Hower vs Fower - What's the difference?
hower | fower |
:* [O]ur men receaued no other recreation from work and sleep, but onlie the time of eateing their meat, whereof they had sufficient, thrice in every twenty-four howers; and besides, some of them had alowed aquauitæ at ech four hower's end.
(Early Modern English, dated) One who cleans (fows), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance.
(Geordie, cardinal) four
The digit in the NATO phonetic alphabet. It is pronounced with two syllables, to prevent possible accidental confusion with other digits.
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As nouns the difference between hower and fower
is that hower is while fower is (early modern english|dated) one who cleans (fows), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance or fower can be the digit in the nato phonetic alphabet it is pronounced with two syllables, to prevent possible accidental confusion with other digits.hower
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(s)- 1880'-'''1881 : Clements R Markham (editor), ''The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622