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296 corn has its ain hool."—Prov. Shet. hule, husk. "My heart is out o' hule"
 * Hoolet, 251, the owl, Ger. heulen, to howl or hoot as an owl, O.F. huller, to yell. Teut. forms generally without aspirate, A.S. ùle, O.N. ugla, Lat. ulula
 * Hoosses, 25, 83, Go. hus
 * Hoo-t-ootts, 171; "not given at all in Jam." (J. B. F.)
 * Horn, 72, 131, Sc. law, proclaim bankrupt, outlaw; from horn as trumpet, v. to call
 * Hornie (Fair) Hornie, the Devil, Sc., the Horned One. See Fair Hornie
 * Horse-chestnut, 21. "Called in English horse chestnut for that the people of the East countries do with the fruit thereof cure their horses of the cough."—Gerard's "Herbal," 1597
 * Hotch, 178, hotchin
 * Hovin, 131, 147, swollen (app. to cows) with overfeeding; cf. heave, hove
 * Howe, 23, Eng. hoe, hollow, Ger. Haue, Eng. hough, Sc. howe, howk, Go. hoha, N. hol. Da. huul. Go. hul-undi. See howk
 * Howf, 224, abode, resort, C. Du. kerk-hof, Ger. Kirchhof, churchyard, C. Du. hof; "howff not given. Houff refers you back to hoiff; Hoffe, a residence" (II. 601, Jam.). (J. B. F.) "A timber hoofe to be meithed" (measured).—"Glasgow Records," 1696
 * Howk, 146, 204, 253, to hollow, N. halka, root of holl-ow with dim. formative k, Go. hul-undi, a cave, us-hulon, to hollow out, Sc. haugh. See howe
 * Hree, 83, chree, Lan. three
 * Hrukjan, 13, Go. to crow, rook, onomat.
 * Hud, hold, 73, keep
 * Huddin, 24, held
 * Hue (wee), "a wee hue maer," 138. Paisley humour was to apply the phrase to the Sheriff at the time (Mair). Both his stature and name fitted the expression. "Hue, a tasting, app. to solids or liquids."—Jam.
 * Hugan, 26, 33, Go. to think; hugs, Go. understanding. See for-hoo
 * Hugs, 19, 23, Go., Sc. haugh, Eng. holm. N.E.D., under haugh, says, "app. from O.E. halk, corner." See hoek
 * Huis heer, 207, C. Du.=Sc. hooss-maister
 * †Hulths, 27, Go. merciful; hold, Ger. gracious, O.N. hollr, A.S. hold. Go. un-hultho, unclean spirit; un-hold, sin. Klüge does not connect Ger. Held, a hero, as in the text, with Ger. hold, but finds it in A.S. haeleth, a man. See Hilda
 * Hundfaths, 15, 18, Go. hundred-lord, centurion; cf. braut-faths
 * Hunds, 250, Go. hound
 * Hunker-tottie, 129, 140, a position in sliding as a game. Or. obs. Fris. hauk, corner, home in a game. Cf. O.N. hokra, to crouch, huka, Ger. hocken, to sit on the heels, Sc. hock, the ankle joint, and E. hough; prob. akin Shet. hookers, bended knees; cf. Sc. hoch
 * Hups, 17, Go. hip, O.E. hype, Du. heup, Ger. Hüfte
 * Huird, huzd, 12, Go. hoard, treasure, O.E. hord, hidden, O.N. hodd
 * Hw-, 82, Go. and Sc. hw-, E. wh-, pre. Teut. kw-
 * Hwairpan, 14, Go. to throw, warp
 * Hwaiteis, 14, 20, 23, Go. hwaits in text, Sc. hwait, wheat
 * Hwapjan, 48, Go. to choke, var. of whopan, whoop, whopper, whooping-cough
 * Hwas, 14, 40, Go. who. Sans, kas, Sc. whaw
 * Hwaurms 14, Go. dragon. Sc. wurrm, worm. Sans. krimi, carmine, crimson
 * Hwê, 40, Go.
 * Hwi-leiks, 14, 40, Go. which, Sc. whilk
 * Hwithon, 14, Go. older form of withon, to shake, Lat. quatere
 * Hwotidedun, 14, Go. rebuked, whetted
 * Hyand, 53, hastening, Eng. hie
 * Hypothec, 86, Sc. law
 * Hyucks, 128, 146, hooks, sickles, syth-hyuck