An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 435 : _G.o.dly Ball._ Belg. _hurk-en_, to squat, to sit stooping. HURL, _s._ The act of scol

_G.o.dly Ball._

Belg. _hurk-en_, to squat, to sit stooping.

HURL, _s._ The act of scolding, S.

HURLE BEHIND, the diarrhoea.

_Dunbar._

HURLEBARROW, _s._ A wheel-barrow, S.

_Watson._

HURLY, _s._ Expl. the "last."

_Poems Buch. Dial._

HURLIE-HACKET, _s._ Sliding down a precipice, S. A.

_Lyndsay._

Su. G. _hurr-a_, whence E. _hurl_, and _halk-a_, to slide.

HURLOCH, URLOCH, _adj._ Cloudy, Gael. _obherlach_.

_Popular Ball._

HURRY-SCURRY, _s._ An uproar, Ang.

Su. G. _hurra_, c.u.m impetu circ.u.magi; _skorra_, sonum stridulum edere.

HURSTIS.

V. ~Hirst~.

HURTHY, L. _hurtly_, promptly.

_Houlate._

Germ. _hurtig_, expeditus; _hurt_, impetus.

HUSBAND, _s._ A farmer.

_Barbour._

A. S. _husbonda_, L. B. _husbanda_, paterfamilias agriculturam exercens.

~Husband-land~, s. A division of land.

_Skene._

HUSCHER, _s._ An usher.

_Sir Tristrem._

Fr. _huissier_, id. from _huis_, a door.

HUSE, L. _hufe_, tarry.

_Houlate._

HUSH, _s._ The Lump, a fish, S.

_To_ HUSH, _v. n._ To rush, Loth.

HUSHEL, _s._ Any implement that is worn out, Ang.

HUs.h.i.+ON, _s._ Apparently the same with _Hoes.h.i.+n_.

_Burns._

HUSSYFSKAP, _s._ Housewifery.

V. ~Hissieskip~.

HUSSILLING, _s._ A rattling or clas.h.i.+ng noise.

_Douglas._

_To_ HUSTLE, _v. n._ To emit such a sound as an infant does when highly pleased, Ang.