Howk, S and C, excavate.
“She has howkit a hole baith deep and wide,
She has putten them in baith side by side.”
Old Ballad—The Cruel Mother.
How-strowe, C, in confusion.
“Thy plew gear’s liggin’ how-strowe,
An’ somebody’s stown thee thy cou’ter.”
Mark Lonsdale. Johnnie.
Hugger-mugger, C, huddled up, out of order or system.
“Thus in hugger-mugger make a marriage.”