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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~.

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