jown.
/dʒaʊ/, U.S. /dʒaʊ/, Scottish English /dʒʌʊ/ Scottish and northern dialect.
1. A knock, push.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > pushing > a push
piltc1300
thrutchc1400
puta1450
dinga1500
push1613
hunch1630
budge1714
bunt1767
dunch1770
jow1790
thrust1823
poke-up1905
shtup1977
1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. i. 38 They gav her a jow an she fell oa my Knee.
2. Scottish. A single stroke or pull in the ringing of a bell; the ringing, tolling, or sound of a bell.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of bell
knellc961
ringOE
bell-dreamc1175
ringingc1300
clinkingc1386
knellingc1440
ding-dong1611
tang1669
jangling1686
jow17..
steeple-music1732
dinging1767
bell-chimea1822
jowl1822
tintinnabulation1831
ring-a-ding1844
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun] > single stroke
jow17..
jowl1822
17.. Barbara Allen vii And ev'ry jow that the dead-bell gied, It cry'd woe to Barbara Allen.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor x, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 239 That's another jow of the bell to bid me be ready.
1833 T. Carlyle Let. 18 Nov. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1977) VII. 39 The jow of that old bell, went far into my heart.
3. Scottish. The dashing of a wave on the shore; the wave thus dashed; = jaw n.2
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] > breaking or dashing
beating?c1225
jasch1513
wash1579
plash breach1582
breacha1616
breaking1647
plunge1781
jow1820
1820 in Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. May (Jam.) Wi' swash an' swow, the angry jow Cam lashan' doun the braes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
jowv.
/dʒaʊ/, U.S. /dʒaʊ/, Scottish English /dʒʌʊ/ Scottish and northern dialect.
1. transitive. To knock, strike (esp. the head).
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the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > specific animate object
drepeOE
smitec1200
buffet?c1225
strike1377
rapa1400
seta1400
frontc1400
ballc1450
throw1488
to bear (a person) a blow1530
fetch1556
douse1559
knetcha1564
slat1577
to hit any one a blow1597
wherret1599
alapate1609
shock1614
baske1642
measure1652
plump1785
jow1802
nobble1841
scuff1841
clump1864
bust1873
plonk1874
to sock it to1877
dot1881
biff1888
dong1889
slosh1890
to soak it to1892
to cop (a person) one1898
poke1906
to hang one on1908
bop1931
clonk1949
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > strike on specific part of body [verb (transitive)] > on the head
mazer1596
mazard1616
nope1684
snabble1725
crown1746
jow1802
nob1811
bean1910
skull1945
1802 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. (ed. 2) iii. 94 Yee er sae knockd an jowd.
1863 Lancash. Fents, New Shirt 11 If aw wurt jow mi yed till aw seed blue leets flyin' eawt on't.
1882 in Lanc. Gloss.
1886 in R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester
2.
a. To ring or toll a bell, esp. without giving it a full swing (see quot. 1808). Scottish.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [verb (transitive)]
knellc961
ring?a1300
clipc1440
to ring outc1453
knoll1467
tolla1513
ting1552
jowa1572
tinglea1657
taratantar1840
clock1858
clapper1872
jowl1872
chime1880
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 46 He..caused immediatlie to jow the bell, and to give significatioun that he wald preach.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) 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.
1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 50 If ye'll just gar your servant jow out the great bell in the tower.
b. intransitive. Of a bell: To toll or ring. Scottish.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > sound [verb (intransitive)] > bells
ringc1175
knella1375
clinkc1386
clapc1440
jangle1494
toll1551
knoll1582
chime1583
troll1607
tintinnate1623
swing1645
ding-dong1659
strike1677
jow1786
clam?a1800
to ring in1818
dinglea1839
to strike offa1843
dingle dongle1858
jowl1872
tankle1894
tintinnabulate1906
tong1907
1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xxvi, in Poems 53 Now Clinkumbell, wi' rattlan tow, Begins to jow an' croon.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. x. 226 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.
1858 J. G. Whittier From Perugia xi There! the bells jow and jangle the same blessed way That they did when they rang for Bartholomew's day.
3. intransitive. To move from side to side with a slow or rocking motion. Scottish.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (intransitive)] > rock
rocka1398
tailyevey1513
totter1668
jow1816
sally1887
1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. x. 281 He kens weel aneugh wha..keeps a tight thack and rape when his coble is jowing awa' in the Firth.
Derivatives
ˈjowing n. and adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun]
bell-ringOE
ringingc1300
bell-ringingc1350
knoll1379
toll1452
tollinga1513
jowing1516
round ringinga1661
tintinnabulism1826
clocking1863
clappering1874
tintinnabulation1883
1516 Council Rec. Edinb. (Jam.) That all maneir of persouns..compeir..to the said Presidentis, at jowyng of the common bell.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. i. 11 Yon's the curfew, as they ca' their jowing-in bell.
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