An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 431

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 431


_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 owls 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~.







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