jow

American  

[jau, 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 < ?

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Example Sentences

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jow

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 Walter Barnes

Now Clinkumbell, wi' rattlin tow, Begins to jow an' croon; Some swagger hame the best they dow, Some wait the afternoon.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

And for untold ages India in trouble has been pursued with the very remark which I was going to utter but didn't, because its meaning had slipped me: "Jeddy jow!"

From Following the Equator, Part 5 by Mark Twain

Old Daddy hardly seemed impressed with the pleasure he had missed in losing a sociable "jow" with a ghostly crony.

From The Young Mountaineers Short Stories by Malcolm Fraser

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 Robert Naylor

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