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haffet Sc. and north. dial.|ˈhæfɪt| Forms: 6 halfet, halfhed, 6–7 haffat, 6– haffet, -it. [In 16th c. halfhed, halfet:—OE. healfhéafod the fore part of the head, the sinciput, ælfric Gram. ix. §78.] The side of the head above and in front of the ear; the temple; the cheek.
1513Douglas æneis iv. xi. 107 Thow thi self thi halfettis als array With haly garland. Ibid. ix. xiii. 67 Hys bos helm..Clynkand abowt hys halfheddis with a dyn. a1605Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxxv. 20 Hir curling loks..About hir hevinly haffats hings. 1676W. Row Contn. Blair's Autobiog. xi. (1848) 343 Cuffed on both haffets. 1786Burns Cotter's Sat. Night 105 His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xix, With the hair hanging down your haffets in that guise. 1870Ramsay Remin. iii. (ed. 18) 59 Weather-beaten haffets. attrib.1794Burns Theniel Menzie's Mary, Her haffet locks as brown's a berry. |