jow

American  

[jou, joh] / dʒaʊ, dʒoʊ /

noun

1. the ringing, tolling, or sound of a bell.

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verb (used with object)

1. to ring or toll (a bell).

2. to hit or strike (especially the head).

verb (used without object)

1. to rock from side to side.

Etymology

Origin of jow

1510–20; variant of joll (now dial.), Middle English jollen to strike < ?

Example Sentences

She had not gane a mile but twa, When she heard the dead-bell ringing, 152 And every jow that the dead-bell geid, It cry’d, ‘Woe to Barbara Allan!’

From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Sidgwick, Frank

The herrings appeared about the second week in August and remained until the end of September, but the whales swallowed barrels of them at one "jow."

From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Naylor, Robert

She had not gane a mile but twa,  When she heard the dead-bell ringing, And every jow that the dead-bell geid,  It cry'd, "Woe to Barbara Allan."

From Types of Children's Literature by Barnes, Walter

An' hyar in the evenin' o' my days I hev got ter set alongside o' this hyar old consarn, an' hear him jow 'bout'n Old Hickory from mornin' till night.

From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Murfree, Mary Noailles

She had not gane a mile but twa, When she heard the dead-bell ringing,30 And every jow that the dead-bell geid, It cry'd "Woe to Barbara Allan!"

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various