stown.1
Obsolete exc. dialect (sense 3).
1. = place n.1 in various senses; a place on the surface of the earth or in space; occasionally a place in a book or writing. Cf. erding-stow n. at erding n.The word survives in the names of many towns and villages, sometimes separately, as Stow in Cambridgeshire, Stowe in Buckinghamshire, Stow-on-the-Wold; more frequently as the terminal element, as in Chepstow.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > [noun]
stowc888
stokea900
steadc1000
placec1250
fletc1275
roomc1330
spotc1400
where1443
quarter1448
plat1556
stour1583
situation1610
ubity1624
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxiii. §5 Þu eart ægðer ge weg, ge ladþeow, ge sio stow ðe se weg to ligð.
OE Beowulf 1372 Nis þæt heoru stow!
a1175 Cott. Hom. 219 For wan hi beoð þuss icweðe me scel sigge, an oðre stowe.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 207 He haueð..gon..seldere þenne he sholde to his chirche, and to oðre holie stowen.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 606 Makian ich wlle on þine nome mæren ane stowe.
?a1300 Shires England 5 in Old Eng. Misc. Þe breade of Engle londe is þreo hundred myle brod from Dewyes steowe to Doueran.
a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 67 On stou ase þou stode,..þou restest þe vnder rode.
2. (See quot. c1440) rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > lane > [noun]
lane971
twitchenOE
twitchelc1196
loaning1324
loan1362
stowc1440
strait1622
laning1638
slip1739
drong1787
loke1787
twittena1798
boreen1841
hutung1922
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 478/1 Stowe, streythe passage betwyx ij. wallys or hedgys, intercapedo.
3. dialect. (See quot. 1856.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > folding sheep > fold or pen
sheepfolda1430
caul1483
boughta1522
sheep-garth1570
wool-hurdle1586
barkary?1592
sheep-pen1649
ovil1674
night-lair1688
turnip-tray1805
sheep-ree1817
stow1856
dead-fold1897
sheep-camp1911
check-pen1922
1856 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. (Gloss.) 726/1 Stow or Tray, (Lincolns.), a sheep-hurdle.
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stown.2
/stəʊ/, U.S. /stoʊ/ Mining.† 1. = stowce n. Obsolete.† 2. A nick in the ‘stow-blade’. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > winch or capstan
windas1293
wind1399
windlassc1400
fern1546
stow?1549
capstock1551
winch1577
draw-beam1585
wind-beam1585
winder1585
capstring1609
crab1627
guindall1628
gin1632
Jack1686
screw engine1688
twirl1688
moulineta1706
jack roll1708
wind-lifta1734
whim1738
stowce1747
whim-engine1759
macaroni gin1789
whimsy1789
winze1839
jack roller1843
wink1847
winding engine1858
fusee-windlass1874
come-along1891
?1549 in J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales (1670) 93 And if any Gentle~man or other man have any Ground lying in the Mine called The Kings Field of the Mine, they shall keep them lawfully with Stows and Timber.
1653 E. Manlove Liberties & Customes Lead-mines Derby 5 They may make crosses, holes, and set their Stowes, Sink Shafts, build Lodges, Cottages, or Coes.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Derb. 229 He that stealeth Oar twice, is fined, and the third time struck through his hand with a Knife unto the haft into the Stow, and is there to stand until death, or loose himself by cutting off his hand.
1681 T. Houghton Compl. Miner (E.D.S.) Gloss. Stows, seven pieces of wood..fastened with pins of wood together; two are called soul-trees; two, stow-blades; two, hang~benches; and a spindle: these stows give a miner, or any person that owns them, as good right to a meer or meers of ground (so that every meer have a pair of stows set on them) as a deed of conveyance doth to any purchaser.
1836 R. Furness Astrologer i, in Poet. Wks. (1858) 133 Then would he dress a helm,..Make stows, and keep the heavy hours alive.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > prop or support > part of
stow1851
1851 T. Tapping Chron. Customs Lead Mines Gloss. 33/1 They have a nick in the top like an arrow's head, called a stow.
3. Comb. stow-fork = stow-blade n.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > prop or support
crown tree1449
punch1462
prop1613
slider1653
sole1653
yoking1653
stow-blade1681
pit-bar1708
fork1747
head tree1747
studdle1758
lock piece1778
pit-prop1794
puncheon1815
stow-fork1824
plank tubbing1839
sprag1841
gib1847
chock1853
Tom1858
bratticing1866
pack1867
breastboard1877
brattice1881
wall-plate1881
strap1883
stretcher1883
1824 J. Mander Derbyshire Miners' Gloss. 68 In the Wapentake of Wirksworth they [the Stoces] contain seven pieces of wood, viz. two Sole-trees, two Hang Benches, two Stoe-forks, and one Spindle.
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stown.3
/stəʊ/, U.S. /stoʊ/ Obsolete exc. technical.† 1. In various senses of stove n.1: A hot-air bath; a heated room or chamber; a hothouse for plants; a closed fireplace. Obsolete.In quot. 1599 the spelling stowis is probably merely an example of the writing of w for v in Scottish, and has no phonetic significance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > greenhouse or glass-house > hothouse
stow1614
hothouse1629
stove1697
hot wall1739
moist stove1806
tan-stove1828
warm-house1843
stove-house1860
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > a bath > hot air or steam bath
stew1390
stovec1485
stufe1541
stow1614
furo1615
Turkish bath1644
estuary1657
steam-bath1725
Russian bath1770
stufa1832
sweat-bath1877
sauna1881
shvitz1937
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > chamber or box for keeping anything warm
furnacec1400
stow1614
stove1640
stove-tub1797
stove-room1825
Norwegian stove1873
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > stove
stove1604
furnace1691
fire stove1699
stow1730
poil1756
stove-fire1769
hypocaust1829
magazine stove1875
1599 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1816) IV. 187/2 Fewall..is alreddie brocht to ane grit decay within the boundis of þis realme by the excessiue spending..þairof for laik of the formes of killis, stowis, and furnessis eftermentionate.]
1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry ii. i. 114 To set Hens in the winter time in stowes or ouens is of no vse with vs in england.
1630 G. Hakewill Apologie (ed. 2) iv. viii. 399 They could neither eate nor drinke vnlesse they had first bathed or had sweat in a stough.
1655 S. Hartlib Reformed Virginian Silk-worm 30 Iohn Tradeskin.., by the advantage of putting his Trees, and other Plants into a warm house in winter or a stow, nurses up those things faire and fragrant, which would without that help either dye or be dwarft.
1657 P. Heylyn Cosmographie (ed. 2) i. 170 To keep the heat of their stowes from going out, or any cold from comming in.
1714 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 218 The Dutchess of Beaufort shewed me this [plant] in her Stows at Badmington.
1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husb. II. 267 Commit them early to their shelter, where they may intirely be preserv'd from the Frost; you may give them a gentle Stow, and attemper the Air with a Fire of Charcoal during the extream rigour of the Winter.
1730 Inventory D. Bond's Goods (1732) 18 A small Stow and Fender.
1731 Inventory T. Warren's Good (1732) 32 One Cupboard, 2 Stowes.
2. Tin-plate making. (See quot. 1875.)
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > building or room containing furnace > in tin or tinplate manufacture
blowing-house1674
stow1839
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1253 A range of rectangular cast-iron pots is set over a fire-flue in an apartment called the stow.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2413/2 Stow, a raised structure containing the furnace and set of pots used in the manufacture of tin-plate.
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stown.4
Scottish and dialect.
1. The stump of a tree or shrub.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > stump
stock862
moreeOE
stub967
zuche1358
stumpc1440
scrag1567
stool1577
brock1772
stow1774
hagsnar1796
stab1807
spronk1838
tree stool1898
1774 W. Hutchinson Hist. Cumberland (1794) I. 102 The bottoms, or stoves, of some of the trees,..which appeared to be then lately cut down.
2. A thick slice (of cheese).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [noun] > piece or slice of cheese
whang1683
stow1718
1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 21 A Kebbuck syn..pat on the Sheaf, In Stous that Day.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
stowv.1
/stəʊ/, U.S. /stoʊ/ a. transitive. To place; to put in a certain place, position, or situation. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > position or situation > take up position [verb (reflexive)]
steek?c1335
stow1362
biga1425
plant?1544
pitch1687
adjust1700
station1740
locate1775
park1914
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)]
doeOE
layc950
seta1000
puta1225
dight1297
pilt?a1300
stow1362
stick1372
bestowc1374
affichea1382
posec1385
couchc1386
dressa1387
assize1393
yarkc1400
sita1425
place1442
colloque1490
siegea1500
stake1513
win1515
plat1529
collocate1548
campc1550
posit1645
posture1645
constitute1652
impose1681
sist1852
shove1902
spot1937
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 39 Leste þe kyng and his counseil ȝor comunes apeire, And beo stiward in oure stude til ȝe be stouwet [v.rr. stewed, stuede, stuyd, stywed, stowed] betere.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 1271 (MS. Gg.) And for þou..Hast holpin þere I likly was to steruyn And me ben I-stewid [other MSS. bistowed] in so hi a plase.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 277 Tullius..seiþ þat Socrates..cleped philosofie from hevene into erþe, and stowed [L. collocavit] philosofie in citees.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 352 & when ȝe arn staued, styfly stekez yow þerinne.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 113 Wheþer þay wern worþy, oþer wers, wel wern þay stowed.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 360 Al wer stawed & stoken, as þe steuen wolde.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 478/1 Stowyn, or cowche to-gedyr, loco, colloco.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos ii. sig. F.ij And captiue children stode, and tremblyng wifes in long aray Were stowed about and wept.
1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) viii. xli. 178 His eie had stoed her in his heart.
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. B3v Till sable Night..in her vaultie prison, stowes the daie. View more context for this quotation
b. To lodge, quarter, find room for (persons). Now only in derogatory sense (after 3).
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [verb (transitive)] > provide with temporary accommodation
innOE
harbourc1150
gestena1300
guestc1330
hostelc1330
receivec1384
sojourn1390
harbry14..
shroudc1450
bestow1577
accommodate1592
board1600
quarter1603
stow1607
to put up1635
billet1637
lodge1741
room1840
to fix (a person) up1889
summer-board1889
shack1927
1607 S. Rowlands Diogines Lanthorne sig. C1v If thou hast roome to stooe him in thy Tunne, He will be ready both to goe and runne.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. ii. 63 Oh thou foule theefe, where hast thou stowed my daughter?
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 277 There they lodge as well as they can, some having little Rooms made of wood, to which they go up by Ladders, and are stowed three or four together in one.
1707 M. Prior Satire upon Poets 76 You've no Friend left, but trusting Landlady, Who stows you on hard Truckle, Garret high.
1739 H. Tootel Church Hist. Eng. II. 170/2 She stowed her children in a pair of panniers, and so proceeded on her journey.
1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. II. viii. 47 Mrs. Beatrix Ruthven was brought..as one of their gentlewomen, into the court in the evening, and stowed in a chamber prepared for her by the queen's direction.
1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) V. xvii. 278 The Coaches came, and Harry assisted..in carrying..and gently stowing the Maimed and Wounded into half a Dozen of them.
1788 J. Wesley Jrnl. 8 July We were much distrest at Rotheram for want of room, the rain driving us into the house. However we stowed in it as many as we possibly could.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. vi. 104 I will but see him stowed, and be back with you presently.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (transitive)]
aspendc885
doOE
spendc1175
spenec1175
dispendc1330
bewarec1374
bestow1377
suckc1380
unpursea1393
warea1417
stowc1440
to lay outc1449
spone1456
expend1477
expend1484
impendc1486
ware?a1513
deburse?1529
disburse1530
defray1543
unburse1570
outlay1573
to lay forth1584
sweat1592
vent1612
dispursea1616
exhaust1616
to set forth1622
waste1639
depursea1648
fence1699
douse1759
shut1797
shift1923
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 478/1 Stowyn, or waryn, or besettyn, as men don moneye or chaffer, commuto.
c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) vi. 2544 If thou dost flow In thy frank guiftes, & thy golde freely stow, The principall will make thy pennance ebbe.
1647 Prol. to Fletcher's Mad Lover in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. sig. D4/1 Remember ye'ar all venturers; and in this Play How many twelve-pences ye have 'stow'd this day.
1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 2 And yet Lorenzo still affects the World; There, stowes his Treasure.
1762 Gentleman's Mag. 32 287/1 When you stows eighteen pence in cakes & beer, To treat that dirty trollup, Mall Rosevear.
3. absolute.1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. ii. 42 The Miller, or old Peel-the-Causeway, will tell you where to stow.
a. To place in a receptacle to be stored or kept in reserve. †Rarely with up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > deposit or put away
to put upc1330
to lay up?a1366
leavea1375
disposec1420
stowc1485
reposea1500
repose?c1525
commit1531
reject1541
dispatcha1566
tuck1587
to put away1607
reposit1630
repositate1716
to stow away1795
park1908
the mind > possession > supply > storage > be stored [verb (intransitive)] > store
stowc1485
storea1616
the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)] > in a receptacle
to shut upc1400
stowc1485
stuff1567
to stow away1795
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 104 To stou vp his suerde jn his furrell.
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme xlix. 26 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 46 Death in the pitt his Carrion foode doth stow.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vii. sig. F8 His neather lip was..Like a wide deepe poke..In which he wont the relickes of his feast And cruell spoyle, which he had spard, to stow . View more context for this quotation
1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 125 It was fiercely assaulted, and as valiantly defended, vntill the fire began to take hold vpon the bulwarke wherein their prouision of gunpowder was stowed.
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 53 He's soon equipp'd for his Journey, for he stows all his Baggage in his Pockets.
1713 R. North Disc. Fish & Fish-ponds xvi. 62 Some use to put up Fish in Baskets or Hampers for Carriage, stowing them with Grass between.
1720 J. Ozell et al. tr. R. A. de Vertot Hist. Revol. Rom. Republic II. ix. 51 [That they] had brought home not only their Purses fill'd with Gold and Silver, but had likewise stow'd it in to Pots and Vessells.
1862 C. S. Calverley Verses & Transl. (ed. 2) 64 I..Place 'neath my head the havre-sac Which I have stowed my little all in.
1874 J. A. Symonds Sketches Italy & Greece (1898) I. ii. 33 Raftered lofts to stow the hay.
1877 W. H. Thomson Five Years' Penal Servitude iii. 246 She'd smug a whole piece of silk and stow it under her petticoats.
b. jocularly. To find room for (a quantity of food).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > eat or drink to excess [verb (transitive)]
engorge1497
ingurgitate1570
guzzle1583
gurgitate1656
gorge1713
stuff1743
stow1833
1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 54 We are still filled with curiosity..to know how they contrive to stow all they eat.
4. Nautical.
a. To place (cargo) in proper order in the hold or other receptacles in a ship; also, to store (provisions, etc.) between decks.Possibly influenced by the (etymologically unconnected) Dutch stouwen in the same sense.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > load or unload cargo > load a ship or a cargo > stow and arrange cargo
stivec1330
rummage1544
stow1555
steeve1669
trim1797
1555 H. Braham Inst. Gentleman sig. Evj Ptolomye..caused all thys golde and siluer..to bee put into certayne shippes.., and ordeyned that holes shoulde be made in the bottoms of the sayde vessels wherin he had stowed him selfe and the mony.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Stipare,..Also to presse downe hard, to stowe as merchandise is in a ship.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vii. 33 Stowage or to stow, is to put the goods in Howle in order.
1633 T. James Strange Voy. 74 There stowd we a But of Wine also.
1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 103 To Stowe, is to put any goods in Howld (in order, for else we say it is not stowed, but lyes in howld) also we call it stowing betweene the Decks of [read if] any goods or victuals be placed in order upon the Decks: but it is not used in this kind to small things, as to a Chest or the like.
1661 J. Godolphin Συνηγορος Θαλασσιος Introd. sig. [a5v] He may not over-charge or over-lade his Ship, nor stowe Goods above her birth-mark.
1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. ii. 439 The Goddess shov'd the vessel from the shores, And stow'd within its womb the naval stores.
1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 3 Here we employ'd most of our Time in getting aboard Water, and stowing our dry Provisions between Decks.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. x. 241 She takes on board a much greater quantity of water than can be stowed between decks,..yet..even a three months store of water could never be stowed in a ship so loaded.
1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Death Wallenstein i. vii. 24 I am but the ship in which his hopes were stow'd.
1821 P. B. Shelley Boat on Serchio 74 Stow the eatables in the aft locker.
1842 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. II. 179 Goods stowed upon the deck.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 651 The human cargoes were stowed close in the holds of small vessels.
1883 Brett in Law Times Rep. (1884) XLIX. 768/2 Part of the timber which was stowed on the deck was jettisoned by the captain of the vessel.
b. To fasten down (persons) under the hatches for confinement or safety.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > confine [verb (transitive)]
beloukOE
loukOE
sparc1175
pena1200
bepen?c1225
pind?c1225
prison?c1225
spearc1300
stopc1315
restraina1325
aclosec1350
forbara1375
reclosea1382
ward1390
enclose1393
locka1400
reclusea1400
pinc1400
sparc1430
hamperc1440
umbecastc1440
murea1450
penda1450
mew?c1450
to shut inc1460
encharter1484
to shut up1490
bara1500
hedge1549
hema1552
impound1562
strain1566
chamber1568
to lock up1568
coop1570
incarcerate1575
cage1577
mew1581
kennel1582
coop1583
encagea1586
pound1589
imprisonc1595
encloister1596
button1598
immure1598
seclude1598
uplock1600
stow1602
confine1603
jail1604
hearse1608
bail1609
hasp1620
cub1621
secure1621
incarcera1653
fasten1658
to keep up1673
nun1753
mope1765
quarantine1804
peg1824
penfold1851
encoop1867
oubliette1884
jigger1887
corral1890
maroon1904
to bang up1950
to lock down1971
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. iv. sig. Ev Antonio's bride, pure heart, defam'd, and stoad Vnder the hatches of obscuring earth.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 231 The Marriners all vnder hatches stowed . View more context for this quotation
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Sea Voy. i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaaa/2 Mast. Clap this woman under hatches..For heavens sake stoaw this woman.
1644 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1826) (modernized text) II. 192 They..had stowed the lady and her people under hatches.
c. To put (guns, oars, furniture, etc.) in the proper receptacles on board.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > put in proper receptacles on board
stowc1595
c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 58 [He] caused his leiftenant..to commaunde the gunners to make readie all such great peeces of ordinance as weare not allreadie dismounted and stowed.
1596 H. Savile Answere in Libell Spanish Lies 24 As for the Oares..,they had stoed them aboarde their Shippes.
1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Ceyx & Alcyone in Fables 365 Some stow their Oars, or stop the leaky Sides.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. viii. 136 I took out my other Cables which were stowed in one of the Ships.
1857 C. Gribble in Mercantile Marine Mag. (1858) 5 8 [They] stowed the anchors.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Stowing Hammocks, placing them in a neat and symmetrical order in the hammock-netting.
d. To furl (a sail).
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > furl
trussc1440
to braid up (the sails)c1540
thirlc1550
fardel1582
furl1589
ruffle1622
stow1644
1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 103 Also the placing and laying of the top-sailes in the top, is called Stowing the top-sailes.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Dedans, when expressed of the sails, imports furled or stowed.
1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 302 We close-reefed the top-sails, and stowed the courses.
1836 F. Marryat Pirate i, in Pirate & Three Cutters 7 The men..were..stowing away the foretopmast-staysail.
1885 A. Brassey In Trades 465 8 a.m.—Stowed foresail... 10 p.m.—Stowed topgallant sail.
e. to stow down: to put down into a vessel's hold; in quot. 1850, to yield (a certain quantity) to be stowed down.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > load or unload cargo > load a ship or a cargo > yield quantity to be stowed
to stow down1850
1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors xii. 198 That whale stowed us down eighty-five barrels of oil.
f. Of a ship: To have stowage-room for; to hold. ? Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > have qualities or attributes [verb (transitive)] > have certain carrying capacity
stow1615
tonnage1850
1615 E. Sharpe Britaines Busse sig. C2v The Busse can conueniently stow at once but 34 Last of Cask.
a1625 J. Fletcher Mad Lover iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. C4/1 Shall thy black Bark those guilty spirits stow That kill themselves for love?
1645 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1826) (modernized text) II. 240 He entertained as many as his ship could stow.
5.
a. Nautical. To fill (the hold of a ship, etc.) with cargo; to load (a ship). Also, to fit up (a ship), supply with necessaries.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > load or unload cargo > load a ship or a cargo
ladeOE
fill1297
fraughtc1400
freightc1503
load?1504
ballasta1616
stow1692
cargo1889
1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 78 Stowing the Hold, is when they take goods into the Hold.
1703 tr. L. de Lahontan New Voy. N.-Amer. I. 127 Upon that occasion I repeated my Presents; in compensation of which my Pirogues were stow'd with Beef as full as they could hold.
1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 16 If..a Master overloads his Ship or stows it unskilful.
1845 Encycl. Metrop. VI. 383/1 This officer is directed..to obtain the most correct information he can of the manner in which the hold was stowed when she was last in commission.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xix. 234 I find upon my return the brig so stowed and refitted that four days would prepare us for sea.
b. transferred. To fill (a receptacle), to pack (full, close) with things or persons; to crowd with contents.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > stuff or cram
cramc1000
pitchc1300
thrustc1380
purra1398
stopc1400
farcec1405
stuffc1440
line?1521
enfarce1531
threstc1540
pack1567
prag1567
prop1568
referse1580
thwack1582
ram1590
pang1637
farcinate1638
stivea1639
thrack1655
to craw outa1658
trig1660
steeve1669
stow1710
jam1719
squab1819
farcy1830
cram-jam1880
jam-pack1936
1710 C. Shadwell Fair Quaker of Deal i. i. 15 [A sailor speaks.] Pshaw, who would not stand all this, to have their upper and lower Teer well Stow'd with Flip?
1758 J. Wesley Jrnl. 11 Oct. The House was stowed as full as possible, but still many were constrained to stand without.
1786 R. Burns Poems 209 Ye Enbrugh Gentry! The tythe o' what ye waste at cartes Wad stow'd his [sc. Fergusson's] pantry!
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 330 The lawyer afterwards compared his mind to the magazine of a pawnbroker, stowed with goods of every description, but [etc.].
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria II. 207 The passage boat..was stowed close with all people of all nations.
1850 G. Cupples Green Hand ii. 19/2 The window [of the shop] was stowed full of cakes of cavendish, twists of negrohead, and coils of pigtail.
1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. x. 211 The morning was spent in stowing the waggons, greasing the wheels, [etc.].
6. to stow away.reflexive.1849 G. Cupples Green Hand v, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 449/2 Then I shins aloft up a tree, where I stowed myself away till noon.
a. transitive. To remove and store until required; to put (a thing) away in a secret or not readily accessible place, or where it will be out of the way; occasionally to put or lodge (a person) in out-of-the-way quarters, or in a place of concealment; jocularly, to ‘put out of sight’, ‘dispose of’, eat up (quantities of food).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > conceal oneself [verb (reflexive)]
hidec897
wryOE
shroudc1402
imbosk1562
shrine1570
thick1574
mew1581
burrow1596
dern1604
earth1609
veil1614
ensconcea1616
abscond1626
perdue1694
secrete1764
to stow away1795
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > deposit or put away
to put upc1330
to lay up?a1366
leavea1375
disposec1420
stowc1485
reposea1500
repose?c1525
commit1531
reject1541
dispatcha1566
tuck1587
to put away1607
reposit1630
repositate1716
to stow away1795
park1908
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > stow away
to stow away1795
snug1859
the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)] > in a concealed or remote place
to stow away1795
stash1797
cache1856
depot1921
squirrel1939
the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)] > in a receptacle
to shut upc1400
stowc1485
stuff1567
to stow away1795
society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [verb (transitive)] > in place of retreat
kennel1582
to stow away1825
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eat [verb (transitive)]
eatc825
to-fret?c1225
vourc1330
dinec1380
to eat inc1450
engorge1541
tooth1579
canvass1602
get1603
eat1607
manger1609
upeat1630
dispatch1711
feed1725
yam1725
to eat off1733
repartake1751
patter1803
chop1833
smouse1840
to stow away1858
to put oneself outside ——1865
to get outside ——1876
to feed down1887
1795 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Essex 23 Successive hoeings [of the carrots] will cost about four pounds per acre: and gathering, lopping, tailing, and stowing away, will be about four pounds per acre more.
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 41 He was ‘stowed away’ in a manner perfectly suitable, as Betty the chambermaid thought, to the condition of an outside passenger..who..carried his own portmanteau up-stairs.
1833 H. Martineau Messrs. Vanderput & Snoek i. 1 The bales of merchandize which could not be stowed away before dark.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. v. 70 At last the guard returned; once more I was stowed away in the coach.
1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes vii. 133 We had some difficulty about stowing away the legs of a tall philosopher.
1858 M. Tuckett Diary 24 Nov. (c1975) 21 We stowed away a good breakfast.
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi vii. 169 They..eat till it becomes physically impossible for them to stow away any more.
a1881 A. Barratt Physical Metempiric (1883) 253 On the spiritual theory, past ideas..must be imagined to be stowed away in some fashion, to exist all the time till they happen to be wanted.
1885 Chitty in Law Times' Rep. 53 83/2 The plate..is now stowed away in the strong room of a bank.
b. intransitive for reflexive. To conceal oneself on board a ship, train, or aeroplane; to be a stowaway n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, lie or hidden [verb (intransitive)] > go into hiding > on transport
to stow awaya1894
a1894 R. L. Stevenson Amateur Emigrant (1895) 122 He had now made up his mind to stow away.
1916 Daily Chron. 3 Feb. They escaped and reached Gibralter on a steamer on which they had stowed away.
1929 R. Hughes High Wind in Jamaica vii. 168 Otto was a Viennese by birth, but had stowed away in a Danube barge when he was ten years old, had taken to the sea, and thereafter generally served in English ships.
1973 Times 8 Aug. 7/3 A Brazilian youth was sent home..after stowing away on board a South African Airways aircraft by mistake.
7. slang.† a. intransitive. To cease speaking, ‘shut up’. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] > stop speaking
to make up one's mouthc1175
to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175
blina1300
dumba1300
leavea1375
to put a sock in ita1529
hush1548
silence1551
stay1551
stow1567
stop1579
to save one's breath (also wind)1605
tace1697
stubble it!1699
shut your trap!1796
to keep a calm (or quiet) sough1808
stubble your whids!1830
to shut up1840
to dry up1853
pawl1867
subside1872
to pipe down1876
to shut (one's) head, face1876
shurrup1893
to shut off1896
clam1916
dry1934
shtum1958
to oyster up1973
1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Peddelars Frenche sig. Giiiv Stow you, holde your peace.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Stow, you have said enough.
1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Stow you, be silent, or hold your peace.
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 215 Stow, stow it, or stow-faking, an intimation from a thief to his pall, to desist from what he is about.
b. transitive. To desist from.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)]
aswikec975
linOE
beleavec1175
forletc1175
i-swikec1175
restc1175
stutte?c1225
lina1300
blinc1314
to give overc1325
to do wayc1350
stintc1366
finisha1375
leavea1375
yleavec1380
to leave offa1382
refuse1389
ceasec1410
resigna1413
respite?a1439
relinquish1454
surcease1464
discontinue1474
unfill1486
supersede1499
desist1509
to have ado?1515
stop1525
to lay aside1530
stay1538
quata1614
to lay away1628
sist1635
quita1642
to throw up1645
to lay by1709
to come off1715
unbuckle1736
peter1753
to knock off1767
stash1794
estop1796
stow1806
cheese1811
to chuck itc1879
douse1887
nark1889
to stop off1891
stay1894
sling1902
can1906
to lay off1908
to pack in1934
to pack up1934
to turn in1938
to break down1941
to tie a can to (or on)1942
to jack in1948
to wrap it up1949
1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Stow your whids, c[anting], speak warily.
1806 Naval Chron. 15 18 A sailor..bawled..for those aloft to stow their jabber.
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. (at cited word) To stow any business, employment, or mode of life, is the same as to stash it, &c.
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xv. 240 ‘Stow that gammon,’ interposed the robber impatiently.
1857 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 20 Stow your mag, hold your tongue. L[ow] Life.
1865 H. Kingsley Hillyars & Burtons xxxiii ‘Stow larks, Jimmy,’ said the constable.
1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags II. xi. 312 ‘Stow that, sir,’ cried Rake, vehemently.
1884 W. E. Henley & R. L. Stevenson Admiral Guinea (1892) iii. ii. 232 Pew. Stow your gab (seizing his wrist).
a. ? To bring to a stand.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > stop the movement of > bring to a standstill
astintc700
stinta1330
arrestc1374
stopc1440
stowc1440
stote1489
to pull up1623
to draw up1765
halt1805
to bring to a standstill1809
snub1841
paralyse1933
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 478/1 Stowyn, or charyn ageyne cowpyn, idem quod stoppyn.
b. ? To arrest, imprison. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)]
at-holda1230
attacha1325
resta1325
takec1330
arrest1393
restay?a1400
tachec1400
seisinc1425
to take upa1438
stowc1450
seize1471
to lay (also set, clap, etc.) (a person) by the heels?1515
deprehend1532
apprehend1548
nipa1566
upsnatcha1566
finger1572
to make stay of1572
embarge1585
cap1590
reprehend1598
prehenda1605
embar1647
nap1665
nab1686
bone1699
roast1699
do1784
touch1785
pinch1789
to pull up1799
grab1800
nick1806
pull1811
hobble1819
nail1823
nipper1823
bag1824
lag1847
tap1859
snaffle1860
to put the collar on1865
copper1872
to take in1878
lumber1882
to pick up1887
to pull in1893
lift1923
drag1924
to knock off1926
to put the sleeve on1930
bust1940
pop1960
vamp1970
c1450 Cov. Myst., Wom. Adultery (1841) 217 Accusator. Stow that harlot sum erthely wyght... Juvenis. Ȝiff any man stow me this nyth, I xal hym ȝeve a dedly wownde.
1546 Bp. S. Gardiner Declar. True Articles 15 Ye crye stowe the thefe, to hyde your selfe with the noyse.
1614 R. Tailor Hogge hath lost Pearle ii. C 3 b My lord and father hath put them all to the bastinado twice this morning already; not a wayting woman but has been stowed ifaith.
Compounds
stow-board n. Mining (see quots.).
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > place filled with debris
stow-board1849
pit tip1883
stowage1886
stow-road1886
1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 53 Stow-board, a board driven for convenience of stowage.
1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) (Newcastle Terms) 64 Stowbord, a place into which rubbish is put.
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 243 Stow-board, a board or heading in which débris is stowed.
stow-down n. the action of stowing down (cargo); that which is stowed down (see 4e).
stow-master n. a man in charge of the stowing of a boat.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > one in charge of stowing
stow-master1857
1857 P. M. Colquhoun Compan. Oarsman's Guide 22 One [man] should do the cooking;..another act as stow-master.
stow-road n.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > place filled with debris
stow-board1849
pit tip1883
stowage1886
stow-road1886
1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 65 Stow road, an abandoned road in which debris is stowed.
stow-wood n. (see quots.).
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > type of cask > wedge or wood to stop casks rolling
coin1704
quoin1708
cantic quoins1728
stow-wood1846
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 324 Stow-wood, billets of wood used as chocks for steadying casks in a vessel's hold.
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stowv.2
Now only Scottish and dialect.
transitive. To crop, cut close; esp. to cut off (ears), crop the ears of (a sheep); to lop off the branches of (a tree), or the leaves of (a plant); to trim (a hedge); to cut (a cheese) down to the rind.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > trees: prune or lop
sneda800
shredc1000
crop?c1225
purgec1384
parea1398
shear1398
shridea1425
dodc1440
polla1449
twist1483
top1509
stow1513
lop1519
bough?1523
head?1523
poll-shred1530
prune1547
prime1565
twig1570
reform1574
disbranch1575
shroud1577
snathe1609
detruncate1623
amputate1638
abnodate1656
duba1661
to strip up1664
reprune1666
pollard1670
shrub1682
log1699
switch1811
limb1835
preen1847
to cut back1871
shrig1873
brash1950
summer prune1980
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > maim or mutilate [verb (transitive)] > crop or cut off ears
stow1513
stuff1587
curtalize1622
crop1764
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > rear sheep or wool [verb (transitive)] > mark
stowa1642
gabel1715
smit1779
lug-mark1892
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [verb (transitive)] > cut cheese to the rind
stowa1774
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. viii. 41 Half hedis spulȝeit, of stowit his eris tuay.
15.. Lyndesay [ Satyre 1939] in Bannatyne MS. (Hunterian Club) 503 Quhae devill maid yow a gentillmann wald nocht stow [1602 cut] your luggis?
1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 32 Wee see for one braunche of a tree stued off, that nature planteth seauen scients vppon the same stocke.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. vi. 271 They will stow the palme~trees also to the very stocks.
1618 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden (1623) 15 If you use to stowe or top your tree too much..such a kinde of stowing is a kinde of smothering, or choaking the sap.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 84 Yow are neaver to carry a lambe but by the foreleggs,..and in stowinge of them yow are..to double the eare eaven, and to cutte of the toppes as rownde as yow can without forkinge.
1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 70 Stood; Cropt: Sheep are said to be stoo'd whose Ears are cropt, and Men who wear their Hair very short.
1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 173 By cutting the Palisade down to four or five Foot high, or by stowing it close with the Hedging-Bill.
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 151 After their yokin, I wat weel They'll stoo the kebbuck to the heel.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. vii. 204 I wad stow the tongue out o' the head o' ony o' them that suld presume to say ower again ony speech held wi' me in their presence.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 251 A drunken Jacobite laird wished for a Bothwell-Brigg whig, that ‘he might stow the lugs out of his head’.
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 401 Stow, rhyming to now. To cut the boughs of a pollard tree close to the head.
1842 A. Rodger Stray Leaves 109 They pu'd their ain fruit, and they stoo'd their ain kail.
1903 Westmorland Gaz. 27 June 5/2 Came astray, in March, rough ewe..stowed near ear, no other marks.
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† stowv.3
Mining. Obsolete.
transitive. To supply with stows. Also absol.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > activities for raising ore or coal
stow?1549
raise1759
wind1883
?1549 in J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales (1670) 92 Also by the old Custom Miners ought to have Wood of the Kings Wood to stow and timber their Groves under the Earth and above.
?1549 in J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales (1670) 93 A man may go home and fetch his Tools to work with, and Timber to stow with.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
† stowint.
A call addressed to a hawk by a falconer to make it come to his fist.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > hawking calls [interjection] > hawking calls
stowc1520
tow1575
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [interjection] > specific shout > in hunting or hawking
soho1307
see-hoa1500
stowc1520
hoicks1607
loo1608
whoo-whoop1611
harka1616
stoo1673
illow1688
hark away1737
yoicks1774
c1520 J. Skelton Ware the Hauke 73 The fauconer..cryed, Stow, stow, stow!
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ciiiv Stowe byrde stowe stowe It is best I fede my hawke now.
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 182 Make them come from it [sc. the perch] to your fist eyther much or little, with calling and chirping to them, saying: Towe, Towe, or Stowe, Stowe, as Falconers vse, and when they come feed them.
1621 R. Brathwait Odes in Natures Embassie 250 But stow bird stow, See now the game's a foote.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words (citing Gent. Rec. ii. 58).
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