HOWDIE
Meaning of HOWDIE in English
/how"dee, ow"-; hoh"dee, oh"dee/ , n. Scot. and North Eng. Slang.
a midwife.
Also, howdy .
[ orig. uncert. ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.
Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .
2012