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haud

British  
/ hɔːd, hʌd /

verb

  1. a Scot word for hold 1

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“Rantle tree and wood-bin To haud the witches on come in.”

From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon

Illa, haud natales tot tardis mensibus horas5 Tam miseris tenuata moris, saltu velut uno In nova secla rapit sese, et caput omne decoras Explicat in frondes, roseoque repullulat ortu.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Atq; haud scio an satis sit eum, qui lacessierit, iniuriæ suæ pœnitere, ut & ipse ne quid tale posthac committat, & cæteri sint ad iniuriam tardiores.

From Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters by Hazlitt, W. Carew

Cantus catenis, carmina carcere, Dolore ab ipso gaudiaque exprimis: Scintilla tu vivis sub imo Pectoris, haud metuens procellas.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

"O haud your tongue, my mother dear, Your speaking let it be, For I'm sae fair and full o' flesh, Little busking will serve me."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various