HIDDIRTYL, HIDDIRTILLIS, _adv._ Hitherto.

_Douglas._

HIDWISE, _adj._ Hideous.

Fr. _hideux_, id.

_Gawan and Gol._

HIEGATIS, _s. pl._ High ways, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

HIE HOW, _interj._ Bravo.

_Douglas._

_To_ HYGHT, _v. a._ To promise.

V. ~Hicht~.

HY-JINKS, HIGH-JINKS, _s._ A very absurd game, in which it was determined by the dice who should for some time sustain a fict.i.tious character, or repeat a certain number of loose verses, under the penalty of either swallowing an additional b.u.mper, or paying a small sum to the reckoning. This appears to be nearly the same with the drunken game called _Whigmaleerie_.

_Ramsay._

_Mannering._

_To_ HILCH, _v. n._ To halt, S.

_Burns._

HILLIEGELEERIE, _adv._ Topsy-turvy, S. B.

_Hilliegulair_, Perths.

Gael. _uile go leir_, altogether.

HILT ~and~ HAIR, the whole of any thing, S.

_Ross._

Su. G. _hull_, anc. _hold_, flesh; the carcase and hide; _med hull och haar_, hide and hair, _the whole_; Germ. _haut und har_.

HILTED RUNG, a crutch.

_Shirrefs._

Q. a stick with a _hilt_ or handle.

HILTER-SKILTER, _adv._ In rapid succession, S.

A. S. _heolstr sceado_, a confused heap.

HIMEST, Leg. HUMEST, _adj._ Uppermost.

V. ~Umast~.

_Wallace._

HIMSELL, corr. of _himself_.

_Philotus._

_At him_ or _her sell_, in full possession of one"s mental powers, S. B.

_Ross._

_Weill at himsell_, plump, Clydes.

_By himsell_, beside himself, S.

_Burns._

HYNDER, _s._ Hinderance; S. B. _hender_.

_Crosraguell._

HINDER, _adj._ Last, Loth.

_Ferguson._

HINDER-END, _s._

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