howk
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of howk
C17: from earlier holk
Example Sentences
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With this he set to work to howk the turf away, and found it light to work, for it had been loosely shovelled in, and came away with ease.
From Border Ghost Stories by Pease, Howard
Tam got my contracts this week, an' I have to gang back into a common place and howk coals.
From The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner by Welsh, James C.
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 Scott, Walter, Sir
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 Flom, George Tobias
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 Rorie, David
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