hesp

English

Alternative forms

• hasp

Etymology

Compare Icelandic hespa (“a hasp, a wisp or skein”). See hasp.

Noun

hesp (plural hesps)

1. (Scotland) A measure of two hanks of linen thread.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hesp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Ephs, PSHE, eshp, heps, pehs, shep

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hespe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛsp/
• Hyphenation: hesp
• Rhymes: -ɛsp

Noun

hesp f (plural hespen)

1. (chiefly Belgium) ham (type of pork, meat from the thigh of a hog)

   Synonym: ham

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Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hácwah. Cognate to Persian اسب (asb).

Noun

hesp m

1. horse

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: հասբ (hasb) (probably)