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

HAGBERRY, HACK-BERRY, s. The Bird-cherry. S.
Lightfoot.

Sw. haeggebaer, the fruit of bird's cherry.

HAGBUT of CROCHE, or CROCHERT, a kind of fire-arms anciently used, S.
Complaynt S.

O. Fr. hacqubute a croc, from croc, crochet, the hook by which the arquebuse was fixed to a kind of tripod.

Hagbutar, s. A musqueteer.
Compl. S.

HAGE, L. Hagis, hedges.
Wallace.

HAGG, s. A hagbut; denominated from the butt being crooked.
Gl. Compl.

Su. G. hake cuspis incurva.

HAGGARBALDS, s. pl. A term of contempt.
V. [Heggerbald].
Dunbar.

HAGGART, s. A stackyard, Galloway.