howk
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of howk
C17: from earlier holk
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For similar parallel forms cp. gowk and goilk; nowt and nolt; howk and holk; lowp and loip; bowdyn and boildin, etc.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
Ou ay—a' the country's heard o' that; but auld Edie says that they ca' it ten times mair than ever was o't, and he saw them howk it up.
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
Ye can howk i' the kebbuck an' howk again As lang as there's kebbuck to pree.
From The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots by David Rorie
I find mysel' whiles wonderin' gin I'll see ye the day afore I can gang ower in my mind the graves that's to howk, or gin Birsie's oats are dune.
From The Lilac Sunbonnet by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Let us howk it up again, and send it forth with a new lease of life.
From The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper
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