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

HIDDIRTYL, HIDDIRTILLIS, adv. Hitherto.
Douglas.

HIDWISE, adj. Hideous.

Fr. hideux, id.

Gawan and Gol.

HIEGATIS, s. pl. High ways, S.
Acts Ja. VI.

HIE HOW, interj. Bravo.
Douglas.

To HYGHT, v. a. To promise.
V. [Hicht].

HY-JINKS, HIGH-JINKS, s. A very absurd game, in which it was determined by the dice who should for some time sustain a fictitious character, or repeat a certain number of loose verses, under the penalty of either swallowing an additional bumper, or paying a small sum to the reckoning. This appears to be nearly the same with the drunken game called [Whigmaleerie].
Ramsay.
Mannering.

To HILCH, v. n. To halt, S.
Burns.

HILLIEGELEERIE, adv. Topsy-turvy, S. B.
Hilliegulair, Perths.