An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

HOLT, s.
1. High and barren ground.
Douglas.

Isl. hollt, terra aspera et sterilis.

2. A very small hay cock, or a small quantity of manure before it is spread, Dumfr.
Statist. Acc.

HOME, adj. Close, urgent, S.
Spalding.

HOMELTY-JOMELTY, adj. Clumsy and confused in manner.
Dunbar.

Perh. from [whummil], and jumble.

HOMYLL, adj. Having no horns; S. hummil, hummilt.
V. [Hummil].
Bellenden.

Isl. hamla, membri mutilatione impedire.

To HOMOLOGATE, v. a. To give an indirect approbation of any thing, S.
Burnet.

HONE, s. Delay.
Barbour.