In older writings, hOWever, the word much more commonly ends in -OW, a termination which in countless instances represents the well-knOWn word 'hOW.
"Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England"
W. P. Haskett Smith
"OW, OW," ejaculated Ethel Blue ungratefully.
"Ethel Morton at Chautauqua"
Mabell S. C. Smith
The man said, "OW-w!"
"We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run"
James Arthur Kjelgaard