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

HEM, s. A horse-collar.
V. [Haims].

HEMMIL, s. A heap, a crowd, S. B.

To Hemmil, v. a. To surround any beast in order to lay hold of it, Ang.

Isl. hemil-a, custodire, coercere.

HEMMYNYS, s. pl. Shoes of untanned leather.
Wyntown.

A. S. hemming, pero, Isl. heming-r, the skin pulled off from the legs of cattle.

HEMPY, s.
1. A rogue; one for whom the hemp grows, S.
J. Nicol.
2. A tricky wag, S.
Ramsay.

To HENCH, v. a. To throw stones by bringing the hand alongst the haunch, S.

HENDRE, HENDER, adj. Past, bygone.

Moes. G. hindar, retro.