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_Burns._

A. S. _hofe_, Germ. _hof_, a house.

4. A place where one wishes to be concealed.

_Ferguson._

A. S. _hofe_, spelunca, a den.

HOISPEHOY, _s._ A game used in Banffs.h.i.+re, similar to _Hide and Seek_.

O. Fr. _oyez_, hear, and _espier_, to spy; q. listen, I espy you.

_To_ HOIST, _v. n._ To cough.

V. ~Host~.

_To_ HOIT, HOYTE, _v. n._ To move with expedition, but stiffly and clumsily, S.

_Burns._

Isl. _haut-a_, cursitare more detentae volucris.

~Hoit~, _s._ A hobbling motion, S. B.

HOLYN, HOLENE, _s._ The holly, S. A. S. _holen_, id.

_Wallace._

_To_ HOLK, HOUK, HOWK, _v. a._

1. To dig, S.

_Douglas._

2. Metaph. to search.

_R. Bruce._

Su. G. _holk-a_, cavare, from _hol_, cavus.

HOLKIS, _s. pl._ A disease of the eye; _heuck_, S. B.

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