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Definition of 'yowe'

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (archaic|dialect|UK|Scotland) A ewe; a female sheep.
  • * 1902 , James Thomson, Recollections of a Speyside parish
  • The ram was marked wi' keel at the reet o' the tail an' the yowes upon their hips.

    Etymology 2

    Pronoun

    (en-pron)
  • (archaic)
  • * 1440', Letter, '''1841 , Joseph Stevenson (editor), ''The Correspondence, Inventories, Account Rolls, and Law Proceedings of the Priory of Coldingham , page 116,
  • Wirshipfull sir, I commend me to yowe'; thankyng '''yowe''' of all tendirnesse and labour of lang time shewid to my brether and our cell of Coldyngham, prayand ' yowe of yowr goode continuance.
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