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2. Without particular enumeration, S.
HEEPY, _s._ A fool, S.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _haepen_, attonitus.
HEER, HIER _of yarn_, Sixth part of a _hesp_ or hank, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. _haerf-wa_, a handful of yarn.
_To_ HEEZE.
V. ~Heis~.
_To_ HEFT, _v. n._
1. To dwell, Aberd.
Su. G. _haefda_, colere, possidere.
2. To cause or accustom to live in a place, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ HEFT, _v. a._ To confine, applied to a cow's milk when not drawn off for some time, S.
Su. G. _haeft-a_, impedire, detinere.
HEGESKRAPER, _s._ An avaricious person.
_Bannatyne P._
Q. one who _sc.r.a.pes hedges_.
HEGGERBALD, _s._ Not understood.
_Dunbar._
HEGH-HEY, HEGH-HOW, HEIGH-HOW, _interj._ Expressive of languor or fatigue, S.
_Ross._
HEICH, (gutt.) _adj._ High, S.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Heicht~, _v. a._ To raise.
HEYCHT, _s._ A promise.
V. ~Hecht~.
HEID, HED, _term._ denoting state or quality, as in _bairnheid_, &c.
Belg. _heyd_, status, qualitas.
HEYDIN, HEYTHING, HEITHING, HETHYNG, _s._ Scorn, derision.
_Wallace._
Isl. _haedne_, _haethne_, illudendi actio; _haed-a_, irridere.
HEIGHEING, _s._ A command.
_Sir Tristrem._
HEIL, HEYLE, HEAL, _s._ Health, S.
_Wallace._
A. S. _hael_, Su. G. _hel_, sanitas.
_To_ HEILD, HEILL, HEYL, HEAL, HELE, _v. a._
1. To cover.
_Barbour._
2. To conceal, to hide, S.
_Ross._
