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Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland · J. Maxwell Wood — chapter 50 of 74 · ~127 words · public domain

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HANTLE, much.

HAURNED, roasted.

HAURPAN, brain-pan or skull.

HAWCKET, probably finely chopped.

HAWS, fruit of the hawthorn.

HEREZELD, the best beast on the land, given to the landlord on the death of a farm tenant.

HERIOT, the fine exacted by the superior on the death of a tenant.

HERRIE, confiscate.

HEUGH, a small height or eminence.

HIP O', shoulder or edge of.

HINNIE-SUCKLES, honeysuckle.

HOOSE-RIGGIN', roof.

HOOVES, abdomen, (lit., swollen by gaseous distension).

HOWE, depth.

HOUK, to dig up.

HOWLET, an owl.

HOWS, house.

HYNT, caught up.

ILK, the same name.

ILL E'E, evil eye.

JIMP, neat and slender.

JOW, ringing of a bell.

KAIN, rent or exchange in kind.

"KELLY," Satan, Old Nick.

KEP SKAITH, avert evil.

KEPPIT, caught.

KILTED, tucked up.

KIMMER, witch-wife or "gossip."

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