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▪ I. pow, n. Sc.|pʌu, paʊ|
[A phonetic representative of earlier Sc. poll: see pool n.1 Cf. Gael. poll, perh. the immediate source; and, for phonology, bow, knowe, pow, from boll, knoll, poll (head).]
Local name for ‘A slow-moving rivulet, generally in carse lands’; also a small creek where such a rivulet falls into a river or estuary, affording a landing-place for boats, esp. on the Forth; hence a wharf or quay on such a creek, as the Pow of Alloa, of Clackmannan (Jamieson).
(Pow in Sir W. Scott's ed. of Sir Tristram is an error for polk, pulk.)[1483Found in place-n. Powfoulis, near Airth, Stirlingsh.] 1792Statist. Acc. Scot. IV. 490 The country is intersected in different places by small tracts of water, called pows, which move slowly from the N. to the S. side of the carse. 1793Ibid. VIII. 595 The quay..runs within the land, and forms a pow, or small creek, where the rivulet..falls into the river [Forth]. 1824Caledon. Mercury 24 Jan. (Jam.), A cargo of peats from Ferintosh was discharged this week at Cambus Pow. 1866N.B. Daily Mail, The only interruptions being an occasional ‘pow’, by which name curiously enough the streamlets are known.
▪ II. pow, int. orig. U.S.|paʊ|
[Echoic.]
The sound of a punch, blow, shot, or the like. Also fig., used to denote the impact of an emotion or an idea. Also as n.
1881J. C. Harris in Scribner's Monthly June 244/1 He step en hit de hoss a rap—pow! De hoss 'uz dat s'prise at dat kinder doin's dat he make one jump, en lan' on his footses. 1914B. Tarkington Penrod xxii. 207 Herman rubbed his smitten cheek. ‘Pow!’ he exclaimed. ‘Pow-ee! You cert'ny did lan' me good one nat time.’ 1931Technol. Rev. Nov. 66/1 That class of comic-strip words like zowie and pow. 1955H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy (1956) xxvi. 163 ‘A man hit him.’ She went through the motion with both little fists. ‘Pow!’ 1961J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) v. 42 He called me a wise guy and punched me in the nose..knocked me flat on my ass. Pow! Just like that. 1964‘E. McBain’ Ax iv. 72 He got himself an axe someplace... Pow, good-bye janitor. 1968L. Deighton Only when I Larf i. 16 Imagine beating that typewriter..for a hundred a week and all the pencils you can take home. Pow. Not me. 1970G. Greer Female Eunuch 173 Perhaps they will not fall in love all at once but feel a tenderness growing until one day pow! that amazing kiss. 1970[see ker-]. 1976Leicester Chron. 26 Nov. 16/3 In some cases that does not mean films which are more sanguinary, but poorly made action stuff with entire reliance on the pows and kerplunks.
▪ III. pow
variant form of pouw, S. Afr. bustard.
▪ IV. pow
Sc. and north. dial. var. poll n.1 head; Sc. f. pull; obs. f. pooh, int. |