Hoatching

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Infested; swarming; teeming. Scotland, usually

    ""Isn't the haill country hoatching with disbanded sojers, men with guns and swords that haven't been paid for months, that'll cut a throat for a couple of maiks?""

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""Isn't the haill country hoatching with disbanded sojers, men with guns and swords that haven't been paid for months, that'll cut a throat for a couple of maiks?""

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