haet

American  

[heyt] / heɪt /

noun

Scot.

1. a little bit; a whit.

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haet British  

/ het /

noun

1. a whit; iota; the least amount

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Etymology

Origin of haet

C16: originally in the phrase deil hae' it devil have it

Example Sentences

The lads a' sae braw, the lasses sae glancin', Folk maun be dizzie gaun aye in the roun' For deil a haet 's done now but feastin' and dancin'.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

And yet he allows, that for all that —— Thae frank, rantin', ramblin' billies, Fient haet o' them's ill-hearted fellows.

From Robert Burns by Shairp, John Campbell

Robin promis'd me A' my winter vittle; Fient haet he had but three Guse-feathers and a whittle!

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

Robin promis’d me A’ my winter vittle; Fient haet he had but three Goose feathers and a whittle.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

Deil haet o' me kens," said Ratcliffe; "he'll no likely gang back to ony o' his auld howffs; he'll be off the country by this time.

From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir