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

HOUFFIT, part. Heaved.
K. Hart.

HOUGH, adj. Having a hollow sound.
Glanville.

HOUGH, adj. (gutt.)
1. Low, mean; pron. hogh.
Ramsay.
2. In a poor state of health, S.

To HOUK, v. a. Expl. To heap.
Gl. Sibb.

HOUK, s. A large ship.
Douglas.

Su. G. holk, navis oneraria.

HOURIS, s. pl.
1. Matins.
Bellenden.
2. Metaph. the chanting of birds.
Dunbar.

Fr. heures, a book of prayers for certain hours.

HOURS. Ten hours, ten o'clock, S.
Acts Ja. I.

Fr. qu'elle heure, S. what hours?