HALL, sb.1 and int. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Yks. Lan. Stf. Suf.
Ken. Sus. Cor. Also in forms ha' Sc.; haa Nhb.1; haal
Cor.3; hal- N.Cy.1 Ken.1; hale Cor.; haw Sc. Stf.; ho'
Lan. [hā, ǭl, ǭəl.] 1. sb. A house, home; a farm-house
or cottage.
Cai.1 The chief farm in a township. Elg. The calves prance
round the ha', Couper Poetry (1804) I. 113. Abd. My wee bit
cantie ha' Peeps out frae 'mid a wreath o' snaw, Still Cottar's
Sunday (1845) 144. Kcd. To see... His father's ha’ and youthful
hame, Jamie Muse (1844) 14. Frf. Her smile was the sunshine
that lichtit oor ha', Watt Poet. Sketches (1880) 81. Rnf. Nae mair
I'll see my faither's ha’, Barr Poems (1861) 99. Ayr. Noo I am
moor'd in my ain cosie ha', White Jottings (1879) 176. Lth.
She's the star o' his heart an' his ha', man, Ballantine Poems
(1856) 86. Bwk. Monthly Mag. (1814) I. 31. Edb. Lang mat
your ha' be stow'd wi' blessin's rife! Learmont Poems (1791) 194.
Lan. I' th' ho an' cottage ingili, Kay-Shuttleworth Scarsdale
(1860) II. 215.
2. The principal room of a house, the parlour; also in
Comp. Hall-chamber.
Sc. A' that's said in the kitchen shou'd na be tauld in the ha',
Ramsay Prov. (1737). Cor. I knawed un by Mally, Phelleps'
pictur of un in her hall, Tregellas Tales (1865) 33; Ai wud·nt...
tres'n in áur eel tʃe̱e̱mba bái asel·f [I wouldn't trust him in
our hall-chamber by himself], Ellis Pronunc. (1889) V. 172; Cor.3
w.Cor. They cal'n a pare-lar, forsuth; why a es but a good hale
and make the most of'n, Bottrell Trad. 3rd S. 60.
Hence not to remember from the haal to the hetch, phr. to
have a bad memory. Cor.3
3. The kitchen of a farm-house, the principal living-room;
also called Farmer's ha'.
Abd. In winter's nights, whae'er has seen The farmer's Ha'
convene Finds a' thing there to please his een, Keith Farmer's
Ha' (1774) st. i. s.Sc. Blithe at night was ilka one In the
auld snug ha' o' Little Billy, Watson Border Bards (1859) 7.
Lnk. Glad tidings in the Farmer's ha' Is terror to the weavers,
Watson Poems (1853) 3.
4. The country justices' room where they hold their
court. e.Suf. (F.H.)
5. Comb. (1) Hall-bible, a large family-bible; (2) Hall-clay,
potter's earth; (3) Hall-corn beer, a certain quantity of barley
paid by the tenants of Amble to the lord of the manor;
(4) Hall-en’, the end or side of a house; (5) Hall-farm, a farm
specially attached to a manor-house and not rented to
a tenant; (6) Hall-farmer, one who works a farm for the
lord of the manor [not known to our correspondents];
(7) Hall-folk, servants; kitchen-folk; (8) Hall-garth, a hall-yard,
an open enclosure pertaining to a hall; (9) Hall-house, (a) a
manor-house, the residence of the landed proprietor; (b)
a large house, a farmer's house in contradistinction to
that of a cottar; (10) Hall-maiden, a maidservant in a farmer's
house; (11) Hall-neuk, a corner in a hall or large living-room;
(12) Hall-rig, the first ridge in a field cut in harvest.
(1) Sc. The large Bible, formerly appropriated for family-worship
and which lay in the Ha' or principal apartment (Jam.).
Ayr. The big ha' bible was accordingly removed by Mrs. Walkinshaw
from the shelf, Galt Entail (1823) xix. Lnk. The muckle
ha'-bible was brocht frae the bole, Nicholson Kilwuddie (ed. 1895)
144. Gall. It's in your hand o' write that the name o' Janet
Geddes stands in the big ha' Bible, Crockett Raiders (1894) xxxiii.
(2) Rxb. A tough blue clay, so called because used by the peasantry
to whiten the walls of their houses (Jam.). (3) Nhb.1 Formerly
for the use of the monastic cell there. (4) Dmf. What step is that by
our ha' en'? Cromek Remains (1810) 75. (5) Lan. If yo'n tae me
on booard at t'Ho fearm, Kay-Shuttleworth Scarsdale (1860) II.
215; The hall-farm is almost invariably farmed by the owner or
the tenant of the hall, retained for the use of the household. In
cases where the tenant of the hall does not require it, the hall-farm
is sometimes let to an adjoining farm-tenant on the estate.
Usually it is principally grazing ground (S.W.). e.Suf. (F.H.)
(6) Suf. Even this happened in the practice of a hall-farmer, Marshall
Review (1811) III. 449. (7) Ayr. Tho' the gentry first are
stechin Yet ev'n the ha' folk fill their pechan, Burns Twa Dogs
(1786) l. 61, 62. (8) m.Yks.1 (s.v. Garth). (9, a) Sh.I. I was just
seeking you that you may gang after him to the hall-house, for,
to my thought, he is far frae weel, Scott Pirate (1822) vii. Twd.
They shall pay a plack yearly, if demanded from the hole in the back
wall of the Hall-house, Notes to Pennecuik's Desc. Twd. (1815) 161
(Jam.). Edb. Rinning about the Laird's ha' house, Macneill
Bygane Times (1811) 43. Dmf. The talk in the ha' hoose, the talk
in the manse, Thom Jock o' Knowe (1878) 32. Dur.1, Stf. (K.)
(b) Sc. I've a ha'-house, I hae baith goods an' gear, Shepherd's
Wedding (1789) ii; A house large enough to possess a dining-room
(H.W.). Abd. The cottage built on an inferior scale differed
in no other respect from the farmer's or ha'-house, Statist. Acc.
XXI. 242 (Jam.). Gall. In yon ha' house, ayont the fell, Whar
rural peace and pleasure dwell, Nicholson Poet. Wks. (1814) 39,
ed. 1897. Kcb. The halloo rais'd forth frae the ha'-house swarm,
Davidson Seasons (1789) 27 (Jam.). Nhb.1 It is always distinguished
from the ‘hinds' hooses,’ as the hinds' cottages are called.
(10) Nhb.1 In contradistinction to a hind's maiden. (11) Sc. A leddy
sits in our hall-neuk, Scott Bride of Lam. (1819) xiv. (12) Lth.
Thus denominated, because it is cut down by the domestics on
the farm, i.e. the members of the farmer's family. It is deemed
the post of honour and given to them, as they are gen. the most
expert and careful reapers. The other reapers are understood to
keep always a little behind those who have this honourable station,
which is therefore also called the foremost rig (Jam.). Edb. The
ha-rig rins fu' fast awa, Har'st Rig (1794) ii, ed. 1801. Rxb. (Jam.)
6. int. An exclamation used by the master or mistress
of a house to keep order at an entertainment. w.Yks.2
[6. A hall, a hall! give room! and foot it, girls! SHAKS.
R. & J. I. v. 28.]

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HALL, sb.2 Som. Cor. Also written haul Som.; and
in form hale Cor. The fruit and tree of the hazel, Corylus Avellana;
gen. in Comp. Hall-nut. Som., Cor. (B. & H.),
Cor.1 Cor.2 See Halse, sb.2

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HALL, sb.3 Dev. Cor. Also written hawl Dev. (Hall.)
In comp. (1) Hall-eve, the eve of Ash Wednesday; (2)
Hall-Monday, the day before Shrove Tuesday; (3) Hall-night, see
(1); (4) Hall-Sunday, the Sunday before Shrove-tide; (5)
Hall-Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday. Cf. hallow, sb.1
(1) Dev. ‘His nose smells of Hall Eve,’ i.e. has the smell of
good meat yet in it, Horae Subsecivae (1777) 199. (2) Cor. On the
day termed ‘Hall’ Monday, which precedes Shrove Tuesday,
about the dusk of the evening it is the custom for boys... to prowl
about the streets with short clubs, and to knock loudly at every
door, running off to escape detection on the slightest sign of
a motion within. If, however, no attention be excited, and
especially if any article be discovered negligently exposed, or
carelessly guarded, then the things are carried away; and on the
following morning are seen displayed in some conspicuous place,
to expose the disgraceful want of vigilance supposed to characterise
the owner, Reports R. Instit. (1842) in Quiller-Couch
Hist. Polperro (1871) 151; Cor.1 Cor.2 e.Cor. Flk-Lore Jrn. (1886) IV.
129. (3, 4) Dev. Horae Subsecivae (1777) 199. (5) Dev. (Hall.)

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HALL, v. Yks. [al.] To shout, halloo.
w.Yks. When fowk o' ivry side on him is hallin an' shaatin,
Yksman. (1880) 214; In ordinary use about Bradford (S.P.U.).

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HALL, HALLA, see Hale, sb.1, Hallow, sb.1

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