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noun
A frequent meeting place; a haunt; often specifically, a drinking-house or tavern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, archaic
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noun
A rudimentary shelter, especially one used by a mountaineer; a hut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, archaic
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verb
To frequent or resort to a place; to haunt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, archaic, intransitive
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History
Borrowed from Scots howf (noun, verb).
