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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A ewe; a female sheep. Scotland, UK, dialectal

   "The ram was marked wi' keel at the reet o' the tail an' the yowes upon their hips."

Pronoun

1. 1
   Obsolete spelling of you. alt-of, obsolete

Synonyms

All synonyms

ewe

Example

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"The ram was marked wi' keel at the reet o' the tail an' the yowes upon their hips."

Etymology

From Middle English yowe, yeue, variant forms of ewe, from Old English eowu. Compare doublet ewe and Scots yowe.

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