hidlingsadj.
Scottish and northern dialect.
Hidden, secret, underhand, clandestine.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective]
dernc897
dighela1000
hid?c1225
stillc1275
stillyc1275
covertc1303
secrec1374
secret1399
secretivec1470
covered1484
dark1532
underhid1532
hiddena1547
concealed1558
abstruse1576
unshewing1598
mystical1600
of secreta1616
mystica1625
subterraneous1652
researched1653
hugger-mugger1692
hidlingsa1810
sub rosa1824
cachet1837
cloak and dagger1841
theftuous1881
q.t.1910
closet1966
down-low1991
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective] > accomplished by stealth
stolenc1400
secret1548
clandestine1566
stealed1577
backdoor1581
underhand1592
surreptitial1602
surreptitious?1615
furtive1628
surreptious1630
by1633
surreptive1633
subreptitious1641
surreptitious1645
postern1648
backstairs1663
smuggled1707
underneath1747
underhanded1806
hidlingsa1810
hole-and-corner1835
side door1862
under-cover1933
under the table1938
crafty1946
a1810 R. Tannahill Poems (1846) 75 He ne'er kept up a hidlins plack, To spend ahint a comrade's back.
1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage II. xi. 127 I wud nae count mysel married i' the hiddlins way they gang aboot it noo.
1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance III. xviii. 170 Carrying on this hiddlin' coortship.
1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid v. 31 His hiddlin' kind of ways.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
hidlingsadv.n.
Scottish and northern dialect.
A. adv.
a. In hidden wise, secretly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adverb]
stillyc1000
dernlyc1175
dernea1200
privement?c1225
hidlingsa1250
in hidela1300
in scubardisa1300
stilla1300
hidel-likea1325
privyc1330
ywryȝeliche1340
in secre wysec1374
hidinglya1382
hidlya1382
in privy1384
closea1387
secrelyc1386
stalworthlya1400
covertlyc1400
secrec1405
in hidlings1422
secretly1447
secretementc1470
in secret1474
hugger-muggera1529
in hugger-mugger1529
secret1539
underboard1548
closely1552
darkly1559
in secret wise1563
hiddenly1580
tectly1587
underwater1600
concealedly1622
underground1632
occultly1641
in petto1647
under the rosea1704
subterraneously1791
suppressedly1825
underfoot1860
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Titus) (1963) 96 He mei him hondlinges casten [?c1225 Cleo. vnmundlunge warpen].
1808–18 in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang.
1836 J. Baillie Witchcraft i. i. 12 An' she's to come to you here, hidlings, as it war.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale , secretly.
b. More usually in hidlings (as if noun): in secret, secretly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adverb]
stillyc1000
dernlyc1175
dernea1200
privement?c1225
hidlingsa1250
in hidela1300
in scubardisa1300
stilla1300
hidel-likea1325
privyc1330
ywryȝeliche1340
in secre wysec1374
hidinglya1382
hidlya1382
in privy1384
closea1387
secrelyc1386
stalworthlya1400
covertlyc1400
secrec1405
in hidlings1422
secretly1447
secretementc1470
in secret1474
hugger-muggera1529
in hugger-mugger1529
secret1539
underboard1548
closely1552
darkly1559
in secret wise1563
hiddenly1580
tectly1587
underwater1600
concealedly1622
underground1632
occultly1641
in petto1647
under the rosea1704
subterraneously1791
suppressedly1825
underfoot1860
1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. (1898) 171 The hardy or the manfull in hidlynges he nendeynyth [= n'endeynyth] not any-thynge to do.
1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (1890) II. 33 It is a grete temptatioun..the samin man..suld inbring in hidlingis pestilent errouris.
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. i And skulk in hidlings on the hether braes.
1801 in R. S. Ferguson & W. Nanson Munic. Rec. Carlisle (1887) 259 To sell in open market, or in hidlings.
1887 H. Caine Deemster II. xxiii. 158 It's been a quarrel and maybe a fight.. and he's been in hidlins.
B. n. (apparently taken as n. plural)
a. Hiding places, secret places.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [noun]
hidelsc975
hidela1300
bushc1330
hulkc1330
derna1340
tapissinga1340
coverta1375
hiding1382
loting-placea1398
cover14..
hiding placec1440
mewa1450
closetc1450
hole1483
cure1502
secret1530
shrouding place1571
ivy-bush1576
coney burrowa1586
hidlings1597
foxhole1606
shrouding corner1610
recess1611
subterfuge1616
latibule1623
latebra1626
blind1646
privacy1648
hide1649
retreat1697
rathole1770
hidey-hole1817
tod hole1846
hulster1880
hideout1885
cwtch1890
castle1898
lurk1906
stash1927
hideaway1930
1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (ed. 2) 750 Thair is na boundis bot I haif bene Nor hidlingis fra me hid.
1813 W. Beattie Tales 36 (Jam.) The hills look white, the woods look blue, Nae hiddlins for a hungry ewe, They're sae beset wi' drift.
1873 R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunting Songs (new ed.) 170 One was shunted into hidlands, T'other laid upon the shelf.
b. Secret or clandestine operations.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [noun] > operation
clandestine1656
by-contrivement1657
hidlings1823
still hunt1843
1823 E. Logan St. Johnstoun III. 19 (Jam.) I dinna ken what a' this hidlings is about.
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