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Noun [English]

IPA: /haʊf/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /hʌuf/ [Scotland] Forms: howfs [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊf Etymology: Borrowed from Scots howf (noun, verb). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|howf|pos=noun, verb}} Scots howf (noun, verb) Head templates: {{en-noun}} howf (plural howfs), {{term-label|en|Scotland|archaic}} (Scotland, archaic)
  1. A frequent meeting place; a haunt; often specifically, a drinking-house or tavern. Tags: Scotland, archaic
    Sense id: en-howf-en-noun-~FAT-1qM
  2. A rudimentary shelter, especially one used by a mountaineer; a hut. Tags: Scotland, archaic
    Sense id: en-howf-en-noun-tvcUsytV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: howff

Verb [English]

IPA: /haʊf/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /hʌuf/ [Scotland] Forms: howfs [present, singular, third-person], howfing [participle, present], howfed [participle, past], howfed [past]
Rhymes: -aʊf Etymology: Borrowed from Scots howf (noun, verb). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|howf|pos=noun, verb}} Scots howf (noun, verb) Head templates: {{en-verb}} howf (third-person singular simple present howfs, present participle howfing, simple past and past participle howfed)
  1. (intransitive, Scotland, archaic) To frequent or resort to a place; to haunt. Tags: Scotland, archaic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-howf-en-verb-nW11UHbU Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 20 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 2 10 24 14 2 15 3 4 3 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: howff

Noun [Scots]

IPA: /hʌuf/ Forms: howfs [plural]
Etymology: The noun is derived from Old Scots howf (“burial ground; timber yard”), probably a borrowing from Middle Dutch hof (“court; enclosed space”). Sense 4 (“cemetery or churchyard”) refers to The Howff, a burial ground in Dundee on the land of the former Greyfriars Monastery. The verb is derived from the noun. Etymology templates: {{dercat|sco|odt|gmw-pro|gem-pro}}, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{der|sco|dum|hof|t=court; enclosed space}} Middle Dutch hof (“court; enclosed space”), {{sup|1}} ¹, {{langname|sco}} Scots, {{senseno|sco|cemetery|uc=1}} Sense 4, {{glossary|verb}} verb Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|howfs|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} howf (plural howfs), {{sco-noun}} howf (plural howfs)
  1. an open space which is enclosed
    Sense id: en-howf-sco-noun-c64lj2Dy Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 2 10 24 14 2 15 3 4 3 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 9 28 15 1 17 2 2 2 22 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 32 16 3 18 3 2 2 24
  2. a frequent meeting place; a haunt (sometimes one regarded as not respectable); specifically, a public house
    Sense id: en-howf-sco-noun-ntYZNFpB Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 2 10 24 14 2 15 3 4 3 21
  3. a rudimentary shelter, especially one used by a mountaineer; a hut
    Sense id: en-howf-sco-noun-qIk1jau~
  4. (Dundee) a cemetery or churchyard; especially, a private burial ground Tags: Dundee
    Sense id: en-howf-sco-noun-sco:cemetery Categories (other): Dundee Scots, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 2 10 24 14 2 15 3 4 3 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hauf, houf, houff, houffe, hooff, howff

Verb [Scots]

IPA: /hʌuf/ Forms: howfs [present, singular, third-person], howfin [participle, present], howft [past], howft [participle, past]
Etymology: The noun is derived from Old Scots howf (“burial ground; timber yard”), probably a borrowing from Middle Dutch hof (“court; enclosed space”). Sense 4 (“cemetery or churchyard”) refers to The Howff, a burial ground in Dundee on the land of the former Greyfriars Monastery. The verb is derived from the noun. Etymology templates: {{dercat|sco|odt|gmw-pro|gem-pro}}, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{der|sco|dum|hof|t=court; enclosed space}} Middle Dutch hof (“court; enclosed space”), {{sup|1}} ¹, {{langname|sco}} Scots, {{senseno|sco|cemetery|uc=1}} Sense 4, {{glossary|verb}} verb Head templates: {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|howfs|present participle|howfin|simple past|howft|past participle|howft|head=}} howf (third-person singular simple present howfs, present participle howfin, simple past howft, past participle howft), {{sco-verb}} howf (third-person singular simple present howfs, present participle howfin, simple past howft, past participle howft), {{term-label|sco|intransitive}} (intransitive)
  1. to frequent or resort to a place; to haunt Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-howf-sco-verb-eHQc4GqD
  2. to hang around; to linger, to loiter Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-howf-sco-verb-N7oNQyAJ
  3. to take refuge or shelter Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-howf-sco-verb-3gS09Ebj
  4. Followed by up: to bury Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-howf-sco-verb-RRRWLRkA Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 2 10 24 14 2 15 3 4 3 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hauf, houf, houff, houffe, hooff, howff

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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