_Doug._

~Horn-daft~, _adj._ Outrageous; perhaps in allusion to an animal that pushes with the _horn_, S.

HORRING, _s._ Abhorrence.

_Buchanan._

HORSE, _s._ A faucet, S. B.

HORSE-COUPER, _s._ A horse-dealer, S.

_Colvil._

HORSE-GANG, _s._ A certain quant.i.ty of land, S.

_Pennant._

HORSEGOUK, _s._ The green sand-piper, Shetl.

Dan. _horse gioeg_.

HORSE-KNOT, _s._ Common black knapweed, S.

_Lightfoot._

HORSE-MUSCLE, _s._ The pearl oyster, S.

_Statist. Acc._

HOSE-FISH, _s._ The cuttle-fish, S. _O-fish_, Loth.

_Sibbald._

HOSE-NET, _s._

1. A small net, affixed to a pole, resembling a stocking, S.

2. _In a hose-net_, in an entanglement, S.

_R. Bruce._

_To_ HOST, HOIST, _v. n._

1. To cough, S.

_Henrysone._

2. Metaph. to belch up; applied to the effusions of grief or displeasure.

_Doug._

3. To hem, S.

A. S. _hweost-an_, Su. G. _host-a_, id.

~Host~, ~Hoast~, ~Hoist~, _s._

1. A single act of coughing, S.

_Dunbar._

2. A settled cough, S.

_K. Hart._

3. A hem, S.

4. Denoting what is attended with no difficulty or hesitation. _It did na cost him a host_, S.

_Ross._

A. S. _hweost_, Belg. _hoest_, id.

HOSTA, _interj._ Expressing surprise, and perhaps hesitation, Ang.

_Shirrefs._

Moes. G. _haus-jan_, audire.

_To_ HOSTAY, _v. a._ To besiege.

Fr. _hostoyer_, id.

_Wyntown._

HOSTELER, HOSTELLAR, _s._ An innkeeper.

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