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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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How, n.4 [ME. howe, howwe (c 1430), e.m.E. houe, F. houe.] A hoe.1375 Barb. xvii. 344.
Pykis, howis, and … staff slyngis 1511–2 Rentale Dunkeld. fol. 151.
In reformacionem lie how Johannis Broun ortolarii 1546–51 Treas. Acc. IX. 105.
Boucht … to be mattokes and howes nyne stane Spanȝe irne 1617–8 M. Works Acc. XIV. 3.
For making of a gaiflock, howes, mattocks, and wadges 1625 Edinb. Test. LIII. 114.
Ane how & ane staine hammer 1639 Johnston Diary 50.
We have receaved no spades nor howes 1654 Edinb. Test. LXVII. 213.
Ane iron gavlock & ane how
