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单词 bowie
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bowien.1

Brit. /ˈbaʊi/, /ˈbəʊi/, U.S. /ˈbaʊi/, /ˈboʊi/, Scottish English /ˈbʌʊɪ/
Etymology: Of uncertain origin: it has been referred to French buie water-vessel; it is possibly a diminutive of bowe = boll n.1 or bowl n.1
Scottish.
A low shallow tub or pail; a wooden milk-bowl.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > tub > [noun]
mealeOE
standa1275
collockc1310
kimnel1335
tub1392
kit14..
kiver1407
cowpe1483
trendle1493
boyne1532
bowie1538
runge1574
standfat1593
turnel1688
1538 Aberdeen Regist. V. 16 (Jam.) Ane stand, a bowy.
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 161 I' the far nook the bowie briskly reams.
1830 W. Scott Old Mortality Introd., in Tales of my Landlord (new ed.) I. 237 [He] makes them into spoons, trenchers, bickers, bowies, and so forth.
1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 136 Scrubbers for cleaning milk bowies.

Derivatives

bowieful n.
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1805 J. Nicol Poems I. 143 (Jam.) Thar bowiefu's o' kail fu' strang.
1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 45 Davie..brought me a hale bowiefu' milk.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bowien.2

Etymology: Short for bowie-knife n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbowie.
Chiefly U.S.
= bowie-knife n.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of
anlacec1300
misericord1324
bodkin1386
baselardc1390
popperc1390
wood-knife1426
spudc1440
pavade1477
bistoury1490
skene1527
dudgeon1548
sword dagger1567
machete1575
kris1589
bum dagger1596
stillado1607
stiletto1611
steelet1616
hanjar1621
pisaa1640
jockteleg1642
khanjar1684
bayonet1692
kuttar1696
parazonium1751
skene-ochles1754
scalping-knife1759
snick-a-snee1760
manchette1762
snickersnee1775
guard-dagger1786
boarding knife1807
scalp-knife1807
kukri1811
skene-dhu1811
parang1820
stylet1820
belt knife1831
bowie-knife1836
scalper1837
sheath-knife1837
toothpick1837
tumbok lada1839
snick-and-snee knife1843
tickler1844
bowie1846
toad-sticker1858
simi1860
scramasax1862
kinjal1863
left-hander1869
main gauche1869
aikuchi1875
tanto1885
toad-stabber1885
cinquedea1897
trench knife1898
puukko1925
panga1929
quillon dagger1950
flick-knife1957
ratchet knife1966
sai1973
ratchet1975
1846 E. Bryant What I saw in Calif. (1849) xxxi. 327 A leathern girdle surrounds the waist, from which are suspended a bowie and a hunter's knife.
1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. vi. 72 I took the precaution of bringing my Bowie and revolver with me.
1853 J. G. Baldwin Flush Times Alabama & Mississippi 190 Most men would have seized their gun, or Bowie, on such terrible aggravation.
1886 Outing (U.S.) Nov. 109/1 With bare arms I drove the ‘bowie’ deep into the grizzly's carcass.

Derivatives

ˈbowieism n. the use of the bowie-knife.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > use of knives > [noun]
snick or snee1670
snicking and sneeing1674
snickersneeing1698
daggering1830
bowieism1844
knife-work1845
knife-playing1855
bowie-kniving1861
1844 Foreign Q. Rev. XXXIV. 118 Arkansas is the head~quarters of Bowieism.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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