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

HERON-BLUTER, s. The snipe, S. B.
V. [Yern-bluter].

HERREYELDE, HERE-GEILD, HYRALD, s. The fine payable to a superior, on the death of his tenant.
Quon. Att.

A. S. here-gyld, a military tribute.

To HERRY, HERY, HIRRIE, HARRIE, v. a.
1. To rob, to pillage, S.
Barbour.
2. To ruin by extortion, S.
Maitl. P.

Su. G. haer-ia, depraedari, from haer, an army.

Herryment, s.
1. Plunder, S.
2. The cause of plunder, S.
Burns.

Herrie-water, s.
1. A net so formed as to catch or retain fish of a small size, and thus to spoil the water of its brood; harry-net, S. B.
Acts Ja. VI.
2. Metaph., denoting both stratagem and violence.
Lyndsay.

HERRINBAND, s. A string by which yarn is tied before it be boiled, Ang.

Isl. haarund, coarse linen yarn, and band.

HERS, HEARSE, adj. Hoarse, S.