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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hat(e, Hait, a. Also: haite, haitt, hayt, haet, heat. [Northern ME. hate, hat, OE. hát. Cf. Hote a. and Het a.] Hot, in various physical and transferred senses.

1. Of material things, solid or liquid.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xxii. 346.
Hat irne til his sydis lay Ib. xxxi. 457.
Be iugment of yrne hat c1420 Wynt. i. 1161.
All the nycht it [sc. water] is sa hat, … And sa cawlde is on the day Ib. iii. 238.
Ane hat cole of brynand fyre a1500 Bk. Chess 932.
To byrne thame baith in hat leid Ib. 1600.
All the gold [that] Was moltyne hat 1533 Boece xvii. viii. 633 b.
They … crounit hym with hat yrne(b) 1456 Hay II. 132/32.
Bathe thé nocht in oure hate wateris, hatar na thine awin blude Ib. 137/16.
Tharfor suld mutoun ay he etyn hate a1500 Bernardus 33.
As the fyr throw brandis red and hate Vastis the selffe(c) 14.. Acts I. 55/2.
Eftir that dome be geyffin of ony man … til ber haite yrn a1500 Henr. III. 152/59.
Ane … caldrun full of hait caill c1475 Wall. viii. 726.
Wallace maid full mony byggyng hayt 1513 Doug. ii. i. 46.
[To] kyndill … flambe of fyris hait Ib. vii. Prol. 140.
With hayt flambe to fleym the fresyng fell Ib. v. 90.
A … hait brand lycht byrnand 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xliii.
Cawdrounis, playand with hait watter 1533 Boece xvii. viii. 633 b.
Hait yrne [was] schot thorow all partis of his body

b. As an epithet of blude (also flesch), and of a blood-stained hand. c1420 Wynt. v. 2705.
Bathyd [to] be In till innocentys blud all hate 1513 Doug. ii. x. 190.
That I behald … Athir in otheris hait blude leys thar lyfe Ib. iii. ix. 73.
I saw … the hait flesch vndir his teith flykkerand 1533 Boece vii. x. 241.
Eschamyng nocht quhare thai slay thare inemye to lape the hate blude 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 85.
Gif he is takin with reid or hait hand of slauchter

c. As a quality of things, esp. food. 1456 Hay II. 118/31.
Gif a man … be fed with hate and dry metis Ib. 121/23.
Bark of a tree that is hate and dry Ib. 137/13.
Syk maneris of fleschis quhilkis … ar hate and dry Ib. 140/14.
Thir hate wynis ar nocht gude for ȝong hate men

d. As an epithet of fever. Cf. Fever n. 2. 1531 Bell. Boece I. 219.
He tuik sic malancholy … that he fel in ane hait fever c1552 Lynd. Mon. 5098.
Ȝitt strykith he … Sum be hait feueris violence a1578 Pitsc. I. 112/29.
He tuik the heat fewer 1600-1610 Melvill 139.
A deadlie hat fiver

2. Of persons (either in excess or normally) or parts of the body. 1375 Barb. xii. 145.
His men … Hynt of thair basnetis … Till avent thame, for thai var hat c1420 Wynt. III. 89.
He was for-runnyne hate Ib. 299.
Sampsone … was Sa hate and thrysty 1456 Hay II. 118/27.
Gif he be hate and dry, he suld have moyst and calde metis a1500 Seven S. 1103.
Thow art our hait, And thow will cule and thow stand thare a1500 Henr. Fab. 2065.
Mittennis … Till hald my handis hait a1500 Doug. K. Hart 659.
Quha sittis hate and feld nevir cauld Ib. 831.
I sit warme and hait 1533 Bell. Livy I. 123/10.
The princis war hait … be the wynis 1540 Lynd. Sat. 372.
My body … quhiles is hait as fyre

3. Of the weather, seasons, etc. a1400 Leg. S. xl. 564.
Be the gate Rist [= rest] tha cane, for it wes hate 1456 Hay II. 84/7.
Thare came … a birnand hate wynd Ib. 130/3.
That tyme is … hate and clere in the ayre Ib. 131/23.
In the hatast houre of the day c1475 Wall. ix. 17 (1570).
Aries, the hait signe colerik c1515 Asl. MS. I. 162/2.
The land is so hait & dry 1513 Doug. v. v. 55.
The eddyr amyd the way Lurkand or glydand, in the hait symmyrris day a1585 Maitl. Q. xxxviii. 27.
In somer the haitt canicular day c1590 Fowler I. 63/152.
Thair [was] ice evin on the hatest dayesfig. 1375 Barb. viii. 66.
Gif at thai Vald throu thair fayis hald thar gat; Bot that vay thoucht thame all to hat

4. Of persons (also animals) in respect of disposition or temper. ?1438 Alex. ii. 3919.
Amuffis thow nocht and he nocht hait! a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 215.
The thrid [steed] Peros, richt hait and richt feruent a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 100.
Schir Kay wes haisty and hate Ib. 742.
Ane berne … hardy and hait 1513 Doug. iv. ii. 35.
Onhappy Dido, … byrnyng hait as gleyd Ib. xi. xiii. 137.
Scho than als hait as fyre … Alicht 1533 Bell. Livy II. 203/13.
Mony hait men war among the Gaulis c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus Prol. 67.
He that hes the nature of the fyre Is euer hait, in crabitnis and ire 1562-3 Winȝet I. 26/23.
As ane soldiour of the Kirk of Laodicea, that is, nother haet nor cauld c1590 Fowler II. 159/35.
To be hate and hastie in execution 1587-99 Hume i. 25.
The falcon … hait, … fleeing in the sky

5. Of war or contention. c1420 Wynt. ix. 545.
In hate were the Inglis men Had on the se thare bargis then ?1438 Alex. ii. 8502.
Quhar euer thay ga, the fecht was heat c1475 Wall. v. 834.
Hardy and hat contenyt the … melle 1513 Doug. vii. ix. 77.
Thys hait fury of slauchtyr, and fell afray 1570 Leslie 282.
Thair was … hat scarmishing … with harcabushers, culveringis and pistolettis 1600-1610 Melvill 27.
The warres betwix Leithe and Edinbruche being verie hat Ib. 446.
The meittings … war factius, … hait and unordourlyk

6. Of feelings, esp. desires. c1420 Wynt. viii. 2971.
Be dyspyte and hat inwy … he tholyd this martyry ?1438 Alex. ii. 5591.
His hart in ire was hate in hy a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 29.
Thocht lufe be hait, ȝit in ane man of age [etc.] c1500-c1512 Dunb. lvii. 16 (M).
For hait desyr off varldis gud 1513 Doug. iv. Prol. 11.
Fosteraris of … carnail hait delyte 15.. Clar. iii. 1442.
In heat desyre he was ay birnand a1570-86 Maitl. F. xxix. 32.
The fyre of haitred kindlit is so hait