Plural of haet, a Scottish word meaning a small amount or whit; the smallest possible quantity.
From Scottish English haet, possibly related to Old English 'hate' or Dutch 'het', meaning a small part. The word evolved in Scottish dialect to mean an insignificant amount.
This word shows how Scottish English preserves older Germanic vocabulary that's vanished elsewhere—haet is part of that beautiful layer of language that makes Scottish sound like English from centuries past.
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