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

Isl. iod, childbirth, iod sott, the pangs of childbirth.

Howdy, s. A midwife, S.
Ramsay.

Su. G. iodgumma, id. i. e. as frequently expressed in S. a houdy-wife.

To HOWDER, v. n. To move by succussation, S.
Ferguson.

To HOWDER, v. a. To hide, Loth.
Ramsay.

Howdrand, part. pa. Hiding.
Dunbar.

S. B. hode, to hide; or Teut. hoeder, receptaculum.

HOWE, interj. A call. S.
Douglas.

Dan. hoo, Fr. ho, id.

HOWIE, CASTLE-HOWIE, s. The name given Orkn. to such of the Picts' houses as still appear like tumuli.