What is the name meaning of DOWE. Phrases containing DOWE
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English (chiefly Midlands)
English (chiefly Midlands) : unexplained.
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : variant spelling of Dow.
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English
English : occupational name for a baker, doghere, from an agent derivative of Middle English dogh ‘dough’.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Dauer.
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English : variant of Dower.
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English and Irish
English and Irish : variant of Duffy.
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English
English : occupational name for a maker of dowels and similar objects, from an agent derivative of Middle English dowle ‘dowel’, ‘headless peg’, ‘bolt’.
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n. pl.
Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.
a.
Free from any temporary estate or interest, or from mortgage, or other charge or debt; as, an estate unincumbered with dower.
n.
An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
a.
Of or relating to a dower.
n.
One of the dowels joining the ends of the fellies which form the circle of the wheel of a gun carriage.
n.
The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.
a.
Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion.
v. t.
To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution.
v. t.
To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.
imp. & p. p.
of Dowel
n.
The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower.
n.
A woman entitled to dower.
p. a.
Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion.
n.
A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Dowel
v. t.
To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.
n. pl.
The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own.
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See Dower.