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

HIRST, s.
1. A hinge.
Douglas.
2. Miln-hirst, the place on which the crubs ly, within which the mill-stone rubs.

A. S. kyrr, cardo.

Ruddiman.

HIRST, HURST, s.
1. The bare and hard summit of a hill, S.
Douglas.

Su. G. har, locus lapidosus.

2. A sand bank on the brink of a river, S. B.
Law Case.
3. Equivalent to shallow, in a river, S. B.
Law Case.
4. A resting place, S. B.
Shirrefs.
5. A small wood.
Gl. Sibb.

A. S. hurst, silva.

HISSIE, HIZZIE, s. Corr. of housewife.
Burns.

Hissieskip, Hussyfskap, s. Housewifery, S. B.
Ritson.

HISTIE, adj. Dry, chaft, S. O.
Burns.