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

HALLOKIT, S. HALLACH'D, S. B. adj.
1. Crazy, S.
Rutherford.
2. Giddy, harebrained, S.
V. [Haloc].
Ross.

HALLOWEEN, s. The evening preceding Allhallows, S.

To haud halloween, To observe the childish or superstitious rites appropriated to this evening, S.
Burns.

Halloween bleeze, A fire kindled on this evening, by young people, on some rising ground, S.

HALOK, adj. Giddy.
Dunbar.

A. S. haelga, levis, inconstans.

Haloc, s. A light thoughtless girl, South of S.
Gl. Complaynt.

HALOW, s. A saint.
Wyntown.

A. S. halga, sanctus.

HALS, HAWSE, s.
1. The neck; S. hass.
Bellenden.
2. The throat, S.
Cleland.
3. Any narrow passage.
Douglas.