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

HORSE-COUPER, s. A horse-dealer, S.
Colvil.

HORSE-GANG, s. A certain quantity 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.