An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 431 : _Barbour._ HOW, HOU, _s._ 1. The sound made by the owl. Fr. _hu-er_, to hoot. _Doug._

_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~.