_Porteous of n.o.bilness._

Teut. _helpelick_, auxiliaris.

HEM, _s._ Edge; applied to stones, S. B.

HEM, _p.r.o.n. pl._ Them.

_Sir Gawan._

A. S. _heom_, dat. pl. illis.

HEM, _s._ A horse-collar.

V. ~Haims~.

HEMMIL, _s._ A heap, a crowd, S. B.

_To_ ~Hemmil~, _v. a._ To surround any beast in order to lay hold of it, Ang.

Isl. _hemil-a_, custodire, coercere.

HEMMYNYS, _s. pl._ Shoes of untanned leather.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _hemming_, pero, Isl. _heming-r_, the skin pulled off from the legs of cattle.

HEMPY, _s._

1. A rogue; one for whom the _hemp_ grows, S.

_J. Nicol._

2. A tricky wag, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ HENCH, _v. a._ To throw stones by bringing the hand alongst the _haunch_, S.

HENDRE, HENDER, _adj._ Past, bygone.

Moes. G. _hindar_, retro.

_Barbour._

HEN-PEN, _s._ The dung of fowls, Ang.

HENSEMAN, HEINSMAN, _s._ A page, E. _henchman_.

_Houlate._

HENSEIS, _s. pl._ Uncertain.

_Dunbar._

HENSOUR, HENSURE, _s._ A giddy young fellow.

_Chr. Kirk._

Sw. _hensker_, a fool.

HENS-WARE, HENWARE, _s._ Eatable fucus, S.

HENT, _pret._ Laid hold of.

V. ~Hint~.

HEN-WYFE, _s._

1. A woman who takes care of the poultry. S.

_Tales Landlord._

2. A bawd.

_Douglas._

HENWILE, _s._ A stratagem.

_Baillie._

A _wile_, used by a _hen_ for gathering her chickens.

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