British Dictionary definitions for hieland

hieland

adjective Scot dialect

a variant of Highland
characteristic of Highlanders, esp alluding to their supposed gullibility or foolishness in towns or cities

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Historical Examples

I can speak it well eneugh, for my mother was a Hieland woman.'
Waverley
Sir Walter Scott
I'd have fought for the 'Hieland laddie' myself if I'd been a man in his days.
The Jolliest School of All
Angela Brazil
And yet I'm Hieland born, and when the clan pipes, who but me has to dance?
David Balfour, Second Part
Robert Louis Stevenson
I can speak it weil eneugh, for my mother was a Hieland woman.'
Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete
Sir Walter Scott
It was worse than the most outrageous Gaelic ever spoken in the height of passion by a Hieland shearer.
The Life of Mansie Wauch
David Macbeth Moir

hieland

Examples from the Web for hieland

Historical Examples

I can speak it well eneugh, for my mother was a Hieland woman.'

I'd have fought for the 'Hieland laddie' myself if I'd been a man in his days.

And yet I'm Hieland born, and when the clan pipes, who but me has to dance?

I can speak it weil eneugh, for my mother was a Hieland woman.'

It was worse than the most outrageous Gaelic ever spoken in the height of passion by a Hieland shearer.