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

Isl. thraum, solum transversum.

HASKY, adj.
1. Rank in growth, S. B.
2. Coarse to the taste, S. B.
3. Dirty, slovenly, S. B.
4. Applied to coarse work, S. B.

Isl. kask-ur, strenuus.

HASLOCK, adj. Descriptive of the finest wool, being the lock that grows on the hals or throat, S.
Ramsay.

HASSOCK, HASSICK, s.
1. A besom, S. B.
2. Any thing bushy; as, a hassick of hair, S.
Journal Lond.
3. A large round turf used as a seat, S. A.

Sw. hwass, a rush.

HASTARD, adj. Irascible, S.

Isl. hast-r, irabundus, and art, natura.

HASTER'D, part. pa. Curried, S. A.
J. Nicol.

HASTER'D HASTERN, adj. Early; hastern aits, early oats, S. B.