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BOW, BOWE, _s._
1. The herd in general; whether inclosed in a fold or not.
_Douglas._
2. A fold for cows, S.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Su. G. _bo_, _bu_, either the herd or the flock; armenta, pecora, grex; Dan. _boe_, a shed, booth or stall.
BOW, _s._
1. An arch, a gateway, S.
_Knox._
2. The arch of a bridge, S.
_Muses Threnodie._
Teut. _boghe_, id. arcus, concameratio; from _bogh-en_, flectere; A. S. _bog-a_, "an arch of a bridge or other building;" Somner.
BOW, _s._ As applied to a house.
V. ~Boo~.
BOWAND, _adj._ Crooked.
_Douglas._
A. S. _bugend_, id.
BOWAT, _s._ A hand-lanthern.
V. ~Bowet~.
BOWBARD, _s._ A dastard, a person dest.i.tute of spirit.
_Douglas._
Teut. _boeverje_, nequitia. Or, shall we rather view it as originally the same with _b.u.mbart_, q. v.?
BOWBERT, _adj._ Lazy, inactive.
_Douglas._
BOWDEN, _part. pa._ Swollen.
V. ~Boldin~.
BOWELHIVE, _s._ An inflammation of the bowels, to which children are subject, S.
V. ~Hive~, _v._
_Pennecuik._
BOWES ~and~ BILLES, A phrase used by the English, in former times, for giving an alarm in their camp or military quarters.
_Knox._
BOWET, BOWAT, _s._ A hand-lanthern, S. _Bowit_, A. Bor.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
Perhaps from Fr. _bougette_, a little coffer; if not allied to _bougie_, a small wax-candle.
BOWGER, _s._ The puffin, or coulter-neb, a bird; _alca arctica_, Linn.
_Martin._
BOWGLE, _s._ A wild ox, a buffalo.
_Dunbar._
Lat. _bucul-us_, a young ox. Hence _bugle-horn_.
BOWIE, _s._
1. A small barrel or cask, open at one end; S.
_Ferguson._
2. It denotes a small tub for was.h.i.+ng, S.
3. It also sometimes signifies a milk pail, S.
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