Poems and Songs of Robert Burns eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 836 pages of information about Poems and Songs of Robert Burns.
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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 836 pages of information about Poems and Songs of Robert Burns.
       heart,
     onions and oatmeal, boiled in a sheep’s stomach. 
     Hain, to spare, to save. 
     Hairst, har’st, harvest. 
     Haith, faith (an oath). 
     Haivers, v. havers. 
     Hal’, hald, holding, possession. 
     Hale, hail, the whole. 
     Hale, health. 
     Hale, hail, whole, healthy. 
     Halesome, wholesome. 
     Hallan, a partition wall, a porch, outer door. 
     Halloween, All Saints’ Eve (31st of October). 
     Hallowmas, All Saints’ Day (1st of November). 
     Haly, holy. 
     Hame, home,
     Han’, haun, hand. 
     Han-darg, v. darg. 
     Hand-wal’d, hand-picked (i.e., choicest). 
     Hangie, hangman (nickname of the Devil). 
     Hansel, the first gift; earnest. 
     Hap, a wrap, a covering against cold. 
     Hap, to shelter. 
     Hap, to hop. 
     Happer, hopper (of a mill). 
     Hap-step-an’-lowp. hop-step-and-jump. 
     Harkit, hearkened. 
     Harn, coarse cloth. 
     Hash, an oaf. 
     Haslock woo, the wool on the neck of a sheep. 
     Haud, to hold, to keep. 
     Hauf, half. 
     Haughs, low-lying rich lands by a river. 
     Haun, v. han’,
     Haurl, to trail. 
     Hause, cuddle, embrace. 
     Haveril, hav’rel, one who talks nonsense. 
     Havers, nonsense. 
     Havins, manners, conduct. 
     Hawkie, a white-faced cow; a cow. 
     Heal, v. hale. 
     Healsome, v. halesome. 
     Hecht, to promise; threaten. 
     Heckle, a flax-comb. 
     Heels-o’er-gowdie, v. gowdie. 
     Heeze, to hoist. 
     Heich, heigh, high. 
     Hem-shin’d, crooked-shin’d. 
     Herd, a herd-boy. 
     Here awa, hereabout. 
     Herry, to harry. 
     Herryment, spoliation. 
     Hersel, herself. 
     Het, hot. 
     Heugh, a hollow or pit; a crag, a steep bank. 
     Heuk, a hook. 
     Hilch, to hobble. 
     Hiltie-skiltie, helter-skelter. 
     Himsel, himselfk
     Hiney, hinny, honey. 
     Hing, to hang. 
     Hirple, to move unevenly; to limp. 
     Hissels, so many cattle as one person can attend (R.  B.). 
     Histie, bare. 
     Hizzie, a hussy, a wench. 
     Hoast, cough. 
     Hoddin, the motion of a sage countryman riding on a cart-horse
      (R.  B.). 
     Hoddin-grey, coarse gray woolen. 
     Hoggie, dim. of hog; a lamb. 
     Hog-score, a line on the curling rink. 
     Hog-shouther, a kind of horse-play by jostling with the shoulder;
       to jostle. 
     Hoodie-craw, the hooded crow, the carrion crow. 
     Hoodock, grasping, vulturish. 
     Hooked, caught. 
     Hool, the outer case, the sheath. 
     Hoolie, softly. 
     Hoord, hoard. 
     Hoordet, hoarded. 
     Horn, a horn spoon; a comb of horn. 
     Hornie, the Devil. 
     Host, v. hoast. 
     Hotch’d, jerked. 
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