hauds

An 'syne he's usefu', an 'hauds' is gab by the ordinar '. "

Greyfriars Bobby Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson 1902

He kens the hauds on Tosson hills, he kens the holes at Rae;

The Kielder Hunt 1998

I wiss I cud juist get hauds o 'the Bible on the drawers-heid, Bawbie.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

The winder must ask, "Wha hauds?" to hear the name of her future sweetheart.

The Book of Hallowe'en Ruth Edna Kelley

Now, I say, the march rins on the tap o’ the hill where the wind and water shears; but Jock o’ Dawston Cleugh again, he contravenes that, and says that it hauds down by the auld drove-road that gaes awa by the Knot o’ the Gate ower to Keeldar-ward—and that makes an unco difference.

Chapter XXXVI 1917

Steal out all alone to the kiln, and darkling, throw into the pot, a clue of blue yarn: wind it in a new clue off the old one; and towards the latter end, something will hold the thread: demand, _wha hauds_? i.e., who holds? and answer will be returned from the kiln-pot, by naming the Christian and surname of your future spouse.

Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907

"He hauds mair than ony other man in Thrums," Micah replied, almost proudly.

The Little Minister 1898

Them that thinks Tammas wasna blind wi 'excitement hauds it had been Ezra eighth that gaed into the fire.

The Little Minister 1898

"If this weather hauds, it'll be a blessing for us poor farming bodies."

The House with the Green Shutters George Douglas Brown 1885

There's the ear that hauds the grain and keeps it safe, and that's the history, and there's often no mickle nutriment in it; then there's the corn lying in the ear, which is the Evangel frae Eden tae Revelation, and that is the bread o 'the soul.

Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush Ian Maclaren 1878