hallan, hall on, hall and

[Etym. doubtful.] 1. A mud wall, or what is called a cat-and-clay wall, in cottages, extending from the fore wall backward, as far as is nece ary to shelter the inner part of the house from the air of the door when opened. "She sat quietly beyond the hallan , or earthen partition of the cottage."- Scott : Waverley , ch. xi. 2. A screen, a seat of turf at the outside of a cottage. *hăl-lan-shāk-er, *hal-land-scheck-ar, *hallen-shak-er, 8. [HALLAN.] 1. A sturdy beggar. "Had seen me than staakin about like a hallenshaker, you wou'd haetaen me for a water-wraith." -Journal from London, p. 4. 2. A beggarly knave; a low fellow. 3. One who has a mean or shabby appearance. "I, and a wheen hallenshakers like mysell." -Scott: Antiquary, ch. iv.