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

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 Scott, Walter, Sir

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

“Hornbook was by, wi’ ready art, And had sae fortified the part, 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 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

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