hilch
A Scottish dialectal verb meaning to hobble or limp — to walk with an awkward, uneven gait due to injury or pain.
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A Scottish dialectal verb meaning to hobble or limp — to walk with an awkward, uneven gait due to injury or pain. As a noun, a hilch is a limp or hobbling movement. Used in older Scottish literary and dialectal texts.
He hilched up the lane on his bad knee, refusing all offers of help.
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(Scotland) To hobble.
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(Scotland) A limp.
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