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

Haining.
V. [Haning].

To HAINGLE, v. n.
1. To go about feebly, S.
2. To dangle, S.

Sw. haengl-a, to languish.

Haingles, s. pl.
1. The influenza, Ang.
2. To hae the haingles, to be in a state of ennui, Ang.

HAIP, s. A sloven, Ang. Fife.
A. Doug.

Perhaps from E. heap, cumulus; S. B. pron. haip.

HAIR, s. A very small portion, S.

HAIR, HAR, HARE, adj.
1. Cold.
Douglas.
2. Keen, biting.
Montgomerie.
3. Moist; as in hair-mould, that kind of mouldiness which appears on bread, &c.; and hayr rym, hoar-frost.
Complaynt S.
4. Ungrateful to the ear.
Henrysone.
5. Hoary, with age.
Douglas.

Isl. har, canus; hor, mucor.

HAIRSE, s. A lustre, S. B.