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HOW, sb.1 Or.I. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. I.Ma. Not. Lin. Nhp. War. Bdf. Bck. Nrf. Som. Dev. Also written houe n.Yks.1 n.Yks.4; howe Or.I. Cum. Yks. s.Lan.; and in forms ha w.Yks.1; hauf e.Yks.; haugh n.Cy. w.Yks.1; haw w.Yks.1; hoe N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 Not. n.Lin.1 Bdf. Bck. Nrf. w.Som.1 Dev.; hogh N.Cy.1; hoh, hoo Nhp.2; hough Yks. Lan. I.Ma.; howack Or.I.; howie Or.I. Sh.&Ork.1 [h)ou, h)ō.] A small detached hill or mound, gen. a tumulus or barrow; a hillock, knoll; almost obs. except in place-names; also used attrib. Or.I. (S.A.S.); Another beautiful tumulus... distinguished by the name of Mesow or Mese-how. In this country, ‘how’... is applied to elevated hillocks, whether artificial or natural, Statist. Acc. XIV. 130 (Jam.); It was a matter of common occurrence for the Norsemen to break open a howe in the expectation of finding treasure, Fergusson Rambles (1884) 47; Sh.&Ork.1 n.Cy. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 160; Grose (1790); N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 In place-names, as Cambhoe. Lakel.1 Originally a grave-mound, then a gentle eminence or mound, freq. in proper names... Silver How, Fox How. Cum. Croppins of esh mun be foddert on t'howes, Dickinson Cumbr. (1876) 245; Cum.1 Cum.2 Wm. Appleby Monthly Messenger (Apr. 1891). Yks. If Brayton bargh, and Hambleton hough, and Burton bream Were all in thy belly 'twould not be team, Ray Prov. (1678) 339. n.Yks. The heights of Swart Houe, Atkinson Moorl. Parish (1891) 39: n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.3 n.Yks.4 e.Yks. Sometimes natural, gen. artificial, Marshall Rur. Econ. (1788); e.Yks.1 Obs. except in place-names, MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks. Grainge Nidderdale (1863) 221; w.Yks.1 Lan. Yonder at th' Hough, where yeow seen th' leeghts there, Shadwell Witches (1682) 30, ed. 1718. ne.Lan.1 A gentle eminence near a vale. s.Lan. Howe-side, Bamford Dial. (1854). I.Ma. After church, we went for a walk to the houghs (S.M.). Not. Hoe-hill, Row How (L.C.M.). Lin. Obs. as a single word, but very common in local names, Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 338. n.Lin. A place full of sand hoes, Peacock R. Skirlaugh (1870) I. 255; n.Lin.1 Freq. in names of places. Nhp.2 An elevated site; a frequent name for a field in such situations. War. That there be a how or hows laid over our bodies to prevent our remains being disturbed, Deeds at Southam (1792). Bdf., Bck. A range of eminences... Two spurs of these are termed respectively Ivinghoe and Tottemhoe, N. & Q. (1872) 4th S. x. 172. Nrf. Forehoe or Feorhou, i.e. Four Hills, Blomefield Hist. Nrf. II. 374, in N. & Q. (1872) 4th S. x. 507; Grene-how, i.e. green hills or tumuli, N. & Q. vi. 1. w.Som.1 Dev. Trentis-hoe, Martinhoe, and Mortehoe are each connected with an eminence or promontory, N. & Q. (1872) 4th S. x. 172. [The shadow of it couyrd howis (=montes), Hampole (c. 1330) Ps. lxxix. 11. Norw. dial. haug, an eminence with a rounded top (Aasen); ON. haugr, a ‘how,’ mound (Vigfusson).]

HOW, sb.2 Sc. Also written hoo. [hū.] 1. A coif, head-dress; a nightcap. Sc. There occurs how or hoo, nightcap, Francisque-Michel Lang. (1882) 87; He breaks my head and syne puts on my hoo, Ferguson Prov. (1641) 19; Break my head and draw on my hoo, Kelly Prov. (1721) 61; Still used (Jam.). n.Sc. (JAM.) Per. The heads of the matrons are enveloped in large pieces of cloth of a tawny colour, which they term hoos, Monteath Dunblane (1835) 84, ed. 1887. 2. A membrane or ‘caul’ on the head with which some children are born; used in comb. Happy how, Hely how, Sely how. Sc. The women call a haly or sely how (i.e. holy or fortunate cap or hood,) a film or membrane stretched over the heads of children new born,.. and they give out that children so born will be very fortunate, Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas (s.v. How) in Brand Pop. Antiq. (ed. 1813) II. 451; (Jam.) Rxb. He will be lucky, being born with the helie-how on his head (JAM.). [Great conceits are raised of the involution or membranous covering, commonly called the silly-how,.. which midwives were wont to sell unto credulous lawyers, who had an opinion it advantaged their promotion, T. Browne Vulgar Errors (1646) bk. v. xxiii. § 15.][1. Thair haris all war tukkit wp on thar croun, That baith with how and helm wes thristit down, Douglas Eneados (1513), ed. 1874, 11. 257; Howe, heed hyllynge, sidaris, Prompt.; OE. hūfe, ‘cidaris’ (Ælfric). 2. Those who are born with a caul about their head are popularly believed to be lucky children. Such a membrane is called in Germany Glückshaube, Wehmutter-haüblein, and is carefully treasured up, Grimm Teut. Myth. (tr. Stallybrass) II. 874; Hove that a chylde is borne in, taye, Palsgr. (1530).]

HOW, sb.3 Sc. Irel. Also written hoe Ir.; hoo Sc. s.Don.; hou Sc. (Jam.); höu Sh.I. [hū.] A piece of wood used in building the couple of a roof. Sc. A piece of wood which joins the couple-wings together at the top, on which rests the roof-tree of a thatched house (Jam.). Sh.I. Da wattermills is no run aboot... an' da maist o' dem ye can see da höus o' da couples, Sh. News (Mar. 12, 1898). ne.Sc. The couples were placed first and consisted of five or six parts ─ two upright posts resting on the ground, the two arms of the couple, called hoos, fixed to the top of the upright posts, Gregor Flk-Lore (1881) 50. Lnk. Clam up the mow, Where was an opening near the hou, Ramsay Poems (1800) II. 523 (Jam.). s.Don. Simmons Gl. (1890). [Norw. dial. huv, the timber for the roof of a house (Aasen); ON. hūfa (also hūa), part of a church in the old timber churches (Vigfusson).]

HOW, adv. and sb.4 Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. I. Dial. forms. 1. (1) Foo, (2) Fou, (3) Fow, (4) Fu, (5) Ha, (6) Haa, (7) Hae, (8) Hah, (9) Hau, (10) Haw, (11) Hea, (12) Heaw, (13) Heea, (14) Heue, (15) Hew, (16) Ho, (17) Hoo, (18) Hu, (19) Ya, (20) Yaa, (21) Yah. [For further instances see II. below.] (1) Sh.I. Lat me ken foo ye mak' dis busk, Sh. News (July 30, 1898). Cai.1 Abd. I cudna say foo the fees 'll be rinnin, Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871) viii. Kcd. But foo do I, alang the Feugh Sae sadly, lanely stray? Grant Lays (1884) 18. (2) Sh.&Ork.1 Kcd. He... shortly speired ‘fou they were a',’ Jamie Muse (1844) 107. (3) Wxf.1 Shoo pleast aam all, fowe? 90. (4) Bnff. I said, my Meg, an' fu' are ye? Taylor Poems (1787) 58. e.Fif. Fu' wad ye like to hae sic a weel lined wallet? Latto Tam Bodkin (1864) iv. (5) w.Yks. Yks. Wkly. Post (Apr. 10, 1897). Lan. Tell meh ha theese lung nemes leet'n, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (ed. 1806) 33. (6) w.Yks.3, e.Lan.1 (7) Lan. Hae coom yo to speer fur me meaustur! Kay-Shuttleworth Scarsdale (1860) II. 154. (8) w.Yks. I once read of hah a ‘deead donkey towt a lesson,’ Cudworth Dial. Sketches (1884) 1. (9) Wm. Wheeler Dial. (1790) 114, ed. 1821. (10) Wm. Haw dus awe at heaam dea? Wheeler Dial. (1790) 112, ed. 1821. (11) Lan. Harland & Wilkinson Leg. (1873) 197. (12) Lan. Good Lord, heaw they trembled between, Harland Lyrics (1860) 135. e.Lan.1 (13) Lan. Heea art tuh cummin on? O Bit ov o Chat (1844) pt. i. 2. (14) e.Dev. Heue grassy's our beyde, Pulman Sng. Sol. (1860) i. 16. (15) Lan. Hew's that? Brierley Layrock (1864) iv. (16) Cum. Thare's nea matter ho menny o' them, Lonsdale Mag. (Feb. 1867) 312. Lin.1 (17) Sc. Hoo's Katie? Swan Gates of Eden (1895) i. Nhb.1, Cum.1 Cum.4, n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4, e.Yks.1 w.Yks. Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882). n.Lin.1 Ken. Lewis I. Tenet (1736) 50. (18) Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) (19) w.Yks. And ya sho thought, A. L. Forty Years Ago, 113. (20) w.Yks.3 (21) w.Yks. If they nobbut knew yah clever he wor, A. L. Forty Years Ago, 9. 2. Var. contractions or elliptical phr.: (1) Fousticait, Fushica'd, or Howsticaad, lit. ‘how is it you call it,’ a term used to denote anything the name of which has been forgotten, ‘what d'ye call it’; (2) Fushica'im, lit. ‘how is it you call him,’ ‘what d'ye call him’; (3) Hoo's, How's, Foo's, Fou's, or Fu's, (a) how is or how are; (b) how hast or how has; (c) how does; (4) Hoost, Howst, or Hah'st, how is the...; (5) Hoosta or Howsta, (a) how doest thou; (b) how hast thou; (c) how art thou; (6) Hoo't or Heaw't, (a) how that; (b) how it; (7) Howsa, how are you; (8) Yamdy, how many. [For further instances see II. below.] (1) Sc. (Jam.); As I cam near hand I thought it was a market an' put my hand i' my fushica'd for something to the custom wife, Blyd Contract, 3 (Blyd Contract ,). Nhb.1 Bring us yor howsticaad. (2) Sc. Up by comes Fushica'im that dwells at the briggen, Blyd Contract, 3 (Jam.). (3, a) Sh.&Ork.1, Cai.1 Abd. Hoo's a’ your folk? Guidman Inglismaill (1873) 36. Ant. (W.H.P.), N.Cy.1 e.Yks.1 Hoo's all bayns? MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks. Āz je faðə(r)? (J.W.) (b) e.Yks.1 Hoo's thă deean it? MS. add. (T.H.); Hoo's he deean't? T.H. w.Yks. (J.W.) (c) e.Yks.1 Hoo's he deeah't? MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks. Āz i diut? [How does he do it?] (J.W.) (4) Cum. I hwope ya mend nicely, Betty. Wat howst barn? Lonsdale Mag. (July 1866) 25. Wm. Wat hoost barn? Briggs Remains (1825) 181. w.Yks. An hah'st lad? Bywater Gossips (1851) 6. (5, a) w.Yks.5 Howsta think o' going? (b) Howsta done that, pretha? w.Yks.5 (c) Wm. Sowgers com up tull him an sed ‘Hoosta gaan on noo?’ Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. i. w.Yks.5 Howsta fur wark like? (6, a) Abd. Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871) viii. (b) Lan. Bur thae'st sing to neet as heawt leets, Kay-Shuttleworth Scarsdale (1860) II. 214. (7) Dor. Howsa going haven cooked, John? Flk-Lore Rec. (1880) III. 111. (8) w.Yks.3 Inkum jinkum, Jeremy buck, Yamdy horns do Au cock up? Rhyme in boys' game. II. Dial. meanings. 1. adv. In phr. (1) about how, near the matter, about it, sufficiently near the right way of doing anything; (2) as how, (a) that; (b) in any case; (3) as how it is or leets, as it happens, as the case is; how ever it comes about; (4) how and about, about, concerning; (5) how are you coming on? a greeting, salutation; ‘how are you?’ ‘how do you do?’ (6) how came you so, slightly intoxicated; (7) how do ye? (8) how do you come on? (9) how do you get your health? (10) how fend ye? (11) how go(es? (12) how goes it? see (5); (13) how it be, however, nevertheless; (14) how leets or licht? (15) how lish or lysh? how comes it? how is it? (16) how preuv ye? (17) how 's a'? (18) how's a' wi' ye or you? (19) how's yourself? see (5); (20) how so be, however; (21) how soon, obs., as soon as; (22) how at or that, how was it that, why was it; (23) how thou talks, an exclamation of surprise. (1) Ken.2 That's about how. (2, a) s.Stf. He said as how the gaffer came down the pit, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). (b) w.Yks. I'm bound to Bradforth as how (S.P.U.). (3) Lan. I never did hold wi' men folks as how 'tis, Longman's Mag. (Nov. 1895) 69; Thee'rt too good to burn, as hea't be, Harland & Wilkinson Leg. (1873) 197; We'nn burn him to neet as heaw't leet, Kay-Shuttleworth Scarsdale (1860) II. 108. (4) e.Suf. I'll tell you all how and about it. He told me how and about it all (F.H.). (5) N.I.1 (6) Stf. Monthly Mag. (1816) I. 494. (7) Nhb. Te ax a frind ‘Hoo de ye?’ Wilson Poems (1843) 113. (8, 9) N.I.1 (10) Cum.1 Cum.4 (11) n.Yks. How go, John? (I.W.) w.Yks.3, Lin.1, War.3, Oxf. (G.O.) (12) Cum.1, e.Yks.1 w.Yks. Banks Wkfld. Wds. (1865). Lan. The common greeting, Gaskell Lectures Dial. (1854) 26. (13) w.Yks. They fought well, how it be, Snowden Web of Weaver (1896) i. (14) w.Yks. How leets tha doesn't pay thy club when tha's t'chonce? (S.K.C.) Lan. Wel, aw sed, heaw leetes theaw didn't speyke afore? Ormerod Felley fro Rachde (1851) v; How leets you couldn't ha com'n sooner? Brierley Daisy Nook (1859) 35, ed. 1881; How leets thou artnt at schoo? Waugh Chim. Corner (1874) 100, ed. 1883. Chs.1, Der.2 (15) Lan. (S.W.) (16) Cum. Hoo preuv ye o? Dickinson Lamplugh (1856) 6; Cum.1 (17) Abd. Ay! man, hoo's a'? Na! Mains; you there? Guidman Inglismaill (1873) 36. Per. Fair lass, good e'en! How's a’ the nicht? Spence Poems (1898) 10. Rnf. How's a' the day, Willie McNair? Webster Rhymes (1835) 4. Gall. Mactaggart Encycl. (1824). Nhb. Hoo's a’ at Dilston? Clare Love of Lass (1890) I. 28. Wm. Haus awe friends? Wheeler Dial. (1790) 114, ed. 1821. (18) Sh.I. Fu's a' wi' you, an' fu's a' da rest? Stewart Tales (1892) 134. Sh.&Ork.1, Cai.1 Rnf. Hoo's a' wi' ye, dear Gowan Ha'? Barr Poems (1861) 151. Ayr. How are ye, Tam? and how's a' wi' ye, Bob? Boswell Poet. Wks. (1810) 50, ed. 1871. Dmf. How's a' wi' you? Ye'll hae some news to gi' me, Shaw Schoolmaster (1899) 330. Ant. (W.H.P.), N.Cy.1 (19) Nrf. (A.G.F.) (20) Cor. How so be we must lop up the swit, weth the sour, Daniel Bride of Scio (1842) 231; 'Tis that, Jutson. Howzobe, you'm vound a better half than me, Mortimer Tales Moors (1895) 105. (21) Sc. Those who were present... undertook to cause the other princes how soon they could meet with them, Scoticisms (1787) 117; How soon I got home, Monthly Mag. (1798) II. 436; (W.C.) (c. 1750). Or.I. To burie thair deid how shone ony sall happin to die, Peterkin Notes (1822) App. 32. Abd. Mortimer, with his muskatyres, how soonne they saw them, makes a halt, Turreff Antiq. Gleanings (1859) 58. Fif. How soon he was espyed to rise,.. one was sent to him, Scot Apolog. (1644) 163, ed. 1846. (22) Cum. Hoo 'at thoo couldn't hod t'noise on the? Gwordie Greenup Anudder Batch (1873) 14; Cum.4 (23) w.Yks. Why! how thou talks! (F.P.T.) 2. Why? how comes it? Frf. How are you greeting so sair? Barrie Minister (1891) xxiv; How will you no look at me? BARRIE Minister vii. Lan. Well, an ha didneh gooa on with him? Tim Bobbin View Dial. (ed. 1806) 33. Pem. How didn't you tell'n I would come? He've a runned off, nobody knows how (E.D.). Cor. Well, how caen't Zacky think a bit Before begin to spaik? Forfar Poems (1885) 11; Cor.3 How ded 'ee go there? 3. Used redundantly after that; also in phr. that how that. Abd. She said 't hoo 't she cudna help it, Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871) viii. Nrf. He say that how he din't know (E.M.). 4. sb. A way, method, style of doing anything. w.Yks. (J.W.) s.Not. Do it a this 'ow (J.P.K.). Lin. Thou'st talked to me this how, Fenn Cure of Souls (1889) 35; I'll teach you to go and break and smash i' this how, Gilbert Rugge (1866) I. 310. n.Lin.1 See bairn, thoo shou'd do it e' this how. sw.Lin.1 It is better that how than any ways else. He can't do it no how else. s.Lin. What ar' you a doin' it a that how for? (T.H.R.) w.Som.1 I can't do it no how; no, not to save my life.

HOW, int. and v. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Lin. Also written hou nw.Der.1; howe Sh.I. Rnf.; and in form ha- Nhb.1 Cum.1 [h)ou.] 1. int. An exclamation used to attract attention; a salutation, ‘hullo’; freq. in comb. How there. Sc. And hey Annie! and how Annie (Jam.). Sh.I. Whin he... wanted da hill-folk ta lave him at wance, he wid a just strucken his staff ipa da ert, an' said ─ ‘Skeet howe hame, güid folk!’ Stewart Tales (1892) 89. N.Cy.1 Nhb. How! Geordy man! cum here, Marshall Sngs. (1819) 10; How! marrows, I'se tip you a sang, Midford Coll. Sngs. (1818) 10; Nhb.1 ‘How there, lads?’ The ordinary formula of the salute is ‘How there, marra?’ with the reply, interrogative, of ‘What cheer, hinney?’ w.Yks.5 ‘How Bil!’ ‘How my lad!’ Hence How-way or Howay, int. (1) a term of encouragement : come or go away, come on; (2) in mining: a call to the brakesmen to lower the cage or to quicken its movement. (1) N.Cy.1 Used by rustic auctioneers. Nhb. How'way, Dicky, how'way, hinney, There's the tooting o' the horn, Wilson Oiling o' Dicky's Wig (1826) 1; Howay, Geordie! sprint, man, like the devil, howay! Pease Mark o' the Deil (1894) 103; Nhb.1 In n.Nhb. the call ‘haway!’ is given to the farm hands by the woman-steward at starting or yoking time, so that all the women start together. Dur.1 s.Dur. How-way wi' me (J.E.D.). Cum. He... set it off galloping, saying, ‘Howway wu the,’ Silpheo Billy Brannan (1885) 6; Cum.1; Cum.3 ‘Howay wid tha, Joe,’ sez fadder to me, 2. Wm. How-way hame, honey, afoor it's dark (B.K.). (2) Nhb.1 Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). 2. An exclamation of joy or sorrow. Sc. Monie a lady fair siching and crying, Och how! Child Ballads (1889) III. 392. Rnf. Mony a hech! and howe! it cost ─ The cripple flea that Janet lost, Webster Rhymes (1835) 161. Gall. O! sing how for the Binwud tree, Mactaggart Encycl. (1824) 70, ed. 1876. Hence How-hum, int. an exclamation of grief, alas! Gall. It's altered days wi' us. How-hum! we're a' gaen to the de'il, Mactaggart Encycl. 69. 3. A call used in driving cattle. Cum. (J.Ar.) e.Yks. Thompson Hist. Welton (1869) 171; e.Yks.1 A soothing call to horses or cattle, when inclined to stray or be obstinate, ‘How, then, how, awd oss,’ MS. add. (T.H.) n.Lin.1 Hence (1) How-sheep, int. a call to a dog used in driving sheep; (2) How-up, (a) int. a call to cattle; (b) sb. a child's name for a cow; (3) How-way, int., see (2, a); (4) How-way-bye, int. a call to a dog used in driving cattle, sheep, &c. (1) Lnk. A call given by a shepherd to his dog to incite him to pursue sheep (Jam.). (2, a) Chs.1 s.Chs.1 Used to call the cows home at milking time. nw.Der.1 (b) s.Chs.1 (3) Lakel.2, Wm. (B.K.), ne.Lan.1 (4) Lakel.2 Wm. ‘How-way-bye! How-way-bye!’ is the term used to urge a dog on to get in front of and turn cattle, sheep, &c. (B.K.) 4. v. To cry ‘how!’ with pain or grief. Sc. What need ye hech and how, Ladies? What need ye how for me? Child Ballads (1889) III. 392. 5. To call sheep or cattle; to shout ‘how’; to quicken the speed of cattle. Also with up. Cum. I began howin' an' shootin' at t'sheep, Richardson Talk (1871) 30, ed. 1876; Cum.4 Begins to how them to the fold, Rawnsley Life (1899) 98. Shr.1 6. To hurry away. Nhb. Now, fra this show aw hows away, Allan Tyneside Sngs. (ed. 1891) 356; Nhb.1

HOW, HOWACK, see Who, How, sb.1

HOW, HOWE, adj., sb.1 and v.1 Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Also in forms hoe N.Cy.1; hogh N.Cy.1 Nhb.1; hough Sc. (Jam.) n.Cy. Nhb.1 w.Yks.; houh Peb.; howch Sc. (Jam.); you- Nhb.1 [h)ou, h)au.] 1. adj. Hollow, deep, concave. Also used advb. Cf. holl, howl, adj. s.Sc. Ye cowr and howk sae howe Till art can scarce gar can'les lowe, T. Scott Poems (1793) 321. Rnf. I saw them reach the howe loan-head, Young Pictures (1865) 15. Lnk. The wilcat yow't through its dowie vouts Sae goustie, howch and dim, Edb. Mag. (May 1820) (Jam.). e.Lth. Yon spruce-pine tap, Spearin' the howe sky, Mucklebackit Rhymes (1885) 31. n.Cy. (K.), Nhb.1, Lakel.2, w.Yks.1 2. Comb. (1) How(e-backed, hollow-backed, bent in the back; (2) How(e-cow, a peat-hole; (3) How(e-doup, the medlar, Mespilus germanica; (4) How(e-drill, the hollow between two drills in a field; (5) How(e-foor, the track of the plough, a hollow furrow; (6) How(e-gait, a hollow or sunken way or path; (7) How(e-hole, a hollow, valley; a depression, hole; (8) How(e-house, a dwelling below the level of the street, an area-dwelling; (9) How(e-howm, a vale, a low-lying plain; (10) How(e-meal seeds, the husks of oats; (11) How(e-necked, of animals: long and hollow in the neck; (12) How(e-rush, a hollow rush; (13) How(e-seeds, see (10); (14) How(e-way, see (6); (15) How(e-wecht, a circular implement of sheepskin stretched on a hoop. (1) Ayr. Tho' thou's howe-backit now, an' knaggie, Burns To his Mare, st. 1; Ye'll ne'er be how-backit In carrying yer friens, White Jottings (1879) 279. Nhb.1, Lakel.2 (2) w.Yks. Sticks frae t'wood or turves frae heaf how cow, Spec. Dial. 9. (3) Lth. (Jam.) (4, 5) Nhb.1 (6) w.Yks.1 (7) Sc. It's a’ scabbit i' the how hole o' the neck, Hislop Anecdote (1874) 124. Bwk. In the howe hole o' the Merse A' the folk are bannock fed, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 34. (8) Sc. She took me... down a dark stair to ane o' the how houses beneath the yird, Graham Writings (1883) II. 54. (9) Dmf. I' the howe-howms o' Nith my love lives an' a', Cromek Remains (1810) 112; The howe-howms of Nith is a romantic vale, of near ten miles diameter, at the bottom of which stands Dumfries, CROMEK Remains note. (10) Cum.1 (11) Nhb.1 A yow-neckeet horse. (12) w.Yks.1 (13) n.Cy. Grose (1790). Lakel.2 Cum. For sale, how seeds and mill dust, very cheap, Penrith Obs. (Apr. 1898). Wm. (J.H.); Thaed send im ta coont t'how seeds a topat mill hill, Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 30. w.Yks. Hutton Tour to Caves (1781). ne.Lan.1 (14) Nhb. The old track from Newham to Bamburgh is called Newham Howe-way (R.O.H.); Nhb.1 A term applied to certain ancient trackways. (15) Gall. Used about barns and mills to lift grain and such like things with, Mactaggart Encycl. (1824). 3. Empty; fig. hungry, famished. Sc. This is the how and hungry hour, Herd Coll. Sngs. (1776) II. 198 (Jam.). Bnff.1 A doot 's purse is growin' how by this time. The mehl-bowie's gettin' how. Abd. His duds o' breeks, he ca's nankeen, Are unco teem an' how, Cock Strains (1810) II. 129. Fif. Stech their how hungry stammachs fou, Tennant Papistry (1827) 216. Ayr. His back an' wame had near han' met, He grew sae how. Fisher Poems (1790) 72. n.Cy. (J. Losh) (1783); N.Cy.1 How-i'-the-wame [hungry]. Nhb.1 A hough belly. Lakel.2 Ah've hed neea breakfast, an' Ah's as how as Ah can be for 't. Cum. A house luiks howe widout a weyfe, Anderson Ballads (1805) 110; We're aw as howe as hunters, Gilpin Pop. Poetry (1875) 71. Wm. A wes sa varra how an dry a thowt asta nivver a filt mi kyte, Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. 1. II. 4. Of sounds or of the voice: hollow, deep, low, guttural; also used advb. Sc. Wha ga'e you yon howe hoast? Ford Thistledown (1891) 97; The black man's voice was hough and goustie, Glanville Sadduc. (1726) 393 (Jam.). Sh.I. Oot spak the ghaist wi' a voice right howe, Stewart Tales (1892) 239. Or.I. The selkie [seal] mither gae a groan sae dismal an' how, an' sae human like, Fergusson Rambles (1884) 246. Elg. Howe and fearfu' grows the voice, Couper Poetry (1804) I. 209. Abd. He was startled by a voice that spoke ‘richt howe’ ─ ‘Follow me,’ Deeside Tales (1872) 182. Ayr. It spak right howe ─ ‘My name is Death,’ Burns Death and Dr. Hornbook (1785) st. 9. Lnk. (Jam.) Hence How-speaking, sb. speaking in a low, deep voice, speaking like a ventriloquist. Gall. Mactaggart Encycl. (1824). 5. Bleak, exposed. Lakel.1 6. Poor, humble, mean; dejected, in low spirits, in bad health; gen. in phr. how(e enough. Also used advb. Sc. Hough enough is often used to denote that one is in a poor state of health (Jam.). Bnff.1 He wiz aince weel upon 't, but he's how eneuch noo. Bnff., Abd. Dejected, through poverty, misfortune, or failing health (Jam.). Per. He was bred but howe enough to a ‘mean trade,’ Haliburton Puir Auld Sc. (1887) 65. Lnk. Now when thou tells how I was bred But hough enough to a mean trade, Ramsay Poems (1800) II. 581 (Jam.). Peb. Now I'm auld and houh, Affleck Poet. Wks. (1836) 61. 7. sb. A hollow, depression; a hollow space; a hole, abyss, depth. Also used fig. ne.Sc. I hae often wisst that I had been born wi' an e'e in the howe o' my neck, Grant Keckleton, 124. Abd. There's a how whaur ance was a hert, MacDonald Sir Gibbie (1879) xlvi. Frf. At the smooth-skinned end there were hichts an' howes, an' bare places whaur the banes stuck oot, Willock Rosetty Ends (1886) 44, ed. 1889. Per. Smooth as the howe o' her loof or her cheek, Stewart Character (1857) 27. Ayr. Whare got ye sic a pow? Did it... on your shouthers, i' the how, Light wi' a dad? Fisher Poems (1790) 93. Lnk. In the bonnie green howes of the sea, Motherwell Mermaiden (1827). Lth. The ship's i' the howe o' a roarin wave, Smith Merry Bridal (1866) 28. e.Lth. Up i' the howe o' the April sky, Mucklebackit Rhymes (1885) 5. Edb. Gang your wa's thro' hight an' how, Fergusson Poems (1773) 136, ed. 1785. Slk. I gat the end o' my stick just i' the how o' his neck, Hogg Tales (1838) 7, ed. 1866. Dmf. An ill-cuisten crap in the howe o' the burn, Reid Poems (1894) 46. Gall. The drifts will be sax fit in the howes o' the muir-road, Crockett Bog-Myrtle (1895) 237. Nhb.1 The how of the neck is the hollow at the back of the neck. w.Yks.1 8. A hollow, valley, glen; a flat plain or tract of land. Sc. Mony a cummer lang syne wad hae sought nae better horse to flee over hill and how, Scott Bride of Lam. (1819) xxiii. Elg. His snaw sleeps in the howe, Couper Poetry (1804) I. 42. Bnff. We... sat down In a green how, near by the town, Taylor Poems (1787) 62. Abd. There's a bonnie howie ower here below the rocks, Deeside Tales (1872) 173. Kcd. The howes were in a soom, Grant Lays (1884) 2. Frf. A cottage in a how between Twa verdant hills, Morison Poems (1790) 117. Per. Lest any hicht should end in a howe, Ian Maclaren Brier Bush (1895) 40. Slg. Ae white sheet o' milk-white flame Filled a' the fiery howe, Towers Poems (1885) 54. Dmb. Ye can bring water owre heights and howes, Taylor Poems (1827) 109. Rnf. Tho' snaw choke up baith heigh an' howe, Picken Poems (1813) I. 176. Ayr. At howes or hillocks never stumbled, Burns Ep. to H. Parker (1795) l. 25. Lnk. Gae farer up the burn to Habbie's how, Ramsay Gentle Shep. (1725) 27, ed. 1783. Lth. Among the hills... An' bonnie green howes, McNeill Preston (c. 1895) 108. Edb. A far away cousin, that held out amang the howes of the Lammermoor hills, Moir Mansie Wauch (1828) xvii. Bwk. In mirksome howes, they reel'd and squall'd, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 55. Peb. Ilk heigh has its howe, Affleck Poet. Wks. (1836) 111. Slk. I ken a howe amang the hills, Chr. North Noctes (ed. 1856) IV. 72. Rxb. Grassy howes, and fairy knowes, Murray Hawick Sngs. (1892) 28. Dmf. Unresting he wan'ered by hill-side an' howe, Thom Jock o' Knowe (1878) 1. Gall. Hughie Kerr brings it over the hill from the howe of the Kells, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) xl. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.); A green plot in a valley (K.); N.Cy.1 A depression on the top of a hill; a sloping hollow between hills. Nhb. 'Mang the ferney hows, Proudlock Borderland Muse (1896) 307; Nhb.1 w.Yks. (J.W.); Willan List Wds. (1811); w.Yks.1 9. pl. Phr. (1) in the howes, obs., out of spirits, depressed, ‘in the dumps’; (2) to cast or ding in the hows, obs., to overturn, upset an arrangement, plan, &c., to render unavailing. (1) Sc. Sair did my heart fa' in the hows, Pennecuik Coll. (1787) 13. Cld. (Jam.) Ayr. I'm i' the hows, To die an' be laid i' the till, Indeed's nae mows, Fisher Poems (1790) 63. (2) Sc. The great law business, for which I came south,.. was at once casten in the hows, Wodrow Sel. Biog. (1847) II. 195; Thomas Goodwin and his brethren... carried it so, that all was dung in the howes, Baillie Lett. (1775) II. 59 (Jam.). 10. A curling term: the path or run of the stone to the tee. Sc. By turning his little finger ‘out’... Sandy's stone made its passage down the ‘howe,’ Tweeddale Moff (1896) 159; The skip could never see till now The pace the stanes came up the howe, Caled. Curling Club Ann. (1893-1894) 115. Lnk. The soopers are ready To keep baith the howe an' the head ice in trim, Watson Poems (1853) 72. 11. The depth or middle (of the night, &c.), mid-time. Sc. How o' the year (Jam.). Abd. Aft-times at dreary howe o' nicht, In thought I'm daunderin' by thy side, Shelley Flowers (1868) 158. Fif. How o' winter, from November to January (Jam.). Ayr. In the dead howe o' winter, Ainslie Land of Burns (ed. 1892) 126. Slk. Ye ken fu' weel, gudeman, ye coortit me i' the howe of the night yoursel, Hogg Tales (1838) 3, ed. 1866. Rxb. How o' the night, how o' winter (Jam.). Gall. At the roaring linn in the howe o' the night, Nicholson Hist. Tales (1843) 84. n.Cy. (J.W.) Hence (1) How-doup, sb. the depth or worst part of winter; (2) How-dumb-dead, sb. the depth, middle; (3) How-night, sb. the dead of night. (1) Cum. Linen, 'At keep'd her feckly thro' th' how doup, Gilpin Ballads (1866) 240; Cum.2 181. (2) Ayr. That's no a guid bed for a sick body in the how-dumb-dead o' a caul’ ha'rst night, Blackw. Mag. (Nov. 1820) 202 (Jam.). (3) Rxb. (Jam.), Cum.1 12. Reduction, diminution. Abd. (Jam.) 13. v. To reduce, to drain, thin, to diminish in number or quantity. JAM.

HOW, HOWE, adj., sb.1 and v.1 Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Also in forms hoe N.Cy.1; hogh N.Cy.1 Nhb.1; hough Sc. (Jam.) n.Cy. Nhb.1 w.Yks.; houh Peb.; howch Sc. (Jam.); you- Nhb.1 [h)ou, h)au.] 1. adj. Hollow, deep, concave. Also used advb. Cf. holl, howl, adj. s.Sc. Ye cowr and howk sae howe Till art can scarce gar can'les lowe, T. Scott Poems (1793) 321. Rnf. I saw them reach the howe loan-head, Young Pictures (1865) 15. Lnk. The wilcat yow't through its dowie vouts Sae goustie, howch and dim, Edb. Mag. (May 1820) (Jam.). e.Lth. Yon spruce-pine tap, Spearin' the howe sky, Mucklebackit Rhymes (1885) 31. n.Cy. (K.), Nhb.1, Lakel.2, w.Yks.1 2. Comb. (1) How(e-backed, hollow-backed, bent in the back; (2) How(e-cow, a peat-hole; (3) How(e-doup, the medlar, Mespilus germanica; (4) How(e-drill, the hollow between two drills in a field; (5) How(e-foor, the track of the plough, a hollow furrow; (6) How(e-gait, a hollow or sunken way or path; (7) How(e-hole, a hollow, valley; a depression, hole; (8) How(e-house, a dwelling below the level of the street, an area-dwelling; (9) How(e-howm, a vale, a low-lying plain; (10) How(e-meal seeds, the husks of oats; (11) How(e-necked, of animals: long and hollow in the neck; (12) How(e-rush, a hollow rush; (13) How(e-seeds, see (10); (14) How(e-way, see (6); (15) How(e-wecht, a circular implement of sheepskin stretched on a hoop. (1) Ayr. Tho' thou's howe-backit now, an' knaggie, Burns To his Mare, st. 1; Ye'll ne'er be how-backit In carrying yer friens, White Jottings (1879) 279. Nhb.1, Lakel.2 (2) w.Yks. Sticks frae t'wood or turves frae heaf how cow, Spec. Dial. 9. (3) Lth. (Jam.) (4, 5) Nhb.1 (6) w.Yks.1 (7) Sc. It's a’ scabbit i' the how hole o' the neck, Hislop Anecdote (1874) 124. Bwk. In the howe hole o' the Merse A' the folk are bannock fed, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 34. (8) Sc. She took me... down a dark stair to ane o' the how houses beneath the yird, Graham Writings (1883) II. 54. (9) Dmf. I' the howe-howms o' Nith my love lives an' a', Cromek Remains (1810) 112; The howe-howms of Nith is a romantic vale, of near ten miles diameter, at the bottom of which stands Dumfries, CROMEK Remains note. (10) Cum.1 (11) Nhb.1 A yow-neckeet horse. (12) w.Yks.1 (13) n.Cy. Grose (1790). Lakel.2 Cum. For sale, how seeds and mill dust, very cheap, Penrith Obs. (Apr. 1898). Wm. (J.H.); Thaed send im ta coont t'how seeds a topat mill hill, Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 30. w.Yks. Hutton Tour to Caves (1781). ne.Lan.1 (14) Nhb. The old track from Newham to Bamburgh is called Newham Howe-way (R.O.H.); Nhb.1 A term applied to certain ancient trackways. (15) Gall. Used about barns and mills to lift grain and such like things with, Mactaggart Encycl. (1824). 3. Empty; fig. hungry, famished. Sc. This is the how and hungry hour, Herd Coll. Sngs. (1776) II. 198 (Jam.). Bnff.1 A doot 's purse is growin' how by this time. The mehl-bowie's gettin' how. Abd. His duds o' breeks, he ca's nankeen, Are unco teem an' how, Cock Strains (1810) II. 129. Fif. Stech their how hungry stammachs fou, Tennant Papistry (1827) 216. Ayr. His back an' wame had near han' met, He grew sae how. Fisher Poems (1790) 72. n.Cy. (J. Losh) (1783); N.Cy.1 How-i'-the-wame [hungry]. Nhb.1 A hough belly. Lakel.2 Ah've hed neea breakfast, an' Ah's as how as Ah can be for 't. Cum. A house luiks howe widout a weyfe, Anderson Ballads (1805) 110; We're aw as howe as hunters, Gilpin Pop. Poetry (1875) 71. Wm. A wes sa varra how an dry a thowt asta nivver a filt mi kyte, Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. 1. II. 4. Of sounds or of the voice: hollow, deep, low, guttural; also used advb. Sc. Wha ga'e you yon howe hoast? Ford Thistledown (1891) 97; The black man's voice was hough and goustie, Glanville Sadduc. (1726) 393 (Jam.). Sh.I. Oot spak the ghaist wi' a voice right howe, Stewart Tales (1892) 239. Or.I. The selkie [seal] mither gae a groan sae dismal an' how, an' sae human like, Fergusson Rambles (1884) 246. Elg. Howe and fearfu' grows the voice, Couper Poetry (1804) I. 209. Abd. He was startled by a voice that spoke ‘richt howe’ ─ ‘Follow me,’ Deeside Tales (1872) 182. Ayr. It spak right howe ─ ‘My name is Death,’ Burns Death and Dr. Hornbook (1785) st. 9. Lnk. (Jam.) Hence How-speaking, sb. speaking in a low, deep voice, speaking like a ventriloquist. Gall. Mactaggart Encycl. (1824). 5. Bleak, exposed. Lakel.1 6. Poor, humble, mean; dejected, in low spirits, in bad health; gen. in phr. how(e enough. Also used advb. Sc. Hough enough is often used to denote that one is in a poor state of health (Jam.). Bnff.1 He wiz aince weel upon 't, but he's how eneuch noo. Bnff., Abd. Dejected, through poverty, misfortune, or failing health (Jam.). Per. He was bred but howe enough to a ‘mean trade,’ Haliburton Puir Auld Sc. (1887) 65. Lnk. Now when thou tells how I was bred But hough enough to a mean trade, Ramsay Poems (1800) II. 581 (Jam.). Peb. Now I'm auld and houh, Affleck Poet. Wks. (1836) 61. 7. sb. A hollow, depression; a hollow space; a hole, abyss, depth. Also used fig. ne.Sc. I hae often wisst that I had been born wi' an e'e in the howe o' my neck, Grant Keckleton, 124. Abd. There's a how whaur ance was a hert, MacDonald Sir Gibbie (1879) xlvi. Frf. At the smooth-skinned end there were hichts an' howes, an' bare places whaur the banes stuck oot, Willock Rosetty Ends (1886) 44, ed. 1889. Per. Smooth as the howe o' her loof or her cheek, Stewart Character (1857) 27. Ayr. Whare got ye sic a pow? Did it... on your shouthers, i' the how, Light wi' a dad? Fisher Poems (1790) 93. Lnk. In the bonnie green howes of the sea, Motherwell Mermaiden (1827). Lth. The ship's i' the howe o' a roarin wave, Smith Merry Bridal (1866) 28. e.Lth. Up i' the howe o' the April sky, Mucklebackit Rhymes (1885) 5. Edb. Gang your wa's thro' hight an' how, Fergusson Poems (1773) 136, ed. 1785. Slk. I gat the end o' my stick just i' the how o' his neck, Hogg Tales (1838) 7, ed. 1866. Dmf. An ill-cuisten crap in the howe o' the burn, Reid Poems (1894) 46. Gall. The drifts will be sax fit in the howes o' the muir-road, Crockett Bog-Myrtle (1895) 237. Nhb.1 The how of the neck is the hollow at the back of the neck. w.Yks.1 8. A hollow, valley, glen; a flat plain or tract of land. Sc. Mony a cummer lang syne wad hae sought nae better horse to flee over hill and how, Scott Bride of Lam. (1819) xxiii. Elg. His snaw sleeps in the howe, Couper Poetry (1804) I. 42. Bnff. We... sat down In a green how, near by the town, Taylor Poems (1787) 62. Abd. There's a bonnie howie ower here below the rocks, Deeside Tales (1872) 173. Kcd. The howes were in a soom, Grant Lays (1884) 2. Frf. A cottage in a how between Twa verdant hills, Morison Poems (1790) 117. Per. Lest any hicht should end in a howe, Ian Maclaren Brier Bush (1895) 40. Slg. Ae white sheet o' milk-white flame Filled a' the fiery howe, Towers Poems (1885) 54. Dmb. Ye can bring water owre heights and howes, Taylor Poems (1827) 109. Rnf. Tho' snaw choke up baith heigh an' howe, Picken Poems (1813) I. 176. Ayr. At howes or hillocks never stumbled, Burns Ep. to H. Parker (1795) l. 25. Lnk. Gae farer up the burn to Habbie's how, Ramsay Gentle Shep. (1725) 27, ed. 1783. Lth. Among the hills... An' bonnie green howes, McNeill Preston (c. 1895) 108. Edb. A far away cousin, that held out amang the howes of the Lammermoor hills, Moir Mansie Wauch (1828) xvii. Bwk. In mirksome howes, they reel'd and squall'd, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 55. Peb. Ilk heigh has its howe, Affleck Poet. Wks. (1836) 111. Slk. I ken a howe amang the hills, Chr. North Noctes (ed. 1856) IV. 72. Rxb. Grassy howes, and fairy knowes, Murray Hawick Sngs. (1892) 28. Dmf. Unresting he wan'ered by hill-side an' howe, Thom Jock o' Knowe (1878) 1. Gall. Hughie Kerr brings it over the hill from the howe of the Kells, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) xl. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.); A green plot in a valley (K.); N.Cy.1 A depression on the top of a hill; a sloping hollow between hills. Nhb. 'Mang the ferney hows, Proudlock Borderland Muse (1896) 307; Nhb.1 w.Yks. (J.W.); Willan List Wds. (1811); w.Yks.1 9. pl. Phr. (1) in the howes, obs., out of spirits, depressed, ‘in the dumps’; (2) to cast or ding in the hows, obs., to overturn, upset an arrangement, plan, &c., to render unavailing. (1) Sc. Sair did my heart fa' in the hows, Pennecuik Coll. (1787) 13. Cld. (Jam.) Ayr. I'm i' the hows, To die an' be laid i' the till, Indeed's nae mows, Fisher Poems (1790) 63. (2) Sc. The great law business, for which I came south,.. was at once casten in the hows, Wodrow Sel. Biog. (1847) II. 195; Thomas Goodwin and his brethren... carried it so, that all was dung in the howes, Baillie Lett. (1775) II. 59 (Jam.). 10. A curling term: the path or run of the stone to the tee. Sc. By turning his little finger ‘out’... Sandy's stone made its passage down the ‘howe,’ Tweeddale Moff (1896) 159; The skip could never see till now The pace the stanes came up the howe, Caled. Curling Club Ann. (1893-1894) 115. Lnk. The soopers are ready To keep baith the howe an' the head ice in trim, Watson Poems (1853) 72. 11. The depth or middle (of the night, &c.), mid-time. Sc. How o' the year (Jam.). Abd. Aft-times at dreary howe o' nicht, In thought I'm daunderin' by thy side, Shelley Flowers (1868) 158. Fif. How o' winter, from November to January (Jam.). Ayr. In the dead howe o' winter, Ainslie Land of Burns (ed. 1892) 126. Slk. Ye ken fu' weel, gudeman, ye coortit me i' the howe of the night yoursel, Hogg Tales (1838) 3, ed. 1866. Rxb. How o' the night, how o' winter (Jam.). Gall. At the roaring linn in the howe o' the night, Nicholson Hist. Tales (1843) 84. n.Cy. (J.W.) Hence (1) How-doup, sb. the depth or worst part of winter; (2) How-dumb-dead, sb. the depth, middle; (3) How-night, sb. the dead of night. (1) Cum. Linen, 'At keep'd her feckly thro' th' how doup, Gilpin Ballads (1866) 240; Cum.2 181. (2) Ayr. That's no a guid bed for a sick body in the how-dumb-dead o' a caul’ ha'rst night, Blackw. Mag. (Nov. 1820) 202 (Jam.). (3) Rxb. (Jam.), Cum.1 12. Reduction, diminution. Abd. (Jam.) 13. v. To reduce, to drain, thin, to diminish in number or quantity. JAM.

HOW, HOWE, sb.2 and v.2 Sc. Irel. Nhb. Lakel. Yks. Shr. Glo. Brks. Nrf. [h)ou, h)au.] Dial. form of hoe. Sc. O' howin the gairden, Swan Aldersyde (ed. 1892) 60. Sh.I. Hid wid set dee better ta be furt howin' a bit o' da taties, Sh. News (June 19, 1897). Cai.1 Rnf. Howe, or rake, or delve the soil, Picken Poems (1813) II. 41. Wgt. Can ye how whuns? Fraser Wigtown (1877) 295. Wxf.1 n.Cy. Grose (1790). Nhb.1, Lakel.2, Cum.4 n.Yks. How that land wi't shuv how (I.W.). e.Yks.1, w.Yks. (J.W.) Shr.1 Some like sowin', some like mōwin'; But Of all the games that I do like, Is the game of turmit-ōwin', Local Doggerel Verse. Glo. I cuddn't zee to hut wi' the how, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) xiii. Brks. (W.W.S.) Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 35. [Ray (1691).] Hence Hower, sb. a hoe. Glo. I tuck up my turmut hower, Gibbs Cotswold Vill. (ed. 1899) 97.

HOW, HOWE, sb.2 and v.2 Sc. Irel. Nhb. Lakel. Yks. Shr. Glo. Brks. Nrf. [h)ou, h)au.] Dial. form of hoe. Sc. O' howin the gairden, Swan Aldersyde (ed. 1892) 60. Sh.I. Hid wid set dee better ta be furt howin' a bit o' da taties, Sh. News (June 19, 1897). Cai.1 Rnf. Howe, or rake, or delve the soil, Picken Poems (1813) II. 41. Wgt. Can ye how whuns? Fraser Wigtown (1877) 295. Wxf.1 n.Cy. Grose (1790). Nhb.1, Lakel.2, Cum.4 n.Yks. How that land wi't shuv how (I.W.). e.Yks.1, w.Yks. (J.W.) Shr.1 Some like sowin', some like mōwin'; But Of all the games that I do like, Is the game of turmit-ōwin', Local Doggerel Verse. Glo. I cuddn't zee to hut wi' the how, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) xiii. Brks. (W.W.S.) Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 35. [Ray (1691).] Hence Hower, sb. a hoe. Glo. I tuck up my turmut hower, Gibbs Cotswold Vill. (ed. 1899) 97.

HOW, HOWE, see Ho, v., Haw, sb.1

HOW, HOWE, see Ho, v., Haw, sb.1

HOW, adv. and sb. Sc. Irel. Yks. I.Ma. Dev. Also in form hoo Irel. 1. adv. In phr. (1) how and about, about, concerning; (2) how are you coming on? how are you? (3) how at or that? how was it that? (4) how by that? how is it compared with that? (5) how by yourself? how do you act? (6) how is this, how; (7) how many fingers stand up? a children's game. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) n.Yks. (I.W.) (6) Uls. Hoo's this it happen't? McIlroy Druid's Island (1902) 30. (7) Don. Here I found Nail an' Mary actually playin' ‘How-many-fingers-stands-up?’ Macmanus Bend of Rd. (1898) 144. 2. Comb. Howsobe, however. Cf. howsumbe. Dev. 'Tis that, Intson. Howzobe, you'm vound a better half than me, Mortimer W. Moors (1895) 105. 3. Whether, in what way. n.Yks. Ah didn't know how to believe him (I.W.). 4. sb. The reason, reason why. I.Ma. I happen to know partikkiler!.. never mind the how! Brown Doctor (1891) 31. 5. Phr. at any how, at any rate. s.Sc. (Jam., s.v. Ony).

Source : Dictionary of Archaisms and Provincialisms James Orchard Halliwell - Vol I

Source : A glossary of words used in Swaledale, Yorkshire - by Harland, John, 1806-1868 Page 99 Glossary of words used in the neighbourhood of Whitby