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

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

“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

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 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

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