Part 431 (1/2)

_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.