hoatchingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

hoatching

1. (Scotland, usually followed by with) Infested; swarming; teeming.
   • 2003, Robin Jenkins, Lady Magdalen, ISBN 9780857863669, p. 317 (Google preview):

     "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?"

   • 2011, Billy Kay, The Scottish World: A Journey Into the Scottish Diaspora, ISBN 9781780574011, (Google preview):

     So in 1651, at the age of 16, his adventure began when he took ship from Aberdeen to Danzig, and even on the first leg of his journey to Königsberg, he quickly realised that the country was hoatching with his fellow countrymen.

   • 2013, Michael Munro, "See Glasgow? See Culture?" in The Crack: The Best of Glasgow Humour, ISBN 9780857907189, (Google preview):

     Everybody knows that Glasgow is hoatching with film companies shooting movies on its mean streets.