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

HARD FISH, Cod, ling, &c., salted and dried, S.

HARDHEAD, HARDHEID, s. A small coin of mixed metal or copper.
Knox.

Fr. hardie, small copper money, named from Philip le Hardi, who caused strike them.

HARDHEAD, s. A species of sea scorpion.
Sibbald.

HARDIN, HARDYN, adj. Coarse; applied to cloth made of hards, pron. harn, S.
Complaynt S.

A. S. heordas, stupae, tow-hards.

HARE, adj. Rough, shaggy.
Wyntown.

A. S. haer, Su. G. haar, pilus.

HAREFRA, adv. Herefrom.
Knox.

HARESHAW, s. A harelip, S., anciently harchatt; hareskart, Renfr.
Roull.