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单词 powwowing
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powwowingn.

Brit. /ˈpaʊwaʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpaʊˌwaʊɪŋ/
Forms: see powwow n. and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: powwow n., -ing suffix1; powwow v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < powwow n. + -ing suffix1. In later use also partly < powwow v. + -ing suffix1.
The practice of holding powwows; conference. Also: = folk magic, ritual medicine or healing; = powwow n. 4.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > powwow
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1642 T. Lechford Plain Dealing 50 They will have their times of powaheing, which they will, of late, have called Prayers, according to the English word.
1650 J. Eliot in Early Rec. Lancaster, Mass. (1884) 27 At my first preaching at Nashaway sundry did imbrace the word, and called upon God, and Pauwauing was wholly silenced.
1707 E. Ward London Terræ-filius No. 2. 38 An Old Pagan Droll, call'd The Pawwawing with the Devil.
1764 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 475 (note) Their sweatings in their hot houses was a more rational remedy than the powowing.
1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft ii. 84 The magic or powahing of the North American Indians.
1893 Nation (N.Y.) 13 July 32/1 Mr. Stevenson's narrative style appears to have become infected with that quality through continued pow-wowing with Samoan grandees.
1928 H. W. Shoemaker in Publ. Pennsylvania Folk-Lore Soc. 1 iv. 15 He arrived at the Little Valley with the book and tried to raise dark Cathlin's spook by pow-wowing.
1961 D. Waldo Beat Drum Slowly vii. 89 There's too much pow~wowing going on hereabouts.
2003 Whispering Wind May–June 15/1 My ancestors (the Quinnipiac) set aside a designated area for their ‘powwowing’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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