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

Host, Hoast, Hoist, s.
1. A single act of coughing, S.
Dunbar.
2. A settled cough, S.
K. Hart.
3. A hem, S.
4. Denoting what is attended with no difficulty or hesitation. It did na cost him a host, S.
Ross.

A. S. hweost, Belg. hoest, id.

HOSTA, interj. Expressing surprise, and perhaps hesitation, Ang.
Shirrefs.

Moes. G. haus-jan, audire.

To HOSTAY, v. a. To besiege.

Fr. hostoyer, id.

Wyntown.

HOSTELER, HOSTELLAR, s. An innkeeper.

Fr. hostelier, id.

Wallace.