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

Hamesucken, s. The crime of beating or assaulting a person within his own house; a law term, S.
Erskine.

Su. G. hemsokn, id. from hem, and soek-a, to assail with violence; Teut. heym-soeck-en, invadere violenter alicujus domum.

Hamesucken, adj. Greatly attached to one's home, Clydes.

Hamewith, adv.
1. Homeward, S. B.
Ross.
2. adj. In the same sense, S.
Ross.
3. s. To the hamewith, having a tendency to one's own interest, S. B.

A. S. ham, Isl. heim, and A. S. with, Isl. wid, versus.

HAMELL, s. Not understood.
Colvil.

HAMES, HAMMYS, s. pl. A collar, S.
V. [Haims].
Douglas.

HAMMERFLUSH, s. The sparks which fly from iron when beaten with the hammer, Ang.; also hammerflaught.

Isl. flis, a splinter.

HAMMIT, HAMMOT, adj. Plentiful, properly applied to corn which has many grains on one stalk, Ang.