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Dow
//daʊ// name, noun, verb
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A male given name. countable
- 2 Initialism of United States Department of War. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 Alternative form of DOW. alt-of, alternative
- 4 A surname transferred from the given name. countable
- 5 Dow Jones average countable, uncountable
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- 6 An unincorporated community in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. countable, uncountable
- 7 An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of dhow (“sailing vessel”). alt-of, alternative
- 2 Obsolete form of dove (“pigeon”). alt-of, obsolete
"The fauconer then was prest, Came runnynge with a dow, And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’ But she [his hawk] wold not bow."
- 3 Alternative form of dah (“Burmese knife”). alt-of, alternative
- 4 Obsolete form of dough alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
"This day my Julia thou must make For Mistresse Bride, the wedding Cake: Knead but the Dow, and it will be To paste of Almonds turn’d by thee: Or kisse it thou, but once, or twice, And for the Bride-Cake ther’l be Spice."
- 5 Initialism of day of the week abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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- 6 Initialism of department of war. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Verb
- 1 To be worth. Northern-England, dialectal, obsolete
- 2 To furnish with a dower; to endow.
- 3 To thrive, prosper. Northern-England, dialectal, obsolete
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English douen, from Old English dugan, from Proto-West Germanic *dugan, from Proto-Germanic *duganą.
Etymology 2
From Middle English dowen, from Old French douer, from Latin dōtō.
Etymology 3
Variant of Daw from David or daw, and of Duff from Scottish Gaelic.
Etymology 4
Abbreviation.
Etymology 5
Abbreviation.
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