HOWBEIT, how-b[=e]'it, _conj._ be it how it may: notwithstanding: yet:
however--(_Spens._) HOW'BE.
HOWDAH, HOUDAH, how'da, _n._ a seat fixed on an elephant's back. [Ar.
_hawdaj_.]
HOWDIE, HOWDY, how'di, _n._ (_Scot._) a midwife. [Webster ingeniously at
least suggests a derivation in 'How d'ye?' the midwife's first question.]
HOWDY, how'di, _interj._ a colloquial form of the common greeting, 'How do
you [do]?'--_n._ HOW'DY-DO, a troublesome state of matters.
HOWEVER, how-ev'[.e]r, _adv._ and _conj._ in whatever manner or degree:
nevertheless: at all events.
HOWFF, HOUFF, howf, _n._ (_Scot._) a haunt, resort.--_v.i._ to resort to a
place. [A.S. _hof_, a house.]
HOWITZER, how'its-[.e]r, _n._ a short, light cannon, used for throwing
shells. [Ger. _haubitze_, orig. _hauffnitz_--Bohem. _haufnice_, a sling.]
HOWK, howk, _v.t._ and _v.i._ (_Scot._) to dig, burrow.
HOWKER, how'k[.e]r, _n._ Same as HOOKER.
HOWL, howl, _v.i._ to yell or cry, as a wolf or dog: to utter a long, loud,
whining sound: to wail: to roar.--_v.t._ to utter with outcry:--_pr.p._
howl'ing; _pa.p._ howled.--_n._ a loud, prolonged cry of distress: a
mournful cry.--_n._ HOWL'ER, a South American monkey, with prodigious power
of voice: (_slang_) a glaring or very stupid error.--_adj._ HOWL'ING,
filled with howlings, as of the wind, or of wild beasts: (_slang_)
tremendous.--_n._ a howl. [O. Fr. _huller_--L. _ulul[=a]re_, to shriek or
howl--_ulula_, an owl; cf. Ger. _heulen_, Eng. _owl_.]
HOWLET, how'let. Same as OWLET.
HOWSO, how'so, _adv._ howsoever.
HOWSOEVER, how-so-ev'[.e]r, _adv._ in what way soever: although:
however.--Provincial forms are HOWSOMEV'ER and HOWSOMDEV'ER.
HOX, hoks, _v.t._ (_Shak._) to hough or hamstring.
HOY, hoi, _n._ a large one-decked boat, commonly rigged as a sloop. [Dut.
_heu_, Flem. _hui_.]