Posted by Peter H on July 25, 2005 at 22:30:19 from 86.130.122.32 user Peter_H.
In Reply to: Regional dialects posted by paul on July 25, 2005 at 22:09:50:
'Howk' is Scottish in origin, meaning to dig out or to burrow, but I think the term may have spread out a bit. I seem to remember using it as a child in Cheshire. I reckon Roger picked it up either from Nancy or Peggy or maybe at school.
John Nichols may be able to supply an exhaustive (and exhausting) set of definitions, but I must go now, and howk out some anchovies from the pond for supper.