An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 429 : Fr. _hostelier_, id. _Wallace._ ~Hostillar~, ~Hostillarie~, s. An inn. Fr. _hostelerie

Fr. _hostelier_, id.

_Wallace._

~Hostillar~, ~Hostillarie~, s. An inn.

Fr. _hostelerie_, id.

_Acts Ja. I._

_To_ HOTCH, _v. n._ To move the body by sudden jerks, S.

Teut. _huts-en_, Belg. _hots-en_, Fr. _hoch-er_, to jog.

HOTCH-POTCH, _s._ A dish of broth, made with mutton or lamb, cut into small pieces, together with green peas, carrots, turnips, and sometimes parsley or celery, served up with the meat in it, S.

Teut. _huts-pot_, Fr. _hochepot_.

_To_ HOTTER, _v. a._ To crowd together; expressive of individual motion, S. O.

Teut. _hott-en_, coalescere.

_J. Nicol._

HOU, _s._ A roof-tree.

V. ~How~, _s._ 4.

_Ramsay._

_To_ HOUD, _v. n._

1. To wriggle, S.

2. To move by succussation, Loth.

~Houd~, _s._ The act of wriggling, S. B.

_To_ HOVE, HOW, HUFE, HUFF, _v. n._

1. To lodge.

_Barbour._

2. To stay, to tarry.

_Douglas._

Germ. _hof-en_, domo et hospitio excipere.

_To_ HOVE, _v. n._

1. To swell, S.

_Hogg._

2. To rise, to ascend.

_Polwart._

Dan. _hov-er_, to swell.

HOVE. ~Arthur's Hove~, the ancient building called _Arthur's Oon_, S.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

HOUFF, _s._ A haunt.

V. ~Hoif~.

_To_ ~Houff~, _v. n._ To take shelter, S.

HOUFFIT, _part._ Heaved.

_K. Hart._

HOUGH, _adj._ Having a hollow sound.

_Glanville._

HOUGH, _adj._ (gutt.)

1. Low, mean; p.r.o.n. _hogh_.

_Ramsay._

2. In a poor state of health, S.