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▪ I. stowing, vbl. n.1|ˈstəʊɪŋ|
Also 5 Sc. stollin.
[f. stow v.1 + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb in various senses.
c1440Promp. Parv. 478/1 Stowynge, or yn dede puttynge [v.r. in stede puttinge] locacio, collocacio. Ibid., S(t)owwynge, or a-geyne cowpynge or chargynge [v.rr. charynge, stowynge or ageyne chasinge], obsistencia, resistencia. 1467Sc. Acts Jas. III (1814) II. 87 That na merchandis gudis be revin nor spilt with vnresonabel stollin. 1619in Foster Eng. Factories India (1906) 137 They beg..‘that good regard also be had unto the qualitie, packinge, and stowinge of all the comodities you send’. 1835Dickens Sk. Boz, Astley's, Then pa drilled the boys, and directed the stowing away of their pocket-handkerchiefs. 1900F. T. Bullen With Christ at Sea xiii. 260 My first duty was to superintend the stowing of the cargo.
2. concr. (See quot.)
1860Mining Gloss., Newcastle Terms 64 Stowing, rubbish put into old workings to fill them up.
3. Comb.
1883Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Aug. 11/1 There will be a stowing room for 20 tons of provisions. 1896Daily News 19 Mar. 3/6 The coal bunkers will have a stowing capacity of nine hundred tons.
▪ II. † ˈstowing, vbl. n.2 Obs.
[f. stow v.2 + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb; lopping of trees.
1618W. Lawson New Orch. & Gard. (1623) 15 Such a kinde of stowing is a kinde of smothering, or choaking the sap.
2. concr. in pl. (See quot.) Sc.
1788Picken Poems 63 O' meals ait-parritch was the best, Or stowins, e'en right poorly drest. Ibid. Gloss., Stowins, small cuttings taken from young greens. |