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; 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

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

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

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

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

From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John