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

HEDDLES, HEDELES, HIDDLES, s. pl. The small cords through which the warp is passed in a loom, after going through the reed, S.
Douglas.

Isl. haafhalld, vulgo hofudld, id.

HEDE-STIKKIS, s. pl. A species of artillery.
Complaynt S.

Su. G. stycke, tormentum majus.

HEDE-VERK, s. A head-ache.
Complaynt S.

A. S. heafod-waerc, cephalalgia.

HEDY PERE, s. Of equal statute, S.
Ruddiman.

HEDISMAN, HEADSMAN, s. A chief.
Douglas.

A. S. heafod-man, primas.

HEELIE, adj. Slow, Aberd.
V. [Huly].