An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 423 : A. S. _heo_, id. _Sir Gawan._ HO, _s._ A stocking, S. HOAM, _s._ The dried grease of a

A. S. _heo_, id.

_Sir Gawan._

HO, _s._ A stocking, S.

HOAM, _s._ The dried grease of a cod, Ang.

HOAM'D, HUMPH'D, _part. adj._ Having a fusty taste, Clydes.

h.o.a.rSGOUK, _s._ The snipe, Orkn.

Sw. _horsgjok_, id.

_Barry._

HOAS, Not understood.

_Law Case._

HOBBY, _s._ A kind of hawk.

_Houlate._

Belg. _huybe_, Fland. _hobbye_, id.

_To_ HOBBIL, _v. a._ To cobble.

_Bannatyne Poems._

_To_ HOBBIL, _v. a._ To dance.

_Lyndsay._

Teut. _hobbel-en_, saltare.

HOBBY-TOBBY, _adj._ Denoting the _tout-ensemble_ of an awkward, tawdry woman, S.

Teut. _hobbel-tobbel_, confuse.

HOBBLE, _s._ A state of perplexity, S. _habble_, Loth.

Teut. _hobbel-en_, inglomerare.

HOBBLEDEHOY, _s._ A stripling, Loth.

HOBELERIS, _s. pl._

1. Light hors.e.m.e.n chiefly calculated for the purpose of reconnoitring, &c.

_Barbour._

Fr. _hobille_, a coat of quilted stuff.

2. Men lightly armed.

_Grose._

HOBYNYS, _s. pl._ Light horses.

_Barbour._

Fr. _hobin_, id.

HOBLESHEW, _s._

V. ~Hubbleshew~.

HOBURN SAUGH, the Laburnum, S.

HOCKERTY-c.o.c.kERTY, _adv._ To ride on one's shoulders with a leg on each, Aberd.

_Journal Lond._

HOCKIT, _pret._ Perhaps, for _hotchit_.

V. ~Hotch~.

_Peblis Play._

HOCUS, _s._ A stupid fellow, S.