howff

American  

[houf, ouf, hohf, ohf] / haʊf, aʊf, hoʊf, oʊf /

noun

1. an abode; a familiar shelter or resort.

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verb (used without object)

1. to reside.

2. to visit a familiar haunt.

Etymology

Origin of howff

First recorded in 1555–65; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

It was a great howff o’ Mr. Soulis’s, onyway; there he wad sit an’ consider his sermons; an’ indeed it’s a bieldy bit.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

It was a great howff, o' Mr. Soulis's onyway; there he would sit an' consider his sermons; and inded it's a bieldy bit.

From Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories by French, Joseph Lewis

Where was't that Robertson and you were used to howff thegither?

From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir

It was a great howff, o' Mr. Soulis's onyway; there he would sit an' consider his sermons' and inded it's a bieldy bit.

From Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

He hadna a yearly income like Thomas Elliot; and, strange to say, he got the blame of gieing him a howff at Luckie Riddle's.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various