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

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

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 Mary Noailles Murfree

As she was walking o'er the fields,   She heard the dead-bell knellin'; And every jow the dead-bell gave   Cried 'Woe to Barbara Allen.'

From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Alice!" said the sexton; "and is she gane at last? that's another jow of the bell to bid me be ready.

From The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott

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

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