dow･の英語

語源 1

From Middle English douen, from 古期英語 dugan, from Proto-West Germanic *dugan, from Proto-Germanic *duganą.

動詞

dow (三人称単数 現在形 dows, 現在分詞 dowing, 過去形および過去分詞形 dowed または dought)

1. (obsolete) To be worth.
2. (obsolete) To be of use, have value.
3. (obsolete) To have the strength for, to be able to.
4. (obsolete) To thrive, prosper.

語源 2

From Middle English dowen, from Old French douer, from Latin dōtō.

動詞

dow (三人称単数 現在形 dows, 現在分詞 dowing, 過去形および過去分詞形 dowed)

2. To furnish with a dower; to endow.

名詞

dow (複数形 dows)

1. Alternative form of dhow (“sailing vessel”)

アナグラム

• owd

名詞

dow (複数形 dows)

1. Obsolete form of dove (“pigeon”).
   • c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, OCLC 8728872, lines 71–74, page 63:

     The fauconer then was prest,
     Came runnynge with a dow,
     And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’
     But she [his hawk] wold not bow.