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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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