"howf" meaning in English

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Noun

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

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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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