forhow verb3 •(dialect, UK) To forsake; quit; abandon; desert.It was believed that handling any bird's eggs in the nest made the bird forhooie them, [...] — 1881 •(dialect, UK) To cast off; scorn.Mind what this lass has undergane for you, Since ye did her so treach'rously forhow, [...] — 1768 •(no longer used) To despise; scorn. formsforhowed · forhowing · forhows