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

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haet

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 Charles Rogers

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 Sir Walter Scott

Deil haet do I expect—excepting that a' the gentles will come to the gaberlunzie's burial; and maybe ye'll carry the head yoursell, as ye did puir Steenie Mucklebackit's.—What trouble was't to me?

From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott

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 Robert Burns

That when I looked to my dart, It was sae blunt, Fient haet o't wad hae pierc'd the heart Of a kail-runt.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns