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STOW
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English : habitational name from any of the numerous places, for example in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, and Suffolk, so called from Old English stÅw, a word akin to stoc (see Stoke), with the specialized meaning ‘meeting place’, frequently referring to a holy place or church. Places in Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, and Staffordshire having this origin use the spelling Stowe, but the spelling difference cannot be relied on as an indication of locality of origin. The final -e in part represents a trace of the Old English dative inflection.Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.A John Stowe settled in Roxbury, MA, and took the freeman’s oath in 1634.
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English : topographic name for someone who lived near a piece of open ground used as a meeting place, from Middle English motestow ‘meeting’, ‘assembly’ (Old English (ge)mÅt) + stÅw ‘place’, ‘site’ (see Stow). The surname Musto is now found mainly in South Wales.Italian and Greek (Moustos) : probably from Greek moustos, Latin mustus ‘must’ (fermenting wine), hence perhaps a nickname for someone who made wine. Combinations such as Moustogiannis ‘musty John’ are also found.
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English : habitational name from places in Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Wiltshire, so named from Old English stÄn ‘stone’ + wella ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
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English : patronymic from an Old Swedish personal name, Sture.English : topographic name for someone who lived by the Stour river in Essex.
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English : variant of Stowe.
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The name of a little slave girl in 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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n.
A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.
v. t.
A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.
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One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships.
imp. & p. p.
of Stow
v. t.
To arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing closely; as, to stow a box, car, or the hold of a ship.
n.
The state of being stowed, or put away.
v. t.
To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves.
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A wooden landmark, to indicate possession of mining land.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Stow
v. t.
To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage.
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Money paid for stowing goods.
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A covering of canvas or tarpaulin for the hammocks, stowed on the nettings, between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
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See Stour, a.
n.
Things stowed or packed.
n.
A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage.
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The act or method of stowing; as, the stowage of provisions in a vessel.
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See Stour, n.
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Room in which things may be stowed.
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An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the stores.
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A person on shipboard whose business was to take charge of stowing the cargo; -- formerly written roomager, and romager.