An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

3. Sely how, also happy how, a membrane on the head, with which some children are born; pron. hoo, S. B.
Ruddiman.

HOW, HOU, HOO, s. A piece of wood, which joins the couple-wings together at the top, on which rests the roof-tree of a thatched house, S.
Ramsay.

Su. G. huf, summitas tecti.

HOW, s. A hoe, S.

Fr. houe.

Barbour.

HOW, HOU, s.
1. The sound made by the owl.

Fr. hu-er, to hoot.

Doug.
2. A sea cheer.
Complaynt S.

To HOWD, v. a. To act as a midwife, S.