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An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland.

A large two-handed sword used formerly by the Scottish Highlanders.

A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander. Dirk knife, a clasp knife having a large, dirklike blade.

hat dialect of the Celtic which is spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; -- called, by the Highlanders, Gaelic.

A Celt or the Celts of the Scotch Highlands or of Ireland; now esp., a Scotch Highlander of Celtic origin.

Of or pertaining to the Gael, esp. to the Celtic Highlanders of Scotland; as, the Gaelic language.

t which was sent round by the Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by the Highlanders.

country; as, the Highlands of Scotland. Highland fling, a dance peculiar to the Scottish Highlanders; a sort of hornpipe.

Highlanders, collectively.

of war, consisting of a pole armed with an axhead at its end, formerly used by the Scotch Highlanders.

inhabitant of the Lowlands, especially of the Lowlands of Scotland, as distinguished from Highlander.

ite or assuage; generally applied to those airs that are played on the bagpipe before the Highlanders when they go out to battle. Jamieson.

A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs. Spenser.

A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel. Virginia reel, the common name throughout the United States for the old English "country dance," or contradance (contredanse). Bartlett.

A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved and repeated the traditions of the tribes; also, a genealogist. [Written also senachy.] [Scot.]

A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.] "His skean, or pistol." Spenser.

A large purse or pouch made of skin with the hair or fur on, worn in front of the kilt by Highlanders when in full dress.

Trowsers; especially, those of the Scotch Highlanders. "He wore the trews, or close trowsers, made of tartan." Sir W. Scott.