howf
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Scots howf (noun, verb).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /haʊf/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /hʌuf/
- Rhymes: -aʊf
Noun
edithowf (plural howfs) (Scotland, archaic)
- A frequent meeting place; a haunt (sometimes one regarded as not respectable); specifically, a public house or tavern.
- 1822, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Pirate. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 60:
- [A]s this Scotsman's howf lies right under your lee, why, take any port in a storm.
- A rudimentary shelter, especially one used by a mountaineer; a hut.
Alternative forms
editVerb
edithowf (third-person singular simple present howfs, present participle howfing, simple past and past participle howfed)
Alternative forms
editFurther reading
edit- “howff, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2024.
- “howff, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2024.
- “howf, n. and v.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
editScots
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editThe noun is derived from Old Scots howf (“burial ground; timber yard”), probably a borrowing from Middle Dutch hof (“court; enclosed space”).[1]
Sense 4 (“cemetery or churchyard”) refers to The Howff, a burial ground in Dundee on the land of the former Greyfriars Monastery.[1]
The verb is derived from the noun.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithowf (plural howfs)
- an open space which is enclosed
- a frequent meeting place; a haunt (sometimes one regarded as not respectable); specifically, a public house
- 1842, Walter Scott, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Mysell being in the public line, I look for howfs I kenn'd long syne, whar gentles used to drink gude wine
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- a rudimentary shelter, especially one used by a mountaineer; a hut
- (Dundee) a cemetery or churchyard; especially, a private burial ground
Descendants
edit- → English: howf
Verb
edithowf (third-person singular simple present howfs, present participle howfin, simple past howft, past participle howft) (intransitive)
- to frequent or resort to a place; to haunt
- to hang around; to linger, to loiter
- to take refuge or shelter
- Followed by up: to bury
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “howf, n.1, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
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