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Dictionary of the Scots Language

The Historical Language of the Scottish Lowlands

 

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HA-AF n. The fishing of ling, cod, and tusk. Shetland. See also: HAAF, HAAF-FISHING.
HAAF n. The fishing of ling, cod, and tusk. Shetland. See also: HA-AF, HAAF-FISHING.
HAAF-FISH n. The great seal, Shetland.
HAAF-FISHING n. The fishing of ling, cod, and tusk. Shetland. See also: HAAF, HA-AF.
HAAFLANG adj. Half-grown.
HAAFLANG adj. Not fully grown, Scotland., q. “half-long”. See also: HALFLIN, HALFIN.
HAAR n. 1. A fog, Scotland. 2. A chill easterly wind, Scotland.
HAAVE adj. 1. Azure. 2. Pale, wan, Scotland. B. See also: HAW.
HAAVE v. To fish with a pock-net, Bord.
HABBER v. To stutter, Scotland.
HABBERGAW n. 1. Hesitation, Scotland. B. 2. An objection, Scotland. B.
HABBIE adj. Stiff in motion, Lothian.
HABBLE n. A perplexity, Scotland. See also: HOBBLE.
HABBLE n. The act of snapping, Scotland.
HABBLE v. 1. To snap at any thing, as a dog does, Scotland. 2. Denoting the growling noise made by a dog when eating voraciously, Scotland.
 
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Avocative : a. Calling off.; n. That which calls aside; a dissuasive.

 
A Dictionary of the Scots Language derived from “An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language By John Jamieson, D.D.” published in 1818.
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