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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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HAIRIKEN, n. Also heerican (ne.Sc.). Sc. forms of Eng. hurricane. also used to mean a severe reproof, a “dressing down” (ne.Sc. 1956).Slk. 1822 Hogg Perils of Man II. 80:
I wish the prince o' the air be nae fa'en a brewing some o' his hellish storms and hairikens on us.Abd.²⁷ 1920:
He'll get a richt heerican gin he set his fit ower this door again.Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 26:
We nivvir hid to flee demintit
Tull the pier-heid,
Nor harken tull the heerican at midnicht,
Caal wi dreid.