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  1. Hame-drauchtit ppl. adj.; ne.Sc. 1956). Cf. hame-drawn s.v. Hame , III . 5 . Abd. a .1880 W. Robbie Yonderton 10. 2004 : A hame-drachtit buddy - niver gangs oot aboot fae e place. [ Hame + Draucht , v . 4 HAME-DRAUCHTIT , ppl.adj . Also -drachted , -drachtit , -draughtit ; ¶ -drocht . 1: Although he was somewhat selfish and “hame-drachtit.” Abd. 1900 C. Murray Hamewith 25: The Lady that taks on Is young to hae sae muckle on her han', Wi' . . . factors aye hame-drauchted when they can. Abd. 1922 Abd. Wkly. Free Press (11 Feb.) 2: Hame-drauchtit, aye lookin' t own interests, self-interest. Abd. 1886 Bon-Accord (23 Oct.) 7: Aberdeen's “hame-draughtitness” is such as to preclude the possibility of even a pot of paint or a bag of nails for the work. 1956). Bnff. 6 c .1920 : Him gyang abroad! he's ower hame-drachted to cross the “haddick peel.” Abd. 1920 T. McWilliam Sc. Life 116: “It's an awfa' hame-drocht beast this,” said William, as 
  2. Hame n., adv., adj., v. sweir That there ye've fun a second hame. w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 7: Pincils. a .1730 A. Pennecuik Poems (1787) 32: Hame at their awn town let them bide. Ork. 1880 by train or bus I'd hae to leave a guid hour earlier, and I'd be hame an hour later. ..." Ork lovely boys. Ayr. a .1851 A. Aitken Poems (1873) 7: His only son Was gotten hame, an' by him christen'd John. Lnk. 1888 R. Young Love at Plough 13: A comin' hame an' then the Gourla' rode through the storm for a doctor to bring hame his heir. Sc. 1948 D. Macmillan Not Scot Free vii.: He's a fine man, our doctor, and won't return till all's by and the wean safe hame. ne.Sc. 1884 D. Grant Lays 92: He was so sly an' douce, Until a sonsie pawky quean Cam' hame to pey, when he cam' hame. III . Combs.: 1 . hame-aboot , at home, gen. in reference to a stay-at , return, arrival (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Cai. 1902 E.D.D. ; Sh., Abd. 1956); 4 . hame-comin(g) , a coming-home 
  3. Hameower adv., adj.: Gin he shoud rise and hame o'er gang, Lang was he in a swidder. Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (1925) 53: Hame-o'er langsyne you ha'e been blyth to pack Your a' upon a sarkless soldier's back. 1806 A. Douglas Poems 152: The weel kend gate They're on the nick o' takin' Hame owre this night. 1826 D. Anderson Poems 106: There I was deaved a' afternoon Wi' orra hame-o'er blether By these “hame-ower fashion of speaking.” Ags. 1945 Scots Mag. (April) 39: Och, juist a hameowre wee hame-come-owre he was too. wm.Sc. 1903 S. Macplowter Mrs McCraw 48: The Yerl 'umsel' was a. 1820 A. Sutherland St Kathleen III. vii.: Will ye tak' a cup o' tea? for ye'll no like our hame HAMEOWER , adv ., adj . Also hameo'er , -(come-)owre , † hame aur , haim-ower . I . adv. Sc. 1774 Lyon in Mourning (S.H.S.) III. 328: The bonniest lass in a' the wardle , whom may God bless and preserve, and her ain guidman, and send them hame aur to their ain fireside. Fif 
  4. Hamit adj. 125: I'm only a plain, hame-at body. Knr. 1925 H. Haliburton Horace 244: They're wearin HAMIT , adj . Also hame(i)t , hame-at , hemmit , haem(m)it (Ags. 1852 Montrose Standard (4 June) 8); hame(i)nt (e.Lth., Bwk.). Home-produced, home-grown (Ags. 1825 Jam.; Ags., Slg. 1956); hence, home-loving, homely, familiar, vernacular. Sometimes in a derogatory sense: rough and ready, rude. Menzies Poet. Trifles 86: For fear some ragged rin-there-out, Or hungry weans sud get a glaum o't (Series 2) 84: A hamet-made haggis, unschool'd, and unread. Hdg. 1908 J. Lumsden Th' Loudons 173: It's a' 'bout Hairyoobit, This unco hameint new bit. Ags. 1914 I. Bell Country Clash Loon 23: Upon the lanesome Corrie heichts Acht miles an' mair frae hamit lichts. [O.Sc. hame(i 
  5. Afiedlert adv., adv. phr. [ed. 1778: a fieldward], nor at hame. Ib. 57: Frae fouk a fiedlert [ed. 1778: a fieldward], nae † AFIEDLERT , A FIELDWARD , adv ., adv. phr . Afield, abroad, away from home. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 100: For, tho' I say't mysell, they're nae to keam Against the hair, afiedlert frae fouk at hame, Will come the antercast ye'll hae to blame. [ Afiedlert is from Abd. feedle 
  6. Dandy n.2, v. Hansel Fae Hame 31: I [horse] joggit hame, a whistlin' loon Upon my back, That dandit's doon wi DANDY , n . 2 , v . 1 . n . An abbr. of Eng. dandy-brush , a stiff brush for cleaning horses. Known to Cai. 7 , Kcb. 10 1939. Bnff. 2 1930 : The grieve ga the aal meer a gweed owergyaan wi' the dandy. 2 . v . To groom with a dandy (Bnff. 2 1939). Bnff.(D) 1927 E. S. Rae 
  7. Hamesucken n., adj. hame-sucken(n)ess , n., self-interest. Gall. a .1900 “Mulciber Veritatis” Gallowa' Herds 1 meaning is an artificial comb. from Hame + Sucken (of a mill), with sim. sense development as in Hame : (the offence of committing) a premeditated assault upon a person in his own house or dwelling place (Sc. 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 39), still known and understood but generally now termed assault, formerly a capital offence. Also used attrib . n.Sc. 1707 Fraser Papers (S.H.S.) 37: The Rape, and hame sucken committed by him on the Person of the said Emilia Lady Dowager of Lovat. Rnf. 1717 W. Hector Judicial Rec. (1876) 218: The defender . . . did by way of Hame Sucken within or Principles iv . iv. 32: Haimsucken . . . is the assaulting or beating of a person in his own house and nightly; so that neither a public-house, nor a private, where one is only transiently, falls Letter xiii.: The essence of hamesucken is to strike a man in his dwelling-place . . . and so there's 
  8. Ahame adv. Scottish chiel, Wha bears a heart that's true an' leal, Wha'd sing a-hame, or ficht a-fiel', For the sake o + hame ; cf. a-whoam and other forms in Eng. dial.] , Spring 17: [He's] left his gear a'hame to these Wha for't think worth to scramble. [ A = at 
  9. Sove v.2. Per. 1904 E.D.D. : I'll hae to sove awa hame. [Orig. uncertain. Poss. partly imit., partly a Dr. Duguid 174, 245: [The craws] were careering and soving awa hame to Eglinton, like the black messengers of doom. . . . The wheepling o' a whaup as it soved owre the heather in the still blue lift 
  10. Hamebide n. P. Smith Fisher Folk 4: A genial crack and an entertaining yarn for all “hame-bides” and HAMEBIDE(R) , n . A local resident. Esp. applied to natives of Bo'ness in West Lothian or regular “invasion” resulted in many a Donnybrook between “hamebiders” and “interlopers.” Fif. 1952 exception. [ Hame + Bide , v .]  
  11. Haim n. traces and brechams and rigwiddies aw noo in his past. Combs.: (1) hame-blade , the half of a set of, i.e . bent inwards (Sc. Ib .); (3) hem-shin , a shin shaped like a hame, hence hem-shin'd , = (2); (4) hame stick , = (1); (5) haim-strap , a strap which fastens one part of the hames to the other. Gen.Sc. (1) Dmf. 1841 S. Hawkins Poems V. 25: Sometimes a bane like a hame-blade. (2 have a glance of gleaming steel “hame sticks.” (5) Ork. 1 1920 : He cut the hem-strap to June) 13); and corrupt form hain ( Ib .). Sc. variants of Eng. hame , one of the two curved pieces of wood or metal forming or covering one-half of the collar of a draught horse to which the traces James Davie for a pair of haims mounted . . . 13/-. Arg. 1774 D. H. Edwards Men and Manners (1920) 85: A pair hems 9d, for a collar 6½, cart saddle 1s 3d. Arg. 1798 J. Smith Agric. Arg hames (Lth. 1825 Jam.); (2) haem-hough'd , of horses: having the houghs shaped like a pair of hames 
  12. Even n., 207: I'll win hame at even at ony rate. . . . Dinna ye never gae fae hame at even?  
  13. Digeest v. this I'll no digeest. Lnk. 1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 21: It's a hashin' thing the? Abd. 1924 B. R. McIntosh in Scots Mag. (July) 296: They say an ablach walks her hame; But flu' And your throat's just like a rag . . . And there's naething to digeest.  
  14. Bluiter n.2, v.2) 93: Aifter a guid half-hour's walk he teen the juckal back hame tae the hoose. As soon as the dirty] 1 . n . (1) “Apparently used to denote filth in a liquid state” (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Bnff. 2 1935). (2) “A coarse, clumsy, blundering fellow” (Bnff. 2 1935; Lth. 1825 Jam. 2 ); “a dirty, slovenly person” (Bnff. 4 1912, blutter ). Kcb. 6 1914 : The auld bluiter has made a gey mess o't. (3) A badly executed and unskilful job. Gsw. 1988 Michael Munro The Patter Another Blast 8: blooter As well as kick this word is widely used as a term of general excess. For example, if you quickly spend a sum of money you may be said to have 'blootered the whole lot'. A blooter is a quickly done, sloppy job: 'Look at the run s in this paintwork; this's been a blooter of a job.' A mental blooter is a spree of any kind of excessive behaviour, not solely applied to heavy drinking: 'He's giein it the mental blooter tae get the decoratin done fur her an the baby comin hame. ' 2 . v . (1) “To besmear 
  15. Walcome n., adj., v.-hame , ¶ -haim , 1 . a reception or party given for a bride on entering her new home (Sc. 1808 Jam the newly-married couple, to celebrate the welcome-hame, by a good drink and funny crack. 2 the same farm for another year; but as a matter of fact, each man at a welcome hame, new comer and old Gaelic.' A parliament spokesman defended its policies, saying: ' Language can be a significant barrier, preventing people from exercising their basic democratic rights.' The promotion of Scots is now seen as a a keek roon" and "Gin ye decide tae visit, please think on whit ye wid like tae see and dae, as the.), a celebration attended by all the friends of a newly-married couple on the Monday after they have been kirked (Sc. 1825 Jam.). See Kirk , v . 1 , 1 . (1); 2 . a celebration held on the occasion of the coming of new ploughmen to a farm (see quot.). 1 . Sc. 1818 Scots Mag. (Nov.) 415 . Knr. 1894 H. Haliburton Furth in Field 18: ‘The welcome hame' was usually given ‘an eight 
  16. Trill v.1, An' a lick oot o' anither man's pock, An' hame again, hame again. 3 . To chatter continuously TRILL , v . 1 Also treel . 1 . As in Eng. dial.: tr . to roll, bowl, trundle (a hoop, or treel a girr. 2 . intr . To run; to run slowly, esp. of a feeble animal (Ork. 1929 Marw., Ork. 1958). Ork. 1929 Old-Lore Misc. ix . ii. 80: Sheu wad rin trillan efter 'im like a peerie dog. Ork. 1972 : Trill, trill, trill, Twa peerie dogs gaen tae da mill, Tak a lick oot o' ae man's pock (Ork. 1929 Marw.), poss. a different word. [Mid.Eng. trille , to spin, roll, trundle. Cf . Norw 
  17. Afiel' adv. vii.: At hame, a-fiel', at wark or leisure.  
  18. Convoyance n. ¶ CONVOYANCE , n . A conveyance, carriage. Per. 1897 C. M. Stuart Sandy Scott's Bible Class (1924) 82: And he's awa hame himsel' in his ain convoyance.  
  19. Sponsefu' adj. Patrick II. x.: Harlin' awa' a sponsefu' man frae his hame and haudin'. [ Sponse ( < Sponsible 
  20. Cuttle n. CUTTLE , n . Sc. usage: a whet, a sharpening. Abd. 1892 J. Smith Hame-spun Rhymes 55: Come out wi' your whuttle, I'll gie't a cuttle, An' sharp it, as also your shears. [From Cuttle 

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  1. Hame n.1 Irland Asl. MS. I. 64/8. The synnare … biggis him a hame place & habitacoun in hell (2) a1400 am at hame a1500 Seven S. 1885. A burges … held a michti hous at hame c1500-c1512 fetch from a distance, or from abroad; to import. See also Hame-bring v. , -bringar , -bringing. That Dauy Simpson sal bring hame … ane dispensatioune be Pasch cum a yere c1515 Asl. MS. I [= bullis] war weill cumit hame c 1550 Id. Meldrum 1179. Had it [a dispensation] cum hame, he Hame , n. 1 and adv . Also: ham , haim(e , haym(e , haem , hem , heim(e . [Northern ME. ham(e , midl. and southern ho(o)m , OE. ham n. and adv.] A . n. 1 . A person's dwelling-place, or native country. Also fig . in lang hame , the grave. (1) a1500 Rauf C. 91. Into sic talk fell thay Quhill thay war neir hame 1513 Doug. vii . viii. 139. Fyve bowis of ky ontil his hame reparit 1560 Rolland Seven S. 4850. The Emprice … Maid hir to pas vnto hir 
  2. Hame-bring v. Hame-bring , v. [ Hame adv . 2, after Hame-bringing vbl. n .] tr . To fetch from a distance or from abroad, to import. — 1580 Inverness Rec. I. 274. For stenting of horses to hame hes hame-brocht syluer, suddartis, and vther necessairs in the weiris 1599 Glasgow B. Rec. I 
  3. Hame-bringar n. Hame-bringar , n. Also: -bringair , -bringour . [f. as Hame-bringin(g , vbl. n .] a Asl. MS. I. 234/22. Master Jhon Ralstoun … and Sir William of Crechtoun … was the hame bringaris of the qwene — 1554 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 204. The said siluer to be brocht hame … , and the merchandis hame bringouris thairof to haif … as followis 1567 Acts III. 43/2. That ordoure be takin … for the hame bringaris of fals cunȝe within this realme 1587 Ib. 451/2. That nane 1597 Ib. IV. 119/2. That nane … bring hame to be sauld ony kind of Inglis claith vnder the pane of 
  4. Hame-com n. .] A home-coming. a1400 Leg. S. v. 64. Scho … Ȝarnit his hame come in the land 1424 Hame-com(e , Haym-com , n. Also: homcwme . [ME. homcome , early ham cume , OE. hamcyme Cambuskenneth Letter . We … bidis ay in gude hope ȝour hame come a1500 Seven S. 1891. All that wes done scho wald him tell At his hame come full opinly 1513 Doug. xi . i. 124. This is our haymcom thou desyrit lang 1535 Stewart 54398. The king … wes richt blyth … Of the hame-come of 
  5. Afeild adv. xiiii daillis hame and a field a1578 Pitsc. II. 95/23. The governour … wald nocht suffer in Edinbruch, and be the gait hame, and a-feild 1633 M. Works Acc. XXVI. 11 b. For) . [ME. a felde ( c 1225), o felde (13th c.): see Felde n .] 1 . In the field; away from home; abroad. (Contrasted with at hame. ) 1531 Bell. Boece I. 84. This Metellane … governit all materis, baith at hame and afeld, with gret felicite 1551 Ayr B. Ct. & Council Bks. 16 March am … sertane of bathe affeill and at hame 1596 Dalr. I. 85/6. Nocht only … Ingland at hame brother steyis to long afeild 2 . Into the field; away from home or from a place of stay, storage, etc. (Contrasted with hame or hamewart. ) 1563–4 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 192. To the … pyonaris for beringe thame … to pase hame as they come afeild 1617 Montgomery Mem. 278. For the compteris expensis caryeing thair geir home and a feiid — iij li ij s b . Abroad; out of the country. 1553 Edinb. B 
  6. Hame-throw adv. Hame-throw , -through , adv . [ Hame adv . + Throw adv .] All the way home. — 1584 Sempill Sat. P. xlv. 726. He beand scapit of that danger, Hame through he past Ib. 729. They bring thame farre on ambeling foiles, Bot send thame hame throw on thair soilles  
  7. Hame-over adv. Hame-over , adv . Also: haime- and -ovir , -ower . [ Hame adv ., Over adv, the sowm of thre pund to help thair expenssis hame ower 1600-1610 Melvill 227. We maid for the jorney hame ower 1615 Melrose P. 219. I wald request your lordship to be his freind, and to forder him hame ouir 1625 M. Works Acc. (ed.) II. 175. Mair to him for his transport transport hame over 1629 Ib. 227.  
  8. Hame-bringin vbl. n.. 106/2. That the custummaris sall … tak souerte … of ilk a mercande for the hame bringyne of bulȝeon Hame-bringin(g , vbl. n. Also: ham- , haym(e)- , heam- , hem- , and bringyne , bryngin(g ; home-bringing . [ Hame adv . 2.] In common use throughout the 16th century. 1 . The action of bringing home, fetching, from a distance, or from abroad; importation. (1) 1474 Acts II passis to Noroway … for hamebringing of tymmer 1589 Treas. Acc. MS. 170 b. For hame bringing of a camiell fra Ingland to his maiestie 1604 Ib. VI. 307. For hamebringing of Flemyngs 1556 Liber Calchou 479. For the hame bringing of the fewale to the pensioneris 1576 Digest Justiciary Proc. I. 29. Scho had gane afeild with hir housband to Leith for hame bringing of meill bringing of comone brome 2 . The action of conducting or escorting (a new queen) from abroad. 1493 hamebringing of a quene 1534–5 Ayr B. Acc. 72. To fill furth the stent with to the Quenys hayme 
  9. Engȝeoun n. of engȝeoun seid … sall report and bring hame a ticket of the merchand fra quhom he byes the said Engȝeoun , var. of Ingȝeon n . (onion). — 1595 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 127. Bringeris hame 
  10. Hame-cuming vbl. n. Hame-cum(m)in(g , vbl. n. Also: ham- , haim(e)- , haym(e)- , heam- , ( home- ), and -cum(m)yn(g , -com(m)ing . [ME. homcomyng (rare, Chaucer).] A coming, or return home, or arrival thare hame cummyng a1500 Seven S. 1077. Ysak … syn wp to the wyndo past Hir hame cummyn for till haf sene 1537 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 84. At oure souerane lordis and quenis graces hame persuadet [etc.] 1604 Breadalbane Lett. (Reg. H.) 24th June. Eftir my hame cuming out of the Treas. Acc. II. 21. Giffin to Patrik Haliburtoun to bring hame sex Holland meris to the King; … at the hame cummyng of the meris 1538 Soc. Ant. II. 363. In the meyn tyme quhill the hame cuming of [from Denmark] 1574 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 19. The hame cumming of the schip callit the William  
  11. Hame n.2 Hame , n. 2 Pl. hamis , -ys , -es , hammys , haimes , hemmis , heamis , heems , ( chamis ). [ME. hame (1303), MDu. hame , haem , MHG. hame , etc. Cf. Hem(e and Heghemis .] Each of two curved pieces of wood or metal placed behind the outer rim of the collar of a draught-horse 1496 Treas. Acc. I. 293. A quhit hyde to be brestledderis and nekledderis to hamys Ib. 300 
  12. Unpassit p.p. .] 1 . Without having passed (( on ) to a place, hame , etc.). 1541 Aberd. B. Rec. MS XVII (Jam.] 1596 Misc. Spald. C. I 85. He was forsit to return hame onpast to his schip 2 . a . Not given.). To returne hame on past to the tryst 1535 Stewart 45213. This Lues … In Ingland wes that tyme wnpassit hame 1535 Stewart 51934. Schir James of Douglas … Vnpassit wes onto the Halie the seals of the state ( Pas v. 20). a . 1583 Perth B. Ct. 14 Aug. Conforme to the ordour 
  13. Unsped p.p., ppl. adj..), unsped (Gower); Sped(e p.p .] p.p. a . Of an errand, etc.: Not accomplished, discharged or expedited ( to a person). b . Of a person: Not having succeeded (in ( of ) an errand). ppl. adj. That has failed to achieve its purpose; unsuccessful. — p.p. a . 1531 Bell. Boece II 334. He Stewart 28402. This messinger … Come hame agane and his erand vnsped — ( b ) 1583 Perth B. Ct. 14 Aug. (see Unpassit p.p. 2 a). Onsped — b . 1535 Stewart 52859. Wnsped also of thair erand war fane Withoutin skaith for to pas hame agane — ( b ) 1535 Stewart 44769. Bot leit him pas … Hame to the paip of his erand onsped — ppl. adj. a1568 Bann. MS 217a/8 
  14. Proclam n. Proclam(e , n. [f. Proclame v .: cf. F. proclame , med. L. proclama .] A proclamation lentht of tym bydin efter a proclam maid at the dur gaif that for dom 1535 Stewart 17900. And that same tyme maid ane oppin proclame [: hame] All suld be reddie at set da and place Ib. 20509. Quhen the herald had maid his proclame He tuke his leif and syne he sped him hame  
  15. Missal n.. Messale n .] A missal, mass-book. Also attrib. with -buke . — 1454 Old Dundee II. 13. Twa. Printing 84. Walter Chepman … brocht hame ane prent … for prenting of … missalis [etc.] Ib. That nain of thaim … bring hame … ony missale bukis, mannualis, portuis or matin bukis of the said use of 
  16. Hayme-sok n. * Hame- , Hayme-sok , n . In Wigtown: = Hamesuk(k)in . — 1531 Wigtown B. Ct. 259 b. Malle M c garue to Jene Mwre schallans fore hame sok hyre avyne hovis 1532 Ib. 266. Wylle M c 
  17. Remanence n. Latham), f. L. manere to remain.] a . The remainder or rest. = Remanent n. 1 and 2. b . The act of staying ( at a place, fra an assembly). — a . 1540 Maxwell Mem. I 280. Ȝe salbrying remanence of the towneschep at hame … thair licence for thair remanence at hame fra the rayd of Falamowyr  
  18. Curloreous adj. * Curloreous , a . ? — a1568 Pedder C. 49. Ane curloreouss coffe, that hege skraper, He sittis at hame quhen that thay baik  
  19. Channoun n.. xxxiii. 54. Thocht he come hame a new maid channoun, He had dispensit with matynnis channoun Channoun , variant (cf. Chanoun , n .) of Canon a . Canonical. — c1500-c1512 Dunb 
  20. Forchaist p.p. Forchaist , p.p . [ME. forchase v. ( a 1300).] Hard pressed by being chased. — a1500 Doug. K. Hart 260. Raddour ran hame full fleyit and for-chaist  

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