bowe

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English

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Noun

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bowe (plural bowes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of bow.

Verb

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bowe (third-person singular simple present bowes, present participle bowing, simple past and past participle bowed)

  1. Obsolete spelling of bow.
    • c. 1691, John Aubrey, Naturall Historie of Wiltshire:
      We have a custome, that when one sneezes, every one els putts off his hatt, and bowes, and cries God bless ye Sir.

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English boga, from Proto-West Germanic *bogō, in turn from Proto-Germanic *bugô.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bowe (plural bowes or bowen)

  1. bow
  2. bowman

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: bow
  • Scots: bow
  • Middle Welsh: bwa

References

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