yowfn.
/jaʊf/, U.S. /jaʊf/, Scottish English /jʌʊf/ Scottish.
A smart swingeing blow.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > a sharp or smart blow
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1711 A. Ramsay Elegy Maggy Johnstoun vii Death wi' his rung rax'd her a yowff.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Youff, Yowff, a swinging blow, Loth.
Derivatives
yowf v. (transitive) to strike with such a blow.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > sharply or smartly
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1788 J. Skinner Christmass Bawing in Caledonian Mag. Sept. 498 They yowph'd the Ba' frae dike to dike.
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