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

HEIRLY, adj. Honourable.
Houlate.

Germ. herlich, illustris.

To HEIS, HEYS, HEEZE, v. a. To lift up, S.
Douglas.

Su. G. hiss-a, Belg. hys-en, id.

Heis, Heeze, Heisie, s.
1. The act of lifting up.
Douglas.
2. Aid, furtherance, S. B.
Shirrefs.
3. The act of swinging, Loth.
4. Denoting any thing that discomposes.
Ritson.

Heys and how, A sea cheer.
Douglas.

HEYTIE, s. A name for the game of shintie, Loth.

HEKKIL, HECKLE, s. A hackling-comb, S.
Ruddiman.

To HELE, v. a. To conceal.
V. [Heild].

HELDE, s. Age; for [eld].
Wyntown.