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▪ I. jow, n. Sc. and north. dial.|dʒaʊ|
[app. a dialect form of jowl n.4 In south. Sc. and north. Eng. the diphthong is (ou), in central Sc. |ʌu|; these are the dial. representatives of the standard Eng. |əʊl|.]
1. A knock, push.
1790Mrs. Wheeler Westmld. Dial. i. 38 They gav her a jow an she fell oa my Knee.
2. Sc. A single stroke or pull in the ringing of a bell; the ringing, tolling, or sound of a bell.
17..Barbara Allen vii, And ev'ry jow that the dead-bell gied, It cry'd woe to Barbara Allen. 1818Scott Br. Lamm. xxiv, That's another jow of the bell to bid me be ready. 1833Carlyle Let. 18 Nov. in Froude Life II. xvi. 378 The jow of the old bell went far into my heart.
3. Sc. The dashing of a wave on the shore; the wave thus dashed; = jaw n.2
1820in Edin. Mag. May (Jam.), Wi' swash an' swow, the angry jow Cam lashan' doun the braes.
▪ II. jow, v. Sc. and north. dial.|dʒaʊ|
[Cf. jowl v.1, to which this answers phonetically: see prec. It is not certain that the word is the same in all the senses.]
1. trans. To knock, strike (esp. the head).
1802Mrs. Wheeler Westmld. Dial. iii. (ed. 2) 94 Yee er sae knockd an jowd. 1863Lancash. Fents, New Shirt 11 If aw wurt jow mi yed till aw seed blue leets flyin' eawt on't. 1882in Lanc. Gloss. 1886in Chesh. Gloss.
2. To ring or toll a bell, esp. without giving it a full swing (see quot. 1825). Sc.
1516[see jowing below]. a1572Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 46 He..caused immediatlie to jow the bell, and to give significatioun that he wald preach. 1816Scott Bl. Dwarf ii, If ye'll just gar your servant jow out the great bell in the tower. 1825–80Jamieson s.v., Sometimes a bell is said to be jowed, when it receives only half the motion, so that the tongue is made to strike only on one side.
b. intr. Of a bell: To toll or ring. Sc.
1785Burns Holy Fair xxvi, Now Clinkumbell, wi' rattling tow Begins to jow and croon. 1824Scott Redgauntlet x, There is the council bell clinking in earnest: and if I am not there before it jows in, Bailie Laurie will be trying some of his manœuvres. 1858Whittier From Perugia xi, There! the bells jow and jangle the same blessed way That they did when they rang for Bartholomew's day.
3. intr. To move from side to side with a slow or rocking motion. Sc.
1816Scott Antiq. xxvi, He kens weel eneugh wha..keeps a' tight thack and rape, when his coble is jowing awa in the Firth.
Hence ˈjowing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1516Council Rec. Edin. (Jam.), That all maneir of persouns..compeir..to the said Presidentis, at jowyng of the common bell. 1813Scott Rob Roy xiv, Yon's the curfew, as they ca' their jowing-in bell.
▪ III. jow(e
obs. forms of jaw. |