haffet

American  

[haf-it] / ˈhæf ɪt /

noun

Scot.

1. the part of the face above the upper jaw; the cheekbone and temple.

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Etymology

Origin of haffet

1505–15; earlier halfet, halfhed, Old English healfhēafod sinciput, equivalent to healf side, part, half + hēafod head

Example Sentences

Swith! in some beggar's haffet squattle; There ye may creep, and sprawl, and sprattle, Wi' ither kindred, jumping cattle, In shoals and nations; Whaur horn nor bane ne'er daur unsettle Your thick plantations.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

Her een sae bright, her brow sae white, Her haffet locks as brown’s a berry; And ay, they dimpl’t wi’ a smile, The rosy checks o’ bonnie Mary.

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

Her een sae bright, her brow sae white, Her haffet locks as brown's a berry; And aye they dimpl't wi' a smile, The rosy cheeks o' bonie Mary.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

Swith, in some beggar’s haffet squattle; There ye may creep, and sprawl, and sprattle Wi’ ither kindred, jumping cattle, In shoals and nations; Whare horn nor bane ne’er daur unsettle Your thick plantations.

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

Hack, a rack for horses or cattle. haffet, side-lock.

From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John