A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Howdie, n. [Of obscure origin; current in later dial.] A midwife. —a 1700 Greyfriars Internments 61.
Bollds, John, howdie's husband
