Holmes.
||How*adj"i (?), n. [Ar.] 1. A traveler.
2. A merchant; -- so called in the East because merchants were formerly
the chief travelers.
How*be"it (?), conj. [How + be + it.] Be it as it may; nevertheless;
notwithstanding; although; albeit; yet; but; however.
The Moor -- howbeit that I endure him not - Is of a constant,
loving, noble nature.
Shak.
How"dah (?), n. [Ar. hawdaj.] A seat or pavilion, generally covered,
fastened on the back of an elephant, for the rider or riders. [Written
also houdah.]
How"dy (?), n. [Scot., also houdy- wife. Of uncertain origin; cf. OSw.
jordgumma; or perh. fr. E. how d'ye.] A midwife. [Prov. Eng.]
How"el (?), n. A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering
rheir work, especially the inside of casks.
How"el, v. t. To smooth; to plane; as, to howel a cask.
How"ell, n. The upper stage of a porcelian furnace.
How*ev"er (?), adv. [Sometimes contracted into howe'er.] 1. In whetever
manner, way, or degree.
However yet they me despise and spite.
Spenser.
Howe'er the business goes, you have made fault.
Shak.