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howels

howels is the third-person singular simple present indicative of howel.

Meaning of howel

Verb

howel (third-person singular simple present howels, present participle (US) howeling or (UK) howelling, simple past and past participle (US) howeled or (UK) howelled)

  1. (transitive) To smooth; to plane.
    • to howel a cask

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Questions about howels

What is howels the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Howels is the third-person singular simple present indicative of howel.

Words near howels in the dictionary

  1. howelled
  2. Howellian
  3. howelling
  4. Howells
  5. Howellses
  6. howels
  7. hower
  8. howers
  9. Howerton
  10. Howertons
  11. Howery

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