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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Howffing, Howphyn, n. (Meaning uncertain, although Jamieson gives ‘Howfin, a clumsy, awkward, senseless person’.) —c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxv. 25 (B).
My cowffyne and my cawf, My new spaind howphyn [M. spanit howffing] fra the sowk
