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_Barbour._
HOW, HOU, _s._
1. The sound made by the owl.
Fr. _hu-er_, to hoot.
_Doug._
2. A sea cheer.
_Complaynt S._
_To_ HOWD, _v. a._ To act as a midwife, S.
Isl. _iod_, childbirth, _iod sott_, the pangs of childbirth.
~Howdy~, _s._ A midwife, S.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _iodgumma_, id. i. e. as frequently expressed in S. a _houdy-wife_.
_To_ HOWDER, _v. n._ To move by succussation, S.
_Ferguson._
_To_ HOWDER, _v. a._ To hide, Loth.
_Ramsay._
~Howdrand~, _part. pa._ Hiding.
_Dunbar._
S. B. _hode_, to hide; or Teut. _hoeder_, receptaculum.
HOWE, _interj._ A call. S.
_Douglas._
Dan. _hoo_, Fr. _ho_, id.
HOWIE, CASTLE-HOWIE, _s._ The name given Orkn. to such of the Picts'
houses as still appear like tumuli.
From How, a tumulus, q. v.
HOWYN, _part. pa._ Baptised.
_Wynt._
HOWLLIS HALD, a ruin; q. an owl's habitation.
_Dunbar._
HOWPHYN, _s._ A term of endearment, equivalent to E. _darling_.
_Evergreen._
C. B. _hoffdyn_, one who is beloved.
HOW SA, _adv._ Although.
_Barbour._
HOWTOWDY, _s._ A hen that has never laid, S.
Fr. _hustaudeau_, _hutaudeau_, any well-grown pullet.
HUBBILSCHOW, HOBBLESHOW, _s._ A hubbub, a tumult, S.
_Ross._
Teut. _hobbel-en_, inglomerare; _schowe_, spectaculum.
_To_ HUCK, _v. n._ To hesitate as in a bargain, q. to play the _huckster_,
_Z. Boyd._
HUCKIE-BUCKIE, _s._ A play, in which children slide down a hill on their _hunkers_, Loth.
V. ~Hunker~.
