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_Barbour._

2. To ruin by extortion, S.

_Maitl. P._

Su. G. _haer-ia_, depraedari, from _haer_, an army.

~Herryment~, _s._

1. Plunder, S.

2. The cause of plunder, S.

_Burns._

~Herrie-water~, _s._

1. A net so formed as to catch or retain fish of a small size, and thus to _spoil_ the _water_ of its brood; _harry-net_, S. B.

_Acts Ja. VI._

2. Metaph., denoting both stratagem and violence.

_Lyndsay._

HERRINBAND, _s._ A string by which yarn is tied before it be boiled, Ang.

Isl. _haarund_, coa.r.s.e linen yarn, and _band_.

HERS, HEa.r.s.e, _adj._ Hoa.r.s.e, S.

Belg. _haersch_, id.

_Douglas._

HERSCHIP, HEIRSCHIP, HEIRISCHIP, _s._

1. The act of plundering, S.

_Wallace._

2. The cause of plunder.

_Lyndsay._

3. Booty, plunder.

_Ross._

4. Wreck of property.

_Kelly._

5. Scarcity, as the effect of devastation.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

6. Dearness, high price.

_Dunbar._

A. S. _her_, an army, and _scipe_, denoting action; q. the act of an army: or from ~Herry~, v.

HERSKET, _s._ The same with ~Heartscald~, Orkn.

HER TILL, _adv._ Hereunto.

_Barbour._

Sw. _haertil_, id.

HERVY, _adj._ Having the appearance of great poverty, Ang.

A. S. _here-feoh_, a military prey.

HESP, _s._ A clasp or hook, S.

Su. G. _haspe_, Germ. _hespe_, id.

_To_ ~Hesp~, _v. a._ To fasten.

HESP, HASP, _s._ A hank of yarn, S.

Teut. _hasp_, fila congregata.

_Stat. Acc._

_To make a ravell'd hesp_, to put a thing in confusion; _to redd a ravell'd hesp_, to restore order.

_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._

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