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

HUNGRY GROUND, ground, by superstition, believed to be so much under the power of enchantment, that he who passes over it would infallibly faint, if he did not use something for the support of nature, West of S.

To HUNKER, v. n. To squat down.
Gl. Shirr.

To Hunker, v. a. The same.
Pop. Ball.

Hunkers, s. pl. To sit on one's hunkers, to sit with the hips hanging downwards, S.

Isl. huk-a, incurvare se modo cacantis.

HUPES of a mill, s. pl. The circular wooden frame, which surrounds the millstones, Loth. q. hoops.

To HUR, v. n. To snarl.
Muses Thren.

Lat. hirr-ire, id.

HURBLE, s. A lean or meagre object, S. B.

HURCHAM, adj. Like a hedgehog.
Dunbar.