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HEARTSOME, _adj._

1. Merry, S.

_Ramsay._

2. Causing cheerfulness, S.

_Ramsay._

HEATHER _s._ Heath, S.

V. ~Haddyr~.

~Heather-bells~, _s. pl._ Heath blossoms, S.

_Burns._

~Heather-birns~, _s. pl._ The stalks and roots of burnt heath, S.

V. ~Birn~.

~Heather-clu~, _s._ The ankle, Ang. q. what cleaves the heath in walking.

Isl. _klofv-a_, to cleave.

~Heatherie~, _adj._ Heathy, S.

_J. Nicol._

HEAWE EEL, The conger.

_Sibbald._

Sw. _haf's-aal_, i. e. sea-eel.

_To_ HECH, HEGH, (gutt.) _v. n._ To breathe hard, to pant, S.

Teut. _hygh-en_, id.

~Hech~, ~Hegh~, _s._ The act of panting, S.

V. ~Hauch~.

_Ruddiman._