HUGGIN’ AN’ LUGGIN’—Nursing an’ suckling an infant.
HUGGINS—The hips. She’d t’ barn astride ov her huggin an’ a canful o’ watter e’ tudder hand.
HYPE—A chip i’ wrusslin. When tweea kye feit, they deea t’ hype. They stick a horn in, an’ lift up, an’ sometimes tak t’ skin off.
ILLION-END—A wax-end.
ILL-GREEN—Badly disposed. An ill-green auld tyke.
ILK—Family; breed. He’s yan o’ t’ siam ilk.
ILL—Nut badly, but vile an’ bad. An ill-liukin’ thing, an ill-wind, an’ seea on.
ILLIFY—To slander or defame. Sista, he dud iv’rything ’at laid i’ his poor ta illify me at mi spot.
ILL-MEZZUR—Hard usage. A briakin, a cottonin, an’ sec. Ther war tweea or three ugly liuken thieves darken aboot, an’ he was flait o’ gitten ill-mezzur frae them gaan hiam.
IMP—A mischievous barn’s varra oft co’d a poky lal imp.