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_Barbour._
2. To ruin by extortion, S.
_Maitl. P._
Su. G. _haer-ia_, depraedari, from _haer_, an army.
~Herryment~, _s._
1. Plunder, S.
2. The cause of plunder, S.
_Burns._
~Herrie-water~, _s._
1. A net so formed as to catch or retain fish of a small size, and thus to _spoil_ the _water_ of its brood; _harry-net_, S. B.
_Acts Ja. VI._
2. Metaph., denoting both stratagem and violence.
_Lyndsay._
HERRINBAND, _s._ A string by which yarn is tied before it be boiled, Ang.
Isl. _haarund_, coa.r.s.e linen yarn, and _band_.
HERS, HEa.r.s.e, _adj._ Hoa.r.s.e, S.
Belg. _haersch_, id.
_Douglas._
HERSCHIP, HEIRSCHIP, HEIRISCHIP, _s._
1. The act of plundering, S.
_Wallace._
2. The cause of plunder.
_Lyndsay._
3. Booty, plunder.
_Ross._
4. Wreck of property.
_Kelly._
5. Scarcity, as the effect of devastation.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
6. Dearness, high price.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _her_, an army, and _scipe_, denoting action; q. the act of an army: or from ~Herry~, v.
HERSKET, _s._ The same with ~Heartscald~, Orkn.
HER TILL, _adv._ Hereunto.
_Barbour._
Sw. _haertil_, id.
HERVY, _adj._ Having the appearance of great poverty, Ang.
A. S. _here-feoh_, a military prey.
HESP, _s._ A clasp or hook, S.
Su. G. _haspe_, Germ. _hespe_, id.
_To_ ~Hesp~, _v. a._ To fasten.
HESP, HASP, _s._ A hank of yarn, S.
Teut. _hasp_, fila congregata.
_Stat. Acc._
_To make a ravell'd hesp_, to put a thing in confusion; _to redd a ravell'd hesp_, to restore order.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
