Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To forsake; abandon: as, a bird forhows its nest.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive, obsolete To despise; scorn.
  • verb transitive, Scotland To forsake; quit; abandon; desert.
  • verb transitive, Scotland To cast off; scorn.

Etymologies

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From Middle English forhowien, from Old English forhogian ("to neglect, disregard, despise"). Cognate with Old Saxon farhuggjan, Old High German farhuggan.

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