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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HEISK, adj., adv. Also h(e)ysk, hisk. Nervous, excitable, agitated, flurried (Ork. 1929 Marw., h(e)ysk, Ork. 1957); excited, crazy (Ork. 1887 Jam., h(e)isk). Also in ppl. form heisket, id. (Ork. 1902 E.D.D.). Used adv. = haughtily, proudly (Ork. 1957). [haɪsk]Ork. 1915 Old-Lore Misc. VIII. i. 42:
Fae a' A'm hard o 'im, to he cerried 'is hade heisk, he waasna a ill body ava.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
When the mare heard the swine in the cart she gaed clean heysk.