Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
yew .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. & Scot. A ewe.
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- noun archaic, dialect, UK, Scotland A
ewe ; a female sheep.
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Examples
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I ame welle acquaintid with the famely of the Coumptesse of — —; and yowe maie passiblie haue hard what you wished not to haue hard concerninge hir.
Pamela 2006
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Butt this verie morninge, I can assur yowe, hir ladishippe is gon with yowre spowse to Tonbrigge; and theire they are to take lodgings, or a hous; and Mr.B. is after to come to town, and settel matters to go downe to hir, where they are to liue as man and wiffe.
Pamela 2006
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Make what use yowe pleas of thiss informasion: and belieue me to haue no other motife, than to serue yowe, becavs of yowre vartues, whiche make yowe deserue a better retorne, I am, thof I shall not set my trewe name, yowre grete admirer and seruant,
Pamela 2006
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Christe is become but in vayn to yowe/as many of yow as are iustified by the lawe are fallen from grace/we loke for and hope in the spirite to be iustified thorow faithe.
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When I heer moor, I shall sende yowe moor tydyngs.
Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam
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Yeo sometimes represents yew, spelt yowe by Palsgrave.
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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When I heer moor, I shall sende yowe moor tydyngs.
Charles the Bold Putnam, Ruth, 1856-1931 1908
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Woorse nor a far-welter'd yowe: fur, Sammy, 'e married fur luvv.
The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902
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RW glossary: aboot: about aff: off anither: another ca ': call cam': came dinna: do not fu ': full gane: gone hae: have hame: home intae: into laird: landowner may: maid nairth: north noo: now ploos: plows sae: so simmer: summer speired: asked syne: then ta'en: taken tae: to twa: two wad: would wauked: walked wha: who yin: one yowe: ewe play. exe COWDENKN. 2 play. exe COWDENKN. 3
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Friendly hearers say, "Do yowe try back, Willum, and catch that up at start agin;" and Willum does try back in the most excruciating manner.
The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour James Runciman 1871
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