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HIDDLIE, adj. Also hiddly; hid(e)ly. Hidden, sheltered, screening, remote (Ags. 1957). Adv. hidely-ways, furtively.ne.Sc. 1874 D. Macgregor The Scald 9:
The Muse now wiles us awa til a hidly neuk i' the greenwoods.Ags. 1879 J. Guthrie Poems 19:
They smile their best, and fondly fill the air On mony a breezy hill and hidly dale, Wi' sweet aroma to the passing gale.Hdg. 1883 J. Martine Reminisc. 240:
Her cup of “herb”, which she masked “hidely-ways” in her cupboard.Sc. 1925 Scots Mag. (July) 313:
And bere to drive to the whisky still Ayont the fauld o' yon hiddly hill.
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