haet

American  

[heyt] / heɪt /

noun

Scot.

1. a little bit; a whit.

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haet British  

/ het /

noun

1. a whit; iota; the least amount

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Etymology

Origin of haet

C16: originally in the phrase deil hae' it devil have it

Example Sentences

And yet he allows, that for all that —— Thae frank, rantin', ramblin' billies, Fient haet o' them's ill-hearted fellows.

From Robert Burns by Shairp, John Campbell

Deil haet do I expect—excepting that a' the gentles will come to the gaberlunzie's burial; and maybe ye'll carry the head yoursell, as ye did puir Steenie Mucklebackit's.—What trouble was't to me?

From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Ye maun gang fairther, ye ken; fir fient haet o' sipper ye'se hae frae me the nicht.

From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph

There's not a haet that happens at the Gourlays but she clypes.

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas

The lads a' sae braw, the lasses sae glancin', Folk maun be dizzie gaun aye in the roun' For deil a haet 's done now but feastin' and dancin'.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles