howffn.

Brit.

/haʊf/, U.S.

/haʊf/, Scottish English

/hʌʊf/

Forms: Also houf(f, howf, hauf.

Etymology: Known from 16th cent.: origin uncertain.Howff is the name of the chief burial ground at Dundee, originally the garden or orchard of the Franciscan Friary, which was granted to the town as a burial ground by Queen Mary on 11 Sept. 1564, and was also for more than two centuries the meeting-place of the Trades. The name Houf appears as early as 1565, but it is not certain whether this arose from its use as ‘a place of resort’, or was the original name, connected with Dutch and German hof, court, yard. In the latter case the general Scotch use has to be accounted for.1565 Burgh Rec. 13 Apr. in A. Maxwell Old Dundee (1891) 179 Ordainit that what person that ever beis apprehendit louping in our the dykes of the Houf sal pay..eight shillings.1884 A. Maxwell Hist. Old Dundee 208 In 1611 the word was adopted in the Council register, and the gathering place of the crafts is subsequently denominated ‘the Howff’ instead of ‘the common burial’.

Scottish.

A place of resort; a haunt, a resort.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > place of resort > [noun]

to-draughta1400

repair1423

repairing1487

resorting place1525

common house1537

resort1565

place (also house) of repairc1595

purlieu1611

howff1711

crib1819

joint1821

hang-out1852

costa1964

1711 A. Ramsay Elegy Maggy Johnstoun vii When we were weary'd at the gowff, Then Maggy Johnstoun's was our howff.

1776 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' in R. Chambers Misc. Pop. Scottish Poems (1862) 34 This is the houff of ane and a'.

1796 R. Burns Let. Apr. (2003) II. 378 The Globe Tavern here..for these many years has been my Howff.

1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake ii. xiii. 192 The corby left her houf in the rock.

1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter (1863) 60 Those who frequented this howf, being generally elderly men.

1950 John o' London's Weekly 24 Nov. 617/1 He was just seventeen.., when he began to haunt the howffs (drinking-places) of Edinburgh's underworld.

1957 R. W. Clark & E. C. Pyatt Mountaineering in Brit. ii. xi. 196 The crags were still relatively inaccessible—in spite of the use of boat and motor-car in conjunction with tents, howffs, or bivouacs.

Derivatives

howff v. (intransitive) to have one's haunt.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > haunting or resorting > haunt or resort [verb (intransitive)]

floatc1315

haunta1375

repaira1393

resort1432

abraid?a1439

accustomc1475

use1488

frequent1577

howff1808

1808–18 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. To houff, to take shelter.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 106 Where was't that Robertson and you were used to howff thegither?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	howff
释义	howffn. Brit. /haʊf/, U.S. /haʊf/, Scottish English /hʌʊf/ Forms: Also houf(f, howf, hauf. Etymology: Known from 16th cent.: origin uncertain.Howff is the name of the chief burial ground at Dundee, originally the garden or orchard of the Franciscan Friary, which was granted to the town as a burial ground by Queen Mary on 11 Sept. 1564, and was also for more than two centuries the meeting-place of the Trades. The name Houf appears as early as 1565, but it is not certain whether this arose from its use as ‘a place of resort’, or was the original name, connected with Dutch and German hof, court, yard. In the latter case the general Scotch use has to be accounted for.1565 Burgh Rec. 13 Apr. in A. Maxwell Old Dundee (1891) 179 Ordainit that what person that ever beis apprehendit louping in our the dykes of the Houf sal pay..eight shillings.1884 A. Maxwell Hist. Old Dundee 208 In 1611 the word was adopted in the Council register, and the gathering place of the crafts is subsequently denominated ‘the Howff’ instead of ‘the common burial’. Scottish. A place of resort; a haunt, a resort. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > place of resort > [noun] to-draughta1400 repair1423 repairing1487 resorting place1525 common house1537 resort1565 place (also house) of repairc1595 purlieu1611 howff1711 crib1819 joint1821 hang-out1852 costa1964 1711 A. Ramsay Elegy Maggy Johnstoun vii When we were weary'd at the gowff, Then Maggy Johnstoun's was our howff. 1776 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' in R. Chambers Misc. Pop. Scottish Poems (1862) 34 This is the houff of ane and a'. 1796 R. Burns Let. Apr. (2003) II. 378 The Globe Tavern here..for these many years has been my Howff. 1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake ii. xiii. 192 The corby left her houf in the rock. 1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter (1863) 60 Those who frequented this howf, being generally elderly men. 1950 John o' London's Weekly 24 Nov. 617/1 He was just seventeen.., when he began to haunt the howffs (drinking-places) of Edinburgh's underworld. 1957 R. W. Clark & E. C. Pyatt Mountaineering in Brit. ii. xi. 196 The crags were still relatively inaccessible—in spite of the use of boat and motor-car in conjunction with tents, howffs, or bivouacs. Derivatives howff v. (intransitive) to have one's haunt. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > haunting or resorting > haunt or resort [verb (intransitive)] floatc1315 haunta1375 repaira1393 resort1432 abraid?a1439 accustomc1475 use1488 frequent1577 howff1808 1808–18 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. To houff, to take shelter. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 106 Where was't that Robertson and you were used to howff thegither? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1711
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