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▪ I. whou, whough(e, whouh, whow(e
variants of how, howe int.1
[c1425Quhow: see whew int.] 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 314 Whough, saieth he, half my brothers bodye is more then the whole. 1598R. Bernard tr. Terence, Phormio iii. iii, How much money need you? speake. But thirtie poundes. Thirtie! Whow. 1615R. Brathwait Strappado 129 Whou Billie whou, what faire has thou bin at? 1627W. Hawkins Apollo Shroving ii. iv. 33 He answered me nothing but whough, pugh. 1815Scott Guy M. xlv, ‘Eh whow! Eh whow!’ ejaculated the honest farmer, as he looked round upon his friend's miserable apartment.
So † whowb(e (in quots. as n.; cf. howbub, hubbub).
1600W. Watson Decacordon vii. x. (1602) 217 They hissed him out with whoubs & hoo-bubs. 1600[see how, howe int.1].
▪ II. whou(ȝ, whough, whow(e
obs. ff. how adv. |