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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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How, n.5 [Cf. How interj.] a. The call ‘how’ used by seamen. b. The hoot of an owl. — 1513 Doug. iii. ii. 120.
Mony marynar … Thar feris exorting, with mony heys and how, To speid thame fast 1513 Ib. xii. xiii. 176.
[The owl] soundis so with mony hys and how
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