh,uwd saay;Z got-n pigz, bur ah ddo daayt 60 i)nu goo'in taak- too um reytii, fur 60 aaks aat' um wenevur dhi kiimn kloos iip too ur [Th' owd sai's gotten pigs, bur ah do dai't hoo inna gooin' takto'em reightly, fur hoo hacks at 'em whenever they com'n cloose up to her].
30. To cough frequently and distressingly ; to cough in a hard, dry manner. Cf. hacker, v. 5.
Stf.^ Used almost entirely in the phr. ' to cough and ack.' sw.Lin.^ He has been hacking like that all night. War. Lraiiiiuglon Courier (Mar. 6, 1897) ; War.^ He hacks so at night ; War.", s.War.', e.An.i, Sus.'
Hence Hacking or Kicking, ppl. adj. of a cough: hard, dry.
n.Yks.2 sw. Lin. 1 He has such a hacking cough. s.Lin. (T.H.R.), Nhp.',Brks.',Hnt.(T.P.F.),e.An.> Nrf. 1 fare to have sich a hacking cough (W.R.E. ). Cor.>
HACK, sb.'' Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also in forms ack- Chs.' ; eckw.Yks. ; haek Sh.I. ; haik Bnff.' Frf Ayr.Lth.; hake Abd. Lth.: heck Or.I. Cai.' Per. Rnf. Ant. N.Cy.' Nhb.' Dur.' Lakel.' Cum." Wm. n.Yks.'^ ne.Yks.i e.Yks.' m.Yks.' w.Yks.i"''^ Lan.' n.Lan.'ne.Lan.' Den' Not.= ^ n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' Nhp.' Hrf.e.An. [h)ak,aek, b)ek.] 1. A rack or manger to hold fodder for horses or cattle in a stable.
Sc. (G.W.), Or.I, (S.A.S.), Bnff.' Ayr. [He] mounted into the hack, and hid himself among the hay, Galt Gilhaisc (1823) iv. n.Cy. Bailey 1 1721) ; Grose (1790") ; (K.) ; N.Cy.'^ Nhb. Morton Cyclo. Agric. {_iZ6z)\ Nhb.»,Dur.',Cum.='',n.Yks.(T.S.), n.Yks.'^", ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Marshall Riir. Econ. (1788) ; e.Yks.' w.Yks. T'stable lad went in wi a pale ov watter ta put ontut eck, reddy fcr use, Yksntan. Comic Ami. (1878) 21 ; Horses owt ta be wcel fettald dahn and fodderd wi oats and beans and t'heck filled wi good sweet hay, Tom Treddlehoyle Bainisla Ann. (1873") 45; w.Yks.'23'>5^ ne.Lan.', Not.23, s.Not. (J.P.K.), Der.2 Lin. Grose ( 1 790). n.Lin.' We mun hev them hecks mended e' th' coo staables, th' beas' waaste the'r fother theare shaameful. sw.Lin.', s.Lin. (T.H.R.) Hrf. The J'oung horses and brood mares [are fed] in hecks under a shade, Re/>orts Agn'c.{i'jg^-i8i3) 25. Nrf.(HALL.)
Hence Heckstower, sb. a rack-staff. Yks. (Hall.) 2. Phr. (i) /lack and harbour, food and shelter; (2) — and manger, free quarters, plenty, abundance, esp.in phr. to live al hack and manger.
(i) n.Yks.' ' To eat one out of heck and harbour," of a poor man's family with good appetites ; n.Yks.^ ' Cleared out of heck and harbour,' destitute both of food and shelter. {2) Sc. Maintained puir Davie at heck and manger maist feck o' his life, Scott Waverley (1814) Ixiv. Cai.' Bnff. The marauding Bully, who had been living at haik and manger, Gordon Chroit. Keith ^i88o) 143. Abd. At hake and manger, Jane and ye sail live, Ross
Hclcnore {1768) 134, ed. 1812. w.Sc. The members of Presbytery had often lived at heck and manger in their houses, Macdonald Scltlenicitt (1869) 17, ed. 1877. Per. She'll hae her run o' heck an' manger sae lang as she lives, Ian Maclaren Brier Bush ( 1895) 296. Rnf. They that live at heck an' manger Sigh vainly for ' the little stranger,' Young Pictures (1865) i66. Ayr. Ne'er-do-well dyvours and licht limmers who leeved at hack and manger, Service Dr. Duguid (cd. 1887') 74 ; Wasting baith at heck and manger wi' bardie leddies, Galt Sir A. Wylie (1822) xvii. SIk. Her ladyship . . . was bred at the same heck an' manger as oursels, Hogg Tales (1838) 80, ed. 1866. Nhb. (R.O.H.), w.Yks.' sw.Lin.' ' He lives at heck and manger,' said of one who has free quarters, the run of his teeth.
3. A crib for fodder from which animals are fed in the open air. Also in comb. Stand-hack.
Lth. Sparred boxes for holding fodder for sheep, Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863% Dur.' A four-sided rack (raised some height from the ground) of wood bars for holding straw in a fold-yard. e.Yks. (Miss A.), e.Yks.' m.Yks.' A moveable rack, sometimes placed on a trestle ; at other times, having fixed supports. w.Yks. He pickt five or six [recruits] aght at renks at wor az knock-kneed az astandlieck, ToiiTnzT'Tii.t.Hoyht.BairMslaAnn. (1853) 43 ; w.Yks.^, s.Not. (J.P.K.) Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 337.
4. A wooden frame on which fish are hung to dry.
Sc. An' hing ye up like herrin' on a hake, Allan Lilts (1874) 71; (Jam.) Sh.L Ye sail get dem [herrings] asl get dem, uncle, an' a haek ta Sibbie, Sh. News (Aug. 13, i8g8). Bnff.' Three pieces of wood nailed together in the shape of a triangle and filled with small spikes on which to hang fish.
5. That part of a spinning-wheel armed with teeth, by which the spun thread is conducted to the ' pirn.'
Frf. I wish you would take 3'our arm offthe haik, Barrie Tommy (1896) 128. Lth. (Jam.); Fringe-hake, a small loom on which females work their fringes (*. 1. Gall. Mactaggart Encycl. (1824) 259, ed. 1876. Ant. An elliptical bow of wood, the arms of which e.xlend in the direction of the bobbin-spindle, and have their edges set with crooked teeth, made of iron wire, to direct the thread equally over the spool or bobbin of the common spinning wheel, Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.)
6. A wooden frame or rack on which cheeses are hung to dry.
Sc. A wooden frame, suspended from the roof, containing dif- ferent shelves, for drying cheeses (Jam.). Cau' Abd. A hake was frae the rigging hanging fu' O' quarter kebbocks, Ross Hclcnore (1768) 83, ed. 1812.
7. An open kind of cupboard suspended from the wall. Bnff.'
8. A slightly raised bank or wall on which bricks are set up to dry before going into the kiln.
Glo.' Mid. Rye straw is used by brickmakers, to cover their hacks, Middleton Frew Agric. (1798) 418. w.Mid. Newly made bricks, before being baked, are placed to dry in rows, called 'hacks' (W.P.M.X Sus. (F.E.S.). Wil.' Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825) ; W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.' The rain come avore we'd agot timevor to cover em, and spwoiled the wole hack o' bricks.
Hence Hackstead, sb. the place where bricks are laid out to dry in a brick-garth.
N.Cy.' Nhb.' O/w. Chs.' Acksted, a foundation of sods for the drying wall in a brickfield.
9. pi. The bottom or hard bricks of an undried brick wall. n.Yks. (I.W.)
10. A hatch ; a half-door or hatch-door ; a small gate or wicket.
n.Cy. Grose (1790); Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 160; fK.) ; N.Cy.2 Lakel.2 Cum.'' ; Cum.* An iron heck with bars about five inches apart was fixed to the bridge, Carlisle Pat. (Aug. 31, 1894) 3. Cum., Wm. The hatch or gate between a barn and cowhouse, Nicolson (1677) Trans. R. Lit. Soc. (1868) IX. n.Yks.' When a door is made to open in two parts, the upper half which fastens with a latch, is the Heck. The lower part fastens with a bolt or bolts, and is sometimes called Half-heck; n.Yks. ^ w.Yks. Thoresby Z.f/^ (1703) ; Hutton Tour to Caves (1781); Willan List Wds. (1811); w.Yks.^", Lan.'. n.Lan.', ne.Lan.', Der.' Lin. Bailey (1721). Nhp.', e.An.' Nrf. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1787).
11. Comb, (i) Heck-door, the door between the kitchen of a farm-house and the stable or farm-yard; (2) -stake, the door-stake or night-bar ; (3) -stead, the doorway ; (4) •stead fat, a facetious name for water ; see below ; (5)
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•stower or -staver, the portable beam across the middle of the hatchway ; (6) -way, see (3).
(i) s.Sc. (Jam.) Ayr. The cattle . . . gen. entered by the same door with the family, . . turning the contrary way by the heck- door to the bj're or stable, Agric. Surv. 114 (Jam.). w.Yks.^ (2, 3) n.Yks.2 (4) ib. ' Hecksteead fat,' a facetious term in the country for water ; it being usual in farm-houses to keep a supply in ' pankins ' in the passage, or recessed behind the door. ' If you'll stay tea, you shall have a cake knodden wi' hecksteead fat,' which implies a cake made of flour and water only ; but in the good nature of hospitality, the cakes turn out to be as rich as butter and currants can make them. (5) ib. e.Yks. Trees . . . will serve for . .. heckstowers, BnsT 7?»r. Econ. (1641) 121. n.Lin.' S.Lin. Two o' the heck-stawers 's brok (T.H.R.). (6) n.Yks.^
12. Phr. to bark at the heck, to be kept waiting at the door. Cum. (M.P.), Cum.i*
13. The inner door between the entry and the ' house- place ' or kitchen.
n.Cy. (J.L.) (1783). Nlib.i Cum. A door, half of rails, or what is called in the south a ' hatch,' in old farm-houses opened from the entry, between the mill-doors, to the hallan (M. P.). n.Yks.^ * Steck t'heck, bairn,' latch or fasten the inner door. ne.Yks.' It blaws cau'd ; steck t'heck. e.Yks. Marshall Rur, Econ. (1788).
14. Cotiip. (i) Heck-door, the inner door of a house only partly panelled and the rest latticed ; (2) -stead, the site or place of the inner door between the entry and the ' house-place ' or kitchen.
(i) N.Cy.i, Nhb.i Cum. Linton Lalie Cy. (1864) 305. (2) n.Yks.i We'll noo gan thruff [through] t'lieck-stead inti' fkitchen.
15. A weather-board at a barn door to keep out the rain. Lan. You pull your faces as long as a barn door 'eck, Ellis
Prontinc. , 1889) V. 356.
16. A latch.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Wm. The girl unsneck'd the raddle heck, HuTTON Bran Ncu: IVark (1785) 1. 372 ; When gust bi gust blew up the heck. Whitehead Leg. (1859) 13. m.Yks.' Steck t'heck [drop the latch]. Steck t'door, and don't let t'heck go down. w.Yks.^
17. A kind of screen forming a passage ; see below. s.Dur. Still found in some old farm-house kitchens when the
door and fireplace both occur on one side of the room. * She threshed me a-back o' t'heck.' ' He placed the besom-shank where it always stood, namely, a'-back-ed-heck ' (J.E.D.). 'Wm. The mell- door opened into the Heck, a narrow passage six feet long, and leading into the house, Lonsdale Mag. (1822) III. 249; The passage [heck] was separated from the house by a partition of old oak, and only seldom of stone. This partition was frequently carved and bore the date, and the builder's name ; and was denominated the heck. In houses of the most ancient date, this heck reached to the first beam of the upper story, where a huge octagonal post formed its termination, ib. 251 ; Drest in a shroud wi noiseless step Up t'heck comgliden in. Whitehead Leg. (1859) 14, ed. i8g6 ; As dark as a heck [the unlighted passage found in many of the older class of farm-houses] (B. K.).
18. The tail-board or movable board at the back of a cart. Also in comp. Heck-board. Cf. hawk, si.*
N.Cy.i, Nhb.i, Cum.", Dur.i,s.Dur. (J.E.D.) -Wm.y.M.); (E.G.) s.-Wm. (J.A.B.), ne.Lan.', Not.=, Ntip.i
19. A wooden grating or fence set across a stream to catch fish or to obstruct their passage ; a swinging fence where a wall crosses a stream.
Sc. To require the said proprietors and tenants ... to put proper hecks on the tail-races of their canals, to prevent salmon or grilse from entering them, Abd. Jrn. (Aug. 2, 1820) (Jam.). s.Sc. Speaks o' hecks (a new invention) 'Cross dam an' ditch, Watson Bards (1859) 53. 'Wgt. The Scavengers are ... to keep the syvors sunk, runners and iron hecks thereon always clear and clean, Eraser Wiglonn (1877) 81. s.Dur. (J.E.D.), Lakel.i Cum. Sat and screecht on t'watter heck, Dickinson Cninbr. (1876) 256. e.Yks. The best and readyest way of keepinge up the water is to set downe broade and close doore or coupelynings against some heck or bridge, Best /?;/;•. Econ. (1641) 18. w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (July 1 1, 1896) ; Lucas Stud. Niddeidale (,c. 1882 Gl.
20. A shuttle in a drain. n.Lin.'
21. A hedge.
Lin. Ktvikztz Par. Aniiq. (1695); (K.) n.Lin.t Rare. 'It ewsed to stan' up by yon heck yonder agoan th' beach tree.'
[The forms in all their meanings may be referred to OE. /jfcff, also Adrfc (Sweet). 10. Of paradys he opened Jie hekke, Minor Poems (Vernon MS.) (c. 1350) xxiv. 231.]
HACK, sb.^md v."^ Suf. 'Wil. Som. Also in form hock Wil.' ]. sb. In (-OM»/i. Hack-horse, a hackney, roadster.
w.Som.i Tis a useful sort of a hack-horse [aak-aus] like, but I 'ont zay he'vc a-got timber 'nough vor to car you.
2. A hardworking man ; a drudge. Suf. (Hall.), e.Suf. (F.H.)
3. V. To ride on horseback along the road.
w.Som.i I've a-knowed th' old man hack all the way to Horner, to meet, . . and hack home again arterwards.
4. Phr. to hack' about, (i) to scamper, ride hard ; to give a horse no breathing time or rest ; (2) to treat a thing carelessly, drag it through the mud.
(i) w.Som.' Ter'ble fuller to ride ; I wid'n let-n hack about no 'oss o' mine vor no money. (2) Wit.' ' Now dwoan't 'ee gwo a-hocken on your new vrock about.' The usual form in s.Wil. is Hack-about.
5. To work hard.
e.Suf. He harks that poor fellow dreadfully. Mind j^ow don't hack yowrself to dead (F.H.).
HACK, sb.* Yks. e.An. [ak, aek.] Havoc, injury, damage. Also in comp. Hackwark, and used advb.
n.Yks.' 'They made mair hack than mends,' there was more injury done than good effected. w.Yks. (J. W.) e.An.* A flock of sheep playing hack. Birds play hack with fruit trees. e.Suf. To play hack, to frolic. To play hack with, to spoil, injure (F.H.).
HACK, 5i.5 e.Dur.i Filth, dirt.
Aa canna get the hack offtha.
HACK, v.^ ? Obs. Sc. To hawk, sell by peddling.
Edb. It's hack'd frae town to town abuse't, An' house to house, LiDDLE Poems (1821) 80.
HACK, see Hag(g, s6.=. Hake, sb.^. Heck, i;.=, Howk.
HACKAMUGGIE, sb. Sh.I. The stomach of a fish stuffed with a hash of meat, ' sounds,' and liver. S. & Ork.' Cf. hack, 56.1 12.
HACKASING, prp. Chs. Lin. Hrf. Also in forms accussin Chs.'; hakussing n.Lin.' [a'k-, sekasin.] Disputing, wrangling ; moving about violently as people do when in anger ; doing work in a violent or angry way. Also used as sb. Cf. yackaz.
Clis.' Nah then ! no accussin. n.Lin.' I could see sum'ats was wrong as soon as I went in ; she was puttin' dinner things by, an' hakussin' aboot all th' time. Hrf.^ What are yer hackasing at ?
HACK-BERRY, see Hag-berry.
HACKBOLT, sb. Cor. The greater shearwater, Puffimis major.
Cor. RoDD Birds (1880) 314. Sc.I. In the Scilly islands, where they are called Hackbolts, they are said to be yet more frequent, Johns Birds (1862) 601 ; Swainson Birds (1885) 212.
HACK-CLAY, 5i. Nhb.' A whitish sort of clay, found in Northumberland moors.
It is tough, unctuous, of a whitish (colour), and like rotten clay (or) like that of the decomposed granite kind found in Cornwall.
HACKEN, s6. Lakel.'^ A term of disgust.
T'gurt brossen hacken wad eat tell he dud hissel a mischief.
HACKER, sb. Lin. War. Won Shr. Rdn. Glo. Wil. Dor. [a'ka(r), 8e'k3(r).] 1. A chopper or hedging-hook used by hedgers, &c. ; a bill-hook.
■War. (E.A.P. ), War.=, se.Wor,' Shr.' A short, strong, slightly curved implement of a peculiar kind, for chopping off the branches of fallen trees, &c. ' Axe, hacker, mittins, and other small tools,' Auctioneer's Catal. (1870); Slir.^ An axe usually taken to cut up cordwood ; it is from 2 to 2} pounds weight, almost straight, and set in a wooden handle. Rdn.', GIo.l
2. An instrument used in ' hacking' potatoes ; a hoe.
Wil.' Also known as a Tomahawk. n.Wil. An instrument made out of an old three-grained fork, used for ' hacking ' potatoes. Not much used nowadays (E.H.G.). Dor. To grub up the lower or earthy half of the root with a hooked fork called a ' hacker,' Hardy 7Vs5 (1891) xliii; Barnes CT. (1863).
3. A person who dresses stone. n.Lin.' HACKER, V. Van dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also
written hakker Cum.' Wil.' ; and in forms accer e.Yks. ; acker Lan.' ; akker Nhp.° ; ecker Ken.' ; bicker w.Som.' ; ocker Lan. [h)a'k3(r, ae'ka(r).] 1. To hack in cutting ; to cut or chop small.
s.Sc. (Jam. 1 Slk. An his throat was a' hackered an' ghastly was he, Hogg Poems (ed. 1863) 65.
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2. Fig. To hesitate in speech ; to stammer, stutter. Cf. hack, v.^ 26.
Cum. He drank and he hakkert and sang, Dickinson Ciiiiibr. (1875) 232 ; Cum.i He hakkers an' gits nin on wid his talk ; Cum." n.Yks.2 He began to hacker on. ne.Yks.i He hackered an' stammered. e.Yks. What's thah accering at ? (R.M.) ; e.Yks.i What is tha hackerin an stammerin aboot? Lan. He ockers, an' stutters, an' tries to tell th' tale. Standing £rc//o<?s (1885) II ; Lan.' He ackers and baffles : he's lyin'. s.Chs.' A weaker term than ' stammer.' Soa' un Soa')z u gud spee-kur, oa-ni ey aak-urz u bit, naat- tu kau- it staam-urin [So and So's a good speaker, on'y he hackers a bit, nat to caw it stammerin']. Lin. Streatfeild Liu. and Danes (1884) 334. n.Lin. An' soa Aamos scrats his head, an' hackers a time or two, Peacock Talcs (i8go) 2nd S. 11 ; n.Lin.' s.Lin. He hackers that bad when he speaks it's grievous to hear him (T.H. R.). Brks.'One is said to 'hacker and stammer' when answering disjointedly on account of having no excuse or explana- tion forthcoming. s.Cy. Grose (1790). Ken. (G.B. ), Ken.' Sus. Hackerin a bit she says, ' I've a mort o' pettigues, Mus Ladds,' Jackson Soutliiuaid Ho (1894I I. 200; Sus.', Hmp. (J. R.W.I, Hmp.', I.W.'2 Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873).
Hence (i) Hackering, (a) vbl. s/>., (b) ppl. adj. stuttering, stammering ; (2) Hackery, adv. in a stammering, stutter- ing manner.
(i, n) n.Yks.2 s.Lin. What wi' Ted's hackering and Jim's grimaaces I ommoast split mi sides wi' laughin' (.T.H.R.). e.An.' Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nif. (1893) 88. (A) Cum." Sad hakkeran wark they maade o' ther neamen, W. C. T. (July 9, 1898) 8, col. 5. (2) n.Yks.2 He talks quite hackery.
3. To shuffle, hesitate.
n.Lin.' He'll be hackerin' aboot wi' foaks till he gets his sen atween th' foher walls o' Ketton prison.
4. To shake or tremble with anger, fear, cold, &c. ; to chatter with cold. Cf. hack, v.'^ 28.
Nhp.2, Glo.' Wil. Our maester's got the ager! How a hackers and bivers, Akeksian Tales (1853) 55; Slow Gl. (1892); Wil.' ^ Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863). Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873) ; Sweetman Wiiicanlon Gl. (1885). w.Som.' Why's 'n yeat thy zul, and neet bide there hickerin ? This here wind '11 make anybody hickery wi' the cold.
5. To cough. Cf hack, V.' 30. Lan.' He ackers and spits. HACKER-BERRY, see Hag-berry.
HACKET, 1/.' and sb. Oxf Brks. Sus. Wil. Also in forms heccat- Brks.' ; heckut- Oxf ; hicket- Wil' [as'kat, e'kst.] 1. v. To cough in a hard, dry manner ; to hack.
Sus. He hackets so with his cough (G.A.W.').
Hence Hacketing or Heckuting, /i//. adj. of a cough : dry, hard, ' hacking.'
Oxf.' Uur a got u naa'sti ek'utin kau-f, unuuy shuodnt uon'duur
ifuurwent in u dikluuyn wun u dhaiz yuur daiz ['Er a got a
naasty'eckutin cough, an" I shouldn't 6under if 'er went in adecline
one of thase yer days]. Sus. A hacketing cough (G.A.W.).
2. sb. A short, dry, wearing cough. In pi. form. Brks.'
Hence Heccatty or Hicketty, adj. of a cough : short, dry, ' hacking.' Brks.', Wil.'
HACKET, v."^ Som. Also in form hecket-. [ffi'kat.] To hop on one leg ; to play ' hop-scotch.' Cf heck, v.^, hick.
Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873V w.Som.' I've a-squat my voot, eens I be a-foc'd, otherways to bide still, or else to hackety 'pen tother.
Hence (i) Hackety, (2) Hackety-oyster, (3) Heckity- bed, sb. the game of' hop-scotch.'
(i) w.Som.' Sometimes called ' ik'utee-aak'utee.' 'Come on. Bill! lets play to hackety!" (2) Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). (3) Som. Sweetman JViitcaiiloii Gl. (1885).
HACKIT, see Hawkit.
HACKLE, a6.' and v.' Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Nhp. War. Wor. Shr. Hrf Glo. Oxf Brks. Hrt. Ess. Sur. Sus. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Dor. Also in forms ackle w. Yks. Hmp. ; aikle s.Chs.' ; heckle n.Yks.' [a'kl, ae-kl.] 1. sb. The
natural covering of an animal, wool, feathers, lHic. ; cloth- ing, covering, clothes. Also used Jig.
n.Yks.' ' He has a good hackle on his back; he does not shame his keeper ;' of one who is stout and well-looking ; n.Yks. ^ Sub- stance about the person, as flesh, clothing. Property in general ; n.Yks." ne.Yks.' 'A good hackle' implies good-looking, well- cared-for. ' He's got a good hackle ov his back.' e.Ylis.' He's
getten a rare hackle on his back [he is very fat]. Hrt. The slug slipped his outer skin, or what we call his hackle, Ellis Mod. Husb. {i-j^o) III. ii. 116; The serpent sheds his skin or hackle every year, ;6. 112. Ess. Trans. Ai-cli. Soc.(i863) II. 185 ; (W.W.S.)
2. A cone-shaped covering of straw placed over bee- hives to protect them from cold and wet.
e.Yks.' MS. add. T.H.) Der.=, nw.Der.' War. Leamington Courier (Mar. 6, 1897) ; War.^", s.War.', s.Wor.', Shr.', Hrf.'^ Glo. The covering of a beehive made of reed or halm, Horae Siib- secivae (I^^^) 197 ; Glo.', Brks.', Sus.', Hmp. (W.M.E.F.), Hmp.', I.W.' Wil. Britioh Beauties {1825) ; Wil.' Hackle, and sometimes Shackle, are used at Deverill, while elsewhere in s.Wil. Bee-hackle is the word employed. Dor.'
3. The straw covering of the apex of a rick.
Hrf.', Hmp.i Wil. Britton Beauties (1825) ; Wil.'
4. A covering of inverted sheaves spread over the tops of others to protect them from the wet.
Hrf.'2 Sur.' Sometimes in harvesting, esp. in wet weather, they make a covering which they place over the sheaves, and this they call a hackle.
5. A stook of beans, ^f«. consisting of three sheaves, set up together in a field.
s.Wor.' Glo. (A.B.) ; Beans are usually 'set up in what are termed hackles— singlets of unusual size,' Marshall Rnr. Econ. (1789) I. 151 ; Glo.', n.Wil. (G.E.D.)
6. Hay gathered into a small row.
War. A smaller row than a swath ; windrow is seven or eight hackles put into one for carting, Leamington Conner (Jan. 30, 1897) ; War.^ To rake newly made hay into rows or hackles.
7. V. To dress, put on one's best clothes ; to equip, get ready, put in order; to do anything tidily and well.
n.Yks.' ; n.Yks." Sha's hackled hersel wiv all t'gewgaws 'at sha's gitten. w.Yks. Come, hackle tha, Prov. in Brighouse Neivs (Aug. 10, 1889) ; Hackle thi frock waist up, Yks. IVkly. Post {i&ay 9, 1896) ; w.Yks.' Come, lass, git th3'sel hackled ; w.Yks.^ He's gone to hackle the horse ; w.Yks.^ A witness at a trial said, ' Deceased hardly knew how to hackle a child.' ne.Lan.' s.Chs.' ' Ye mun begin an' aikle nai,' was the signal given by an old dame who kept a school near Wrenbury that lessons were over for the day.
8. To fit well, be well adapted to.
m.Yks.' A garment hackles well to a person's back; and a new servant to the duties of an old one. ' She hackles well to her work, however.' w.Yks. A new servant doing unaccustomed work well is said to ackle well to his work, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 11, 1891); That coat hackles well (C.C.R.).
9. To turn the soil lightly ; to dress or harrow theground. n.Yks.' 2; n.Yks." Thoo mun just hackle aboot t'reeats. m.Yks.'
10. Fig. To correct, chastise.
n.Yks. 2 I'll hackle thy back for thee. w.Yks.5 Au nivvcr knew a man so hackled i' mi' lauf.
11. Tocoverbee-hives with 'hackles' or straw coverings. War. 3 Shr.' It's gettin' time to 'ackle an' clicket the bees —
theer'll be a snow afore long.
12. To cover outstanding corn by placing inverted sheaves over the ' mow,' so as to protect it from the wet.
War.^, s.Wor.' Shr.' I 'spect the glass is gwein down,furthey'n begun to 'ackle the corn i' the lung leasow.
Hence Hackling-sheaves, sb. pi. inverted sheaves placed over outstanding corn. Shr.'
13. To gather hay into small rows.
War. Morton Cyelo. Agric. (1863); War.23 ; War." Feyther, baint us to hackle the hay this arternoon ? s.War.' Oxf.' To rake hay into rows after it has been ' tedded ': usually called to hackle in, or up.
Hence Hackling, sb. hay gathered into small rows; see below.
Nhp.' Three hatchels or hacklings thrown together into one broad row orswathe, are termed a win-rowor\vindro\v(s.v. Hack).
14. To bind beans and set them up in stooks. Wor. (W.C.B.)
[1. OE. hacele, a cloak (vElfric) ; Goth, hakals, OHG. liacliiil, ' cuculla ' (Graff).]
HACKLE, sb.^ and v.'^ Van dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also written hacele Chs.' ; and in forms eckle w.Yks. Nhp.'; ekkle w.Yks.; heckle Sc. ( |am.) Lnk. N.Cy.' Nhb.' Dur. (K.) Cum.' n.Yks. w.Yks.^" Chs.' Dcr.^ nw.Der.' Not. [h)akl, h)ekl,ae-kl.] 1. sA. The crest or neck feathers of a cock or bird.
Nhb.' Dur. The heckle of a fighting cock (K.). Cum.' Cum.,
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Wm. The word heckle in a cock's feathers is probably used when the plumage falls in points of varied colour (M.P.). w.Yks.'^^, Der.^, nw.Der.', Nhp.', War.^ I.W.' Dev. Reports Proviiir. (1885I 96.
2. Fig. Temper, dander, esp. in phr. /o ge/ or st'i tip one's heckle.
n.Yks. Dunnot thee be so ready to set up the heckle agin, IV/iy John {Coll. L.L.B.) w.Yks. He's a short-tempered thing, he gets his eckle up with nout (M.N.^ ; Settin' up his ekkle an' hinderin' boatli father and son, Yksnian. Comic Ami. (1880^ 43; w.Yks. 2 Don't set up your heckle at me ; w.Yks. ^ ; w.Yks.* He's nowt to be sticking uji his heckle abart, soa let him hod his noise ! Nhp.^ 'To set up your eckles,' is to give yourself airs, to rouse your spirit. Mid. They have such a knack of setting one another's hackles up. Blackmoke Kit \ 1890 ~) II. x. Dev. The girl's got her hackle up, poor plucky little minx ! Stooke Not E.xactly, xii. n.Dev. Zo ott's this hackle vor ! Rock Jim an' Nell 11867) St. 7- nw.Dev.' I rack'n he'd a-got his hackle up, had'n a, think?
Hence (i) Hackled, adj. peevish, cross-grained, angry ; (2) Heckle-tempered, aiij. short-tempered, hastj', touchy.
II) n.Cy. (Hall.") Chs. A hackled cow has short horns (K.\ n.Dev. Till wan day, tachy, hackled, forth. Rock Jim an' Nell (,1867) St. 81. (2) Chs.l3
3. An angler's artificial fly, usually made from the neck feather of a cock; the long piece of gut at the end of a line, together with the artificial fly attached. Also in cotiip. Hackle-fly.
Lnk. I'll do my best, I think I'll try the heckle, Stewart Tiva Elders (1886) 143. N.Cy.i Nhb. The fishers they try "Wi' hackle an' fly, Richardson Borderer's Tabte-bk. (1846 VIII. 184; Nhb.' 'The bonny reed heckle,' usually made from the red feathers of a cock. Another artificial fly is the black heckle or Blaewing. w.Soui.' The flies themselves severally are never so called, but the name is used for the whole apparatus, gut and flies together. A feather from a fowl's neck, suitable for making an artifici.al fl3'. * Our Jim can dress a hackle way anybody.'
4. The hair or bristles on a dog's back.
Nhb. Up came the other hounds quickly with raised hackles, Armstrong Otter Hunting (1879) ; Nhb.' Not. He set his heckles up, as if he'd fly at me. They were running to kill their fox, with all their heckles up (L.C.M.). [Mayer Sptsnm's Direct. (1845) 142.]
5. The mane of a hog. Wii. Britton i?£'m(//i's(i825); wii.'^
6. pi. The ears of barley and oats. Also in phr. in hackle, in ear.
War. The oats are in hackle, Leamington Courier (Jan. 30, 1897) ; War.3 ; War.* Cut your oats when they hackles is green, if yur'd save the King and Queen.
Hence Hackle, z'.of oats, iS:c. : to form large heads orears.
War.^ When oats form large heads of corn they are said to hackle well.
7. The %t.\ek\eha.c\f., Gasterosteus trachnrus. Dev. (Hall.) [Satchell (1879).]
8. V. To look angry or indignant ; to grumble, dispute. Cum. Linton Lake Cy. (1864) 305. Chs. 5/im/ (1878) I. 60;
Chs.i Der. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) ; Der.^, nw Der.'
[1. Take the hackel of a cock or capons neck, Walton Angler (1653) no; The wynges of the drake & of the redde capons hakyll. Treatise of Fysshynge (c. 1425), ed. Satchell, 34.]
HACKLE, iA.3 Nhp. See below.
O'er the flood the hackle swarms, Clare Remains (1873') 160; The coarse bits of twitch left after raking hay, which would readily float if the field were flooded. When the floods are severe, they bring down on their surface a sort of scum of bits of grass stalks and light bits of grass i.W.D.S.\
HACKLE, v.^ and sb.* Brks. Hmp. Wil. [a-kl.]
1. V. To conspire, agree together. Wil.', Brks.', Hmp.'
2. sb. A conspiracy, cabal.
Brks.' Labourers are said to be 'all of a hackle' when making agreement together to get liigher wages or shorter time for work.
[2. If a majority of the old hackle come in again, AVr/s Papers (c. 1700), Chethani Soc. (1846) 74.]
HACKLE, v." Wil. [akl.] To rattle, re-echo.
Wif' n. Wil. Howthemgunsdo hackle to-night, don 'em? (E.H.G.)
[Cp.Norw. dial, hakla, to give a crackling sound (Aasen).]
HACKLE, v.^ Som. Amer. To haggle, chaffer.
w.Som.' They'd bide and hackly [haa-klcej for an hour about twopence. [Araer. Dial. Notes ,1896) I. 379.]
HACKLE, V.6 Midi. Lin. [a'kl.] To draw from the earth by the roots ; to dig. Cf. hack, v.^ 18.
Midi. To "hackle turneps,' to pull them up with a little two- pronged hack, Marshall Rur. Ecoti. (1796) II. Lin.'
HACKLE, V.-' Lan. Glo. e.An. [akl, Eekl.] 1. To shackle or tether animals to prevent their running away.
c.An.' Suf. The fastening is usually made of hair, with an ej'e at one end and a toggle round the other, round the fetlocks of a cow to prevent her kicking when milked, Rainbird .-Igric. (1819) 294, ed. 1849; Suf.', e.Suf. (F.H.)
Hence Hackled, pp., Jig. hampered or inconvenienced from scarcity of money. e.Lan.'
2. A gamekeeper's term : to interlace the hind-legs of game for convenience of carriage by houghing the one and slitting the sinew of the other. Glo.'^
HACKLE, v." and sb.^ Mid. Som. 1. v. To apply oneself to anything; to undertake with energy. Also with to. Cf. hackle, i'.' 8.
w Mid. ' He's got a lot of sons, but they're no good for the business — they won't hackle.' 'There's plenty of work about; but the drunken rascals won't hackle to it' (W.P.M.).
2. sb. A good job. Som. W. & J. CI. (1873).
3. Phr. jitst one's hackle, exactly suitable, just what one likes. Cf. hackle, t'.' 8.
w.Mid. ' That bit o' fat pork's jest his 'ackle.' ' That there job seems to be jest his hackle ' (W.P.M.).
HACKLE, see Heckle, sA.'
HACKLE-BERRY, sb. N.L' A growth on a horse's leg. Also called Angle-berry (q.v.).
HACKLED, />/./. (7f(); Cum. See below. Cf. hackle,!'.'
Cum.* The e.xact meaning of hackled has passed out of recollec- tion ; I suggest that ' plaited ' was intended. ' Halters of hemp both heads and shanks; But some were made of hackled selves,' Carlisle Pat. fMay 13, 1870).
HACKLEY,'56. Irel. The perch, Perca fliivialilis.
S.Don. So called from the sharp points on the dorsal fin, Simmons Gl. (1890'.
HACKLING, ppl. adj. Chs. Lin. Glo. Som. [ak-, EB'klin.] Of a cough: dry, hard, ' hacking.'
Chs.' Oo's gotten sitch a liacklin cough ; Cns.^ sw.Lin.' He has that nasty hackling cough and raising. Glo. J.S. F.S.), Som. .F.A.A.)
HACKMAL, sb. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms ack- mal n.Dev. ; ackymal Dev. Cor. ; ekkymal Cor.^ ; ekky- mowl Cor.'^^; hack-mull n.Dev.; hacky-mal(l w.Som.' nw.Dev.' Cor. ; hakkimal Cor. ; heckamall Dev. ; hecke- mal Dev.' ; heckmall Dev. ; heckymal Dev. Cor.^ ; hekkynial Cor.'; hick-mall Cor.'-; hickymal s.Dev. ; uckmaul Dev. [aekmasl.] 1. The common tomtit or blue titmouse, Pariis cacnileus. See Hag-mal(l.
w.Som.' We 'ant a got no gooseberries de J^ear, the hacky-mals eat all the bud. Dev. There's a hackmal's nest out in a hole in the awpel tree, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892 ; The heck-mall, a busy bird, and fond of making himself comfortable, Bray Desc. Tamaf and Tavy (1836 I. 319 ; A hok, ur kit's, no mor tel granny. Than enny heckymal, ur ranny, Es to a gooze vur zize like, Daniel Bride of Scio (1842) 187; He'll go snuggle into the straw like a heckamall in a rick, Baring-Gould J. Hernng (1888) 23; Dev.^ n.Dev. Tie a bullbagger to tha tree, I zeed tha ackmals thare. Rock y/j;/ n«'A'f//( 1867^ st 5; Fox Kingsbridge {i8-] ^) ; (E.H.G.) nw. Dev.i, s.Dev. (F.W.C.) Dev., Cor. From the strong pecks which it deals with its bill are derived the names hickmall, hackmall, &c., Swainson /ii>rfs(i885i 34. s.Dev., e.Cor. (Miss D.) Cor. (J.W.) ; RoDD Birds (1880) 314 ; Cor.'=3 2. The great titmouse, Pants itiajor. Dcv.Swainson ib. 34.
HACKNEY, sb. and v. Sc. Lan. Der. Lei. Shr. Hrf. Som. Dev. Also in forms agney e.Lan.'; hocknie S. c^ Ork.' [h)a'kni, ae'kni.] 1. sb. A saddle-horse ; an easy-paced, lady's horse.
Sc. His hackney will be set up with the day's work, and now he has no fresh horse, Scorr Bride of Lam, ( iSigl vi. Sh.I. {Coll. L.L.B.) ; S. & Ork.', e.Lan.', nw.Der.' Shr.' ■ Whad ! han'ee got two 'ackneys?' 'Aye, that's a spon new un lur the Missis.' Shr., Hrf. Bound Provinc. (1876'. Som. The servan' chap was going for to let out the 'ackney, Ellis Proininc. (1889) ^- '5^-
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2. Coiiip. Hackney-saddle, a riding-saddle ; tlie ordinary saddle on which a man (not a woman) rides.
Lan. I got my two mares and set the saddle on the little one for a load and the hackney saddle on the great one to ride on, Walkden Diary (ed. 1866) 66. nw.Der.' w.Soin.' This is a relic of the time when the pack-saddle was commonest, and hence the riding saddle had to be distinguished. If spoken of as an equipment for a saddle horse, we always say a [bruydl-n-zad 1] bridle and saddle, but if the saddle only were spoken of, we say : Kaar een dh-aa-kn ee-zad-1-n aeun u diie d [carry in the hackney-saddle and have it mended], to distinguish it from the cart or the gig saddle. nw.Dev.^
3. V. Of horses : to ride quietly, to use as a saddle-horse. Lei.' A'U dew very well to droive, but a een't seafe to 'ackney
no loongcr.
HACKSEY-LOOKED, adj. Sh. & Or.I. Also in form hackrey- (Jam.). Having a coarse visage, gruff; pitted with small-pox. (Jam.), S. & Ork.'
HACK-SLAVER, v. and sb. n.Cy. Cum. Yks. Lan. Der. Lin. e.An. Also written hack-slavver n.Yks. ; and in form keck- w.Yks.' 1. v. To cut roughly.
n.Yks. What's t'use ov hack-slavverin on i' that way? (I.W.)
2. To Stammer and splutter like a dunce at his lesson. Used in prp. e.An.'
3. sb. A sloven ; an idle, dissolute, good-for-nothing man. n.Cy. Grose (1790). Cum. Linton LnfeCy. 11864) 304. n.Yks.*
e.Yks.' What can lass meean bi takkin up wi sike a hack-slavver as that ? w.Yks. A hasty slovenly fellow, botli in habit and deed ; but it has a peculiar respect to speaking ill, naturally or morally, Thoresby ifW. (1703) ; He's a great idle hackslavvcr (L.M.S.); w.Yks. '■*, Lan.', e.Lan.', nw.Der.' n.Lin.' He's a love-begot an' a real hackslaver.
HACKUM-PLACKUM, nrft/. Sc. Nhb. In equal shares ; in exchange or barter.
Tev. Each paying an equal share, as of a tavern bill (Jam.). Nhb. (Hall.)
HACK-'W00D,s6. Nhb. Cum. Wm. The bird-cherry, Pnimis Padiis. See Hag-berry.
Nhb.' Hack-wood is a name for the shrub itself, and hacker, hack, and hagberry are names for the fruit. Cum., Wm. (B. & H.)
HACKY,s6. Nhb. Also in form whacky (q. v.). [ha'ki.] A prostitute; a term of great contempt.
In a brawl in the streets of Newcastle (1888) one woman was heard to call after another, 'Hacky, hacky, hacky ! ' ' Whacky' was formerly the contemptuous term applied by natives of New- castle to their neighbours on the south side of the Tyne. 'He's nowt but a Durham whacky' ( R.O.H.).
HACKY -MALlL, see Hackmal.
HADABAND, sb. Sh.L Also in form hadiband. A wooden band fastening securely the ribs of a boat.
The main division between the rooms [compartments of a sixcrn] was the fastabaands, or haddabaands, Sli. Ne:vs (Oct. 21, 1899); Da baat wis filled ta da hadabaands, Spence Flk-Lore (1899) 250; S. & Ork.'
HADDABAT, sb. Lin. [a'dabat.] The common bat.
Miller & Skertchly Fenlaiid 1 1878) xii.
HADDAG, HADDEN, see Haddie, Have, Hold.
HADDER, si.' Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. e.An. Also in form hedder Sc. n.Cy. Nhb.' Cum.'* Wm. e.An. [h)a'da(r, h)e'd3;r.] 1. Var. kinds of heather or ling, esp. Cathtna vulgaris. Erica tciralix, and E. ciiierea.
Sh.L I's' tak dy haand in mine, An wale for da saftest hedder, JuNDA Kliiigralwol {iSgS] 26. n.Cy. Grose (17901 ; (K.) ; N.Cy.* Nhb. Reports Agrtc. (1793-1813! 20 ; Nhb.' A house thatched with 'hedder and straw to gedders, or meadow thake and hadder to gedders,' Dec. 14, 1505, Welford HisI. Ncwcnstle, 22. Cum. Skiddaw stack its hedder up, Richardson Talk (1876) 2nd S. 14. Cum., Wm. A'. & Q. 1,1873) 4th S. xi. 40. w.Yks. You mun mind your dresses w'en you get to the hadder (F. P.T.). e.Cy., e.An. (B. & H.)
Hence (i) Hedder-faced, adj. rough-faced, unshaven ; (2) Heddery or Hedry, adj. heathery ; fig. rough, shaggy.
(i) Cum. He's nobbct a heddcr-feac'd niazlin. Anderson ij((//(((/5 (ed. 1840) 24; Whea's the hether-feacd cl.ap? ib. in; Cum.' (2) Abd. Afore he us'd to bare his hedry pow. Where'er we met, SiiiRREFS Poems (1790'; 87.
2. Coinp. (i) Hedder-grey, (2) -linty, the twite or rock Jintie, LiiiolaJJaviroslris. Cum.*
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[They lay upoa the ground, as the redshanks do on hadder, Blirton Anat. Mel. (1621), ed. 1896, IH. 220; With peittis, with turuis, and mony turse of hedder. Sat. Poems (c. 1570), ed. Cranstoun, I. 222 ; Full feill fagaldys in to the dyk thai cast, Hadyr and hay bond, Wallace iii{?&) xi.898.]
HADDER, si.* and v. Dur. Lakel. Cum. Yks. Also in forms hater Wm.' ; hather, heather Lakel.* [h a'dar.]
1. sb. A fine rain or drizzle; a heavy mist or bank of fog. s.Dur. ( J.E D.) Lakel.* T'party at assd knew neea mair ner a
fiul what hadder meant, an' they set off withoot top cooats, an' come back wet throo, an' gaan on aboot this hadder. Cum.' Cum., n.Yks. N. fy O. (1882) 6th S. v. 55. Wm.' It's a sign o' bad weather when them hater things cum up Sand.
Hence Haddery, adj. drizzling.
Cum. Auld Skiddaw, lap't i' heddery duds, Richardson Talk (1876) 2nd S. 13; It's a haddery day, Sullivan Cnm. and lVin. (1857) 81.
2. A state of perspiration ; sweat.
Lakel.* Fouk at sweets a lot '11 say, ' Ah's o' in a hather.' Cum.*
3. IK To drizzle, rain finely.
B.Dur. It hadders and rains 1 J.E.D.). LaVel.* Nay, it'll rain nin, nut it marry ; it may hadder a bit. Cum. It keeps haddering and raining, Sullivan Ok;;, and Wm. (1857 81 ; Cum.' It hadders and rains on ; Cum.* n.Yks. It hadders and ro-iks, N. & Q. (1882J 6th S. V. 55.
Hence Heatheran, sb. a heavy mist. Lakel.*
HADDIE. si. Sc. Also in forms haadie Ayr. ; haddag Cai.' ; haddo. [ha'di.] L The haddock, Morrlma
aeglefinus ; also used aiirib.
Sc. A gill of brandy ower bread after the baddies, Scott Antiquary (1816, v; Can ye tell me, minister, how mony hooks it taks to bait a fifteen score haddie line? Dickson Aiild Min, (1892) 132. ne.Sc. We're nae deein' mucklc at the baddies eynoo ony gate. Gordonhnven (1887- 76. Cai.' Per. The ale-wife's fairin — Ait cakes, saut baddies, and red herrin', Spence Poems (1898; 169. w.Sc. They catch speldings an' finnan baddies there, Macdonald Selllement 11869! 99, ed. 1877. Ayr. Haadies and whiteys ! Service/);-. Diignid led. 1887, 88. Lnk. Mr. Sawdust then came up to them, smiling like a ' boilt baddy," Gordon Pyolshaw {iHS^) 133. Lth. Mussels pickled nice wi' broo ; And baddies caller at last carting. Macneill Poet. Il'ks. (1801 1 171, ed. 1856. Edb. After a rizzard haddo, we had a jug of toddy, Moir Mausie IVaucli (1828) xi. Slk. 'I, for one, eat no fish for a twelvemonth.' ' Oh! the puir harmless baddies!' CiiR. North Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 219. [Satchell 1879,]
2. Comp. Haddo-breeks, the roe of the haddock. Rxb. (Jam.)
HADDIGAUD, see Harry-gaud.
HADDIN, si. N.I.' [hadin.] A ' hallan ' or partition wall in a cottage facing the door.
In [it] is tlie triangular or other shaped 'spy-hole.'
HADDISH, sb. Obsol. Sc. Also in form baddies- Ags. (Jam.) A measure of any dry grain ; also in comp. Haddies-cog.
Abd. The haddish is one third of a peck. By Decree Arbitral — one peck of meal lo the miller, and one haddish to the under- miller. Proof regat ding the Mill of hiveramsay (c. 1814) fjAM.); According to others a fourth of a peck iJam.\ Ags. Formerly used for meling out the meal appropriated for supper to the servants. It contained the fourth part of a peck yih.'.
HADDLE, V. Glo. To throw out shoots from the root. Cf. addle, i/.* 4.
In March they are again gritcd, and sometimes tumped, or moulded close round, to make them haddie out, or throw iorth side shoots, Marshall Reiiietv (i8i3. II. 457.
HADDLE, HADDLIN, HADDO, see Addle, v.\ Head- land, Haddie.
HADDOCK, sb.'^ Sc. Also Som. Dev. Cor. Also in form haddick Sh.L n.Dev. Cor.; haddik Sh.L 1. In comp. Haddock sand, grounds much frequented by haddocks.
Sh.I. If da Government bed been mair stricter . . . dty'd been less raikin' o' wir haandlin' grund an haddick saands, Sli. Neivs (Apr. 2, 1898! ; A galleon belonging to the famous Spanish Armada, which sank on a haddock-sand near Reawick Head, HiBiiERT Desc. Sh. I. (1822) 196, ed. 1891 ; The moonbeams sparkled on the waters of the ' Haddik Saand,' Bukgess Lowra Biglan (1896) 23.
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2. Plir. as deaf as a haddock, very deaf. Cf. addick. w.Soni.' We seldom hear • deaf as a post ' or any other than ' so
deef's a 'addick.' n.De •. Tha'rt so deeve as a haddick, E.xiit. Scold. (1746) 1. 123. Dev., Cor. Common, Elworthy IVd-bk. (i888>. Cor. I was asdecfasa haddick, TuEGELLAS 7ate(i868)8.
3. A term of contempt for any one.
Dmf. The most insignificant haddock in nature — a dirty, greasy, cocknej- apprentice, Carlyle Lett. (1831).
HADDOCK, sb.'^ Irel. Yks. Also written haddck W.xf 1. A shock of corn consisting of a varying number of siieaves, a ' hattock.'
Yks. Ten or twelve sheaves set upright in a double row, Morton Cyclo. Agric. C1863) (s.v. Stook) ; Of six sheaves (G.R.V ne.Yks.' Of eight sheaves. Sometimes distinguislied from a stook by not having two additional shea\es on the top as a precaution against rain. m.Yks.' Commonly twelve.
2. pi. Imperfectly threshed heads of corn left after win- nowing. \V.\f.'
HADDYDADDY, see Hoddydcddy.
HADE, 56.1 Rut. Lei. Nhp. War. Won Oxf Also in forms aid Wor. ; haid Lei.' [ed.] A ' headland ' or strip of land at tlie side of an arable field upon which the plough turns.
Rut.' A term in field mensuration. ' 6 rodes with hades at both ends. 2 Landes 4 ro. with hades,' Ti/'c/tv- (1635). Lei.' Nhp.' A small piece of greensward or grass at the head or end of arable land. A word that has gradually fallen into disuse, since the inciosure of open fields. War, The word occurs in the Holbcch Estate Book U77o). It is still in common use (A.L.M.). Wor. (E.S.) Oxf. Oi5. The description of certeine arable landes some of them hnvinge hades of meadow and grasse grounde lieingc in the Soulhe fielde of Einsham, Map(\n Corpus Christi Coll. 0.\on, 1615).
Hence Hade-ley, a ' headland.'
War. Item one other section of land called a hade ley, Terrier of Fenny Coinj'lon Glebe (1587) ; (A.LM.) Lei.' The upper 'land' in a grass field, the lower one being called the 'foot-ley,' Both as a rule run at right angles to the rest of the 'lands' in a field. In the New Close a hadley and footelea}' butting north and south, the Town Hill furlong west, the Constable's piece east, Terrier of Ctaybrook Glebe (1638!.
[Horses may be teddered vpon leys, balkes, or hades, FiTZiiERBERT Htisb. (1534) 15. Norw, dial, liadd (pi. haddir), a slope, an incline, rising ground, csp. on the side of a hayfield (Aasen, s.v. Hall) ; ON. hallr, a slope, hill, cp. halla, to slope (Vigfusson) ; OHG. Jialdcii, ' in- clinare' (Graff).]
HADE, iZ-.= and v. Nhb. Dur. Yks. Stf Der. Also written haid Nhb.; and in form aid w.Yks.' Stf [h)ed.]
1. sb. Mining term : the slope or inclination of a dike with the scam in a coal-pit ; the inclination of a vein of lead or ore, a sloping vein.
N Cy.' By it the character of a trouble is determined. Nhb, The haids of the several Slip Dykes . . . were ascertained, Buddle Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Mib. and Dur. (1831) I. 236; Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. The slope or inclination of the leader of a dyke, Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. ( 1849). w.Yks, Baines Yks. Past {lS,^o\ 20; w.Yks.' A lodge or vein going downwards, N, or S. out of the perpendicular line, Stf,' Der. Manlove Lead Mines (1653) Gl. ; Eng. Gl. Mining Terms f,iB3o\
2. i>. Of a vein of ore : to incline, dip.
w.Yks. Baines Yks. Past (1870) 22; (T.T.) Der. I\Iawe Mineralogy (1802) Gl. ; Veins upon an east and west point generally hade or slope towards the south and north; and south veins towards the west, Mander Miners Gl. (1824); Where any shaft or turn descends like the side of a house or like the descent of a steep hill it is said to hade. Tapping Gl. lo Manlove (1851).
Hence Hading, sb. a sloping vein.
Der. Mander Miners Gl. 11824^1. nw.Der.'
[1. The same word as Hade, tb.^]
HADE, see Heed, Hide, v.^
HADEN, adj. Obs. Yks. w.Cy. Also in forms headen, heiden w.Yks. Obstinate, headstrong ; ugly. Cf heady.
w.Yks. HuTTON Tour to Caves (^1781). w.Cy. i^Hall.) [Grose (1790).]
HADES, sb. e.Lan.' A place between or behind hills and out of sight. Cf hade, si.'
HADGE-, see Hedge-.
HADICK, sb. Sh.I. A hat. {Coll. L.L.B.)
HAE, HAED, HAEF, see Have. How, adv., Haet, Half.
HAEG, HAEL, see Hag, sb.'. Hale, adj.
HAELTY, adv. Sh.I. In phr. ill haclty eelim, nothing whatever, 'dcil a thing.'
Da men is aye best aff. haelty ill eetim dey hae ta dil bit tak aflf der kjaep [capj,an'set dem til, Sh. News (Sept. 3, i8g8) ; Common (J.I.I.
HAEM, HAEMILT, see Hanie, sb}, Hamald.
HAEMONY, sb. Glo. The lemon-scented agrimony, Agriinoiiia Eitpatona.
It is, I believe, sold to this day in Bristol market under the name of Haemonv, Monthly Pckt. (1863) V. 467 in (B. & H.).
HAEN, see Hain. f.'
HAENKS, I'. Sh.I. [henks.] With ttp : to hitch or pull up.
1 Imenksd up me breeks — dis laskit strops is a curse, whin a body is carryin' a burdeen. S/t. News (June 4, 18981.
HAERST, HAESTIS, see Harvest, Hastis.
HAET, vbl. phr. and sb. Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Amer. Also written halt Sc. N.I.' ; hate Sc. s.Don. ; and in forms haed Sc. ; haeit Sh.I. ; haid Sc. (Jam.) ; head e.Fif
1. I'bl. phr. : Deil haet, the Devil have it ! Fiend had, the Fiend have it ! used as a strong negative, equivalent to ' Devil a bit.'
Sc. Diel haet o' me kens, Scorr Midlothian (1818) xvl. Sh.I. Da deil haeit ye got for a second cup but da sam' as wal wattir, Sh. News (Feb, 12, i8q8V Frf. [He] swore the fient haed mair He'd draw that d.iy, Morison Poems (1790; 18. Per. Wi' deil haet but a tongue an' slavers To start anew on, Haliburton Ochil Idylls (1891) 89. Fif. For de'il haet mair hae I to say, Tensant Papistry (1827) 103. e.Fif, Stanes, stanes I and scraps o' auld eiron ! feint head else, Latto Tain Bodkin (1864) v, Ayr. It was sae blunt, Fient haet o't wad hae picrc'd the heart. Burns Doctor Hornbook (1785) st, 17, Lnk. Fint hate ye gie them but wee pickles o' pease-meal, Graham IVrilings (1883) II. 227. Edb. Deil hait we do will e'er content them! Macneill Bygane Times (181 1) 17. Feb. On holidays ye did me ride For deil hate else but shew, Affleck Poet. IVks. (1836) 6o. Rxb. De'il haet was left but runts an' Etibble, Ruickeie It^ayside Cottaqer (1807) 108. n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.)
2. sb. Phr. Deil a had, Fient a had, Deuce a had, Devil a bit.
Abd. Some thousan' pounds, for fint a hait, Is nae bad notion, Cock Strains (1810) II. 90. Ruf. The deuce a haet they could be call'd But words and rhyme, M'Gilvray Poems (ed. 1862^ 160. Lnk. The deil a hate o' wark she's done the day. Black Palls of Clyde (1806) 173, Lth. Fient the haet o' them was soun'. Smith Merrv Bridal {1866) 12, Slk. Feint a haet he minds, Hogg Tales (1838) 362, ed, 1866, N,I.'
3. A whit, atom, anything, the smallest thing that can be conceived, gen. in negative sentences.
Iiiv, ' That's a haet,' it is of no consequence. Used csp. in a contemptuous sense (H.E.F.). Kcb. What haet cared they for fortune's gifts ? Elder Coj'^xc (1897) '6, Uls. I haven't a haet. I didn't do a haet (M.B.-S.'. s.Don. Halfpenny worth; a small quantity, Simmons Gl. (i8go). [Amer. Didn't get a hate. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 389.]
4. Phr. (i) haid nor maid, nothing at all ; (2) neither ocht nor hale, neither one thing nor another.
(I) Ags. Used to denote extreme poverty. 'There is neither haid nor maid in the house ' (Jam,). (^2) Sc, {ib.)
HAEV, sb. Cai.' A small hand-basket used by fisher- men to carry bait.
[Norw. dial, haav, a fisherman's basket (Aasen).]
HAEVER, see Eaver, s6.=
HAFER, V. Suf ' To act or speak in an unsettled, un- steady manner (rom love or idleness, not necessarily from immorality. Gen. in prp. ' A go haferen about.'
HAFER. HAF(F, see Halver, Haaf, sA.'
HAFFANT, sb. Sh.I. Also in form hafBn. A para- mour. S. & Ork.'
HAFFER, J'.' e.Yks.' To speak stammeringly or hesitatingly. Cf haffle, haver, f.'
HAFFER, v.- Som. Also written halfer. [af3(r).] To make a noise like the bursting of a pod.
She told mc that [formerly] the youth of both sexes used to assemble under the tree [Glastonbury Thorn] at midnight on Christmas Eve, in order to hear the bursting of the buds, . . and
HAFFER
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HAFT
^he added, 'As they corned out, you could he^r '""> Gaffer,' 5?Vo (1866) 3rd S. ix. 34. n.Som. As they [budsl corned out youcould hear'um halfer,T.MBS Thoughts/or T.mcs a„dScaso„S: 9. HAFFER, see Halver.
HAFFET sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Also written haffat Abd. ; haffit Sc. S. & Ork.^ Nhb. [haftt, -it.] 1 The temple ; side of the face ; gen. m ;>/. j.also "fd fl/Zni. Sc. The grey locks that straggled . . . down h,s weather-beaten 'haffets ■ Scott Midlolhim, (1818) xlii. Sh.I. Da first ane o da tribe o'dem 'at mak's for dark'nin' wir door sail geng oot w. haet hamts, SI,. Nn.s (Mar. 5, 1898 >.S. & Ork.t E g. Gudroch s cleuks Your haffits weel will claw, CoUPER Fo<-/;;v ( 804) I. 7° Abd. Her hand she had upon her haffat laid Ross ^^.^'^''^/^^^fS^ 21 ed 18 12. Per. Men bow'd wi' toil an' age-vyi haffets auld an' thin, N.coll Poaus fed. ,843- 2^6. Dmb. Your haffits dress.ng dout fo; clout, Salmon Gou-cdcan (1868^78. Kcd W.' hafiet locks as white -s a daisy, Burness Canon Ha (c. 18.6) '• i°- ^"J" And screed till the sweat fa' in beads frae his haffet Tannaiiill ^o'm. r:8o7^ .57. ed. 1817. Lak. Her haffet locks hang waving on her cheek, Kamsay G.»//. 5/,<-A (1725) 23, ed. n83- Lth- Dark wave her haffet locks owre her white brow, Macne.ll pZt JVks. (1801) .1., ed. 1856. Edb A runkled brow, sunburn haffits, and two sharp piercing eyes, Moir 71W. 11 and, (1828) XX Bwk. Set the stoor about your haffets, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (.856) 79. Dmf. O haffet locks look --=1 ^^ '«" they're bleach'd like the snaw, Cromek /?<'»mms (1810) 116. Gall Mess Hairry ... had keeled ower Black Coskery wi ae stroke o' his oak c'iickie on the haffets, Crockett 5/«,;rf<.'rfS-'-^'- (893) 124. Kcb.Whase haffet a Kilmarnock hood Kept warm an' snug, Davidson Seasons (1789) 64. n.Cy Bo,</e,- Gl {Col! L L.B.) ; N.Cy.i, Nhb.', Cum." 'Wm. & Cum.' Seylin sweats their
haffets bathe, 172. ,,, r . 1 •
Hence Haffet-clawing, vbl. sb. face-scratching. Lnk. The fierce haffet-clawin o' an enraged woman, Murdoch Headings (ed. 1895") I. 121. , , i„„
2 i>l Locks of hair, gen. growing on the temples. Abd. Haffets whiter than the snaw Down ower yer happy
temples thinly fa', Still Collars Snnday {18^5) 159- ^-^f- ^^e cade . 'Wi' his haffets as white as the snaw. 'Watt Poet. Sketches (1880-) 115. Fif. Your haffets white an' a that, Douglas foe \iso6) Ug Ayr. His lyart haffets wearing thm an' bare^ Burns Co«<-.-. 5./. N,sl" (.785) st 12. Slk. '""^ Jl^^ now grizzled his haffets wi' snaw, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 67. Rxb Till the arm waxes weak and the haffet grows grey, Riddell Poet. Jf As. (187 0 I. 118. N.I.1
3 */. The jaws; the under-sides of thejaw. Nhb. The lugs o' hippocrissy hingin owor thor haffits, Chater
ryiifS'rfc-^/m. (1869) 46; Nhb.i
4 Phr (i) /'// e'> voti a /laffil, and I'll scum your chafh, to you, I will give you a blow on'the cheek ; (2) 77/ take my hand from your haffet, I will give you a blow on the cheek ; (3) tokanndoivnoneshaffitsAo give one a complete drubbing.
(I) Lth. (Jam.) (2) Sc. Kelly Prov. (1721) 396.. (3i ^bd. Then they may Gallia's braggers trim, An' down their haffits kaim, Tarras Pofixs (1804) 139 (Jam.). ,, , ., j
ri. Wnfreindlie eild had thus besprent My heid and halfettis baith with camus hair, Douglas Emados (1513), ed. 1874, 11. 248. OE. hcaljheafod, the front part oi the head (^Elfric).]
HAFFICK,5/!'. Sus. Tangle, confusion, rubbish litter.
Bricklayers use the word in connection with the rubbish or litter lying about. ' What a haffick you are making. 'We must clear away the haffick'(F.W.L.) ; (E.E.S.); Not often heard now. An old gardener looking at a ffower-border said, Here s fire an allofahaffic'(G,A.'W.).
HAFFIGRAPH, sb. Obs. n.Yks.^ Also written halfieraph. Half the breadth of an engraved hne.
'It lame to an haffigraph,' within a hair of the quantity required. HAFFINS, see Halflins. , • • j
HAFFLE,s6. Nhb. [hafl.] A rag tied round an injured fineer ; a finger-poke. Cf hovel, sA.^
A finger-gIo?e used to protect a q.iarryman's skin. Also used by stone-wallers (G.M.) ; Nhb.i
HAFFLE V Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. I.an. Chs. Der Not Nrf Also in forms hawfle n.Yks.^ ; heffle Dur. Cum.i* Win.; hiffleCum.'" [h)a-fl, hefl.] 1. io hesitate, speak confusedly, falter, stammer; to prevaricate,
'^"n.Cy^'GROSE (1790); N.Cy.' Nhb. Ho wis hafilin (R.O.H.).
s.Dur. He heffled an" talked an' could git nowt out (J-E.D ). Cum. I's tryin to hiftle oot o' nowt, Gwordie Greenup Annddcr Bahh (1873) 7 ; Cuiti.i" Wm.lt's nea use hatBin en leein aboot it, Taylor Sketches (1882) 13 ; ' What are you heflin about ? ' when a person does not get on with their work (A.T.). n.Yks. ; n.Yks." Deean't hatHe leyke that, bud speeak plain. He awlus haflles on that mich, whahl nceabody ho'ds ti owt he sez. m.Yks.' w.Yks. Thow'lt baffle and jest while fowk pine to death. SnowdeiJ Web of Weaver (1896) 46. Lan. He baffled at that, Walkden Diary fed. 1866) 113. n.Lan.', ne.Lan.' Chs.i ; Chs.^ Haffle, and yore dun for. Der.', Not. (J.H.B.)
Hence (i) Haffle, sb. hesitation; (2) Haffling, 56. con- fused talk; (3) Haffling./>/>/.nr//-.,(4) Haffly, «fl>. hesitating, indecisive; prevaricating. . „ . •
(1) Lan. Becose thous no 'casion t'mak any haffle about it, Brierley Waverlo-J,! (1863) 85, ed. 1884. (2) N.Cy.i Cum. Asteed a payan om meh.adoot enny mair hiflin, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 1 10. Wm. After a full four boors wer spent I' hifflin, hafflm — shifflin shafflin ... I nailt him at last. Spec. Dial. (1872) pt. i. 43- (3) n Yks.2 w.Yks. He's a haffling speyker (J.B.). Lan.' We'll ha' noan o' thi hafflin' wark here. (4) n.Yks. He's nobbut a haffly talker (I.W.). 2. Comb, (i) Haffle-caffle, to falter, vacillate, act w'th in- decision. w.Yks.2; (2) -maffle, to speak unintelligibly,
stammer. w.Yks.' , ^ , «,•
3 Y>\\T. (1) haffle and caffle, to shilly-shally; (2) hafflmg and jajfling, chattering, gossiping; (3) —shaffhng, con- fused, prevaricating. , „ , , .-j .. (i) nw.Der.' Not. The doctor, he baffled and caffled, he didn t rightly know what war wrongwi'her himself (L.C. M.I ; Not.' (a) Nrf. The goodwife may be 'haffling and jaffling' with a neigh- bour. Rye H,st. Nrf. (1885) xv. (3) w.Yks. I make nought of hafflmg and shaffling tales that keep part back. Snowden Web of H'Caver (1896) I ; What are ta afflin' an' shafflin' abaht ; get forrad wi thi teol I J.R.). Chs.i 4. Of a horse : when pawing the ground.
Der.' Ee aaflz ulurg(g- [he baffles along], fl Du haffeleii, to fumble, to dawdle ; to mumble ; also used of old people who eat their food with difficulty (Beets).]
HAFFLIN, sb. Sc. Also in form halflin Abd. (Jam.) A plane used by carpenters. , ,. . , j ,i,„
Sc Still in use. It is in size between the hand-plane and the large finishing plane (G.W.) ; (Jam.) Abd. The plane that is used after the ' Scrub ' or ' Forcplane ' and before the Jointer (16.).
HAFFLING, see Halfling. . c: i 1 .4 Tr„„
HAFT sb ' and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and tng. Also in forms hart Hmp. w.Som.' nw.Dev.J; heft Sc (Jam.) S. & Ork.' Cai.' Nhb.' Dur.' Cum '^ Wm. n.-^ks.'* n Lan.' Not.' Lin.' n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' Nhp.' Bdf e.An.' Suf.' Hmp.' [h)aft, aft, h)eft.] 1. sb. A handle, esp. ol a
knife or small tool. •, ^ . r. • 1 „,«.,-
sc. Cripple Archy . . . strak like a Turk wi'the heft o a hammer,
MS. Fonn (Jam.). Sh.L Turnin' a pancake wi da heft o a iron
spune, Sh.NeJs (Apr. 2, 1898). S. & Ork.' Cai Ayr^ As
muckle ... as wou'd made a heft to %'<'-"l E^i '^'^^7^"^
Land of Burns (ed. 1892) 78. Ant. Grose [ijgo) MS. add. (C.)
N Cv ' Nhb. ' Frae the sword, the heuk heft, and the gallace may
the Lord deliver us!' viz. from war, shearing, and the ga'lows
D.XON WhitHnghaw Fnfc('895) ^V- Dur.'.Cum.'" Wm.Theears
a heft ta put te bleead in, Cl^^kv. .Jonny Sl„ppa,ds Jcurna (ed.
1870 15; Asfshapless form a gully waved Wi bleudy bleayde
an heftrWHiTEHEAD Leg. ,1859^ .4, ed. 1896. "-Yks.'^; n.Yks.*
T kntfe's giUen a grandlieft tul 't. ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Nicholson
Flk-Sp. (T889) 65; e.Yks.i, w.Yks.", n.Lan.' Chs.' Chs. men
neve, say • handle,' but always ' haft.' Not.', s.Not. (J.P.K.}, n.Lm ,
sw Lin.' S.Lin. (T. H,R.) Nhp.' When all is gone, and none left
Turn th; blade into the heft. s.Wor (H.K.), Rdn.' Brks ', Bdf.
(T W B ) e.An.i. Suf.', Hmp.' Som. I went up to cut a straight . .
stick for a good haft, Raymond Men o' Mendip ^.898) vn. w.Som.i
Thick wid'n be a bad knive, neefs had 1*^ '"-> hadst] a new bar
an'anewblade toun. Haft nolso common as hart. D«^. ' "J. Dev.
Hence (i) Hafted, />/>/. adj. fitted with a handle; (2) Hett,
sb fsl portion, paril (3) Heft-end, sb.,fg. the beginning,
•^T)"penB™a' "knives, hafted wi' bane, NicoL Poems (1766) 48. n Cv (I W ) Dor. All the broken-hafted speades, B.^rnes Poe.ns (ise^-io) 67. (2) n.Yks." Thoo's nobbut gitten a heft on t sha 5 kept t'main on t'back. (3^ Sc. Once more he tackled the subject by the ' heft end,' Ford Thistledown (1891) in.
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2. Coiitp. Heft-pipe, a temporary handle used in grinding razors and forks.
w.Yks. Bil Heftpoip [a Sheffield grinder], Bvwater S/irffleld Dial. (1839I 4.
3. The right-hand side of a band of reapers. Also in phr. Aa/f ami point, the outermost party on each side in a field of reapers.
Sc. Morton Cyclo. Agrtc. (1863). Emf. 'Jam.)
4. Phr. [1] by the haft, a common oatli ; (2) down f t'heft, weakly, despondent, ' down in the mouth ' ; (3) dimna ■waste afresh haft on an oitld blade, don't throw good money after bad ; (41 every knife of his'n has a golden haft, every- thina; he undertakes turns out well ; (^) fidfdled to the Ik ft, fulfilled thoroughly; (6) heft or blade, any part; (7) like heft and blade, close companions; 18) /005c i" /'//(//, dissolute, dishonest, untrustworthy ; 19) to be done to t'heft, to be worn out by toil ; (10) to have both lieft and blade to hadd, to have things entirely under one's own control ; (11) /o have nee heft tone's hand, to be unthrifty, extravagant ; (12) to hold one in the heft, to be a match for one ; (13) to stick to the haft, not to desert.
\i) nw.Der.' | The cross of the sword heft or handle was frequently sworn by, A', tf O. fiSgg^ 9th S. iv. 355.I (2) m.Yks.' (3, 4) Chs.« (5I Ayr. The Scriptural text was fulfilled to the heft, Laing Po«)(5 (1894) III. (61 Ayr. He'll not get either hel't or blade o' my vote lor sic a trifle, Galt Lairds (1826) xxxiv. (7) Kcd. They had been like heft an' blade The feck o' baith their lives. Grant Lays (1884) 56. (8) w.Yks. Leeds Mere. Snppl. (Feb. 2, 1895 . w.Yics.2 He's a bit loose i' t'heft ! (9' w.Yks.' (loi AbJ. .Jam.'); Ye had. In your ain hand to hadd, baith heft and blade," RobS Hcletwre .1768 90, ed. 1812. (11) Nhb. ( R.O H.) (12) w.Yks.' (13) Per. The Higliland Clans stuck to the halt, MoNTEATll Dunllanc {1835. 107, ed. 1889.
5. V. To fit with, supply with ; gen. in pass.
S. & Ork.' n Yks. He was hefted wi plenty o' lads (T.W.\ ne.Yks.' e.Y'ks ' Bill's hefted up wi munncy. Betty hoose is hefted up wi muck, MS. add. ;T.H.)
6. To hold fast, beset, encumber ; gen. in pass.
n.Yks.' Ah doo'ts he'll find hissel' sair hefted wiv her ; n.Yks.* Hefted with a large family.
[For /?§■. use in the sense of a pretext, see Heft, sb?\ HAFT, sb^ Obs. Stf. A little island or raised bank in a pond on which water-fowl build their nests.
The Hafts or Islands in thepooles, Plot Sif. i,i686j 232 ; (K.); Stf.'
HAFT, see Heft, si.^, v.*
HAFTER. 5Z>. Obs. N.Cy.= A wrangler, caviller. [I'itilitigalor, an hafter, a wrangler, a quarreller, Gould- man (1678) ; so Baret (1580,1.]
HAFTY, adf Cum. Yks. Also in form hefty Cum.* e.Yks. [h)a'fti.| Saucy, pert; handy, active. See Haft, si.' Cum." n.Yks. He's halty at his work (I.W.). n. & e.Yks. Still fairly common in N. Sc. E. Ridings (R.S. ). e.Yks. (Miss A.")
HAG, sb.> Sc. n.Cy. \Vm. Yks. Lan. War. Glo. Ken. Sur. Sus. l.W. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms haig Cai.' ; heg Ken.' [hlag, seg.] 1. An evil spirit or infernal being in female form ; also applied to the fairies or pixies ; a witch.
nYks. iT.S.), Ken.', l.W.', w.Som.'
Hence Hagging, vbl. sb. practising the arts of a witch. n.Yks.^"
2. Comb, (i) Hag-begagged, bewitched ; (2) -bone, the shoulder-bone or blade of a sheep ; (3) -'s pence, old coins found in the ground ; (4) -ride, to bewitch ; to inflict with nightmare; also used ^^. and gen. in pp.; (5) -stone, a stone with a hole in it, used as a charm against witches ; (6) -track, a 'fairy-ring' or circle of coarse green grass found in meadows and on downs.
(ij Dev. Thereaway, every land save feyther's was called hag- begagged, to keep us childer in proper bounds belike, Madox- Bbown Yeth-lwmids (1876) 252. (2) Scm. Witches were believed to ride upon these and consequently it was necessary to burn them (W.F.R.). (3) Ken.' (4 ) Sc. The thought of the dead men hag-rode my spirits, Stevexso.n Calnoiia (1893) iii. Edb. Hag rid wi' conscience, gout, an' spleen, Learmont Poems (1791) 58. n.Cy. Doiiiam Trads ed. 1895) II. 86. Sus. This unhappy man, he said, was hag-ridden, Heath Eng. Peas. (1893) 191. Sus.',
Wil.' Dor. Souls above us, your face is as if you'd been hag-rode, Hardy 7V6S(i89!" 424, ed. 1895 ; Dor.' The nightmare is attributed to the supernatural presence of a WMtch or hag by whom one is ridden in sleep. Scm. Abraham was hag-rod every night of his life about two 'in marnen," Raymond Love and Quid Life (1894) 205; (W.F.R.) w.Som.' Also applied to horses which often break out into a sweat in the stable, and are said to have been hag-rided, or pixy-rided. The belief is quite common that the pixies come and ride the horses round the stable in the night. Most farm stable- doors have a rusty horseshoe nailed, sometimes to the threshold, generally on the inside of the lintel, to keep ofT the pixies. Dev. Hag-ridden, entangled i Hall.). Cor. There was the Vicar with inflated cheeks and a hag-ridden stare, * Q.' Troy Toivn (1888) ix. (5) Lan. A hag-stone, penetrated with a hole, and attached to the key of the stable, preserved the horse from being ridden by the witch. Harland & Wilkinson Flk-Lore (1867J 72; Thornber Hist. Blarkpool ',1^37 1°°; A hag-stone with a hole through, tied to the key of the stable-door, protects the horses, and if hung up at the bed's head, the farmer also, A'. £-= Q. (1851) ist S. iii. 56. (6; Sur. Many a large ' ring ' or * hag-track ' may be seen in lonely spots, Jennings Ftdd Paths (1884) 67. Sus. Most interesting objects . . . upon the South Downs are the numeious fairy-rings or ' hag-tracks,' Lower Soulh Downs (1854) 154 ; Sus.' Supposed to be tracks of hags or witches who have danced there at night. 3. Fig. A violent, ill-tempered woman, a scold ; an ugly, dirty woman. Cai.', Lan. (S.'W.), War.°, Glo.'
[1. Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, Milton Comus (1634) 434]
HAG, si.2 n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Brks. Bck. Hit. Ken. Sus. Hmp. LW. Som. Dev. Also in forms aag w.Yks. ; ag- Brks.' Sus.' ; aga Ken. Hmp. Wil. ; agg Bck. ; aght Dev. ; ague Chs.^ ; aig, haag w.Yks. ; haeg w.Yks. Chs.; haga LW. ; hagga Brks.'; haghe n.C}'. w.Yks.^ Der.' nw.Der.' ; hague w.Yks.' Lan.' ne.Lnn.' Chs.' ; haig w.Yks.* ^ Lan.' e. Lan.' Chs.' ; haigh w.Yks.- ^; hoeg Chs.^ [eg, eag, aeg.] 1. A haw, the fruit of the hawthorn, Crataegus Oxyacaiitha; gen. in pi. Also in comp. Hag-berry.
n.Cy. Bailey (1721). w.Yks. Us lads kept blawin' aags'at one another, Leeds Merc. Stippl. (Apr. 4, 1891) ; Getting stuflT to eat — haegs and epps, SxoWDEN lFel>o/}f^cavcr [iSg6) 6; w.Ylis.' °®*®, Lan. (S.W.'', Lan.', ne.Lan.', e.Lan.' Chs. Science Gossip (1865) 198: Chs. '3, Der.', nw.Der.' Brks. CL (1852I: Brks.', Ken. (W.H.E.I, Hmp. (J.R.W.l, (W.H,E.\ Hmp.', Wil. (W.H.E.1, l.W. (B. & H.) Dev. Grose (1790 MS. add. ,C.) [Ray (1691).]
Hence (i) Agarves (? Hag haws), (2) Agasses or Hagasses, (3) Agogs, sb.pt. haws, the fruit of the haw- thorn; (4I Haggises, sb.pl. hips, the fruit of the dog-rose, Rosa canina.
(I) Sus.' (2)Sus. (R.P.C.), Hmp. (J.R.W.) (3) Brks.' (4) Hmp.'
2. The hawthorn, Crataegus Oxyacantha. Lan.'
3. Comp. (i) Hag-blossom, the blossom of the haw- thorn ; (2) -bush, the hawthorn ; (3) -leaf, (4) -paper, the great mullein, Verbascuin Thapsus; (5) -rope(s, the wild clematis, Clematis I'italba; (6) -taper, see (4); (7) -thorn, (8) -tree, see (2).
(i) w.Yks. (D.L.) Lan. Wilt ha' this bit o' hague-blossom? Brierley Irlidale (1865) iv. (2) w.Yks. (S.P.U.) (3, 4) Bck. Science Gossip {1869) 26. (5) Som. N. & Q. (1877) 5th S. viii. 358 ; W. & J. G/. (1873 . w.Som.' (6 , Hrt. Ellis New E.xpcriments 1,1730) 22. (7) w.Som.', Dev.* (8) w.Yks. (S.P.U.)
[1. A form of lit. E. haw, OE. haga, the fruit of the hawthorn ; cp. LG. hagdoorn, ' Crataegus oxj'acantha ' (Berghaus"!.]
HAG, sb.^ n.Cy. Nhb. Yks. Also Cor. [h)ag, seg.] A thick white mist or fog.
N.Cy.' Nhb. Gent. Mag. (^1794), ed. Gomme ; Nhb.'. Wm. (J.H.) n.Yks. A frost hag (^T.S.'i ; n.Yks.' Such as sometimes occurs coincidently with frost ; whencefrost hag ; n.Yks.'^*, m.Yks.', Cor. ^
Hence Haggy, adf misty from the frost. n.Yks.^
HAG, sb.* n.Cy. Nhb. Lan. [h)ag.] The paunch, belly. See Haggis, 3.
n.Cy. Grose ^1790^. Nhb.' Lan. Grose (1790) il/S. add. (C.; ; Lan.'
HAG, sb.^ ? Obs. Bdf. Som. Idle disorder.
Bdf. You have got the hag, Batcuelor .(4 im/. Eng. Lang. (1809) 136. Som. (Hall.)
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HAG
HAG, t'.' and sb.^ Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Der. Not. Lin. Rut. Lei. Nhp. War. Won Shr. Brks. Hmp. VVil. Also written hagg So. War. Shr.^; and in forms eg N.Cy.' Nhb.' w.Yks. Not.'; agg Brks.' Hmp. Wil.' [h)ag, aeg.] 1. v. To hew, chop ; to cut down with an axe ; to hack, cut clumsily or roughly.
Sc. That chief sin, that he should have a hand in bagging and basiling at Christ's kirk. Stevenson Calrioiia (1893) xv. Fif. Wi' their swords them hash't and hagget, Tennant Papistry (.1827) 211. Dmb. I doot I've haggit the feck o' my chin awa', Cross Disriif'liou ,18441 xiv. Ayr. Let him swurl his glaive [sword] wi' a' his micht, and hag the heid o't afT at ance. Service A'olandi<ti:s (iBgo) 125. Lnk. They may hag and hew my body as they please, Wodrow C/i. Hist. 1,17211 IV. 112, ed. 1828. Gall. The dragoons are . . . baggin' them doon, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895") iii. N.I.' I bagged a wheen o' sticks. Ant. Ballytitciia Obs, (1892I. N.Cy.', Nhb.', Dur.' Cum. Begon to hag bis waj' through t'deurr, Dickinson Lattiphigh (1856) 9; (M.P.j ; Cnm.^ T'oald tinkler hoond bed bagg't it offafooar be mead a fleegbt on't, 71. Wm. He teeak it intle bis beead it heed hagg it doon, Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. i. 25; (M.P.) n.Wm iB.K.), s.Wm. rJ.A.B.), n.Yks.3, m.Yks.' w.Yks. 'WiLLAN /.I'i/ fr(&. (1811) ; w.Yks.' They bagged a nice birk fort yusterneet, ii. 290 ; w.Yks.', ne.Lan.i Not.' Don't 'ag the meat that road. Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 334. n.Lin.' Doan't bag thy meat 'e that how, lad. sw.Lin.' Of woodmen : 'They started bagging last week.' Nhp.' War.B'/iani VVkly. Post (June 10, 1893) ; 'War.'^s, Shr.2 Brks.' What be at a-aggin the me-at like that tber, 'twunt go hafe zo vur. Hmp.' ■Wil. Slow Gl. (1892^ ; Wil.'
Hence (i) Hagger, sb. [a) one who uses a hatchet, one emploj'ed to fell trees; (b) a coal-hewer; (2) Haggit, ppl. adj. notched, jagged ; (3) Hagman, sb. one who gains his living by felling and selling wood ; a woodcutter.
(I, a) Lnk. (Jam.) {b • Cum.' ; Cum.* It's leyke forty thousand cwoal baggers at wark i' me inseyde, IV. C. T. X. (1894") 5, col. 2. (2) Sc. The rawzor haggit like a saw, Hislop Anecdote (1874") SZ3. (3) n.Sc. iJah.) e.Sc. That's what be ca'd bis bagman last year, Setoun R. Urqtibail ^1696) xix. Yks. Obs. Hone Table-bk. (1827) 8.
2. Phr. (i) to hag and frail, to ' cut and carry,' to be self- dependent, to do everything oneself; (2) — at a tiling, to persevere, labour, work away at a thing ; (3) — rice, to cut brushwood ; fig. to do anything speedily, make a swift clearance of anything.
(i) Lakel.* A man mun deea o' at iwer he can fer hisself; he mun bag-an'-trail bis awn. (2) Cum.' (3) Cum. 'Gaun on like a man haggin rice,' great progress made in a short time, N. & O. (1871) 5th S. ii. 71. Cum., Wm. ' Ga'un on, like a man baggin" rice,' was sometimes used in a comic way, as indicating a swift clearance by a hungry or hasty person at table (M.P.).
3. Coiitp. (i) Hag-block, (2I -clog, a chopping-block, a large block of wood, used to chop firewood, &c. on ; a part of a tree-stem ; (3) -iron or Haggon, a blacksmith's chisel ; (4) -stock, see (2).
(i) WgL Hugbie's shop was well stocked with visitors; so much so that be could scarcely get the use of bis bag-block, Fraser Wigtown (18775 375. (2) Gall. I could hear him at the bag-clog where we cut the branches and wood into billets to go into the great fireplace, Crockett Raiders (1894) xxxv. n Cy. Holloway. Cum.' n.Wra. Tak it ta t'bag-clog ta chop (B.K.). n.Yks.'^", m.Yks.', w.Yks.' (3) Rxb. A chisel on which the blacksmith cuts off the nails from the rod or piece of iron of which they are made (Jam.1. w.Yks.* An inverted chisel which a blacksmith puts into his anvil when he wishes to cut anything off. (4) Lakel.', Cum.', s.Wm. (J.A.B.) ne.Lan.i ^g foyj 35 t'bagstock.
4. To use the rake in haymaking with a peculiar sharp action. Lei.' Cf hack, v.^ 23.
5. Fig. To bungle, mangle any business.
Sc. But let tbem hag and hash on, for they will make no cleanly work neither in state nor church, Walker Remark. Passages {l^2^) 80 Jam.).
6. sb. A stroke with a sharp and heavy instrument, a hack ; a notch, mark ; esp. in phr. to give the hallcn, or post, a hag, to make a mark in remembrance of a notable event, to ' chalk up ' an event. Cf. hack, sb.^ 6.
Ayr. I'm sure the post should get a hag when we bear o' bim coming wi' hundreds o' pounds in bis pouch, Galt En.'ntl (1823) xxi. Lnk. ■ He may strike a bag i' the post,' a proverbial phr. applied to one who has been very fortunate (Jam.). Cum. A very
complimentary speech to a rare or notable visitor: ' We mun give t'ballen a bag as ye' re cum't ' (M.P.).
7. A clearing or cutting down of timber ; a cutting in a wood.
N.Cy.' Nhb. The number of trees in the oak wood have been considerably diminished. A great bag in 1802-3 thinned tbem, Hardy Hist. Bwk. Nattir. Club, VIII. 401 ; (R.O.H.) ; Nhb.', Cum. (M.P.)
8. An allotment of timber for felling, a certain portion of wood marked off to be cut down.
Sc. The derk bag, which bad somewhat puzzled him in the butler's account of his master's avocations, . . was simply a portion of oak copse which was to be felled that day, Scott IVaferley ( 1814) x ; There is to be exposed for sale by public roup, — a bag of wood, consisting of oak, beech and birch, all in one lot, Edb. Even. Cotirant (Mar. 26, 1803! (Jam.). Cld. Woods that are extensive are divided into separate lots called hags, one of which is appointed to be cut annually, Agric. Surv. 137 i^i7).\ Dmb. They [the oak woods] are of such extent as to admit of their being properly divided into 20 separate bags or parts, one of which may be cut every year. Statist. Ace. XVII. 244 ib.). Nhb.', ne.Lan.' War. The separate portions [of a fall of timber] so divided are called each man's hagg, Baker Gl. (i854>. Shr.' When a wood is to be cut down, a number of men range themselves at the edge of the wood at about forty yards apart, then they start, proceeding in straight lines through the wood, hewing down the underwood, and backing the outer bark of the trees with their ' backers' as they go along ; shouting to each other in the meanwhile, in order to keep their respective distances, till they reach the farther limit. The lines thus cleared form the boundaries of the hag apportioned to each man to fell ; Shr. 2
9. A lot of about 100 ash or willow poles.
War.* The ould Colonel, be got 50 bags of poles off a quarter acre, and sold them for three pounds a hag.
10. Brushwood, hedge, low bushy wood cut for firewood. Sc. The lesser branches used for fire-wood after the trees are
felled for carpentering, sometimes Auld hag (Jam.) ; Give me some of that hag. Miller My Schools (1879) iv. Frf. The fresh young sprouts, that took the place of the old tangled ' hagg,' after the purifying flames bad passed over it, Inglis Aiii Flk. (1895) 15. ne.Yks.' Wor. In common use in connexion with the divisions of underwood, N. &• O. (iBSv") 7tb S. iii. 35.
Hence (i) Hag-road, (2) -way, sb. a path or way cut through the undergrowth of a wood.
(I) Der. We mun cut a bag-rooad thro t'underbrusb, maister, A'. &= O. (1878) 5tb S. ix. 515. (2) S.Lin. Used by keepers, beaters, and sportsmen to signify the narrow winding paths that are cut through the undergrowth of a wood to allow the shooters to get at the game, ib. (1886) 7tb S. ii. 366. Rut. ib. 11878) 5tb S. ix. 68 ; Rut.' Used by the beaters when engaged in driving game.
11. Coitip. (i) Hag-snar(e, the stub left in the ground from which coppice-wood has been cut ; the stump of a tree ; (2) -staff, a rod used to mark the boundary of a fall of timber ; (3) -wood, a copse or wood fitted for having a regular cutting of trees in it.
(i) n.Yks."* ne.Yks.' At Linton-on-Ouse there are two contiguous fields called 'T'bag' and 'Snahry clooas.' e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796) II. 324. n.Lin.' The perpendicular end or stump of the thorn at the surface of the ground after the upper portion has been partially divided and laid horizontally-. (2) ne.Lan.' War. Baker Gl. (1854). (3') Bwk. Ancient oak forests . . . which have grown into a kind of copse, or what is termed in Scotland hag-woods, Agric. Stiri'. 334 (Jam.).
12. Phr. clear the hag, clear all out of the way. Gall. Mactaggart Encycl. (1824) 251, ed. 1876.
[1. Degrader tine forest, to hagge, or fell it all down, CoTGR. ; pai . . . hurlit {)urgh the hard maile, hagget the lere, Dest. Troy (c. 1400) 10023. ON. hoggva, to hew.]
HAG, v.^ Lin. Hmp. Dev. [ag, aeg.] 1. To pull, draw ; to drag out.
Lin. (R.E.C.) S.Lin. Hag your money out (I.W.). s.Hmp. Tripped bim up . . . wi' bagging at a rope, Verney L. /.«/<• (1870) XXV. Dev. Missis, I've abin awver tii Mr. Broom's, an' 'ad out my tuthe, an' 'e bagged til 'n zo 1 thort 'e 'dabrokedmy jaw, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892). 2. To rob, take.
Lin. There was a nest there, but some one has bagged it i R.E.C).
HAG, v.^ Nhb.' [hag.] Of the moon ; to wane.
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HAG, adj. Dev. [aeg.] Haggard.
She looks very has; since her trouble, Reports Proviiic. (1889^. HAGA, see Hag, sb?
HAG-A-BAG, sb. Obs. Sc. 1. A stout linen fabric, huckaback.
n.Sc. Properly cloth made wholly of tow for the use of the kitchen (Jam.)' Bnff. Thro' lawn hagabag her breast did keek, Taylor Pof/iis (1787) 76. Lnk. Clean hag-a-bag I'll spread upon his board, Ramsay Gentle Shep. (1725"! 37, ed. 1783. 2. Refuse of any kind. n.Sc. (Jam.) HAG-ABOUT, sb. Yks. [agabat] An idle, loung- ing fellow.
w.Yks. He wor what is knone be that strong, but foorcibul wurd, a hag-a-baate, Tiffamy Yks. Tyke's Ann. ^1872; 35.
HAG- A-KNOWE, 56. Lan. Also written haggoknow. An ungainly blockhead.
Wot could we do wi sitch haggoknows as these i" Bowton ? Staton B. Shuttle^ 34 ; Sit to deawn, thac gawmblcss hag-a-knowe, oraw'll kom thi vure for tho, Waugh Ben ait' th' Bantam, v ; Lan.' HAGAL, HAGALEF, see Haggle. sh.\ Hogalif. HAGASTED, adj. Sh.I. P^amiliarized with a par- ticular place by a long stay in it. S. & Ork.'
HAG-BERRY, sb. Sc' Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. e.Cy. Hnip. Also in forms eckberry Cum.'; egg- Cum.' n.Yks.' w.Yks.'; back- Sc. (Jam.) Nhb.' e.Cy. Hmp. : hacker- Nhb.' ; heck- N.Cy.' Nhb.' Lakel.' Dur.' Cum.' Wm. n.Yks. m.Yks.'w.Yks. : "hag- Nhb.' Cum.Wm. ; hie- Wm. 1. The fruit and tree of the bird-cherrj', Pniiuis Padiis.
Per. On the banks of the Lunan, there is a shrub here called the hack-berry . . . that carries beautiful flowers which are succeeded by a cluster of fine blackberries. Statist. Ace. IX. 239 (Jam.). Lnk. While hagberry and bourlree bushes shelter the gardens from intrusive sheep, Fraseu Wliaups ' 1895; i. N.Cy.', Nhb.'. Lakel.', Dur.', s.Dur. (J.E.D.) Cum. From its growth in hedges ; though children at Lang^vathb^' used to say, ' We caw them hegberries because they hcg our teeth,' i. e. set the teeth on edge (B. & H." ; Cum.' Wm. (J.H.) ; The heckberry trees . . . caught and emphasised the golden ravs, Ward R. E/snierc (1888) 28, iithed. n.Yks. I W.H.), n.Yks.i^, ne.Yks.' w.Yks. Willan List I^e/s. {1811) ■ (J.T.); w.Yks.', Lan.', ne.Lan.', e.Cy., Hmp. (B. & H.)
2. The wild service, Pynis fortiiiiialis. m.Yks.' [1. Dan. /!crggeba:r, Norw. dial, beggjebtxr (Aasen) ; ON. heggr, the bird-cherry (Vigfusson).J
HAGDOWN, sb. I. Ma. The greater shearwater, PiiffhiHs major. Swainson Birds (1883) 212. HAGEL. see Haggle, ;'.=
HAGER, sb. Cor.^ Ugly, deformed, rough ; fierce, cruel, evil.
[OCor. hager (Williams).]
HAGERY, adj. Sh.I. Also in form haegry. Of worsted : rough, short in the fibre.
Dej' widna luik at him [it] becaas dej- tought he wis made o' hagery wirsit, Sh. News (June 12, 1897); 'Lass, I tinks hit's [worsted] haegry ! ' . . 'Haegry! . . Hit's acorne o' lambs '00', man, an' hit wis awful short,' ib. (Oct. 8, 1898^
HAGES, sb. Sc. A disguised form of the word 'Jesus,' used in petty oaths.
Lnk. By hages! Jean, it's weel kent aboot the raws that ye wear the breeks, Gordom Pvotsliaw (1885) 21. HAGESTER, see Haglster.
HAG(G, sb.'- Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Lin. Shr. [hiag.] A wooded enclosure ; a wood, copse.
n.Cy. At Auklaud Castle, the park was formerly called the Hagg (K.) ; N.Cy.' Gen. one into which cattle are admitted. Nhb.' Cum.' A woody place intermi.xed with grass land. A wooded hill. Wm. (J.H.\ n.Yks.' = ■> e.Yks. Originally, perhaps, the woodland set apart, by the lord of the soil, for fuel for his tenants ; many woods yet retain the name of hags, and one wood, in Sinnington, that of poor folks hags,' Marshall Riir. Eeon. (1796:. m.Yks.' w.Yks.' A hanging wood ; w.Yks.^ A hag of hollin was the holly trees growing upon a certain portion of ground in the commons of the manor of Sheffield; w.Yks.", Lan.', ne.Lan.' Lin. : W.W.S ); Used only as a proper name for a wood iR.E.C). Shr.' There is a farm called the Hag a few miles south of Bridgnorth, in the parish of Highley ; Shr.2
[He led me over holts and hags, Fairfax Tasso (1600)
VIII. xli. A form of OE. Iiaga, an enclosure (Earle Charters), lit. E. haiL<.\
HAGiG, s6.= Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lin. Rut. Nhp. e.An. Also in form hack Sc. (Jam.) [h ag, aeg.] 1. A rock or cliff; an abrupt, cliffy prominence.
Nhb.' n.Yks.'; n.Yks.^ Built on the face of the hag; n.Yks.", m.Yks.'
2. Wild, broken ground ; rocky moorland ; a common, waste.
Gall. Down heuchs and craigs— and glens and hags. As fast as he cud flee, Mactaggart Enycl. (1824 24, ed. 1876; Hags — Rocky moor ground ; Rocky, mossy, black wilds, ib. 251. n.Yks.' Such as may be met with in boggy, and therefore uncultivated, lands. w.Yks. The strongest nag that crosses ih' hagg Wi' wots to Fullod mill, Se.nior Smithy Rhymes (18821 46 ; w.Yks. '2
3. A piece of soft bog in a moor or morass; a break in a ' moss ' or bog from which peats have been cut. Also called Moss-hag, Peat-hag, and in comp. Hag-moss.
Sc. Tearing thro' moss and hagg, Scorr Abbot 1820) xvii; That part in mosses which is naturally' or artificially cut, hollowed, bagged, or hacked ; naturally by water runlets forming hollows, and artificially by, among other means, the cutting and removal of peat. A'. & Q. (1874 5th S. ii. 253. Per. The murky flag Flaps on Turftenant's rushy hag. Spence Poems (1898^ 189. Dmb. I had made sure To find him in the hag o' Coars-Neuk Moor, Salmon Gowodean (1868) 49. Slg. The summit and back part is a deep muirground, interspersed with moss hags. Statist. Ace. XV. 317 (Jam.). Ayr. Sendin' the stufl' o'er muirs an' hags Like drivin' wrack. Burns £■/>. /oy. in/)rn/4 Sept. 13,1785 st. 2. Lnk. Now a splash would be heard, followed by a roar, as some luckless wight fell into a moss hagg, Fr.\ser fF/;n«/>5 (1895) 119. Edb. A deep peat moss, broken into hags and hillocks. Pennecuik IVks, (1715) 116, ed, 1815. Feb. Wi' a divot's weight Ta'en from mossy hag, Lintonn Green (1685) 39, ed. 1817. Slk. I was crossing frae Loch Ericht fit to the hcid o' Gienorchy, and got in among the hags. Cur. North Noetes 'ed. 1856) H. 405. Rxb. A'. & O. (1874) 5th S. ii. 115. Dmf. Instead o' hag moss beat wi' sleet. Were miles on miles, rich holms o' wheat, Shaw Sclwobnaster (1899) 369. Kcb. 'Mang our dints and hags and rashy bogs Chiels do appear would claw a fallow's lugs. Elder Borgite (1897) 33. N.Cy.' Nhb. Right j-aul thej' lap ower hagg and sj-ke, Grahah Moorland Dial. (1826! 5 ; (R.O.H.) Cum. (IM.P.). Wm. (J.H.), n.Yks.'^ Lin. Streatfeild /.»!. n»rf Z)(T);f5 11884) 33). n.Lin.' Ther's many a boss hes been lost e' them peat moor hags. sw.Lin.' If you get into one of them hags, there is no getting out.
Hence Haggy, adj. full of ' hags,' rough, broken, boggy.
Dmb. The fee o't thrivin' moss and haggle wood, .Salmon Goivodean {186% 70. Lnk. He thocht hehad yet tae cross A haggy, bentj-. splashy moss, Tho.mson Musings (1881) 62. n.Yks." Lin. A bad highway is said to be ' strange and haggy,' A'. & O. (1874) 5th S. i. 311. Nhp.' Applied to any coarse rough uneven ground. Most used in a woodland district. e.An.' Suf. Applied to the broken and uneven surface of the soil when in a moist state, Rainbird Agric. (1819) 294, ed. 1849. e.Snf. (F.H.)
4. A water-hollow or channel, wet in winter and dry in summer. Sc. N. &> O. (1874) 5th S. ii. 253.
5. A muddy hollow, a deep hole in a rut.
Lin. A'. & O. (1873: 5th S. i. 311. sw.Lin.' The road was full of hags.
6. A Stiff" clump of coarse grass ; an islet of grass in the midst of a bog.
Sc. He led a small and shaggy nag. That through a bog, from hag to hag. Could bound like any Billhope stag, Scott Last Minstrel {ed. 18471 c. IV. St. 5. Rut.' ' How did you get on with the mowing?' 'Very well, sir, if it wunt for them hags; they do turn the scythe so.'
[3. (The castle) es hy sett apon a cragg Gray and hard, widuten hagg. Cursor M. (c. 1340) 9886.]
HAG(G, s6.3 Fif. [hag.] 1. A stall-fed ox. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863). 2. One who tends fat cattle. Col- viLLE Vernacular (1899) 19.
HAG(G, t'.' and sb." Sc. Ircl. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War. Shr. Glo. Oxf Brks. Bdf. Ken. Sus. Wil. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms ag m.Yks.' w.Som.'; agg w.Yks. Lan.' Chs.'" Der. n.Lin.' Nhp.' Glo. Bdf Sus. WiL' Dev.' Cor.' [h)ag, seg.] 1. v. To incite, urge ; to try to persuade ; to ' egg ' ; to excite to quarrel ; to provoke, irritate.
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w.Yks. Lucas Sliul. Niildcrdale (c. 1882) 229. Clis, She keeps apgingme forfbuy it. They keptagging tliem on to fight (E.M.G.); Chs.i"* Lei.' Doon't ye hagg him on. Sus. Holloway. Wil.' n.Dev. Grose (1790^ ; Montltly Mag. (1808) II. 421. Cor. Tho.mas Raiidigal Rhymes (1895) Gl. ; Cor.'
2. To worry, tease ; to ' gnag ' at.
Wxf. And my culd thief of a mesther, tattheration to him ! bagging, hagging, till he'll have the very flesh wasted off of our bones, Kennedy Banks Boio (1867) 243. m.Yks.i w.Yks. Shoe was a roof kind iv a woman, an' 'er 'usband wor fair bagged to 'is graave (F.P.T.). Lan.'Thac'rt aiilus aggin' at mi. Der. Yo keep aggin and tcasin', Ward David Grieve (^1892) I. viii. Lin. He said he was only agging me, A'. & Q. 1,1880) 6th S. ii. 485. sw.Lin.' I've bagged at her such a mess o' limes about it. War. The old lady and all the family bagged me to death, Times fDec. 19. 1889 6. col. 6. Shr.2 GIo. Baylis ///»s. £>/«/. (1870) ; (F.H.) Bdf. (J.W.B.) w.Som.i Her'll ag anybody out o' their life, her A-ill. Dev.l Iv her was to begin to aggie way en there wid be no bod, 5. n.Dev. Thy skin oil vlagged witli nort bet agging, E.xm. Scold. (1746) 1. 75.
3. To haggle, dispute, argue.
Nhp.i, War.2, Glo.' Dev. When they beginn'th tu baggee I turns tail and urn'th 'ome, Hewett Peas. Sj>. (1892).
4. Te fatigue, tire out, ' fag.'
m.Yks.i I was sore bagged with going. Hagging at it [toiling at it \ w.Yks. ^ Shoo fair hags hcrsen. He wur fair bagged up. e.Lan.l Not. I'm bagged to death (.J.H.B.). sw.Lin.' I'm quiet bagged out. It bothers me, and hags me to dead. Lei.' I've walked all the way, and don't want to come again, it's so bagging. It's very haggin' when j-ou'n no servants. Nhp.'^ Wil.' Her've ah.-idalot to contend wi' to-year, and ber's bagged to death wi'taal.
Hence (i) Hagged or Haggit, ppl. adj. tired, worn out ; liarassed, careworn, thin ; {2) Haggey, adj., (3) Hagging. ppl. adj. tiring, fatiguing.
(i ) Sc. Wi' haggit ee, and haw as death, The auld spae-man did stand. Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 235. w.Yks.', Chs.'^, nw.Der.' s.Lin. How hagged the poor o'd wench looked (T.H.R.). Shr.' Poor Nancy Poppet looks despcrt 'aggit, as if 'er worked 'ard an' far'd 'ard. Oxf.' MS. add. Brks. Thee look'st hagged at times, and folk 'II sec't, and talk about thee afore long, Hughes T. Blown O.rf. (1861) xviii ; Brks.' Ken. Why dis here wall It looks sa old and bagged. Masters Dick and Sal (c. 1821) st. 48; Ken.' ' They did look so very old and bagged ' ; spoken of some maidenladies. n. Wil. He looks sort o' bagged, dvvont ee? (E.H.G.)
(2) Nlip.^ 'A haggey road,' i.e. one that is tiring to the horses.
(3) Nlip.' It was a hagging job lor the horse, he had such a heavy load to draw.
5. In pass, with about: to be buffeted about, treated un- kindly.
w.Yks. Nout macks ma war mad nor ta see tway at a poor fellah is agged abaht if he appears ta be dahn a bit, Bill Hoyl/iiis Ends Aim. (,1873).
6. sb. A worry, trouble, burden ; a difficulty.
Chs.' If one tries to persuade another against his will it would be said, ' I got him to go at last but I'd a regular hag with him.' 6.CI1S.' n.Lin.' 'That's a soor agg' is a common expression to indicate a teasing circumstance. sw.Lin.' The child's a great hag to her. It's a bag, carrying it all that way.
Hence Hag-stop, sb. weariness ; a stoppage, dilemma.
Lin.' I never had such a bag-stop before.
7. A task, job, an allotted portion of work ; esp. in phr. to work by the hag, to do piece-work in contradistinction to day-work.
n.Cy. (Hall.), Lan.' ne.Lan.' I wark be t'bag, an' net be t'day. Chs.'23 s.Ctis.' Thcy'n taj'n the wheeat by hagg an they bin gooin' to butty o'er it (s.v. Butty). nw.Der.' A rough bag; a tough hag. Nhp.' An allotted portion of manual labour on the soil ; as digging, draining, embanking. &c. ' Have you done your agg! ' Shr.' I'm on'y doin' a bit of a 'ag fur owd Tummas ; Shr.^ On by the hagg. Glo.'
Hence (i) Hag-master, sb. an overseer or contractor; (2) -work, sb. piece-work.
(i) Chs.'^j s.Chs.' Nhp.' One who contracts for the completion of a specific work or portion of work, at a stipulated price, em- plo}-ing others to execute it under his superintendence. (2) Chs.' ^, s.Chs.', Shr.2
8. One who does another's tasks, a drudge.
w.Yks. Ah think thi nont [aunt] is 't'bag fer ye o' (B.K.). e.Lin. A place or situation which is bard to fill to the employer's satisfac- tion, is called a hag's plaace (J.C.W.).
HAG(G, s6.5 Wm. Yks. [h)ag.] A hedge or fence. See Hay, aA.=
Wm. J,H.) e.Yks. Cole Place Names (1879) 33.
HAG(G, i).* Sc. Also in form haig (Jam.), [hag.] Of cattle : to butt with the head, to fight.
Mry. You may see the elfbull baiging with the strongest bull or ox in the herd, TV. Anliq. ( 1814) 404 (Jam.). Bnff.'
Hence Haggin, ppl. adj. given to butting with the head.
Bnff.' She's a haggin' brute o' a coo, that.
HAGG, HAGGA, see Hag, v., Hag, sb.'^
HAGGADAY, sb. Yks. Lin. Nrf Also in form hago- day Nrf [h)a'g3de.] 1. A latch to a door or gate.
Yks. (Hall.) n.Lin.' A baggaday is frequently put upon a cottage door on the inside, without anything projecting outwards by which it may be lifted. A little slit is made in the door, and the latch can only be raised by inserting therein a nail or slip of metal. * Old men alus calls them wooden snecks wheare you bev to put jer finger thrif a roond hoale e' th' door to oppen 'em, baggaday s.' 2. A sanctuary ring-knocker.
Nrf. Jessopp Hist. 0/ St. Gregory's Church (1886) 10; In the church of St. Gregory, Norwich, is a large antique knocker for use by persons seeking sanctuary. This is called a ' hagoday,' A'. & Q. (1894) 8th S. vi. 188.
[1. An haguday, vectcs, Cath. Aug/. (1483).]
HAGGAGE, sb. Som. Dev. Also written hagage Dev. ; hageg- n.Dev. [ae-gidg.] A term of reproach for a woman, a ' baggage ' ; an untidy, slatternly woman.
w.Som.' Dev. Dawnt 'a' nort tii zay tU thickee slammicking gert baggage ! Hewett Peas. Sfi. (1892). n.Dev. Horae Siibsea'vae (1777) 197; What disyease than ya gurt baggage, E.xm. Scold, (1746) 1. 27. nw.Dev.'
Hence (i) Hagegy, adj. untidy, slovenly; loose; (2) Haggaging, (a) adj., see (i) ; {b) sb. a term of reproach for a woman.
(i) n.Dev. If ha lov'th Jakes, why let un beckon Hagegy Bess, RocKy/)Kn;(' AW/(i867) St. 89. (2,n)w.Som.' Dev. A chittering, raving, ri.Ky,lonching, haggaging moll, Madox-Brown Dwale Bliith (1876) bk. I. i ; A servant-girl describes another girl as 'very good to work, but very hagagin',' Reports Provinc. (1891) ; Dev.' The very daps of her mother, — another such a haggagen, maunder- ing, bawk-a-mouth'd trub, 7 ; Dev.'' Jane Ley's a cruel haggagin' body. n.Dev. A buzzom-chuck'd haggaging moyle, E.xm. Crtshp. (1746) I. 502. {l>) Dev. Calling her ould witch an' haggaging as they did . . . had crossed her mind a bit, Madox-Brown Yeth-honnds (1876) 251.
HAGGAN, sb. Obs. Cum. A kind of pudding ; see below. Cf. haggis.
Sometimes fruit, suet, and the minced entrails of a sheep, and sometimes only oatmeal, suet, and sugar boiled in the large gut of a sheep fJ.L.) (1783).
HAGGAR, adj. Yks. [Not known to our correspon- dents.] Wild, untamed. (Hall.)
HAGGARD, sb. Sc. Irel. I.Ma. Cth. Pem. ?w.Cy. Also in forms haggart Sc. (Jam.) Wxf I.Ma. Pem. ; hag- yard Sc. N.I.' [h)ag3d, -at.] A stack-yard.
Gall. Mactaggart Emycl. (1824) 251, ed. 1876. Kcb., Wgt. (Jam.) Ir. The master wasn't in the haggard, Carleton Fardo- rouglia (18361 78. N.I.' Uls. An enclosed place near the farm- house (M.B.-S. ). Lns. The corn [was] all safe in the haggard, Croker Leg. (1862) 242. Wxf. A haggart with hay-ricks and corn-stacks, Kennedy Evenings Duffrey (1869) 62. I.Ma. Searched . . . every place on the farm, and the haggart and pokin every stack. Brown Doctor ( 1887) 70 ; They crossed the haggard, . . she scattering great handfuls of oats, Caine Manxman (1894) pt. 11. viii. Cth. (W.W.S."), Pem. (E.D.) s.Pem. Laws Little Eng. (1888) 420. ? w.Cy. (Hall.)
Hence Haggard-mows, sb. mows in the stack-yard, not
in the field. Cth. (W.W.S.)
[ON. hcy-gaidr, a stack-yard (Vigfusson).] HAGGART, sb. Lth. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] An old useless horse.
HAGGEL,HAGGEN-,seeHaggle,sA.',i'."',Hoggan,s6.' HAGGER, t'.' and si.' Sc. [hagar.] 1. v. To cut
roughly and unevenly, to hack, mangle. Bch., s.Sc. (Jam.)
See Hag, t'.'
Hence (i) Haggeran, vbl. sb. the act of cutting in
a rough manner. Bnfl'.' ; (2) Hagger'd, ppl. adj. un-
cvenlj' cut, mangled, full of notches. Bch., s.Sc. (Jam.)
HAGGER
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HAGGLE
2. sb. A large cut, esp. one with a ragged edge.
Bnff.' ' A've gitn nia finger a great liagger wee a knife.' ' He took a buUax and ga' llie tree a liagger halt tlirough.'
Hence Haggeral, sb. a very large cut ; an open, fester- ing sore. ib.
HAGGER, t'.= and sb.' n.Cy. Nhb. Yks. Also written haggar N.Cy.' ; and in form heggr Nhb. [h)a'g3{r.]
1. V. To 'beggar'; in games of marbles, &c. : to win all an opponent's marbles, &;c., to ' clear out.' Gi'ii. used in pp.
Nhb. In Hexham when a boy has lost all his marbles or cherry- stones, he is said to be hcggr'd, TV. £/ Q. (1871) 4th S. viii. 304 ; lb. 407 ; Nhb.* He wis fair hagger't.
2. sb. pi. A term in marbles ; see below.
Nhb. The loser [in a game of marbles] usually asks the winner to give him one back for hisheggrs. A'. (S" Q. (1871) 4th S. viii. 304.
3. Coinh. Hagger-maker's shop, a public-house. N.Cy.', Nhb.', Yks. (Hall.)
HAGGER, J'.3 and sb.^ Ags. (Jam.) [Not known to our correspondents.] 1. v. To rain gently. 2. sb. A fine small rain.
■ HAGGER, v.* Wil.' [aB-g3(r).] Of the teeth: to chatter with cold. Cf hacker, v. 4.
HAGGERDASH, sb. and adv. So. Also in form haggerdecash Ags. (Jam.) 1. sb. Disorder ; a broil. Lnk. (Jam.) 2. ac/u. In confusion, in a disorderly state, topsy-turvy. Ags., Cld. {ib.)
HAGGERIN,///. adj. Lth. (Jam.) [Not known to our correspondents.] In phr. haggcriii and sn'aggrrin, in an indift'erent state of health ; fig. unprosperous in business.
HAGGERSNASH, sb. and adj. Sc. [Not known to our correspondents.] 1. sb. Oftals. n.Sc. (Jam.)
2. Fig. A spiteful person. Ayr. [ib.)
3. adj. Spiteful, sharp.
Ayr. I maun lea' them to spaing athort their tapseltirie taun- trums an' haggersnash pilgatings upo'some hairum-skairum rattle- scull, Eiib. Mag. (Apr. 1821! 351 {ib.).
HAGGERTY, adj Sc. Also written haggarty Frf. [ha-garti.] In comb, (i) Haggerty-tag, in an untidy, ragged manner ; (2) -tag-like, (3) -taggerty, ragged, tattered, ragamuffin.
(1,2 nSc. iJam.1 (3' (A. Frf. This haggarty-taggarty Egyptian, Darkie Minister (1891) xiv.
HAGGILS, s6. />/. Fif. (Jam.) In phr. in the haggils, in trammels.
HAGGIS, sb. and v. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. War. Shr. Glo. Also in forms haggas Nhb. n.Yks. ; haggass(e Nhb.; haggles Sc. Lan.; haggise Sc. ; haggish Sc. N.Cy.' Nhb.' Cum.; haggus n.Cy. Lan.' Glo.'; heygus Lan.' [h)a'gis, as'gis.] 1. sb. A dish, gcii. consisting
of the lungs, heart, and liver of a sheep, minced with suet, onions, &c., and cooked in a sheep's maw.
Sc. It ill sets a haggis to be roasted, Ramsay Prow. (1737") ; I hope he'll get a haggis to his dinner, Scott Biidc 0/ Lain. (1819) xviii. Bch. Like an ill-scraped haggis, Forbes /)•«. (1742) 2. Abd. I left my millier To cook the haggles, Cock S//'rt:;;5^i8 10) 1. 120. w.Sc. Gif a' your hums and ha's were hams and haggises, the parish o'Kippen needna fear a dearth, Carbick Laiid 0/ Logan (i83S> 172. Dmb. A table bent wi' cheer . . . Haggis aboon and mutton at the foot, Salmo.n' Gowodcan (1868) 108. Rnf. [I] set some haggis down afore, I trow the smell o't didna shore, Picken Poems (1813) I. 62. Ayr. Not forgetting the savoury sonsy haggis, Galt EnlaiJ {1823) vii. Lnk. On the haggles Elspa spares nae cost, Ramsay Genlle Shep. (1725) 44, ed. 1783. Lth. A sonsey haggis, reeking, rose Fu' proudly in the centre, Bkuce Poems (1813) II. 65. Edb. A haggis fat Weel tottled in aseything pat, Fer&usson Poems (1773) 186, ed. 1785. Bwk. Mountalban for a haggis ; Lamington for tea, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 23. Slk. If I would . . . take a share of a haggis wi' them, Hogg Ta/fs (1838) 151, ed. 1866. Rxb. A very singular superstition in regard to this favourite dish pre- vails in Rxb. and perhaps in other southern counties. As it is a nice piece of cookery to boil a haggis, without suffering it to burst in the pot and run out, the only effectual antidote known is nomi- nally to commit it to the keeping of some male who is generally supposed to bear antlers on his brow. When the cook puts it into the pot, she says, 'I gie this to — such a one— to keep' (Jam.); A good fat haggles, if his purse can spare it, Ruickdie IVayside Cottager (1807) 73. Dmf. Mony a liaggis that reeked an' swat,
TnoM Jock o' Knoivc (1878) 39. Wgt. It was only a haggish, an A tliink ce needna mak' sae muckle din aboot it. Fraser IVigtown (1877)363. n.Cy. iJo;(/<->-G/. (Co//. L. L.B.I ; N.Cy.' Nhb. Grose (1790) ; Like the first puffe of a haggassc, Richardson Borderers Tahle-bk. (1846J VI. 309 ; Nhb.' Tripe minced small. Cum. Some- times fruit, suet, and the minced entrails of a sheep, and sometimes only oatmeal, suet, and sugar, boiled in the large gut of a sheep. It was till lately the common custom to have this dish to breakfast every Christmas day, and some part of the family sat up all night to have it ready at an early hour. It is now used at dinner en the same day (J. L.) (1783) ; We'dstew'd geuse and haggish, Anderson Bal/ads (ed. 1808) 173 ; Cum.' A pudding of mincemeat for eating with potatoes on Christmas day. Lan. Her food . . . was haggis, made of boil'd groats, mixed with thj-me or parsley, Harland & Wilkinson F/i-Lore 11867) 207 ; Lan.' Pottage made of herbs. e.Lan.' A pudding of herbs.
2. Comp. (i) Haggis-bag, the maw of a sheep in which the haggis is cooked ; fig. a windbag, a contemptuous term for anj'thing; (2) -feast, a feast or meal consisting of haggis ; (3) -fed, fed upon haggis ; (4) -headed, soft- headed, foolish, stupid ; (5) -heart, a soft, cowardly heart ; (61 -kail, the water in which a haggis is cooked; (7) -meat, minced and seasoned tripe ; (8) -supper, a supper con- sisting of haggis ; (9) -wife, a woman who sells minced and seasoned tripe.
(i) Sc. It is more like an empty haggis-bag than ony thing else, Blaekw. Mag. (Sept. 1819) 677 tjAM.1. Dmb. ' Principles ! haggis bags!' exclaimed the lady, Cross Disruption (1844) v. (2) Nhtj. Aw'd suener hev a haggish feast. Or drink wi skipper Morgan, Alian Tyneside Sngs. (1891) 333. (3I Ayr. But mark the rustic, haggis-fed. Burns To a Haggis (1787) st. 7. (4) Edb. Bring haggis-headed William Younger, Pennecuik IVis. ( 1715) 412, ed. 1815. (5) Edb. His haggis heart it fills Wi' grief, Forbes Poems (1812") 40. (61 Bnff. Wi' puddin broe or haggles kail, Or some- thing maks a battin meal, Taylor Poems (1787) 52. (7) Nhb. Aw got tired o' sellin' haggish meet, Bagnall Sirgs. (c. 1B50) 26; Ov sheep's feet then we hev a feed. An' haggish meat an' aw, man, ib. 23; Nhb.' (8) Sc. A wis at a haggis supper that nicht, Jokes, 2nd S. (1889I 36. (9 Nhb. Whaiv haggish wives wi' tubs an' knives, Robson Evangeline (1870') 343.
3. The paunch, belly. Cf hag, sb.*
Lnk. John goes to the amry and lays to the haggles, till his ain haggles cou"d had nae mair, Grah.\m IViitings ,18831 II, 210. Peb. Ned wi' his haggise toom Sail's stringless coats, as fast 's he dovv, Geed back, Lintotni Green (1685 1 62, ed. 181 7. n.Cy. Grose (1790V Lan. ib. MS. add. (C.) ; Lan.'
4. The smaller entrails or 'chitterlings' of a calf War.'', Shr.', Glo.'
5. Phr. /o cool one's /laggas, to beat one soundly.
n.Cy. Grose VI790). n.Tfks. lie coul thy haggas, bitch, if I begin, Meriton Praise Ale (1684") 1. 76 ; (K.)
6. Fig. A term of contempt applied to a lumpish, un- wieldy person; a soft, 'pudding-headed' person; a ' baggage.'
Dmf. The lazy haggises! CARLVLEif//.(i886jII.28. NCy.'.Nhb.'
7. V. In boxing : to bruise, cut up, ' do for ' ; Jtg. to scatter, spread abroad.
Nhb. Come up to the Scratch ! or, the Pitman hagglsh'd, Roeson Sngs. of Tyne 11849) 281 ; So wishing trade may brisker be. An' fuels aw haggished owre the sea, ib. 295 ; By gox, 'fore aw's duen ye'U be haggished eneuf, ib. Evangeline ',1870'i 347 ; Nhb.'
[1. Haggas a podjmg, caliette de moiiton, Palsgr. (1530); Hagws of a schepe. Take the roppis with fie talowe & parboyle hem ; })an hakke hem smal, Cookery Bk. (c. 1430), ed. Austin, 39.]
HAGGLE, si.' Chs. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Dor. Dev. Cor. Also written hagal I.W. ; haggel Cor.; haggil limp.'; hagl- Cor. ; and in forms agald Wil.' ; aggie Dev. nw.Dev.'; agle Chs. Cor.'^; awgl- Cor.'^; halgle n.Dev. ; hall, hayel Dor. ; orgl- Cor.' [a'gl, aegl.] A haw, the fruit of the hawthorn, Crataegus O.xyacantha ; also in comp. Haggle-berry. See Hag, sb.'^ Cf eggle-berry.
Chs. (B. & H.), Hmp.', n.Hmp. (J.R.W.), l.V/., Wil.' Dor. w.Ca^ette (Feb. 15, 1889) 7, col. i. Dev. A farmer informs me that the saying: 'Many aggies. Many cradles,' isfrequently added to the better-known sayings : ' Many nits, Many pits; Many slones, Many groans,' Reports Provinc. (1893); Horae Snbsc(irae {i-j-j-j) 198. n.Dev. Sloans, bullans,and haigles be about, Rock Jnn an'Aell
HAGGLE
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HAGISTER
(1867)31.12. nw.Dev.i Ccr.Housen and shops so thick as haggcl, Tbegellas Tales (1867) 67; Cor.'23
Hence (i) Hagglan, Aglon, Awglon, or Orglon, sb. a haw ; (2) -tree, sb. a hawthorn tree.
(i) Cor. Her lips were red as hagglons, Thomas Raitdigal Rhymes (1895) 11; Cor.'^ (2) Cor. The lizamamoo and the keggas grew under the liagglan-tree, Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) 15-
HAGGLE, s6.= Sh.I. [ha'gl.] A subordinate division- mark between districts. S. & Ork.'
HAGGLE, v} and sb? Van dial, and colloq. uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also written haggel Cuni.^ ; hagil Sc. (Jam.) ; hagle Lan. Glo. ; and in forms aggie w.Yks.^ Lan. Nhp.' Bdf. n.Bck. Wil.' ; haigel Sc. ; haigle Sc. Nhb.*; haggle Sus.' [hlagl, ffigl.] \. v. To cut awk- wardly or unevenly, to hack, mangle ; to bungle. See Hag, v}
Fif. (Jam.) Ayr. They may learn at the college to haggle affa sair leg, Galt Sir A. IVylie (1822! ciii. Ant. Grose 11790) MS. ada. (C.) Cum.' ; Cum.^ An' he haggelt an' cot at his pultess- bleacht po', 162. n.Yks.i* w.Yks. Thobesby Lett. (1703) ; w.Yks.2« ; w.Yks.5 ' Luke how thah's aggled that loaf ! ' Cloth is 'aggled ' when the knives of the cutting-machine, or rather the roller on which the knives are fixed, pimp and cut the cloth at short distances till it is re-arranged. ne.Lan.', Chs.' s.Chs.' Yi miin"u aag 1 dhu cheyz ; taak' it streyt ufoa r yi [Ye munna haggle thecheise; tak it streiglit afore ye]. Not. (J.H.B. ), Not.', Lin.', n.Lin.', Nhp.' Shr.' Dunna yo' aggie the mate i' that way — I conna bar to see it ; Shr.^ Glo. Baylis///;(s. Z^m/. (1870) ; Horae Siibsccivae (i-jTl) 198. Oxf.' MS. add. Bdf. To cut unevenly, as a joint of meat or a loaf of bread (J.W.B.). Wil. They took out theirknives and haggled the skin off, jEFFERiEsBti7i( 1882) vii I Wil.'
Hence (i) Haggled,/'^/, adj. hacked, mangled, mutilated ; (2) Haggiin, ppl. adj. rash, incautious ; (3) Haggly, adj. rough, unevenly cut.
{i) Gall. 1 see thee, little loch. Thou art clear this morning. Thou art red at even, and there is a pile of haggled heads by thee, Crockett Raiders (1894) xiv. (2) Fif. A haggiin' gomrel (,Jam.). (3I cm. (Jam.), s.Chs.'
2. To dispute, cavil, argue ; esp. to dispute the terms of a bargain ; to chatter; to quarrel, bicker.
Sc. To use a great deal of useless talk in making a bargain. Sib- bald Gl. (Jam.) Abd. Sandy Mutch would not ' haggle ' over a few shillings, Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 107. Cai.' Per. It wcs for love's sake a' haggled an' schemed, Ian Maclarzs Auld Lang Syue (1895) 157. Slk. I. . . baidna langer to haigel, Hogg ?"(i/fs (1838) no, ed. 1866. N.I.', Dur.l, Cum.' n.Yks. Thoo's alius haggling and scouding (T.S.) ; n.Yks.'^*, m.Yks.' w.Yks. Their isn't a minute's peace i' t'house — they're always haggling and jaggling about sometliing (H.L.); Lucas 5/»rf. Nlddcrdale {c. 1882J 229; w.Yks.' Lan. He's always aggling about something not woith a farthing (S.■W.^. ne.Lan.', Chs.', Not. (W.H.B.), Not.', Lin.', n.Lin.' s.Lin. Them two'Il haggle ovver nowt by the hour if nobody stops 'em |,T.H.R.). War. (J.R.W.) ; War." What a mon you be ! you'll haggle for the last farding. m.Wor. Don't haggle any more about it (J.C.). se.Wor.' Shr.' Yo' wanten to 'aggie, dun'ee — j-o' bin al'ays ready for cross-pladin' ; Shr.^ Glo. Wall, we bided thur and haggled a smart while, Buckman Darke's Sofoiiiit (1890) 140; Baylis ///.'(S. Vial. (1870). Brls.' Sometimes also it is used in the sense of' to hesitate in reply.' ' A haggled a gc od bit avoor a'd tell I wher a'd a bin.' n.Bck. (A.C.), e.An.^, Sus 2, Hmp.' Dev. Horae Siibsccivae (1777) 198. Cor. Mrs. Tucker used to haggle with everybody, Parr Adam and Eve (1880) III. 235.
Hence (i) Haggling, (a) sb. a dispute, argument; a pro- longed bargaining ; {b) ppl. adj. vexatious, trying, weari- some ; (2) Hagil-bargain, sb. one who is difficult to come to terms with in making a bargain, a ' stickler.'
(I, a) Frf. ' The chairge is saxpence. Davit,' he shouted. Then a haggling ensued. Barbie Z.j'f/;/ (1888) ii. n.Yks.', se.Wor.' yb) Bnff.' A term applied by fishermen and sailors to weather, in which the wind dies away during daytime, and springs up towards evening. Sus.' (2) Rxb. SiBBALD Gl. (1802) (Jam.).
3. To tease, worry, harass ; to over-work, fatigue, tire out.
Cum.', n.Yks.'* ne.Lan.' War.''What are you haggling our Bess for? Oxf. I get quite haggled, Sir, by the close of the day (W. F.R.) ; Cxf.' Often applied to energetic preachers. '"Ow'adid 'aggie 'isself.'
Hence Haggled, /i/i/. adj. wearied, harassed, worn out.
sw.Lin.' Poor things, liow haggled they look ! VOL. III.
4. To advance with difficulty; to do anything with much obstruction, to struggle.
Bwk., Kxb, To carry with dillicult}' anything that is heavy, cum- bersome, or entangling (Jam.). Rxb. I hae mair than I can haigle wi'. My lade is sae sad I can scarcely ha-gle (ib.). Nhb. Aa could hardly get haigl't through (RO.H.); Nhb.' Here she comes liaiglin wi a greet bunch o' sticks. Lan. Haggiin at th' seek to get hissel out, Waugh Old Cronies (1875; iv.
5. sb. A mild dispute ; the process of bargaining. s.Wor.', Glo. (A.B.)
[1. Suffolk first died : and York, all haggled over. Comes to him, SiiAKs. Hen. V, iv. vi. 11. 2. flaicclcr, to haggle, buck, liedge, or paulter long in the buying of a commodity, CoTGR. 3. We are so harassed and haggled out in this business, CroiMwell Lctl. (Aug. 20, 1648).]
HAGGLE, i;.2 and sb.* n.Cy. Yks. Pem. Also written hagel s.Pem. ; haggel e.Yks. ; hagle s.Pcm. ; and in forms aggie e.Yks. ; hag- m.Yks.' [h)a-gl.] 1. v.
To hail.
n.Cy. Grose (1790"!: (K.) n.Yks.'; n.Yks.2 It beeath haggl'd and snaw'd. ne.Yks.' It haggled heavy t'last neet. e.Yks. It haggled'! morn. Coles Plan A'ames (1879 30; (Miss A.) ; e.Yks.' We mocnt gan oot just yit, it's beginnin te haggle. m.Yks.' [Ray 11691).]
2. sb. Hail, a hailstone ; also in coiiip. Haggle-stone, Hag-stone.
e.Yks. (R.M.) ; Haggles doon wide chimla clatthered, Yks. Dial. (1887)35; MoRRDi Flk-Talk {i8g2). m.Yks.' s Pem. There is a shower of hagles a comin' (W.M.M.) ; Laws Little Eng. (1888) 420.
HAGGLE-CART, sb. Oxf [ae-gl-kat] A horse and cart let out on hire to do rough work or odd jobs; also used attrib. and vb.
' Haggle-cart man,' a person whose services may be hired for any kind of carting work required of him. ' Haggle-cart men ' and ' haggle-cart work ' are common terms in Oxford 1 G.O.) ; We are to distribute the work equally amongst the haggle-cart men in Oxford, 0.\f. Times (Jan. 7, 1899) 3 ; Oxf.' Ea goes [guez] to haggle-cart, MS. add.
HAGGLER, sb. Lon. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Dor. Also written hagler Hmp.' Dor. [ae'gl3(r).] 1. A pedlar,
huckster ; a ' middle-man.' Cf higgler.
Lon. In Billingsgate the 'forestallers' or middlemen, ..as regards means, are a far superior class to the ' hagglers' ithe forestallers of the green markets), Mayhew Loud. Labour ^1851) I. 67. Wil. Slow Gl. (1892). Dor. I be plain Jack Durbeyfield the haggler. Hardy Ti'ss (1891^ 4 ; An j-ou do know young Jimmey Brown the hagler. Eclogue 1^1862) 26 ; Dor.' One who buys up poultry to sell again. 2. The upper servant of a farm. Hmp.', I.W.'°
HAGGLE-TOOTH, sb. Som. Dev. A tooth belonging to the second set which appears prematurely through the gum and projects. Dev.' Cf aigle, 4.
Hence Haggletoothed, adj. having prominent or pro- jecting teeth.
w.Som.' Ag-lteo'dhud. Dev. Horae Siikvcivae (1777') 198. n.Dev. Wey zich a whatnozed liaggle-tooth'd . . . theng as thee art, E.rm. Scold. (1746) 1. 58.
HAGGOKNO'W, see Haga-knowe.
HAGGRIE, sb. Bnft".' [ha'gri.] An unseemly mass.
It is very often spoken of food badly cooked and served up in an untidy way.
HAGHOG, sb. Obs. Rut.' A hedgehog.
Paid for a haghog, 2d., Chivarden's Accts. (1720 1.
HAGHT, sb. Ant. A voluntary cough to remove mucus from the throat. Ba/h'iiicna Obs. (1892).
HAGHYE, j^Ar. Obso/. Cum.' Li.stcn, hark yc.
HAGIL, HAGLE, see Haggle, t'.' ^ Hauchle.
HAGISTER, sb. Lin. Ken. Also written hagester, haggister Ken. ; and in form eggiste Lin. Dor. The mag- pie, Pica riislica.
Lin. A gamekeeper's word, N. & Q. (1899) 9th S. iv. 357; (T.H.) Ken. Ray(i69i); (K.) ; I took up a libbet to holl at a hagester that sat in the pea gratten, Grose (1790! ; I hove a libbit at the hagister, Lewis /. Tenet (1736) (s.v. Libbit 1 ; Ken."
[EFris. dksler, ckslcr, lutkstcr, heistcr, 'pica' (Koolman); Du.rtrt/'i7tT(morecommonIj'f^5/<'/-), the magpie (DeVries).]
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HAIL
HAGLY-CRAB, sb. Ilrf. A variety of apple.
Nature has endued some apple tr'cc-s, such as the redstreak. . . with the power of maturing their fiuits earher in the season than others, such as the hagly crab, golden pippin, Marshall A'eview (18181 II. 289.
HAGMAHUSH, sb. Sc. An awkward sloven ; also used attrib.
Abd. O laddy I ye're a hagmahush ; yer face is barkid o'er wi' smush, Beattie Parings (1801) 5, ed. 1873; Most commonly applied to a female (Jam.).
HAG-MAL'L, sZi. Som. l.Thet'itmovKe, Acrcciula rosea.
N. &- Q. > 1877) 5th S. viii. 358 ; W. & J. Gl. (.1873;. 2. A sloven, slattern.
W. & J. Gl. (i873\ w.Som.' Her's a purty old beauty, her is ^a rigler old hag-mall [hag-maa-1].
HAGMAN-HEIGH, see Hogmany.
HAG-MARK, sb. Sh.I. A boundary stone, a stone set up to indicate the line of division between separate districts ; also called Hag-s'.ane.
Jakobsen A'w-5*i» S/i. (1897) 117; (,Cc//. L.L.B.) ; S. & Ork.'
HAGMENA, see Hogmany.
HAG-NAIL, sb. Suf. Same as Agnail (q.v.).
HAGODAY, see Haggaday.
HAGRI, sb. Sh.I. In phr. to ride the liagri, see below.
There is an old Shetland expression : ' to ride de hagri ' — 'hagri' being an O.N. hag(ayeiS': skattald-ride. In former times neigh- bouring proprietors used to ride in companj' around their skattald- boundaries in order to inspect the marches, or put up new march-stones, and thus prevent future disputes. Every year, when this was done, they took with them a boy, the son of some crofter, residing on one or other of the properties. At every march stone they came to, the boy got a flogging: this, it was thought, made him remember the place ever after. For every year this ' hagri ' or skattald riding was done, a different boy was selected to accompany the proprietors and receive the floggings, Jakobsen Dial. {1897) 109.
HAG-STONE, see Haggle, sb.* 2.
HAGUE, sb. and v. N.Cy.' [heg.] 1. sb. The in- clination of a dike with the seam in a coal-pit. Cf hade, sbi^ 2. V. To incline, slope. ' She hagues sare to the sou'.h.'
HAGUE, see Hag, s6.=
HAGWESH,s6. Cum.i Ruin, bankruptcy. Cf.bagwesh.
HAGWIFE, sb. Sc. A midwife.
Lnk. I maun hae a hagwife or my mither dee, for truly she's very frail, Grah.\m IVriliiigs (18831 II. 208.
HAG.'WORM, sb. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. "Vks. Lan. Lin. Also written hag-wurm Cum.^ ; and in forms ag- worm w.Yks. ; -worrum e.Yks.' ; haggom n.Yks.' ; hag- worrum e.Yks.^ [h)a-g-warm, -warn.] L The adder
or viper, Pelias beriis.
n.Cy. Ah's as crazy as a hag-worm ower3'on nago'oors fB.K.). Nhb. Richardson Boirf^rj-'s Table bk. (1846) VIll. 15; (ROH.'j Lakel.> Cum. 'What thinks teh tliey fand iv his stomach?' ' Mebby a hag-worm,' Sargieso.n Joe Scoap (1881") 99 ; Cum.^ An t'fat rwoastit oot o beath hagwurms an eels, 161 ; Cum.'' Wm. A hagworm will bite fra the clint. HurroN Biaii A'eiv U'nrk |>I785) 1.407. s.Wm. (J.A B.) Yks. Grose (1790I. n.Yks.i^" e.Vks. Marshall Riir. Econ. (1788; ; e.Yks.' w.Yks, Lucas Stud Nidderdale (c. 1882; G/. ; HunoN Tcur to Caves (1781). Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 334 ; Lin.' n.Lin.' Obsol.
2. The common snake, Coluber iiatri.v; also used gene- ricallj' for snakes of any kind.
N.Cy.', Cum.* n.Yks. Seirnee Gossip {iBSq) 161; n.Yks.* Often, though wrongly, applied to the common harmless snake ; ri.Yks.^ ne.Yks.' Used generically rather than specifically. m.Yks.' Applied to all kinds of snakes, which are rarely found out of woods. w.Yks. WiLLAN List ITds. (181 1). Lan.', n.Lan.'
3. The blind-worm, Angiiisfragilis.
Nhb. It is affirmed that the bite of the hag-worm ... is much more deadly, Richardson Borderer's Table-bk. (,1846) VIII. 15; Nhb.' Dur.' A worm of a brown mottled colour, the belly being lighter. It is about a foot in length, and an inch in diameter. Cum. Hutchinson Hist. Cum. (1794) I. App. 54; Cum.* w.Yks. Van 'ud awmost think ye'd swallowed a hagworm, Jabez Oliphant (1870") bk. I. V ; w.Yks.'
4. Conip. (i) Hagworm-flower, the star-wort, Stellaria holostea ; (2) -stones, perforated fragments of the grey alum shale found on Whitby beach.
(i1 Yks. (B. & H.) (2) n.Yks.2 The round holes were traditionally supposed to be due to the sling of the adder.
[1. ON. Iiogg-ormr, a viper (Vigfusson).]
HAG-YARD, see Haggard.
HAH, HAHL, HAHM, HAHNSER, see I, Hale, v.\ Haulm, Heronsew.
HA-HO, sb. Irel. Also in form hi-how N.I.' The hedge-parsley, Aiit/iriscus sylivstris.
N.I.' Of the parts of the stem between the joints children make 'philTers' to ' pluff' hawstones through. Children also make * scouts,' i. e. squirts, of the stem of this plant. An instrument for producing a noise is also made, ' When we were wee fellows we used to make horns of the hi-how.' Ldd. (B. & H.)
HAHO, see Haihow.
HAICHES,**. Sc. Also written haichess Abd. (Jam.); haichus R.\b. (Jam.) Force, impetus; a heavy fall, the noise made by tlie falling of a heavy body.
n.Sc. (Jam.\ Abd. (tb.) Frf. [She] Mistook a fit for a' her care, An' wi' a haiches fell, Morison Poems (1790) 25. Rxb. (Jam.)
HAID, see Hade, sb.^-, Hide, f.^
HAID-CORN, s/). Nhb. The plants of wheat in winter. (Hall.), Nhb.' Cf. hard -corn.
HAIFER,!'. }Obs. e.An. To toil, labour. (HALL.),e.An.>
HAIFTY.KAIFTY, «(?>•. w.Yks.^ Also in form hefty- kefty. Wavering, undecided. Cf havey-cavey.
HAIG, HAIGEL, see Hag, 5i.'^ Hagg, v.. Haggle, v.^
HAIGH, sb. Sc. Wm. A precipice ; a hillside.
Per. Syne a great haigh they row'd him down. Duff Poems, 8^ (Ja.m.^. Wm. Gibson Leg. (1877' 93.
HAIGH, V. Lan. Chs. Also written hay. To raise, lift up, heave ; to take the top earth off gravel.
Lan.' A farmer at Flixton had fetched some gravel and complained of his pay, saying,'! had to hay it as well.' Chs.'; Chs.^ Hay it up.
[Nu sket shall illc an dale beon AH hejhedd upp and fillcdd, Orniiiliiin (c. 1200) 9204.]
HAIGH, HAIGLE, see Hag, sb.^, Haggle, si.', j;.'
HAIGRAIG, adj. Wil. [Sgreg.] Bewildered.
Slow Gl. (18921; Wil.' (s.v. Hag-rod).
HAIGRIE, sb. Sh.I. Also in forms haegrie; hegrie S. & Ork.' (Jam.) [he'gri.] The heron, Ardea ciiierea.
The . . . heron ^haigrie) . . . might surely have been scheduled . . . [for] protection, S/i. A'ews (Jan. 14, 1899); Gazin' aboot him laek a howlin' haegrie, Stewart Tales (1892') 256; (W.A.G.) ; SwAiNsoNfii>rfj(i885) 144; Edmonston Zf//. (1809) II. 266 (Jam.).
[Norw. dial. Jiegre, a heron (Aasen) ; ON. hegri.]
HAIHOW, sb. n.Cy. Shr. Also in forms haho n.Cy. ; high hoe Shr. The green woodpecker, Geciiiiis viridis.
n.Cy. Poetry Frovine. in Cornli. Mag. (1865^ XII. 35. Shr. Its loud, laughing note has caused it to be called High hoe or Hai how, SwAixsoN Shu's (1885) 100; Shr.' [Fi<;mra', Heighaw or Wood- pecker, Cotgr.]
HAIK(E, HAIKED, see Hack, sb}^, Hake, sb.^, v., Hawkit.
HAIL, s6.' Sc. Irel. [hel.] Small shot, pellets.
Edb. They canna eithly miss their aim. The wail o' hail they use for game, Liddle Po«;;s (1821) 69. N.L' Sparrow hail. 'The whole charge of hail went into his back.'
[Pastes, big hail-shot for herons, geese, and other such great fowl, Cotgr.]
HAIL, i;.' Sc. Som. Cor. [h)el.] To shout; to roar, cry.
Frf. They hailed doon to see if ony o' the inmates were alive, WiLLOCK Rosetty Ends ^1886) 72, ed. 1889. Som. Trans. Pliil. Soc. (1858, 159; (Hall.) Cor. The souls of the drowned sailors . . . haunt these spots, and the ' calling of the dead' has frequently been heard. . . Many a fisherman has declared he has heard the voices of dead sailors ' hailing their own names,' Hunt Pop. Pom. iv.Eng. (1865) 366, ed. 1896.
HAIL, v.^ and sb.^ Sc. Nhb. Cum. Also written hale Sc. Nhb.' Cum.'* [hel.] L f. To drive the ball to the goal ; to win the goal. Cf. dool, sb.' 3.
Edb. When the ball is driven to the enemy's boundary it is 'hailed' (D.M.R.l. Cum.'; Cum." The ball went 'down' very soon and did not stop until hailed in the harbour.
Hence Haler, sb. a 'goal' or 'win' in the game of ' shinny ' or ' shinty.' Cum.*
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2. Phr. (i) hail the ball, (2) —the dool or dools, a term used in football or other similar games, meaning to win a goal, drive the ball through the goal ; to win the mark, be victorious.
(i) Sc. (Jam.~) Abd. The ba" spel's won And we the ba' ha'e hail'd, Skinner Ponns (1809) 51. Nhb. The dawn will be cheery, When death 'hails' the ba ! Proudlock Borderland Muse (1896) 248; We haled the baa safe i' the chorch porch [the goal], DixofJ Shrove-tide Customs, 6 ; Nho.i Cum. Others start to hale the ball (E.W.P.). (2) See Dool. 5i.= 3.
3. sb. The call announcing the winning stroke at shinty and some other ball games; the act of driving the ball to the boundary.
Sc. (Jam.), Cai.' Edb. The cry of ' hail ' is raised at the game of shinty when the ball is driven through the enemy's goal iD.M.R.).
4. The goal at shinty, football, &c. ; the ' goal' scored. Sc. The struggle is, which party will drive the ball to their
'hail,' Chambers' Iii/ormatioji (ed. 1842) s.v. Shinty; The hails is wun, Tabras Poems (1804) 66 (Jam.). Abd. The hail at ' shinty,' and the dell at 'hunty' and 'kee how,' CADENHrAD Bon .-Record (1853) 192. Edb. The goal at shinty is known as ' the hails,' and a goal won is a 'hail' (DM.R.). Dmf.(jAM., s.v. Han'-an-hail). Nhb.' ' To kick hale ' is to win the game. Cum. A hail at feut-bo between t'scheulhoose an' t'low stump, SARGissoNyocScort/>(i88i) 2 ; Cani.«
5. pi. A game of ball somewhat resembling ' shinty ' or hockey ; see below.
Lth. Great was the variety of games played with the ball, both by boj-s and girls, from 'shintie' and 'hails' to 'stot-ba' and 'bannets,' Strathesk More Bits (ed. 1885'! 32. Edb. At the Edb. Academy there is a game called ' hails,' which is akin to hockey, only it is plaj'ed with the flat wooden rackets called ' clackens,' and the manner of playing is different (D.M.R.\
6. The place for playing oft' the ball at hockey and similar games. Sc. Also used in pi (Jam.)
7. Coiiip. (i) Hail'ball, a boys' game ; see below ; also called Han-an'-hail (q.v.) ; (2) -lick, the last blow or kick of the ball, which wins the game at football, &c.
(i) Dmf. Two goals called 'hails' or ' dules ' are fixed on. . . The two parties then place themselves in the middle between the goals or 'dules,' and one of the persons, taking a soft elastic ball about the size of a man's fist, tosses it into the air, and as it falls strikes it with his palm towards his antagonists. The object of the game is for either party to drive the ball bej'ond the goal which lies before them, while their opponents do all in their power to prevent this (Jam., s.v. Han'-an-hail). (2) Knr. (Jam.")
HAIL, int. Yks. Also written hale, [el.] A cry used to drive away geese.
n.Yks. ' Hale,' be off wi' j-e, opposed to ' Abbej', abbey, abbej',' a summons to come R.H.H.). e.Yks. (Miss A.)
HAIL, HAILL, see Ail, sb.'^. Hale, sb}, adj., v.^^. Heal, v.'^
HAILY, sA. Brks. Also written haighly. [Not known to ourothercorrespondents.] [e'li.] Anonset, onrush. (J. C.K.)
HAIM, HAIMALD, see Hame,56.>=, Hain, i'.', Hamald.
HAIN, 5A.' Sc. [hen.] A haven, place of refuge.
Ags. The East Hain ( Jam. ). Frf. The hind comes in, if hain he win, LowsoN Cuidfollow (1890) 242.
HAIN, sA.2 Chs. [en.] Hatred, malice. (HALL.),Chs.'^
[Fr. haine, hatred.]
HAIN, v} and sb? Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also written haain Brks.' I.VV.'^; haen Abd. Ant.; hane Sc. (Jam.) ; hayn s.Wor.' Oxf Hmp.' ; hayne Glo.' Som. Cor.'^ ; and in forms haim Glo.' ^ ; hein Frf. ; hen- Nhb.' [h)en.] 1. V. To enclose, surround by a hedge; to shut up or preserve grass land from cattle, &.Z., with a view to a crop of hay. Also with up.
GaU. (Jam.) Nhb. (J.H.) ; Nhb.' A grass field kept back from pasture till late in summer is said to be hained. Nhp.' 'Have you hained your land? ' i.e. have j'ou excluded cattle from the field, in order that the grass may grow? Nhp.^, War. fJ.R.W.) Wor. Old turf keeping for sale. This keeping is very fresh, having been winter hained,£':rs/io»iyra.( May 14, 1898). s.Wor.' Glo.i J.S. F.S"; Marshall «H^. Ecoii. (1789) I ; 01. (1851); Glo.'^ Oxf. When the cattle are taken oft', and the fences made up, the meadows are hayned ( K.) ; N.&r'Q. (1884) 6th S. ix. 390 ; Oxf.', Hmp.' I.W.' Don't thee dreyve the cattle into that mecad, caas 'tes haain'd up; I.W.2 Wil. They make a practice ol haining up their meadows as early as possible, Marshall Review (1818) II. 489; Britton Beauties {182$ ; Wil.' Dor.^ The mead werwinter-hained. Som. His plan is to winter hayne fifteen acres, Reports Agric. (1793-
1813" 1 14 ; (W.F.R.) ; Jennings Obs. Dial. iv.Eitg. (1825) ; Sweet- man IVineaiiton Gl. (1885). Cor.'^
Hence Hained, ppl. adj. (i) of grass : preserved for hay, not used as pasture ; (2) of ground : enclosed, preserved from pasturage for a season. Also usedyf^.
(i) Sc, Th.it the bees may feed on the flowers of the heath and late meadows or hain'd, that is kept grass, Maxwell Bec-Master (1747) 55 Jam.) ; We'll thrive like hainet girss in May, Chambers Siigs. (1829) II. 517. w.Eng. Morton Cydo. Agric. fi863'. (2) Sc. (Jam.) Abd. Hawkies twa, Whilk o'er the craft to some hained rig she leads, Still Cottar's Sunday (1845 1 18, Fif. Transferred to a man who is plump and well grown. ' Ye've been on the hain'd rig' (Jam.). s.Sc.In sheep-farms, hained ground means, that which is reserved for a particular purpose, such as to pasture the lambs after they are weaned, or for the purpose of making hay from, N. & Q. (1856) 2nd S. ii, 157. Ayr. Wi' tentie care I'll flit thy tether To some hain'd rig, Burns To his Auld Mare, st, 18, Slk. That's the hained grund like, Hogg Tales {iH^^B] 23, ed. 1866. Kcb. Now weir an' fence o' wattl'd rice The hained fields inclose, Davidson Seasons (1789) 51. n.Cy. A', if O. (1856) 2nd S. ii. 157.
2. To protect or preserve from harm ; to shield, exculpate. Frf. Hain them weel, and deil the fear But on ye'll get, Sands
Poems (1833'! 24. Rnf. Wha wadna up an' rin To hain a weel pay'd skin? Finlayson /?/n7;(CS (18151 57. Ayr. Be hain'd wha like, there was no excuse for him. Hunter Studies {l8^o) 26. Lnk. The guidwife, to hain her table. Spread a coverin' white as snaw, Nicholson Kilwuddie (ed, 1895) 52. Edb. Hain the life o' mony a brave ane, Crawford Poems (,1798) 91. e.Dur.'
3. To husband, economize, use sparinglj' ; to save up, hoard, lay by.
Sc. It is well hain'd, that is hain'd off the belly, Kelly Prov. (1721) 182; Kail hains bread, Ramsay Pro!'. : 1737 ; We hain our little hates, and are niggards of the love that would begin Heaven for us even here, Keith Bonnie Ledy V1897) 73. Sh.I. Dey [bones] wir weel hained, for we haed naethin' troo da voar, I ma}* say, bit just mael an' watter, Stewart Trt/fs (1892 : 249. Cai.' Kcd.Bere an' ails in sheaves or tails, Weel haint the simmer through. Grant Lays (1884) 3. Abd. I wyte her squeelin's nae been hain't. Good- wife (1867) St. 13. Frf. Come, hain your siller, pick an' eat, Beattie Arnha (c. 1820 ■ 16, ed. 1882. Per. I cut the bread thick to hain the butter. Fergusson Vill. Poet. 1,1897) '^i. s.Sc. A man among men he For catching the soveran and haining the penny ! Allan Poems (18871 65. Rnf. Some hae roulh to spen' an' hain, Neilson Poems (1877) 27. Ayr. Ye're no to hain your ability in the business, Galt Sir A. U'yiie (1822) xxviii ; (J.M.) Lnk. The thrifty mither did her best their scanty means to hain, Nicholso.n Idylls (1870"! 129. Edb. He wastes a poun, an' hains a penny, Learmont Poems 11791) 65. Slk. You needna hain the jeel [jeliy] for there's twa dizzen pats, Chr. North Aoctes (ed. 1856 1 IV. 98. Rxb. The French Their lead an' powlher hae nae hain'd, A. Scott Poems (ed. 1808) 142. Gall. Wiiat Highlan' ban' its blade would hain? Nicholson Pof/, Jf'*5. (1814) 178, ed. 1897. Wgt. A thrifty bit wife wha his weekly wage hains, Fraser Poems (18851 177. N.I,' Ant. ' Haen your kitchen,' that is save your soup, beef, or whatever else you have got to eat with 3'our potatoes, Ballymena Obs. (1892). N.Cy.' Haining a new suit of clothes. Nhb. The gear 1 hain, he just destro3's, Proudlock Borderland Muse (1896) 339 ; Nlib.' A man hains his food or drink to make it go as far as possible. Dur. Gibson UpJVeardale Gl. (1870). Cum. We'll not give yae pleace a' our gift An' hain nought for anither, 5«,^5. (1866) 239; Cum.", s.Wor. (H.K.)
Hence (i) Hained, ppl. adj. (a) saved up, hoarded, pre- served from use ; freq. in comb. Weel-hained ; (b) jig: preserved, kept in store; (2) Hained-up, ppl. adj., see (I, rt) ; (3) Hainer, sb. one who saves anything from being worn or expended ; (4) Haining, (a) ppl. adj. thriftj', saving, frugal, penurious ; (b) sb. economj', frugality, saving; parsimony; (5) Hainings,s6./>/. earnings, savings.
(i, rt ) Sc. The long-hained siK-eris paidover the counter, Keith Prue (1895) 159, Abd. I maun yield my weel-hained gear to deck yon modern wa's, Cadeniiead Boh Accord (1853) 187. Per, She puts on her weelhain'd tartan plaid, Nicoll Poems (ed. 1843) 94. Dmb. It's no my weel-hained pickle siller that's to keep liim up ony langer to play the fule. Cross Disruption ' 1844I i. Ayr. Wha waste your weel-hain'd gear on damn'd new Brigs and Harbours! Burns Brigs of Ayr (1787) 1. 173. Edb. Hain'd multer hads the mill at ease, Fergusson Pof;;i5 (1773) 150, ed. 1785. Dmf. Our guidwife coft a snip white coat, Wi' monie a weel hained butter- groat, Cromek Remains ( 1810) 90. n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.) Nhb. Auld Bella's well hain'd china ware, Proudlock Borderland
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Muse ( 1896) 338. (i) Sc. Hain'd men ' will ye not heark ? A vtoun Ballads {ed. i86i^I. 91. (2)Sc. It's fair pizen, It's naething but tlie l:aincd-up syndings o' the glesscs, Keith Bonnie Lady (iBg^) 29. (3) Cld. He's a glide liainer o' his claisc. He's an ill hainero'his siller ^Jam.). (4, a") Sli.I. Der owcr hainin ta spend mair isdey can help, Sh. News (Aug. 19, 1899). Bnfl.' Elg. Jeems. though he's hainin', keeps a gey decent dram, Tester Poems (1865^ 133. Ayr. Being of a haining disposition, Service No/anditins (1890 9. (A) Sh-I. Lang want, dey say, is nae bread hainin, Sli. A'ews (July 9, 1898). Abd. That's an unco hacnin o' the strae, Ale.xander Johnny Gibb (1871) xxxvii. Ayr. A spirit of scarting and haining that I never conld abide. Service Dr. Dugiiid ,ci. 1887) 25. Lnk. Our John was aj-e a great man for hainin', RoY Generalship (d. 18951 2. (5) Ayr. My lawful jointure and honest hainings, Galt Entail (,1823) lii.
4. Phr. (i) hain the charge, to save exfjense ; to grudge, be penurious ; (2) — the road, to save a journey.
(i) Sc. If my dear wife should hain the charge As I expect she will, Chambers Sh^5. (1829) II. 487. (2') Edb. If ye'd stay'd at liame. and cooked, And hain'd the road, Liddle Poems (1821) 27.
5. To save or spare exertion, trouble, &c.
Sc. (Jam.) Sh.I. I could a haind my trouble, Sh. Nen'S (July 2, 1898). Inv. To hain one's self in a race, not to force one's self at first (H.E.F.'i. Bcli. They are so hain'd, they grow so daft, Forbes Dominie (1785) 42. Abd. Swankies they link aff the pot To hain their joes, Keith Fanner s Ha' (1774^ St. 60. Slg. Flit in tethers needless nags That us'd to hain us, iVIuiR Poems (1818) 13. Ayr. Sic hauns as you sud ne'er be faikit. He hain't wha like, Burns 2nd Ep. to Davie. e.Lth. I'm suir ye dinna hain yoursel, sir. Hunter J. Iniviek y 1895 "i 134. Dmf. Wha toiled sae sair tae hain me, QuiNN Heather I 1863) 245. Gall. You know I havena sought to hain you in the hottest of the harvest ; neither have I urged you on, Nicholson Hist. Tales {184.2) 3-4- N.I.' Ye hained yersel' the day. Nhb.' A man takes work easily and hains himself in order that his strength may endure to the end of the day.
Hence Hained, pp/. adj. (i) well-preserved, not wasted by bodily fatigue or exertion ; (2\ fig. chaste.
(i) Nhb.' A man who has gone through a long life and presents a fresh appearance is said to be * vveel hained.' (2) Sc. * Well- hained,' not wasted by venery (Jam.).
6. With on : to grudge the expense of a bargain ; to grudge one's pains or trouble.
Efteraa've myed the bargain aa hcn'don't (R.O.H.) ; Nhb.' ' Ho scun henncd on't,' he soon gave it up or tired of doing it.
7. With front or off: to abstain or hold aloof from.
Slg. I am sorry he has been so long hained from Court, BuucE Sermons (1631) 20, cd. 1843. Brks.' Us 'ool haain aff vrom taay- kin' any notice on't vor a daay or two, praps a wunt do't no moor.
8. To cease raining.
Sh.I. Da rain hained an' da wind banged ta wast wi' a perfect gyndagooster, Stence Flk-I.ore (1899) 250 ; ib. iig.
9. sb. A field shut up for hay; an enclosure.
Hrf. (W.W.S.), Hrf.' Glo. Lewis GI. (1839^: GIo.» 'Wil. Britton Beauties (i825\ Sera. Mr. H., speaking oran egg he had found on another person's land, said, ' I had no right to it ; it wasn't my hain' (W.F.K.V
[1. Norw. dial. /;('^;irt,to fence in, enclose (Aasen) ; so ON. hcgna (ViGFUssoN). 3. In Seytoun he remaned, Whair wyne and aill was nothing iiayncd. Sat. Poems (1583), cd. Cranstoun, I. 372.]
HAIN, v.'^ Lin. To possess.
(Hall.); Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 159.
HAIN, V? e.An. Also in forms heigh'n e.An.'^; heign, heig'n Nrf. ; heyne Suf. ; highen Nrf. [en.] To raise, heighten, csp. to raise in price.
e.An.' Invariably applied to the increase of prices, wages, &'C. ; e.An. 2 Flour is hain to-day a penny a stun. Nrf. Yow would a larfed . . . tu see that old hussy [a cow] hain up her tail, Patterson Man and Nat. (iBgs^l 66; Master said ... he should heig'n the whole of his men on Saturday night. Spilling Molly Miggs (1873) 8 : I'm afeard that flour will be hained again next week (W.R.E. ^ ; A bricklayer speaks of heigning a wall, Cozens-Hardv Broad Nrf. (1893) 15; (,W.H.Y.); Grose (1790). e Nrf. To hain the rent, the rick, the ditch, Marshall liur. Econ. (1787). w.Nrf. Every- thin' is heighen'd 'cept wages t'yaar, Orton Beeston Ghost (1884) 7. Suf. Raven Hist. Snf. (1895) 262.
[I have spoke with Borges that he shuld hcyne the price of the mershe, Pasloii Let. (1465) II. 376; Ilcynyn, cxatto, elvvo, Prompt.]
HAIN, v.* Ess. [en.] To drive away.
Trans. Areh. Soc. (1863) II. 185; iW.W.S.)
HAIN, v.^ Som. Dcv. Also written hayne Dev. ; and in forms ain w.Som.' ; aine Som. ; hend, hen(n Som. Dev. ; yean Dev.' ; yen Dev.'° n.Dev. nw.Dev.' [en, en, Jan.] To throw, fling, esp. to throw stones, &c.
Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825) ; W. & J. Gl. (1873); Monthly Mag. (1814) II. 126. w.Som.' Dhu bwuuyz bee aineen stoa unz tudhuduuks [The boys are throwing stones at the ducks"'. Dev. Ef zo be thee dissent be quiet, I'll hcnn thcase gert cob tu thy hej'de ! Hewett Pens. Sp. (1892) ; Don't you hayne stwones, there ! Pulman Sk'tchcs (1842) 103, ed. 1871 ; Moore Ilist. (1829) I. 354 ; Still most commonly applied to throwing stones, though not always. Reports Provine. (1889^ ; Dev.' Whan a had greep'd down a wallige of muss, a . . . yean'd et away. 2 ; Witherly up \vith his \-oot and yand over the tea kittle, fA. 4 : Dev. 2 n.Dev. Yen ma thick Cris'mus brawn, Kock Jim an Nill{i86-i) st. 1 ; Tha henst along thy Torn, E.vm. Seold. (1746) I. 255. nw.Dev.' Yen 'n away.
[Our givves him ladde wijifoute \e toun and henede him wi)> stones, J>e Holy Rode (c. 1300) 263. OE. hdiian, to stone (fohn x. 32).]
HAIN, see Hine.
HAINBERRIES, sb. Sc. Raspberries, the fruit of Rtibtis Idaeus. Cf hindberry.
Sc. Haw-burs an hainberrics grow bonnilic, Edwards Mod. Poets, 3rd S. 396. Kxb. (Jam.)
HAINCH, 5/;. and v. Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Nhb. Lakcl. Written hainsh Rnf. ; also in forms bench Sc. Ant. Cum.* ; henge Nhb.'; hinch Sc. Inv. Bnff.' Per. N.I.' s.Don.
1. sb. The haunch.
Sc. (Jam.) Gall. The upper han' at last he has gat. And reel'd thee on thy bench fu' flat. Mactaggart Encvel. (1824') 501, ed. 1876. N.I.' The corn was that short a Jinny Wran might ha' sat on her hinches an' picked the top pickle oft. Ant. Grose (1790) MS. add. {C.) S.Don. Simmons G/. (1890). N.Cy.' Nhb. In con- stant .£:oi. use (R.O.H. ).
2. Conip. (i) Hench-bane, the haunch-bone; (2) -deep, up to the haunches; (3) -hoops, 0A5., hoops over which skirts were draped ; (4) -knots, bunches of ribbons worn on the hips ; (5) -vent, a triangular bit of linen, a gore.
(i) Inv. (H.E.F.) Gall. A cleg that nips him on the bench bane, Crockett Raiders (1894) xlvi. (2) Sh.I. Da fans o' snaw wis lyin' bench deep, Sh- Nezvs { Feb. 5, 1898). Per. In scutter holes hiiich- deep I've been Wi' dirt a' mestered to the e'en, Spence poems (1898) 165. (3) Ayr. Her twa sisters, in their bench-hoops with their fans in their hands, Galt £///<ji7(i823) i. (4) Edb. Chambers Trad. Edb. II. 59. (5- Gall. (Jam.)
3. A term in wrestling ; see below.
Cum." Fallen into disuse among modern wrestlers ; it is the equivalent of the ' half- buttock.' The wrestler turns in as for a 'but- tock ' and pulls his opponent across his haunch instead of over his back as in the ' buttock.' ' He was an excellent striker with the right leg, effective with the bench, and clever also at hyping,' IVrestling, 142.
4. V. To throw by resting the arm on the thigh, to throw under the leg or haunch ; to jerk, tling. Also used fig.
Bnff.' Rnf. Natural Fools to rank an' power She hainshes un- dcservin', Picken Poems (1813) I. 147. Ayr. He was the best at hainching a stane, young or auld, that I ever saw. Service Dr. Diigiiid ^ed. 1887) 42. Gall. There were few places . . . from which I could not reach an erring youth with pebble cunningly ' benched.' Crockett Raiders (1894) xii. N.I.' To throw stones by bringing the hand across the thigh. AnL Hoo far can you throw a stane by henchin' it? A benched it to him, Ballymcna Obs. (1892); Grose (1790I MS. add. (C.) Uls. ^M.B.-S ) s.Don. Simmons Gl. (1890). N.Cy.' Nhb.' To throw a stone by striking the hand against the haunch bone and throwing it with high tra- jectory. Cum.**
[1. King James . . . strukne in the bench or he was war . . . dies, Dalrymple Leslie's Hist. Scoll. (1596) II. 81.]
HAINE, sb. w.Yks.= The same as Ain (q.v.).
HAINER, sb. e.An.' [Not known to our correspon- dents.] The master who holds or sustains the expenses of the feast.
HAINGLE, V. and sb. Se. [he'ggl.] 1. v. To go
about in a feeble, languid wa}' ; to hang about, loiter, wander about aimlessly.
Sc. They haingled frae folk to folk, Waddell Ps. (187 1) cv. 13;
HAINING
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(■Jam.) e.Fif. To haingle aboot through the streets o' a big city, Latto Tarn Dodklu 1,1864) xviii.
2. sb. A lout, booby, an awkward fellow.
Sc. I'll gar ye— ye wilycart haingle; an ye gie me sic a fright. Si. Palrkk {i&ig) (Jam.).
3. //. The influenza.
Ags. From hanging so long about those who are afflicted with it, often without positively assuming the form of a disease (Jam.).
4. Phr. to hae the liaiiis:les, to be in a state of ennui, ib. HAINING, sb. Sc.'Nhb. Yks. Lan. Der. GIo. Brks.
Also in form haning Abd. [hjenin.] The preserving of grass for cattle ; protected grass ; any fenced field or en- closure ; a separate place for cattle. See Hain, w.'
AbJ. As haining water'd with the morning dew, Ross Hchiwre (1768) 140. ed. Nimmo; Any field where the grass or crop is protected from being eaten up, cut, or destroyed, whether inclosed or not (Jam \ Nlib. A company of hay-makers, whose work in the adjacent haining had been interrupted, Dciiham Tracts (ed. 1895) II. 208; Nhb.i w.Yks. Lucas Sliid. Nidderc/a.'e (c. 1882) Gl. Lan. Davies /fncfs (1856) 268. Der. The laying or shutting up meadows for hay is called liayning, Glover Hist. (1829) I. 203. Glo.i Brks. We present that no owner or occupier of land in Northcroft has a right to hitch, enclose, or feed any of the lands there from the usual time of hayning to the customary time of breaking, Rcc. Court Lcct 1^1830; in tt'evabiiiy IVkly. News (Feb. 16, 1888); Brks.l
Hence (i) Haining-ground, sb. an outlet for cattle; (2) ■time, sb. cropping-time, while the fields or crops are en- closed in order to keep out cattle.
(i) Lan.^ (2) Ayr. Vnles the samyn guddis be sufiicientlie tedderit in hanyng tyme, Biirg/i lice. Prestivi.k (Oct. 2, 1605) (Jam. Suppl.).
HAINING, adj. Obs. Yks. Of the weather : cold, drizzly.
w.Yks. In 1871 I was just able to rescue the word from oblivion. . , . Since then I have not found anyone who knows it, Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) Gl.
HAINISH, adj> Hrt. Ess. Also in form ainish Hrt. [e'nij.] 1. Unpleasant, used esp. of the weather, showery, rainy. Cf hayness.
Ess. Monthly Mag. 11814) I. 498 ; Trans. Arch. Soc. (1863) II. 185; Gl. (1851); Ess.i 2. Awkward, ill-tempered.
Hrt. He was such an ainish old man (G.H.).
[1. Prob. a form of lit. E. /leiiioits.]
HAINISH, adj.^ Pern. Also written haynish. [enij.] Greedy, ravenous ; craving for a thing.
s.Pem. Laws Little Eiig. (1888) 420; So, man, yea'I be very haynish, yea'I get the whole haws (W.M.M.).
HAINRIDGE, see Henridge.
HAIPS, sb. Sc. Yks. Lan. Also in form haip Fif A sloven.
Fif. She jaw'd them, misca'd them For clashin' claikin' haips, Douglas Poems (1806) 125. w.Yks. (Hall.), w.Yks.', ne.Lan.'
HAIR, sb. and v. Van dial, forms and uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. I. Dial, forms : (i) Haar, (2) Har, (3) Hear(r, (4) Heear, (5) Heer, (6) Heere, (7) Hewr, (8) Huer, (9) Hure, (10) Ure, (11) Yar, {12) Yare, (13) Year, (14) Yor, (15) Yur, {16) Yure.
(i) S.&Ork.i w.Yks. His haar he ne'er puts comb in,TwiSLET0N PofMis (c. 1867) I. 6. G\a. Horae Siibsceivae {iTJi) ig-}. (2) Oxf.' (3) Cum. It wad ha keep't me a noor lang to swort up me hearr, Willy Wattle (1870) 7 ; Cum.' (4) Wm. T'heeara mi heead steead an end. Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 3. (5) Der.', nw.Der.' Lin. Long andblackmaheerwas then, ./l/oHC/i/)iPc/t/.( Apr. 1862)377. (6)Ken. (G.B.") (7)Lan. Mehhewr warclottert wi'gore, Ainsworth IVitchcs (ed. 1849) Introd. iii. (8; w.Yks.' (9) n.Cy. Grose (1790). Lan. Till it cometomeh hure, Tim 'Qonuiti View Dud. (11.^0) 17; Lan.', Chs.i'^, nw.Der.' (10) Lan. Noane hauve us mich ure oppo his faze us sum o yo chaps han, Ormerod Fclleyjro Rachde (1864) ii. (11) Cum.' ; Cum.^ A scwore of as bonnie Galloway Scots as iver hed yar o' t'ootside on them, 32. Wm. T'red en yalla tale wi' o t'yar ont, Robison Aald Tales (1882) 9. n.Lan.', se.Wor.' Shr.' Thechildmun'ave'eryarcutshort,Idoubt. Hrf.=,Oxf.' (i2)Brks. His yead did graw above his yare, Hughes Scour. Wliite Horse (18591 vii. (13) n.Wil. 'V'er year uz lik a vlock o' gvvoats, Kite Siig. Sol. (1860J iv. I. (I4'i Wor. Allies Autiq. Flk-Lorc (1840) 366, ed. 1852. (15) Cum.' GI3. Hev thi yur cut, Roger Plowman, 29. (16) Lan.', e.Lan.', m.Lan.', Clis.'23, s.Ctis.', nw.Der.'
II. Dial. uses. 1. sb. In comb, (i) Hair-beard, the field woodrush, Luzida cainpestris; (2) -bell, the foxglove. Digitalis purpurea; (3) -breed, a hair-breadth, a very narrow margin ; (4) -breeds, little by little, by slow de- grees ; (5) -charm, see below; (6) -hung or -hanged, hanging by the hair; (71 -kaimer, a hairdresser; (8) -knife, a knife used in freeing butter from hairs ; (9) -line, (a) a fishing-line made of hair ; {b) a kind of cloth with very fine stripes ; (10) -pitched, (a) bald ; {b) having rough, unbrushcd hair or coat ; (11) -scaup, the crown of the head ; ( 12) -sliagh, -shard, or -shaw.f 13) -shorn-lip, a cleft lip; a hare-lip ; (14) -sit, a scented mucilaginous prepara- tion for keeping the hair in place ; (15) -sore, (a) when the skin of the head is sore from any cause, as from a cold ; (b) Jig. touchy, ready to take offence ; (16) -teemsey, a fine sieve, with a grating of hair-cloth, used for sifting fine flour, (Sic; (17) -tether, a tether made of hair; (18) -weed, the greater dodder, Cuscuta europaca, or the lesser dodder, C. Epitliymum.
(i) Nhp.' This plant, being one of the harbingers of spring, and gen. making its appearance in mild, genial weather, has originated the following prophetic adage : ' When the hair-beard appear The shepherd need not fear.' (2) Ir. Science Gossip (1870) 135. (3) n.Yks.' ; n.Yks." He 'scaped wiv his leyfe, bud it war nobbut bj-v a hair-breed. m.Yks.', n.Lin.' (4) n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.'' Wa're bod- duming what tha did byv hair-breeds. Willie mends, bud it's nobbutbyvhair-breeds. (5) Sh.I. Peggy still breathingthreatenings and slaughter against Sarah o' Northouse for abstracting her butter profit, and against himself for not being more expert in obtaining the hair-charm from the said Sarah's cow ; for in this important enterprise he had failed, owing to that wide-awake individual coming upon him just at the moment he was in the act of appl^'ing the shears to Crummie's side, Stewart Tales 1,1892'! 54. (6) Lnk. Absalom's lyfe, hayre-hung, betwene two trees, Lithgow Poet. Rem. (ed. 1863) St". Welcome; Pi'oud Absalom was hair-hangd on a tree, ib. Gushing Teares. (7) Edb. Hair-kaimers, crieshy gizy- makers. F'ergusso.n Poems (1773) 174, ed. 1785. (8; Sc. (Jam.) (9, a) Sc. Wi' hair-lines, and lang wands whuppin the burns, Leichton Words ^1869) 17. Lnk. There's a haill saxpiiice worth o' hair-line and gut, Gordon Pyotshaw (1885) 116. (i) w.Yks. (J.M.) (10, «) Cor.' ' Hair-pitched ould hermit,' term of reproach; Cor.2 (4) Cor. The cow would go round the fields bleating and crying as if she had lost her calf; she became hair-pitched, and pined away to skin and bone. Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eng. (1865) 109, ed. 1896; Thomas Randigal Rliymes (1895") Gl.; A person covered with loose hairs shed by a horse, &c. is said to be hair-pitched (MA. C.) ; Cor.^ It indicates the state of the hair when from the over-dryness of the skin it sticks up irregularly and cannot be smoothed. (11) n.Yks.^ (12") Sc. A hair-shagh urisum and grim, Drummond Muckomachy (1846) 7. Abd. He has a hairshard (G.W.). Per. He has a hairshaw (I'A.). Gall. (A.W.) (13) s.Chs.' (14) n.Yks.^ (15,0) Chs.' It may sometimes be naturally tender ; at any rate yure-sore is looked upon as a real and almost incurable disease ; Chs.^ (4) Chs.' (16) Nhb.' (17) Sc. Supposed to be employed in witch-craft (Jam.). ( 18 jBdf. Dodder, hell-weed, ordevirs-guts,C«ia(^(i£"TO/ifn) is called hale-weed, hair-weed, and beggar-weed in this neighbourhood, Batchelor Agric. (1813) 325. Hrt. Ellis Mod. Husb. (1750) IV. ii. Nrf. We could never cut the hair-weed, Emerso.w Son of Fens (1892^ 103. 2. Phr. (i) hair and head, an that's all, said of one with- out brains or sense ; (2) — and lime, see below ; (3) ■ — about, an expression used to describe the hair when it is changing to grey ; (4) — of the head