释义 |
yowf, n. Sc.|jaʊf| Also yowff, youf(f. [Echoic.] A smart swingeing blow. Hence yowf v. trans., to strike with such a blow.
1711Ramsay On Maggy Johnstoun vii, Death wi' his rung rax'd her a yowff. c1738J. Skinner Christmas Ba'ing ii, They yowff'd the ba' frae dyke to dyke. 1808Jamieson, Youff, Yowff, a swinging blow, Loth. |