The Heart of MidLothian Author:Sir Walter Scott General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1893 Original Publisher: Estes and Lauriat Subjects: Great Britain Fiction / Classics Fiction / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction / Legal Law / Legal History Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh True Crime / Murder / General No... more »tes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Hae, have. Haena, have not. Haffita, the temples. Hafted, domiciled. Haill, hale, whole, entire. Hallan, the partition in old cottages between the fireplace and the doorway. H line, home. Hapny worth, a halfpennyworth. Haud, to hold. Hawkit, white-faced (applied to cattle.) Hellicat, half-witted. Hempie, a rogue. Herse, hoarse. Het, hot. Hinny, a term of endearment = honey! Hirpling, walking lamely, halting. Hog, a yonng unshorn sheep. How, a hollow. Hund, a hound. Hussy, a needlecase. Ilka, each, every. Instruct, to show evidence for. Pse, I shall. Ither, other. Jaud, a jade. lowing, the swinging noise of a large bell. Kale, kail, soup, broth. Kaiuecl, combed. Ken, to know. Kengna, knows not. Kenspeckle, conspicuous, odd. Killing-time, the time of per- secution. Kintra, the country. Kirk, a church. Kirkit, led to church. Kittle, ticklish, slippery. Knowehead, the top of the hill. Kyi-. COWS. Kylevine, a lead-pencil. Laigh, low. Laird, a squire, lord of the manor. Landward-bred, country-bred. Lane, lone, alone. By a peculiar idiom, in the Scotch this is frequently conjoined with the pronoun: as, " his lane," " their lane," by himself, by themselves. Langsyne, long since, long ago. Lawing, reckoning. Learn, to teach. Lee, a lie. Lese-majesty, treason. Lift, the sky. Lilt, to sing cheerf...« less